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| US07920348B2 |
Magnetic storage medium and magnetic recording device
A patterned media type magnetic storage medium has separated magnetic dots formed a data area having a first magnetic dots and a servo area. The micro position detection portion in the servo area is constructed with first and second dot arrays having a different number of second magnetic dots in the circumference direction and face with the center line that the first magnetic dots of the data area in the magnetic storage medium are disposed, as the axis. The area of the magnetic dot constituting the micro position detection portion of the servo area is small, so the coercive force of the servo area increases. The frequency is changed depending on the number of magnetic dots, and the phase is changed depending on the position of the magnetic dot array in the radius direction with the center line as an axis. |
| US07920346B2 |
Method for testing performance of a magnetic head slider
A method for testing performance of a magnetic head slider includes the steps of: (1) rotating the disk and positioning the slider over the rotating disk at an initial fly-height; (2) exciting the fly-height actuator to make the slider touch the disk and recording a touch down spacing of the read head of the slider; (3) backing off the slider at a predetermined backoff amount from the disk; (4) testing dynamic performance of the slider to obtain a reference value which is related to the spacing between the disk and the slider; (5) varying the initial fly-height of the slider; (6) repeating the steps (2) to (4) with the backoff amount fixed; and (7) calculating a dynamic fly-height gamma ratio based at least in part on the recorded touch down spacing and the obtained reference values. |
| US07920345B2 |
Lens barrel supporting frame, lens retaining structure, lens barrel and camera
Lens barrel 3 includes a stationary frame 20, a drive frame 30, a rotation cam frame 70, and a first lens frame 60. The drive frame 30 is supported by the stationary frame 20 to be movable in a Y axis direction along an optical axis of an imaging optical system O and rotatable around the optical axis in response to a drive force. The rotation cam frame 70 is supported by the drive frame 30 to be movable in the Y axis direction relative to the drive frame 30 in response to the drive force. The first lens frame 60 supports a first lens group G1 included in the imaging optical system O, and is supported by the rotation cam frame 70 to be movable in the Y axis direction relative to the rotation cam frame 70 in response to the drive force. |
| US07920344B2 |
Arrangement for mounting an optical element
Arrangements for mounting an optical element, such as a lens or a mirror, are disclosed. |
| US07920335B2 |
Movable lens module and optical lens module
A movable lens module includes a plate type piezoelectric driving unit, a movable stage, a lens base and a lens group. The movable stage is in contact with the plate type piezoelectric driving unit, and is driven by the plate type piezoelectric driving unit to move. The lens base is disposed on the movable stage. The lens group includes at least one lens installed in the lens base. An optical lens module can be assembled by components of the movable lens module. |
| US07920334B2 |
Zoom lens system, optical apparatus and method for zooming the same
Providing a zoom lens system being compact with high optical performance, an optical apparatus using the same, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The system includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, and a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T, each distance between adjacent lens groups is varied. Given conditional expression is satisfied. |
| US07920333B2 |
Variable focal distance lens system and imaging device
A variable focal distance lens system includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, which are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side. The system satisfies −0.65<(R33−R34)/(R33+R34)<−0.25 and −1.0<(R22−R23)/(R22+R23)<−0.6, wherein R33 represents the radius of curvature of the most image-side surface of a cemented lens of the third lens group, R34 represents the radius of curvature of the object-side surface of a positive lens of the third lens group disposed on the most image side, R22 represents the radius of curvature of the image-side surface of a negative lens of the second lens group disposed on the most object side, and R23 represents the radius of curvature of the most object-side surface of a cemented lens of the second lens group. |
| US07920324B2 |
System and method for telescope guiding utilizing an artificial reference star
A system and method for telescope guiding requires creating an artificial reference star which is locked to the line of sight of the imaging means of a main telescope in the field-of-view (FOV) of a guide scope. A real guide star is selected using the guide scope, such that both artificial and guide stars are within the FOV of the guide scope. Guiding is accomplished by varying the line of sight such that the positional displacement between the guide and artificial stars on the guide star's focal plane is maintained approximately constant. The artificial star is created by generating a point source of light near the main scope's imaging means, directing the light outside the main scope and retroreflecting it at the same direction angle of the beam exiting the aperture into the guide scope, effectively locking the guide scope to the line of sight of the imaging means. |
| US07920321B2 |
SPD films and light valves incorporating overcoatings which enhance film adhesion to substrates, have good cohesion and protect against electrical short circuits
An electro-optical device, e.g., a suspended particle device (SPD) adapted for controlling the transmission of radiation wherein the device is provided with at least one layer of an overcoating adapted to enhance adhesion on at least a portion of a surface between a film serving as a light modulating element and electrode means for applying an electrical field to said film, wherein the overcoating is formed from a material comprising a member selected from the group consisting of (a) titanium dioxide (TiO2) alone and (b) a combination of SiOx and an inorganic material having an index of refraction at 589 nm greater than 1.54. A method of producing the device with the application of such overcoating is additionally described. |
| US07920317B2 |
Display with controlled formation of bubbles
The invention relates to a display apparatus including a first substrate supporting an array of light modulators, a second substrate separated from the first substrate by a gap, a fluid substantially filling the gap, sealing material joining the first substrate to the second substrate, and a bubble trapping region within a space enclosed by the sealing material for substantially constraining a location of a bubble trapped within the gap. In some embodiments, the bubble trapping region extends along a majority of a side of at least one of the substrates. In some embodiments, the fluid has a viscosity less than 70 centipoise. |
| US07920315B2 |
Polarization-controller driving method for optical fiber transmission systems and apparatus in accordance with said method
A method of piloting an optical polarization controller including a cascade of variable polarization transformers that can be driven individually to realize overall a polarization transformation between an input optical signal and an output optical signal with each transformer having predetermined maximum and minimum end driving limits. For each transformer the method includes cyclically the steps of finding an error signal output to the controller and driving a first transformer polarization variation by a predetermined amount CS in one of the two directions to check whether with this variation the error signal is reduced and, if not, driving in the opposite direction. The decision of which of the two directions to drive first is made each time and is not fixed. Equipment in accordance with the method is also described. |
| US07920313B2 |
Oscillator device, optical deflector and image forming apparatus using the optical deflector
An oscillator device includes an oscillation system having first and second oscillators and first and second resilient supporting members, wherein the oscillation system has at least two frequencies of natural oscillation mode around a torsion axis which include a first resonance frequency f1 and a second resonance frequency f2, wherein there is a relationship that f2 is approximately two-fold of f1, and wherein a drive control member supplies, to a driving member, a driving signal which is comprised of a driving signal based on synthesizing a first driving signal having a first driving frequency and a second driving signal having a second driving frequency, and which is such driving signal that, among the first and second driving frequencies, a lower-frequency side driving frequency Df1 and a higher-frequency side driving frequency Df2 satisfy a relationship Df1×2=Df2 and that Df2 satisfies a relationship f2−|Δf/2| |
| US07920306B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus enabling a user to flexibly select one of plural reading modes, for example, for continuously reading two-sided images of stacked document sheets or reading pages of a book or a large document exceeding a platen. In a first reading mode, a reading unit scans a document and reads a document image. In a second reading mode, a stationary reading unit and the reading unit read an image of a document fed from a document feeder section. The reading unit is provided in a flatbed reading section which is detachable from an apparatus body. The flatbed reading section, when detached from the apparatus body, can be used as a flatbed scanner. |
| US07920300B2 |
Image-input device
A device includes: a first lighting unit that illuminates an object at a first incident angle; a second lighting unit that illuminates an object at a second incident angle, the second incident angle being larger than the first incident angle; an image-input unit that receives light and generates image signals in accordance with the received light; and a guiding unit that guides light diffusely reflected from the object illuminated by either the first lighting unit or the second lighting unit to the image-input unit. |
| US07920298B2 |
Method and system for distribution policy enforcement on fax
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method for enforcing a distribution policy with respect to information transmitted from a sending fax machine to a recipient fax machine as fax traffic is presented. The method comprising defining an information distribution policy with respect to the fax traffic, then monitoring the fax traffic in accordance with the distribution policy, where the monitoring comprising: (i) de-modulating the fax traffic being monitored into a digital stream; (ii) reconstructing from the digital stream a graphic image representing at least part of the information within the fax traffic; and (iii) analyzing information within the reconstructed image, and then applying the distribution policy with respect to the analyzed fax traffic. |
| US07920295B2 |
Image processing circuit, displaying apparatus, and printing apparatus
An image processing circuit includes: a plurality of counters that extract image blocks each of which includes a predetermined number of pixels from input image data, count a number of pixels having a predetermined value for each of the image blocks, calculate a pixel value for each of the extracted image blocks, and output a plurality of bit streams each of which represents the counted number for a respective image block, the number of the plurality of counters being larger than a bit length defined for a single writing process with the memory divided by the bit length of a value calculated for an image block; a converter that converts the bit streams output from the plurality of counters, by adjusting a bit length of the bit streams for writing in the memory, and outputs the converted bit streams; and a synthesizer that synthesizes the plurality of bit streams output from the converter to generate a bit stream having the bit length defined for a single writing process with the memory, and outputs the generated bit stream. |
| US07920290B2 |
Printing control apparatus and method
When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set by the user, these having been selected so as to be the optimum values for the combinations, are stored as preset values in a combined information storage unit. An information storage unit compares a value in the user information storage unit with a value in the combined information storage unit. If a combination for which agreement is achieved is found in the combined information storage unit, this value is stored in a printing information storage unit and transmitted to the printing device. Thus, an optimum value can be selected and sent to the printing device even with regard to an item incapable of being selected by the user. |
| US07920289B2 |
Printing system and method
A system and method for printing on media includes a printhead assembly, a memory, and a controller. The printhead assembly is configured to make physical print sweeps relative to print regions of the media and to print within the print regions during the physical print sweeps. The memory communicates with the printhead assembly and is configured to receive data associated with a logical print sweep. The data associated with the logical print sweep controls printing within a first print region of the media during a corresponding first physical print sweep. The controller communicates with the printhead assembly and memory. The controller initiates the first physical print sweep of the printhead assembly before all of the data associated with the logical print sweep is received by the memory. |
| US07920286B2 |
Image output apparatus, history management method, and history management program
An image output apparatus permitting entire access history and operation history regarding managed documents to be able to be grasped. A document security server holds and manages a history of accesses from a client PC to the managed documents as an access history DB. A digital multifunction peripheral identifies, from a job received from the PC, a user who has issued a job request and a managed electronic document to be printed, and executes online process or offline process depending whether an authority for execution of the presently received job has been checked for. An output image history DB is saved when output processing corresponding to the job received from the PC is performed online, whereas a job history DB is save when other output processing is performed. The access history DB, the output image history DB, and the job history DB are merged and displayed. |
| US07920285B2 |
Method of using printed forms to transmit the information necessary to create electronic forms
A method is provided by which the information necessary to create an electronic form can be transmitted via a printed form. The formatting information necessary to recreate the electronic form is encoded in a symbology on the printed form in a space reserved for that purpose. |
| US07920282B2 |
Job preempt set generation for resource management
A method is provided for prioritizing jobs in a computing environment having a plurality of nodes sharing one or more resources. Such method includes, given a job A to be scheduled having certain resource requirements, generating a list P of already scheduled jobs which utilize resources required by job A and which can be preempted by job A. For each resource requirement of job A, an ordered list of jobs which can be preempted by job A is created which is ranked by the applicability of each job in the list relative to resource requirements of job A, so as to provide a plurality of ordered lists, one for each resource requirement. An ordered list L is generated by selecting one of the ordered lists, adding the top-ranked job from that ordered list to list L, then adding the top-ranked job from another one of the ordered lists to list L and so on, by repetitively selecting the top-ranked job from individual ones of all the ordered lists. Finally, a set of jobs to be preempted by job A is selected based on the list L of jobs. |
| US07920277B2 |
Method and apparatus for irradiating laser
A laser irradiation process includes: scanning a substrate with laser having a predetermined lasing frequency at different irradiation intensities to form a plurality of first irradiation areas corresponding to the irradiation intensities; illuminating the first irradiation areas to reflected light receive from the first irradiation areas; determining microcrystallization intensity based on the received reflected light; and determining irradiation intensity based on the thus determined microcrystallization intensity. The laser irradiation process uses the irradiation intensity for irradiating a polycrystalline film in a product semiconductor device. |
| US07920276B2 |
Tracking system using fixed optical radiators
Apparatus for tracking an object (12A, 12B, 12C) including radiator modules (16A, 16B, 16C), disposed in an array of known locations adjoining a region (13) in which the object moves; each module includes at least one emitter (44, 46, 48) which emits a respective color selected from among a first plurality of colors. The apparatus includes a controller (32), which drives the at least one emitter to emit during a respective time slot, selected from among a second plurality of time slots during which the modules may emit. The apparatus also includes a location unit (22), fixed to the object and including at least one camera (72), which captures a sequence of electronic images containing some of the locations of the modules. The apparatus further includes a processing unit (26), which processes the electronic images to determine, responsively to the colors emitted by the modules and the time slots in which the colors are emitted, a location of the object. |
| US07920273B2 |
Method for estimating distance between tracking type laser interferometer and target, and tracking type laser interferometer
In the tracking type laser interferometer including: a laser interferometer; an optical axis deviation detection sensor for detecting a deviation of an optical axis of the laser interferometer; a two-axis turning mechanism for turning the laser interferometer to any optional direction; an angle sensor for detecting a turning angle of the two-axis turning mechanism; a retroreflector for reflecting its reflected light to a direction parallel to the incident light; and a controller for driving the two-axis turning mechanism so as to track the retroreflector based on signals of the optical axis deviation detection sensor and the angle sensor, stop of the retroreflector is detected, and a target distance is calculated from the turning center of the laser interferometer to the center of the retroreflector based on the total sum of deviation of an optical axis during movement, which is obtained by the optical axis deviation detection sensor, and a turning angle during movement, which is obtained by the angle sensor. |
| US07920271B2 |
Apparatus and methods for enhancing optical coherence tomography imaging using volumetric filtering techniques
Apparatus and method can be provided, whereas a particular radiation which includes at least one first electro-magnetic radiation can be directed to at least one sample and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation can be directed to a reference. The first electro-magnetic radiation having a particular cross-sectional width may be applied to at least one portion of the sample to generate at least one third electro-magnetic radiation. The first electro-magnetic radiation can be provided in the portion along a particular axis for a distance between a multiplier of 0.5 and 100 of the particular cross-sectional width. An interference can be detected between the third electro-magnetic radiation associated with the first electro-magnetic radiation and at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation associated with the second electro-magnetic radiation. Further, an asymmetrical cross-sectional area of the first electro-magnetic radiation can be provided. |
| US07920269B2 |
System and method for measuring interferences
A system and method for measuring interferences are disclosed. The system is based on the concept of a composite interferometer. The sample is measured while a simultaneous compensation of the phase deviation due to the relative displacement of the optical delay component between the measurements at different pixels of the sample is performed. In the application of profilometry, the information of the surface profile of a material is obtained from the phase shift of the interference signal. By using the proposed compensation mechanism, an axial resolution at nanometer scale can be achieved. For the measurement of a thin film, a polarized probe beam is oblique incident on the sample. The system can perform a simultaneous measurement of the refractive index and the thickness of the thin film. From the ratio of the intensities of the interferograms of TE and TM waves as well as the phase shifts of the interferograms, the refractive index and the thickness of the thin film can then be obtained simultaneously. |
| US07920268B2 |
Long-range surface plasmon optical waveguide sensor
The present invention provides a long-range surface plasmon optical waveguide sensor which has a reduced loss of an electromagnetic wave, an increased sensitivity and limitation of detection and a high analysis speed, and enables fabrication of a sensor of various sizes such as a small-sized or lightweight system, etc. To this end, the long-range surface plasmon optical waveguide sensor, comprising: a sensor section, wherein the sensor section comprises a substrate, a first dielectric layer stacked on the substrate, a metal thin film stacked on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer stacked on the metal thin film and having a channel penetratingly formed therein in such a fashion that the top surface of the metal thin film is partially exposed into the channel, a metal strip stacked on the second dielectric layer in such a fashion that the underside thereof is partially exposed into the channel, and a third dielectric layer stacked on the metal strip; a light source section for inducing a surface plasmon resonance between the metal thin film and the metal strip; and a detection section for detecting and analyzing a change of light according to the surface plasmon resonance. |
| US07920265B1 |
Apparatus and method for noise reduction in modulated optical reflectance metrology system
In a modulated optical reflectance (MOR) system, a laser noise suppression technique utilizes a reference beam split optically from a probe laser prior to injection of a beam from the probe laser into an MOR signal path. The reference beam and a probe beam reflected from the sample are sent to first and second detectors, which produce first and second signals. A signal combiner receives the second signal at a first input and produces a combiner signal that corresponds to a difference between signals applied to the first and a second input. A level balancer receives the first signal and a signal derived from the combiner signal and produces a balancer output that is coupled to the second input of the signal combiner. The combination of the balancer output and the second signal tends to cancel out an average value of the second signal from the combiner signal. |
| US07920262B2 |
Systems for measuring backscattered light using rotating mirror
A system for measuring backscattered light from a sample is given. Light is output from a light source towards a rotating mirror, and then reflected by the rotating mirror towards the sample. The sample reflects backscattered light back towards the rotating mirror, which, having moved during the time it took for the light to propagate from the mirror to the sample and back, reflects the backscattered light to a detector located at a physical separation from the light source. The detected backscattered light may be analyzed to determine various properties of the sample. |
| US07920261B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting and discriminating particles in a fluid
A particle detection system that images and detects particles in a fluid flow stream through use of detector array(s) is described. The detection system may include light source arrays that may selectively illuminate a particle in a fluid stream. The detection system may also include a detector array employing smart binning to read the measured signals. The smart binning of the detector array may be achieved through knowledge of an exact particle location provided by a position sensitive detector. The detector array(s) may be low cost based on intelligence built into the system. This particle detection system may be particularly useful for detection and discrimination of different particle types since the read-out of the particle signals can be accomplished with low noise and can be flexible enough to optimize the read out measurements for each particle. The particle detection system may be used, for example, in early warning contamination detection systems and manufacturing processes. |
| US07920260B2 |
Measuring device for determining the size, size distribution and quantity of particles in the nanoscopic range
A measuring device determines the size, size distribution, and/or concentration of nanoscopic particles or hollow spaces in a measuring sample, the degree of opacity of such measuring samples, or the degree of roughness of surfaces by determining the wavelength and scattering angle dependent intensities of a measuring radiation scattered on a measuring sample. The measuring device comprises a retaining device for a measuring sample to be measured, a detector comprising at least one detector inlet, an evaluation unit, and at least two radiation sources that are respectively at a distance from each other and at a distance from the measuring sample. Via the radiation sources, a ray bundle can in each case be emitted in an essentially parallel beam in the direction of the measuring sample. The ray bundles directed onto the measuring sample are aligned or can be aligned in different angles onto the measuring sample. |
| US07920259B2 |
Arrangement for an optical system for polarization-dependent, time-resolved optical spectroscopy, optical measurement systems and method for the polarization-dependent spectroscopic analysis of measurement light
The invention is directed to an arrangement for an optical system for polarization-dependent, time-resolved optical spectroscopy, in particular a spectrometer that includes a polarization device which has a crystal polarizer and includes a light entry area which is arranged upstream of the polarization device and which is formed in such a way as to enclose a spatial acceptance angle of the crystal polarizer, and also that includes a light exit area which is arranged downstream of the polarization device, wherein an intermediate area which connects the light entry area and the light exit area is formed in the polarization device with a path length of at most approximately 4 mm which is traversed in the crystal polarizer by light impinging within the spatial acceptance angle. |
| US07920255B2 |
Distributed jammer system
According to some embodiments of the invention a laser directed infrared countermeasures system (hereinafter: “LDIRCM system”) is mountable on a platform. According to some embodiments of the invention, a LDIRCM system may include a plurality of sector units. Each sector unit may include at least one laser unit and a laser guidance module. The laser unit may be adapted to generate a laser beam or laser energy that is intended for jamming a guidance system of a threat. The laser unit may be coupled to the laser guidance module. The laser guidance module may be adapted to steer at least a laser beam generated by the laser unit towards a threat. |
| US07920254B2 |
Shaft cone crown measurement system and methodology
Aspects include metrology methods and systems for determining characteristics of conical shaft portions, such as angle of taper and crown height. In an example, a metrology system includes a fixture for supporting a workpiece. The fixture provides for translation in a longitudinal dimension, and rotation about an axis of symmetry. The system may include a sensor mounted for scanning lines including sections of the workpiece as well as control logic for coordinating translation of the workpiece to provide for an approximately constant ratio of longitudinal translation and lines scanned during scanning operations. The system may include image logic for assembling an image from image data generated during each scanning operation, edge detection logic for detecting an edge shape in each assembled image, and slope and crown height calculation logic for calculating a slope and a crown height of each of the detected edge shapes. |
| US07920250B2 |
System for the detection by a motor vehicle of a phenomenon that interferes with visibility
A process for the detection from a vehicle of a visibility interference phenomenon, comprising the following steps: the emission of a beam of light to illuminate the rear of the vehicle, the beam of light being emitted into a field of vision of a camera mounted in the vehicle, and the determination of a presence and the nature of a visibility interference phenomenon on the basis of at least one image captured by the camera. |
| US07920245B2 |
Light-modulating material with transmissivity changing in electrified state and vehicle using the same
A light-modulating material includes a transparent front surface layer, an intermediate layer including a liquid crystal forming an isotropic phase and a transparent back surface layer, laminated in this order. |
| US07920243B2 |
Liquid crystal display having cell gap maintaining members located in the switching element region and the storage line region
A color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, a light-blocking layer, a color filter layer, a first cell gap maintaining member and a second cell gap maintaining member. The transparent substrate has a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes first and second regions. The light-blocking layer is disposed over the transparent substrate. The light-blocking layer blocks light that leaks through boundaries of the pixel regions. The color filter layer is disposed over the transparent substrate. The color filter layer has a first thickness at the first region and a second thickness that is smaller than the first thickness at the second region. The first cell gap maintaining member is disposed at the first region. The second cell gap maintaining member is disposed at the second region. Therefore, a height difference between the main column spacer and the sub column spacer may be easily adjusted. |
| US07920242B2 |
Array substrate for LCD
An array substrate (100a) includes a transparent substrate (304), a first insulation layer (306) and a pixel electrode (103). The transparent substrate (304) includes a display region (DR) that displays an image, a peripheral region (PR) having a driving circuit (101) for displaying an image through the display region, and a sealine region (SLR) that surrounds the display region (DR) to define the display region and the peripheral region (PR). The first insulation layer (306) is formed over the transparent substrate (304), and the first insulation layer (306) has an opening window (301) in the sealine region (SLR). The pixel electrode (103) is formed on the first insulation layer (306) of the display region (DR). The bonding between a color filter substrate (401) and an array substrate (100a) is improved. Furthermore, liquid crystal material is completely filled into between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. |
| US07920241B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and display apparatus
There is provided a liquid crystal display device that includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate and has on a first substrate side a common electrode and a pixel electrode for applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal display device including: a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of signal lines; a drive element; a first insulating film; a common electrode; a second insulating film; and a pixel electrode, wherein the common electrode covers the pixel area except a formation area of the contact hole on the first insulating film and at least one of the scan line and the signal line. |
| US07920240B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same
A liquid crystal display device includes an electrode substrate having a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, a counter substrate placed opposite to the electrode substrate, a sealing material formed frame-like surrounding a display area to attach the electrode substrate and the counter substrate, and liquid crystals placed in a space created by the electrode substrate, the counter substrate and the sealing material. The liquid crystal display device also includes an overcoat layer formed on a surface of the counter substrate facing the liquid crystals and placed in the display area. An end of the overcoat layer is located on the inward side with respect to the outer end of the sealing material. |
| US07920236B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
An object of the present invention is to reduce defects in display due to short-circuiting in liquid crystal display devices using a liquid crystal material containing organic particles having anisotropy in a uniaxial form. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device with: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode and a common electrode placed between the above described first substrate and the above described second substrate, wherein the above described liquid crystal layer contains a number of organic particles having anisotropy in a uniaxial form, and the longitudinal axis of the particle having the longest longitudinal axis from among the above described particles is no greater than the thickness of the above described liquid crystal layer or the distance between the above described pixel electrode and the above described common electrode—whichever is shorter. |
| US07920234B2 |
Transflective type liquid crystal display device
A transflective liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a pixel electrode. The first substrate has a thin film transistor and the second substrate has a color filter and faces the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and the second substrates. The pixel electrode is disposed above the first substrate and electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The transflective liquid crystal display device further includes a pixel region. The pixel region is divided into a transmit part and a reflective part, and the reflective part includes a first region and a second region. The pixel electrode extends to the transmit part and only the second region of the reflective part. |
| US07920232B2 |
Method of producing liquid crystal cell substrate, liquid crystal cell substrate, and liquid crystal display device
Provided is a method of producing a liquid crystal cell substrate comprising forming an image having at least two different hues and having different thickness for the respective hue domains, and forming at least one monoaxial or biaxial optically anisotropic layer having different film thicknesses on the respective hue domains on the image. |
| US07920231B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a light-shielding film, a plurality of subpixels on the first substrate, a first electrode for each of the subpixels, a second electrode for each of the subpixels, and a color filter formed on the second substrate for each of the subpixels. The second electrodes each include a plurality of linear portions, wherein the subpixels include first and second subpixels that are adjacent to each other. A signal line forms between the first subpixel and second subpixel, and the color filter is formed across the signal line in the same color, and the second electrodes of the first and second subpixels are formed separately, and the second electrode of the first subpixel is disposed to an area of the second subpixel beyond the signal line. |
| US07920224B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel having a display plane, a frame having an opening formed at an area corresponding to the display plane, for holding the periphery of the display panel, a protecting cover for protecting the display plane, and two transparent adhesive sheets arranged in the gap between the display plane and the protecting cover. |
| US07920223B2 |
Display device
A liquid crystal display panel formed by using a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate is polished to decrease the thickness thereof so that it can be curved. The liquid crystal display panel and various optical sheets are sandwiched between a frame forming a curved surface and a light guide plate forming a curved surface, to thereby form a curved surface. An upper polarizer plate and a lower polarizer plate are, respectively, sandwiched between the surface cover and the liquid crystal display panel, and between the liquid crystal display panel and the optical sheet, and are not adhered or are partly adhered to the liquid crystal display panel. |
| US07920222B2 |
LCD and backlight module, front frame, and back bezel thereof
A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a backlight module, a cell module installed in front of the backlight module, and a front frame which includes a frame body with holes and buffer material. The buffer material has a first part disposed in the holes and fixed to the cell module and backlight module through the front frame, and a second part sandwiched between the frame body and cell module. A method for manufacturing a LCD device is also provided, including forming a buffer material on a frame body by injection molding, firmly connecting the frame body, a cell module, and a backlight module, and locating the buffer material between the frame body and cell module. |
| US07920220B2 |
Display pixel, display apparatus having an image pixel and method of manufacturing display device
In a pixel for displays capable of simplifying manufacturing process, a display apparatus having a simplified pixel structure and a method of manufacturing a cost competitive display device, a display pixel includes a channel layer, first to third signal lines, first and second insulating layers and a pixel electrode. The first signal line is formed on the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer insulates the channel layer from the first signal line. The second insulating layer insulates the first signal line from the second and third signal lines, and includes contact holes. The second and third signal lines are connected to the channel layer through the contact holes. The pixel electrode including indium zinc oxide is formed on the identical layer with the first and second signal lines, and disposed on the second insulating layer. Therefore, manufacturing process is simplified and manufacturing time is reduced. |
| US07920215B2 |
Portable electronic device
When image data is displayed on the display portion of a conventional mobile telephone, characters cannot be displayed thereon, and thus the image data and the characters cannot be simultaneously displayed. In a portable electronic device according to the present invention, a cover member having a first display device (101) for displaying an image (digital still image or the like) and a second display device (102) having a touch input operational portion (for displaying characters, symbols, or the like) are attached to each other so as to allow opening and closing. |
| US07920211B2 |
Cross-color/dot interference reduction circuit, imaging apparatus having cross-color/dot interference function, and cross-color/dot interference reduction method
A cross-color/dot interference reduction circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a signal generation unit configured to calculate a difference in an input signal between adjacent frames and generate a difference signal, a component extraction unit configured to extract a cross-color/dot interference component from the difference signal, a combination output unit configured to combine an interference reduction signal corresponding to the cross-color/dot interference-component with the input signal and provide an output signal with a reduced cross-color/dot interference, an image scene analysis unit configured to analyze an image scene contained in the input signal, and a signal amplification/attenuation unit configured to amplify/attenuate the interference reduction signal based on an image scene analysis result from the image scene analysis unit. |
| US07920208B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for communication by means of transmitted signals over visual media
A communication method, system, and apparatus are provided that transmits supplementary communications combined with standard television or other visual media (e.g., cable, satellite, video, pre-recorded video, IPTV, Internet, print media) to a viewer/reader. The invention permits a standard television system or other visual media system to transmit supplementary digital data to the viewers along with the normal visual image to provide interactivity. The invention includes an electronic device that optically receives the transmitted supplementary digital data sent along with the visual image. Using the method described, a transmitting facility is able to transmit supplementary data to the device without interfering with its regular programming. The supplementary data can provide a means for added interactivity (e.g., by providing supplemental data for marketing, promotions games, entertainment, education, coupons, and the like). |
| US07920206B2 |
Camera module package
There is provided a camera module package. A camera module package according to an aspect of the invention includes a bonding unit at an inner surface of a housing including an optical system and a filter adhered to the bonding unit by an adhesive. Here, the bonding unit corresponding to the filter has a longitudinal central region corresponding to a gate and an overflow unit of a runner hardening unit provided when the housing is injection molded, and left and right regions while the longitudinal central region has a smaller surface height than each of the left and right regions, and the adhesive provided between the bonding unit and the filter has a predetermined thickness so that maximum thermal stress generated in the housing has a relatively smaller value than adhesive strength of the adhesive. |
| US07920205B2 |
Image capturing apparatus with flash device having an LED array
A digital camera (10) includes a face detecting section (74), a color temperature detecting section (76) and a flash device (86) having an LED array in which RGB LEDs are regularly arranged as a light source. When a shutter button (18) is pressed halfway, the face detecting section (74) reads out image data of a through image from a memory (60) and detects a person's face in the image. A CPU (64) identifies a scene based on brightness values of face and surrounding areas as, for example, a backlit scene, and specifies a face peripheral area according to an exposure pattern corresponding to the backlit scene. When the shutter button (18) is fully pressed, the CPU (64) sends a flash projection command to an LED control circuit (87), thereby illuminating the LEDs corresponding to the face peripheral area. By controlling illumination of the RGB LEDs, the LED control circuit (87) directs to project the flash light having color temperature that corrects the person's face color into an appropriate skin color. |
| US07920196B2 |
Image sensor with on-chip semi-column-parallel pipeline ADCs
An imaging device with a semi-column-parallel pipeline analog-to-digital converter architecture. The semi-column-parallel pipeline architecture allows multiple column output lines to share an analog-to-digital converter. Analog-to-digital conversions are performed in a pipelined manner to reduce the conversion time, which results in shorter row times and increased frames rate and data throughput. The architecture also enhances the pitch of the analog-to-digital converters, which allows high performance, high resolution analog-to-digital converters to be used. As such, semi-column-parallel pipeline architecture overcomes the shortcomings of the typical serial and column-parallel architectures. |
| US07920193B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatuses using barrier self-calibration for high dynamic range imagers
Methods, systems and apparatuses proving a high dynamic range imager. Multiple photosensor integration periods are used to capture pixel signal information. A transistor gate is used to remove electrons from the photosensor between the two successive integration periods providing a non-linear pixel response characteristic having a knee point. Each pixel is calibrated for the knee point which is used during adjustment of the pixel output signal. Each pixel may also be calibrated with an arbitrary signal response curve for multiple light intensities. |
| US07920190B2 |
Method and apparatus providing column parallel architecture for imagers
An imaging apparatus and a method using column processing circuits arranged in multiple rows for processing pixels in a pixel array. |
| US07920189B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of pixel parts each capable of obtaining one color signal, said plurality of pixel parts being arranged in the same plane, wherein each of the pixel parts comprises: a photoelectric conversion element comprising a lower electrode formed on or above a substrate, an upper electrode formed above the lower electrode and a photoelectric conversion film sandwiched between the lower electrode and the upper electrode; and a color filter formed on or above the upper electrode, wherein d
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| US07920188B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing a pixel signal
An NchMOS transistor Q71 on the input side of a current mirror 70 is made function as a voltage operating-point setting portion so that a pixel signal line potential (voltage of a horizontal signal line 20) would be constantly stable nearly at the GND. Then, an amplification factor and linearity become good in an amplification transistor in the solid imaging device 3. A current copier 90 is made function as a current sampling portion so as to receive a signal current IIN of the solid imaging device 3 through the current mirror 70 to carry out sampling of a pixel signal in a resetting period in the shape of current component as the pixel signal is. Calculating differential between a current component in a detecting period and an offset current, which is the current component in a resetting period in sampling, allows an offset component included in the pixel signal to be removed and only pure signal Isig to be picked up at an output terminal Iout, so that the FPN restraining function can be fulfilled. |
| US07920181B2 |
Semiconductor integrated apparatus and black level correction method for image sensor
The challenge of the present invention is to suppress a variation in brightness of an image and make a reference value of a black level converge at an appropriate value in a short time. A condition judgment circuit judges whether or not a frame of an amount of change in gains of a variable gain amplifier being equal to or greater than a threshold continues for a predefined frames or more. If a frame of an amount of change in the gains being equal to or greater than the threshold continues for the predefined frames, a black level value of the current frame is set for new black level reference. If not continues for the predetermined number, the previous black level reference value is retained in lieu of correcting the black level. |
| US07920177B2 |
Imaging apparatus
The imaging apparatus includes a plurality of image processing circuits, a memory having real address space, a memory management unit that performs virtual memory control, and a CPU that controls the image processing circuits. Each image processing circuit has a function of specified data processing, and writes/reads data to/from the memory in virtual address space. The memory management unit has corresponding information for managing correspondence between specified data unit region (virtual page) in virtual address space, and specified data unit region (real page) in real address space, and deletes the correspondence between virtual page and real page concerning the read data in the corresponding information when the image processing circuit completes the read operation of the data in specified data unit from the memory. |
| US07920175B2 |
Electronic still camera performing composition of images and image capturing method therefor
An object of this invention is to suppress both the influence of a change in image quality by flicker and the influence of degradation of the image quality by a camera shake when an electronic still camera takes a picture under illumination having flicker. In an electronic still camera which captures a plurality of low-luminance images and composites them into one image of correct exposure, when the exposure time is shorter than the flicker interval of illumination light, the center of the exposure time is made to substantially coincide with the maximum value of the light quantity of illumination light. When the exposure time is longer than the flicker interval of illumination light, the exposure time is set again to a natural number multiple of the flicker interval. |
| US07920169B2 |
Proximity of shared image devices
A technique involving either: a) transmitting at least one portion of at least one image representation from, or b) receiving at least one portion of at least one image representation to, a first shared image device in a manner at least partially relying on a proximity of the first shared image device and an at least one other shared image device. |
| US07920168B2 |
Systems and methods of customizing a color palette on a digital camera
Systems and methods are disclosed for customizing a color palette on a digital camera. An exemplary method of customizing a color palette on a digital camera may comprise identifying for a user a color from a scene the digital camera is focused on. The method may also comprise capturing the color as a digital image on the digital camera. The method may also comprise adding the captured color to the color palette for the user to apply as a photo-editing effect to other digital images on the digital camera. |
| US07920162B2 |
Display method and system for surgical procedures
A method and system includes multiple displays that can be separately controlled by users who are part of a surgical team. The first display will include information to assist a first user through the steps of a surgical procedure and the second display will assist a second user though the steps taken by the second user to perform the surgical procedure. |
| US07920161B2 |
Method for forming combined digital images
A method for acquiring at least two digital images by means of a digital camera, wherein the digital images are to be stitched into a panoramic image, comprises capturing a first digital image, wherein a first scenery is imaged, determining a relation between the first scenery and a second scenery being viewed by the digital camera, while said second scenery being viewed by the digital camera is changed, analysing the relation between the first scenery and the second scenery being viewed by the digital camera in order to identify an appropriate view to be captured by the digital camera in a second digital image, and indicating to a user that the camera is directed towards an appropriate view for capturing a second digital image. |
| US07920158B1 |
Individual participant identification in shared video resources
An integrated communications system is provided wherein video conferencing is conducted and participants sharing a video resource may be identified. Application of the present invention is particularly suited for videoconferencing when there are a plurality of communication endpoints, and at least one of the communication endpoints includes multiple participants at the shared video resource. A video or audio processing technique takes place to identify locations of conference participants at the communication endpoints. Each participant has an assigned RFID identifier during the conference. The RFID identifiers are interrogated by an RFID reader that downloads data from the identifiers to the system. The gathered RFID data is then matched with the processed video or audio data in order to identify each of the conference participants. A user interface is provided to allow the participants to view the other remote participants along with the identifying data of the remote participants. The data may include, for example, each remote participant's name displayed directly below the video image of that remote participant. As time progresses during the conference, participant identity is tracked and updated by repeating the video/audio processing technique and repeating the interrogation of the RFID identifiers. |
| US07920156B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method and data control device
The apparatus is adapted to deflect a light beam from a laser light source for each of the color components by means of a deflection mirror surface which oscillates, thereby making the light beam reciprocally scan in a main scanning direction. In this apparatus, however, only a light beam SL which scans in a first direction (+X) of the main scanning direction is irradiated in an effective image region on a photosensitive member, so as to form a latent image thereon. The resultant latent image is developed to form a toner image. Since image formation is performed using only the light beam SL which scans in the first direction (+X), the images may be formed at the consistent density irrespective of the image types. Furthermore, the scanning directions of the light beams SL for all the color components are uniformly defined to be the first direction (+X), so that the toner images of the respective colors may maintain the consistent density. |
| US07920154B2 |
Subpixel rendering filters for high brightness subpixel layouts
A display device comprises a display panel comprising high brightness subpixel repeating groups—for example, RGBW display panels. The device further comprises a subpixel rendering unit configured to render source image data onto the panel. The subpixel rendering techniques may render three-color source image data onto the panel comprising the high brightness subpixel repeating groups, and may also be used for rendering data onto 3-color displays as well. |
| US07920150B2 |
Image scaling system capable of saving memory
An image scaling system includes a window memory, a longitudinal scaler, a buffer and a latitudinal scaler. The window memory temporarily stores partial data of N image lines. The longitudinal scaler performs a longitudinal scaling operation on the partial data of the N image lines to thereby produce partial data of a longitudinal image line. The latitudinal scaler performs a latitudinal scaling operation on the partial data of the longitudinal image line to thereby produce scaling-part data of a latitudinal image line. The longitudinal scaler and the latitudinal scaler use a window average to perform an image shrinking operation and a bi-linear interpolation average to perform an image expanding operation. |
| US07920142B2 |
Identifying asymptotes in approximated curves and surfaces
Systems and methods for identifying asymptotes in approximated geometric forms are provided. One disclosed method includes identifying a set of data points that represent an approximated geometric form. The data points may be organized into segments. The method may further include determining a visible range of the geometric form to display. The method may further include looping through successive segments of the approximated geometric form, and on each loop, for a current segment, making a decision whether to draw the current segment based upon a prediction of whether the current segment traverses an asymptote within the visible range. The method may further include displaying on a graphical user interface of a computing device, a graph of the segments of the geometric form in the visible range, the graph not including those segments that were decided not be drawn. |
| US07920141B2 |
Method and apparatus for rasterizer interpolation
The present invention relates to a rasterizer interpolator. In one embodiment, a setup unit is used to distribute graphics primitive instructions to multiple parallel rasterizers. To increase efficiency, the setup unit calculates the polygon data and checks it against one or more tiles prior to distribution. An output screen is divided into a number of regions, with a number of assignment configurations possible for various number of rasterizer pipelines. For instance, the screen is sub-divided into four regions and one of four rasterizers is granted ownership of one quarter of the screen. To reduce time spent on processing empty times, a problem in prior art implementations, the present invention reduces empty tiles by the process of coarse grain tiling. This process occurs by a series of iterations performed in parallel. Each region undergoes an iterative calculation/tiling process where coverage of the primitive is deduced at a successively more detailed level. |
| US07920129B2 |
Double-sided touch-sensitive panel with shield and drive combined layer
A multi-touch capacitive touch sensor panel can be created using a substrate with column and row traces formed on either side of the substrate. To shield the column (sense) traces from the effects of capacitive coupling from a modulated Vcom layer in an adjacent liquid crystal display (LCD) or any source of capacitive coupling, the row traces can be widened to shield the column traces, and the row traces can be placed closer to the LCD. In particular, the rows can be widened so that there is spacing of about 30 microns between adjacent row traces. In this manner, the row traces can serve the dual functions of driving the touch sensor panel, and also the function of shielding the more sensitive column (sense) traces from the effects of capacitive coupling. |
| US07920127B2 |
Capacitive coordinate detection device
A coordinate detection device mounted on an information terminal apparatus is provided. The coordinate detection device includes a substrate that has a wiring region where leading lines to be connected to detection electrodes are located. The leading lines extend in a direction crossing an extension direction of the detection electrodes in the wiring region. The substrate is deformed such that the wiring region is distant from a surface. |
| US07920120B2 |
Display device, driving method of the same and electronic equipment having the same
A pixel circuit of a display device of the present invention has a drive transistor which serves also as a transistor adapted to control the emission and non-emission periods of an organic EL element or other elements. A final stage buffer in an output circuit of a write scan circuit (WS) has its power supply separated from the power supply of circuit portions of a previous stage. In a first embodiment, a scan signal WS from the write scan circuit is activated instantaneously. In a second embodiment, the trailing edge of the scan signal WS falls slowly. This allows for writing of an input signal voltage in a stable manner. |
| US07920119B2 |
Drive circuit for electro-optical apparatus, method of driving electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic system
At least one of a scanning-line drive part and a data-line drive part includes: a shift register for outputting transfer signals in sequence; a first enable supply line for supplying a plurality of series of first enable signals having a first pulse width smaller than that of the transfer signals; a second enable supply line for supplying one series of second enable signal having a second pulse width smaller than the first pulse width; and pulse-width restricting circuits for receiving input of the transfer signals, the first and the second enable signals. The pulse-width restricting circuits restricts the pulse width of the transfer signals to the first pulse width by shaping each pulse of the input transfer signals based on the individual first enable signals, and restricts the pulse width of the transfer signals to the second pulse width by shaping all the pulses of the transfer signals after restricted to the first pulse width based on the second enable signal. |
| US07920118B2 |
Scan driving circuit comprising a plurality of stages, each stage configured to receive multiple clocks
A scan driving circuit and an organic light emitting display using the same. The scan driving circuit includes stages that each includes: a switch for turning on/off a connection of the input terminal according to a first clock among a plurality of clocks, the first clock for inputting through a first clock terminal; a switch section for transferring a first voltage to the output terminal according to the first clock among the three clocks, and for preventing the first voltage from being transferred to the output terminal according to the input signal; and a storage section for maintaining a voltage of the output terminal for a predetermined time, and for transferring a voltage of a second clock among the three clocks to the output terminal according to the input signal, the second clock for inputting through the second clock terminal. |
| US07920116B2 |
Method and circuit of selectively generating gray-scale voltage
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using gray-scale voltages whose dynamic ranges are different from each other depending on pixel color. The gray-scale voltages are output to a source line driver. Embodiments of the invention also provide a gray-scale voltage generation circuit coupled to a LCD source line driver. The disclosed method and circuit reduce coupling phenomena in source lines to substantially remove artifacts such as stripes or flicker in an LCD device. |
| US07920114B2 |
Driving device for display panel, display panel, display device including the driving device, and method for driving display panel
A display panel is designed such that a pixel including sub-pixels indicative of red (R), green (G), blue (B) and at least one other color includes two sub-pixels at least in a longitudinal scanning direction and a color filter is provided for each of the sub-pixels. A driving device for the display panel includes a polarity reversal control section for performing polarity reversal drive with respect to every two dots in a lateral scanning direction and for performing polarity reversal drive with respect to every two lateral lines in a longitudinal scanning direction. |
| US07920111B2 |
LED-based optical system and method of compensating for aging thereof
An LED-based optical system and a method of compensating for aging thereof are provided. The LED-based optical system includes LED blocks composed of a predetermined number of LEDs; a sensor which senses output values of the respective LED blocks; and a control block which generates compensation rates by comparing initial output values of the respective LED blocks in an initial state with comparison output values of the LED blocks sensed by the sensor at a comparison time point, and controls current being supplied to the respective LED blocks in accordance with the compensation rates. |
| US07920107B2 |
Electronic device driving method, electronic device, semiconductor integrated circuit, and electronic apparatus
A display device includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines, current-driven elements provided corresponding to portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross one another, and performs a display operating in response to the amount of a driving current supplied to the current-driven elements. The amount of the driving current is defined by the value of the driving current and the length of a period in which the driving current, which is periodically repeated, is supplied to the current-driven elements. This definition of the amount of the driving current can realize accurate gray scale control in a minute current region and a reduction in power consumption of the display device. |
| US07920099B2 |
Multiple-input-multiple-output wireless communications cube antennas
Compact 24-port and 36-port multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna designs and methods of construction based on a cube-like structure are provided. The antennas can be implemented with slot antennas distributed on the edges and faces of cubes. According to various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, both spatial and polarization diversity can be achieved and average mutual couplings among the ports better than −20 dB can be achieved providing good channel capacity in MIMO applications. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to antenna and system design considerations. |
| US07920098B2 |
Antenna device for portable terminals and radio unit for receiving broadcast waves
There is provided an antenna device for use with a portable terminal, which can be used in different frequency bands by combining antenna characteristics.Whip antenna is electrically connected to power feeder through contact member, and resonates in a UHF band or higher when extended. Coiled antenna is electrically connected to power feeder through frequency filter mounted on device board. Frequency filter is set to a low impedance in a VHF band to supply electric power to coiled antenna. With this arrangement, external whip antenna is excited in the UHF band or higher, and built-in coiled antenna is mainly excited in the VHF band. The antenna device is thus capable of sending or receiving radio waves in a wide frequency band. |
| US07920095B2 |
Three-dimensional multi-frequency antenna
A three-dimensional multi-frequency antenna includes a substrate; a shorting wall vertically formed on a first edge of the substrate; a radiation element including a first radiator corresponding to a first resonance frequency band, and a second radiator corresponding to a second resonance frequency band, the first radiator and the second radiator capable of generating a frequency-multiplying third resonance frequency extending toward opposite directions; and a connection element, for connecting the shorting wall and the radiation element, separated from a second edge of the substrate by a gap; wherein the width of the radiation element and the gap conforms to a specific ratio. |
| US07920091B2 |
System and method for A-GPS positioning of a mobile device
A system and method for estimating the position of a mobile device using information from a constellation of satellites. A first set of satellites of the constellation may be selected and then a second set of satellites of the constellation may be selected as a function of signals received from the first set of satellites. Data may be transmitted to the mobile device based on signals received from the second set of satellites, and a location of the device estimated based on the data. One embodiment may select the second set as a function of an intersection of coverage areas of ones of the first set of satellites. Another embodiment may select the second set as a function of one or more satellites that are not occluded by the Earth from one or more of the first set of satellites. |
| US07920084B2 |
Unified architecture for folding ADC
A system, apparatus and method for a folding analog-to-digital converter (ADC) are described. The general architecture of the folding ADC includes an array (1-N) of cascaded folding amplifier stages, a distributed array of fine comparators, and an encoder. Each folding amplifier stage includes folding amplifiers that are configured to receive inputs from a prior stage, and also generate output signals for the next stage. The folding amplifiers output signals for a given stage are evaluated by a corresponding comparator stage, which may include multiple comparators, and also optionally coupled to an interpolator. The outputs of the comparators from all stages are collectively evaluated by the encoder, which generates the output of the folding ADC. Unlike conventional folding ADCs that require fine and coarse channels, the presently described folding ADC provides conversion without the need for a coarse channel. The encoder can also be arranged to facilitate recursive error correction. |
| US07920081B2 |
Digital phase locked loop with dithering
An embodiment of the present invention provides a phase locked loop that operates on clock signals derived from an RF clock signal generated by the phase locked loop. A frequency reference input provides a reference clock. A controllable oscillator generates the RF clock signal. A phase detection circuit operates on the reference clock to provide digital phase error samples indicative of a phase difference between the reference clock and the RF clock. A dithering circuit is coupled to the reference signal and injects a short sequence dither signal into the reference signal in order to overcome quantization noise and thereby improve RMS phase-error detection for integer channels. |
| US07920079B2 |
Serial signal receiving device, serial transmission system and serial transmission method
A serial signal receiving device, includes: a serial-parallel converter that converts a transmitted serial signal into a parallel signal, wherein the serialized signal is obtained by the plural signal; a storage unit that stores phase difference information indicating a phase difference among the plural signals; and a correcting unit that corrects a phase relation among the plural signals of the parallel signal output from the serial-parallel converter based on the phase difference information stored by the storage unit. |
| US07920077B2 |
Method and system for decompressing at least two two-valued symbol sequences into a three-valued communication sequence
A method for decompressing at least two two-valued symbol sequences into a three-valued communication sequence is described comprising converting a first two-valued symbol sequence into an intermediate symbol sequence and symbol-wise multiplying the intermediate symbol sequence with the second two-valued symbol sequence to generate the three-valued communication sequence. |
| US07920073B2 |
Method and terminal for receiving traffic information and method for providing traffic information
A method and terminal for receiving and processing traffic information and a method and apparatus for providing the traffic information, where the method for receiving traffic information includes reading region information included in received traffic information, determining whether a first region indicated by the region information overlaps with a second region corresponding to location information on which traffic information is desired, and decoding the traffic information including the region information indicating the first region if the determination result indicates that the first and second regions overlap. |
| US07920069B2 |
Audible, piezoelectric signal with integral visual signal
A combined and integrated audible and visual signal. A signal case is constructed of a light transmissive material and includes an exposed front end cover with one or more sound transmitting apertures and a tubular wall extending transversely from the exposed end cover for extending through a hole in a mounting panel. A transducer is mounted within the tubular wall and includes a diaphragm that is spaced from the exposed cover. Light sources are mounted to face the diaphragm. The tubular wall in the region between the cover and a plane transverse to the tubular wall through the diaphragm is, in the axial direction, smoothly continuous with no angled bends. |
| US07920067B2 |
Wireless medical gases management system
The present invention generally provides methods and systems for managing a medical gas system by using wireless sensors located at the point of use. In one embodiment, a wireless sensor is fixed to a gas outlet, and is configured to measure gas flow, and to detect whether the gas outlet is connected to a medical device. The gas flow and connection data is included in a wireless signal that is transmitted to a remote server. The data received by the server may be analyzed to determine if any local or system leaks are occurring. In addition, the data may be used to monitor patient therapies, to calculate costs, and to determine replenishment points. |
| US07920064B2 |
Radio frequency identification tag capable of storing and restoring flag data
A RFID tag capable of storing and restoring flag data is described. The RFID tag includes an analog block for generating a driving power using a radio frequency signal received through an antenna. The driving power is used to store the flag data. A digital block is operated using the generated driving power and processes RF data that is transmitted and received via the analog block in order to store the flag data in the analog block. A memory block reads and writes data to a nonvolatile ferroelectric capacitor depending on a control signal from the digital block. The analog block supplies the flag data to the digital block during an activation time period of a power-on reset signal. |
| US07920062B1 |
Shopping cart
The present invention teaches and discloses method and apparatus for alerting a grocery store check out cashier of merchandise placed on the bottom tray of a typical grocery shopping cart. A passive RFID transponder is incorporated into the structure of the cart which when interrogated by an associated reader, located at the cashier's check out station, responds with a signal verifying the presence, or absence, of an unseen item upon the carts bottom tray. |
| US07920060B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer readable medium
The image processing apparatus is provided with: an acquisition unit that acquires disaster information obtained based on the occurrence of a disaster; a form generation unit that generates an information registration form describing items for registering information on a disaster to be collected based on the disaster information acquired by the acquisition unit; and an output unit that outputs the information registration form generated by the form generation unit. |
| US07920059B2 |
Footwear with embedded tracking device and method of manufacture
Footwear with an embedded tracking device includes a sole and an upper. The tracking device is disposed in a cavity formed in the top surface of the sole. A wireless communication antenna and/or a location signal antenna is disposed on the upper. The antenna(s) is/are connected to the tracking device via a flexible circuit substrate. In a particular embodiment, the location signal antenna is a passive, directional GPS antenna supported in an upwardly facing position in the heel portion of the upper. A method for manufacturing footwear with an embedded tracking device is also disclosed. The method includes providing a footwear upper, incorporating an antenna in the footwear upper, providing a footwear sole, fixing the footwear upper to the footwear sole, incorporating a tracking device into the footwear sole, and connecting the tracking device to the antenna. |
| US07920057B2 |
Method and device for localization of the position of a wheel of a vehicle
The invention relates to a method and a device for localization of the position of a wheel (2) of a vehicle (1). According to the method of the invention, the vehicle (1) is equipped with two transmitting antennas—a lateral antenna (11) and a frontal antenna (13) —placed so as to have coverage zones comprising a common zone in which is located the wheel (2) to be localized, and the transmission by the two transmitting antennas (11 and 13) of two identical, in phase identification request signals of powers suited to obtain in the area of wheel (2) to be localized a resulting signal of power greater than the detection threshold of an electronic box (6) with which said wheel is equipped is ordered simultaneously. |
| US07920056B2 |
Driving support apparatus
A driving support apparatus has a display mounted in a vehicle, a driving information receiving unit receiving a steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a control unit. The control unit produces a vehicle figure imitating a shape of the vehicle and a tire figure imitating a shape of a tire of the vehicle in a bird's-eye view, calculates a predicted running locus of the vehicle, detects positions of portions of an obstacle facing the vehicle one after another, and controls the display to display a driving support image including the vehicle figure, the tire figure, the running locus and obstacle detecting marks indicating the positions of the obstacle while changing a direction of the tire figure with respect to the vehicle figure according to the steering angle. A driver recognizes a turning rate of the vehicle from the direction of the tire figure. |
| US07920052B2 |
Sports monitoring and tracking system
A sports monitoring and timing system utilizing remotely actuated game clock controls with coded identification carried by a plurality of officials and a signal processor to combine the control signals with timing signals to generate a record of each starting and stopping of the game clock along with the identity of the initiator and the control equipment initiating the action, to record the time of each goal, and to preserve and transmit the record to others for quality review purposes. The system includes a security code to prevent unauthorized actuation of the game clock, and remote battery monitoring. |
| US07920049B2 |
Registered 3-D optical thinfilm for remote identification
A system and method for determining encoded information borne by transportation modalities. The system includes substrates carried by the modalities and an optical interrogation device capable of remotely acquiring the information and comparing it with a database of acceptable information incorporated into or proximal to the system. The encoded information is provided on the substrate in a matrix of zones exhibiting different optical properties. The matrix of zones and the associated properties constitute a code which is interrogated and read by the system. |
| US07920042B2 |
Micromagnetic device and method of forming the same
A micromagnetic device includes a first insulating layer formed above a substrate, a first seed layer formed above the first insulating layer, a first conductive winding layer selectively formed above the first seed layer, and a second insulating layer formed above the first conductive winding layer. The micromagnetic device also includes a first magnetic core layer formed above the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer formed above the first magnetic core layer, and a second magnetic core layer formed above the third insulating layer. The micromagnetic device still further includes a fourth insulating layer formed above the second magnetic core layer, a second seed layer formed above the fourth insulating layer, and a second conductive winding layer formed above the second seed layer and in vias to the first conductive winding layer. The first and second conductive winding layers form a winding for the micromagnetic device. |
| US07920041B2 |
Coil device for antenna and antenna system for rear window of vehicle
In a coil device for an antenna, a wide surface of a connector connecting section and a mounting surface of a fixing section are substantially vertically arranged. A connecter terminal can take a first arrangement or a second arrangement to a resin member. In the first arrangement the connector terminal can take, the connector connecting section is positioned on one end side in the width direction of the resin member, and in the second arrangement, the connector connecting section is positioned on the other end side in the width direction of the resin member by turning the connector connecting section in the first arrangement 180 degrees. |
| US07920040B2 |
Niobium-tin superconducting coil
A Nb3Sn superconducting coil can be formed from a wire including multiple unreacted strands comprising tin in contact with niobium. The strands are wound into a cable, which is then heated to react the tin and niobium to form a cable comprising reacted Nb3Sn strands. The cable comprising the reacted Nb3Sn strands are then mounted in and soldered into an electrically conductive channel to form a reacted cable-in-channel of Nb3Sn strands. The cable-in-channel of reacted Nb3Sn strands are then wound to fabricate a superconducting coil. The Nb3Sn superconducting coil can be used, for example, in a magnet structure for particle acceleration. In one example, the superconducting coil is used in a high-field superconducting synchrocyclotron. |
| US07920039B2 |
Thermally enhanced magnetic transformer
A planar transformer comprises a laminate substrate having an opening with metal traces wound thereabout forming a primary and a secondary winding, a core configured to fit inside the opening to enclose the laminate substrate. At least one heat sink fin is integrally formed with the top, bottom or both sides of the core. A method of forming a planar transformer comprises laminating a substrate having an opening with metal traces wound thereabout forming a primary and a secondary winding, fitting a core inside the opening, and enclosing the laminate substrate. One of the top, bottom or both sides of the core include one or more heat sink fins. |
| US07920038B1 |
Dual shielded relay
Provided is a relay that includes first and second contacts that are selectively connectable for closing an electric circuit. A coil wound around the contacts along a longitudinal axis can generate a magnetic field that connects the contacts in one of an energized or de-energized state and disconnects the contacts in the other of the energized or de-energized state. A first electrically conductive shield is provided adjacent to a first end of the relay and electrically connected to the first contact, and a second electrically conductive shield, the second electrically conductive shield being electrically connected to the second contact. The first electrically conductive shield extends at least partially around the first contact and the second electrically conductive shield extends at least partially around the second contact. The second electrically conductive shield is substantially coaxial with the first electrically conductive shield and separated a distance apart from the first electrically conductive shield along the longitudinal axis. |
| US07920035B2 |
Microwave power splitter/combiner
A microwave, power splitter/combiner (20) is formed as part of a multilayer laminate (27, 28, 29, 33, 34) such that two ports (22, 23) are connected by plated vias (31, 32) to conductive pads (29, 30) connected across an isolation resistor (27). Furthermore, a microwave circuit is provided in the form of a multi-layer laminate including a substrate carrying a resistive layer which has been etched to define at least one resistor, a dielectric membrane covering the resistor, a conductive layer defining at least part of an electrical circuit, and said at least one resistor is electrically connected to the conductive layer by vias extending through the dielectric membrane. |
| US07920034B1 |
Compact waveguide load
A compact integrated waveguide load has a load section disposed within an interior region of the waveguide proximate to a closed end of the waveguide. The load section has a tubiform shape, with an exterior surface congruent with an interior surface of the waveguide and an interior surface defining a circumferential step within the waveguide. A method of making a compact integrated waveguide load includes providing a waveguide and placing electromagnetic wave absorbing materially circumferentially around the interior surface to create an inward step. |
| US07920028B2 |
Bias circuit and control method for bias circuit
A bias circuit for applying a bias voltage to a nonlinear amplification circuit, including a constant-current source; and a first, second, third, and fourth transistors, wherein a current mirror circuit is configured by the first transistor and the second transistor, and the bias voltage is outputted from the drain of the second transistor, gate lengths and gate widths of the first and second transistor are the same, gate lengths of the first to fourth transistor are the same, and gate lengths and gate widths of the first, second, third, and fourth transistor are configured so that k4−0.5−k3−0.5 is approximately 1, where k3 stands for a ratio of a gate width of the third transistor to the gate width of the first transistor and k4 stands for a ratio of a gate width of the fourth transistor to the gate width of the first transistor. |
| US07920027B2 |
Amplifier design with biasing and power control aspects
Techniques for biasing an amplifier using a replica circuit are disclosed. In an embodiment, a replica circuit having substantially the same topology and sizing as a push-pull amplifier circuit is coupled to a main push-pull amplifier circuit. A transistor in the replica circuit may be biased using feedback to generate a predetermined DC output voltage level, and such bias level may be applied to a corresponding transistor in the main push-pull amplifier circuit. In another embodiment, a transistor in a current bias module may be used to bias corresponding transistors in the main push-pull amplifier circuit and the replica circuit. Further techniques are disclosed for configuring the amplifier to have a non-uniform step size with finer resolution at lower power levels and coarser resolution at higher power levels to reduce power consumption at lower power levels. |
| US07920018B2 |
Booster circuit
A boosting circuit comprises a first boosting cell row and a second boosting cell row. The boosting circuit further comprises an analog comparison circuit for comparing the potential of boosting cells on the same stage, and selecting and outputting the lower or higher of the potentials. The potential of an N well is controlled using the output potential of the analog comparison circuit. Thereby, the amplitude of an N well potential can be suppressed, and a single N well region can be shared. |
| US07920016B2 |
Monolithic voltage reference device with internal, multi-temperature drift data and related testing procedures
A testing procedure may determine whether a monolithic voltage reference device meets a temperature drift specification. A first non-room temperature output voltage of the monolithic voltage reference device may be measured while the monolithic voltage reference device is at a first non-room temperature which is substantially different than room temperature. First non-room temperature information may be stored in a memory within the monolithic voltage reference device which is a function of the first non-room temperature output voltage. A second non-room temperature output voltage of the monolithic voltage reference device may be measured while the monolithic voltage reference device is at a second non-room temperature which is substantially different than the room temperature and the first non-room temperature. Second non-room temperature information may be stored in the memory without destroying the first non-room temperature information which is a function of the second non-room temperature output voltage. A determination may be made whether the monolithic voltage reference device meets the temperature drift specification based on a computation that is a function of both the first non-room temperature information and the second non-room temperature information. |
| US07920012B2 |
Semiconductor device
A level shifter circuit of the present invention includes a level shifter for converting a low-voltage signal to a high-voltage signal, and is provided with a unit that sets a voltage condition of an input signal to a transistor for input of the level shifter, when a high-voltage power supply is inputted to the level shifter circuit of the present invention before a low-voltage power supply. |
| US07920010B2 |
Signal isolators using micro-transformers
A logic signal isolator comprising a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a transmitter circuit which drives said primary winding in response to a received logic signal, such that in response to a first type of edge in the logic signal, a signal of a first predetermined type is supplied to the primary winding and in response to a second type of edge in the logic signal, a signal of a second predetermined type is supplied to said primary winding, the primary winding and the transmitter being referenced to a first ground; and the secondary winding being referenced to a second ground which is galvanically isolated from the first ground and said secondary winding supplying to a receiver circuit signals received in correspondence to the signals provided to the primary winding, the receiver reconstructing the received logic signal from the received signals. |
| US07920004B2 |
Apparatus and method for duty cycle correction
There is provided an apparatus for duty cycle correction. The apparatus for duty cycle correction comprises a moving sum unit performing a moving sum calculation with respect to the square-wave signal and outputting the moving sum signal subjected to moving sum calculation, a comparison unit comparing the moving sum signal with a predetermined threshold voltage, outputting a high signal or low signal, a mean value calculation unit calculating the mean value of an output signal outputted from the comparison unit, the output signal being included in a section having a period integer times greater than that of the square-wave signal, and a threshold voltage control unit comparing the mean value with a middle value, increasing the threshold voltage when the mean value is greater than the middle value, and decreasing the threshold voltage when the mean value is less than the middle value. |
| US07920003B1 |
Delay circuit with delay equal to percentage of input pulse width
A delay circuit with a delay equal to the percentage of the input pulse width is described. In one embodiment, the ratio of the discharge current to the charge-up current of a timing capacitor is used to determine the percentage of the input pulse width used for the output delay. In a first timing phase, the input pulse width is stored as a voltage on the timing capacitor. In a second timing phase, the output is delayed by a percentage of the input pulse width. In a third timing phase, the circuit is restored to the trip point to remove sensitivity to process variation or applied conditions variation such as voltage or temperature (P-V-T variation), and be ready for the next timing cycle. |
| US07919999B2 |
Band-gap reference voltage detection circuit
Methods, devices, modules, and systems for a band-gap reference voltage detection circuit are provided. One embodiment for a band-gap reference voltage detection circuit includes a Brokaw cell having a band-gap reference voltage, and a circuit portion for indicating the magnitude of an input voltage signal with respect to the band-gap reference voltage. The input voltage is applied to transistor bases of the Brokaw cell. |
| US07919993B2 |
Correlated double sampling circuit
A correlated double sampling circuit includes a first capacitor and a comparator. The first capacitor may be configured to receive a ramp signal via a first end. The comparator may be configured to receive the ramp signal and an output signal of a unit pixel circuit via a differential amplifier included in the comparator. The comparator may be also be configured to compare the output signal with the ramp signal and may be configured to directly receive the output signal of the unit pixel circuit at a first input terminal of the differential amplifier. A second input terminal of the differential amplifier is connected to a second end of the first capacitor. |
| US07919991B1 |
Comparator circuit
A comparator circuit is disclosed that determines whether a first binary value is greater than, equal to, and/or less than a second binary value without employing binary adder circuits, and therefore is simpler, occupies less circuit area, and consumes less power than conventional comparator circuits having binary adders. For some embodiments, the comparator circuit is capable of performing full comparison operations on two or more arbitrary binary values. The comparator circuit can be implemented in TCAM devices to perform regular expression search operations. |
| US07919990B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device of the present invention comprises an SGT based, at least two-stage CMOS inverter cascade circuit configured to allow a pMOS SGT to have a gate width two times greater than that of an nMOS SGT. A first CMOS inverter includes two pMOS SGT arranged at respective ones of an intersection of the 1st row and the 1st column and an intersection of the 2nd row and the 1st column, and an nMOS SGT arranged at an intersection of the 1st row and the 2nd column. A second CMOS inverter includes two pMOS SGT arranged at respective ones of an intersection of the 1st row and the 3rd column and an intersection of the 2nd row and the 3rd column, and an nMOS SGT arranged at an intersection of the 2nd row and the 2nd column. |
| US07919986B2 |
Power up biasing in a system having multiple input biasing modes
This invention is an input bias control for a module input. A clock detect circuit generates a signal indicating whether an external clock signal is detected. An operational state detect circuit receives this signal and is responsive to an operational state of the module. The operational state detect circuit enables one of a pull-up and pull-down transistor corresponding said operational state of the module. The operational state detect circuit may the input buffer a predetermined time following external clock signal detection, which might be a following transition in the external clock signal. The operational state detect circuit enables the pull-up or pull-down transistor a predetermined time following enabling said input buffer. |
| US07919984B2 |
System and apparatus of reconfigurable transceiver design for multi-mode signaling
A reconfigurable transceiver is claimed for a wide range of I/O systems. The reconfigurable transmitter of the reconfigurable transceiver is capable of transmitting multi-level signals in single-ended and differential modes by current and voltage mode signaling. The signal for transmission can be pre-emphasized for all transmitting modes. The reconfigurable transceiver can dynamically scale bandwidth and power consumption based on performance metrics. |
| US07919980B2 |
Configurable circuit and configuration method
A configurable circuit of the present invention includes a plurality of logic blocks (4), and a programmable bus which can program connections of plurality of logic blocks (4). The programmable bus includes a plurality of wires (11—x) arranged for each of signal transmission ranges corresponding to plurality of logic blocks (4), direct wire connection switch (711—x) which can program whether to directly connect or disconnect the wires between the adjacent signal transmission ranges, input selector (30—x) which can program a connection with any one of the plurality of wires, and programmable switch (40—x) which can program whether to make a connection with the wire corresponding to the adjacent signal transmission range for each of the plurality of wires. A plurality of programmable switches (40—x) are arranged for at least one of plurality of logic blocks (4). |
| US07919979B1 |
Field programmable gate array including a non-volatile user memory and method for programming
An integrated circuit includes a programmable logic unit and an on-chip non-volatile memory. A JTAG port, TAP controller circuit, and program/erase control circuitry provide user access to the non-volatile memory for storage of user data. The non-volatile memory may also be used to store device data such as a serial number, product identification number, date code, or security data. Portions of the non-volatile memory may be made unavailable to the user once programmed, while other portions of the non-volatile may remain available for user access. |
| US07919977B2 |
Circuits and methods for testing FPGA routing switches
An FPGA architecture includes multiplexers having non-volatile switches having control gates coupled to word lines W, each word line associated with a row, the switches connecting to wiring tracks through buffers having a controllable ground connection NGND, at least some of the switches being a tie-off switch coupleable to one of a plurality of bitlines B, each bitline associated with column. |
| US07919974B2 |
Electronic device test apparatus and method of configuring electronic device test apparatus
A handler is configured by, separably and connectably, a plurality of types of handling modules of different throughputs and a plurality of types of test modules of different numbers of simultaneous measurements and/or test temperatures. Based on the maximum number of measurable pins of the tester outputting a test pattern and examining a response pattern, the number of terminals of the DUTs, and the test time, the throughput of the handling module and the number of simultaneous measurements and/or test temperature of the test module are selected and combined. |
| US07919968B2 |
System and method for distortion analysis
A method, circuit and system for determining at least one of an amplitude and a relative phase of a signal under test. A reference signal is generated based, at least in part, upon the at least one of the amplitude and the relative phase of the signal under test. The reference signal is combined with the signal under test to generate a residual signal indicative of a distortion within the signal under test. The residual signal is measured. |
| US07919966B2 |
Method of estimating surface ion density
The present teachings are directed toward machine implemented method for estimating the ion density of the surface of either positive or negative electrode of a battery. The machine-implemented method includes dividing each electrode into N layers of active electrode material, determining the ion density variable for each one of the N layers of the active electrode, and determining the ion density of the electrode surface. In the presently disclosed method, the ion density variable of each of the N layers of the active electrode changes as a function of the difference between the respective ion density variables of adjacent N layers, and the ion density of the electrode surface changes as a function of the battery current and the difference between the respective ion density variables of adjacent N layers. The present method is particularly applicable to Li-ion batteries. |
| US07919965B2 |
Source arrangement and method for generating electromagnetic wavefields
A source arrangement for generating electrogmagnetic (EM) wavefields, comprising an EM signal generator, at least three electrodes (141-144) connected to the generator, and a control system. The electrodes are spaced apart but not all in line. The control system is arranged to apply non-coincident time-varying signals or transmissions from the generator between different pairs of the electrodes. The non-coincidence can be by applying the signals sequentially or by applying the signals out of phase. |
| US07919961B2 |
Method for measuring magnetic permeability and reference sample used in the latter
The invention relates to a method for measuring the magnetic permeability of a magnetic material by measuring the magnetic interaction of an electromagnetic field with this material by using a measuring device including a measuring cell connected through a microwave frequency cable (13) to a vector network analyser (12), said method comprising steps for gauging/calibrating said measuring device, for determining corrective coefficients to be applied to the measurements obtained by means of this device, for verifying the non-drift of this device, these steps being carried out with the help of a reference sample, wherein a reference sample is used, comprising at least one inclusion which enables creation, in a given volume, of a local artificial permeability, each inclusion being achieved by combining at least one inductive component possibly associated with a combination of at last one capacitive and/or resistive and/or active component, the frequency response of the electromagnetic properties of each volume being adjusted by the value and the assembly architecture of the components.The invention also relates to such a reference sample. |
| US07919960B2 |
Electricity meter capable of minimizing the risk of data destruction from lightning or surge
An electricity meter capable of minimizing a risk of data destruction in case of lightning or surge that involves improperly high voltage is provided. The electricity meter includes a measurement part, an operation part, and an insulation part. The measurement part includes a detection unit to detect electricity consumption of an objective system and a transmission unit to wirelessly transmit data representative of the detected electricity consumption. The operation part includes a reception unit to receive the wirelessly transmitted data and an operation unit to process the received data into data representative of electric energy consumed by the objective system. The insulation part electrically insulates the measurement part and operation part from each other. |
| US07919959B2 |
Signal readout circuit of amperometric sensor
A signal readout circuit comprises a first amplifier, a second amplifier and first to fourth transistors. The signal readout circuit has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The signal readout circuit applied in a wide current-sensing range of amperometric chemical sensing. The readout circuit may be applied in electrochemical sensing such as glucose, so as to read out a current signal of an amperometric sensor. Through a design of low input impedance, sensing signals in a wide current range can be sensed in the readout circuit. Also, a current mirror structure is used to copy the input current to an output current, such that an output signal range of the output signals of the current circuit is not limited by a supplied voltage. |
| US07919954B1 |
LDO with output noise filter
A low-drop out (LDO) regulator is provided. In one embodiment, the LDO regulator includes an error amplifier, a pass transistor, a reference voltage circuit, an output noise filter, and a voltage divider. The voltage divider provides a feedback voltage based on the output voltage. Further, the feedback voltage is provided at a feedback node. The output of the error amplifier is coupled to the pass transistor. The reference voltage circuit is coupled to a first input of the error amplifier. The output noise filter is coupled between the feedback node and the second input of the error amplifier. |
| US07919952B1 |
Automatic gain control technique for current monitoring in current-mode switching regulators
A current-mode switching regulator uses adaptive current sensing to reliably monitor an inductor current in a cost-efficient and power-efficient manner. A semiconductor switch periodically turns on to conduct the inductor current. A voltage drop across the semiconductor switch is monitored when the semiconductor switch is on. A variable gain amplifier with an automatic gain control loop generates a feedback signal from the voltage drop of the semiconductor switch when conducting to provide an indication of the inductor current to a controller. The automatic gain control loop compensates for any variations in the on-resistance of the semiconductor switch. |
| US07919951B2 |
System stabilization control system
In a system stabilizing control system of controlling reactive power by a reactive power compensating device according to a voltage variation of an electric power system in which a capacitor is connected to a bus through a breaker, when the bus voltage drops, the capacitor is closed through the breaker to suppress a leading compensation reactive power amount caused by the reactive power compensating device, and when the bus voltage rises, the capacitor is disconnected through the breaker to suppress a lagging compensation reactive power amount caused by the reactive power compensating device. |
| US07919950B2 |
Power factor correction converter
A power factor correction converter includes a diode bridge arranged to perform full-wave rectification on an AC input power supply, a switching element arranged to perform switching on an output voltage thereof, an inductor arranged to pass a current interrupted by the switching element and to accumulate and emit excitation energy, a diode, and a smoothing capacitor defining a step-up chopper circuit. A digital signal processing circuit detects a phase of an input voltage, and a switching frequency of the switching element is modulated in accordance with the phase. Accordingly, the switching frequency can be appropriately modulated without depending on an input voltage, so that a wide range of input voltages can be accepted while suppressing EMI noise with a peak generated in the switching frequency and higher-order frequency components thereof. |
| US07919948B2 |
Desktop charger holder
A desktop charger holder (1) of this invention includes a holder portion (2) which stores a portable telephone (7), a base (3) which supports the holder portion (2), pivot enabling means (9, 16) for enabling the holder portion (2) to be pivotal with respect to the base (3), and holding/fixing means (10, 12) for holding and fixing the pivot angle of the holder portion (2) with respect to the base (3). The desktop charger holder (1) is configured such that a barycenter of the portable telephone (7) and the holder portion (2), when the portable telephone (7) is stored in the holder portion (2), is present on the surface of the base (3). This can provide an easy-to-use desktop charger holder (1) in which even if the angle (angle of elevation) of the holder portion (2) storing the portable telephone (7) is changed, the central position of a display screen does not change, and a barycenter exists within a specific range. |
| US07919947B2 |
Method and device for starting an electric machine with a magnetically mounted rotor
A method and a device with a control apparatus (50) for starting an electric machine (10) with a rotor (20), particularly the spinning cup of an open-end spinning machine, magnetically mounted by a bearing having permanent magnets (31, 32, 33, 34). An actuator system controls the position in the axial direction (35, 36) and two limitation bearings (41, 42), determine the axial end positions of the rotor. The actuator system brings about a lifting from the first axial end position, and a system variable during such lifting is compared with a reference value, and the rotor (20) is moved into the second end position, and the actuator system brings about a lifting from the second axial end position, and a system variable on lifting from the second end position is compared with a reference value. |
| US07919943B2 |
Fan system and starting method thereof
A fan system includes a connecting device, a controlling device and a fan device. The connecting device includes a first pin receiving at least one driving signal, and a second pin receiving a start signal, wherein a length of the first pin is greater than a length of the second pin. The controlling device is electrically connected with the connecting device and includes an enabling unit. The enabling unit generates at least one first enabling signal according to the start signal, and the controlling device outputs the driving signal and the first enabling signal. The fan device is electrically connected with the controlling device and includes at least one fan. The fan device transmits the driving signal to the fan and drives the fan according to the first enabling signal. |
| US07919938B2 |
Actuator arrangement
An actuator arrangement comprises a plurality of linearly extendable actuators arranged to be driven by a common electrically driven motor, each actuator, being provided with limit stops to limit extension and/or retraction thereof, wherein the limit stops of the actuators are positioned such that a first one of the actuators has a smaller range of permitted extension than at least a second one of the actuators. |
| US07919937B2 |
System for adjusting a light source by sensing ambient illumination
A method and system for adjusting a light source that is capable of displaying light of different colors receives inputs from various sources and provides an output color selection signal. The output color selection signal is applied to the light source to adjust the intensity and color thereof. |
| US07919936B2 |
Driving circuit for powering light sources
There is provided a driving circuit for powering a plurality of light sources. The driving circuit includes a power converter, a plurality of switching regulators and a plurality of switching balance controllers. The power converter is operable for receiving an input voltage and for providing a regulated voltage to the light sources. The switching regulators are operable for adjusting forward voltages of the light sources respectively. The switching balance controllers are operable for generating pulse modulation signals to control the switching regulators respectively. |
| US07919933B2 |
High intensity discharge strobe light
A high intensity discharge (HID) lamp is operable as a stroboscopic light source by reducing power and maintaining constant polarity at the lamp for a period of dimmed operation and exciting the lamp with aperiodic polarity reversals for a run up period before returning the lamp to steady state operation. |
| US07919931B2 |
LED driving circuit, illuminating device, and electro-optical device
An LED driving circuit for driving a plurality of different LEDs includes: a first power supply circuit that is supplied with an input voltage for generating a plurality of driving voltages and a reference voltage with respect to the input voltage and generates a first output voltage and a second output voltage from the input voltage, on the basis of a first control signal; and a second power supply circuit that is supplied with the first output voltage, the second output voltage, and the reference voltage, selects a voltage for driving the LEDs, on the basis of a second control signal, and outputs them. |
| US07919927B2 |
Circuit having EMI and current leakage to ground control circuit
A resonant circuit includes a feedback path for a feedback signal extending from a load terminal to an input terminal so that a potential of the load substantially tracks a potential of the input terminals. A resonant circuit extends from a load to a line terminal so that a potential of the load substantially tracks a potential of the line terminals. A resonant circuit includes a split inductor so that when the load increases so does the equivalent resonant inductance. |
| US07919925B2 |
Lighting control device of lighting device for vehicle
In a process in which a control signal having a low level is output from an ON/OFF control circuit to series regulators connected to LEDs serving as lighting targets to turn ON the LEDs in accordance with digital communication information, the ON/OFF control circuit calculates a specified current value to be supplied to the LEDs serving as the lighting targets and compares the specified current value with a detected current value which is detected by a current detecting circuit, and outputs a stop signal to a control circuit on the assumption that a current flows without the series regulators with grounding generated on a cathode side of any of LEDs when the detected current value is greater than the specified current value. When the control circuit turns OFF an NMOS transistor in response to the stop signal, an operation of a switching regulator is stopped. |
| US07919924B2 |
Magnetron and method of manufacturing magnetron anode vane
In each anode vane 10, there is provided the brazing material spreading prevention groove 13 that interconnects the strap ring inserting portions 11 and 12 in parallel to the direction of the central axis Ax. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the residual brazing material 3a from spreading to the front end part 10a of the anode vane 10 when each anode vane 10 is brazed on the inner peripheral surface of the anode cylinder 1. Therefore, non-uniformity in thickness of the anode vanes 10 caused by the residual brazing material 3a is suppressed, and electrostatic capacity between the anode vanes 10 adjacent to each other becomes substantially constant. Thus, it is possible to obtain stable resonant frequency. In addition, it becomes easy to perform adjustment for obtaining the stable resonant frequency in that non-uniformity in initial frequency of the time when the magnetron is completely assembled decreases. |
| US07919923B2 |
Plasma lamp with dielectric waveguide
A plasma lamp and a method of generating light are provided. The plasma lamp may include a lamp body having a dielectric constant greater than about 2 and a power source. The power source is coupled to the lamp body by a feed to provide power to the lamp body. A bulb containing a fill having a first portion and a second portion is provided. The bulb is positioned so that the first portion of the fill is located within the lamp body and the second portion of the fill is located outside of the lamp body. In use, the fill receives at least a portion of the power from the lamp body to form a light-emitting plasma. The volume of the bulb is less than the volume of the lamp body. |
| US07919916B2 |
Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element having a first electrode layer, a second electrode, a light-emitting functional layer, a reflective layer which reflects light toward the light-emitting functional layer, a translucent semi-reflective layer which reflects some portion of light emitted from the light-emitting functional layer and transmits the rest of light therethrough, and a color filter which transmits light which passed through out the translucent reflective layer. An optical path d1 has a value between d1a calculated by d1a=(p+1/2)·λ/2−(φ1−φ2)·λ/4π−nz·tz and d1b=m·λ/2+(φ3+φ2)·λ/4π. |
| US07919914B2 |
Discharge lamp and electrode for use in the same
It is possible to enhance the luminance of a cold-cathode type discharge lamp and to contribute to a prolongation of service life thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3 having a cup 4 with such a shape that a bottom is provided at each of both opposed ends of the glass tube 2. The cup 4 is connected to a lead-in wire 8 which is inserted through the end of the glass tube 2 and held thereby. The collision-preventing ring 5 covering an end surface of the cup 4 is provided to the open end 4a of the cup 4. The porous tungsten disk 6 impregnated with a ternary metal oxide composed of barium (Ba), aluminum (Al), and calcium (Ca) as an electron emission material is provided at a bottom in an inside of the cup 4. |
| US07919910B2 |
Medical balloon incorporating electroactive polymer and methods of making and using the same
An expandable medical balloon having at least one static state, at least one expanded state, and at least one deflated state, the expandable medical balloon including at least one active region, the at least one active region including electroactive polymer. |
| US07919908B2 |
Piezoelectric resonator device
A piezoelectric resonator device includes a base holding a piezoelectric resonator element and a lid bonded to the base in order to hermetically seal the piezoelectric resonator element held on the base. In addition, the region of bonding of the base to the lid is composed of at least a nickel-cobalt layer comprising nickel and cobalt, and a metal layer laminated on the nickel-cobalt layer, with the base and lid bonded by heat-melting using a metallic braze material. |
| US07919905B2 |
Magnetic head actuator having conductive fastening member electrically connecting upper and lower piezoelectric elements
An actuator includes a piezoelectric bimorph including a pair of piezoelectric elements and an intermediate electrode provided between the piezoelectric elements, a conductive fastening member for fastening fixed ends of the piezoelectric elements to a base having a ground potential, and a contact member to which a predetermined voltage is applied. The contact member is in contact with the intermediate electrode. |
| US07919901B2 |
Low-voltage, large displacement stepping actuator and method for fabricating the same
The current invention provides a stepping actuator, achieving large range up to ±35 μm with low operating voltages of 15V or lower and large output forces of up to ±110 μN. The actuator has an in-plane-angular deflection conversion which allows achieving step sizes varying from few nanometers to few micrometers with a minor change in the design. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the stepping actuator comprises a geometrical structure with a displacement magnification ratio of between 0.15 and 2 at operating voltages of 15V or lower. The present invention also provides a method for forming such stepping actuators. |
| US07919900B2 |
Motor apparatus including Lundell motor having Lundell-type rotor
The Lundell motor apparatus includes a controller for controlling a field current passed to a field coil of a Lundell-type rotor of a motor and an armature current passed to a stator coil of the motor in order to generate a required torque. When the field current is If, the armature current is Ia, a d-axis inductance is Ld, a q-axis inductance is Lq, a q-axis current as a q-axis component of the armature current is Iq, a d-axis current as a d-axis component of the armature current is Id, a field torque is Tf, a field flux is Φf, a reluctance torque is Tr, and a combined torque of the field torque and the reluctance torque is ΣT, the controller passes the d-axis current Id to the stator coil within a phase angle range in which the combined torque ΣT become larger than the field torque Tf in order to generate the reluctance torque Tr which is equal to (Ld−Lq)Id·Iq in addition to the field torque Tf. |
| US07919885B2 |
Method of controlling battery power, power control apparatus, and portable device using the same
A method for controlling batteries, a power control apparatus, and a portable device using the same are provided. Based on a connection status of a main battery and an auxiliary battery and the relative magnitudes of voltage of the main battery and the auxiliary battery, supplying of electric power from the main battery or an integrated power source integrating the main battery voltage with the auxiliary battery voltage, recharging of the main battery and the auxiliary battery respectively or simultaneously, and the connection between the main battery and the auxiliary battery when the portable device is turned off are controlled so that electric power of the portable device using a plurality of batteries can be effectively supplied. |
| US07919884B2 |
Voltage supply device having a plurality of generators connected in parallel
A device for voltage supply includes a first generator and a second generator connected in parallel to it. A control unit is also provided, to which capacity utilization signals are made available by the first and the second generator. By an evaluation of the capacity utilization signals, the control unit ascertains control signals, which lead to a uniform load distribution with respect to the generators. |
| US07919882B2 |
System, method, and computer software code for controlling multiple generators of a powered system
A system for controlling a plurality of generators of a powered system, the system includes a controller configured to provide a command to energize at least a first generator and a second generator depending on an operational condition of the powered system, a switching device configured to connect the first generator and/or the second generator to the controller, and a rectifier connected between the controller and the switching device. The switch position of the switching device determines whether the first generator and/or the second generator is energized, depending on the operational condition of the powered system. A method and a computer software code for controlling a plurality of generators of a powered system are also provided. |
| US07919877B2 |
Faucet generator
A faucet generator includes: a cylindrical body which has a water inflow port and a water outflow port, and in which a water supply channel is formed; a rotor vane which has rotor vane blades, and which is disposed in the water supply channel; a magnet which is rotatable integrally with the rotor vane; a coil in which an electromotive force is produced by rotation of the magnet; and a plurality of nozzles which eject water toward the rotor vane blades. The axial direction of the rotor vane is substantially parallel to the water supply channel. The nozzles change a direction of a water flow which is substantially parallel to the axial direction of the rotor vane, to eject water from a radially outward direction of the rotor vane blades to the rotor vane blades. |
| US07919876B2 |
Small-sized power package
A small-sized power package includes a tubular case, a magnet tube, a coil, a power-generating magnet, a shaft, a movable box, and a positioning magnet. The power-generating magnet is attracted by the positioning magnet and thus suspended within the magnet tube. The small-sized power package has enhanced power generating efficiency by utilizing the benefit of magnetic levitation. An electronic device including such a small-sized power package is also provided. |
| US07919870B2 |
Coaxial through chip connection
An integrated circuit chip includes devices formed by doping of a semiconductor on a substrate and at least one post-device formation through-chip via made up of an annulus of insulating material, an annulus of metallization bounding an outer surface of the annulus of insulating material and an annulus of electrically conductive material within the annulus of insulating material, the annulus of metallization and the annulus of electrically conductive material being electrically isolated from each another. |
| US07919868B2 |
Carrier substrate and integrated circuit
A carrier substrate comprising a through contact connecting a first contact field on a top face of the carrier substrate to a second contact field on a bottom face of the carrier substrate and a substrate material being provided around the through contact. |
| US07919859B2 |
Copper die bumps with electromigration cap and plated solder
Embodiments of the invention include apparatuses and methods relating to copper die bumps with electtomigration cap and plated solder. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an integrated circuit die, a plurality of copper bumps on a surface of the die, electromigration(EM) caps substantially covering a mating surface of the copper bumps capable of controlling intermetallic formation between the cooper bumps and solder, and solder plating on the EM caps capable of protecting the EM caps from oxidation prior to packaging. |
| US07919857B2 |
Plastic housing and semiconductor component with said plastic housing
A plastic housing includes plastic external faces and the underside of the plastic housing comprises external contact areas on which external contacts are arranged. The plastic external faces are covered by a closed metal layer apart from the underside, wherein the boundary layer between plastic external faces and the closed metal layer includes exposed electrically conductive inclusions of the plastic of the housing. |
| US07919856B2 |
Package mounted module and package board module
A package board module wherein a semiconductor chip such as an LSI is mounted on the topside surface of a package board, and a package mounted module wherein the package board is mounted on the motherboard of a large-sized computer or the like. A stiffener for supporting the package board and/or a stiffener for supporting the motherboard each has a bimetal structure wherein a first member and a second member having mutually different thermal expansion coefficients are respectively adhered to each other, so as to cause the stiffeners to warp in harmony with the warpage of the package board and the motherboard caused by a temperature change, thereby preventing stress from arising in the solder-bonded portions. |
| US07919855B2 |
Topside thermal management of semiconductor devices using boron phosphide contacting a gate terminal
A semiconductor device including at least one gate terminal in operational contact with an active layer or top surface of the semiconductor substrate includes a deposited layer of boron phosphide covering the gate terminal and at least a portion of the active layer or the top surface next to and extending from the gate terminal. According to an aspect, the layer of boron phosphide is deposited by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The boron phosphide layer will have a thickness less than or equal to about 10 microns. The boron phosphide provides a heat spreading coating across the die surface, thus increasing the surface area that conducts the heat from the die. Since the boron phosphide coating is in intimate contact with the gate terminal(s) and the immediately adjacent passivation surfaces of the device, generated heat can rapidly spread away from the active junction or channel. The additional thermal path(s) provided by the boron phosphide coating may terminate away from the active region to further conduct away the heat through thermally unused areas of the device. |
| US07919852B2 |
Semiconductor device and insulating substrate utilizing a second conductor with a non-joint area
A semiconductor device including: an insulating substrate including a ceramic substrate having first and second principal surfaces, a first metallic conductor fixed on the first principal surface, and a second metallic conductor fixed on the second principal surface; a semiconductor element disposed on the first metallic conductor on the first principal surface; and a base plate connected to the second metallic conductor on the second principal surface, and on which the insulating substrate being disposed. The second metallic conductor includes a joint area connected to the second principal surface, and a non-joint area formed around the joint area. |
| US07919850B2 |
Integrated circuit packaging system with exposed terminal interconnects and method of manufacturing thereof
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a lead; mounting an inner package so that the lead is peripheral to the inner package, and the inner package having a connection pad; forming an exposed terminal interconnect on the connection pad; and encapsulating the inner package, and partially encapsulating the exposed terminal interconnect with an encapsulation. |
| US07919847B2 |
Semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device, and semiconductor device manufacturing method
A semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of chip areas, a scribe line area, a bonding pad, a probing pad, and a pad connection wiring. The plurality of chip areas are configured to be arranged in a matrix form. The scribe line area is configured to separate the plurality of chip areas from each other. The bonding pad is configured to be connected with an external terminal. The probing pad is configured to be contacted with a probe wire. The pad connection wiring is configured to electrically connect the bonding pad to the probing pad. The bonding pad and the probing pad are located at a predetermined distance from each other in each of the plurality of chip areas. The pad connection wiring has a portion located in the scribe line area. |
| US07919844B2 |
Tier structure with tier frame having a feedthrough structure
A stackable tier structure comprising one or more integrated circuit die and one or more feedthrough structures is disclosed. The I/O pads of the integrated circuit die are electrically rerouted using conductive traces from the first side of the tier structure to a feedthrough structure comprising one ore more conductive structures. The conductive structures electrically route the integrated die pads to predetermined locations on the second side of the tier structure. The predetermined locations, such as exposed conductive pads or conductive posts, in turn, may be interconnected to a second tier structure or other circuitry to permit the fabrication of a three-dimensional microelectronic module comprising one or more stacked tiers. |
| US07919842B2 |
Structure and method for sealing cavity of micro-electro-mechanical device
A cavity package (100) for micrometer-scale MEMS devices surrounding the cavity (210) with the MEMS device (220) with a rim (232) of solder-wettable metal, and then covering the cavity with a roof (240) of solder spanning from rim to rim. A solder body, placed over the cavity to rest on the rim, is reflowed; the surface tension of the liquid solder is reduced by the interfacial tension of the rim metal so that the liquid solder spreads over the rim surface and thereby stretches the liquid ball to a plate-like roof over the cavity. After solidifying the solder, the solder-to-metal seal renders the cavity package hermetic. |
| US07919837B2 |
Semiconductor device with sealed semiconductor chip
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip with bonding pads, the bonding pads being arranged along one side of an element forming surface of the semiconductor chip, a lead frame including first and second internal leads arranged such that tips thereof correspond to some of the bonding pads of the semiconductor chip, and first and second bonding wires by which the first internal leads and the some of the bonding pads are bonded to each other. The semiconductor device further includes a hanging pin section provided on the element non-forming surface of the semiconductor chip, and a sealing member with which the semiconductor chip is sealed including the hanging pin section and a bonding section between the first and second internal leads and the first and second bonding wires. |
| US07919833B2 |
Semiconductor package having a crack-propagation preventing unit
There are provided a semiconductor package comprising: a semiconductor substrate including an integrated circuit unit, and a crack-propagation preventing unit at least partially formed around a peripheral of the integrated circuit unit of the semiconductor substrate and filled with a heterogeneous material different from a material of the semiconductor substrate, and a method of fabricating the semiconductor package, comprising: at least partially forming a trench around the peripheral of the integrated circuit unit of the semiconductor substrate, and filling the trench with a heterogeneous material different from that of the semiconductor substrate. In accordance with the present invention, the structural and mechanical strength and durability of the semiconductor package, specifically, the wafer level semiconductor package, are improved and the reliability of the product is significantly improved. Furthermore, a fail rate including crack/chipping during a subsequent mounting process lowers, to improve the yield and reduce the whole manufacturing cost. |
| US07919820B2 |
CMOS semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
Example embodiments provide a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the CMOS semiconductor device. The CMOS semiconductor device may include gates in the nMOS and pMOS areas, polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) capping layers, metal nitride layers underneath the poly-Si capping layers, and a gate insulating layer underneath the gate. The metal nitride layers of the nMOS and pMOS areas may be formed of the same type of material and may have different work functions. Since a metal gate is formed of identical types of metal nitride layers, a process may be simplified, yield may be increased, and a higher-performance CMOS semiconductor device may be obtained. |
| US07919819B2 |
Interconnect components of a semiconductor device
Embodiments comprise an adjusted polysilicon gate pitch to metal wire pitch relationship to improve area scalars while increasing ACLV tolerance with a fixed polysilicon gate pitch. In some embodiments, the wire pitch for at least one metallization layer is adjusted to match the pitch for the polysilicon gate. In one embodiment, the next to the lowest metallization layer running in the same orientation as the polysilicon gate, utilized to access the input or output of the interconnected cell structures is relaxed to match the minimum contacted gate pitch and the metal is aligned above each polysilicon gate. In another embodiment, the polysilicon gate pitch may be relaxed to attain a smaller lowest common multiple with the wire pitch for an integrated circuit to reduce the minimum step off. |
| US07919812B2 |
Partially depleted SOI field effect transistor having a metallized source side halo region
Source and drain extension regions and source side halo region and drain side halo region are formed in a top semiconductor layer aligned with a gate stack on an SOI substrate. A deep source region and a deep drain region are formed asymmetrically in the top semiconductor layer by an angled ion implantation. The deep source region is offset away from one of the outer edges of the at least spacer to expose the source extension region on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A source metal semiconductor alloy is formed by reacting a metal layer with portions of the deep source region, the source extension region, and the source side halo region. The source metal semiconductor alloy abuts the remaining portion of the source side halo region, providing a body contact tied to the deep source region to the partially depleted SOI MOSFET. |
| US07919808B2 |
Flash memory device
Embodiments relate to a flash memory device and a method of manufacturing a flash memory device, which may increase a coupling coefficient between a control gate and a floating gate by increasing a surface area of floating gate. In embodiments, a flash memory device may be formed by forming a photoresist pattern for forming a floating gate on a semiconductor substrate including an oxide film, a floating gate poly film, and a BARC (Bottom AntiReflect Coating), performing a first etching process using the photoresist pattern as a mask, to etch the floating gate poly film to a predetermined depth, depositing and forming a polymer to cover the photoresist pattern, forming spacers of the polymer at both sidewalls of the photoresist pattern, forming a second etching process using the spacers as a mask, to expose the oxide film, and removing the BARC, the photoresist pattern and the spacers by ashing and stripping. |
| US07919807B1 |
Non-volatile memory cell with heating element
The number of times that a non-volatile memory (NVM) can be programmed and erased is substantially increased by utilizing a localized heating element that anneals the oxide that is damaged by tunneling charge carriers when the NVM is programmed and erased. The program and erase voltages are also reduced when heat from the heating element is applied prior to programming and erasing. |
| US07919805B1 |
Non-volatile memory cell with two capacitors and one PNP transistor and a method of forming such a cell in a 1-poly SOI technology
In a non-volatile memory cell, a single poly SOI technology is used to save space and achieve low current programming by providing two capacitors formed in an n-material over an NBL, forming a inverter in an n-material over a PBL, and isolating the NBL from the PBL by means of a lightly doped region or a deep trench isolation region. |
| US07919797B2 |
Angled implant for trench isolation
A trench isolation having a sidewall and bottom implanted region located within a substrate of a first conductivity type is disclosed. The sidewall and bottom implanted region is formed by an angled implant, a 90 degree implant, or a combination of an angled implant and a 90 degree implant, of dopants of the first conductivity type. The sidewall and bottom implanted region located adjacent the trench isolation reduces surface leakage and dark current. |
| US07919794B2 |
Memory cell and method of forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) of a memory cell
A memory including a memory cell and method for producing the memory cell are disclosed. The memory includes a substrate in a first plane. A first metal connection extending in a second plane is provided. The second plane is substantially perpendicular to the first plane. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) is provided having a first layer coupled to the metal connection such that the first layer of the MTJ is oriented along the second plane. |
| US07919793B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit including: a plurality of standard cells including a transistor having a gate electrode and arranged in combination with each other; a metallic wiring layer interconnecting the standard cells to form a desired circuit; and a plurality of reserve cells having a gate electrode, unconnected with the metallic wiring layer and arranged on a periphery of the standard cells, wherein each of the gate electrodes of the standard cells and the reserve cells has a gate pad section and two gate finger sections extending from the gate pad section to sides opposite to each other in a predetermined direction, and length of the gate pad sections of the reserve cells in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction is equal to or more than a sum total value of three times a minimum line width in the metallic wiring layer and twice a minimum separation distance. |
| US07919786B2 |
Nanowire light emitting device
A nanowire light emitting device is provided. The nanowire light emitting device includes a substrate, a first conductive layer formed on the substrate, a plurality of nanowires vertically formed on the first conductive layer, each nanowire comprising a p-doped portion and an n-doped portion, a light emitting layer between the p-doped portion and the n-doped portion, a second conductive layer formed on the nanowires, and an insulating polymer in which a light emitting material is embedded, filling a space between the nanowires. The color of light emitted from the light emitting layer varies according to the light emitting material. |
| US07919774B2 |
Nonvolatile memory element, nonvolatile memory apparatus, and method of manufacture thereof
A lower electrode layer 2, an upper electrode layer 4 formed above the lower electrode layer 2, and a metal oxide thin film layer 3 formed between the lower electrode layer 2 and the upper electrode layer 4 are provided. The metal oxide thin film layer 3 includes a first region 3a whose value of resistance increases or decreases by an electric pulse that is applied between the lower electrode layer 2 and the upper electrode layer 4 and a second region 3b arranged around the first region 3a and having a larger content of oxygen than the first region 3a, wherein the lower and upper electrode layers 2 and 4 and at least a part of the first region 3a are arranged so as to overlap as viewed from the direction of the thickness of the first region 3a. |
| US07919771B2 |
Composition for electron transport layer, electron transport layer manufactured thereof, and organic electroluminescent device including the electron transport layer
Provided are a composition for an electron transport layer which can be wet coated at a low temperature, an electron transport layer manufactured by coating and drying the composition, and an organic electroluminescent device including the electron transport layer. The organic electroluminescent device including the electron transport layer manufactured by wet coating the composition for an electron transport layer has an improved electron injection into a light emitting layer, thereby having an excellent light emitting efficiency, low operating voltage, and improved lifespan. |
| US07919768B2 |
Phase-change memory element
A phase-change memory cell is proposed. The phase-change memory includes a bottom electrode; a phase-change spacer formed to contact the bottom electrode; an electrical conductive layer having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, wherein the electrical conductive layer electrically connects to the phase-change spacer via the horizontal portion; and a top electrode electrically connected to the electrical conductive layer via the vertical portion of the electrically conductive layer. |
| US07919765B2 |
Non-continuous particle beam irradiation method and apparatus
Method and apparatus are disclosed for treating a non-continuous particle beam produced by an accelerator in order to irradiate a target volume, wherein an irradiation spot located in the target volume is formed from this beam, and wherein the location of the irradiation spot is controlled by location controlling elements. The setting of the location controlling elements may take place in between subsequent particle bunches of the beam, for example. |
| US07919763B2 |
Electron beam emitter
An exit window for an electron beam emitter through which electrons pass in an electron beam includes a structural foil for metal to metal bonding with the electron beam emitter. The structural foil has a central opening formed therethrough. A window layer of high thermal conductivity extends over the central opening of the structural foil and provides a high thermal conductivity region through which the electrons can pass. |
| US07919762B2 |
Determining diffusion length of minority carriers using luminescence
Methods (200, 300), apparatuses and systems (100) for determining minority carrier diffusion lengths in a semi-conductor structure (130), which may be a solar cell or a unprocessed or partially processed silicon sample, are disclosed. The luminescence (140) may comprise photoluminescence, electroluminescence, or both. Luminescence (140) is excited (212) in the structure (130), and the intensities of short- and long-wavelength luminescence (140) are measured (214). Luminescence intensities may be captured from either side of the sample using a single photodetector, a FPA, a CCD array (150), or a mapping tool. The luminescence (140) excited in the structure (130) may be filtered (160) at short and long cutoff wavelengths. Diffusion lengths of the structure (130) are generated (216) using a predefined theoretical relationship. The generating step (216) may comprise calculating (316) intensity ratios from luminescence intensities and converting (320) the intensity ratios into diffusion lengths using the predefined theoretical relationship. |
| US07919758B2 |
Neutron detector
A neutron detector has a volume of neutron moderating material and a plurality of individual neutron sensing elements dispersed at selected locations throughout the moderator, and particularly arranged so that some of the detecting elements are closer to the surface of the moderator assembly and others are more deeply embedded. The arrangement captures some thermalized neutrons that might otherwise be scattered away from a single, centrally located detector element. Different geometrical arrangements may be used while preserving its fundamental characteristics. Different types of neutron sensing elements may be used, which may operate on any of a number of physical principles to perform the function of sensing a neutron, either by a capture or a scattering reaction, and converting that reaction to a detectable signal. High detection efficiency, an ability to acquire spectral information, and directional sensitivity may be obtained. |
| US07919755B2 |
Dendrimer based electro-optic sensor
A high efficiency electro-optic dendrimer based technology for nanophotonic integrated circuit devices is presented. In particular, an electro-optic waveguide dendrimer for electro-optic sensor applications is implemented. A terahertz system for detecting and imaging objects is implemented using electro-optic dendrimer based terahertz emitters and probing sensors. |
| US07919754B2 |
Breath analyzer
A system for the detection and analysis of at least one volatile substance in breath samples of a subject, including at least one source of infrared radiation adapted to the wavelength range of specific absorption peaks of said substances, a plurality of reflecting surfaces of said radiation adapted for collimation onto at least one detector providing a plurality of electrical output signals corresponding to the transmission of said radiation within wavelength intervals corresponding to said absorption peaks, at least one measuring cell including a mechanical support structure defining the position of said source, reflecting surfaces and detector, adapted to the reception and disposal of said breath sample, and exposing it to said radiation, at least one electronic signal processing unit with capacity to analyse said signals with respect to pre-programmed information concerning infrared absorption spectra of said substances. The response of the system being displayed or otherwise communicated, and perceived as essentially instantaneous. |
| US07919753B2 |
Method for performing IR spectroscopy measurements to quantify a level of UV effect
A method of non-destructively determining the amount of ultraviolet degradation of a surface and/or paint adhesion characteristics of the surface corresponding with UV damage including determining a physical property of a composite material/surfacing film by providing a series of composite materials/surfacing films which are subjected to increasing UV light exposure to create a set of UV damage standards, collecting mid-IR spectra on those standards, performing data pre-processing and then multivariate calibration on the spectra of the composite materials/surfacing films, and using that calibration to predict the UV damage for samples in question. |
| US07919752B2 |
Inspection apparatus and inspection method by using terahertz wave
An inspection apparatus includes a terahertz wave detection portion, a waveform shaping portion configured to shape a first answer signal with respect to a terahertz wave by using a signal acquired in the above-described terahertz wave detection portion, a measurement condition acquisition portion configured to acquire a first measurement condition, an answer signal storage portion configured to store second answer signals corresponding to measurement conditions, a selection portion configured to select the above-described second answer signal from the above-described answer signal storage portion, and a signal processing portion configured to conduct deconvolution with respect to the above-described first answer signal on the basis of the above-described second answer signal. |
| US07919751B2 |
Infrared sensor
A small infrared sensor has a wide infrared light-receiving area (viewing angle), high electromagnetic shielding characteristics, and excellent electromagnetic-wave resistance characteristics. In the infrared sensor, supporting portions are disposed at four corners of a substantially rectangular opening in a package. The supporting portions support an optical filter, disposed so as to cover the opening, at positions that are lower than an upper end of an inner peripheral wall defining the opening. While the optical filter is supported by the supporting portions as a result of inserting a portion of a surface side of the optical filter facing the supporting portions into the opening, the optical filter is secured to the package. The optical filter and the package are joined and secured, and electrically connected to each other through a conductive adhesive. |
| US07919749B2 |
Energy filter for cold field emission electron beam apparatus
An electron beam apparatus and a method for providing an energy-filtered primary electron beam are described. Therein, a primary electron beam having an asymmetric first energy distribution is generated by means of an electron source. The primary electron beam is high-pass energy filtered using a retarding lens. |
| US07919748B2 |
Cylindrical geometry time-of-flight mass spectrometer
The mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer having a pair of planar electrode structures. The electrode structures are disposed opposite one another, parallel to one another, and axially offset from one another, and are structured to generate, in response to a common pattern of voltages applied to them, a cylindrically-symmetric, annular electric field surrounding a cylindrical central region. The electric field includes an annular axially focusing lens region surrounding the central region, and an annular mirror region surrounding the lens region. Ions injected tangentially in the central region towards the electric field reach an ion detector after executing a number of ellipse-like orbits, which enables a long flight path to be accommodated within a small evacuated space. |
| US07919744B2 |
Optical standard for the calibration and characterization of optical measuring devices
The invention relates to an optical standard (10) for the calibration or characterization of optical measuring devices and as a reference system for intensities and intensity measurements. The standard (10) according to the invention, constructed sandwich-like, comprises a combination of at least two layer-like optical standard modules (12) having defined optical properties, joinable or joined together plane-parallel, wherein the standard modules (12) in each instance differ from each other by at least one optical property, namely, by their absorption, emission, scatter and/or reflection properties, and the standard modules (12) are made so that they enter into physical interaction with electromagnetic radiation striking one of their two principal surfaces (12.1). |
| US07919743B2 |
Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera
A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At a center of the light-receiving area, the micro-lenses are placed in positions directly above corresponding photodiodes, and placed in positions which are progressively offset from positions directly above the corresponding photodiodes, towards a center of the light receiving area, as micro-lenses are located farther from the center of the light-receiving area. |
| US07919742B2 |
Projector having a light intensity control unit for controlling light intensity of projected light and control method of projector
A projector includes: an operation unit which receives operation by a user; a projection unit which projects light corresponding to an image signal; and a light intensity control unit which controls light intensity of the light projected by the projection unit. The light intensity control unit controls the light intensity in the order of reception of plural operations received by the operation unit from the user. |
| US07919741B1 |
Indirect wave front sensing
Described are systems and methods that compensate for phase aberration in a high energy laser (HEL) without the need for a “beacon” laser or a wave front sensor to measure the phase aberration in the return signal from the “beacon” laser. In one aspect, the systems and methods use an imaging camera to image a HEL hit spot on a target, estimate the phase aberration of the HEL at the target based on the image of the HEL hit spot, and compensate for the phase aberration in the HEL using the estimated phase aberration. Also described are systems and methods that clean up an image of a target by estimating a wave aberration of an incoming beam based on the image of the target and clean up the image of the target using the estimated wave front aberration. |
| US07919738B2 |
Freezable/microwaveable packaging films
A multi-layer freezable/microwaveable film having both low temperature resistance and high temperature resistant to withstand subzero freezer storage temperatures and microwave cooking temperatures. The freezable/microwaveable film includes a three-layer coextruded film having a polypropylene/alpha-olefin copolymer inner, heat sealable layer, an adjacent polypropylene or high density polyethylene core layer, and an outer polyethylene skin layer adjacent the core layer opposite the heat sealable layer, and further includes an outer protective layer laminated to the outer skin layer. |
| US07919732B2 |
Method and circuit for igniting a gas flow
The invention relates to a method and a circuit for igniting a gas flow in a fully automatic manner. The aim of the invention is to maintain the necessary current consumption so low that an integratable voltage source can be used. To this end, once an electronic control unit has been activated, a thermoelectric safety pilot valve (2) is opened by an electromagnet which is temporarily excited by a rush of current, is maintained in the open position by a safety pilot magnet (6) by means of a holding current provided by a voltage source (10), and the escaping gas is ignited. Once a thermoelectric couple (4) is provided for the necessary holding current, the voltage source (10) is switched off. In the event of damage, the method is automatically interrupted. |
| US07919730B2 |
Heating apparatus with multiple element array
A heating apparatus assembly and method are provided for heating a surface. The heating apparatus contains a substrate with a multiplicity of heating elements disposed upon at least one surface of the substrate where each element is individually controllable. |
| US07919726B2 |
Laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
It is an object to provide a laser irradiation apparatus for enlarging an area of a beam spot and reducing a proportion of a region with low crystallinity. It is also an object to provide a laser irradiation apparatus for enhancing throughput with a CW laser beam. Furthermore, it is an object to provide a laser irradiation method and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with the laser irradiation apparatus. A region melted by a first pulsed laser beam having harmonic is irradiated with a second CW laser beam. Specifically, the first laser beam has a wavelength of visible light or a shorter wavelength than that of visible light (approximately not more than 830 nm, preferably, not more than 780 nm). Since the first laser beam melts a semiconductor film, an absorption coefficient of the second laser beam to the semiconductor film increases drastically and thereby being more absorbable. |
| US07919722B2 |
Method for fabricating plasma reactor parts
A method of fabricating yttria parts is provided herein. In one embodiment, the method includes sintering a yttria sample, machining the sintered sample to form a part, and annealing the part by heating the part at a predetermined heating rate, maintaining the part at a constant annealing temperature, and cooling the part at a predetermined cooling rate. At least one of the sintering and annealing atmospheres is an oxygen-containing atmosphere. |
| US07919721B2 |
Method of measuring taper angle in wire electric discharge machining apparatus and measuring tool
A method of measuring a taper angle in a wire electric discharge machining apparatus comprises, the steps of: providing a measuring tool (2) having lower and upper edges (27, 23) being spaced by a given height (H); moving a vertical wire electrode (EV) from a reference position (R) in one direction by a first distance (X1) to the lower edge (27); moving the vertical wire electrode from the reference position in the one direction by a second distance (X2) to the upper edge (23); moving an inclined wire electrode (EI) from the reference position in the one direction by a third distance (X3) to the lower edge; moving the inclined wire electrode from the reference position in the one direction by a fourth distance (X4) to the upper edge; and calculating a taper angle (θ) of the inclined wire electrode based on the following equation: θ=tan−1 γ/H γ=|(X3−X1)−(X4−X2)|. |
| US07919717B2 |
Three-dimensional printed circuit board
A three-dimensional PWB is provided that may include two or more layers stacked together forming a top surface, a bottom surface, and one or more side surfaces, and one or more solder pad situated on at least one of the one or more side surfaces. The one or more solder pads may include exposed voids in the one or more side surfaces. In some cases, the top surface and/or the bottom surface may have one or more solder pad. The one or more solder pads on at least one of the one or more side surfaces may be electrically connected to the one or more solder pads on the top surface and/or the bottom surface. In the illustrative PWB, the top surface and/or the bottom surface may be adapted to be mounted with an inertial sensor. The one or more side surfaces may be adapted to be mounted to a printed wiring board. |
| US07919710B2 |
Solar cell containing silicon and chalcopyrite semiconductor layers
A solar cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a stacked semiconductor layer. The stacked semiconductor layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The stacked semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an intrinsic semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first energy gap. The second semiconductor layer has a second energy gap. The intrinsic semiconductor layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the intrinsic semiconductor layer is a chalcopyrite layer and has a third energy gap. The third energy gap is less than the first energy gap and the second energy gap. |
| US07919709B2 |
Temperature power generation device and temperature power generation method
A temperature power generation device includes a temperature reactive layer made of high thermal energy absorbing material and a thermal electron generation layer made of low work function material. A temperature power generation method by using the temperature reactive layer and the thermal electron generation layer to absorb heat and generate thermal electrons which are then induced to a conductive layer through an externally applied electric field, and the generated thermal electrons are then further transferred via an electricity output component to an output load for providing power. |
| US07919708B2 |
Electronic musical instrument
A computer portion 70 determines main reaction force RF0 by use of a main reaction force table storing main reaction forces which vary according to the velocity and the depth of a depression of the key 11. The computer portion 70 determines first ancillary reaction force RF1 by use of a first ancillary reaction force table storing first ancillary reaction forces which vary according to the amount of depression of a lever 32 of a pedal apparatus 30. The computer portion 70 adds the first ancillary reaction force RF1 to the main reaction force RF0 to obtain a composite reaction force to control a solenoid 21 on the basis of the composite reaction force so that a reaction force which is to be exerted on the key 11 will be the composite reaction force. |
| US07919703B2 |
Method for removing the staff lines from a music score image
Disclosed is a method of removing staff lines from a music score an image. The method includes detecting a region with staff lines in an image including a music score; checking a gradient of the staff lines, and dividing the staff lines extending continuously in a longitudinal direction into a plurality of regions in consideration of the gradient, estimating each of the staff lines included in the divided regions by analyzing a histogram of the image, extracting each of the staff lines from the music score on the basis of the estimated staff lines and removing each of the extracted lines of the staff lines from the music score. |
| US07919701B2 |
Connection device for a drum set
A connection device for a drum set has a connecting bridge, multiple resilient pads and a clamping device. The connecting bridge has a base board and two connecting arms. The connecting arms protrude respectively from two sides of the base board and each has a connecting end for connection to an adjusting rod attached to a drum shell of a drum. The resilient pads are mounted respectively on the connecting ends of the connecting arms and are mounted around the adjusting rods. The clamping device is securely mounted on the base board and has a clamping base, a clamping leaf, a locking rod and a locking element. Therefore, the connection device allows the drum to vibrate for improved timbre. |
| US07919699B2 |
Nanotubes as mitochondrial uncouplers
A method of uncoupling mitochondria in a subject including administering nanotubes to the subject in a therapeutically effective amount, wherein the nanotubes are self-rectifying is provided. A method of decreasing reactive oxygen species and decreasing detrimental loading of Ca2+ into mitochondria is provided, including administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of nanotubes into the subject. A method of reducing weight, treating cancer, reducing the effects of traumatic brain injury, or reducing the effects of ageing, in a subject including administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of nanotubes into the subject is also provided. |
| US07919691B1 |
Maize variety 38M27
A novel maize variety designated 38M27 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 38M27 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 38M27 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 38M27, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 38M27. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 38M27 and to the maize varieties derived by the use of those methods. |
| US07919689B2 |
Cotton variety 09Q914DF
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 09Q914DF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 09Q914DF. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 09Q914DF and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 09Q914DF with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US07919688B2 |
Soybean variety D5462579
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5462579. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5462579. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5462579 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5462579 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US07919684B2 |
Protein kinase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants
A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated PKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. |
| US07919683B2 |
Cloning and sequencing of the ferulate esterase gene from Lactobacillus buchneri LN4017
Embodiments of the present invention include polypeptides having ferulate esterase activity and the nucleic acid sequences that encode them. Methods of the embodiments utilize these ferulate esterase polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences to enhance the digestibility of plant cell walls and the accessibility of carbohydrates in plants. The invention provides for transgenic plants transformed with expression vectors containing a DNA sequence encoding ferulate esterase from Lactobacillus buchneri. Methods of using same to enhance plant fiber digestion in animals, are disclosed. Uses of this invention include, but are not limited to, forage and silage with improved digestibility for livestock, and enhanced biomass conversion. |
| US07919681B2 |
Self-processing plants and plant parts
The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided. |
| US07919680B2 |
Nucleic acids encoding anthelmintic agents and plants made therefrom
The present invention provides DNA constructs, transgenic plants containing such constructs, and methods of making the plants. The DNA constructs encode a polypeptide that when expressed results in the production of fatty acid compounds having anthelmintic activity. Transgenic plants expressing such a polypeptide can exhibit enhanced resistance to plant parasitic nematodes, particularly when expressed in vegetative tissues. Transgenic plants expressing such a polypeptide can also be useful for non-pesticidal industrial uses. |
| US07919679B2 |
Homologous recombination-mediated transgene deletion in plant cells
A process to prepare a recombined transgenic Zea mays plant or plant cell from a first transgenic Zea mays plant cell, wherein the transgene in the recombinant plant or plant cell has an altered genetic structure relative to the genetic structure of the transgene in the first transgenic plant cell, due to homologous recombination-mediated transgene deletion. |
| US07919678B2 |
Method for modifying plant growth characteristics
The present invention concerns a method for modifying plant growth characteristics by modifying expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a methionine aminopeptidase (MAP protein) and/or by modifying level and/or activity in a plant of a MAP protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having modified growth characteristics, which plants have modified expression of a nucleic acid encoding a MAP protein. Particularly the present invention discloses a method to increase yield of a plant, preferably in a cereal such as rice or corn. |
| US07919673B2 |
Transgenic pig with altered incretin function
The present invention relates to transgenic pigs containing a dominant-negative incretin hormone receptor, namely the dominant-negative human glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor. The present invention furthermore relates to uses of these transgenic pigs as clinically relevant animal model systems for studying the pathogenesis and novel therapies for diabetes mellitus type 2, particularly for the maintenance and expansion of pancreatic β-cell mass. |
| US07919670B1 |
Transgenic mice over-expressing receptor for advanced glycation endproduct (RAGE) in brain and uses thereof
The present invention provides for a transgenic non-human animal whose cells contain a DNA sequence comprising: (a) a nerve tissue specific promoter; and (b) a DNA sequence which encodes a receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE), wherein the promoter and the DNA sequence which encodes the receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) are operatively linked to each other and integrated in the genome of the non-human animal, and wherein said non-human animal exhibits a reduced amount of cerebral tissue infarcted following a transient middle cerebral artery occlusion compared to an identical non-human animal lacking said DNA sequence. |
| US07919666B2 |
Personal care articles with fragrance delivery system
Personal care articles are provided having odor control patches thereon. The patches include a cavity that house one or more fragrant materials or odor absorbing materials. A portion of the patch is detachable in order to expose and release the odor control materials contained therein. The patches can be removably-attached to the personal care article thereby allowing the patch to be affixed to the personal care articles at the time of manufacture or by the consumer just prior to use. The personal care articles are provided with an air-permeable pocket to house the patch and cover odor absorbing materials when the cavity is exposed. |
| US07919665B2 |
Mercury removal from hydrocarbons
A process is disclosed for removing mercury from a liquid hydrocarbon stream by contacting the mercury-containing liquid hydrocarbon stream with ferrous halide at moderate temperatures and without preheating the liquid hydrocarbon stream, or subjecting the liquid hydrocarbon stream to a heat treating step, immediately prior to contact with the ferrous halide particles. |
| US07919664B2 |
Process for producing a jet fuel
A process for producing a jet fuel, comprising contacting an olefin and an isoparaffin with an unsupported catalyst system comprising an ionic liquid catalyst and a halide containing additive in an alkylation zone under alkylation conditions to make an alkylate product, and recovering the jet fuel from the alkylate product, wherein the jet fuel meets the boiling point, flash point, smoke point, heat of combustion, and freeze point requirements for Jet A-1 fuel. Also a process for producing a jet fuel, comprising providing a feed produced in a FC cracker comprising olefins, mixing the feed with an isoparaffin, alkylating the mixed feed in an ionic liquid alkylation zone, and separating the jet fuel from the alkylated product. We also provide a process comprising alkylating isobutane and butene in the presence of specific chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalysts, to produce a jet fuel. |
| US07919663B2 |
Process for producing a low volatility gasoline blending component and a middle distillate
A process for producing a low volatility gasoline blending component and a middle distillate, comprising alkylating a hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and at least one paraffin having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms with an ionic liquid catalyst and an unsupported halide containing additive, and separating the alkylate into at least the low volatility gasoline blending component and the middle distillate, wherein the middle distillate is a fuel suitable for use as a jet fuel or jet fuel blending component. Also, a process for producing a gasoline blending component and a middle distillate, comprising adjusting a level of a halide containing additive provided to an ionic liquid alkylation reactor to shift selectivity towards heavier products, and recovering a low volatility gasoline blending component and the middle distillate. Also, processes comprising alkylating isobutane with butene over specific chloroaluminate ionic liquids. |
| US07919662B2 |
Process for the dissociation of MTBE
Isobutene is prepared by dissociation of MTBE in the gas phase, by a) fractional distillation of an MTBE-containing stream comprising feed MTBE (I) and a recycle stream (VIII) to give an MTBE-containing overhead stream (II) and a bottom stream (III) having a boiling point higher than MTBE, b) catalytic dissociation of the overhead stream (II) obtained in step a) to give a dissociation product (IV), c) separation by distillation of the dissociation product (IV) obtained in step b) into an overhead stream (V) comprising more than 90% by mass of isobutene and a bottom stream (VI) comprising diisobutene, MTBE and more than 50% of the methanol present in the dissociation product (IV), d) fractional distillation of the bottom stream obtained in step c) under conditions under which the methanol is obtained as bottom product (VII) and more than 99% of the MTBE is obtained in the overhead product (VIII), and e) recirculation of the overhead product (VIII) to step a). |
| US07919660B2 |
Methods of converting methanol feedstock to olefins
A method of converting methanol feedstock to olefins is provided and includes contacting the methanol feedstock in a first conversion zone with a catalyst at reaction conditions effective to produce a first reaction zone effluent comprising DME, unreacted methanol and water, and recycling at least a portion of an overhead vapor product to the first conversion zone and/or to the second conversion zone. |
| US07919659B2 |
Catalyst for cycloolefin production and process for production
A catalyst for production of a cycloolefin by partial hydrogenation of a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, wherein the catalyst comprises zirconia as a carrier, and particles having an average primary particle diameter in a range of from 3 to 50 nm and an average secondary particle diameter in a range of from 0.1 to 30 μm. |
| US07919656B2 |
Linear amine functionalized poly(trimethylene ether) compositions
The present invention relates to linear amine-functionalized poly(trimethylene ether) compositions, and processes to produce these compositions. |
| US07919652B2 |
Process to produce an enriched composition through the use of a catalyst removal zone and an enrichment zone
A process is provided for producing an enriched carboxylic acid compositions produced by contacting composition comprising a carboxylic acid with an enrichment feed in an enrichment zone to form an enriched carboxylic acid composition. This invention also relates to a process and the resulting compositions for removing catalyst from a carboxylic acid composition to produce a post catalyst removal composition. |
| US07919649B2 |
Plasticiser esters
Esters produced by the catalyzed reaction of alcohols and acids or anhydrides are neutralized by treatment with an aqueous alkaline alkali metal salt solution in an amount that provides less than a stoichiometric amount of alkali metal salt in relation to the acidity of the crude ester and the amount of water present during the treatment is from 0.7 to 1.4 wt % of water based on the weight of crude ester. When using titanium as the esterification catalyst, the ester resulting from this process contains less than 0.01 ppm by weight of titanium residue, so that it is storage stable when stored in the presence of an antioxidant. |
| US07919648B2 |
Lateral α-substituted acrylate compound and polymer thereof
The invention relates to compounds represented by Formula (1): wherein Ra is alkyl or the like; Rb is fluorine or —CF3; A is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or the like; Z is a single bond, alkylene or the like; Y is a single bond, alkylene or the like; and m and n are an integer of approximately 0 to approximately 5. |
| US07919644B2 |
Process for producing an aromatic carbonate
A process for producing an aromatic carbonate, which comprises the steps of: (I) transesterifying a starting material selected from the group consisting of a dialkyl carbonate, an alkyl aryl carbonate and a mixture thereof with a reactant selected from the group consisting of an aromatic monohydroxy compound, an alkyl aryl carbonate and a mixture thereof, in the presence of a catalyst, to thereby obtain a high boiling point reaction mixture comprising an aromatic carbonate (a) and an aromatic carbonate ether (b), while withdrawing a low boiling point reaction mixture containing a low boiling point by-product; and (II) separating the aromatic carbonate ether (b) from the high boiling point reaction mixture to thereby obtain a high purity aromatic carbonate. |
| US07919643B2 |
Reagents and methods for the beta-keto amide synthesis of a synthetic precursor to immunological adjuvant E6020
This invention relates to the synthesis for a precursor of E6020, compound 26, via a β-keto amide alcohol intermediate, compound 22. The synthesis reacts compound 22 with compound 25 and the resultant intermediate is oxidized to produce compound 26, the precursor to E6020. Compounds 22 and 25, and their crystalline forms, represent separate embodiments of the invention. The invention also relates to compounds of formulas (3) and (4) and processes for their preparation. The β-keto amide alcohol intermediate compound 22 is a compound of formula (3). Compound 25 is a compound of formula (4). |
| US07919639B2 |
Nano-linked heteronuclear metallocene catalyst compositions and their polymer products
The present invention provides polymerization catalyst compositions employing novel heterodinuclear metallocene compounds. Methods for making these new dinuclear metallocene compounds and for using such compounds in catalyst compositions for the polymerization of olefins are also provided. |
| US07919636B2 |
Purifications of pomegranate ellagitannins and their uses thereof
Compositions of purified and biologically active ellagitannins are provided by separation from pomegranate husk using a method of extraction and purification using a solid polymeric adsorbent and the uses of the said compounds. |
| US07919634B2 |
Fused thiophenes, articles, and methods thereof
Fused thiophene (FT) compounds, FT polymers, FT containing articles, and methods for making and using the FT compounds and polymers thereof of the formulas, as defined herein. |
| US07919633B2 |
Process for preparation of celecoxib
There is provided a process for preparation of celecoxib by reacting 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-[4-(methyl)phenyl]butane-1,3-dione with 4-sulphonamidophenylhydrazine or its salt in a solvent medium that contains an alkyl ester. There is also provided a process for the purification of celecoxib using aromatic hydrocarbon solvents. |
| US07919632B2 |
Method for producing carboxamides
The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing known fungicidally active 1,3-dimethyl-5-fluoro-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamides from the corresponding acid fluoride and aniline derivatives in the absence of an acid acceptor. |
| US07919631B2 |
Production of ionic liquids
Ionic liquids and processes and apparatus for their production. The ionic liquids can be low sulfur and low halide carboxylated ionic liquids. The ionic liquids can be produced via formation of at least one intermediate carboxylated ionic liquid, and thereafter subjecting the intermediate carboxylated ionic liquid to at least one anion exchange process. |
| US07919628B2 |
CXCR2 inhibitors
The invention relates to compounds of the formula I: in which R1, R2, X, A, B, D and Y1 to Y4 have the meanings indicated in the claims, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or a prodrug thereof. Because of their properties as inhibitors of chemokine receptors, especially as CXCR2 inhibitors, the compounds of the formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof are suitable for the prevention and treatment of chemokine mediated diseases. |
| US07919627B2 |
Processes for the preparation of hydroxylamines
The present invention relates generally to novel methods for the synthesis of O-(6-pyrazol-1-yl-pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-hydroxylamine which is an essential reagent in the synthesis of one of the bridged erythromycin derivatives and their respective pharmaceutically acceptable salts in PCT Application WO 03/097659 A1. In particular, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for the preparation of a compound of formula (Ia): |
| US07919625B2 |
4-anilino-3-quinolinecarbonitriles for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
Compounds of the formula: wherein: n is an integer from 1-3; X is N, CH, provided that when X is N, n is 2 or 3; R is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R1 is 2,4-diCl, 5-OMe; 2,4-diCl; 3,4,5-tri-OMe; 2-Cl, 5-OMe; 2-Me, 5-OMe; 2,4-di-Me; 2,4-diMe-5-OMe, 2,4-diCl, 5-OEt; R2 is alkyl of 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US07919624B2 |
VR1 vanilloid receptor antagonists with a iononic substructure
The invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein Y, R, n and X are as defined in the description, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds of formula (I) inhibit the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), which plays a pivotal role in the development of post-inflammatory analgesia, therefore they can be used as analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. |
| US07919623B2 |
Naphthyridine derivatives having inhibitory activity against HIV integrase
A compound having HIV Integrase Inhibitory activity of the formula: (wherein: R1 is optionally substituted aralkyl; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted amino, optionally substituted alkenyl or optionally substituted alkoxy (provided that each substituent for “optionally substituted” is a noncyclic group); R4 is hydrogen, optionally substituted carboxy, optionally substituted formylamino, optionally substituted carbamoyl, optionally substituted amino (provided that a substituent on amino in “optionally substituted formylamino”, “optionally substituted carbamoyl” and “optionally substituted amino” may form an optionally-substituted N-atom containing heterocyclic ring together with an adjacent N atom), optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl) or a salt thereof. |
| US07919615B2 |
Route to formyl-porphyrins
A method of making a 5-formylporphyrin, comprises the steps of: condensing a 5-acetaldipyrromethane with a dipyrromethane-1,9-dicarbinol to produce a porphyrin having an acetal group substituted thereon at the 5 position; and then hydrolyzing said porphyrin to produce said 5-formylporphyrin. Products and intermediates useful in such methods, along with methods of making such intermediates, are also described. |
| US07919610B2 |
Yeast bacterial two-hybrid system and methods of use thereof
A combined yeast/bacterial two-hybrid system is disclosed. |
| US07919609B2 |
Toxins
Novel bacterial insecticidal proteins and equivalents thereof were isolated. These proteins and the DNA sequences encoding them are useful to make insecticidal compositions or transgenic plants to protect plants from damage by insects, particularly coleopteran insects. |
| US07919607B2 |
Nucleic acids encoding humanized anti-tag 72 CC49 antbodies
The present disclosure provides humanized CC49 monoclonal antibodies that bind TAG-72 with high binding affinity and that are minimally immunogenic. In one embodiment, a humanized CC49 antibody includes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in a light chain complementarity determining region 3 of the CC49 antibody. In a further embodiment, the humanized CC49 antibody includes a non-conservative substitution of a first residue in a light chain complementarity determining region 3 and a substitution of a second residue in a complementarity determining region of the humanized CC49 antibody. In several of the embodiments, methods are disclosed for the use of a humanized CC49 antibody in the detection or treatment of a tumor in a subject. Also disclosed is a kit including the humanized CC49 antibody described herein. |
| US07919605B1 |
Nucleic acids, compositions and methods for the excision of target nucleic acids
Nucleic acids, compositions, and methods that allow for the excision of one or more loci from the genome of a host cell are provided herein. In particular, provided herein is an excisable nucleic acid construct comprising, in a 5′ to 3′ orientation: a first tandem repeat nucleic acid, a first homing endonuclease recognition site, a target nucleic acid, a second homing endonuclease recognition site, and a second tandem repeat nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the excisable nucleic acid construct is integrated into the host cell genome, and the target nucleic acid can be excised from the host cell genome by contacting the homing endonuclease recognition sites with one or more appropriate homing endonucleases. |
| US07919604B2 |
Fetal genes
Novel fetal genes (fls353 and fls485) have been successfully isolated from human fetal liver-derived cDNAs. These genes were specifically expressed in tissues including fetal tissues which are thought to contain a large number of undifferentiated cells and actively differentiating/proliferating cells. High levels of expression of these genes were observed also in a variety of cancer cells. The proteins and genes encoding the proteins can be used as the tool for developing drugs for the treatment of tumors. |
| US07919602B2 |
Polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding same, antibodies thereagainst and methods of using same for diagnosing and treating cancer and skeletal disorders
An isolated polypeptide is provided, comprising an amino acid sequence being at least 88% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 15 (human) as determined by BlastP using default parameters, the isolated polypeptide being capable of promoting cell adhesion and/or cell homing. |
| US07919601B2 |
Identification and use of genes encoding holins and holin-like proteins in plants for the control of microbes and pests
This invention provides: 1) methods for the identification of broad-spectrum holins with a high level of nonenzymatic activity in membranes; 2) conditions required for maintaining and increasing the anti-microbial and anti-pest efficacy of holins in gene fusions; 3) a method for effective targeting of holins expressed in plants through use of a leader peptide to direct the holin protein to the plant apoplast and xylem; 4) methods for the control of bacterial and fungal diseases of plants and control of insect and nematode pests that attack plants by expression of gene fusions involving holins, C-terminal additions and leader peptides, and optionally, endolysins; 5) methods for increasing the shelf-life of cut flowers, and 6) transgenic plants useful for the production of novel antimicrobial proteins based upon holins. |
| US07919599B2 |
Production of L-iduronate containing polysaccharides
The present invention provides processes for the production of polysaccharides containing the L-iduronate subunit, for example, heparin-type polysaccharides. New intermediate compounds and processes developed during the production of said polysaccharides are also presented. |
| US07919595B2 |
Antibodies to interferon-like protein Zcyto21(IL29)
The present invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide molecules for Zcyto21, an interferon-like protein, which is most closely related to interferon-α at the amino acid sequence level. The present invention also includes antibodies to the Zcyto21 polypeptides, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides. |
| US07919594B2 |
Human anti-CD100 antibodies
Compositions and methods are provided for treating diseases associated with CD100, including certain types of cancers, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases including central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) inflammatory diseases, transplant rejections, and invasive angiogenesis. Compositions include anti-CD100 antibodies capable of binding to a soluble human CD100 antigen or a CD100 antigen located on the surface of a human CD100-expressing cell, wherein the antibody has CD100 blocking activity that is achieved by having at least one optimized CDR or FWR engineered within the variable region of the antibody. Compositions also include antigen-binding fragments, variants, and derivatives of the monoclonal antibodies, cell lines producing these antibody compositions, and isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the amino acid sequences of the antibodies. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-CD100 antibodies of the invention, or antigen-binding fragments, variants, or derivatives thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods of use of these anti-CD100 antibodies. |
| US07919590B2 |
Tumor suppressor gene P33ING2
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of novel human tumor suppressors, antibodies to such tumor suppressors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and proteins, methods of screening for modulators of tumor suppressors, and methods of diagnosing and treating tumors with such nucleic acids and proteins. |
| US07919585B2 |
B7-H5, a costimulatory polypeptide
B7-HS costimulatory polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, and methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids to enhance a T cell response are provided herein. |
| US07919584B1 |
Methods and compositions for diagnosis and treatment of asthma
This invention relates to methods of reducing inflammatory effects in mammalian cells by treatment with compounds that interfere with calcium activated chloride channel function. The invention discloses methods of treating these disorders by administering inhibitors that disrupt protein-protein interactions involved in these disorders, screening methods to identify such inhibitors and specific compositions useful for treating these disorders. |
| US07919582B2 |
Neuregulin-β isoform
The invention relates, inter alia, to the use of neuregulin-β as a target in a screening method for active compounds, in particular for exerting an influence on changes in calcium concentration which are mediated by glutamate receptors. The invention furthermore relates to the use of neuregulins, preferably a neuregulin isoform having an isoelectric point in the range from pH 4.3 to 5.0, as a target for detecting and/or exerting an influence on neuronal processes, in particular for exerting an influence on long-term memory. Neuregulins, in particular neuregulin-.beta. and also substances which exert an influence on the status, i.e. the expression and/or post -translational modification, of neuregulin-.beta., can therefore be used as agents for controlling the course of, treating and/or alleviating neuronal diseases, e.g. Alzheimer's disease. |
| US07919577B2 |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone analogs and related methods
ACTH analog compounds of the present invention include compounds comprising an ACTH peptide sequence with one or more structural modifications that can have one or more of the following preferred ACTH analog biological functions: (1) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of the ACTH analog compared to unmodified ACTH, (2) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of endogenous ACTH and (3) increased MC-2R binding affinity with reduced activation of the MC-2R receptor compared to unmodified ACTH binding to the MC-2R melanocortin. The ACTH analog compounds of the present invention are therefore useful for treatment or prevention of diseases and disorders related to ACTH, ACTH receptors or corticosteroid secretion, such as premature labor and Cushing's Disease. |
| US07919573B2 |
Polymer having thieno[3,2-b] thiophene moieties
A polymer comprising one or more types of repeat units, wherein the polymer includes a substituted thieno[3,2-b]thiophene component A and a different component B in the same type of repeat unit or in different types of repeat units, and wherein the polymer excludes a substituted or unsubstituted thieno[2,3-b]thiophene moiety. The polymer can be used as a semiconductor in electronics such as in organic thin film transistors. |
| US07919570B2 |
Multibranched polymer and method for producing the same
The present invention provides a multibranched polymer represented by the following formula (I), and a method for producing the multibranched polymer: wherein A represents an organic group having 3 or more branched chains, Xa represents a linking group containing any atom of Groups 14 to 16 in the Periodic Table, Y represents a functional group having a structure capable of having an active halogen atom, Q represents an arm moiety having a repeating unit derived from a polymerizable unsaturated bond, m1 represents any integer of 1 to the number of branched chains of A, m2 represents the number of branched chains of A, n1 represents an integer of 0 or 1 or more, and Ra represents an organic group which is not associated with the polymerization reaction. |
| US07919566B2 |
Lactic acid polymers
A blend of a multiply branched lactic acid polymer of one steric configuration with a linear lactic acid polymer of the opposite steric configuration has different and more useful properties than either component alone. |
| US07919565B2 |
Composition containing sulfonated block copolymers and articles made therefrom
A composition having a sulfonated block copolymer which is solid and non-dispersible in water having at least two polymer end blocks A, at least one polymer interior block B, and at least one polymer block D. Each A block is a segment of one or more polymerized para-substituted styrene monomers, each B block contains segments of one or more vinyl aromatic monomers selected from polymerized (i) unsubstituted styrene monomers, (ii) ortho-substituted styrene monomers, (iii) meta-substituted styrene monomers, (iv) alpha-methylstyrene, (v) 1,1-diphenylethylene, (vi) 1,2-diphenylethylene and (vii) mixtures thereof, and each D block having a glass transition temperature of less than 20° C. and a number average molecular weight of between 1,000 and 50,000 Adhesives, coatings and membranes are formed from the composition. Various articles are formed with the composition including films, fibers, fabrics, laminates, and absorbent cores. |
| US07919564B2 |
Method for manufacturing particulate water-absorbing agent and particulate water-absorbing agent
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a particulate water-absorbing agent which has excellent liquid diffusibility and liquid permeability, and whose amount of residual monomers is reduced. The method for manufacturing the particulate water-absorbing agent of the present invention includes a step of surface-crosslinking, in the presence of an organic crosslinking agent, water-absorbing resin particles obtained through at least a step of polymerizing an aqueous solution of unsaturated monomers, and in or after the polymerizing step, a reaction system is mixed with peroxide. Thus, it is possible to obtain the particulate water-absorbing agent which has excellent liquid diffusibility and liquid permeability and whose amount of residual monomers is small, that is, it is possible to obtain the particulate water-absorbing agent which is highly functional and highly safe. |
| US07919562B2 |
Preparation of supramolecular polymers containing sequence-selective hydrogen bonding subunits in their backbone which form double helices
The present invention relates to supramolecular polymers containing sequence-selective hydrogen bonding subunits in their backbone which form double helices. The invention allows for tuning of the numbers and sequences of donor/acceptor units incorporated in any one crosslinking hydrogen bonding subunit and hence tuning of the interaction strength not only through the amount of crosslinking material incorporated but also through modulation of the strength of the crosslinking interactions. It also allows for the incorporation of more than one type of crosslinking agent in the material allowing for multiple strengths of crosslinking which are each tunable with regard to disruption from solvent, temperature and stress. Hydrogen bond strength between oligomeric chains can be tailored through modification of the numbers and sequences of the donors/acceptors in the oligomers. The oligomers are sequence-specific and will generally only hydrogen-bond to oligomeric chains which are composed of a complementary set of donors/acceptors. The hydrogen bonded motif formed by the interacting oligomers is helical, imparting both chirality and intertwined topology to these interaction points. Because the polymer end units react with their complements through hydrogen bonding, the telechelic polymer(s) incorporating this technology are reversibly able to be processed as the bonds are first broken and then reformed. This has applications in a number of fields such as inkjet inks, adhesives, printing plates and microphase patterning of polymer surfaces. |
| US07919558B2 |
Rubber composition and pneumatic tire using the same
A rubber composition containing (i) a conjugated diene-based rubber gel having a toluene swelling index of 16 to 70, (ii) a diene-based rubber such as natural rubber, polyisoprene rubber, aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer rubber and/or polybutadiene rubber, and (iii) an optional carbon black and/or silica and (a) a pneumatic tire using this composition as a high hardness reinforcing layer extending from a bead along a tire sidewalls, in which the fluidity and dimensional stability at the time of extrusion are improved, while maintaining a sufficient hardness of a high hardness reinforced rubber, (b) a pneumatic tire using this composition as two ends of a tire tread extrudate, maintaining a flex fatigue of the two ends of the tread, in which the extrudability and extrusion dimensional stability are improved and (c) a pneumatic tire using the composition as a 1.5 mm to 6 mm thick undertread, in which a high elasticity and relatively thick gauge undertread, and excellent processability and steering stability are provided. |
| US07919557B2 |
Aqueous coating composition, process for producing it and two-pack type curable aqueous coating kit
An aqueous coating composition which has a low content of an organic solvent, whereby a burden on an environment is small; in which an increase of the molecular weight, gelation, etc. are suppressed; which performs excellent storage stability and provides a coating film having good water permeability/water which composition is obtained by dispersing a fluorocopolymer (A) obtained by solution polymerization in an aqueous medium, and which comprises a repeating unit (1) of fluoroolefin, a repeating unit (2) of a vinyl or allyl monomer, a repeating unit (3) of a vinyl or allyl monomer having a hydroxyl group bonded thereto, and a unit (4) of a vinyl or allyl monomer having a carboxylate group bonded thereto, and which comprises a fluorocopolymer (A) wherein a proportion of the repeating unit (4) is from 0.4 mol % to less than 4 mol % based on the total repeating units, and an aqueous medium, wherein an amount of an organic solvent contained in the composition is from 0 to 1 mass %. |
| US07919554B2 |
Heat-resistant seal material, endless seal member using heat-resistant seal material, and downhole apparatus including endless seal member
A heat-resistant seal material includes 100 parts by weight of a ternary fluoroelastomer, 1 to 30 parts by weight of vapor-grown carbon fibers having an average diameter of more than 30 nm and 200 nm or less, and carbon black having an average particle diameter of 25 to 500 nm. The heat-resistant seal material contains the vapor-grown carbon fibers and the carbon black in an amount of 20 to 40 parts by weight in total. The heat-resistant seal material has a compression set when subjected to a compression set test at a compression rate of 25% and a temperature of 200° C. for 70 hours of 0 to 15% and a dynamic modulus of elasticity at 200° C. (E′/200° C.) of 30 to 100 MPa. |
| US07919551B2 |
Branched olefin compositions
Olefin compositions comprising C5 to C13 branched chain olefins are stabilised by the addition of 5 to less than 50 ppm by weight of antioxidant. These lower than normal amounts of antioxidant enable improved yields in a hydroformylation reaction using the olefin composition as feedstock and in esterification reactions employing the alcohol produced in the hydroformylation reaction. Consistent lower levels of antioxidant can be achieved by use of a liquid antioxidant and a pump driven dosing system. |
| US07919548B2 |
Sterically hindered phenolic phosphonates and polycarbonate resin composition using the same
Disclosed herein is a sterically hindered phenolic phosphonate resin compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. The present invention also provides a polycarbonate resin composition including the sterically hindered phenolic phosphonate resin compound as a flame retardant. wherein R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C6-C14 aryl group; each R2 is independently a C1-C6 linear alkyl group or a C3-C6 branched alkyl group; and each n is independently 1-3. |
| US07919547B2 |
Nanofiller-containing epoxy resins and stable aqueous dispersions thereof
A water-dispersible composition including a nanofiller-containing epoxy resin and a low temperature nonionic surfactant having a molecular weight of less than about 7,000 Daltons; and optionally an anionic surfactant or optionally a high temperature nonionic surfactant. The water-dispersible composition can be used to prepare an aqueous dispersion of the nanofiller-containing epoxy resin. The aqueous dispersion advantageously has a long shelf- stability. One method for preparing the aqueous dispersion includes using a high internal phase ratio emulsion process. |
| US07919544B2 |
Ink-media set, ink composition, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method, inkjet recording apparatus, and ink recorded matter
An ink-media set, comprising an ink composition and a recording medium, wherein the ink composition comprises a polymer fine particle containing a dye and an inorganic pigment particle, a water-soluble solvent, and water, and has a surface tension of 20 mN/m to 35 mN/m at 25° C., and the recording medium comprises a support and a coating layer on at least one side of the support, and the amount of pure water transferred to the recording medium is no less than 2 ml/m2 and less than 35 ml/m2 at a contact period of 100 ms and the amount of pure water transferred to the recording medium is no less than 3 ml/m2 and less than 40 ml/m2 at a contact period of 400 ms by measurement of a dynamic scanning absorptometer. |
| US07919542B2 |
Phase separated, branched, copolymer hydrogel
The present invention provides a hydrogel composition comprising a mixture of a hydrophilic polymer and a polymer chain modifying agent, wherein the polymer chain modifying agent is selected from the group consisting of an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride, a titanate, and a polyetherimide. The present invention also provides a method for producing a phase separated, branched, copolymer hydrogel comprising a mixture of a hydrophilic polymer and a polymer chain modifying agent. The present invention also provides an implantable medical device comprising a phase separated, branched, copolymer hydrogel wherein the phase separated, branched, copolymer hydrogel is formed of a hydrophilic polymer and a polymer chain modifying agent. |
| US07919539B2 |
Concentrate of polyfunctional compounds usable for the preparation of foamed polyester materials
A masterbatch composition comprising an aromatic polyester resin, a polyolefin and a polyfunctional compound selected from the dianhydrides of tetracarboxylic aromatic and/or aliphatic acids and the polyepoxidic compounds, wherein the polyester resin and the polyfunctional compounds are omogeneously dispersed as solids in a matrix formed by the polyolefin, as domains of average particle size less than 800μ. The masterbatch is prepared by milling polyester resins and polyolefin granules to obtain powders having average particle size of less than 200μ, and the powders are therafter homogeneously mixed. |
| US07919537B2 |
Methods for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane having improved oxidation resistance
A method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane for electrolyte fuel cells includes: irradiating gamma rays onto a polymer substrate to obtain a crosslinked polytetrafluoroetylene substrate, grafting a styrenic monomer and bis(vinylphenyl)ethane as monomers to the crosslinked polymer substrate, and introducing sulfonic acid groups into graft side chains formed by grafting. Fluoro polymer substrates such as polytetrafluoroethylene and ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer may be used. |
| US07919536B2 |
Slurry bed loop reactor and use thereof
The present invention relates to a slurry bed loop reactor comprising a riser and at least one downcomer (3), wherein two ends of the riser are connected to two ends of the downcomer (3) via lines (16) and (7), respectively. The riser comprises a reaction section (1) and a settling section (2) with an increased tube diameter disposed on the reaction section (1). A gas outlet (13) exists at the top of the settling section (2). Each of the downcomers (3) is divided into a filtrate section (5) and a slurry section (6) by filter medium (4), wherein the filtrate section (5) is connected to a liquid outlet (10); two ends of the slurry section (6) are respectively connected to two ends of the riser, and the filtrate region (5) may further be connected to a back purging system. When used in a gas-liquid-solid three phases reaction system, the reactor can realize successive separation of gas, liquid and solid particles in slurry, and realize the back purging regeneration of filter tubes without influencing the reaction processes. In addition, said reactor has the advantages of high separation efficiency, simple structure, flexible and easy operation. |
| US07919522B2 |
Compositions comprising C-13 alkoxyether macrolide compounds and phenylpyrazole compounds
Provided is a novel ivermectin derivative and compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of parasite infestations in mammals or birds which comprise: (A) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a 1-N-phenylpyrazole compound; (B) a pharmaceutically effective amount of an ivermectin derivative of formula (II) wherein: R14 represents —(CH2)s—O—Z wherein, s is 1 or 2; Y represents —CH(OR15)—, —C(═O)— or —C(═NOR15); R15 represents hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl; and R16 represents —CH3 or —CH2CH3; Z is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, acyl, alkylalkoxy, aryl, alkanoyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenoyl, alkynoyl, or aroyl. |
| US07919521B2 |
Five-membered iminocyclitol derivatives as selective and potent glycosidase inhibitors: new structures for antivirals and osteoarthritis therapeutics
Novel 5-membered iminocyclitol derivatives were found to be a potent and selective inhibitors of the glycoprotein processing α- and β-glucosidase which were further found to be active antiviral agents against Japanese encephalitis virus, dengue virus serotype 2 (DEN-2), human SARS coronavirus and human β-hexosaminidase, a new target for development of osteoarthritis therapeutics. |
| US07919520B2 |
Inhibitors of tace
The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit TACE, compositions thereof, and methods of using those compounds and compositions for treating diseases. |
| US07919518B2 |
1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives and use thereof in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40
The present invention relates to novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives according to formula (I) described in the claims, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising them, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition that is active in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40, and to their use in a method for treating or preventing diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40. |
| US07919517B2 |
Indazole derivatives
The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I): [wherein R1 represents CONR1aR1b (wherein R1a and R1b may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted ararkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, or R1a and R1b are combined together with the adjacent nitrogen atom thereto to form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group) or the like, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, CONR2aR2b (wherein R2a and R2b may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted ararkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, or R2a and R2b are combined together with the adjacent nitrogen atom thereto to form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group), NR2cR2d (wherein R2c and R2d may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkanoyl, substituted or unsubstituted aroyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaroyl, substituted or unsubstituted ararkyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkylsulfonyl or substituted or unsubstituted lower arylsulfonyl) or the like]. |
| US07919512B2 |
Compounds having CRTH2 antagonist activity
Compounds of general formula (II) wherein W is chloro or fluoro; R1 is phenyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents, selected from halo, —CN, —C1-C6 alkyl, —SOR3, —SO2R3, —SO2N(R2)2, —N(R2)2, —NR2C(O)R3, —CO2R2, —CONR2R3, —NO2, —OR2, —SR2, —O(CH2)pOR2, or —O(CH2)pO(CH2)qOR2 wherein each R2 is independently hydrogen, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R3 is independently, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; p and q are each independently an integer from 1 to 3; and R4 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkyl substituted with aryl, aryl, (CH2)mOC(═O)C1-C6alkyl, ((CH2)mO)nCH2CH2X, (CH2)mN(R5)2 or CH((CH2)mO(C═O)R6)2; m is 1 or 2; n is 1-4; X is OR5 or N(R5)2; R5 is hydrogen or methyl; and R6 is C1-C18 alkyl; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, complexes or prodrugs are useful in orally administrable compositions for the treatment of allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis. |
| US07919510B2 |
Substituted benzimidazole compounds with dual NOS inhibitory activity and mu opioid agonist activity
The present invention relates to benzimidazole compounds having dual nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitory activity and agonist activity at the mu-opioid receptor, to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing them, and to their medical use, particularly as compounds for the treatment or prevention of chronic pain, acute pain, migraine, and neuropathic pain. |
| US07919509B2 |
2-oxochromene derivatives
To provide a novel LXRβ agonist that is useful as a preventative and/or therapeutic agent for atherosclerosis; arteriosclerosis such as those resulting from diabetes; dyslipidemia; hypercholesterolemia; lipid-related diseases; inflammatory diseases that are caused by inflammatory cytokines; skin diseases such as allergic skin diseases; diabetes; or Alzheimer's disease.[Solving Means] A 2-oxochromene derivative represented by the following general formula (1) or salt thereof, or their solvate. |
| US07919506B2 |
Dibenzyl amine compounds and derivatives
Dibenzyl amine compounds and derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds to elevate certain plasma lipid levels, including high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and to lower certain other plasma lipid levels, such as LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides and accordingly to treat diseases which are exacerbated by low levels of HDL cholesterol and/or high levels of LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides, such as atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases in some mammals, including humans. |
| US07919504B2 |
Thiadiazole modulators of PKB
The invention relates to thiazole compounds of Formula I and Formula II and compositions thereof useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB) where the variables have the definitions provided herein. The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such thiazole compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders. |
| US07919501B2 |
Method of controlling formation of imiquimod impurities
Pharmaceutical formulations and methods including an immune response modifier (IRM) compound and an oleic acid component are provided where stability is improved by using oleic acid have low polar impurities such as peroxides. |
| US07919496B2 |
Heterocyclic derivatives for the treatment of diseases mediated by stearoyl-CoA desaturase enzymes
Methods of treating an SCD-mediated disease or condition in a mammal, preferably a human, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a compound of formula (I): where x, y, G, J, K, L, M, W, V, R2, R3, R5, R5a, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8 and R8a are defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) are also disclosed. |
| US07919489B2 |
Heterocyclyamide-substituted imidazoles
The invention relates to heterocyclylamide-substituted imidazoles and methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases as well as their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the use as antiviral agents, especially against cytomegaloviruses. |
| US07919486B2 |
Use of gallium(III) complexes for the treatment of melanomas
The invention relates to the use of gallium (III) complexes for the treatment of melanomas. |
| US07919481B2 |
Inositol pyrophosphates, and methods of use thereof
The present invention comprises compounds, compositions thereof, and methods capable of delivering modified inositol hexaphospahte (IHP) comprising an internal pyrophosphate ring to the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to compounds, compositions thereof, and methods that enhance the ability of mammalian red blood cells to deliver oxygen, by delivering IHP to the cytoplasm of the red blood cells. |
| US07919477B2 |
Multiple CpG oligodeoxynucleotides and their use to induce an immune response
Compositions including multiple oligodeoxynucleotides with a CpG motif are disclosed herein. The compositions can include either D or K type oligodeoxynucleotides. These compositions are of use in inducing an immune response in a large percentage of the individuals in a population. |
| US07919472B2 |
Enhanced antisense oligonucleotides
Described herein are gap-widened antisense oligonucleotides having improved therapeutic index as compared to 5-10-5 MOE gapmer antisense oligonucleotides of the same sequence. Also described are methods of reducing a target RNA in an animal using the gap-widened antisense oligonucleotides of the present invention. Further, are methods for selecting a gap-widened antisense oligonucleotides. |
| US07919470B2 |
Glycopeptide composition with improved antibiotic activity
A glycopeptide composition with improved antibiotic activity is disclosed, along with a method of preparing such a composition and a pharmaceutical composition made therefrom. |
| US07919469B2 |
Methods and compositions for altering mucus secretion
Methods and compounds for increasing or decreasing mucus secretion in subjects, and particularly mucus secretion in the airways, are described. Methods of screening compounds for the ability to increase or decrease mucus secretion are also described. |
| US07919465B2 |
Peptide mimotopes that inhibits interaction between a platelet receptor and a platelet receptor ligand
It is provided mimotope receptors and inhibitors that employ peptide mimics that mimic the shape and function of natural receptors and ligands, thus providing synthetic binding sites for ligands and receptors. Receptor mimics can be attached to carriers, such as liposomes, to act as synthetic platelets, for example, by providing multiple binding sites for binding to other (natural or synthetic) platelets or to the endothelium. Synthetic platelets would have virtually limitless shelf life and would not require disease screening prior to transfusion, thereby providing a solution to the perpetual platelet shortages, as well as the safety and storage issues associated with natural blood platelets. |
| US07919463B2 |
Growth-stimulating polypeptides for use in fish and crustaceans
The present invention is related to polypeptides derived from tilapia growth hormone. |
| US07919462B2 |
Inhibitors of human plasmin derived from the Kunitz domains
This invention features novel proteins that are homologous to the first Kunitz domain (K1) of lipoprotein-associated coagulation inhibitor (LACI), and are capable of inhibiting plasmin and nucleic acids encoding these proteins. The invention also features the use of such proteins in therapeutic, diagnostic, and clinical methods. |
| US07919459B2 |
Use of C5a receptor antagonist in the treatment of fibrosis
This invention relates to the use of an antagonist of a G protein-coupled receptor in the prevention and/or treatment of fibrosis, such as the treatment of fibrosis associated with myocardial infarction or diabetes or certain pulmonary conditions. In a preferred embodiment, the antagonist is a C5a receptor antagonist, more preferably a cyclic peptide antagonist of the C5a receptor. In particular, the invention provides a method of prevention, treatment or alleviation of a fibrotic condition, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of an antagonist of a G protein-coupled receptor to a subject in need of such treatment. |
| US07919455B2 |
Marked peptides having affinity for a phospholipid and uses
The present invention relates to a peptide labelled with fluorine-18 for the specific recognition of lipid vectors. The peptide of the invention comprises the following peptide sequence (PI): (I) J1-J2-J3-J4-J5-J6-Z7-U8-J9-J10-U11-Arg-J13-J14- U15-Lys-Gly-X18-Gly-Thr-J21-Glu-J23-J24-U25-J26- J27-J28-U29-J30-J31-Arg-J33-J34-J35-J36-B37-J38- J39-U40-J41-J42-J43-U44-J45-J46-J47-J48-J49-Arg- J51-U52-J53-J54-Asp-U56-Lys-Ser-Z59-Leu-J61-J62- J63-J64-Z65-J66-J67-U68-J69-J70-J71-U72-J73-J74-J75 in which the amino acids J are chosen independently of each other from natural amino acids, or derivatives thereof, in such a manner that at least 50% of them are polar residues chosen from Arg, Asn, Asp, Cys, Gln, Glu, Gly, His, Lys, Orn, Pro, Ser, Thr and Tyr, the amino acids U are chosen from Ala, Cys, Gly, Ile, Leu, Met, Phe, Trp, Tyr and Val, the amino acid X18 is chosen independently of the other amino acids of the sequence from Ala, Asn, Cys, Gln, Gly, His, Ile, Leu, Met, Phe, Ser, Thr, Trp, Tyr and Val, the amino acid B37 is chosen independently of the other amino acids of the sequence from Arg, Ala, Cys, Gly, Ile, Leu, Met, Phe, Trp, Tyr and Val, the amino acid Z7 is chosen independently of the other amino acids from Asp and Glu, the amino acids Z59 and Z65 are chosen independently from Glu, Asp, Lys and Arg, the superscripts of the residues J, Z, U, X and B representing the positions of these amino acids in the said sequence. |
| US07919450B2 |
Composition for use in the laundering or treatment of fabrics, and a process for making the composition
The present invention relates to an auxiliary composition, for use in the laundering or treatment of fabrics, comprising an admix of (i) clay and (ii) a silicone in an emulsified form. |
| US07919445B2 |
Aqueous solution for removing post-etch residue
The present invention relates to a novel solution for the removal of post-etch residues having improved properties and to the use thereof in the production of semiconductors. The invention relates, in particular, to an aqueous solution having a reduced etching rate on metallisations and on surfaces which have to be freed from post-etch residues and particles during the semiconductor production process. |
| US07919441B2 |
Ordered liquid crystalline cleansing composition with suspended air
An ordered liquid crystalline phase cleansing composition is disclosed that is mild to the skin, contains entrained air and is characterized by excellent sensory and skin feel properties, flow properties and stability. |
| US07919438B2 |
Method and system for treating a metalworking operation
A method of cooling and lubricating an interface between a tool and a workpiece. A transiently stable emulsion is prepared including a water insoluble lubricant in water. The transiently stable emulsion, while stable, is introduced to the tool and/or the workpiece. |
| US07919436B2 |
Sequences for differential diagnostic of Ehrlichia ruminantium and use thereof
The invention provides genes that are unique either to Ehrlichia ruminantium strain Gardel or to Ehrlichia ruminantium strain Welgevonden, or allelic couples which are present in both strains but whose sequences differ between the two strains, as genetic markers to differentiate between these two strains. The invention also provides diagnostic methods using these genetic markers. |
| US07919433B2 |
Chromogenic media responsive to environmental conditions
The present invention relates to chromogenic material that may respond and shift in color due to environmental conditions such as heat, light or humidity. The light may include both visible and non-visible light, such as ultraviolet light. The chromogenic material may therefore provide a method to independently develop a latent image on a given substrate, and in particular, to a substrate that includes conventional thermosensitive image forming media. |
| US07919429B2 |
Zirconia-ceria-yttria-based mixed oxide and process for producing the same
The present invention provides a zirconia-ceria-yttria-based mixed oxide having a stable crystal structure after 12 hours of heat treatment at 1100° C. under a reducing atmosphere, and a process for producing the mixed oxide. |
| US07919428B2 |
Method of making mixed metal oxide catalysts for ammoxidation and/or oxidation of lower alkane hydrocarbons
The present invention comprises a method for preparing a mixed oxide catalyst for use in producing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile from propane or isobutene by ammoxidation in a gaseous phase via methods of heating or calcining precursor solid mixture to obtain mixed metal oxide catalyst compositions that exhibit catalytic activity. |
| US07919426B2 |
Supported catalyst, electrode using the supported catalyst and fuel cell including the electrode
Provided are a supported catalyst, an electrode including the same, and a fuel cell using the electrode. The supported catalyst includes a carbon-based catalyst support and metal catalyst particles having an average diameter of 3.5 to 5 nm and an amount of 80 to 90 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the supported catalyst in a multi-layer structure adsorbed on a surface of the carbon-based catalyst support. In the supported catalyst of the present invention, as small metal catalyst particles with an average diameter of 3.5 to 5 nm are dispersed with high concentration, high dispersion, and the multi-layer structure, catalytic efficiency is increased. A fuel cell having improved energy density and fuel efficiency characteristics can be prepared using an electrode formed using the supported catalyst. |
| US07919425B2 |
Photocatalyst-coated body and photocatalytic coating liquid for the same
A photocatalyst-coated body and a photocatalytic coating liquid which exert an excellent weather resistance, harmful gas decomposability, and other desired characteristics (such as transparency and film strength), while preventing erosion of the substrate are provided. The photocatalyst-coated body comprises a substrate and a photocatalytic layer provided on the substrate. The photocatalytic layer comprises photocatalytic particles and inorganic oxide particles, and has interstices between the particles in the layer. |
| US07919424B2 |
Platinum based catalyst for oxidation/reduction reaction and its use
Disclosed herein are a platinum-based catalyst for oxidation/reduction reactions and the use thereof. The platinum-based catalyst is prepared by loading a catalyst composition comprising a water soluble salt of at least one metal selected from among cerium (Ce), zirconium (Zr) and rhenium (Re), on a support comprising at least one selected from among alumina, silica and titania. The disclosed catalyst can be prepared in a simple manner without any particular limitation as to the kind of usable water soluble platinum salt, and when it is applied to various oxidation reactions, including water gas shift reactions of carbon monoxide, three-way catalytic reactions, and selective oxidation reactions of carbon monoxide, and to reduction reactions, such as reactions of removing nitrogen oxide (NOx), it will show excellent catalytic activity. In particular, the disclosed catalyst shows excellent performance even in a specific temperature range in which it is difficult to apply the prior high-temperature water gas shift reaction catalyst and low-temperature water gas shift reaction catalyst. Also, it can remove carbon monoxide even at high temperatures without the loss of hydrogen caused by methanataion, and thus is particularly useful in a hydrogen production process of producing high-purity hydrogen for fuel cells. |
| US07919421B2 |
Catalyst composition, the method of manufacturing and the process of use thereof in aromatics alkylation
A catalyst composition comprises a crystalline MCM-22 family molecular sieve and a binder, wherein the catalyst composition is characterized by an extra-molecular sieve porosity greater than or equal to 0.122 ml/g for pores having a pore diameter ranging from about 2 nm to about 8 nm, wherein the porosity is measured by N2 porosimetry. The catalyst composition may be used for the process of alkylation or transalkylation of an alkylatable aromatic compound with an alkylating agent. The molecular sieve may have a Constraint Index of less than 12, e.g., less than 2. Examples of molecular sieve useful for this disclosure are a MCM-22 family molecular sieve, zeolite Y, and zeolite Beta. |
| US07919420B2 |
Lightweight spun-bonded nonwoven fabric having special barrier properties
The invention relates to a spun-bonded nonwoven fabric made of polyolefin filaments having a titer<1.6 dtex, the spun-bonded nonwoven fabric having a basis weight≦18 g/m2, a waterproofness of <15 cm measured as a water column, and an air permeability of at least 230 m3/(m2·min), wherein the product of the air permeability and the basis weight is ≦5000 g/(m·min). |
| US07919419B2 |
High strength and high elongation wipe
The present invention provides high strength nonwoven wipe materials and the process of making the materials. The high strength nonwoven wipe materials contain cellulosic fibers, synthetic fibers, or mixtures thereof, with bicomponent fibers and optionally, a binder. The present invention provides a high strength, high elongation, reduced stiffness nonwoven wipe material with superior tensile strength. |
| US07919413B2 |
Methods for forming patterns
A method for forming patterns comprises providing a substrate. A set of seed features is formed over the substrate. At least one bi-layer comprising a first layer followed by a second layer is formed on the set of seed features. The first layer and the second layer above the set of seed features are removed. The first layer and the second layer are anisotropically etched successively at least one time to form an opening next to the set of seed features. |
| US07919412B2 |
Over-passivation process of forming polymer layer over IC chip
A method for forming a semiconductor chip or wafer includes following steps. A semiconductor substrate is provided, and then a polymer layer is deposited over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the polymer layer comprises polyimide. The polymer layer with a temperature profile having a peak temperature between 200 and 320 degrees Celsius. Alternatively, the temperature profile may comprises a period of time with a temperature higher than 320 degree Celsius, wherein the period of time is shorter than 45 minutes. |
| US07919411B2 |
Method for manufacturing wiring, thin film transistor, light emitting device and liquid crystal display device, and droplet discharge apparatus for forming the same
As a semiconductor device, specifically, a pixel portion included in a semiconductor device is made to have higher precision and higher aperture ratio, it is required to form a smaller wiring in width. In the case of forming a wiring by using an ink-jet method, a dot spreads on a wiring formation surface, and it is difficult to narrow width of a wiring. In the present invention, a photocatalytic substance typified by TiO2 is formed on a wiring formation surface, and a wiring is formed by utilizing photocatalytic activity of the photocatalytic substance. According to the present invention, a narrower wiring, that is, a smaller wiring in width than a diameter of a dot formed by an ink-jet method can be formed. |
| US07919407B1 |
Method of high density field induced MRAM process
Described herein are novel, cost effective and scalable methods for integrating a CMOS level with a memory cell level to form a field induced MRAM device. The memory portion of the device includes N parallel word lines, which may be clad, overlaid by M parallel bit lines orthogonal to the word lines and individual patterned memory cells formed on previously patterned electrodes at the N×M intersections of the two sets of lines. The memory portion is integrated with a CMOS level and the connection between levels is facilitated by the formation of interconnecting vias between the N×M electrodes and corresponding pads in the CMOS level and by word line connection pads in the memory device level and corresponding metal pads in the CMOS level. Of particular importance are process steps that replace single damascene formations by dual damascene formations, different process steps for the formation of clad and unclad word lines and the formation of patterned electrodes for the memory cells prior to the patterning of the cells themselves. |
| US07919406B2 |
Structure and method for forming pillar bump structure having sidewall protection
A method for forming a metal pillar bump structure is provided. In one embodiment, a passivation layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate and a conductive layer is formed over the passivation layer. A patterned and etched photoresist layer is provided above the conductive layer, the photoresist layer defining at least one opening therein. A metal layer is deposited in the at least one opening. Portions of the photoresist layer are etched along one or more interfaces between the photoresist layer and the metal layer to form cavities. A solder material is deposited in the at least one opening, the solder material filling the cavities and a portion of the opening above the metal layer. The remaining photoresist layer and the conductive layer not formed under the copper layer are removed. The solder material is then reflown to encapsulate the metal layer. |
| US07919404B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including forming a t-shape gate electrode
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which comprises the steps of: forming a buffer layer formed of a dual-layer structure of a buffer oxide film and a buffer nitride film on a semiconductor substrate formed with a certain lower structure; forming source/drain by performing an ion injection process after forming the buffer layer; defining a gate hole by etching the buffer layer after forming the source/drain; forming a gate oxide film on the defined gate hole; forming a gate material to bury the defined gate hole; forming a T-shape gate electrode through a process of etching the gate material using the buffer nitride film as an etching stop film; and forming a contact hole after forming an inter-layer dielectric on a resulting structure formed with the T-shape gate electrode. |
| US07919399B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method and display device
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device manufacturing method for performing an annealing process of irradiating a semiconductor film on which element forming areas including thin film transistor forming areas are arranged in a two-dimensional pattern with energy beams using a plurality of irradiating optical systems, wherein in the annealing process, an area irradiated with the energy beams is divided into a single beam irradiated area irradiated by each of the plurality of irradiating optical systems with an energy beam singly and a boundary area situated between single beam irradiated areas adjacent to each other and irradiated by both of two irradiating optical systems performing beam irradiation of the single beam irradiated areas with energy beams. |
| US07919397B2 |
Method for reducing agglomeration of Si layer, method for manufacturing semiconductor device and vacuum treatment apparatus
The present invention provides a method for reducing the agglomeration of a Si layer in an SOI substrate, which can prevent the agglomeration of the Si layer from occurring in a heating and temperature-raising process for the Si layer, when heating and temperature-raising the Si layer that is the outermost surface of the SOI substrate and is in an exposed state, and can prevent the agglomeration further without forming a protective film on the SOI substrate. The method for reducing the agglomeration of the Si layer in the SOI substrate is a method of supplying a hydride gas in a heating and temperature-raising process for the Si layer, when heating and temperature-raising the Si layer which is in an exposed state in the SOI substrate that has an insulation layer and the Si layer sequentially stacked on a Si substrate. In this method, the hydride gas dissociates before the Si layer coheres, at a temperature at which the Si layer does not yet start agglomeration, and terminates a dangling bond of the Si layer with a predetermined atom such as H. |
| US07919396B2 |
Method of fabricating an organic thin film transistor
An organic thin film transistor that prevents the surface of an organic semiconductor layer from being damaged and reduces turn-off current, a method of fabricating the same, and an organic light-emitting device incorporating the organic thin film transistor. The organic thin film transistor includes a substrate, source and drain electrodes arranged on the substrate, a semiconductor layer contacting the source and drain electrodes and comprising a channel region, a protective film arranged on the semiconductor layer and having a same pattern as the semiconductor layer, the protective film comprising a laser-absorbing material, a gate insulating film arranged between the gate and the source and drain electrodes, a gate electrode arranged on the gate insulating film and a separation pattern arranged within the semiconductor layer and within the protective film, the separation pattern adapted to define the channel region of the semiconductor layer. |
| US07919394B2 |
Method for thinning substrate and method for manufacturing circuit device
A method for thinning a substrate and a method for manufacturing a circuit device which make it possible to prevent the pattern of penetrating holes of a supporting plate from being transferred to the surface of the substrate and prevent non-uniform grinding of the surface of the substrate from occurring. The supporting plate and the substrate are joined by using an adhesive layer, and a sheet is attached to the supporting plate. The surface of the supporting plate to which the sheet has been attached is mounted and fixed by attraction onto an attracting head. The surface of the semiconductor wafer on which no circuit device is formed is ground by a grinder in this state. |
| US07919392B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
On an SOI substrate, a hydrogen ion implantation section in which distribution of hydrogen ions peaks in a BOX layer (buried oxide film layer), and a single-crystal silicon thin-film transistor are formed. Then this SOI substrate is bonded with an insulating substrate. Subsequently, the SOI substrate is cleaved at the hydrogen ion implantation section by carrying out heat treatment, so that an unnecessary part of the SOI substrate is removed, Furthermore, the BOX layer remaining on the single-crystal silicon thin-film transistor is removed by etching. With this, it is possible to from a single-crystal silicon thin-film device on an insulating substrate, without using an adhesive. Moreover, it is possible to provide a semiconductor device which has no surface damage and includes a single-crystal silicon thin film which is thin and uniform in thickness. |
| US07919388B2 |
Methods for fabricating semiconductor devices having reduced gate-drain capacitance
Embodiments of a method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a reduced gate-drain capacitance are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of etching a trench in a semiconductor substrate utilizing an etch mask, widening the trench to define overhanging regions of the etch mask extending partially over the trench, and depositing a gate electrode material into the trench and onto the overhanging regions. The gate electrode material merges between the overhanging regions prior to the filling of the trench to create an empty fissure within the trench. A portion of the semiconductor substrate is removed through the empty fissure to form a void cavity proximate the trench. |
| US07919387B2 |
Structure and method for manufacturing memory
The present invention provides a memory device including at least two of a first dielectric on a semiconductor substrate; a floating gates corresponding to each of the at least two gate oxides; a second dielectric on the floating gates; a control gate conductor formed atop the second gate oxide; source and drain regions present in portions of the semiconducting substrate that are adjacent to each portion of the semiconducting substrate that is underlying the at least two of the first gate oxide, wherein the source and drain regions define a length of a channel positioned therebetween; and a low-k dielectric material that is at least present between adjacent floating gates of the floating gates corresponding to each of the at least two gate oxides, wherein the low-k dielectric material is present along a direction perpendicular to the length of the channel positioned therebetween. |
| US07919384B2 |
Method of making planar-type bottom electrode for semiconductor device
A method of making planar-type bottom electrode for semiconductor device is disclosed. A sacrificial layer structure is formed on a substrate. Multiple first trenches are defined in the sacrificial layer structure, wherein those first trenches are arranged in a first direction. The first trenches are filled with insulating material to form an insulating layer in each first trench. Multiple second trenches are defined in the sacrificial layer structure between the insulating layers, and are arranged in a second direction such that the second trenches intersect the first trenches. The second trenches are filled with bottom electrode material to form a bottom electrode layer in each second trench. The insulating layers separate respectively the bottom electrode layers apart from each other. Lastly, removing the sacrificial layer structure defines a receiving space by two adjacent insulating layers and two adjacent bottom electrode layers. |
| US07919381B2 |
Germanium substrate-type materials and approach therefor
Germanium circuit-type structures are facilitated. In one example embodiment, a multi-step growth and anneal process is implemented to grow Germanium (Ge) containing material, such as heteroepitaxial-Germanium, on a substrate including Silicon (Si) or Silicon-containing material. In certain applications, defects are generally confined near a Silicon/Germanium interface, with defect threading to an upper surface of the Germanium containing material generally being inhibited. These approaches are applicable to a variety of devices including Germanium MOS capacitors, pMOSFETs and optoelectronic devices. |
| US07919375B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the device
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the device capable of preventing an LDD region and a lower portion of the gate electrode from overlapping each other to achieve desirable device performance are disclosed. Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the device that may minimize overlap between an LDD region and a lower portion of the gate electrode. Minimizing overlap may maximize device performance and minimize the generation of defects between gate electrodes. |
| US07919374B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
A conventional power MOSFET structure is difficult to improve a breakdown voltage of an element even using a super-junction structure. A power MOSFET according to an embodiment of the invention is a semiconductor device of a super-junction structure, including: a gate electrode filled in a trench formed on a semiconductor substrate; a gate wiring metal forming a surface layer; and a gate electrode plug connecting between the gate electrode and the gate wiring metal. Thus, a polysilicon layer necessary for the conventional typical power MOSFET is unnecessary. That is, column regions of an element active portion and an outer peripheral portion can be formed under the same conditions. As a result, it is possible to improve an element breakdown voltage as compared with the conventional one. |
| US07919372B2 |
Method for forming oxide on ONO structure
A semiconductor device having a silicon oxide/silicon nitride/silicon oxide (“ONO”) structure is formed by providing a first silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer over a substrate having a memory region and a logic device region; patterning the first silicon oxide layer and the silicon nitride layer to define bottom oxide and silicon nitride portions of partially completed ONO stacks and to expose the substrate in the logic device regions; performing a rapid thermal annealing process in the presence of a radical oxidizing agent to form concurrently a second silicon oxide layer on the exposed surface of the silicon nitride layer and a gate oxide layer over the substrate; and depositing a conductive layer over the completed ONO stacks and the gate oxide. The invention is employed in manufacture of, for example, memory devices having and peripheral logic devices and memory cells including ONO structures. Exposing the patterned silicon nitride to the oxygen radical during the RTO according to the invention significantly reduces the processing time, and reduces the thermal budget. Moreover, because according to the invention the upper surface and the sidewalls of the silicon nitride layer are covered by the top oxide layer, the silicon nitride is not exposed during a subsequent cleaning process. As a result of increased contact area between the polysilicon gate and the top oxide layer, the coupling ratio of the gate is increased. |
| US07919371B2 |
Method for fabricating non-volatile memory device with charge trapping layer
A method for fabricating a non-volatile memory device with a charge trapping layer wherein a tunneling layer, a charge trapping layer, a blocking layer, and a control gate electrode are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A temperature of the control gate electrode is increased by applying a magnetic field to the control gate electrode. The blocking layer is densified by allowing the increased temperature to be transferred to the blocking layer contacting the control gate electrode. |
| US07919364B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof
A FinFET and methods for its manufacture are provided. The method of the invention provides an elegant process for manufacturing FinFETs with separated gates. It is compatible with a wide range of dielectric materials and gate electrode materials, providing that the gate electrode material(s) can be deposited conformally. Provision of at least one upstanding structure (or “dummy fin”) (40) on each side of the fin (4) serves to locally increase the thickness of the gate electrode material layer (70). In particular, as the shortest distance between each upstanding structure (40) and the respective side of the fin (4) is arranged in accordance with the invention to be less than twice the thickness of the conformal layer, the thickness of the gate electrode material layer (70) all the way across this distance between each upstanding structure (40) and the fin (4) is increased relative to that over planar regions of the substrate (2). Thus, following an anisotropic etch to remove gate electrode material (70) overlying the fin (4), some material nevertheless remains between the upstanding structures and the fin. Thus, an enlarged area of gate electrode material is formed for use as a gate contact pad. |
| US07919359B2 |
Semiconductor mounting substrate and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor mounting substrate according to the present invention comprises: a substrate; a semiconductor device, mounted on this substrate; solder bumps, which connect the semiconductor device and the substrate; a first resin, filled in a space between the semiconductor device and the substrate; and electronic components, mounted on a face side of the semiconductor device where the semiconductor device is mounted, wherein bond strength reinforcing resin section is provided at least between a side face in the vicinity of a corner part of the semiconductor device and a substrate surface of the substrate in a position corresponding to the corner part. |
| US07919354B2 |
Asymmetric alignment of substrate interconnect to semiconductor die
An apparatus includes a first semiconductor die and at least one further semiconductor die. A substrate is attached to the first die and the further die and has an electrical interconnect pattern that interconnects contacts on the first die with respective contacts on the further die. Features of the interconnect pattern have positions on the substrate with smaller tolerances relative to positions of the contacts on the first die than to positions of the contacts on the further die. |
| US07919352B2 |
Electrical connection in OLED devices
In one aspect of the present invention, a method of making an OLED device comprises providing a substrate; a first electrode, a conductive bus line over the substrate and an organic electroluminescent media over the first electrode and over the conductive bus line. A laser that operating at a predetermined wavelength and is scanned over the conductive bus line in a predetermined direction so that the conductive bus line absorbs sufficient energy to cause the ablation a portion of the organic electroluminescent media over the conductive bus line thereby forming an opening in the organic electroluminescent media. The width of the laser beam in the predetermined direction is less than four times the width of the conductive bus line; and forming a second electrode over the organic electroluminescent media, the first electrode, and through the opening in the organic electroluminescent media. |
| US07919351B2 |
CMOS image sensor with multi-layered planarization layer and method for fabricating the same
A CMOS image sensor and a method for fabricating the same for preventing contamination and peeling of an array of micro lenses. The CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes formed on and/or over a substrate, an insulating film formed on and/or over an entire surface of the substrate including the photodiodes, color filter layers formed on and/or over the insulating film, a first oxide film formed on and/or over the color filter layers, an ion-rich oxide film formed by injecting silicon ions into the first oxide film, a second oxide film formed on and/or over the ion-rich oxide film, and a micro lens pattern formed corresponding to the photodiodes by patterning the second oxide film. |
| US07919346B2 |
Micromechanical component and manufacturing method
A micromechanical component has a substrate, a first intermediate layer which is situated thereupon, and a first layer which is situated thereupon and is structured down to the first intermediate layer. A second intermediate layer is situated above the first layer. A second layer is situated on the former, at least one movable micromechanical structure being structured into the second layer. The second intermediate layer is removed in a sacrificial zone beneath the movable micromechanical structure and the first intermediate layer is partially removed in zones beneath the first layer. The movable micromechanical structure is provided with at least one stop surface on a bottom face, this stop surface being contactable with a zone of the first layer which is supported by the first intermediate layer by deflection of the movable micromechanical structure. A method for producing such a micromechanical component is also described. |
| US07919344B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
Provided is an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The image sensor includes a substrate on which a circuitry including a first lower metal line and a second lower metal line is formed. A lower electrode is formed on the first lower metal line. A separation metal pattern surrounds the lower electrode and connected to the second lower metal line. An intrinsic layer is formed on the lower electrode. A second conductive type conduction layer is formed on the intrinsic layer. An upper electrode is formed on the second conductive type conductive layer. A bias can be applied to the second lower metal line such that the separation metal pattern can provide a Schottky Barrier, directing electrons to the lower electrode and inhibiting crosstalk between pixels. |
| US07919337B2 |
Optoelectronic architecture having compound conducting substrate
Optoelectronic device modules, arrays optoelectronic device modules and methods for fabricating optoelectronic device modules are disclosed. The device modules are made using a starting substrate having an insulator layer sandwiched between a bottom electrode made of a flexible bulk conductor and a conductive back plane. An active layer is disposed between the bottom electrode and a transparent conducting layer. One or more electrical contacts between the transparent conducting layer and the back plane are formed through the transparent conducting layer, the active layer, the flexible bulk conductor and the insulating layer. The electrical contacts are electrically isolated from the active layer, the bottom electrode and the insulating layer. |
| US07919334B2 |
MRAM
Disclosed is a method to convert a low resistance cell in a MRAM device to a capacitive cell. The low resistance cell has a plurality of layers on a substrate. At least one layer remote from the substrate is sensitive to oxygen infusion. The method includes removing a cap layer of the cell and applying an oxygen barrier around the cell to expose at least a part of a surface of the at least one layer remote from the substrate. The at least one layer is oxidized. The oxygen barrier is removed. |
| US07919331B2 |
Chromatographic test strips for one or more analytes
The invention describes immunochromatographic protocols in which one or more analytes, such as a bacteria or virus, can be assayed utilizing a “sandwich” complex. |
| US07919328B2 |
Fluorescent ion doped glass and method for using the fluorescent ion doped glass to enhance fluorescence imaging techniques
A fluorescent ion doped glass (or other fluorescing material) and a method for using the fluorescent ion doped glass to enhance a fluorescence imaging technique are described herein. In one embodiment, the fluorescent ion doped glass (or other fluorescing material) is used as a calibration standard to check the uniformity of an intensity profile of an excitation source. In another embodiment, the fluorescent ion doped glass (or other fluorescing material) is used as an offline calibration standard to normalize a native fluorescence image of one or more test samples (e.g., a protein array). In yet another embodiment, the fluorescent ion doped glass (or other fluorescing material) is used as an online calibration standard to normalize a native fluorescence image of one or more test samples (e.g., a protein array). |
| US07919324B2 |
Liquid tester
A liquid testing device for determining the value of at least one property of a liquid. The liquid testing device includes a planar base and at least one test section, located on the planar base, with a reference color section located adjacent to the test section, which exhibits a color according to the value, as a result of reaction of a reagent with the liquid. The reference color section includes a plurality of different reference colors arranged for easy visual color comparison with the test result. The reference color section is placed adjacent to and in contact with the test section, with the test section having sufficient length so that it substantially encompasses the entire reference color section with its plurality of different reference colors. Thus, when the test section exhibits a reaction color, the visual comparison is simplified since the reference color which matches the reaction color becomes substantially visually merged and self-aligned therewith. |
| US07919322B2 |
Targeted deletions using retroelement-mediated placement of recombination sites
The present invention provides methods, nucleic acid constructs, and kits for selectively deleting a region of a nucleic acid sequence. Specifically, it utilizes retargeting retroelements to place site-specific recombination sites at targeted locations in the nucleic acid sequence. The region between the recombination sites is then deleted using a site-specific recombination system. |
| US07919320B2 |
PUFA polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof
The invention generally relates to polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems isolated from or derived from non-bacterial organisms, to homologues thereof, to isolated nucleic acid molecules and recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding biologically active domains of such a PUFA PKS system, to genetically modified organisms comprising PUFA PKS systems, to methods of making and using such systems for the production of bioactive molecules of interest, and to novel methods for identifying new bacterial and non-bacterial microorganisms having such a PUFA PKS system. |
| US07919319B2 |
Cultured cell and method and apparatus for cell culture
One or more cells can be cultured when confined in space by barriers. The distance between barriers can be comparable to the size of a cell to be cultured. The space between barriers can also be sufficiently small to allow control of cell properties or monitoring of the cell(s) cultured therein. The cell(s) may be confined completely or may be mobile between two opposing barrier surfaces. The gap between two opposing barriers may be sufficiently narrow to allow only a monolayer of cells to be cultured. A barrier can be transparent. The surfaces of the barriers may have one or more pre-selected characteristics that mimic the characteristics of a biological niche of the cells(s). The number of cells in a cell culture may be limited to permit control of properties of individual cells. The cultured cell(s) may be monitored, such as imaged, over a long period of time, using standard bright field or fluorescent imaging techniques. |
| US07919314B2 |
Process for the production of monoclonal antibodies
Provided is a use of a recombinant chimaeric protein as an immunogen in a process for producing a monoclonal antibody, wherein the recombinant chimaeric protein is assembled into a virus-like particles, and includes a foreign protein or peptide or a fragment thereof. |
| US07919312B2 |
Self-replicating RNA molecule from hepatitis C virus
A unique HCV RNA molecule is provided having an enhanced efficiency of establishing cell culture replication. Novel adaptive mutations have been identified within the HCV non-structural region that improves the efficiency of establishing persistently replicating HCV RNA in cell culture. This self-replicating polynucleotide molecule contains, contrary to all previous reports, a 5′-NTR that can be either an A as an alternative to the G already disclosed and therefore provides an alternative to existing systems comprising a self-replicating HCV RNA molecule. The G→A mutation gives rise to HCV RNA molecules that, in conjunction with mutations in the HCV non-structural region, such as the G(2042)C/R mutations, possess greater efficiency of transduction and/or replication. These RNA molecules when transfected in a cell line are useful for evaluating potential inhibitors of HCV replication. |
| US07919309B2 |
Method for expression of small antiviral RNA molecules within a cell
In one aspect, the invention provides methods and compositions for the expression of small RNA molecules within a cell using a retroviral vector. The methods can be used to express double stranded RNA complexes. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be expressed using the methods of the invention within a cell, that interfere with a viral life cycle by down regulating either the viral genome, a viral genome transcript, or a host cell that. In another aspect the invention provides methods for treating patients having suffering from infection, particularly infection with HIV. |
| US07919307B2 |
Supply system for cell culture module
A device for supplying cell culture modules with nutrients has an arrangement of channels, pumps and valves in or on a plate. The valves may be pinch valves operated by deforming an elastic section of a conduit and the pump may be a pinch valve pump. The channels may be defined, at least in part, by the plate. The pumps, channels and valves may be located within the thickness of the plate. The device may be used to supply nutrients to cell culture modules according to a perfusion operation, a re-circulation operation and/or a combination of both. |
| US07919305B2 |
Method for manufacturing cell culture substrate
A main object of the invention is to provide a new method for producing a cell culture substrate used to cause cells to adhere in a highly precise form onto a base material and then culture the cells.To attain the object, the invention provides a method for producing a cell culture substrate comprising: a patterning substrate forming process of forming, on a base material, a cell culture patterning layer wherein a cell adhesion portion having cell adhesive properties and a cell adhesion-inhibiting portion having cell adhesion-inhibiting properties can be formed by action of a photocatalyst by energy irradiation, thereby forming a patterning substrate; an energy irradiating process of irradiating the energy onto the cell culture patterning layer, thereby forming the cell adhesion portion and the cell adhesion-inhibiting portion in a pattern form by action of the photocatalyst; and a cell-containing liquid applying process of applying a cell-containing liquid onto the cell adhesion portion by a region-selecting applying method of applying the cell-containing liquid selectively onto the patterned cell adhesion portion. |
| US07919304B2 |
Process and apparatus for the biofiltration of volatile organic compounds
A process and system are disclosed for the biofiltration of volatile organic compounds. The process involved recirculating contaminated effluent gas through a biofilter (1), the biofilter (1) having an inlet (20), outlet (15) and micro-organism laden filter media bed (3). The filter media bed additionally having moisture retaining properties. This process has been effective in removing high levels of VOCs from effluent gas streams and also in removing VOCs from an effluent gas stream where the VOC levels and/or volumes of effluent gas vary over time. |
| US07919301B2 |
Recovery of recombinant human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV2) from CDNA and use of recombinant HPIV2 in immunogenic compositions and as vectors to elicit immune responses against PIV and other human pathogens
Recombinant human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV2) viruses and related immunogenic compositions and methods are provided. The recombinant HPIV2 viruses, including HPIV2 chimeric and chimeric vector viruses, provided according to the invention are infectious and attenuated in permissive mammalian subjects, including humans, and are useful in immunogenic compositions for eliciting an immune responses against one or more PIVs, against one or more non-PIV pathogens, or against a PIV and a non-PIV pathogen. Also provided are isolated polynucleotide molecules and vectors incorporating a recombinant HPIV2 genome or antigenome. |
| US07919298B2 |
Polypeptides having lipase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The invention provides polypeptides obtained by introducing mutations in one or more regions identified in a parent lipase. The polypeptides of the present invention have surprisingly been found to have a low specific activity towards short chain fatty acids leading to a reduced odor generation and an increased BR over the lipases known in the art. |
| US07919296B2 |
Nucleic acid modifying enzymes
This invention provides for an improved generation of novel nucleic acid modifying enzymes. The improvement is the fusion of a sequence-non-specific nucleic-acid-binding domain to the enzyme in a manner that enhances the ability of the enzyme to bind and catalytically modify the nucleic acid. |
| US07919289B2 |
Methods and systems for producing ethanol using raw starch and selecting plant material
The present invention relates to methods for producing high levels of alcohol during fermentation of plant material, and to the high alcohol beer produced. The method can include selecting plant material. Selecting can include excluding plant material that has been exposed to high temperatures or that has had high moisture content. |
| US07919288B2 |
Process for enzymatically converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid
A process is provided to improve the specific activity of an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity when converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid under aqueous reaction conditions. Inclusion of an effective amount of at least one amine protectant improves the specific activity and catalytic productivity of the enzyme catalyst. |
| US07919283B2 |
Method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the enterobacteriaceae family with attenuated expression of any of the cynT, cynS, cynX or cynR gene or combination thereof
The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of one or more of the cynT, cynS, cynX and/or cynR genes. |
| US07919281B2 |
Glucoamylase variants
The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates. |
| US07919280B2 |
Method for isolation of DNA, RNA and proteins from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens
Methods are disclosed for rapid, reliable and simple isolation of RNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples. RNA purified in this manner can be used to monitor gene expression levels. The tissue sample can be a tumor or other pathological tissue. |
| US07919278B2 |
Method of amplifying nucleic acid from a cell using a nonplanar solid substrate
Provided is a method of amplifying nucleic acid from a comprising: contacting a cell-containing sample with a nonplanar solid substrate in a liquid medium having a pH range of 3.0-6.0 to attach the cell to the solid substrate; washing the nonplanar solid substrate to remove materials that are not attached thereto; and performing PCR using the nucleic acid from the cell attached to the nonplanar solid substrate as a template sample to amplify nucleic acid from the cell, wherein the contacting, washing and PCR processes are performed in a single vessel. |
| US07919277B2 |
Detection and typing of bacterial strains
Methods for the detection and typing of bacterial strains from food products and dietary supplements, environmental samples, in vivo/in vitro samples, and for studying the natural diversity of the species are disclosed. Potential applications also include product development and/or detection and differentiation of new bacterial strains. |
| US07919272B2 |
Methods and compositions for controlling plant pests
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:13-24, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1-12 and 25-44, as well as variants and fragments thereof. |
| US07919271B2 |
Nucleic acid encoding branching enzyme
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having branching enzyme activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. |
| US07919269B2 |
Whitefly ecdysone receptor nucleic acids, polypeptides, and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a novel isolated whitefly ecdysone receptor polypeptide. The invention also relates to an isolated nucleic acid encoding the whitefly ecdysone receptor polypeptide, to vectors comprising them and to their uses, in particular in methods for modulating gene expression in an ecdysone receptor-based gene expression modulation system and methods for identifying molecules that modulate whitefly ecdysone receptor activity. |
| US07919265B2 |
Antibody-based method for isolating Th1 and Th2 helper lymphocytes from human peripheral blood
A negative isolation method for separately isolating preparations of Th1 and Th2 helper lymphocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cells involving the use of novel combinations of monoclonal antibodies to separately sequester specific Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes and contaminating leukocytes and erythrocytes, adding a magnetic colloid to the cells, and using a magnetic column for fractionation of Th1 and Th2 cells. Imbalances in the relative numbers of Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes can be used in the diagnosis and prognosis of human diseases. |
| US07919264B2 |
Methods and compositions for determining the efficacy of a treatment for ankylosing spondylitis using biomarkers
The invention provides a method for determining the efficacy of a TNFα inhibitor, such as a TNFα antibody, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, for treating ankylosing spondylitis (AS), using a collagen degradation biomarker and/or a synovitis biomarker. |
| US07919261B2 |
Methods for predicting treatment response based on the expression profiles of protein and transcription biomarkers
The invention disclosed herein describes novel biomarkers useful for risk assessment, screening, prognosis and selection and monitoring of therapy for HDAC mediated cell proliferative disorders. In particular, the invention provides the identities of three particular proteins whose expression patterns are strongly predictive of a particular patient's treatment outcome, e.g., non-responsiveness to SAHA. The expression profile, or pattern, whether embodied in nucleic acid expression, protein expression, or other expression formats will find use in identifying and selecting patients afflicted with a particular HDAC mediated cancer who are likely to be non-responsive to SAHA-based therapy and thus candidates for other treatments. |
| US07919257B2 |
Method for selecting a single cell expressing a heterogeneous combination of antibodies
The present invention provides combinations of specific binding proteins, such as immunoglobulins, that are designed to be true combinations, essentially all components of the combination being functional and compatible with each other. The invention further provides a method for producing a composition comprising at least two different proteinaceous molecules comprising paired variable regions, the at least two proteinaceous molecules having different binding specificities, comprising paired variable regions, at least two proteinaceous molecules having different binding specificities, comprising contacting at least three different variable regions under conditions allowing for pairing of variable regions and harvesting essentially all proteinaceous molecules having binding specificities resulting from the pairing. |
| US07919252B2 |
Method for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence
A method of detecting a target nucleic acid sequence comprising providing a stem-and-loop structured nucleic acid for measurement wherein the nucleic acid comprises complementary sequence portions located at both terminals and a target sequence portion therebetween as well as a double-stranded portion formed by hybridization of the complementary sequence portions located at both terminals and a remaining looped single-stranded portion, providing a probe nucleic acid having a sequence complementary to the target sequence portion wherein one end of the probe nucleic acid being immobilized to a solid substrate surface, reacting the nucleic acid for measurement with the probe nucleic acid to specifically hybridize the target sequence portion of the nucleic acid for measurement to the probe nucleic acid, and detecting presence or absence of the nucleic acid for measurement hybridized to the probe nucleic acid. |
| US07919251B2 |
Non-thiopurine methyltransferase related effects in 6-mercaptopurine therapy
The present invention provides methods for predicting tolerance associated with 6-mercaptopurine drug treatment of an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder such as inflammatory bowel disease. In particular, the present invention provides methods for predicting a patient's risk of an adverse drug reaction (or tolerance) to a 6-mercaptopurine drug by genotyping a patient at a polymorphic site in at least one gene selected from the group consisting of a xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) gene, molybdenum cofactor sulfurase (MOCOS) gene, and aldehyde oxidase (AOX) gene. The present invention further provides methods for optimizing therapeutic efficacy in a patient receiving a 6-mercaptopurine drug by determining whether the patient should be given an alternative drug based on the presence or absence of a polymorphism in at least one of the XDH, MOCOS, and AOX genes. |
| US07919249B2 |
2′-Terminator nucleotide-related methods and systems
The present invention provides methods of extending primer nucleic acids and sequencing target nucleic acids. The methods include the use of 2′-terminator nucleotides to effect chain termination. In addition to related reaction mixtures and kits, the invention also provides computers and computer readable media. |
| US07919245B2 |
Methods and compositions involving microRNA
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for isolating, enriching, and/or labeling miRNA molecules and for preparing and using arrays or other detection techniques for miRNA analysis. Moreover, the present invention concerns methods and compositions for generating miRNA profiles and employing such profiles for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic applications. |
| US07919244B2 |
Nucleic acid detection method involving the direct generation of a measurable signal
A nucleic acid detection method involving the direct generation of a measurable signal, by the action of an enzyme with 3′-5′ nuclease activity, and the applications for it, the signal generated can be detectable and quantifiable and can be carried out in real-time, in this method, the nucleic acid is placed in contact with at least one oligonucleotide that does not hybridize perfectly with it, so that the enzyme will split it at the unpaired bases generating the signal, the oligonucleotide can be labeled. |
| US07919242B2 |
Light emission modifiers and their uses in nucleic acid detection, amplification and analysis
The present invention relates to methods and reagents for modifying the emission of light from labeled nucleic acids for the purpose of real time detection, analysis, and quantitation of nucleic acid sequences, e.g., using singly labeled probes. These methods and reagents exploit advantageous properties of thiazine dyes and diazine dyes. Furthermore, the use of these light emission modifiers in background reduction, nucleic acid duplex stabilization and other uses is also described. Related kits, reaction mixtures and integrated systems are described. |
| US07919241B2 |
Polymorphisms in fatty acid binding protein 4 (“FABP4”) gene and their associations with measures of marbling and subcutaneous fat depth in beef cattle
The physiological regulation of intake, growth and energy partitioning in animals is under the control of multiple genes, which may be important candidates for unraveling the genetic variation in economically relevant traits in beef production. The present invention relates to the identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the bovine genes encoding fatty acid binding proteins and their associations with economically relevant traits in beef production. The invention further encompasses methods and systems, including network-based processes, to manage the SNP data and other data relating to specific animals and herds of animals, veterinarian care, diagnostic and quality control data and management of livestock which, based on genotyping, have predictable meat quality traits, husbandry conditions, animal welfare, food safety information, audit of existing processes and data from field locations. |
| US07919240B2 |
Altered gene expression profiles in stable versus acute childhood asthma
Differences in gene expression in control and asthma patients to profile, differentiate, evaluate, etc. patients with exacerbated asthma and stable asthma. |
| US07919238B2 |
Method for rapid identification of alternative splicing
Alternatively spliced RNA, along with their normally-spliced counterparts, can be rapidly identified by hybridizing cDNA from normal tissue to cDNA from an abnormal or test tissue. The two cDNA populations are separately tagged prior to hybridization, which allows isolation of double-stranded cDNA containing both normal and alternatively spliced molecules. Within this population, pairing of cDNA molecules representing an alternatively spliced mRNA with cDNA molecules representing the counterpart normally spliced mRNA will form double-stranded cDNA with single-stranded mismatched regions. The mismatched double-stranded cDNA are isolated with reagents that bind single-stranded nucleic acids. The strands of each mismatched double-stranded cDNA are then coupled and analyzed, simultaneously identifying both normal and alternatively spliced molecules. |
| US07919235B2 |
Oligonucleotides for genotyping thymidylate synthase gene
Oligonucleotides for genotyping the thymidylate synthase gene are provided. The number of tandem repeats in the promoter region of the thymidylate synthase gene can be identified based on the hybridization of an oligonucleotide of the invention to the genomic DNA of a subject. Therefore, the genotype of the thymidylate synthase gene can be identified based on the number of tandem repeats. The genotype relates to the responsiveness of a subject towards an antitumor agent. |
| US07919231B2 |
Photolithographic method and mask devices utilized for multiple exposures in the field of a feature
A photolithographic method for forming a plurality of characters on a device utilizes a mask set that includes a plurality of photolithographic masks, wherein each mask includes at least one non-opaque mask character field area that surrounds a non-opaque mask character area. Photoresist is exposed to radiation energy density through the set of masks using the masks sequentially to create at least one character field area of the photoresist, and a character area of the photoresist. Ultimately, because the character areas of the photoresist are exposed to some light energy density from the non-opaque mask character field areas during each mask exposure step, the total photoresist exposure time to create the series of characters is less than that of the prior art. |
| US07919230B2 |
Thermal embossing of resist reflowed lenses to make aspheric lens master wafer
Methods of forming a lens master wafer having aspheric lens shapes. In one embodiment, a substrate is coated with a polymer material. Isolated sections are formed in the polymer material. The isolated sections are reflowed. The reflowed sections are formed into aspheric lens shapes using a lens stamp. |
| US07919229B2 |
Phosphor coating process for light emitting diode
A phosphor coating process for a light-emitting device is described. A light-emitting diode chip is bonded on a substrate. A light-sensitive layer is formed over the light-emitting diode and the substrate. The light-sensitive layer is patterned by a photolithography process to expose an area of the light-emitting diode chip, on which desires a phosphor coating. A phosphor-adhesive material is filled on the area of the light-emitting diode chip. |
| US07919225B2 |
Photopatternable dielectric materials for BEOL applications and methods for use
A method and a composition. The composition includes at least one carbosilane-substituted silsesquioxane polymer which crosslinks in the presence of an acid. The at least one carbosilane-substituted silsesquioxane polymer is soluble in aqueous base. The method includes forming a coating on a substrate. The coating includes one or more carbosilane-substituted silsesquioxane polymers. The carbosilane-substituted silsesquioxane polymer is soluble in aqueous base. The coating is exposed to radiation, resulting in generating a latent pattern in the coating. The exposed coating is baked at a first temperature less than about 150° C. The baked coating is developed, resulting in forming a latent image from the latent pattern in the baked coating. The latent image is cured at a second temperature less than about 500° C. |
| US07919223B2 |
Compound for resist and radiation-sensitive composition
A radiation-sensitive composition containing 1 to 80% by weight of a solid component and 20 to 99% by weight of a solvent. The solid component contains a compound B which has (a) a structure derived from a polyphenol compound A by introducing an acid-dissociating group to at least one phenolic hydroxyl group of the polyphenol compound A which is synthesized by a condensation between a di- to tetrafunctional aromatic ketone or aromatic aldehyde each having 5 to 36 carbon atoms with a compound having 1 to 3 phenolic hydroxyl groups and 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and (b) a molecular weight of 400 to 2000. The composition containing the compound B is useful as an acid-amplified, non-polymeric resist material, because it is highly sensitive to radiation such as KrF excimer lasers, extreme ultraviolet rays, electron beams, and X-rays, and provides resist patterns with a high resolution, high heat resistance, and high etching resistance. |
| US07919222B2 |
Coating compositions for use with an overcoated photoresist
Underlying coating compositions are provided for use with an overcoated photoresist composition. In one aspect, the coating composition can be crosslinked and comprise one or more components that contain one or more acid-labile groups and/or one or more base-reactive groups that are reactive following crosslinking. In another aspect, underlying coating composition are provided that can be treated to provide a modulated water contact angle. Preferred underlying coating compositions can exhibit enhanced etch rates in plasma etchants. Additional preferred coating compositions can enhance lithographic performance of an associated photoresist composition. |
| US07919221B2 |
Electrophotographic printing toner, electrophotographic printing method and liquid developer for electrophotographic printing
An electrophotographic printing toner including a colorant and a resin, wherein the colorant includes a dye having at least one reactive group selected from the group consisting of SO2CnH2nOSO3H, NHCOCnH2nOSO3H, NHSO2CnH2nOSO3H, COCnH2nOSO3H and SO2CHCH2, wherein n represents an integer of from 1 to 4. |
| US07919204B2 |
Thermal control of a flow cell battery
A flow battery with thermal management is presented. The flow battery is housed in an enclosure where fluid is uniformly circulated about holding tanks of electrolyte to control the temperature inside the enclosure. |
| US07919203B2 |
Battery box structure, inter-locking structure of electrical equipment box, and electrical equipment box structure
A battery box structure includes a battery module, a holding frame which holds the battery module, a case which is made from expanded insulating resin and which stores the holding frame, and an elastic member secured to the holding frame and arranged between the battery module and the case, wherein the elastic member includes an upper wall and flanges extending from both side edges of the upper wall, and wherein a distance between the flanges is substantially the same as a width of a protrusion of the holding frame for securing the elastic member to the holding frame. |
| US07919202B2 |
Nonaqueous cell with improved thermoplastic sealing member
An electrochemical battery cell with an aperture in the container or cell cover has the aperture sealed by an improved thermoplastic sealing member, which forms at least a part of the cell's pressure relief vent and is made from a material comprising a thermoplastic resin and more than 10 weight percent of a thermal-stabilizing filler, to provide an effective seal and a reliable pressure relief vent over a broad temperature range. |
| US07919201B2 |
Method of making a multilayered magnetic structure
A longitudinal magnetic recording medium comprising at least four magnetic layers including a substrate, a CoCrTa magnetic intermediate layer on the substrate, wherein the CoCrTa magnetic intermediate layer comprises Cr<16 at % and Ta<6 at %, a first CoCrPtB magnetic layer on the CoCrTa layer, wherein the first CoCrPtB magnetic layer comprises Cr: 10-14%, Pt: 4-8 at %, B: 6-10%, a second CoCrPtB magnetic layer on the first CoCrPtB magnetic layer, and a third CoCrPtB magnetic layer on the second CoCrPtB layer, wherein the third CoCrPtB magnetic layer comprises Cr: 12-16 at %, Pt: 12-16 at %, B: 10-14 at % and has <10 at % Cr than that in the second CoCrPtB magnetic layer is disclosed. |
| US07919199B2 |
Organic light emitting device
It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light emitting device having a long-life optical output. The organic light emitting device according to the present invention is provided with an emission layer including at least a host material, a light emitting material, and another material, wherein the another material has a smaller ionization potential than and almost the same hole mobility as or a greater hole mobility than an ionization potential and a hole mobility of a compound which forms an emission layer-side-interface. |
| US07919195B2 |
System for displaying images
Systems for displaying images. An exemplary embodiment of a system comprises an organic electroluminescent diode, having a hole injection layer. The hole injection layer comprises compounds having the structure showing in formula wherein at least one of two adjacent R1 groups link together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached to form a saturated ring system having from 4 to 20 atoms, and remaining R1 and R2 are the same or different and comprise hydrogen or halogen atom. |
| US07919187B2 |
Environmental barrier coating for silicon-containing substrates and process therefor
A protective coating for use on a silicon-containing substrate, and deposition methods therefor. The coating has a strontium-aluminosilicate (SAS) composition that is less susceptible to degradation by volatilization and in corrosive environments as a result of having at least an outer surface region that consists essentially of one or more stoichiometric crystalline phases of SAS and is substantially free of a nonstoichiometric second crystalline phase of SAS that contains a substoichiometric amount of silica. The coating can be produced by carrying out deposition and heat treatment steps that result in the entire coating or just the outer surface region of the coating consisting essentially of the stoichiometric celsian phase. |
| US07919186B2 |
Thin-layer lignocellulose composites having increased resistance to moisture
A method to produce thin-layer lignocellulosic composites, such as wood-based doorskins, that exhibit substantial resistance to moisture is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes the steps of forming a mixture including a refined lignocellulosic fiber, wax, and an organic isocyanate resin. The mixture is initially pressed to form a loose mat. Subsequently, the mat is pressed between two dies at an elevated temperature and pressure to further reduce the thickness of the mat and to promote the interaction of the resin with the lignocellulosic fibers. In an embodiment, a release agent is included as part of the fiber mixture, or sprayed onto the surface of the mat. The thin-layer lignocellulosic composites of the present invention exhibit strong surface strength, high adhesiveness, and a 50% reduction in linear expansion and thickness swelling upon exposure to a high moisture environment as compared to thin-layer composites that do not include the isocyanate resin. |
| US07919185B2 |
Polymer composites, polymer nanocomposites and methods
Polymer composites and polymer nanocomposites are designed and manufactured by choosing surface-modified fillers having a solid surface energy matching the solid surface energy of the polymer, wherein the advancing contact angle of the polymer on the surface-modified filler is less than about 5 degrees. The fillers are surface-modified by adsorption of amorphous polymeric surfactants, consisting of either mono-modal, bimodal, or multi-modal size distribution. The surface-modified fillers of this invention display a measurable yield stress and a viscosity of about 30.000 Pa·s or less at room temperature, and comprise one or more materials selected from the group consisting of minerals, plant material, animal material, carbon fiber, graphite, amorphous carbon, carbon nanotubes, and glass fiber. This invention also provides a method for manufacturing a polymer nanocomposite which includes exfoliating an amorphous organoclay in a crystalline or semi-crystalline polymer by melt compounding the constituents in the absence of added solvents, activators, edge-modifiers, compatibilizers, or hydrotropes. |
| US07919184B2 |
Hybrid nanoparticles
A method and composition for making hybrid nanoparticles and use of such nanoparticles are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise a phase change material (PCM) and a metal layer encapsulating the phase change material. In another embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise a phase change material, a polymer layer encapsulating the phase change material, and an outer metal layer encapsulating the polymer layer. In another embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise an inner core of a PCM encapsulated by a polymer shell containing embedded nanoparticles that have a high thermal conductivity. |
| US07919179B2 |
Resin-coated sand for multilayer mold
To provide resin-coated sand for a multilayer mold in which the consolidation strength of the casting mold obtained by using it and gas permeability thereof are improved at the same time, the amount of occurrence of pyrolytic products (tar, soot and the like) derived from organic substances is effectively inhibited, when molding is performed using such a casting mold, and further, the casting mold after molding can exhibit excellent collapsibility. Disclosed is resin-coated sand for a multilayer mold, in which surfaces of refractory particles are coated with a binder composition containing a phenolic novolak resin having an ortho/para bond ratio of methylene groups of 1.5 or more and an aromatic amine as indispensable constituents, and the grain fineness number is from 80 to 150. |
| US07919177B2 |
Porous inorganic/organic hybrid particles for chromatographic separations and process for their preparation
Novel material for chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation, and separations devices containing the chromatographic material. In particular, the disclosure describes porous inorganic/organic hybrid particles having a chromatographically-enhancing pore geometry, which desirably may be surface modified, and that offer more efficient chromatographic separations than that known in the art. |
| US07919168B2 |
Plugged honeycomb structure
A plugged honeycomb structure includes: a honeycomb structure having porous partition walls separating and forming a plurality of cells communicating between an inlet end face on an inlet side of a fluid and an outlet end face on an outlet side of the fluid, and plugging portions for plugging an opening portion of each of predetermined cells on the inlet end face and an opening portion of each of the other cells on the outlet end face. There, 1.5% or more of the plugging portions plugging the opening portions of the predetermined cells on the inlet end face have a depressed pit on the end face on the inlet end face side. |
| US07919167B1 |
Carbon-phenolic ablator monoliths and their methods of manufacture
A low-to-medium mass density ablative thermal protection system (TPS) comprises a phenolic-based core member comprising a honeycombed plurality of cells separated by cell walls; and an ablator material comprising a carbonaceous material and a phenolic resin material filling the cells. The ablator material may further comprise silica and phenolic resin microspheres. Embodiments include fabricating the ablative TPS by filling the cells of the core member with a liquid slurry or dry mixture of the ablator material, followed by degassing, drying, and curing of the ablator material. |
| US07919164B1 |
Insulating label stock
An insulating label stock includes a thermal insulating layer, which may a fiberfill batt. The batt is laminated to at least one layer of film, paper or fabric. The label stock can be wrapped around a container, such as a can, bottle or pouch. The label stock may be coated with a coating material so that it is printable, thus imparting both insulating properties and print capability to a container. |
| US07919162B2 |
Intraluminal prostheses having polymeric material with selectively modified crystallinity and methods of making same
Methods of manufacturing polymeric intraluminal prostheses include annealing the polymeric material to selectively modify the crystallinity thereof. Annealing may be utilized to selectively modify various properties of the polymeric material of an intraluminal prosthesis, including: selectively increasing the modulus of the polymeric material; selectively increasing the hoop strength of the intraluminal prosthesis; selectively modifying the elution rate (increase or decrease) of a pharmacological agent subsequently disposed on or within the annealed polymeric material; selectively increasing/decreasing stress in the intraluminal prosthesis; and selectively modifying the polymeric material such that it erodes at a different rate. |
| US07919161B2 |
Dual-ovenable, heat-sealable packaging tray
A dual-ovenable tray useful for supporting a food product. The tray comprises a sheet having first and second layers comprising one or more polyamides. The first layer of the sheet forms the tray inside surface. Where the first layer has a melting point, the second layer has a melting point of at least about 210° C. and at least 20° C. greater than the melting point of the first layer. Where the first layer has a glass transition temperature of less than about 120° C. measured at a 50% relative humidity, the second layer has a melting point of at least about 210° C. |
| US07919159B2 |
Method to make single-layer PET bottles with high barrier and improved clarity
The present invention comprises a blend of polyester and a partially aromatic polyamide with an ionic compatibilizer and a cobalt salt. This blend can be processed into a container that has both active and passive oxygen barrier and carbon dioxide barrier properties at an improved color and clarity than containers known in the art. The partially aromatic polyamide is preferably meta-xylylene adipamide. The ionic compatibilizer is preferably 5-sodiumsulfoisophthalic acid or 5-zincsulfoisophthalic acid, or their dialkyl esters such as the dimethyl ester (SIM) and glycol ester (SIPEG). The cobalt salt is selected form the class of cobalt acetate, cobalt carbonate, cobalt chloride, cobalt hydroxide, cobalt naphthenate, cobalt oleate, cobalt linoleate, cobalt octoate, cobalt stearate, cobalt nitrate, cobalt phosphate, cobalt sulfate, cobalt (ethylene glycolate), or mixtures of two or more of these. The partially aromatic polyamide is present in a range from about 1 to about 10 wt. % of said composition. The ionic compatibilizer is present in a range from about 0.1 to about 2.0 mol-% of said composition. The cobalt salt is present in a range from about 20 to about 500 ppm of said composition. |
| US07919158B2 |
Infrared radiation reflecting insulated glazing unit
An insulated glazing unit is described and includes a first transparent substrate spaced apart from a parallel second transparent substrate, a sealed void space defined between the first transparent substrate, second transparent substrate, and the window mounting member, and an infrared radiation reflecting multilayer polymeric film disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate. The infrared radiation reflecting multilayer polymeric film includes a plurality of alternating polymeric layers of a first polymer material and a second polymer material. At least one of the alternating polymer layers is birefringent and oriented. The alternating, polymeric layers cooperate to reflect infrared radiation. |
| US07919156B2 |
Recording apparatus and material set for recording
Disclosed is a material set for recording, including: an ink including a recording material, an organic solvent, and water; and ink receiving particles including an organic resin including hydrophilic monomer components and one or more hydrophobic monomer components, the hydrophilic monomer components including a monomer component having a hydroxyl group and a monomer component having a dissociable group, an absolute value of a difference between a solubility parameter (SP value) of the organic solvent included in the ink and a solubility parameter (SP value) of monomer components included in the organic resin, other than the monomer component having a dissociable group, being less than 5. |
| US07919154B2 |
1-(trifluoromethyl)naphthalene derivative
Since a 1-(trifluoromethyl)naphthalene derivative of the present invention has negative dielectric anisotropy, has a very large absolute value, is chemically stable with heat, light, water, and the like, moreover, it excels in compatibility with a liquid crystal compound or a liquid crystal composition used widely nowadays, it is suitable as an element of a practical liquid crystal composition capable of low voltage drive. In addition, the liquid crystal composition using the compound of the present invention has low drive voltage, is useful as a constituent material of the liquid crystal display device of low consumption of electrical power, and can be used suitably for liquid crystal display devices such as a VA type and an IPS type, and the like. |
| US07919143B2 |
Carrier for receiving an object and method for the production of a carrier
A carrier for an object, preferably a substrate of a semiconductor component such as a wafer, includes a receiving element for the object and gas outlets arranged below the receiving element along the object received. At least sections of the carrier are made of a material which including stabilizing fibers and having a porosity which forms the gas outlets, in order to enable a desired gas to exit from the gas outlets in a dosed and finely distributed manner. |
| US07919142B2 |
Atomic layer deposition apparatus using neutral beam and method of depositing atomic layer using the same
Disclosed are an atomic layer deposition apparatus using a neutral beam and a method of depositing an atomic layer using the apparatus, capable of converting an ion beam into a neutral beam and radiating it onto a substrate to be treated. The method uses an apparatus for supplying a first reaction gas containing a material that cannot be chemisorbed onto a substrate to be treated into a reaction chamber in which the substrate is loaded, and forming a first reactant adsorption layer containing a material that cannot be chemisorbed onto the substrate; and radiating a neutral beam generated by the second reaction gas onto the substrate on which the first reactant adsorption layer is formed, and removing a material not chemisorbed onto the substrate from the first reactant adsorption layer to form a second reactant adsorption layer. It is possible to perform a process without damage due to charging with the apparatus for depositing an atomic layer using a neutral beam and the method of depositing an atomic layer using the apparatus. |
| US07919141B2 |
Processes and equipments for preparing F2-containing gases, as well as process and equipments for modifying the surfaces of articles
The present invention provides processes and equipments for safely and easily preparing an F2-containing gas, as well as processes and equipments for surface modification using the F2-containing gas prepared.According to the present invention, a gas containing a fluoro compound that is easier to handle than F2 is supplied and the fluoro compound is excited and decomposed to convert it into F2 gas before surface modification and then used for surface modification. According to the present invention, there is no necessity of providing, storing and transporting a large amount of F2 gas in advance because a necessary amount of F2 gas is obtained immediately before surface modification.A process for preparing an F2-containing gas comprises the steps of exciting at least one fluoro compound in a fluoro compound-containing gas by conferring energy on the fluoro compound-containing gas under reduced pressure; and partially or completely converting the excited fluoro compound-containing gas containing the excited fluoro compound into F2 under normal pressure or overpressure. |
| US07919137B2 |
Medical devices having adherent polymeric layers with depth-dependent properties
According to one aspect of the invention, a method of forming a medical device is provided, which includes: (a) contacting a substrate with a solution that contains (i) one or more types of polymers, (ii) a solvent that contains one or more types of solvent species, and (iii) one or more optional agents, for example, one or more therapeutic agents, among others; and (b) removing the solvent from the solution, thereby forming a polymeric layer on the substrate. The composition of the solution is changed over the course of forming the polymeric layer. In another aspect of the invention, a medical device is provided, which includes a substrate and a polymeric layer over the substrate. The polymeric layer contains a copolymer that contains differing first and second monomers. The lower surface of the polymeric layer contacting the substrate has a surface concentration of the first monomer relative to the second monomer that is higher than that of the upper surface of the polymeric layer opposite the substrate. |
| US07919136B2 |
Surface treatment of biomedical devices
A surface modified biomedical device is provided comprising a biomedical device having a coating on at least a portion thereof, the coating comprising a polymer or copolymer having one or more repeating units of the formula: wherein R independently is a C2-C20 hydrocarbon radical and n is an integer of 2 to 5000. |
| US07919133B2 |
Substituted cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (3-methyl-cyclohexyl)amide as flavoring substance
The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a mixture of compounds of formula (I) wherein: R1, R2, and R3 are independently H or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 C-atom, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is not H; R4 is H, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 C-atom, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 C-atom; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently H or methyl; and R9 is H, an alkyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms, or an alkenyl group having 5 to 12 C-atoms; as a flavoring substance or mixture of flavoring substances. |
| US07919132B2 |
Barley with altered branching enzyme activity and starch and starch containing products with an increased amylose content
Barley having a reduced level of SBEIIa activity produces grain having a high relative amylose content. The barley might additionally have reduced levels of SBEIIb activity. The barley grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway. |
| US07919131B2 |
Extraction of compounds from dairy products
The present invention relates to processes for the treatment of dairy products and dairy process streams to produce lipids and substantially defatted protein streams. More specifically it relates to the use of near critical fluid extraction techniques to extract lipids from liquid dairy products and dairy process streams. Preferred solvents for use in the described near critical extraction techniques are ether based solvents that are partially miscible with water. A particularly preferred solvent for use in the invention is dimethyl ether. |
| US07919128B2 |
Earth alkali (hydr)oxide for preventing caking of powdered emulsifiers
Disclosed is a powdered composition including an emulsifier and at least one anti-caking additive selected from the group consisting of earth alkali oxides, earth alkali hydroxides or a mixture thereof. Further disclosed is a method for preventing caking of a powdered composition comprising emulsifiers. |
| US07919126B2 |
Effervescent composition and method of making an effervescent composition including a viscous component
Disclosed is an effervescent composition that includes a viscous component is in the form of a free flowing granulation, a tablet made from the free flowing granulation, and a method of using the effervescent composition. |
| US07919120B2 |
Pharmaceutical safety dosage forms
Pharmaceutical safety dosage forms are provided which include a pharmaceutical and an antagonist to the pharmaceutical. The safety dosage forms are such that the antagonist has no significant bioavailability when the pharmaceutical safety dosage form is administered as intended. However, the antagonist is released and becomes bioavailable if the dosage form is disrupted. Methods of administering pharmaceuticals by providing pharmaceutical safety dosage forms are also provided. |
| US07919112B2 |
Implantable tissue compositions and method
Novel implantable tissue fixation methods and compositions are disclosed. Methods and compositions of tissue, fixed using polymeric and/or variable length crosslinks, and di- or polymercapto compounds are described. Also described are the methods and compositions wherein the tissue is fixed using biodegradable crosslinkers. Methods and compositions for making radio-opaque tissue are also described. Methods and compositions to obtain a degradable implantable tissue-synthetic biodegradable polymer composite are also described. Compositions and methods of incorporating substantially water-insoluble bioactive compounds in the implantable tissue are also disclosed. The use of membrane-like implantable tissue to make an implantable drug delivery patch are also disclosed. Also described are the compositions and methods to obtain a coated implantable tissue. Medical applications implantable tissue such as heart valve bioprosthesis, vascular grafts, meniscus implant, drug delivery patch are also disclosed. |
| US07919108B2 |
Taxane coatings for implantable medical devices
This disclosure relates to implantable medical devices coated with a taxane therapeutic agent, such as paclitaxel, in one or more solid form(s) having varying dissolution rates. Particularly preferred coatings comprise amorphous and/or solvated solid forms of taxane therapeutic agents that provide durable coatings that release the taxane over a desired period of time, which can be varied in the absence of a polymer by selecting the type and amount of solid forms of the taxane therapeutic agent in the coating. Other preferred embodiments relate to methods of coating medical devices and methods of treatment. The coatings can provide a sustained release of the taxane therapeutic agent within a body vessel without containing a polymer to achieve the desired rate of paclitaxel elution. |
| US07919105B2 |
Cosmetic composition with continuous lipophilic phase containing flat fibers
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition with a lipophilic continuous phase, in particular a make-up composition, containing flat fibers.The subject of the invention is also a make-up kit containing a first composition comprising a coloring matter and a second composition comprising a lipophilic continuous phase and flat fibers.The subject of the invention is also a cosmetic method or a method for the care of keratinous materials. |
| US07919103B2 |
Compound and method for regulating plasminogen activation and cell migration
The invention relates to novel regulators of plasminogen activation and their use for regulating cell migration, plasminolysis, angiogenesis, fibrinolysis, for treating cancer and thrombo-embolic diseases such as heart stroke. Furthermore, the present invention relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions form regulating cell migration, plasminolysis, angiogenesis and for treating cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of regulating the activation of plasminogen comprising contacting a solution of pro-urokinase (uPA) or tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen with melanotransferrin (p97) for a time sufficient to effect regulation thereof. |
| US07919100B2 |
Soluble and stabilized trimeric form of gp41 polypeptides
The present invention concerns a modified polypeptide containing at least an immunodominant region and the connecting loop between N- and C-helices of gp41 ectodomain of HIV-1, wherein the connecting loop includes at least a linker fragment having: —a size convenient for keeping the native conformation of the interaction between N- and C-helices, and —an hydrophily sufficient to provide a soluble and stable trimeric form to said modified polypeptide. |
| US07919097B2 |
Methods of inducing IL-10 production
The invention provides a method of inducing IL-10 production. |
| US07919096B2 |
Inactivating organisms using carbon dioxide at or near its supercritical pressure and temperature conditions
Whole organisms are inactivated by at least a factor of 106 using carbon dioxide at or near its supercritical pressure and temperature conditions. |
| US07919095B2 |
Anti-IL-6 monoclonal antibodies
The present invention provides novel monoclonal antibodies that bind specifically to IL-6. The antibodies of the invention comprise a variable heavy chain (VH) region selected from any of the VH regions disclosed herein as well as amino acid variants thereof, and/or a variable light chain (VL) region selected from any of the VL regions disclosed herein as well as amino acid variants thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders associated with IL-6 expression and/or activity. |
| US07919091B2 |
Lipolysis stimulated receptor (LSR) specific antibodies
The present invention relates to antibodies specific for a receptor termed the Lipolysis Stimulated Receptor (LSR). Compositions comprising the antibodies are also provided. |
| US07919090B2 |
Antibody therapy
The present invention provides a composition comprising naked humanized, chimeric, and human anti-CEA antibodies and a therapeutic agent, which is useful for treatment of CEA expressing cancers and other diseases, and methods of use in treatment using this composition. |
| US07919089B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising a bispecific antibody for EpCAM
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a bispecific single chain antibody construct. Said bispecific single chain antibody construct is characterized to comprise or consist of at least two domains, whereby one of said at least two domains specifically binds to human EpCAM and comprises at least one CDR-H3 region comprising the amino acid sequence NXID antigen and a second domain binds to human CD3 antigen. The invention further provides a process for the production of the pharmaceutical composition of the invention, a method for the prevention, treatment or amelioration of a tumorous disease and the use of the disclosed bispecific single chain antibody construct and corresponding means in the prevention, treatment or amelioration of a tumorous disease. |
| US07919088B2 |
Treatment and delay of onset of synucleinopathic and amyloidogenic disease
The invention provides improved agents and methods for treatment of diseases associated with synucleinopathic diseases, including Lewy bodies of alpha-synuclein in the brain of a patient. Such methods entail administering agents that induce a beneficial immunogenic response against the Lewy body. The methods are particularly useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Parkinson's disease. |
| US07919087B2 |
Internalizing anti-CD74 antibodies and methods of use
The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD74 antibodies, CD74 antibody fusion proteins, immunoconjugates, vaccines and bispecific that bind to CD74, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class-II invariant chain, Ii, which is useful for the treatment and diagnosis of B-cell disorders, such as B-cell malignancies, other malignancies in which the cells are reactive with CD74, and autoimmune diseases, and methods of treatment and diagnosis. |
| US07919085B2 |
Means for the diagnosis and therapy of CTCL
The invention relates to a novel molecule, termed SC5 by the inventors, to a novel allelic form of p140, and to the biological applications of SC5 and p140 molecules, notably in the diagnosis and therapy of CTCL. |
| US07919084B2 |
Methods of diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease
The invention provides methods for diagnosis or prognosis of cardiovascular disease involving the detection of an elevated amount of MIC-1 in a test body sample. The invention also provides methods for treatment of cardiovascular disease and other chronic inflammatory disease. |
| US07919074B2 |
Polyetheramide compositions
Ethanol soluble or dispersible polyetheramide polymers that have a percent elongation to break of less than 100%. The polymers are formed from a reaction mixture comprising at least one or more poly(alkyleneoxy) diamines and one or more diacids. The reaction mixture can optionally include one or more aliphatic diamines in addition to the one or more poly(alkyleneoxy) diamines. The polyetheramide polymers have application in personal care compositions such as hair fixative compositions, for example, hair spray formulations. |
| US07919073B2 |
Mono-, di- and polyol alkoxylate phosphate esters in oral care formulations and methods for using same
This invention relates to a composition useful as an oral care composition comprising an organophosphate material, additional oral care composition ingredients, for example, a surfactant agent, and optionally an abrasive agent. |
| US07919071B2 |
Contrast agent
The present invention relates to a contrast agent of Formula I V-L-Z Formula I where V is a non-peptidic vector having affinity for the Angiotensin II receptor, L is a bond, a spacer or a linker moiety and Z represents a moiety detectable in an in vivo imaging procedure of a human or animal body. |
| US07919070B2 |
Multi-zone reforming methods and apparatus for conversion of devolatilized biomass to syngas
The present invention provides improved methods and apparatus for producing syngas from any carbon-containing feed material. In one aspect, a multi-zone reformer system is provided. A first reaction zone can reduce the presence of refractory tars, while a second reaction zone in communication with the first reaction zone can steam-reform methane and other components from the first reaction zone, to generate high-quality syngas suitable for conversion to liquid fuels, such as ethanol. Other embodiments employ a plurality of reaction zones for added system functionality. |
| US07919069B2 |
Rapid synthesis of titanate nanomaterials
Provided herein is a hydrothermal process for the rapid synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials (e.g., nanofibers) containing sodium, bismuth, titanium, and oxygen, as well as new compositions made thereby. The process involves heating an aqueous solution or suspension of suitable salts of aforementioned elements at elevated temperature and pressure under constant stirring in a hermetically sealed vessel for a predetermined amount of time (e.g., less than two hours). The powder thus obtained contains nanofibers of rectangular cross-section, with the smallest fibers typically have a cross section of 16 nm×40 nm. Example fibers made by such processes have an aspect ratio exceeding 200. |
| US07919066B2 |
Calcium carbonate hydroxodialuminates comprising a hexagonal platelet-shaped crystal habit
A process is provided for preparing calcium carbonate hydroxodialuminates which have a hexagonal platelet-shaped crystal habit and are of the formula (A): CamAl2(OH)6+2(m−1)An*nH2O (A) where m=3.5 to 4.5 and An=carbonate which may be partly replaced by perchlorate and/or trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate) and n=0 to 6, comprising the steps of reacting calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide with optionally activated aluminum oxohydroxide or aluminum hydroxide and simultaneously or subsequently with a carbonate source consisting of carbon dioxide or alkali metal (bi)carbonate and optionally further reacting the product obtained in step (a) with perchloric acid and/or trifluoromethanesulfonic acid or optionally calcining the product obtained in step (a) at 200° C. to 900° C. and subsequently exchanging ions in the presence of a perchlorate and/or triflate salt, optionally in the presence of alkali metal (bi)carbonate, in water. The present invention further relates to the aluminates thus obtained in compositions and stabilizer systems and to the use thereof. |
| US07919064B2 |
Capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide in flue gases
There is provided a process for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide that would otherwise enter the atmosphere and contribute to global warming and other problems. CO2 capture is accomplished by reacting carbon dioxide in flue gas with an alkali metal carbonate, or a metal oxide, particularly containing an alkaline earth metal or iron, to form a carbonate salt. A preferred carbonate for CO2 capture is a dilute aqueous solution of additive-free (Na2CO3). Other carbonates include (K2CO3) or other metal ion that can produce both a carbonate and a bicarbonate salt. Examples of suitable metal oxides include several alkaline earths including CaO and MgO. The captured CO2 is preferably sequestered using any available mineral or industrial waste that contains calcium magnesium or iron in non-carbonate forms, or iron in the Fe+2 oxidation state. |
| US07919063B2 |
Device with a compressible matrix having homogeneous flow profile
A fluidic device containing a flow through chamber comprising an inlet port, an outlet port, and a fluid permeable, compressible matrix located in the chamber between said inlet port and said outlet port, and said compressible matrix having a higher flow resistance at higher compressions and a plurality of flow paths leading from said inlet port to said outlet port through said matrix comprising shorter and longer length flow paths, wherein said matrix is compressed in at least one dimension, being more strongly compressed along the shorter length flow paths than along the longer length flow path. |
| US07919054B2 |
Process and installation for conversion of heavy petroleum fractions in a boiling bed with integrated production of middle distillates with a very low sulfur content
Disclosed are a process and an installation for treatment of a heavy petroleum feedstock, of which at least 80% by weight has a boiling point of greater than 340° C., wherein the process includes (a) hydroconversion in a boiling-bed reactor operating with a rising flow of liquid producing a hydroconversion effluent; (b) separation of hydroconversion effluent into a gas containing hydrogen and H2S, a fraction comprising gas oil, and a naphtha fraction; c) hydrotreatment, by contact with at least one catalyst, of at least said fraction comprising gas oil, producing a hydrotreatment effluent; and d) separation of hydrotreatment effluent into a gas containing hydrogen and at least one gas oil fraction having a sulfur content of less than 50 ppm, wherein the hydrogen supply for the hydroconversion and hydrotreatment is delivered by a single compression system. |
| US07919049B2 |
Buffy Coat separator float system and method
A tube and float system for use in separation and axial expansion of the buffy coat includes a transparent or semi-transparent, flexible sample tube and a rigid separator float having a specific gravity intermediate that of red blood cells and plasma. The float includes a main body portion of reduced diameter to provide a clearance gap between the inner wall of the sample tube and the float. One or more protrusions on the main body portion serve to support the flexible tube. During centrifugation, the centrifugal force causes the diameter of the flexible tube to expand and permit density-based axial movement of the float in the tube. The float further includes a pressure relief system to alleviate pressure build up in the trapped red blood cell blood fraction below the float, thereby preventing red blood cells from being forced into the annular gap containing the buffy coat layers. |
| US07919045B2 |
Auto-calibration label and methods of forming the same
An auto-calibration circuit or label is adapted to be used with different instruments. The auto-calibration circuit comprises a first plurality of electrical connections and at least one electrical connection. The first plurality of electrical connections is utilized by the different instruments to auto-calibrate. The first plurality of electrical connections includes a first plurality of contact areas. At least one electrical connection is utilized solely by the second instrument to auto-calibrate and includes at least one contact area. This electrical connection is distinct from the first plurality of electrical connections. The first plurality of electrical connections is routed directly from each of the first plurality of contact areas to a respective first or second common connection. The at least one electrical connection is routed directly from the at least one contact area to the respective first common connection, the second common connection or a no-contact area. |
| US07919044B2 |
Sample analyzer and its components
A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container. |
| US07919042B2 |
Sterilization of consumable composition dispensers
Methods and systems for programmed dispensation of consumable compositions are provided.A method for sterilizing a beverage container may comprise: (a) detecting a sterilization status of a beverage container; and (b) controlling functionality of a controllable device according to the sterilization status.A system for sterilizing a beverage container may comprise: (a) detecting a sterilization status of a beverage container; and (b) controlling functionality of a controllable device according to the sterilization status.A method for sterilizing a beverage container may comprise: (a) detecting an identity of a consumable composition; and (b) controlling a sterilization of at least a portion of a beverage container according to the identity of the consumable composition.A system for sterilizing a beverage container may comprise: (a) detecting an identity of a consumable composition; and (b) controlling a sterilization of at least a portion of a beverage container according to the identity of the consumable composition. |
| US07919036B2 |
Process for producing a preweakened automotive interior trim piece for covering an air bag installation in an automotive vehicle
A process for preweakening the inside of an automotive trim piece cover layer of various constructions by use of a laser beam so as to enable formation of an air bag deployment opening in the trim piece formed at the time the air bag deploys. The laser beam impinges the inside surface of the cover to form a groove scoring or spaced perforations to form a preweakening pattern. A robot arm may be used to move a laser generator so as to form the preweakening pattern. The laser beam can be controlled in accordance with sensed conditions to achieve accurate preweakening, and may also be used to trim substrate panels and to perform other cutting operations. |
| US07919035B2 |
Resin molding apparatus and resin molding method
Disclosed is a resin molding apparatus capable of enhancing transfer accuracy, reducing the cost of a molding apparatus, and shortening a molding cycle. The resin molding apparatus includes a first mold; a second mold disposed in opposition to the first mold; a transfer plate (34) attached to one of the first and second molds and comprising a transfer surface bearing a pattern of pits and projections and oriented toward a cavity (C1, C2); and a thermal insulation layer (40) disposed between the transfer plate (34) and the one of the first and second molds and formed through growth from the transfer plate (34) side or from the one of the first and second mold sides. Being disposed between the transfer plate (34) and the one of the first and second molds, the thermal insulation layer (40) can restrain dissipation of thermal energy of a molding material toward the mold. This can restrain formation of a skin layer, which would otherwise result from a sharp drop in temperature of the molding material, whereby transfer accuracy can be enhanced. |
| US07919030B2 |
Method for producing single- or multi-layered fiber preforms by the TFP Process as well as a fixing thread and backing layer
Disclosed is a method for producing single- or multi-layered fiber performs by the TFP process with fiber strands which are aligned substantially such that they are oriented with the flux of force, are laid on at least one backing layer and are attached by at least one fixing thread. After completion of the TFP process, at least one fiber preform is introduced into a fixing device to secure the position of the fiber strands and the fixing threads and/or the backing layers are at least partially removed. As a result of the preferably complete removal of the fixing threads and/or the backing layer from the fiber preform, the latter has virtually ideal mechanical, quasi isotropic properties. In a preferred variant, the fixing threads and/or the backing layers are formed by a water-soluble material, so that they can be completely dissolved by water as the solvent and flushed out. |
| US07919029B2 |
Thermal compensated stampers/imprinters
A method of manufacturing a stamper/imprinter for patterning a recording medium via thermally assisted nano-imprint lithography, comprising steps of: selecting a recording medium for patterning, comprising a substrate with a first coefficient of thermal expasnsion (CTE); providing a first stamper/imprinter comprising a topographically patterned surface having a correspondence to a selected pattern to be formed in a surface of the medium; providing a sheet of a material having a second CTE matching the first CTE; molding a layer of a polymeric material surrounding the sheet of material and having a surface in conformal contact with the topographically patterned surface of the first stamper/imprinter; and separating the layer of polymeric material from the patterned surface of the first stamper/imprinter to form a second stamper/imprinter comprising a topographically patterned stamping/imprinting surface having a correspondence to the selected pattern. |
| US07919028B2 |
Method of manufacturing noise attenuating flexible cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers
A process for forming flexible noise attenuating cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers formed of at least two monofilament polymer strands bonded together in a twisted disposition or a single strand twisted about its central axis in which the strand or strands are extruded in a molten disposition through a single die that is rotated during the extruding step either to twist the two strands together about a central longitudinal axis or a single strand about its own longitudinal axis such that upon cooling, stretching and heating, a flexible noise attenuating line is created in a continuous online process. |
| US07919024B2 |
Processes for producing monolithic porous carbon disks from aromatic organic precursors
Disclosed are processes for producing monolithic and metal doped monolithic porous carbon disks from prepolymer organic precursors in the powder form composed of either or both polyimide and polybenzimidazole. The powders are consolidated (compressed) into disks and then pyrolyzed to form the desired porous carbon disk. Porous carbon-carbon composite disks are also prepared by adding carbon to the prepolymer organic precursors. |
| US07919023B2 |
Process for the manufacture of a dense nuclear fuel material
This invention relates to a process for manufacturing a dense material containing UO2, comprising: a) introducing at least two powders each comprising uranium dioxide UO2 into a vibrating grinder, wherein at least two powders are provided by two different synthesis routes and each powder has a specific surface area close to that of any other uranium-dioxide containing powder introduced into said grinder; b) shaking said powders by means of said vibrating grinder so as to form a particulate material, the grinding intensity being sufficient to break up the agglomerates and the aggregates in the powders without at the same time breaking up the crystallites in the powders, and the grinding energy provided to the powders being such that substantially all of the agglomerates and aggregates are destroyed; c) introducing said particulate material into a mould; d) applying a shaping stress to said particulate material in order to obtain a compacted material; e) carrying out the sintering of said compacted material so as to obtain the dense material. |
| US07919022B2 |
Method for manufacturing lenses, in particular for CMOS imager
A method manufactures a digital image sensor including at least one optical lens using a hardenable liquid or gelatinous material. The method includes depositing a calibrated volume of the material on a lens formation base using a tubular needle of a small diameter, so that the volume of material deposited has at least one convex part under the effect of interface energies, and hardening all or part of the volume of deposited material. |
| US07919012B2 |
Monodisperse core/shell and other complex structured nanocrystals and methods of preparing the same
The present invention provides new compositions containing nearly monodisperse colloidal core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QY), as well as other complex structured semiconductor nanocrystals. This invention also provides new synthetic methods for preparing these nanocrystals, and new devices comprising these compositions. In addition to core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals, this patent application also provides complex semiconductor nanostructures, quantum shells, quantum wells, doped nanocrystals, and other multiple-shelled semiconductor nanocrystals. |
| US07918997B2 |
Filter system
A filter system for a fluid having a cup-shaped housing releasably connected to a connecting head and a filter element arranged in the housing, in which the releasable connection is formed by at least one connecting element formed on the connecting head which engages a connecting element formed by a part of the filter element in combination with a part of the cup-shaped housing such that the connection between the housing and the receiving head can only be produced if a proper filter element is installed in the housing. |
| US07918996B1 |
Stormwater filter bag
The invention is a particle and sediment filter for stormwater. A long permeable filter bag is laid out horizontally within an enclosure. The bag is formed of at least two layers of parallel tubes that give each layer the pleated look of a typical air mattress. Stormwater is collected from the filter bag by perforated pipes held within the creases between the tubes of the layers of the bag, with the pipes draining to the outside of the enclosure. The bag is also supported above the bottom of the enclosure by additional perforated pipes located within the creases between the tubes, thus allowing the filtered liquid to also drain off beneath the bag. The stormwater input is from a pipe that feeds a manifold formed in the bag and connected to each tube. The top of the enclosure is removable for replacing the filter. The filter bags are constructed of flexible material so that they are flat during initial transport and installation, but they expand as they are filled with liquid and solid material. An assembly of the bags also includes straps for holding the perforated pipes in place against the tubes and for lifting the bag with trapped sediment. |
| US07918993B2 |
Portable dialysis machine
The portable dialysis machine may include an enclosure having a removable base. There may be a front panel having associated therewith multiple external connectors, smart function keys, a touch panel element and a voice activated sensor. The front panel may be in communication with an electronic circuit element having a controller in communication therewith. There may be a blood flow element and a hydraulic flow element. A water reservoir and power supply may be included. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| US07918991B2 |
Compositions and processes for reducing NOx emissions during fluid catalytic cracking
Compositions for reduction of NOx generated during a catalytic cracking process, preferably, a fluid catalytic cracking process, are disclosed. The compositions comprise a fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition, preferably containing a Y-type zeolite, and a NOx reducing zeolite having a pore size ranging from about 2 to about 7.2 Angstroms and a SiO2 to Al2O3 molar ratio of less than about 500 and being stabilized with a metal or metal ion selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron and mixtures thereof. Preferably, the NOx reducing zeolite particles are bound with an inorganic binder to form a particulate composition. In the alternative, the NOx reducing zeolite particles are incorporated into the cracking catalyst as an integral component of the catalyst. Compositions in accordance with the invention exhibit improved effectiveness for the reduction of NOx emissions released from the regenerator of a fluid catalytic cracking unit operating under FCC process conditions without a substantial change in conversion or yield of cracked products. Processes for the use of the compositions are also disclosed. |
| US07918988B2 |
Biosensor
A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate. |
| US07918983B2 |
Substrate plating method and apparatus
A substrate plating method makes it possible to plate a metal, such as copper or a copper alloy, uniformly into fine recesses in a substrate without forming voids in the metal-filled recesses. The substrate plating method for filling a metal into fine recesses in a surface to be plated of a substrate includes carrying out first plating on the surface to be plated in a plating solution containing a plating accelerator as an additive, carrying out plating accelerator removal processing by bringing a remover, having the property of removing or decreasing the plating accelerator adsorbed on the plating surface, into contact with the plating surface, and then carrying out second plating on the plating surface at a constant electric potential. |
| US07918982B2 |
Production device and production method for conductive nano-wire
The object of the disclosure is to provide a nano-scale molecular assembly such as a conductive nano-wire. Specifically, there is provided an electrochemical apparatus for forming a molecular assembly, including two electrodes and an electrochemical cell holding an electrolytic solution and the two electrodes, wherein the gap between the two electrodes is from 1 nm to 100 μm, by allowing the electrochemical cell to hold an electrolytic solution containing molecules that is to constitute the molecular assembly, and applying a voltage across the two electrodes in the state wherein the electrolyte and the two electrodes are in contact. |
| US07918981B2 |
Cell isolation method and uses thereof
This invention relates generally to the field of cell separation or isolation. In particular, the invention provides a method for separating cells, which method comprises: a) selectively staining cells to be separated with a dye so that there is a sufficient difference in a separable property of differentially stained cells; and b) separating said differentially stained cells via said separable property. Preferably, the separable property is dielectrophoretic property of the differentially stained cells and the differentially stained cells are separated or isolated via dielectrophoresis. Methods for separating various types of cells in blood samples are also provided. Centrifuge tubes useful in density gradient centrifugation and dielectrophoresis isolation devices useful for separating or isolating various types of cells are further provided. |
| US07918980B2 |
Electrocapturing flow cell
A flow cell for electrophoretically-assisted capturing analytes from a flow. The flow cell includes a specimen chamber, a first membrane, a second membrane, a first electrode chamber, and a second electrode chamber. The specimen chamber may have a sample inlet and a sample outlet. A first portion of the first membrane may be coupled to a first portion of the specimen chamber. A first portion of the second membrane may be coupled to a second portion of the specimen chamber. The first electrode chamber may be configured to accept a charge. A portion of the first electrode chamber may be coupled to a second portion of the first membrane. A second electrode chamber may be configured to accept an opposite charge. A portion of the second electrode chamber may be coupled to a second portion of the second membrane. |
| US07918972B2 |
Embossing process including discrete and linear embossing elements
An apparatus for producing a deep-nested embossed product including a first embossing member and a second embossing member. The first embossing member has a plurality of discrete embossing elements disposed in a first non-random pattern. The second embossing member has a plurality of second embossing elements including at least one linear embossing element. The second embossing elements are disposed in a second non-random pattern such the first non-random pattern and the second non-random pattern nest together to a depth of greater than about 0.01 mm. |
| US07918969B2 |
Composite construction for dewatering blades for a papermaking machine
Dewatering blades for use in papermaking machines are assembled from two or more pre-finished sub-assemblies which are in turn mounted on a base member. Each sub-assembly comprises a holder, configured to receive a plurality of segments, constructed of a wear-resistant material such as ceramic, which will be located so as to be in sliding contact with the underside of a papermaking fabric. The holders are adapted for insertion into and retention in the base member, which is subsequently affixed to the papermaking machine by known means. The construction of the sub-assemblies allows for the manufacture of a full length blade from a plurality of sub-assemblies, which dramatically reduces manufacturing cost while providing for more rapid deliveries and simplified repair of damaged blades. |
| US07918968B1 |
Apparatus for cleaning paper machine press fabrics on-the-run
An apparatus is described for cleaning papermaking felt by applying a low concentration of a cleaning solution through the oscillating needle nozzles. The detergent is applied intermittently while paper is being manufactured. Each cleaning period lasts for at least the length of time required for the nozzles to cover the entire surface of the felt, and preferably twice that period of time. The application of cleaning solution is then discontinued for a period of time. This cycle is repeated continuously as the paper is being manufactured. The apparatus includes a first cleaning chemical reservoir, a second cleaning chemical reservoir, a high pressure pump coupled to the first and second reservoirs, and a control unit having programming for selectively injecting the chemicals. |
| US07918966B2 |
Method for producing extensible paper, plant for implementing the method, product obtained by the method, and paper material obtained from the product
The paper web is passed on the production line between at least one pair of rollers, of which one is of soft material driven at greater speed, the hard material roller presenting a base roughness RA of less than 5 and along its entire lateral surface having incisions that are precisely spaced. |
| US07918965B2 |
Method for the production of paper, cardboard and card
Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard by draining a paper stock with sheet formation in the presence of a retention aid system comprising (i) at least one polymer comprising vinylamine units, in the form of the free bases, of the salts and/or in quaternized form, as the sole cationic polymer, (ii) at least one linear, anionic polymer having a molar mass Mw of at least 1 million and/or at least one branched, anionic, water-soluble polymer and/or bentonite and/or silica gel and (iii) at least one particulate, anionic, crosslinked, organic polymer having a mean particle diameter of at least 1 μm and an intrinsic viscosity of less than 3 dl/g, and use of the retention aid system comprising the components (i), (ii) and (iii) as an additive in the production of paper, board and cardboard. |
| US07918963B2 |
Method and apparatus for adhering parts maintaining adjusted position
An apparatus maintaining adjusted positions of parts assembled by adhering includes a device coating plural sections between a part and an adhering target with light energy curable adhesives adhering the part to the adhering target, a light energy irradiating device for curing the adhesive, and a detecting device detecting a displacement of the part from the adhering target. A curing shrinkage force control device is also provided to control the light energy irradiating device to change the light and thus control curing shrinkage forces to offset undesirable stresses generated by the curing shrinkage forces when undesirable displacement is detected. |
| US07918960B1 |
Method and improvement to saw system used for cutting I-joists to size
A method and an improvement to saw systems configured to convert raw I-joists from inventory to pre-cut sizes and/or cut routed patterns in I-joists for utility pass-through applications prior to their shipment to a construction site or return to inventory, whereby a controlled amount of adhesive and a protective liner are automatically and successively applied to the top flange of each I-joist. The saw system improvement comprises coordinated mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic components. |
| US07918959B2 |
Method for the production of a diaper
The disclosure relates to a method for the production of a diaper having a main part comprising a front region, a back region, and a crotch region located there between that comes to rest between the user's legs in the longitudinal direction, and side sections attached on both sides. The method is characterized in that a material web forming the side sections is supplied in the longitudinal direction; the material recesses for attaining an oblique course or contouring of the side sections are formed by placing an opening with a continuous circumferential edge in the material web; the material web is then divided in the longitudinal direction and said separation runs through the opening; sections are removed from the two partial webs transversely to the longitudinal direction in order to form the side sections to be applied on both sides; and the sections are attached to the respective back region and/or to the front region. |
| US07918958B2 |
Method for producing a releasable seal with a sealing compound and use of adhesive strips for carrying out the method
Disclosed is a method for producing a releasable seal with a sealing compound between two fairing parts, in particular between two fairing parts for the wing-fuselage fillet of aircraft, including the steps of applying adhesive strips to respectively opposite edges, of the fairing parts and outer surfaces adjacent to them of the fairing parts; filling a sealing joint extending between the opposite edges with the sealing compound; and removing the adhesive strips after the curing of the sealing compound. This makes it possible to provide a re-releasable seal with a sealing compound which is curable or cures on its own in air between two fairing parts without the use of release agents. Also disclosed is the use of adhesive strips for carrying out this method. |
| US07918955B2 |
Manufacture of flexible tubular duct with improved core delivery
An apparatus for manufacturing a flexible tubular duct includes a mandrel, and a substrate feeding assembly for feeding a strip of flexible substrate material to the mandrel. Apparatus is provided for bending the strip of substrate material to have a rounded encapsulating portion, into which is fed a stream of loose fibrous insulating material. A mechanism is further provided for delivering an elongate reinforcing element onto the strip of flexible substrate material. In operation, the rounded encapsulating portion and the reinforcing element are wound in a helical path around the mandrel so that the loose fibrous material is encapsulated as a core in the helically wound rounded encapsulating portion the reinforcing element is also encapsulated by the strip of substrate material, whereby to form a reinforced flexible tubular duct. |
| US07918954B2 |
Method and apparatus for sealing a glass package
An apparatus for sealing a substrate assembly by applying a force to the assembly while simultaneously exposing the substrate assembly, and in particular a sealing material disposed between two substrates of the substrate assembly, to an irradiating beam of electromagnetic energy. The beam heats, cures and/or melts the sealing material, depending upon the sealing material to form the seal. The force is applied by directing a flow of fluid against the substrate assembly, and beneficially improves contact between the substrates of the substrate assembly and the sealing material during the sealing process, therefore assisting in achieving a hermetic seal between the substrates. |
| US07918952B1 |
Process for transforming headliner
A process for transforming unused motor vehicle headliner or headliner edges into a bonded composite that can be used in motor vehicles. Unused motor headliner or headliner edges are combined with binder to create a bondable mixture. The bondable mixture is exposed to heat causing the binder to melt to create the bonded composite. |
| US07918950B2 |
Low fiber calcination process for making gypsum fiberboard
An energy efficient method for making a gypsum cellulose fiberboard comprising adding a first portion of cellulose fiber to gypsum before the gypsum and cellulose fiber are co-calcined in a reactor, adding a second portion of cellulose fiber to the slurry after it leaves the reactor to form a second slurry, depositing the slurry to form a mat, dewatering the mat, rehydrating the mat and then finishing the mat to form a final gypsum cellulose fiberboard. A reduction of up to about 40% to 50% of steam energy used can be achieved when the second portion of added cellulose fiber is 50% or more of the total cellulose fiber used in the final board compared to gypsum cellulose board made with the same ingredients but when all of the fiber is added to the gypsum prior to the reactor. |
| US07918948B2 |
Method of production of 780 MPa class high strength steel plate excellent in low temperature toughness
A method of production of 780 MPa class high strength steel plate excellent low temperature toughness comprising heating a steel slab of containing, by mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.15%, Si: 0.05 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.60 to 2.00%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ni: 0.1 to 1.5%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.8%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.6%, Nb: less than 0.005%, V: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: less than 0.003%, Al: 0.02 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.003%, and N: 0.002 to 0.006% to 1050° C. to 1200° C. in temperature, hot rolling ending at 870° C. or more, waiting for 10 seconds to 90 seconds, then cooling from 840° C. or more in temperature by a 5° C./s or more cooling rate to 200° C., then tempering at 450° C. to 650° C. in temperature for 20 minutes to 60 minutes. |
| US07918946B2 |
Fe-based amorphous alloy excellent in soft magnetic properties
The invention provides an amorphous alloy with good soft magnetic properties, namely an Fe-based amorphous alloy having excellent soft magnetic properties comprising, in at. %, Fe: 78 to 86%, P: 6 to 20%, C: 2 to 10%, one or both of Si and Al: 0.1 to 5%, and a balance of unavoidable impurities. P or C can as required be partially or totally replaced with B: 1 to 18%. |
| US07918940B2 |
Apparatus for processing substrate
In a substrate processing apparatus for forming thin layers on a substrate used for an organic light emitting diode, the apparatus includes a mask attaching chamber, a deposition chamber and a mask detaching chamber. The mask attaching chamber, the deposition chamber and the mask detaching chamber are provided with a transferring guide installed thereinside, and a substrate supporter for supporting the substrate moves along the transferring guide in or between the chambers. Thus, a time for processing the substrate and an area for the apparatus may be reduced. Also, the chambers are grouped in one or more, and a gate valve is installed between the grouped chambers for opening and closing a path between the grouped chambers. Accordingly, the chambers may be continuously maintained in a vacuum state when any one of the chambers is repaired. |
| US07918939B2 |
Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method using the same
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising: a plurality of vacuum chambers corresponding to a plurality of processing sections necessary for manufacturing a semiconductor device; an exhaust device connected to each vacuum chamber; a plate shaped guide plate arranged at the bottom of each vacuum chamber and having a plurality of gas emission holes; and a gas supply source for supplying gas to the gas emission holes, wherein the plurality of vacuum chambers are adjacent to each other by way of a shutter, one of the two adjacent vacuum chambers includes a tray mounted on the guide plate for mounting a substrate to be performed with a predetermined process, a conveying function section having a conveying arm for moving the tray from one vacuum chamber to the other vacuum chamber along the guide plate, and a controlling function section, the controlling function section performing the control so as to open the shutter to communicate the two adjacent vacuum chambers, emit gas from the gas emission holes of the guide plate of the vacuum chambers, and move the tray in one vacuum chamber, which is floated by the emitted gas, from the guide plate of one vacuum chamber to the guide plate of the other vacuum chamber along the guide plate by means of the conveying arm. |
| US07918938B2 |
High temperature ALD inlet manifold
A system and method for distributing one or more gases to an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. An integrated inlet manifold block mounted over a showerhead assembly includes high temperature (up to 200° C.) rated valves mounted directly thereto, and short, easily purged reactant lines. Integral passageways and metal seals avoid o-rings and attendant dead zones along flow paths. The manifold includes an internal inert gas channel for purging reactant lines within the block inlet manifold |
| US07918936B2 |
System and method for crystal growing
To reduce the heat input to the bottom of the crucible and to control heat extraction independently of heat input, a shield can be raised between a heating element and a crucible at a controlled speed as the crystal grows. Other steps could include moving the crucible, but this process can avoid having to move the crucible. A temperature gradient is produced by shielding only a portion of the heating element; for example, the bottom portion of a cylindrical element can be shielded to cause heat transfer to be less in the bottom of the crucible than at the top, thereby causing a stabilizing temperature gradient in the crucible. |
| US07918935B2 |
Transition metal oxide nanowires
Nanowires are disclosed which comprise transition metal oxides. The transition metal oxides may include oxides of group II, group III, group IV and lanthanide metals. Also disclosed are methods for making nanowires which comprise injecting decomposition agents into a solution comprising solvents and metallic alkoxide or metallic salt precursors. |
| US07918933B2 |
Dispersion of high surface area silica
Dispersion comprising water and mixed potassium silicon oxide powder, where—the mixed oxide powder is in the form of aggregates of primary particles, has a BET surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g, has an average aggregate diameter in the dispersion of less than 100 nm, and possesses a potassium fraction of 0.05% to 1.5% by weight, calculated as K2O and based on the mixed oxide powder, and—the dispersion has a fraction of mixed oxide powder in the dispersion of 25% to 40% by weight, the sum of water and mixed oxide powder is at least 98% by weight and the pH is 9 to 11.5. |
| US07918931B2 |
Chromium-free metal surface treatment agent
Provided is a chromium-free metal surface treatment agent excellent in rust inhibitive performance which can be used in a surface treatment of metal products, in particular, galvanized metal products. The metal surface treatment agent consists essentially of a siliceous binder solution comprising water and/or alcohol as a solvent, and the concentration of the silica component is 8 to 25% by weight. In particular, a metal surface treatment agent containing an alcoholic solution of alkoxysilane oligomer having a weight averaged molecular weight of 1000 to 10000, which is obtained by hydrolyzed condensation polymerization of alkoxysilane, can suppress the occurrence of white rusting for a long time. It is preferred that 3 to 25 parts by weight of a dispersed nano-sized titanium dioxide powder having an average primary particle size of not more than 70 nm, per 100 parts by weight of the silica component be suspended in the siliceous binder solution. The rust inhibitive performance of the metal surface treatment agent can be further improved by using an alcohol-soluble polyvinyl butyral resin and by adding a silane coupling agent having a vinyl or epoxy group as a functional group, in combination with a dispersed nano-sized powder of titanium dioxide. |
| US07918929B2 |
Water erodible denture adhesive
A non-toxic water erodible denture adhesive incorporating a starch portion and a polysaccharide portion whereby a elastomeric paste of excellent bioadhesiveness and adhesion to smooth surfaces is obtained; and which is found to have excellent thin film forming properties and is water erodible facilitating easy removal from denture recesses as well as the intraoral cavity. |
| US07918928B2 |
Pigment ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus
A pigment ink is provided which has good ink reliability and storage stability and can achieve superior scratch resistance of images at such a level that coloring materials are hardly scraped off even when images are scratched with finger nails under application of such strong pressure as to scratch a recording medium at its non-recorded areas. The pigment ink contains a pigment, a modified siloxane compound having a specific structure, and a polymer whose acid value and hydrogen bond parameter (δh) are specified. |
| US07918917B2 |
Method of smelting copper
A method of smelting copper includes: a generating step of generating blister and calcium ferrite slag from copper matte by charging the copper matte into a smelting furnace and oxidizing the copper matte; and a refining step of refining another blister from the calcium ferrite slag in an electrical furnace under a temperature condition of 1250 degrees C. to 1350 degrees C. and under a reductive atmosphere condition of oxygen partial pressure logPO2≦−9.3. |
| US07918916B2 |
Calcium-silicate based slag for treatment of molten steel
The present invention relates to a calcium-silicate based slag having a phosphorus content of less than 3 ppmw. The invention further relates to a method for producing low phosphorus calcium-silicate based slag, where molten calcium-silicate based slag is treated with a molten ferrosilicon alloy in a vessel, whereby phosphorus in the calcium-silicate based slag is transferred to the ferrosilicon alloy, and a low phosphorus calcium-silicate based slag is removed from the vessel. |
| US07918909B2 |
Cyclone separator with fine particle separation member
A cyclone separator assembly comprises a cyclone separator that removes large particles of dirt from a working airstream as it flows through the cyclone separator, and the separated large particles of dirt are deposited into a dirt cup. The cyclone separator assembly further includes a fine particle separation member comprising a plurality of apertures for separating fine particles of dirt from air in the cyclone separator or the dirt cup. The fine particle separation member can be formed in a wall of the cyclone separator, a sidewall of the dirt cup, or in the outlet of the cyclone separator assembly. The cyclone separator assembly can further include a guide plate for creating a direction change in the path of the working airstream to aid in the separation of fine particles of dirt from air passing through the outlet. |
| US07918908B2 |
Dust collector with equalized cleaning performance
A particulate filtration device comprising filter media having upstream and downstream surfaces, a gas-moving device for moving gas through the filter media from the upstream surface toward the downstream surface, and a cleaning assembly including a blow pipe having a plurality of cleaning nozzles for directing a flow of cleaning gas toward the filter media. A first one of the cleaning nozzles comprises a structural characteristic (e.g., throat size, exit angle, exit size) that is different than a second one of the cleaning nozzles. In one embodiment, the filter media comprises a filter bag corresponding with each nozzle, and both the first one and the second one of the cleaning nozzles are spaced substantially the same distance from the corresponding filter bag. The cleaning assembly can also include a plurality of blow pipes (e.g., each having a plurality of cleaning nozzles) coupled to a gas-pressurized manifold, and a valve positioned between the manifold and each blow pipe to control gas flowing from the manifold to the blow pipes. In this configuration, it is preferred that the nozzle nearer the manifold has a larger throat size, smaller exit angle, and larger exit size than the nozzle farther from the manifold. |
| US07918902B2 |
Process for lightening or process for direct dyeing or oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers in the presence of at least one ammonium salt and device therefor
The present disclosure relates to a process for lightening or dyeing keratin fibers, for example, human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising applying to the keratin fibers: (a) an anhydrous cosmetic composition (A) comprising at least one fatty substance and at least one surfactant; (b) a cosmetic composition (B) comprising at least one ammonium salt; and (c) a composition (C) comprising at least one oxidizing agent; when the process is a process for dyeing keratin fibers, said cosmetic composition (B) further comprises at least one oxidation dye and/or at least one direct dye. The present disclosure also relates to a multi-compartment device comprising the disclosed compositions for lightening or dyeing keratin fibers. |
| US07918900B2 |
Process for the predictable dyeing of keratinous fibers comprising applying at least one composition comprising at least one diamino-N, N-dihydropyrazolone derivative and at least one composition chosen from fundamental and/or golden-highlights compositions
Disclosed herein is a process for the predictable coloring of keratinous fibers, for example, human keratinous fibers, such as the hair, comprising applying to the fibers a first composition comprising at least one oxidation base derived from diamino-N,N-dihydropyrazolone and at least one coupler, mixed with a second composition chosen from “fundamental” and/or “golden fundamental” and/or “golden” compositions. |