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US08542603B2	Distributed resource management in networks A data communication system is disclosed, comprising a network provided with a control server for managing network resources, and a delivery server for delivering multimedia content to one or more UE (user equipment) devices, wherein the control server is arranged to pass a network session ID, of a network session between the delivery server and the UE device, to the delivery server, and the delivery server is arranged to keep track of the network session independently of the control server, such that once the network session ID of the network session has been passed to the delivery server, the control server keeps no reference to the network session and takes no part therein.
US08542602B2	Apparatus and method for a multi-level enmeshed policer An enmeshed hierarchy of policers, different from traditional tree-based hierarchical system of policers is used in accordance with the present invention. A goal of using an enmeshed architecture of policing systems is to allow for a more complex set of policies to be defined across a network. Hierarchical/cascading systems ensure that the higher granularity assignments essentially dictate/constrain the behavior of finer grained assignments at higher levels for sub-flows. There is only one type of metric possible for the largest granular policer, so the only way to implement multiple system-wide metrics is to repeat the hierarchy multiple times over, which adds to the delay of the packet and the complexity of the router. In accordance with the enmeshed architecture of the present invention, multiple system-wide metrics can be implemented simultaneously, which allows for easier management of the various macro-level policies by the manager of an access network.
US08542601B2	Abnormality locating method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium An abnormality locating apparatus locates an abnormal location in a network. An abnormal location judging part judges a normality or abnormality of a link based on a normality or abnormality of an observation flow, by acquiring information of links through which each observation flow passes, from a network route information storage that stores passing route information of observation flows passing through the links. A diagnosis accuracy judging part judges that an accuracy of judging the normality or abnormality of a connecting link connected to a first node deteriorates, by acquiring links connected to each relay node as connecting links from a relay node connecting link information storage that stores connecting link information of each relay node, and judging that a relay node having all connecting links thereof that are abnormal is the first node having all observation flows passing therethrough that are abnormal.
US08542598B2	Methods and apparatus for providing congestion information Methods and systems for providing information relating to congestion at a network element caused by data units intended to be forwarded across a telecommunications network by the network element, the apparatus comprising: load-data receiving means for receiving load data relating to data units intended to be forwarded by the network element; rate-data obtaining means for obtaining data indicative of a configurable rate; first and second registers for storing first and second metrics; first and second updating means operable to update the metrics in said first and second registers in dependence on said load data and on the configurable rate; and a congestion indication provider operable to provide indications of congestion in dependence on the metrics stored in the registers; said apparatus being configured in such that it may provide behavior equivalent to a virtual queue marking scheme by virtue of a minor modification to hardware provided for Single Rate Three Color Marking.
US08542596B2	Method and apparatus for setting a happy bit on an E-DCH dedicated physical control channel A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) determines (1) whether the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed by a current Serving_Grant, (2) whether the WTRU has enough power to transmit at higher data rate, and (3) based on a same power offset as a currently selected E-DCH transport format combination (E-TFC), whether total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) would require more than predetermined period to be transmitted with the current Serving_Grant.times.a ratio of active processes to a total number of processes. If criteria (1)-(3) are met, the WTRU sets the happy bit to “unhappy.” If MAC-i/is is configured, the WTRU evaluates criteria (2) by identifying an E-TFC that has a transport block size at least x bits larger than a transport block size of the currently selected E-TFC, and determining whether the identified E-TFC is supported based on a same power offset as the currently selected E-TFC.
US08542594B2	Traffic control method and apparatus for wireless communication A throughput detector 101 detects a throughput R0. A threshold value Rref of the throughput R0 at which a network side can be presumed to be congested is stored in a threshold value storage unit 102. A comparator 103 compares the current throughput R0 with the threshold value Rref. A release request unit 104 requests release of a wireless resource when the throughput R0 falls below the threshold value Rref. In response to the release request, a controller 100 suitably disconnects a physical layer or a logical layer of a wireless section to release the wireless resource. A release term determining unit 105 determines a release term of the wireless resource. A resource request unit 106 makes the released wireless resource be acquired anew after the elapse of the release term to reconnect the wireless communication.
US08542593B1	System and methods for error tolerant content delivery over multicast channels In one embodiment of the invention, a system and method for error tolerant delivery of data is provided. A data file is received for transmission which includes metadata and data. The metadata includes mandatory portions and optional portions, which are grouped together, respectively. The mandatory portions of the metadata include file control data. The file is parsed into packets and transmitted as a data stream to a plurality of receiver devices. In some cases this data stream may be transmitted multiple times for redundancy. Once the data stream is received, the receiver device may look for transmission errors in the control data of the data stream. If such an error is present the data stream is discarded; otherwise, the receiver device converts the data stream back into the native file format and stored for later playback or queued processing. In some other embodiments, a data rights management (DRM) file is encrypted using a master key, which, in turn, is encrypted with a unique encryption key for each copy of the file. The unique encryption corresponds to a single target receiver. The system may bifurcate each data file into the common encrypted content and the uniquely encrypted portion. The commonly encrypted portion of the file may be transmitted to a plurality of receiver devices using a multicast transmission medium, and the relatively small uniquely encrypted portions may be transmitted in a unicast method to each receiver individually. The receiver device may then reconstitute the DRM data file.
US08542589B2	Method and apparatus for providing beamforming feedback in wireless communication systems Techniques for quickly sending feedback information for beamforming are described. A transmitter/initiator sends a first frame comprising training symbols. A receiver/responder receives the first frame, determines the amount of time to generate feedback information, and determines the amount of time to send the feedback information. The receiver then determines the length of a second frame carrying the feedback information based on the amounts of time to generate and send the feedback information. The receiver sends the second frame after waiting a short interframe space (SIFS) period from the end of the first frame, without performing channel access. The receiver generates the feedback information based on the training symbols and sends the information in the second frame when ready. The transmitter receives the second frame, derives at least one steering matrix based on the feedback information, and sends a third frame with the at least one steering matrix.
US08542588B2	Invoking different wireless link rate selection operations for different traffic classes A device or chip can be designed and/or programmed to select different sets of wireless link rate determination operations that account for different degrees of presentation time sensitivity that correspond to different classes of traffic. The device or chip can infer or explicitly determine presentation time sensitivity based, at least in part, on traffic class. The selected wireless link rate operations select link rates for the different classes of traffic. A first set of the wireless link rate determination operations can choose a smoother and more stable wireless link rate for the wireless traffic class that conveys presentation time sensitive content. A second of the wireless link rate determination operations can choose a fastest possible wireless link rate, which may be more susceptible to jitter and delay, for a traffic class that is less sensitive.
US08542586B2	Proportional bandwidth sharing of the excess part in a MEF traffic profile A method and apparatus to shape packet traffic rates of packets in-transit from a plurality of channels to a port, monitor a status of each queue, subtract a CIR from a port load value when an empty queue becomes active, add the CIR to the port load value when an active queue becomes empty, add a difference between an EIR and the CIR for a channel to a port excess value when a queue of the channel becomes excess, subtract the difference for the channel from the port excess value when the excess queue for the channel becomes not excess, calculate an oversubscription ratio based on the port load value and port excess value, calculate a shaping rate for each of the plurality of channels, and shape the traffic for each of the plurality channels using the shaping rate.
US08542585B2	Method and system for transmit scheduling for multi-layer network interface controller (NIC) operation A method for processing network data includes collecting by a network interface controller (NIC), a plurality of transmit (TX) buffer indicators into a plurality of priority lists of connections. Each of the plurality of TX buffer indicators identifies transmit-ready data located externally to the NIC and not previously received by the NIC. One or more of the plurality of TX buffer indicators may be selected. The identified transmit-ready data may be retrieved into the NIC based on the selected one or more of the plurality of TX buffer indicators. At least a portion of the identified transmit-ready data may be transmitted. Each of the plurality of priority lists may be generated based on a particular connection priority characteristic and a particular connection type. The identified transmit-ready data may be associated with the same connection priority characteristic and the same connection type.
US08542581B2	System and method for exposing malicious clients in wireless access networks Malicious clients within a wireless access network are identified using bait traffic transmitted between a collaborating wireless access point and a collaborating client. The bait traffic entices a malicious client to transmit malicious traffic towards the collaborating wireless access point. Upon receiving the malicious traffic, the collaborating wireless access point is able to identify the malicious client and report the presence of the malicious client within the wireless access network.
US08542579B2	Method and system for cooperative transmission in wireless multi-hop networks User cooperation in wireless networks implemented on the Network Protocol layer level attains a higher stable throughput and improved transmission delay. The cooperation is designed between a set of source user nodes transmitting to a common destination, where users with channels providing a higher successful delivery probability, in addition to their own traffic, relay packets of other source users whose transmissions to the destination fails. Each source user node is provided with an ample queue buffer having capacity to accumulate packets inadvertently received from other users in the system in addition to its own packets. Ranking mechanism facilitates in determining the “quality” of wireless channels, and the Acknowledgement mechanism facilitates in coordination of the transmissions in the system. The nodes exchange information on the queues status, and decision is made by a scheduling controller on the priority of transmission.
US08542578B1	System and method for providing a link-state path to a node in a network environment An example method is provided and includes advertising information to network elements in a network environment. The information advertises a reachability characteristic of a first Internet protocol (IP) address associated with a first network element, and a second IP address associated with a second network element to which packets are to be sent instead of the first network element. The method also includes receiving the packets at the first network element, the packets being delivered from the second network element based on the information. In specific implementations, a preferred adjacency characteristic is identified in the information by a sub-TLV for routing the packets from the second network element to the first network element. If a failure occurs and a loop free alternate (LFA) protection mechanism is provisioned, the packets are sent via a label distribution protocol (LDP) label switched path (LSP) toward a designated interface of a network element.
US08542574B2	Apparatus and method for network error prevention A method includes performing one or more tests at a network component. The network component is capable of transmitting frames of information in a network. The network component is also capable of enabling and disabling the transmitting of frames. The method also includes detecting a failure of at least one of the one or more tests. In addition, the method includes at least one of not enabling the transmitting of frames by the network component and disabling the transmitting of frames by the network component in response to the detected failure. As an example, the one or more tests may be performed in response to the network component powering on. The network component may be initially disabled from transmitting the frames, and the transmitting of frames is not enabled in response to the detected failure.
US08542573B2	Uplink baseband signal compression method, decompression method, device and system Embodiments of the present invention disclose an RRU, which performs IDFT on a PUSCH signal that is obtained after resource block demapping, where due to a characteristic of an extremely low peak to average power ratio of SC-FDMA modulation, a signal after IDFT has an extremely low peak to average power ratio at this time, and an amplitude range of the signal changes slightly; amplitude/phase conversion is performed on the signal after the IDFT, where the signal after the IDFT is represented by using amplitude and phase, and then amplitude quantization and phase quantization are performed respectively to obtain a quantized amplitude signal and a quantized phase signal respectively.
US08542571B2	Cell search method, forward link frame transmission method, apparatus using the same and forward link frame structure Provided are a cell search method, a forward link frame transmission method, an apparatus using the methods, and a forward link frame structure. The cell search apparatus includes a sync acquirer acquiring synchronization of sync channel symbols using a sync channel of a forward link, and a group detector detecting at least one hopping codeword element belonging to a hopping codeword of a target cell from a forward link signal containing sync channel symbols sequence-hopped using a hopping codeword corresponding to a code group to which a scrambling code of each cell belongs based on the acquired synchronization, and detecting a code group of the target cell based on the detected hopping codeword element, wherein the hopping codewords are orthogonal to a cyclic shift operation. Accordingly, a cell search time and the complexity of the cell search can be reduced.
US08542569B2	Heat-assisted magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage device A heat-assisted magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a plurality of foundation layers, and a magnetic layer. The plurality of foundation layers are provided on the substrate and include a first layer containing MnO. The magnetic layer is provided on the plurality of layers and includes an alloy as a main ingredient. The alloy has an L10 structure.
US08542567B2	Information storage medium, reproducing method, and recording method According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm.
US08542564B2	Method for designating disk recording capacity and apparatus therefor A method of designating a disk recording capacity and an optical disk recording apparatus using the method, where a maximum recording capacity is designated by measuring an external disturbance for disk regions. The method of designating a disk recording capacity includes: partitioning a disk into a plurality of disk regions, and measuring external disturbance at the disk regions; setting a disk speed based on the measured external disturbance, and designating disk regions excluding the disk regions where the external disturbance is measured as recordable disk regions; and calculating a maximum disk recording capacity based on the designated recordable disk regions.
US08542560B2	Diffraction grating and optical pickup device Disclosed are a module to detect a tracking error signal that is easy to be assembled and robust against variation in a track angle, a diffraction grating, an optical pickup, and an optical disc apparatus that enable the module to be realized, wherein a diffraction grating divided into at least three areas, first, second, and third areas, is used; the second area is an area that do not diffract light; and focusing positions of light diffracted by the first and third areas sandwiching the second area therebetween on an optical disc are arranged with a spacing of (2n−1)×t/2 in an optical disc radial direction, respectively, where n is a nonnegative integer and t is a spacing of guide grooves of the optical disc.
US08542555B1	System for detecting, tracking, and reconstructing signals in spectrally competitive environments A method and system for determination of the trajectory, miss distance, and velocity of a projectile using an antenna array. The present invention also includes a method and system for extracting signal vectors of simultaneously spectrally competitive component fields from resolvable transmitters; a method and system for relaying simultaneous and spectrally competitive signals from a set of transmitters on a common channel and simultaneously rebroadcasting such signals over another channel to resolvable receivers generally as a composite field; and a method and system for increasing the spectral efficiency of a cellular phone system.
US08542554B2	Method for velocity model building and analysis Method for velocity model building and analysis using wavefield-coordinates reflection operators in wave-equation migration or reverse-time migration.
US08542552B2	DLL circuit, frequency-multiplication circuit, and semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, there is provided a DLL circuit including a delay chain, a plurality of phase comparators, and a controller. The plurality of phase comparators receive the reference clocks individually and receive respectively the clocks from the delay elements in mutually different stages, among the delay elements of the plurality of stages. The controller simultaneously receives comparison results of the plurality of phase comparators, determines the number of stages that generate the clock of which a phase is synchronized with a phase of the reference clock from among the delay elements of the plurality of stages, and selects the number of output stages from among the delay elements of the plurality of stages based on the determined number of stages so that a delay clock having a demanded delay amount with respect to the reference clock is output.
US08542551B2	Circuit and method for reducing leakage current A circuit comprises a first voltage source, a second voltage source, a first switch, firsts transistors, and a control circuitry. The first switch is configured to selectively couple the first voltage source or the second voltage source to a first signal line. The first transistors are in an IO circuitry and have first bulks configured to receive the first signal line. The control circuitry is configured to receive a clock and a command signal on a command signal line, and generate a first control signal on a first control signal line to control the first switch based on the clock and the command signal.
US08542548B2	Semiconductor memory device and thermal code output circuit capable of correctly measuring thermal codes A thermal code output circuit is provided, comprising a pulse signal generator configured to receive multiple period signals and generate a pulse signal in response to a test mode signal, a thermal code output unit configured to output multiple thermal codes in response to the pulse signal, and a strobing signal output unit configured to output the pulse signal or a reference voltage selectively as a strobing signal in response to the test mode signal.
US08542545B2	Repairing soft failures in memory cells in SRAM arrays An embodiment of the invention provides a method of repairing soft failures in memory cells of an SRAM array. The SRAM array is tested to determine the location and type of soft failures in the memory cells. An assist circuit is activated that changes a voltage in a group of memory cells with the same type of soft failure. The change in voltage created by the assist circuit repairs the soft failures in the group. The group may be a word line or a bit line. The type of soft failures includes a failure during a read of a memory cell and a failure during the write of a memory cell.
US08542542B2	Non-volatile memory cell healing Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, modules, and systems for healing non-volatile memory cells. One method includes biasing a first select gate transistor coupled to a string of memory cells at a first voltage, biasing a second select gate transistor coupled to the string at a second voltage, applying a first healing voltage to a first edge word line in order to extract charge accumulated between the first select gate transistor and a first edge memory cell stack of the string, and applying a second healing voltage to a second edge word line in order to extract charge accumulated between the second select gate transistor and a second edge memory cell stack of the string.
US08542540B2	Nonvolatile memory and methods for manufacturing the same with molecule-engineered tunneling barriers Embodiments of tunneling barriers and methods for same can embed modules exhibiting a monodispersion characteristic into a dielectric layer (e.g., between first and second layers forming a dielectric layer). In one embodiment, by embedding C60 molecules inbetween first and second insulating layers forming a dielectric layer, a field sensitive tunneling barrier can be implemented. In one embodiment, the tunneling barrier can be between a floating gate and a channel in a semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, a tunneling film can be used in nonvolatile memory applications where C60 provides accessible energy levels to prompt resonant tunneling through the dielectric layer upon voltage application.
US08542538B2	Semiconductor memory device which stores plural data in a cell A memory cell array is configured to have a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix, each of the memory cells being connected to a word line and a bit line and being capable of storing n values (n is a natural number equal to or larger than 3). A control circuit controls the potentials of the word line and bit line according to input data and writes data into a memory cell. The control circuit writes data into the memory cell to a k-valued threshold voltage (k<=n) in a write operation, precharges the bit line once, and then changes the potential of the word line an i number of times to verify whether the memory cell has reached an i-valued (i<=k) threshold voltage.
US08542536B2	System and method for detecting disturbed memory cells of a semiconductor memory device A method of detecting a disturb condition of a memory cell includes application of multiple sets of conditions to the memory cell and determining whether the memory cell behaves as a programmed memory cell in response to the sets of conditions. A disturbed memory cell can be detected if the memory cell responds as a programmed memory cell in response to one of the sets of conditions, but responds as an erased memory cell in response to another of the sets of conditions.
US08542529B2	Non-volatile memory and method with power-saving read and program-verify operations A non-volatile memory device capable of reading and writing a large number of memory cells with multiple read/write circuits in parallel has features to reduce power consumption during read, and program/verify operations. A read or program verify operation includes one or more sensing cycles relative to one or more demarcation threshold voltages to determine a memory state. In one aspect, selective memory cells among the group being sensed in parallel have their conduction currents turned off when they are determined to be in a state not relevant to the current sensing cycle. In another aspect, a power-consuming period is minimized by preemptively starting any operations that would prolong the period. In a program/verify operation cells not to be programmed have their bit lines charged up in the program phase. Power is saved when a set of these bit lines avoids re-charging at every passing of a program phase.
US08542528B2	Semiconductor device and method for driving semiconductor device A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided, in which the operation voltage is reduced or the storage capacity is increased by reducing variation in the threshold voltages of memory cells after writing. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells each including a transistor including an oxide semiconductor and a transistor including a material other than an oxide semiconductor, a driver circuit that drives the plurality of memory cells, and a potential generating circuit that generates a plurality of potentials supplied to the driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a data buffer, a writing circuit that writes one potential of the plurality of potentials into each of the plurality of memory cells as data, a reading circuit that reads the data written into the memory cells, and a verifying circuit that verifies whether the read data agrees with data held in the data buffer or not.
US08542527B2	Magnetic memory cell The present invention relates to a magnetic memory cell, which controls the magnetization direction of the free magnetic layer of a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device using a spin torque transfer, and enables the implementation of a magnetic logic circuit, in which memory and logic circuit functions are integrated. The magnetic memory cell includes an MTJ device (10) including a top electrode (11) and a bottom electrode (13), which are provided to allow current to flow therethrough, and a fixed layer (15) and a free layer (17), which are magnetic layers respectively deposited on a top and a bottom of an insulating layer (19), required to insulate the top and bottom electrodes from each other. A current control circuit (50) controls a flow of current flowing between the top and bottom electrodes, and changes a magnetization direction of the free layer according to an input logic level.
US08542525B2	MRAM-based memory device with rotated gate A memory device comprising: a plurality of magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cells arranged in rows and columns, each MRAM cell comprising a magnetic tunnel junction and a select transistor, one end of the magnetic tunnel junction being electrically coupled to the source of the select transistor; a plurality of word lines, each word line connecting MRAM cells along a row via the gate of their select transistor; a plurality of bit lines, each bit line connecting MRAM cells along a column, each bit line connecting the MRAM cells via the drain of their select transistor; wherein the memory device further comprises a plurality of source lines, each source line connecting MRAM cells along a row; and wherein each source line connecting the MRAM cells via the other end of the magnetic tunnel junction.
US08542521B2	Semiconductor storage device including memory cells capable of holding data According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes first cells, first bit and first word, and first sense. The first cells are capable of holding 2-level or higher-level data. The first bit and first word are capable of selecting the first cells. The first sense detects a first current. The first sense includes a first supply unit, a first accumulation unit, a detector, and a counter. The first supply unit supplies a second current when the data is read. The first accumulation unit accumulates an amount of charge. The detector detects the potential the amount of charge. The counter counts output from the detector. The counter includes a second supply unit, a second accumulation unit, and a sensing unit. The second supply unit charges a first node. The second accumulation unit accumulates a charge. The sensing unit detects the amount of charge of the second accumulation unit.
US08542519B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. The device includes MOSFET1 and MOSFET2 arranged in a first direction, variable resistive element (hereafter R1) above MOSFET1 and MOSFET2, a lower end of the R1 being connected to drains of MOSFET1 and MOSFET2, MOSFET3 and MOSFET4 arranged in the first direction, variable resistive element (hereafter R2) above MOSFET3 and MOSFET4, and a lower end of the R2 being connected to drains of MOSFET3 and MOSFET4. The device further includes first wiring line extending in the first direction and connected to sources of MOSFET1 and MOSFET2, second wiring line extending in the first direction and connected to sources of MOSFET3 and MOSFET4, upper electrode connecting upper end of the R1 and upper end of the R2, and third wiring line extending in the first direction and connected to the upper electrode.
US08542516B2	Semiconductor system A device that includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first circuit electrically coupled to the second terminal, a second circuit electrically coupled to the first terminal and the first circuit, and a third circuit electrically coupled to the second circuit. The second semiconductor chip includes a third terminal, a fourth terminal, a fourth circuit electrically coupled to the fourth terminal, a fifth circuit electrically coupled to the third terminal and the fourth circuit, and a sixth circuit electrically coupled to the fifth circuit.
US08542512B2	Solar photovoltaic inverters The invention relates to improved techniques for manufacturing power conditioning units (inverters) for use with photovoltaic (PV) modules, and to inverters manufactured by these techniques. We describe a solar photovoltaic inverter, comprising: a power conditioning circuit mounted on a circuit board, the power conditioning circuit having a dc power input to receive dc power from one or more photovoltaic panels and an ac power output to deliver ac power to an ac mains power supply; an electrically conductive shield enclosing said circuit board; and a plastic overmould over said conductive shield and said circuit board; wherein said electrically conductive shield has one or more holes to allow said plastic overmould to extend through said shield to cover said circuit board.
US08542509B2	Multi-path power factor correction A method of multi-path power factor correction includes providing a plurality of energy transfer paths from a voltage-varying input to an output; delivering a first fraction of available input energy to one or more energy storage networks at the input of at least one of the plurality of energy transfer paths; delivering a second fraction of available input energy to the output; and adjusting the first fraction and second fraction for facilitating outputting a substantially constant output and for controlling the energy drawn from the input.
US08542508B2	Forward converter transformer saturation prevention A saturation prevention circuit includes a first controlled current source, a second controlled current source, an integrating capacitor, and a comparator. The first controlled current source generates a first current that is proportional to an input voltage that is to be applied to a winding of a transformer. The second controlled current source generates a second current that is proportional to a reset voltage that is to be applied to the winding. The capacitor is charged with the first current while the input voltage is applied to the winding of the transformer and discharged with the second current while the reset voltage is applied to the winding. The comparator compares a voltage on the integrating capacitor with a first threshold and generates a first signal to immediately turn off the switch when the voltage on the integrating capacitor reaches the first threshold to limit a magnetic flux in the transformer.
US08542503B2	Systems and methods for high speed power factor correction Systems and methods described herein provide for high speed power factor correction which can overcome or substantially alleviate the problems associated with changes in the operating conditions of a load or other transient events. The present technology senses the present state conditions of a signal to quickly and accurately determine the presence of an overtone component within the signal. The expected value of the overtone component is then determined based on the sensed state of the signal. Power factor correction is then performed to suppress the overtone utilizing a control signal formed based on the expected value of the overtone. By performing power factor correction based on the expected value, the present technology can provide high speed power factor correction which is not limited by the delay introduced by an adaptive feedback loop.
US08542502B2	Electrical power conversion apparatus An electrical conversion apparatus including a converter and an inverter comprises a capacitor that stores a DC electrical power; a ripple detection unit that detects a ripple of an active power that is output from the inverter; a voltage measuring instrument that measures a voltage across the capacitor; a DC voltage command generation unit that calculates a command value of the voltage across the capacitor according to a frequency of the AC voltage output from the inverter; and a DC voltage control unit that receives the voltage measured by the voltage measuring instrument and the command value calculated by the DC voltage command generation unit, to control the converter so that the voltage across the capacitor becomes the command value, wherein the DC voltage command generation unit makes the command value of the voltage across the capacitor higher than usual, within a predetermined range including a frequency of a ripple component of the voltage across the capacitor.
US08542497B2	Display device A display device in the present invention includes a display panel which is provided with a display screen, a T-substrate which is arranged in a predetermined range narrower than the display panel at the back side of the display panel, first flexible printed circuit substrates which extend downward from the upper end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate, and second flexible printed circuit substrates which extend upward from the lower end of the display panel and are connected to the T-substrate in order to achieve more reduction in thickness when the display panel and the circuit substrate are arranged together.
US08542488B2	Cooling apparatus for an IC A cooling apparatus is disclosed. The cooling apparatus comprising a printed circuit (PC) board with an integrated circuit (IC) socket mounted onto the top side of the PC board. A mounting frame generally in the shape of a plate, with a first opening passing through the center of the plate, is mounted on the top side of the PC board with the IC socket located inside the first opening. A cold plate is attached to the mounting frame, the cold plate has an opening that passes through the cold plate. The opening in the cold plate is sized to allow an IC to be inserted into the IC socket through the opening. A fluid passageway is formed inside the cold plate. A fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port are mounted on the cold plate and coupled to a first end and a second end of the fluid passageway, respectively. A heat spreader is removably attached to the top side of the cold plate wherein the bottom side of the heat spreader is configured to contact the top side of an IC when the IC is mounted in the IC socket.
US08542483B2	Memory stick having a lock device A memory stick having a metal housing, a PC board, a tray carrying the PC board, a lock body, and a locking mechanism. The lock body includes a positioning block press-fitted into a top opening of the metal housing and a locating block engaged into a top notch of the metal housing and adapted for accommodating an upper part of the tray and a part of an IC package circuit of the PC board for enabling the USB interface circuit to be suspending in a bottom opening of the metal housing. The locking mechanism enabling the memory stick to be locked to an external object.
US08542482B2	Key assembly and electronic device using key assembly A key assembly includes a key member, the key member includes a main body and a securing portion extending from each end of the main body; and a pressing member for operating the key, the pressing member defines a receiving groove for receiving the main body.
US08542479B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal of a slide type having a dual display is disclosed, by which if an open configuration has been entered after sequential completion of slidable and rotary movements, two displays are located on the same plane in an open configuration to provide various user interface environments. The present invention includes a first body, a second body slidably connected to the first body, and a slide hinge module configured to guide a slidable movement of the second body on the first body to open the first body, the slide hinge module configured to guide a rotary movement of the second body against the first body in case of an open configuration of a partial region of the first body.
US08542477B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic part There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic part, including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers each having an average thickness of 0.6 μm or less; and first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other within the ceramic body with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, wherein the ceramic body includes a capacitance forming part and non-capacitance forming parts, and when the capacitance forming part is divided into 2n+1 (n is 1 or more) regions in a thickness direction of the ceramic body, the dielectric layers of the capacitance forming part get thinner in directions from a central region toward upper and lower regions, whereby continuity of the internal electrode may be improved and a high-capacity multilayer ceramic electronic part may be realized.
US08542474B2	Electrostatic chuck An electrostatic chuck has a structure in which a heater is sandwiched between a base member and an electrostatic chuck substrate, the heater being bonded to the base member with an adhesive layer interposing therebetween. The adhesive layer interposing between the heater and the base member has a structure in which a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer are stacked, the first adhesive layer being formed by curing an adhesive having high thermal conductivity, the second adhesive layer being formed as gel by curing an adhesive having lower viscosity than the adhesive of the first adhesive layer. Preferably, the first and second adhesive layers are both made of a silicone-based resin.
US08542473B2	Resistance determining system and method for circuit protection A resistance determining system and method for a protection circuit, includes a resistance determining unit. The resistance determining unit interconnects a microcontroller and a digital resistor, where the microcontroller has first setting voltage corresponding to a first voltage threshold for activating the protection circuit, and the microcontroller is capable of receiving and converting a first external voltage input to the protection circuit to be a first converted voltage. The digital resistor includes a first variable resistor having two terminals connected to the respective first terminal and the second terminal. The microcontroller adjusts a resistance of the first variable resistor to be a first threshold resistance if the first converted voltage is substantially equal to the first voltage threshold, and the first resistance is determined to be substantially equal to the first threshold resistance.
US08542469B2	Methodology for protection of current transformers from open circuit burden A protected electrical power system may comprise a feeder between a power source and an electrical load. A first current transformer may be positioned on the feeder in a first location. The first current transformer may have a shunt resistor electrically connected across its winding. A second current transformer may be positioned at a second location on the feeder. A control unit may be interposed between the first and second current transformers and may be interconnected with the first and second current transformers on current-monitoring loops independent from the feeder. The control unit may be responsive to a predetermined differential in feeder (DF) current between the first and second current transformers to disconnect the power source from the electrical load. The control unit may have a compensation network for reducing DF error resulting from presence of the shunt resistor in the first current transformer.
US08542467B2	Switching device A switching device includes a plurality of semiconductor switching elements coupled in series, a smoothing capacitor, and snubber circuit. Each of the semiconductor switching elements includes a free wheel diode. The smoothing capacitor is coupled in parallel with a direct current power source and the semiconductor switching elements. The smoothing capacitor smoothes an output of the direct current power source and supplies the smoothed output to the semiconductor switching elements. The snubber circuit is coupled between a first connecting point and a second connecting point in parallel with the semiconductor switching elements. An inductance of a first channel provided from the first connecting point to the second connecting point through the smoothing capacitor is equal to or more than 10 times as large as an inductance of a second channel including the semiconductor switching elements and the snubber circuit.
US08542460B2	Head for tape drive with transversely varying contour A system comprises a head having a tape bearing surface and an array of transducers in the tape bearing surface, the transducers being selected from a group consisting of readers, writers and servo readers, a length of the array being defined between outer transducers thereof, the head having a feature that induces formation of a larger spacing between a tape and portions of the tape bearing surface positioned laterally to the array in a direction about perpendicular to a direction of tape travel thereacross than between the tape and a contiguous portion of the tape bearing surface wherein the feature has a continuous length that is at least as long as the plurality of transducers, wherein the feature has a continuous length that is at least as long as the plurality of transducers.
US08542458B2	Magnetic disk drive and method for controlling microactuator in magnetic disk drive According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive includes a disk, a first microactuator, a second microactuator and a servo controller. The disk comprises a first surface and a second surface. The first and second microactuators allow first and second heads associated with the first and second surfaces to make micromotion based on first and second operation amounts, respectively. The servo controller provides a third operation amount to the first microactuator as the first operation amount and provides an operation amount obtained by inverting a polarity of a frequency component with a particular frequency contained in the third operation amount, to the second microactuator as the second operation amount, if the third operation amount is generated as an operation amount to be provided to the first microactuator in a particular mode in which the first surface is used as a tracking surface.
US08542457B2	Method of making a multi-channel time based servo tape media A thin film magnetic recording head is fabricated by forming a substrate from opposing ferrite blocks which have a ceramic member bonded between them. This structure is then diced to form a plurality of columns, wherein each column has a ferrite/ceramic combination. Each column represents a single channel in the completed head. A block of ceramic is then cut to match the columned structure and the two are bonded together. The bonded structure is then cut or ground until a head is formed, having ceramic disposed between each channel. A ferrite back-gap is then added to each channel, minimizing the reluctance of the flux path. The thin film is patterned on the head to optimize various channel configurations.
US08542456B2	Magnetic head having a contact sensor A magnetic head includes a medium facing surface that faces a surface of a recording medium, a write head section, a contact sensor that detects contact of the medium facing surface with the surface of the recording medium, and a heat sink adjacent to the contact sensor. The write head section has a magnetic pole that produces a write magnetic field for writing data on the recording medium. The contact sensor and the heat sink have respective end faces located in the medium facing surface. The contact sensor varies in resistance in response to temperature variations, and is to be energized. The heat sink includes an intermediate layer made of a nonmagnetic metal material, and two ferromagnetic layers made of a metal-based magnetic material, the two ferromagnetic layers being disposed with the intermediate layer therebetween, and being antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled to each other via the intermediate layer.
US08542454B2	Magnetic reading and writing device In a magnetic reading/writing device, a controller derives at each radius of a recording medium a slope of a curve of track-averaged write performance with respect to an adjustment parameter, and determines a first set of fitting coefficients of a first equation approximating the derived slopes in terms of a first variable representing each radius. The controller acquires write performance dependence on a variable representing each of multiple circumferential positions of the medium by measuring track average write performance with respect to the circumferential positions, and determines a second set of fitting coefficients to approximate by a periodic function the acquired dependence in terms of the first variable. The controller corrects a condition value representing the adjustment parameter by subtracting from the condition value an adjustment value obtained from functions calculated with the first and second sets of fitting coefficients.
US08542452B2	Voice coil motor and lens module A voice coil motor (VCM) includes a case, a lens holder, a spring sheet, a coil, a magnet assembly, and a guiding ring. The case includes an inner surface. The lens holder is received in the case. The spring sheet is connected between the case and the lens holder. The coil circles around the lens holder. The magnet assembly is positioned on the inner surface of the case. The guiding ring defines a guiding hole and is positioned on the inner surface of the case, and one end of the lens holder is received in the guiding hole.
US08542451B2	Vehicular camera and lens assembly Low cost constructions of vehicular cameras employ various means for aligning and mounting the camera lens with respect to the imager. Such means include adhesive mounting using a UV curable adhesive, wherein the lens may be focused prior to cure of the adhesive. Other means include directly attaching the lens to the imager by adhesive; integrating the lens barrel and camera lens holder; dropping the lens barrel onto the surface of the imager; focusing the lens utilizing PCB mounting and focusing Screws; and focusing the lens by the relative positioning of camera front and back housings. Costs can also be contained by utilizing matching the resolution of the lens in conformance to human contrast sensitivity function, and by replacing optical chromatic aberration with digital chromatic aberration.
US08542450B2	Kinematic optic mount A two-axis, optical mount provides two sets of flexural elements monolithically and homogeneously formed of a single material with, and interconnecting, three rigid segments. Between each pair of rigid segments, beginning with the first and second, a set of extensions is formed to have a cross section that permits simple, easy, independent adjustment therebetween. Likewise, a flexural set exists between the second and third rigid elements. Meanwhile, the rigid elements have section moduli sufficiently great as to be orders of magnitude larger than the flexural stiffness or section modulus of the flexures, thus providing flexures that operate in the elastic mode and introduce no joint type accuracy errors in adjustment.
US08542438B2	Laser scanning microscope having a microelement array A laser scanning microscope includes a stage that moves a sample placed thereon, a laser light source that emits laser light, a line-focus optical system that focuses the laser light into a line shape, a DMD including a plurality of movable micromirrors that are arrayed in the lengthwise direction of the line shape and that reflect the line-focused laser light, an irradiation optical system that irradiates the sample with the laser light reflected by the DMD, and a photodetector in which a plurality of channels for detecting light from the sample are arrayed in one column, wherein the DMD is driven so that a plurality of micromirrors simultaneously reflect the laser light and so that micromirrors that reflect the laser light are sequentially switched, wherein the stage moves the sample in a direction crossing the array direction of a plurality of light spots formed on the sample.
US08542433B2	Electromagnetic wave oscillating devices and a method of producing the same It is provided a device oscillating an electromagnetic wave having a target frequency of 0.1 THz to 30 THz. The device includes a main body made of a non-linear optical crystal and a sub-wavelength grating structure formed on the main body. The sub-wavelength grating structure includes protrusions arranged in first direction “X” and second direction “Y” on the main body, first grooves 3X each provided between the adjacent protrusions and extending in the first direction, and second grooves 3Y each provided between the adjacent protrusions and extending in the second direction. Each of the protrusions includes a pair of first faces opposing in the first direction “X” with each other and a pair of second faces opposing in the second direction “Y” with each other. The width of the first face is made smaller from the main body 7 toward an upper end 2c of the protrusion 2.
US08542429B1	Techniques for protecting imaging access of electronic paper Techniques for protecting imaging access of electronic paper are described herein. For example, an electronic paper device with protected imaging access includes a substrate, an e-paper surface disposed on the substrate, a removable cover to prevent alteration of the e-paper surface when the cover is disposed over the e-paper surface, and a reversible locking mechanism engaging with the cover to secure the cover in place over the e-paper surface. A method for secure writing to e-paper is also provided.
US08542428B2	Electropheretic display device and method for manufacturing the same An electrophoretic display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower substrate; an upper substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the lower substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; an electronic ink layer positioned between the lower substrate and the upper substrate; a plurality of partitions disposed on the upper substrate; a reflecting layer disposed on the partitions; a color filter disposed between the partitions.
US08542423B2	Stiffness compensation in opto-mechanical mechanisms An optical scanning or positioning mechanism has a head on which optical components are mounted and an actuator coupled to the head to cause the head to move when the actuator is actuated. There are one or more sets of flexure bearings mounted in the mechanism. The flexure bearings have a restoring torque when moved from a rest position. The bearings are coupled to the head to allow the head to move when actuated by the actuator. One or more magnets are mounted in the mechanism in a location other than in the actuator to compensate for the flexure bearings restoring torque.
US08542421B2	System, apparatus and method for extracting three-dimensional information of an object from received electromagnetic radiation An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diffract the received electromagnetic radiation and transmit a diffracted electromagnetic radiation. An image capture assembly is configured to capture an image of the diffracted electromagnetic radiation and produce the hologram of the object from the captured image.
US08542416B2	Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a first conveying path, a curved conveying path, a second conveying path, an upper cover, a first image reading section, a third conveying roller, a second conveying roller, a second image reading section, a first conveying roller, a fourth conveying roller and a control unit. The control unit controls to stop conveying the sheet when a back edge of the sheet passes the first conveying roller in the case where a length of the sheet is less than a first distance between the first conveying roller and the third conveying roller, and controls to stop conveying the sheet after conveying the sheet until the back edge passes the third conveying roller in the case where the length of the sheet is greater than the first distance and is less than a second distance between the third conveying roller and the fourth conveying roller.
US08542414B2	Image reading apparatus A position of a leading edge of an original sheet should be accurately detected utilizing a shadow thereof, irrespective of thickness of the original sheet. In a scanner, an image sensor recognizes the shadow of the leading edge of the original sheet projected on a projection screen when a light source emits light to the original sheet being automatically transported on a glass plate. The original sheet is determined to have reached a reading position, when the original sheet is further transported by a predetermined distance after the shadow is recognized. The projection screen is located above the glass plate at a position spaced apart from the image sensor by a predetermined distance, and hence the timing that the shadow of the leading edge of the original sheet is projected on the projection screen is constant irrespective of the thickness of the original sheet.
US08542408B2	High dynamic range display systems A display system and method of producing images with high dynamic range are provided. The display system employs multiple light valves for projecting a portion of the image onto another.
US08542407B2	Image processing apparatus and method determines attributes of image blocks based on pixel edge intensities relative to normalized and fixed thresholds The digital complex machine is constructed to split data corresponding to an image read by the image reading unit and output a split image separately from a read image. A split image is extracted by the partial image extracting unit on the basis of area designation by the user through the display-operation input unit or on the basis of an extraction result of feature information by the character recognizing unit or attribute information of a highlighted character. Data corresponding to a partial image is then generated by the print image generating unit and a partial image is printed on a sheet different from a read image by the print control unit. Otherwise, electronic data corresponding to a partial image is transmitted to another digital complex machine, a PC, a mobile phone, a server, a USB memory and the like.
US08542405B2	Ink reduction method A method for forming a color transform for a color printing device having a plurality of colorant channels that includes applying a tone scale adjustment function and a total colorant load limit. An optimization process is used to optimize a merit function including a tone scale reproduction accuracy term and a gamut shape term. The method involves determining an initial merit function value responsive to an initial total colorant load limit and an initial set of tone scale adjustment parameters for a tone scale adjustment function. Modified tone scale adjustment parameters and a modified total colorant load limit are determined that provide an improved merit function value subject to a constraint that an average total colorant load is no more than a predefined threshold for a predefined distribution of input colors.
US08542404B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus control method, and storage medium storing program An image forming apparatus acquires information indicating each of a plurality of profiles, selects one profile based on the pieces of information, and transmits, to an information processing apparatus, identification information for identifying the selected profile. The image forming apparatus receives, from the information processing apparatus, an image reading instruction complying with a setting for reading an image, included in the profile identified based on the identification information. The image forming apparatus determines whether a setting indicated by the received instruction and a setting for reading the image, included in one selected profile correspond to each other. When it is determined that the settings do not correspond to each other, the image forming apparatus reads the image to generate image data in accordance with the setting for reading the image, included in one selected profile.
US08542402B2	Selection of samples for spanning a spectral gamut Determining a spectral gamut of a device by designating a spanning set of samples which span the spectral gamut. A first crude spanning set of samples is established by specifying one or more corresponding device values in a device color space. The first crude spanning set is refined by processing a plurality of new samples in a predetermined order. The processing includes, for each new sample, determining if the new sample differs in an objective function value by more than a predetermined threshold from all samples in the first crude spanning set and adding the new sample to the first crude spanning set if the new sample differs in the objective function value by more than the predetermined threshold. The resulting first crude spanning set is designated as the spanning set of samples.
US08542397B2	Image display control device and image forming apparatus including the same To provide a control unit including a touch panel display capable of presenting preview display of multiple pages of document images on the display panel, the touch panel display includes: a binding position indicating controller; a binding process preview displaying controller that displays preview images of recording paper bound at the specified position; a paper binding position-linked scrolling display switching controller that, when the binding position in the printed paper is modified, switches the direction of scrolling preview display so as to be suited to the recording paper bound at the modified binding position.
US08542392B1	Print control apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium A print control apparatus included an accepting unit, a generating unit, a transmission unit, a display, a determination unit, and a display controller. The accepting unit accepts a print request. The generating unit generates, on the basis of the print request, print data for outputting an image onto printing paper. The transmission unit transmits the print data to a printing apparatus. The display displays a list of print requests accepted by the accepting unit, together with process states of the print requests. The determination unit determines whether a progress speed with which processes based on the print requests are to be completed is not lower than a value. In a case where an operation instruction unit is displayed on the display, when it is determined that the progress speed is not lower than the value, the display controller performs control of disabling the operation instruction unit.
US08542386B2	Electronics device capable of wireless communication, electronics device system, and wireless communication method An electronics device, which is connected to a host apparatus via a wireless communication, includes a communication section configured to perform a wireless communication, and a communication control section configured to, if a start-up timing of the electronics device is earlier than any start-up timing of at least one electronics device other than the electronics device, perform control, as a master device, so as to cause the communication section to perform relaying of a wireless communication between the host apparatus and the at least one electronics device other than the electronics device, and if a start-up timing of the electronics device is later than any start-up timing of the at least one electronics device other than the electronics device, perform control, as a sub device, so as to cause the communication section to perform a wireless communication with the host apparatus via the master device.
US08542382B2	Communicating apparatus and communicating system A communicating apparatus is supplied capable of maintaining a receiving corresponding to high communication capability for receiving from all partner apparatuses; reducing the cost of apparatus; and eliminating dependence on an exchange machine. In the communicating apparatus, a sending and receiving controlling section, when communicatively connected with a sending side communicating apparatus via telephone line, sends a first DIS signal generated by a signal generating section to the sending side communicating apparatus; a DCS judging portion judges whether received or not a DCS signal corresponding to the first DIS signal from the sending side communicating apparatus, if it is not received, sends a second DIS signal of high communication capability to partner apparatus; the sending and receiving controlling section sends CFR signal which represents that it has been confirmed to execute communication process in the communication capability notified by the DCS signal from partner apparatus with respect to the first DIS signal or the second DIS signal; then, receives image data from the sending side communicating apparatus.
US08542380B2	Image processing apparatus and method for erasing an image based on a mark read from a sheet A multifunction printer which can erase image data, which is specified by using a sheet on which a list of image data in a memory card printed, from the memory card. It is also a multifunction printer which can erase specified image data from a memory card after the specified image data is printed or stored in another storage medium.
US08542378B2	Method and apparatus for automated determination of expiration of an image production device that is currently in use by a customer A method and apparatus for automated determination of expiration of an image production device that is currently in use by a customer is disclosed. The method may include retrieving values related to a currently used image production device, determining an existing life value based on the retrieved values, retrieving values related to a replacement image production device, determining a replacement value based on the retrieved values comparing the determined existing life value to the determined replacement value, determining whether the currently used image production device should be replaced based on the comparison, and sending a notification that the currently used image production device should be replaced if it is determined that the currently used image production device should be replaced.
US08542377B2	Image forming apparatus for enabling printing of confidential image data When new image data is received by a communication I/F portion, a determination portion determines whether or not a password set to image data stored in the storage portion coincides with a password set to new image data received by the reception portion. A second image forming control portion does not execute image formation based on the new image data with a first image forming control portion when the determination portion determines that a password set to image data stored in the storage portion coincides with a password set to new image data received by the communication I/F portion.
US08542375B2	Host apparatus, image forming apparatus, and diagnosis method for image forming apparatus A host apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a diagnosis method for the image forming apparatus, the diagnosis method including: storing a printing image generated from print data according to a printing command; and generating a diagnosis image for the printing image based on the stored printing image and a defect image corresponding to a predetermined defect of the image forming apparatus.
US08542368B2	Position measuring apparatus and method A position measuring apparatus receives at least one precise position information set from at least one visible-light wireless communication device including a transmission light source, and upon receipt of the at least one precise position information ser, acquires a virtual distance based on the positions of transmission light sources imaged on an image sensor. Next, the position is measured according to the precise position information and the actual distance, virtual distance, and image sensor inclination based on this information.
US08542367B2	Apparatus for assessing a moving object In an apparatus for assessing an object arranged on a movable carrier which includes an imaging arrangement for recording the object, the imaging arrangement is movable synchronously with the carrier.
US08542361B2	Color matching device and method A color matching device including a flexible template having at least three windows extending from a front face through a back face of the template, the windows sized to allow visual comparison of colors located in the windows, wherein at least a first separation distance between first and second windows is different than a second separation distance between the second and third windows. A method for evaluating colors utilizing the device is also disclosed.
US08542360B2	Method and apparatus for producing a new shade guide having new color values from known color elements The invention relates to a method (100) for producing color elements of a shade guide. To this end, color values of known color elements (15) of shade guides (10) with similar lightness values, hues and chromata are initially ascertained. In another method step, the color values of each new color element are determined while increasing a color distance (16) between the lightness values, hues and chromata of the previously ascertained color values.
US08542358B2	Optical calibration and testing device for machine tools An optical calibration and testing device for machine tools includes a light source unit, a beam splitter, and at least one photo detector. The light source emits a laser light hitting the beam splitter and is split into two beams. One is perpendicular to the foundation of the light source unit, and the other is parallel with the foundation so as to test straightness, inclination angle, verticalness, vertical column inclination, vertical column parallelism and guide bar inclination of a machine tool. If there is no tested error, the position of the testing light spot coincides with that of the initial light spot. If there is an error, the position of testing light spot varies according to the error.
US08542355B2	Light amplifying devices for surface enhanced raman spectroscopy A light amplifying device for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy is disclosed herein. The device includes a dielectric layer having two opposed surfaces. A refractive index of the dielectric layer is higher than a refractive index of a material or environment directly adjacent thereto. At least one opening is formed in one of the two opposed surfaces of the dielectric layer, and at least one nano-antenna is established on the one of the two opposed surfaces of the dielectric layer. A gain region is positioned in the dielectric layer or adjacent to another of the two opposed surfaces of the dielectric layer.
US08542353B2	Refractive index sensor for fluid analysis A refractive index sensor having one or more sources, an adaptive optical element or scanner, imaging optics, a sensing optic, and one or more detectors. The scanner impinges a signal from the source into the sensing optic and onto a sensor-sample interface at sequential angles of incidence. The detector response increases dramatically to signals reflected from the interface at corresponding sequential angles of reflection equal to or greater than a critical angle. The refractive index sensor also uses an input lens between the scanner and the sensing optic and uses an output lens between the sensing optic and the detector. A processor controls the sensor and can determine index of refraction of the fluid sample based on the detector response and scan rate. The sensor can be used in several operational environments from a laboratory to a downhole tool, such as a formation tester to determine properties in a borehole environment.
US08542351B2	Coating inspection device A coating inspection device for inspecting an object after a coating material has been applied is disclosed. The coating inspection device may include a pair of eyeglasses worn on a person's face, resting on the person's ears and nose. The eyeglasses may include a frame member having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A set of lenses may be disposed within the frame member. At least one light source may be disposed on the frame member. The ultraviolet light source may be moveable to adjust the direction in which the ultraviolet light source emits light. A switch may be disposed on the frame.
US08542348B2	Color sensor insensitive to distance variations A system for calibrating a color sensing pixel based upon the distance between the color sensing pixel and an object. The distance is determined by measuring the phase shift of electromagnetic radiation as reflected from the surface of the object compared with the wave profile of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the object surface. The color sensing pixel is associated with a Time-of-Flight (ToF) pixel which is employed to determine the distance of the color sensing pixel. The electromagnetic radiation can be from any part of the electromagnetic spectrum, in particular the infrared and visible light portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The color sensing pixel and the ToF pixel can reside on the same semiconductor or on disparate semiconductors.
US08542345B2	Measurement apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method to measure numerical aperture of the optical system using interference fringe A measurement apparatus comprises a mirror configured to reflect test light which passes through an optical system, an interferometer unit which includes an image sensor and is configured to form an interference fringe on an image sensing plane of the image sensor by reference light and the test light reflected by the mirror, and a controller configured to control the interferometer unit, and to compute a numerical aperture of the optical system based on the interference fringe captured by the image sensor, wherein the controller is configured to compute a numerical aperture NA of the optical system by multiplying a quotient ΔNA/ΔR, describing a change ΔNA in numerical aperture NA of the optical system with respect to a change ΔR in pupil radius R of the optical system in the image sensing plane, by the pupil radius R of the optical system in the image sensing plane.
US08542344B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method Liquid is supplied to a space between the projection system and the substrate by an inlet. In an embodiment, an overflow region removes liquid above a given level. The overflow region may be arranged above the inlet and thus the liquid may be constantly refreshed and the pressure in the liquid may remain substantially constant.
US08542343B2	Lithographic apparatus Liquid is supplied to a space between the projection system and the substrate by an inlet. In an embodiment, an overflow region removes liquid above a given level. The overflow region may be arranged above the inlet and thus the liquid may be constantly refreshed and the pressure in the liquid may remain substantially constant.
US08542335B2	Liquid crystal display element A simple matrix type dot-matrix liquid crystal display element includes a first and a second transparent substrate disposed opposite to each other, first and second transparent electrodes disposed on the opposed face of the first and the second transparent substrate, respectively, a first and a second vertical alignment film disposed on the opposed side of the first and the second transparent substrate to cover the first and the second electrodes, respectively, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the opposed side of the first and the second transparent substrate and having Δε<0 and Δnd>450 nm, and a first and a second viewing angle compensation plate disposed on the unopposed side of the first and the second transparent substrate, respectively, wherein in the first transparent electrode, openings extending in a predefined direction are aligned.
US08542333B2	Liquid crystal cell alignment surface programming method and liquid cell light modulator devices made thereof A liquid crystal display or other light modulator is provide with an alignment layer with a pretilt that is better than is currently available with rubbing technology. The liquid crystal cell consumes less electrical power to operate. The pretilt can be programmed using suitable field and recorded in the alignment layer.
US08542328B2	Pixel structure of liquid crystal display panel A pixel structure of a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate, a first metallic layer, a light shielding element, a second metallic layer and a pixel electrode. The first metallic layer and the light shielding element are disposed above the substrate. The second metallic layer is disposed above the light shielding element, and includes first and second data lines. The first data line is disposed along the light shielding element, and is partially overlapped with the light shielding element. The second data line is parallel to the first data line. A first portion of the pixel electrode is overlapped with the first data line, and is not overlapped with the light shielding element. A second portion of the pixel electrode is overlapped with the light shielding element, and is not overlapped with the first data line.
US08542324B2	Efficient image and video recoloring for colorblindness Colors of images and videos are modified to make differences in the colors more perceptible to colorblind users. An exemplary recoloring process utilizes a color space transformation, a local color rotation and a global color rotation to transform colors of visual objects from colors which may not be distinguishable by the colorblind user to colors which may be distinguishable by the colorblind user.
US08542323B2	Touch sensitive wireless navigation device for remote control Remote control of an electronic device is achieved by retrieving a description of a control surface associated with the electronic device, rendering a graphical representation of at least portion of the control surface on a screen in accordance with the description and navigating the graphical representation using a navigation device that is remote from the first electronic device. The graphical representation may include multiple controls. The electronic device is operated in accordance with controls selected using the navigation device. The graphical representation may be displayed on the navigation device or on a remote screen. The controls to be displayed may be selected automatically dependent upon a selected operating mode.
US08542320B2	Method and system to control a non-gesture controlled device using gesture interactions with a gesture controlled device A television set. The television set includes a display, a gesture detector, a transceiver, a processor, and a memory component. The display is operable to render images. The gesture detector is operable to detect gesture interactions, e.g., initiation of gesture control operation. The transceiver is operable to communicate with an electronic device that is separate from the television set. The processor is operable to cause the transceiver to send a request message to the electronic device. The request message is a request to receive a graphical user interface (GUI) of the electronic device for rendering on the display. The transceiver receives the GUI of the electronic device responsive to the request message. The processor generates a command message responsive to gesture interaction with the GUI of the electronic device. The command message is operable to control an operation of the electronic device and is transmitted to the electronic device.
US08542318B2	Image capture apparatus An image capture apparatus includes a connector, a first terminal resistor having a first resistance value, a second terminal resistor having a second resistance value which is smaller than the first resistance value, and a connection unit. The connection unit is configured (a) to disconnect the second terminal resistor from the connector if a time code signal is input to the connector, and (b) to connect the second terminal resistor to the connector if an external synchronization signal is input to the connector.
US08542317B2	Imaging device with transparent dust-proofing member An imaging device includes an auto-focusing actuator, an image sensor, and a transparent dust-proofing member. The auto-focusing actuator includes a housing. The housing includes a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, and defines a through hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. A number of positioning rods extend from the top surface and cooperatively define a fixing space. The image sensor is mounted on the bottom surface of the housing and aligned with the through hole. The transparent dust-proofing member is mounted in the fixing space and seals the through hole.
US08542316B2	Electronic device and imaging apparatus with sound emitting device An electronic device (e.g., an imaging apparatus) is implemented to obtain excellent sound effects while miniaturization and slimming down are achieved. An electronic device (e.g., an imaging apparatus) has a casing; a sound emitting device that has a sound emitting portion and is provided inside the casing; a movable member provided to the casing to have a gap between the movable member and the casing; and a communicating portion that communicates between the sound emitting portion of the sound emitting device and the movable member inside the casing.
US08542315B2	Method and apparatus for expanded dynamic range imaging A method and apparatus for enabling wide intensity range in digital imaging using a small amount of memory beyond the memory required for storing the relevant image. The methods and apparatus disclose exposing few-line segments within an image using two different exposure times before continuing with other segments of the image. In alternative configurations, sensors are sampled such that neighboring sensors having the same colors are sampled after being exposed for different durations.
US08542314B2	Camera system including camera body and interchangeable lens for performing focus control In a camera system including an interchangeable lens and a camera body, a lens controller performs control to detect a position of a focus lens in synchronous with a predetermined timing received from the camera body, store it in a storage unit, and transmit it to the camera body when receiving a position information request signal for requesting transmission of position information stored in the storage unit. The body controller performs control so that a timing of transmission of the position information request signal does not overlap a timing of transmission of the timing signal.
US08542311B2	Multisection light guides for image sensor pixels Image sensors may contain arrays of image sensor pixels, each of which includes a microlens and a photosensitive element. A multisection light guide that is made up of multiple light guide layers may be interposed between the microlens and the photosensitive element. The light guide layers may have alternating indicies of refraction to form a spectral filter. The lateral dimensions of the light guide layers may also be configured so that the light guide layers perform spectral filtering. Light guide shapes and sizes may be altered as a function of the lateral position of each image sensor pixel within the image sensor array. The uppermost light guide may be aligned with the microlens and the lowermost light guide may be aligned with the photosensitive element. The lateral positions of each light guide may be laterally shifted with respect to the next to form a staggered stack of light guides.
US08542307B2	Monitor for video camera There is provided a video camera monitor that is capable of turning on a tally lamp without troublesome wiring even when a video camera does not have a tally signal output terminal. The present invention provides a video camera monitor that includes a camera video input unit and a tally display controller. The camera video input unit receives a camera video signal including a REC RUN time code, and the tally display controller controls tally display. The tally display controller controls the tally display based on whether the REC RUN time code is being advanced.
US08542305B2	Imaging device having display brightness control function A control unit controls brightness of a liquid crystal display unit such that the brightness becomes darker as a distance between an electronic view finder and an operator measured by a distance measuring sensor becomes shorter. With this structure, even if the operator takes his or her eye off from the electronic view finder, the liquid crystal display unit is not switched from an OFF state to an ON state. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the brightness of the liquid crystal display unit from becoming burdensome to an operator when the eye of the operator approaches the electronic view finder.
US08542303B2	Digital camera having a display menu used to select either color photographing operation or a black/white photographing operation A digital camera includes: an imaging unit that photoelectrically converts light to output a color image; a selecting unit that selects any one identifier from identifiers which are colored in different colors from each other; and a black/white image producing unit that produces a black/white image by weighting gradation values of respective colors for each of pixels of the output color image and adding the weighted gradation values to each other. When the light entered to the imaging unit is entered to a color filter having a color equal to a color of the selected identifier, a correlation between a light amount of light having a wavelength which penetrates the color filer and a light amount of the entered light becomes stronger than a correlation between a light amount of light having a wavelength which is absorbed by the color filter and the light amount of the entered light.
US08542302B2	Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and recording medium storing program to implement the method Provided are a digital photographing apparatus capable of accurate and quick auto-focusing, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a program for executing the method. The digital photographing apparatus includes: a lens unit including a focus lens; an imaging device generating data from light incident on the imaging device through the lens unit; a condition determining unit determining a photographing condition from the data generated by the imaging device; and an auto-focusing value detecting unit detecting an auto-focusing value from the data generated by the imaging device and comprising a first gamma correction unit, wherein the first gamma correction unit varies the degree of gamma correction according to the photographing condition determined by the condition determining unit, and the auto-focusing value detecting unit detects an auto-focusing value.
US08542301B2	Electronic image pickup apparatus including an image forming optical system having a mark An electronic image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of lens units, an image forming optical system, and an image pickup element. The image forming optical system includes at least a lens unit nearest to object side which is disposed nearest to an object side, an aperture stop which is disposed on an image side than the lens unit nearest to object side, and an image-side lens unit which is disposed on the image side than the aperture stop. The lens unit nearest to object side includes a lens having a mark formed on an effective area of a lens surface thereof. At least any one of the lens in the image forming optical system is held such that, a shifting or a tilting of the lens can be adjusted. The electronic image pickup apparatus further includes a correction parameter storage section which stores correction parameters for correcting an unevenness of brightness due to the mark, and a signal processing section which corrects the unevenness of brightness due to the mark of which, an image has been picked up by the image pickup element, based on the correction parameter stored in the correction parameter storage section.
US08542299B2	Image processing device, imaging device, image processing method, imaging method, and image processing program for pseudo-color suppression in an image An image processing device comprising a synchronization unit (25) for generating a luminance (Y′) from the sum of pixel signals R, Gr, Gb, B, for subtracting the R pixel signal and the B pixel signal from the sum of the Gr pixel signal and Gb pixel signal so as to generate a first color difference (C1), and for calculating a difference between the R pixel signal and the B pixel signal to generate a second color difference (C2), a pseudo-color suppression unit (31) for performing pseudo-color suppression of the first color difference (C1) and/or the second color difference (C2), a color space conversion unit (37) for converting the luminance Y′, the first color difference (C1), the second color difference (C2), into a predetermined color space to generate YUV color information.
US08542292B2	Flicker correction device, flicker correction method and flicker correction program An average value calculation section 100 calculates an average value of each line during the validity period of an input image signal. A three-field average value calculation section 104 calculates a 50 Hz flicker signal from which the light and shade of a subject is removed. A difference value calculation section 105 subtracts an n-field preceding field line average value from the line average value of the present frame. Then, a 60 Hz flicker signal, from which the light and shade of the subject is removed, is calculated by dividing the difference value by the line average value of the present frame. A flicker determination section 112 determines whether flicker exists or not, and whether the flicker frequency is 50 Hz or 60 Hz, on the basis of the extraction results of the 50 Hz flicker component extraction section 108, and of the 60 Hz flicker component extraction section 109.
US08542287B2	Dual sensor camera A dual sensor camera that uses two aligned sensors each having a separate lens of different focal length but the same f-number. The wider FOV image from one sensor is combined with the narrower FOV image from the other sensor to form a combined image. Up-sampling of the wide FOV image and down-sampling of the narrow FOV image is performed. The longer focal length lens may have certain aberrations introduced so that Extended Depth of Field (EDoF) processing can be used to give the narrow FOV image approximately the same depth of field as the wide FOV image so that a noticeable difference in depth of field is not see in the combined image.
US08542286B2	Large format digital camera with multiple optical systems and detector arrays A large format digital camera has a primary camera system configured for collecting panchromatic image data and a secondary camera system configured for collecting color image data. The secondary camera system has an optical system that has a longer focal length than the optical system of the primary camera system. The resolution of the secondary camera system is greater than the resolution of the primary camera system. The footprint of images produced by the primary camera system is larger in size than the footprint of images produced by the secondary camera system. Images produced by the primary camera system offer information for performing image-based georeferencing by means of photogrammetric triangulation. Images produced by the secondary camera system offer a high-resolution narrow angle color image suitable for use in ortho image production.
US08542284B2	Gain-adjusting apparatus for optical image stabilizer and method thereof A gain-adjusting apparatus and method thereof are described. The gain-adjusting apparatus includes an integrator, a first register, a control unit, and a second register. The integrator integrates the gyro signal data to generate the integral data. The control unit is coupled to the first register and the second register, respectively. The control unit determines whether the gyro signal data is either greater than an upper gyro threshold or less than a lower gyro threshold to detect the gyro signal data and decrease the gain value stored in the second register.
US08542282B2	Vibration correction control circuit for correcting displacement of an optical axis due to vibration including camera shake and image pickup apparatus equipped therewith An integration circuit integrates an angular velocity signal outputted from a vibration detection element and generates a shift amount signal indicating the shift amount of an imaging device. The integration circuit is formed by a digital filter, which includes a register for holding an accumulation value serving as a shift amount signal. A control unit acquires an accumulation values held in the register at a predetermined interval and obtains a change amount between the accumulation value previously obtained and the accumulation value currently obtained. When the change value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the control unit subtracts a correction value from the currently obtained accumulation value so that the value approaches zero and resets the obtained value in the register.
US08542281B2	System and method for acquiring a still image from a moving image This invention provides a system and method captures a moving image of a scene that can be more readily de-blurred as compared to images captured through the above-referenced and other known methods operating on an equivalent exposure-time interval. Rather than stopping and starting the integration of light measurement during the exposure-time interval, photo-generated current is switched between multiple charge storage sites in accordance with a temporal switching pattern that optimizes the conditioning of the solution to the inverse blur transform. By switching the image intensity signal between storage sites all of the light energy available during the exposure-time interval is transduced to electronic charge and captured to form a temporally decomposed representation of the moving image. As compared to related methods that discard approximately half of the image intensity signal available over an equivalent exposure-time interval, such a temporally decomposed image is a far more complete representation of the moving image and more effectively de-blurred using simple linear de-convolution techniques.
US08542270B2	3D stereoscopic display system for large format LED displays A three dimensional (3D) stereoscopic display system using large format light emitting diodes (LEDs) for displaying 3D image content. The apparatus comprises a grid of LEDs covered by two sheets of polarizing material, a first sheet of polarizing material for polarizing a first subset of the LEDs to form a first view of the 3D image, and a second sheet of polarizing material for polarizing the second subset of LEDs to form a second view of the 3D image. The sheets may be formed by cutting a plurality of openings substantially aligned with a corresponding subset of LEDs. For improved viewing, the apparatus may further comprise a rear diffuser, disposed between the LED display and the first sheet of polarizing material. Also for improved viewing, the apparatus may further comprise a front diffuser, disposed in front of the second sheet of polarizing material, for reducing glare from external light sources. Also an additional method of the application of individual polarizing buttons directly adhered to the individual LEDs incorporating an assembly key for maintaining the correct orientation of the polarizing material.
US08542269B2	Charge coupled device for obtaining a 3-dimensional digital image The present invention relates to a charge coupled device, which is improved to obtain a distinct and clear 3-dimensional image without requiring separate equipment. The charge coupled device for obtaining a 3-dimensional image according to the present invention includes a main body (101), having an open top and a cavity formed therein, and having a chip pin formed on an outer surface thereof to transfer information to an electronic element of a digital image recording device. A light receiving element (102) is mounted on a bottom surface of interior of the main body and consists of a set of a plurality of optical sensors, which are sensitive to light. A slit plate (110) is configured to cover an opening of the cavity of the main body, and is formed such that transparent parts and opaque parts are arranged to alternate.
US08542267B1	Calibrating a visual-collaborative system A calibration system including a display screen having a first surface and a second surface and a projector configured to project an image onto the first surface of the display screen and the image is viewable on the second surface of said display screen, wherein the projector includes a projector coordinate system. The calibration system also includes a camera configured to capture an image of an object through the display screen, where the camera comprises a camera coordinate system, and a calibration device configured to calibrate the display screen.
US08542263B2	Mounting structure of a mounted component, light scanning device, and image forming apparatus There is provided a mounting structure of a mounted component, including: a holding member that holds a mounted component including a light source and of which position is adjusted within a plane substantially orthogonal to an optical axis of the light source; a shaft portion that projects from a side surface of a case body in which the light source is provided, in a direction along the optical axis of the light source; and a fixing member in which a contact portion coming into contact with the shaft portion is provided, wherein in a state in which the contact portion contacts the shaft portion, rotation of the fixing member is limited in an allowable range, and the fixing member is made to adhere to a surface of the holding member facing toward the fixing member in the direction along the optical axis, and is fixed to the shaft portion.
US08542259B2	Printing medium, printing method, and printing apparatus using photonic crystal characteristic The present invention provides a printing medium, a printing method, and a printing apparatus using a photonic crystal characteristic. According to the present invention, the printing medium using the photonic crystal characteristic comprises a medium in which a plurality of particles having electric charges are dispersed, wherein the inter-particle distances of the particles are controlled as a result of at least one of electric fields and magnetic fields are applied to the medium, and the inter-particle distances of the particles are fixed as the energy is applied to the medium.
US08542255B2	Associating media content items with geographical data Systems and techniques are disclosed for associating and presenting media content items with locations on a geographical track path. For example, the frames of a video segment can be associated with locations on a track path. The track path can be based on position data, including position coordinates and a corresponding time coordinates, obtained while the video frames were captured. Locations for the video frames can be determined based on a start time of the video segment, a frame rate of the video segment, and the position data. The video segment can be displayed with user controls that enable a user to manipulate the frame of the video segment being displayed including a time indicator and a location indicator displayed on the track path.
US08542252B2	Target digitization, extraction, and tracking Techniques may comprise identifying surfaces, textures, and object dimensions from unorganized point clouds derived from a capture device, such as a depth sensing device. Employing target digitization may comprise surface extraction, identifying points in a point cloud, labeling surfaces, computing object properties, tracking changes in object properties over time, and increasing confidence in the object boundaries and identity as additional frames are captured. If the point cloud data includes an object, a model of the object may be generated. Feedback of the model associated with a particular object may be generated and provided real time to the user. Further, the model of the object may be tracked in response to any movement of the object in the physical space such that the model may be adjusted to mimic changes or movement of the object, or increase the fidelity of the target's characteristics.
US08542243B2	High-compression texture mapping Embodiments provide texture compression with high compression ratios and low decompression times. Some embodiments partition a texture map into texel blocks. The number of blocks is reduced until a compression threshold is reached, and the resulting blocks are stored as a codebook. An index array is generated by associating each texel block with an index and associating each index with the block in the codebook identified as a closest match to the associated texel block. The codebook may then be compressed according to a technique compatible with a GPU. In certain embodiments, to render a scene, a CPU “inflates” the texture map by copying the appropriate codebook block to each indexed block location of the texture map, as defined by the index array. Because the codebook blocks are already compressed in a format compatible with the GPU, the inflated texture map is also compatible with the GPU without further processing.
US08542239B2	Looping motion space registration for real-time character animation A method for generating a looping motion space for real-time character animation may include determining a plurality of motion clips to include in the looping motion space and determining a number of motion cycles performed by a character object depicted in each of the plurality of motion clips. A plurality of looping motion clips may be synthesized from the motion clips, where each of the looping motion clips depicts the character object performing an equal number of motion cycles. Additionally, a starting frame of each of the plurality of looping motion clips may be synchronized so that the motion cycles in each of the plurality of looping motion clips are in phase with one another. By rendering an animation sequence using multiple passes through the looping motion space, an animation of the character object performing the motion cycles may be extended for arbitrary length of time.
US08542237B2	Parametric font animation Font animation technique embodiments are presented which animate alpha-numeric characters of a message or document. In one general embodiment this is accomplished by the sender transmitting parametric information and animation instructions pertaining to the display of characters found in the message or document to a recipient. The parametric information identifies where to split the characters and where to rotate the resulting sections. The sections of each character affected are then translated and/or rotated and/or scaled as dictated by the animation instructions to create an animation over time. Additionally, if a gap in a stroke of an animated character exists between the sections of the character, a connecting section is displayed to close the stroke gap making the character appears contiguous.
US08542236B2	Generating animation libraries A computer-implemented method includes transferring motion information from one or more motion meshes to an animation mesh. The motion mesh represents the motion of surface features of an object. A shape mesh provides a portion of the shape of the object to the animation mesh.
US08542231B2	Method, computer graphics image rendering system and computer-readable data storage medium for computing of indirect illumination in a computer graphics image of a scene Method for real-time computing of indirect illumination in a computer graphics image of a scene, comprising: defining a light propagation volume as a three-dimensional grid consisting of a plurality of grid cells; allocating a plurality of secondary light sources to grid cells of said light propagation volume; accumulating directional, colored irradiance contributions of all secondary light sources in a respective grid cell and repeating this step of accumulating for all grid cells of the light propagation volume to thereby obtain an initial indirect light intensity distribution. The propagation of light in said light propagation volume is then iteratively computed starting with the initial indirect light intensity to obtain a final indirect light intensity distribution, which is used for rendering the scene illuminated by the final indirect light intensity distribution during a usual scene rendering process from a camera's point of view.
US08542220B2	Electromagnetic stylus with auto-switching An electromagnetic stylus includes a body, a core and an induction coil. The body includes a first shell and a second shell telescopically sleeved on the first shell. The core is received in and has a nib end extending out of the first shell. The induction coil is sleeved on one end of the core and is received in the first shell. The first shell is made of material without electromagnetic wave shielding capability. The second shell is made of material with electromagnetic wave shielding capability. The second shell is configured to slide along the first shell between two positions, to shield or not to shield part of the induction coil.
US08542219B2	Processing pose data derived from the pose of an elongate object An apparatus and method for processing pose data derived from a pose of an elongate object such as, for example, a jotting implement, a pointer, a robotic arm or a cane. The elongate object has a tip contacting a plane surface with one or more invariant features. The pose of the elongate object is measured optically from on-board by an optical measuring system with the aid of the invariant feature. The pose is used for preparing a corresponding pose data and a subset of the pose data is identified and transmitted to an application such as a user application, where the subset can serve as command data or input data. Since the elongate object moves while its tip is contacting the surface the pose is measured periodically at sufficiently frequent measurement times ti to describe the motion at a desired temporal resolution. The subset can include all or a portion of the orientation data that describe the orientation of the elongate object in space and/or position data of the tip on the surface. The position can be a relative position of the tip with respect to any feature or its previous position, or an absolute position in world coordinates. The subset can also contain a mix of orientation and position data.
US08542218B2	Electronic switch apparatus for vehicle An electronic switch apparatus for a vehicle, may include a projector module implementing a plurality of switch images, a sensor module detecting locations of respective switch image by recognizing the switch images implemented by the projector module as two-dimensional images, an infrared module emitting infrared rays to areas of the switch images displayed by the projector module, and a control module for, when a specific area of the switch images may be touched, detecting coordinates of the specific area by measuring light reflected from emitted infrared rays of the infrared module, and executing an operation of a switch corresponding to the coordinates.
US08542212B2	Touch panel, method for making the same, and display device adopting the same A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube layer form a carbon nanotube floccule structure.
US08542211B2	Projection scan multi-touch sensor array A touch sensor panel can be constructed on a single surface of a substrate. The panel can be formed as a plurality of distributed RC lines arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each distributed RC line can include alternating connected transistors and metal pads formed on a single surface of the substrate. During operation, the rows and columns are enabled at different times, and the pulse travel times for each row and column in both directions are measured. Equalized travel times are then computed as the sum of the pulse travel times in both directions, and indicate which rows and columns have a finger touching it. The un-equalized pulse travel time data can then be used to determine the relative positions of the fingers within the rows and columns and un-ambiguously determine the positions of all the finger contacts.
US08542203B2	Touchpad with strip-shaped input area A touchpad with an input area having a straight or curved main line of extension comprises a support element, a cover having a first surface facing away from the support element and a second surface facing towards the support element and one or more spacers arranged at a periphery of the input area. The one or more spacers mount the cover on the support element in such a way that the cover spans over the support plate in the input area while it is depressible towards the support element by a force acting on the input area of the touchpad. A resistive trace is so arranged on the support element that it extends along the main line of extension of the input area. At least one terminal contacts the resistive trace at a particular point of the main line of extension of the input area and a set of detection electrodes is arranged on the second surface of the cover in facing relationship with the resistive trace. The detection electrodes are configured and arranged for capacitively detecting a position of a user's finger or stylus when the user's finger or stylus is in proximity of or in light touch with the first surface of the cover, and for resistively detecting a position of a user's finger or stylus when the user's finger or stylus depresses the cover and so brings at least one of the detection electrodes into electrical contact with the resistive trace.
US08542199B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program The image processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an image processing unit for performing the image processing function by changing its execution parameter for the image processing function, which is associated with a processing result display area for displaying an image processing result acquired from applying a predetermined image processing function to specified image data, based on at least one of a surface area size of an operator contacting the processing result display area or contact duration in which the operator contacts the processing result display area.
US08542197B2	Display apparatus and control method of the same A display apparatus includes a display panel having a light emitting device, a sensor which senses an electric current flowing in the light emitting device, and a controller which determines that an external stimulus occurs to the display panel if a change of a sensed current exceeds a preset current change rate, and performs a predetermined operation on the basis of a determination result.
US08542194B2	Keypad assembly for a communication device A keypad assembly (100) provides improved backlighting in a slim-line from factor with a minimal number of LEDs (130). The keypad assembly (100) utilizes side-firing LEDs (130) mounted to a keypad flex (112) which protrude through subsequent thin layers of substrates. A light-guide film (104) disposed over the layers includes corresponding cut-outs through which the side-firing LEDS partially protrude. The light-guide film includes light dispersion areas (114) formed thereon. A cover (102) seals the side-firing LEDs (130) protruding through the light-guide film (104). An interconnect flex (132) couples to the keypad flex (112) to provide flexible coupling of the keypad assembly to an electronic device. The light-guide film (104) provides both light dispersion and sealing to the keypad assembly (100).
US08542192B2	Information processing device and program An information-processing device includes: multiple keys; a memory that stores key arrangement data indicating an arrangement of said multiple keys; an identification part that identifies each display position of multiple windows displayed on a screen; an allocation part that compares an arrangement of the windows obtained by comparing the display position of each window identified by said identification part with the arrangement of keys displayed by said key arrangement data, and uniquely allocates to said each window a key for selecting the relevant window from among said multiple keys so that the arrangement of said windows and the arrangement of said keys are identical or similar; a notifying part that notifies of the keys allocated by said allocation part; and a selection part that selects the window to which an operated key is allocated when any of the keys notified by said notifying part is operated.
US08542191B2	Film layer, assembly and method for altering the appearance of a mobile station A film layer for a mobile station that allows the appearance of the mobile station to be easily changed. The layer is thin enough to allow it to be positioned between the plungers on a plunger mat and the keys on a key mat of the mobile station. Flexibility of the film layer allows a key press to be transmitted through the film insert to one of the plungers, which in turn compresses a contact on a printed wiring board. Flexibility may be due to perforations around the keys of the key mat. Preferably, the film layer includes some visually detectable characteristic, such as a color, that is visible through openings or translucent portions of the key mat. The film layer may be constructed of various materials, such as paper, elastomer, polymer or electric luminescent materials which can be interchangeably inserted into the mobile station to change its appearance.
US08542190B2	Handheld electronic device with reduced keyboard and associated method of providing improved disambiguation with reduced degradation of device performance In view of the foregoing, an improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. Incoming data, such as the text of a message, can be scanned for proper nouns, for instance, since such proper nouns might not already be stored in memory and might be expected to be entered by the user when, for example, forwarding or responding to the message. A proper noun can be identified, for instance, on the basis that it begins with an upper case letter. The proper nouns can be stored, for example, in memory that may, by way of further example, be a temporary dictionary.
US08542189B2	Accelerometer-based tapping user interface A CE device for, e.g., displaying the time can incorporate an accelerometer to provide various features and enhancements. For example, tapping of the housing as sensed by the accelerometer may be used for controlling various application modes of the device.
US08542186B2	Mobile device with user interaction capability and method of operating same In one embodiment a method of operating a mobile device includes sensing either an orientation or a movement of the mobile device, determining a command based on the sensed orientation or sensed movement, sensing a proximity of an object in relation to at least a portion of the mobile device, and executing the command upon the proximity of the object being sensed. In another embodiment, a method of operating a mobile device governs a manner of interaction of the mobile device relative to one or more other mobile devices. In at least some embodiments, at least one of the mobile devices includes an accelerometer and an infrared proximity sensor, and operation of the mobile device is determined based upon signals from those components.
US08542180B2	Method of driving display panel and display apparatus for performing the same A method of driving a display panel includes generating a gate on voltage, a first gate off voltage and a second gate off voltage. A clock signal is generated based upon the gate on voltage and the second gate off voltage. A first panel gate off voltage substantially the same as the first gate off voltage and a second panel gate off voltage substantially the same as the second gate off voltage are generated in a first operating mode. A first panel gate off voltage greater than the first gate off voltage and a second panel gate off voltage greater than the second gate off voltage are generated in a second operating mode. A gate signal is generated based upon the clock signal and the first and second panel gate off voltages to a gate line of the display panel.
US08542177B2	Data driving apparatus and display device comprising the same A data driving apparatus includes a horizontal synchronization start signal generation circuit and data driving circuit. The horizontal synchronization start signal generation circuit generates a horizontal synchronization start signal using image data signals. The data driving circuit samples the image data signals in response to the horizontal synchronization start signal and supplies a plurality of data signals using the sampled image data signals in response to a load signal. The horizontal synchronization start signal generation circuit is disabled in response to the load signal.
US08542171B2	Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A driving method applied to a liquid crystal display. First, a first pixel voltage is outputted to a first pixel in a first row of pixels to change a transmittance of the first pixel. Next, a second pixel voltage is outputted to a second pixel in a second row of pixels to change a transmittance of the second pixel. Then, a backlight module is turned on. Next, at a first predetermined time point after the first pixel voltage is outputted, a pixel electrode voltage of the first pixel is adjusted. Finally, at a second predetermined time point after the second pixel voltage is outputted, a pixel electrode voltage of the second pixel is adjusted. The second predetermined time point follows the first predetermined time point.
US08542167B2	Projection type display apparatus A display apparatus has several light emitting elements and several lenses. The light emitting elements generate light of a first and second part of a frame respectively during a first and second period. The lenses pass through by the light from the light emitting elements, and operate to form images of the first and second part of the frame at a first and second location during the first and second period, respectively.
US08542166B2	Electroluminescence display apparatus with video signal rewriting In performing a display in accordance with a video signal, a display signal for inspection is supplied to a pixel within a predetermined inspected row to operate an EL element therein and to thereby detect a current that flows through the EL element. The current detection data is stored in a volatile primary memory. In accordance with data obtained in this manner, a variation correcting section sequentially corrects data signals to be supplied to the respective pixel. At the time of turning on power, the variation correcting section performs the correction using the current detection data saved in a secondary memory. With this arrangement, it is possible to execute display variation correction from immediately after turning on power, and it is also possible to execute real-time correction.
US08542165B2	Organic light emitting display An organic light emitting display includes a scan driver configured to supply scan signals to scan lines and to supply emission control signals to emission control lines, a data driver configured to supply data signals and an initialization voltage to data lines, and pixels positioned at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines, each of the pixels comprising an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source and having a second electrode coupled to the first power source and a first electrode coupled to the OLED, wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor of a first pixel from among the pixels positioned on an ith (“i” is a positive integer) horizontal line is coupled to a corresponding one of the data lines via a second pixel from among the pixels positioned on an (i−1)th horizontal line in a period where the initialization voltage is supplied to the data lines.
US08542164B2	Display device To provide a high-performance and highly reliable display device with a high aperture ratio, including light-emitting elements, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a technique for manufacturing such a display device at a low cost with high productivity. A compensating circuit, a light-emitting element, a switch, and a transistor are included, in which one terminal of the switch is electrically connected to the compensating circuit, a gate of the transistor is electrically connected to the compensating circuit, one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting element, the other of the source and the drain of the transistor is maintained at a certain potential, and a second electrode of the light-emitting element and the other terminal of the switch are electrically connected to the same wire.
US08542158B2	Multi-band MIMO antenna A multi-band antenna system for MIMO applications is adapted to provide high isolation between antennas across a wide range of frequencies. Multiple Isolated Magnetic Dipole (IMD) antennas are co-located and connected with a feed network that can include switches that adjust phase length for transmission lines connecting the antennas. Filtering is integrated into the feed network to improve rejection of unwanted frequencies. Filtering can also be implemented on the antenna structure. Either one or multi-port antennas can be used.
US08542155B2	Wireless communications device and housing for a wireless communications device A housing for a wireless communications device includes a metal cover. An aperture is formed in the metal cover adjacent an antenna to limit interference with transmissions through the antenna, while providing structural strength to the housing. The opposing side of the housing is made from a material that allows transmission from the antenna with limited interference, thereby providing omni-directional transmissions.
US08542149B2	Antenna and electronic device equipped with same An antenna according to the present invention comprises: a conductor plate with an axisymmetrical shape; a slot formed on the conductor plate; and a feeding point provided on the axisymmetrical axis of the conductor plate, in which the conductor plate is folded along two locations that are parallel to the axisymmetrical axis toward mutually different directions.
US08542147B2	Precise absolute time transfer from a satellite system Various techniques are provided for obtaining a precise absolute time using a satellite system. In one example, a method of transferring precise absolute time from a satellite to a device includes receiving data from a messaging channel, wherein the data has a frame structure. The method also includes using the data to identify the satellite and a position of the satellite, correcting for signal time of flight using the satellite identity and the position, and using the data as a time reference to align a receiver clock to the frame structure. The method also includes, with the receiver clock aligned to the frame structure, receiving a precision time signal from the satellite, wherein the precision time signal comprises a periodic repeating code. The method also includes determining a timing phase of the code and using the timing phase to determine a precise absolute time.
US08542146B2	Generalized partial fixing Described is a generalized approach for integer parameter estimation, especially in the context of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The problem solved is the case where a definitively correct integer solution cannot be identified for all ambiguity parameters in a reliable way. The proposed solution is to apply a linear transformation to the ambiguities (multiply with a matrix) such that the images of the first and the second candidate (or more) are identical. That way, from the first and second (and possibly more) candidates of the integer least-squares solution, a subset of ambiguity combinations is derived that can be fixed. Thus, it is no longer necessary to choose between the solutions as they coincide for the new ambiguities. The advantage of this approach is maximizing all information still available when finally deriving additional parameters such as position, clock error, atmospheric errors and/or time correlated noise. This technique is applicable to real-time and post-processing applications, as well as to pure GNSS applications, GNSS integrated with other sensors (e.g. INS) and other applications that have to resolve multiple integer ambiguities. This may also apply to optical distance-measurement. GNSS applications include kinematic and static positioning with single base stations as well as with multiple base stations or reference station networks. They also comprise the integer parameter estimation methods used within the reference station network computations.
US08542140B2	Exponential-logarithmic analog-to-digital converter An analog to digital converter by using an exponential-logarithmic model includes an exponential circuit which acquires an analog input voltage and generates an analog output voltage that is an exponential function of the input voltage. A positive feedback circuit that succeeds the exponential circuit exhibits a natural logarithmic characteristic. A comparator is connected to the positive feedback circuit to compare an output voltage of the positive feedback circuit with a reference voltage. Via the exponential-logarithmic conversion technique, the time interval or pulse produced by the positive feedback circuit is a linear function of the magnitude of the input voltage. Based on the comparator output, a counter is employed to translate the analog input signal to its digital representation.
US08542139B2	Current switch driving circuit and digital to analog converter Provided are a current switch driving circuit generating a signal for driving a current switch, and a digital-to-analog converter using the same. The current switch driving circuit includes a first PMOS transistor in which a source terminal is connected to a power supply terminal, a gate terminal receives an input signal, and a drain terminal outputs a driving signal, an NMOS transistor in which a drain terminal is connected to the drain terminal of the first PMOS transistor, and a gate terminal receives the input signal, a second PMOS transistor in which a source terminal is connected to a source terminal of the NMOS transistor, a gate terminal is connected to a bias voltage terminal, and a drain terminal is connected to a ground terminal, and a control current source allowing the second PMOS transistor to be maintained constantly in an ON state.
US08542136B1	Data compression system and related methods A data compression system comprising a transmit side having a first receive interface adapted to receive a first quantity of data from a first channel and a compression controller coupled to the first receive interface, a lossless compression controller, and a bandwidth monitor, the lossy compression controller and the bandwidth monitor coupled to a first transmit interface adapted to transmit a compressed first quantity of data into a second telecommunication channel wherein the bandwidth monitor evaluates the bandwidth of the second telecommunication channel and communicates with the compression controller. A decimation controller is adapted to lossy compress a portion of a second data quantity in the first telecommunication channel in response to a lossy compression control signal communicated by the compression controller to form a reduced second data quantity if the compression controller determines, that the bandwidth second transmission channel is insufficient to carry the first data quantity when compressed.
US08542133B2	Backlit haptic key Various embodiments provide keyboards that utilize electrically-deformable material as an actuating mechanism to provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some embodiments, the electrically-deformable material is utilized to impart, to a depressed key or keyboard element, a multi-vectored movement that produces a perceived acceleration of the key or keyboard element thus providing a user with haptic feedback which simulates a snapover movement. In at least some embodiments, a light source can be mounted or otherwise positioned relatively close to and beneath the top surface of one or more keys or keyboard elements to backlight a portion or portions of a keyboard.
US08542123B2	Multi-mode communication ingestible event markers and systems, and methods of using the same Aspects of the invention include multi-mode communication ingestible event marker devices. Ingestible event marker devices of the invention include an ingestible component comprising a conductive communication module and at least one additional non-conductive communication module. The non-conductive communication module may be integrated with the ingestible component or at least a portion or all of the non-conductive communication module may be associated with a packaging component of the ingestible event marker device. Additional aspects of the invention include systems that include the devices and one or more receivers, as well as methods of using the same.
US08542122B2	Glucose measurement device and methods using RFID A glucose monitoring system, includes a glucose sensor strip or package of strips. The strip includes a substrate and a glucose monitoring circuit that has electrodes and a bodily fluid application portion of selected chemical composition. An antenna is integrated with the glucose sensor strip. An RFID sensor chip is coupled with the glucose sensor strip and the antenna. The chip has a memory containing digitally-encoded data representing calibration and/or expiration date information for the strip.
US08542118B2	Presence detection system and method A presence detection system for detecting objects which move through an entrance of a space. The system is based on the idea to create a signature of a moving object which can be used to determine whether the object is a human being.
US08542117B1	Predictive alert targeting for mass notification systems A system and a method are disclosed for predicting potential reach of an alert to a targeted audience, targeted personal delivery devices and targeted non-personal notification delivery devices in an emergency mass notification system. The method includes receiving recipients and alert delivery devices data which define a targeted audience and devices of an emergency alert. The method further comprises evaluating contact and configuration data targeting quality rating, tracking data targeting quality rating and real-time data targeting quality rating based on the received recipients and devices data and a data sources repository. Responsive to the targeting quality ratings and prediction weighting data (e.g., numeric weights and descriptive thresholds), the method generating one or more predictions of the potential reach of the alert based on the targeting quality ratings.
US08542116B2	Hazard alarm with a variable holding region for a supply element A danger sensor (100) is described which features a first housing part (110), a second housing part (120), a detector unit (112) for detecting of a danger situation, wherein the detector unit (112) is arranged in or at the first housing part (110), and an electrical connection (114a, 114b) for connecting of at least one supply element (142a, 142b) which provides electric power to the detector unit (112) during operation. The first housing part (110) together with the second housing part (110) is designed so that a holding area is present between the two housing parts (110, 120) for the at least one supply element (142a, 142b), and that the volume of the holding area is variable by means of a volume adjustment element (130). Furthermore, an element (130) is described for adapting a danger sensor to different requirements regarding the power supply; also described is an arrangement for detecting of a danger situation and a method for retrofitting of the power supply to a danger sensor (100).
US08542113B2	Apparatus and method for determining location and tracking coordinates of a tracking device A device and method to monitor location coordinates of an electronic tracking device are disclosed here. The device includes circuitry to receive at least one portion of a receive communication signal comprising location coordinates information; accelerometer circuitry to measure differential positioning of the portable electronic tracking device; and a battery power monitor configured to selectively activate and deactivate at least one portion of the transceiver circuitry and location tracking circuitry. The method includes receiving at a portable electronic tracking device at least one portion of a receive communication signal comprising location coordinates information; measuring differential positioning of the portable electronic tracking device; and activating and deactivating at least one portion of the transceiver circuitry and location tracking circuitry.
US08542112B2	Navigation system with physical activity safety mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a navigation system includes: monitoring a participant's movement, the participant's movement is movement to a sequence of locations; identifying a movement area based on the participant's movement in a physical activity; generating a safety zone encompassing the movement area; monitoring an intrusion into the safety zone; and generating a notification of a dangerous situation based on the intrusion for displaying on a device.
US08542110B2	Mobile terminal and object displaying method using the same A display method for a mobile terminal includes displaying an active object on a display of a mobile terminal, the active object being able to be manipulated by a user, and detecting a degree of tilt of the mobile terminal relative to a reference plane. The method further includes responsive to the detecting of the degree of tilt, displaying a selectable plurality of inactive objects on the display, highlighting an object of the plurality of inactive objects responsive to user touch input relative to an associated one of the plurality of inactive objects, and deactivating the active object and displaying the highlighted object as a presently active object on the display responsive to user touch input relative to the highlighted object.
US08542109B2	Foliage penetrating sensor array for intrusion detection An intrusion detection system that provides foliage penetration is disclosed employing an array of field disturbance transceivers operating at UHF frequencies. The array of transceivers generate a multiplicity of electromagnetic wave fields between nearby units and detect the presence of intruders by detecting disturbances in these fields. The emitted UHF signals used to generate the electromagnetic wave fields are also used to provide the communication link between transceivers in the array and to a control station. The control station facilitates the operation of the array from a remote monitoring site. A unique method of array deployment provides multiple opportunities to detect an intruder and secondarily provides redundant communication links in case of a sensor failure. Automatic means of setting detection thresholds based on environmental conditions assures a high probability of detection along with a low false alarm rate.
US08542101B2	Data recovery method and apparatus for radio frequency identification Provided are an RFID reader and a data recovery method which selectively selects only an integrity-checked phase signal, when receiving a backscattered signal of an RFID tag through an I signal path or a Q signal path, and may reduce a shadow area of a read range. The RFID reader includes a signal receiver which receives a plurality of phase signals; a symbol detector which recovers data with respect to each of the received phase signals; and a signal selector which selects a signal that satisfies a predetermined standard, from the data-recovered phase signals.
US08542096B2	Intelligent observation and identification database system An intelligent video/audio observation and identification database system may define a security zone or group of zones. The system may identify vehicles and individuals entering or exiting the zone through image recognition of the vehicle or individual as compared to prerecorded information stored in a database. The system may alert security personnel as to warrants or other information discovered pertaining to the recognized vehicle or individual resulting from a database search. The system may compare images of a suspect vehicle, such as an undercarriage image, to standard vehicle images stored in the database and alert security personnel as to potential vehicle overloading or foreign objects detected, such as potential bombs. The system may track individuals or vehicles within a zone or between zones. The system may further learn the standard times and locations of vehicles or individuals tracked by the system and alert security personnel upon deviation from standard activity.
US08542093B2	Networked movable barrier operator system A network operator radio module (NORM) configured to be removably attached to a barrier operator comprises a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna, a transceiver antenna, and a microcontroller. The module communicates with a communication network that comprises various nodes configured by a network controller module and a network communication module. Each node may be associated with a network appliance, and may be remotely controlled by sending a suitable function code to the module via local command signals. Furthermore, various local remote transmitters and keyless entry transmitters are configured to transmit function codes to control the module and the associated various network appliances.
US08542091B2	Control of transmitter peak power and duty ratio in a wireless system to maintain average transmitter power and increase communication range When supplying a power from a base station to a terminal station on radio and a distance from a base station to a terminal station is long, it becomes impossible for the terminal station to rectify the power. The feature of the present invention is found in a wireless communication system in which the peak value and duty ratio of a transmission power are controlled simultaneously, keeping the transmission power of a base station below a fixed value, thereby allowing a voltage to be applied to a diode, which is a component of a rectifier circuit possessed by a terminal station, always in excess of a threshold voltage of the diode, and energy is exchanged between the base station and the terminal station below a limit power.
US08542090B2	Anti-theft safety system for a portable, manually operated tool, and the adapted tool of the system The system includes, inside the tool, an electronic module for locking/unlocking the tool, in order to block or authorize its use and, inside a control station, a control module for the tool's locking/unlocking module designed to switch it from the locked state (i1) to the unlocked state (I0). The system applies well to tools for sealing, nailing and other similar applications.
US08542087B1	Combined audio/video monitor and light box assembly Apparatus including a combined monitor and display assembly installable in an area occupied by an individual, and at the location occupied by the individual's caregiver. There is a microphone and video camera to provide sounds generated by the individual or an image of the individual and an audio or video transmitter connected to the microphone and camera to transmit a signal from the microphone and video camera that is intercepted by a mobile telephone so that the signal can be heard or seen by an observer at a site remote from the enclosure. The distress sounds are pre-programmed into the device so that only pre-selected distress sounds cause the mobile telephone to be contacted.
US08542084B1	Circuit protection device and trip unit for use with a circuit protection device A trip unit for use with a circuit protection device including a trip mechanism includes a support bracket and a magnet member coupled to the support bracket. The magnet member is configured to emit a magnetic field when a current is transmitted through the trip mechanism. The magnet member includes a first side portion, a second side portion, and a rear portion coupled between the first side portion and the second side portion. The trip unit also includes a pivot arm pivotally coupled to the support bracket. The pivot arm includes a first end, a second end, and a curved portion coupled to the first end and the second end. The pivot arm is configured to pivot towards the magnet member to cause the trip mechanism to interrupt the current when the current exceeds a first threshold.
US08542081B2	Molded orthomode transducer In an exemplary embodiment, a dual-band four-port orthomode transducer (OMT) is molded or cast. The OMT may be external to a transceiver housing or included as an integrated portion of the transceiver housing or a drop-in module. In an exemplary embodiment, a four-port OMT is formed from two pieces, the two pieces having a joint adjacent to or aligned to the axis of the common port. In an exemplary embodiment, the OMT is substantially planar and formed of a split-block embodiment. The two OMT pieces are joined and held together with a plurality of discrete fasteners. Furthermore, the OMT is configured to switch polarizations. The polarization switching is initiated using a remote signal and can facilitate load balancing.
US08542070B2	Piezoelectric vibrator, oscillator, electronic apparatus, and radio-controlled timepiece There are provided a piezoelectric vibrator capable of suppressing vibration leakage while securing mounting strength of a piezoelectric vibrating reed and an oscillator, an electronic apparatus, and a radio-controlled timepiece each using the piezoelectric vibrator. The piezoelectric vibrator includes: a package that accommodates a piezoelectric vibrating reed; and a bump that mounts the base portion of the piezoelectric vibrating reed on a package. The bump includes a plurality of main bumps which is arranged in a line in the width direction of the base portion so as to be bonded to the base portion; and an auxiliary bump which is bonded to the base portion in an area between the main bumps disposed at both ends in the width direction of the base portion and an area between the main bumps and base ends of the vibrating arms in the longitudinal direction of the base portion.
US08542069B2	Method for trimming an adjustable oscillator to match a CAN-bus and a CAN-bus communication controller A method for trimming a cycle time of an adjustable oscillator to match a Controller Area Network-bus (CAN-bus) operating with a predetermined bit time includes determining a measured number of cycles of an adjustable oscillator between a first signal and a second signal within a CAN frame transmitted on a CAN-bus; determining an information about a present cycle time of the adjustable oscillator using the measured number of cycles and a nominal number of cycles per bit time; and trimming a cycle time of an adjustable oscillator to match the CAN-bus operating with a predetermined bit time based on the determined information.
US08542068B2	Oscillator with highly-adjustable bang-bang control A device may include an oscillator to generate a clock signal based on first and second control signals. The oscillator may include a first buffer stage a second buffer stage. The first buffer stage may output a first signal that is based on an output of the second buffer stage and the first control signal. The second buffer stage may output the clock signal. The clock signal may be based on the first signal and the second control signal.
US08542067B2	Oscillation circuit and image display device Disclosed is an oscillation circuit. The oscillation circuit supplies predetermined oscillation signals to a generating circuit having a divider, a phase comparator, and a generator. A clock signal generating section generates clock signals in a cycle based on the comparison results from the phase comparator. A clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals generated by the clock signal generating section to generate the predetermined oscillation signals and supplies the predetermined oscillation signals to the divider. The clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals such that the cycle of sampling signals generated by the generator is the same as a predetermined cycle which is the cycle of a clock for use in generating image signals.
US08542064B2	Methods and apparatus to control power in a printer Methods and apparatus to control power in a printer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first field effect transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, the second terminal coupled with a first voltage input. The example apparatus further includes a second field effect transistor having a fourth terminal, a fifth terminal, and a sixth terminal, the fourth terminal coupled with the first terminal of the first field effect transistor, the fifth terminal coupled with a second voltage input. The example apparatus further includes a first comparator having a first input coupled to the first input voltage, having a second input coupled to the second input voltage, and having an output coupled with the third terminal.
US08542061B2	Charge pump based power amplifier envelope power supply and bias power supply The present disclosure relates to a direct current (DC)-DC converter, which includes a charge pump based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) envelope power supply and a charge pump based PA bias power supply. The DC-DC converter is coupled between RF PA circuitry and a DC power supply, such as a battery. As such, the PA envelope power supply provides an envelope power supply signal to the RF PA circuitry and the PA bias power supply provides a bias power supply signal to the RF PA circuitry. Both the PA envelope power supply and the PA bias power supply receive power via a DC power supply signal from the DC power supply. The PA envelope power supply includes a charge pump buck converter and the PA bias power supply includes a charge pump.
US08542060B2	Constant current circuit A constant current circuit includes a depletion type MOS transistor, a first current mirror circuit, and a second current mirror circuit. The first and second current mirror circuits each include first and second MOS transistors where a gate of the first and second MOS transistors is connected to a drain of the first MOS transistor. A third MOS transistor has a gate connected to one terminal of a resistor and to the drain of the first MOS transistor of the first current mirror circuit, a source connected to a ground terminal, and a drain connected to an output terminal of the second current mirror circuit.
US08542056B2	High voltage transmission switch, namely for ultrasound applications A high voltage transmission switch comprises a switching block coupled between a connection terminal to a load and a low voltage output terminal and comprising at least a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor coupled between the connection terminal and the low voltage output terminal and interconnected at a first circuit node; and a driving circuit coupled between a positive low voltage supply reference and a negative high voltage supply reference and having an output terminal connected to the switching block. The driving circuit including at least a first driving transistor coupled between the positive low voltage supply reference and the output terminal and a second driving transistor coupled between the output terminal and the negative high voltage supply reference.
US08542051B2	Level shift circuit and semiconductor device A level shift circuit including a level conversion unit that converts an input signal having a signal level of a first voltage into a signal having a signal level of a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage. The level conversion unit includes first and second MOS transistors of a first conductivity type and third and fourth MOS transistors of a second conductivity type, which differs from the first conductivity type and of which switching is controlled in accordance with the input signal. The third and fourth MOS transistors include drains supplied with the second voltage via the first and second MOS transistors, respectively. A control unit, when detecting a decrease in the first voltage, controls a body bias of the third and fourth MOS transistors to decrease a threshold voltage of the third and fourth MOS transistors.
US08542039B2	High-speed pre-driver and voltage level converter with built-in de-emphasis for HDMI transmit applications In an example, a high-speed pre-driver and voltage level converter with built-in de-emphasis for HDMI transmit applications is provided. An exemplary integrated circuit includes a serializer, a pre-driver coupled to receive a differential input from the serializer, and a driver. The pre-driver includes all-p-type metal-oxide-silicon (PMOS) cross-coupled level converter comprising four PMOS transistors and two de-emphasis PMOS transistors forming a de-emphasis tap coupled to the output of the cross-coupled level converter. The driver is coupled to the pre-driver output and is configured to receive a differential input from the pre-driver.
US08542036B2	Transmitter having source follower voltage regulator A transmitter suitable for signal driving of a semiconductor device includes a driving power voltage generator and an output driver. The driving power voltage generator includes an NMOS transistor having a drain connected with a first voltage supply terminal, a gate connected to receive a second voltage lower than a voltage of the first voltage supply terminal, and a source outputting an output driving voltage and configured to perform source follower voltage regulating.
US08542033B2	Domino logic circuits and pipelined domino logic circuits A domino logic circuit includes a first evaluation unit, a second evaluation unit and an output unit. The first evaluation unit precharges a first dynamic node, discharges a footer node in a first phase of a clock signal, and evaluates a plurality of input signals to determine a logic level of the first dynamic node in a second phase of the clock signal. The second evaluation unit precharges a second dynamic node in the first phase of the clock signal, and determines a logic level of the second dynamic node in response to a logic level of the footer node in the second phase of the clock signal. The output unit provides an output signal having a logic level according to levels of a first voltage of the first dynamic node and a second voltage of the second dynamic node.
US08542030B2	Three-dimensional (3D) stacked integrated circuit testing Testing of a three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit includes defining a first group of parts by a region and/or layer on the 3D integrated circuit. The testing further includes applying a first intensity of stress test conditions to the first group of parts. The testing also includes defining a second group of parts by a region and/or layer on the 3D integrated circuit that is different from the first group of parts. The testing further includes and applying a second intensity of stress test conditions to the second group of parts. The second intensity of stress test conditions is greater than the first intensity and is determined by sensitivities identified for each of the first and second group of parts. A determination is made whether the 3D integrated circuit passed the testing based upon results of application of the first and second intensities of stress test conditions.
US08542028B2	Inspection circuit, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus An inspection circuit for inspecting an electro-optic device that includes a data line, a scanning line, a pixel portion, a driving circuit, and a first terminal portion through which a first power supply voltage is supplied to the driving circuit. The inspection circuit includes an inspection line electrically connected to an inspection unit inspecting the pixel portion, a connection circuit electrically connecting the inspection line to the data line, and a supply circuit supplying a control signal for controlling conduction between the data line and the inspection line to the connection circuit. The supply circuit is driven using a second power supply voltage supplied through a second terminal portion.
US08542027B2	Probe card A probe card is provided. The probe card can serialize, analogize and divide a digital signal by a analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a power divided unit respectively. The probe card can increase signal channels, and is not restricted by signal channels of a tester to test more DUTs simultaneously. Moreover, the probe card has fine impedance matching and channels separating to raise testing efficiency and reduce signal loss.
US08542026B2	Apparatus for estimating fuel-cell hydrogen concentration and fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an impedance measuring instrument, and a control device. The control device is connected to the impedance measuring instrument. The impedance measuring instrument measures the impedance of the fuel cell according to the AC impedance method. The control device stores in advance a reference value corresponding to a reference hydrogen concentration. The control device compares the real part Z′ of impedance acquired via the impedance measuring instrument against the reference value. When Z′ is equal to or greater than the reference value, the control device estimates the hydrogen concentration of the fuel cell to be equal to or less than the reference hydrogen concentration.
US08542023B2	Highly selective chemical and biological sensors Methods and sensors for selective fluid sensing are provided. Each sensor includes a resonant inductor-capacitor-resistor (LCR) sensor that is coated with a sensing material. In order to collect data, an impedance spectrum is acquired over a relatively narrow frequency range, such as the resonant frequency range of the LCR circuit. A multivariate signature may be calculated from the acquired spectrum to discern the presence of certain fluids and/or fluid mixtures. The presence of fluids is detected by measuring the changes in dielectric, dimensional, resistance, charge transfer, and other changes in the properties of the materials employed by observing the changes in the resonant electronic properties of the circuit. By using a mathematical procedure, such as principal components analysis (PCA) and others, multiple fluids and mixtures can be detected in the presence of one another, even in a high humidity environment or an environment wherein one or more fluids has a substantially higher concentration (e.g. 10×, 1,000,000×) compared to other components in the mixture.
US08542019B2	Microwave ablation generator control system A microwave energy delivery and measurement system, including a microwave energy source configured to delivery microwave energy to a microwave energy delivery device, a measurement system configured to measure at least one parameter of the microwave energy delivery device and a switching network configured to electrically isolate the microwave energy source and the measurement system. The measurement system is configured to actively measure in real time at least one parameter related to the microwave energy delivery device.
US08542018B2	Power transmitting apparatus A power transmitting apparatus includes: a first magnetic resonance coil that externally transmits power as energy through magnetic resonance; a first power transmitting-and-receiving unit that supplies power to at least the first magnetic resonance coil; a second magnetic resonance coil that accepts the magnetic field energy through magnetic resonance occurring between the first magnetic resonance coil and the second magnetic resonance coil; a second power transmitting-and-receiving unit that accepts the power at least with reference to the second magnetic resonance coil; a main power supply; and a power supply-management unit configured to select either the power accepted by the second power transmitting-and-receiving unit or power transmitted from the main power supply, and transmit the selected power to the first power transmitting-and-receiving unit and/or transmit the power accepted by the second power transmitting-and-receiving unit and the power transmitted from the main power supply to the first power transmitting-and-receiving unit in combination.
US08542013B2	Method and device for a magnetic resonance system control sequence A method and a control sequence determination device for determining a magnetic resonance system control sequence is provided. A multichannel pulse train with a plurality of individual RF pulse trains is sent out by a magnetic resonance system over different independent radio-frequency channels in parallel. Based on a prespecified k-space gradient trajectory and a prespecified target magnetization, a multichannel pulse train is calculated in an RF pulse optimization method, where in an RF exposure optimization method, the k-space gradient trajectory is optimized using a function parameterizable at least with respect to an RF exposure value of an object under examination.
US08542012B2	Through-time non-cartesian grappa calibration Example systems and methods control a parallel magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) apparatus to acquire non-Cartesian (e.g., spiral) calibration data sets throughout time. Example systems and methods also control the pMRI apparatus to acquire an under-sampled non-Cartesian data set from the object to be imaged. Example systems and methods then control the pMRI apparatus to reconstruct an image of the object to be imaged from the under-sampled non-Cartesian data set. The reconstruction depends, at least in part, on a through-time non-Cartesian GRAPPA calibration where a value for a point missing from k-space in the under-sampled non-Cartesian data set is computed using a GRAPPA weight set calibrated and applied for the missing point. The GRAPPA weight set is computed from data in the non-Cartesian calibration data sets.
US08542008B2	Displacement sensor A displacement sensor includes a primary coil (2), secondary coils (4a, 4b), and a movable magnetic core (6) movable with displacement of an object to be measured to cause voltages generated in the secondary coils (4a, 4b) to vary. The secondary coils (4a, 4b) are differentially interconnected. A polyphase signal generating unit (10) generates two-phase component signals having different phases, from a differentially combined output voltage of the secondary coils (4a, 4b). Full-wave rectifying units (16, 18) rectify the polyphase component signals, the rectified polyphase component signals are combined in a combiner (22), and the combiner output is applied to a low-pass filter (24).
US08542005B2	Connecting digital storage oscilloscopes An apparatus includes a first oscilloscope having multiple channels, and a second oscilloscope having multiple channels. The first oscilloscope is configured to operate as a master or as a slave. The first oscilloscope operates as the master by using a first trigger signal and a first clock signal that are native to the first oscilloscope, and the first oscilloscope operates as the slave by using a second trigger signal and a second clock signal that are native to the second oscilloscope. The second oscilloscope is configured to operate as the master or as the slave. The second oscilloscope operates as the master by using the second trigger signal and the second clock signal, and the second oscilloscope operates as the slave by using the first trigger signal and the first clock signal.
US08542004B2	Semiconductor device and driving method of the same An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure in which stored data can be held even when power is not supplied, and the number of times of writing is not limited. The semiconductor device is formed using a wide gap semiconductor and includes a potential change circuit which selectively applies a potential either equal to or different from a potential of a bit line to a source line. Thus, power consumption of the semiconductor device can be sufficiently reduced.
US08542002B2	System and method for performing power spectral density and power level measurements A system and method for performing power spectral density (PSD) and power level measurements for measuring PSD required by 10GBaseT applications, using a single test and measurement instrument, such as a real time oscilloscope is described. That is, an oscilloscope includes processing circuitry which receives an input signal and converts it to raw data, it then transforms the raw data into specific analyzed displayable data by algorithmically deriving PSD from spectral data and plotting the PSD data along with limit values on a display screen of the oscilloscope.
US08542001B2	Power circuit for reducing standby power consumption In a power circuit for reducing standby power consumption, a power supply is defined to include a primary power system and a stationary power system. The stationary power system outputs a stationary power after obtaining an input power. A control unit controls ON/OFF of the primary power system, obtains the stationary power as the required power, and receives a PS ON/OFF signal for triggering the control unit, so that the control unit controls the primary power system to supply a primary output power. The power supply includes a switch unit having two ends connected to a power circuit for outputting the stationary power and a virtual load respectively. The PS ON/OFF signal is provided for controlling the switch unit. If the switch unit does not receive the PS ON/OFF signal, it is OFF in a standby mode to avoid unnecessary power consumption of the virtual load.
US08541995B2	Multiphase power regulator with active transient response circuitry A multiphase power regulator includes a multiphase pulse width modulator, an output stage and an active transient response circuit. The output stage includes a high side transistor, a low side transistor and an inductor. The output stage is configured to supply power to a load responsive to signals generated by the multiphase pulse width modulator. The active transient response circuit is coupled between the output stage and the multiphase pulse width modulator and configured to detect the voltage level at the output stage and provide a signal to the multiphase pulse width modulator that is a function of the amplitude of the deviation of the detected voltage level from a target voltage.
US08541989B2	Power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus includes: an AC generator including an AC generating section, and a rectifier for rectifying an AC voltage generated in the AC generating section, and outputting a DC voltage; and a DC/DC converter for converting the output voltage of the rectifier into a DC voltage having a different voltage value, wherein the output voltage of the rectifier is set to be larger than the output voltage of the DC/DC converter in accordance with the rotation speed of the AC generating section and the amount of power supply to an electrical load connected to the DC/DC converter, and is stepped down and outputted by using the DC/DC converter. The power supply apparatus is capable of increasing an output power efficiently.
US08541988B2	Rotary electric machine improved to carry out load-dump protection A rectifying unit rectifies an alternating current voltage induced across each of at least two-phase stator windings. A turn-on unit monitors an output voltage of the rectifying unit, and turns on a switching element as a low-side rectifying element for at least one of the at least two-phase stator windings when the output voltage exceeds a first threshold voltage due to load dump. After the output voltage, which exceeded the first threshold voltage once, falls below a second threshold voltage, a turnoff unit waits for turnoff of the switching element until a turnoff time suited for preventing occurrence of a surge across the at least one of the at least two-phase stator windings appears. The second threshold voltage is set to be lower than the first threshold voltage. The turnoff unit turns off, at the appearance of the turnoff time, the switching element.
US08541982B2	Battery system A battery system including an assembled battery, a charge mode for charging the assembled battery and a discharge mode for converting electric energy charged in the assembled battery to AC power having the same or substantially the same frequency as a grid and supplying the AC power to a power supply line through which the grid and a load are connected further including a current detector for detecting current supplied to the load, and a control device for calculating an average power usage of past several days based on current being detected by the current detector, and converting the amount of electric power corresponding to the difference between the average power usage and a power usage based on the current value from the current detector to the AC power from the assembled battery to the load in the discharge mode to supply the AC power to the power supply line.
US08541979B2	System and method for balancing voltage of individual battery cells within a battery pack Systems and methods for actively balancing battery cells are disclosed. In one example, a charge is supplied to different battery cells at different times during a battery discharge cycle. The method may reduce instantaneous current draw within a battery pack.
US08541977B2	Coil unit and electronic instrument A coil unit includes a planar coil that has a transmission side and a non-transmission side, a magnetic sheet provided over the non-transmission side of the planar coil, and a heat sink/magnetic shield plate stacked on a side of the magnetic sheet opposite to a side that faces the planar coil, the heat sink/magnetic shield plate dissipating heat generated by the planar coil and shielding magnetism by absorbing a magnetic flux that has not been absorbed by the magnetic sheet. The heat sink/magnetic shield plate has a thickness larger than that of the magnetic sheet.
US08541976B2	Vehicle mounted personal device battery charging station and operating methods to avoid interference A method and apparatus are presented for inductive charging of battery operated devices in a motor vehicle, in which a passive vehicle entry and/or starting system selectively disables or reduces provision of power to a primary coil of an inductive charging station while the passive system communicates with an external user device such as a key fob controller to avoid or mitigate electromagnetic interference.
US08541973B2	Single stage low boost/buck ratio stand-alone solar energy power generating circuit and system thereof A single stage low boost/buck ratio stand-alone solar energy power generating circuit with a system thereof is a simplification of a two-stage type circuit. The two-stage circuit, which has a storage unit, a charging converter circuit for charging the storage unit, and a discharging converter circuit for discharging the stored power to a load, is analyzed and categorized such that a circuit structure is selected via a suitable simplified combination to commonly use the elements constituting the charging and the discharging converter circuits so as to form the single stage circuit with less elements, volume and weight for reducing the production cost of the circuit.
US08541970B2	Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector n space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and method for their use are also provided.
US08541968B2	Method for reducing cogging torque effects of an electrical permanent magnet machine A method for reducing cogging torque effects of an electrical permanent magnet machine includes running an “a” test and a “b” test with different cogging compensation signals. A first value is calculated by multiplying a complex cogging amplitude of the compensation signal applied for the “a” test with a complex amplitude of a vibration signal resulting from cogging torque of the “b” test. A second value is calculated by multiplying a complex cogging amplitude of the compensation signal applied for the “b” test with a complex amplitude of the vibration signal resulting from cogging torque of the “a” test. A desired complex cogging compensation amplitude is calculated by dividing the difference between the first and second values by a difference between the complex amplitudes of the vibration signals resulting from the “b” test and the “a” test. A cogging compensation torque is applied to the machine based on the desired complex cogging compensation amplitude.
US08541963B2	Electrodynamic braking device for a universal motor The invention relates to an electrodynamic braking device and to a method for braking a universal motor having a field winding and an armature. The universal motor can be switched from a motor mode to a braking mode. In the motor mode, the armature and the field winding are supplied with an alternating current of a power grid. In the braking mode, the armature is short-circuited and the field winding continues to be supplied with an alternating current from the power grid. In a first phase of the braking mode, the field winding can be supplied with an alternating current having the frequency of the power grid. In a further phase of the braking mode, the field winding is supplied by the power grid with an alternating current having a frequency that is reduced with respect to the frequency of the power grid.
US08541962B2	Motor driving apparatus A motor driving apparatus includes a motor driving unit, a low-voltage source, a current detecting element, and an insulation resistance degradation determinator. The motor driving unit includes an inverter coupled between a positive DC bus line and a negative DC bus line of a DC power source. The inverter converts DC power into AC power to drive an AC motor. The low-voltage source is coupled between a ground and at least one of the positive DC bus line and the negative DC bus line. The current detecting element detects a closed circuit current flowing through a closed circuit of the low-voltage source, the AC motor, and a part of the inverter. The insulation resistance degradation determinator makes a comparison between the closed circuit current and a predetermined threshold, and configured to determine, based on the comparison, whether an insulation resistance of the AC motor is degraded.
US08541957B2	Power converter having a feedback circuit for constant loads A power converter having a feedback circuit for constant loads includes an input, a switch, an input voltage sense circuit, a feedback circuit, and a controller. The input is to be coupled to receive an input voltage and the switch is coupled to the input. The input voltage sense circuit is coupled to the input to generate an input voltage sense signal representative of the input voltage. The feedback circuit is coupled to an output of the power converter, where the output is electrically coupled to the input. The feedback circuit generates a feedback signal representative of an output voltage of the power converter. The controller is coupled to the feedback circuit and to the input voltage sense circuit to control switching of the switch to regulate an output current at the output of the power converter in response to the feedback signal and the input voltage sense signal.
US08541956B2	Light emitting diode driving method and driving circuit A LED driving method includes steps of: providing a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for determining a brightness of a LED; obtaining a duty cycle of the first PWM signal; and selectively enabling the LED to work with a PWM dimming mode or a direct current (DC) dimming mode according to a relative relationship between a magnitude of the obtained duty cycle and a preset threshold value. Since the LED is performed with a two stage brightness control by use of mixed dimming mode, the driving efficiency of the LED can be improved.
US08541955B2	Discharge lamp lighting device, projector, and discharge lamp lighting device control method Provided is an electric discharge lamp lighting device (10) including a control section (40) which performs first control operation for controlling at least the current value, frequency, duty ratio or waveform of a driving current (I) for driving an electric discharge lamp (90). The electric discharge lamp lighting device also includes a signal receiving section (50) for receiving a drive control signal (S) which can control at least the current value, frequency, duty ratio or waveform of the driving current (I) in mode different from the first control operation. The control section (40) performs second control operation for controlling at least the current value, frequency duty ratio or waveform of the driving current (I) based on the drive control signal (S), in the case where the signal receiving section (50) has received the drive control signal (S).
US08541952B2	User control of an LED luminaire for a phase cut dimmer A phase cut angle converter with range detection for a phase cut dimmer constituted of: a phase cut angle detector arranged to detect the phase cut angle presented by the phase cut dimmer blocking a portion of an alternating current mains power sine wave from reaching a power converter, and output a signal whose value is responsive to the detected phase cut angle; a storage functionality constituted of a memory in communication with the phase cut angle detector, the storage functionality arranged to detect each of a minimum value and a maximum value for the detected phase cut angle of the phase cut angle detector and store the minimum value and the maximum value on the memory; and a signal adjustment functionality arranged to convert the detected phase cut angle to a dimming signal responsive to the stored minimum value and the maximum value for the detected phase cut angle.
US08541950B2	Apparatus and method of energy efficient illumination An illumination system reduces a level of light output, and hence power consumption, at a time after turning ON a light source, and increases the level of light output at a time prior to turning OFF the light source. A control subsystem can determine when to increase the level of light based on a predicted time when the light source will be turned OFF. The control subsystem may determine an average or median length of time that the light source has been turned on for a number of recent daily cycles. A control subsystem may be an integral part of a luminaire or may be a retrofit.
US08541949B2	Animal-adapted illumination method and system An illumination method includes emitting light suitable for providing illumination for human activities; detecting an animal indication signal indicative of the presence of an animal; and temporarily changing at least one property of the light in response to the detected presence of the animal.
US08541948B2	Operating device and method for operating at least one Hg low pressure discharge lamp An operating device for operating at least one Hg low-pressure discharge lamp which has a first and a second electrode coil may include a unit for providing a variable that is correlated with the Hg vapor pressure in the at least one Hg low-pressure discharge lamp comprises at least one unit for capturing emission spectra of at least specifiable spectral ranges, wherein the unit for capturing emission spectra may include at least one light receiving unit which is arranged in the beam path of the at least one Hg low-pressure discharge lamp.
US08541945B2	Lighting device Embodiment of the invention include a lighting device having a tubular current-conductive housing, a lamp assembly, an insulator sleeve, and a diffuser globe. The lamp assembly can include one or more lamps such as one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The diffuser globe is preferably a fumed blown glass diffuser globe having a concentrated region for refracting and diffusing light. The diffuser globe can include an internal diffuser for further refraction and control of the light. Embodiments also include a solar powered hook-shaped luminaire having a solar panel, a body member, and a diffuser globe. Embodiments further include a shatter resistant, portable, remote controllable, programmable, rechargeable, and floatable lighting device and/or globe luminaire, which can be automatically, manually, remotely, and/or locally controlled.
US08541941B2	Light emitting element A light emitting element includes a resonator structure which has a first reflecting member, a second reflecting member, and a light emission layer placed between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member, and part of light resonated between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member is transmitted through the first reflecting member or the second reflecting member in the resonator structure. A wavelength at which a resonator output spectrum from the resonator structure has a maximum value is located between a wavelength at which an inner light emission spectrum of the light emission layer has a maximum value and a wavelength at which relative luminous efficiency has a maximum value.
US08541937B2	Lamp for use in light strings A lamp for use in light strings comprises an LED lamp, a lamp stem connected with the LED lamp and a lamp holder in which the lamp stem is arranged, wherein the lamp holder is internally provided with a conductive element electrically connected with wires, the LED lamp is connected with the conductive element through the lamp stem, the conductive element comprises a first conductive element and a second conductive element which are positioned at the left side and the right side in the lamp holder, the lower part of the lamp stem is provided with a protruded end which is clamped between the two conductive elements, the inner wall of the lamp holder is provided with an elastic element which can enable the two conductive elements to be contacted with and conductive with current when the lamp stem is pulled out.
US08541930B2	Piezoelectric component A piezoelectric component includes a stack of piezoelectric layers arranged one on top of the other and first and second electrode layers arranged therebetween. The stack includes at least one first piezoelectric layer having a first electrical coercive force and directly adjacent thereto at least one second piezoelectric layer having a second electrical coercive force different from the first coercive force.
US08541929B2	Piezoelectric devices and methods for manufacturing same Piezoelectric devices and method for making them are disclosed. An exemplary piezoelectric device has a package base defining a cavity on a first surface thereof. An opposing second surface of the package base has at least one through-hole, a mounting electrode on which a piezoelectric vibrating piece is attached, and a respective sealing electrode sealing each through-hole. At least one external electrode is on the second surface, and a lid is bonded to the package base to enclose the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The mounting electrode, sealing electrodes, and external electrodes are formed integrally.
US08541927B2	Power generation unit and light emitting tool A flexible vibration board (12), a piezoelectric element (13) fixed to at least one side of the vibration board (12), and a fixed board (14) and a weight (16) for promoting deformation of the piezoelectric element (13) caused by vibration of the vibration board (12) are provided in the body (10). When the body (10) vibrates by receiving external force, the weight (16) rocks to cause vibration of the vibration board (12), or when the vibration board (12) vibrates, vibration of the vibration board (12) is sustained by the inertia of the weight (16) and the vibration board (12) deforms through vibration thus deforming the piezoelectric element (13) furthermore.
US08541926B2	Nano/micro electro-mechanical relay A nano/micro electro-mechanical relay, comprising an at least one normally open (NO) nano/micro relay switch and an at least one normally closed (NC) nano/micro relay switch. Both the NC nano/micro relay switch and the NO nano/micro relay switch can be switched between their respective normal relay switch positions and their respective actuated relay switch positions. An at least one nano/micro actuator including an at least one piezoelectric stack layer being attached to an at least one elastic layer, wherein the at least one piezoelectric stack layer contracts to deflect the at least one elastic layer, and thereby actuate the at least one nano/micro contact bar to simultaneously switch the NC nano/micro relay switch and the NO nano/micro relay switch between their respective normal relay switch position and their respective actuated relay switch positions.
US08541916B2	Nut securing arrangement for electrical generator A system for securing a nut (24) used to compress a compliant seal (23) surrounding a radial conductor lead (21) of an electric generator (10). The generator has a rotor (11) with the radial conductor lead arranged in a radial lead bore (20) of the rotor and the seal coaxially arranged surrounding the radial lead. A receiving pocket (15) is arranged in a body of the rotor adjacent to the radial lead bore. The nut is arranged coaxially with the radial conductor lead, the nut including a seal contacting surface (35) and a ligament (26) arranged opposite the seal contacting surface, wherein a portion of the ligament is deformed into the receiving pocket to lock the nut against rotation, thereby maintaining a desired degree of compression on the seal.
US08541907B2	Polyphase power distribution and monitoring apparatus A polyphase power distribution and monitoring apparatus having sets of outputs for each phase of power and monitors for each phase of power disposed in the housing. Each monitor provides a visible display of current for an associated phase of power and an audible alarm for each phase of power if the current exceeds a predetermined value or falls below a predetermined value. In three-phase wye power systems, the apparatus preferably includes a neutral line monitor, including a neutral line current display and audio alarm, for the neutral line of the wye power circuit. The apparatus preferably is lightweight, elongated, portable, and mountable to the side of an electronic equipment rack. It may also include additional power monitoring systems such as network power monitoring tools for remotely monitoring the apparatus.
US08541901B2	Wave power generating installation based on the principle of the oscillating water column To increase in particular the level of efficiency in the conversion of sea wave energy into electrical energy there is proposed a wave power generating installation having a chamber for the positive guidance of an oscillating water column, wherein the chamber which is closed in itself below the surface of the water has an opening through which water flows into the chamber and then out again, and a means for taking mechanical energy from the oscillating water column and for converting the mechanical energy into electrical energy. The generating installation according to the invention is distinguished in that the means includes a float body device carried by the water column and a linear generator having a stator and an actuator, wherein the float body device is mechanically operatively connected to the actuator of the linear generator and the actuator for generating electrical energy is reciprocatingly movable by the movement of the float body device relative to the stator of the linear generator.
US08541899B2	Wind turbine generator system, control apparatus therefor, and control method therefor In a control apparatus for a wind turbine generator system, a wind turbine classifying unit classifies a plurality of wind turbines into a first wind turbine group that does not satisfy a rated wind speed condition and a second wind turbine group that satisfies the rated wind speed condition. A first controlling unit releases, for the wind turbines of the first wind turbine group, the output power reducing operation and causes the wind turbines of the first wind turbine group to perform an output power corresponding to a wind condition. A second controlling unit supplements a first deviation, which is a difference between a total output power of the first wind turbine group and a target output power, with an output power from the wind turbine of the second wind turbine group.
US08541893B2	Semiconductor memory device and power line arrangement method thereof A semiconductor memory device and a power line arrangement method are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of pads, each pad including an upper pad and a lower pad arranged below the upper pad, wherein pad power lines are arranged below the lower pads of the plurality of pads in a direction of crossing the pads to interconnect the pads that transmit the same level of electrical power among the plurality of pads.
US08541891B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a first rectangular chip on which wires, electrode pads and chip mounting area are provided, a first dame formed on the first rectangular chip around the electrode pads and the chip mounting area so as to cover the wires and an under fill formed by filling liquid resin between a second rectangular chip mounted on the chip mounting area in a flip-chip manner and the first rectangular chip.
US08541890B2	Substrate based unmolded package A semiconductor die package is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor die package has a substrate. It includes (i) a lead frame structure including a die attach region with a die attach surface and a lead having a lead surface, and (ii) a molding material. The die attach surface and the lead surface are exposed through the molding material. A semiconductor die is on the die attach region, and the semiconductor die is electrically coupled to the lead.
US08541889B2	Probe card including frame and cover plate for testing a semiconductor device A probe card includes a main circuit board electrically connected to a tester in order to test a plurality of unpackaged sets of chips, a frame provided on the main circuit board and including a plurality of sockets for respectively receiving the unpackaged sets of chips, probe blocks respectively provided in the sockets and including a plurality of probes electrically connected to input/output terminals of the unpackaged sets of chips, and a cover plate positioned over the frame and including a plurality of pressure members for pressurizing the unpackaged sets of chips in the sockets.
US08541875B2	Integrated three-dimensional module heat exchanger for power electronics cooling Embodiments discussed herein are directed to a power semiconductor packaging that removes heat from a semiconductor package through one or more cooling zones that are located in a laterally oriented position with respect to the semiconductor package. Additional embodiments are directed to circuit elements that are constructed from one or more modular power semiconductor packages.
US08541871B2	Multilayered lead frame for a semiconductor light-emitting device A lead frame (100) for a semiconductor device is formed by applying nickel plating (102), palladium plating (103), and gold flash plating (104) substantially entirely to lead frame body (101) such as copper thin plate in this order, and further applying silver plating (105) selectively to part of an inner part that is to be enclosed with a package of the semiconductor device. The lead frame (100) may also include a base of the package. The silver plating contributes to an excellent light reflectance and wire bonding efficiency of the inner part, whereas the gold flash plating contributes to an excellent resistance to corrosion and soldering efficiency of an outer part that is outside the package.
US08541869B2	Cleaved facet (Ga,Al,In)N edge-emitting laser diodes grown on semipolar bulk gallium nitride substrates A III-nitride edge-emitting laser diode is formed on a surface of a III-nitride substrate having a semipolar orientation, wherein the III-nitride substrate is cleaved by creating a cleavage line along a direction substantially perpendicular to a nonpolar orientation of the III-nitride substrate, and then applying force along the cleavage line to create one or more cleaved facets of the III-nitride substrate, wherein the cleaved facets have an m-plane or a-plane orientation.
US08541866B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, includes: a stacked structural unit including a plurality of stacked component units stacked in a first direction, each of the stacked component units including a first conducting film made of a semiconductor of a first conductivity type provided perpendicular to the first direction and a first insulating film stacked in the first direction with the first conducting film; a semiconductor pillar piercing the stacked structural unit in the first direction and including a conducting region of a second conductivity type, the semiconductor pillar including a first region opposing each of the first conducting films, and a second region provided between the first regions with respect to the first direction, the second region having a resistance different from a resistance of the first region; and a second insulating film provided between the semiconductor pillar and the first conducting film.
US08541863B2	Data retention in a single poly EPROM cell An electrically programmable read only memory (EPROM) BIT cell structure formed on a semiconductor substrate comprises an N-type epitaxial layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, an N-type well region formed in the epitaxial layer, LOCOS field oxide formed at the periphery of the well region to define an active device region in the well region, a field oxide ring formed in the active region and space-apart from the LOCOS field oxide to define an EPROM BIT cell region, and an EPROM BIT cell formed in the EPROM BIT cell region.
US08541857B2	Backside illumination CMOS image sensors and methods of manufacturing the same Backside illumination CMOS image sensors having convex light-receiving faces and methods of manufacturing the same. A backside illumination CMOS image sensor includes a metal layer, an insulating layer and a photodiode. The insulating layer is on the metal layer. The photodiode is on the insulating layer, and a top face of the photodiode, which receives light, is curved. A method of manufacturing a backside illumination CMOS image sensor including a photodiode having a convex surface includes forming an island smaller than the photodiode on a portion of a light-receiving face of the photodiode, and annealing the island to form the photodiode having the convex light-receiving face.
US08541847B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same, wherein the method comprises: providing a germanium-based semiconductor substrate having a plurality of active regions and device isolation regions between the plurality of the active regions, wherein a gate dielectric layer and a gate over the gate dielectric layer are provided on the active regions, and the active regions include source and drain extension regions and deep source and drain regions; performing a first ion implantation process with respect to the source and drain extension regions, wherein the ions implanted in the first ion implantation process include silicon or carbon; performing a second ion implantation process with respect to the source and drain extension regions; performing a third ion implantation process with respect to the deep source and drain regions; performing an annealing process with respect to the germanium-based semiconductor substrate which has been subjected to the third ion implantation process. According to the method for fabricating a semiconductor device, through the implantation of silicon impurities, appropriate stress may be introduced into the germanium channel effectively by the mismatch of lattices in the source and drain regions, so that the mobility of electrons in the channel is enhanced and the performance of the device is improved.
US08541844B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a semiconductor device in which a bottom-gate TFT or an inverted stagger TFT arranged in each circuit is suitably constructed in conformity with the functionality of the respective circuits, thereby attaining an improvement in the operating efficiency and reliability of the semiconductor device. In the structure, LDD regions in a pixel TFT are arranged so as not to overlap with a channel protection insulating film and to overlap with a gate electrode by at least a portion thereof. LDD regions in an N-channel TFT of a drive circuit is arranged so as not to overlap with a channel protection insulating film and to overlap with a gate electrode by at least a portion thereof. LDD regions in a P-channel TFT of the drive circuit is arranged so as to overlap with a channel protection insulating film and to overlap with the gate electrode.
US08541843B2	Nonvolatile nanotube programmable logic devices and a nonvolatile nanotube field programmable gate array using same Field programmable device (FPD) chips with large logic capacity and field programmability that are in-circuit programmable are described. FPDs use small versatile nonvolatile nanotube switches that enable efficient architectures for dense low power and high performance chip implementations and are compatible with low cost CMOS technologies and simple to integrate.
US08541842B2	High-k transistors with low threshold voltage A semiconductor structure includes a high-k dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate; and a gate layer over the high-k dielectric layer, wherein the gate layer has a negative electrical bias during anneal.
US08541841B2	Semiconductor devices and semiconductor device manufacturing methods Semiconductor devices and semiconductor device manufacturing methods. The semiconductor device manufacturing methods may form a memory cell having a silicon on insulator (SOI) structure only in one or more localized regions of a bulk semiconductor substrate by use selective etching. Accordingly, a different bias voltage may be applied to a peripheral device than to a memory cell having the SOI structure.
US08541838B2	Monolithically-integrated dual surge protective device A monolithically-integrated dual surge protective device and its fabrication method are disclosed. The exemplary dual surge protective device includes a LDMOS device and a diode assembly which is consisted of multiple diodes series-wound on back-to-back basis and whose one end is connected to drain electrode of the LDMOS device and the other end is connected to gate electrode of the LDMOS device. The diode assembly can be fabricated directly in the gate electrode area of the LDMOS device after fabrication of the LDMOS device is completed. The protective device is equivalent to combination of diodes and LDMOS in respect to operating principles and structures, with the advantage of enhanced effect of surge prevention and cost reduction of surge device as it can be integrated into a chip.
US08541837B2	Semiconductor field effect power switching device A semiconductor device having a semiconductor body, a source metallization arranged on a first surface of the semiconductor body and a trench including a first trench portion and a second trench portion and extending from the first surface into the semiconductor body is provided. The semiconductor body further includes a pn-junction formed between a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The first trench portion includes an insulated gate electrode which is connected to the source metallization, and the second trench portion includes a conductive plug which is connected to the source metallization and to the second semiconductor region.
US08541835B2	Schottky FET fabricated with gate last process A field effect transistor (FET) includes a semiconductor on insulator substrate, the substrate comprising a top semiconductor layer; source and drain regions located in the top semiconductor layer; a channel region located in the top semiconductor layer between the source region and the drain region, the channel region having a thickness that is less than a thickness of the source and drain regions; a gate located over the channel region; and a supporting material located over the source and drain regions adjacent to the gate.
US08541833B2	Power transistor device vertical integration A semiconductor component includes a sequence of layers, the sequence of layers including a first insulator layer, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the first insulator layer, a second insulator layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the second insulator layer. The semiconductor component also includes a plurality of devices at least partly formed in the first semiconductor layer. A first one of the plurality of devices is a power transistor formed in a first region of the first semiconductor layer and a first region of the second semiconductor layer. The first region of the first and second semiconductor layers are in electrical contact with one another through a first opening in the second insulator layer.
US08541827B2	Semiconductor memory device including multi-layer gate structure A semiconductor memory device includes a first select transistor, first stepped portion, and a first contact plug. The first select transistor is formed on a side of an upper surface of a substrate and has a first multi-layer gate. The first stepped portion is formed by etching the substrate adjacent to the first multi-layer gate of the first select transistor such that the first stepped portion forms a cavity in the upper surface of the substrate. The first contact plug is formed in the first stepped portion.
US08541824B2	Electronic devices and systems, and methods for making and using the same Some structures and methods to reduce power consumption in devices can be implemented largely by reusing existing bulk CMOS process flows and manufacturing technology, allowing the semiconductor industry as well as the broader electronics industry to avoid a costly and risky switch to alternative technologies. Some of the structures and methods relate to a Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC) design, allowing CMOS based devices to have a reduced σVT compared to conventional bulk CMOS and can allow the threshold voltage VT of FETs having dopants in the channel region to be set much more precisely. The DDC design also can have a strong body effect compared to conventional bulk CMOS transistors, which can allow for significant dynamic control of power consumption in DDC transistors. Additional structures, configurations, and methods presented herein can be used alone or in conjunction with the DDC to yield additional and different benefits.
US08541822B2	Semiconductor device and method for producing the same A semiconductor device comprising at least two wiring layers on a substrate or a surface layer of the substrate, wherein a lower wiring layer of the two wiring layers contains silicon, and a silicon carbide layer is placed between the lower wiring layer and an upper wiring layer.
US08541821B2	Method of forming a non-volatile electron storage memory and the resulting device The invention provides a method of forming an electron memory storage device and the resulting device. The device comprises a gate structure which, in form, comprises a first gate insulating layer formed over a semiconductor substrate, a self-forming electron trapping layer of noble metal nano-crystals formed over the first gate insulating layer, a second gate insulating layer formed over the electron trapping layer, a gate electrode formed over the second gate insulating layer, and source and drain regions formed on opposite sides of the gate structure.
US08541820B2	Semiconductor device including through-electrode According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes the following structure. The first insulating film is formed on a first major surface of a semiconductor substrate. The electrode pad is formed in the first insulating film. The electrode pad includes a conductive film. At least a part of the conductive film includes a free region in which the conductive film is not present. The external connection terminal is formed on a second major surface facing the first major surface. The through-electrode is formed in a through-hole formed from the second major surface side of the semiconductor substrate and reaching the electrode pad. The first insulating film is present in the free region, and a step, on a through-electrode side, between the first insulating film being present in the free region and the electrode pad is not greater than a thickness of the electrode pad.
US08541814B2	Minimizing leakage current and junction capacitance in CMOS transistors by utilizing dielectric spacers A semiconductor structure and method for forming dielectric spacers and epitaxial layers for a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (CMOS transistor) are disclosed. Specifically, the structure and method involves forming dielectric spacers that are disposed in trenches and are adjacent to the silicon substrate, which minimizes leakage current. Furthermore, epitaxial layers are deposited to form source and drain regions, wherein the source region and drain regions are spaced at a distance from each other. The epitaxial layers are disposed adjacent to the dielectric spacers and the transistor body regions (i.e., portion of substrate below the gates), which can minimize transistor junction capacitance. Minimizing transistor junction capacitance can enhance the switching speed of the CMOS transistor. Accordingly, the application of dielectric spacers and epitaxial layers to minimize leakage current and transistor junction capacitance in CMOS transistors can enhance the utility and performance of the CMOS transistors in low power applications.
US08541808B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor light-emitting element mounted on the top surface of the bonding region, and a case covering part of the lead frame. The bottom surface of the bonding region is exposed to the outside of the case. The lead frame includes a thin extension extending from the bonding region and having a top surface which is flush with the top surface of the bonding region. The thin extension has a bottom surface which is offset from the bottom surface of the bonding region toward the top surface of the bonding region.
US08541807B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and light emitting apparatus having the same A semiconductor light emitting device and a light emitting apparatus having the semiconductor light emitting device are provided. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a substrate, a light emitting structure disposed on the substrate and comprising a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer, a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on a plurality of sidewalls of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and wherein the plurality of first electrodes are spaced apart from each other.
US08541806B2	Light emitting diode having electrode pads The present invention relates to a light emitting diode including a substrate, a first conductive type semiconductor layer arranged on the substrate, a second conductive type semiconductor layer arranged on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer, a first electrode pad electrically connected to the first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second electrode pad arranged on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and an insulation layer disposed between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second electrode pad, the insulation layer insulating the second electrode pad from the first conductive type semiconductor layer. At least one upper extension may be electrically connected to the second electrode pad, the at least one upper extension being electrically connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer.
US08541803B2	Cadmium-free re-emitting semiconductor construction Disclosed re-emitting semiconductor constructions (RSCs) may provide full-color RGB or white-light emitting devices that are free of cadmium. Some embodiments may include a potential well that comprises a III-V semiconductor and that converts light of a first photon energy to light of a smaller photon energy, and a window that comprises a II-VI semiconductor having a band gap energy greater than the first photon energy. Some embodiments may include a potential well that converts light having a first photon energy to light having a smaller photon energy and that comprises a II-VI semiconductor that is substantially Cd-free. Some embodiments may include a potential well that comprises a first III-V semiconductor and that converts light having a first photon energy to light having a smaller photon energy, and a window that comprises a second III-V semiconductor and that has a band gap energy greater than the first photon energy.
US08541799B2	Light-emitting element package and fabrication method thereof A light-emitting element package includes a package member for encapsulating a light-emitting element. A plurality of photonic crystal patterns is formed on the package member. A distribution density of the photonic crystal patterns corresponds to light distribution of the light-emitting element. Each photonic crystal pattern consists of a plurality of photonic crystals.
US08541797B2	Illuminator and method for producing such illuminator An illuminator includes a substrate, a structured conductive layer applied to one surface of the substrate, and at least one light source connected to the structured conductive layer. The illuminator further includes an unstructured reflective layer applied on top of the structured conductive layer. The unstructured reflective layer has an essentially continuous extension at least in a surrounding of the at least one light source.
US08541794B2	Nitride semiconductor light-emitting devices A nitride semiconductor device including a light emitting device comprises a n-type region of one or more nitride semiconductor layers having n-type conductivity, a p-type region of one or more nitride semiconductor layers having p-type conductivity and an active layer between the n-type region and the p-type region. In such devices, there is provided with a super lattice layer comprising first layers and second layers which are nitride semiconductors having a different composition respectively. The super lattice structure makes working current and voltage of the device lowered, resulting in realization of more efficient devices.
US08541793B2	Light emitting diode device and method for fabricating the same A light emitting diode device includes: at least one light emitting diode chip, which includes a semiconductor unit, two electrodes that are disposed on an electrode-mounting surface of the semiconductor unit, a light-transmissive insulating layer that is disposed on the electrode-mounting surface and that has two via holes, a reflective metal layer disposed on a portion of the light-transmissive insulating layer, a protective insulating layer that is disposed on the reflective metal layer, a conductor-receiving insulating layer that has two conductor-receiving holes respectively in communication with the via holes, and two conductor units that are formed respectively in the conductor-receiving holes; and a light-transmissive envelope layer that covers a surface of the light emitting diode chip opposite to the electrode-mounting surface, that extends to cover outer lateral surfaces of the light emitting diode chip, and that is doped with a fluorescence powder.
US08541791B2	Source of photons resulting from a recombination of localized excitons A source of photons resulting from a recombination of localized excitons, including a semiconductor layer having a central portion surrounded with heavily-doped regions; above said central portion, a layer portion containing elements capable of being activated by excitons, coated with a first metallization; and under the semiconductor layer, a second metallization of greater extension than the first metallization. The distance between the first and second metallizations is on the order of from 10 to 60 nm; and the lateral extension of the first metallization is on the order of from λ0/10ne to λ0/2ne, where λ0 is the wavelength in vacuum of the emitted light and ne is the effective refractive index of the mode formed in the cavity created by the two metallizations.
US08541775B2	Schottky diode, resistive memory device having schottky diode and method of manufacturing the same A schottky diode, a resistive memory device including the schottky diode and a method of manufacturing the same. The resistive memory device includes a semiconductor substrate including a word line, a schottky diode formed on the word line, and a storage layer formed on the schottky diode. The schottky diode includes a first semiconductor layer, a conductive layer formed on the first semiconductor layer and having a lower work function than the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer formed on the to conductive layer.
US08541767B2	Memory component having an electrical contact free of a metal layer According to embodiments of the present invention, a memory component is provided. The memory component includes a storage component comprising a resistance changing material; and an electrical contact coupled to the storage component, wherein the electrical contact comprises silicide, wherein the memory component is free of a metal layer between the storage component and the electrical contact, and wherein the electrical contact is free of a metal layer.
US08541761B2	Portable dosimeter A radiation dosimeter including one or more optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) sensors.
US08541760B2	Method for calibrating a deflection unit in a TIRF microscope, TIRF microscope, and method for operating the same The invention relates to a method for calibrating a deflection unit in a TIRF microscope, by means of which an angle of incidence of excitation light onto a specimen is adjusted, wherein a setting of said deflection unit is adjusted such that the pertaining angle of incidence is definitely greater or definitely smaller than an anticipated critical angle for total reflection of the excitation light on a surface of a used specimen, the angle of incidence is scanned by varying the setting of said deflection unit in the direction of an anticipated critical angle, an intensity of an optical response of the used specimen elicited by the excitation light being measured for each setting of the deflection unit, the intensity of the optical response of the specimen used is measured at least for a number of settings of the deflection unit until the intensity of the optical response of the specimen used traverses a flank, and the setting of the deflection unit pertaining to the flank is stored as the setting for the critical angle for total reflection at the specimen used.
US08541759B2	Optical analysis device, optical analysis method and computer program for optical analysis The inventive optical analysis technique uses an optical system capable of detecting light from a micro region in a solution, such as an optical system of a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, to detect the light from the light-emitting particle to be observed while moving the position of the micro region in the sample solution (while scanning the inside of the sample solution with the micro region); generates time series light intensity data, computes a characteristic value of the light intensity indicating the presence or absence of the light from a single light-emitting particle in every time section of a predetermined width in the light intensity data; and detects the light-emitting particle crossing the inside of the micro region individually using the characteristic value, thereby enabling the counting of the light-emitting particle(s) or the acquisition of the information on the concentration or number density of the light-emitting particle.
US08541755B1	Electron microscope An electron microscope is offered which can correct chromatic and spherical aberrations without producing residual aberrations. In this microscope, a chromatic aberration-correcting optical system and a spherical aberration-correcting optical system are connected in series (in tandem) via a connection system. That is, the chromatic aberration-correcting optical system and the spherical aberration-correcting optical system are configured independently. Chromatic and spherical aberrations are corrected separately.
US08541753B2	Measurement apparatus and method for detecting contamination on a moving object A method for detecting contamination on a moving object moving in a longitudinal direction past a plurality of detectors, wherein a count rate is captured repeatedly by each of the detectors during the movement of the object past the detectors, the captured count rates are weighted in that the count rates of the detector(s) that have a greater separation distance from the object to be measures are weighted lower than the count rates of the detector(s) that have a smaller separation distance from the object to be measured.
US08541752B2	Apparatus and method for the locally resolved measurement of a radiation distribution produced using a lithography mask A method for locally resolved measurement of a radiation distribution (24) produced using a lithography mask (16) comprises providing a radiation converter (31, 131) having an at least two-dimensional arrangement of converter elements (32, 132) which can respectively be put in an active and a passive state, and are configured to convert incoming radiation in respect of its wavelength in the active state. The method further includes: manipulating the radiation converter (31, 131) several times such that respectively only a fraction of the converter elements (32, 132) adopts the active state, irradiating the radiation converter (31, 131) with the radiation distribution (24) after every manipulation of the radiation converter (31, 131) so that the active converter elements (32, 132) emit wavelength-converted measuring radiation (34), recording respective places of origin (54) of the measuring radiation at every irradiation with the radiation distribution (24).
US08541751B2	Method of managing radiation detectors, radiographic image capturing apparatus, and radiographic image capturing system A method of managing radiation detectors allows the radiation detectors to be assembled into a radiographic image capturing apparatus such that defective pixels of the radiation detectors are not disposed at the same pixel position (coordinates). The method comprises the steps of recognizing the positions of defective pixels of a plurality of manufactured radiation detectors, referring to the recognized positions of the defective pixels, and assembling at least two radiation detectors into the radiographic image capturing apparatus in a superposed relationship, such that the defective pixels of the radiation detectors are not superposed one on the other.
US08541746B2	Process and system for the nondestructive quality determination of a weld seam, and a welding device A process for the non-destructive determination of the quality of a weld seam, the process steps comprising: providing a first and a second component; connecting the first and second components by a weld seam produced by a welding operation; and measuring a surface temperature of the weld seam and surface temperatures of areas of the first and second components adjacent to the weld seam that were heated by the welding operation. A system for carrying out the process for the non-destructive determination of the quality of a weld seam, the system comprising: a measuring device, an analyzing unit, and a welding device.
US08541743B2	Apparatus and method for detecting and quantifying analytes in solution A method for identifying and quantifying one or more analytes included in a sample comprising a background solvent is disclosed. The present invention locates a sample fluid at a sample region by virtue of a sample holder that comprises work-hardened silver halide. The sample fluid at the sample region is then spectrally characterized via a mid-infrared spectrometer.
US08541741B2	Photonic measurement instrument using fiber optics A photonic measurement system, such as an atomic absorption spectrometer, includes source, sample and detection modules that are interconnected by fiber optic cables. A first set of fiber optic cables guides light from one or more light sources in the source module to each of at least two analysis chambers in the sample module. A second set of fiber optic cables guides light from the analysis chambers to a detector in the detection module. The detector provides to a processing sub-system signals that correspond to intensities of the guided light. One analysis chamber is selected to perform a sample analysis at a given time, and the processing sub-system processes the signals associated with the selected analysis chamber as measurement signals. The processing sub-system may further process the signals associated with a given non-selected analysis chamber as reference signals.
US08541734B2	Avalanche impact ionization amplification devices A semiconductor photodetector may provide charge carrier avalanche multiplication at high field regions of a semiconductor material layer. A semiconductor current amplifier may provide current amplification by impact ionization near a high field region. A plurality of metal electrodes are formed on a surface of a semiconductor material layer and electrically biased to produce a non-uniform high electric field in which the high electric field strength accelerates avalanche electron-hole pair generation, which is employed as an effective avalanche multiplication photodetection mechanism or as an avalanche impact ionization current amplification mechanism.
US08541733B2	Laser light detection circuit The invention provides a laser light detection circuit that prevents a peak output occurring when the circuit switches between the operation stop mode and the operation mode so as to prevent the breakdown or malfunction of the next-connected circuit. A laser light detection circuit has a differential amplifier that amplifies and outputs a signal corresponding to the intensity of laser light, a drive transistor having a base to which the output of the differential amplifier is applied, a second constant-current source connected to the emitter of the drive transistor, an output transistor having a base connected to the emitter of the drive transistor, a bypass transistor connected between the emitter of the drive transistor and the ground, and a control circuit. The control circuit forms a bypass current route from the second constant-current source to the ground through the bypass transistor by turning on the bypass transistor when the circuit switches from the operation stop mode to the operation mode.
US08541729B2	Image display system having a detection of an overlapping in the output timing of laser beams The image display system comprises laser light source units (2 to 4) for emitting green, red and blue laser beams, a laser output control unit (52) and a drive control unit (53). Upon detecting an overlapping in the output timing of the laser beams of two or more of the laser light source units, the drive control unit ceases the application of the drive current to at least one of the two or more laser light source units according to the output control signal.
US08541724B2	Small smart weapon and weapon system employing the same A weapon and weapon system, and methods of manufacturing and operating the same. In one embodiment, the weapon includes a warhead including destructive elements and a guidance section with a seeker configured to guide the weapon to a target. The seeker includes a detector configured to receive a distorted signal impinging on an objective lens from the target, memory configured to store target criteria and a correction map, and a processor configured to provide a correction signal based on the distorted signal, the target criteria and the correction map to guide the weapon to the target.
US08541722B2	Electrical heater and method for manufacturing an electrical heater The invention relates to an electrical heater with a tubular housing and with a heating insert inserted in the housing. The heating insert includes at least one PTC thermistor. Herein, at least one concave indentation is formed in the housing, which is at least punctually in contact with a corresponding concave indentation of the heating insert. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such an electrical heater.
US08541718B2	Hypodermic needle destruction Disclosed is an apparatus for processing a hypodermic needle (2), comprising: means for softening the needle; and means (120) for providing a compressive force to the needle.
US08541717B2	Device for remotely detonating explosives The present disclosure relates to a device for remotely detonating explosives. According to the present disclosure, the device includes: a heat source in the form of an electric generator for generating a thermal infrared signal, capable of producing two heating zones and mounted in a casing; and a mobile supporting structure bearing the casing at the front and connected to a vehicle at the rear.
US08541710B2	Method and apparatus for automatic gas control for a plasma arc torch A method and apparatus for controlling a gas supply to a plasma arc torch uses a proportional control solenoid valve positioned adjacent the torch to manipulate the gas flow to the torch, thereby extending electrode life during arc transfer and shutdown. Swirl ring design can be simplified and gas supply and distribution systems become less complicated. The invention also allows manipulation of shield gas flow to reduce divot formation when making interior cuts. The system can be controlled with a digital signal processor utilizing a feedback loop from a sensor.
US08541709B2	Method for electrostatically separating a granule mixture made of different materials, and device for implementing same A method and a device for electrostatically separating polyvalent granular insulating materials that have good properties, are energy efficient, and easily adapt to ambient atmospheric conditions and to physiochemical properties of the granules to be separated. The method includes: a) injecting a current of air between two electrodes in a separation chamber defined by walls and having an air inlet and outlet; b) placing the granule mixture, made of different materials, into the air current; c) controlling the air current so that the granules levitate in the air current in a turbulent mode and become electrically charged by contact therebetween and/or by contact with the walls of the separation chamber; d) generating an electric field between two electrodes, substantially perpendicular to the direction of the air current, such that the charged granules in c) move, either in the direction of the electric field if the granules are positively charged or in the opposite direction if the charge thereof is negative; e) adhering the charged granules to the surface of the electrodes; and f) discharging and collecting the granules adhering to each electrode.
US08541696B2	EMI-shielding solutions for computer enclosures using combinations of two and three-dimensional shapes formed in sheet metal The present invention provides a configuration of a computer-chassis containment or other electromagnetic device method for manufacture in which a “one-hit” solution may be implemented to provide adequate electromagnetic interference shielding (EMC shielding) and is configured such that shielding gaskets, “spoons” or other excessive structures may be reduced or eliminated completely. Patterned sinusoidal “patterns” that are stamped, molded, cut, or extruded into one or more sides of a “box” provide sufficient EMI shielding, such that the need for gaskets is reduced or eliminated.
US08541691B2	Heat resistant substrate incorporated circuit wiring board A circuit wiring board including a wiring substrate, multiple electronic components provided on a surface of the wiring substrate, and a heat resistant substrate accommodated in the wiring substrate and having a core substrate and a built-up wiring layer formed over the core substrate. The built-up wiring layer includes a conductive layer and an interlayer resin insulating layer, and the electronic components are electrically connected to the conductive layer of the built-up wiring layer.
US08541688B2	Circuit connection material, circuit member connecting structure and method of connecting circuit member The circuit-connecting material for connection between circuit members each having a board and a circuit electrode formed on the primary surface of the board, comprising an adhesive composition that cures in response to light or heat and an organic compound containing a urethane group and an ester group.
US08541687B2	Coreless layer buildup structure A substrate for use in a PCB or PWB board having a coreless buildup layer and at least one metal and at least one dielectric layer. The coreless buildup dielectric layers can consist of at least partially cured thermoset resin and thermoplastic resin.
US08541686B2	Wiring member and method for producing the same A wiring member including: a copper foil; a noise suppressing layer containing a metallic material or a conductive ceramic and having a thickness within the range of 5 to 200 nm; an organic polymer film; and an insulating adhesive layer, wherein the insulating adhesive layer is provided between the organic polymer film formed on the noise suppressing layer and the copper foil, or between the noise suppressing layer formed on the organic polymer film and the copper foil. Further, there is provided a method for producing the wiring member.
US08541682B2	Device for spacing electrical harnesses in a turbomachine A spacer device for spacing electrical harnesses in a turbomachine such as an airplane turboprop or turbojet is disclosed. The spacer device includes clips fastened on a support. A first clip is mounted on a harness via a retention device which prevents the spacer device from moving relative to the harness, and the spacer device includes a strip mounted around the first clip in order to close the first clip after a harness has been mounted in the first clip. The strip is fastened to the support in a non-releasable manner.
US08541680B2	Photovoltaic cells including peaks and methods of manufacture Photovoltaic module and methods for the manufacture of photovoltaic modules are described. Operative layers of the photovoltaic cell are deposited onto a superstrate having one or more of at least one peak allowing for electrical isolation of a portion of a photovoltaic module and at least one ramp creating a series connection between individual photovoltaic cells with minimal loss of the efficiency due to dead space between the cells.
US08541676B1	Method for extracting individual instrumental parts from an audio recording and optionally outputting sheet music A method and computer based program which performs a series of steps for automatically and accurately determining each note played in a song for each instrument and vocal. The method and program can transcribe or create sheet music for each individual instrument, as well as provide the ability to remove any combination of or individual instruments or vocal track basically from nearly any existing song, or future songs.
US08541675B2	Sound modification device for percussion instruments The invention is a sound modification device used for a percussion instrument. It is comprised of a rigid body, interchangeable absorbent inserts, and a magnet. Once assembled and placed on the skin of a drum, these three pieces work together to make a highly effective and versatile damper to eliminate unwanted ranginess when drum is struck. The damper can be slid around the perimeter of the drum until the desired sound is achieved. The weight of the damper body adds mass to the drum, the magnet adds pull to the rim of the drum to hold the damper, and the absorbent inserts tailor the amount of dampening desired by the musician.
US08541672B2	Pedal apparatus of electronic musical instrument A lever is supported by a lever supporting portion. The lever is urged by a first spring and a second spring. The urging force of the first spring varies over the entire operational range of the lever. The second spring and a third spring are provided serially through a movable supporting member. The displacement of the movable supporting member is restricted by a fixed supporting member. If the urging force of the second spring exceeds the urging force of the third spring, the restriction on the displacement of the movable supporting member is removed. Therefore, the present configuration provides a player with feeling similar to that the player perceives when he manipulates a damper pedal of an acoustic piano.
US08541671B1	Lost motion compensation device for an upright piano action Lost motion compensation device is a mechanical device that rigidly and pivotally connects the rest rail of an upright piano to the front end of the whippen of an upright piano to cause the two member to rotate in unison as the rest rail is rotated by depressing and releasing the soft pedal on an upright piano.
US08541670B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting tumor cell growth The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting the activity of an enzyme, for example, Protein Kinase B, p70S6K and/or Abl using the catalytic subunit of Protein Kinase A (PKAc), or at least one PKAc fragment or variant PKAc fragment thereof. In this regard, methods for preventing or treating cancer or a neurodegenerative disease or disorder are also provided.
US08541668B1	Maize variety inbred PH1828 A novel maize variety designated PH1828 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1828 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1828 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1828 or a locus conversion of PH1828 with another maize variety.
US08541667B1	Maize variety inbred PH1C98 A novel maize variety designated PH1C98 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1C98 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1C98 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1C98 or a locus conversion of PH1C98 with another maize variety.
US08541666B1	Maize variety hybrid X13B552W A novel maize variety designated X13B552W 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 hybrid maize variety X13B552W with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B552W through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B552W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B552W. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B552W.
US08541665B2	Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.
US08541662B1	Soybean cultivar CL0911428 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL0911428 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL0911428 and its progeny, and methods of making CL0911428.
US08541661B2	Soybean variety XB17M11 A novel soybean variety, designated XB17M11 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB17M11, cells from soybean variety XB17M11, plants of soybean XB17M11, and plant parts of soybean variety XB17M11. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB17M11 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB17M11, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB17M11, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB17M11. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB17M11 are further provided.
US08541658B2	Canola cultivar CL121460H The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL121460H. Also included are seeds of canola CL121460H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL121460H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL121460H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL121460H.
US08541654B2	Use of recombinant polypeptides from the genus Lupinus as antimicrobial or insecticidal on plants This invention is related to a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing the protein in recombinant form and of expressing the protein in genetically modified plants. The invention relates to methods of its use, or of any modification of the protein that maintains its biological properties, as a supplement in human or animal nutrition and as a fungicide, insecticide, growth promoter, fertilizer or in the preparation of genetically modified organisms.
US08541652B2	Mutants of PHA synthase from Pseudomonas sp. 6-19 and method for preparing lactate homopolymer or copolymer using the same The present invention relates to polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PHA synthase) mutant originated from Pseudomonas sp. 6-19 (KCTC 11027BP) which can prepare lactate polymer and/or copolymer by using lactyl-CoA as a substrate. The present invention relates to a method for preparing lactate polymer and/or copolymer with the synthase mutant. The polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase mutants of the present invention originated from Pseudomonas sp. 6-19 can efficiently prepare lactate polymer and/or copolymer by using as a substrate lactyl-CoA which is difficult to be used as a substrate by conventional polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase.
US08541650B2	Plants having altered agronomic characteristics under nitrogen limiting conditions and related constructs and methods involving genes encoding LNT1 polypeptides and homologs thereof Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs particularly useful for altering agronomic characteristics of plants under nitrogen limiting conditions, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes an LNT1 polypeptide.
US08541646B2	Genetically modified mice and engraftment A mouse with a humanization of the mIL-3 gene and the mGM-CSF gene, a knockout of a mRAG gene, and a knockout of a mIl2rg subunit gene; and optionally a humanization of the TPO gene is described. A RAG/Il2rg KO/hTPO knock-in mouse is described. A mouse engrafted with human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that maintains a human immune cell (HIC) population derived from the HSCs and that is infectable by a human pathogen, e.g., S. typhi or M. tuberculosis is described. A mouse that models a human pathogen infection that is poorly modeled in mice is described, e.g., a mouse that models a human mycobacterial infection, wherein the mouse develops one or more granulomas comprising human immune cells. A mouse that comprises a human hematopoietic malignancy that originates from an early human hematopoietic cells is described, e.g., a myeloid leukemia or a myeloproliferative neoplasia.
US08541645B2	Animal model for cigarette-smoke-induced atherosclerosis and related methods Provided herein are non-human animal models and related methods useful for the identification, characterization, and analysis of the effects of environmental stimuli on the development and progression of pathological conditions. The environmental stimuli can include, but are not limited to, exposure to tobacco (e.g., cigarette, etc.) smoke. Exemplary pathological conditions include, but are not limited to, atherosclerosis, other cardiovascular disease (CVD), and the like. Also provided herein are non-human animal models and related methods useful for the identification, characterization, and analysis of pharmaceutical compounds, compositions, and/or formulations that can be used to prevent or treat a given pathological condition brought on by exposure to a given environmental condition.
US08541641B2	Aid for prevention of wound dehiscence A dehiscence preventive member is adapted to cover up a wound and surrounding tissues. A plurality of holding members are adapted to hold the dehiscence preventive member closely upon the wound and the surrounding tissues, and a contraction preventive member keeping the dehiscence preventive member suitably expanded in a dehiscence direction and of preventing the expanded dehiscence preventive member from contracting. The contraction distance of the dehiscence preventive member in the dehiscence direction is equal to or greater than a contraction distance of the holding member in the dehiscence direction. The dehiscence preventive is closely applied to the wound and surrounding tissues after expansion in the dehiscence direction such that the contraction distance of the dehiscence preventive member in the dehiscence direction is equal to or greater than the contraction distance of the dehiscence preventive member in a direction normal to the dehiscence direction.
US08541638B2	Process to remove dissolved AlCl3 from ionic liquid Disclosed herein are processes in which precipitation permits removal of metal halides (e.g. AlCl3) from ionic liquids. After precipitation, the precipitated metal halides can be physically separated from the bulk ionic liquid. More effective precipitation can be achieved through cooling or the combination of cooling and the provision of metal halide seed crystals. The ionic liquids can be regenerated ionic liquid catalysts, which contain excess metal halides after regeneration. Upon removal of the excess metal halides, they can be reused in processes using ionic liquid catalysts, such as alkylation processes.
US08541636B2	Process for hydrotreating a diesel fuel feedstock, hydrotreating unit for implementing said process, and corresponding hydrorefining unit The invention relates to a method for the catalytic hydrotreatment of a load based on a diesel fuel oil and a biological load based on plant oils and/or animal fats in a hydrotreatment unit. The invention is characterized in that the hydrotreatment unit comprises at least one hydrotreatment reactor operating on a countercurrent. The invention also relates to a hydrotreatment unit for implementing said method, and a corresponding hydrorefining unit.
US08541634B2	Azeotrope-like compositions of (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride Disclosed are azeotropic and azeotrope-like mixtures of (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233zd(Z)) and hydrogen fluoride. Such compositions are useful as an intermediate in the production of 1233zd(Z). The latter compound is useful as a nontoxic, zero ozone depleting fluorocarbon useful as a solvent, blowing agent, refrigerant, cleaning agent, aerosol propellant, heat transfer medium, dielectric, fire extinguishing composition and power cycle working fluid.
US08541631B2	Surface treatment method for solid material A solid material is subjected to surface treatment by chemically bonding onto a surface of the solid material a stabilized monofunctional silanol represented by R1R2R3SiOH. R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different, and each represent a substituent group independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent heterocyclic group having from 1 to 100 carbon atoms. The monofunctional silanol has a dehydrative self-condensation rate lower than triethylsilanol.
US08541630B2	Process for producing dimethyl ether from methanol Disclosed is a process for producing dimethyl ether from methanol, which is characterized in that the absorbing liquid used in said absorbing column is the bottom liquid of DME-fractionating column and/or bottom waste water of the methanol-recovering column. Said process can significantly reduce energy consumption of the apparatus.
US08541629B2	Heterocyclic amine catalyst compositions for the alkoxylation of alcohols to glycol ethers Glycol ethers are made by a process in which an alcohol, an alkylene oxide and a catalytic amount of an aromatic, heterocyclic amine catalyst are contacted under reactive conditions. Representative catalysts include substituted and unsubstituted pyridines and imidazoles. The process uses known oxides and alcohols, and produces more mono- and di-adduct products than does a corresponding process using a caustic catalyst. Moreover, the process can be conducted at a lower reaction temperature than a corresponding process using a caustic catalyst without sacrificing oxide conversion rates yet producing fewer carbonyl impurities.
US08541625B2	Cyclopropenones and the photochemical generation of cyclic alkynes therefrom Cyclic alkynes (e.g., cyclooctynes such as dibenzocyclooctynes) can be photochemically generated from cyclopropenones as disclosed herein. The cyclic alkynes can be reacted (e.g., in situ) with materials having alkyne-reactive groups (e.g., azide groups in a “click” reaction). In preferred embodiments, the generation and reaction of the cyclic alkyne can proceed in the absence of a catalyst (e.g., Cu(I)). These reactions can be useful, for example, for the selective labeling of living cells that are metabolically modified with azido-containing surface monosaccharides, or for light-directed surface patterning.
US08541624B2	Palladium catalyst and process for production of bisaryl compound using same Disclosed are: a novel palladium catalyst which does not undergo leakage, can be recycled, does not require the use of any phosphorus-containing ligand, and has a high catalytic activity; and a process for producing a novel bisaryl compound using the palladium catalyst. In the production of a bisaryl compound by reacting an aromatic halide with an aromatic boronic acid in the presence of a palladium catalyst and a base, the palladium catalyst comprises a dendrimer containing a silica particle as a core and a palladium compound dissolved in an ionic liquid and supported on the dendrimer.
US08541620B2	Method for selectively crystallizing a Z isomer of iopromide The present invention relates to a method for selectively crystallizing Z isomer of iopromide of formula (I) comprising a) dissolving a crude iopromide comprising a mixture of E and Z isomers or a concentrate thereof in an alcohol, and b) heating the resulting alcohol solution to obtain crystalline of Z isomer of iopromide; and a method for preparing a composition comprising the crystalline Z isomer of iopromide.
US08541618B2	Indane acetic acid derivatives and their use as pharmaceutical agents, intermediates, and method of preparation This invention relates to novel indane acetic acid derivatives which are useful in the treatment of diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerotic diseases. The invention also relates to intermediates useful in preparation of indane acetic derivatives and to methods of preparation.
US08541617B2	Cycloalkylphenyl substituted cyclic ketoenols The invention relates to novel cycloalkylphenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which J, X, Y, m and CKE are as defined above, to processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the cycloalkylphenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The invention furthermore relates to increasing the activity of crop protection compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) by adding ammonium or phosphonium salts and, if appropriate, penetrants.
US08541616B2	Addition of a methyl hydrogen terephthalate reactor to a dimethyl terephthalate process An MHT reactor is added to a DMT process to eliminate the majority of the DMT/MHT recycle back to the DMT reactor, allowing for an increase in capacity to the DMT reactors.
US08541609B2	Exemestane and its intermediates and methods of making the same A method is provided for preparing an aromatase inhibitor of formula (I) wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, independently, is hydrogen, halogen or C1-C6 alkyl. In one form, the aromatase inhibitor is exemestane wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4 is hydrogen. In the method, a compound of formula (II) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 are as defined above and R is alkylene, is reacted with a deprotonating agent and a compound of the formula R5SO2X wherein R5 is C1-C5 alkyl and X is halogen so as to obtain a compound of formula (III) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 are as defined above. The compound of Formula (III) is then reacted with a base to form an aromatase inhibitor of formula (I).
US08541605B2	Lipid conjugated cyclic carbonate derivatives, their synthesis, and uses The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of lipid conjugated cyclic carbonate derivatives. More specifically, the present disclosure is based on the finding that reacting lipids, such as, ceramides, with N,N′-disuccinimidyl derivative, resulted in the formation of, isolatable, substituted cyclic [1,3]-dioxan-2-one and [1,3]-dioxan-2-thione compounds. These isolatable cyclic substituted compounds and derivatives thereof may be used for various applications, such as in vaccination.
US08541601B2	Piperazine dithioctate and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same The present invention relates to piperazine dithioctate, a novel addition salt of thioctic acid with a base and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The piperazine dithioctate according to the present invention has good thermal and moisture stability and high water-solubility as well as dosage increase lower than other addition salts, thereby being effectively used for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for antioxidation or for preventing or treating diabetic polyneuropathy, etc.
US08541600B2	11-aza, 11-thia and 11-oxa sterol compounds and compositions The invention provides compositions comprising formula 1 steroids, e.g., 16α-bromo-3β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one hemihydrate and one or more excipients, including compositions that comprise a liquid formulation comprising less than about 3% v/v water. The compositions are useful to make improved pharmaceutical formulations. The invention also provides methods of intermittent dosing of steroid compounds such as analogs of 16α-bromo-3β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one and compositions useful in such dosing regimens. The invention further provides compositions and methods to inhibit pathogen replication, ameliorate symptoms associated with immune dysregulation and to modulate immune responses in a subject using the compounds. The invention also provides methods to make and use these immunomodulatory compositions and formulations.
US08541599B2	Supports for oligomer synthesis Universal linkers, their facile processes of manufacture and methods of using the same are provided.
US08541598B2	Biodegradable solvents for the chemical industry This invention relates to ionic liquid (ILs) solvents for chemical synthesis based on an alkyl-imidazolium cation core containing ionic liquids which have enhanced biodegradability and reduced toxicity relative to existing imidazolium bases ILs such as 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium (bmmim) salts. Many of the described ILs produce a score of over 60% biodegradability over 28 days in a biodegradability test such as the Sturm Test, the Closed Bottle Test (OECD 301D) or the CO2 Headspace Test (ISO 14593). The ILs of the invention comprise an alkyl substituted imidazolium cationic core having a —C═OX— side chain in the 3-position of the imidazole ring, wherein X═O, NH, N or S and an associated counteranion characterized in that the —C═OX side chain comprises at least one ether linkage. The biodegradable and non-toxic IL may be used as green solvents for the chemical, pharmaceutical, biofuel and biomass industries. The ILs of the invention are particularly useful in hydrogenation, pericyclic and metathesis reactions.
US08541597B2	Process for preparing biphenyl imidazole compounds The invention provides processes for preparing intermediates useful for preparing compounds of the formula: or a salt thereof, where R1-3 are as defined in the specification.
US08541595B2	Imidazoisoindole neuropeptide S receptor antagonists The present invention is directed to imidazoisoindole compounds which are antagonists of neuropeptide S receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which the neuropeptide S receptor is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the neuropeptide S receptor is involved.
US08541590B2	Proteasome inhibitors and processes for their preparation, purification and use The invention provides boronic esters of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein, and methods for the preparation and purification thereof.
US08541589B2	Thioacetate compounds, compositions and methods of use Described herein are compounds useful in the modulation of blood uric acid levels, formulations containing them and methods of using them. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein are used in the treatment or prevention of disorders related to aberrant levels of uric acid.
US08541584B2	3-(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl) pyrrolo [2,3-b] pyridine derivatives Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in claim (1), are inhibitors of PDK1 and cell proliferation/cell vitality and can be employed for the treatment of tumors.
US08541580B2	Process for the preparation of pyrazinone thrombin inhibitor and its intermediates Improved process for the preparation of 3-fluoro-2-pyridylmethyl-3-(2,2-difluoro-2-(2-pyridyl)ethylamino)-6-chloropyrazin-2-one-1-acetamide of formula (I) and its intermediates is provided.
US08541575B2	3,4-diarylpyrazoles as protein kinase inhibitors 3,4-diarylpyrazole derivatives of formula (I) as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful, in therapy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
US08541571B2	Homogeneous synthesis of cellulose ethers in ionic liquids The invention is directed to a simple and new method for the homogeneous synthesis of cellulose ethers. Ionic liquids are not only used as solvent, but also as reaction media for the homogeneous etherification of cellulose. The dissolved cellulose is treated with the etherification agent in the absence of organic and/or inorganic bases and in the absence and/or in the presence of moderate amounts of water. The obtained cellulose ethers show new distributions of substitution on the polymer chain, resulting in new properties and applications.
US08541570B2	Methods and compositions for labeling nucleic acids The present invention relates to methods for the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in vitro and in vivo. Certain methods are provided that include a [3+2] cycloaddition between a nucleotide analogue incorporated into a nucleic acid polymer and a reagent attached to a label. Other methods are provided that include a Staudinger ligation between a nucleotide analogue incorporated into a nucleic acid polymer and a reagent comprising a substituted triarylphosphine attached to a label. Such methods do not require fixation and denaturation and therefore can be applied to the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in living cells and in organisms. Also provided are methods for measuring cellular proliferation. In these methods, the amount of label incorporated into the DNA is measured as an indication of cellular proliferation. The methods of the invention can be used in a wide variety of applications including clinical diagnosis of diseases and disorders in which cellular proliferation is involved, toxicity assays, and as a tool for the study of chromosomes' ultrastructures.
US08541569B2	Phosphoramidites for synthetic RNA in the reverse direction, efficient RNA synthesis and convenient introduction of 3'-end ligands, chromophores and modifications of synthetic RNA The present invention provides building blocks and methods for synthesizing very pure RNA in a form that can efficiently be modified at the 3′ end. Reverse RNA monomer phosphoramidites have been developed for RNA synthesis in 5′→3′ direction, leading to very clean oligo synthesis that allows for the introduction of various modifications at the 3′-end cleanly and efficiently. Higher coupling efficiency per step have been observed during automated oligo synthesis with the reverse RNA amidites disclosed herein, resulting in a greater ability to achieve higher purity and produce very long oligonucleotides. The use of the reverse RNA phosphoramidites in the synthetic process of this invention leads to oligonucleotides free of N+1 species.
US08541566B2	Promoter inducible by reactive oxygen species and vector comprising the same The invention provides promoters inducible by reactive oxygen species (ROS), capable of driving the expression of a gene of interest, particularly in a tumor cell. More particularly, it refers to promoters inducible by reactive oxygen species, that may be used to drive the expression of a gene of interest, such as a therapeutic gene, or a reporter gene for use in image diagnosis. The promoters comprise at least a fragment of a promoter sequence responsive to said reactive oxygen species, and corresponding to a gene highly expressed in cancer cells, wherein the fragment of the promoter sequence responsive to reactive oxygen species (ROS) is selected from the group of: the VE element of the VEGF promoter, the E6 element of the promoter of the EGR-1 gene, the MMP-1 element and a chimeric promoter containing an E6 element and a VE element. It also provides vectors carrying a human therapeutic or non therapeutic gene of interest, operably linked to said promoter sequence and compositions comprising the same.
US08541564B2	Chemokine-immunoglobulin fusion polypeptides, compositions, method of making and use thereof This application is directed to chemokine-immunoglobulin fusion polypeptides and chemokine-polymer conjugates. The fusion polypeptides and conjugates can be used for treating chemokine receptor-mediated disorders and modulating inflammation, inflammatory cell motility, cancer cell motility, or cancer cell survival.
US08541563B2	Plant wall degradative compounds and systems The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
US08541562B2	Bridged artificial nucleoside and nucleotide It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel molecule for antisense therapies which is not susceptible to nuclease degradation in vivo and has a high binding affinity and specificity for the target mRNAs and which can efficiently regulate expression of specific genes. The novel artificial nucleoside of the present invention has an amide bond introduced into a bridge structure of 2′,4′-BNA/LNA. The oligonucleotide containing the 2′,4′-bridged artificial nucleotide has a binding affinity for a single-stranded RNA comparable to known 2′,4′-BNA/LNA and has an increased nuclease resistance over LNA. Particularly, it is expected to be applied to nucleic acid drugs because of its much stronger binding affinity for single-stranded RNAs than S-oligo's affinity.
US08541557B2	Azo compound and method of preparing the azo compound An azo compound having the following formula (I): A(E)n (I) wherein A represents a residue of an azo compound, bonded with n pieces of E group through one or more heteroatom being N or O and forming a part of the residue A; E independently represents a hydrogen atom or —C(═O)—O—R1 wherein R1 represents a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group or an aralkyl group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 10.
US08541554B2	Immunosuppressant drug extraction reagent for immunoassays An improved extractive reagent composition and method for extracting an immunosuppressant drug, such as sirolimus, tacrolimus or cyclosporine, from blood samples while yielding a test sample extract that has low vapor pressure and is compatible with immunoassay components. The inventive reagent composition comprises dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), at least one divalent metal salt and water. The sample extracts resulting from use of each of these combinations have low vapor pressure and are compatible with immunochemistry assays.
US08541549B2	Annexin-based apoptosis markers The present invention describes an annexin derivative and a method of using the annexin derivative as a biosensor for real-time visualization of phosphatidylserine exposure, apoptosis, live-cell imaging and monitoring of cell health.
US08541544B2	Molecular marker for cancer stem cell A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.
US08541542B2	Process for reducing residuals content in vinyl aromatic polymers The present invention relates to a process for reducing residuals content in a vinyl aromatic polymer, said residuals comprising essentially unpolymerized vinyl aromatic monomer, wherein the vinyl aromatic polymer in the molten state is brought in contact with a solid in powder capable to catalyze the alkylation of said residual vinyl aromatic monomer on the vinyl aromatic polymer. Advantage of the present invention is a sharp reduction of the unpolymerized vinyl aromatic monomer in the vinyl aromatic polymer without generating a new residual and without inducing a colored vinyl aromatic polymer. The present invention also relates to said vinyl aromatic polymer having a low residuals content.
US08541538B2	Adsorbent for the removal of blood cells An adsorbent for the removal of blood cells, which is formed from a hydrophobic polymer resin and has a surface center line average roughness of 5 to 100 nm. The hydrophobic polymer resin is preferably a polyarylate resin (PAR), polyethersulfone resin (PES), polysulfone resin (PSF), or a polymer alloy consisting of two or more of these resins. The adsorbent for the removal of blood cells can take the form of beads, hollow fibers, or solid fibers.
US08541536B2	Coupling method for providing high molecular weight natural oil polyol Methods of coupling plant oil based polyols so as to synthesis high molecular weight plant oil polyols having a hydroxyl number between from about 40 to about 60. The resultant polyols may be directly reacted with polyisocyanates to produce polyurethanes.
US08541533B2	Fluorine-containing polyfunctional silicon compound and method for producing fluorine-containing polyfunctional silicon compound A fluorine-containing polyfunctional silicon compound represented by the following general formula (I), which is useful as a raw material for materials having high water repellency and excellent scratch resistance and water droplet sliding properties and which can be produced by a production method which is simple and easy and environmentally friendly, is provided. In the formula, Q represents an (n+m)-valent organic group having at least one fluorine atom; each of Rf1 and Rf2 independently represents a fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having at least one fluorine atom; R1 represents a hydroxyl group, an isocyanate group or a hydrolyzable group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; k represents 0 or 1; n represents an integer of 2 or more; m represents an integer of 0 or more; a represents an integer of from 1 to 6; and b represents an integer of from 1 to 3.
US08541532B2	Silane compound, production method thereof, and resin composition containing silane compound A siloxane compound comprising a structure unit formed by connecting at least one organic skeleton having an imido bond to a silicon atom forming a siloxane bond, wherein the silane compound is defined by the following average formula: XaYbZcSiOd. X denotes groups including an organic skeleton having an imido bond, represented by formula (1) in the specification; Z denotes an organic groups having no imido bond; Y denotes at least one of hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, and OR; R denotes at least one of alkyl, acyl, aryl, and unsaturated aliphatic residual groups and may have a substituent; a is ≦3 and >0; b is 0≦3; c is 0≦3; d is ≦2 and >0; and a+b+c+2d=4, R1 denotes at least one from aromatic, heterocyclic, and alicyclic rings; x and z independently ≧0 and ≦5; and y is 0 or 1.
US08541530B2	Method of manufacturing artificial snow A method of manufacturing artificial snow including the steps; a) feeding a bulk material into a first apparatus; b) reducing the particle size of the bulk material in the first apparatus to produce a product; c) sieving the product produced at step b); and d) collecting the product produced at step c) for use as artificial snow.
US08541524B2	Free-radical polymerization process in aqueous dispersion for the preparation of a block copolymer at least one block of which is a block of a halogenated polymer Process of controlled free-radical polymerization in aqueous dispersion for the preparation of a block copolymer at least one block of which is a block of a halogenated polymer using molecular iodine and at least one oxidant whose solubility in water is at least 10 g/l for the synthesis of the first block of the block copolymer.
US08541521B2	Catalyst compounds and use thereof Group 4 catalyst compounds containing di-anionic tridentate nitrogen/oxygen based ligands are provided. The catalyst compounds are useful, with or without activators, to polymerize olefins, particularly α-olefins, or other unsaturated monomers. Systems and processes to oligomerize and/or polymerize one or more unsaturated monomers using the catalyst compound, as well as the oligomers and/or polymers produced therefrom are also provided.
US08541519B2	Long chain branched (LCB), block, or interconnected copolymers of ethylene in combination with one other polymer An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, Tm, in ° C., and a heat of fusion, Hf, in J/g, as determined by DSC Crystallinity, where the numerical values of Tm and Hf correspond to the relationship Tm≧(0.2143*Hf)+79.643. An ethylenic polymer comprising at least one preparative TREF fraction that elutes at 95° C. or greater using a Preparative Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation method, where at least one preparative TREF fraction that elutes at 95° C. or greater has a gpcBR value greater than 0.05 and less than 5 as determined by gpcBR Branching Index by 3D-GPC, and where at least 5% of the ethylenic polymer elutes at a temperature of 95° C. or greater based upon the total weight of the ethylenic polymer.
US08541518B2	Semi continuous operational method for producing copolymers A process for the preparation of a copolymer in a semicontinuous mode of operation in a polymerization apparatus containing a polymerization reactor connected to a metering device, in each case acid monomer being initially introduced into the metering device and polyether macromonomer and water into the polymerization reactor, acid monomer being metered from the metering device into the polymerization reactor, the metering of the acid monomer into the polymerization reactor being effected in such a way that first a polymerization pH is established in the aqueous medium and then, until the conversion of 70 mol % of the polyether macromonomer initially introduced into the polymerization reactor, acid monomer is passed into the polymerization reactor in an amount per unit time such that the pH in the aqueous medium deviates by not more than ±0.3 from the initially established polymerization pH.
US08541516B2	Phosphorus-containing compounds useful for making halogen-free, ignition-resistant polymers Phosphorus-containing compounds useful for flame retardant epoxy resins are disclosed. The flame retardant epoxy resins may be used to make electrical laminates. This invention is particularly useful in end use applications in which a low bromine or low halogen content is required or desired.
US08541515B1	Polymer compositions with improved surface properties This invention relates to a composition and method of modifying the surface properties of polymers to produce a film or article with improved surface properties by utilizing an organo-modified polyslioxane additive. The improved surface properties for the polymer include a reduced coefficient of friction, which assists the slip and anti-blocking properties of the material, as well aiding in processing of the polymeric material. Additionally, the additive composition of this invention improves demolding and release of the polymer material from other polymeric surfaces or adhesives as well as metal molding surfaces, and allows the entire film or article formed of the polyolefin and additive to be recycled.
US08541507B2	High flow polypropylene composition The present invention relates to a high flow polypropylene composition comprising (A) a low molecular weight propylene homopolymer fraction and (B) a high molecular weight propylene copolymer fraction, having a comonomer content of not higher than 8 wt %, wherein the ratio between the MFR2 of fraction (A) and the MFR2 of fraction (B) is at least 3 and wherein the MFR2 of the entire composition is at least 5 g/10 min, the values of MFR2 being measured according to ISO 1133 (230° C., 2.16 kg load), and to processes for producing such compositions and to articles made there from.
US08541504B2	Impact absorber composition Provided in this invention is an impact absorber composition comprising a copolymer containing an aromatic vinyl compound, wherein the peak of tan δ of the copolymer obtained from the measurement of the dynamic viscoelasticity is in the range of more than 0° C. to 20° C. or less, the value of tan δ is 0.4 or more in the whole temperature range of 5° C. to 15° C., and the value of tan δ at 15° C. is 0.5 or more.
US08541501B2	Water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, pressure-sensitive adhesive and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet Provided is a water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive that exhibits good adhesiveness to a non-polar adherend and maintains its properties at a low temperature. The water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition containing as a primary component an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a latex containing a rubber component that is immiscible with the (meth)acrylic polymer and has a loss tangent peak temperature of −5° C. or below when determined by a dynamic viscoelastic measurement in which shear strain is applied at a frequency of 1 Hz, and a tackifier that is miscible with the rubber component, but immiscible with the (meth)acrylic polymer.
US08541499B2	Process for manufacturing clean fluoropolymers There is provided a fluoroelastomer characterized by containing one type or more types of fluorinated emulsifiers represented by the formula: F—(CF2)t-[O(CF2)n]m-O—(CHF)o-(CF2)p-X where m=0 to 3; n=1 to 5; o=0 to 1; p=1 to 3; t=1 to 10; and where when t=2 than o≠0; and further where X is selected from a group consisting of a carboxyl acid group and a salt of a carboxylic acid group. A method for preparing fluoroelastomers by using such fluorinated emulsifiers in emulsion polymerization of fluoromonomers and articles containing such fluoroelastomers are also provided. A fluorinated elastomer dispersion including an aqueous mixture of a crosslinkable fluorinated elastomer and such fluorinated emulsifiers are also provided. The fluoroelastomers created with such fluorinated emulsifiers are essentially free of cations other than NH4+ and H+ and have a low glass transition temperature.
US08541498B2	Lubricious coatings for medical devices Substrates may be coated with copolymers of N-vinyl pyrrolidinone and aryl ketones. Processes are described for making the copolymers at high molecular weight with the ketones randomly dispersed on the copolymer.
US08541497B2	Composition and manufacturing methods for grips A composition for use in grips is disclosed. The composition may be used, for example, in making a golf club grip. The disclosed grip provides for improved shock absorption and other beneficial properties. In one embodiment the comprises a cross-linked composition of from about 40% by weight to about 80% by weight of one or a combination of a first material selected from the group consisting of butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, ethylene propylene rubber and chloroprene rubber, and from about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight of one or a combination of a second material selected from the group consisting of ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM), polyurethane, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, polypropylene and cork.
US08541495B2	Adhesive composition An adhesive composition is provided particularly excellent in thermal shock resistance for adhesive strength as well as high shear adhesive strength, peel adhesive strength and impact adhesive strength. The adhesive composition of the present invention contains (a) a 2-cyanoacrylate such as 2-ethoxyethyl 2-cyanoacrylate and (b) a polyfunctional cyanoacrylate having two or more 2-cyanoacryloyl groups, the number average molecular weight of the polyfunctional cyanoacrylate (b) is in the range from 1,000 to 50,000, and preferably from 2,000 to 30,000, and the content of the polyfunctional cyanoacrylate (b) is in the range from 1 to 400 parts by weight, and preferably from 1 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the 2-cyanoacrylate (a).
US08541494B2	Composites of inorganic microparticles having a phosphated surface and alkaline earth carbonate nanoparticles The present invention relates to composites comprising inorganic micro pigments and/or fillers in the form of surface-phosphated microparticles, whose surface is at least partially coated with finely divided with alkaline earth carbonate nanoparticles by means of binders based on copolymers comprising as the monomers one or more dicarboxylic acids and one or more monomers from the group of diamines, triamines, dialkanolamines or trialkanolamines and epichlorohydrin, a method for producing such composites, aqueous slurries thereof and the use thereof in papermaking or in the field of production of paints and plastics as well as the use of the binders for the coating of microparticles with nano alkaline earth carbonate.
US08541493B2	Synthesis of zinc acrylate copolymer from acid functional copolymer, zinc pyrithione, and copper compound Disclosed is a composition containing zinc ester functional polymer and particulate copper pyrithione, wherein the particles have an average aspect ratio within a range of from about 8 to about 15, where the zinc ester functional polymer and the copper pyrithione are obtained by reacting an acid functional polymer with zinc pyrithione and a copper salt or a copper carboxylate. Also disclosed is an antifouling coating containing such a composition.
US08541486B2	Coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties, related coated substrates, and methods Coating compositions are disclosed that include corrosion resisting particles such that the coating composition can exhibit corrosion resistance properties. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and multi-component composite coatings, wherein at least one coating later is deposited from such a coating composition. Methods and apparatus for making ultrafine solid particles are also disclosed.
US08541484B2	PVA-PAA hydrogels The invention provides fabricated PVA-hydrogels, PVA-hydrogel-containing compositions, and methods of making the same. The invention also provides methods of implanting or administering the PVA-hydrogels, or the PVA-hydrogel-containing compositions to treat a subject in need. Methods of cross-linking pre-solidified or pre-gelled hydrogel particles and making cross-linked PVA-hydrogels, and cross-linked PVA-hydrogel-containing compositions also are disclosed herein.
US08541481B2	Gentle to skin adhesive Electron beam and gamma radiation crosslinked, silicone gel adhesives are described. Both nonfunctional and functional poly diorganosiloxanes are used. Methods of forming the adhesives, and medical articles incorporating such adhesives are also described.
US08541479B2	Low resilience flexible polyurethane foam and process for its production To provide a flexible polyurethane foam which is excellent in low resiliency and durability without using a plasticizer and which shows little change in hardness against a change in temperature and at the same time, has high air permeability. A process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam, which comprises reacting a polyol mixture comprising polyol (A), polyol (B) and monool (D) with a polyisocyanate compound in the presence of a blowing agent etc. at an isocyanate index of at least 90. Polyol (A) is a polyether polyol having an average of 2-3 hydroxyl groups and a hydroxyl value of from 10 to 90 mgKOH/g, obtained by ring-opening addition polymerization of an alkylene oxide to an initiator using a double metal cyanide complex catalyst; Polyol (B) is a polyether polyol having an average of 2-3 hydroxyl groups and a hydroxyl value of from 15 to 250 mgKOH/g, other than the polyol (A); and Monool (D) is a polyether monool having a hydroxyl value of from 10 to 200 mgKOH/g.
US08541477B2	Methods of depolymerizing terephthalate polyesters A method comprises forming a reaction mixture comprising a terephthalate polyester, a glycol comprising 2 to 5 carbons, and an amidine organocatalyst; and heating the reaction mixture at a temperature of about 120° C. or more to depolymerize the terephthalate polyester, thereby forming a terephthalate reaction product comprising a monomeric dihydroxy terephthalate diester; wherein the terephthalate reaction product contains terephthalate oligomers in an amount less than the amount of terephthalate oligomers that would result from i) substituting the amidine organocatalyst with an equimolar amount of a guanidine catalyst and ii) depolymerizing the terephthalate polyester under otherwise identical reaction conditions.
US08541476B2	Compounds for treatment of malignant tumors The present invention comprises compounds, compositions and methods of use for sensitizing cancer cells, tumors, neoplasms, and malignancies to the effects of ionizing radiation used in the treatment of cancer. The invention further comprises a method of identifying novel radiosensitizing compounds.
US08541474B2	N,N-dimethyl imidodicarbonimidic diamide acetate, method for producing the same and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same The present invention relates to N,N-dimethyl imidodicarbonimidic diamide acetate, a method of preparing the same and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and more particularly, to N,N-dimethyl imidodicarbonimidic diamide acetate which is a crystalline acid addition salt prepared by reacting N,N-dimethyl imidodicarbonimidic diamide with acetic acid, and which is very effective as a therapeutic agent for treating metabolic syndromes that glycosuria and diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, a cancer depleted of gene P53, etc. are complexly occurred; treating diabetes mellitus and preventing its complication; and treating a cancer and preventing myalgia, muscle cell cytotoxicity and rhabdomyolysis, etc. since the acid addition salt is excellent in physicochemical properties such as solubility, stability, non-hygroscopicity, anti-adhering property, etc., and low toxicity, a method of preparing the same and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.
US08541473B2	3-aminoxalyl-aminobenzamide derivatives and insecticidal and miticidal agents containing same as active ingredient A 3-aminooxalylaminobenzamide compound is used as an insecticide or miticide. The 3-aminooxalylaminobenzamide compound is represented by formula [1]: in which, for instance, R1 and R2 each represent a C1 to C3 alkoxy group or a C1 to C3 haloalkoxy group; R3 and R4 each represent a C1 to C8 alkyl group or a C1 to C8 haloalkyl group; R5 represents a C1 to C5 haloalkyl group; R6 and R7 each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C5 alkyl group; Y represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; Z represents a hydrogen atom; n is an integer ranging from 0 to 4; and m is an integer ranging from 0 to 2.
US08541466B2	Compositions and methods for treating hair loss using non-naturally occurring prostaglandins A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandin F analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
US08541461B2	Pharmaceutical combinations comprising pyrazole derivatives as protein kinase modulators The invention provides a combination comprising an ancillary compound (e.g. one, two or more ancillary compounds) and a compound of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom α with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom α with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims. Also provided are patient packs, pharmaceutical kits and packs and compositions containing the combinations, methods for preparing the combinations and their use in combination therapy as anticancer agents.
US08541460B2	PDK-1/Akt signaling inhibitors Use of a new class of phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK-1) inhibitors of formula I for inducing apoptosis in unwanted rapidly proliferating cells, for treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of cancer, and for preventing restenosis in a subject that has undergone an angioplasty or stent: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and haloalkyl; Ar is an aryl radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, anthryl, phenanthryl, and fluorenyl; and wherein Ar is optionally substituted with one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halo, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, azido, C1-C4 azidoalkyl, aryl, akylaryl, haloaryl, haloalkylaryl, and combinations thereof; and R is selected from the group consisting of nitrile, acetonitrile, ethylnitrile, propylnitrile, carboxamide, amidine, tetrazole, oxime, hydrazone, acetamidine, aminoacetamide, guanidine, and urea.
US08541458B2	Oxabicycloheptanes and oxabicycloheptenes, their preparation and use This invention provides compounds having the structure which may be used for the treatment of tumors.
US08541455B2	Derivatives of 2-pyridin-2-yl-pyrazol-3(2H)-one, preparation and therapeutic use thereof as HIF activators The present invention relates to novel substituted dihydropyrazolone derivatives, to their preparation and to their therapeutic use as activators of the transcription factor HIF.
US08541454B2	Antiseptic based on bispyridinium alkanes An antimicrobially effective composition includes a) at least 0.15% by weight of bispyridinium alkane, b) at least 3.5% by weight of humectant and c) water. Upon dilution with water, the composition produces a solution with an osmolality of from 230 to 350 mOsmol/kg and is free from surfactant. It is used as an antiseptic and is suitable for use in a method for the disinfection of injured or uninjured skin of a human being or animal, preference being given to use in the case of newborns, in particular those born prematurely.
US08541453B2	Modulators of ATP-binding cassette transporters The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
US08541452B2	Method for treating binge-eating disorder A method for treating anxiety disorders and other disorders using cholinesterase inhibitors including donepezil and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
US08541451B2	Crystalline freebase forms of a biphenyl compound The invention provides two crystalline freebase forms of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-(2-{[4-(4-carbamoylpiperidin-1-ylmethyl)benzoyl]methylamino}ethyl)piperidin-4-yl ester. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline freebase or prepared using the crystalline freebases; processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline freebases; and methods of using the crystalline freebases to treat a pulmonary disorder.
US08541449B2	Substituted isoquinolines and isoquinolinones as Rho kinase inhibitors The invention relates to substituted isoquinoline and isoquinolinones of the formula (I) useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with Rho-kinase and/or Rho-kinase mediated phosphorylation of myosin light chain phosphatase, and compositions containing such compounds.
US08541447B2	3-substituted-2-(arlyalkyl)-1-azabicycloalkanes and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to 3-substituted-2-(arylalkyl)-1-azabicycloalkanes, methods of preparing the compounds and methods of treatment using the compounds. The azabicycloalkanes generally are azabicycloheptanes, azabicyclooctanes, or azabicyclononanes. The aryl group in the arylalkyl moiety is a 5- or 6-membered ring heteroaromatic, preferably 3-pyridinyl and 5-pyrimidinyl moieties, and the alkyl group is typically a C1-4 alkyl. The substituent at the 3-position of the 1-azabicycloalkane is a carbonyl group-containing moiety, such as an amide, carbamate, urea, thioamide, thiocarbamate, thiourea or similar functionality. The compounds exhibit activity at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), particularly the α7 nAChR subtype, and are useful towards modulating neurotransmission and the release of ligands involved in neurotransmission. Methods for preventing or treating conditions and disorders, including central nervous system (CNS) disorders, which are characterized by an alteration in normal neurotransmission, are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for treating inflammation, autoimmune disorders, pain and excess neovascularization, such as that associated with tumor growth.
US08541443B2	Crystal of diamine derivative and method of producing same An object of the present invention is to provide a novel crystal form of a compound that has an inhibitory effect on activated blood coagulation factor X and is useful as a pharmaceutical compound for prevention and/or treatment of thrombotic and/or embolic diseases. The present invention provides a novel crystal form of N1-(5-chloropyridin-2-yl)-N2-((1S,2R,4S)-4-[(dimethylamino)carbonyl]-2-{[(5-methyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothiazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-2-yl)carbonyl]amino}cyclohexyl)ethanediamide p-toluenesulfonate monohydrate, and method for producing the same.
US08541442B2	Indole derivatives as anticancer agents The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use for the treatment of cancer as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I).
US08541438B2	Substituted imidazoquinolines, imidazopyridines, and imidazonaphthyridines Imidazo-quinoline, -pyridine, and -naphthyridine ring systems (particularly quinolines, tetrahydroquinolines, pyridines, [1,5]naphthyridines, [1,5]tetrahydronaphthyridines) substituted at the 1-position with a cyclic substituent, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of making these compounds, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.
US08541436B2	Morphinan compounds This disclosure relates to novel morphinan compounds and their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising a compound of this disclosure and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a σ1 receptor agonist that also has NMDA antagonist activity.
US08541434B2	Ethynyl-substituted pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives and their use in treating viral infections The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and pro-drugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
US08541431B2	Pyrimidine non-classical cannabinoid compounds and related methods of use Disclosed are compounds of the formula I: wherein R1, R2, V, W, X, Y and Z can be as defined herein. The compounds can be used in the treatment of disorders mediated by the cannabinoid receptors.
US08541425B2	Heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidines as Janus kinase inhibitors The present invention provides heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidines that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases including, for example, immune-related diseases, skin disorders, myeloid proliferative disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US08541421B2	Methods of enhancing sweet taste of compositions using substituted thieno{2,3-D}pyrimidines The present invention provides, in part, substituted thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines and methods of contacting compositions with such compounds to enhance the sweet taste of said compositions.
US08541413B2	Sustained release eye drop formulations This invention provides for biocompatible, biodegradable eye drop pharmaceutical formulations useful for the treatment of ocular indications. In particular, tocopherols and their esters of low water solubility, notably α-tocopheryl acetate, are exceptional vehicles for biocompatible, nonirritating topical eye drop formulations that provide sustained release of active agents.
US08541412B2	Dihydroindolone compounds, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them Compounds of formula (I): wherein: m and n represent 1 or 2, A represents a pyrrolyl group, X represents a C(O), S(O) or SO2 group, R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group or, together with the nitrogen atom carrying them, form a heterocyclic group, R3 and R4, together with the atoms carrying them, form a heterocyclic group, R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating cancer.
US08541410B2	Sulfur substituted sulfonylaminocarboxylic acid N-arylamides, their preparation, their use and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I wherein A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, X and n are as defined in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutically active compounds for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases, for example of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, angina pectoris, cardiac insufficiency, thromboses or atherosclerosis. The compounds of the formula I are capable of modulating the body's production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of the formula I, to their use for the therapy and prophylaxis of the abovementioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical preparations which comprise compounds of the formula I.
US08541407B2	Substituted benzo-pyrido-triazolo-diazepine compounds The present invention relates to substituted benzo-pyrido-triazolo-diazepine compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing substituted benzo-pyrido-triazolo-diazepine compounds and methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering these compounds or pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US08541405B2	Methods for the preparation of Ivabradine sulfate and form I crystal thereof Methods for the preparation of Ivabradine sulfate and form I crystal thereof. In particular, the Ivabradine sulfate and the preparation methods thereof, and the stable form I crystal of Ivabradine sulfate and the preparation methods thereof.
US08541399B2	Solvent-based sterilisation of pharmaceuticals A sterile composition of a pharmaceutical compound is prepared by combining solvent with a non-sterile pharmaceutical compound to form a solution and filtering to yield a sterile pharmaceutical compound, optionally removing all or part of the solvent, and under sterile conditions combining the compound with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08541396B2	Morpholin-4-ium 4 methoxyphenyl (morpholino) phosphinodithioate (GYY4137) as a novel vasodilator agent The invention is directed to a method of administering hydrogen sulfide (H2S) slowly and sustainably to an individual in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of a compound represented by the following structural formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08541391B2	Crystalline phases of 5,6-dichloro-2-(isopropylamino)-1-β-L-ribofuranosyl-1H-benzimidazole The invention relates to novel crystalline forms of 5,6-dichloro-2-(isopropylamino)-1-(β-L-ribofuranosyl)-1H-benzimidazole (Maribavir), pharmaceutical compositions thereof and their use in medical therapy.
US08541389B2	RNAi-mediated inhibition of tumor necrosis factor α-related conditions RNA interference is provided for inhibition of tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) by silencing TNFα cell surface receptor TNF receptor-1 (TNFR1) mRNA expression, or by silencing TNFα converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM17) mRNA expression. Silencing such TNFα targets, in particular, is useful for treating patients having a TNFα-related condition or at risk of developing a TNFα-related condition such as the ocular conditions dry eye, allergic conjunctivitis, or ocular inflammation, or such as dermatitis, rhinitis, or asthma, for example.
US08541384B2	Compositions and methods for siRNA inhibition of angiogenesis RNA interference using small interfering RNAs which are specific for the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene and the VEGF receptor genes Flt-1 and Flk-1/KDR inhibit expression of these genes. Diseases which involve antiogenesis stimulated by overexpression of VEGF, such as diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration and many types of cancer, can be treated by administering the small interfering RNAs.
US08541380B2	C-aryl glucoside SGLT2 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same A novel C-aryl glucoside compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof having an inhibitory activity against sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) being present in the intestine and kidney; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient, which is useful for preventing or treating metabolic disorders, particularly, diabetes, are provided.
US08541378B2	Recombinant albumins fused with poly-cysteine peptide and the methods for preparing the same The present invention relates to recombinant albumins fused with poly-cysteine peptide and methods for preparing the same, more precisely recombinant albumins in which cysteines that can be used for drug binding are amplified at N-terminal and C-terminal of the albumin and methods for preparing the same. The recombinant albumin of the present invention demonstrates improved albumin-drug conjugation efficiency when it is used for drug delivery system, indicating that it can effectively deliver a large amount of drug to a target tissue. At the same time, the recombinant albumin of the present invention can be used as an excellent drug deliverer with reduced side effects, compared with the conventional albumin carriers, by regulating the amount of drug conjugated to each unit of albumin by regulating the number of cysteine fused thereto. In addition, the recombinant albumin of the present invention can be used for the screening of a novel drug and for the non-invasive real-time diagnosis and treatment of disease by combining with a fluorescent material or a contrast agent for molecular imaging.
US08541369B2	Fibroblast growth factor 21 variants having improved pharmacological potency and/or improved pharmaceutical stability This present invention relates to pharmacologically potent and/or stable variants of human fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), pharmaceutical compositions comprising FGF21 variants, and methods for treating type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, or metabolic syndrome, or any combination thereof, using such variants.
US08541368B2	Glucagon analogues The present invention relates to novel glucagon peptides, to the use of said glucagon peptides in therapy, to methods of treatment comprising administration of said glucagon peptides to patients in need thereof, and to the use of said glucagon peptides in the manufacture of medicaments. The glucagon peptides of the present invention are of particular interest in relation to the treatment of hyperglycemia, diabetes and obesity, as well as a variety of diseases or conditions associated with hyperglycemia, diabetes and obesity.
US08541367B2	Plasma anti-diabetic NUCB2 peptide (pladin) and uses thereof The present invention provides pladin (plasma anti-diabetic nucb2 peptide) polypeptide and functional equivalent thereof that are useful for treating diabetes. The present invention provides a method of treating diabetes by administering to a subject nesfatin-1, pladin, or a functional equivalent thereof. The present invention also provides a method of treating diabetes by administering to subject plasmin inhibitors.
US08541365B2	Dendrimeric compounds comprising amino acids, hyperbranched core compound, process for preparation of dendrimeric compounds comprising amino acids and hyperbranched core compound, and use thereof The invention provides dendrimeric compounds of the formula 1 comprising amino acids, wherein n is an integer of 1-4, T is an alkylidene —(CH2)2CONH(CH2)2- group, R2 is an —NH2 group or a moiety of a primary organic amine, and P is an amino acid and/or peptide moiety, wherein at least one hydrogen atom of at least one amino group is optionally replaced by a protective group, and a hyperbranched core compound of the formula 3, wherein T and R2 are as defined above. The invention provides also a process for the preparation of a dendrimeric compound and a hyperbranched core, wherein the process employs addition reactions of alkyl acrylate and a basic amino acid, and use of a hyperbranched core for the preparation of a dendrimeric compound comprising amino acids. The invention provides also use of dendrimeric compounds for the preparation of the medicament for inhibiting growth of bacterial cells, fungi and tumor cells.
US08541364B2	Use of a octreotide as a therapeutic agent The present invention is directed to the use of the peptide compound D-Phe-Cys-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-Cys-L-threoninol as a therapeutic agent for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, fibrotic diseases, inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, infectious diseases, lung diseases, heart and vascular diseases and metabolic diseases. Moreover the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions preferably in form of a lyophilisate or liquid buffer solution or artificial mother milk formulation or mother milk substitute containing the peptide D-Phe-Cys-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-Cys-L-threoninol optionally together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, cryoprotectant, lyoprotectant, excipient and/or diluent.
US08541359B2	Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for peptide treatment Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating a patient with a pharmaceutically active agent other than insulin selected from the group consisting of peptides, peptidomimetics, and proteins, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in the form of an emulsified nasal spray comprising: a macrocyclic permeation enhancer, a liquid carrier comprising water, and a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutically active agent other than insulin selected from the group consisting of peptides, peptidomimetics, and proteins; wherein the macrocyclic permeation enhancer is a Hsieh enhancer emulsified in the liquid carrier.
US08541345B2	Compositions and methods for the identification and use of epigenetic markers useful in the study of normal and abnormal mammalian gametogenesis The invention includes compositions comprising a S. cerevisiae yeast library, and methods of identifying an epigenetic marker for the diagnosis of infertility or a disorder associated with gametogenesis in an individual.
US08541343B2	Chemical compounds and their use as pesticides Compounds of the formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as a pesticides.
US08541342B2	Fungicidal substance combinations The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising the known fungicidally active compounds N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]-5-fluoro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, metalaxyl and strobilurin (3), which are highly suitable for controlling unwanted phytopathogenic fungi. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for the curative or preventive treatment of phytopathogenic fungi on plants or useful plants, in particular to the treatment of seed, for example seed of cereals, and not least to the treated seed itself.
US08541341B2	Thermal transfer sheet There is provided a thermal transfer sheet including a thermal transfer dye layer formed on one surface of a base sheet and containing a dye and a heat resistant smooth layer formed on the other surface of the base sheet and containing a binder, a lubricant containing phosphoric acid ester having a melting point of 50° C. or more, and a filler. The phosphoric acid ester is contained in the heat resistant smooth layer at a ratio of 5 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less and contains straight chain phosphoric acid monoalkyl ester at a ratio of 16 mass % or more and 75 mass % or less of a total amount thereof.
US08541339B2	Reversible thermosensitive recording medium and method for producing the same A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including: reversible thermosensitive recording layer; first sheet-shaped base; second sheet-shaped base; first resin layer; second resin layer; and electronic information recording module containing module substrate, and electronic information recording element and antenna circuit disposed on the substrate, wherein the recording layer is provided adjacent to the first sheet-shaped base; the first or second sheet-shaped base has concave portion in which the element is disposed in depth direction thereof; the module is provided between the first and second sheet-shaped bases, where the first resin layer is provided between the module and the sheet-shaped base having the concave portion and the second resin layer is provided between the module and the sheet-shaped base having no concave portion; and inner side surface of the concave portion is tapered surface where maximum opening diameter of the concave portion decreases from opening edge thereof towards bottom surface thereof.
US08541337B2	Quaternary oxides and catalysts containing quaternary oxides A quaternary oxide includes a dopant metal, a dopant nonmetal, titanium, and oxygen. The atomic ratio of titanium, oxygen and dopant nonmetal may be 1:0.5-1.99:0.01-1.5. Quaternary oxides may be used in catalytic compositions, in coatings for disinfecting surfaces and in coatings for self-cleaning surfaces. A method of making a quaternary oxide includes combining ingredients including a titanium source, a dopant nonmetal source, a dopant metal salt, and a polar organic solvent to form a reaction mixture; and heating the reaction mixture.
US08541330B2	Method of producing transparent ceramics The method of making a transparent ceramic includes making a molded body from a powder mixture of starting materials, which include one or more sintering aids. The sintering aids can include SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, HfO2, Al2O3 and/or fluorides. The transparent ceramic is made by pre-sintering the molded body at temperatures between 500° C. to 900° C., subsequently sintering in vacuum at temperatures between 1400° C. and 1900° C. and then pressurizing the sintered molded body at a pressure of from 10 to 198 MPa followed by annealing. The optoceramic material contains crystals with a stoichiometry of A2+XBYBYDZE7, wherein −1.15≦x≦+1.1, 0≦y≦3, 0≦z≦1.6 and 3x+4y+5z=8; and wherein A is a trivalent rare earth cation, B is a tetravalent cation, D is a pentavalent cation and E is a divalent anion.
US08541326B2	Optical member for deep ultraviolet and process for producing same The present invention relates to an optical member for deep ultraviolet having a wavelength of 250 nm or shorter, containing a synthetic silica glass which does not substantially contain a halogen element, has a maximum OH group content of less than 10 ppm by weight, has contents of ODC (oxygen deficient centers) and E-prime center of each less than 1×1014 cm−3, does not substantially contain SiH and peroxy linkage, and has a fictive temperature of 1,050° C. or lower.
US08541324B2	Pergallous alkaline earth selenogermanate glasses IR-transmitting alkaline earth selenogallo- and/or selenoindo-germanate glasses that are capable of hosting luminescent rare earth dopants. The relatively high Ga and/or In content of most compositions serves to eliminate the typical clustering tendency of rare earth dopants in chalcogenide glasses, resulting in improved luminescence.
US08541321B2	Copolymerized polyether polyamide resin A copolymerized polyether polyamide resin for coating on or for impregnation to a woven or knitted fabric, wherein elongation and elastic modulus of the copolymerized polyether polyamide resin are not less than 1000% and not more than 15 MPa, respectively. The copolymerized polyether polyamide resin has a constitution wherein said copolymerized polyether polyamide resin is such that a soft segment comprising a polyether polyamide constituted from a polyether diamine compound and a dicarboxylic acid compound is bonded to a hard segment comprising a polyamide constituted from an aminocarboxylic acid compound and/or a lactam compound.
US08541318B2	Monosilane or disilane derivatives and method for low temperature deposition of silicon-containing films using the same This invention relates to silicon precursor compositions for forming silicon-containing films by low temperature (e.g., <550° C.) chemical vapor deposition processes for fabrication of ULSI devices and device structures. Such silicon precursor compositions comprise at least a silane or disilane derivative that is substituted with at least one alkylhydrazine functional groups and is free of halogen substitutes.
US08541316B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including sequentially forming first and second mask material layers and forming a dotted photoresist pattern on the second mask material layer In a method of forming a dense contact-hole pattern in a semiconductor device, the method uses a self-align double patterning technique including forming a square or triangular lattice dot pattern on double layers of mask materials, forming first holes in the upper mask material and second holes wider than the first holes in the lower mask material by double patterning, additionally forming an insulating layer to a thickness such that the first holes are closed such that voids are left in the second holes, and transferring the shape of the voids to a base layer.
US08541314B2	Method for smoothing group III nitride semiconductor substrate The invention discloses a smoothing method to decrease bowing of group III nitride semiconductor substrate. The certain face of group III nitride semiconductor substrates is etched under the appropriate etching recipe and time, the certain morphology such as rod-type and other structures are appeared at the certain face. And such structures releases the compressive stresses at these certain faces, resulting in clearly increasing the bowing radius of the group III nitride semiconductor substrates, finally decreasing the bowing phenomenon of the group III nitride semiconductor substrate.
US08541311B2	Integrated circuit fabrication methods utilizing embedded hardmask layers for high resolution patterning Embodiments of a method for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of depositing a dielectric layer over a semiconductor device, forming a plurality of trimmed hardmask structures at predetermined locations over the dielectric layer, embedding the plurality of trimmed hardmask structures in a surrounding hardmask layer, removing the plurality of trimmed hardmask structures to create a plurality of openings through the surrounding hardmask layer, and etching the dielectric layer through the plurality of openings to form a plurality of etch features therein.
US08541307B2	Treatment method for reducing particles in dual damascene silicon nitride process A treatment method for reducing particles in a Dual Damascene Silicon Nitride (DDSN) process, including the following steps: forming a seed layer of copper on a silicon wafer; depositing a deposition layer of copper to cover the seed layer of copper; planarizing the deposition layer of copper; providing the silicon wafer into a reaction chamber and performing a pre-treatment on a surface of the deposition layer of copper using NH3 gas under a plasma condition so as to reduce copper oxide (CuO) to copper (Cu) formed on the deposition layer of copper; in the reaction chamber, generating an etching block layer on the deposition layer of copper using a DDSN deposition process; cleaning the reaction chamber using NF3 gas; and directing N2O gas into the reaction chamber and removing the remaining hydrogen (H) and fluorine (F) in the reaction chamber using the N2O gas under the plasma condition.
US08541306B2	Semiconductor device and method of double photolithography process for forming patterns of the semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method of forming patterns on a semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor device may include high-density patterns with a minimum size that may be less the resolution limit of a photolithography process, and may have a substrate including a memory cell region and an adjacent connection region, a plurality of first conductive lines extending from the memory cell region to the connection region in a first direction, a plurality of second conductive lines connected from respective first conductive lines to a plurality of pads having a width equal to twice the width of each of the first conductive lines. The method may include two levels of spacer formation to provide sub resolution line widths and spaces as well as selected multiples of the minimum line widths and spaces.
US08541298B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a GaN-based semiconductor layer on a first surface of a substrate made of SiC, a pad being provided on the GaN-based layer, includes: forming a first via hole in the substrate by etching, with fluorine based gas, from a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, the etching being carried out with the GaN-based layer being used as an etch stopper; and forming a second via hole in the GaN-based semiconductor layer, with chlorine based gas, from a bottom surface of the first via hole, the etching being carried out with the pad being used as an etching stopper, the chlorine based gas being an etchant different from the fluorine based gas.
US08541288B2	Manufacturing method of thin film transistor array substrate A manufacturing method for a TFT array substrate includes providing a substrate; defining a plurality of normal alignment regions and a plurality of abnormal alignment regions on the substrate; forming an insulating layer and a transparent conductive layer on the substrate; performing a patterning process to at least one of the insulating layer and the transparent conductive layer to form a plurality of alignment structures in each abnormal alignment region; forming an alignment material layer on the substrate, the alignment material layer having a plurality of first alignment slits formed along the alignment structures in each of the abnormal alignment regions; and performing a rubbing alignment process to form a plurality of second alignment slits on the alignment material layer in each of the normal alignment regions along a alignment direction.
US08541287B2	Laser processing method for wafer A wafer has a device area where a plurality of devices are formed, and a peripheral marginal area surrounding the device area. These devices are formed on the front side of the wafer so as to be partitioned by a plurality of division lines. A modified layer is formed by applying a laser beam along the division lines with the focal point of the laser beam set inside the wafer, thereby forming a modified layer as a division start point inside the wafer along each division line. The wafer is transported to a position where the next step is to be performed. In the modified layer forming step, the modified layer is not formed in the peripheral marginal area of the wafer to thereby form a reinforcing portion in the peripheral marginal area. Accordingly, breakage of the wafer from the modified layer in the transporting step can be prevented.
US08541284B2	Method of manufacturing string floating gates with air gaps in between A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of strings spaced a first distance from each other, each string including first preliminary gate structures spaced a second distance, smaller than the first distance, between second preliminary gate structures, forming a first insulation layer to cover the first and second preliminary gate structures, forming an insulation layer structure to fill a space between the strings, forming a sacrificial layer pattern to partially fill spaces between first and second preliminary gate structures, removing a portion of the first insulation layer not covered by the sacrificial layer pattern to form a first insulation layer pattern, reacting portions of the first and second preliminary gate structures not covered by the first insulation layer pattern with a conductive layer to form gate structures, and forming a capping layer on the gate structures to form air gaps between the gate structures.
US08541283B2	High performance dielectric stack for DRAM capacitor A method for fabricating a DRAM capacitor stack is described wherein the dielectric material is a multi-layer stack formed from a highly-doped material combined with a lightly or non-doped material. The highly-doped material remains amorphous with a crystalline content of less than 30% after an annealing step. The lightly or non-doped material becomes crystalline with a crystalline content of equal to or greater than 30% after an annealing step. The dielectric multi-layer stack maintains a high k-value while minimizing the leakage current and the EOT value.
US08541282B2	Blocking layers for leakage current reduction in DRAM devices A method for forming a DRAM MIM capacitor stack having low leakage current involves the use of a first electrode that serves as a template for promoting the high k phase of a subsequently deposited dielectric layer. The high k dielectric layer comprises a doped material that can be crystallized after a subsequent annealing treatment. An amorphous blocking is formed on the dielectric layer. The thickness of the blocking layer is chosen such that the blocking layer remains amorphous after a subsequent annealing treatment. A second electrode layer compatible with the blocking layer is formed on the blocking layer.
US08541281B1	Replacement gate process flow for highly scaled semiconductor devices A method disclosed herein includes forming sacrificial gate structures for a PFET and NFET transistor, removing the sacrificial gate structures and forming a replacement P-type gate structure for the PFET transistor and a replacement N-type gate structure for the NFET transistor, forming P-contact openings and N-contact openings in at least one layer of insulating material, wherein the P-contact openings expose portions of a P-active region and the N-contact openings expose portions of an N-active region, forming a masking layer that covers the exposed portions of the N-active region, performing an etching process though the P-contact openings in the layer of insulating material to define source/drain cavities in the P-active region proximate the replacement gate structure of the PFET transistor, and performing an epitaxial deposition process through the P-contact openings to form source/drain regions comprised of a semiconducting material in at least the source/drain cavities of the PFET transistor.
US08541280B2	Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising the steps of: depositing an interlayer dielectric layer (105) on a semiconductor substrate (101) to cover a source/drain region (102) and a gate stack on the semiconductor substrate (101); etching the interlayer dielectric layer and the source/drain region, so as to form a contact hole (110) extending into the source/drain region; conformally forming an amorphous layer (111) on an exposed part of the source/drain region; forming a metal silicide layer (113) on a surface of the amorphous layer (111); and filling the contact hole (110) with a contact metal (114). Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a semiconductor structure. The present invention etches the source/drain region so that the exposed part comprises the bottom and a sidewall, thereby expanding the contact area between the contact metal in the contact hole and the source/drain region, and reducing the contact resistance. The present invention effectively eliminates EOR defects caused by the amorphous ion implantation by forming an amorphous substance by a selective deposition.
US08541278B2	Method for fabricating super-junction power device with reduced miller capacitance A method for fabricating a super-junction semiconductor power device with reduced Miller capacitance includes the following steps. An N-type substrate is provided and a P-type epitaxial layer is formed on the N-type substrate. At least a trench is formed in the P-type epitaxial layer followed by forming a buffer layer on interior surface in the trench. An N-type dopant layer is filled into the trench and then the N-type dopant layer is etched to form a recessed structure at an upper portion of the trench. A gate oxide layer is formed, and simultaneously, dopants in the N-type dopant layer diffuse into the P-type epitaxial layer, forming an N-type diffusion layer. Finally, a gate conductor is filled into the recessed structure and an N-type source doped region is formed around the gate conductor in the P-type epitaxial layer.
US08541277B2	Non-volatile memory device and method for fabricating the same A method of fabricating a non-volatile memory device is provided. The method includes sequentially forming a tunnel insulation layer and a first polysilicon layer on a substrate, patterning the first polysilicon layer and the tunnel insulation layer, forming a dielectric layer to cover the patterned first polysilicon layer and the patterned tunnel insulation layer, forming a gate insulation layer on the substrate where the substrate is exposed, forming a second polysilicon layer to cover the dielectric layer, and forming a first floating gate and a second floating gate a fixed distance apart from each other, the forming of the first and second floating gates including etching middle portions of the second polysilicon layer, the dielectric layer, the patterned first polysilicon layer, and the patterned tunnel insulation layer, and separating the etched layers into two parts.
US08541270B2	Finlike structures and methods of making same Semiconductor materials, particularly III-V materials used to form, e.g., a finlike structure can suffer structural damage during chemical mechanical polishing steps. This damage can be reduced or eliminated by oxidizing the damaged surface of the material and then etching away the oxidized material. The etching step can be accomplished simultaneously with a step of etching back a patterned oxide layers, such as a shallow trench isolation layer.
US08541267B2	FinFET transistor with high-voltage capability and CMOS-compatible method for fabricating the same The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a FinFET on a substrate. The method comprises providing a substrate with an active semiconductor layer on an insulator layer, and concurrently fabricating trench isolation regions in the active semiconductor layer for electrically isolating different active regions in the active semiconductor layer from each other, and trench gate-isolation regions in the active semiconductor layer for electrically isolating at least one gate region of the FinFET in the active semiconductor layer from a fin-shaped channel region of the FinFET in the active semiconductor layer.
US08541264B2	Method for forming semiconductor structure having protection layer for preventing laser damage A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided to prevent energy that is used to blow at least one fuse formed on a metal layer above a semiconductor substrate from causing damage on the structure. The semiconductor structure includes a device, guard ring, protection ring, and at least one protection layer. The device is constructed on the semiconductor substrate underneath the fuse. A seal ring, which surrounds the fuse, is constructed on at least one metal layer between the device and the fuse for confining the energy therein. The protection layer is formed within the seal ring, on at least one metal layer between the device and the fuse for shielding the device from being directly exposed to the energy.
US08541263B1	Thermoset molding for on-package decoupling in flip chips In an exemplary embodiment, a method takes as an input a package substrate on which multiple capacitors have been mounted in a ring as part of a design to effectuate on-package decoupling. The method involves plasma cleaning the package substrate and the capacitors to remove organic contaminants. The method then involves applying a thermoset plastic to encase the capacitors on the package substrate. In one embodiment, a heated metal mold is utilized and the thermoset plastic is placed therein. The method includes opening the metal mold and curing the molded thermoset plastic by baking the molded thermoset plastic at an elevated temperature.
US08541262B2	Die edge contacts for semiconductor devices A semiconductor device utilizing die edge contacts is provided. An integrated circuit die has a post-passivation layer with a trench filled with a conductive material extending from a contact to a die edge, thereby forming a die edge contact. Optionally, a through substrate via may be positioned along the die edge such that the conductive material in the trench is electrically coupled to the through-substrate via, thereby forming a larger die edge contact. The integrated circuit die may be placed in a multi-die package wherein the multi-die package includes walls having a major surface perpendicular to a major surface of the integrated circuit die. The die edge contacts are electrically coupled to contacts on the walls of the multi-die package. The multi-die package may include edge contacts for connecting to another substrate, such as a printed circuit board, a packaging substrate, a high-density interconnect, or the like.
US08541260B1	Exposed die overmolded flip chip package and fabrication method An exposed die overmolded flip chip package includes a substrate. A die is flip chip mounted to an upper surface of the substrate. The package further includes a mold cap filling a apace between an active surface of the die and the upper surface of the substrate. The mold cap includes a principal surface, sidewalls extending from the upper surface of the substrate to the principal surfaces, an annular surface coplanar with the inactive surface of the die and extending outward from a peripheral edge of the inactive surface of the die, and protruding surfaces extending between the principal surface and the annular surface. The mold cap does not cover the inactive surface of the die such that heat transfer from the die to the ambient environment is maximized and the package thickness is minimized.
US08541257B2	Aligned polymers for an organic TFT A method for forming an electronic device having a semiconducting active layer comprising a polymer, the method comprising aligning the chains of the polymer parallel to each other by bringing the polymer into a liquid-crystalline phase.
US08541255B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate; a first conductive region of the semiconductor substrate; a first conductive region on an upper surface side of the first conductive region of the semiconductor substrate; a second conductive region below the first conductive region on the upper surface side of the first conductive region of the semiconductor substrate. The solid-state imaging device further includes a photoelectric conversion region including the first conductive region located on the upper surface side of the first conductive region of the semiconductor substrate and the second conductive region and a transfer transistor transferring charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion region to a readout region; and a pixel including the photoelectric conversion region and the transfer transistor. The first conductive region, which is included in the photoelectric conversion region, extends to the lower side of a sidewall of a gate electrode of the transfer transistor.
US08541250B2	Method and system for continuously manufacturing liquid crystal display device A method for continuously manufacturing a liquid crystal display device by bonding a polarizing film to a liquid crystal panel with a pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed therebetween, includes a polarizing film supply step including drawing an optical film laminate from the continuous roll placed in a dry environment, cutting at least a polarizing film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive, while leaving a carrier film uncut and feeding the sheet piece and the pressure-sensitive adhesive piece; a liquid crystal panel supply step including feeding the liquid crystal panel in a first humid environment having a relative humidity higher than that of the dry environment; and a bonding step including bonding the sheet piece to the liquid crystal panel with the pressure-sensitive adhesive piece interposed therebetween in a second humid environment having a relative humidity higher than that of the dry environment.
US08541248B2	Methods for fabricating planar heater structures for ejection devices Methods and apparatus teach a substrate wafer having a plurality of plugs configured there within. The method also includes depositing and patterning a layer of a second metallic material over the substrate wafer, providing a layer of a dielectric material of a predetermined thickness over the patterned layer of the second metallic material, and conducting chemical mechanical polishing of the layer of the dielectric material to form a planarized top surface while exposing the patterned layer of the second metallic material. The method further includes cleaning the planarized top surface, depositing and patterning a resistor film over the planarized top surface, depositing one or more blanket films over the patterned resistor film, and patterning and etching the one or more blanket films. Further disclosed are planar heater structures and additional methods for fabricating the planar heater structures.
US08541245B2	Method for assessing oocyte maturation The present invention provides methods and kits for assessing the state of oocyte maturation in a female mammal based on the level of PAPP-A found in the female's bodily fluid sample.
US08541244B2	In situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining apparatus and method Contemplated herein is an automated microscope slide antigen recovery and staining apparatus and method that features a plurality of individually operable miniaturized pressurizable reaction compartments for individually and independently processing a plurality of individual microscope slides. The apparatus preferably features independently movable slide support elements each having an individually heatable heating plate. Each slide support element preferably supports a single microscope slide. Each microscope slide can be enclosed within an individual pressurizable reaction compartment. Pressures exceeding 1 atm or below 1 atm can be created and maintained in the reaction compartment prior to, during or after heating of the slide begins. Because of the ability to pressurize and regulate pressure within the reaction compartment, and to individually heat each slide, each slide and a liquid solution or reagent thereon can be heated to temperatures that could not be obtained without the enclosed pressurized environment of the reaction compartment. A reagent dispensing strip having a plurality of reconfigurable reagent modules may also be used.
US08541243B2	Method for assessment of folate phenotypes, disease risk and response to therapy The invention provides a method for measuring the levels of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF), tetrahydrofolate (THF), and 5,10-MTHF in a biological sample. The method includes employing an isotope dilution liquid chromatography-multiple reaction monitoring/mass spectrometry (LC-MRM/MS) methodology.
US08541235B2	Modified reconstituted basement membrane composition for assay system A modified reconstituted extracellular matrix composition is provided herein. The composition includes an extracellular matrix and at least one exogenous component selected from heparin, fibronectin and laminin. The composition may have a basic pH. Additionally, provided herein is a cell culturing system including a substrate and a coating thereon of the composition to assess potential stimulators and/or inhibitors for their effects on various cell cultures while increasing the signal dynamic range.
US08541234B2	Methods of generating tendon tissue in vitro from connective tissue progenitor cells Methods of generating and expanding proliferative, multipotent connective tissue progenitor cells from adult stem cells are provided. Also provided are methods of generating functional tendon grafts in vitro and bone, cartilage and connective tissues in vivo using the isolated cell preparation of connective tissue progenitor cells.
US08541230B2	Polynucleotides encoding antigenic HIV type C polypeptides, polypeptides and uses thereof The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding immunogenic HIV type C Gag- and/or Env-containing polypeptides. Uses of the polynucleotides in applications including DNA immunization, generation of packaging cell lines, and production of Gag- and/or Env-containing proteins are also described.
US08541228B2	Cell observation apparatus, cell observation method, and program The present invention relates to a cell observation apparatus that facilitates the setting of schedules. An observation schedule that has already been registered is presented to a user by a time schedule display unit of a schedule setting screen, and a new observation schedule is acquired in response to an input of set values of photographic conditions by the user. Then determination is made whether the photographing time of this observation schedule and the photographing time of the already registered observation schedule overlap, and when the photographing times are determined to overlap, the photographic conditions including the photographing time of one or both of the observation schedules are changed and the observation schedule is registered. The invention can be applied, for example, to incubators for culturing cells.
US08541225B2	System and method for using a pulse flow circulation for algae cultivation A system and method for using a pulse flow to circulate algae in an algae cultivation apparatus are provided. In order to counteract the negative effects of biofouling on algae cultivation equipment, a pulse flow is created to periodically move through an algae cultivation apparatus. The pulse flow will dislodge algae cells adhering to various surfaces of the apparatus, and it will also create turbulence to stir up any algae cells which may have settled onto the bottom of the apparatus. To produce an increased fluid flow rate required to create an effective pulse flow, a sump, which is periodically filled with drawn algal culture from the apparatus, is located at an elevated position above the apparatus. When released, the algal culture travels through a transfer pipe and into the apparatus with gravity causing the algal culture to flow at a very high rate.
US08541221B2	Primate T-lymphotropic viruses Disclosed are compositions and methods related to the isolation and identification of the primate T-lymphotropic viruses, HTLV-3 and HTLV-4. The diversity of HTLVs was investigated among central Africans reporting contact with NHP blood and body fluids through hunting, butchering, and keeping primate pets. Herein it is shown that this population is infected with a variety of HTLVs, including two retroviruses; HTLV-4 is the first member of a novel phylogenetic lineage that is distinct from all known HTLVs and STLVs; HTLV-3 falls within the genetic diversity of STLV-3, a group that has not previously been seen in humans. The present disclosure also relates to vectors and vaccines for use in humans against infection and disease. The disclosure further relates to a variety of bioassays and kits for the detection and diagnosis of infection with and diseases caused by HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 and related viruses.
US08541220B2	Isomerases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them This invention relates generally to enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the enzymes, the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides and more specifically to enzymes having isomerase activity, e.g., racemase activity, e.g., amino acid racemase activity, alanine racemase activity, and/or epimerase activity, and/or catalyze the re-arrangement of atoms within a molecule, catalyze the conversion of one isomer into another, catalyze the conversion of an optically active substrate into a raceme, which is optically inactive, catalyze the interconversion of substrate enantiomers, catalyze the stereochemical inversion around the asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having only one center of asymmetry, catalyze the stereochemical inversion of the configuration around an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one asymmetric center, and/or catalyze the racemization of amino acids. Thus, the invention provides enzymes, compositions, methods for production of pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical intermediates, antibiotics, sweeteners, peptide enzymes, peptide hormones, fuel and fuel additive compositions, foods and food additives, beverage and beverage additives, feeds and feed additives, drugs and drug additives, dietary supplements, textiles, wood, paper, pulp, and detergents comprising the polypeptides or polynucleotides in accordance with the invention.
US08541216B2	Insecticidal fermentation broth from actinomycetes containing enhanced ratio of active to inactive dunaimycins The present invention provides an insecticidal fermentation broth of an actinomycete, where the fermentation broth contains an optimized ratio of active dunaimycins to inactive dunaimycins.
US08541212B2	Genetic modification for production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid A method of increasing 3-HP production efficiency by inhibiting expression of a lactate dehydrogenase, a phosphotransacetylase, and an alcohol dehydrogenase in production of 3-HP using a malonic semialdehyde reduction pathway to prevent metabolite leak and increase a malonyl-CoA pool is disclosed.
US08541211B2	Generation of triacylglycerols A method is disclosed for the generation of triacylglycerols from gums that have been separated from an oil product. The gums are treated with an enzyme having PLC activity, which results in the formation of diacylglycerols and phosphates, and treated with an enzyme having PLA activity, which results in the formation of lyso-phospholipids and free fatty acids. The diacylglycerols and the free fatty acids from these two separate reactions then combine in the presence of the enzymes to generate new triacylglycerol molecules.
US08541204B2	Polypeptide producing cells The current invention describes a nucleic acid comprising in a 5′ to 3′ direction a) a first nucleic acid encoding a heterologous polypeptide without an in frame stop codon, b) a second nucleic acid beginning with a 5′ splice donor site and terminated by a 3′ splice acceptor site comprising an in frame translational stop codon and a polyadenylation signal, and c) a nucleic acid encoding i) at least a fragment of a transmembrane domain, or ii) a signal peptide for a GPI-anchor.
US08541202B2	Method for inducing cell lysis with immunogenic portions of NY-ESO-1 protein The invention relates to peptides which bind to MHC Class I and to MHC Class II molecules. These peptides are useful in different therapeutic and diagnostic contexts.
US08541201B2	Thrombopoietic compounds The invention relates to the field of compounds, especially peptides or polypeptides, that have thrombopoietic activity. The peptides and polypeptides of the invention may be used to increase platelets or platelet precursors (e.g., megakaryocytes) in a mammal.
US08541199B2	Mutant penicillin G acylases The present invention relates to a mutant prokaryotic penicillin G acylase derived from a wild-type penicillin G acylase characterized in that the mutant is having an amino acid substitution at one or more amino acid positions selected from the group consisting of amino acid positions A3, A77, A90, A144 A192, B24, B109, B148, B313, B460 and B488 according to the amino acid numbering of the Escherichia coli penicillin G acylase having the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID No: 1.
US08541198B2	Method for determination and quantification of radiation or genotoxin exposure The present invention discloses methods for detecting exposure of a living subject to genotoxic agents, testing sensitivity to a genotoxic agent, and determining DNA damage caused by exposure to an agent, comprising detecting the presence of FANCD2-containing foci from a sample collected from said subject. The presence of concentrated foci is indicative of DNA damage, and the degree of foci formation is correlated with degree of exposure. Diagnostic reagents contain a ligand that binds to human FANCD2 associated with a detectable label. Kits for detecting DNA damage in a biological sample contain such diagnostic reagents and signal detection components. The invention further discloses methods for identifying agents which modulate the ability of FANCD2-containing foci to form. Among other things, such agents are potentially useful chemosensitizing agents or may confer protection against damage caused by genotoxic agents.
US08541193B2	Cationic anti-microbial peptides and methods of use thereof Described herein are methods of detecting a wound infection and for detecting the presence or absence of microorganisms, for example, wound pathogens in a sample, by contacting a sample with a cationic anti-microbial peptide that is degradable by an enzyme produced and/or secreted by a microorganism, and detecting degradation or the absence of degradation of the peptide, as an indicator of the presence or absence of the enzyme in the sample, and thus indicative of the presence or absence of a microorganism in the sample. The present invention also features a biosensor for detecting the presence or absence of a microorganism in a sample.
US08541188B2	Differential immunoassay for PRRS vaccine antibody The present invention relates to immunoassays for serologically differentiating animals naturally infected with PRRS virus from animals vaccinated against PRRS. The immunoassays provide detection of at least a portion of the N terminal region of the 2b portion of PRRSV. The immunoassay is preferably an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
US08541185B2	Method of predicting responsiveness to autologous adoptive cell transfer therapy A method of determining responsiveness to cancer treatment is disclosed. The method comprises analyzing a frequency of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) having a CD8+CD28−CD152− signature in a sample of the subject, wherein a frequency of TILs having the CD8+CD28−CD152− signature above a predetermined level is indicative of a positive responsiveness to cancer treatment. Other signatures reflecting responsiveness to cancer treatment are also disclosed. In addition, methods of treating cancer based on these signatures are also disclosed.
US08541184B2	Screening for neurotoxic amino acid associated with neurological disorders Methods for screening for neurological disorders are disclosed. Specifically, methods are disclosed for screening for neurological disorders in a subject by analyzing a tissue sample obtained from the subject for the presence of elevated levels of neurotoxic amino acids or neurotoxic derivatives thereof associated with neurological disorders. In particular, methods are disclosed for diagnosing a neurological disorder in a subject, or predicting the likelihood of developing a neurological disorder in a subject, by determining the levels of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a tissue sample obtained from the subject. Methods for screening for environmental factors associated with neurological disorders are disclosed. Methods for inhibiting, treating or preventing neurological disorders are disclosed.
US08541182B2	Biological marker for inflammation Inflammatory state in a subject is assayed by determining the level of expression of A3 adenosine receptor (A3AR) in white blood cells (WBC), e.g. circulating WBCs, from the subject. A high level of expression of A3AR is indicative of an inflammatory state in the subject. This assay can be used for determining the severity of inflammation in a subject and monitoring the efficacy of anti-inflammatory treatment. Also, the level of expression may be used for selecting patients to receive an anti-inflammatory treatment that comprises an A3AR agonist.
US08541179B2	Immunodetection assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex The present invention provides a method for specifically detecting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific secretory protein MPT64 antigen in a biological sample, whereby diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is carried out rapidly and safely with higher accuracy than before. An antibody that recognizes an epitope for MPB64 located in any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 4, particularly a monoclonal antibody was obtained. Thus, an immunoassay using the antibody, particularly a sandwich immunoassay using first and second antibodies to MPB64, particularly an immunochromatographic assay and an immunochromatographic test strip are provided. A biological sample can be rapidly subjected to the immunoassay without culturing or after culturing for a time before Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in the sample substantially start to grow. The biological sample may be pretreated by treatment for inactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or treatment by dispersion or solubilization.
US08541178B2	Analysis of antibody drug conjugates by bead-based affinity capture and mass spectrometry Methods to detect, characterize, and quantitate biological samples after administration of antibody conjugates, antibody-drug conjugates of Formula I, antibodies, and fragments and metabolites thereof, by immunoaffinity bead separation, chromatography, and mass spectrometry are disclosed; Ab-(L-D)p I wherein Ab is an antibody; D is a drug moiety; L is a linker covalently attached to Ab, and covalently attached to D; and p is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8.
US08541174B2	Multi-array, multi-specific electrochemiluminescence testing Materials and methods are provided for producing patterned multi-array, multi-specific surfaces for use in diagnostics. The invention provides for electrochemiluminescence methods for detecting or measuring an analyte of interest. It also provides for novel electrodes for ECL assays. Materials and methods are provided for the chemical and/or physical control of conducting domains and reagent deposition for use multiply specific testing procedures.
US08541164B2	Sub-wavelength lithography via Rabi oscillations A sub-wavelength photolithographic method includes exposing a photoresist material to a stimulating electromagnetic source prior to further exposing the photoresist material to a dissociating electromagnetic source. The stimulating electromagnetic source induces Rabi oscillations in the photoresist material between a first molecular state and an excited molecular state. The subsequent exposure of the photoresist material to the dissociating electromagnetic source dissociates only those molecules that are in the excited state, altering the properties of the photoresist material in zones of excited state molecules. The resulting patterns therefore depend on the spatial distribution of the zones of excited state molecules induced by the stimulating electromagnetic source. The properties of the stimulating electromagnetic source are controlled to achieve a desired spatial distribution of zones of excited state molecules of the photoresist material.
US08541162B2	High resolution, solvent resistant, thin elastomeric printing plates The present invention relates to a printing element comprising at least one polymer layer on a substrate which has photoimagable constituents and a chemically functionalized polymer to make the polymer layer either more hydrophobic or hydrophilic. In one embodiment of the present invention, the printing element comprises two adjacent polymer layers on a substrate in which the photoimaged layer comprises a polymer chemically modified with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl side groups to provide differential wetting with hydrophilic inks.
US08541157B2	Resist composition, method of forming resist pattern, compound and acid generator including the same A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, wherein the acid-generator component (B) includes an acid generator (B1) composed of a compound having a base dissociable group within a cation moiety.
US08541156B2	Method for erasing image According to one embodiment, a method for erasing an image includes erasing an image formed using a toner containing at least a binder resin, an electron donating color developable agent, and an electron accepting color developing agent by heating for 10 seconds or less. A color difference ΔE between a region where the image is erased and a paper is 5 or less.
US08541152B2	Magnetic toner for single component developer A magnetic toner for a single component developer includes in a polyester resin at least a nigrosine dye that is immiscible with the polyester resin, a nigrosine dye that is miscible with the polyester resin, and a magnetic powder. The nigrosine dye that is immiscible with the polyester resin has an average diameter of 0.2 to 4 μm when dispersed in the polyester resin.
US08541150B2	Manufacturing method of polymer film with photonic crystal structure A manufacturing method of a polymer film with the photonic crystal structure includes a mixing step for at least mixing an achiral liquid crystal (LC), a chiral dopant, a monomer and a photo initiator together to form an LC-monomer mixture, at least one exposure step for exposing the LC-monomer mixture through a mask, at least one diffusion step for diffusing the monomer from the area around one of the exposure areas to the exposure area, and a LC removing step for removing the achiral LC to form the polymer film. By implementing the diffusion step after the exposure step, the polymerization rate of the monomers is enhanced so as to increase the proportion of the polymer in the polymer film and raise the imprint rate of chirality. Therefore, the polymer film can reveal stronger photonic crystal structure and property of Bragg reflection when it is not filled with any fluid.
US08541149B2	Method of adhering lithographic pellicle and adhering apparatus therefor A method of adhering a lithographic pellicle includes steps of pressing the pellicle frame 6 toward the exposure stencil 5 by a pressure plate 2 via a bag 3 containing a low viscosity liquid being mounted on the surface of the pressure plate 2 facing the pellicle frame 6 so as to be along sides of the pellicle frame 6 and face the pellicle frame 6, the compressively deformable member being easily deformable when a pressure is applied thereonto.According to the thus constituted method of adhering a pellicle, it is possible to uniformize a pressure applied onto an exposure stencil 5 such as a photomask, a reticle or the like via a pellicle frame 6 when a pellicle is adhered onto the exposure stencil 5.
US08541148B2	Method for making a laminated chip and method for aligning a lithographic mask A method for making a laminated chip includes: (a) forming a first conductive layer on a substrate; (b) forming an insulating layer on the first conductive layer opposite to the substrate; (c) bombarding the insulating layer using an electron beam to form a plurality of holes that expose the first conductive layer; and (d) forming a second conductive layer on the insulating layer such that a part of the second conductive layer extends into the holes to electrically connect to the first conductive layer.
US08541143B2	Fuel cell system and process for operating same A process for operating a fuel cell system (1), especially in a motor vehicle. The fuel cell system (1) includes at least one fuel cell (3) as well as at least one reformer (2). To improve the possibility of warm start, a warm-holding mode, in which heat transfer takes place from the fuel cell (3) to the reformer (2), is activated after switching off the fuel cell system (1).
US08541142B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: an oxidizing gas supply shut valve; an oxidizing gas exhaust shut valve; a cathode pressure measuring unit as a pressure detection unit for detecting a cathode pressure value which is a pressure of a channel between the oxidizing gas supply shut valve and the oxidizing gas exhaust shut valve; a stop processing unit which closes the oxidizing gas supply shut valve and the oxidizing gas exhaust shut valve when operation of the fuel cell stack is stopped; and a judgment unit which judges whether the operations of the oxidizing gas supply shut valve and the oxidizing gas exhaust shut valve have failed according to the cathode pressure value upon stop when the operation of the fuel cell stack is stopped and the cathode pressure value upon start when the operation of the fuel cell stack is started after the stop.
US08541140B2	Fuel cell system having a valve controlling the flow of water to a reformer based on fuel tank pressure A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a reformer which generates a reformed gas through a reforming reaction between a gaseous fuel and water and supplies the reformed gas to the fuel cell stack, a fuel tank which compresses the gaseous fuel, stores the compressed fuel in an at least a partially liquid phase, and supplies the gaseous fuel to the reformer, a water tank connected to the fuel tank and the reformer to store water and to supply the water to the reformer by an internal air pressure of the fuel tank, and a first valve installed in a connection line connecting the water tank to the fuel tank to selectively open or close the connection line according to an electrical on/off pulse signal.
US08541137B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte battery containing a negative electrode of lithium-titanium composite oxide, battery pack and vehicle A nonaqueous electrolyte battery, containing a case and provided in the case, a positive electrode containing at least one selected from the group consisting of spinel type lithium-manganese-nickel composite oxide and lithium phosphate oxide having an olivine structure, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode comprises a lithium-titanium composite oxide, wherein a crystallite diameter of the lithium-titanium composite oxide is not larger than 6.9×102 {acute over (Å)}. The lithium-titanium composite oxide comprises: rutile TiO2; anatase TiO2; Li2TiO3; and a lithium titanate having a spinel structure. A main peak intensity relative to lithium titanate set at 100, as determined by X-ray diffractometry, of each of lithium titanate having a spinel structure, the rutile TiO2, the anatase TiO2 and Li2TiO3 is not larger than 7.
US08541134B2	Electrode using three-dimensional network aluminum porous body, and nonaqueous electrolyte battery, capacitor and lithium-ion capacitor with nonaqueous electrolytic solution, each using the electrode In an electrode according to the present invention including a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body as a base material, the electrode is a sheet-shaped electrode, and a cell of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has an elliptic shape having a minor axis in the thickness direction of the electrode in a cross section parallel to the longitudinal direction and thickness direction of the electrode, and a cell of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has an elliptic shape having a minor axis in the thickness direction of the electrode in a cross section parallel to the width direction and thickness direction of the electrode. The electrode is preferably obtained by subjecting the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body to at least a current collecting lead welding step, an active material filling step and a compressing step.
US08541129B1	Active membrane having uniform physico-chemically functionalized ion channels The present invention relates to a physicochemically-active porous membrane for electrochemical cells that purports dual functions: an electronic insulator (separator) and a unidirectional ion-transporter (electrolyte). The electrochemical cell membrane is activated for the transport of ions by contiguous ion coordination sites on the interior two-dimensional surfaces of the trans-membrane unidirectional pores. One dimension of the pore surface has a macroscopic length (1 nm-1000 μm) and is directed parallel to the direction of an electric field, which is produced between the cathode and the anode electrodes of an electrochemical cell. The membrane material is designed to have physicochemical interaction with ions. Control of the extent of the interactions between the ions and the interior pore walls of the membrane and other materials, chemicals, or structures contained within the pores provides adjustability of the ionic conductivity of the membrane.
US08541128B2	Rechargeable lithium battery and method of fabricating same Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a polyacrylate compound having three or more acrylic groups.
US08541126B2	Thermal barrier structure for containing thermal runaway propagation within a battery pack A battery pack is provided that includes one or more thermal barrier elements, the thermal barrier elements dividing the cells within the battery pack into groups of cells. The thermal barrier elements that separate the cells into groups prevent a thermal runaway event initiated in one group of cells from propagating to the cells within a neighboring group of cells.
US08541125B2	Battery pack A battery pack that prevents a circuit module from being bent and improves durability against an external impact. The battery pack includes a bare cell on which an electrode terminal protrudes from a surface thereof, a circuit module disposed on the surface of the bare cell, a first lead plate coupled to a side of the circuit module, the first lead plate being connected to the surface of the bare cell, and a first holder disposed between the circuit module and the surface of the bare cell, the first holder being coupled to the first lead plate.
US08541124B2	Kit for remote location of smoke detector battery A kit is provided that provides for remotely locating a smoke detector battery from a surface mounted smoke detector of the type that comprises an internal two wire battery connector. The kit comprises a first connector arranged to mate with the internal two-wire battery connector. The kit also includes a length of surface mountable tape wire comprising at least two, flat, thin, flexible, elongate conductors carried by an insulating tape. One surface of the tape carries an adhesive layer or material bonded to the insulating tape. The tape wire is mountable to a flat surface or to adjacent flat surfaces such that said flat electrical conductors are mountable onto an interior wall surface, said wall surface being one of the same wall surface upon which said smoke detector is surface mounted or a wall surface adjacent to the surface upon which said smoke detector is surface mounted. A second connector is configured to connect the first pair of electrical wire conductors to the two elongate conductors. A container is provided for containing a smoke detector battery. The container comprises a pair of contacts for electrically connecting to a smoked detector battery. A third connector is provided to connect the container contacts to the elongate conductors. The container is mountable at a location on a wall surface to provide convenient access to the battery.
US08541120B2	Fuel cell system and operation method for fuel cell system A fuel cell system (100) includes: a circulation pump (50) provided on a fuel gas circulation channel (27) so as to circulate a fuel gas; a pump temperature detection portion (420) that detects a temperature of the circulation pump (50); a warmup portion that warms up the circulation pump; a pump control portion (410) that drives the circulation pump; and a breakdown determination portion (450) that determines whether the circulation pump has broken. At the start of the fuel cell system, if the pump temperature detected by the pump temperature detection portion (420) is below the melting point of water, the warmup portion warms the circulation pump, and the pump control portion (410) drives the circulation pump (50). If the pump temperature is higher than or equal to the melting point of water and the rotation speed of the circulation pump (50) is less than a predetermined speed, the breakdown determination portion (450) determines that the circulation pump (50) has broken.
US08541117B2	Low noise battery with a magnetic compensation structure for wireless mobile communication device A battery has an electrode assembly that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a layer of electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. An electric current flow in the positive electrode is unmatched to an electric current flow in the negative electrode, thereby producing a first magnetic field. A magnetic compensation structure is adjacent to the electrode assembly and has body of electrically conductive material connected to one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The electric current flowing through the electrode assembly also flows through the body in a pattern that matches the pattern of unmatched electric current in the electrode assembly. As a result a second magnetic field is produced by the magnetic compensation structure that opposes the first magnetic field thereby mitigating magnetic noise from the battery.
US08541114B2	Light emitting device and electronic appliance using the same A light emitting device comprises a pair of electrodes and a mixed layer provided between the pair of electrodes. The mixed layer contains an organic compound which contains no nitrogen atoms, i.e., an organic compound which dose not have an arylamine skeleton, and a metal oxide. As the organic compound, an aromatic hydrocarbon having an anthracene skeleton is preferably used. As such an aromatic hydrocarbon, t-BuDNA, DPAnth, DPPA, DNA, DMNA, t-BuDBA, and the like are listed. As the metal oxide, molybdenum oxide, vanadium oxide, ruthenium oxide, rhenium oxide, and the like are preferably used. Further, the mixed layer preferably shows absorbance per 1 μm of 1 or less or does not show a distinct absorption peak in a spectrum of 450 to 650 nm when an absorption spectrum is measured.
US08541110B2	Resistance spot welding manufacture and method of forming same A resistance spot welding manufacture includes a first metal layer having a first thickness, a second metal layer having a faying surface defining an embossed region, wherein the second metal layer has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness so that a ratio of the first thickness to the second thickness is greater than about 2:1, a third metal layer sandwiched between the first metal layer and the embossed region, wherein the third metal layer has a third thickness that is greater than the second thickness, and a weld joint penetrating each of the first metal layer, the third metal layer, and the faying surface at the embossed region to thereby join each of the first metal layer and the second metal layer to the third metal layer. A method of forming a resistance spot welding manufacture is also disclosed.
US08541108B2	Fuser member The present teachings provide a fuser member. The fuser member includes a substrate layer comprising a polyimide polymer and a hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene. A method of manufacturing a fuser member containing a polyimide polymer and a hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene is presented.

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