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US07710587B2	Method and system for configuring an electronic device A method and system for configuring a new device are disclosed. The method includes using a host system to create a configuration file including data useable to configure the new device. A portable storage device is interfaced to the host and the configuration file is transferred to the storage device. The storage device is then interfaced to the new device and the configuration file is transferred to the new device. The configuration file is optionally used to configure the new device for communication over a network. A method for configuring the new device using a direct connection between the new device and a system bus of the host is also disclosed.
US07710586B2	System and method for supporting printer features in an IPDS printing environment A system and method are provided for supporting printer-based features in an IPDS printing environment. The system and method enable the printer to assign logical page identifiers to IPDS pages and track them internally. The printer only reports status to the host computer for pages flagged as host generated pages. Printer generated pages are not included in IPDS page counts. This enables one to invoke advanced printer-based features at the printer without corrupting the counts used by the host computer for error recovery and print job management in the IPDS printing environment.
US07710585B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method When multiple-size double-side printing in an APS mode has been selected, a system CPU first reads an original which corresponds to a second side of a paper sheet, prints data of the original on the second side of the paper sheet having the same size as the original, and stacks the paper sheet on an automatic double-side unit. Subsequently, the system CPU reads an original which corresponds to a first side of the paper sheet and prints data of the original on the first side of the paper sheet stacked on the automatic double-side unit, thus completing the double-side printing. However, where the size of an original corresponding to a second side differs from the size of an original corresponding to a first side, single-side printing is effected. The original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing). Then, the original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing).
US07710584B2	Image forming apparatus with controller for storing print data according to characteristic value An image forming apparatus is provided with a storage device having storage areas divided corresponding to a characteristic value allocated for each print requesting person. Upon receiving print data and a characteristic value from an external device, the image forming apparatus stores the print data into a storage area which has been allocated the same characteristic value as the received characteristic value. The image forming apparatus subjects print data stored in the storage areas in the storage device to image formation processing on a storage area basis.
US07710583B2	Surface position measuring system, exposure method and semiconductor device manufacturing method There is provided a surface position measuring system which includes a reflectivity computing module which computes predictive reflectivities of a plurality of circuit patterns, an inspection light source which irradiates an inspection light onto each of a plurality of inspection areas, area by area, above the plurality of circuit patterns under irradiation conditions determined based on a corresponding each of the predictive reflectivities of the plurality of circuit patterns, and a photodetector which detects a reflected inspection light reflected from each of the plurality of inspection areas to detect a surface position of a corresponding each of the plurality of inspection areas.
US07710578B2	Position measuring arrangement A position measuring arrangement for detecting a relative position is disclosed. The position measuring arrangement includes a reflection scale graduation and a scanning unit having a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of optical elements includes a combining grating, a retro-reflector element, a scanning grating and detector elements. The optical elements are arranged so that light beams and/or partial light beams of a scanning beam path act on the reflection scale graduation at least twice; a directional reversal of the incident partial light beams impinging on the reflection scale graduation perpendicularly with respect to the measuring direction takes place by the retro-reflector element; and a pair of partial light beams impinges in a non-parallel manner on the combining grating, and the combining grating brings the partial light beams impinging on the combining grating to interference, so that phase-shifted signals are detected by the plurality of detector elements.
US07710577B2	Multiplexing spectrum interference optical coherence tomography The present invention achieves multiplexing spectrum interference optical coherence tomography capable of full-range OCT measurement that causes no delays in measurement time due to high-order scans and is also free from complex conjugated images. This multiplexing spectrum interference optical coherence tomography comprises: a first beam splitter 3 positioned in an optical path 2 from a light source 1 and used to separate an object light 4 and a reference light 5; a galvano mirror 6 positioned in the optical path of the object light 4 and used to scan the object light onto a measured object 8; a second beam splitter 10 positioned in the optical path of the reference light 5; a first reference mirror 12 positioned in the optical path of a first reference light 11 separated by the second beam splitter 10; a second reference mirror 15 positioned in the optical path of a second reference light 13 separated by the second beam splitter 10; and a chopper 16 that passes the first reference light 11 and second reference light 13 alternately.
US07710576B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring angle random walk of a fiber optic gyroscope A system for determining a level of angle random walk (ARW) associated with a fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) includes first and second photodiodes. The first photodiode is configured to receive a first light signal from a light source associated with the FOG. The second photodiode is configured to receive a second light signal from a fiber optic coil associated with the FOG. First and second analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are operable to respectively convert the first and second light signals into corresponding respective first and second digital signals. A digital relative-intensity-noise (RIN) subtraction element is configured to receive the first and second digital signals and output a third signal based on the first and second digital signals. An electronic device is configured to determine a first noise level associated with the third signal, and determine the ARW level from the first noise level.
US07710575B2	Solid-state laser gyro having orthogonal counterpropagating modes The field of the invention is that of solid-state laser gyros used in inertial control units. However, there are certain technical difficulties in producing laser gyros of this type that are due partly to the fact that the counterpropagating waves interfere with each other in the amplifying medium. A laser gyro according to the invention comprises at least one solid-state amplifying medium and an optical ring cavity comprising first optical means for imposing a first linear polarization state common to the two counterpropagating optical waves at the entrance and exit of the zone containing the amplifying medium and second optical means for imposing, within the amplifying medium, a second linear polarization state on the first optical wave and a third linear polarization state on the second optical wave, these polarization states being perpendicular. Thus, all the drawbacks associated with interference are eliminated.
US07710574B2	Devices in miniature for interferometric use and fabrication thereof A device in miniature and fabrication of such a device for interferometric use is described, the device including a substrate with at least one deep reactive ion etching structure on at least one surface of the substrate forming an optical bench. The optical bench preferably comprises a moving stage, an actuator, one or more connector sockets and one or more optical components.
US07710570B2	Light pipe for low profile optical navigation systems A light pipe for an optical navigation system. The light pipe includes a collection surface, a collimation surface, and a reflective surface. The collection surface is to accept incident light into the light pipe from a light source. The collimation surface is to collimate the light and to direct the collimated light to a navigation plane for detection by a navigation sensor. The reflective surface is between the collection surface and the collimation surface and is to reflect the light along a reflective path as the light travels within the light pipe from the collection surface to the collimation surface. The reflective surface has a curved geometry oriented substantially along the path of travel of the light through the light pipe. The curved geometry of the reflective path facilitates convergence of the light with respect to a first axis.
US07710568B1	Portable natural gas leak detector The present invention is a portable gas leak detector preferably comprising a portable optical spectroscopy apparatus for measurement of gas concentration.
US07710565B2	Method of correcting systematic error in a metrology system A method for correcting systematic errors in an optical measurement tool in which a first diffraction spectrum is measured from a standard substrate including a layer having a known refractive index and a known extinction coefficient by exposing the standard substrate to a spectrum of electromagnetic energy. A tool-perfect diffraction spectrum is calculated for the standard substrate. A hardware systematic error is calculated by comparing the measured diffraction spectrum to the calculated tool-perfect diffraction spectrum. A second diffraction spectrum from a workpiece is measured by exposing the workpiece to the spectrum of electromagnetic energy, and the measured second diffraction spectrum is corrected based on the calculated hardware systematic error to obtain a corrected diffraction spectrum.
US07710561B2	Transspectral illumination Methods are disclosed of generating a visible image of an object or scene under study. At least a portion of the object or scene under study is illuminated with light outside a visible portion of an electromagnetic spectrum. Light scattered by the object or scene under study is received. The received light is spectroscopically analyzed for volume elements of the object or scene under study. A respective qualitative feature of the object or scene under study is identified at least one of the volume elements. Visible light is propagated to the at least one of the volume elements according to the respective qualitative feature of the object or scene under study at the at least one of the volume elements.
US07710559B2	Calibration reference light source and calibration system using the same In a calibration reference light source and a sensitivity calibration system using the same, a plurality of single-wavelength light sources for emitting reference lights having mutually different single-wavelengths are used instead of a black body radiation source for radiating a white light, and not only the intensities of the single-wavelength reference lights, but also the wavelengths thereof are measured to obtain sensitivity correction coefficients of intensity-to-radiance conversion data. Thus, obtained reference radiance are highly reliable and sensitivity correction of spectrophotometers and spectral illuminometers can be performed with high accuracy and reliability at a user side, whereby the calibration reference light source and the calibration system using the same can be obtained at low cost.
US07710558B2	Automated online measurement of glass part geometry An apparatus which measures a size and a shape of a transparent sheet includes a conveyor, a lighting apparatus, an imaging device and a process controller. The conveyor moves the transparent sheet. The lighting apparatus projects light onto the transparent sheet. The imaging device receives reflected light reflected from the transparent sheet. A thickness is input into the process controller. A sheet temperature from a sheet temperature sensor and/or a structure temperature from a structure temperature sensor are output to the process controller. An image is output from the imaging device to the process controller. The process controller outputs the size and the shape of the transparent sheet. The outputs from the process controller are used to adjust machine tools used to fabricate the transparent sheet.
US07710555B2	Apparatus and method for determining the orientation of an object such as vehicle wheel alignment An apparatus for determining wheel assembly alignment comprises a contact assembly, a light source, and a light beam receiving assembly. The contact assembly engages the wheel assembly to define a plane of orientation of the wheel assembly and the light source projects a beam of light with respect to the contact assembly. The light beam receiving assembly receives the light beam and forms an image of the light beam indicating the orientation of the wheel assembly with respect to a predetermined position. The receiving assembly may include a Fresnel lens for directing the received light beam to a target and a camera device for imaging the light beam on the target, with the camera device adapted to provide toe and camber information of the wheel assembly based on the location at which the light beam impinges upon the target. The contact assembly may be pressed against the wheel assembly without being secured thereto.
US07710554B2	Apparatus for monitoring the alignment of marking lasers Apparatus for monitoring the alignment of marking lasers in a room for diagnosis and/or treatment in the radiation therapy, characterized by a housing, which is provided with holding means for the installation in the room and which has the following a linearly extending photosensor and an analyzing unit, which compares the position of the light generated by the laser on the photosensor with a reference position, and generates a corresponding signal upon a deviation of the measured position from the reference position.
US07710553B2	Imaging optical encoder A device provides precise determination of angle or position based upon linear array imaging of unique coded sequences imprinted on a reference wheel or linear scale. An optical image of coded reference marks thus obtained is digitally processed to identify the width and centroid location of lines within a sequence, from which precise angle or position can be derived. The device provides either absolute or relative angle or position measurements that may be used for reference, control, monitoring, or display. The code sequence, imprinted on the exterior cylindrical edge of a code wheel or on the face of a code strip, is subdivided into unique coded segments, The coded segments and imaging array are sized such that the array is always able to image a full contiguous segment for any angular or linear position.
US07710552B2	Method and apparatus for extracting light from an optical waveguide Apparatus for extracting light from an optical waveguide (12) by bending the waveguide to such an extent that a portion of any light propagating in the waveguide leaks therefrom comprises a bending unit (10) for bending a portion of the waveguide in dependence upon a control signal (S) and providing a detection signal (Pd) proportional to light leaked from the waveguide. A control unit (14) varies the control signal (S) in response to the detection signal (Pd) to cause the bending unit (10) to progressively decrease the bending angle and has a processor unit (46) which computes a rate of change (dPd/dR) of the detection signal (Pd) with respect to bending radius (R) and causes the bending unit to maintain that bending radius at which the aforesaid rate of change is substantially equal to a predetermined value.
US07710550B2	Oximeter for spectro-photometric in-vitro determination of hemoglobin derivatives An oximeter for spectro-photometric in-vitro determination of hemoglobin derivatives in a sample, typically a hemolyzed blood sample, is provided comprising a single measurement light source emitting measurement radiation, a sample chamber, for instance a measurement cuvette containing the sample, a detector device, which records a spectrum of the measurement radiation after its interaction with the sample, and an evaluation unit following the detector device, which determines the hemoglobin derivatives and at least one further analyte from the spectrum recorded by the detector device. The measurement light source is a polychromatic LED, which for determination of hemoglobin derivatives emits measurement radiation in at least one spectral region B, in which the hemoglobin derivatives exhibit significant absorbance, and which for determination of the at least one further analyte emits measurement radiation in at least one other spectral region A, in which the at least one further analyte exhibits significant absorbance.
US07710549B2	Apparatus for detecting speed of movable body and drive stage using the same A movable-body-speed-detecting apparatus includes a movable body capable of moving linearly and/or circularly, a plate fixed to the movable body, the plate having a predetermined length in a direction in which the movable body moves, and light emission/reception means arranged such that light output from a light-emitting element enters a light-receiving element. The plate has a window section that passes between the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element in accordance with movement of the movable body and that blocks or allows passage of light to the light-receiving element. The apparatus further comprises speed calculation means for calculating the speed of the movable body by converting the amount of light received by the light-receiving element into a signal and measuring the signal.
US07710544B2	Optimized polarization illumination Disclosed concepts include a method of optimizing polarization of an illumination of a pattern to be formed in a surface of a substrate. Polarized illumination is optimized by determining an illumination intensity for at least one point on an illuminator for at least two polarization states, determining image log slope for the at least one point on the illuminator for the at least two polarization states, determining a maximum image log slope (ILS) where the ILS is near zero for the at least one point on the illuminator, and selecting an optimal polarization state corresponding to the at least two polarization states that minimizes an ILS for the at least one point on the illuminator. This may be repeated for a plurality of points on the illuminator.
US07710541B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A liquid supply system for an immersion lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space is defined between the projection system, a barrier member and a substrate. The barrier member is not sealed such that, during use, immersion liquid is allowed to flow out the space and between the barrier member and the substrate.
US07710538B2	Method and arrangement for correcting thermally-induced field deformations of a lithographically exposed substrate The invention provides a method for correcting thermally-induced field deformations of a lithographically exposed substrate. First, a model is provided to predict thermally-induced field deformation information of a plurality of fields of the substrate. The pre-specified exposure information used to configure an exposure of the fields is then modified based on the thermally-induced deformation information as predicted by the model. Finally a pattern is exposed onto the fields in accordance with the pre-specified exposure information as modified. The predicting of thermally-induced field deformation information by the model includes predicting of deformation effects of selected points on the substrate. It is based on a time-decaying characteristic as energy is transported across substrate; and a distance between the selected points and an edge of the substrate.
US07710535B2	Liquid crystal lens element and optical head device A liquid crystal lens element having a lens function capable of stably correcting spherical aberration containing a power component corresponding to focus change of incident light according to the magnitude of applied voltage.The liquid crystal lens element comprises a pair of transparent substrates 11 and 12, one (12) of the transparent electrodes is provided with a transparent electrode 15 and a Fresnel lens surface 17, and the other one (11) of the pair of transparent electrodes is provided with a phase correction surface 18 and a transparent electrode 16. Thus, by disposing a Fresnel lens surface 17 and a liquid crystal layer 13 between a pair of transparent electrodes 15 and 16, it becomes possible to change substantial refractive index distribution of the liquid crystal layer 13 according to the magnitude of applied voltage, and to add a positive or negative power to a wavefront transmitted through the liquid crystal layer 13, the Fresnel lens surface 17 and the phase correction surface 18.
US07710531B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a light source, a light source drive circuit for switching the light source on and off, a heat release member for releasing heat generated by at least one of the light source drive circuit and the light source, and a heat transport member for transporting the heat to the heat release member. The light source drive circuit is connected to the heat release member through the heat transport member. The heat transport member has high heat conductivity so that a large part of the heat can be transferred to the heat release member through the heat transport member for a short time. Thus, the heat transport member prevents the heat from affecting components disposed near the light source drive circuit or the light source.
US07710530B2	Color filter substrate and display apparatus using the same A color filter substrate includes: an insulating transparent substrate; a color filter layer provided on the insulating transparent substrate, including a plurality of colored layers and constituting an in-screen display region; and an in-screen frame region defined around the in-screen display region. A light-blocking layer is provided in the in-screen frame region to cover the insulating transparent substrate. A first spacer part and a second spacer part are formed in the in-screen frame region and the in-screen display region, respectively, and are oriented substantially perpendicularly to the insulating transparent substrate. The sum of the height of the first spacer part and the thickness of the light-blocking layer is substantially equal to the sum of the height of the second spacer part and the thickness of the color filter layer.
US07710529B2	Liquid crystal display panel and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel capable of reducing or eliminating metal erosion in an area in which a conductive dot is formed. In some embodiments, a display panel comprises a common electrode formed on an upper substrate, a first electrode formed on a lower substrate opposing the upper substrate and configured to receive a common voltage, a conductive dot formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and positioned to supply the common electrode with the common voltage, an insulating layer having a contact hole exposing the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the insulating layer to connect the conductive dot and the first electrode, wherein a cross sectional area of the conductive dot between the upper substrate and the lower substrate is greater than a cross sectional area of an opening of the contact hole.
US07710524B2	Liquid crystal display with compensated pixel arrays A liquid crystal display having one or more pixels, each of which includes a first sub-pixel operating at a first threshold voltage, and a second sub-pixel neighboring the first sub-pixel, and operating at a second threshold voltage. The first sub-pixel is divided into two separate portions by the second sub-pixel to form at least four domains of liquid crystal molecules illuminating at various gray levels for improving viewing angle characteristics of the liquid crystal display.
US07710521B2	LCD device including a reflection film having a convex-concave surface An LCD device includes a reflective area in each pixel. A reflection film having a convex-concave surface is provided in the reflective area, film in cross section configuration is formed. Each pixel includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode for applying a lateral electric field on a LC layer. The inclination angle of the reflection film has an inclination angle distribution, wherein the angle component in an area corresponding to the electrodes has a lower angle distribution than the angle components in an area corresponding to a gap between adjacent two of the electrodes.
US07710515B2	Backlight module and liquid crystal display using the same In order to solve the problem that sufficient center brightness is not always obtained in a conventional liquid crystal TV and a liquid crystal monitor, a backlight module of the invention includes a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CFL) and a diffusing reflector below, the distance between the respective CFLs is arranged so that a central portion is narrow and an end portion is wide, and the backlight module includes a triangular sectional projection structure on at the diffusing reflector only between the CFLs between which the distance is the widest, in the end portion. According to the invention, enhancement of the center brightness without increasing consumption power, reduction in the number of CFLs, and cost reduction accompanying it are achieved.
US07710514B2	Liquid crystal display comprising a light guiding plate comprising a protrusion and method having the same An liquid crystal display (LCD) including an LCD panel and a light guiding plate disposed on the rear of the LCD panel. The light guiding plate includes a main body, a fixing part extended from a side of the main body, and a protrusion formed on a rear of the light guiding plate and on a boundary area of the fixing part and the main body.
US07710513B2	Method for illuminating liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same, and a liquid crystal display device using the same A method for illuminating a liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same and a liquid crystal display device using the same can improve the front luminance and production yield. Lights from a lamp is incident to a LCD panel side, which are then primarily diffused for a uniformity of the luminous flux of the incident lights. The luminous flux of the primarily diffused lights is condensed with respect to a first orientation component on a plane in parallel with the LCD panel, and then partially and secondarily diffused for extending a view angle of pixels of the LCD panel. After the luminous flux of the secondarily diffused lights is condensed with respect to a second orientation component perpendicular to the first orientation on the parallel plane, the condensed lights are illuminated onto the LCD panel. A diffusion sheet for secondarily diffusing the luminous flux and a condensing sheet for condensing the second orientation component are formed by a single sheet to reduce the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display device. Also, a defect produced from respective sheets is minimized to enhance the yield.
US07710508B2	Liquid crystal display including a bezel having sidewalls and sub-sidewalls Exemplary embodiments relate to a liquid crystal display and a method thereof. The liquid crystal display may include a display panel having a liquid crystal layer interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, and a bezel having a lower surface, sidewalls formed perpendicularly to the lower surface, and sub-sidewalls adjacent to the sidewalls. The display panel may be received in the bezel so that the first substrate may correspond to the lower surface, and side surfaces of the first substrate may correspond to the sidewalls.
US07710507B2	Method for manufacturing lower substrate of liquid crystal display device A method for manufacturing a lower substrate of a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) forming a patterned first metal layer, a first insulating layer, a patterned second metal layer and a second insulating layer on a substrate in sequence; (b) coating a transparent electrode layer and a negative photo resist layer on the second insulating layer; (c) irradiating the photo resist layer from the second surface of the substrate; (d) irradiating the photo resist layer from the first surface of the substrate, wherein part of the photo resist layer superposed over the second metal layer is covered by a mask; and (e) removing un-reacted photo resist and patterning the transparent electrode.
US07710504B2	Remote control system and method for controlling a television A remote control system and method comprising a television and a light pointing apparatus adapted, in a first embodiment, to transmit a first narrow beam having a first frequency corresponding to visible light, which is used to give an indication of where the pointer is pointed, and a second expanded beam surrounding the first beam and comprising a second frequency corresponding to infrared light. In a second embodiment, the pointer transmits a single frequency modulated light beam. In operation, the beam of light is shown on the television screen to activate an on screen menu based user interface via a photo sensor, microprocessor and onscreen display controller. Screen menu items appear on the screen positioned around the periphery of the screen. The user then moves the beam of light on the screen to the periphery of the screen to optically engage one of the plurality of photo conductors, which triggers an appropriate menu sequence or the performance of a television function such as, e.g., channel up.
US07710495B2	Portable communication apparatus with camera and extended optical path A portable communication apparatus (1) comprises a first housing portion (2) and a second housing portion (3), a rotary support member (6) rotatably connecting the first housing portion and the second housing portion, an image producing apparatus (7), and an optical input (8) for the image producing apparatus located in the support member. The image producing apparatus (7) is located in the first housing portion (2) or the second housing portion (3) of the portable communication apparatus (1), and an optical arrangement (11) extends an optical path (12) of the image producing apparatus from the first housing portion or the second housing portion to the optical input (8) located in the rotary support member (6).
US07710493B2	Image-pickup apparatus and focus control method An image-pickup apparatus includes a first detector configured to generate first information corresponding to a contrast state of a picked-up image, a second detector configured to detect second information that is used for focus control and different from the first information, a controller configured to provide the focus control, and a first operating member operable by a user, wherein the controller provides the focus control that uses the first information but does not use the second information when the first operating member is not operated, and provides the focus control that uses at least the second information when the operating member is operated.
US07710487B2	Electronic camera with imaging condition information display control An electronic camera includes a shutter button. When the shutter button is half-depressed, a photographing condition such as an exposure time period and an aperture amount is adjusted by a main CPU, and characters indicative of the adjusted photographing condition are displayed on an LCD. When the shutter button is full-depressed, an image signal of an object is recorded in a recording medium. It is noted that a time difference between a timing of half-depressing the shutter button and a timing of full-depressing the shutter button is lower than a threshold value, a flag is set to “1”, and a display of the characters is prohibited. Prohibiting the characters from being displayed makes it possible to promptly execute a photographing of the object in response to the full-depression of the shutter button.
US07710486B2	Image sensing apparatus and method of controlling the same An image sensing apparatus, an image sensing unit, an authentication data generating unit, a storing unit and a display unit. The image sensing unit generates image data. The authentication data generating unit generates authentication data used to authenticate whether the image data is altered. The storing unit stores an image file including the image data and the authentication data in a removable memory. The display unit displays both reduced image data obtained from the image file and a predetermined information, if the image file has the authentication data, wherein the predetermined information indicates that the image file has the authentication data.
US07710480B2	Scanning circuit of image sensor A scanning circuit of an image sensor using light sensor circuits each representing a unit pixel and producing a sensor signal corresponding to a current flowing in a photoelectric converting element, in which pixel signals are saturated by previously turning on the light sensor circuits and sequentially reading saturated pixel sensor signals, achieving stable and high-speed reading-out of the sensor signals from the image sensor.
US07710479B2	Solid-state image pickup device having analog-digital converters configured to sum values of multiple pixels in the array and method for driving the same A CMOS image sensor includes column-parallel ADCs. Each of the ADCs includes a comparator and an up/down counter. With this configuration, digital values of pixels in a plurality of rows can be added without using additional circuits, such as an adder and a line memory device, and the frame rate can be increased while maintaining constant sensitivity.
US07710478B2	Solid-state imaging device and method for driving the same A solid-state imaging device comprises, on a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of sensor sections for storing a signal charge commensurate with a quantity of reception light, a charge transfer section for transferring and outputting the signal charge of the sensor sections, and an output section for converting the signal charge transferred by the charge transfer section into an imaging signal for output. A current controller is provided to cut off or reduce a current flowing to the output section in a signal storage period of the sensor section. This cuts off or reduces the current flowing to the output section in a signal storage period of the sensor section, and hence suppresses the amount of the current flowing to the output section in the signal storage period. Thus, wasteful consumption power is greatly reduced.
US07710477B2	CMOS image sensors having pixel arrays with uniform light sensitivity Solid state CMOS active pixel sensor devices having unit pixels that are structured to provide improved uniformity of pixel-to-pixel sensitivity across a pixel array without the need for an additional light shielding layer. For example, unit pixels with symmetrical layout patterns are formed whereby one or more lower-level BEOL metallization layers are designed operate as light shielding layers which are symmetrically patterned and arranged to balance the amount of incident light reaching the photosensitive regions.
US07710475B2	Solid-state image pickup device, method for transferring charge in solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing solid-state imaging device A solid-state image pickup device including a layered structure which includes an electric-charge transfer section The photosensors include a first photosensor particularly sensitive to light of a first wavelength and a second photosensor particularly sensitive to light of a second wavelength shorter than the first wavelength. The first photosensor and the second photosensor are adjacently located but separated by a potential barrier section. A read gate located beneath the first photosensor and transports electric charge from the first photosensor to an electric-charge transfer section located beneath the second photosensor.
US07710467B2	Image processing apparatus and control method, computer program, and recording medium storing a program determining or identifying whether date information is added to an image An image processing apparatus which is connected to a printer apparatus and controls the printer apparatus to print a shot image, includes an image sensing unit for shooting an image, a setting reception unit for receiving settings as to whether or not date information of shooting is to be added to the image shot by the image sensing unit, an addition unit for adding the date information to the image shot by the image sensing unit on the basis of the received settings, an identifier generation unit for generating an identifier, which is used to identify whether or not the date information is added to the shot image and to limit a printing condition of the printer apparatus, on the basis of the received settings, and appending the identifier to a header of the shot image, and a transmission unit for transmitting the image having the header appended with the identifier to the printer apparatus.
US07710462B2	Method for randomly accessing multiview videos A method randomly accesses multiview videos. Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at poses, such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. V-frames are generated from the multiview videos. The V-frames are encoded using only spatial prediction. Then, the V-frames are inserted periodically in an encoded bitstream to provide random temporal access to the multiview videos.
US07710461B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program A motion-vector-setting section (31) sets a first motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. An exposure-time-ratio-setting section (32) sets in units of image an exposure time ratio that is a ratio between a time interval of the target image and a period of exposure time. A motion-blur-amount-setting section (33) sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the exposure time ratio and the first motion vector. Based on the motion amount, a processing-region-setting section (36) sets processing regions as well as a processing-coefficient-setting section (37) sets processing coefficients. A pixel-value-generating section (38) generates pixel values that correspond to the target pixel from pixel values in the processing region and the processing coefficients. A motion-blur-adding section (41) adds a motion blur to an image containing the pixel value generated based on an input second motion vector and the first motion vector. An image-moving section (42) moves the motion-blur-added image along a counter vector of the second motion vector. Any more real arbitrary viewpoint image can be generated.
US07710451B2	Rectified catadioptric stereo sensors The invention presents catadioptric (single-camera) sensors using one or more mirrors to produce rectified stereoscopic images. By combining multiple views (using the mirrors) to form a composite stereo image that is already rectified (i.e., has scan-line correspondence), the invention aids provision of real-time stereo images by avoiding computational cost and image degradation due to computer-rectification-related resampling when rectifying. The invention specifies the number of mirrors that must be used and the geometric/locational constraints on those mirrors that must be substantially satisfied to obtain rectified stereo images with a single camera. The invention also discloses specific configurational techniques for how the mirrors should be placed to minimize sensor size. The configurational/geometric parameters disclosed enable cost-efficient, compact, and error-tolerant single-camera stereoscopic image sensing system and methods, removing the need for computer-controlled image rectifying steps and allowing for convenient computerized capture, processing, manipulation, storage, and transmission of stereo images.
US07710450B2	System and method for dynamic control of image capture in a video conference system A system and method are provided for capturing and transmitting frames in a video conference. The method comprises determining a frame rate and a shutter speed according to variable control data, capturing image data according to the determined shutter speed, and transmitting the captured image data through a communication interface to a remote video conference system. The variable control data specifies a relationship between the frame rate and the shutter speed.
US07710449B2	Method for real-time broadcasting of multimedia files during a video conference, without interrupting communication, and a man-machine interface therefor The invention concerns a method of broadcasting data files, in particular multimedia files, during a video conference using a sending terminal and a man/machine interface located in the said terminal. According to the method proposed, the broadcasting of the files is effected in real time with a current video conference communication, without breaking this communication, using the audio and video channels open for this communication, a participant being able, using the said terminal, by means of a simple selection of the file appearing on his screen and movement of this, to activate the launch of the broadcasting of the file to be broadcast.
US07710448B2	System and method for preventing movement in a telepresence system A method for preventing movement in a telepresence system, includes a plurality of cameras. Each camera has a respective field of vision for viewing one or more users. The fields of vision each have lateral boundaries. The system also includes a plurality of restrictive elements. Each restrictive element is positioned along a respective lateral boundary of a field of vision of the fields of vision of the plurality of cameras such that viewed users each positioned within a field of vision of the plurality of cameras are restricted by the plurality of restrictive elements from moving outside of the field of vision in which each viewed user is positioned.
US07710446B2	Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus using the same A light scanning unit includes: a light source generating and irradiating at least one beam corresponding to an image signal; a beam deflector deflecting and scanning the beam irradiated by the light source; and an f-θ lens forming an image from the beam deflected by the beam deflector onto a surface to be scanned, the f-θ lens being provided as one lens and satisfies the following equation (2): - 0.2 < SAG ⁢ ⁢ 1 + SAG ⁢ ⁢ 2 d 2 < 0.2 ( 2 ) where SAG 1 is Z value of an incident surface of the f-θ lens, which faces the beam deflector, SAG 2 is Z value of the exit surface of the f-θ lens, which faces the surface to be scanned, based on an XYZ coordinate system in which a main scanning plane is a Y-Z plane and a sub-scanning plane is an X-Z plane, and d2 is a center thickness of the f-θ lens.
US07710434B2	Rotation and scaling optimization for mobile devices Image processing in mobile devices is optimized by combining at least two of the color conversion, rotation, and scaling operations. Received images, such as still images or frames of video stream, are subjected to a combined transformation after decoding, where each pixel is color converted (e.g. from YUV to RGB), rotated, and scaled as needed. By combining two or three of the processes into one, read/write operations consuming significant processing and memory resources are reduced enabling processing of higher resolution images and/or power and processing resource savings.
US07710432B2	Color correction techniques for correcting color profiles or a device-independent color space According to an embodiment of the present invention, selective tristimulus corrections to device-independent coordinates are applied using a piecewise linear correction function. The piecewise linear correction function is defined such that a maximum of the piecewise linear correction function occurs at a boundary condition of a corresponding device-dependent color space, and the piecewise linear correction function is linearly reduced to zero or approximately zero as values in the corresponding device-dependent color space approach either a different boundary condition or a neutral axis. By having the piecewise linear correction function reduce linearly to zero or approximately zero, corrections to one region of color smoothly diminish and blend into the other regions of color, thereby substantially preventing the introduction of artifacts or image corruption due to the corrections.
US07710427B1	Arithmetic logic unit and method for processing data in a graphics pipeline Embodiments of the present invention include an arithmetic logic unit for use in a graphics pipeline. The arithmetic logic unit comprising a plurality of scalar arithmetic logic subunits wherein each subunit performs a resultant arithmetic logic operation in the form of [ab “op” cd] on a set of input operands a, b, c and d. The arithmetic logic unit also for produces a result based thereon wherein “op” represents a programmable operation and wherein further the resultant arithmetic logic operation is software programmable to implement a plurality of different graphics functions.
US07710423B2	Automatic layout of items along an embedded one-manifold path The coordinates for laying out visual items in two-, three-, or n-dimensional space along an embedded one-manifold or path are calculated and coordinates are generated for placement of the items in a container. A one-manifold may be continuous, discontinuous, be contained entirely within a container or extent beyond a container. The one-manifold may be defined by a set of parameters defining a function, formula or set of points. The container may be a two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or n-dimensional container. Such a mechanism may be employed by a graphics application and may determine the location or positioning of an object or item. The object or item may be one of a set of objects or items. In response to receiving a set of parameters defining a one-manifold, the one-manifold may be embedded within a container. In response to receiving a set of parameters describing aspects of the object or item to be placed within the container, a set of x and y or x, y and z co-ordinates may be generated, which may be sent to a standard graphics interface for display.
US07710422B2	Font representations Methods for rendering font objects include: receiving input identifying an object to be rendered; selecting a data set for rendering the object from: (a) a first data set including font object data in a first format (e.g., trajectory data), and (b) a second data set including font object data in a second format (e.g., outline data); and rendering the object using the selected data set. The data set may be selected based on at least one run time parameter, such as the ppem or space available for the rendering, the desired text size, system resolution, font object complexity, contextual information, etc., to provide a high quality rendered image. Additional data sets (e.g., augmenting data, enhancing data, etc.) may be included to provide more rendering options to further increase the quality of the rendered image under some conditions. The various data sets may be independently created so that each data set can be produced specifically targeted to selected rendering conditions (such as a selected ppem range).
US07710419B2	Program, information storage medium, and image generation system An image generation system including a vertex processing section and a pixel processing section. When subjecting an object which is distant from a virtual camera to predetermined processing which is implemented by a first processing and a second processing, the vertex processing section performs the first processing with a processing load lower than a processing load of the second processing, and the pixel processing section performs the second processing. When subjecting an object which is close to the virtual camera to the predetermined processing which is implemented by a third processing and a fourth processing, the vertex processing section performs the third processing with a processing load higher than a processing load of the fourth processing, and the pixel processing section performs the fourth processing.
US07710418B2	Systems and methods for the real-time and realistic simulation of natural atmospheric lighting phenomenon Systems and methods are provided for visually realistic simulation and real-time rendering of natural atmospheric lighting and related phenomena in an outdoor scene represented by an image provided by a simulation environment. The systems and methods of the present invention provide techniques to approximate the visual effects of natural atmospheric lighting and related phenomena that are visually realistic and that can be computed in real-time to render frames of a scene at real-time frame rates per second. The techniques consider the light scattering effects due to sunlight and ambient light in relation to objects, atmospheric particles and other scene elements represented by the image.
US07710417B2	Spatial binning of particles on a GPU A method of performing spatial binning of particles is described which can be performed on a graphics processing unit. A stencil buffer is primed with a pattern which controls the writing of data to a framebuffer. A first shader is used to calculate the co-ordinates of the bin in which a particle is located and a second shader is used to write the particle's ID to a location representative of that bin in the framebuffer. The pattern in the stencil buffer ensures that particle data within a bin is not overwritten and the stencil buffer also maintains a record of the number of entries within each bin.
US07710415B2	Systems and methods for three-dimensional modeling Systems and methods for modifying a virtual object stored within a computer. The systems and methods allow virtual object modifications that are otherwise computationally inconvenient. The virtual object is represented as a volumetric representation. A portion of the volumetric model is converted into an alternative representation. The alternative representation can be a representation having a different number of dimensions from the volumetric representations. A stimulus is applied to the alternative representation, for example by a user employing a force-feedback haptic interface. The response of the alternative representation to the stimulus is calculated. The change in shape of the virtual object is determined from the response of the alternative representation. The representations of the virtual object can be displayed at any time for the user. The user can be provided a force-feedback response. Multiple stimuli can be applied in succession. Multiple alternative representations can be employed in the system and method.
US07710411B2	Method and system for displaying textual information A system for displaying textual information includes a receiver (300) for receiving textual information that includes a plurality of words. A text segmenter (302), operatively associated with the receiver (300), segments the plurality of words into a plurality of word segments, each word segment having one or more words. A user interface device (304) receives a signal initiated by an action of a user to indicate a display rate. A display device (306) including a processor and a memory, is coupled to the text segmenter and the user interface device. The display device (306) displays the word segments in a temporal sequence by displaying a first word segment for a first display duration, that is based on the display rate, at a first position on the display device (306) and automatically proceeding to display a second word segment for a second display duration, that is based on the display rate, at a second position on the display device (306).
US07710407B2	Closed-loop sensor on a solid-state object position detector The present disclosure discloses an object position detector. The object position detector comprises a touch sensor formed as a closed loop and having a physical constraint formed on an upper surface of the touch sensor and coextensive with the closed loop. The touch sensor is configured to sense motion of an object proximate to the closed loop. The object position detector also comprises a processor coupled to the touch sensor and is programmed to generate an action in response to the motion on the touch sensor.
US07710403B2	Slide pad membrane A slide pad membrane is provided. The slide pad membrane comprises an annular ring having an inner edge, a center portion having an outer edge, and a plurality of concentric annular ripples including an outer annular ripple connected to the inner edge of the annular ring and an inner annular ripple connected to the outer edge of the center portion.
US07710402B2	Information display device and supporting frame for supporting a piezoelectric element for use in information display device An information display device (1A) comprises a touch panel (TP), an information display panel (LCD) located under the touch panel (TP) and four strip-like piezoelectric elements (E), which are caused to be vibrated and displaced by a pressing force generated when the touch panel (TP) is pressed, being disposed at the outer peripheral portion of the touch panel (TP), wherein both end portions of each strip-like piezoelectric element (E) are supported by surface-like holders (112A, 112B) with twist resilient deformation structures and a rotary shaft (113) so that each strip-like piezoelectric element (E) may not be disturbed from being vibrated and displaced. In this touch panel type information device, both end portions of a plurality of strip-like piezoelectric elements are supported by the supporting member having the holders with the twist resilient deformation structure which do not disturb both end portions of the strip-like piezoelectric elements from being vibrated and displaced.
US07710398B2	Computer mouse having rotatable detection A computer mouse having rotational detectability is disclosed. The mouse has an outer housing adapted for directional movement on a horizontal plane. The mouse includes the conventional left and right buttons and scroll wheel. Additionally, the mouse includes an extendable plunger which, when extended, prohibits movement of the mouse in x-y directions yet permits rotational movement about the plunger. A sensor is included proximate the plunger for measuring rotational movement of the mouse about the plunger in the horizontal plane.
US07710396B2	Multimedia user interface A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays.
US07710393B2	Method and apparatus for accelerated scrolling Improved approaches for users to with graphical user interfaces of computing devices are disclosed. A rotational user action supplied by a user via a user input device can provide accelerated scrolling. The accelerated nature of the scrolling enables users to scroll or traverse a lengthy data set (e.g., list of items) faster and with greater ease. The amount of acceleration provided can be performed in successive stages, and/or performed based on the speed of the rotational user action. In one embodiment, the rotational user action is transformed into linear action with respect to a graphical user interface. The resulting acceleration effect causes the linear action to be enhanced such that a lengthy data set is able to be rapidly traversed.
US07710390B2	Method and software application for transmitting information remaining behind an obstacle located in front of the display to the user of a data processing device The object of the invention is a method and a software application embodying the method for displaying the information in the display (10) of a data processing device in a situation where a portion of the display (10) area, and thus also a portion of the information on the display, is covered by an obstacle (11) in front of the display (10). The method according to the invention detects the size and position of the obstacle (11), and then regroups (12c) the information in the display (10) into a portion of the display (10), which is not left behind the detected obstacle (11).
US07710389B2	Multi-layer display device using dot field applicators A display device includes at least one cell containing a fluid having colored particles dispersed in the fluid and at least one dot field applicator associated with the cell. The dot field applicator may be a dot electrode.
US07710387B2	Image display device The image display device includes a liquid crystal panel which has at least one optical sensor for outputting an electric signal resulting from light irradiation, pixel electrodes for driving a liquid crystal, switching elements for switching the pixel electrodes and a single transparent substrate on which the at least one optical sensor, the pixel electrodes and the switching elements are formed by laminating thin films.
US07710382B2	Display device and driving apparatus thereof A driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input terminal, unit circuits connected to the input terminal, and output terminals electrically connected to the input terminals. Each of the unit circuits is enabled in response to a control signal inputted via the input terminal.
US07710381B2	Active matrix type display device In an active matrix type display device including two source line side drivers for driving a plurality of pixel TFTs, one gate line side driver, two line memories respectively including at least first and second memories, and a controller for controlling the first and second line memories, storing and transmitting of picture data of the two line memories are switched to transmit the data to the two source line side drivers at the same time.
US07710380B2	Liquid crystal display control circuit A liquid crystal display control circuit comprising a counter, inputted with a first signal for controlling a display status of a display unit and a second signal corresponding to an image data to be displayed on the display unit, for counting clocks for the second signal in 1 cycle of the first signal and for outputting the count value, a latch circuit for latching the number of clocks for the second signal included in 1 cycle of the first signal and for outputting the number of CLKs in 1 cycle, a reference count value circuit for generating a reference count value according to the number of CLKs in 1 cycle, and a comparator for generating a driver control signal that changes a current capacity of the driver unit according to the reference count value and the count value.
US07710376B2	Display and method of driving same A display with low power consumption using a memory-incorporated pixel system capable of refreshing the image signal memory and updating an image without causing a flicker. Each pixel arranged in matrix has, at an intersection between the signal line and the scan line, a first transistor and a second transistor to drive the electrooptical medium. The second transistor has its gate connected with the image signal memory which in turn is connected to the reference voltage line. There is a parasitic capacitor between the gate of the second transistor and the scan line. The gate of the second transistor is also connected with an added capacitor. Further, the second transistor is connected with a holding capacitor and also has a parasitic capacitor.
US07710375B2	Image display device and driving method thereof A novel driving method is provided in which source line inverting drive or dot inverting drive is performed for a case of driving a plurality of source lines by one D/A converter circuit in a source signal line driver circuit of an active matrix image display drive that corresponds to digital image signal input. In a first driving method of the present invention, two systems of grey-scale electric power supply lines are supplied to a source signal line driver circuit in order to obtain output having differing polarities from a D/A converter circuit, switches for connecting to the two systems of grey-scale electric power supply lines are prepared in each D/A converter circuit, the grey-scale electric power supply lines connected to each D/A converter circuit are switched in accordance with a control signal input to the switches, and source line inverting drive or dot inverting drive are performed.
US07710370B2	Flexible display device rollable between rolled-up and unrolled states The invention relates to a display device assembly (1) comprising a flexible display device (2) being rollable around an axis (5), the flexible display (2) having a front side (3) and a back side (4), one of the sides (3,4) being provided with distance elements (7, 7′,80) for preventing a direct contact between the front side (3) and the back side (4). By preventing the front and back side to contact each other the amount of display damage is significantly reduced as compared to conventional roll-up displays. An advantageous embodiment comprises a display device assembly in which the spacer elements are shaped in the form of bars (7, 7′). In a further advantageous embodiment of the display assembly the distance elements comprise a protection foil (80).
US07710368B2	Emission control driver and organic light emitting display using the same An emission control driver compensates for the threshold voltages of transistors to provide uniform brightness using a plurality of emission control signal generating circuits.
US07710364B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus, that includes current driving type luminescent elements, has a driving system that takes the conduction types of TFTs to control the emission of the luminescent elements into consideration. In order to reduce driving voltage and improve display quality simultaneously, the arrangement is provided such that if the second TFT which performs the “on-off” function of the current for the luminescent element is of an N channel type, the potential of the common power supply line (“com”) is lowered below the potential of the opposite electrode (“op”) of the luminescent element to obtain a higher gate voltage (“Vgcur”). In this case, if the first TFT connected to the gate of the second TFT is of a P channel type, when using the potential of the potential-holding electrode (“st”) at the “on” state as a reference, potentials of the scanning signal (“Sgate”) at the lower potential and the common power supply line (“com”) are rendered of the same polarities with respect to this potential of the potential-holding electrode (“st”). Therefore, the potential of the image signal (“data”) to turn “on” can be shifted within the range of the driving voltage in the display apparatus in the direction to reduce resistances at the “on” states of the first TFT and the second TFT to reduce driving voltage and improve display quality.
US07710362B2	Electron emission display (EED) and method of driving the same An electron emission display (EED) includes an anode and a panel electrode unit comprising a scan electrode that extends in one direction of a lattice type panel and a data electrode that extends across the scan electrode. In the display and a method of driving the same, when power is supplied to the electron emission display, an anode voltage is applied to drive the anode, and a voltage is applied to at least one electrode of the panel electrode unit when the anode voltage is equal to or higher than a reference voltage.
US07710360B2	Plasma display device and processing method thereof There is provided a plasma display device including: a nonlinear conversion circuit which nonlinearly converts a first image signal to a second image signal and expresses the second image signal by a real part and an error part to avoid use of a specific subfield lighting pattern; an error diffusion circuit which, when the error part of the second image signal is not zero, spatially or temporally diffuses the error part; and a subfield pattern conversion circuit which, when a lighting pattern of subfields is selected based on the error-diffused second image signal, selects another subfield lighting pattern without using the specific subfield lighting pattern.
US07710358B2	Image display apparatus for correcting dynamic false contours An image display apparatus, such as a plasma display panel, suppresses dynamic false contours with gradation levels sufficiently retained. The image display apparatus has agitation constant adder for generating a plurality of agitation constants for a gradation level corresponding to an image signal, for selecting one agitation constant therefrom, and for adding the agitation constant to the image signal. As a result, dynamic false contours can not be visually perceived because their portions are dispersed by superimposing an agitation to each image signal.
US07710352B2	Plasma display panel comprising energy recovery circuit and driving method thereof A plasma display panel comprising an energy recovery circuit and a driving method thereof are provided. The plasma display panel comprises an energy charging part for supplying a predetermined voltage, an energy supply and recovery part for receiving an energy of the predetermined voltage from the energy charging part, and a pulse forming part. The pulse forming part supplies the energy of the predetermined voltage supplied from the energy supply and recovery part to the plasma display panel, maintains a sustain voltage of the plasma display panel, and recovers the energy of the predetermined voltage to the energy supply and recovery part.
US07710350B2	Method and apparatus for display According to one embodiment, a method for providing position feedback for a device includes providing a photointerrupter having a light-emitting diode, a phototransistor, and an aperture between the light-emitting diode and the phototransistor. For a given size aperture, a current through the phototransistor is a function of a current through the light-emitting diode. The method also includes controlling the current through the light-emitting diode current such that a change in the effective aperture size results in a desired approximately proportional change in current through the phototransistor. While controlling the current through the light-emitting diode, a portion of the aperture is blocked by an arm that has a position indicative of the position of the device. The method also includes providing a signal indicative of the change in current through the photodiode as an indication of the change in position of the device.
US07710349B2	Methods and systems for sharing multimedia application data by a plurality of communication devices In a method for sharing multimedia application data by a plurality of communication devices, at least two communication devices establish a short-rang wireless communication link to a data distribution device. At least one of the communication devices informs the data distribution device of the data that are offered for sharing, and these data are presented by the data distribution device on a display. A user of one of the communication devices being connected to the data distribution device selects and requests data that he wants to download to a communication device, and the requested data are then transmitted to the communication device via the data distribution device.
US07710342B2	Crossed-dipole antenna for low-loss IBOC transmission from a common radiator apparatus and method A dual-port corporate-feed broadband antenna uses two pairs of crossed dipoles in each bay, fed by a single hybrid coupler in each bay, to support hybrid-mode IBOC® VHF-band broadcasting. Each 3 dB quarter-wave coupler receives a share of an analog FM broadcast signal on a first input and a digital OFDM broadcast signal, 20 dB down, on a second input. The respective coupler output ports drive coaxial lines to tees feeding respective quarter-wave-separated crossed dipoles. The dipoles in each bay are arranged in a square to one side of their coupler, making side mounting practical. The resultant omnidirectional analog and digital radiation patterns have the same circular polarization and opposite phase rotation. Bay spacing for vertical null is a function ((n−1)/n) of the number of bays in the antenna.
US07710336B2	Metamaterial having the capability of broadband left-hand guidance of electromagnetic waves A metamaterial having a negative refractive index is presented, which has a dielectric carrier material (12; 48), first electrically conductive sections (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) and second electrically conductive sections (16.1, 16.2). The metamaterial is distinguished by the fact that the dielectric carrier material (12; 48) is realized as a volume which consists of one piece and which has at least one inner area which is prestructured by positive or negative rib or mesa structures (52.1, 52.2) in the dielectric carrier material (48) and is covered with first sections (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) and second sections (16.1, 16.2) in such a way that the first sections form capacitive series impedances upon illumination with an electromagnetic wave having a specific propagation direction and polarization, while the second sections are arranged in such a way that they form inductive shunt impedances upon the illumination. An optical element, a preferred use of a metamaterial and also a method for producing a metamaterial are furthermore presented. The structuring of partial regions of the metamaterial can be effected with the aid of negative/positive mesa structures.
US07710334B2	Complex antenna device A complex antenna device includes: an antenna base having a main surface and first and second ends opposed to each other; a bar antenna including a metal body and disposed upright on a side of the first end of the antenna base; at least one planar antenna mounted on the main surface of the antenna base between the first and second ends of the antenna base; a metallic member provided on a side of the second end of the antenna base so as to substantially remove physical influence of the bar antenna on the planar antenna.
US07710332B2	Mobile communications device with a compact-sized three-dimensional antenna A mobile communications device includes a circuit board and a monopole antenna. The monopole antenna includes a feed part electrically connected to the circuit board and directed away from the circuit board at an acute angle, a connecting part extending from the feed part in a direction substantially perpendicular to the circuit board, a first radiating part extending from the connecting part, and a second radiating part also extending from the connecting part.
US07710330B2	Dual-band inverted-F antenna A dual-band inverted-F antenna including a radiation element, a ground element, a conductive pin, and a signal feed-in portion is described. The radiation element includes a loop portion, a first radiation portion, and a second radiation portion. After being fed in through the signal feed-in portion, a first band signal and a second band signal are wirelessly transmitted/received by the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion respectively in one aspect, and transmitted to the conductive pin through the loop portion and finally to the ground element in another aspect. The loop portion is directly short-grounding, such that the bandwidths of the first and the second band signals in operation are increased, thereby improving the overall radiation efficiency.
US07710325B2	Multi-band dielectric resonator antenna Provided is an antenna comprising a first dielectric resonator antenna operative within a first frequency band, a second dielectric resonator antenna operative within a second frequency band, and a feeding structure electrically coupled to the first and second dielectric resonator antennas to receive and transmit signals at the first and second frequency bands through the first and second dielectric resonator antennas.
US07710317B2	Method for GPS positioning in a weak signal environment The present invention is a method for GPS positioning in a weak signal environment. The method includes obtaining assistance data for a GPS signal from a satellite at a predetermined time, wherein the assistance data including predicted navigation data, Doppler shift and Doppler shift rate and the GPS signal being modulated by a carrier signal, a pseudorandom code and navigation data, estimating a predicted receiving time for the GPS signal reaching the GPS receiver, capturing the GPS signal, converting the GPS signal to an intermediate frequency signal, acquiring a code phase of the pseudorandom code from the intermediate frequency signal by using the assistance data and the predicted receiving time, and obtaining a position for the GPS receiver based on the predicted navigation data and the code phase of the pseudorandom code. To acquire the code phase of the pseudorandom code, the GPS receiver corrects a real time clock to one millisecond accuracy and process the intermediate frequency signal through coherent correlation of one second.
US07710314B2	Pulse radar ranging system A pulse radar ranging system having a measurement channel and a reference channel is described. In the measurement channel containing an antenna and a measurement target, the normal measurement is performed by processing an echo from the target. In the reference channel containing signal delay means, a reference echo is processed to obtain temperature compensation information.
US07710306B2	Ramp generation circuit and A/D converter A ramp generation circuit including, a charge supply unit which generates predetermined charges every predetermined time, an integration circuit which accumulates the charges generated from the charge supply unit and converts the charges into a voltage, and, an attenuation unit which outputs, to an output terminal, a voltage obtained by attenuating a noise value of an output voltage from the integration circuit.
US07710305B2	Unified architecture for folding ADC A system, apparatus and method for a folding analog-to-digital converter (ADC) are described. The general architecture of the folding ADC includes an array (1-N) of cascaded folding amplifier stages, a distributed array of fine comparators, and an encoder. Each folding amplifier stage includes folding amplifiers that are configured to receive inputs from a prior stage, and also generate output signals for the next stage. The folding amplifiers output signals for a given stage are evaluated by a corresponding comparator stage, which may include multiple comparators, and also optionally coupled to an interpolator. The outputs of the comparators from all stages are collectively evaluated by the encoder, which generates the output of the folding ADC. Unlike conventional folding ADCs that require fine and coarse channels, the presently described folding ADC provides conversion without the need for a coarse channel. The encoder can also be arranged to facilitate recursive error correction.
US07710299B2	System and method providing channel multiplexing for analog-to-digital conversion There is provided a demodulator system comprising a first input to receive a first analog signal at a first rate; a second input to receive a second analog signal at the first rate; a MUX coupled to the first input and the second input to receive the first analog signal and the second analog signal, and to multiplex the first analog signal and the second analog signal to generate a multiplexed analog output; an ADC to receive the multiplexed analog output and generate a multiplexed digital output, the ADC operating at a second rate, the second rate substantially equal to the first rate multiplied by a total number of input analog signals; a DEMUX to receive the multiplexed digital output and generate a first digital output having a first bitstream and a second digital output having a second bitstream corresponding to the first analog signal and the second analog signal.
US07710296B2	N-bin arithmetic coding for context adaptive binary arithmetic coding A method of context adaptive binary arithmetic coding and decoding groups a plurality N binary symbols in corresponding syntax elements and divides a range into 2N subranges based upon corresponding contexts. The invention encodes data by selecting an offset determined by the probability states of the context of the N binary symbols. Decoding is similar with the place of the coded offset within the 2N subranges determining the syntax decoding. When the total number of binary symbols to be coded does not equal an integral multiple of N, the invention codes dummy binary symbols at the end of a grouping of a plurality N binary symbols. Probability state updates occur only following every N binary symbols.
US07710294B2	For externally clocked digital audio input, determining a valid clock and muting audio during synchronization Methods and apparatus for determining the existence of an external clock over a digital input port on a computer. In one embodiment, the external clock is validated, and a lock is performed when the clock is valid. Whenever a loss of the lock is detected, and, if a re-lock is likely, the apparatus is muted so that audio artifacts that would otherwise be heard are minimized. The methods and apparatus also provide automatic re-locking to the external clock when a sampling rate change is detected.
US07710293B2	Method for accessing contact information A method for accessing contact information in an electronic device, such as a mobile phone, including a display and a plurality of keys, where each key represents one or more characters, comprising the steps of detecting a first input on a key, and presenting a contact stored as a speed dial choice for the key of the first input. When a second input on a key is detected, all contacts stored in a database of the device are searched, and any contact data including the combination of a character represented by the first input key and a character of the second input key are then presented to the user.
US07710289B2	Portable communication apparatus with an anti-theft mode and implementing method thereof A communication apparatus with an anti-theft mode is provided. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes an input unit and a CPU. The input unit is for generating an operational signal in response to an operational input. The CPU is for receiving an anti-theft mode signal and setting the communication apparatus in an anti-theft mode, and disabling communication functions of the communication apparatus when the operational signal received from the input unit is a communication operational signal and the communication apparatus is in the anti-theft mode.
US07710284B2	Automatic garage door response system for carbon monoxide or carbon monoxide and smoke detection A garage monitoring system is provided that determines if the garage door is opened or closed, and will not issue a move door command if the garage door is already opened and it will not issue a move door command if smoke is detected first. The system's sequence of operation is can thus be described as follows: a. If CO is detected first, high concentration, sound alarm and open door immediately. b. If CO is detected first, low concentration, sound alarm and wait a time period to see if smoke alarm activates. If smoke alarm does not activate, open garage door, otherwise do not change the position of the garage door. c. If smoke is detected first, sound alarm and do not change the position of the garage door.
US07710283B1	Fluid-level sensing device with encapsulated micro switch A fluid-level sensing device that uses the interaction of a first magnet attached to the distal end of an external micro switch arm and a second magnet positioned within the distal end of a pivoting float body to close a circuit within the micro switch and create a shut-off signal to stop fluid production. A single housing holds the micro switch and float body, wherein magnetic forces acting through the housing wall between them and other magnet-positioning materials that separate the two magnets cause signal production. After float body deployment, manual reset of the float body is accomplished via its lever-like distal end. The main body of the micro switch, which it is snap-fit into a fixed position within the upper housing chamber for use, is entirely encapsulated in waterproof material to protect it from corrosion. Alternative ways for quick mounting of the housing to a fluid-collecting pan are contemplated.
US07710282B1	Apparatus for flow detection, measurement and control and method for use of same An apparatus for use in a multi-purpose piping system that provides water to both domestic uses and to fire sprinklers, the apparatus comprising: piping having an inlet and an outlet; a detector, located between the inlet and outlet, that distinguishes between a fire sprinkler water flow and a domestic use water flow; and a drain connection located between the inlet and the outlet. A multipurpose piping system using the apparatus in a system incorporating at least one fire sprinkler, the piping system also supplying at least one other use in the structure.
US07710276B2	Radio frequency identification device support and its manufacturing method A radio frequency identification device support (2) featuring an antenna (12) screen-printed on a support (20) and a chip (10) connected to the connection terminals (17 and 19) of the antenna. According to a main characteristic of the invention, a thermoplastic layer (22) and a top layer of synthetic paper (24) are laminated on the antenna support (20) so that the antenna and the chip are trapped in the thermoplastic and the three layers (20, 22, and 24) cannot be separated and so that the device is resistant to water and humid environments.
US07710274B2	Antenna having loop and helical structure and RFID tag using the same An antenna and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag using the same are disclosed. The antenna includes: a radiating unit having a helical structure; and a feeding unit having a loop structure on which a terminal connected to an element connected to the antenna is formed, wherein the feeding unit is electromagnetically induced and coupled with the radiating unit to be apart from each other.
US07710269B2	Systems and methods to prevent counterfeit, grey and black market proliferation of pharmaceutical, medical and other products An identifying coding apparatus employing modulated reflectance technology involving a base station emitting a RF signal, with a tag, located remotely from the base station, and containing at least one antenna and predetermined other passive circuit components, receiving the RF signal and reflecting back to the base station a modulated signal indicative of characteristics related to the tag.
US07710268B2	System and method to protect personal property A system to protect personal property may include an electronic tag associable with a personal property item. The system may also include a controller adapted to wirelessly communicate with the electronic tag to determine a status of the electronic tag to protect the personal property item from loss or theft.
US07710265B2	Systems and methods for dynamic situational signal processing for target detection and classification Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for improved signal processing within a remote sensor system. The system includes a detection component and a processing component. The detection component is adapted to detect an event and generate a signal based at least in part on the event. The processing component adapted to process a signal based at least in part on a situation. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for improved signal processing within a remote sensor system. The method includes determining a situation, detecting an event, generating a signal based at least in part on the event, and processing the signal based at least in part on the situational parameter.
US07710264B2	Systems and methods for power efficient situation aware seismic detection and classification Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for improved signal processing within a remote sensor system. The system includes a detection component and a processing component. The detection component is adapted to detect an event and generate a signal based at least in part on the event. The processing component adapted to determine an envelope of the signal based at least in part on a situation. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for improved signal processing within a remote sensor system. The system includes detecting an event, generating a signal based at least in part on the event, and determining an envelope of the signal based at least in part on a situation.
US07710262B2	Sensor data sharing The disclosed embodiments relate to a method for operating two or more mobile terminals in an interactive session. The mobile terminals are provided with one or more sensors. The data captured by the sensors is sent via a wireless connection to the other mobile terminals that participate in the interactive session. The data received from the other mobile communication terminals is communicated to the user of the respective mobile communication terminals via the user interface.
US07710260B2	Pattern driven effectuator system Emergent information is created and utilized by an array of sensors. Each sensor is programmed with a trigger rule, which describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal, and a relationship rule, which describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors. When a predetermined weighted percentage of the sensors trigger event signals, emergent information that describes conditions at the array location is generated. An effectuator then takes appropriate steps to address the condition described by the emergent information.
US07710259B2	Emergent information database management system A method for recreating known emergent information comprises initially storing data in a database. Multiple data patterns, which are based on known emergent information, are developed. These multiple data patterns are ranked according to each data pattern's historic accuracy in creating the known emergent information. The data is applied to a highest-ranked data pattern to recreate the known emergent information.
US07710258B2	Emergent information pattern driven sensor networks Emergent information is created and utilized by an array of sensors. Each sensor is programmed with a trigger rule, which describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal, and a relationship rule, which describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors. When a predetermined percentage or weighting of the sensors trigger event signals, emergent information that describes conditions at the array location is generated.
US07710257B2	Pattern driven effectuator system Emergent information is created and utilized by an array of sensors. Each sensor is programmed with a trigger rule, which describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal, and a relationship rule, which describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors. When a predetermined weighted percentage of the sensors trigger event signals, emergent information that describes conditions at the array location is generated. An effectuator then takes appropriate steps to address the condition described by the emergent information.
US07710249B2	Method of controlling a driver assistance system and an associated apparatus The present invention relates to a method of controlling a driver assistance system which can identify a danger situation with reference to a comparison of measured data with predetermined limit values and which can output a warning signal when it has identified a danger situation of this type. An additional control module is provided which determines an activity state of the driver in dependence on at least one input value which permits a conclusion on actions carried out by a driver and can suppress the outputting of the warning signal in dependence on this activity state.
US07710245B2	Security system for a motor vehicle A security system for remotely locking and unlocking closure members of a motor vehicle 10 is disclosed in which a hand gesture recognition device is associated with a keyless entry system having a security device 23 and a portable unit 19. The hand gesture recognition device includes at least one sensitised area 25 for detecting a hand gesture, an input/output device positioned in the passenger compartment for selecting or creating at least one pattern gesture which can be recognised by the sensitised area 25 and a gesture recognition module for transmitting an authorized code signal to the security device 23 upon recognition of the selected or created gesture over the sensitized area. Such a gesture pattern can easily be modified from the I/O device by the user and ensure an improved security to a conventional keyless entry system.
US07710242B2	Information access system and active-type contactless information storage device A contactless information storage device for use in an information access system includes a receiver unit and a transmitter unit. The receiver unit is operable to sense a carrier at a first frequency in a slave mode and be continuously ready to receive an RF signal at a second frequency different from the first frequency in a master mode. In the slave mode, the transmitter unit transmits a response signal at the second frequency in response to reception of an information request signal. In the master mode, the transmitter unit cyclically transmits an information request signal at the first frequency in a transmission period and goes into an inactive state in a sleep period. In the slave mode, the transmitter unit and the receiver unit are caused to go into the master mode, when the receiver unit receives no information request signal in a time period longer than given periods.
US07710239B2	Remote communication device and system for communication Remote communication devices (i.e., radio frequency identification (RFID) tag) and systems for communicating between one or more RFID tags and a reader using a frequency modulation method to encode binary data are disclosed herein. For example, a remote communication device includes an antenna operable to receive and backscatter a carrier signal, wherein the backscattered carrier signal further comprises a secondary signal within an identification bandwidth. The remote communication device also includes a signal processing circuit coupled to the antenna, the signal processing circuit comprising at least one encoding circuit operable to encode binary data into the backscattered carrier signal by periodically modulating the frequency of the secondary signal from one encoding frequency to another one of 2n+1 encoding frequencies within the identification bandwidth, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US07710237B2	Sliding operating device A case includes first and second halves, each having an opening in its one side, combined together with the openings opposed to each other. A moving member is accommodated within the case and slidingly movable along a movement guide. An operator is connected to the moving member. The operator has a proximal end connected to the moving member, a free end projecting outwardly from an upper surface of the case, and a bent portion bent between the both ends. Tops of the first and second halves are displaced from each other, in a direction vertical to the upper surface, to form a gap permitting entry of the operator. Edge regions of the tops of the both halves overlap with each other in the direction vertical to the upper surface, and the bent portion is bent so that the free end projects outwardly through the gap in the overlapping regions.
US07710236B2	Fuse systems with serviceable connections A fuse system has both a non-serviceable fuse and a fuse terminal system for selectively installing a serviceable fuse. When installed, the serviceable fuse provides a current flow path parallel to the non-serviceable fuse.
US07710234B2	Control of eddy currents in magnetic vias for inductors and transformers in integrated circuits An embodiment is a magnetic via. More specifically, an embodiment is a magnetic via that increases the inductance of, for example, an integrated inductor or transformer while mitigating eddy currents therein that may limit the operation of the inductor or transformer at high frequency.
US07710232B1	Microelectromechanical tunable inductor A microelectromechanical tunable inductor is formed from a pair of substantially-identically-sized coils arranged side by side and coiled up about a central axis which is parallel to a supporting substrate. An in-plane stress gradient is responsible for coiling up the coils which. The inductance provided by the tunable inductor can be electrostatically changed either continuously or in discrete steps using electrodes on the substrate and on each coil. The tunable inductor can be formed with processes which are compatible with conventional IC fabrication so that, in some cases, the tunable inductor can be formed on a semiconductor substrate alongside or on top of an IC.
US07710222B2	Dual band resonator and dual band filter A signal input/output line 101 is used for input and output of a signal. A first resonating part 102 is connected to the signal input/output line 101 at one end and is opened at the other end. A second resonating part 103 is connected to a ground conductor 105 at one end and is opened at the other end. A connecting line 104 has a predetermined length and is connected to a point of connection between the signal input/output line 101 and the first resonating part 102 at one end and is connected to a predetermined point on the second resonating part 103 at the other end.
US07710221B2	Elastic wave device In an elastic wave device including an input side electrode and an output side electrode being a resonant single-phase unidirectional transducers (RSPUDT) provided with respective pairs of bus bars opposing to each other on a piezoelectric substrate and a number of excitation electrode fingers extending in a comb-teeth shape so as to respectively cross each other from the respective bus bars, the elastic waves are repeatedly reflected and amplified between the central part of the input side electrode and the central part of the output side electrode along the direction of extension of the respective bus bars by the excitation electrode fingers of the input side electrode and the output side excitation electrode, the elastic wave device includes a damper at least on either one of the input side bus bar or the output side bus bar in an area between the central part of the input side electrode in the direction of movement of the elastic waves and the central part of the output side electrode in the direction of movement of the elastic waves so that the energy leaked out into the bus bar is absorbed.
US07710214B2	Pulse width modulation structure enabling regulated duty cycle A pulse width modulation (PWM) structure enabling regulated duty cycle includes a DC power supply unit, a signal generating unit, a voltage-dividing resistor unit, a reference voltage unit, and a comparing unit. When the DC power supply unit supplies a voltage signal to the voltage-dividing resistor unit, the latter receives the voltage signal and sets voltage levels before sending the voltage signal to the signal generating unit, so that a waveform signal generated by the signal generating unit regulates its voltage levels according to the received voltage signal before sending the waveform signal to the comparing unit. The comparing unit receives and compares the signals from the signal generating unit and the reference voltage unit, and outputs a comparison signal for driving a fan motor to operate, so that the finally output signal is substantially linear and smooth.
US07710209B2	Digital pulse frequency/pulse amplitude (DPFM/DPAM) controller for low-power switching-power supplies A digital controller for dc-dc switching converters can operate under light load conditions. The controller can be suitable for the use in switch-mode power supplies providing regulated output voltage for handheld devices and other low-power electronics. To create long time intervals, compared to the propagation time of digital logic a DPFM/DPAM can use a ring oscillator with two sets of delay cells and two signals racing around the ring.
US07710207B2	Voltage controlled oscillator with improved voltage oscillation frequency characteristic A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with improved frequency characteristics is provided. The VCO includes a converting circuit supplied between a bias voltage and a ground voltage for converting the control voltage into a control current, a replica bias circuit coupled to the converting circuit for providing a swing voltage, and a ring oscillating circuit coupled to the replica bias circuit having at least two delay units coupled in series for successively delaying an input signal as the oscillating signal after a period of delay time.
US07710203B2	Transformer-capacitor enhancement circuitry for power amplifiers Circuitry for providing improved pulse-type enhancement of the voltage supplied to a power amplifier (101) that is fed by a power supply that is connected to the power amplifier (101) at a feeding point through a main supply path that is connected via an inductor (L1). A second feeding point is used for enhancement by a capacitor that is discharged. A transformer L2, L3, M) is formed by mutually coupling an additional inductor (L3), through which an additional supply path is connected. Enhancement power is provided partially through the transformer L2, L3, M) and the remaining part thorough the capacitor (C1). This way, the total level of possible enhancement is increased, while minimizing distortion of the envelope of the amplified RF signal.
US07710199B2	Method and apparatus for stabilizing RF power amplifiers A method and apparatus is provided for use in power amplifiers for reducing the peak voltage that transistors are subjected to. A power amplifier is provided with first and second switching devices and an inductor connected between the switching devices. The switching devices are driven such that the switching devices are turned on and off during the same time intervals. Differential RF power amplifiers are also provided with inductive networks coupled at various nodes of the power amplifiers. In some examples, techniques are used to stabilize differential power amplifiers by stabilizing common-mode feedback loops.
US07710192B2	Low-voltage IC-circuit An integrated circuit is partitioned into two or more sub-circuits, each sub-circuit including two supply terminals across which to receive supply voltage. The sub-circuits are connected in series with the first sub-circuit receiving input voltage at its first supply terminal, and the voltage level output at the second supply terminal of the first sub-circuit being used as input voltage level in a second sub-circuit. Further, a control-circuit is configured to balance voltage drops across the sub-circuits and to maintain constant voltage-drops over the sub-circuits. The control-circuit includes two buffer capacitors, each coupled in parallel over one of the two sub-circuits respectively. The control-circuit also includes at least one bucket capacitor alternately coupled in parallel over the first and the second buffer capacitor through a switching system controlled by a toggling signal.
US07710188B1	Low-noise, temperature-insensitive, voltage or current input, analog front end architecture AFE circuitry handles both voltage and current input signals. In one embodiment, both a voltage path and a current path are provided from the input. Switching circuitry selects one of the paths. A switch also turns on or off a current-to-voltage conversion circuit used to convert a current input into a voltage. In one embodiment, noise is significantly reduced by using a dedicated ground pin or terminal for the negative reference of a differential circuit. This applies the same external board noise, which is on the input signal, to the negative reference, so the noise is canceled in the differential signal. In one embodiment, temperature compensation is provided via an IPTAT circuit which is used to shift the voltage up in order to balance the decrease in DC voltage with increasing temperature.
US07710186B2	Averaging circuit apparatus, error signal generation system and method of averaging an error signal An averaging circuit apparatus comprises a rectifier having an input for receiving a high-speed error signal having, for example, a data rate of 10 Gbps. An integrator is coupled to the rectifier and has an error output for providing an averaged representation of the error signal. The averaged representation of the error signal is supplied to a Digital Signal Processor in a channel equalizer loop for equalizing a fiber-optic channel. The Digital Signal Processor executes an algorithm that sets tap coefficients of an analogue filter in response to the averaged representation of the error signal.
US07710182B2	Reliable level shifter of ultra-high voltage device used in low power application The present invention relates to integrated circuits. In particular, it relates to an IC comprising a receiving stage for receiving an input signal, an output stage for generating an output signal having a larger voltage range than the input signal and a level shifter. Embodiments of the invention provide a structure and a method for fabricating the IC wherein the level shifter is incorporated within the IC to improve reliability of the IC.
US07710180B1	Signal offset cancellation Techniques and circuitry are provided for programmably controlling signal offsets in integrated circuitry. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a signal offset cancellation circuit that is programmably selected to control the offset of signals on either one input/output or another input/output of an amplifier circuit. In one embodiment, a logic circuit is used to selectively couple a bank of current sources to one input/output or another input/output of a differential amplifier through a switching circuit. The bank of current sources may employed to control the signal offset on either input/output, or may be decoupled from all of the inputs/outputs when signal offset cancellation is not required.
US07710178B2	Delay apparatus for delay locked loop A delay apparatus for a delay locked loop includes a plurality of delay devices that are formed by modeling a plurality of signal processing structures through which a delay locked loop clock output from a delay locked loop reaches an output circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus from an output terminal of the delay locked loop. At least one of the plurality of delay devices is composed of a variable delay device in which a delay time varies according to a change in operation voltage.
US07710175B2	Pulse width modulation circuit and switching amplifier using the same A pulse width modulation circuit includes a first electric-charge accumulator; a second electric-charge accumulator; a first current generator which generates a first current corresponding to the amplitude of an input AC voltage; a second current generator which generates a second current with a constant value; a first current supply controller which supplies the first current to the first electric-charge accumulator; a second current supply controller which supplies the second current to the first electric-charge accumulator; a third current supply controller which supplies the first current to the second electric-charge accumulator; a fourth current supply controller which supplies the second current to the second electric-charge accumulator; and a current limiter which limits the first current to a third current with a predetermined current value, if the amplitude of the AC voltage in the negative side exceeds a predetermined level.
US07710172B2	DLL circuit, semiconductor memory device using the same, and data processing system A DLL circuit includes a delay line (CDL) (10) that delays a clock signal at a relatively coarse adjustment pitch, a delay line (FDL) (20) that delays the clock signal at a relatively fine adjustment pitch, and phase detecting circuits and counter control circuits that control delay amounts of the delay lines (10, 20). The counter control circuits control the delay line (10) by a linear search method, and control the delay line (20) by a binary search method. As a result, even when the number of bits of the count signal for adjusting the delay line (20) is increased, a delay amount can be determined at a high speed.
US07710166B2	Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus using the same The transistor suffers the variation caused in threshold voltage or mobility due to gathering of the factors of the variation in gate insulator film resulting from a difference in manufacture process or substrate used and of the variation in channel-region crystal state. The present invention provides an electric circuit having an arrangement such that both electrodes of a capacitance element can hold a gate-to-source voltage of a particular transistor. The invention provides an electric circuit having a function capable of setting a potential difference at between the both electrodes of the capacitance element by the use of a constant-current source.
US07710163B2	Compensating a push-pull transmit driver An interface such a PCI-E interface may comprise a transmitter and a compensation circuit. In one embodiment, the transmitter may comprise a transmit driver, which may use a push-pull configuration. The transmit driver may require stable voltages such as (Vdd/2+0.25) and (Vdd/2−0.25) Volts. The compensation circuit may comprise a voltage generator circuit and a dummy driver circuit. The dummy driver may be a replica of the transmit driver. A correction module may generate correction factors based on the deviation of the voltages generated by the dummy driver from the voltages generated by the voltage generator. The voltages provided to the transmit driver are corrected based on the correction factors to compensate for the deviation.
US07710161B1	Digital low frequency detector A digital circuit is disclosed for detecting clock activity in an integrated circuit (IC) device. In one implementation, a clock detection circuit can include two flip flops. A first flip flop detects activity on the clock being tested (e.g., the flip flop is set when a positive clock edge is detected). A second flip flop is coupled to the output of first flip flop and is operable by an enable signal to sample the output of the first flip flop. The output of the second flip flop is asserted as active, when a positive clock edge occurs between the release of the reset signal on the first flip flop and the assertion of the enable signal on the second flip flop. In some implementations, one or more additional flips can be interposed between the first and second flips to control metastability.
US07710157B2	Nanotube-based switching elements with multiple controls and logic circuits having said elements Boolean logic circuits comprising nanotube-based switching elements with multiple controls. The Boolean logic circuits include input and output terminals and a network of nanotube switching elements electrically disposed between said at least one input terminal and said output terminal. Each switching element includes an input node, an output node, and a nanotube channel element having at least one electrically conductive nanotube. A control structure is disposed in relation to the nanotube channel element to controllably form and unform an electrically conductive channel along the nanotube channel element. At least one nanotube switching element non-volatilely retains an informational state and at least one nanotube switching elements volatilely retains an informational state. The network of nanotube switching elements effectuates a Boolean function transformation of Boolean signals on said at least one input terminal. Dual rail cascode logic circuits may also be constructed from the nanotube switching elements.
US07710155B2	Dynamic dual output latch A dynamic latch includes a first stage for receiving an input data value and for providing true and complement logic values representing the input data value; a second stage for receiving the true and complement logic values into first and second dynamic node, when a control signal is active; and a holding that outputs the true and complement logic values while the control signal is active. The second stage may provide a feedback signal to the first stage to block propagation of changes in the input data value after the true and complement logic values have been received. The feedback signal may be derived, for example, from logic values on the dynamic nodes. A holding circuit may be provided.
US07710150B2	Method and apparatus for generating a reference signal and generating a scaled output signal based on an input signal An input signal is routed to a first logic one reference signal generator or alternatively routed to a second logic one reference signal generator based at least one a voltage level of the input signal. When the voltage level of the input signal is less than a threshold value, the first logic one reference signal generator selectively generates a first logic one reference signal. When the voltage level of the input signal is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the second logic one reference signal generator alternatively generates a second logic one reference signal. The first and second logic one reference signals may be used to control a first voltage scaling circuit that drives a scaled output signal having a logic one value corresponding to the voltage level of the first logic one reference signal.
US07710145B2	Semiconductor device and method for controlling thereof A semiconductor device includes a circuit section having an output impedance which changes in accordance with a switching signal for switching between drive capabilities, and transforming an input signal into an output signal in accordance with the output impedance, a reference voltage generating section generating a reference voltage in accordance with the switching signal and the input signal, and a comparing section comparing a voltage of the output signal to the reference voltage.
US07710143B2	Impedance matching circuit and semiconductor memory device with the same An impedance matching circuit of a semiconductor memory device performs a ZQ calibration with initial values that reflect an offset error according to variations in a manufacturing process. The impedance matching circuit includes a first pull-down resistance unit, a first pull-up resistance unit, and a code generation unit. The first pull-down resistance unit supplies a ground voltage to a first node, thereby determining an initial pull-down code. The first pull-up resistance unit supplies a supply voltage to the first node, thereby determining an initial pull-up code or a voltage level on the first node. The code generation unit generates pull-down and pull-up calibration codes using the initial pull-down and pull-up codes as respective initial values.
US07710139B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes a test circuit for testing drive of a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of test terminals that output inputted signals to the test circuit or that output signals inputted from the test circuit. The test terminals including a first test terminal input with a high frequency signal with a frequency higher than a frequency of a signal output from a second terminal. A third test terminal is interposed between the first test terminal and the second test terminal.
US07710137B2	Method and apparatus for relative testing of integrated circuit devices A method includes loading a plurality of integrated circuit devices into a tester. At least one parameter is determined for each of the integrated circuit devices using the tester. At least one relative acceptance criterion associated with the parameter is determined based on the determined parameters for the plurality of integrated circuit devices. A pass/fail status of each of the integrated circuit devices is determined using the relative acceptance criterion.
US07710136B2	Intergrated circuit self-test architecture An integrated circuit (1) comprises a monitor (M1, M3, M3) operable to produce monitor data in dependence upon a measured parameter of the integrated circuit (1); and a self test controller (28) connected to receive monitor data from the monitor (M1, M2, M3). The self-test controller is also operable to output self test data from the integrated circuit. The monitor includes an output shift register (SR1, SR2, SR3) and is operable to output monitor data through the shift register (SR1, SR2, SR3). Such a system enables simplified communication of system self test results on an integrated circuit.
US07710132B2	Method for making a conductive film and a probe card using the same A method for manufacturing a conductive film as well as the structure thereof and a probe card using the same are provided in the invention. The conductive film is substantially a stacked structure of a specific thickness formed by the adhering and stacking of at least a substrate in a vacuum environment by the use of surface processing and mechanical healing whereas each substrate has an array of metal micro-threads formed thereon, in which the plural metal micro-threads, each being wrapped in an insulating film, are arranged on the substrate to form the array in a unidirectional and single-layered manner by the use of a LIGA process and polymer thin film technology. In an exemplary embodiment, the insulating film can be a polymer thin film of high dielectric constant, being made of a material such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMA) or polyimide (PI); and the metal micro-thread is made of a high conductivity and high strength Ni—Co alloy. Moreover, the so-formed conductive film can be cut into any desired dimensions by the use of an energy beam, such as laser beam, ion beam and plasma beam, etc. while combining the conductive film with a panel so as to be used for forming a probe card with large area detection ability that is low-cost, ease-to-maintain and capable of being adapted for wafers of various bonding pad arrangements.
US07710126B2	Capacitance type sensor A capacitance type sensor good in operability and less in erroneous operation is provided. Switches SW1-SW4 are formed between a displacement electrode 40 and switch electrodes E11-E14 kept at a predetermined potential and grounded switch electrodes E15-E18. Switches SW11-SW14 and SW51-SW55 are connected to respective capacitance electrodes E1-E4 that cooperate with the displacement electrode 40 to form capacitance elements. A decision circuit judges states of the switches SW1-SW4. When at least one of the switches SW1-SW4 is off, an X-axial output is calculated based on the capacitance values of the capacitance elements C1 and C2, and a Y-axial output is calculated based on the capacitance values of the capacitance elements C3 and C4. When any of the switches SW1-SW4 is on, a Z-axial output is calculated based on the sum of the capacitance values of the capacitance elements C1 to C4.
US07710124B2	Method and apparatus for detecting panel conditions A method and apparatus for detecting a predetermined condition of a panel by transmitting a cyclically-repeating energy wave through the material (41) of the panel from first location (43a) to a second location (43b); measuring the transit time of the cyclically-repeating energy wave from the first location to the second location; and utilizing the measured transit time to detect the predetermined condition including the force on, the temperature of, a deformation in, the fatigue condition of, or a fracture in, structural panel, the presence of a force applied to, water on, or breakage in of the panel.
US07710121B2	Electrical connector integrity tester This invention provides an electric fuel pump tester that allows a technician to simulate the real-life operation of the electrical system of the vehicle, i.e., when the fuel pump is installed. The present invention provides a tester that includes a load that is similar to that of an installed fuel pump. In this manner, a technician may monitor simulated real-life operation of the vehicle's electrical system.
US07710106B2	Temporary planar electrical contact device and method using vertically-compressible nanotube contact structures A wafer-scale probe card for temporary electrical contact to a sample wafer or other device, for burn-in and test. The card includes a plurality of directly metallized single-walled or multi-walled nanotubes contacting a pre-arranged electrical contact pattern on the probe card substrate. The nanotubes are arranged into bundles for forming electrical contacts between areas of the device under test and the probe card. The bundles are compressible along their length to allow a compressive force to be used for contacting the probe card substrate to the device under test. A strengthening material may be disposed around and/or infiltrate the bundles. The nanotubes forming the bundles may be patterned to provide a pre-determined bundle profile. Tips of the bundles may be metallized with a conductive material to form a conformal coating on the bundles; or metallized with a conductive material to form a continuous, single contact surface.
US07710104B2	Out-of-line measurement of a current flowing through a load A load measuring circuit including a cable including first and second conductors and a shielding. The conductors are connected by a first end thereof to a load, the shielding is not connected to a ground at the end, and the conductors are connected to a generator by the second end thereof. A transformer includes a first winding connected to a conductor on the second end of the cable, a second winding is connected between a ground and the shielding on the second end of the cable, and a third winding is connected to a current measuring member.
US07710102B2	Clock test apparatus and method for semiconductor integrated circuit A clock test apparatus for a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a delay unit configured to delay an internal clock signal. A comparison unit compares the phase of an output signal of the delay unit with the phase of a reference clock signal. A phase discrimination unit receives a test mode signal, the reference clock signal, and an output signal of the comparison unit, thereby outputting a discrimination signal.
US07710098B2	Power supply driver circuit A high-side driver circuit for a switching power supply, configured to translate a low-side switching control signal referenced to a first ground rail to a high-side switching control signal referenced to a second, high-side ground rail for driving a switching control connection of a power switching device, the high-side driver circuit including first and second inputs to receive first and second low-side switching control signals; a differential amplifier having a differential pair of inputs coupled to said first and second inputs and having an output, the differential amplifier having a ground connection for connection to said high-side ground rail and a power connection to receive a power supply from a second voltage supply; and an output coupled to said differential amplifier output to provide the high-side switching control signal.
US07710094B1	Current-mode-controlled current sensor circuit for power switching converter A power converter has a power transistor driving a power current through an inductor to provide a controlled power-supply voltage. The power transistor is on during a first state but off during a second state when a sink transistor reduces the power current through the inductor. Both voltage sensing of the power-supply voltage and current sensing at the power transistor provide feedback to control the amount of time that the first state is active, and thus control the power current. Current sensing is provided by a smaller minor transistor in parallel with the power transistor. The minor transistor turns on after the power transistor to reduce disturbance spikes. Switches connect sources of the power and mirror transistors to an amplifier that drives a sensing transistor. The sensing transistor generates a sensing voltage from the mirror transistor source. During the second state the amplifier's inputs are equalized to provide fast response.
US07710092B2	Self tracking ADC for digital power supply control systems A self-tracking analog-to-digital converter includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) adapted to provide a variable reference voltage, a windowed flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) adapted to provide an error signal ek corresponding to a difference between an input voltage Vi and the variable reference voltage, and digital circuitry adapted to generate suitable control signals for the DAC based on the error signal ek. More particularly, the digital circuitry includes a first digital circuit adapted to provide a first function value f(ek) in response to the error signal ek, the first function value f(ek) representing an amount of correction to be applied to the variable reference voltage. A second digital circuit is adapted to provide a counter that combines the first function value f(ek) with a previous counter state Nk to provide a next counter state Nk+1, the next counter state Nk+1 being applied as an input to the digital-to-analog converter. A third digital circuit is adapted to scale the previous counter state Nk by a factor M and combine the scaled counter state M·Nk with the error signal ek to provide a digital output value Dk representing the input voltage Vi.
US07710089B2	Automatic configuration for linear mode of switching power supply A method and apparatus for a Regulator that automatically configures to work in either SMPS mode or linear mode are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes inputting a constant current source to a CBoot_pin for a first predetermined amount of time upon enabling an autodetect circuit by a Regulator control circuit. The CBoot voltage at the CBoot_pin is then determined to see if the CBBoot voltage at the CBoot_pin is above a predetermined CBoot voltage for a second predetermined amount of time. The Regulator is then switched to operate in SMPS mode if the CBoot voltage is substantially continuously above the predetermined CBoot voltage for a second predetermined amount of time. The SMPS is operated in linear mode if the CBoot voltage is substantially continuously below or equal to the predetermined CBoot voltage for a second predetermined amount of time.
US07710086B1	Modular high voltage power supply for chemical analysis A high voltage power supply for use in a system such as a microfluidics system, uses a DC-DC converter in parallel with a voltage-controlled resistor. A feedback circuit provides a control signal for the DC-DC converter and voltage-controlled resistor so as to regulate the output voltage of the high voltage power supply, as well as, to sink or source current from the high voltage supply.
US07710085B2	Energy transfer element and converter including the same An energy transfer element includes a first winding coupled to an input circuit and a second winding coupled to an output circuit. The first winding has a first unit and a second unit, and the second winding is wound between the first unit of the first winding and the second unit of the first winding. The energy transfer element further includes a third winding provided between the first unit of the first winding and the second winding. The third winding is used to supply a bias voltage of the input circuit, and a winding width of the third winding is greater than a winding width of the first unit of the first winding and a width of the second winding.
US07710084B1	Sample and hold technique for generating an average of sensed inductor current in voltage regulators A sample and hold inductor current sense configuration senses inductor current flowing through an output inductor of a voltage regulator and generates an average of the sensed inductor current. The average of the sensed inductor current may be generated from samples of peaks and valleys of the sensed inductor current. For example, the peak of the sensed inductor current may be stored in a first capacitor and the valley of the sensed inductor current may be stored in a second capacitor. The first and second capacitors may be coupled together to generate the average of the sensed inductor current. The average of the sensed inductor current may be provided to a droop control circuit to control droop of an output voltage of the voltage regulator. An input offset voltage of a current sense amplifier sensing the inductor current may be calibrated between samplings of the sensed inductor current.
US07710079B2	Power manager and power managing method for battery-powered application A power manager is configured to manage power for a battery-powered application. A power source, a load and a battery are interconnected through a circuit path. Power from the power source is provided to the load and battery by a switching regulator. Various implementations are presented.
US07710076B2	Back-gate voltage generator circuit, four-terminal back gate switching FET, and charge and discharge protection circuit using same A back-gate voltage generator circuit generating a back-gate voltage of a four-terminal back gate switching MOSFET for charge and discharge control is disclosed. The back-gate voltage generator circuit includes first and second n-type MOSFETs connected in series through a common source electrode. A voltage at the common source electrode of the first and second n-type MOSFETS connected in series serves as the back-gate voltage of the four-terminal back gate switching MOSFET, and the back-gate voltage is used as a reference voltage for generating signals for controlling the first and second n-type MOSFETS.
US07710070B2	Battery pack apparatus and method of controlling battery pack apparatus A battery pack apparatus is provided. The battery pack includes a battery, a circuit board connected to the battery, and a detecting unit on the circuit board configured to detect a battery power line of the battery detached from the circuit board by detecting a battery voltage drop.
US07710066B2	Motor control device A motor control device that controls a permanent-magnet synchronous motor has: a magnetic flux controller that derives, as a specified excitation current value, a specified current value corresponding to a d-axis component of a current passing through an armature winding; and a current controller that controls, based on the specified excitation current value, the current passing through the armature winding. The magnetic flux controller makes the specified excitation current value vary periodically, based on an estimated or detected rotor position, in a current range in which the magnetic flux produced by the permanent magnet is weakened, and changes the specified excitation current value according to a rotation speed of the rotor.
US07710064B2	Semiconductor device for motor driving and motor having the same, motor driving apparatus and air conditioner A motor driving semiconductor device has: six switching elements for driving a three-phase motor; three output terminals for applying output voltages to three terminals of coils of the three-phase motor; drive circuits for driving the six switching elements; and six control signal input terminals for receiving six control signals for on/off control of the six switching elements, wherein the motor driving semiconductor device is formed by sealing at least one semiconductor chip in one package with resin, and further includes a dead time generation function of generating a dead time relative to the six control signals.
US07710061B2	Motor control amplifier A motor control amplifier for position feedback control is provided utilizing the inherent inductor and/or resistor dynamics of the motor. The motor control amplifier applies a voltage to the motor equivalent to the electrical motor resistance multiplied by the current of the motor, canceling out the electrical motor resistance, and thereby providing position feedback control through motor inductance. A command term/voltage could be added to make the position feedback control relative to a setpoint. Further, a motor control amplifier for feedback control to arbitrary dynamics is provided. The motor amplifier applies a voltage proportional to a wave command signal. The motor amplifier has a sensing component to provide a wave return signal to construct a wave transformer from the electrical motor resistance.
US07710060B2	Method for managing systems provided with redundant actuators The invention relates to a method for managing systems provided with redundant actuators of the type comprising at least a first system operating according to a first set of variables, representative of a physical quantity to be controlled and a second system operating according to a second set of said variables, representative of a physical quantity to be controlled, said first set of variables and second set of variables identifying one or more redundant variables. The method comprises the operations of commanding the actuators of the system through a numeric control unit and a servo control module to follow trajectories of the variables as a function of a set sequence.
US07710054B2	Fan controller with duty cycle comparator A motor controller for a direct current motor includes a first node receiving first PWM signals having a duty cycle indicative of a desired rotational speed of said motor and an input node receiving second digital signals, the frequency of said second signals indicative of the rotational speed of said motor. A frequency-to-PWM circuit is coupled to the input node to provide second PWM signals having a duty cycle corresponding to the rotational speed of the motor. A duty cycle comparator has a first input coupled to the first node and a second input coupled to the second node to generate a control signal for controlling the rotational speed of the motor.
US07710050B2	Series connected power supply for semiconductor-based vehicle lighting systems A novel and advantageous power supply is disclosed for lighting systems employing semiconductor light sources where the semiconductor light sources are connected in series. The power supply includes a constant current source to supply current to the semiconductor light sources and a bypass switch is provided around each semiconductor light source, or each sub-string of series connected semiconductor light sources. By opening or closing respective bypass switches, individual semiconductor light sources or sub-strings of semiconductor light sources can be illuminated or extinguished as desired. If the bypass switches are electrically controllable, such as semiconductor switches or relays, failures of one or more semiconductor light sources can be determined by the power supply and failed light sources can be bypassed and/or redundant semiconductor elements illuminated to replace failed light sources. Further, if the bypass switches are semiconductor switches, the power supply can employ pulse width modulation techniques to dim one or more semiconductor light sources as desired.
US07710048B2	Illuminator based on primary and secondary power supplies An illuminator includes a primary power supply and a secondary supply. The first power supply includes a primary wire. The secondary power supply includes two energy-recycling units each comprising a magnetically conductive annular core made of iron powder and a secondary wire wound around the magnetically conductive annular core. The primary wire is wound around the energy-recycling units. A first illumination unit is connected to the primary wire. A second illumination unit is connected to the secondary wires. A first pulse modulator is connected to the primary wire and the first illumination unit. A second pulse modulator is connected to the primary wire and the second illumination unit. An oscillator is connected to the primary wire and the first pulse modulator.
US07710034B2	Chassis including metallic element for dissipating heat and plasma display module having the same A chassis for a plasma display module and a plasma display module having the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the chassis for a plasma display module includes: a chassis base supporting a plasma display panel for displaying an image using a gas discharge and formed of plastics, and a metallic material distributed in each portion of the chassis base in different densities so that thermal conductivity can be different in each portion of the chassis base.
US07710032B2	Encapsulation structure for display devices An encapsulation structure for a display device includes a sealing structure and a stabilization layer. The sealing structure is an essentially water/oxygen impermeable film which covers environmentally sensitive parts and protrusions on the display device. The stabilization layer covers the display device, protrusions on the display and the sealing structure with a scratch resistant protective layer, resulting in a water/oxygen impermeable and scratch resistant encapsulation structure.
US07710031B2	Lens array sheet A lens array sheet having a plurality of pyramid-shaped projections or recesses on a surface of its transparent base material film, particularly suitable to be used as a light condensing plate of an organic electroluminescence element is provided.
US07710025B2	Display device using an organic electroluminescence device having resonant cavity In an organic EL device having a first electrode of a light reflective material, organic layer including an organic light emitting layer, semitransparent reflection layer, and second electrode of a transparent material that are stacked sequentially, and so configured that the organic layer functions as a cavity portion of a cavity structure, light that resonates in a certain spectral width (wavelength λ) is extracted by so configuring that optical path length L becomes minimum in a range satisfying (2L)/λ+Φ((2π)=m (m is an integer) where the phase shift produced in light generated in the organic light emitting layer when reflected by opposite ends of the cavity portion is Φ radians, L is optical path length of the cavity portion, and λ is the peak wavelength of the spectrum of part of light to be extracted.
US07710019B2	Organic light-emitting diode display comprising auxiliary electrodes An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display includes a substrate, an auxiliary electrode disposed on the substrate, a first signal line disposed on the substrate, a second signal line crossing the first signal line, a driving voltage line disposed on the substrate, a first thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line, a second thin film transistor connected to the first thin film transistor and the driving voltage line, a first electrode connected to the second thin film transistor, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a light-emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The auxiliary electrode is connected to one of the driving voltage line and the second electrode.
US07710016B2	Light emitting device provided with lens for controlling light distribution characteristic The light emitting device comprises a substrate (2), a positive electrode (6) and a negative electrode (4) formed on the substrate (2), a light emitting diode (8) connected to the positive electrode (6) and the negative electrode (4), the transparent resin (12 and 14) that covers the light emitting diode (8), a fluorescent material (16) that absorbs at least part of light emitted by the light emitting diode (8) and converts it to light of longer wavelength, and the lens that changes the direction of light emission from the light emitting diode (8) and/or the fluorescent material (16). The resin (12 and 14) includes the fluorescent material (16) and is formed so as to constitute the lens of substantially semi-cylindrical shape, and the fluorescent material (16) included in the resin (12 and 14) is distributed with a higher concentration in a region near the surface of the light emitting diode (8) than in a region near the surface of the portion that constitutes the lens.
US07710013B2	Electron emitting device with projection comprising base portion and electron emission portion The present invention relates to an electron emitting device having a structure for efficiently emitting electrons. The electron emitting device has a substrate comprised of an n-type diamond, and a pointed projection provided on the substrate. The projection comprises a base provided on the substrate side, and an electron emission portion provided on the base and emitting electrons from the tip thereof. The base is comprised of an n-type diamond. The electron emission portion is comprised of a p-type diamond. The length from the tip of the projection (electron emission portion) to the interface between the base and the electron emission portion is preferably 100 nm or less.
US07710012B2	Conductive probe and method for producing the same An amorphous carbon layer sticking on a carbon nanotube surface is remarkably reduced when a carbon nanotube is joined to a conductive substrate by bringing a single fibrous carbonaceous material in contact with the tip of the conductive substrate and covering at least a part of the contact portion with a conductive material while at lest either of the fibrous carbonaceous material or the conductive substrate is heated in a vacuum.
US07710011B2	Flat light source A flat light source including a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant, several sets of dielectric pattern and a phosphor layer is provided. The first substrate has electrodes thereon. The sealant is disposed between the first and second substrates to form a space between the first and second substrates and the sealant. These sets of dielectric pattern are formed in the space between the first and second substrates. Each set of dielectric pattern has at least two dielectric strips, and each dielectric strip covers one of the electrodes correspondingly. Each dielectric strip has a top surface and two side surfaces, and the top surface has an uneven contour. The phosphor layer is disposed between the two dielectric strips of each set of dielectric pattern, and the phosphor layer is further disposed on the top surface of the dielectric strips.
US07710006B2	Spark plug A spark plug in which a glaze is applied to a rear trunk portion (245), a shoulder portion (240), and a portion of a intermediate diameter portion (230) of an insulator (200), and glaze firing is performed. Even when the glaze (shown by dots in the drawings) softened by heating flows downwards, the glaze is accommodated within a groove portion (235) formed between the shoulder portion (240) and the maximum diameter portion (210), and does not reach the maximum diameter portion (210). Such structure facilitates assembly of the insulator (200) to a metallic shell in a spark plug manufacturing process.
US07710005B2	Optical filter of plasma display panel and fabrication method thereof An optical filter of a plasma display panel (PDP) and its fabrication method are disclosed. The optical filter includes an electromagnetic wave shield layer having a bias angle formed by cutting a mesh film along a predetermined direction.
US07710003B2	Substrate with a piezoelectric thin film A substrate has a first thermal expansion coefficient and a piezoelectric thin film has a second thermal expansion coefficient. The piezoelectric thin film is mainly composed of a potassium sodium niobate (K,Na)NbO3 with a perovskite structure. A curvature radius of a warping of the substrate provided with the piezoelectric thin film due to difference between the first and the second thermal expansion coefficients is 10 m or more at room temperature.
US07709999B2	Thin film piezoelectric resonator and method of manufacturing the same A thin film piezoelectric resonator includes a substrate having a cavity; a first electrode extending over the cavity; a piezoelectric film placed on the first electrode; and a second electrode placed on the piezoelectric film, the second electrode having a periphery partially overlapping on the cavity and tapered to have an inner angle of 30 degrees or smaller defined by a part of the periphery thereof and a bottom thereof.
US07709997B2	Multi-element piezoelectric transducers A piezoelectric transducer formed of a body of piezoelectric material having first and second opposed sides and first and second electrically conductive layers on the first and second sides respectively of the piezoelectric body, wherein the piezoelectric body and the electrically conductive layers are so constructed that they form a plurality of separate adjacent series-connected transducer elements. A method of manufacturing such a transducer is also disclosed. The piezoelectric body may have a substantially uniform direction of polarization, or alternating zones of opposite polarization. The conductive layers may be continuous or discontinuous, together forming isolated electrode pairs to define the individual transducer elements. The elements can be hard wired or connected through a switching circuit to display either circumferential or axial or other ultrasonic focal patterns, and may be connected in a parallel, rather than a series configuration. When connected in series, advantageously higher impedance can be obtained, compared to the parallel configuration.
US07709996B2	Method and device for controlling a capacitive load A tendency of the controlled load to oscillate when controlling a capacitive load can be avoided according to a piezo actuator for an injection valve of an internal combustion engine, having charging and discharging processes for charging and discharging the capacitive load by means of a load current, each loading process being effected by chronological partial load current pulses according to chronological partial charging capacity pulses (p1, p2, . . . pn), wherein the envelope (E) of the partial charging capacity pulses (p1, p2, . . . pn), during the loading process, increases in a strictly monotonous manner in an initial phase, and the slope of the envelope decreases in a monotonous manner.
US07709990B2	Power wrench The present invention relates to a power-wrench comprising an electrical converter-fed motor having a permanent-magnetized rotor and a stator provided with winding, the motor winding (1) comprising at least two winding parts, which independently of each other are connected and disconnected by a switch-over device (4). According to the invention, a first winding part (2) may be arranged to control the magnetic field of the motor so that the motor, having the first winding part (2) connected, is adapted for the threading-down phase of the nut driving and operates with low torque and high number of revolutions adapted to said phase, as well as that a second winding part (3) may be arranged to control the magnetic field of the motor so that the motor, having the second winding part (3) connected, is adapted for the final-threading phase of the nut driving and operates with high torque and low number of revolutions adapted to said phase.
US07709988B2	Methods and apparatus for using an electrical machine to transport fluids through a pipeline An electrical machine to facilitate transporting fluids through a pipeline is provided. The electrical machine includes a rotor assembly that further includes an array of magnets configured to generate a distributed magnetic field. The rotor assembly has corrosion-resistant features that facilitates mitigating deleterious effects to the rotor assembly while being exposed to aggressive and harsh fluids.
US07709984B2	Device for determining a shaft center deviation The invention relates to a device for determining the center deviation of a shaft (3) comprising a stator (1) in which an exciting winding system provided with a number of Perr pole pairs is arranged and two output winding systems provided with respective number of Paus pole pairs, wherein the output winding systems are remotely arranged with respect to each other in the stator, the shaft (3) is movably placed in the stator (1) in such a way that it makes it possible to display the shaft center deviation, when ¦Perr−Paus¦=1, an air gap is situated between the stator (1) and the shaft (3), the device voltage source is arranged for supplying the exciting winding system with an alternating voltage and the device output evaluation system is provided for determining the center deviation according to the voltage induced by the output winding systems.
US07709983B2	Vibration motor holding structure and vibration motor In a vibration motor holding structure for retaining a vibration motor having eccentric weights at rotation shaft ends and holding the vibration motor on a circuit board, there is provided a metal holder having support legs provided along a part of the length of the vibration motor and protruding horizontally in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the vibration motor on both sides thereof. Thus, the vibration motor can be prevented from falling over during the mounting process and be held on the circuit board at solder-applied positions.
US07709975B2	Redundant power supply system An exemplary redundant power supply system includes a first power supply, a second power supply, a first sensor, a control circuit, and a relay switch. The control circuit includes a first input terminal connected to the first power supply via a first sensor to receive a status signal of the first power supply, a first NOT gate, a delay circuit connected to the first input terminal via the first NOT gate, a first output terminal sending a first control signal, and a second output terminal sending a second control signal. The relay switch configured to receive the two control signals from the two output terminals of the control circuit, and select the first power supply or the second power supply to supply power to an electronic device according to the two control signals.
US07709974B2	Power supply device Provided is a power supply device including a power supply unit that supplies a driving voltage for driving at least one or more loads; a current balancing unit that maintains a current balance of the driving voltage supplied to the respective loads; a detection unit that detects currents flowing in the current balancing unit through electromagnetic induction so as to output a detection signal; and a control unit that receives the detection signal to judge whether the loads are opened or not and outputs a control signal for controlling the magnitude of the driving voltage.
US07709971B2	Linear wind-powered electric generator A linear wind powered electric generator (LWPEG), which is particularly adapted for installation at geographical sites subject to lower wind intensities. More specifically, there are provided design concepts for an LWPEG, possessing reasonable economic parameters for utilization at the lower-intensity wind sites. Moreover, the linear wind powered electric generator is based on a track based wind power generator, incorporating aerodynamic designs, which are adapted to reduce mechanical complexities presently encountered in this technology, while being cost-effective both in construction and in connection with the operation thereof.
US07709967B2	Shapes-based migration of aluminum designs to copper damascene An interconnect structure, method of fabricating the interconnect structure and method of designing the interconnect structure for use in semiconductor devices. The interconnect structure includes a damascene metal wire having a pattern of dielectric filled holes.
US07709966B2	Large substrate structural vias An electronic package and methods by which the package reduces thermal fatigue failure of conductors in the electronic package. The electronic package includes a carrier substrate having first and second surfaces and a plurality of anchor vias having a via material extending from the first surface toward the second surface. The electronic package includes a first conducting layer having a length and a width extending laterally in two dimensions across a major part of the first surface of the carrier substrate. The anchor vias have plural attachments along the length and the width of the first conducting layer to secure the first conducting layer to the carrier substrate.
US07709965B2	Metal line of semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed are a metal line of a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the metal line includes a first interlayer dielectric layer pattern formed on a lower interconnection structure and having a via hole that exposes a lower interconnection of the lower interconnection structure, a first barrier pattern selectively covering a sidewall of the via hole and the lower interconnection, a second interlayer dielectric layer pattern on the first interlayer dielectric layer pattern and having a trench that exposes the via hole, a second barrier pattern covering an inner wall of the trench and the first barrier pattern, a seed pattern formed on the second barrier pattern, and a copper line formed on the seed pattern.
US07709960B2	Dual liner capping layer interconnect structure A high tensile stress capping layer on Cu interconnects in order to reduce Cu transport and atomic voiding at the Cu/dielectric interface. The high tensile dielectric film is formed by depositing multiple layers of a thin dielectric material, each layer being under approximately 50 angstroms in thickness. Each dielectric layer is plasma treated prior to depositing each succeeding dielectric layer such that the dielectric cap has an internal tensile stress.
US07709950B2	Silicon wafer having through-wafer vias A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate having first and second main surfaces opposite to each other. A trench is formed in the semiconductor substrate at the first main surface. The trench extends to a first depth position in the semiconductor substrate. The trench is lined with the dielectric material. The trench is filled with a conductive material. An electrical component is electrically connected to the conductive material exposed at the first main surface. A cap is mounted to the first main surface. The cap encloses the electrical component and the electrical connection.
US07709949B2	Densely packed metal segments patterned in a semiconductor die A method of patterning a metal layer in a semiconductor die comprises forming a mask on the metal layer to define an open region and a dense region. The method further comprises etching the metal layer at a first etch rate to form a number of metal segments in the open region and etching the metal layer at a second etch rate to form a number of metal segments in the dense region, where the first etch rate is approximately equal to the second etch rate. The method further comprises performing a number of strip/passivate cycles to remove a polymer formed on sidewalls of the metal segments in the dense region. The sidewalls of the metal segments in the dense region undergo substantially no undercutting and residue is removed from the sidewalls of the metal segments in the dense region.
US07709948B2	Organic light-emitting display device Disclosed is an organic light-emitting display device preventing an infiltration of oxygen, moisture, etc. The organic light-emitting display device of the present invention comprises: a first substrate comprising a pixel region wherein a pixel is formed and a non-pixel region excepting the pixel region; a second substrate opposed and bonded to the first substrate in one region comprising the pixel region; a frit positioned between the non-pixel region and the second substrate to bond the first substrate and the second substrate; and at least one metal line formed on the first substrate to be overlapped with a portion of the frit, wherein the side of the metal line is bent and formed at a predetermined angle in the intersecting region overlapped with the frit.
US07709942B2	Semiconductor package, including connected upper and lower interconnections A semiconductor package includes a base plate, at least one semiconductor constructing body which is formed on one surface of the base plate and has a plurality of external connection electrodes formed on a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer which is formed on one surface of the base plate around the semiconductor constructing body, upper interconnections which are formed on the insulating layer and each includes at least one interconnection layer, at least some of the upper interconnections are connected to the external connection electrodes of the semiconductor constructing body, lower interconnections which are formed on the other surface of the base plate and each includes at least one interconnection layer, and at least some of the lower interconnections which are electrically connected to the upper interconnections.
US07709941B2	Resin-sealed semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor pellet and chip components are provided on an insulating substrate, and are sealed with a molding resin that is molded by transfer molding. The chip components are positioned so as to surround the semiconductor pellet on all four sides. The lengthwise directions of the chip components surrounding the semiconductor pellet are aligned in a uniform direction. The insulating substrate is set within a die molding apparatus so that during resin injection, the lengthwise directions of the chip components are aligned substantially perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the injected resin.
US07709940B2	Micro device encapsulation A packaged die includes a substrate having an upper surface and a micro device on the upper surface and an encapsulation cover comprising one or more grooves on its lower surface. The lower surface of the encapsulation cover and the upper surface of the substrate are bonded together to form a plurality of air-tight closed-loop interfaces and encapsulate the micro device.
US07709935B2	Reversible leadless package and methods of making and using same A semiconductor device package includes an electrically conductive lead frame having a plurality of posts disposed at a perimeter of the package. Each of the posts has a first contact surface disposed at the first package face and a second contact surface disposed at the second package face. The lead frame also includes a plurality of post extensions disposed at the second package face. Each of the post extensions includes a bond site formed on a surface of the post extension opposite the second package face. At least one I/O pad on the semiconductor device is electrically connected to the post extension at the bond site using wirebonding, tape automated bonding, or flip-chip methods. The package can be assembled using a lead frame having pre-formed leads, with or without taping, or using partially etched lead frames. A stack of the semiconductor device packages may be formed.
US07709932B2	Semiconductor wafer having a separation portion on a peripheral area A conveyance system for a semiconductor wafer can be used without any change before and after a support plate is adhered to the wafer. Also, the finish accuracy of the wafer and the positioning accuracy between the wafer and the support plate can be relaxed, thus improving the manufacturing efficiency. The wafer is formed on its peripheral portion with a stepped portion, which is deeper than a finished thickness obtained by partial removal of the rear surface thereof and which can be eliminated by the partial removal of the wafer rear surface. The separation portion has a length which extends radially outward from a flat surface, and which is greater than a total sum of a maximum-minimum difference between the finish allowances of the diameters of the wafer and the support plate, and a maximum value of a positioning error between the wafer and the support plate generated upon adhesion thereof.
US07709930B2	Tuneable semiconductor device with discontinuous portions in the sub-collector Disclosed is a method of forming a semiconductor structure that includes a discontinuous non-planar sub-collector having a different polarity than the underlying substrate. In addition, this structure includes an active area (collector) above the sub-collector, a base above the active area, and an emitter above the base. The distance between the discontinuous portions of the discontinuous sub-collector tunes the performance characteristics of the semiconductor structure. The performance characteristics that are tunable include breakdown voltage, unity current gain cutoff frequency, unity power gain cutoff frequency, transit frequency, current density, capacitance range, noise injection, minority carrier injection and trigger and holding voltage.
US07709923B2	Metal-base nanowire transistor A metal-base transistor is suggested. The transistor comprises a first and a second electrode (2, 6) and base electrode (6) to control current flow between the first and second electrode. The first electrode (2) is made from a semiconduction material. The base electrode (3) is a metal layer deposited on top of the semiconducting material forming the first electrode. According the invention the second electrode is formed by a semiconducting nanowire (6) being in electrical contact with the base electrode (3).
US07709920B2	Photodiode arrangement A photodiode that can separately detect the intensities of the three wavelength ranges of ultraviolet light of 400 nm or below includes an insulating layer; and a plurality of silicon semiconductor layers having different thicknesses formed on the insulating layer, wherein each of the plurality of silicon semiconductor layers has a low-concentration diffusion layer formed by diffusing one of a P-type impurity or an N-type impurity therein with a low concentration; a P-type high-concentration diffusion layer formed by diffusing a P-type impurity therein with a high concentration; and an N-type high-concentration diffusion layer formed by diffusing an N-type impurity therein with a high concentration, and wherein the P-type high-concentration diffusion layer and the N-type high-concentration diffusion layer formed in a respective one of the plurality of silicon semiconductor layers are arranged to face each other with the low-concentration diffusion layer interposed there between.
US07709919B2	Solid-state image sensing device including anti-reflection structure including polysilicon and method of manufacturing the same A solid-state image sensing device including an anti-reflection structure that uses polysilicon and a method of manufacturing the same, in which the solid-state image sensing device includes a photodiode region and a transistor region. The photodiode region includes a semiconductor substrate, a first anti-refection layer, a second anti-reflection layer, and a top layer. The first anti-reflection layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and the second anti-reflection layer is formed on the first anti-reflection layer. The top layer is formed on the second anti-reflection layer. Each of the semiconductor substrate and the second anti-reflection layer is formed of a first material, and each of the first anti-reflection layer and the top layer is formed of a second material different from the first material.
US07709917B2	Solid state imaging device and method of manufacturing the same A solid state imaging device comprises: a photoelectric converting portion; a charge transferring portion including a charge transfer electrode for transferring an electric charge generated in the photoelectric converting portion; and a shielding film formed through an insulating film containing nitrogen on the charge transferring portion, wherein the insulating film containing the nitrogen includes: a first insulating film that covers at least a part of an upper surface of the charge transfer electrode; and a second insulating film formed to reach the upper surface of the charge transfer electrode from the photoelectric converting portion, and the first and second insulating films include a discontinuing portion.
US07709906B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a gate insulation film provided on a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode provided on the gate insulation film, a pair of first diffusion layers, a pair of second diffusion layers which are provided in the semiconductor substrate in such a manner that the gate electrode is interposed between the second diffusion layers, the second diffusion layers have a lower impurity concentration than the first diffusion layers, contact wiring lines provided on the first diffusion layers, respectively, and a first insulation layer which is an insulation layer formed in at least one of the second diffusion layers between the gate electrode and the contact wiring lines, the first insulation layer having a greater depth in the semiconductor substrate than the first diffusion layer and a less depth than the second diffusion layer.
US07709904B2	Thin film transistor substrate and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor substrate is provided including a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor. The first thin film transistor comprises a first active layer, a first gate insulating film, and a first gate electrode. The second thin film transistor comprises a second active layer formed, a second gate insulating film, and a second gate electrode. A thickness of the second gate insulating film is larger than a thickness of the first gate insulating film, the second active layer has at least two impurity doping regions which overlap the second gate electrode, the first active layer has at least two impurity doping regions formed in a self-aligning manner with respect to the first gate electrode, and the second gate electrode comprises a semiconductor layer.
US07709900B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a diffusion region which is formed in the semiconductor substrate and serves as a region for the formation of a MIS transistor; an element isolation region surrounding the diffusion region; at least one gate conductor film which is formed across the diffusion region and the element isolation region, includes a gate electrode part located on the diffusion region and a gate interconnect part located on the element isolation region, and has a constant dimension in the gate length direction; and an interlayer insulating film covering the gate electrode. The semiconductor device further includes a gate contact which passes through the interlayer insulating film, is connected to the gate interconnect part, and has the dimension in the gate length direction larger than the gate interconnect part.
US07709898B2	Semiconductor protection circuit, method for fabricating the same and method for operating semiconductor protection circuit A protection circuit protects a semiconductor device provided on a semiconductor substrate and including an interconnect from charge entering the interconnect during fabrication of the semiconductor device. The protection circuit includes a first metal interconnect connected to the interconnect; a forward diode and a backward diode connected in parallel to the interconnect; an NMIS whose drain is connected to the output port of the forward diode, whose source is connected to the semiconductor substrate and whose gate is grounded through an upper metal interconnect; a PMIS whose drain is connected to the input port of the backward diode and whose source is connected to the semiconductor substrate; a first antenna connected to the gate of the NMIS; and a second antenna connected to the gate of the PMIS.
US07709894B2	Semiconductor device including a transistor with a gate electrode having a taper portion A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a circuit made up by a TFT (Thin Film Transistor) having GOLD (Gate-Drain Overlapped LDD) structure, which an LDD region overlaps which a portion of a gate electrode, wherein the formation of a concentration depth profile peak of hydrogen in a semiconductor film is avoided to thereby improve the electrical characteristics of the TFT. The use of the semiconductor film manufactured in this manner allows manufacturing of a semiconductor device with good electrical characteristics only by hydrogenating treatment even when the activation of impurity elements does not carried out.
US07709889B2	Semiconductor device with improved breakdown properties and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a semiconductor device (20) comprising a trench (5) formed in a semiconductor substrate formed of a stack (4) of layers (1,2,3), a layer (6) of a first, grown dielectric material covering sidewalls and bottom of the trench (5), the layer (6) including one or more notches (13) at the bottom of the trench (5) and one or more spacers (14) formed of a second, deposited dielectric material to fill the one or more notches (13) in the layer (6) formed of the first, grown dielectric material. The semiconductor device (20) according to the present invention shows improved breakdown voltage and on-resistance. The present invention furthermore provides a method for the manufacturing of such semiconductor devices (20).
US07709888B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor substrate is formed with trenches, and each of the trenches includes: a gate electrode portion in which a gate electrode is arranged; and a gate lead portion which is brought into contact with an interconnect for electrically connecting the gate electrode to the outside. In the gate lead portion for electrically connecting the gate electrode to the outside, an end of each of the trenches has a greater width than a portion of the trench other than the end.
US07709884B2	Non-volatile two transistor semiconductor memory cell and method for producing the same The invention relates to a nonvolatile two-transistor semiconductor memory cell and an associated fabrication method, source and drain regions (2) for a selection transistor (AT) and a memory transistor (ST) being formed in a substrate (1). The memory transistor (ST) has a first insulation layer (3), a charge storage layer (4), a second insulation layer (5) and a memory transistor control layer (6), while the selection transistor (AT) has a first insulation layer (3′) and a selection transistor control layer (4). By using different materials for the charge storage layer (4) and the selection transistor control layer (4), it is possible to significantly improve the charge retention properties of the memory cell by adapting the substrate doping with electrical properties remaining the same.
US07709882B2	Storage device with charge trapping structure and methods A storage device includes a first semiconducting layer having a p-dopant and a second semiconducting layer having an n-dopant, disposed on the first semiconducting layer forming a junction between the first and the second semiconducting layers. The storage device also includes a charge trapping structure disposed on the second semiconducting layer and a conductive gate, wherein the conductive gate and the charge trapping structure move relative to the other, wherein an electric field applied across the second semiconducting layer and the conductive gate traps charge in the charge trapping structure.
US07709880B2	Field effect devices having a gate controlled via a nanotube switching element Field effect devices having a gate controlled via a nanotube switching element. Under one embodiment, a non-volatile transistor device includes a source region and a drain region of a first semiconductor type of material and each in electrical communication with a respective terminal. A channel region of a second semiconductor type of material is disposed between the source and drain region. A gate structure is disposed over an insulator over the channel region and has a corresponding terminal. A nanotube switching element is responsive to a first control terminal and a second control terminal and is electrically positioned in series between the gate structure and the terminal corresponding to the gate structure. The nanotube switching element is electromechanically operable to one of an open and closed state to thereby open or close an electrical communication path between the gate structure and its corresponding terminal. When the nanotube switching element is in the closed state, the channel conductivity and operation of the device is responsive to electrical stimulus at the terminals corresponding to the source and drain regions and the gate structure.
US07709879B2	Non-volatile memory with erase gate on isolation zones The present invention provides a non-volatile memory device and a method for manufacturing such a device. The device comprises a floating gate (16), a control gate (19) and a separate erase gate (10). The erase gate (10) is provided in or on isolation zones (2) provided in the substrate (1). Because of that, the erase gates (10) do not add to the cell size. The capacitance between the erase gate (10) and the floating gate (16) is small compared with the capacitance between the control gate (19) and the floating gate (16), and the charged floating gate (16) is erased by Fowler-Nordheim tunneling through the oxide layer between the erase gate (10) and the floating gate (16).
US07709877B2	High surface area capacitor structures and precursors A high surface area capacitor structure includes a storage electrode with recesses. An upper surface of the storage electrode has a maze-like appearance. Low elevation regions of a hemispherical grain polysilicon layer may remain on the upper surface of the storage electrode. The storage electrode or portions thereof may be lined or coated with dielectric material. The dielectric material may space a cell electrode of the high surface area capacitor structure apart from the storage electrode. One or both of the storage electrode and the cell electrode may be formed from polysilicon. Intermediate structures, which include mask material over contiguous low elevation regions of a layer of hemispherical grain polysilicon, which may have a maze-like appearance, and apertures located laterally between the low elevation regions of the layer of hemispherical grain polysilicon, are also disclosed.
US07709872B2	Methods for fabricating image sensor devices Image sensor devices and methods for fabricating the same are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an image sensor device comprises a support substrate. A passivation structure is formed over the support substrate. An interconnect structure is formed over the passivation structure. A first semiconductor layer is formed over the interconnect structure, having a first and second surfaces, wherein the first and second surfaces are opposing surfaces. At least one light-sensing device is formed over/in the first semiconductor layer from a first surface thereof. A color filter layer is formed over the first semiconductor layer from a second surface thereof. At least one micro lens is formed over the color filter layer.
US07709871B2	CMOS image sensor and method for manufacturing the same A CIS and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The CIS includes an interlayer insulation layer formed on a substrate having a photodiode and a transistor formed thereon; a plurality of color filters formed on the interlayer insulation layer and spaced a predetermined interval apart from each other; a metal sidewall formed to fill the predetermined interval between the plurality of the color filters; and a microlens formed on each of the plurality of color filters.
US07709866B2	Method for forming semiconductor contacts In one embodiment of the invention, contact patterning may be divided into two or more passes which may allow designers to control the gate height critical dimension relatively independent from the contact top critical dimension.
US07709865B2	Substrate for an organic field effect transistor, use of said substrate, method of increasing the charge carrier mobility, and organic field effect transistor (OFET) An organic field effect transistor includes a well-ordered substrate layer on which organic functional material is deposited. A method of increasing the charge carrier mobility of the organic field effect transistor substrate layer is achieved by depositing onto the substrate an organic functional material, the substrate being in the form of a well-ordered layer. The method and transistor include using a well-ordered plastics film as the substrate layer.
US07709860B2	High electron mobility transistor semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof In a method of forming a semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate (100), a photoresist layer (102) is deposited on the semiconductor substrate; a window (106) is formed in the photoresist layer (102) by electron beam lithography; a conformal layer (108) is deposited on the photoresist layer (102) and in the window (106); and substantially all of the conformal layer (108) is selectively removed from the photoresist layer (102) and a bottom portion of the window to form dielectric sidewalls (110) in the window (106).
US07709854B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a package having a recess defined by an inner wall and a bottom surface and a lead terminal exposed at the bottom surface of the recess and protruded outward from the package. The lead terminal exposed at the bottom surface of the recess portion including a semiconductor light emitting element mounting region and a wire connecting region for connecting a conductive wire from the semiconductor light emitting element thereto. At least one of regions between the semiconductor light emitting element mounting region and the wire connecting region has a groove portion disposed in a position spaced apart from a peripheral edge portion of the lead terminal that is exposed at the bottom surface of the recess.
US07709853B2	Packaged semiconductor light emitting devices having multiple optical elements Methods of packaging semiconductor light emitting devices include providing a substrate having the semiconductor light emitting device on a front face thereof. A first optical element is formed from a first material on the front face proximate the semiconductor light emitting device. A second optical element is formed from a second material, different from the first material, over the semiconductor light emitting device and the first optical element. The first optical element and/or the second optical element are formed by compression molding the respective optical element.
US07709852B2	Wavelength-converting casting composition and light-emitting semiconductor component The wavelength-converting casting composition is based on a transparent epoxy casting resin with a luminous substance admixed. The composition is used in an electroluminescent component having a body that emits ultraviolet, blue or green light. An inorganic luminous substance pigment powder with luminous substance pigments is dispersed in the transparent epoxy casting resin. The luminous substance is a powder of Ce-doped phosphors and the luminous substance pigments have particle sizes ≦20 μm and a mean grain diameter d50≦5 μm.
US07709846B2	Light emitting apparatus and method for manufacturing the same The purpose of the invention is to improve reliability of a light emitting apparatus comprising TFTs and organic light emitting elements. The light emitting apparatus according to the invention having thin film transistors and light emitting elements, comprises; a second inorganic insulation layer on a gate electrode, a first organic insulation layer on the second inorganic insulation layer, a third inorganic insulation layer on the first organic insulation layer, an anode layer formed on the third inorganic insulation layer, a second organic insulation layer overlapping with the end of the anode layer and having an inclination angle of 35 to 45 degrees, a fourth inorganic insulation layer formed on the upper surface and side surface of the second organic insulation layer and having an opening over the anode layer, an organic compound layer formed in contact with the anode layer and the fourth inorganic insulation layer and containing light emitting material, and a cathode layer formed in contact with the organic compound layer containing the light emitting material, wherein the third inorganic insulation layer and the fourth inorganic insulation layer are formed with silicon nitride or aluminum nitride.
US07709842B2	Organic electroluminescent display and method of fabricating the same An organic electroluminescent display (“OELD”) includes an organic light-emitting diode (“OLED”), a circuit region, and an interlayer dielectric (“ILD”) layer. The OLED is disposed in each of a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate. The circuit region includes two or more thin film transistors (“TFTs”) and a storage capacitor. The ILD layer has two or more insulating layers and includes a first region disposed between both electrodes of the storage capacitor and a second region covering the TFTs. At least one of the insulating layers has a window exposing the insulating layer directly beneath the at least one insulating layer so that that the ILD layer is thinner in the first region than in the second region. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce an occupation area of the storage capacitor while maintaining the necessary capacitance of the storage capacitor and expanding the area of the luminescent region.
US07709839B2	Electronic device including a conductive layer having a width change part, thin film transistor structure and flat panel display having the same The invention provides an electronic device configured to prevent or reduce electrostatic discharge from causing a pixel to malfunction. An electronic device manufactured according to the principles of the invention may include multiple conductive layers that cross but do not contact each other, wherein at least one of the conductive layers includes a width change part having a width that changes in a length direction of the at least one of the conductive layers, and a tab connected to at least one of the conductive layers at a region thereof that does not cross a neighboring conductive layer. Alternatively, the width change part may have a width that continuously varies along a length of the at least one conductive layer and may also have obtuse corner edges. The invention also provides a flat organic electroluminescent display (OELD) or LCD display device that includes such an electronic device.
US07709837B2	Semiconductor device and its manufacturing method Nickel is selectively held in contact with a particular region of an amorphous silicon film. Crystal growth parallel with a substrate is effected by performing a heat treatment. A thermal oxidation film is formed on the silicon film by performing a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere containing a halogen element. During this step, in the silicon film, impurities included such as oxygen or chlorine, are segregated with extending along the crystal growth, the crystallinity is improved, and the gettering of nickel element proceeds. A thin-film transistor is formed so that the direction connecting source and drain regions coincides with the above crystal growth direction. As a result, a TFT having superior characteristics such as a mobility larger than 200 cm2/Vs and an S value smaller than 100 mV/dec. can be obtained.
US07709835B2	Method to form high efficiency GST cell using a double heater cut Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes providing wafer including multiple cells, each cell including at least one emitter. The method further includes performing a lithographic operation in a word line direction of the wafer across the cells to form pre-heater element arrangements, performing a lithographic operation in a bit line direction of the wafer across the pre-heater element arrangements to form a pre-heater element adjacent each emitter, and performing a lithographic operation in the word line direction across a portion of the pre-heater elements to form a heater element adjacent each emitter. Other embodiments are also described.
US07709826B2	Rare earth-oxides, rare earth-nitrides, rare earth-phosphies, and ternary alloys with silicon Atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) is applied to the fabrication of new forms of rare-earth oxides, rare-earth nitrides and rare-earth phosphides. Further, ternary compounds composed of binary (rare-earth oxides, rare-earth nitrides and rare-earth phosphides) mixed with silicon and or germanium to form compound semiconductors of the formula RE-(O, N, P)—(Si,Ge) are also disclosed, where RE=at least one selection from group of rare-earth metals, O=oxygen, N=nitrogen, P=phosphorus, Si=silicon and Ge=germanium. The presented ALE growth technique and material system can be applied to silicon electronics, opto-electronic, magneto-electronics and magneto-optics devices.
US07709825B2	Electrically programmable hyper-spectral focal-plane-array A voltage supply is connected to provide a variable bias voltage to a plurality of optical quantum tunneling photodetectors to thereby vary the spectral response of the photodetectors and thus detect radiation.
US07709824B2	AC-driven light emitting device having single active layer structure and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to an AC voltage-driven light emitting device having a single active layer of a core-shell structure (p-i-n structure) in which intrinsic semiconductor nanocrystals, exciton combination centers, are uniformly and isotropically distributed around p-type polymer particles, and n-type small molecular particles surround the semiconductor nanocrystals and p-type polymer, and a manufacturing method thereof. An active layer of a core-shell structure using a polymer-semiconductor nano hybrid in the light-emitting device has an inversion symmetry characteristic showing the same current-voltage characteristic during application of a voltage in a forward direction and a reverse direction. Therefore, due to this inversion symmetry characteristic, the light emitting can be driven by even an AC voltage. Also, since the device can be driven by an AC voltage, limitations of an existing DC voltage-driven organic light emitting diode, that is, destruction or a defect of the device by an overcurrent and generation of a dark spot by degradation of local constituent organic materials are solved.
US07709823B2	Group-III nitride vertical-rods substrate The invention is directed to a group-III nitride vertical-rods substrate. The group-III vertical-rods substrate comprises a substrate, a buffer layer and a vertical rod layer. The buffer layer is located over the substrate. The vertical rod layer is located on the buffer layer and the vertical rod layer is comprised of a plurality of vertical rods standing on the buffer layer.
US07709812B2	Ultraviolet radiation monitoring device and a method of using the same A disposable device for monitoring exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) over a single period of time and a cumulative period of time. The device includes a base upon which is applied a UVR sensitive material that irreversibly changes after exposure to UVR. A protective covering is applied over the UVR sensitive material and includes segments that are individually removable to reveal a portion of the UVR sensitive material thereunder. A UVR exposure scale and first and second keys are provided on the base. A first segment of the covering is removed and the base is placed in an appropriate location. After a period of time, the change in the UVR sensitive material is compared to the scale and first key to determine if the level of exposure is safe for that time period. The procedure may be repeated over a number of time periods with a new segment of the protective covering being removed for each time period. The cumulative UVR exposure is determined by comparing the change in the first time period's UVR sensitive material to the scale and a second key associated therewith.
US07709800B2	Method and apparatus for rejecting radioactive interference in a radiation monitoring station Methods and apparatuses for rejecting radioactive interference in a radiation monitoring station. Techniques typically include two radiation detectors positioned to acquire first and second radiation measurements from a moving radiological source in substantially distinct fields of view. A transition zone is established between the fields of view. A function yielding a dependent variable is defined at least in part by the first radiation level measurement and the second radiation level measurement. A detection alert is generated when the dependent variable reaches the first threshold value. In some embodiments a determination is mage as to whether the monitoring station is occupied as a condition for generating a detection alert, and in some embodiments a determination is made as to whether the detected radiological source is likely innocuous or offensive prior to generating a detection alert.
US07709789B2	TOF mass spectrometry with correction for trajectory error A time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a pulsed ion source that generates a pulse of ions from a sample to be analyzed. An ion lens focuses the pulse of ions into an ion beam. An ion deflector deflects the ion beam into a deflected ion beam path. An ion mirror is positioned in the deflected ion beam path so that a plane of constant ion flight time is parallel to an input surface of the ion mirror. The ion mirror decelerates and then accelerates ions so that ions of like mass and like charge exit the ion mirror in a reflected ion beam and reach an ion detector at substantially the same time. An ion detector is positioned in the path of the reflected ion beam so that a plane of constant ion flight time is substantially parallel to an input surface of the ion detector. The ion detector detects a time-of-flight of ions from the pulsed ion source to the ion detector that is substantially independent of a path traveled.
US07709785B2	Method and apparatus for mass selective axial transport using quadrupolar DC A mass spectrometer system and a method of operating a mass spectrometer are provided. An RF field is produced between the plurality of rods to radially confine the ions in the rod set. The RF field has a resolving DC component field. The resolving DC component field is varied along at least a portion of a length of the rod set to provide a DC axial force acting on the ions.
US07709780B2	Photoelectric conversion device and camera using photoelectric conversion device A photoelectric conversion device is configured to include a light receiving region, for converting light to signal charges, and transistors. An insulation film is arranged on a surface of the light receiving region and under gate electrodes of the transistors. A first reflection prevention film of a refractive index higher than that of the insulation film is arranged at least above the light receiving region, to sandwich the insulation film between the first reflection prevention film and the light receiving region, and includes a silicon nitride film. An interlayer insulation film is arranged on the first reflection prevention film, and a second reflection prevention film is laminated between the first reflection prevention film and the interlayer insulation film. At least one of side walls of the gate electrodes of the transistors includes the silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film arranged between the silicon nitride film and the gate electrodes. A transistor having a gate electrode with such a side wall includes a source or drain region of an LDD structure, in which a heavily doped region of the source or drain region of the LDD structure is self aligned to the side wall formed from the silicon nitride film and the silicon oxide film.
US07709778B2	Measurement of burst mode optical power over multiple bursts A system, method, and computer readable medium for measurement of burst mode optical power over multiple bursts, comprises mirroring a photodiode current of an optical signal burst, converting the mirrored photodiode current to a capacitor voltage, comparing the capacitor voltage to a pre-determined threshold voltage, and accumulating a burst time necessary for the capacitor voltage to reach the pre-determined threshold voltage.
US07709774B2	Color lighting device The invention relates to a color lighting device comprising at least one light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) fixed on a common substrate (3), each light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) comprising at least one light-emitting diode (LED) (1a, 1b, 1c), each light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) comprising one photosensor (2a, 2b, 2c) that detects the light output only of the associated light source (1a, 1b, 1c), and each light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) being connected to an analog control circuit (4a, 4b, 4c) that controls the drive of each light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) separately on the basis of a light output detected by the associated photosensor (2a, 2b, 2c), while each control circuit (4a, 4b, 4c) comprises a comparator (5a, 5b, 5c) connected to the associated photosensor (2a, 2b, 2c).
US07709772B1	Aircraft, missile, projectile or underwater vehicle with improved control system The present invention relates to an aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle with an improved control system and an improved control system for maneuvering an aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle. More particularly, the present invention relates to an aircraft, missile, underwater vehicle or projectile with removable control surfaces. The technical advantage of the removable control surface system (or “removable control surface”) over other systems is that the removable control surface system enables the aircraft, missile, underwater vehicle or projectile to have two or more design configurations, each configuration being tailored to the aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle's specific stability or maneuverability requirements during a specific portion of the flight.
US07709768B2	System and method for cutting using a variable astigmatic focal beam spot A variable astigmatic focal beam spot is formed using lasers with an anamorphic beam delivery system. The variable astigmatic focal beam spot can be used for cutting applications, for example, to scribe semiconductor wafers such as light emitting diode (LED) wafers. The exemplary anamorphic beam delivery system comprises a series of optical components, which deliberately introduce astigmatism to produce focal points separated into two principal meridians, i.e. vertical and horizontal. The astigmatic focal points result in an asymmetric, yet sharply focused, beam spot that consists of sharpened leading and trailing edges. Adjusting the astigmatic focal points changes the aspect ratio of the compressed focal beam spot, allowing adjustment of energy density at the target without affecting laser output power. Scribing wafers with properly optimized energy and power density increases scribing speeds while minimizing excessive heating and collateral material damage.
US07709765B2	Networking architecture for thermal processing system A thermal processing system includes a thermal torch for processing a workpiece, a power supply for providing power to the thermal torch, a positioning system for relatively moving the thermal torch and the workpiece, a controller for controlling the thermal processing system, and a deterministic-based communication network, such as, for example, a network which operates using SERCOS. The deterministic-based communications network connects at least the controller, the power supply, and the positioning system of the thermal processing system together.
US07709764B2	Power supply apparatus for electric discharge machine and power supply control method A power supply apparatus for an electric discharge machine configured to perform melt-removal on a workpiece by supplying pulse-like power to a machining gap between an electrode (1) and a workpiece (2). This power supply apparatus includes a second machining circuit configured to control a voltage to be applied to the machining gap and to cause a discharge in the machining gap, a first machining circuit adapted to operate to supply, when a discharge occurring in the machining gap in response to application of a voltage by the second machining circuit is detected in a first drive mode, a constant current to the machining gap, and also configured to operate to adapt a voltage source (14) in the second machining circuit to output a constant voltage in a second drive mode, and connection means (13) configured to close connection to a power supply (4) to supply electric power through the second machining circuit in the first mode and also configured to open the connection to the power supply (4) in the second mode so that the second machining circuit operates at a constant voltage supplied from the voltage source (14).
US07709762B2	Keyboard A keyboard includes a keycap, a pivot structure, a base and an X-structure. The keycap includes a bottom surface, a first edge and a second edge. The pivot structure includes two first engaging portions and two second engaging portions. The first engaging portions are disposed on the bottom surface and have a first distance away from the first edge. The second engaging portions are respectively disposed corresponding to the first engaging portions and have a second distance away from the second edge. The base is disposed under the keycap. One end of the X-structure is connected to the pivot structure of the keycap and the other end of the X-structure is movably connected to the base, thus, the keycap moves upward and downward corresponding to the base.
US07709760B2	Light-emitting keyboard The present invention is related to a light-emitting keyboard, comprising: a light guide having a light entrance surface, a bottom surface and a light exit surface; a light source provided adjacent to the light entrance surface of the light guide; a first reflector disposed underneath the bottom surface of the light guide to reflect the light originated from the light source to enter into said light guide; a second reflector disposed on top of said light exit surface of the light guide; a membrane circuit board disposed on top of said second reflector, said membrane circuit board being provided with an elastic member; a supporting plate disposed on top of the membrane circuit board; a scissor assembly engaged with said supporting plate and provided thereon; and a keycap supported by said scissor assembly.
US07709759B2	Contact element and a contact arrangement A contact element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the contact element and the contact member includes a body having at least one contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer to be applied against the contact member. The contact layer includes a nanocomposite film having a matrix of amorphous carbon and crystallites of nano-size, i.e. with dimensions in the range of 1-100 nm, of at least one metal carbide embedded therein.
US07709758B2	Circuit breaker with interchangeable operating mechanism and suspended mobile contact assembly The present invention relates to a single-pole or multi-pole switch to be used preferably in low-voltage systems. The switch (1) comprises an outer casing (2) containing for each pole at least one fixed contact (10) and one mobile contact (20) which can be reciprocally coupled to/uncoupled from each other. The mobile contacts (20) are housed in suitable seats (25) provided on a mobile element (50). The switch (1) according to the invention is provided with a control mechanism (60, 61) comprising mechanical means supported by a structural part (70). This control mechanism (60, 61) is connected to the mobile element (50) through first removable connection means (64) and to the outer casing (2) through second removable connection means (65). The switch (1) also comprises means to support the mobile element (50) which are connected to the structural part (70) of the control mechanism (60, 61) through third removable connection means (66).
US07709755B2	Sealing element for sealing a strand-shaped body in an aperture of a wall A sealing element for sealing a strand-shaped body in an aperture of a wall, in particular for sealing a loom of cables in an aperture of a vehicle-body sheet, has a bush through which the strand-shaped body is guided. The bush has a circumferential wall bounding a cavity. A clamping element for clamping the bush against the aperture reaches with an extension into the cavity. The extension and/or the cavity are of a conical configuration such that, during clamping with the clamping element, the extension is pressed into the cavity, and therefore the circumferential wall is clamped radially against the aperture in the region of the conical configuration.
US07709751B2	Method for making film assembly used in PDP filter, film assembly manufactured by the method, and PDP filter with the film assembly Disclosed is a method for making a film assembly used in a PDP filter positioned on the front surface of a PDP, a film assembly manufactured by the method, and a PDP filter using the film assembly. The method includes providing a roll of an EMI film formed on a surface of a long transparent polymer resin film with a predetermined spacing and mounting the wound roll of the EMI film on a first feed roller; providing a roll of at least one long transparent functional film capable of covering at least partially the effective screen portions of the EMI film and mounting the wound roll of the functional film on a second feed roller which is spaced a predetermined distance from the first feed roller; and integrating the EMI film with the functional film by feeding them into a gap between the first and second compression rollers.
US07709750B2	Shielding film, shielded printed circuit board, shielded flexible printed circuit board, method of manufacturing shielding film, and method of manufacturing shielded printed circuit board The invention includes a shielding film, which does not have breakage of a metal layer, and has excellent abrasion resistance and blocking resistance, and does not crack. The cover film 7 is provided on one surface of a separation film 6a, and an adhesive layer 8a is formed on the surface of the cover film 7 opposite to the separation film 6a via the metal layer. The cover film 7 has at least one hard layer 7a and at least one soft layer 7b, and the surface of the cover film 7 facing the separation film 6a is composed of the hard layer 7a.
US07709747B2	Matched-impedance surface-mount technology footprints Disclosed are methodologies for defining matched-impedance surface-mount technology footprints on a substrate such as a printed circuit board, for example, that is adapted to receive an electrical component having an arrangement of terminal leads. Such a footprint may include an arrangement of electrically-conductive pads and an arrangement of electrically-conductive vias. The via arrangement may differ from the pad arrangement. The vias may be arranged to increase routing density, while limiting cross-talk and providing for matched impedance between the component and the substrate. The via arrangement may be altered to achieve a desired routing density on a layer of the board. Increasing the routing density may decrease the number of board layers, which tends to decrease capacitance and thereby increase impedance. Ground vias and signal vias may be arranged with respect to one another in such a manner as to affect impedance. Thus, the via arrangement may be altered to achieve an impedance that matches the impedance of the component. The via arrangement may be also be altered to limit cross-talk among neighboring signal conductors. Thus, the via arrangement may be defined to balance the impedance, cross-talk, and routing density requirements of the system.
US07709746B2	Pb-free solder-connected structure and electronic device Provided are a bonded structure by a lead-free solder and an electronic article comprising the bonded structure. The bonded structure has a stable bonding interface with respect to a change in process of time, an enough strength and resistance to occurrence of whiskers while keeping good wettability of the solder. In the bonded structure, a lead-free Sn—Ag—Bi alloy solder is applied to an electrode through an Sn—Bi alloy layer. The Sn—Bi alloy, preferably, comprises 1 to 20 wt % Bi in order to obtain good wettability of the solder. In order to obtain desirable bonding characteristics having higher reliability in the invention, a copper layer is provided under the Sn—Bi alloy layer thereby obtaining an enough bonding strength.
US07709740B2	Flame retardant wire and cable Flame retardant non-halogenated thermoplastics for use in the ultra thin insulative wall of a cable are disclosed. Suitable thermoplastics include polyamides, including polyamides comprising a repeating unit of amino caproic acid or A-D, wherein A is a residue of a dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of adipic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, rescorcinol dicarboxylic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, and mixtures thereof, and wherein D is a residue of a diamine selected from the group consisting of m-xylylene diamine, p-xylylene diamine, hexamethylene diamine, ethylene diamine, or 1,4 cyclohexanedimethylamine, and mixtures thereof. Suitable flame retardants disclosed include nitrogenous phosphate and a nitrogenous sulfonate, and mixtures thereof, and ethylene diamine phosphate. The insulative wall of the cable may also include hydrotalcite or hydrotalcite-like compounds and metal deactivators such as 1,2bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamoyl)hydrazine.
US07709733B1	Recessed signal-receiver mounting system for a building structure and associated methods A system for mounting a pair of signal-receiving devices recessed within a building surface includes a base housing having an inner chamber and positionable behind a building surface. A front has a first opening, and a wall has a second and third opening. A secondary housing is positionable adjacent the base housing and has an interior space. A first aperture is positionable in communication with the second opening. A second aperture is positioned in spaced relation from the base housing's wall. A first signal receiver is positionable within the interior space and is connectable to a first signal carrier. A second signal receiver is positionable within the inner chamber and has a second connector positionable adjacent the third opening and connectable to a second signal carrier.
US07709732B2	Carbon nanotubes litz wire for low loss inductors and resonators An upper frequency-range circuit (160) includes a load element (168) exhibiting a capacitive load impedance. A first matching network (166) includes at least one nano-scale Litz wire (100) inductor. The first matching network (166) exhibits an inductive reactance that nominally matches the capacitive load reactance. An electrical conductor for providing connections for radio-frequency signals includes a plurality of nano-scale conductors (120) that are arranged in the form of a Litz wire (100). In one method of making a Litz wire (142), a plurality of carbon nanotubes (144) is placed on a substrate (146). The carbon nanotubes (144) are woven according to a predefined scheme so as to form a Litz wire (142). An inductor may be formed by manipulating the Litz wire (100) to form a coil (150).
US07709725B2	Electronic music on hand portable and communication enabled devices A portable electronic device having a screen and a numeric keypad, comprises: a sound card for processing sound signals to produce musical tones; a musical synthesizer, associated with said sound card, for electronically synthesizing musical instruments; and a user interface for interfacing said musical synthesizer to a user via said screen and said numeric keypad. The device can be a cellular telephone and may be able to interact with other devices.
US07709720B1	Tuner guard Described are techniques for preventing movement of tuning pegs on a stringed instrument. Described is a device comprising an elongated body forming a sleeve opened at a first end thereof and having a slit formed therein. The body has a shape and dimensions in accordance with a shape and dimensions of a row of a plurality of tuning pegs of the stringed instrument so that the body is configured to enclose therein head portions of the plurality of tuning pegs. The slit is configured to have a length and width to extend around neck portions of the plurality of tuning pegs on the stringed instrument.
US07709717B2	Structure for electronic keyboard instrument Structure for an electronic keyboard instrument includes upper and lower cases. The lower case has a bottom plate having lower slits, and the upper case has an upper plate having upper slits. The upper and lower cases are fastened together with the upper case overlapped on the lower case and with opposite edge portions of a circuit board inserted in the lower and upper slits in such a manner that the circuit board is disposed upright between the upper and lower cases. Heat radiating plate is attached to the circuit board. A wiring, drawn out from an operation section provided on the upper case, is wired to pass across a neighborhood of the upper end surface of the heat radiating plate under the lower surface of the upper plate. Heat blocking plate is provided between the heat radiating plate and the wiring to block transfer of heat from the heat radiating plate to the wiring.
US07709715B2	Keyboard percussion instrument including improved tone bar resonator An improved resonator for keyboard percussion instruments such as marimba, vibraphone and xylophone and instruments including such resonators are described herein. In one or more embodiments, a tubular resonator bent or formed into a smooth curve, open or stopped on one end, resonating only its natural fundamental frequency and its natural overtones with no non-harmonic resonances from a struck tone bar associated with the resonator is provided. According to one or more embodiments, the number of joints in the resonator is reduced to less than two joints.
US07709714B2	Musical instrument harness A guitar or musical instrument harness is disclosed that includes a waist belt and a shoulder strap. A circular or oval loop is attached to the waist belt. The belt is worn by the user so that the loop is situated over the spine of the user. The shoulder strap is disposed through the loop and the distal ends extend upward along the back and over the shoulders of the user. The strap includes attachment holes or apertures at the distal ends thereof to receive guitar strap buttons mounted on a guitar. The strap also includes typical length adjustment features. An alternate embodiment includes an additional mounting ring clip through which the strap is inserted. The mounting ring clip is removably attachable to the loop portion of the waist belt.
US07709711B1	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV941589 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV941589. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV941589, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV941589 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV941589 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV941589.
US07709709B1	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV334995 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV334995. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV334995, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV334995 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV334995 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV334995.
US07709704B2	Cotton variety 04T048 The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 04T048. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 04T048. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 04T048 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 04T048 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07709701B2	Genetic manipulation of condensed tannins The invention provides method and compositions for the modulation of condensed tannin production in plants. The methods of the invention allow creation of plants having novel phenotypes. Increased expression of condensed tannins in plants may be used to increase the nutritional value of food plants for both human and animal consumption. Increased condensed tannin content also reduces the potential for bloat in animals fed certain forage plants low in condensed tannin content. The invention may also be used to modify plant pigmentation.
US07709700B2	Method for improving plant transformation efficiency by adding copper ion The present invention provides a method for Agrobacterium-mediated gene introduction into a plant material, comprising: 1) treating the plant material, and then 2) infecting the plant material with an Agrobacterium, characterized in that a medium enriched in a metal salt containing copper ion is used in step 1) and/or 2). The present invention also provides a process for preparing a transformed plant characterized in that the gene introduction method of the present invention is used.
US07709699B2	Use of duckweed in high throughput screening Methods for high-throughput screening in duckweed are disclosed. In one aspect, these methods are used to identify nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of interest. In another aspect, these methods are used to identify nucleotide sequences that modulate the expression of a target nucleotide sequence. The methods combine the predictive benefits of screening in whole plants with the speed and efficiency of a high throughput system.
US07709697B2	Transgenic plants expressing CIVPS or intein modified proteins and related method Transgenic plants that express CIVPS or intein modified proteins, compositions of matter comprising them, products of diverse applications made from the transgenic plants, methods to construct the transgenic plants containing CIVPS or intein modified genes, methods to express CIVPS or intein modified proteins in plants, and methods of using the transgenic plants.
US07709695B1	Transgenic mouse expressing arctic mutation E693G A transgenic non-human animal expressing at least one transgene including a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) including at least the Arctic mutation (E693G) and a further AD (Alzheimer's disease) pathogenic mutation or a further transgene affecting AD pathogenesis, which results in increased amounts of intracellular soluble A aggregates, including A peptides. The method of producing the transgenic animal, and methods of screening for therapeutic or diagnostic agents useful in treatment or diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease are also disclosed.
US07709693B2	Toluene production A method for optimizing the production of nitration grade toluene from a solvent extraction process that produces an aromatic rich extract and a saturate rich raffinate, comprising adding an effective amount of the raffinate back to the extract.
US07709692B2	Process for the production of para-diethylbenzene The present invention relates to a process for the selective production of para-diethyl benzene from a mixed aromatic feedstock containing ethyl benzene and at least one other aromatic compound selected from benzene, alkylated benzene having alkyl group with carbon number 1 to 6, mono-alkyl aromatics, dialkyl aromatics, trialkyl aromatics, tetraalkyl aromatics, pentaalkyl aromatics, hexaalkyl aromatics, containing side chains having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and any mixtures thereof, the process comprising of (a) alkylating the feedstock under alkylating conditions, over a selectivated metallosilicate composite catalyst; and (b) recovering a product stream containing at least 95 wt % para-diethyl benzene, the product stream being substantially free from other isomers of diethylbenzene, C8 aromatics, C9 aromatics, C10+ heavy aromatics other than diethyl benzene isomers, sulphur, halogen, olefinic compound and carbonyl compounds.
US07709685B2	Method for producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone An object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone with a favorable selectivity by oxidizing cycloalkane with a favorable conversion.A cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone are produced by oxidizing cycloalkane with oxygen in the presence of mesoporous silica which contains at least one metal selected from metals of Groups 5 to 10 of the Periodic Table and which is also subjected to a contact treatment with an organosilicon compound. The metal is preferably at least one metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, ruthenium and palladium, and the mesoporous silica is preferably MCM-41 type mesoporous silica.
US07709683B2	Synthesis of bis(thio-hydrazide amide) salts A method of preparing a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt includes the steps of combining a neutral bis(thio-hydrazide amide), an organic solvent and a base to form a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) solution; and combining the solution and methyl tert-butyl ether, thereby precipitating a disalt of the bis(thio-hydrazide amide).In some embodiments, a method of preparing a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt includes the steps of combining a neutral bis(thio-hydrazide amide) and an organic solvent selected from methanol, ethanol, acetone, and methyl ethyl ketone to make a mixture; adding at least two equivalents of a base selected from sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium methoxide, potassium methoxide, sodium ethoxide and potassium ethoxide to the mixture, thereby forming a solution; and combining the solution and methyl tert-butyl ether to precipitate the disalt of the bis(thio-hydrazide amide).The disclosed methods do not require lyophilization and the solvents used in the process can be more readily removed to low levels consistent with pharmaceutically acceptable preparation.
US07709679B2	Process for simultaneously preparing 4,4′-diphenylmethanediamine and diphenylmethane diisocyanate and polyphenylenepolymethylene polyisocyanates The invention provides a process for the simultaneous preparation of 4,4′-diphenylmethanediamine and also diphenylmethane diisocyanate and polyphenylenepolymethylene polyisocyanates, which comprises the steps a) preparation of a mixture of diphenylmethanediamine and polyphenylenepolymethylenepolyamines by acid condensation of aniline and formaldehyde and subsequent work-up of the mixture, b) splitting-off of part of the mixture prepared in step a), c) distillation of the mixture separated off in step b) in a column, d) recirculation of the bottom product from step c) to the end product from step a) and condensation of the overhead product from step c), e) distillation of the overhead product from step c) in a column, f) recirculation of the overhead product from step e) to the end product from step a), g) isolation of the 4,4′-diphenylmethanediamine obtained as bottom product in step e), h) reaction of the mixture from step a) with phosgene and subsequent work-up of the reaction product.
US07709671B2	Deodorized polyether-modified polysiloxane composition, method for producing the same, and cosmetic containing the same The deodorized, polyether-modified polysiloxane composition not producing a substance giving off a foul odor, while being produced or stored, which results from hydrolysis, oxidation or the like of a by-product or unreacted material and temporarily stable, a method for producing the same, and a cosmetic containing the same, wherein a polyether-modified polysiloxane composition, synthesized by hydrosilylation in which a polyoxyalkylene having the carbon-carbon double bond at the terminal is reacted with an organohydrogen polysiloxane, is refined by treatment in the presence of a solid acid.
US07709667B2	Process for producing fat or oil A method for producing a diacylglycerol-rich fat or oil is provided. This method includes the steps of reacting an acyl group donor with an acyl group receptor, and separating unreacted material and byproducts by distillation for use as a part of the starting material in the subsequent cycle of production. The distillation is conducted such that the content of monoacylglycerol in the fat or oil after the distillation is 0.5 to 15% by weight.
US07709665B2	Processes for producing a fluorosulfonyl group-containing compound and a compound LED from the fluorosulfonyl group-containing compound A fluorosulfonyl group-containing compound having a high polymerization reactivity, a process for its production, a sulfonyl group-containing polymerizable monomer led from the sulfonyl group-containing compound, and a polymer obtainable by polymerizing the sulfonyl group-containing polymerizable monomer, are provided.A compound (3) is fluorinated to form a compound (4), and then, the compound (4) is subjected to a decomposition reaction to produce a compound (5). A preferred compound (5-1) of the compound (5) is thermally decomposed to produce a compound (7-1) having a high polymerization reactivity. wherein RA is a bivalent organic group such as a fluoroalkylene group, RAF is a group having RA fluorinated, or the same group as RA, each of RB to RD which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom, etc., each of RBF to RDF is a fluorine atom, etc., RE is a monovalent organic group, REF is a group having RE fluorinated, or the same group as RE, E is a bivalent connecting group, EF is the same group as E, or a group having E fluorinated, EF1 is a group formed by scission of EF, each of X1 to X3 is a hydrogen atom, etc., and each of X1F to X3F is a fluorine atom, etc.
US07709664B2	Coumarin derivatives useful as TNFα inhibitors Novel compounds composition capable of inhibiting TNFα and having anti immunoinflammatory and autoimmune properties useful in a pharmaceutical composition, such as for a drug containing this as an active ingredient; and a therapeutic method with the use of these novel compounds.
US07709663B2	Boron chelate complexes Boron chelate complexes of the general formula are described, where X is either —C(R1R2)— or —C(R1R2)—C(═O)—, in which R1, R2 independently of one another denote H, alkyl (with 1 to 5 C atoms), aryl, silyl or a polymer, and one of the alkyl radicals R1 or R2 may be bonded to a further chelatoborate radical, or X denotes 1,2-aryl with up to two substituents S in the positions 3 to 6 in which S1, S2 independently of one another denote alkyl (with 1 to 5 C atoms), fluorine or a polymer, as well as M+ denotes Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+ or [(R3R4R5R6)N]+ or H+, where R3, R4, R5, R6 independently of one another denote H or alkyl with preferably 1 to 4 C atoms.
US07709661B2	Synthetic methodology for the reductive alkylation at the C-3 position of indoles A process for the reductive alkylation at the C-3 position of an indole compound in which the indole is treated with an aldehyde in the presence of a Lewis acid and a silicon hydride reducing agent. The process is useful for alkylating the C-3 position of indoles that contain acid-sensitive substituents at the N-1 position.
US07709660B2	Polymethine ether compounds The invention provides novel compounds useful as intermediates for the production of polymethine compounds containing a desired counter ion with high purity and in high yields.Thus provided are polymethine ether compounds of the general formula (I) given below and a method of producing polymethine compounds which comprises bringing those compounds into contact with an acid. In the above formula, R represents an alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group or an aryl group which may optionally be substituted, R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group, alkyl group, alkoxyalkyl group, alkoxy group or alkoxyalkoxy group and R1 and R2 may be bound to each other to form a ring; R3 represents an alkyl group, which may optionally be substituted; L is an alkylene group required for the formation of a ring structure; and X represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, alkylthio group, arylthio group or substituted amino group.
US07709659B2	Tetraphosphorus ligands for catalytic hydroformylation and related reactions Tetraphosphorous ligands are combined with transition metal salts to form catalysts for use in hydroformylation, isomerization-hydroformylation, hydrocarboxylation, hydrocyan-ation, isomerization-formylation, hydroaminomethylation and similar related reactions.
US07709651B2	Process for producing optically active cyclopropane compound and asymmetric copper complex for use in the same A process for producing an optically active cyclopropane compound represented by the formula (4): wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, and so on; and R7 represents a C1-6 alkyl group; and * represents an asymmetric carbon atom, which comprises reacting a prochiral olefin represented by the formula (2): wherein R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described above, with a diazoacetic acid ester represented by the formula (3): N2CHCO2R7 (3) wherein R7 is as defined above, in the presence of an asymmetric copper complex prepared from an optically active cycloalkylidenebisoxazoline compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, and so on; R2 represents a C1-6 alkyl group and so on; and n represents an integer of 0 to 3; provided that, two R1s may be bonded each other together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded to form a ring; and * represents an asymmetric carbon atom, and a copper compound, is provided.
US07709649B2	Multi-substituted pyridyl sulfoximines and their use as insecticides Multi-substituted pyridyl sulfoximines are useful as insecticides.
US07709647B2	Tetrahydroquinoline cannabinoid receptor modulators The present application describes compounds according to Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally one or more additional therapeutic agents and methods of treatment using the compounds according to Formula I both alone and in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents. The compounds have the general Formula I: including all prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and stereoisomers, R1, R2, R3, n, and Z are described herein.
US07709643B2	Synthesis of sodium narcistatin and related compounds The present invention involves use of the compounds narciclasine (2a) and 7-deoxy-narciclasine (2c), which are obtained via isolation from the medicinal plant species Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae), as precursors in a novel synthesis method in which each of these compounds are selectively hydrogenated to produce trans-dihydronarciclasine (1a) and 7-deoxy-trans-dihydronarciclasine (1c). Also described herein is a novel synthesis method for producing sodium narcistatin (11) from narciclasine (2a). Further described herein are certain novel 3,4-cyclic phosphate prodrugs, including sodium-7-deoxynarcistatin (8), sodium-7-deoxy-transdihydronarcistatin (9), and sodium transdihydronarcistatin (10).
US07709640B2	Nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds and process for making nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds and intermediates thereof The present invention provides nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a process for making thereof. The compounds have inhibitory activity on the phosphorylation of kinases, which inhibits the activity of such kinases. The invention also provides intermediate compounds useful in the process, as well as final products produced by the process, and salts or prodrugs thereof. The invention further provides a method of inhibiting kinases and treating disease states in a mammal by inhibiting the phosphorylation of kinases comprising administering an effective amount of a compound according to the invention to a patient in need thereof.
US07709639B2	Catalysis of diketopiperazine synthesis Provided is a method for the synthesis of N-protected bis-3,6-[4-aminobutyl]-2,5-diketopiperazine including the step of heating a solution of ε-amino protected lysine in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and phosphorus pentoxide.
US07709632B2	Methods, compositions, and apparatuses for forming macrocyclic compounds This invention relates to methods, compositions, and apparatuses for producing macrocyclic compounds. First, one or more reactants are provided in a reaction medium, which are capable of forming the macrocyclic compound through a desired reaction pathway that includes at least cyclization, and which are further capable of forming undesired oligomers through a undesired reaction pathway that includes undesirable oligomerization. Oligomerization of such reactions in the reaction medium is modulated to reduce formation of undesired oligomers and/or to reduce separation of the undesired oligomers from the reaction medium, relative to a corresponding unmodulated oligomerization reaction, thereby maximizing yields of the macrocyclic compound. The macrocyclic compound so formed is then recovered from the reaction medium. Preferably, the macrocyclic compound spontaneously separates from the reaction medium via phase separation. More preferably, the macrocyclic compound spontaneous precipitates from the reaction medium and therefore can be easily recovered by simple filtration.
US07709630B2	Antisense modulation of connective tissue growth factor expression Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of connective tissue growth factor. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding connective tissue growth factor. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of connective tissue growth factor expression and for treatment of diseases associated with expression of connective tissue growth factor are provided.
US07709627B2	Oligonucleotide primer set for amplifying target sequence(s) of norovirus, oligonucleotide probe or probe set specifically hybridizing with target sequence(s) of norovirus, microarray immobilized with the probe or probe set, and method of detecting norovirus using the probe or probe set Provided are an oligonucleotide primer set for amplifying at least one target sequence of the genomic RNA of norovirus, an oligonucleotide probe or probe set specifically hybridizing with at least one target sequence of the genomic RNA of norovirus, a microarray immobilized with the probe or probe set, and a method of detecting norovirus using the probe or probe set.
US07709625B2	Methods and compositions for bone marrow stem cell-derived macrophage delivery of genes for gene therapy The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding a peptide or protein and/or an RNA (e.g., antisense or ribozyme), wherein the promoter comprises elements that can include, but are not limited to, a) a myeloid specific promoter element comprising a core sequence GAGGAA; b) a myeloid specific promoter element comprising a core sequence AAGGAGAAG; c) a myeloid specific promoter element comprising a core sequence TTTCCAAA; d) a myeloid specific promoter element comprising a core sequence TGTGGTTGC; e) a myeloid specific promoter element comprising a core sequence TGAGTCA; f) a myeloid associated promoter element comprising a core sequence CCGCCC; and g) any combination of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and/or (f), any combination of multiples of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and/or (f), in any order and/or in any orientation (forward or reverse).
US07709623B2	Xenorhabdus TC proteins and genes for pest control The subject invention relates to novel Xenorhabdus toxin complex (TC) proteins and genes that encode these proteins. More specifically, the subject invention relates to TC genes and proteins obtainable from Xenorhabdus strain Xwi. The subject invention also provides an exochitinase obtainable from the Xwi strain. This exochitinase can be used to control insects using methods known in the art.
US07709620B2	Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and associated biosynthetic genes The present invention describes the identification of novel non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and associated biosynthetic genes from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. The present invention further provides methods for generating novel compounds, such as antibiotics, from these synthetases and associated genes.
US07709617B2	Synergistic stimulation of the immune system using immunostimulatory oligonucleotides and/or immunomer compounds in conjunction with cytokines and/or chemotherapeutic agents or radiation therapy The invention provides optimized methods and compositions for enhancing the immune response caused by immunostimulatory compounds used for the treatment of disease such as, but not limited to, treatment of cancer, autoimmune disorders, asthma, respiratory allergies, food allergies and infectious diseases in a patient. The optimized methods according to the invention provide synergy between the therapeutic effects of immunostimulatory oligonucleotides and immunomer compounds in accordance with the invention, and the therapeutic effect of cytokine immunotherapy and/or chemotherapeutic agents and/or radiation.
US07709615B2	Polynucleotides encoding anti-ganglioside antibodies IgM can be obtained in the form of a pentamer by placing the genes encoding the H, L, and J chains on the same vector to transform appropriate host cells. The gene encoding the J chain may be introduced by co-transfection. When no J chain is expressed, the IgM is produced as a hexamer. The transformants obtained according to the present invention achieve a high yield of IgM. The present invention also provides methods which enable separation and quantification of polymeric IgM.
US07709614B2	Crystalline modifications of C.I. pigment yellow 181 and associated production method Novel crystalline modifications (eta, theta, iota, kappa) of the C.I. Pigment Yellow 181, obtained when one of the known phases or another inventive phase of said pigment is treated with specific solvents. The novel crystalline phases are characterized by yellow shades and excellent coloring properties.
US07709612B2	Metal chelating compositions for protein purification, detection or binding A metal chelating composition having the formula: wherein Q is a carrier; S1 is a spacer; L is -A-T-CH(X)— or —C(═O)—; A is an ether, thioether, selenoether, or amide linkage; T is a bond or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl; X is —(CH2)kCH3, —(CH2)kCOOH, —(CH2)kSO3H, —(CH2)kPO3H2, —(CH2)kN(J)2, or —(CH2)kP(J)2, preferably —(CH2)kCOOH or —(CH2)kSO3H; k is an integer from 0 to 2; J is hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl; Y is —COOH, —H, —SO3H, —PO3H2, —N(J)2, or —P(J)2, preferably, —COOH; Z is —COOH, —H, —SO3H, —PO3H2, —N(J)2, or —P(J)2, preferably, —COOH; and i is an integer from 0 to 4, preferably 1 or 2.
US07709611B2	Antibodies to Dkk-1 The present invention provides antibodies and immunologically functional fragments thereof that specifically bind Dkk-1 polypeptides. The subject antibodies and fragments bind with high affinity to a conformational epitope located in the carboxy region of the Dkk-1 protein. Methods for preparing such antibodies or fragments thereof as well as physiologically acceptable compositions containing the antibodies or fragments are also provided. Use of the antibodies and fragments to treat various diseases including bone disorders, inflammatory diseases, neurological diseases, ocular diseases, renal diseases, pulmonary diseases and skin diseases are also disclosed.
US07709608B2	Substrates useful for FRET protease assays for botulinum serotype A/E toxins The present invention provides clostridial toxin substrates useful in assaying for the protease activity of any clostridial toxin, including botulinum toxins of all serotypes as well as tetanus toxins. A clostridial toxin substrate of the invention contains a donor fluorophore; an acceptor having an absorbance spectrum overlapping the emission spectrum of the donor fluorophore; and a clostridial toxin recognition sequence that includes a cleavage site, where the cleavage site intervenes between the donor fluorophore and the acceptor and where, under the appropriate conditions, resonance energy transfer is exhibited between the donor fluorophore and the acceptor.
US07709605B2	ActRII receptor polypeptides, methods and compositions In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating (promoting or inhibiting) growth of a tissue, such as bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, and/or neuron. The present invention also provides methods of screening compounds that modulate activity of an ActRII protein and/or an ActRII ligand. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful in treating diseases associated with abnormal activity of an ActRII protein and/or an ActRII ligand.
US07709602B2	PRO1078 polypeptides The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
US07709597B2	Polymer made from organosilane compound and boron compound A novel polymer comprising a reaction product obtained by reacting an organosilane compound with a boron compound. The polymer comprises a reaction product obtained by reacting (a) an aminated silane compound represented by the formula R4-n—Si—(OR′)n (wherein R represents an aminated organic group; R′ represents methyl, ethyl, or propyl; and n is an integer of 1-3) with (b) at least one boron compound selected from the group consisting of H3BO3 and B2O3, the amount of the ingredient (b) being 0.02 mol or larger per mol of the ingredient (a).
US07709596B2	Cyclic alkyl substituted glycolides and polylactides therefrom Cyclic alkyl, particularly cyclohexyl, substituted glycolides and polylactides are described. The polylactides have a high glass transition temperature and improved clarity.
US07709594B2	Polyester resin compositions, catalyst for polyester production, polyester film, and magnetic recording medium A polyester composition produced without using an antimony compound as a polycondensation catalyst and including (I) composition containing, on a weight basis, 30 ppm or less of antimony, 0.5 to 50 ppm of titanium, and 0.1 to 100 ppm of phosphorus, in which the number density of titanium-containing particles, the equivalent circular diameter of which is 1μm or more, is less than 100/0.02 mg; and (II) a composition containing, on a weight basis, antimony, titanium and phosphorous as defined above, in which organic polymer particles are contained in amount of 0.1 to 5 wt%, the organic polymer particles having an average particle diameter determined by dynamic light scattering of 0.05 to 3μm and containing 0.01% or less of coarse particles relative to the total number of the particles, the coarse particles having a diameter at least twice the average particle diameter.
US07709593B2	Multiple feeds of catalyst metals to a polyester production process Processes for feeding catalyst systems to a melt phase process for the manufacture of polyester polymers, and more particularly, to split catalyst solution feeds to the melt phase process to provide the target amount and ratio of catalyst metals.
US07709592B2	Process for preparing polyestercarbonates Processes for preparing polyestercarbonates are disclosed. The processes allow for the consistent incorporation of adipic acid into a polymer generated from a dihydroxy compound, such as bisphenol-A, at levels greater than 99%. The polyestercarbonates so produced, as well as articles formed from the polyestercarbonates, are also disclosed herein.
US07709588B2	Curable composition To provide a hardly colored curable composition having an excellent storage stability while maintaining fast curing properties.A curable composition which comprises a polymer (P) having a polyoxyalkylene chain and a group of the following formula (1) and a compound (S) having a mercapto group and a group of the following formula (2), and which contains from 0.01 to 0.50 part by mass of the compound (S) per 100 parts by mass of the polymer (P): —Si(—X1)3 (1) —Si(—X2)m(—Y2)3-m (2) wherein symbols have the following meanings: X1 and X2: each independently a C1-6 alkoxy group, Y2: a C1-6 alkyl group, and m: 1, 2 or 3.
US07709587B2	Eraser composition for de-flakes An eraser composition for de-flakes is disclosed. The composition comprises (i) a SEBS copolymer (styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) and SBS copolymer (styrene-butadiene-styrene) and TPE styrene, and the weight percentage being 10 to 35%; (ii) organic fillers of sodium carbonate, and pearl powder, and the weight percentage being about 30 to 60%; (iii) paraffin oil, and of a weight percentage of about 35 to 55%; (iv) palm oil, jojoba oil, linolein oil, moisturizer, deep cleanser, and olive oil, and a weight percentage of 5 to 15%; and (v) edible food pigments, or edible colorants, and the weight percentage of 0.1 to 0.5%.
US07709584B2	Nonodorous ethylene homopolymers and copolymers having good mechanical properties A process for preparing ethylene homopolymers and copolymers in a tubular reactor having two or more polymerization zones at temperatures of between 150° C. and 350° C. and pressures in the range from 500 to 5000 bar, using oxygen as initiator, which comprises using, as molar mass regulator, one or more aliphatic ketones of the formula I, where the variable R1 is a C1-C6-alkyl or C3-C12-cycloalkyl, ethylene homopolymers and copolymers obtainable therefrom and their user for producing injection-molded products in the cosmetics, medical and food sectors are described.
US07709581B2	Polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer compositions and articles formed therefrom A thermoplastic composition comprises a copolycarbonate comprising 25 to 100 mole percent of a first carbonate unit derived from a dihydroxy aromatic compound having the formula wherein Ra′ and Rb′ are C1-12 alkyl, T is a C5-16 cycloalkylene, a C5-16 cylcloalkylidene, a C1-5 alkylene, a C1-5 alkylidene, a C6-13 arylene, a C7-12 arylalkylene, C7-12 arylalkylidene, a C7-12 alkylarylene, or a C7-12 arylenealkyl, and r and s are each independently 1 to 4, and r and s are 1 to 4; and 0 to 75 mole percent of a second carbonate unit, wherein the first carbonate unit and second carbonate unit are not identical; a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer comprising 0.15 to 30 weight percent of a polysiloxane block comprising siloxane units of the formula wherein E is on average of 4 to 60 units, and 70 to 99.85 weight percent of a third carbonate unit, wherein an article having a thickness of 3.2 mm and molded from the thermoplastic composition has a Dynatup total energy of greater than 50 Joules, as measured at a constant speed of 3.3 to 3.6 m/sec at 23° C. according to ASTM D3763-02. A method of making and articles prepared therefrom are also disclosed.
US07709580B2	Method for preparation of polylefins containing exo-olefin chain ends The present invention is directed to a method for preparation of polyolefins containing exo-olefin chain ends. The method involves quenching a cationic quasi-living polyolefin polymer system with a nitrogen-containing five-membered aromatic ring having at least two hydrocarbyl substituent compounds attached to the ring.
US07709576B2	Process for the preparation of sulfonate and sulfonate salt capped polyarylate resins with improved flow A process for preparing a sulfonate terminated polyarylate comprises blending a polyarylate resin with an organic compound to form a reaction mixture, wherein the organic compound contains at least one aliphatic primary amine functional group and at least one other functional group selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acids, sulfonic acid salts, and mixtures thereof, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of 225 to 400° C. The temperature of heating is above the glass transition temperature of the polyarylate resin. Sulfonate terminated polyarylates and compositions prepared using the above process, and articles comprising the sulfonate terminated polyarylate compositions, are also disclosed.
US07709574B2	Inorganic block co-polymers and other similar materials as ceramic precursors for nanoscale ordered high-temperature ceramics The present invention is generally directed to methods of making ceramics with nanoscale/microscale structure involving self-assembly of precursor materials such as, but not limited to, inorganic-based block co-polymers, inorganic-/organic-based hybrid block co-polymers, and other similar materials, and to the structures made by such methods. Where such precursor materials are themselves novel, the present invention is also generally directed to those materials and their synthesis.
US07709573B2	Polycarbonate molding compositions A thermoplastic molding composition having improved properties is disclosed. The composition comprises polycarbonate resin, a first graft polymer, a first free copolymer, a second graft polymer and a second free copolymer; the weight-average molecular weight of the first free copolymer being lower by at least 32,000 g/mol with regard to that of the second free copolymer. The inventive composition features improved balance of melt flowability and ductility, good resistance to hydrolysis and process stability.
US07709569B2	Flame retardant and UV absorptive polymethylmethacrylate nanocomposites A composition which includes polymethylmethacrylate and an organoclay functionalized with an intercalation agent, wherein said intercalation agent is a reaction product of a polyamine and an alkyl halide in a polar solvent, preferably a di-methyl, di-tallow ammonium functionalized montmorillonite clay.
US07709565B2	Process for controlling polyvinylbutyral physical properties by controlling stereochemistry of same The present invention is method for controlling the stereoisomerism of PVB resin as well as a PVB resin having a meso/racemic stereoisomer ratio of from about 2.5 to about 5.0. Manipulation of the PVB stereoisomer ratio can provide an additional method of controlling the physical properties of PVB, in addition to or in lieu of changing additives or manipulating the PVB composition.
US07709564B2	Rubber composition for coating steel cord and tire having belt using same The present invention provides a rubber composition for coating a steel cord, use of which makes it possible to consider an effect on environment, prepare for the future decrease in supply of petroleum resources, suppress generation of air bubbles, reduce rolling resistance, and improve processability, roll workability, adhesion to a steel cord and durability with favorable balance, as compared with a rubber composition for coating a steel cord comprising raw materials derived from petroleum resources as main components, and provides a tire having a belt prepared by using the rubber composition. The rubber composition for coating a steel cord comprises 40 to 80 parts by weight of silica having a nitrogen adsorbing-specific surface area of 100 to 200 m2/g, 1 to 15 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent and 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of potassium borate, on the basis of 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber component, and the tire is prepared using the rubber composition.
US07709562B2	Thermoplastic compositions, methods of making, and articles formed therefrom A thermoplastic composition comprises a polycarbonate having repeating structural carbonate units of the formula (1): wherein at least 60 percent of the total number of R1 groups contain aromatic organic groups and the balance thereof are aliphatic, alicyclic, or aromatic groups; and wherein the polycarbonate comprises terminal groups derived from reaction with a cyanophenol of the formula wherein Y is a halogen, C1-3 alkyl group, C1-3 alkoxy group, C7-12 arylalkyl, C7-12 alkylaryl, or nitro group, y is 0 to 4, and c is 1 to 5, provided that y+c is 1 to 5; optionally a branching agent; an impact modifier; and a flame retardant. The compositions are useful in the manufacture of a wide variety of parts, particularly those having a thin wall.
US07709561B2	Rubber composition for tread and tire There is provided a rubber composition for a tread obtained by compounding (a) 5-40 parts by mass of a softening agent including an oil in which an extraction quantity with dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) by IP346 process is controlled to less than 3% by mass and (b) 5-40 parts by mass of a liquid polymer having a viscosity average molecular weight of 45,000-100,000 based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, and considerably improving the fracture properties and wear resistance and controlling the lowering of the modulus of elasticity as compared with the case of compounding the conventional high aromatic oil.
US07709554B2	Resin composition, resin cured product, and liquid discharge head An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; n represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
US07709549B2	Photocurable resin composition and article having a coating formed by curing such composition A thermosetting resin composition which forms a cured coating is provided. This resin composition is capable of providing the supporting substrate with scratch resistance, crack resistance, smudge proof property, removability of oil-base felted markers by wiping, and antistatic property. Also provided is an article having a coating formed from such composition. More specifically, the photocurable resin composition comprises (1) a siloxane compound containing a photoreactive group produced by hydrolyzing and condensing a system comprising (a) photoreactive group-containing hydrolyzable silane represented by formula (i) or (ii), with the proviso that, when one hydrolyzable silane is used, the silane comprises a trifunctional silane, and when two or more silanes are used, at least 70% by mole comprise a trifunctional silane, (b) a dimethylsiloxane containing a hydrolyzable group at opposite ends represented by formula (iii), and (c) a fluorine-containing hydrolyzable silane represented by formula (iv) in the presence of a basic catalyst by using water at an amount in excess of the amount required for hydrolyzing and condensing all hydrolyzable groups; (3) (CF3(CF2)mSO2)2NLi (wherein m is 0 to 7); and (4) a radical photopolymerization initiator. The article has a coating formed from this composition.
US07709548B2	Method for manufacturing monosulfonium salt, cationic polymerization initiator, curable composition, and cured product A monosulfonium salt in which very little unreacted raw material remains, which has a purity of at least 96%, and which has one sulfonio group in its molecule is manufactured without a refining step. After (a) an aryl compound, (b) a sulfoxide compound, (c) a dehydrating agent, and (d) a BF4, PF6, AsF6, or SbF6 salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal are introduced into a reaction system, (e) an inorganic acid is added, so that the aryl compound (a) and the sulfoxide compound (b) are subjected to dehydration condensation.
US07709547B2	Ink composition, inkjet recording method, printed material, production method of a planographic printing plate and planographic printing plate The present invention provides an ink composition, and inkjet recording method, a printed material, a production method of a planographic printing plate, and a planographic printing plate. The ink composition of the present invention contains a cationically polymerizable compound, a compound that generates an acid when irradiated with a radiation ray, and an onium salt compound that generates an organic acid compound having a basic nitrogen atom when irradiated with a radiation ray.
US07709545B2	Benzophenone/thioxanthone derivatives and their use in photopolymerizable compositions Benzophenone/thioxanthone derivatives useful as photoinitiators are provided as well as photopolymerizable compositions comprising the benzophenone/thioxanthone derivatives.
US07709544B2	Microstructure synthesis by flow lithography and polymerization In a method for synthesizing polymeric microstructures, a monomer stream is flowed, at a selected flow rate, through a fluidic channel. At least one shaped pulse of illumination is projected to the monomer stream, defining in the monomer stream a shape of at least one microstructure corresponding to the illumination pulse shape while polymerizing that microstructure shape in the monomer stream by the illumination pulse.
US07709542B2	Proton-exchange composite containing nanoparticles having outer oligomeric ionomer, and methods of forming A proton-exchange composite includes a polymer matrix formed from a proton-exchange polymer and ionomer particles distributed therein. The polymer has side chains with ionic groups. The particles have an average particle size of less than 20 nm and include an oligomeric ionomer that interacts with the polymer and attracts the ionic groups on its side chains. The composite may be formed by a method in which an initiator is bonded to silica particulates. The initiator is used to initiate polymerization of a precursor monomer to form a salt form of the oligomeric ionomer bonded to the silica particulates, which is then reacted with an acid to produce the oligomeric ionomer, thus forming the ionomer particles. The ionomer particles are dispersed in a solution containing a solvent and the polymer dissolved therein. The solvent is removed. The residue is cured to form the composite.
US07709539B2	Therapeutic use of resveratrol for hyperglycemia Resveratrol, an antioxidant found in various fruits, vegetables, grapes, and red wines, has been shown to have free radical scavenging, anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombogenic activities in biological systems. Moreover, resveratrol has also been shown to be a good cancer preventive chemical and has been recommended as a food supplement for health benefits. Resveratrol can effectively lower the blood sugar in both type 1 (insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM) and type 2 (insulin-independent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM) diabetic rats. Resveratrol could also delay the onset of the insulin-resistant phenotype in experimental rats with prolonged injection of insulin. Further, resveratrol simultaneously slows down the body weight increment compared with untreated insulin resistant animals.
US07709536B2	Pharmaceutical formulation The invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations, and more particularly to formulations containing cannabinoids for administration via a pump action spray. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations, for use in administration of lipophilic medicaments via mucosal surfaces, comprising: at least one lipophilic medicament, a solvent and a co-solvent, wherein the total amount of solvent and co-solvent present in the formulation is greater than 55% wt/wt of the formulation and the formulation is absent of a self emulsifying agent and/or a fluorinated propellant.
US07709535B2	Curcumin analogues and uses thereof The present invention relates to compounds capable of acting as androgen receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, and methods of use thereof. Such uses include, but are not limited to, use as antitumor agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers such as colon, skin and prostate cancer and to induce androgen receptor antagonist activity in a subject afflicted with an androgen-related affliction. Examples of androgen-related afflictions include, but are not limited to, baldness, hirsutism, behavioral disorders, acne, and uninhibited spermatogenesis wherein inhibition of spermatogenesis is so desired.
US07709527B2	Levodopa dimethyl-substituted diester prodrugs compositions, and methods of use Levodopa dimethyl-substituted diester prodrugs pharmaceutical, compositions comprising levodopa dimethyl-substituted diester prodrugs, and methods of using such prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases such as Parkinson's disease are provided.
US07709522B2	Kappa selective opioid receptor antagonist A selective kappa opioid receptor antagonist, (S)-3-Fluoro-4-[4-[2-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl-methyl]phenoxy]benzamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, useful for treating ethanol use disorder withdrawal, and anxiety and/or depression, or schizophrenia as independent comorbid conditions.
US07709521B2	Substituted indole derivatives for pharmaceutical compositions for treating respiratory diseases The present invention relates to substituted indoles of formula (I) useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders.
US07709520B2	Diindolylmethane and C-substituted diindolylmethane compositions and methods for the treatment of multiple cancers Disclosed are methods and compositions for the treatment of a wide array of cancers and tumors. In illustrative embodiments, diindolylmethanes, C-substituted diindolylmethanes, and analogs thereof have been described, which when administered either alone, or in combination with other anti-cancer or anti-tumorigenic compounds, provide new therapies for the treatment of cancer.
US07709518B2	Compounds for inflammation and immune-related uses The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof wherein X, Y, A, Z, L and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions and immune disorders.
US07709514B2	Therapeutic molecules and methods-1 Methods of inhibiting the cytokine or biological activity of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) comprising contacting MIF with a compound of formula (I) as defined herein, is provided. The invention also relates to methods of treating diseases or conditions where MIF cytokine or biological activity is implicated comprising administration of compounds of formula (I), either alone or as part of a combination therapy. Novel heterocyclic compounds are also provided for.
US07709508B2	Estrogen receptor modulators The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, metastatic bone disease, Paget's disease, periodontal disease, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, age-related mild cognitive impairment, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, retinal degeneration and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.
US07709504B2	Use of Substituted 2-thio-3,5-dicyano-4-phenyl-6-aminopyridines in the treatment of nausea and vomiting The present invention relates to the use of substituted 2-thio-3,5-dicyano-4-phenyl-6-amino-pyridines of the formula (I) wherein the terms A and R2 are herein defined, for treatment of nausea and vomiting.
US07709492B2	Pyrazolo-[4,3-e]-1,2,4-triazolo-[1,5-c]-pyrimidine adenosine A2a receptor antagonists Compounds having the structural formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is optionally substituted phenyl, furanyl, thienyl, pyridyl, pyridyl N-oxide, oxazolyl or pyrrolyl, or cycloalkenyl R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are H, alkyl or alkoxyalkyl; and Z is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl are disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of compounds of formula I in the treatment of central nervous system diseases, in particular Parkinson's disease, alone or in combination with other agents for treating Parkinson's disease, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US07709490B2	4,5-diphenyl-pyrimidinyl substituted carboxylic acids, method for the production and use thereof as medicaments This invention relates to a compound of formula I, wherein R1, R2, m, n and X are as defined herein, or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof, its pharmaceutical composition and use for lowering blood glucose, treating diabetes, or increasing insulin release.
US07709489B2	Imidazoquinoline derivatives as adenosine A3 receptor ligands This invention is directed to a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, Z, m, n, o, p and r are as defined herein, its preparation, pharmaceutical composition and use as an adenosine A3 receptor ligand preferably an antagonist.
US07709487B2	Sulfonyl-derivatives as novel inhibitors of histone deacetylase This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
US07709483B2	Pyrrolo-quinoxalinone derivatives as antibacterials Tricyclic nitrogen containing compounds and their use as antibacterials.
US07709482B2	Polycyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles useful as Axl inhibitors Polycyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.
US07709481B2	Phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazolone derivatives, processes for their preparation and methods for their use as pharmaceuticals The inventive compounds of the present invention are comprised of phenyl and pyridinyl-1,2,4-oxadiazolone derivatives and their physiologically acceptable salts and functional derivatives that are shown to provide peroxisome proliferator activator receptor (PPARdelta) agonist activity. The compounds of the present invention are comprised of the formula: wherein the substituents R1-R5 and R7-R10 are defined herein. The compounds are therapeutically effective in the regulation and modulation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in mammals and are thus suitable for the treatment of diseases such as type-2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disorders and the like.
US07709478B2	Acylated 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-benzocycloheptenyl amines and their use as pharmaceutical agents The present invention relates to compounds according to the general formula (I), wherein R1-R4 have the meanings given in the description, A is CH2, CHOH or CH—(C1-C3-alkyl), B, C and D are independently CH2 or CH—(C1-C3-alkyl), and R5 is an aryl or heteroaryl group, possibly substituted by the substituents listed in the description. These compounds are useful for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, stable or unstable angina pectoris, coronary heart disease, Prinzmetal angina, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, thrombosis, peripheral artery occlusive disease, endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis, restenosis, endothelial damage after PTCA, hypertension, essential hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, secondary hypertension, renovascular hypertension, chronic glomerulonephritis, erectile dysfunction, ventricular arrhythmia, diabetes, diabetes complications, nephropathy, retinopathy, angiogenesis, asthma bronchiale, chronic renal failure, cirrhosis of the liver, osteoporosis, or restricted memory performance or for a restricted ability to learn, or the lowering of cardiovascular risk of postmenopausal women or after intake of contraceptives.
US07709477B2	Methods for treating cancer The present invention relates to novel Triheterocyclic Compounds, compositions comprising a Triheterocyclic Compound, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer or a neoplastic disorder comprising administering a Triheterocyclic Compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for inhibiting the growth of a cancer cell or neoplastic cell, treating or preventing a viral infection, or inhibiting the replication and/or infectivity of a virus.
US07709476B2	Isoquinolinone potassium channel inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds having the structure (I) useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.
US07709475B2	Selective inhibitors against Cdk4 and Cdk6 having aminothiazole skeleton The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula [I]: wherein X is O, S, NH or CH2; Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5, which may be identical or different, are each CH or N; however, at least one of Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 is N; Z1 and Z2, which may be identical or different, are each CH or N; n is an integer from 1 to 3; R1 is a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C10 aryl group, an aliphatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or a bicyclic aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon group; R2 and R3, which may be identical or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C10 aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or the like; and R4 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and a selective inhibitor against Cdk4 and/or Cdk6 or an anticancer agent containing the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
US07709473B2	Substituted 2H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazines as GSK-3 inhibitors The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) prodrugs thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds and prodrugs, wherein Ra, Rb, R1 and R2 are as defined herein; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and uses thereof.
US07709466B2	Pyridazinone derivatives, methods for their production and their use as pharmaceuticals The present invention relates to pyridazinone compounds and their derivatives according to the general formula (I), with the substituents X, R1 and R2 defined herein, as well as their physiologically acceptable salts, methods for producing these compounds and their use as pharmaceuticals. These compounds are kinase inhibitors, in particular inhibitors of the kinase GSK-3β (glycogen synthase kinase-3β) which are useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, strokes, cranial and spinal traumas and peripheral neuropathies, obesity, metabolic diseases, type II diabetes, essential hypertension, atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, polycystic ovary syndrome and syndrome X or immunodeficiency.
US07709465B2	Phosphorous containing compounds including triphenylmethylphosphonate esters for the treatment of melanoma and other cancers Compounds and related methods for synthesis, and the use of compounds and combination therapies for the treatment of cancer and modulation of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Particularly disclosed are phosphonate esters. Compounds, methods of making the compounds, medicaments and method of manufacture of medicaments and therapeutic methods with applications against cancer including breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer, leukemia and lymphoma, and other cancer cells are described.
US07709464B2	Phosphatidyl oligoglycerols In order to form liposomes with a longer half-life in blood, use is made of defined compounds with the general formula (A)
US07709456B2	Modulation of gene expression by oligomers targeted to chromosomal DNA Synthesis of a target transcript of a gene is selectively increased in a mammalian cell by contacting the cell with a polynucleotide oligomer of 12-28 bases complementary to a region within a target promoter of the gene under conditions whereby the oligomer selectively increases synthesis of the target transcript.
US07709455B2	Compositions and methods for liver growth and liver protection The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for liver proliferation and protection. Specifically useful are VEGFR modulating agents capable of promoting liver growth. Disclosed compositions and methods may be useful for promoting proliferation or treating pathological conditions in other organs of significant biological functions.
US07709452B2	Pharmaceutical composition which improves in vivo gene transfer The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which combines a tetrafunctional copolymer with a nucleic acid, said copolymer having formula I (namely a poloxamine), and preferably taking the form of one of the cationic mineral or organic salts thereof. The inventive composition can be used to improve in vivo gene transfer.
US07709451B2	Method and composition for treating immune complex associated disorders The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating immune complex associated diseases (ICAD), such as SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, and hepatitis-C related immune complex disease (e.g., cryoglobulinemia) in a subject having an ICAD or at risk for developing ICAD. The invention is based upon the surprising finding that chromatin-containing immune complexes activate autoreactive B cells and dendritic cells by a dual receptor engagement process which, in both cell types, involves a Toll-like receptor (TLR). The methods of treating ICAD comprise administering a compound to an individual in need thereof that either 1) inhibits formation of the immune complex either by preventing formation and/or binding to the TLR, or 2) interferes with binding of an autoantigen-containing immune complex (or the antigenic component thereof) to the TLR, or 3) inhibits signaling pathways initiated by dual engagement of BCR and TLR (in B cells) or FcR and TLR (in dendritic cells) via immune complexed or uncomplexed autoantigens.
US07709450B2	Stimulation of vascularization with VEGF-B-186 VEGF-B is shown to be needed for cardiac muscle revascularization after heart infarction, and methods of promoting or stimulating vascular development, e.g. angiogenesis and/or arteriogenesis, particularly in ischemic mammals, are disclosed.
US07709448B2	Prodrugs of 5-amino-3-(3′-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2,7-dione The invention is directed to 5-amino-3-(3′-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2,7-dione prodrugs, whose metabolized parent compound has immunomodulatory activity. The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, such as cancer.
US07709445B2	Colloidal suspension of nanoparticles based on an amphiphilic copolymer An aqueous suspension, stable in physiological medium, of nanoparticles for delivering active principles such as insulin. The delivery particles are based on a three-block copolymer: polyethylene glycol/hydrophilic polyaminoacid/hydrophobic polyaminoacid. These three-block copolymers can be associated with an active principle without denaturing it, and perform a controlled and long-term release of the active principle in vivo, and thus provide the active principle with a very prolonged release. Also disclosed is a powder form solid from which are derived the delivery particles, the preparation of the powder-form solid, a suspension of delivery particles based on the three-block copolymer, and pharmaceutical specialties obtainable from the delivery particles filled with active principle.
US07709443B2	Cyclic peptide antitumor agents Cyclic peptide compounds and derivatives thereof having antitumor activity as shown by treatment of human melanoma, pancreatic, breast, prostate cancer cells.
US07709441B2	Control of function of intracellular Ca ion Analysis of substance capable of binding with inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) receptor (IP3R), preferably with a regulation domain of IP3R; analysis of the function of IP3R; and establishing of a method of treatment or diagnosis for various malfunctions and diseases associated with IP3R. In particular, control of the activity of intracellular Ca2+ release. More specifically, a regulator for the activity of inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) receptor (IP3R), comprised of carbonic anhydrase related protein (CARP); a control agent for intracellular calcium release, comprised of carbonic anhydrase related protein (CARP); and a method of control therewith.
US07709437B2	Co-granulates of bleach activator-peroxide compounds A process for preparation of co-granules including one or more bleach activators and one or more bleach agent compounds is described. The bleach component is mixed and coated with a binder selected from the group of fatty acids, fatty acid polyol esters, polyglycols and fatty alcohol oxalkylates. One or more bleach activators is added to this mixture followed by granulation or agglomeration in a mixer, resulting in a bleach co-granule composition including the bleach activator and peroxide components.
US07709433B2	Self-sticking disintegrating block for toilet or urinal A self-sticking disintegrating cleansing block to be attached directly to a wall of a toilet bowl or urinal, above the water-line and in the stream of flush water, by pressing the cleansing block to the wall. The cleaning block includes 25% to 99% of a solid surfactant, and 1% to 25% of a liquid component. The cleansing block may include a substrate removably attached to a surface of the cleansing block. In use, the substrate is removed from the cleansing block and the exposed surface of the cleansing block is pressed to a surface in a position above any waterline that is contacted by a rinse liquid that disintegrates the cleansing block. Rinse liquid is then allowed to contact the cleansing block such that an amount of the cleansing block is mixed with rinse fluid to clean the surface or a liquid reservoir adjacent the surface.
US07709420B2	Organophilic clays and methods for the preparation and use thereof Provided herein are organophilic clays that comprise a smectite clay modified by reaction with a protonated amphoteric surfactant. Also provided are fluids that comprise an oil and an organophilic clay comprising a smectite clay modified by reaction with a protonated amphoteric surfactant. Also provided are methods of preparing and using these organophilic clays.
US07709415B2	Method for manufacturing activated carbon, polarizable electrode, and electric double-layered capacitor Activated carbon useful as polarizable electrode material for an electric double-layer capacitor can be obtained by mixing a carbonaceous material and an alkali metal hydroxide while maintaining a solid state, granulating the obtained mixture while maintaining its solid state, dehydrating the obtained granulated substance while maintaining its solid state, and subjecting the granulated dehydration product obtained in the dehydration step to an activation treatment. The preferred pressure of the granulation treatment in the granulation step is 0.01 to 300 Torr, and the preferred temperature of the granulation treatment is 90 to 140° C. The preferred pressure of the dehydration treatment in the dehydration step is 0.01 to 10 Torr, and the preferred temperature of the dehydration treatment is 200 to 400° C.
US07709414B2	Engine exhaust catalysts containing palladium-gold An engine exhaust catalyst exhibits improved CO oxidation performance relative to conventional engine exhaust catalysts and includes a first supported catalyst comprising platinum and a second supported catalyst comprising palladium and gold species in close contact. The first supported catalyst may be a platinum catalyst, a platinum—palladium catalyst, or a platinum catalyst promoted with bismuth, and the second supported catalyst preferably has a palladium to gold weight ratio of about 0.85:1.0. To improve aged catalyst performance, the first and second supported catalysts are coated onto different layers, zones, or monoliths of the substrate for the engine exhaust catalyst.
US07709413B2	Solid catalysts and fuel cell employing the solid catalysts A solid catalyst has a close-packed structure and has a first surface layer and a second surface layer, wherein the first surface layer includes platinum as a main component and the second surface layer contains PtaXb (wherein X is one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, and W; a+b=100; and 25≦b≦50); and a fuel cell includes the solid catalyst as an anode-side electrode catalyst.
US07709412B2	Bulk metal hydrotreating catalyst used in the production of low sulfur diesel fuels The invention relates to a bulk metal hydrotreating catalyst, suitable for the production of low sulfur diesel fuels, said bulk metal hydrotreating catalyst being in the oxide state and having a composition of MoxCoyNbz, excluding the oxygen, wherein x, y, and z represent about 0.1 to about 2 moles of Mo, about 0.5 to about 2 moles of Co, and about 0.1 to about 2 moles Nb and wherein Nb is present in amounts from about 2 to about 45 wt. %, Mo is present in amounts from about 1 to about 50 wt. %, and Co is present in amounts from about 10 to about 45 wt. %.
US07709407B1	Palladium-gold catalyst synthesis A supported palladium-gold catalyst is produced under mild conditions using a commonly available base, such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or sodium carbonate (Na2CO3). In this method, support materials and a base solution are mixed together and the temperature of the mixture is increased to a temperature above room temperature. Then, palladium salt and gold salt are added to the mixture while maintaining the pH of the mixture to be greater than 7.0 and keeping the mixture at a temperature above room temperature. This is followed by filtering out the supported palladium-gold particles, washing with warm de-ionized water and calcining.
US07709405B2	Non-woven composite A non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and optionally second effect fibers. The non-woven material has a first planar zone and a second planar zone. The first planar zone includes a greater concentration of first effect fibers and first binder fibers. The second planar zone includes a greater concentration of second effect fibers and second binder fibers. The first planar zone can include a first surface skin associated with the first planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material, and a second surface skin associated with the second planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material. The non-woven material has a woven, knitted, or non-woven layer added on either one or both sides of the non-woven material.
US07709402B2	Conductive layers for hafnium silicon oxynitride films Electronic apparatus and methods of forming the electronic apparatus include a HfSiON film on a substrate for use in a variety of electronic systems. The HfSiON film may be structured as one or more monolayers. The HfSiON film may be formed by atomic layer deposition. Electrodes to a dielectric containing a HfSiON may be structured as one or more monolayers of titanium nitride, tantalum, or combinations of titanium nitride and tantalum. The titanium nitride and the tantalum may be formed by atomic layer deposition.
US07709398B2	Process and apparatus for depositing semiconductor layers using two process gases, one of which is preconditioned The invention relates to a method and device for depositing at least one layer, particularly a semiconductor layer, onto at least one substrate, which is situated inside a process chamber of a reactor while being supported by a substrate holder. The layer is comprised of at least two material components provided in a fixed stoichiometric ratio, which are each introduced into the reactor in the form of a first and a second reaction gas, and a portion of the decomposition products form the layer, whereby the supply of the first reaction gas, which has a low thermal activation energy, determines the growth rate of the layer, and the second reaction gas, which has a high thermal activation energy, is supplied in excess and is preconditioned, in particular, by an independent supply of energy. The first reaction gas flows in a direction toward the substrate holder through a multitude of openings, which are distributed over a surface of a gas inlet element, said surface being located opposite the substrate holder. According to the invention, the second process gas is preconditioned with a plasma before entering the process chamber, and it enters the process chamber at the edge of the substrate holder directly thereabove and flows parallel to the substrate holder surface.
US07709397B2	Method and system for etching a high-k dielectric material A method for etching a high-k dielectric layer on a substrate in a plasma processing system is described. The high-k dielectric layer can, for example, comprise HfO2. The method comprises elevating the temperature of the substrate above 200° C. (i.e., typically of order 400° C.), introducing a process gas comprising a halogen-containing gas, igniting a plasma from the process gas, and exposing the substrate to the plasma. The process gas can further include a reduction gas in order to improve the etch rate of HfO2 relative to Si and SiO2.
US07709395B2	Semiconductor device fabrication method According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a semiconductor device fabrication method including forming a first mask on a semiconductor substrate, processing the first mask to form a first mask pattern of a fine portion, forming a second mask on the semiconductor substrate on which the first mask pattern is formed, forming a second mask pattern on a predetermined portion of the second mask, forming a third mask pattern by anisotropically etching the second mask by using the second mask pattern, removing the second mask pattern and the first mask pattern, and processing the semiconductor substrate by using the third mask pattern.
US07709394B2	Substrate processing method and apparatus fabrication process of a semiconductor device A method for processing a substrate having an insulation film and a metal layer thereon comprises the steps of supplying a carboxylic acid anhydride to the substrate, and heating the substrate during the step of supplying the carboxylic acid anhydride to the substrate.
US07709388B2	Semiconductor device with a line and method of fabrication thereof A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulation film, an underlying line provided in the interlayer insulation film, a liner film overlying the interlayer insulation film, an interlayer insulation film overlying the liner film. The underlying line has a lower hole and the liner film and the interlayer insulation film have an upper hole communicating with the lower hole, and the lower hole is larger in diameter than the upper hole. The semiconductor device further includes a conductive film provided at an internal wall surface of the lower hole, a barrier metal provided along an internal wall surface of the upper hole, and a Cu film filling the upper and lower holes. The conductive film contains a substance identical to a substance of the barrier metal. A highly reliable semiconductor device can thus be obtained.
US07709386B2	Atomic layer deposition method and semiconductor device formed by the same There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the following steps: flowing a first precursor gas to the semiconductor substrate within the ALD chamber to form a first discrete monolayer on the semiconductor substrate; flowing an inert purge gas to the semiconductor substrate within the ALD chamber; flowing a second precursor gas to the ALD chamber to react with the first precursor gas which has formed the first monolayer, thereby forming a first discrete compound monolayer; and flowing an inert purge gas; and forming a second discrete compound monolayer above the semiconductor substrate by the same process as that for forming the first discrete compound monolayer. There is also provided a semiconductor device in which the charge trapping layer is a dielectric layer containing the first and second discrete compound monolayers formed by the ALD method.
US07709384B2	Tantalum amide complexes for depositing tantalum-containing films, and method of making same Tantalum precursors useful in depositing tantalum nitride or tantalum oxides materials on substrates, by processes such as chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition. The precursors are useful in forming tantalum-based diffusion barrier layers on microelectronic device structures featuring copper metallization and/or ferroelectric thin films.
US07709377B2	Thin film including multi components and method of forming the same A thin film including multi components and a method of forming the thin film are provided, wherein a method according to an embodiment of the present invention, a substrate is loaded into a reaction chamber. A unit material layer is formed on the substrate. The unit material layer may be formed of a mosaic atomic layer composed of two kinds of precursors containing components constituting the thin film. The inside of the reaction chamber is purged, and the MAL is chemically changed. The method of forming the thin film of the present invention requires fewer steps than a conventional method while retaining the advantages of the conventional method, thereby allowing a superior thin film yield in the present invention than previously obtainable.
US07709374B2	Fabrication method for memory device The invention provides a method for fabricating a memory device. At first, a substrate having a plurality of gate electrode stacks and a source/drain region is provided, and a barrier layer and a sacrificial layer are sequentially formed on the substrate and cover the gate electrode stacks. A portion of the sacrificial layer is removed to form a sacrificial plug between the gate electrode stacks, and then a filling layer is formed over the substrate. Next, the sacrificial plug is removed, and a contact hole is formed. A clean step with a solution containing ammonia is carried out. The barrier layer at the bottom of the contact hole is removed, and a metal plug is then formed in the contact hole to electrically contact with the source/drain region.
US07709373B1	System and method for imprint lithography to facilitate dual damascene integration in a single imprint act A system and method are provided to facilitate dual damascene interconnect integration in a single imprint step. The method provides for creation of a translucent imprint mold with three-dimensional features comprising the dual damascene pattern to be imprinted. The imprint mold is brought into contact with a photopolymerizable organosilicon imaging layer deposited upon a transfer layer which is spin coated or otherwise deposited upon a dielectric layer of a substrate. When the photopolymerizable layer is exposed to a source of illumination, it cures with a structure matching the dual damascene pattern of the imprint mold. A halogen breakthrough etch followed by oxygen transfer etch transfer the vias from the imaging layer into the transfer layer. A second halogen breakthrough etch followed by a second oxygen transfer etch transfer the trenches from the imaging layer into the transfer layer. A dielectric etch transfers the pattern from the transfer layer into the dielectric layer. A metal fill process then fills the dual damascene openings of the dielectric layer with metal.
US07709372B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a metal wiring in a semiconductor device includes: forming a via hole by selectively etching an interlayer insulating layer formed on a first metal layer; sequentially forming a first barrier metal layer and a second metal layer on the interlayer insulating layer; etching the first barrier metal layer and the second metal layer in the via hole to a predetermined depth together with selectively etching a surface of the second metal layer; forming a silicon layer on the first barrier metal and the second metal to a predetermined height; forming a second barrier metal layer on the interlayer insulating layer; forming a third metal layer on the second barrier metal layer; and forming a second barrier metal pattern and a third metal layer pattern by patterning the second barrier metal layer and the third metal layer.
US07709370B2	Spin-on antireflective coating for integration of patternable dielectric materials and interconnect structures The present invention provides a method of fabricating an interconnect structure in which a patternable low-k material replaces the need for utilizing a separate photoresist and a dielectric material. Specifically, this invention relates to a simplified method of fabricating single-damascene and dual-damascene low-k interconnect structures with at least one patternable low-k dielectric and at least one inorganic antireflective coating. In general terms, a method is provided that includes providing at least one patternable low-k material on a surface of an inorganic antireflective coating that is located atop a substrate. The inorganic ARC is liquid deposited and comprises a polymer that has at least one monomer unit comprising the formula M-R1 wherein M is at least one of Si, Ge, B, Sn, Fe, Ta, Ti, Ni, Hf and La and R1 is a chromophore. At least one interconnect pattern is formed within the at least one patternable low-k material and thereafter the at least one patternable low-k material is cured. The inventive method can be used to form dual-damascene interconnect structures as well as single-damascene interconnect structures.
US07709367B2	Method for fabricating storage node contact in semiconductor device A method for fabricating a storage node contact in a semiconductor device includes forming a landing plug over a substrate, forming a first insulation layer over the landing plug, forming a bit line pattern over the first insulation layer, forming a second insulation layer over the bit line pattern, forming a mask pattern for forming a storage node contact over the second insulation layer, etching the second and first insulation layers until the landing plug is exposed to form a storage node contact hole including a portion having a rounded profile, filling a conductive material in the storage node contact hole to form a contact plug, and forming a storage node over the contact plug.
US07709364B1	Method and apparatus for low temperature ion implantation Techniques for low temperature ion implantation are disclosed. After a wafer is cooled to a temperature lower than a temperature of an environment outside of a chamber where the wafer is implanted, the cooled wafer is implanted by projecting an ion beam on the cooled wafer with a temperature adjusting apparatus being operated to cool the wafer simultaneously. Hence, heat produced by the ion beam on the implanted wafer is essentially removed by the temperature adjusting apparatus. Then, after the majority of the implanting process is performed, the temperature adjusting apparatus is turned down or off. Hence, during the residual implanting process, heat produced by the ion beam on the implanted wafer at least partially increases the temperature of the implanted wafer so that, after the ion implantation process is finished, the wafer can be moved into the environment with no, or at least less, water condensation.
US07709358B2	Integrated light emitting device and photodiode with OHMIC contact Optoelectronic device including integrated light emitting device and photodiode. The optoelectronic device includes a light emitting device such as a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) or resonant cavity light emitting diode (RCLED). A photodiode is also included in the optoelectronic device. Between the light emitting device and the photodiode is a transition region. At least part of the transition region is shorted. A metal contact provides a contact to both the light emitting device and the photodiode.
US07709354B2	Optical steering element and method A 1×N wavelength selective switch which can function as a dynamic channel equalizer when N=1. In an exemplary arrangement, the present invention is a free-space device that includes a linear array of micromachined reflective elements for beam steering of individual wavelength channels. In at least some embodiments the array of reflective elements of the present invention provides a substantially seamless design such that the optical spectrum appears flat across the transition between actuators. Various embodiments provide high channel bandwidth with flat-top channel performance, low polarization dependence loss, low vibration sensitivity, extinction ratios greater than 40 dB over all temperatures, and very low levels of electrical and optical channel cross-talk.
US07709353B2	Method for producing semiconductor device A method for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a predetermined device in a device layer grown on a semiconductor substrate with a sacrificial layer provided therebetween; and removing the sacrificial layer by etching to separate the semiconductor substrate from the device layer while a supporting substrate is bonded to the side of the device layer, wherein in the step of removing the sacrificial layer, a groove extending from the device layer to the sacrificial layer is formed before the sacrificial layer is removed, and the etching solution is allowed to penetrate to the sacrificial layer through the groove.
US07709348B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of preparing a substrate having a quartz support substrate and a silicon layer, forming a base or substrate silicon oxide film over the entire upper surface of the silicon layer, forming a silicon nitride film over the entire upper surface of the substrate silicon oxide film by a plasma CVD method, patterning the silicon nitride film thereby to form a mask pattern having a circumferential exposure portion that exposes the substrate silicon oxide film in a circumferential area, a first opening pattern that exposes the substrate silicon oxide film in an element isolation area, and a second opening pattern that exposes the substrate silicon oxide film within a peripheral area, and thermally oxidizing the substrate using the mask pattern as a mask thereby to form an element isolation structure portion in the element isolation area.
US07709345B2	Trench isolation implantation Embodiments of the disclosure include a shallow trench isolation structure having a dielectric material with energetic species implanted to a predetermined depth of the dielectric material. Embodiments further include methods of fabricating the trench structures with the implant of energetic species to the predetermined depth. In various embodiments the implant of energetic species is used to densify the dielectric material to provide a uniform wet etch rate across the surface of the dielectric material. Embodiments also include memory devices, integrated circuits, and electronic systems that include shallow trench isolation structures having the dielectric material with the high flux of energetic species implanted to the predetermined depth of the dielectric material.
US07709343B2	Use of a plasma source to form a layer during the formation of a semiconductor device A method used to form a semiconductor device having a capacitor comprises placing a semiconductor wafer assembly into a chamber of a plasma source, the wafer assembly comprising a layer of insulation having at least one contact therein and a surface, and further comprising a conductive layer over the surface and in the contact. Next, in the chamber, a layer of etch resistant material is formed within the contact over the conductive layer, the etch resistant material not forming over the surface.
US07709342B2	Capacitor and method of manufacturing the same A capacitor and method of manufacturing the same include an insulating interlayer, a lower electrode, a protection structure, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode. The insulating interlayer may include a conductive pattern formed on a substrate. The lower electrode may be electrically connected to the conductive pattern. The protection structure may be formed on an outer sidewall of the cylindrical lower electrode and on the insulating interlayer.
US07709337B2	Method for manufacturing SOI substrate and semiconductor device It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing an SOI substrate having an SOI layer that can be used in practical applications with high yield even when a flexible substrate such as a glass substrate or a plastic substrate is used. Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a thin semiconductor device using such an SOI substrate with high yield. When a single-crystal semiconductor substrate is bonded to a flexible substrate having an insulating surface and the single-crystal semiconductor substrate is separated to manufacture an SOI substrate, one or both of bonding surfaces are activated, and then the flexible substrate having an insulating surface and the single-crystal semiconductor substrate are attached to each other.
US07709336B2	Metal hard mask method and structure for strained silicon MOS transistors A semiconductor integrated circuit device. The device has a semiconductor substrate and a dielectric layer overlying the semiconductor substrate. The device also has a gate structure including edges. A metal hard mask layer is overlying the gate structure. A dielectric layer is formed sidewall spacers on the edges of the gate structure to protect the gate structure including the edges. An exposed portion of the metal hard mask layer is overlying the gate structure. A silicon germanium fill material is provided in an etched source region and an etched drain region. The etched source region and the etched drain region are each coupled to the gate structure. The device has a strained channel region between the filled source region and the filled drain region from at least the silicon germanium material formed in the etched source region and the etched drain region. An electrical connection is coupled to the metal hard mask overlying the gate structure. Optionally, the device has a second metal layer overlying the metal hard mask.
US07709334B2	Stacked non-volatile memory device and methods for fabricating the same A stacked non-volatile memory device comprises a plurality of bit line and word line layers stacked on top of each other. The bit line layers comprise a plurality of bit lines that can be formed using advanced processing techniques making fabrication of the device efficient and cost effective. The device can be configured for NAND operation.
US07709332B2	Process for fabricating a field-effect transistor with self-aligned gates A first gate, formed on a substrate, is surmounted by a hard layer designed, with first spacers surrounding the first gate, to act as etching mask to bound the channel and a pad that bounds a space subsequently used to form a gate cavity. The hard layer is preferably made of silicon nitride. Before flipping and bonding, a bounding layer, preferably made of amorphous silicon or polysilicon, is formed to bound drain and source areas. After flipping and bonding of the assembly on a second substrate, a second gate is formed in the gate cavity. At least partial silicidation of the bounding layer is then performed before the metal source and drain electrodes are produced.
US07709331B2	Dual gate oxide device integration A method of forming devices including forming a first region and a second region in a semiconductor substrate is provided. The method further includes forming a semiconductive material over the first region, wherein the semiconductive material has a different electrical property than the first semiconductor substrate, forming a first dielectric material over the first region, depositing a second dielectric material over the first dielectric material and over the second region, wherein the second dielectric material is different than the first dielectric material, and depositing a gate electrode material over the high dielectric constant material. In one embodiment, the semiconductive material is silicon germanium and the semiconductor substrate is silicon.
US07709328B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating same The semiconductor device includes a device isolation structure formed in a semiconductor substrate to define an active region, a bridge type channel structure formed in the active region, and a coaxial type gate electrode surrounding the bridge type channel structure of a gate region. The bridge type channel structure is separated from the semiconductor substrate thereunder by a predetermined distance in a vertical direction.
US07709326B2	Methods of forming layers comprising epitaxial silicon The invention includes methods of forming layers comprising epitaxial silicon. In one implementation, an opening is formed within a first material received over a monocrystalline material. Opposing sidewalls of the opening are lined with a second material, with monocrystalline material being exposed at a base of the second material-lined opening. A silicon-comprising layer is epitaxially grown from the exposed monocrystalline material within the second material-lined opening. At least a portion of the second material lining is in situ removed. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated.
US07709320B2	Method of fabricating trench capacitors and memory cells using trench capacitors A method of forming a trench capacitor and memory cells using the trench capacitor. The method includes: forming an opening in a masking layer; and forming a trench in the substrate through the opening, the trench having contiguous upper, middle and lower regions, the trench extending from a top surface of said substrate into the substrate, the upper region of the trench adjacent to the top surface of the substrate having a vertical sidewall profile and a first width in the horizontal direction, the middle region of the trench having a tapered sidewall profile, a width in a horizontal direction of the middle region at a juncture of the upper region and the middle region being the first width and being greater than a second width in the horizontal direction of the middle region at a juncture of the middle region and the lower region.
US07709319B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a semiconductor device including a vertically oriented capacitor extending above the substrate surface and a method of manufacturing such devices in which cell, peripheral and boundary areas between the cell and peripheral areas are defined on a semiconductor substrate. Capacitors are formed in the cell area, a mold pattern is provided in the peripheral areas and an elongated dummy pattern is provided in the boundary areas. The dummy pattern includes a boundary opening in which a thin layer is formed on the elongated inner sidewalls and on the exposed portion of the substrate during formation of the lower electrode. A mold pattern and lower electrode structures having substantially the same height are then formed area so that subsequent insulation interlayer(s) exhibit a generally planar surface, i.e., have no significant step difference between the cell areas and the peripheral areas.
US07709316B2	Method of fabricating gate structure A method of fabricating a gate structure is provided. First, a sacrificial oxide layer is formed on a substrate. A nitridation treatment process is performed to redistribute the nitrogen atoms in the sacrificial layer and the substrate. Next, the sacrificial oxide layer is removed. A re-oxidation process is performed to produce an interface layer on the surface of the substrate. A high K (dielectric constant) gate dielectric layer, a barrier layer and a metal layer are sequentially formed on the substrate. The metal layer, the barrier layer, the high K gate dielectric layer and the interface layer are defined to form a stacked gate structure.
US07709312B2	Methods for inducing strain in non-planar transistor structures Methods for inducing compressive strain in channel region of a non-planar transistor and devices and systems formed by such methods. In one embodiment, a method can include forming trenches in a semiconductor body adjacent to gate structure spacers. The semiconductor body can be situated on a substrate and in a different plane relative to the substrate. The gate structure can be situated on the semiconductor body and the silicon fin and perpendicular to the semiconductor body. After formation of the semiconductor body and the gate structure on the substrate, a dielectric material can be conformally deposited on the substrate and etched to form spacers on the semiconductor body and the gate structure. The substrate can be patterned and etched to form trenches in the semiconductor body adjacent to the spacers on the gate structure. A strain material can be introduced into the trenches.
US07709311B1	JFET device with improved off-state leakage current and method of fabrication A junction field effect transistor comprises a semiconductor substrate. A first impurity region of a first conductivity type is formed in the substrate. A second impurity region of the first conductivity type is formed in the substrate and spaced apart from the first impurity region. A channel region of the first conductivity type is formed between the first and second impurity regions. A gate region of a second conductivity type is formed in the substrate between the first and second impurity regions. A gap region is formed in the substrate between the gate region and the first impurity region such that the first impurity region is spaced apart from the gate region.
US07709308B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same including forming a fin with first and second gates on the sidewalls Disclosed is a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same. The device is disposed on a substrate, including a fin constructed with first and second sidewalls, a first gate line formed in the pattern of spacer on the first sidewall of the fin, and a second gate line formed in the pattern of spacer on the second sidewall of the fin. First and second impurity regions are disposed in the fin. The first and second impurity regions are isolated from each other and define a channel region in the fin between the first and second gate lines.
US07709307B2	Printed non-volatile memory A nonvolatile memory cell is disclosed, having first and second semiconductor islands at the same horizontal level and spaced a predetermined distance apart, the first semiconductor island providing a control gate and the second semiconductor island providing source and drain terminals; a gate dielectric layer on at least part of the first semiconductor island; a tunneling dielectric layer on at least part of the second semiconductor island; a floating gate on at least part of the gate dielectric layer and the tunneling dielectric layer; and a metal layer in electrical contact with the control gate and the source and drain terminals. In one advantageous embodiment, the nonvolatile memory cell may be manufactured using an “all-printed” process technology.
US07709303B2	Process for forming an electronic device including a fin-type structure A process for forming an electronic device can include forming a semiconductor fin of a first height for a fin-type structure and removing a portion of the semiconductor fin such that the semiconductor fin is shortened to a second height. In accordance with specific embodiment a second semiconductor fin can be formed, each of the first and the second semiconductor fins having a different height representing a channel width. In accordance with another specific embodiment a second and a third semiconductor fin can be formed, each of the first, the second and the third semiconductor fins having a different height representing a channel width.
US07709301B2	Integrated circuit having efficiently packed decoupling capacitors An integrated circuit includes a substrate having a semiconducting surface (605) and a plurality of standard cells arranged in a plurality of rows including at least a first row (610) and a second row (615) immediately above the first row. The first row (610) include at least a first decap filler cell (602) including a first active area (612) and a field dielectric outside the first active area (612) having a portion with a full field dielectric thickness portion 621and a portion with a thinned field dielectric (622), and at least a first MOS transistor (618) having a gate electrode (619) on a thick gate dielectric (613) on the first active area (612) connected as a decoupling capacitor. The second row (615) includes a second decap filler cell (601) including an active area (632) and a field dielectric portion (621) and thinned field dielectric portion (622), at least a second MOS transistor (638) having a gate electrode (639) on the thick gate dielectric (613) on the second active area (632) connected as a decoupling capacitor. The thinned field dielectric (622) extends from the first decap filler cell (602) to the second decap filler cell (601) across a border (608) between the first and second decap filler cell. A method of forming an integrated circuit including high efficiency decap filler cells includes the step of gap filling a thick gate dielectric mask.
US07709300B2	Structure and method for partitioned dummy fill shapes for reduced mask bias with alternating phase shift masks A method and system for partitioned dummy fill shapes for reduced mask bias with alternating phase shift masks, or with other two-mask lithographic processes employing a trim mask. The method and system comprises locating regions in a finished semiconductor design that do not contain as-designed shapes. The method and system generates dummy fill shapes in the regions at a predetermined final density and sizes the generated dummy shapes so that their local density is increased to a predetermined value. The method and system further creates corresponding trim shapes that act to expose an oversized portion of the dummy shape, effectively trimming each dummy shape back to the predetermined final density. The method and system can be implemented on a computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program.
US07709297B2	Microelectronic package with thermal access A method of forming a microelectronic package including the steps of providing a three-layer metal plate, having a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. A plurality of conductive elements is formed from the first layer of the metal plate. A dielectric sheet is attached to the first layer of the metal plate, such that the dielectric sheet is remote from the third layer. A plurality of conductive features is then formed from the third layer of the metal plate which are also remote from the dielectric sheet. A microelectronic element is next electrically conducted to the conductive elements and a heat spreader is thermally connected the microelectronic element.
US07709293B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor device A semiconductor device where an outside connection terminal of a semiconductor element and an electrode of a wiring board are connected to each other via a conductive adhesive, the conductive adhesive includes a first conductive adhesive; and a second conductive adhesive covering the first conductive adhesive; wherein the first conductive adhesive contains a conductive filler including silver (Ag); and the second conductive adhesive contains a conductive filler including a metal selected from a group consisting of tin (Sn), zinc (Zn), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt).
US07709287B2	Method of forming a multijunction solar cell structure with a GaAs/AIGaAs tunnel diode A method of forming a multijunction solar cell includes providing a substrate, forming a first subcell by depositing a nucleation layer over the substrate and a buffer layer including gallium arsenide (GaAs) over the nucleation layer, forming a middle second subcell having a heterojunction base and emitter disposed over the first subcell and forming first and second tunnel junction layers between the first and second subcells. The first tunnel junction layer includes GaAs over the first subcell and the second tunnel junction layer includes aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) over the first tunnel junction layer. The method further includes forming a third subcell having a homojunction base and emitter disposed over the middle subcell.
US07709285B2	Method of manufacturing a MEMS device and MEMS device A method for manufacturing a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) device, comprising providing a base layer (10) and a mechanical layer (12) on a substrate (14), providing a sacrificial layer (16) between the base layer (10) and the mechanical layer (12), providing an etch stop layer (18) between the sacrificial layer (16) and the substrate (14), and removing the sacrificial layer (16) by means of dry chemical etching, wherein the dry chemical etching is performed using a fluorine-containing plasma, and the etch stop layer (18) comprises a substantially non-conducting, fluorine chemistry inert material, such as HfO2, ZrO2, Al2O3 or TiO2.
US07709282B2	Method for producing a light emitting device A production method for producing a light-emitting device 1 in which a light-emitting layer at least comprised of a n-type substrate bearing layer 3 and a p-type substrate bearing layer 4 is layered on a transparent crystal substrate 2 is provided with a step of forming a transfer layer 5 on at least a part of the transparent crystal substrate 2 or the light-emitting layer 3, 4, which transfer layer 5 is softened or set upon supplying an energy thereto; a step of pressing a mold 6 formed with a minute unevenness structure 61 against the transfer layer 5 to transfer the minute unevenness structure 61 to an outer surface of the transfer layer 5, and a step of forming a minute unevenness structure 21, 34 for preventing multiple reflection based on the minute unevenness structure 51 transferred to the transfer layer 5.
US07709281B2	Semiconductor laser device and method of manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser device includes forming a laminate having a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer and a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type. The waveguide region is formed to guide light perpendicular to the direction of width by restricting the light from spreading in the direction of width in the active layer, such that the semiconductor laser device has a first waveguide region and a second waveguide region. The first waveguide region is formed to confine light within the limited active layer by means of a difference in the refractive index between the active layer and the regions on both sides of the active layer by limiting the width of the active layer. In forming the second waveguide region, light is confined therein by providing effective difference in refractive index in the active layer.
US07709279B2	Methods for testing semiconductor devices methods for protecting the same from electrostatic discharge events during testing, and methods for fabricating inserts for use in testing semiconductor devices An apparatus and method for providing external electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection to a semiconductor device, which may or may not include its own ESD protection, are provided. An ESD structure may be associated with each interconnect, either individually or shared between two or more interconnects. Each interconnect includes a contact tip for establishing a temporary electrical connection with a bond pad of the semiconductor device and a contact pad for electrically interfacing the bond pad with external burn-in and/or test equipment. The ESD structure may be implemented, for example, as a fusible element or a shunting element, such as a pair of diodes, a diode-resistor network, or a pair of transistors. The interconnect may be employed as part of an insert including a plurality of interconnects that provides ESD protection to a plurality of integrated circuits of at least one semiconductor device.
US07709271B2	Method and device for immunoassay The present invention relates to a method and a device for determining a concentration of a biological active substance in a sample by the means of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The device comprises a solid support within a tubing for binding an immunosorbent and an inlet for fluids, a detector for detecting radiation due to an activity in the tubing, wherein the tubing is arranged inside a microchip extending substantially in one plane, for conducting the fluids along the plane of the microchip. The tubing forms a reaction cell having a large detection area. The reaction cell of the microchip is arranged perpendicular to the detector. The method comprises the steps of introducing the fluids into the tubing, conducting the fluids through the tubing forming a reaction cell, in which reaction cell the radiation emitting activity takes place, and detecting the light emitted from the reaction cell substantially perpendicular to the plane.
US07709266B2	Fast metabolic imaging of systems with sparse spectra using spiral CSI A method of imaging the individual components of systems with sparse spectra using magnetic resonance imaging including the steps of a) exciting nuclei of labeled components using a MRI pulse sequence, b) selecting a proper spectral window to avoid/minimize signal overlap of aliased frequency components. In step a) preferably a spiral chemical shift imaging (spCSI) sequence is employed. In a preferred embodiment, hyperpolarized nuclei of 13C are used for labeling in a pyruvate substrate with metabolites of lacatate, alanine, and bicarbonate.
US07709264B2	Handheld microcantilever-based sensor for detecting tobacco-specific nitrosamines A method and system for detecting tobacco-specific nitrosamines. The method includes exposing at least one microcantilever beam to a medium, which may contain tobacco-specific nitrosamines, and measuring a deflection of the microcantilever beam, wherein the deflection indicates a presence of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in the medium. The at least one microcantilever beam can include a silicon base layer and a gold-coated receptor layer with a plurality of thiol molecules having a sulfur head and carboxyl-terminated group. The at least one microcantilever beam can include a silicon base layer and a metal or metal oxide coated receptor layer. Alternatively, the microcantilever beam can be formed by co-absorbing tobacco-specific nitrosamines and silane molecules on a silicon microcantilever surface, wherein the template molecules of tobacco-specific nitrosamines physically co-adsorb between the silane molecules. The template molecules of tobacco-specific nitrosamines are then washed away with a solvent to form a silane monolayer having tobacco-specific nitrosamine cavities.
US07709252B2	Antibodies, including FV molecules, and immunoconjugates having high binding affinity for mesothelin and methods for their use Mesothelin is a differentiation antigen present on the surface of ovarian cancers, mesotheliomas and several other types of human cancers. Because among normal tissues, mesothelin is only present on mesothelial cells, it represents a good target for antibody mediated delivery of cytotoxic agents. The present invention is directed to anti-mesothelin antibodies, including Fv molecules with particularly high affinity for mesothelin, and immunoconjugates employing them. Also described are diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the antibodies. The anti-mesothelin antibodies are well-suited for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the ovary, stomach, squamous cells, mesotheliomas and other malignant cells expressing mesothelin.
US07709249B2	Multiplex fluorescence detection device having fiber bundle coupling multiple optical modules to a common detector Techniques are described for the detection of multiple target species in real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction). For example, a system is described that includes a data acquisition device and a detection device coupled to the data acquisition device. The detection device includes a rotating disk having a plurality of process chambers having a plurality of species that emit fluorescent light at different wavelengths. The device further includes a plurality of optical modules. Each of the optical modules is optically configured to excite the species and capture fluorescent light emitted by the species at different wavelengths. A fiber optic bundle coupled to the plurality of optical modules conveys the fluorescent light from the multiple optical modules to a single detector.
US07709246B2	Device and method for detecting bioelectric signals from electrophysiologically active regions in spheroids Disclosed is a device for detecting bioelectric signals from spheroids comprising a measuring chamber having a measuring chamber wall which encloses a volume, which is open at least at one side, is composed of an electrically non-conducting material, and has, in at least one measuring region, an inner cross section, which corresponds as far as possible to the largest cross section of a spheroid, comprising at least a number of electrodes which are disposed in a common plane inside said measuring chamber wall and each electrode has a freely accessible electrode surface which is oriented towards the measuring region, and comprising an impedance measuring arrangement which is connected to the electrodes. The device and the method can be used to test substances in 3D biological in-vitro (three-dimensional) cell aggregates.
US07709234B2	α-1,3-fucosyltransferase The invention provides a novel species of α-1,3-fucosyltransferase expressed by a gene cloned from animal cells, a cDNA coding for the α-1,3-fucosyltransferase, a method of detecting, or inhibiting the production of, the α-1,3-fucosyltransferase which involves the use of the cDNA, a recombinant vector containing the DNA as an insert, a cell harboring the recombinant vector, and a method of producing same. The α-1,3-fucosyltransferase of the invention is useful in the production of carbohydrate chains having useful physiological activity, for example sialyl Lewis x, and modifications thereof.
US07709231B2	Genes encoding a nystatin polyketide synthase and their manipulation and utility The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising: (a) a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 35; or (b) a nucleotide sequence which is the complement of SEQ ID No. 35; or (c) a nucleotide sequence which is degenerate with SEQ ID No. 35; or (d) a nucleotide sequence hybridising under conditions of high stringency to SEQ ID No. 35, to the complement of SEQ ID No. 35, or to a hybridisation probe derived from SEQ ID No. 35 or the complement thereof; or (e) a nucleotide sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with SEQ ID No. 35; or (f) a nucleotide sequence having at least 65% sequence identity with SEQ ID No. 35 wherein said sequence preferably encodes or is complementary to a sequence encoding a nystatin PKS enzyme or a part thereof. Also provided are part of such molecules and polypeptides (and parts thereof) encoded by such a nucleic acid molecule, and the use of such molecules and polypeptides in facilitating nystatin biosynthesis and in the synthesis of nystatin derivatives and novel polyketide as macrolide structures.
US07709227B2	Multimeric ELP fusion constructs ELP fusion proteins, multimeric ELP spider complexes formed of ELP fusion proteins, and methods of using the same. The construct may be in the form of an ELP spider structure complex including multi-leg moieties comprising ELP fusion proteins capable of forming covalent disulfide bonds. The multimeric fusion constructs may be employed in peptide production and purification and/or to enhance protelytic resistance of a protein or peptide moiety in a fusion construct, by provision of the fusion protein in an ELP spider complex.
US07709225B2	Nucleic acids encoding mutations in sodium channels related to epilepsy An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutant alpha subunit of a mammalian voltage-gated sodium channel, wherein a mutation event selected from the group consisting of point mutations, deletions, insertions and rearrangements has occurred and said mutation event disrupts the functioning of an assembled sodium channel comprising this mutated subunit so as to produce an epilepsy phenotype, with the proviso that the mutation event is not a C2624T transition or a G4943A transition.
US07709216B2	Methods for preventing or reducing ischemia/reperfusion induced myocardial cell death Provided herein are methods relating to inhibition of PUMA function for preventing or reducing myocardial cell death. A method for preventing or reducing ischemia/reperfusion induced myocardial cell death in a human is provided as are methods for identifying pharmaceuticals which interfere with PUMA function. Also herein provided is a method for reducing stem cell death in stem cell explants wherein the explants are intended to restore cardiac efficiency following cell death in response to coronary infarct.
US07709215B2	Method for diagnosing and treating acute joint injury The present invention provides methods, reagents and kits for diagnosing and/or for the prognosis of non-autoimmune acute joint inflammation by detecting cytokine biomarkers in a sample obtained from an individual thought to be suffering from joint injury. The cytokine biomarkers used with the methods and kits of the present invention are IL-6, MIP-1β, MCP1 and IFNγ.
US07709209B2	Protein ligands The present invention relates to the use of an alkali-stable protein, wherein at least one asparagine residue has been mutated to an amino acid other than glutamine or aspartic acid, which mutation confers an increased chemical stability at pH-values of up to about 13-14 compared to the parental molecule. The protein can for example be derived from a protein capable of binding to other regions of the immunoglobulin molecule than the complementarity determining regions (CDR), such as protein A, and preferably the B-domain of Staphylococcal protein A. The invention also relates to a matrix for affinity separation, which comprises an immunoglobulin-binding protein as ligand coupled to a solid support, in which protein ligand at least one asparagine residue has been mutated to an amino acid other than glutamine.
US07709205B2	14-3-3 Zeta over-expression as a poor prognosis factor, and a therapeutic target in multiple cancer type Methods of determining prognosis in a subject with a hyperproliferative disease, including determining expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta in the subject, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making a pharmaceutical agent that modulates apoptosis, including the steps of obtaining one or more candidate, testing the one or more candidate substances to determine their ability to modulate the expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta, selecting a candidate substance determined to modulate the expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta, and making a pharmaceutical composition that includes the selected candidate substance. In addition, methods of treating a subject with a hyperproliferative disease, including making a pharmaceutical agent by the methods set forth herein, and administering the pharmaceutical agent to a subject, are disclosed. The hyperproliferative disease can be cancer, such as breast cancer.
US07709203B2	Sequences diagnostic for shrimp pathogens Primers have been isolated that are diagnostic for the detection of Vibrio harveyi. The primers are based on a portion of the Vibrio harveyi LuxR gene and may be used in primer directed amplification or nucleic acid hybridization assay methods.
US07709199B2	Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia The invention relates to materials and methods for evaluating the prognosis of a patient presenting with chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CLL) and for CLL therapy.
US07709195B2	Hybridization detecting unit relying on dielectrophoresis and sensor chip provided with the detecting unit A hybridization detecting unit which includes a reaction region in which hybridization takes place, a plurality of sites (e.g., the surface of electrodes) arranged in the reaction region to which is fixed a nucleic acid for detection, and means for sequentially moving by dielectrophoresis the target nucleic acid introduced into the reaction region according to the order of arrangement of the sites to which is fixed a nucleic acid for detection. A sensor chip provided with the hybridization detecting unit. The detecting unit compulsorily moves the target nucleic acid into the region where a probe nucleic acid for detection exists, thereby increasing the probability of hybridization taking place.
US07709194B2	Marker for prenatal diagnosis and monitoring The present invention relates to new methods for diagnosing a pregnancy-associated disorder by analyzing fetal DNA present in the mother's blood. More specifically, this invention relies on the discovery that the maspin gene is differentially methylated in fetal DNA and in maternal DNA and provides these new diagnostic methods, which distinguish fetal DNA from maternal DNA and detect prenatal disorders based on abnormalities in fetal DNA level and methylation status.
US07709192B2	Nucleic acid ligand diagnostic biochip A nucleic acid ligand “biochip” is disclosed, consisting of a solid support to which one or more specific nucleic acid ligands is attached in a spatially defined manner. Each nucleic acid ligand binds specifically and avidly to a particular target molecule contained within a test mixture, such as a bodily fluid. The target molecules include, but are not limited to, proteins (cellular, viral, bacterial, etc.) hormones, sugars, metabolic byproducts, cofactor, and intermediates, drugs, and toxins. Contacting the test mixture with the biochip leads to the binding of a target molecule to its cognate nucleic acid ligand. The biochip may then be contacted with a reagent(s) that reacts covalently with proteins and not with nucleic acids. Each protein target in the test mixture may then detected by detecting the presence of the reagent at the appropriate address on the biochip.
US07709190B2	Influenza A virus vaccines and inhibitors The present invention includes compositions and methods related to the structure and function of the cellular polyadenylation and specificity factor 30 (CPSF30) binding site on the surface of the influenza A non-structural protein 1 (NS1). Specifically, critical biochemical reagents, conditions for crystallization and NMR analysis, assays, and general processes are described for (i) discovering, designing, and optimizing small molecule inhibitors of influenza A (avian flu) viruses and (ii) creating attenuated influenza virus strains suitable for avian and human flu vaccine development.
US07709189B1	Methods for identifying or diagnosing carcinoma cells with metastatic potential based on the measurement of lymphoid genes or their products in carcinoma cells A method of predicting the lymphotrophic metastatic potential of a solid non-lymphoid tumor. The percentage of cells of each of a plurality of representative samples of the tumor which express lymphoid gene products is determined. The metastatic potential is predicted to be low when no tumor cells in all of the samples are detected to express lymphoid gene products. The metastatic potential is predicted to be high when a high percentage of tumor cells in at least one of the samples are detected to express lymphoid gene products. Expression of SYKB in any of a plurality of samples of a primary colon tumor is indicative that the primary colon tumor has lymphotrophic metastatic potential.
US07709187B2	High resolution imaging process using an in-situ image modifying layer A method of forming a patterned material layer on a substrate. A photoresist layer is formed on the substrate followed by an image modifying material formed on the photoresist. The image modifying material is patterned to form an image modifying pattern. The image modifying pattern and underlying photoresist are then exposed to suitable radiation. The image modifying pattern modifies the image intensity within the photoresist layer beneath the image modifying pattern. The resulting pattern is then transferred into the substrate.
US07709183B2	Method and device for manufacturing relief printing plate terminal for seamless printing A workpiece 70 is set to holding rotating means and then liquid-state photosensitive resin 10 is supplied to a resin applying smoothing unit 150 to mold the workpiece 70 into a uniform thickness while rotating the workpiece 70 and applying the liquid-state photosensitive resin 10 to the outer periphery of the workpiece 70 by the resin applying smoothing unit 150. Moreover, while rotating the workpiece 70, liquid-state photosensitive resin, it is exposed by high-intensity ultraviolet light 30 and thereby, the surface of the photo-cured photosensitive resin is shaped to remove an unnecessary resin layer. Then, laser carving is performed by an infrared laser beam 40 to perform post-treatment.
US07709181B2	Cyanine compound and optical recording materials Cyanine compounds represented by the general formula (I) which exhibit decomposition behavior suitable for the optical recording material to be used in optical recording layers of optical recording media for high-speed recording: (I) wherein A and B are each an optionally substituted benzene or naphthalene ring; X is O, S, Se, CR3R4, or NY; at least either of R1 and R2 is a group represented by the general formula (II) or (III) and when only either is a group represented thereby, the other is an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; R3 and R4 are each an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; Y is hydrogen or an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; at least either of Y1 and Y2 is a group represented by the general formula (IV) and when only either is a group represented thereby, the other is hydrogen or an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; Z is hydrogen, halogeno, or cyano; Anm− is an m-valent anion; m is an integer of 1 or 2; and p is a coefficient capable of keeping the electric charge neutral.
US07709170B2	Latent electrostatic image bearing member, and process cartridge, image forming apparatus and image forming method A latent electrostatic image bearing member including at least a support, a photoconductive layer on the support and a surface layer on the photoconductive layer, wherein a film having the same composition as the surface layer is formed on a slide glass such that the film had a thickness of 5 μm; and the haze value measured after rubbing the film with a steel wool of #000 and a load of 500 gf for 50 times is 10% or less.
US07709169B2	Charge trapping releaser containing charge transport layer photoconductors A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer comprised of at least one charge transport component, and wherein the at least one charge transport layer contains at least one charge trapping releaser.
US07709163B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention facilitates a control of a temperature of white color and color tones of respective colors of a color liquid crystal display device. To achieve such an aim, a display device of the present invention includes a display panel which arranges a plurality of color filters which differ in color for each pixel, and at least the color filter of one color is formed of a plurality of filter layers stacked on a transparent substrate.
US07709160B2	Method for manufacturing attenuated phase-shift masks and devices obtained therefrom One inventive aspect relates to an attenuated phase shift mask suitable for hyper NA lithographic processing of a device, to a method of making such a mask and to hyper NA lithographic processing using such a mask. The attenuated phase shift mask is made taking into the effect of the numerical aperture of the lithographic system on which the attenuated phase shift mask is to be used.
US07709159B2	Mask, mask forming method, pattern forming method, and wiring pattern forming method A mask, which is used to form predetermined patterns on a substrate, includes a pattern forming member that is provided with openings corresponding to the predetermined patterns; and a pattern holding member that overlaps one surface of the pattern forming member.
US07709158B1	Guanidine derivatives as cations for ambient temperature molten sales in electrochemical power sources The present invention is directed to ambient temperature molten salts as non-aqueous electrolytes. The molten salts comprise a cation of a guanidine moiety and an anion. The guanidine cation is asymmetrically halogenated, which means that in the general formula: C(NR2)3+, one or two, but not all three, of the N atoms are bonded to R radicals that are the same for each thusly substituted N atom and the third N atom is bonded to hydrogen or two of the same R radicals, and if R radicals, they are different than the R radicals bonded to the first and second N atoms. The R radicals bonded to any one N atom is an alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Either both of the hydrogen atoms or at least one of the hydrogen atoms on each of the R radicals bonded to one or two, but not three, of the N atoms are substituted with the same halogen selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine. Preferably the anion is partially or fully halogenated, and the halogen of the guanidinium cation and that of the anion are the same. The electrolyte is useful with electrochemical devices such as primary and secondary electrochemical cells and capacitors, such as of the electrolytic and electrolytic/electrochemical hybrid types.
US07709156B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt. In order to improve the high-temperature storage characteristics and safety against overcharge due to high-rate charging of the battery, the positive electrode active material contains a layered lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing at least one of Mg, Al, Ti, and Zr. Furthermore, the non-aqueous electrolyte contains 3 to 80% by mass of a tertiary carboxylic acid ester expressed by Chemical Formula 2 below, based on the total mass of the non-aqueous solvent: where R1 to R4 are independent of each other and each represents an alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms and being able to be branched.
US07709152B2	Organic/inorganic composite separator having porous active coating layer and electrochemical device containing the same An organic/inorganic composite separator includes (a) a polyolefin porous substrate having pores; and (b) a porous active layer containing a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, with which at least one surface of the polyolefin porous substrate is coated, wherein the porous active layer has a peeling force of 5 gf/cm or above, and a thermal shrinkage of the separator after being left alone at 150° C. for 1 hour is 50% or below in a machine direction (MD) or in a transverse direction (TD). This organic/inorganic composite separator solves the problem that inorganic particles in the porous active layer formed on the porous substrate are extracted during an assembly process of an electrochemical device, and also it may prevent an electric short circuit between cathode and anode even when the electrochemical device is overheated.
US07709151B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, positive electrode active material and method of manufacturing the same As a positive electrode active material, a lithium transition metal complex oxide having a layered rock-salt structure containing lithium (Li) and containing magnesium atoms (Mg) substituted for part of lithium atoms (Li) is used. The lithium transition metal complex oxide is formed by chemical or electrochemical substitution of Mg atoms for part of Li atoms in LiCoO2, LiMnO2, LiFeO2, LiNiO2, or the like. A cell is prepared in which a negative electrode 2 and a positive electrode 1 including the lithium transition metal complex oxide (positive electrode active material) are disposed in a non-aqueous electrolyte 5 including a lithium salt, and part of Li in the lithium transition metal complex oxide is extracted by discharging the cell. Then, the electrolyte including Li is replaced with an electrolyte including Mg, and the cell is discharged, so that Mg atoms are substituted for the part of Li atoms in the lithium transition metal complex oxide.
US07709147B2	Storage battery and production method thereof A storage battery includes: a bottomed metal case (10) accommodating an electrolyte and a collector (7) having a flat plate connected to one side of an electrode assembly (5) containing a strip-shaped positive electrode plate (1), a strip-shaped negative electrode plate (2), and a separator (6); a sealing plate (11) sealing upside of the bottomed metal case; and a lead terminal (9) electrically connecting the sealing plate to the collector, wherein the collector has at least one projection (13) and the collector and the lead terminal are electrically connected with each other via the projection. This construction eliminates the problem of increased contact resistance between the lead terminal and the collector and realizes a storage battery having high current discharging performance in which the contact resistance is reduced.
US07709145B2	Hydrophilic surface modification of bipolar plate A bipolar plate having hydrophilic surfaces is disclosed. The bipolar plate includes multiple surfaces including channels having channel surfaces. A hydrophilic coating is provided on the surfaces to enhance the water management capabilties of a fuel cell.
US07709144B2	Methods for producing agglomerates of metal powders and articles incorporating the agglomerates Processes for making rigid, binder free agglomerates of powdered metal are disclosed. The agglomerates have a low tap density. Articles that contain binder free agglomerates made from electrochemically active powder are also disclosed.
US07709143B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator positioned between the positive and negative electrodes, a case for housing the electrode assembly, and a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and the case.
US07709136B2	Battery pack assembly A battery pack assembly is provided for supplying electrical power to an electronic device, such as an electronic receiver of an animal confinement system. The battery pack assembly is removably insertable within a receptacle of the electronic receiver to electrically connect a battery contained within the battery pack assembly to internal electronics of the electronic receiver.
US07709134B2	Microfluidic biofuel cell Microfluidic biofuel cells comprising a bioanode and/or a biocathode are formed using microfluidic principles and soft lithography. The enzymes utilized in the redox reactions at the bioanode and/or the biocathode are stabilized in a micellar or inverted micellar structure. The biofuel cell is used to produce high power densities.
US07709132B2	Fuel cell stack A side plate of a casing includes bracket members and a surface member. Each of the bracket members includes three second coupling portions and a plate-shaped attachment portion provided integrally with the second coupling portions. A coupling pin is inserted into the second coupling portions. The surface member is joined to the plate-shaped attachment portion. The bracket member includes a step fitted to an end of the surface member. The plate-shaped attachment portion and the surface member are jointed at a spot welding section including spots in a zigzag pattern.
US07709130B2	Fuel cell A fuel cell include a membrane electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode opposed to the anode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode; a lyophobic porous body in contact with the anode; and an anode passage plate in contact with the lyophobic porous body, the anode passage plate including a gas collection passage and a fuel supplying passage, the gas collection passage collects a gas generated in the anode via the lyophobic porous body, the fuel supplying passage supplies a fuel to the anode via the lyophobic porous body.
US07709123B2	Film electrode assembly for fuel cell, polymer electrolytic cell for fuel cell and method for manufacturing polymer electrolytic fuel cell and film electrode assembly There is provided a film electrode assembly for a fuel cell capable of preventing a polymer electrolyte film from being exposed. The film electrode assembly includes: a main body portion of a film electrode assembly having a polymer electrolyte film, and a pair of electrode layers having catalyst layers placed on the two surfaces of the polymer electrolyte film on the inner side from the peripheral edge portion thereof and diffusion layers each having a peripheral edge protruding from the catalyst layer, which are laminated on one another, with a gap being formed between the protruding portion of the diffusion layer and the peripheral edge portion of the polymer electrolyte film; a frame member that sandwiches the peripheral edge portion of the polymer electrolyte film between the paired electrode layers with a gap therebetween, and is formed so as to surround an outer edge of the polymer electrolyte film; and gaskets made of a thermoplastic resin, which are placed on the two surfaces of the frame member. Each gasket includes an annular portion that covers the peripheral edge portion of the main body portion of the film electrode assembly over the entire circumference thereof along the inner edge of the frame member and a gap filling portion that fills the gap.
US07709122B2	Proton conductive electrolyte membrane, solid polymer fuel cell and method for producing proton conductive electrolyte membrane A method for producing a proton conductive electrolyte membrane in which proton conductivity is sufficiently high, methanol permeability is sufficiently low and physical strength is sufficient for reducing the thickness adequately. The production method includes: laminating a dispersion liquid containing inorganic particles and inflammable organic particles on an inflammable support, the inflammable organic particles having an average particle size of 100 to 450 nm; baking the inflammable support on which the dispersion liquid is laminated; and filling a porous membrane formed of the inorganic particles obtained by the baking with an proton conductive organic material.
US07709121B2	Method and apparatus for recirculating unused fuel in fuel cells Unused fuel in a fuel cell is recirculated in the anode loop and combined with fresh fuel using an electromagnetically driven pump. The pump includes a magnetic rotor mounted inside a conduit of nonmagnetic material that recirculates the fuel, and a plurality of electric stator coils disposed around the outside of the conduit. The stator coils are powered by either a AC or pulse train signal produced by a controller, and generate synchronous electromagnetic forces that spin rotor to force the gas through the recirculation loop.
US07709120B2	Method to maximize fuel cell stack shorting resistance A method of producing a fuel cell stack is disclosed, the method including the steps of compressing the fuel cell stack at a first pressure and compressing the fuel cell stack at a second pressure higher than the first pressure, wherein a shorting resistance of fuel cells in the fuel cell stack is maximized and a durability of the fuel cell stack is maximized.
US07709118B2	Recuperated atmospheric SOFC/gas turbine hybrid cycle A method of operating an atmospheric-pressure solid oxide fuel cell generator (6) in combination with a gas turbine comprising a compressor (1) and expander (2) where an inlet oxidant (20) is passed through the compressor (1) and exits as a first stream (60) and a second stream (62) the first stream passing through a flow control valve (56) to control flow and then through a heat exchanger (54) followed by mixing with the second stream (62) where the mixed streams are passed through a combustor (8) and expander (2) and the first heat exchanger for temperature control before entry into the solid oxide fuel cell generator (6), which generator (6) is also supplied with fuel (40).
US07709114B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a rigid covering member, and a protection circuit board. The secondary battery includes a battery element and a flexible covering member formed of a first laminated film composed of a first heat-bonding layer, a first metal layer, and a first outer covering layer which are laminated successively. The flexible covering material is sealed along around the battery element while leaving electrode terminals of the positive and negative electrodes extended outside the battery element. The rigid covering member covers the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery together with the flexible covering member, and is formed of a second laminated film composed of a second heat-bonding layer, a second metal layer, and a second outer covering layer which are laminated successively. The flexible covering member and the rigid covering member are bonded by melting the second heat-bonding layer without melting the first outer covering layer.
US07709112B2	Information recording medium, and apparatuses for reproducing, recording, and recording and reproducing thereof, and methods for reproducing, recording, and recording and reproducing thereof An information recording medium comprises a substrate, a second recording layer, a second light transmitting layer, a first recording layer for recording different information from that to be recorded in the second recording layer, and a first light transmitting layer. The second recording layer is formed with a continuous second microscopic pattern of grooves. The first recording layer is formed with a continuous first microscopic pattern of grooves that is different from the second microscopic pattern. Both sidewalls of raised portions of the first and second microscopic patterns are formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other. Auxiliary information and a reference clock is recorded on these sidewalls alternately and continuously.
US07709104B2	Aminoanthryl derivative-substituted pyrene compound and organic light-emitting device There is provided an aminoanthryl derivative-substituted pyrene compound represented by the following general formula (1). The compound is useful as a compound for an organic light-emitting device exhibiting highly pure luminescent color, and an optical output with high efficiency, high luminance, and long life.
US07709099B2	Bonded body, wafer support member using the same, and wafer treatment method A bonded body consisting of a ceramic member and a metal composite member of which bonding layer is less likely to be eroded by plasma is provided. The bonded body comprises the ceramic member that has two opposing main surfaces with a first metal layer provided on one of the main surfaces, the metal composite member that has two opposing main surfaces with a second metal layer provided on one of the main surfaces, and a brazing material layer that joins the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein the brazing material layer has an outer circumferential surface that has a depression formed therein at middle position in the direction of thickness thereof, with the depression having width at least one third the thickness of the brazing material layer.
US07709098B2	Multi-layered thermally conductive sheet There is provided a multi-layered thermally conductive sheet having superior thermal conductivity and flame retardancy as well as superior handleability and adhesion even without using any of a halogen-containing flame retardant, red phosphorous, and silicone resin. The sheet includes a first acrylic thermally conductive sheet layer, and a second acrylic thermally conductive sheet layer disposed on one or both surfaces of the first layer. The first layer has an Asker C hardness of 60 or more and is obtained by curing a composition containing a metal hydrate at a content of 10% by volume or more, and the second layer has an Asker C hardness of 50 or less and is obtained by curing a composition containing a metal hydrate at a content of 5% by volume or more. The first layer has half or less thickness with respect to thickness of the whole sheet.
US07709094B2	Co-extruded water-proof and moisture-permeable film structure and textile Disclosed is a co-extruded water-proof and moisture-permeable film structure, including a top skin layer, a core layer, and a bottom skin layer. The top and bottom skin layers include polyolefin or polyurethane and the core layer comprise polyurethane. The core layer is disposed between the top and bottom skin layers. If polyurethane is adopted in top and/or bottom skin layers, the polyurethane of the skin layers has lower moisture and vapor permeability than the polyurethane of the core layer. The described film can be manufactured by co-extruded bubble blown or co-extruded casting. In addition, the film can be laminated to a fabric to form a water-proof and moisture-permeable textile.
US07709083B2	Gelator-stabilized crystalline resins A resin composition that is storable at ambient temperatures. The resin composition forms a cured resin when exposed to a curing agent and heated to a curing temperature that is relatively close to ambient temperature. The resin composition includes a resin component that is composed of a liquid part that is made up of one or more liquid thermosetting resins and a solid part that includes particles of one or more solid thermosetting resins. The liquid part further includes a gelation agent that is present in a sufficient amount to maintain the particles in suspension within the liquid part at ambient temperatures. The viscosity of the resin component changes from a high viscosity state to a low viscosity state when the temperature is increased from ambient temperature to the curing temperature. The high viscosity state is substantially more viscous than the low viscosity state.
US07709080B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a sealant pattern including a first compound attaching the first and the second substrates together, and a separator pattern within the sealant pattern. The separator pattern includes a second compound chemically reacting with the first compound to block the diffusion of the first compound.
US07709068B2	Inkjet recording medium An inkjet recording medium including a resin-coated paper including a base paper and at least one resin layer on each of both faces of the base paper, and an ink-receiving layer on one face of the resin-coated paper, wherein the inkjet recording medium includes linear concavities and convexities that are formed in parallel or approximately parallel to any one side of the resin-coated paper on at least a part of the face of the resin-coated paper on which the ink-receiving layer is not formed.
US07709066B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition is provided that satisfies at least one characteristic among the characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a large optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or is properly balanced regarding at least two characteristics. An AM device is provided that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific tricyclic compound having a large optical anisotropy as the first component and a specific tetracyclic compound having a large dielectric anisotropy as the second component, and may contain a specific bicyclic compound having a particularly small viscosity as the third component. The liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase. The liquid crystal display device contains the liquid crystal composition.
US07709065B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition having a negative dielectric anisotropy that includes three components, wherein the first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by Formulas (1-1) to (1-6), the second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by Formula (2), and the third component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by Formulas (3-1) and (3-2): wherein, for example, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons; X1 and X2 are fluorine; Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 are a single bond; and ring A, ring B, ring C and ring D are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene.
US07709062B2	Refilling method by ion beam, instrument for fabrication and observation by ion beam, and manufacturing method of electronic device A hole in a sample from which a sample piece has been extracted with a focused ion beam is filled at high speed using ion beam gas assisted deposition. A method of filling the hole by using the ion beam includes a step of irradiating the hole formed in a face of the sample with the ion beam to thereby form an ion beam gas-assisted deposition layer in the hole. The ion beam gas-assisted deposition layer is formed in the hole while controlling the area to which the ion beam is irradiated so as to cause the ion beam to fall on a part of a side wall of the hole and to not fall on another part of the side wall in an area scanned with the ion beam. The filled hole may then be covered with a protective film.
US07709061B2	Method of depositing materials on a textile substrate A method of providing deposits of a functional composition on a textile substrate (1) is described. The method comprises providing a supply of the textile substrate (1); providing a first digital nozzle; supplying a functional composition to the first nozzle; providing a second digital nozzle; supplying an encapsulating composition to the second nozzle; selectively depositing the functional composition from the first nozzle to form a series of functional droplets (10) on the substrate (1); and selectively depositing the encapsulation composition from the second nozzle to form a series of encapsulation droplets (16) to at least partially cover the functional droplets (10). In this way, quantities of highly specific functional compositions or “agents” may be precisely deposited at those locations where they are required and may subsequently be covered by an encapsulation composition.
US07709060B2	Droplet spraying and applying head module, droplet spraying and applying apparatus, and method of manufacturing coated body The present invention aims at making it possible to easily fill liquid into a droplet spraying and applying head module, while saving work. The droplet spraying and applying head module includes a droplet spraying and applying head and a tank. The droplet spraying and applying head includes a liquid chamber for containing liquid and a plurality of nozzles communicating with the liquid chamber, and sprays droplets through the nozzles The tank contains liquid to be supplied to the liquid chamber, and communicates with the liquid chamber. The droplet spraying and applying head and the tank are coupled to each other with a coupling member. A revolute joint is interposed between the coupling member and the droplet spraying and applying head.
US07709059B2	Machine for single sided or double sided application of a liquid or viscous coating medium onto the surface of a moving material web, and associated operating method A method for operating a machine for single or double sided application of a liquid or viscous coating medium by way of at least one applicator unit onto the surface of a mating material web, especially a paper or cardboard web is provided. The coating medium collecting unit is cleaned prior to, during or after an application process of the machine, by way of supplying cleaning liquid via the supply line. The valve arrangement can be switched to the second valve condition for clean-up and to the third valve condition for the collection of coating medium in the medium collecting device. The medium collecting unit can be cleaned after start of the application process, during coating, through elements of supplying cleaning liquid via the supply line.
US07709058B2	Process for coating metal sheet, especially zinc sheet A process for coating metals, selected from aluminum and its alloys, zinc and its alloys, and galvanized or alloy-galvanized steel, in which the metal is given a weather-resistant protective coating, wherein the metal is cleaned if necessary, and thereafter subjected to a conversion treatment; optionally flushed with water and/or dried; brought into contact with a coating agent which comprises aliphatic cross-linking urethane resins, cross-linking agents, anti-corrosion pigments, one or more organic solvents and/or water and, if desired, other active or auxiliary substances; and then cured.
US07709053B2	Method of manufacturing of polymer-coated particles for chemical mechanical polishing A method of manufacturing polymer-coated particles is useful for chemical mechanical polishing magnetic, optical, semiconductor or silicon substrates. First it provides a dispersion of particle cores in a non-aqueous solvent. Then introducing a polymeric precursor into the dispersion to react the polymeric precursor forms a polymer. The polymer coats at least a portion of the surface of the particle cores with the polymer and forms the polymer-coated particles having a solid outer polymeric shell. Substituting the non-aqueous solvent with water forms an aqueous mixture containing the polymer-coated particles. And it forms an aqueous chemical mechanical polishing formulation with the polymer-coated particles without drying the polymer-coated particles.
US07709049B2	Methods, devices, and coatings for controlled active agent release The present invention relates to methods, devices, and coatings, wherein active agent release is determined by deposition rate of a coating or material. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for coating a medical device, including identifying active agent elution rates for a coating composition applied to substrates at a plurality of coating deposition rates, selecting one of the coating deposition rates, and applying the coating composition to the medical device at the selected deposition rate. In an embodiment, the invention includes a combination including a medical device and a composition for coating the surface of a medical device with an active agent in a manner that permits the coated surface to release the active agent over time when implanted in vivo.
US07709043B2	Method of preparing processed root vegetables or fruit vegetables Provided is a method of preparing processed root vegetables or fruit vegetables including: a) heat-treating vegetables selected from the group consisting of root vegetables and fruit vegetables; b) immersing the heat-treated vegetables in a sugar solution; c) preparing a paste of the heat-treated vegetables that are immersed in the sugar solution; d) shaping the paste into the original shape of the vegetables; e) spreading or coating a material having a similar color to the peel color of the original vegetables onto the surface of the shaped paste; and f) drying the spread or coated shaped paste.
US07709037B2	Process cheese containing increased levels of whey protein The present invention provides process cheeses comprising casein and whey protein with a ratio of casein to whey protein of from about 50:50 to about 75:25. Typically, the process cheese further comprises an emulsifier, milkfat, and may contain one or more other ingredients such as, but not limited to, whole whey, cheese, and lactic acid. The present invention provides methods for producing the process cheese of the current invention using a pre-cook or post-cook homogenization step, and/or a modified dairy protein source. The modified dairy protein source includes high viscosity whey protein, emulsified high fat whey protein powder, low calcium whey protein, and/or high solubility milk protein.
US07709035B2	Self-heating, self-hydrating pouch to simultaneously hydrate and heat completely or partially dehydrated food or beverage products in said pouch A self-heating, self-hydrating pouch to simultaneously heat and hydrate a prepackaged, partially or completely dehydrated food or beverage product that is stored in the pouch. The pouch comprises multiple layers of material that prevent the transmission of water and gasses thereby preventing deterioration of the prepackaged food or beverage product. The pouch includes a membrane filter structure and flameless, exothermic reaction agents. The user adds potable or non-potable water to the pouch. When the water contacts the exothermic reaction agents, an exothermic reaction occurs which heats the water above 200° F. The membrane filter structure filters the heated water to remove bacteria, viruses, chemicals and by-products of the exothermic reaction. The filtered, heated water contacts the partially or completely dehydrated food product or dehydrated beverage product and simultaneously heats and hydrates the food or beverage product.
US07709034B2	Soluble non-caloric fiber composition and process of preparing the same A process for extracting the water soluble fiber from corn fiber hulls is provided comprising the steps of subjecting the corn fiber hulls to a destarching process, a dewatering process, and exposing the destarched and dewatered corn fiber hulls to a thermochemical treatment to obtain a water-soluble non-caloric corn fiber. A water-soluble non-caloric corn fiber composition is disclosed comprising a destarched corn fiber hull produced by subjecting corn fiber hulls to a non-alkaline destarching process to obtain a destarched corn fiber, dewatering said destarched corn fiber hull, and exposing said destarched and dewatered corn fiber hull to one or more thermochemical treatments to obtain a water-soluble non-caloric corn fiber. Foods and a pharmaceutical comprising the water-soluble non-caloric corn fiber composition are disclosed.
US07709033B2	Process for the fractionation of cereal brans A process for the fractionation of valuable fractions from cereal brans (e.g. wheat, barley and oat brans, and rice polish) is described. In particular, this invention describes a two step process, in which the said bran is first subjected to a combination of enzymatic treatment and wet milling, followed by sequential centrifugation and ultrafiltration, which aims at physically separating the main bran factions, i.e. insoluble phase (pericarp and aleurone layer), germ-rich fraction, residual endosperm fraction and soluble sugars. A second step consists of fractionating cereal brans substantially free of soluble compounds, hence insoluble phase from the above-mentioned first step, by enzymatic treatment with xylanases and/or beta-glucanase and wet milling, followed by sequential centrifugation and ultrafiltration, which aims at physically separating the main fractions, i.e. insoluble phase (remaining cell wall components), protein-rich fraction, soluble hemicellulose and oligosaccharide, and therefore maximizes the extraction rate of valuable cell wall components and aleurone cells from previously cleaned bran.
US07709030B2	Compositions of cupric salts and their use for the control of phytopathogentic fungi A description follows of mixtures of copper (II) hydroxide with at least one other cupric salt having the formula (A) and their use for the control of phytopathogenic fungi.
US07709027B2	Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing glass powder and use thereof The invention relates to an anti-inflammatory, wound-healing glass powder, whereby the glass of the glass powder comprises the following components: 20-80 wt. % SiO2, 0-40 wt. % Na2O, 0-40 wt. % K2O, 0-40 wt. % Li2O, 0-40 wt. % CaO, 0-40 wt. % MgO, 0-40 wt. % Al2O3, 0-1 wt. % P2O5, 0-40 wt. % B2O3 and 0-10 wt. % ZnO.
US07709025B2	Enteric coatings for orally ingestible substrates Enteric film coating systems for orally ingestible substrates such as pharmaceutical tablets and dietary supplements are disclosed. In preferred aspects, the enteric film coatings include an ethylcellulose dispersion and a substantially gastro-insoluble pore former such as sodium alginate.
US07709022B2	Sustained-release preparations of quinolone antibiotics and method for preparation thereof The present invention relates to an orally administrable preparation comprising a quinolone antibiotic which releases the active compound with a delay.
US07709020B2	Implantable device comprising phosphorus-containing macrolides This invention concerns a new family of phosphorus-containing compounds containing a moiety JQA- in which:A is absent or is —O—, —S— or —NR2—;Q is absent or (if A is —O—, —S— or —NR2—) Q may be —V—, —OV—, —SV—, or —NR2V—, where V is an aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aryl, or heteroaryl moiety, such that J is linked to the cyclohexyl ring directly, through A or through VA, OVA, SVA or NR2VA; K is O or S; each occurrence of Y is independently —O—, —S—, —NR2—, or a bond linking a R5 moiety to P; each occurrence of R2 and R5 is independently an aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aryl, or heteroaryl moiety, or H; and each occurrence of R6 is independently —PK(YR5)(YR5), —SO2(YR5) or —C(O)(YR5); so long as any R2, or R5 moiety linked directly to P is not H; wherein two R2, R5 and/or R6 moieties may be chemically linked to one another to form a ring; each occurrence of G is independently —O—, —S—, —NR2— or (M)x; each occurrence of M is independently a substituted or unsubstituted methylene moiety, and any M-M′ moiety may be saturated or unsaturated; each occurrence of x is independently an integer from 1-6; and the other variables are as defined herein.

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