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| US07821716B2 |
Method for producing a multilayer body and corresponding multilayer body
There is described a process for the production of a multi-layer body (100) having a partially shaped first layer (3m), wherein it is provided that in the process a diffractive first relief structure (4) with a high depth-to-width ratio of the individual structure elements, in particular with a depth-to-width ratio of >0.3, is shaped in a first region (5) of a replication layer (3) of the multi-layer body (100) and the first layer (3m) is applied to the replication layer (3) in the first region (5) and in a second region (4, 6) in which the relief structure is not shaped in the replication layer (3), with a constant surface density, and the first layer (3m) is partially removed in a manner determined by the first relief structure so that the first layer (3m) is partially removed in the first region (5) or in the second region (4, 6) but not in the second region (4, 6) or in the first region (5) respectively. |
| US07821712B2 |
Thin film tunable optical filter
The tunable optical filter is provided, comprising an optical means for separating an input optical signal into a tunable drop optical signal and an output optical signal, wherein the output optical signal is directed back along the same path as the input optical signal. One embodiment of the invention comprises an optical circulator, a pair of polarization beam splitters, a pair of half-wave plates, an optical thin-film filter, a rotatable mirror, a spatially fixed mirror. Optical wavelengths are selected by making angular adjustments to the optical thin-film filter and the rotatable mirror, which are rotated by the same angle. A corresponding method for spectrally splitting and spatially separating an input optical signal into an output optical signal and a drop optical signal is also provided. |
| US07821709B2 |
System and method for viewing projected light from portable devices
An apparatus is disclosed which may include a sheet of reflective material suitable for forming a display screen; a screen control mechanism operable to move the reflective material into extended and retracted positions, wherein the apparatus is portable and configured to receive image data from a hand-held projection device. |
| US07821707B2 |
Drive system useful in a night vision device
A drive system for optical components particularly useful with night vision devices. The drive system uses a single motor to rotate a selected one of two components between its operative and inoperative positions while retaining the other component in its inoperative position. |
| US07821704B1 |
Compact, tunable, efficient IR laser and IR guiding silica fibers
An IR laser source providing light in the IR spectrum, the laser source comprising a pump laser operating at a frequency equivalent to wavelength shorter than 2 μm and at a predetermined power, and an optic fiber coupled to the pump laser. The optic fiber has at least a section of a hollow core photonic crystal fiber, the at least a section of hollow core photonic crystal fiber being designed to have at least a passband in the IR spectrum and being filled with a molecular gas for triggering at least one Stoke's shift in the light entering the at least a section of hollow core photonic crystal fiber for the particular power of the pump laser, the at least one Stoke's shift be selected to cause the light entering the at least a section of hollow core photonic crystal fiber to shift in frequency into the passband in the IR spectrum of the hollow core photonic crystal fiber. |
| US07821703B2 |
Laser drawing method and apparatus
A method of laser drawing includes steps of causing laser light from a light source to be incident to an acousto-optical diffraction element, and deflecting the light incident to the element by changing a frequency of a high frequency signal to be inputted to the element to diffract the light, thereby changing a diffraction angle of the diffracted light, and condensing the diffracted light emerging from the element on an object to be processed as an optical spot, thereby scanning the object with the optical spot. A diffracted light intensity control table for controlling a light intensity of the diffracted light so as to be constant independent of the diffraction angle of the diffracted light is prepared in advance, and in the deflecting step, the light intensity of the diffracted light is controlled based on the diffracted light intensity control table. |
| US07821692B2 |
Method of and apparatus for recording/reproducing data on/from holographic storage medium
A method of and apparatus for recording/reproducing data on/from a holographic storage medium. The method of recording data on a holographic storage medium in which holograms containing data by interference between a signal light and a reference light are recorded in pages includes modulating additional information including information about a page so as to keep the rate of 0s or 1s in binarized data of the additional information constant and recording the page having the modulated additional information added thereto on the holographic storage medium. |
| US07821691B2 |
Zero-order diffractive filter
A Zero-order diffractive filter comprising a first layer (1) with a periodic diffractive microstructure, forming a waveguide, and at least one adjacent second layer (2, 4, 5), wherein said first layer (1) has a refractive index that is higher than the refractive index of said second layer (2, 4, 5) by at least 0.2. At least one of said second layers (2, 4, 5) is a porous layer comprising nanopores. The period Λ of the diffractive microstructure is between 100 nm and 3000 nm. |
| US07821689B2 |
Mapping an input color value in an input color space to an output color value in an output color space
A method and system for mapping an input color value in an input color space to an output color value in an output color space comprising a lookup table mapping an input value to an output color value, the lookup table having n number of possible values for a first fixed color component and q number of possible values for a second fixed color component, wherein q and a number m of possible values for t color components in the input color space are less than n. Surrounding input values are determined in the lookup table in a t dimensional space, wherein each surrounding input value has a same value for the fixed color component(s). Surrounding output values to which the surrounding input values map are determined. The determined input and output surrounding values and the input value are used to estimate an output value corresponding to the received input value. |
| US07821687B2 |
Method for dynamically compensating for a faulty pixel in a scan line generated by a scanner
A method for dynamically compensating for a faulty pixel in a scan line of a scanner having an image sensor with a plurality of sensor pixels includes generating digitized scan data; processing the digitized scan data to compensate for any faulty pixels of the plurality of sensor pixels to form compensated scan data; processing the compensated scan data to apply offset and gain correction to the compensated scan data to form calibrated scan data; processing the calibrated scan data to adjust the calibrated scan data to compensate for human visual perception to form final scan data; and storing the final scan data in a scanner image memory. |
| US07821684B2 |
Circuit module integrating a light driver and an optical
A circuit module integrating a light driver and an optical scanner is capable of sensing an image of a document and driving a light source. The circuit module comprises a printed circuit board, an optical sensor and a light driver. Both the optical sensor and the light driver are mounted on and electrically connected with the printed circuit board. The optical sensor is capable of sensing the image and the light driver is capable of driving the light source. |
| US07821683B2 |
Document transport device and image forming apparatus
A document transport device includes a transport unit that transports documents one by one to a position where an image is read by an image reading unit and transports the document at a speed at which the image reading unit can read the image at the image reading position, and a controller that determines, based on an instruction from an image forming apparatus to which the document transport device is mounted, the number of sheets transported per unit time when plural documents are transported by the transport unit, and controls the transport unit to transport the documents at the determined number of sheets transported per unit time. |
| US07821679B2 |
System and method for electronically combining images taken by two or more adjacent image sensors
A camera system for imaging a document, the camera system including at least 2 adjacently disposed image sensors with coupling optics. The adjacently disposed image sensors are configured to acquire respective image frames of at least a portion of the document, thereby obtaining a set of corresponding two-dimensional image frames. The system further includes a processor for processing the corresponding two-dimensional image frames. The processor is facilitated to combine the corresponding two-dimensional image frames into a single image frame. |
| US07821670B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and methods therefor
An image processing apparatus comprises: a first calculation section that calculates a plurality of spectral reflectances at a plurality of wavelengths based on intensities of light irradiating an object and reflected from the object, the light having a certain spectral energy distribution; a second calculation section that calculates color descriptor values of the object based on the spectral reflectances calculated by the first calculation section; a third calculation section that calculates a set of factors when the color descriptor values are expressed using a linear combination of a predetermined plurality of eigenvectors, factors associated with the respective eigenvectors, and either spectral energy of a reference light or theoretical spectral energy of a virtual light; and an output section that outputs the factors calculated by the third calculation section. |
| US07821654B2 |
System for scatterometric measurements and applications
Instead of constructing a full multi-dimensional look-up-table as a model to find the critical dimension or other parameters in scatterometry, regression or other optimized estimation methods are employed starting from a “best guess” value of the parameter. Eigenvalues of models that are precalculated may be stored and reused later for other structures having certain common characteristics to save time. The scatterometric data that is used to find the value of the one or more parameter can be limited to those at wavelengths that are less sensitive to the underlying film characteristics. A model for a three-dimensional grating may be constructed by slicing a representative structure into a stack of slabs and creating an array of rectangular blocks to approximate each slab. One dimensional boundary problems may be solved for each block which are then matched to find a two-dimensional solution for the slab. A three-dimensional solution can then be constructed from the two-dimensional solutions for the slabs to yield the diffraction efficiencies of the three-dimensional grating. This model can then be used for finding the one or more parameters of the diffracting structure in scatterometry. Line roughness of a surface can be measured by directing a polarized incident beam in an incident plane normal to the line grating and measuring the cross-polarization coefficient. The value of the one or more parameters may then be supplied to a stepper or etcher to adjust a lithographic or etching process. |
| US07821648B2 |
Measurement method, a measurement apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium
A measurement method for measuring a shape of a target using an interference pattern includes the steps of converting a first interference pattern into a first shape of the target (S103 to S105), obtaining a second interference pattern at a position where the target moves in an optical axis direction of the reference surface (S107, S108), unwrapping the second interference pattern after aligning a phase of the first interference pattern with a phase of the second interference pattern (S109), converting the unwrapped second interference pattern into a second shape of the target (S110), determining whether or not the first shape of the target coincides with the second shape (S111), and calculating the shape of the target by adding the integral multiple of a wavelength of the light source to the unwrapped second interference pattern if the first shape does not coincide with the second shape (S112). |
| US07821647B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring surface topography of an object
An apparatus for measuring surface topography of an object includes an optical arrangement capable of directing a first light beam at a surface of the object, providing a second light beam coherent with and spatially phase-shifted relative to the first light beam, and generating an interference beam from the second light beam and a reflection of the first light beam from the surface of the object. The apparatus further includes at least one line scan sensor for detecting and measuring the interference beam. |
| US07821644B2 |
Apparatus for visual inspection
An apparatus is provided which reduces the dependency of the direction of polarization on channels of an image sensor so as to improve the sensitivity of inspection. In the apparatus, the direction of an illumination beam incident on a polarizing beam splitter is made to be substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of a field of view of an image sensor projected on the polarizing beam splitter. |
| US07821640B2 |
Method and device for reconstructing a three-dimensional fluorescence optical tomography image by double measurement
To examine a plate-shaped object comprising fluorophores and having a first face and an opposite second face, the method comprises a first sequential illumination step of the first face of the object with a fluorophore excitation light and a first sequential acquisition step of a first series of images by detecting light emitted by the second face of the object. The density of the lighting points is lower than the density of the detection points and the method further comprises a second sequential illumination step of the second face of the object with a fluorophore excitation light and a second sequential acquisition step of a second series of images by detecting light emitted by the first face of the object. Reconstruction of the three-dimensional fluorophore distribution image in the object is performed by means of the first and second series of images. |
| US07821638B2 |
Alignment mark
An alignment mark on a substrate includes a first pattern and a second pattern. The first pattern has a substantially planar upper surface by which parallel light is specularly reflected. The second pattern forms an interface with the first pattern and has a plurality of fine patterns. Parallel light is irregularly reflected by the second pattern. |
| US07821634B2 |
Laser-triggered plasma apparatus for atomic emission spectroscopy
Multiple energy sources, such as a laser and electrical current, are employed, in close coordination, spatially and temporally, to clean a sample, vaporize its material and excite vapor atoms for the purpose of atomic emission spectroscopy. These methods permit better monitoring and control of the individual processes in real time, lead to higher consistency and higher quality optical emission spectra, and enhance the measurements of non-conducting solids, liquids and gases. Additionally, a portable instrument is provided with both laser source and spectrometer optically coupled to a hand-holdable unit. |
| US07821630B2 |
Device for monitoring a turret in a cryomagnet
A device for monitoring blockage of a turret in a cryomagnet, at least one monitoring unit that functionally interacts with a state of the inside of the turret of a cryomagnet is provided to monitor the inside of the turret. |
| US07821628B2 |
Mask defect inspection computer program product
A mask defect inspecting method comprises preparing detection sensitivities of defects on a plurality of portions of a mask pattern on a photomask, the detection sensitivities being determined according to influences of the defects upon a wafer, and inspecting defects on the plurality of portions based on the detection sensitivities. |
| US07821624B2 |
Tracking system with excited state atomic line filter
A tracking system utilizing an excited state atomic line filter. The filter includes a metal vapor cell having an optical entrance port and an optical exit port and containing a metal vapor having a first excited energy state with a resonant frequency, and a second excited energy state. The cell has an absorption line, at or near a desired filter wavelength. The platform to be tracked, which could be an un-manned aerial vehicle has a beacon laser system located on it for producing a beacon laser beam at a wavelength within the narrow spectral band. The present invention solves the problem of lack of ground state resonant lines in at wavelengths substantially longer than those of visible light. Atomic line filters of the Faraday or Voigt crossed polarizer type are provided in which alkali metal atomic vapor in a vapor cell is excited with a pump beam to an intermediate excited state where a resonant absorption line, at a desired wavelength, is available. A magnetic field is applied to the cell producing a polarization rotation for polarized light at wavelengths near the resonant absorption lines. Thus, all light is blocked by the cross polarizers except light near one of the spaced apart resonant lines. However, the polarization of light at certain wavelengths near the resonant is rotated in the cell and therefore passes through the output polarizer. |
| US07821622B2 |
Optical refractometer for measuring seawater salinity and corresponding salinity sensor
An optical refractometer is provided for measuring the refractive index of a liquid. Such a refractometer includes a first optical block having a transparent material whereto is secured a light source, a second optical block having a transparent material whereto is secured a position sensor. The optical blocks are arranged on either side of a conduit wherein the liquid flows. |
| US07821619B2 |
Rapid scan LADAR 3D imaging with compact digital beam formation
A LADAR system for coherently imaging a target within a volume has a modulated laser transmitter at a frequency and a receiver. The receiver has a plurality of lenses, each with its own detector. Each detector is supplied by a centrally located local oscillator tuned to the frequency. The paths from the local oscillator to each detector, as well as the delay within each lens/detector combination are measured during a calibration. A calibrating reflector reflects a test signal during the calibration at many frequencies, temperatures and accelerations. Measurements of paths and delays obtained during the calibration are stored, and used to phase compensate subsequent target reflections for coherent processing. |
| US07821617B2 |
Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
An apparatus that includes an exposure system for exposing a substrate to an energy pattern, a vacuum chamber having an outside wall including first and second units which can be separated from each other, and a first anti-vibration mount being supported by the first unit, and for supporting a first constituent element of the exposure system. The first anti-vibration mount is disposed outside the vacuum chamber. The apparatus further includes a second anti-vibration mount, being supported by the second unit, for supporting a second constituent element of the exposure system. |
| US07821616B2 |
Resist pattern forming method, semiconductor apparatus using said method, and exposure apparatus thereof
In immersion exposure, a resist pattern forming method suppressing resist pattern defects comprises mounting a substrate formed a resist film thereon and a reticle formed a pattern thereon onto an exposure apparatus, supplying a first chemical solution onto the resist film to selectively form a first liquid film in a local area on the resist film and draining the solution, the first liquid film having a flow and being formed between the resist film and a projection optical system, transferring the pattern of the reticle to the resist film through the first liquid film to form a latent image, supplying a second chemical solution onto the resist film to clean the resist film, heating the resist film, and developing the resist film to form a resist pattern from the resist film. |
| US07821613B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
In a semi-transmission liquid crystal display device, two resist masks are required to form a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode; therefore, cost is high. A transparent electrode and a reflective electrode which function as a pixel electrode are stacked. A resist pattern which includes a region having a thick film thickness and a region having a thinner film thickness than the aforementioned region is formed over the reflective electrode by using a light exposure mask which includes a semi-transmission portion. The reflective electrode and the transparent electrode are formed by using the resist pattern. Therefore, the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode can be formed by using one resist mask. |
| US07821612B2 |
Color filter array panel and liquid crystal display including the same
A color filter array panel includes a panel having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, the display area including a plurality of color filters. A first spacer is formed in the peripheral area and is constructed from the same material as that of at least one of the color filters. |
| US07821609B2 |
Display device
In a liquid crystal display device, each pixel region formed over a liquid crystal side of one substrate out of respective substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal therebetween includes pixel electrodes to which a video signal is supplied from a drain signal line through a switching element driven in response to a scanning signal from a gate signal line and capacitive elements which are formed between the pixel electrodes and a capacitive signal line by way of a dielectric film. In such a constitution, the pixel region is divided into a plurality of regions, and video signals are supplied to respective pixel electrodes and capacitive elements in respective regions through paths which are branched from the switching element. |
| US07821608B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and the method thereof
Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device which can control a viewing angle in up/down and left/right directions without need of forming white subpixels. In the liquid crystal display device which includes a first region having liquid crystal molecules aligned in a slanted direction, and a second region having the liquid crystal molecules aligned in up and down directions or in left and right directions. Voltage is independently applied to the second region from the first region. |
| US07821607B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device is provided which includes first and second substrates with liquid crystal therebetween. Gate lines and drain lines are formed on the first substrate with pixel regions defined by the gate signal lines and drain signal lines. Each pixel region includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode formed in different layers from one another, with the counter layer being formed in a layer closer to the liquid crystal layer than the pixel electrode. |
| US07821606B2 |
LCD device having common and pixel electrodes on first substrate and shield electrode, resin color filter layer with resin overcoat layer on second substrate
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which is configured to hold a liquid crystal layer between an array substrate and a counter-substrate. The array substrate includes, on an insulating substrate, a switching element which is disposed in association with each of pixels, a pixel electrode which is connected to the switching element, and a common electrode which is separated from the pixel electrode and is common to the pixels. The counter-substrate includes a shield electrode disposed on an inner surface of an insulating substrate, which is opposed to the liquid crystal layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the shield electrode and the liquid crystal layer. |
| US07821605B2 |
Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
An electro-optical device includes a contact hole with a channel-region adjacent portion next to the channel region of the semiconductor film and a first extending portion that extends from the channel-region adjacent portion along the first partial region of the semiconductor film when viewed in plan. |
| US07821598B2 |
Method of manufacturing polarizer, polarizer, polarizing plate, and image display
A method of manufacturing a polarizer is provided that makes it possible to manufacture a polarizer prevented from curling even when a liquid is brought into contact with a hydrophilic polymer film by being sprayed. A method of manufacturing a polarizer includes a swelling step A for swelling a hydrophilic polymer film 1 by bringing it into contact with a swelling liquid 2, a dyeing step B for dyeing the hydrophilic polymer film 1 by bringing it into contact with a dye liquid 3 containing a dichroic material, and a crosslinking/stretching step C for crosslinking the hydrophilic polymer film 1 by bringing it into contact with a crosslinking liquid 4 and further stretching it. In the method, the contact with the swelling liquid in the swelling step A is carried out in the gas phase by spraying the swelling liquid 2 onto both surfaces of the hydrophilic polymer film 1. |
| US07821592B2 |
Liquid crystal display module having top case with an IC spaced within a hole therein and wherein a contact surface between a support main and a first substrate overlaps a second substrate of the LCD
A liquid crystal display module includes a bottom cover, a support main over the bottom cover, a backlight unit surrounded by the support main, a liquid crystal panel over the backlight unit and including first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, a driving unit including a first driving integrated circuit (IC) that is mounted on a first side of the first substrate, and a case top covering edges of a front surface of the liquid crystal panel and combined with the bottom cover, the case top including a first hole corresponding to the driving IC. |
| US07821587B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method of display device
It is an object of the present invention to realize thinning, low power consumption, and improvement of an yield at the time of manufacture of a display device capable of double-sided display which is used for a piece of portable informational terminal equipment such as a cellular phone. A liquid crystal display device, including a first substrate 1a and a second substrate 1b, has a transmission type active-matrix first liquid crystal display device 3001 and a reflective type active-matrix second liquid crystal display device 3002, where the first substrate has a TFT region of the first liquid crystal display device and an opposite region of the second liquid crystal display device, and the second substrate has an opposite region of the first liquid crystal display device and a TFT region of the second liquid crystal display device. |
| US07821581B2 |
Fully integrated tuner architecture
An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programmable attenuation and a programmable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circuitry advantageously uses LC filters integrated onto the substrate in conjunction with image reject mixers to provide sufficient image frequency rejection. Filter tuning and inductor Q compensation over temperature are performed on chip. The filters utilize multi track spiral inductors. The filters are tuned using local oscillators to tune a substitute filter, and frequency scaling during filter component values to those of the filter being tuned. In conjunction with filtering, frequency planning provides additional image rejection. The advantageous choice of local oscillator signal generation methods on chip is by PLL out of band local oscillation and by direct synthesis for in band local oscillator. The VCOs in the PLLs are centered using a control circuit to center the tuning capacitance range. A differential crystal oscillator is advantageously used as a frequency reference. Differential signal transmission is advantageously used throughout the receiver. |
| US07821580B2 |
Contour free point operation for video skin tone correction
A method for a color tone correction is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of first intermediate components by scaling a plurality of first color components towards a first ideal color, wherein the first color components (i) are for a first plurality of pixels in an input video signal and (ii) fall inside a first region of a color space, (B) generating a plurality of first corrected components by adjusting the first intermediate components such that a first mapping of the first color components to the first corrected components is both (i) continuous in the color space and (ii) non-overlapping in the color space and (C) generating an output video signal by combining the first corrected components with a plurality of unaltered color components, wherein the unaltered color components (i) are for a second plurality of the pixels and (ii) fall outside the first region. |
| US07821575B2 |
Image processing apparatus, receiver, and display device
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiver, a display device, and a transmission module. The receiver includes a video receiver, a video processor, a graphics processor, and a multiprocessor. The video processor converts the video signal received by the video receiver to a moving image with a first resolution. The graphics processor outputs a still image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution according to an instruction. The multiprocessor divides the still image into divisional still images with the first resolution. The display device includes a display module, a scaling processor, a restoration processor, and a blend processor. The scaling processor scales the moving image with the first resolution. The restoration processor restores the divisional still images to the original still image. The blend processor displays the moving image and the still image with the second resolution on the display module. |
| US07821573B2 |
Time setting system, imaging device, video-device, and time setting method
An imaging device outputs video data with an image signal obtained from imaging an object, records video data onto a record medium, reproduces video data therefrom, outputs first time information from a clock section, communicates with another device through a first communication interface according to a predetermined protocol, and exchanges video data with the other device. A video-device automatically obtains second time information as reference from the outside of the video-device, processes a video signal, communicates with the other device through a second communication interface according to the protocol, and exchanges video data with the other device. When connected through the first and second communication interfaces, the video-device transmits the second time information to the imaging device. The imaging device receives the second time information and sets a time for the clock section with the received second time information. |
| US07821571B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section having a plurality of unit pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged therein; driving means for performing a shutter operation for removing charge stored in the photoelectric conversion element and a read operation for reading the charge of an electric signal that is obtained by the photoelectric conversion of the photoelectric conversion element and is then stored in the photoelectric conversion element; and control means, when a unit pixel driving mode is changed from a first driving mode to a second driving mode in the units of frames, for changing the shutter operation to the second driving mode while keeping the read operation in the first driving mode for a period corresponding to one frame in the current frame, and changing the read operation to the second driving mode in the next frame. |
| US07821570B2 |
Adjusting digital image exposure and tone scale
A method of adjusting exposure of a digital camera based on range information, including a digital camera capturing a first digital image at a selected exposure of a scene having objects; providing range information having two or more range values indicating the distance from the digital camera to objects in the scene; using the range information and pixel values of the captured digital image to determine an exposure adjustment amount for the selected exposure; and applying the exposure adjustment amount to the digital image to produce a second digital image with adjusted exposure. |
| US07821562B2 |
Portable terminal equipped with camera and adapted for self-imaging
The present invention relates to a portable terminal provided with a camera to take a picture of a subject comprised of a lens, and an image pickup device. The invention is aimed to provide a portable terminal in which a mirror image or information about photographing status is displayed on a first display which can be seen from the object side when an object is photographed using the portable terminal, and the image is displayed on a second display which can be seen from the to-be-taken subject so that a person to be photographed can easily check his/her image or photographing status. To this end, the first display is provided on the surface on which the lens is provided and the second display is provided on a side different from the side on which the lens is provided. Provision is made of a display unit that displays the image, photographed by directing the lens to the subject, on the first and the second displays. |
| US07821556B2 |
Amplifying solid-state imaging device, and method for driving the same
By providing dummy pixels separately from effective pixels, the total number of pixel rows is equalized with the number of horizontal sync signals included in one frame interval (which is called an “HD number”). A period during which a reset signal for an electronic shuttering operation is being supplied to an arbitrary pixel row overlaps with a period during which another pixel row is selected to perform a readout operation thereon. Thus, it is possible to suppress a variation in reset potential among effective pixels. |
| US07821554B2 |
Image sensor with cooling element
An image sensor includes a base an image sensor chip, and a cooling element. The base includes an opening disposed in the base. The image sensor chip is connected electrically to the base and covers the opening. The cooling element is received in the opening and is connected thermally to the image sensor chip. Heat produced by the image sensor chip can be dissipated in time by the cooling elements in the image sensor. The cooling elements maintain the image sensor chip works under a temperature no more than the rated working temperature of the image sensor chip and therefore extend the life of the image sensor, and improve the image quality of the image sensor chip. |
| US07821553B2 |
Pixel array, imaging sensor including the pixel array and digital camera including the imaging sensor
A pixel array in an image sensor, the image sensor and a digital camera including the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array with colored pixels and unfiltered (color filter-free) pixels. Each unfiltered pixel occupies one or more array locations. The colored pixels may be arranged in uninterrupted rows and columns with unfiltered pixels disposed between the uninterrupted rows and columns. The image sensor may in CMOS with the unfiltered pixels reducing low-light noise and improving low-light sensitivity. |
| US07821552B2 |
Imaging apparatus provided with imaging device having sensitivity in visible and infrared regions
An imaging apparatus includes: a first pixel which receives both visible light and infrared light, and a second pixel which receives infrared light, both pixels being formed on an imaging device; an infrared light component estimation unit which estimates, based on spectral characteristics of light received by the first pixel and spectral characteristics of light received by the second pixel, a magnitude of an infrared light component contained in a signal outputted from the first pixel from a signal outputted from the second pixel; and a subtraction unit which subtracts the estimated infrared light component from the signal outputted from the first pixel. |
| US07821550B2 |
Remote image-pickup system, camera device, and card substrate
A remote image-pickup system includes a camera device including an image-pickup unit for capturing an image of a subject and generating picture signals and a card slot; and a plurality of types of card substrates which are selectively inserted into the card slot and which convert the format of the picture signals so as to output the converted signals to an external device. By inserting different card substrates into the card slot, a plurality of formats of picture signals can be output from the camera device. Accordingly, the format of the picture signals output from the camera device can be flexibly expanded. Further, since many circuits for converting the picture signals need not be incorporated into the camera device, an increase in the size and price of the camera device can be prevented. |
| US07821548B2 |
Temporal image buffer for image processor using compressed raw image
A system and method for capturing and storing digital images. Instead of processing images on the fly or storing images in a raw format, the present invention involves the compression of captured images before the images are stored. When it is desirable to display an image, the particular image can be decoded and processed as necessary. The present invention reduces the amount of storage space necessary for each image. A variety of compression algorithms and systems can be used in conjunction with the present invention. |
| US07821547B2 |
Image sensing apparatus that use sensors capable of carrying out XY addressing type scanning and driving control method
An image sensing apparatus has a first setting unit that sets a charge accumulation period in an image sensor to an integral multiple of ½ a flicker period, a second setting unit that, when a horizontal scan period, which is a period after commencement of reading out a preset line of the image sensor until commencement of reading out a line to be read out next, is changed to be shorter, sets a charge accumulation period of the image sensor immediately after a change in the horizontal scan period to a period that is an integral multiple of ½ the flicker period and is shorter than the charge accumulation period that has been set by the first setting unit, and a timing controller that controls the image sensor to achieve the charge accumulation periods set by the first and second setting units. |
| US07821544B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing live view and instant review in an image capture device
A method and system for providing instant review of a last image in an image capture device is disclosed. The image capture device includes a viewfinder for displaying a live image and each image of a plurality of previously captured images. The method and system include selecting instant review of the last image captured by the image capture device, determining the status and location of the last image, and providing the last image to the viewfinder for display. Therefore, the image capture device is capable of displaying the last image substantially immediately after the last image has been captured. In another aspect, the image capture device contains an image processing system. In this aspect, the method and system include allowing a user to access a play mode and a review mode while the last image captured undergoes processing by the image processing system. |
| US07821543B2 |
Electronic camera having continuous shooting function
An electronic camera having a continuous shooting function includes a resolution conversion unit capable of performing resolution conversion at least at a high resolution and at a low resolution that is lower than the high resolution, an image compression unit capable of performing image compression at least at a low compression factor and at a high compression factor that is higher than the low compression factor, and when a continuous shooting unit executes continuous shooting, the image compression unit performs image compression at a high compression factor if the resolution at the resolution conversion unit is set to a low resolution. |
| US07821536B2 |
Information processing apparatus, data storage device, data transfer system and data transfer method, program and recording medium
A personal computer holds data of a plurality of types in a content storage unit and transfers items of data related across the types of data to a digital camera as group data. The digital camera stores the group data, which is received from the personal computer, in a content memory unit. |
| US07821528B2 |
Apparatus and method for video searching in a mobile communications terminal
An apparatus and method for detecting video in a mobile communications terminal, wherein the apparatus for detecting the video of the mobile communications terminal comprises a scene change frame detector to detect a preset number of scene change frames based on input streaming video data and output the detected scene change frames, and a display unit to display the outputted scene change frames according to a user's request for video searching. |
| US07821527B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus, which reduces toner spatter and produces a good quality image when forming a toner image using the direct recording method. An image forming part includes: a toner carrier for carrying toner; and toner controlling means, which is disposed between the toner carrier and recording paper on which the toner is made to adhere, and which has a plurality of toner passage holes, the toner controlling means having a control electrode for controlling the passage of toner on the toner carrier side surface in the area around the toner passage hole, and forming a toner image by causing the toner to fly to the recording paper, and the image forming apparatus having liquid applying/humidifying means for either applying a liquid to or humidifying the imaging surface of the recording paper prior to forming a toner image. |
| US07821525B2 |
Display device and pixel circuit layout method
The present invention provides a display device including a pixel array unit, a first power supply line, and a second power supply line. The pixel array unit is formed by two-dimensionally arranging pixel circuits each including an electrooptic element determining display luminance and a driving circuit for driving the electrooptic element in a form of a matrix. The first power supply line is for supplying a first power supply potential to the pixel circuits. The first power supply line is arranged along a direction of pixel arrangement of a pixel column in the pixel array unit. The second power supply line is for supplying a second power supply potential to the pixel circuits. The second power supply line isw arranged along the direction of the pixel arrangement of the pixel column in the pixel array unit. |
| US07821520B1 |
Fragment processor having dual mode register file
A new, useful, and non-obvious shader processor architecture having a shader register file that acts both as an internal storage register file for temporarily storing data within the shader processor and as a First-In First-Out (FIFO) buffer for a subsequent module. Some embodiments include automatic, programmable hardware conversion between numeric formats, for example, between floating point data and fixed point data. |
| US07821513B2 |
System and method for analyzing modeling accuracy while performing reverse engineering with 3D scan data
An automated mechanism for measuring the amount of accuracy loss attributable to reverse engineering processes that use 3D scan data is discussed. The embodiments provide a mechanism that displays to a user the effect scan data editing and CAD remodeling operations have on scan data accuracy. Additionally, the user can choose the way the graphical display illustrates the error distribution on the model such as by color mapping and whisker mapping. The accuracy loss may be displayed to the user after finishing an editing/modeling command or during the previewing of the command thereby allowing a user to take appropriate action. Parameters may also be adjusted programmatically based on the amount of accuracy loss determined to be attributable to scan data editing or CAD remodeling operations. |
| US07821512B2 |
Apparatuses for generating analog driving voltages and common electrode voltages and methods of controlling the analog driving voltages and the common electrode voltages
In apparatus for generating an analog driving voltage, a ripple amplitude determining unit compares the analog driving voltage with a reference voltage to determine a ripple level of the analog driving voltage and an analog driving voltage generating unit adjusts an analog driving voltage level based on the determined ripple level. In an apparatus for generating a common electrode voltage, a common electrode voltage ripple detecting unit compares ripple amplitude of the common electrode voltage with a ripple reference voltage to generate a common electrode voltage control signal and a common electrode voltage generating unit controls the common electrode voltage level based on the common electrode voltage control signal. Therefore, the analog driving voltage and the common electrode voltage are adjusted to appropriate voltage levels for reducing current consumption and flicker. |
| US07821511B2 |
Power supply voltage converting circuit, method for controlling the same, display device, and mobile terminal
A supply voltage conversion circuit allowing fabrication of a charge pump circuit having a large current capability with a small area is provided. In a charge pump DC-DC converter (10) for converting a supply voltage VDD1 to a supply voltage VDD2, a level shifter (12) implements amplitude conversion to convert from a control pulse with amplitude of VSS-VDD1 to a control pulse with amplitude of VSS-VDD2. By using the control pulse having the converted amplitude as a pumping pulse, a flying capacitor (C11) is charged/discharged by MOS transistors (Qp11), and (Qn11) of a charge pump circuit (11), and switching of MOS transistors (Qn12), and (Qp12) coupled to the output of the flying capacitor (C11) is controlled. |
| US07821506B2 |
Input device
An input device is provided. The input device includes a first position detection unit having a detection section which detects the absolute position of a predetermined operation tool in a predetermined region. A second position detection unit has a detection section, which detects contact or approach of the operation tool. An input control unit that controls an input operation on the basis of an input signal obtained from the first position detection unit or the second position detection unit, or a complex input signal combining an input signal obtained from the first position detection unit and an input signal obtained from the second position detection unit. The detection section of the second position detection unit is provided to partially or entirely enclose the outer circumference of the detection section of the first position detection unit. |
| US07821503B2 |
Touch screen and graphical user interface
A selective input system and associated method is provided which tracks the motion of a pointing device over a region or area. The pointing device can be a touchpad, a mouse, a pen, or any device capable of providing two or three-dimensional location. The region or area is preferably augmented with a printed or actual keyboard/pad. Alternatively, a representation of the location of the pointing device over a virtual keyboard/pad can be dynamically shown on an associated display. The system identifies selections of items or characters by detecting parameters of motion of the pointing device, such as length of motion, a change in direction, a change in velocity, and or a lack of motion at locations that correspond to features on the keyboard/pad. The input system is preferably coupled to a text disambiguation system such as a T9® or Sloppytype™ system, to improve the accuracy and usability of the input system. |
| US07821500B2 |
Inductive joystick
A portable electronic device includes communication circuitry operative to establish a communication over a communication network, an input device for entering at least one user input into the electronic device, and at least one contactless sensor. The contactless sensor is operative to detect at least one of motion or position of the input device relative to the electronic device. |
| US07821497B2 |
Wireless mouse capable of storing wireless receiver therein
A wireless mouse includes a wireless receiver and a mouse main body. The mouse main body includes an upper cover, a base, a receiving part and a withdrawing part. The base includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The receiving part is defined at an end of the first sidewall. The withdrawing part is defined at an end of the second sidewall. The wireless receiver is stored within the mouse main body through the receiving part, and the wireless receiver having been stored within the mouse main body is partially detached from the mouse main body through the withdrawing part. |
| US07821494B2 |
Inertial mouse
An inertial mouse is disclosed in the invention, comprising: a housing; a first inertial part, coupled to a circuit substrate received in the housing, for detecting a motion measured with respect to a second axis and a third axis of a space and also for detecting a motion measured along a first axis of a plane; a second inertial part, coupled to the circuit substrate, for detecting a motion measured with respect to a first axis of the space and also for optionally detecting a motion measured along a second axis of the plane; and a micro-controller, coupled to the circuit substrate, capable of converting electrical signals received from the first and the second inertial parts or cells into a displacement signal while transmitting the displacement signal to an electronic display device by a means of transmission. |
| US07821491B2 |
LED driver circuit for a backlight device
A backlight device that is not affected by offset voltage. Driving transistor (41) operates such that current flows in LED circuit (11), and the detection voltage generated by current detector (42) and the reference voltage are input alternately to first input transistor (30a) and second input transistor (30b) of amplifier (20). Brightness adjusting switch (43) operates such that when driving transistor (41) is turned OFF during the OFF period of LED circuit (11), for example, during the horizontal blanking interval or vertical blanking interval, the detection voltage and the reference voltage are swapped, so that the average voltage generated in current detector (42) is equal to the reference voltage, and the effect of the offset voltage can be eliminated. |
| US07821486B2 |
Drive circuit of display device and method for driving the display device
A drive circuit of a display device and a method for driving the display device are disclosed. The drive circuit includes at least one data transfer line to receive analog data signals including information for an image; a first latch to sequentially sample analog data signals transferred from the at least one data transfer line and to sequentially store the sampled analog data signals; and a second latch to receive the sampled analog data signals from the first latch and to simultaneously supply the sampled analog data signals to a display. |
| US07821478B2 |
Display apparatus and method of driving same
Disclosed is a display apparatus which can improve the characteristics of TFTs used to select and drive self-emissive elements such as OLEDs. The display apparatus has row electrodes, column electrodes, and a driving unit. The self-emissive elements are formed in regions corresponding to intersections of the row electrodes with the column electrodes. Element driving circuits are formed for driving the self-emissive elements. Each of the element driving circuits includes a selection transistor, a capacitor, and a driving transistor. The driving unit applies a reverse bias to a control terminal of the driving transistor in a non-emission period in which the self-emissive element is not supplied with a driving current. |
| US07821477B2 |
Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof
The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof in which an erroneous discharge, a misdischarge and an abnormal discharge are prevented, a darkroom contrast is increased, an operation margin is widen, and an influence of a lower substrate wall charge is reduced in a sustain discharge. The plasma display apparatus and its driving method is characterized in that when the plasma display panel has a second temperature higher than a first temperature, a period between the last sustain pulse generated during a sustain period of (n−1)th sub-field (“n” is a positive integer) and an initialization signal generated during a reset period of nth sub-field is more lengthened than when it has the first temperature. The plasma display apparatus and its driving method is characterized in that a pre sustain pulse (PRESUSP) rising from a sustain bias voltage (Vzb) is applied to the second electrode in the sustain period. |
| US07821476B2 |
Color display device and color display method
The color display device includes a colored light generation unit for repetitively generating a plurality of colored lights in a time sequence with a predetermined frequency, and an image generation unit for processing said plurality of colored lights, so as to generate an image corresponding to each of the plurality of colored lights generated in a time sequence. The said predetermined frequency is 180 Hz or more. |
| US07821475B2 |
Image display apparatus
The image display apparatus is capable of reducing moire fringe when electric inverse-correction is performed on an image output to an image display element. The apparatus includes an optical system for observation of an image displayed on an image display element, a processor performing distorting processing that electrically provides to an input image a distortion in a direction inverse to that of distortion as aberration generated by the optical system, and a filter providing a low-pass filter effect to the image observed through the optical system. When a first image region including a first number of pixels in the input image is converted into a second image region including a second number of pixels by the distorting processing, the filter provides the low-pass filter effect depending on the relationship between the first and second numbers of pixels to the second image region. |
| US07821473B2 |
Gradient index lens for microwave radiation
A gradient index lens for microwave radiation. The lens includes a plurality of electric field coupled resonators wherein each resonator has a resonant frequency. The resonators are arranged in a planar array having spaced apart side edges and spaced apart top and bottom edges. The resonant frequency of the resonators varies between at least two of the spaced edges of the array in accordance with the desired properties of the lens. |
| US07821471B2 |
Asymmetrical flat antenna, method of manufacturing the asymmetrical flat antenna, and signal-processing unit using the same
An asymmetrical flat antenna contains an insulation layer. The antenna also contains a conductive power supply pattern that is provided on the insulation layer and a conductive antenna pattern that extends from the power supply pattern and is provided on the insulation layer. The conductive antenna pattern has an asymmetrical configuration with respect to the power supply pattern. |
| US07821464B2 |
Radio transceiver communicating in a plurality of frequency bands
The present invention relates generally to computer devices utilizing removable radio frequency communication devices used for transmitting and receiving information and more particularly to an improved apparatus for connecting an appropriate antenna to the radio frequency communication device using an antenna cap, and to an improved method and apparatus for connecting a communication card device such as a radio or modem to an appropriate antenna or telephone line. |
| US07821460B2 |
Tunable patch antenna of planar construction
An improved tunable antenna of planar construction is distinguished by the following features: in plan view perpendicular to the effective surface (7), the electrically conductive structure (13, 113) completely or partially covers the effective surface (7), the electrically conductive structure (13, 113) is coupled and/or connected galvanically or capacitively or serially and/or with interposition with at least one electrical component (125) with the ground surface (3) and/or a chassis (B) located on a potential or ground. |
| US07821454B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting GPS measurement errors
Systems and methods for detecting global positioning system (GPS) measurement errors are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes a navigation device that is configured to receive GPS signals from signal sources, the navigation device being configured to calculate pseudoranges (PRs) and delta ranges (DRs) based on the received GPS signals, the navigation device including a consistency check algorithm that is configured to: determine mismatches between the respective calculated PRs and DRs, and indicate that an error exists in the respective calculated PRs and DRs based on their mismatch and mismatch accumulations. This algorithm can be independent of navigation state and is capable of detecting slow-changing errors. |
| US07821452B2 |
Positioning device, positioning control method, and recording medium
A positioning device includes a phase calculation section which performs a correlation process of a specific positioning base code replica and a positioning base code from a specific transmission source to calculate a present phase of the positioning base code, an estimated phase calculation section which calculates an estimated phase when estimating the present phase based on the phase used for preceding positioning, a Doppler shift of a frequency of a radio wave carrying the positioning base code, and an elapsed time from the preceding positioning, a phase difference evaluation section which determines whether or not a phase difference between the calculated present phase and the estimated phase is within a phase difference allowable range specified in advance, and a positioning section which locates a present position using the phase within the phase difference allowable range. |
| US07821450B1 |
System and method for transmitting GPS signals over a network
A method involves digitizing an analog Global Positioning System (GPS) signal received directly from an antenna, storing the digitized analog GPS signal into data buffer storage units, and transmitting the data buffer storage units over a network. The GPS signal received directly from an antenna may be an unprocessed GPS signal. The method may include receiving and queuing the data buffer storage units, converting the digitized analog GPS signal from the data buffer storage units into an analog GPS signal, and transmitting the analog GPS signal to a GPS receiver. The data buffer storage units may be UDP packets and may be multicast over an IP network. The data buffer storage units may be ATM cells and may be transmitted over an ATM network. The analog GPS signal may be converted from electronic to photonic form, or vice versa, prior to storage in the data buffer storage units. |
| US07821447B2 |
Bias adjustment of radio frequency unit in radar apparatus
Disclosed is a method of bias adjustment for a millimeter wave radar apparatus that can efficiently and highly accurately adjust the bias of an MMIC used in a radio frequency circuit in the millimeter wave radar apparatus. The method comprises: providing a DA converter in a bias circuit in the millimeter wave radar apparatus comprising an antenna, a radio frequency unit, and a processing unit for performing transmission and reception processing of the radio frequency unit; connecting a signal generator in place of the antenna; and connecting a test processing unit and a control apparatus to the radio frequency unit, wherein the control apparatus applies an initial bias value in the form of a digital value to the MMIC, calculates the target value for the digital bias value based on the result of the measurement of the received signal, and takes the target value as the digital bias value for the production processing unit when the radio frequency characteristic of the received signal obtained by applying the target value to the MMIC lies within specified limits. |
| US07821444B2 |
Radar level gauging system with galvanically isolating communication link
A radar level gauging system for determining a level of a surface of a product in a tank, comprising a propagation device arranged to allow microwave signals to propagate towards the surface, and to return a reflection of the microwave signals from the surface and at least two radar level gauge (RLG) units. Each RLG unit includes transceiver circuitry, processing circuitry connected to the transceiver circuitry and adapted to determine the level based on a relation between transmitted and received signals, and a communication interface. The system further comprises a communication link interconnecting the RLG units, for communicating control data between the RLG units, the communication link comprising an isolating interface, ensuring galvanic isolation between the RLG units. One unit may communicate configuration data to the other RLG units which results in a simplified configuration of the sensor system and thus more cost effective compared to the prior art solutions. |
| US07821433B2 |
Pipeline-type analog-to-digital converter
A pipeline-type A/D converter includes: N number of stages cascade-connected; and a digital correction circuit that receives digital signals outputted from the N number of stages and outputs a final digital signal. In the converter, an Mth stage in the N number of stages includes: a sub A/D converter A/D-converting an input analog signal; a sub D/A converter D/A converting a digital signal outputted from the sub A/D converter; a differential amplifier circuit that includes a sample hold circuit and an operational amplifier, performs an sampling operation and a holding operation to obtain a difference between the input analog signal and an output signal of the sub D/A converter, and amplifies the difference; and a compensation circuit compensating a gain error of the operational amplifier in an operation of the differential amplifier circuit, the gain error being caused by parasitic capacitance between an input terminal and an output terminal of the operational amplifier, and 1≦M |
| US07821432B2 |
Analog digital convert apparatus, analog digital convert method, control apparatus and program
Provided is an AD converting apparatus that converts an analog input signal into a digital output signal, comprising a plurality of AD converters supplied with sampling clocks differing from each other by prescribed phase amounts, each AD converter outputting an individual signal obtained by digitizing the input signal according to the supplied sampling clock; a plurality of amplitude-dependent characteristic correcting sections that are provided to correspond to the plurality of AD converters, each amplitude-dependent characteristic correcting section generating a corrected individual signal by correcting the individual signal output by the corresponding AD converter using a correction factor corresponding to an amplitude of the individual signal; and a combining section that generates the output signal by combining a plurality of the corrected individual signals. |
| US07821425B2 |
Capacitive keyboard with non-locking reduced keying ambiguity
Keyboards, keypads and other data entry devices can suffer from a keying ambiguity problem. In a small keyboard, for example, a user's finger is likely to overlap from a desired key to onto adjacent ones. An iterative method of removing keying ambiguity from a keyboard comprising an array of capacitive keys involves measuring a signal strength associated with each key in the array, comparing the measured signal strengths to find a maximum, determining that the key having the maximum signal strength is the unique user-selected key, and maintaining that selection until either the initially selected key's signal strength drops below some threshold level or a second key's signal strength exceeds the first key's signal strength. |
| US07821423B2 |
Parking control system and method
A parking control system and method provides a total parking control system and method which are capable of automatically managing and controlling a whole process from a time when a vehicle enters a parking lot to a time when it goes out of there by using a server incorporating therein a program for a very high speed image recognition technique and parking management. The apparatus provides a parking location search unit which manages a parking location of an individual vehicle by recognizing vehicle numbers by photographing vehicles entering a parking space and going out of there as well as parked vehicles, and provides related information upon search. The apparatus further provides a parking guiding unit guiding a driver of a vehicle entering the parking lot to an empty place for parking. |
| US07821416B2 |
Detector system for detecting the direction in which an item passes through a determined boundary zone
The invention relates to a goods transport vehicle including a detector system for detecting the direction in which an item passes through a loading/unloading door on the vehicle, the detector system including: a first read-interrogate element including a first antenna having a first detection lobe, the first read-interrogate element monitoring a first region situated on one side of the loading/unloading door; a second read-interrogate element including a second antenna having a second detection lobe that does not overlap the first detection lobe, the second read-interrogate element monitoring a second region situated on the other side of the loading/unloading door; and processor means connected to the first and second read-interrogate elements, the processor means determining the direction in which the item passes through as a function of the order in which the two regions are crossed. |
| US07821408B2 |
Method and system for physically qualifying commercial overland truck drivers
The present invention provides a system and a method for determining the physical qualification of a commercial motor vehicle driver. The system and method collect driver information from a driver, which is then assessed to determine if the driver is satisfies pre-established physical fitness qualifications. If the driver satisfies these qualifications, a certification is provided to the driver. The system and method can be executed with the aid of a computer system. |
| US07821406B2 |
System for monitoring and tracking animals
A product is inserted subcutaneously, either manually or mechanically, into domesticated or wild animals to assist in tracking domesticated or wild animals. The product and methods of using include GPS transmitting or any other electronic device to locate and find a lost pet, livestock, migratory movements of birds, or the study of any and all aquatic life. A central data base or a location information receiving device allows an owner/caregiver to locate the animals. |
| US07821404B2 |
Systems and methods for improved health care compliance
According to some embodiments, systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture may provide for improved health care compliance. Embodiments may comprise, for example, identifying an occurrence of an event associated with the taking of a substance by a patient, determining output information associated with a game, and providing the output information to the patient. Some embodiments may comprise receiving a code associated with a patient, wherein the code includes encoded information that is indicative of an occurrence of an event associated with the taking of a substance by a patient, decoding the code to determine the information, determining whether the occurrence of the event is compliant with a condition associated with the taking of the substance, and providing, in the case that compliance with the condition is determined, one or more rewards to the patient. |
| US07821402B2 |
IC tags/RFID tags for magnetic resonance imaging applications
An RFID tag for use with an MRI machine has an integrated circuit and structure for protecting it from damage when exposed to an intense MRI RF transmitter field. The structure for protecting the integrated circuit may include a controllable low impedance device coupled across the integrated circuit, a controllable high impedance device coupled in series with the integrated circuit, and/or frequency selective RF filter. |
| US07821397B2 |
Information access system, reader/writer device, and active-type contactless information storage device
In an information access system, an active-type contactless information storage device senses a carrier of an RF signal at a first frequency in time periods for carrier sensing occurring in a predetermined carrier sensing cycle period, and then in response to detection of a carrier of an RF signal at the first frequency, further receives the information request signal, while it also transmits the tag information signal at a second frequency carrying information in time periods for tag information transmission occurring in a predetermined tag information transmitting cycle period. A reader/writer device cyclically transmits an information request signal carrying values of the predetermined carrier sensing cycle period and the predetermined tag information transmitting cycle period, at a first frequency during a predetermined period of time for information request transmission, and in response to reception of a tag information signal at the second frequency, reproduces and compares received tag information with a list of tag information. In response to reception of the information request signal, the active-type contactless information storage device reproduces and sets the values of the two predetermined cycle periods into its respective timers. Thus the active-type contactless information storage device reduces its power consumption. |
| US07821396B2 |
Image forming device and recording sheet selection method therefor
An image forming device including a document tag reader that detects a contactless IC tag (document tag) attached to the document. If the document tag reader detects a document tag attached to a document, the tagged document is recognized as having a high management level, and a tagged recording sheet is fed (selected) from a sheet tray storing tagged recording sheets to which a contactless IC tag (sheet tag) is attached. On the other hand, if the document tag reader does not detect a document tag, the document is recognized as having a low management level, and a not-tagged recording sheet is fed (selected) from a sheet tray storing not-tagged recording sheets to which a contactless IC tag (sheet tag) is not attached. |
| US07821395B2 |
Vending machines with field-programmable locks
A vending machine uses a field-programmable electronic lock that learns a key code from a corresponding electronic key, a hand-held program unit, or an external computing device via wireless communications. In one mode, the electronic lock has a learning process activation device that is accessible only when the door of the vending machine is in the open position. In another mode, the electronic lock is programmed in the field without first opening the vending machine. A program command and access control data including a new access code are transmitted wirelessly from a hand-held program unit or the like. Alternatively, an external computing device is used to program the electronic lock via long-range wireless communications, and an electronic key is then used to open the electronic lock to physically access the vending machine. |
| US07821394B2 |
Penetration detecting apparatus
The present invention provides a penetration detecting apparatus which is applicable for various kinds of applications. Although an interval between processing machines and the conveying of an object W is suspended to wait for processing, a muting function of the penetration detecting apparatus is effective. Another feature of the present invention is to provide a penetration detecting apparatus which can avoid the muting function continuously being activated when a trigger sensor for initiating the muting function is malfunctioning. According to the present invention, there is provided a penetration detecting apparatus having a muting function that has a muting terminator for terminating the activated muting function based on the comparison performed by the muting timer and a signal representing a passage of the object provided from a passage sensor when the differential time is within the predetermined criterion, and for terminating the activated muting function based on a signal representing a passage of the object provided from a passage sensor when the differential time is not within the predetermined criterion. |
| US07821393B2 |
Multivariate environmental sensing system with intelligent storage and redundant transmission pathways
A multivariate environmental sensing system with redundant transmission pathways with a network of nodes detecting environmental conditions and processing a transmissible signal. Nodes use predetermined criteria to make periodic detections, maintaining a low power state between detections. Power is conserved by deciding whether detections are transmitted immediately, or may be stored for periodic transmission. The nodes power up and immediately transmit urgent detections, storing routine detections for delayed batch transmission. Nodes may transmit signals received from other nodes, passing along signals received from more distant nodes. Transmission may have a predetermined pattern, but the system alters this pattern if there is disruption to the system or pattern. Gateways process data from nodes and pass data to other gateways, on an immediate or deferred basis, to a control center, where data is analyzed. Control centers transmit programming instruction to the gateways and nodes in a retrograde fashion along the transmission pathways. |
| US07821391B2 |
RFID tracker and locator
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking device, that includes a global positioning satellite (GPS) interface and an RFID interface. The RFID interface is capable of communicating with an RFID tag on an RFID item and reading the RFID. The device is capable of detecting the RFID item, obtaining a GPS location via the GPS interface, and associating the GPS location with the RFID and the RFID item and storing the associated GPS location with the RFID item. |
| US07821390B2 |
System using electronic devices connected to network
Personal computers and other electronic devices that are connected by a network are installed in each individual office. An employee is enabled to use each individual electronic device by performing an authentication process using authentication information in an information recording medium (IC card) that is issued as an employee ID card. In the information recording medium is recorded a code C103 that indicates an electronic device that is to be a report target (for example, the employee's own personal computer 103 installed in a Chiba Branch). When this employee goes to a Tokyo Headquarters on business and performs the authentication process using the information recording medium in order to use an electronic device 101, the code C103 is read by the electronic device 101, a location information, “Tokyo Headquarters,” which indicates the employee's current location, is transmitted via the network to the electronic device 103 that is the report target, and the current location (the installation location of the electronic device 101) is displayed on a screen of the electronic device 103. Tasks of self-declaring destinations are made unnecessary and detailed destination displays are enabled. |
| US07821385B2 |
Detection of vehicle wheel positions using triggering signal including startup command for starting the detection and execution command for calculating reception intensity of triggering signal
In a vehicle's wheel position detecting apparatus, plural transceivers respectively attached to the front and rear four wheels are provided. Each transceiver receives a triggering signal, calculates a reception intensity of the triggering signal, stores data indicating the reception intensity into a frame, and transmits the frame to a receiver attached to a vehicle's body. Each triggering signal radio-transmitted from the first and second triggering devices contains a startup command to starts up each transceiver and an execution command to allow each transceiver to calculate the reception intensity. The first and second triggering devices, which are responsible for radio-transmitting the triggering signal toward at least the front wheels and the rear wheels respectively, are positionally offset to either way in the body's lateral direction. A receiver receives the frames and uses the frames radio-transmitted from the transceivers to detect the wheels' positions using the reception intensity in each frame. |
| US07821384B2 |
Device for fatigue warning in motor vehicles having a run-up alarm system
A device for fatigue warning in motor vehicles includes a driver sensor system for detecting driver fatigue conditions and a run-up alarm system which has an environment sensor system. The alarm system is designed to output a warning signal and/or perform a control action in the drive and/or brake system of the vehicle when the distance to a preceding vehicle drops below a warning distance. The run-up alarm system has a setting device which is configured to modify the warning distance as a function of the detected fatigue condition. |
| US07821380B1 |
Compact warning light
A warning light comprising a base member, a dome removeably connected to the base member, and at least one light module having a top and bottom surface positioned within the dome with the top surface being positioned against the inside of the top surface of said dome. A bracket member secures the warning light to the dome. The bracket includes a cross bar engaging the bottom surface of the warning light and legs extending upward from the cross bar and terminating in a foot portion which is attached to the inside of the top surface of the dome. |
| US07821379B2 |
Method and apparatus for remote powering of device connected to network
A network node determines the suitability of coupled devices for being remotely line powered before actually powering them. The node scan its ports to determine which ports are coupled to devices. The node then interrogates the coupled devices. A unique discovery tone or bit pattern is generated and sent to devices coupled to ports. The node then monitors the port for a return signal. If there is a return signal, it is compared to the transmitted discovery signal. The signal will be identical after allowing for line losses if the coupled device is suitable for remote line powering. If the comparison yields a match, the network node supplies remote line power to the device. |
| US07821377B2 |
Remote controller, equipment operation system, and remote control method
A remote controller having a plurality of keys arranged thereon, sending a remote control signal allocated to each of the keys upon being operated to thereby remotely control control-target equipment. The remote controller can send a remote control signal corresponded to each of the control-target equipment by mode switching and allows a remote control of selection in which specific equipment out of the control-target equipment can select a signal from the other control-target equipment. The remote controller includes an input selection key for directing the selection on the one specific equipment; a receiver receiving a connected equipment signal; a controller generating and sending a remote control signal corresponding to an operation of the key, and effecting the mode switching based on the connected equipment signal, thereby selecting control-target equipment; a transmitter sending the remote control signal; and a display displaying information of the selected control-target equipment. |
| US07821376B2 |
Method for adjusting trip sensitivity of thermal overload protection apparatus
A method for adjusting a trip sensitivity in a thermal overload protection apparatus, including setting an adjusting reference point; measuring a normal position of bimetals; measuring a moving distance at a time of trip operation of a trip latch mechanism; deciding an assembling position of a shifter mechanism based on the measured moving distance at the time of trip operation of the trip latch mechanism, information on a trip distance between a pre-determined shifter mechanism and the trip latch mechanism and information on a size of the shifter mechanism; conducting a predetermined overcurrent to the thermal overload protection apparatus; measuring a conducting time of the overcurrent until a trip event; calculating a difference between the conducting time measured in the measuring step and a predetermined trip time by converting a rotation angle; and marking a graduation of a set trip operation current by the rotation angle calculated in the calculating step. |
| US07821375B2 |
Multiphase voltage regulator having coupled inductors with reduced winding resistance
A multiple phase buck converter or boost converter, or buck-boost converter has an inductor in each phase. The inductors are inversely coupled. In a first embodiment, the converter includes a toroidal magnetic core with inductors extending under and over opposite sides of the toroidal magnetic core. The coupled inductors are thereby inversely coupled and have a relatively low ohmic resistance. In a second embodiment, the converter comprises a ladder-shaped magnetic core (i.e. having parallel sides, and connecting rungs). In this case, the inductors extend under the sides, and over the rungs. Each inductor is disposed over a separate rung. The ladder-shaped magnetic core is preferably disposed flat on a circuit board. Inverse coupling and low ohmic resistance are also provided in the second embodiment having the ladder structure. |
| US07821374B2 |
Wideband planar transformer
A method of arranging and fabricating parallel primary and secondary coils of a wideband planar transformer is provided. The spacing and width of the coils are disposed to extend the bandwidth from DC to GHz and allow for high frequency coupling when the core permeability dramatically drops and achieves low reflected energy and low loss over a wide bandwidth. A bottom mold having a pattern of hole-pairs with conductive elements inserted vertically couples to a top mold such that a middle portion of the conductive elements spans between the top and bottom molds. Dielectric material envelopes the middle portion and a displacement feature of the mold creates a vacancy. A ferrite element is deposited to the vacancy. A second top mold spans the bottom mold and dielectric material is deposited to create a molded assembly. A deposited patterned conductive coating connects the element ends to define the transformer coils. |
| US07821372B2 |
On-chip transformer BALUN structures
An electronic device includes a first winding having a first port and a second port. The first winding formed in a first metal layer. A second winding has a third port and a fourth port. The second winding includes a plurality of segments formed in the first metal layer. The second plurality of winding segments are connected by a bridge formed in a second metal layer. The first and second ports of the first winding are connected to the inner-portion of the first winding. |
| US07821371B2 |
Flat magnetic element and power IC package using the same
A planar magnetic device 1 including a first magnetic layer 3, a second magnetic layer 5, and a planar coil 4 disposed between the first magnetic layer 3 and the second magnetic layer 5, wherein magnetic particles 7 having a shape ratio S/L of 0.7 to 1 when a length of a long axis is L and a length of a short axis orthogonal to the long axis is L are filled in a gap W between coil wirings of the planar coil 4. According to the planar magnetic device 1, it is possible to realize a planar magnetic device such as an inductor reduced in height by using fine particles that enable to effectively obtain a large inductance value. |
| US07821369B2 |
Magnetic element
To provide a magnetic element the ends of the coil of which can be drawn out from the core easily, is compact, and further, is one in which magnetic saturation does not arise easily. A magnetic element has a core unit provided with a wound coil, a center core 105 inserted into the interior of the inner periphery of the coil, planar cores disposed at both ends of the center core, and a side core disposed between the planar cores and on the outside periphery of the coil. The side core is disposed so as to form an open portion between the two planar cores around the coil, with a recessed portion formed in a surface of the side core facing the coil in which the coil is partially contained. |
| US07821368B1 |
Thin film type common mode noise filter and fabrication method of the same
A thin film type common mode noise filter and its fabrication method are disclosed. There are several electric insulation layers, coil lead layers and main coil layers are formed on an insulation substrate by means of processes of Lithography, Physical Vapor Deposition, etching or other chemical process. After that the structure is covered with an electric insulation gluing layer and a magnetic material layer so as to form a thin film type common mode noise filter with a low production cost but an improved filtering characteristic of the common mode noise. |
| US07821367B2 |
Correlated magnetic harness and method for using the correlated magnetic harness
A harness is described herein that uses correlated magnets to enable objects to be secured thereto and removed therefrom. Some examples of such a harness include a construction work harness, a soldier harness, an astronaut harness, and a scuba harness (e.g., buoyancy compensator). For instance, the scuba harness can have different types of objects secured thereto and removed therefrom such as a weight pouch, a utility pocket, a dive light (flash light), a camera, a scuba lanyard, a navigation board, a depth gauge, a spear gun, or any type of military equipment. |
| US07821360B2 |
Multi-channel surface acoustic wave filter device with voltage controlled tunable frequency response
A multi-channel surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter includes a voltage controlled velocity tunable piezoelectric substrate, an input transducer fabricated on the substrate, and an output transducer fabricated on the substrate. The input transducer further includes multiple input sub-transducers that are electrically and physically connected in parallel. The output transducer further includes multiple output sub-transducers that are electrically and physically connected in parallel. Corresponding pairs of input sub-transducers and output sub-transducers form multiple parallel channels for SAW propagation. The input transducer produces a voltage controlled tunable COMB frequency response that is combined with a voltage controlled tunable COMB frequency response produced by the output transducer to produce a SAW filter voltage controlled tunable frequency response. Further embodiments include a multi-channel SAW resonator, a SAW filter device connecting two novel SAW filters in series, and a SAW filter device connecting two novel SAW resonators in series. |
| US07821358B2 |
Electrical component
An electrical component with a filter circuit is specified that includes a first bandstop filter and a second bandstop filter. The first bandstop filter includes at least one resonator operating with acoustic waves and has a first stop band. The second bandstop filter includes LC elements and has a second stop band that lies at least one octave higher than the first stop band. |
| US07821356B2 |
Ortho-mode transducer for coaxial waveguide
There is disclosed an ortho-mode transducer. An annular common waveguide may be defined by an outside surface of an inner conductor and an inside surface of an outer conductor, the outside surface and the inside surface concentric about a waveguide axis. A first port may couple a first TE11 mode to the annular common waveguide. A second port may couple a second TE11 mode to the annular common waveguide, the second TE11 mode orthogonal to the first TE11 mode. A first back-short may be disposed adjacent to the first port. A second back-short may be disposed on the outside surface of the inner conductor between the first port and the second port. |
| US07821354B2 |
Directional coupler
A directional coupler (500), which comprises a dielectric substrate (501) on top of a metal plate (510), is functioning as a ground plane. The transmission path is a suspended stripling so that there is a recess on the ground plane below the transmission conductor (520) being on the surface of the substrate. The sensing conductor (530) is a very small-sized conductive strip on the surface of the substrate. It has been connected from its head end to the measurement port (P3) and from its tail end via a termination resistor (550) to a small ground strip (515). The ground strip is next to the sensing conductor on the side of the output port (P2) of the directional coupler. With such an asymmetric structure, some directivity is obtained despite the small size of the sensing conductor. Also below the sensing conductor (530) there is a recess (506) on the ground plane, which joins the recess below the transmission conductor (520). By dimensioning the recess below the sensing conductor suitably, the velocities of the even and odd waveform occurring in the line constituted by it and the ground plane are obtained the same and thus directivity can be improved. The directional coupler is very space saving on the circuit board. As the substrate, an ordinary circuit board material can be used, whereby the board can have in addition to the directional coupler also other parts of radio-frequency circuits. The directional coupler does not require tuning in production. |
| US07821352B1 |
Ultra-wideband, directional coupler and method of implementation
The present invention is a wideband directional coupler comprising first and second coupled transmission lines and first and second equalizers connected at opposite ends of the coupled portion of the second transmission line. Illustratively, the first and second equalizers are RC filters. The first and second equalizers are designed to have transmission characteristics that vary with frequency so as to offset the frequency variation of the coupling factor of the coupled transmission lines. |
| US07821334B2 |
Amplification circuit
The present invention is aimed at realizing an amplifying circuit whose chip size is prevented from being significantly increased even if the number of compatible frequencies increases, and which has a wide dynamic range when it operates under a low voltage. The amplifying circuit includes a plurality of impedance converting circuits connected to each other by a switching circuit of a first type having a signal cutting-off function, a switching circuit of a second type connected to a path branched from an input side of the switching circuit of the first type, the switching circuit of the second type having a signal cutting-off function, amplifiers connected respectively to an output side of one of the impedance converting circuits in a final stage and to an output side of the switching circuit of the second type, and a control signal generating circuit for controlling connection/disconnection between said switching circuit of the first type and said switching circuit of the second type; wherein either one of the paths is selected to input a signal to one of the amplifiers. |
| US07821332B2 |
Signal delaying system utilizing voltage providing circuit
A signal delaying system is provided, including a delay locked loop circuit and a voltage providing circuit. The delay locked loop circuit delays an input signal to generate a delayed signal. The voltage providing circuit provides a control voltage to the delay locked loop circuit for determining a delay time of the delay locked loop circuit when the delay locked loop circuit operates in a first mode; and providing a stand-by voltage to the delay locked loop circuit when the delay locked loop circuit operates in a second mode, wherein the voltage providing circuit further adjusts the stand-by voltage to make the stand-by voltage substantially equal to the control voltage. |
| US07821326B2 |
Charge pump
The present invention relates to a charge pump, which uses a chopper circuit or a clamp circuit coupled between a pump capacitor and an output capacitor for preventing a parasitic transistor produced by a switching mechanism from turning on. Thereby, the performance of the charge pump is improved effectively. |
| US07821322B2 |
Chip for non-contact reader/writer having power-supply management function
A semiconductor integrated-circuit device rectifies a received carrier wave, generates a first power-supply voltage based on the rectified output, and selects, as a power-supply voltage required for operation, one of the first power-supply voltage and a supplied second power-supply voltage. The first power-supply voltage is selected as the power-supply voltage required for operation when the second power-supply voltage is lower than a threshold value. The second power-supply voltage is selected as the power-supply voltage required for operation when the second power-supply voltage is equal to or higher than the threshold value and an instruction to operate in accordance with a predetermined function is given. |
| US07821318B1 |
Wireless transceiver components with improved IQ matching
A mixer includes first and second differential input pairs that include first and second transistors. First and second bias transistors receive a first signal of a differential input signal that is the one of a first phase and a second phase, and that respectively communicate with first terminals of the first and second transistors of the first differential input pair. Third and fourth bias transistors receive a second signal of the differential input signal, and that respectively communicate with first terminals of the first and second transistors of the second differential input pair. First and second capacitive elements have first and second ends that respectively communicate with the first terminals of the first and second transistors of the first and second differential input pairs. Four current sourcing elements respectively communicate with first terminals of the first, second, third, and fourth bias transistors. |
| US07821316B2 |
Multiphase clock generator with enhanced phase control
A multi-phase clock generator circuit receives an input clock signal and produces multiple output clock signal, each from a respective delay stage of a multi-stage voltage-controlled delay line (VCDL). The rising edges of the multiple output clock signals produced by the circuit are substantially equidistant in time from one another and have substantially equal phase spacing. |
| US07821315B2 |
Adjustable duty cycle circuit
Techniques are disclosed for adjusting and programming the duty cycle of a signal generated by a circuit. In an embodiment, parallel transistors are coupled between a NAND gate and a supply voltage. Selectively enabling the parallel transistors adjusts the switching point of the NAND gate, thereby allowing control of the pulse width of the output signal. In an alternative embodiment, the size of the PMOS versus the NMOS transistors in the NAND gate is selectively varied to achieve the same effect. Further disclosed are applications of the techniques to calibrating the receiver to minimize measured second-order inter-modulation products and/or residual sideband. |
| US07821313B2 |
DLL circuit
A DLL circuit includes an input circuit generating a synchronization reference signal, a first delay unit delaying the synchronization reference signal to generate a plurality of delayed synchronization reference signals and selecting one of the delayed synchronization reference signals, a timing offset circuit adjusting a synchronization position of the delayed synchronization reference signal to generate a signal to be synchronized, a phase comparison circuit comparing phase of the synchronization reference signal with that of the signal to be synchronized, a first control circuit selecting an output signal of the first delay unit, a second delay unit delaying the synchronization reference signal or the signal to be synchronized to generate a plurality of delayed signals, a configuration information memory storing configuration information, and a second control circuit selecting an output signal of the second delay unit if the comparison result of the phase comparison circuit is within a predetermined range. |
| US07821312B1 |
Techniques for selecting phases of clock signals
A clock signal generator circuit that receives periodic signals has a delay circuit, first and second multiplexers, and flip-flops. The delay circuit delays the periodic signals to generate delayed signals. The first multiplexer selects one of the delayed signals in response to a first select signal to generate an output clock signal. The second multiplexer selects one of the periodic signals in response to a second select signal. The flip-flops generate the first and the second select signals in response to the periodic signal selected by the second multiplexer. |
| US07821311B2 |
Delay locked loop circuit and memory device having the same
A DLL circuit includes a multiphase clock signal generating unit configured to produce a plurality of multiphase clock signals by delaying a reference clock signal for a unit delay time and to produce an enable signal that is enabled when one of the plurality of the multiphase clock signals synchronizes with the reference clock signal at a frequency, and a multiphase clock signal selecting unit configured to delay one of the plurality of the multiphase clock signals for a predetermined time in response to a first control signal, to compare a phase of a delayed multiphase clock signal with a phase of the reference clock signal, and to output one of the plurality of the multiphase clock signals as a delayed clock signal, wherein a phase of the delayed clock signal synchronizes with the phase of the reference clock signal when the enable signal is enabled. |
| US07821310B2 |
DLL circuit having duty cycle correction and method of controlling the same
A delay locked loop (DLL) circuit includes a duty cycle correcting unit configured to correct a duty cycle of a reference clock signal in response to a duty cycle correction signal and generate a correction clock signal. A feedback loop of the DLL circuit performs a delay lock operation on the correction clock signal and generates an output clock signal. A first duty cycle detecting unit detects a duty cycle of the correction clock signal and generates a first detection signal and a second duty cycle detecting unit detects a duty cycle of the output clock signal and generates a second detection signal. Finally, a duty cycle control unit generates the duty cycle correction signal in response to the first detection signal and the second detection signal to perform the duty cycle correction. |
| US07821308B2 |
Delay locked loop and method of controlling the same
A delay locked loop includes a DLL hold control unit that receives a first control signal and outputs a DLL hold control signal, and a DLL block that receives the DLL hold control signal and generates a DLL clock. |
| US07821306B2 |
Switching device drive circuit
A gate voltage detecting circuit 201 detects a gate voltage Vgs of a switching device 11, and when the gate voltage is less than a predetermined voltage that is set to be less than a threshold voltage of the switching device 11, outputs an H-level boost instruction signal. A voltage control circuit 103, when the boost instruction signal is at the L level, outputs a predetermined voltage V1 of a control power supply 102 as it is, and when the boost instruction signal is at the H level, outputs a voltage V2 obtained by boosting the predetermined voltage V1. The drive signal output circuit 104 amplifies a voltage of a PWM pulse output from a PWM pulse output circuit 111 to a voltage output from the voltage control circuit 103. Therefore, a drive signal from the drive signal output circuit 104 to the switching device 11 initially becomes the boosted voltage V2 when the PWM pulse goes to the H level, and then becomes the predetermined voltage V1 when the gate voltage Vgs of the switching device 11 increases to a predetermined voltage. Therefore, a switching loss of the switching device can be suppressed. |
| US07821305B1 |
Dual voltage buffer with current reuse
A voltage buffer with current reuse is described. This voltage buffer can advantageously provide a relatively wide voltage differential using a relatively low current. In one embodiment, a slave branch can be used to minimize potential spikes/glitches in the voltage buffer. |
| US07821300B2 |
System and method for converting between CML signal logic families
A system includes a first CML buffer configured to receive a first bias signal and a first CML signal of a first CML logic family. The first CML buffer produces a second CML signal of the first CML logic family based on the first CML signal and the first bias signal. A first coupling capacitor module couples to the first CML buffer. The first coupling capacitor module receives the second CML signal and produces a third CML signal based on the second CML signal. A second CML buffer couples to the coupling capacitor module and receives a second bias signal and the third CML signal, producing a fourth CML signal of a second CML logic family. A feedback module couples to the second CML buffer and receives the fourth CML signal producing a fifth CML signal. The second CML buffer is produces the fourth CML signal based on the second bias signal, the third CML signal, and the fifth CML signal. |
| US07821292B2 |
Impedance calibration period setting circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit
An impedance calibration period setting circuit includes a command decoder and an impedance calibration activation signal generator. The command decoder combines external signals to generate a refresh signal. The impedance calibration activation signal generator is configured to generate an impedance calibration activation signal in response to the refresh signal and an address signal. The impedance calibration period setting circuit prevents abnormal changes in an impedance calibration code and reduces current consumption. |
| US07821289B2 |
Data output driving circuit and method for controlling slew rate thereof
A data output driving circuit capable of optimizing a slew rate of data according to the variation of operational conditions and a method for controlling a slew rate thereof includes a slew rate control signal generating unit configured to generate slew rate control signals by using a code signal, and a plurality of drivers configured to output data by driving the data at a slew rate set according to the slew rate control signals. |
| US07821278B2 |
Method and device for testing of non-componented circuit boards
The invention relates to a method and a device for the testing of noncomponented circuit boards.The method according to the invention is used to determine deviations of circuit board test points of a series of circuit boards from the CAD data relating to these circuit boards, by scanning the surface of the circuit board by an imaging method and subjecting this image to automatic image analysis so that it may be compared with the CAD data. The CAD data are then suitably corrected so that, with the aid of the corrected CAD data, the circuit board may be tested in a finger tester, with test fingers of the finger tester being controlled on the basis of the deviations found. |
| US07821270B2 |
Electrode contact pellet and associated photoionisation detector assembly
A demountable pellet is disclosed for use as an electrode contact assembly. The pellet comprises a base 1 upon which is mounted a plurality of electrodes 18, 19, 20 arranged in respective spaced parallel planes and having respective contacts 23, 24, 25 protruding from them. A closure 2 for the base 1 has a member 11, 12, 13 engaging at least one of the electrode contacts. In an unassembled condition of the pellet, with the closure 2 separate from the base 1 and each closure member disengaged from its respective electrode contact, the contacts 23, 24, 25 lie in respective spaced parallel planes. In the assembled condition of the pellet with each closure member engaging its respective electrode contact, at least one of the contacts 23, 24, 25 lies in a plane other than that in which it lay in the unassembled condition of the pellet. |
| US07821268B2 |
Electronic device for a magnetic resonance apparatus
An electronics device for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a housing in which one or more electronic components to be cooled are accommodated, with a flat cold distributor provided in the housing that can be supplied with an externally fed coolant, and that is associated with a blower to circulate the air inside the housing. |
| US07821263B2 |
Self-refocused spatial-spectral pulse
A method for frequency selective and slice selective magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. A B0 field is applied. A self-refocused spatial-spectral (SPSP) RF pulse is applied. A readout of a portion of k-space for the excited slice is performed. A second self-refocused SPSP excitation RF pulse is applied, wherein the second self-refocused SPSP excitation has an 180° echo phase difference from the self-refocused SPSP excitation. A second readout of a portion of k-space for the excited slice was performed. A difference between the readout and the second readout was found. The previous steps were repeated until k-space has been filled for the excited slice. The previous steps were repeated for a plurality of slices. |
| US07821262B2 |
Method and apparatus for sensitivity-encoded magnetic resonance imaging using an acquisition coil array
In a method as well as a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus for implementation of such a method for improved sensitivity-encoded magnetic resonance imaging using a two-dimensional or three-dimensional acquisition coil array, two-dimensional or three-dimensional undersampling of k-space is undertaken by measurement of a number N of basic partial trajectories τn in k-space that in their entirety form a geometric arrangement of source points, a number M of different operators Cm(Δ km) are determined, with each operator representing an algebraic transformation with which unmeasured target points at an interval Δ km from one of the measured source points are synthesized from a number of measured source points, the operators Cm(Δ km) are applied to at least one subset of the measured source points for at least partial completion of the magnetic resonance data set, and a largely artifact-free image is reconstructed in three-dimensional space on the basis of the measured source points and the synthesized data points. |
| US07821261B2 |
Data processing system, data processing method, diagnostic imaging apparatus, and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
A data processing system configured to process acquired image data (e.g., as part of a diagnostic imaging apparatus) uses a signal-power estimating unit for estimating signal power by using reference data containing data different from processing-target data and a data processing unit for processing the processing-target data by using a WF (wiener filter) based on the signal power estimated by the signal-power estimating unit. |
| US07821253B2 |
Direct current measuring device having magnetic sensors for current generated magnetic fields
A direct current measuring device having at least one first magnetic sensor and at least one second magnetic sensor sensitive to a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing in a conductor. The measuring device includes a processing unit connected to the magnetic sensors and generates an output signal dependent on measurement signals supplied by the magnetic sensors. The processing unit includes selection means supplying the output signal and is dependent, for weak electric currents, on the first measurement signals from a first magnetic sensor, and is dependent, for strong electric currents, on the second measurement signals from a second magnetic sensor. |
| US07821251B2 |
Current sensor
A current sensor includes a sensing circuit for sensing current and supplying indications thereof. The current sensor also includes two or more output terminals coupled to the sensing circuit that alternately supply respective indications of the sensed current according to control signals supplied to the current sensor. |
| US07821246B2 |
Voltage regulator and method of calibrating the same
A voltage regulator is provided that includes a power cell to provide a calibrated output voltage based on a voltage identification (VID) offset, and a master controller to provide a VID code to the power cell. The power cell to calibrate the output voltage based on the VID code received from the master controller and based on the VID offset. |
| US07821245B2 |
Voltage transformation circuit
A voltage transformation circuit comprising a first input, a second input, a first output, first and second impedances and a current mirror having master and slave terminals, wherein the first impedance is connected between the first input and the master terminal of the current mirror, the second impedance is connected between the second input and the slave terminal of the current mirror, and the first output is connected to the slave terminal of the current mirror. |
| US07821235B2 |
Method for measuring a temperature in an electronic device having a battery
A temperature sensing device can be embedded in a memory circuit in order to sense the temperature of the memory circuit. One oscillator generates a temperature variable signal that increases frequency as the temperature of the oscillator increases and decreases frequency when the temperature of the oscillator decreases. A temperature invariant oscillator generates a fixed width signal that is controlled by an oscillator read logic and indicates a temperature sense cycle. An n-bit counter is clocked by the temperature variable signal while the fixed width signal enables/inhibits the counter. The faster the counter counts, the larger the count value at the end of the sense cycle indicated by the fixed width signal. A larger count value indicates a warmer temperature. A smaller count value indicates a colder temperature. |
| US07821230B2 |
Method and system for cell equalization with switched charging sources
A system and method for charging a rechargeable, or secondary, battery including a series string of cells, includes a topology of charging sources that selectively provides charging current to cells that need to be charged, but avoids overcharging cells that are already charged above a predetermined voltage threshold. Based on individual cell voltage measurements, the charging current is controlled in a manner to direct charging current to the battery cell(s) needing charge until these cells are fully charged, and by-passes battery cells that are fully charged or become fully charged. |
| US07821229B2 |
System and method for balancing cells in a battery pack with selected external and internal bypass paths
A system and method for cell balancing with smart low-voltage control circuit. The cell balancing system comprises a plurality of battery cells, an external bypass path for each cell, an internal bypass path for each cell, an input terminal receiving an enable signal for each cell, an input terminal receiving a selection signal, and a cell balancing unit for generating a configuration signal to conduct the external bypass path or internal bypass path. The enable signal is configured to enable a bypass current of each cell, and the selection signal is configured to select the external bypass path or internal bypass path. The cell balancing unit is employed to receive signals from input terminals, and generate a configuration signal to control the conductance of external bypass paths or internal bypass paths. |
| US07821227B2 |
Motor vehicle battery disconnect circuit having electronic disconnects
An electronic disconnect switch module (12) in a motor vehicle has one or more pairs of high-current, high-side solid state switch devices (30A, 30B, 32A, and 32B). The source terminal of one device of each pair is connected to vehicle load circuits (27), the source terminal of the other device of each pair is connected to the vehicle battery bank (16), and the drain terminals of the devices of each pair are connected in common. The module also has a microcontroller (34) that interfaces the switch devices with the vehicle electrical system. Four feature groups are provided: Vehicle Electrical System Protection, Battery Charge Control, Battery Disconnect, and Battery Monitoring. |
| US07821225B2 |
Hybrid power supply and power management method thereof
The invention provides a power management method for a hybrid power supply, comprising providing a primary power source, providing a rechargeable battery, providing a DC-DC converter, acquiring an amount of the power stored in the rechargeable battery, and when the energy level of the rechargeable battery does not exceed a first predetermined value, the DC-DC converter controls the primary power source to output a first value of a first electrical parameter. |
| US07821220B2 |
Motor having integral programmable logic controller
A system, in one embodiment, includes a drive having a housing, a stator disposed in the housing, a rotor disposed in the stator, and a programmable logic controller disposed inside, mounted on, or in general proximity to the housing. In another embodiment, a system includes a network, a first motor having a first integral programmable logic controller coupled to the network, and a second motor having a second integral programmable logic controller coupled to the network. In a further embodiment, a system includes a rotary machine having a rotor and a stator disposed concentric with one another, a microprocessor, memory coupled to the microprocessor, a power supply coupled to the microprocessor and the memory, and a machine sensor coupled to the microprocessor. |
| US07821217B2 |
Electronically commutated motor and control system employing phase angle control of phase current
A power tool may include an electronically commutated motor such as, for example, a brushless DC permanent magnet motor with a rotor having internally mounted magnets and/or cavities filled with air or other non-magnetic materials. A control system may be used to control the motor in a manner that implements field weakening when the speed of the motor increases beyond its rated motor speed, or when the torque demands on the motor continue to increase after the maximum power output of the motor is reached. The field weakening may offset the growing back EMF and may enable a constant power and constant efficiency to be achieved by the motor over a wide speed range, rather than at just a single predetermined operating speed. Pulse width modulation control of the motor may be used up until the motor reaches its maximum power output. |
| US07821215B2 |
Pump controller system and method
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of detecting a fault condition in a motor of a pump. The method includes sensing a first current value and a speed of the motor, attempting a recovery operation if the first current value is greater than a current threshold and if the speed of the motor is less than a motor speed low threshold, and sensing a second current value during the recovery operation and shutting down a drive to the motor if the second current value is also greater than the current threshold. The method also includes performing the recovery operation for a time period if the second current value is less than the current threshold and attempting to operate the motor in a normal mode after the time period has elapsed. |
| US07821212B2 |
Networkable controllers for LED lighting
LED controller devices (e.g., color changing modules) that may be connected to an LED fixture (e.g., an LED light strip or series of LED light strips) having multicolored LED lights or LED's which otherwise vary in intensity, color, brightness, etc. In some embodiments, the LED light strips may incorporate red/green/blue (RGB) LEDs or white/warm white/amber (WWA) LEDs. This LED controller device operates to vary the colors emitted by the LED lights in accordance with desired programs, colors, tones, light shows, etc. The controller devices of this invention may be used in a stand alone LED lighting fixture of part of a network, such as a network that uses a form of RS-485 architecture known as a “Digital Multiplexed Interface” (DMX) as frequently used for control of lighting. |
| US07821207B2 |
Lighting unit and discharge lamp
Provided is a lighting unit and a discharge lamp each of which is capable of causing a capacitor to break down by heat generated in a heat generating component, so that circuit operation is safely terminated without any additional cost. A compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp is provided with a lighting unit (50) housed in a case. The lighting unit (50) causes an arc tube to emit light and is composed of a plurality of electronic components, including a rectifier/smoothing circuit portion, an inverter circuit portion having transistors (Q1 and Q2), a resonant circuit portion, and a preheating circuit portion having a positive temperature coefficient element. Among the plurality of electronic components, the transistors (Q1 and Q2) and the positive temperature coefficient element generate excessive heat when, for example, the lamp is operated at the end of electrode's life. Capacitors (C4 and C6) disposed in the vicinity of the positive temperature coefficient element would break down by heat in a short mode. |
| US07821201B2 |
Tandem OLED device with intermediate connector
A tandem OLED device including an anode; a cathode; at least two electroluminescent units disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein each of the electroluminescent units includes at least one hole-transporting layer and one organic light-emitting layer; and an intermediate connector of at least two layers disposed between adjacent electroluminescent units, wherein the intermediate connector includes an organic alkali metal complex layer and an organic electron-accepting layer, the organic electron-accepting layer being disposed closer to the cathode than the organic alkali metal complex layer, and there is present metallic aluminum in the organic alkali metal complex layer. |
| US07821200B2 |
EL display device, driving method thereof, and electronic equipment provided with the EL display device
An EL display device capable of performing clear multi-gradation color display and electronic equipment provided with the EL display device are provided, wherein gradation display is performed according to a time-division driving method in which the luminescence and non-luminescence of an EL element (109) disposed in a pixel (104) are controlled by time, and the influence by the characteristic variability of a current controlling TFT (108) is prevented. When this method is used, a data signal side driving circuit (102) and a gate signal side driving circuit (103) are formed with TFTs that use a silicon film having a peculiar crystal structure and exhibit an extremely high operation speed. |
| US07821198B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same
An organic light-emitting display device and a method of fabricating the same is disclosed, to prevent contact defects, the organic light-emitting display device comprising a first substrate formed a sub-pixel driving array; a second substrate formed an OLED array; a sealant to bond the first and second substrates to each other; and a conductive material deformed when bonding the first and second substrates to each other so as to electrically connect the sub-pixel driving array and the OLED array to each other, the conductive material formed on the sub-pixel driving array. |
| US07821197B2 |
Organic light emitting display and fabricating method of the same
Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device and a method of making the same. A first mother substrate includes a first display array and a second display array. A second mother substrate is attached to the first mother substrate in order to seal the arrays. A frit is formed at non-pixel regions of the first mother substrate and the second mother substrate. The frit interconnects the first and second mother substrates to each other. A reinforcing member is formed along the frit. A metal pattern is formed on the first substrate and extends along the reinforcing member. |
| US07821196B2 |
Illumination device with at least one LED as the light source
An illumination device with at least one LED as the light source, the LED emitting primary radiation in the range from 370 to 430 nm of the optical spectral region (peak wavelength), this radiation being partially or completely converted into radiation of a longer wavelength by three phosphors which are exposed to the primary radiation from the LED and which emit in the blue, green and red spectral regions, so that white light is formed. The conversion is achieved at least with the aid of a phosphor which emits blue light with a wavelength maximum at 440 to 485 nm, and with the aid of a phosphor which emits green light with a wavelength maximum at 505 to 550 nm, and with the aid of a phosphor which emits red light with a wavelength maximum at 560 to 670 nm. |
| US07821194B2 |
Solid state lighting devices including light mixtures
A solid state lighting apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Each of the LEDs includes an LED device configured to emit light having about a first dominant wavelength and a phosphor configured to receive at least some of the light emitted by the LED device and responsively emit light having about a second dominant wavelength. A combined light emitted by the LED device and the phosphor of a first one of the plurality of LEDs has a first color point and a combined light emitted by the LED device and the phosphor of a second one of the plurality of LEDs has a second color point that falls outside a seven step Macadam ellipse around the first color point. |
| US07821193B2 |
Color pixel element for field emission display
A color pixel element for field emission display includes a sealed container having a light permeable portion, at least two anodes, a cathode, at least two phosphor layers formed on the end surfaces of the anodes, and at least two CNT strings electrically connected to and in contact with the cathode with the emission portions of the CNT strings suspending. The phosphor layers are opposite to the light permeable portion, and one emission portion is corresponding to one phosphor layer. In each CNT string, some of CNT bundles are taller than and project over the adjacent CNT bundles, and each of projecting CNT bundles functions as an electron emitter. The anodes, the cathode, the phosphor layers and the CNT strings are enclosed in the sealed container. The luminance of the color pixel element is enhanced at a relatively low voltage. |
| US07821190B2 |
Image display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
An image display apparatus includes a display unit including a substrate having an outer surface and an image display area, a conductive layer disposed on the substrate via an adhesive layer, and a conductive tape disposed on the outer surface of the substrate. In addition, a member holds the conductive layer against the substrate. Part of the adhesive layer is layered between the conductive tape and at least a part of the conductive layer, with the conductive tape including a projection portion contacting the conductive layer such that the conductive layer and the conductive tape are electrically connected. The member sandwiches the conductive layer, the conductive tape having the projection portion, and the display unit, and the conductive tape is a ground potential. |
| US07821187B1 |
Immersion gun equipped electron beam column
An electron gun of the type having an electron emitter for emitting electrons, including an electrostatic lens and a magnetic lens formed by pole pieces with a winding coil disposed between the magnetic pole pieces. The magnetic lens forms a rotationally symmetrical magnetic field in a gap formed by the pole pieces. The magnetic field forms the magnetic lens and focuses the electrons emitted from the emitter. A vacuum tube separates the electron gun from the magnetic lens. The electron gun is sealed in a vacuum by the vacuum tube and the magnetic lens is shielded in air. |
| US07821182B2 |
Device for actuating a sanitary appliance
The invention relates to a device for actuating a sanitary appliances which comprises at least one sensor arranged in a housing and provided with a pressure-sensitive element and is actuatable by applying a force on the sensor sensitive area for deforming said element. The inventive device also comprises a control system which determines the deformation of the element and produces a signal by which the operation of the sanitary appliances is controllable. Coupling means extending perpendicularly to the operating direction of the sensor outside of the sensitive area thereof enable a force which is generated at a distance from said sensitive area to be transferable thereon. |
| US07821179B2 |
Acoustic wave resonator
In an acoustic wave resonator, an IDT electrode is provided on a piezoelectric substrate. The IDT electrode is apodization-weighted such that a plurality of maximum values of cross widths are provided in acoustic wave propagation directions. Alternatively, in apodization weighting, weighting is applied such that at least one of a pair of envelopes located at outer side portions of the IDT electrode in directions substantially perpendicular to acoustic wave propagation directions includes a plurality of angled envelope portions angled from a central portion of the IDT electrode toward an outer side portion of the IDT electrode in a direction substantially perpendicular to the acoustic wave propagation directions. |
| US07821176B2 |
Electric motor, stator for an electric motor and method of manufacturing same
An electric machine has a rotor and includes a first portion that is substantially rectangular and includes a rotor aperture configured to receive a portion of the rotor. A second portion is separate from and connected to the first portion. The second portion is substantially U-shaped and includes a first leg, a second leg, and a base. A first coil surrounds a portion of the first leg and a second coil surrounds a portion of the second leg. |
| US07821175B2 |
Stator assembly for an electric machine and method of manufacturing the same
A stator for an electric machine includes a plurality of core segments interconnected with one another. At least one core segment includes a plurality of teeth and a back portion that at least partially interconnects the teeth. A first one-piece mold defines a first end insulator portion and a plurality of slot insulator portions, and a second one-piece mold defines a second end insulator portion and a second plurality of slot insulator portions. The plurality of core segments is positioned between the first mold and the second mold such that the molds align and insulate the core portions. The stator also includes a plurality of coils. Each coil surrounds at least a portion of one tooth. |
| US07821169B2 |
Axial gap type motor
A series coupling synchronous axial gap type motor where rotors and stators are alternately stacked with required air gaps in the axial direction of a rotary shaft as a main shaft, is provided. The rotors are fixed to the rotary shaft, and the stators are disposed such that they cannot be interlocked with the rotary shaft. A plurality of rotary field bodies are attached to each of the rotor around the axis, and a plurality of armature coils are made to face the rotary field bodies with an air gap therefrom and are attached to each of the stators around the axis such that their magnetic-flux directions are directed toward the axial direction. The armature coils have an empty core, or a core member composed of a magnetic body attached thereto. |
| US07821167B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing the buffer volume in a fluid dynamic bearing
An apparatus and method for increasing the buffer volume in a fluid dynamic bearing is disclosed. One embodiment provides a thrust washer coupled with a shaft of a fluid dynamic bearing. In addition, at least one groove is provided on an outward facing side of the thrust washer. In so doing, the at least one groove increases a fluid capacity of the capillary buffer of the fluid dynamic bearing without requiring a change in the size or shape of a capillary buffer of the fluid dynamic bearing. |
| US07821166B2 |
Dynamoelectric machine insulator and method
A dynamoelectric machine insulator includes, a body having a plurality of holes therethrough at least some of the plurality of holes being receptive of a lead such that a lead extending through each of the plurality of holes is electrically isolated from a lead extending through each of the other of the plurality of holes, and at least one channel in the body extending arcuately along a perimetrical extent of the body. The at least one channel configured and dimensioned to insulate at least one lead routed therein. |
| US07821161B2 |
Electronic leakage reduction techniques
Electronic leakage reduction techniques are provided, whereby an electrical outlet with a programmable computing unit is programmed to detect the current, resistance, power or pattern of current, resistance or power of an attached appliance in the on position and/or off position. Among other aspects, the electrical outlet with a programmable computing unit delivers a selected voltage below the original operational voltage and/or delivers voltage at particular durations for particular intervals to the appliance in the off position and compares detected current, resistance, power or pattern of current, resistance or power to programmed levels associated with the appliance in the on position and/or off position. If any or some of those characteristics match those programmed associated with the appliance in the on position, or fail to match those programmed associated with the off position by a set confidence interval, original operational voltage is provided to the appliance. |
| US07821160B1 |
Modular wall box system
A device is provided and includes an actuator, mounted to a wall box, including a power supply, an electrical load controller and a terminal coupled to the power supply and the controller, an actuator interface disposed on the actuator to receive first commands relating to basic electrical load control by the controller and a separate interface, including a header to communicate with the terminal whereby the separate interface receives power and communicates with the controller, the separate interface being supportable at the wall box and, when the header and terminal communicate, configured to identify a type of the actuator and to receive second commands of a type unique to the identified actuator type and relating to the basic and enhanced electrical load control by the controller. |
| US07821156B2 |
System and methods for scheduling power usage
A system for scheduling electric power consumption cycles is provided. A consumption cycle is a time period of human scale, minutes or hours typically, rather than an electrical cycle. The system includes an electric-powered device driven by power supplied by an electric power network. The system also includes a consumption cycle data (CCD) requesting module communicatively linked to the electric-powered device. The link may use electric power lines via methods such as Broadband over Power Line, or may be wireless. The CCD requesting module is configured to generate a CCD request requesting allocation of electric power from the electric power network. Additionally, the system includes an electric power network node electrically connected to the electric-powered device from which electric power is conveyed to the electric-powered device. The system also includes a CCD responding module communicatively linked to the CCD requesting module. The CCD responding module is configured to determine whether the request for allocation of power can be granted subject to a predetermined capacity constraint. |
| US07821154B2 |
Device and method for controlling an electric parking brake of a utility vehicle
A device for controlling an electric parking brake of a utility vehicle includes an electronic control unit and a manual control unit that communicates with the electronic control unit and via which driver requests depending on the type of actuation of the manual control unit can be transmitted to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is adapted to process signals of the manual control unit when the ignition is switched on. The manual control unit is adapted to output in at least one mode of operation a wake-up signal to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is adapted to process, once having received a wake-up signal, at least one additional signal of the manual control unit even if the ignition of the utility vehicle is switched off. |
| US07821152B1 |
System for generating heat using a wind tunnel
A system for heating air in an enclosed air duct or wind tunnel which comprises a series of wind producing devices which are powered by conventional electrical power sources and a series of wind collecting devices which collect the previously generated wind to generate electricity which electricity is transmitted to a series of heat exchangers. Additionally, wind collecting apparatuses, e.g., a windmill, are provided outside of the air duct to collect wind on the outside of the air duct to drive a generator which provides additional electricity which is also transmitted to the heat exchanger. The heat producing elements could include fans and/or squirrel cage devices which are driven by electrical power sources. The wind collecting devices could include squirrel cage devices and/or fan devices which are each connected to generators for producing electricity which is then transmitted to the heat exchangers. A system may be comprised of multiple units of each of these devices. Furthermore, the air duct could be straight or it could be curved. While the wind producing devices are driven by conventional electrical power sources, the heat exchangers collect electricity from the wind producing elements which may be unconventional in that the frequency or hertz of the electricity may vary and not be conventional in the sense that it could be different from the common voltage levels and/or frequency, i.e., sixty cycles per second or hertz, which is commonly used in the United States. |
| US07821150B2 |
Ocean energy harvesting system
An ocean energy harvesting system utilizes horizontal structural members that rotate in response to wave motion. The structural members are designed to capture energy in a line array that replicates the shape of the waves as they pass through the ocean. A generator platform is placed in the ocean environment or on the shore, and the structural members rotate under the platform or around a pivot post placed in proximity to the platform. The rotation drives a generator shaft due to direct attachment to the structural member or from a cable attached to a structural member some distance from the platform. The structural members can be of substantial length depending on the prevailing wave conditions at the site and the desired amount of energy capture. The system adjusts to differing water levels due to tidal shifts. |
| US07821148B2 |
Wind turbine
A wind turbine has a horizontal axis of rotation and features a hub beam and two turbine blades attached to opposing ends of the hub beam in a spaced-apart relation. The blades have a first position in which the blades are radially arrayed about the hub beam. The blades have a second position in which the blades are folded and moored to the tower. A control system communicates with weather sensors and determines whether to move the blades between the first and second positions. |
| US07821138B2 |
Semiconductor device with an improved operating property
The semiconductor comprises an n-channel transistor forming region and a p-channel transistor forming region, which are disposed while being sectioned by an element isolation region. The stress caused by contact plugs in the n-channel transistor forming region and the stress caused by contact plugs in the p-channel transistor forming region are made different from each other. With this, it enables to increase the drive current of both the n-channel transistor and p-channel transistor without changing the dimensions of the active region and the element isolation region. |
| US07821135B2 |
Semiconductor device with improved stress migration resistance and manufacturing process therefor
A semiconductor device of improved stress-migration resistance and reliability includes an insulating film having formed therein a lower interconnection consisting of a barrier metal film and a copper-silver alloy film, on which is then formed an interlayer insulating film. In the interlayer insulating film is formed an upper interconnection consisting of a barrier metal film and a copper-silver alloy film. The lower and the upper interconnections are made of a copper-silver alloy which contains silver in an amount more than a solid solution limit of silver to copper. |
| US07821131B2 |
Substrate including barrier solder bumps to control underfill transgression and microelectronic package including same
A microelectronic substrate and a microelectronic package including the substrate and a die bonded thereto. The substrate includes a substrate panel having a die-side surface including a die-attach region; a system of interconnects extending through the substrate panel and adapted to allow a connection of the substrate to external circuitry; and a plurality of solder bumps including: die-attach solder bumps electrically coupled to the system of interconnects and disposed in the die-attach region; and barrier solder bumps isolated from the system of interconnects, the barrier solder bumps being disposed outside of the die-attach region and being adapted to substantially limit a flow of underfill away from the die-attach region. |
| US07821129B2 |
Low cost hermetic ceramic microcircuit package
Hermeticity of microcircuit packages is achieved in one embodiment by recognition that water can penetrate the ceramic structure and thus the ceramic structure is sealed and the edges of the ceramic package are metallically bonded to the electronic package. In one embodiment, a clear ceramic dielectric compound is sprayed on the ceramic and then the package is glazed. |
| US07821127B2 |
Semiconductor device package having buffered memory module and method thereof
A method and apparatus of fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor device may include a buffer chip package having a buffer chip mounted on a buffer chip substrate and at least one memory package mounted on the buffer chip substrate, wherein the at least one memory package may include a plurality of memory chips. Further, the buffer chip package may have a plurality of external connection terminals. |
| US07821121B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for producing the same
In a semiconductor device which has through holes in an end face, in which a semiconductor element is fixedly mounted on a face of a substrate which has a wiring pattern, which is conductive to the wiring portion formed in the through hole, in at least one face, in which electrodes of the semiconductor element are electrically connected to the wiring pattern, and in which the face of the substrate which has the semiconductor element is coated with a resin, the through hole has a through hole land with a width of 0.02 mm or more, which is conductive to the wiring portion, in a substrate face, and the wiring portion and the through hole land are exposed. |
| US07821112B2 |
Semiconductor device with wire-bonding on multi-zigzag fingers
A semiconductor device having linear zigzag(s) for wire bonding is revealed, primarily comprising a chip, a plurality of leads made of a lead frame and a plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the chip and the leads. At least one of the leads has a linear zigzag including a first finger and a second finger connected each other in a zigzag form. One end of one of the bonding wire is bonded to a bonding pad on the chip and the other end is selectively bonded to either the first finger or the second finger but not both in a manner that the wire-bonding direction of the bonding wire is parallel to or in a sharp angle with the direction of the connected fingers for easy wire bonding processes. Therefore, the semiconductor device can assemble chips with diverse dimensions or with diverse bonding pads layouts by flexible wire-bonding angles at linear zigzag to avoid electrical short between the adjacent leads. |
| US07821109B2 |
Stressed dielectric devices and methods of fabricating same
A structure and a method of making the structure. The structure includes a field effect transistor including: a first and a second source/drain formed in a silicon substrate, the first and second source/drains spaced apart and separated by a channel region in the substrate; a gate dielectric on a top surface of the substrate over the channel region; and an electrically conductive gate on a top surface of the gate dielectric; and a dielectric pillar of a first dielectric material over the gate; and a dielectric layer of a second dielectric material over the first and second source/drains, sidewalls of the dielectric pillar in direct physical contact with the dielectric layer, the dielectric pillar having no internal stress or an internal stress different from an internal stress of the dielectric layer. |
| US07821106B2 |
Process for making contact with and housing integrated circuits
A process for producing electrical contact connections for a component integrated in a substrate material is provided, the substrate material having a first surface region, and at least one terminal contact being arranged at least partially in the first surface region for each component, which is distinguished in particular by application of a covering to the first surface region and production of at least one contact passage which, in the substrate material, runs transversely with respect to the first surface region, in which process, in order to form at least one contact location in a second surface region which is to be provided, at least one electrical contact connection from the contact location to at least one of the terminal contacts is produced via the respective contact passages. |
| US07821105B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device
A silicon substrate has a protective film formed on each side. A semiconductor surface opening not smaller than a given region is formed by removing the protective film. A through-hole having an inner size smaller than the given region is formed in the opening by laser machining. Thereafter, the inner size of the through-hole is increased by anisotropic etching, and the etching is ended when the inner size of the through-hole reaches the given size. In this way, a through-hole of a given size can be formed without allowing reversely tapered crystal planes to appear from a surface of the substrate toward the inside of the through-hole. |
| US07821101B2 |
Semiconductor device including capacitor including upper electrode covered with high density insulation film and production method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode provided on a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode provided on the lower electrode to overlap a part of the lower electrode, a first insulating film provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a second insulating film provided in contact with an upper part of the upper electrode and on the upper part of the lower electrode, and having a density higher than that of the first insulating film, the second insulating film covering a side surface and a top surface of the upper electrode. |
| US07821100B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a protection target element formed on a semiconductor substrate and includes a protection target element electrode, a substrate connecting part including a substrate connecting electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate and a fuse structure provided between the protection target element electrode and the substrate connecting electrode and includes a fuse film configured to be torn by applying a predetermined current thereto. The protection target element electrode, the substrate connecting electrode and the fuse film are formed of an integral conductive film as long as the fuse film is not torn. |
| US07821098B2 |
Trench widening without merging
A semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a trench in the semiconductor substrate. The trench comprises a side wall which includes {100} side wall surfaces and {110} side wall surfaces. The semiconductor structure further includes a blocking layer on the {100} side wall surfaces and the {110} side wall surfaces. The method further comprises the steps of removing portions of the blocking layer on the {110} side wall surfaces without removing portions of the blocking layer on the {100} side wall surfaces such that the {110} side wall surfaces are exposed to a surrounding ambient. |
| US07821096B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit and system LSI including the same
A semiconductor integrated circuit having a diode element includes a diffusion layer which constitutes the anode and two diffusion layers which are provided on the left and right sides of the anode and which constitute the cathode, such that the anode and the cathode constitute the diode. A well contact is provided to surround both the diffusion layers of the anode and cathode. Distance tS between a longer side of the well contact and the diffusion layers of the cathode is shorter, while distance tL between a shorter side of the well contact and the diffusion layers of the anode and cathode is longer (tL>tS). Accordingly, the resistance value between the diffusion layer of the anode and the shorter side of the well contact is larger, so that the current from the diffusion layer of the anode is unlikely to flow toward the shorter side of the well contact. Thus, convergence of the current at the contact holes of the diffusion layer of the anode is reduced, so that the reliability of the diode element improves. |
| US07821091B2 |
Photo detector
A photo detector comprising a grating (PC). The grating (PC) is arranged on top of a surface of an active semiconductor layer. The grating (PC) is patterned in uninterrupted first strips (ST1), that are arranged in a first direction (x) in a first predetermined interval (a), and second strips (ST2), that are arranged in a second direction (y) in a second predetermined interval (b). The second strips (ST2) each comprise at least one interruption in a region between each two neighboring first strips (ST1) in form of a predetermined gap (d). Positively doped regions (P) and negatively doped regions (N) each are arranged as strips in parallel with the first strips (ST1) such that in a region between each two neighboring first strips (ST1) alternately either one of the positively doped regions (P) or one of the negatively doped regions (N) is arranged. |
| US07821088B2 |
Spin transfer magnetic element with free layers having high perpendicular anisotropy and in-plan equilibrium magnetization
A method and system for providing a magnetic element that can be used in a magnetic memory is disclosed. The magnetic element includes pinned, nonmagnetic spacer, and free layers. The spacer layer resides between the pinned and free layers. The free layer can be switched using spin transfer when a write current is passed through the magnetic element. The free layer includes a first ferromagnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer. The second ferromagnetic layer has a very high perpendicular anisotropy and an out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The very high perpendicular anisotropy energy is greater than the out-of-plane demagnetization energy of the second layer. |
| US07821084B2 |
Sensor system
Rather than increasing the mass of the structure, the structure in a sensor system suspends its substrate from some mechanical ground. Motion of the substrate relative to the mechanical ground thus provides the movement information. To those ends, the sensor system includes a base, a substrate, and a flexible member suspended from at least a portion of the substrate. At least a portion of the flexible member is capable of moving relative to at least a portion of the substrate. In addition, the flexible member is secured to the base, thus causing the substrate to be movable relative to the base. Moreover, the mass of the substrate is greater than the mass of the flexible member. The substrate and flexible member are configured to interact to produce a motion signal identifying movement of the base. |
| US07821079B2 |
Preparation of thin film transistors (TFTs) or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags or other printable electronics using ink-jet printer and carbon nanotube inks
The invented ink-jet printing method for the construction of thin film transistors using all SWNTs on flexible plastic films is a new process. This method is more practical than all of existing printing methods in the construction TFT and RFID tags because SWNTs have superior properties of both electrical and mechanical over organic conducting oligomers and polymers which often used for TFT. Furthermore, this method can be applied on thin films such as paper and plastic films while silicon based techniques can not used on such flexible films. These are superior to the traditional conducting polymers used in printable devices since they need no dopant and they are more stable. They could be used in conjunction with conducting polymers, or as stand-alone inks. |
| US07821078B2 |
Semiconductor device having resistor elements and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device of the invention has a plurality of resistor elements formed on an element isolating oxide film in predetermined regions on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. Active regions are furnished close to the resistor elements. This allows the element isolating oxide film near the resistor elements to be divided into suitable strips, forestalling a concave formation at the center of the element isolating oxide film upon polishing of the film by CMP and thereby enhancing dimensional accuracy of the resistor elements upon fabrication. |
| US07821076B2 |
Semiconductor device
There is provided a technology which allows improvements in manufacturing yield and product reliability in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. A shallow p-type well is formed in a region different from respective regions in a p-type substrate where a deep n-type well, a shallow p-type well, and a shallow n-type well are formed. A p-type diffusion tap formed in the shallow p-type well is wired to a p-type diffusion tap formed in a shallow n-type well in the deep n-type well using an interconnection in a second layer. The respective gate electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the deep n-type well are coupled to the respective drain electrodes of an nMIS and a pMIS each formed in the substrate using an interconnection in a second or higher order layer. |
| US07821074B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
The present invention provides a semiconductor device includes: an element isolation region configured to be formed in a semiconductor substrate; a P-type field effect transistor configured to be formed in a first element formation region of the semiconductor substrate for which isolation by the element isolation region is carried out; an N-type substrate region configured to be formed in the semiconductor substrate for which isolation by the element isolation region is carried out, arsenic being ion-implanted into the N-type substrate region; a nickel silicide layer configured to be formed on the N-type substrate region; a first insulating film configured to cover the P-type field effect transistor and have compressive stress; and a second insulating film configured to cover the N-type substrate region and have tensile stress or compressive stress lower than the compressive stress of the first insulating film. |
| US07821069B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes: n transistor elements; n resistive elements; and n capacitive elements, each kind of elements coupled in series between the first and second terminals. The gate of each transistor element has a gate pad, and each transistor element includes transistor pads disposed on both sides. Each resistive element includes resistive pads disposed on both sides. Each capacitive element includes capacitive pads disposed on both sides. The gate pad other than the first stage transistor element, a corresponding resistive pad, and a corresponding capacitive pad are electrically coupled. One transistor pad, one resistive pad, and one capacitive pad in the first stage are electrically coupled. One transistor pad, one resistive pad, and one capacitive pad in the n-th stage are electrically coupled. |
| US07821067B2 |
Electronic devices including a semiconductor layer
An electronic device can include a first semiconductor portion and a second semiconductor portion, wherein the compositions of the first and second semiconductor portions are different from each other. In one embodiment, the first and second semiconductor portions can have different stresses compared to each other. In one embodiment, the electronic device may be formed by forming an oxidation mask over the first semiconductor portion. A second semiconductor layer can be formed over the second semiconductor portion of the first semiconductor layer and have a different composition compared to the first semiconductor layer. An oxidation can be performed, and a concentration of a semiconductor element (e.g., germanium) within the second portion of the first semiconductor layer can be increased. In another embodiment, a selective condensation may be performed, and a field isolation region can be formed between the first and second portions of the first semiconductor layer. |
| US07821062B2 |
Field effect transistor and method for producing a field effect transistor
A field effect transistor is provided having a source region, a drain region formed in a first well region, and a channel region. The first well region is doped with doping atoms of a first conductivity type. At least a part of the channel region which extends into the first well region is doped with doping atoms of a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being a different conductivity type than the first conductivity type. |
| US07821061B2 |
Silicon germanium and germanium multigate and nanowire structures for logic and multilevel memory applications
A method to provide a transistor or memory cell structure. The method comprises: providing a substrate including a lower Si substrate and an insulating layer on the substrate; providing a first projection extending above the insulating layer, the first projection including an Si material and a Si1-xGex material; and exposing the first projection to preferential oxidation to yield a second projection including a center region comprising Ge/Si1-yGey and a covering region comprising SiO2 and enclosing the center region. |
| US07821058B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and method for manufacturing the same
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nonvolatile semiconductor memory including: a columnar semiconductor; a charge storage insulating film including: a first insulating film formed around the columnar semiconductor, a charge storage film formed around the first insulating film, and a second insulating film formed around the charge storage film; an electrode extending two-dimensionally to surround the charge storage insulating film, the electrode having a groove; and a metal silicide formed on a sidewall of the groove. |
| US07821050B1 |
CRAM transistors with high immunity to soft error
A transistor fabricated on a semiconductor substrate includes a source and a drain in the substrate; a gate on the substrate, the gate being insulated from the substrate by gate dielectric; barrier layers covering two sides of the gate and the gate dielectric; spacers of high-k material covering the barrier layers; and nitride spacers covering the spacers of high-k material. The spacers of high-k material significantly increase the node capacitance of the transistor and therefore reduce the transistor's soft error rate. |
| US07821048B2 |
Double density MRAM with planar processing
The semiconductor industry seeks to replace traditional volatile memory devices with improved non-volatile memory devices. The increased demand for a significantly advanced, efficient, and non-volatile data retention technique has driven the development of integrated magnetic memory structures. In one aspect, the present teachings relate to magnetic memory structure fabrication techniques in a high density configuration that includes an efficient means for programming high density magnetic memory structures. |
| US07821047B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor apparatus including: a semiconductor substrate; an element isolation region formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to extend in a first direction; a gate electrode formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction and to penetrate through the element isolation region; a gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate; an interlayer dielectric film formed on the gate electrode; a ferroelectric capacitor including: first and second electrodes disposed on the interlayer dielectric film and a ferroelectric between the first and second electrodes; and first and second semiconductor pillars being in contact respectively with the first and second electrodes. |
| US07821046B2 |
Methods, structures and sytems for an image sensor device for improving quantum efficiency of red pixels
A method and structure for providing a high energy implant in only the red pixel location of a CMOS image sensor. The implant increases the photon collection depth for the red pixels, which in turn increases the quantum efficiency for the red pixels. In one embodiment, a CMOS image sensor is formed on an p-type substrate and the high energy implant is a p-type implant that creates a p-type ground contact under the red pixel, thus reducing dark non-uniformity effects. In another embodiment, a CMOS image sensor is formed on an n-type substrate and a high energy p-type implant creates a p-type region under only the red pixel to increase photon collection depth, which in turn increases the quantum efficiency for the red pixels. |
| US07821043B2 |
Insulated gate bipolar transistor
An insulated gate bipolar transistor has a p-type emitter layer; an n-type buffer layer provided on the p-type emitter layer; an n-type base layer provided on the n-type buffer layer and having a higher resistivity than the n-type buffer layer; a p-type base layer provided in part of an upper surface of the n-type base layer; an n-type source layer provided in part of an upper surface of the p-type base layer; a trench extending through the n-type source layer and the p-type base layer to the n-type base layer; a gate electrode provided in the trench; and a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and an inner surface of the trench. The p-type emitter layer has a thickness of 5 to 50 μm and a dopant concentration of 2×1016 to 1×1018 cm−3. |
| US07821042B2 |
Imaging device including a multiplier electrode
An imaging device includes a first electrode for generating an electric field storing signal charges, a charge multiplication section for multiplying the stored signal charges, a second electrode for generating the electric field in the charge multiplication section, a voltage conversion portion for converting the signal charges into a voltage, a third electrode for transferring the signal charges to the voltage conversion portion, provided between the first electrode and the voltage conversion portion, wherein the second electrode is provided on a side opposite to the third electrode and the voltage conversion portion with respect to the first electrode. |
| US07821037B2 |
Heterojunction bipolar transistor
A heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a first conductivity type subcollector layer, a first collector layer containing a first conductivity type impurity, a third collector layer containing a higher concentration of the first conductivity type impurity than the first collector layer, a second collector layer containing a lower concentration of the first conductivity type impurity than the first collector layer, a second conductivity type base layer, a first conductivity type emitter layer containing a semiconductor with a wider bandgap than the base layer, and a first conductivity type emitter cap layer. |
| US07821036B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device (10) comprises a substrate (11), a semiconductor layer (12), an insulation film (13), a protective film (15), a source electrode (21), a drain electrode (22), a gate electrode (23). The semiconductor device (10) comprises a protective film (15) formed so as to cover at least an upper surface of the insulation film (13). This enables preventing aluminum contained in the source electrode (21) and the drain electrode (22) from reacting with material contained in the insulation film (13). Accordingly, the increase of the resistance of the electrode and the increase of current collapse are prevented. Accordingly, the semiconductor device (10) has a satisfactory electric performance characteristics. |
| US07821032B2 |
III-nitride power semiconductor device
An enhancement mode III-nitride power semiconductor device that includes normally-off channels along the sidewalls of a recess and a process for fabricating the same, the device including a first power electrode, a second power electrode, and a gate disposed between the first power electrode and the second power electrode over at least a sidewall of the recess. |
| US07821028B2 |
Power semiconductor component with trench-type field ring structure
A power semiconductor component and a method for producing such a component. The component comprises a semiconductor base body having a first doping. A pn junction is formed in the base body by a contact region having a second doping with a first doping profile. A field ring structure has a second doping with a second doping profile. The contact region and the field ring structure are arranged at respectively assigned first and second partial areas of a first surface of the base body. Both extend into the base body, wherein the base body has, for the field ring structure, a trench-type cutout assigned to each respective field ring, the surface of said cutout following the contour of the assigned doping profile. |
| US07821027B2 |
LED package structure and manufacturing method, and LED array module
An LED package includes a substrate having an electrically conductive portion and an electrically non-conductive portion composed of an oxide of the conductive portion; an LED mounted on the conductive portion and electrically connected to the conductive portion; a first electrode disposed on the non-conductive portion and electrically connected to the LED by a wire; and a second electrode disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the LED. |
| US07821024B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device having roughness layer
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, and a roughness layer on the second conductive semiconductor layer. The second conductive semiconductor layer includes a shape of multiple horns, and the roughness layer includes a shape of multiple horns. The second conductive semiconductor layer includes a roughness in which horn shapes and inverse-horn-shaped shapes are alternately formed, and the roughness has a height of about 0.5 μm to about 1.2 μm and a diameter of about 0.3 μm to about 1.0 μm. |
| US07821021B2 |
Diode having vertical structure and method of manufacturing the same
A light emitting diode includes a conductive layer, an n-GaN layer on the conductive layer, an active layer on the n-GaN layer, a p-GaN layer on the active layer, and a p-electrode on the p-GaN layer. The conductive layer is an n-electrode. |
| US07821012B2 |
Thin film transistor
A thin film transistor includes a first insulating layer covering the gate electrode layer; source and drain regions which at least partly overlaps with the gate electrode layer; a pair of second insulating layers which is provided apart from each other in a channel length direction over the first insulating layer and which at least partly overlaps with the gate electrode layer and the pair of impurity semiconductor layers; a pair of microcrystalline semiconductor layers provided apart from each other on and in contact with the second insulating layers; and an amorphous semiconductor layer covering the first insulating layer, the pair of second insulating layers, and the pair of microcrystalline semiconductor layers and which extends to exist between the pair of microcrystalline semiconductor layers. The first insulating layer is a silicon nitride layer and each of the pair of the second insulating layers is a silicon oxynitride layer. |
| US07821011B2 |
Insulated gate field effect semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing the same
An LDD structure is manufactured to have a desired aspect ratio of the height to the width of a gate electrode. The gate electrode is first deposited on a semiconductor substrate followed by ion implantation with the gate electrode as a mask to form a pair of impurity regions. The gate electrode is then anodic oxidized to form an oxide film enclosing the electrode. With the oxide film as a mask, highly doped regions are formed by ion implantation in order to define lightly doped regions between the highly doped regions and the channel region located therebetween. |
| US07821007B2 |
Thin film transistor and flat panel display device
A thin film transistor, a method of fabricating the same, and a flat panel display device including the same, are provided. According to the method, low resistance regions and high resistance regions can be manufactured through one doping process. The thin film transistor includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including source and drain regions, high resistance regions smaller than the source and drain regions, a channel region, and connection regions disposed between the high resistance regions and the channel region; a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer above the channel region; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode; and source and drain electrodes disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the source and drain regions, respectively. |
| US07821005B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device
Phosphorus is implanted into a crystalline semiconductor film by an ion dope method. However, a concentration of phosphorus required for gettering is 1×1020/cm3 or higher which hinders recrystallization by later anneal, and thus this becomes a problem. Also, when phosphorus is added at a high concentration, processing time required for doping is increased and throughput in a doping step is reduced, and thus this becomes a problem. The present invention is characterized in that impurity regions to which an element belonging to the group 18 of the periodic table is added are formed in a semiconductor film having a crystalline structure and gettering for segregating in the impurity regions a metal element contained in the semiconductor film is performed by heat treatment. Also, a one conductivity type impurity may be contained in the impurity regions. |
| US07820999B2 |
Electronic arrangement including a thin film transistor having active and protective layers structured in a same two-dimensional pattern
The device of the invention comprises a thin film transistor of an organic semiconductor material. This semiconductor material is patterned by applying first a protective layer and thereafter a photoresist. As a result hereof, the transistor of the invention (A) shows a very low leakage current and a low threshold voltage in comparison with prior art transistors (B,C). |
| US07820998B2 |
Device and method for manipulating direction of motion of current carriers
A device and method for manipulating a direction of motion of current carriers are presented. The device comprises a structure containing a two-dimensional gas of current carriers configured to define at least one region of inhomogeneity which is characterized by a substantially varying value of at least one parameter from the following: a spin-orbit coupling constant, density of the spin carriers, and a mobility of the gas. The device may be configured and operable to perform spin manipulation of a flux of the spin carrying current carriers to provide at least one of the following types of deviation of said spin-carrying current carriers: spin dependent refraction, spin dependent reflection and spin dependent diffraction on desired deviation angles of a direction of motion of the spin-carrying current carriers being incident on said at least one region of inhomogeneity. The device may also be configured and operable to allow emission of the current carriers from a diffusive region at one side of the region of inhomogeneity to a ballistic region at the opposite side of the region of inhomogeneity to provide the current carriers propagation in multiple directions in the ballistic region with a wide angular range of these directions. |
| US07820994B2 |
System to test electronic part and method of controlling the same
Disclosed herein are a system to test an electronic part and a method of controlling the same, which are capable of automatically detecting a position of a socket according to a variation in a position of the socket to efficiently test the electronic part. The system to test an electronic part using a robot to automatically test the electronic part includes: a distance measuring unit measuring a distance between a socket mounted on a substrate to test the electronic part and a reference block to provide a reference position; a position measuring unit detecting positional information of the reference block; and a controller calculating positional information of the socket using the measured distance between the socket and the reference block on the basis of the detected positional information of the reference block and controlling the robot using the calculated positional information of the socket. |
| US07820989B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing radiation treatment
A method is provided for determining and monitoring parameters of a radiation treatment. The method comprises producing a first image of a region of a patient body to be radiated using a medical imaging process, determining a parameter setting of a radiation system using the first image, and providing the radiation treatment to the body region to be radiated using the radiation system with the determined parameter setting. The method further comprises producing a second image of the body region radiated with the parameter setting, automatically comparing the first image and the second image, and generating a deviation signal when a difference between the first image and the second image exceeds a predetermined threshold value. |
| US07820985B2 |
High tilt implant angle performance using in-axis tilt
The present invention comprises a method for high tilt angle implantation, with angular precision not previously achievable. An ion beam, having a width and height dimension, is made up of a number of individual beamlets. These beamlets typically display a higher degree of parallelism in one of these two dimensions. Thus, to minimize angular error, the workpiece is tilted about an axis substantially perpendicular to the dimension having the higher degree of parallelism. The workpiece is then implanted at a high tilt angle and rotated about a line orthogonal to the surface of the workpiece. This process can be repeated until the high tilt implantation has been performed in all required regions. |
| US07820983B2 |
Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials
Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials that include waveguide arrays disposed upon or within the substrate such that evanescent fields emanating from the waveguides illuminate materials disposed upon or proximal to the surface of the substrate, permitting analysis of such materials. The substrates, systems and methods are used in a variety of analytical operations, including, inter alia, nucleic acid analysis, including hybridization and sequencing analyzes, cellular analyzes and other molecular analyzes. |
| US07820982B2 |
Grid for transmission electron microscopy tomography and method of fabricating the same
Disclosed is a moon grid for transmission electron microscopy tomography, including a mesh sheet for protecting an upper objects and a support film formed on the mesh sheet and having nanoparticles dispersed throughout, in which the nanoparticles dispersed throughout the support film are used as reference points in the reconstruction of two-dimensional transmission electron microscopy images into a three-dimensional image, thus omitting a process of attaching markers in the course of preparation of a sample and easily forming reference points even on a sample to which it is impossible to attach markers. A method of fabricating such a moon grid is also provided. |
| US07820979B2 |
Pulsed ultraviolet ion source
A system and method for providing a pulsed atmospheric source of ions for chemical analysis includes a chamber containing a pair of electrodes and a second chamber with the sample gas. A narrow pulse of high voltage is applied between the electrodes to form an arc which emits ultraviolet light directly into the sample gas chamber through an aperture connecting the chambers. The ultraviolet photons ionize the sample gas and the resultant sample gas ions are then swept into a chemical detector by an electric field. |
| US07820975B2 |
Achieving accurate time-of-flight calibrations with a stationary coincidence point source
A method for calibrating an imaging system includes coincident detecting scatter radiation events from a calibration source located within a bore of the imaging system. The scatter radiation events are subsequently used to compute calibration time offsets for each detector channel in the imaging system. Each detector channel is then calibrated with respective calibration time adjustments. |
| US07820962B2 |
Detection systems and dopants
An ion mobility spectrometer has a drift chamber (1) with an inlet (2) at one end by which a gas or vapor being analyzed is supplied to the chamber. After ionization, molecules are admitted through a gate 8 and flow along a drift region (9) to a collector plate (11). A drift gas is flowed through the drift region against the flow of ionized molecules and is circulated along a flow path (31, 32, 40) and (30), which includes a chamber (50) including a dopant. The dopant is 2,4-pentanedione, which has been found to enhance the detection of a number of compounds especially toxic industrial chemicals and nitrogen compounds, such as those present in the breath of mammals. |
| US07820961B2 |
Mass spectrometer and method of mass spectrometry
A linear trap having high ejection efficiency and low ejection energy is realized. In a mass spectrometer in which ions generated by an ion source are introduced to a quadrupole rod structure applied with RF voltage and ejected from the quadrupole rod structure so as to be detected by a detection mechanism, a mass dependent potential is formed in the axial direction of the quadrupole rod structure and ions are ejected mass selectively from the vicinity of a minimum point of the potential, the mass dependent potential being formed by applying electrostatic voltage and RF voltage to an insertion electrode inserted in the quadrupole rods. |
| US07820959B2 |
Photodetector including enhanced light receiving portion
A photodetector to be incorporated in an optical pickup device, comprising: a photodiode that a laser light emitted from a laser diode is applied to and that outputs a signal corresponding to light amount of the laser light; and a translucent resin member configured to cover the photodiode, including a light receiving portion that the laser light is applied to and that causes the laser light to be applied to the photodiode, and a peripheral portion provided around the light receiving portion, the light receiving portion being smaller in thickness than the peripheral portion. |
| US07820958B2 |
Laser scanning microscope that includes a scanning device and at least one controllable optical element that controls the polarization plane of light incident onto a sample, and method of use
An improved laser scanning microscope and method of use are disclosed that enable polarization anisotropy measurements to be made with greater sensitivity and accuracy. A controllable optical element is provided in a light path between a laser source and a sample, and is controlled so that the sample is alternately irradiated with light beams that are orthogonally polarized. This enables the signal strength to be higher than with previous laser scanning microscopes. Moreover, because the orthogonally polarized light beams that are alternately incident onto a sample may be switched at a high rate, a reduction may be achieved in the influence of molecular motion within a sample in which high speed biological reactions are observed. |
| US07820956B2 |
Optical position transducer systems and methods employing reflected illumination for limited rotation motor systems
A position transducer system is disclosed for a limited rotation motor that includes an illumination source that directs illumination toward an illumination reflector that rotates with a rotor of the limited rotation motor, and a plurality of detector areas adjacent the illumination source for receiving modulated reflected illumination from the illumination reflector. |
| US07820955B2 |
Coded aperture imager comprising a coded diffractive mask
The present invention relates to an imaging system which employs the same principles as coded aperture imaging. High angular resolution coded aperture imagers require a small aperture size and relatively large spacing between the coded aperture array and the detector. At such high resolutions diffraction effects can start to dominate and can degrade image quality. The present invention provides a detector array which receives radiation from a scene via a coded diffractive mask. The coded diffractive mask is designed such that its diffraction pattern at the waveband of interest is a well conditioned coded intensity pattern having a strong autocorrelation function with low sidelobes. Thus radiation reaching the detector array is diffracted by the diffractive mask but in a defined way and it is the diffraction pattern of the mask which provides the coding. The scene image can then be reconstructed using the same techniques as for conventional coded aperture imaging but using the diffraction pattern of the mask as the aperture function. The coded diffractive mask may be a binary or greyscale mask, may operate in reflection or transmission and may be an amplitude or phase modulating mask. |
| US07820949B2 |
Method of starting, stopping and operating gas sensor with built-in heater
A control apparatus for a gas sensor with a built-in heater is provided which can prevent damage to, deterioration of, and reduction in accuracy of detection of, a gas sensor. When an ignition switch is turned ON, supply of electricity to a heater 27 starts, and when the temperature in the vicinity of a gas sensor 15 (gas temperature of gas detection chamber 24) Ts becomes greater than a predetermined temperature #Ti at start, or when a predetermined electricity supply time after start of supply of electricity to the heater 27 has elapsed, the gas sensor 15 is started. The flow of off-gas is started simultaneously with starting of the gas sensor 15, or after starting. When the ignition switch is turned OFF, the flow of off gas is stopped, and the supply of electric power to the gas sensor 15 is stopped. In a state where a temperature difference ΔT between the gas temperature Ts inside the gas detection chamber 24, and an upstream gas temperature Tg is maintained within a predetermined range, the supply of electricity to the heater 27 is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed after operation of the gas sensor 15 is stopped. |
| US07820947B2 |
Slow cooker
A cooking appliance for cooking a foodstuff over a period of time including a shell having a heating cavity and a heating element to heat the heating cavity. A container is removably positionable within the heating cavity and includes a food cavity for receiving the foodstuff. A temperature probe is removably insertable into the foodstuff and a controller is mounted to the shell. The controller controls operation of the cooking appliance in a probe mode wherein the temperature probe is inserted into the foodstuff and transmits foodstuff temperatures to the controller for controlling the heating of the foodstuff, a program mode wherein the controller actuates the heating element to heat the container at a temperature for a selected amount of time and subsequently at a lower temperature and a manual mode wherein the controller actuates the heating element to heat the container at a selected temperature. |
| US07820939B2 |
Zero-gap laser welding
A method for laser welding a pair of overlapping metal members together and a weld joint produced by the method. At least one of the metal members has a protective metal coating. The method includes applying a thin layer of an alloying agent on at least one of the metal members between the metal members, melting the protective metal coating and the alloying agent to form an alloy that is disposed between the overlapping members with zero gap, welding the overlapping metal members together to form a weld, and controlling the amount of the alloying agent such that the extended solid solubility of the alloying agent in the weld is not exceeded. |
| US07820937B2 |
Method of applying one or more electromagnetic beams to form a fusion bond on a workpiece such as a medical device
A process and apparatus is provided for forming a fusion bond between two materials. The process begins by forming a bond site by positioning a portion of a first body with respect to a portion of a second body. The first and second bodies may be components of a medical device such as a catheter, for example. At least one collimated beam of electromagnetic energy is generated and directed onto portions of the first and second bodies within the bond site so that at least one fusion zone having an increased temperature is formed. |
| US07820935B2 |
Burner
A burner design used for thermal treatment of a surface of materials is presented. The burner includes a tubular electrode, a nozzle, a removable rod-shaped electrode which are arranged to form a discharge chamber, a means for vapor generation in the form of a reservoir provided with a flange and filled with a liquid-absorbing material, an electric arc vortex stabilization element, an element for cooling the nozzle and the electrode, and current leads. The reservoir flange is made in the form of a connection fitting and is provided with a partition having a central opening in which the tubular electrode is positioned to enable the formation of a heating element including an evaporator and a vapor superheater, both separated by the partition, the evaporator is provided with grooves for discharging vapor into a collector out of an annular recess on a surface of the vapor superheater arranged outside the reservoir. |
| US07820932B2 |
Mail sorter, method, and software product for a two-step and one-pass sorting algorithm
A sorter, method, and software product are used for sorting objects into a sequence of destination addresses, in at most a single pass through the sorter. In a first stage of the single pass through the sorter, the objects are sorted into a plurality of batches corresponding to groups of the destination addresses. The batches are then eventually advanced from the first stage to a second stage of the single pass through the sorter. During that second stage, objects in each of the batches are sorted into the sequence of destination addresses. |
| US07820927B2 |
Protector
The present invention provides a protector, especially a radiotherapeutic protector. The protector comprises a conductive baseplate with one side covered with an insulation layer and another side is mounted with a plentiful of antennae, and an electric connector is coupled on one end of the conductive baseplate. In one embodiment, the conductive baseplate is enveloped by the insulation layer, and the antennae penetrate through the insulation layer and connect to one side of the conductive baseplate. The protector of the present invention has the advantages of simplify in structure and low in price, and can effectively avoid the physical contact or collision between the radioactive source and the patient during treatment. |
| US07820926B2 |
Circuit interrupter assembly
A circuit interrupting device is manufacturable in a number of different configurations providing current path options, conductor connectivity options and sensing options. The device may include a configurable solid insulation housing into which various operable components are installed. The device may include a core element including a sensor assembly and conductor members, from which the various configurations may be established including a plurality of different current path configurations. A plurality of circuit interrupting devices (302) may be configured together in an assembly with corresponding disconnect assemblies (306). An interlock is provided to prevent operation of the disconnect assemblies (306) unless the circuit interrupting devices (302) are in an open state. |
| US07820925B2 |
Multi-directional switch and multi-directional operating device using the same
A multi-directional switch includes a switch module, including a generally rectangular base, and an actuator vertically installed into a central receiving chamber defined in the base, the actuator can tilt away from a vertical axis to close one of four corners of the base, and a manual handle mated with the switch module, defining a central hollow being open toward the actuator for fittingly receiving the actuator therein, so as to permit synchronously swinging movement of the manual handle and the actuator. For preventing the manual handle, together with the actuator, synchronously swinging toward one of four corners, after the actuator is fittingly received in the central hollow of the manual handle, at least a rib is formed at a top surface of the base for abutting against a bottom surface of the manual handle, or formed at a bottom surface of the manual handle for abutting against a top surface of the base. |
| US07820924B2 |
Multi-direction switch for a cursor device
A directional controller for a device is provided. The directional controller consists of keypad contacts, a keyboard, and a button. The keypad contacts are on a printed circuit board. The keyboard has more than four keys and each key is disposed adjacent to one of the keypad contacts. The button is operable for pivoting engagement with the more than four keys to promote contact between the more than four keys and the adjacent one of the keypad contacts. |
| US07820918B2 |
Shielding can and method for making same
A shielding can (100) includes a shielding case (10) configured to reducing electromagnetic interference, and a cushion (20) integrally mounted to the shielding case by insert molding. The cushion is configured to absorb shock force. A method for making the shielding can includes the following steps: providing a mold; placing a shielding case in the mold; injecting shock absorbing material into the mold to form a cushion on the shielding case; cooling the molded shielding can; and removing the shielding can from the mold. |
| US07820916B2 |
Composite ceramic substrate
A composite ceramic substrate includes a ceramic substrate having surface-mounted components mounted thereon, external terminal electrodes connecting wiring patterns disposed on the ceramic substrate and surface electrodes of a motherboard, and a convex leg portion made of resin and arranged such that an end surface supports the external terminal electrodes, and the external terminal electrodes are connected to the wiring patterns via a via-hole conductor provided in the leg portion. |
| US07820913B2 |
Bonding wire for semiconductor device
The present invention provides a bonding wire improved in formability of a ball part, improved in bondability, good in loop controllability, improved in bonding strength of a wedge connection, securing industrial production ability as well, and mainly comprised of copper which is more inexpensive than gold wire, that is, provides a bonding wire for a semiconductor device comprised of a bonding wire having a core material having copper as its main ingredient and a surface covering layer over the core material and of a conductive metal of a composition different from the core material, characterized in that the surface covering layer has as its main ingredients two or more types of metals selected from gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, silver, and nickel and the surface covering layer has a concentration gradient of one or both of a main ingredient metal or copper in the wire radial direction. |
| US07820908B2 |
Solid state dye-sensitized solar cell employing composite polymer electrolyte
Disclosed is a solid state dye-sensitized solar cell employing a composite polymer electrolyte, which includes a photoelectrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte interposed between the photoelectrode and counter electrode. The electrolyte includes at least one of a middle molecular substance, a polymer mixture, and inorganic nanoparticles, and a redox derivative. The dye-sensitized solar cell reduces crystallinity of the polymer electrolyte to significantly increase ionic conductivity, and enables the polymer electrolyte to smoothly permeate into a titanium oxide layer to improve mechanical properties, thereby significantly increasing energy conversion efficiency. Accordingly, the dye-sensitized solar cell assures high energy conversion efficiency without an electrolyte leak, and thus, it can be stably and practically used for a long time. |
| US07820907B2 |
Liquid crystalline interpenetrating polymer networks
A photovoltaic cell is provided. The photovoltaic cell can be an interconnecting liquid crystalline polymer network. Reactive mesogens of the formula B-S-A-S-B wherein A is a chromophore, S is a spacer and B is an end group susceptible to polymerization are used in the manufacture of the interconnecting liquid crystalline polymer network. |
| US07820903B2 |
Electronic percussion instrument
An electronic percussion instrument can carry out the control of the musical tones that is intended by the performer. The instrument includes electronic controls that set a vibration flag when the instrument is struck and a determination is made as to whether or not a timer has timed a specified time period. If the timer has timed the specified time period, the vibration flag that is stored in the flag memory is reset. If the time period has not been reached, the displacement sensor processing ends and the routine returns to the main processing. In those cases where the vibration flag is not set, or in those cases where the resetting of the vibration flag has completed, a determination is made as to whether or not the upper cymbal has shifted from an open position to the closed position. |
| US07820900B2 |
System and method for sound recognition
The present disclosure relates to sound and speech recognition devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes a system of tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to recognize different sounds so as to accurately identify true security problems in a cost effective manner. The system can also be utilized to recognize different vocal characteristics so as to accurately identify individuals based on their speech. |
| US07820899B2 |
Cymbal adjustment structure
A cymbal adjustment structure includes an upper tray, a lower tray and a nut. The upper tray has an aperture and an upper duct and a lower duct. The lower duct has a pair of troughs and holds an elastic element and a holding member inside. The lower tray is coupled outside the lower duct and has a boss on the top thereof to run through the aperture to push a lower cymbal mounted onto the upper tray at an inclined angle. The nut is fastened to the periphery of the lower tray. The lower tray is fastened to the holding member through a fastening element running through the trough. Hence by turning the nut the lower tray can be moved and adjusted upwards and downwards to allow the boss to push the washer at the bottom of the lower cymbal. |
| US07820898B2 |
Thunderline bolt on tremlo system
A bolt on tremolo unit. The tremolo arm is depressed which rotates a shaft within a frame. The rotating shaft engages a conrod against a folded steel sheet. This forces it to tip thus lowering the the pitch of the strings. When the tremolo arm is released, the expansion springs pull against a shaft spring connecting hinge and return the tremolo to its original position. When the tremolo arm is pulled across the frame causing the adjustable tail piece to clear the frame, the shaft is free to rotate in the opposite direction. This raises the pitch. When the adjustable tail piece is returned to the stop block or plate the guitar returns to standard pitch. |
| US07820896B2 |
Violin with structural integrity
A violin can have a longitudinal bass bar located to the right of the middle line in the front and two transverse bass bars located to both left side and right-side of the longitudinal bass bar respectively. The transverse bass bars can be in the upper half of the lower semicircle of the front plate. A lower longitudinal bass bar can be located to the left of the middle line in the back and two other transverse bass bars can be located to both left-side and right-side of the lower longitudinal bass bar respectively and the transverse bass bars can be in the upper half of the lower semicircle of the back plate. An upper longitudinal bass bar can be located to the left of the middle line in the upper half of back plate. Twelve harmonious overtones in octave may be generated in the violin. |
| US07820894B1 |
Maize variety PHH8E
A novel maize variety designated PHH8E and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHH8E with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHH8E through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHH8E or a trait conversion of PHH8E with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHH8E, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHH8E and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods. |
| US07820893B1 |
Maize variety PHGMA
A novel maize variety designated PHGMA and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHGMA with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHGMA through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHGMA or a trait conversion of PHGMA with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHGMA, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHGMA and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods. |
| US07820891B1 |
Maize variety PHV6K
A novel maize variety designated PHV6K and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHV6K with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHV6K through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHV6K or a trait conversion of PHV6K with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHV6K, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHV6K and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods. |
| US07820889B1 |
Inbred corn line LLD19BM
An inbred corn line, designated LLD19BM, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line LLD19BM, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line LLD19BM with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line LLD19BM with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line LLD19BM, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line LLD19BM and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods. |
| US07820887B2 |
Cotton variety 05Q153
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05Q153. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05Q153. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05Q153 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 05Q153 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US07820886B1 |
Soybean variety RJS22001
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS22001. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS22001, to the plants of soybean RJS22001 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS22001 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS22001 with another soybean plant, using RJS22001 as either the male or the female parent. |
| US07820881B2 |
Plants having increased yield and method for making the same
The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield, particularly seed yield, comprising introducing into a plant a nucleic acid encoding a CDKD or a functional variant thereof. The invention also provides transgenic plants produced by the methods of the invention and provides constructs useful in methods of the invention. |
| US07820878B2 |
Production of ungulates, preferably bovines that produce human immunoglobulins
The present invention relates to a method of producing an ungulate having both copies of the IgM heavy chain (mu) rag-1 and/or rag-2 gene eliminated from its genome. Animals which have IgM, rag-1 and/or rag-2 eliminated from their genome are unable to conduct the gene rearrangements that are necessary to generate the antigen receptors of B- or T-lymphocytes, and therefore will not develop native B- or T-cells. Because they are unable to produce B- and T-lymphocytes, these IgM, rag-1, or rag-2 ungulates cannot reject human hematopoietic stem cell preparations, and B- and T-lymphocytes which develop therefrom. Therefore, the present invention also involves injecting into IgM, rag-1, and/or rag-2 deficient ungulates, in utero or shortly after birth, human B- and T-lymphocytes whose immune systems produce human immunoglobulin that can be processed for therapeutic uses in humans. |
| US07820876B2 |
Mouse mutant for expression of the alpha6 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
The invention concerns a non-human mammal carrying a mutation in the gene coding for the alpha6 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), said mutation preventing expression of said nAChR alpha6 subunit in a functional form in the mammal.The invention also concerns synaptosome preparations obtained from said animals and cell cultures obtained by mutation of the alpha6 subunit as defined above. |
| US07820874B2 |
Acacia fiber-containing fibrous structures and methods for making same
Multi-layered fibrous structures comprising hardwood pulp fibers that are present in the outer layers of the fibrous structures at differing weight percents, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, the present invention relates to multi-layered fibrous structures comprising Acacia fibers that are present in the outer layers of the fibrous structures at differing weight percents, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided. |
| US07820871B2 |
Biological wound dressing and method of making
A biological wound dressing is made by a method that includes the steps of providing a natural animal tissue that has a substrate, crosslinking and fixing the substrate, minimizing the antigens from the substrate, and incorporating an active layer in the substrate. |
| US07820869B2 |
Binderless adsorbents and their use in the adsorptive separation of para-xylene
Adsorbents and methods for the adsorptive separation of para-xylene from a mixture containing at least one other C8 aromatic hydrocarbon (e.g., a mixture of ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, and ethylbenzene) are described. Suitable binderless adsorbents (e.g., formulated with the substantial absence of an amorphous material that normally reduces selective pore volume), particularly those with a water content from about 3% to about 5.5% by weight, improve capacity and/or mass transfer. These properties are especially advantageous for improving productivity in low temperature, low cycle time adsorptive separation operations in a simulated moving bed mode. |
| US07820868B2 |
Transition metal substituted polyoxometalates and process for their preparation
This invention relates to polyoxometalates represented by the formula (An)m+[My(H2O)pXzZ2W18O66]m−1 or solvates thereof, wherein A represents a cation acting as counterion of the polyanion, n is the number of the cations A, m is the charge of the polyoxoanion, M represents a transition metal selected from Cu, Zn, Pd, Pt and mixtures thereof, y is the number of transition metals M and is a number from greater than 4 to less than 6, p is a number of water molecules and is a number from 0 to 10, X is a halide selected from F, Cl, Br, I and mixtures thereof, z is a number of halides and is a number from 0 to 6 and Z represents a heteroatom selected from SbIII, BiIII, AsIII, SeIV and TeIV. |
| US07820867B2 |
Process for converting difficulty convertible oxygenates to gasoline
Process for converting oxygenate compounds to hydrocarbons comprising the steps: (a) introducing a feed stream of synthesis gas to a synthesis section for the production of easily convertible oxygenates, (b) passing the effluent stream from said synthesis section containing easily convertible oxygenates to a gasoline synthesis section, (c) passing the effluent of said gasoline synthesis section to a separator and withdrawing from said separator hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline boiling range, (d) admixing a recycle stream from the separator containing unconverted synthesis gas volatile hydrocarbons with the feed stream of synthesis gas of step (a), (e) introducing a feed containing difficulty convertible oxygenates to the synthesis section of step (a). |
| US07820861B2 |
2-methoxymethylphenylhydrazine
A substitute aniline compound represented by the following formula (6): wherein, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkyl-carboxamide group, a nitro group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, an aryloxy group, a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; and X and Y are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or halogen. A process for producing the compound formula (6) is also discussed. |
| US07820856B2 |
Process for producing α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid
Disclosed is a method for enhancing a yield of an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid obtained by liquid-phase oxidation reaction of an olefin or an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde. In particular, there is provided a method for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein the method includes the step of carrying out oxidation reaction of an olefin or an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde in a liquid phase to obtain a reaction mixture containing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride and the step of bringing the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride into contact with an alcohol or water to obtain an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid resulting from decomposition of the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride. |
| US07820854B2 |
Process for converting alkanes to unsaturated carboxylic acids
The present invention relates to an improved process for the conversion of alkanes to unsaturated carboxylic acids. |
| US07820851B2 |
Isotopically labeled polyfluorinated compound useful as an imaging tracer
A polyfluorinated compound is provided inclusive of at least one 18F atom having a formula: CF3(CF2)nR1 (I) where R1 is —C(O)OR2, —C(O)N(R3)2, C—N(R3)2, —C(NR3)R2, C-QR3, -QR3, —N+(R3)3, X, C1-C30 alkyl, C1-C30 haloalkyl, C1-C30 alkoxyl, or C1-C30 perhaloalkyl; R2 is MZ+, H, C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 perhalo alkyl, C6-C30 aryl, C6-C30 perhaloaryl, and a substituted form thereof where one or more protons or halogens is replaced with a plasma solubility enhancing moiety of —N+(R3)3, —SO3H, —SO2N(R3)2, or -QR3; R3 is independently in each occurrence MZ+, —SO3H, —SO2N(R3)2, or -QR3; Q is O or S; MZ+ is a cation that forms a net neutral compound with an anionic (CF3(CF2)nC(O)O−)Z and is an alkali metal cation, an alkali earth cation, a transition metal cation, ammonium, and aluminum cations; Z is an integer value of between 1 and 3 inclusive; X is a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom; halo denotes a replacement of at least one and not all protons with X; perhalo denotes a replacement of all protons with X; and n is an integer value of between 1 and 30 inclusive. |
| US07820848B2 |
Process for the preparation of stilbene derivatives
A novel process for the preparation of resveratrol and piceatannol and esters thereof involving a Heck type reaction is disclosed. Also disclosed are novel intermediates in that process. |
| US07820845B2 |
Preparation of phosphorus-containing propoxylation products by using aluminium trichloride
The invention describes a process for preparing propoxylated, phosphorus-containing compounds using aluminium chloride catalyst. |
| US07820844B2 |
Conjugated compounds containing heteroatom-center-arylsilane derivatives and their application
The present invention discloses conjugated compounds containing heteroatom-centered arylsilane derivatives and their applications as host materials, electron transport materials, or hole transport materials in an organic electroluminescent device. The general structure of the conjugated compounds containing heteroatom-centered arylsilane derivatives is as follows: where X1, X2, X3, and X4 can be identical or different and X1, X2, X3, and X4 are independently selected from the group consisting of the following: H, B, N, P═O, Si—R9; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 can be identical or different and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are independently selected from aryl group or heterocyclic aryl group containing one or more substituents. |
| US07820843B2 |
Chelating carbene ligand precursors and their use in the synthesis of metathesis catalysts
Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin methathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various methathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture and reused. Internal olefin compounds, specifically beta-substituted styrenes, are used as ligand precursors. Compared to terminal olefin compounds such as unsubstituted styrenes, the beta-substituted styrenes are easier and less costly to prepare, and more stable since they are less prone to spontaneous polymerization. Methods of preparing chelating-carbene methathesis catalysts without the use of CuCl are disclosed. This eliminates the need for CuCl by replacing it with organic acids, mineral acids, mild oxidants or even water, resulting in high yields of Hoveyda-type methathesis catalysts. The invention provides an efficient method for preparing chelating-carbene metathesis catalysts by reacting a suitable ruthenium complex in high concentrations of the ligand precursors followed by crystallization from an organic solvent. |
| US07820842B2 |
Polyunsaturated fatty acid monovalent and divalent metal salt synthesis
Disclosed herein are methods for the preparation of a free-flowing, storage-stable fatty acid metal salt product by forming a reactive admixture comprising (a) an unsaturated fatty acid glyceride feedstock; and (b) from about 1 mol to about 3 mol of at least one monovalent metal hydroxide or at least one divalent metal hydroxide; and heating the admixture to a temperature at which said fatty acid glycerides saponify to form fatty acid metals salts; wherein said monovalent metal is potassium; and wherein said divalent metal is selected from the group consisting of calcium, copper, magnesium and zinc. The fatty acid glycerides may be saponified in an atmosphere in which the partial pressure of oxygen has been reduced by an amount effective to provide an improvement in storage stability until a free-flowing, storage-stage product is obtained, or prior to saponification, the fatty acid glycerides may blended with a stabilizing oil that promotes storage stability, or both. Storage stable metal salts of unsaturated fatty acids prepared by the inventive methods are also disclosed. |
| US07820837B2 |
Condensed ring compound
The present invention aims at providing a novel fused ring compound having a GPR40 receptor function modulating action and being useful as an insulin secretagogue or a pharmaceutical agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, more particularly, a compound represented by the formula: wherein Ar is an optionally substituted cyclic group, ring A is a ring optionally further substituted (provided that the ring is not thiazole, oxazole, imidazole and pyrazole), Xa and Xb are each independently a bond or a spacer having a main chain of 1 to 5 atom(s), Xc is O, S, SO or SO2, ring B is a 5- to 7-membered ring, Xd is a bond, CH or CH2, is a single bond when Xd is a bond or CH2, or a double bond when Xd is CH, and R1 is an optionally substituted hydroxy group, and a salt thereof. |
| US07820836B2 |
Process for the manufacture of hydroxylated isoflavones
A process for the preparation of hydroxylated isoflavones by reacting in a Hoesch reaction using an alkanoic acid alkyl ester as solvent a phenol with a phenylacetonitrile to yield a 1,2-diphenyl-ethanone and transforming the ethanone into an isoflavone by well-known methods. |
| US07820834B2 |
Triptolide 5,6-derivatives as immunomodulators and anticancer agents
Compounds useful as immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory and anticancer agents and methods of their preparation and use are described. The compounds are analogs or derivatives of triptolide and related compounds, modified at the 5- and/or 6-position relative to the naturally occurring compounds. |
| US07820828B2 |
Electroluminescent metal complexes with triazoles and benzotriazoles
This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes with triazoles and benzotriazoles, respectively of the formula (I) a process for their preparation, electronic devices comprising the metal complexes and their use in electronic devices, especially organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), as oxygen sensitive indicators, as phosphorescent indicators in bioassays, and as catalysts. |
| US07820819B2 |
2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds and their uses
The present invention provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds that inhibit the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades that lead to the release of chemical mediators, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of contexts, including in the treatment and prevention of diseases characterized by, caused by or associated with the release of chemical mediators via degranulation and other processes effected by activation of the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades. |
| US07820817B2 |
Modulators of muscarinic receptors
The present invention relates to substituted piperazine compounds that are useful modulators of muscarinic receptors. The present invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating muscarinic receptor mediated diseases. |
| US07820812B2 |
Methods of manufacturing crystalline forms of rapamycin analogs
A process for preparing a crystalline rapamycin analog includes: combining the rapamycin analog with an organic medium to form a mixture; incubating the mixture until the rapamycin analog crystallizes; and recovering the crystalline rapamycin analog. The organic medium can be a solvent, and the process can include causing the rapamycin analog to dissolve into the solvent, and incubating the solvent until the rapamycin analog crystallizes. The following can also be performed: forming a slurry of crystalline rapamycin analog; stirring the rapamycin analog mixture until the rapamycin analog crystallizes; saturating the rapamycin analog solution; forming a supersaturated rapamycin analog solution; combining an antisolvent with the rapamycin analog and the solvent to form a biphasic mixture, and incubating the biphasic mixture to cause a liquid-liquid phase split. |
| US07820809B2 |
Functional and hyperfunctional siRNA directed against Bcl-2
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rationale design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. |
| US07820808B2 |
Polymerase inhibitor and method of using same
The present invention provides nucleic acid based polymerase inhibitors and methods for reducing non-specific polymerase extension and amplification in nucleic acid amplification reactions. The polymerase inhibitors provide a double stranded nucleic acid portion that is recognized by a polymerase enzyme as a template for extension but is incapable of being extended by the polymerase enzyme. The polymerase binds to the polymerase inhibitor which sequesters the enzyme until the temperature achieves a level that denatures the double stranded portion of the inhibitor after which the polymerase is released and can then catalyze nucleic acid extension. |
| US07820807B2 |
Gene constructs coding for CD40-binding activating antibodies
Disclosed are agonist anti-CD40 molecules, including monoclonal antibodies, which can bind to and stimulate professional and non-professional human antigen-presenting cells (“APCs”), enhance the stimulatory effect of CD40L on CD40 positive cells and/or induce phenotypical maturation of monocyte derived dendritic cells. Several such monoclonal antibodies are provided, and cell lines producing them have been deposited at the American Type Culture Collection. |
| US07820806B2 |
Methods for producing soluble membrane spanning proteins
Methods for producing membrane-spanning polypeptides in high yields, with native conformation, and/or in soluble form include solubilizing in non-ionic or zwitterionic detergents, as well as use of promoters and expression vectors for expressing high yields of membrane-spanning polypeptides in bacterial cells. Mutated promoters provide tight control of membrane-spanning polypeptides in bacterial cell hosts. |
| US07820804B2 |
Fluoroglycoside derivatives of pyrazoles, medicaments containing these compounds, and the use thereof
The invention relates to substituted fluoroglycoside derivatives of pyrazoles of formula (I) as further defined in the specification, to the physiologically compatible salts thereof, to a method for their production, and to their use as antidiabetics. |
| US07820803B2 |
Immobilized phosphatidic acid probe
The invention relates to immobilized phosphatidic acid probes which can be used to identify important proteins for signal transduction, housekeeping and diagnosis. |
| US07820802B2 |
Azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound, and production intermediate thereof
Provided is an industrially safe and useful azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound that is useful for the Mitsunobu reaction in which it is used in combination with a phosphorus compound to carry out a dehydration condensation reaction, and also useful as an oxidizing agent, and a starting material for various synthetic processes. Also provided are a production intermediate of the above-described compound, and methods for producing these compounds. An azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound represented by formula (1); wherein A represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. |
| US07820800B2 |
Process for the purification of IL-18 binding protein
The invention relates to a process for the purification of IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) from a fluid comprising hydrophobic charge-induction chromatography. |
| US07820798B2 |
Tumor necrosis factor-gamma
Human TNF-gamma-alpha and TNF-gamma-beta polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptides and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptides to inhibit cellular growth, for example in a tumor or cancer, for facilitating wound-healing, to provide resistance against infection, induce inflammatory activities, and stimulating the growth of certain cell types to treat diseases, for example restenosis. Also disclosed are diagnostic methods for detecting a mutation in the TNF-gamma-alpha and TNF-gamma-beta nucleic acid sequences or overexpression of the TNF-gamma-alpha and/or TNF-gamma-beta polypeptides. Antagonists against such polypeptides and their use as a therapeutic to treat cachexia, septic shock, cerebral malaria, inflammation, arthritis and graft-rejection are also disclosed. |
| US07820797B2 |
Glycolipopeptide antibodies
A glycolipopeptide comprising a carbohydrate component, a peptide component and a lipid component, for use as a therapeutic or prophylactic vaccine. Also provided are monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that recognize the glycolipopeptide of the invention, as well as uses thereof. |
| US07820795B2 |
Lactobacillus fermentum N-desoxyribosyl transferases and the use thereof for enzymatic synthesis of 2′, 3′—didesoxynucleosides and 2′,3′- didehydro-2′,3′- didesoxynucleosides
N-deoxyribosyl transferases of Lactobacillus fermentum and their analogues, as well their use for the enzymatic synthesis of 2′,3′-dideoxynucleosides and 2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxynucleosides. These transferases and their analogues include a N-deoxyribosyl transferase protein (DTP) that has at least 70%-95% identity with the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 4, that retains residues Y13, D77, D97, E103, and M312 which respectively correspond to positions 13, 77, 97, 103, and 132 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and that has threonine at a position corresponding to position 15 of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 4. Polynucleotides, vectors and host cells encoding these N-deoxyribosyl transferases and their analogues. |
| US07820790B2 |
IL-6 binding proteins
Polypeptides comprising monomer domains that bind to IL-6, or portions thereof, are provided. |
| US07820784B2 |
Orally administered peptides synergize statin activity
This invention provides novel peptides that ameliorate one or more symptoms of atherosclerosis. The peptides comprise class A amphiphathic helices, are highly stable and readily administered via an oral route. The peptides are effective to stimulate the formation and cycling of pre-beta high density lipoprotein-like particles and/or to promote lipid transport and detoxification. |
| US07820780B2 |
Polymers of napthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimers
Polymers of naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimide dimmers are provided. The polymers are of the Formula I wherein the A units are selected from and Formula IX The polymers are suitable for use in the active layer of an imaging member and exhibit properties of both a binder and an electron-transporting material. |
| US07820779B2 |
Nanostructured hybrid oligomer composition
A nanostructured hybrid liquid oligomer composition including at least one epoxy-functional component (A), at least one cyclic carbonate component (B), at least one amine-functional component (C), and, optionally, at least one acrylate (methacrylate) functional component (D), wherein at least one epoxy, amine, or acrylate (methacrylate) component contains alkoxysilane units. The composition is highly curable at low temperatures (approximately 10 to 30° C.) with forming of nanostructure under the influence of atmospheric moisture and the forming of active, specific hydroxyl groups by reaction of cyclic carbonates with amine functionalities. According to the present invention, the cured composition has excellent strength-stress properties, adhesion to a variety of substrates, appearance, and resistance to weathering, abrasion, and solvents. |
| US07820776B2 |
Process for the preparation of an ethylene copolymer in a tubular reactor
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a copolymer of ethylene and a monomer copolymerizable therewith.The polymerization takes place in a tubular reactor at a peak temperature between 290° C. and 350° C., the co monomer is a di- or higher functional (meth)acrylate and the co monomer is applied in an amount between 0.008 mol % and 0.200 mol % relative to the amount of ethylene copolymer. |
| US07820774B2 |
Ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer composition
The present invention provides an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer composition having a high melt flowability while maintaining satisfactory mechanical properties in the obtainable molded product are maintained. The ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer composition (C) has a melt viscosity of from 80 to 500 Pa·s, preferably from 100 to 300 Pa·s and a tensile elongation of from 200 to 500%, preferably from 350 to 450%. The copolymer composition (C) is may be obtained by melt kneading an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (A) having a low melt viscosity of from 60 to 400 Pa·s, preferably from 80 to 300 Pa·s and an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (B) having a melt viscosity higher than this i.e. from 600 to 10,000 Pa·s, preferably from 1,000 to 7,000 Pa·s in a mass ratio of (A)/(B)=50/50 to 99/1, preferably (A)/(B)=60/40 to 97/3. |
| US07820773B2 |
Olefin polymerisation catalyst
The present invention relates to particulate olefin polymerization catalyst components comprising an alkaline earth metal, a compound of a transition metal and an electron donor, characterized in that the catalyst particle size distribution of the catalyst component is essentially monomodal and has a SPAN value below 1.2, where SPAN is defined as: (Particle diameter at 90% cumulative size)−(Particle diameter at 10% cumulative size)/(Particle diameter at 50% cumulative size). The particulate olefin polymerisation catalyst components of the present invention are provided by a process which comprises preparing a solution of a complex of an alkaline earth metal and an electron donor by reacting a compound of said metal with said electron donor or a precursor thereof in an organic liquid reaction medium, reacting said complex in the solution form with a compound of a transition metal to produce a dispersion, wherein the dispersed phase predominantly contains the alkaline earth metal in said complex, and solidifying said dispersed phase to obtain said catalyst component, and is characterized in that a second organic liquid medium is added to the reactor after mixing the alkaline earth metal complex with the transition metal compound. |
| US07820768B2 |
Process for the preparation of storage-stable polyamidoimide resins and coating materials which contain them
Process for the preparation of polyamidoimide resins, in which the centers of the polyamidoimide resins which are reactive toward moisture are reacted with one or more compounds of the following general H—X—R1, in which, where X=oxygen, R1 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms or an aralkyl group and, where X═NR2, R1 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms or an aralkyl group or an aryl group and R2 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, or R1 and R2 together form a cycloalkyl radical having 4 or 5 methylene groups, it being possible for a methylene group to be replaced by oxygen or an NR3 group, and R3 being a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and polyamidoimide coating materials which are prepared by the process. |
| US07820765B2 |
Amine functionalized polymers
A functionalized polymer includes a polymer chain and, bonded thereto, an functional group having the general formula —NHAR1 where A is an oxygen atom, a sulfinyl (thionyl) group, a sulfonyl group, a quaternary phosphonium group, or a secondary amino group and where R1 is a hydrogen atom or a moiety of the general formula —CH2Z where Z is H or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkenaryl, aralkenyl, alkaryl, or aralkyl group. The material can be the reaction product of a living polymer and a compound that includes protected imine functionality. The functional group can interact with particulate filler such as, e.g., carbon black. |
| US07820762B2 |
Impact resistance modifier and resin composition
Disclosed is a resin composition having excellent impact resistance and resistance to whitening by impact without deteriorating excellent transparency of a methacrylic resin. Specifically, an impact resistance modifier composed of a multilayered polymer having at least three layers, namely an innermost-layer polymer derived from an alkyl methacrylate, an intermediate-layer polymer derived from an alkyl acrylate and an outer-layer polymer having its Tg within the range of 20 to 80° C., wherein mass average particle diameter of the intermediate-layer polymer is 200 to 300 nm and the mass ratio of each layer is within an appropriate range, is blended with a methacrylic resin. |
| US07820760B2 |
Amphiphilic block copolymer-modified epoxy resins and adhesives made therefrom
A curable adhesive epoxy resin composition including (a) an epoxy resin; (b) an amphiphilic block copolymer containing at least one epoxy resin miscible block segment and at least one epoxy resin immiscible block segment; wherein the immiscible block segment comprises at least one polyether structure provided that the polyether structure of said immiscible block segment contains at least one or more alkylene oxide monomer units having at least four carbon atoms; in an amount such that when the epoxy resin composition is cured, the bond strength of the resulting cured epoxy adhesive resin composition increases compared to an epoxy resin composition without said amphiphilic polyether block copolymer; and (c) at least one curing agent. The amphiphilic block copolymer is preferably an all polyether block copolymer such as a PEO-PBO diblock copolymer or a PEO-PBO-PEO triblock copolymer. |
| US07820757B2 |
Production of a titania-pigmented polyamide
Disclosed is a method for producing a polyamide containing titanium dioxide pigments. Said method is characterized by the fact that titanium dioxide pigments are dispersed in an initial mixture containing water and caprolactam by means of a device comprising a dispersion chamber, a disk-shaped rotor that is disposed inside said dispersion chamber, a stator that is provided with radial openings, is arranged within the dispersion zone of the dispersion chamber, and is connected to the rotor, a substance inlet located on each side of the rotor, preferably with a respective axial duct section such that the two flows of substance are combined in the peripheral edge area of the rotor disk, and a product outlet which is placed on the outer edge of the dispersion zone of the dispersion chamber, by feeding the titanium dioxide pigments to the dispersion chamber through one of said substance inlets while feeding the initial mixture containing water and caprolactam to the dispersion chamber through the other of said substance inlets, whereby a product mixture containing water, caprolactam, and the used titanium dioxide pigment is obtained via the product outlet, and the product mixture is polymerized so as to obtain a polyamide containing titanium dioxide pigments. Also disclosed are polyamides obtained according to the inventive method and the use of such polyamides as a masterbatch. |
| US07820753B2 |
Block copolymers
Block copolymers comprise a core block formed of hydrophilic monomers and have pendant zwitterionic groups, and at least two terminal blocks, comprising stimulus-responsive groups. The core block has a degree of polymerisation of at least 100, whilst the terminal blocks have an average degree of polymerisation of at least 20. A solution of polymer in a liquid may be caused to change its characteristics, for instance rheology, upon being subjected to a stimulus such as a change in temperature or pH. Examples comprise core blocks formed of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl-2′-trimethylammonium ethylphosphate inner salt (MPC) and terminal blocks formed of 2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate. Upon changing the pH from around 2 to around 8, an aqueous solution of the block copolymer gels, the solution becoming mobile again upon lowering the pH. The effect is due to deprotonation of a quaternary ammonium pendant ion to form a non-ionised group and subsequent protonation to form an ionised group. This changes the hydrophilicity of the terminal blocks and allowing formation of a network of micellar structures when the pendant groups are not ionised and relatively hydrophobic and associated in micelles. |
| US07820749B2 |
Curable resin composition
It is an object of the present invention to provide a curable resin composition, having excellent workability (thixotropic properties and applicability) required in applications such as floor adhesives, without causing a decrease in mechanical properties, which contains an organic polymer having a reactive silicon group. The object is attained by a curable resin composition including: an organic polymer (A) having a reactive silicon group; a filler (B) obtained through a combination of three types of filler, namely a filler (B1) having an average particle diameter of less than 0.5 μm, a filler (B2) having an average particle diameter of not less than 0.5 μm to less than 10 μm, and a filler (B3) having an average particle diameter of not less than 10 μm. |
| US07820748B2 |
Insulating film forming composition and electronic device
An insulating film forming composition includes: (A) at least one organic polymer; (B) a solvent; and (C) at least one organic silicone compound represented by any of the following formulas (C-1) to (C-3) as defined in the specification: |
| US07820747B2 |
Method for preparing adhesives from stable butadiene polymer latexes
An aqueous composition that includes (A) a butadiene polymer latex that is prepared by an emulsion polymerization in the presence of a styrene sulfonate stabilizer and (B) a phenolic resin. A preferred aqueous butadiene polymer latex is one that is prepared by emulsion polymerization of at least 60 weight percent dichlorobutadiene monomer (based on the amount of total monomers used to form the butadiene polymer), in the presence of a styrene sulfonate stabilizer. |
| US07820745B2 |
Water-repellent/oil-repellent composition
Disclosed is an aqueous water-repellent/oil-repellent composition containing the following components (A), (B) and (C). Fluorine-containing copolymer (A): a copolymer containing a polymerizable monomer (a1) having a perfluoroalkyl group with 1-6 carbon atoms or a perfluoroalkenyl group wherein the amount of (a1) is not less than 20% by weight relative to the copolymer. Surfactant (B): a surfactant essentially containing a sorbitan ester or an alkylene oxide addition product thereof. Aqueous medium (C): a medium substantially containing water only or water and a water-soluble organic solvent. |
| US07820744B2 |
Stabilizer mixtures
A stabilizer mixture containing the components (A) and (B) wherein component (A) is for example a compound of the formula (A-1) wherein A1 is hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, A2 is a direct bond or C1-C10alkylene, and n1 is a number from 2 to 50; and component (B) is formed by two different low molecular weight sterically hindered amine compounds containing a group of the formula (I) or (II); with the proviso that components (A) and (B) are different. |
| US07820742B2 |
Adhesive exhibiting maximum melt viscosity of 10,000 Pa s at 40 to 80 degrees C
Provided is an adhesive composition, which exhibits a melt viscosity at 40 to 80° C. of not more than 10,000 Pa·s, and which after heating for a period of 1 minute to 2 hours at a temperature within a range from 80° C. to (T+50)° C., exhibits a melt viscosity at a temperature of 100° C. to (T+30)° C. that is within a range from 100 to 10,000 Pa·s (wherein, T represents the curing start temperature for the composition). The adhesive composition is capable of forming a cured product that exhibits excellent filling of substrates with finely patterned circuits, excellent lamination performance at low temperatures, a low elastic modulus, and excellent levels of adhesion and heat resistance. The adhesive composition is useful for providing an adhesive film and for producing a semiconductor device. |
| US07820740B2 |
Flame retardant adhesive composition, and adhesive sheet, coverlay film and flexible copper-clad laminate using same
The present invention provides a halogen-free, flame retardant adhesive composition that exhibits excellent anti-migration properties, not only within single layer structures, but also within multilayer structures of much higher density such as copper-clad laminates.The flame retardant adhesive composition according to the present invention comprises: (A) a halogen-free epoxy resin, (B) a carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin and/or a carboxyl group-containing acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, (C) a curing agent, (E) specific phosphinate and/or diphosphonate compounds, and (F) an ion scavenger and/or a heavy metal deactivator. |
| US07820734B2 |
Antimicrobial lubricious coating
The present disclosure provides lubricious antimicrobial coating vehicles for medical devices capable of reducing the coefficient of friction of such devices upon exposure thereof to moisture and imparting antimicrobial properties to said devices. The coating vehicle allows the introduction of a pharmacological additive having a release rate that is within acceptable pharmacokinetic criteria. |
| US07820720B2 |
Topical terbinafine formulations and methods of administering same for the treatment of fungal infections
The present invention relates to topical antifungal formulations terbinafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a lipid, and a surfactant, and uses thereof for the treatment of skin and nail fungal infections. |
| US07820719B2 |
Cytostatic drug composition
A drug composition containing as a drug substance a polymeric guanidine derivative based on a diamine containing oxyalkylene chains between two amino groups, with the guanidine derivative representing a product of polycondensation between a guanidine acid addition salt and a diamine containing polyalkylene chains between two amino groups, as well as the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US07820718B1 |
Combinations of ceramide and chemotherapeutic agents for inducing cell death and uses thereof in treating cancer
This invention provides a method for increasing apoptosis in tumor cells and a method of decreasing a size of a tumor, said methods comprising contacting the tumor cells with: a) an effective amount of at least one antitumor chemotherapeutic agent and b) an effective amount of a ceramide, sequentially or concomitantly, wherein the apoptosis induced by the combination of the antitumor chemotherapeutic agent and the ceramide is greater than the apoptosis induced by contact of the tumor cells with either the antitumor chemotherapeutic agent alone or the ceramide alone. This invention also provides a method of treating cancer in a subject which comprises a method according to either of the above-described methods. This invention provides a method for treating cancer in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of at least one antitumor chemotherapeutic agent and an effective amount of at least one ceramide, sequentially or concomitantly. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one antitumor chemotherapeutic agent in an amount effective to induce apoptosis of tumor cells and at least one ceramide in an amount effective to induce apoptosis of tumor cells and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| US07820714B2 |
Siglec inhibitors
The invention relates to Siglec inhibitors that have an increased affinity for the receptor molecule. The Siglec inhibitors provided by the invention are preferably selective of a given Siglec molecule. The invention further relates to a method for producing Siglec inhibitors and to a method for increasing the binding selectivity for a given Siglec molecule. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain the Siglec inhibitors and to medical indications for the Siglec inhibitors. |
| US07820708B2 |
Carboxamides
Novel carboxamides of the formula (I) The present application also relates to a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and also novel intermediates and their preparation. |
| US07820707B2 |
Heterocyclic derivatives
The present invention relates to a heterocyclic derivative according to formula I wherein the variables are defined as in the specification, or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said heterocyclic derivatives and to their use in therapy, for instance in the treatment or prevention of psychiatric diseases where an enhancement of synaptic responses mediated by AMPA receptors is required, including schizophrenia, depression and Alzheimer's disease. |
| US07820706B2 |
Multiple dose aromatase inhibitor for treating infertility
A method of inducing ovulation in a female suffering from anovulatory infertility which comprises administering to said female two or more daily doses of at least one aromatase inhibitor. A method for augmenting ovulation in an ovulating female suffering from unexplained infertility or another type of ovulatory infertility which comprises administering to said female two or more daily doses of at least one aromatase inhibitor early in one or more menstrual cycles. A method of substantially reducing dosage levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) for administration to a female undergoing infertility treatment which comprises administering a combination of two or more daily doses of at least one aromatase inhibitor (AI) with a plurality of daily doses of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). A method of increasing response to a follicle stimulating hormone from a female who is a poor responder to follicle stimulation, which comprises administering a combination of two or more daily doses or at least one aromatase inhibitor (AI) with a plurality of daily doses of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). Also disclosed are related pharmaceutical preparations and uses. |
| US07820704B2 |
Substituted heteroaryl derivatives, compositions, and methods of use
The present invention provides substituted heteroaryl derivatives of Formula (I), methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula (I), and methods of use in treating human or animal disorders. The compounds of the invention can be useful as inhibitors of action of AgRP on a melanocortin receptor and thus can be useful for the management, treatment, control, or the adjunct treatment of diseases which may be responsive to the modulation of melanocortin receptors including obesity-related disorders. |
| US07820702B2 |
Sulfonylpyrrolidine modulators of androgen receptor function and method
Compounds are provided which are useful in the treatment of androgen receptor-associated conditions, such as age-related diseases, which compounds have the structure wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R4a, R4b, R4c, R4c1, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R5, R5′, R7, and R7′ are defined herein; G is aryl, heterocycle or heteroaryl group, wherein said group is mono- or polycyclic, and which is optionally substituted; and n is an integer of 1 or 2, m is an integer of 1 or 2, Z is oxygen (—O—) or NR4b, a prodrug ester, all stereoisomers thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method for treating androgen receptor-associated conditions such as age-related diseases is also provided. |
| US07820701B2 |
Amorphous lercanidipine hydrochloride and uses thereof
The invention provides a substantially pure amorphous lercanidipine hydrochloride having a purity of at least 95% pure, preferably at least about 97% pure, more preferably at least about 99% pure, and still more preferably at least about 99.5% pure. The invention further relates to methods of preparing substantially pure amorphous lercanidipine, as well as methods of providing rapid relief from hypertension by administering the substantially pure amorphous lercanidipine hydrochloride of the present invention to a patient in need of such treatment. |
| US07820700B2 |
2-phenylpyridine derivative
The present invention relates to a novel 2-phenylpyridine derivative or a salt thereof, wherein the pyridine ring is substituted with a carboxyl group or the like and the benzene ring has an electron-withdrawing group such as a cyano group and an electron-donating group such as a substituted alkoxy group at the same time.Since the compound of the invention has good xanthine oxidase-inhibitory action and uric acid-lowering action and does not have a structure derived from nucleic acid, the compound has advantages of high safety and excellent effects as compared with conventional compounds and is useful as a therapeutic or preventive agent for hyperuricemia, gout, inflammatory bowel diseases, diabetic kidney diseases, diabetic retinopathy, or the like. |
| US07820697B2 |
Compositions and method for reducing TNFα levels
1-Oxo- and 1,3-dioxo-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)isoindolines substituted in the 4- and/or 7-position of the isoindoline ring and optionally further substituted in the 3-position of the 2,6-dioxopiperidine ring reduce the levels of inflammatory cytokines such as TNFα in a mammal. A typical embodiment is 1,3-dioxo-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-4-methylisoindoline. |
| US07820694B2 |
Beta-2-adrenoreceptor agonists
Compounds of formula in free or salt or solvate form, where Ar is a group of formula Y is carbon or nitrogen and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly for the treatment of obstructive or inflammatory airways diseases. |
| US07820686B2 |
Therapeutic agent for inflammatory bowel disease
The invention is directed to a method of treating an inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, which comprises administering an effective amount of the therapeutic agent 5-chloro-6-(2-iminopyrrolidin-1-yl)methyl-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a patient with inflammatory bowel disease. |
| US07820682B2 |
LPA receptor antagonist
A compound of the general formula (I) or a non-toxic salt thereof. This compound engages in LPA receptor bonding and antagonism and is useful in the prevention and/or treatment of urinary system disease (symptom with prostatic hypertrophy or neurogenic bladder dysfunction disease, symptom to be caused by spinal cord neoplasm, nucleous hernia, spinal canal stenosis or diabetes, occlusion disease of lower urinary tract, inflammatory disease of lower urinary tract, polyuria), carcinoma-associated disease (solid tumor, solid tumor metastasis, angiofibroma, myeloma, multiple myeloma, Kaposi's sarcoma, leucemia and carcinomatous infiltration transition), proliferative disease (disorder with aberrant angiogenesis, artery obstruction and pulmonary fibrosis), inflammation/immune system disease (psoriasis, nephropathy, hepatitis and pneumonitis symptom), disease caused by secretory dysfunction (Sjogren syndrome), brain-related disease (brain infarction, cerebral apoplexy and brain or peripheral neuropathy) or chronic disease (chronic asthma, glomerulonephritis, obesity, prostate hyperplasia, diseases caused by arteriosclerosis process, rheumatism or atopic dermatitis). |
| US07820677B2 |
Phosphoric acid addition salt of (2R)-1-[3-(2-{[2-(2-dimethylaminoethoxy)-3-pyridinyl]oxy}-ethoxy)-2-pyrazinyl]-2-methylpiperazine
Stable acid addition salts of certain 2,3-disubstituted pyrazine compounds that are selective for the 5-HT2c receptor and therapeutically active in the central nervous system are described. |
| US07820672B2 |
Indolylmaleimide derivatives
The compounds are indolylmaleimide derivatives comprising either a substituted pyridyl or indolyl residue. The compounds have interesting pharmaceutical properties, e.g. in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory diseases or disorders, autoimmune diseases, or acute or chronic transplant rejection. |
| US07820669B2 |
2-(piperidin-4-yl)-4,5-dihydro-2H-pyridazin-3-one derivatives as PDE4 inhibitors
The compounds of a certain formula (1), in which R1, R2, R3 and R9 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective PDE4 inhibitors. |
| US07820668B2 |
Diazabenzo[de]anthracen-3-one compounds and methods for inhibiting PARP
The present invention relates to diazabenzo[de]anthracen-3-one compounds which inhibit poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (“PARP”), compositions containing these compounds and methods for using these PARP inhibitors to treat, prevent and/or ameliorate the effects of the conditions described herein. |
| US07820666B2 |
Tetrahydrotriazolopyrazine derivatives and uses thereof
This invention relates to novel substituted tetrahydrotriazolopyrazines and their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering an enzyme inhibitor of dipeptidyl-peptidase IV (DPP-IV). |
| US07820664B2 |
Inhibitors of MEK
This invention concerns to N-(2-aylamino)aryl sulfonamides, which are inhibitors of MEK, methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. |
| US07820663B2 |
Substituted enaminones, their derivatives and uses thereof
The present invention is related substituted enaminones represented by a compound of Formula I that are novel allosteric modulators of α7 nAChRs. The invention also discloses the treatment of disorders that are responsive to enhancement of acetylcholine action on α7 nAChRs in a mammal by administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I. |
| US07820659B2 |
Cyclohexylimidiazole lactam derivatives as inhibitors of 11-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1
The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I: (I) having 11β-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with 11β-HSD type 1 activity. |
| US07820658B2 |
Substituted thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines as HSP90 inhibitors
Compounds of formula (1) are inhibitors of HSP90 activity in vitro or in vivo, and of use in the treatment of inter alia, Cancer: wherein R2 is a group of formula —(Ar1)m-(Alk1)P-(Z)r-(Alk 2)S-Q wherein Ar1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl radical, Alk′ and Alk 2 are optionally substituted divalent C1-C3 alkylene or C2-C3 alkenylene radicals, m, p, r and s are independently 0 or 1, Z is —O—, —S—, —(C═O)—, —(C═S)—, —SO2—, —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NRA—, —C(═S)NRA—, —SO2NRA—, —NRAC(═O)_, —NRASO2- or —NRA—wherein RA is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and Q is hydrogen or an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical; R3 is hydrogen, an optional substituent, or an optionally substituted (C1-C6)alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl radical; and R4 is a carboxylic ester, carboxamide or sulfonamide group. |
| US07820654B2 |
Pyrimidine compounds, process for their preparation and compositions containing them
The present invention is directed to a compounds, methods and compositions for making the compounds and methods of treating a variety of diseases and disease states including atherosclerosis, arthritis, restenosis, diabetic nephropathy, or dyslipidemia, or disease states mediated by the low expression of Perlecan, comprising the administration of new heterocyclic compounds, particularly substituted pyrimidines. The present invention is directed to novel compounds represented by the general formula: |
| US07820649B2 |
Quinazolinone and isoquinolinone acetamide derivatives
Disclosed herein are quinazolinone or isoquinolinone derivatives of formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising quinazolinone or isoquinolinone according to the present invention and its use in therapy. |
| US07820648B2 |
Pyrimidine derivatives for the treatment of abnormal cell growth
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar is a group of formula and R1, R2, R13, A, K, M, L1, L2, X, Y1, Y2, Q, salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R13, A, K, L1, L2, W, X, Z1, Z2, Y1, Y2, Z1, Z2, M, Q, W, X, m, p and q are as defined herein. Such novel pyrimidine derivatives are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals. The invention also relates to a method of using such compounds in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals, especially humans, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. |
| US07820646B2 |
Cyclized derivatives as Eg-5 inhibitors
The present invention relates to new substituted imidazole compounds have the following Formula (I) and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof, to compositions of the compounds together with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, and to uses of the compounds: |
| US07820644B2 |
Substituted porphyrins
The present invention relates, in general, to a method of modulating physiological and pathological processes and, in particular, to a method of modulating cellular levels of oxidants and thereby processes in which such oxidants are a participant. The invention also relates to compounds and compositions suitable for use in such methods. |
| US07820643B2 |
Methods of treating fibromyalgia syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome and pain
The present invention provides a method of treating fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and pain in an animal subject. The method generally involves administering a therapeutically effective amount of a dual serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein said dual serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor compound is characterized by a non-tricyclic structure and an equal or greater inhibition of norepinephrine reuptake than serotonin reuptake. In particular, the use of milnacipran to treat FMS, CFS, and pain is disclosed. |
| US07820642B2 |
Nandrolone 17β-carbonates
Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) wherein R is C1-C30 alkyl, which may be optionally further substituted with one or more of C5-C8 cycloalkyl groups, or a C5-C12 cycloalkyl, which may be optionally substituted with one or more C1-C30 alkyl groups, R′ is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R″ is a C1-C30 alkyl or halo, and the bond between C14 and C15 can be a single bond or double bond. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of use thereof. These compounds can find use in treating a number of diseases or conditions such as hypogonadism, osteoporosis, and anemia, in providing hormonal therapy and contraception, as an anabolic agent, and in suppressing the release of hormones such as the luteinizing hormone. |
| US07820641B2 |
Substituted tetracycline compounds
The present invention pertains, at least in part, to novel substituted tetracycline compounds. These tetracycline compounds can be used to treat numerous tetracycline compound-responsive states, such as bacterial infections and neoplasms, as well as other known applications for minocycline and tetracycline compounds in general, such as blocking tetracycline efflux and modulation of gene expression. |
| US07820636B2 |
Sugar intake promoters
An object of the invention is to provide a substance that activates saccharide uptake in epidermal cells and is thus expected to be effective in promoting skin cell neogenesis and metabolism. The invention provides a promoter for saccharide uptake in epidermal keratinocytes which comprises a purine base or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. The present invention further provides a method of promoting saccharide uptake in epidermal keratinocytes, comprising applying a purine base or a salt thereof to the skin. |
| US07820634B2 |
Composition and method for production of transformed cells
A composition useful for the production of transformed eukaryotic cells is described. The composition comprises submucosal tissue and a nucleic acid sequence. The nucleic acid sequence is typically recombinant DNA including gene(s) encoding for one or more biofunctional proteins. The submucosal tissue component of the present composition comprises the tunica submucosa of vertebrate intestine delaminated from the tunica muscularis and at least the luminal portion of the tunica mucosa. Injection or implantation of the composition into a host induces the formation of transformed cells capable of expressing gene(s) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence. |
| US07820631B2 |
Anti-viral pyrimidine nucleoside analogues
A nucleoside analogue compound is provided which has a six-membered aromatic ring system, the aromatic ring system being substituted in the para position with an unbranched unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy moiety, wherein the alkyl or alkoxy moiety, in total, has from 3 to 8 carbon atoms. This compound shows anti-vira1 activity, for example with respect to varicella zoster virus and can thus be used in therapeutic methods for the prophylaxis and treatment of viral infections such as varicella zoster virus. |
| US07820630B2 |
Substituted indole-O-glucosides
Substituted indole-O-glucosides, compositions containing them, and methods of using them, for example for the treatment of diabetes and Syndrome X are disclosed. |
| US07820625B2 |
UV-induced dermatitis inhibitor and atopic dermatitis inhibitor
At least one substance selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble peptide comprising at least one unit selected from the group consisting of an isoleucylglycylseryl unit, a prolylisoleucylglycylseryl [SEQ ID NO: 2] unit, a glycylprolylisoleucylglycylseryl [SEQ ID NO: 6] unit, a glycylprolylisoleucylglycylthreonyl [SEQ ID NO: 7] unit, a prolylisoleucylglycyl unit and a glycylprolylisoleucylglycyl [SEQ ID NO: 1] unit and a water-soluble salt thereof can be used as an UV-induced dermatitis inhibitor or atopic dermatitis inhibitor. |
| US07820622B2 |
TNF antagonists
TNF binding polypeptides based on human tetranectin C-type lectin like domains (CTLD) with improved binding characteristics and improved efficacy. The polypeptides comprise a TNF binding domain having the amino acid sequence KRWS-RYF (SEQ ID NO:1). Also provided are methods of preparing the polypeptides of the invention. The polypeptides may be used for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions, and for treatment of a subject having a pathology mediated by TNF, such as treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. |
| US07820621B2 |
Compounds for targeting endothelial cells, compositions containing the same and methods for their use
The present invention provides compounds for targeting endothelial cells, tumor cells or other cells that express the NP-1 receptor, compositions containing the same and methods for their use. Additionally, the present invention includes diagnostic, therapeutic and radiotherapeutic compositions useful for visualization, therapy or radiotherapy. |
| US07820619B1 |
Antimicrobial peptides and derived metapeptides
The peptides and derivative metapeptides based upon natural antimicrobial peptides have potent and broad spectrum activity against pathogens exhibiting multiple antibiotic resistance. Specific peptides can also potentiate the antimicrobial functions of leukocytes, such as neutrophils. In addition, they exhibit lower inherent mammalian cell toxicities than conventional antimicrobial peptides, and overcome problems of toxicity, immunogenicity, and shortness of duration of effectiveness due to biodegradation, retaining activity in plasma and serum. The peptides and derivative metapeptides exhibit rapid microbicidal activities in vitro, can be used to potentiate conventional antimicrobial agents, to potentiate other antimicrobial peptides, and are active against many organisms that exhibit resistance to multiple antibiotics currently in existence. |
| US07820612B2 |
Laundry detergent containing methyl ester sulfonate
Laundry detergent compositions containing from about 6% to about 35% of a surfactant component; wherein the surfactant component comprises: from about 0.5 to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of an MES blend having an average level of disalt of from about 8% to about 50%, wherein said MES blend comprises C16 MES; and wherein a ratio of C16 MES to surfactant component is less than about 0.3. |
| US07820610B2 |
Laundry detergent containing polyethyleneimine suds collapser
An alkaline laundry detergent for hand washing a fabric contains a sudsing surfactant, a polyethyleneimine suds collapser having the empirical formula (PEI)a(EO)b(PO)c where a is about 100-100,000, b is about 0-60, and c is about from 0-60, and a pH control system When diluted to form a laundry liquor and during washing the pH control system maintains the pH of the laundry liquor above about 8. |
| US07820609B2 |
Mild, structured, multi-phase personal cleansing compositions comprising density modifiers
A mild, multi-phase cleansing composition is described that includes a cleansing phase including a structured surfactant component has a first density; a benefit phase includes an emulsion, the benefit phase has a second density and a density modifier; wherein the first density differs from the second density by less than 0.15 g/cm3; the structured surfactant component includes at least one surfactant and provides a Total Lather Volume of at least about 600 ml. The emulsion is either an oil in water or an oil in water emulsion. |
| US07820605B2 |
Lubricating oil additive composition and method of making the same
An oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition prepared by the process which comprises reacting a copolymer, with at least one polyether aromatic compound. |
| US07820600B2 |
Lubricant and method for improving air release using ashless detergents
The present invention is directed to a lubricant composition comprising GLT base stock with an ashless detergent to improve air release properties. The ashless detergents comprise the products resulting from the reaction of a salicylic acid, organic group substituted salicylic acid, sulfonic acid or organic groups substituted sulfur acid with thiadiazole or organic group substituted thiadiazole or an alkyl primary or secondary amine. |
| US07820597B2 |
Ordered two-and three-dimensional structures of amphiphilic molecules
The invention pertains, at least in part, to a method for forming an ordered structure of amphiphilic molecules, such as proteins. The method includes contacting a population of amphiphilic molecules with a interface; compressing said population laterally to an appropriate pressure, such that an ordered structure at the interface is formed. The invention also pertains to the two- and three-dimensional ordered structures that are formed using the planar membrane compression method of the invention. |
| US07820595B2 |
Penoxsulam as a turfgrass, vineyard and orchard floor herbicide
Penoxsulam, 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy[1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide, provides synergistic herbicidal control with dicamba, the mixture of 2,4-D, triclopyr and clopyralid, or the mixture of 2,4-D and mecoprop-P. |
| US07820586B2 |
Composition based on zirconium oxide and oxides of cerium, lanthanum and of another rare earth, a method for preparing same and use thereof as catalyst
The invention concerns a composition based on zirconium and cerium oxides in an atomic ratio Zr/Ce>1, and further comprising lanthanum oxide or an oxide of a rare earth other than cerium and lanthanum. The invention is characterized in that after calcination for 6 hours at 1150 .C it has a specific surface area of not less than 10 m;/g. The composition is obtained by forming a mixture containing a sol of a zirconium compound and cerium, lanthanum, said rare earth compounds, contacting said mixture with a basic compound solution, while heating and calcining the resulting precipitate. The composition can be used as catalyst. |
| US07820578B2 |
Dielectric ceramic composition and method of production thereof
The object of the present invention is to provide a method of production of dielectric ceramic composition which can lower the firing temperature without compensating the dielectric characteristics. The method of production according to the present invention is characterized by comprising steps of; preparing a dielectric oxide expressed by composition formula of [(CaxSr1-x)O]m[(TiyZr1-y-zHfz)O2] (x, y, z, and m in the formula are; 0.5≦x≦1.0, 0.01≦y≦0.10, 0 |
| US07820567B2 |
Fabrics made from a blend of polypyridobisimidazole/flame-retardant treated cellulose fibers and articles made therefrom
The invention concerns flame retardant fabrics made from mixtures of polypyridobisimidazole fibers with cellulose fibers that have been treated to make them flame retardant and articles made therefrom. |
| US07820566B2 |
Film airbags
Inflatable airbag for a vehicle which is deployed in the event of an accident involving the vehicle to provide protection for an occupant of the vehicle includes a plurality of ribbons coupled together to define an enclosed, fluid-retaining space and a layer of film laminated on at least one of an outer side of the woven ribbons and an inner side of the ribbons. The ribbons may be made from polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester or polyamide and the layers of film may be made from polyethylene, polyurethane, polyester or polyamide. The ribbons and layers of film may be made of the same or different materials. |
| US07820565B2 |
Densely woven quasi-unidirectional fabric for ballistic applications
A fabric including a first layer of high-performance unidirectional yarns and a second layer of high-performance unidirectional yarns disposed transversely to the first layer. The fabric also includes warp and fill encapsulating yarns woven around the unidirectional yarns to substantially stabilize the unidirectional yarns. The encapsulating yarns have tenacities and tensile moduli substantially less than the tenacities and tensile moduli of the unidirectional yarns. The fabric has a cover factor between approximately 0.75 and approximately 1.50. |
| US07820564B2 |
Fabric with a moistureproof, dustproof and antibacterial function
The present invention relates to a fabric having a three-layered structure: a fiber substrate, a parylene layer, and an antibacterial layer. The fiber substrate is the fiber part of the fabric; the parylene layer is capable of providing a moistureproof and dustproof effect as well as preventing the fiber substrate from being catalyzed by photocatalyst and decomposed thereby; the antibacterial layer, which comprises nano-photocatalyst and/or nano-silver particles, is used to kill pathogenic germs. |
| US07820560B2 |
Turf reinforcement mat having multi-dimensional fibers and method for erosion control
A turf reinforcement mat (10) comprises at least one polymer net layer (11); a non-woven mat (13) comprising a plurality of multi-dimensional polymer fibers (15); and, a polymer yarn (80, 81), stitching the net layer to the non-woven mat. A method for erosion control and revegetation facilitation comprises providing a turf reinforcement mat comprising at least one polymer net layer; a non-woven mat comprising a plurality of multi-dimensional polymer fibers; and, a polymer yarn, stitching the net layer to the non-woven mat; laying the turf reinforcement mat on a section of ground to be reinforced; securing the turf reinforcement mat to the ground; distributing soil and seed onto the turf reinforcement mat such that the section of ground is quickly revegetated and thereby protected from further erosion. |
| US07820557B2 |
Method for nitriding substrate and method for forming insulating film
In a substrate nitriding method for nitriding a target substrate by allowing a nitrogen-containing plasma to act on silicon on a surface of the substrate in a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus, the nitridation by the nitrogen-containing plasma is performed by controlling a sheath voltage Vdc around the substrate to be less than or equal to about 3.5 eV. The sheath voltage Vdc is a potential difference Vp−Vf between a plasma potential Vp in a plasma generating region and a floating potential Vf of the substrate. |
| US07820556B2 |
Method for purifying acetylene gas for use in semiconductor processes
Acetylene is treated to remove some residual storage solvent that may be present with the acetylene in a source of acetylene such as a container. Such treatment may be performed prior to supplying the acetylene to a deposition chamber or other reactor where acetylene is a reactant. After treatment, the acetylene gas stream has a relatively constant concentration of storage solvent, regardless of how much acetylene has been released from the acetylene source. The treatment may involve condensing the storage solvent from the gas stream at a certain temperature and separating the storage solvent from the gas stream. |
| US07820555B2 |
Method of patterning multilayer metal gate structures for CMOS devices
A method of forming patterning multilayer metal gate structures for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices includes performing a first etch process to remove exposed portions of a polysilicon layer included within a gate stack, the polysilicon layer formed on a metal layer also included within the gate stack; oxidizing an exposed top portion of the metal layer following the first etch process so as to create an metal oxide layer having an etch selectivity with respect to the polysilicon layer; removing the metal oxide layer through a combination of a physical ion bombardment thereof, and the introduction of an isotropic chemical component thereto so as to prevent oxide material at bottom corners of the polysilicon layer; and performing a second etch process to remove exposed portions of the metal layer. |
| US07820553B2 |
Prevention of trench photoresist scum
Methods of preventing photoresist scum formation for etch processes for patterning material layers of semiconductor device material layers are disclosed. A treatment of N2 and O2 is used to prevent the formation of photoresist scum. The treatment may be performed in-situ, and may be performed during the etch process, after the etch process, or both. The treatment is particularly beneficial when implemented during the patterning of low dielectric constant material layers, and when used for the formation of isolated via patterns. |
| US07820551B2 |
Semiconductor device having fins FET and manufacturing method thereof
A line-form insulator is formed on a substrate and then the substrate is etched with the insulator used as a mask to form first trenches on both sides of the insulator. Side wall insulators are formed on the side walls of the first trenches, the substrate is etched with the insulator and side wall insulators used as a mask to form second trenches in the bottom of the first trenches. After, the substrate is oxidized with the insulator and side wall insulators used as an anti-oxidation mask to cause oxide regions formed on the adjacent side walls of the second trenches lying on both sides of the substrate to make contact with each other and the insulator and side wall insulators are removed. Then, a fin FET having a semiconductor region as a line-form fin is formed in the substrate. |
| US07820546B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device preventing loss of junction region
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulation layer having a contact hole on a semiconductor substrate. A metal silicide layer is deposited on a surface of the contact hole and the insulation layer to have a concentration gradient that changes from a silicon-rich composition to a metal-rich composition, with the lower portion of the metal silicide layer having the silicon-rich composition and the upper portion of the metal silicide layer having the metal-rich composition. The metal silicide layer is then annealed so that the compositions of metal and silicon in the metal silicide layer become uniform. |
| US07820545B2 |
Methods of forming conductive interconnects
The invention includes methods of electroless plating of nickel selectively on exposed conductive surfaces relative to exposed insulative surfaces. The electroless plating can utilize a bath which contains triethanolamine, maleic anhydride and at least one nickel salt. |
| US07820543B2 |
Enhanced copper posts for wafer level chip scale packaging
An enhanced wafer level chip scale packaging (WLCSP) copper electrode post is described having one or more pins that protrude from the top of the electrode post. When the solder ball is soldered onto the post, the pins are encapsulated within the solder material. The pins not only add shear strength to the soldered joint between the solder ball and the electrode post but also create a more reliable electrical connection due to the increased surface area between the electrode post/pin combination and the solder ball. Moreover, creating an irregularly shaped solder joint retards the propagation of cracks that may form in the intermetal compounds (IMC) layer formed at the solder joint. |
| US07820542B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and method for fabrication thereof
An adhesion layer of a hexagonal crystal is laid on a facet an optical resonator of a nitride semiconductor laser bar having a nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer, and a facet coat is laid on the adhesion layer. In this way, a structure in which the facet coat is laid on the adhesion layer is obtained. |
| US07820539B2 |
Method for separately optimizing spacer width for two transistor groups using a recess spacer etch (RSE) integration
A method for making a semiconductor device is provided. In accordance with the method, a semiconductor structure is provided which comprises (a) a substrate (203), (b) first (219) and second (220) gate electrodes disposed over the substrate, and (c) first (223) and second (225) sets of spacer structures disposed adjacent to said first and second gate electrodes, respectively. A first layer of photoresist (231) is disposed over the structure such that the first set of spacer structures is exposed and the second set of spacer structures is covered. The structure is then subjected to an etch which etches the first layer of photoresist and a portion of the first and second sets of spacer structures. |
| US07820538B2 |
Method of fabricating a MOS device with non-SiO2 gate dielectric
A polycrystalline silicon layer is deposited on a gate dielectric and then a portion thereof is re-oxidized so as to form a thin layer of oxide between the poly-Si layer and the underlying gate dielectric. Subsequently, the poly-Si layer is converted to a fully-silicided form so as to produce a FUSI gate. The gate dielectric can be a high-k material, for example a Hf-containing material, or SION, or another non-SiO2 dielectric. The barrier oxide layer is preferably less than 1 nm thick. |
| US07820532B2 |
Methods for simultaneously forming doped regions having different conductivity-determining type element profiles
Method for simultaneously forming doped regions having different conductivity-determining type elements profiles are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method comprises the steps of diffusing first conductivity-determining type elements into a first region of a semiconductor material from a first dopant to form a doped first region. Second conductivity-determining type elements are simultaneously diffused into a second region of the semiconductor material from a second dopant to form a doped second region. The first conductivity-determining type elements are of the same conductivity-determining type as the second conductivity-determining type elements. The doped first region has a dopant profile that is different from a dopant profile of the doped second region. |
| US07820526B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which manufacturing cost can be reduced, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device with reduced manufacturing time and improved yield. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is provided, which includes the steps of forming a first layer containing a metal over a substrate, forming a second layer containing an inorganic material on the first layer, forming a third layer including a thin film transistor on the second layer, irradiating the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer with laser light to form an opening portion through at least the second layer and the third layer. |
| US07820521B2 |
Conductive through via structure and process for electronic device carriers
Conductive through vias are formed in electronic devices and electronic device carrier, such as, a silicon chip carrier. An annulus cavity is etched into the silicon carrier from the top side of the carrier and the cavity is filled with insulating material to form an isolation collar around a silicon core region. An insulating layer with at least one wiring level, having a portion in contact with the silicon core region, is formed on the top side of the carrier. Silicon is removed from the back side of the carrier sufficient to expose the distal portion of the isolation collar. The core region is etched out to expose the portion of the wiring level in contact with the silicon core region to form an empty via. The via is filled with conductive material in contact with the exposed portion of the wiring level to form a conductive through via to the wiring level. A solder bump formed, for example, from low melt C4 solder, is formed on the conductive via exposed on the carrier back side. The process acts to make the conductive via fill step independent of the via isolation step. |
| US07820518B2 |
Transistor fabrication methods and structures thereof
Methods of fabricating transistors and semiconductor devices and structures thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a transistor includes forming a gate dielectric over a workpiece, forming a gate over the gate dielectric, and forming a stress-inducing material over the gate, the gate dielectric, and the workpiece. Sidewall spacers are formed from the stress-inducing material on sidewalls of the gate and the gate dielectric. |
| US07820517B2 |
Control of hot carrier injection in a metal-oxide semiconductor device
In a metal-oxide semiconductor device including first and second source/drain regions of a first conductivity type formed in a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type proximate an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a drift region formed in the semiconductor layer proximate the upper surface of the semiconductor layer and at least partially between the first and second source/drain regions, an insulating layer formed on at least a portion of the upper surface of the semiconductor layer, and a gate formed on the insulating layer and at least partially between the first and second source/drain regions, a method for controlling an amount of hot carrier injection degradation in the device includes the steps of: forming a shielding structure on the insulating layer above at least a portion of the drift region and substantially between the gate and the second source/drain region; and adjusting an amount of coverage of the shielding structure over an upper surface of the drift region so as to minimize the amount of hot-carrier injection degradation while maintaining a breakdown voltage in the device which is greater than or equal to a prescribed value. |
| US07820514B2 |
Methods of forming flash memory devices including blocking oxide films
A method of forming a flash memory device can include forming a tunneling oxide film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a charge storing layer on the tunneling oxide film, forming a first blocking oxide film on the charge storing layer at a first temperature, forming a second blocking oxide film on the first blocking oxide film at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and forming a gate electrode on the second blocking oxide film. |
| US07820513B2 |
Nonplanar semiconductor device with partially or fully wrapped around gate electrode and methods of fabrication
A nonplanar semiconductor device and its method of fabrication is described. The nonplanar semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a top surface opposite a bottom surface formed above an insulating substrate wherein the semiconductor body has a pair laterally opposite sidewalls. A gate dielectric is formed on the top surface of the semiconductor body on the laterally opposite sidewalls of the semiconductor body and on at least a portion of the bottom surface of semiconductor body. A gate electrode is formed on the gate dielectric, on the top surface of the semiconductor body and adjacent to the gate dielectric on the laterally opposite sidewalls of semiconductor body and beneath the gate dielectric on the bottom surface of the semiconductor body. A pair source/drain regions are formed in the semiconductor body on opposite sides of the gate electrode. |
| US07820512B2 |
Spacer patterned augmentation of tri-gate transistor gate length
In general, in one aspect, a method includes forming a semiconductor substrate having N-diffusion and P-diffusion regions. A gate stack is formed over the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode hard mask is formed over the gate stack. The gate electrode hard mask is augmented around pass gate transistors with a spacer material. The gate stack is etched using the augmented gate electrode hard mask to form the gate electrodes. The gate electrodes around the pass gate have a greater length than other gate electrodes. |
| US07820511B2 |
Normally-off integrated JFET power switches in wide bandgap semiconductors and methods of making
Wide bandgap semiconductor devices including normally-off VJFET integrated power switches are described. The power switches can be implemented monolithically or hybridly, and may be integrated with a control circuit built in a single- or multi-chip wide bandgap power semiconductor module. The devices can be used in high-power, temperature-tolerant and radiation-resistant electronics components. Methods of making the devices are also described. |
| US07820508B2 |
Semiconductor device having capacitor and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device having a capacitor and a method of fabricating the same may be provided. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device may include forming an etch stop layer and a mold layer sequentially on a substrate, patterning the mold layer to form a mold electrode hole exposing a portion of the etch stop layer, etching selectively the exposed etch stop layer by an isotropic dry etching process to form a contact electrode hole through the etch stop layer to expose a portion of the substrate, forming a conductive layer on the substrate and removing the conductive layer on the mold layer on the mold layer to form a cylindrical bottom electrode in the mold and contact electrode holes. The isotropic dry etching process may utilize a process gas including main etching gas and selectivity adjusting gas. The selectivity adjusting gas may increase an etch rate of the etch stop layer by more than an etch rate of the mold layer by the isotropic wet etching process. |
| US07820507B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes: an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; a contact plug formed in the ILD layer, such that a predetermined portion of the contact plug protrudes above the ILD layer; an etch stop layer formed on the ILD layer exposing a top portion of the contact plug; and a bottom electrode of a capacitor formed partially in the etch stop layer to be isolated from the ILD layer by the etch stop layer and the contact plug to prevent a direct contact with the ILD layer, and to be partially contacted with the contact plug. |
| US07820506B2 |
Capacitors, dielectric structures, and methods of forming dielectric structures
Some embodiments include dielectric structures. The structures include first and second portions that are directly against one another. The first portion may contain a homogeneous mixture of a first phase and a second phase. The first phase may have a dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 25, and the second phase may have a dielectric constant of less than or equal to 20. The second portion may be entirely a single composition having a dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 25. Some embodiments include electrical components, such as capacitors and transistors, containing dielectric structures of the type described above. Some embodiments include methods of forming dielectric structures, and some embodiments include methods of forming electrical components. |
| US07820503B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
An object of the present invention is to simplify manufacturing process of an n channel MIS transistor and a p channel MIS transistor with gate electrodes formed of a metal material. For its achievement, gate electrodes of each of the n channel MIS transistor and the p channel MIS transistor are simultaneously formed by patterning ruthenium film deposited on a gate insulator. Next, by introducing oxygen into each of the gate electrodes, the gate electrodes are transformed into those having high work function. Thereafter, by selectively reducing the gate electrode of the n channel MIS transistor, it is transformed into a gate electrode having low work function. |
| US07820501B2 |
Decoder for a stationary switch machine
Accordingly, in one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for reducing stacking faults in an epitaxial semiconductor layer. In accordance with such method, a substrate is provided which includes a first single-crystal semiconductor region including a first semiconductor material, the first semiconductor region having a <110> crystal orientation. An epitaxial layer including the first semiconductor material is grown on the first semiconductor region, the epitaxial layer having the <110> crystal orientation. The substrate is then annealed with the epitaxial layer at a temperature greater than 1100 degrees Celsius in an ambient including hydrogen, whereby the step of annealing reduces stacking faults in the epitaxial layer. |
| US07820499B2 |
Method for manufacturing a nonvolatile memory device
In a method for manufacturing a nonvolatile memory device, an etch mask layer formed on a dielectric layer to define contact holes in the dielectric layer is slope-etched to form an etch mask pattern having an opening wider at the upper end thereof than the lower end thereof. Thus, the contact holes are defined in the dielectric layer to have a finer size than the upper end of the opening of the etch mask pattern. The method for manufacturing a nonvolatile memory device includes forming an etch mask pattern on a dielectric layer such that a width of a lower end of each opening defined in the etch mask pattern is less than a width of an upper end thereof; and defining contact holes by removing portions of the dielectric layer using the etch mask pattern. |
| US07820496B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate manufactured through 3-sheet mask process, method of manufacturing the same and liquid crystal display having the same
A thin film transistor substrate and method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate through a 3-sheet mask process includes forming a first conductive film on a substrate; forming a gate line including a gate electrode using a first photoresist film pattern formed on the first conductive film through a first mask with a desired pattern formed thereon; sequentially forming a gate insulation film, an active layer, an ohmic contact layer, a second conductive film and a protection film on an entire surface of the substrate; forming an active region and a data line including source-drain electrodes using a second photoresist film pattern that has different thicknesses in predetermined regions and is formed on the protection film through a second mask with a desired pattern formed thereon; forming a contact hole by exposing a channel region of the active layer and partially exposing the source-drain electrodes using the second photoresist pattern; forming a third conductive film on the entire surface of the substrate; and forming a pixel electrode to be connected to the contact hole using a third photoresist film pattern formed on the third conductive film through a third mask with a desired pattern formed thereon. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal display having the same. |
| US07820495B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which suppresses an influence on a semiconductor element due to entry of an impurity element, moisture, or the like from outside even in the case of thinning or removing a substrate after forming a semiconductor element over the substrate. A feature is to form an insulating film functioning as a protective film on at least one side of the substrate by performing surface treatment on the substrate, to form a semiconductor element such as a thin film transistor over the insulating film, and to thin the substrate. As the surface treatment, addition of an impurity element or plasma treatment is performed on the substrate. As a means for thinning the substrate, the substrate can be partially removed by performing grinding treatment, polishing treatment, or the like on the other side of the substrate. |
| US07820490B2 |
Method for LTCC circuitry
An LTCC (low temperature cofired ceramic) structure which has conductors to which leads are to be bonded for connection to external circuitry. The conductors include additives to promote adhesion to the ceramic layer. The presence of these additives degrade bonding performance. For better bondability of the leads, a pure conductor metal layer, devoid of the additives is placed on the conductors in areas where leads are to be bonded. This pure conductor metal layer may be cofired with the stack of ceramic layers or may be post fired after stack firing. |
| US07820489B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor apparatus
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus includes forming an electrode on a semiconductor device, forming a conductive bump on the electrode, placing an external wire on the conductive bump, and laser-welding the external wire and the conductive bump to establish electrical connection. |
| US07820485B2 |
Method of forming a package with exposed component surfaces
A method of forming a semiconductor package includes forming a coating over a first device, attaching the first device to a substrate using an adhesive, encapsulating the first device using an encapsulant material, releasing the first device from the substrate using the adhesive, removing a portion of the encapsulant material that is over the first device to expose the coating, and removing the coating over the first device to expose a portion of the first device. |
| US07820478B2 |
Light-emitting device
To provide a light-emitting device which can emit light with high luminance and high efficiency, and is excellent in durability. The light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer containing a phenanthroline compound represented by the general formula [I] and a carbonate. |
| US07820474B2 |
Metal catalyzed selective deposition of materials including germanium and antimony
A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method for selectively depositing GeSb materials onto a surface of a substrate is provided in which a metal that is capable of forming an eutectic alloy with germanium is used to catalyze the growth of the GeSb materials. A structure is also provided that includes a GeSb material located on preselected regions of a substrate. In accordance with the present invention, the GeSb material is sandwiched between a lower metal layer used to catalyze the growth of the GeSb and an upper surface metal layer that forms during the growth of the GeSb material. |
| US07820473B2 |
Schottky diode and method of manufacture
A Schottky diode capable of sustaining a voltage of greater than about 250 volts and a method for its manufacture. An epitaxial layer of N-type conductivity is disposed on a semiconductor substrate of N-type conductivity. A guard ring of P-type conductivity extends into the epitaxial layer from its surface. A stacked structure is formed on a portion of the guard ring and a portion of the epitaxial layer. The stacked structure includes a layer of semi-insulating semiconductor material disposed on a layer of dielectric material. A first metal layer is formed on the portion of the epitaxial layer adjacent a first side of the stacked structure and on a first portion of the stacked structure. A second metal layer is formed on the portion of the epitaxial layer adjacent a second side of the stacked structure and on a second portion of the stacked structure. |
| US07820472B2 |
Method of forming front contacts to a silicon solar cell without patterning
A method for forming front contacts on a silicon solar cell which includes texture etching the front surface of the solar cell, forming an antireflective layer over the face, diffusing a doping material into the face to form a heavily doped region in valleys formed during the texture-etching of the face, depositing an electrically conductive material on the heavily doped regions in the valleys and annealing the solar cell. |
| US07820468B2 |
Stack type surface acoustic wave package, and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed herein is a stack type surface acoustic wave package. The surface acoustic wave package comprises a first bare chip having a plurality of electrodes formed thereon, a second bare chip having a plurality of electrodes and via-holes formed thereon, a connecting portion electrically connecting the first bare chip to an upper surface of the second bare chip such that the electrodes of the first bare chip face the electrodes of the second bare chip, and a sealing member provided on the first and second bare chips to form an air-tight space on an operating surface between the first and second bare chips. The surface acoustic wave package can prevent deformation due to thermal impact from the outside during a packaging process, enhancing reliability of the product, minimizing the size of the product, and reducing manufacturing costs by reducing the number of components and material costs. |
| US07820466B2 |
Flat panel display device and method for manufacturing the same using sequental lateral solidifcation and solid phase crystallization
A flat panel display device includes a substrate including a pixel area having a plurality of pixel parts and a peripheral circuit area disposed adjacent to the pixel area to drive the pixel parts, a circuit TFT disposed in the peripheral circuit area, the circuit TFT including a first semiconductor layer having a first crystal growth in a lateral direction, and a pixel TFT disposed in the pixel area, the pixel TFT including a second semiconductor layer having a second crystal isotropic growth. |
| US07820461B2 |
Semiconductor device with vertical electron injection and its manufacturing method
A method for making a semiconductor device with vertical electron injection, including: transferring a monocrystalline thin film onto a first face of a support substrate; producing at least one electronic component from the monocrystalline thin film; forming at least one recess in a second face of the substrate to enable electric or electronic access to the electronic component through the monocrystalline thin film; and producing a vertical electron injector configured to inject electrons into the electronic component. |
| US07820458B2 |
Test structures and methods
Test structures and methods for semiconductor devices, lithography systems, and lithography processes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes using a lithography system to expose a layer of photosensitive material of a workpiece to energy through a lithography mask, the lithography mask including a plurality of first test patterns having a first phase shift and at least one plurality of second test patterns having at least one second phase shift. The layer of photosensitive material of the workpiece is developed, and features formed on the layer of photosensitive material from the plurality of first test patterns and the at least one plurality of second test patterns are measured to determine a optimal focus level or optimal dose of the lithography system for exposing the layer of photosensitive material of the workpiece. |
| US07820447B2 |
Compositions and methods for cancer
The present invention relates to novel sequences for use in diagnosis and treatment of carcinomas, especially lymphoma carcinomas. In addition, the present invention describes the use of novel compositions for use in screening methods. |
| US07820446B2 |
System for tracking a spatial position of an object via a tracking system
A transparent marker casing for use with a tracking system, comprising a material that is transparent to radiation emanating from at least one marker, wherein the marker casing is formed such that it at least partially surrounds the at least one marker. The casing can include a moisture sensor that can detect moisture or liquid on a surface of the casing and provide a signal indicative of the presence of moisture. |
| US07820436B2 |
Recombinant viral vector for gene transfer into lymphoid cells
A recombinant herpesvirus, a method for producing the recombinant herpesvirus, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the recombinant herpesvirus, are provided with a method for producing a recombinant herpesvirus using a BAC vector sequence. In addition, a vector comprising a herpesvirus genomic gene and a BAC vector sequence, a cell comprising the vector, and a nucleic acid cassette comprising a fragment, which is capable of homologous recombination with a herpesvirus genome, and a BAC vector sequence, are provided. |
| US07820435B2 |
De novo synthesized plasmid, methods of making and use thereof
The invention relates to a de novo synthesized plasmid. The plasmid comprises relevant sequences for plasmid replication and plasmid selection. The methods of making and use of the plasmid are disclosed. The plasmid can be used to make other plasmids. These plasmids and their host cells can be used for biomedical applications. |
| US07820433B2 |
Culture dish for culturing biological cells
A culture dish (1) comprising a basic structure (2) with a number of macro wells (4) for culturing oocytes and embryos, the culture dish further comprising a lid (3) with a movable part (8), the movable part (8) having an opening (11) adapted to the size of the macro wells (4), the movable part (8) being movable between a first position where all macro wells are closed by the lid (3) and further positions where for each further position (11) the opening (11) is aligned with one of the macro wells (4) to allow access to this macro well (4) through the opening (11) in the lid (3). |
| US07820426B2 |
Bionanomaterials and their synthesis
The use of biomaterials, such as viruses and virus-like particles, to form nanostructures is generally disclosed. For instance, rod-like viruses can be used to form composite nanofibers that are fixed together in a head-to-tail assembly by a polymer. Also, 2-dimensional nanostructures formed from crosslinked viruses assembled in a single, film-like layer are generally disclosed. Porous gels having controllable pore size through the use of virus particles are also disclosed. |
| US07820422B2 |
Efficient production of oligosaccharides using metabolically engineered microorganisms
The present invention relates to the enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides, particularly, sialylated oligosaccharides comprising the carbohydrate moeities of the gangliosides GM3, GD3, and GT3. |
| US07820419B2 |
Fermentation product production processes
The present invention relates to a process for producing a fermentation product from starch-containing material, comprising liquefying said starch-containing material with an alpha-amylase; treating with a protease; saccharifying in the presence of a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme; fermenting in the presence of a fermenting organism. |
| US07820415B2 |
Method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family with attenuated expression of the ydiN gene or the ydiB gene or combination thereof
The present invention provides a method for producing an aromatic L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of the ydiN gene, the ydiB gene, or both. |
| US07820413B2 |
Incrementally truncated nucleic acids and methods of making same
A series of methods that utilize the incremental truncation of nucleic acids are described to create a plurality of modified nucleic acids and hybrid polypeptides. A plurality of substantially all possible single base-pair deletions of a given nucleic acid sequence is created. A method of making shuffled incremental truncated nucleic acids, which is independent of nucleic acid sequence homology, is also described. These methods can be used in protein engineering, protein folding, protein evolution, and the chemical synthesis of novel hybrid proteins and polypeptides. |
| US07820408B2 |
Methods of improving the introduction of DNA into bacterial cells
The present invention relates to methods of improving the introduction of DNA into bacterial host cells. |
| US07820397B2 |
Methods of modulating and identifying agents that modulate intracellular calcium
Methods are provided for identifying agents that modulate intracellular calcium. Also provided are methods of modulating calcium within cells and methods of identifying proteins involved in modulating intracellular calcium. |
| US07820396B2 |
Method for determining atopic dermatitis using protein marker
It is an object of the present invention to find substances that can be used as disease markers for atopic dermatitis and the present invention provides a method for determining atopic dermatitis, including measurement of the expression of specific proteins and/or their genes in skin cells and/or skin tissues, wherein the specific proteins change their expression with inflammation caused by atopic dermatitis or change their expression according to the degree of predisposition to atopic dermatitis. The present invention also provides a kit for determining the degree of inflammation of atopic dermatitis or risk of developing atopic dermatitis, as well as a method for determining substances effective in the treatment and/or prevention of atopic dermatitis. |
| US07820393B2 |
Methods, kits and antibodies for detecting parathyroid hormone
The present invention relates to novel methods and compositions useful for detecting whole parathyroid hormone at a physiological level and parathyroid fragments in a mammalian sample. Such detections may be useful to different parathyroid diseases or disorders in a subject, such as hyperparathyroidism and related bone diseases, from normal or non-disease states. One detects whole or non-fragmented (1 to 84) parathyroid hormone in a biological sample and optionally one or more of a selection of non-whole parathyroid hormone peptide fragments that may or may not function as a parathyroid hormone antagonists. By either comparing values or using independently the value of either the one or more of a selection of non-whole parathyroid hormone peptide fragments, the whole parathyroid hormone, or the combination of these values one is able to differentiate parathyroid and bone related disease states, as well as differentiate such states from normal states. |
| US07820390B2 |
Methods of and kits and compositions for diagnosing colorectal tumors
In vitro methods of determining whether or not an individual has metastasized colorectal cancer cells are disclosed. In vitro methods of determining whether or not tumor cells are colorectal in origin are disclosed. In vitro kits for practicing the methods of the invention and to reagents and compositions useful to practice the methods, for example as components in such in vitro kits of the invention are provided. Methods of and kits and compositions for analyzing tissue samples from the colon tissue to evaluate the extent of metastasis of colorectal tumor cells are disclosed. |
| US07820382B2 |
Method for the early detection of breast cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and colon polyps, growths and cancers as well as other gastrointestinal disease conditions and the preoperative and postoperative monitoring of transplanted organs from the donor and in the recipient and their associated conditions related and unrelated to the organ transplantation
A method for the early diagnosis of breast, lung, pancreatic and colon growths and cancers as well as conditions associated with donor and recipient organ transplants, both before and after transplantation to identify and allow treatment of possible transplanted organ rejection and other disease conditions related and unrelated to the transplantation, compares the gene expression patterns from a patient's peripheral blood monocytes-lymphocyte's gene system with either the similar gene expression patterns of a normal person, or with the similar gene expression patterns of a person known to have the condition being screened for. Differences between the patient's gene expression patterns for particular genes and the normal patterns indicates the presence of the condition with the number of differences indicating the probability of the condition. Similarities between the patient's gene expression patterns for those particular genes and the patterns of a person known to have the condition indicates the presence of the condition with the number of similarities indicating the probability of the condition. For example, particular genes for use in identifying pancreatic cancer are disclosed. |
| US07820381B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying fluids to a biological sample
The invention is directed to a method of contacting a biological sample with a solution, comprising the steps of moving a curved surface wetted with the solution in proximity to the biological sample whereby the distance separating the wetted curved surface and the biological sample is sufficient to form a moving liquid meniscus layer between the two. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for contacting a biological sample suspected of containing a biomarker with a solution, comprising a platform for supporting a microscope slide having a biological sample thereon; a translating cap having a curved lower surface positioned above the platform, the curved lower surface being in proximity to a biological sample when in operation; means for moving the translating cap back and forth over the biological sample; and means for applying and removing liquid to and from the cap. |
| US07820377B2 |
Method for HLA typing
A method for the identification of DNA sequence elements in complex and highly variable sequences is described. The method consists of identifying a short sequence element of several DNA bases (2-6 bases) at a given position in the genome simultaneously on all parental alleles. The method allows differentiating mini-haplotypes on different alleles in one analysis. The method consists of carrying out an enzymatic primer extension reaction with a combination of extension primers (pool of primers) and analysing the products by mass spectrometry. The pool of primers is assembled in such a way that the primer extension product allows unambiguous identification of both the primer of the pool that was extended and the base that was added. The method is of great utility for DNA sequences harbouring many SNPs close to each other with many possible haplotypes. Such sequences are known in the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). This method is particularly well suited for DNA-based HLA typing and in combination with a suitable selection of sites tested, it is superior in ease of operation to conventional HLA typing methods. We have identified sets of these assays for HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-DRB 1 that allow unambiguous four-digit HLA of each of these genes with between 11 and 28 queried markers. |
| US07820376B2 |
Protein C polymorphisms
The invention provides methods and kits for obtaining a prognosis for a patient having or at risk of developing an inflammatory condition. The method generally comprises determining a protein C promoter genotype of a patient for a polymorphism in the protein C promoter region of the patient, comparing the determined genotype with known genotypes for the polymorphism that correspond with the ability of the patient to recover from the inflammatory condition and identifying patients based on their prognosis. The invention also provides for methods of identifying other polymorphisms that correspond with the ability of the patient to recover from the inflammatory condition. |
| US07820374B2 |
Detection methods based on HR23 protein binding molecules
A method is provided for determining whether an agent is capable of inducing a DNA lesion in a eukaryotic cell, including exposing the eukaryotic cell to the agent and determining whether an HR23 protein-binding molecule accumulates in the cell, where the HR23 protein-binding molecule is preferably xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC), 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase (MAG), CREB, p53, or a functional part, derivative, and/or analogue thereof. Preferably the cell overexpresses HR23A and/or HR23B protein. A rapid and sensitive test is provided with significant advantages over the Ames test. A method is provided for determining whether an agent is capable of inhibiting a cellular process, the process resulting in accumulation of HR23 protein-binding molecule within a cell. A method for determining whether a cell has an impaired DNA repair system is provided. An impaired DNA repair system is indicative for diseases such as xeroderma pigmentosum, cockayne syndrome, and/or trichothiodystrophy. |
| US07820365B1 |
Method to fabricate a tilted logpile photonic crystal
A method to fabricate a tilted logpile photonic crystal requires only two lithographic exposures and does not require mask repositioning between exposures. The mask and photoresist-coated substrate are spaced a fixed and constant distance apart using a spacer and the stack is clamped together. The stack is then tilted at a crystallographic symmetry angle (e.g., 45 degrees) relative to the X-ray beam and rotated about the surface normal until the mask is aligned with the X-ray beam. The stack is then rotated in plane by a small stitching angle and exposed to the X-ray beam to pattern the first half of the structure. The stack is then rotated by 180° about the normal and a second exposure patterns the remaining half of the structure. The method can use commercially available DXRL scanner technology and LIGA processes to fabricate large-area, high-quality tilted logpile photonic crystals. |
| US07820351B2 |
Non-magnetic toner, two-component developer, and image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus for forming images with a toner and includes an image forming section, a paper feeding section and an image reading section, in which the non-magnetic toner is as follows: the particle size D10V and the particle size D90V of the toner satisfy the following formula (1), the particle size D50V is from 5 to 8 μm, and the content of the toner particles having a particle size of at most 5 μm is from 15 to 35% by number: 0.415≦(D10V−D90V)/D10V≦0.475 (1) wherein D10V, D50V and D90V each are a particle size where a cumulative volume from the large particle size side in the cumulative volume distribution of the toner particles reaches 10%, 50% and 90%, respectively. |
| US07820348B2 |
Toner recovery apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
To provide a toner recovery apparatus including: a toner transporting duct; and an endless toner transporting belt; wherein the toner transporting belt is rotated in a loop form in such a way that it descends in a region where the outer circumferential surface faces a ceiling surface of the toner transporting duct and that it rises in a region where the outer circumferential surface of the toner transporting belt faces a bottom surface of the toner transporting duct, the toner recovery apparatus transports the residual toner to the outlet by holding the toner by the convex parts, spaces formed between convex parts and the bottom surface of the toner transporting duct, and the toner comprises a binding resin, releasing agent, coloring material and external additive, and torque T (mNm) measured by torque measurement method using a conical rotor in a space ratio of 50% to 60% is 1.0 to 2.5. |
| US07820341B2 |
Method of two dimensional feature model calibration and optimization
A method for generating a photolithography mask for optically transferring a pattern formed in the mask onto a substrate utilizing an imaging system. The method includes the steps of: (a) defining a set of calibration patterns, which are represented in a data format; (b) printing the calibration patterns on a substrate utilizing the given imaging system; (c) determining a first set of contour patterns corresponding to the calibration patterns imaged on the substrate; (d) generating a system pseudo-intensity function, which approximates the imaging performance of the imaging system; (e) determining a second set of contour patterns by utilizing the system pseudo-intensity function to define how the calibration patterns will be imaged in the substrate; (f) comparing the first set of contour patterns and the second set of contour patterns to determine the difference therebetween; (g) adjusting the system pseudo-intensity function until the difference between the first set of contour patterns and the second set of contour patterns is below a predefined criteria; and (h) utilizing the adjusted system pseudo-intensity function to modify the mask so as to provide for optical proximity correction. |
| US07820339B2 |
Gas diffusion electrode for electrochemical oxygen reduction
An improved gas diffusion electrode composed of a perovskite-type oxide dispersed in a mixture of carbon black and a hydrophobic binder polymer. An improved catalyst for use in the electrochemical reduction of oxygen comprising a perovskite-type compound having alpha and beta sites, and having a greater molar ratio of cations at the beta site. A particularly good reduction catalyst is a neodymium calcium manganite. An improved method of dispersing the catalysts with carbon in a reaction layer of the electrode improves performance of the electrode and the oxygen reduction process. This is provided by adding carbon black to an aqueous solution of metal salts before it is heated to a gel and then to a char and then calcined. Optionally, a quantity of the desired oxide catalyst can be premixed with a portion the carbon before adding the carbon to an aqueous solution of the metal salts to be heated. The amount of premixed metal oxide is chosen in conjunction with the amount of metal salts to provide the desired molar ratio after heating and calcining of the aqueous solution. |
| US07820337B2 |
Electrochemical device
An electrochemical device has an armor; a structure housed in the armor and having a separator disposed between first and second electrodes; and external terminals with respective leads connected to the first and second electrodes of the structure, respectively, and extending from the interior of the armor across a sealed portion of the armor to the outside; at least a surface of an intersection in each of the leads crossing the sealed portion is provided with at least one of depressed portion and projected portion. This electrochemical device is realized in compact size and with high reliability. |
| US07820331B2 |
Fuel cell and fuel cell system
Provided is a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane, a first separator in which a fuel path through which a fuel flows is formed so as to face one surface of the electrolyte membrane and which has thereinside a fuel supply amount adjuster for adjusting the supply amount of the fuel, and a second separator in which an oxidizer path through which an oxidizer flows is formed so as to face the other surface of the electrolyte membrane. |
| US07820330B2 |
Alkaline storage battery and method for producing the same
An alkaline storage battery includes: a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide; a negative electrode; a separator layer intervening between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an alkaline electrolyte. The separator layer includes a water-absorbing polymer, a water repellent, an alkaline aqueous solution, and a scavenger capable of trapping an element which leaches from the negative electrode into the alkaline aqueous solution. The scavenger comprises an oxygen-containing metal compound. The negative electrode is a hydrogen storage alloy electrode, a cadmium electrode or a zinc electrode. The water-absorbing polymer comprises a cross-linked polymer having at least one kind of monomer unit selected from the group consisting of an acrylate unit and a methacrylate unit. |
| US07820327B2 |
Lithium titanate and lithium cells and batteries including the same
An active material suitable for use in lithium cells comprises lithium titanate having a surface and a material disposed on the surface is provided. The material is non-reactive with an electrolyte within a range of potential vs. lithium of from 0 V to 4 V. A variety of lithium cells including lithium titanate are also provided. The lithium titanate is typically of the general formula: Li4Ti5O12-x, wherein x is greater than 0. Further, a cell module is provided. The cell module comprises a plurality of lithium cells each having a soft outer packaging and assembled in an environment where water content in the environment is controlled. |
| US07820326B2 |
Alkaline battery
The opening portion of a battery case is sealed with a sealing plate using a gasket. The potential of electrolytic manganese dioxide in a positive electrode active material is in the range from 275 to 320 mV. The volume of a closed space formed between the gasket and positive and negative electrodes in the battery case is in the range from 2.0 to 6.0% of the volume inside the battery formed by the battery case and the sealing plate. |
| US07820325B2 |
Alkaline electrolyte storage battery having an anode formed of an active material composition
An active material composition for an alkaline storage battery comprises a) an alloy capable of forming a hydride, of formula R1-yMgyNit-zMz in which R is La, optionally substituted by Nd and/or Pr, M is at least one element chosen from the group comprising Mn, Fe, Al, Co, Cu, Zr and Sn, in which 0.1≦y≦0.4, 3.2≦t≦3.5, and z≦0.5, and of which the equilibrium hydrogen pressure with the alloy, for a hydrogen insertion into the alloy of 0.5 H/Metal at 40°, is less than 0.7 bar, and b) a yttrium-based compound in a mixture with alloy a). |
| US07820324B2 |
Anode active material and battery
A battery with a high capacity and superior cycle characteristics and an anode active material used for it are provided. An anode contains an anode active material capable of reacting with lithium. The anode active material contains tin, cobalt, and carbon, and further contains at least one from the group consisting of indium, niobium, germanium, titanium, molybdenum, aluminum, phosphorus, and bismuth. Further, in the anode active material, the carbon content is from 9.9 wt % to 29.7 wt %, and the ratio of cobalt to the total of tin and cobalt is from 30 wt % to 70 wt %. Further, coordination number of cobalt as a first neighboring atom around tin obtained by the radial structure function calculated based on one scattering theory of X-ray absorption spectroscopy is 4 or less. |
| US07820321B2 |
Redox flow battery system for distributed energy storage
A large stack redox flow battery system provides a solution to the energy storage challenge of many types of renewable energy systems. Independent reaction cells arranged in a cascade configuration are configured according to state of charge conditions expected in each cell. The large stack redox flow battery system can support multi-megawatt implementations suitable for use with power grid applications. Thermal integration with energy generating systems, such as fuel cell, wind and solar systems, further maximize total energy efficiency. The redox flow battery system can also be scaled down to smaller applications, such as a gravity feed system suitable for small and remote site applications. |
| US07820317B2 |
Method for the mixed recycling of lithium-based anode batteries and cells
The invention relates to a method for treating all types of lithium anode cells and batteries by means of a hydrometallurgical process at room temperature. The treatment method enables cells and batteries comprising a metallic lithium-based anode or an anode containing lithium incorporated in an anodic insertion compound to be treated under safe conditions, thus enabling the metallic casings, electrode contacts, cathode metal oxides and lithium salts to be separated and recovered. |
| US07820312B2 |
Variable power micro power generator
A fuel cell based power generator exhibits a plurality of different power outputs. A selection structure carried by the generator facilitates specification of a desired output power. |
| US07820307B2 |
Recording paper
A recording paper having a magnetic material-containing layer, that includes a magnetic material that generates a large Barkhausen effect and a filler, and is disposed between pulp layers containing a pulp. |
| US07820305B2 |
Electroluminescent polymers
The present invention relates to phosphorescent copolymers comprising trifunctional triplet emitters. The polymers according to the invention are highly soluble, readily accessible synthetically and more suitable for use in organic light-emitting diodes than are comparative materials in accordance with the prior art. |
| US07820301B2 |
Cellulose acylate film and method for producing the same
A cellulose acylate film showing 10 marks/m2 or less of adhesion marks and having an in-plane retardation value (Re value) of 0 to 200 nm and a retardation value along the thickness direction (Rth value) of 30 to 500 nm. The cellulose acylate film shows favorable optical uniformity and can provide an improved liquid crystal display. |
| US07820300B2 |
Article of manufacture and process for anodically coating an aluminum substrate with ceramic oxides prior to organic or inorganic coating
An article of manufacture and a process for making the article by the anodization of aluminum and aluminum alloy workpieces to provide corrosion-, heat- and abrasion-resistant ceramic coatings comprising titanium and/or zirconium oxides, and the subsequent coating of the anodized workpiece with a second coating such as polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”) or silicone containing coatings. The invention is especially useful for forming longer life coatings on aluminum substrates by pre-coating the substrate with an anodized layer of titanium and/or zirconium oxide that provides excellent corrosion-, heat- and abrasion-resistance in a hard yet flexible film. |
| US07820298B2 |
Antifriction composite multilayer strip and bearing part therefrom
An antifriction composite system (1) for a bearing part (2), such as a sliding bearing part, with a metallic backing (3) and a functional coating (4), which comprises a top layer (5) with a friction-reducing effect. The functional coating (4) has an elastomer layer (6) lying directly under the top layer (5). The invention also relates to a bearing part (2) with an antifriction composite system (1) of this type. |
| US07820297B2 |
Multilayer films including thermoplastic silicone block copolymers
A multilayer film includes a first layer of a first polymeric material and a second layer of a second polymeric material. The first material has a first index of refraction and the second material has a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction. In one embodiment, the second material includes a polydiorganosiloxane polyamide block copolymer. In another embodiment, the second material includes a polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide block copolymer. |
| US07820293B2 |
Substrate coated with a layered structure comprising a tetrahedral carbon coating
The invention relates to a metal substrate (11) coated at least partially with a layered structure. The layered structure comprises an intermediate layer (14) deposited on said substrate (11) and a tetrahedral carbon layer (16) deposited on said intermediate layer. The intermediate layer comprises at least one amorphous carbon layer having a Young's modulus lower than 200 GPa and the tetrahedral carbon layer has a Young's modulus higher than 200 GPa. The invention further relates to a method to improve the adhesion of a tetrahedral carbon layer to a substrate and to a method to bridge the gap in Young's modulus of the metal substrate and the Young's modulus of a tetrahedral carbon coating deposited on said metal substrate. |
| US07820291B2 |
Core-shell type nanoparticles comprising metal cores and crystalline shells of metal oxide or metalloid oxide
Disclosed herein are core-shell type nanoparticles comprising nanoparticle cores made of a metal or semiconductor, and shells made of crystalline metal oxide formed on the surfaces of the nanoparticle cores, as well as a preparation method thereof. According to the disclosed invention, the core-shell nanoparticles, consisting of metallic or semiconductor cores and crystalline metal oxide shells, can be prepared by epitaxially growing metal oxide on the surfaces of the metallic or semiconductor nanoparticle cores. By virtue of the crystalline metal oxide shells, the core nanoparticle made of metal or semiconductor can ensure excellent chemical and mechanical stability, and the core-shell nanoparticles can show new properties resulting from the interaction between the metal cores and the metal oxide crystal shells. |
| US07820288B2 |
Adhesive articles with improved air egress
This invention relates to an adhesive article which provides air egress. Air egress is provided by supplying a route, such as areas of no initial adhesion for the air to flow out from under the construction. The invention relates to an adhesive article comprising a facestock having a front surface and a back surface, a continuous layer of adhesive having an upper surface and a lower surface wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is adhered to the back surface of the facestock, and a plurality of spaced-apart non-adhesive material which is in contact with the lower surface of the adhesive layer. These articles have usefulness as industrial graphics images, as well as decorative coverings, etc. The articles provide air egress and optionally repositionability and slideability. |
| US07820287B2 |
Process for the production of a floor strip
A thin abrasion resistant decorative thermosetting laminate of postforming quality is glued to a longitudinal carrier. The carrier preferably consists of a fiber board or a particle board with a rectangular cross section and at least two opposite rounded-off edges. One or more floor strips with the same or different cross section is machined from the laminate clad carrier. |
| US07820283B2 |
Metallized skin panels and methods of making
A metallized product includes a composite substrate or other substrate wherein at least a portion of the surface of the substrate is coated with an adhesion-promoting layer comprising resin and microballoons. A metallic coating is adhered to the adhesion promoting layer to produce the metallized surface. Methods for producing metallized products are also provided. |
| US07820282B2 |
Foam security substrate
The present invention is directed an oriented, foamed article having an integral security element, and a method of making the article. The oriented foam article is particularly useful in the preparation of printed security documents such as currency, stock and bond certificates, birth and death certificates, land titles and abstracts and the like. |
| US07820281B2 |
Process for producing porous film and porous film
A porous film of the invention is a porous film having a large number of continuous micropores. The film has a thickness of 5 to 200 μm, has an average surface pore size A of 0.01 to 10 μm, an average surface porosity C, and has an average inside pore size B and an average inside porosity D. The ratio A/B of A to B is 0.3 to 3. The porous film is produced by casting a polymer solution containing a polymer onto a substrate to form a film and subjecting the film to phase conversion to thereby form a porous film. In the method, the polymer constituting the porous film has a surface tension Sa [mN/m], the substrate has a surface tension Sb [mN/m], and Sa and Sb satisfy the following condition: Sa−Sb≧−10. |
| US07820279B2 |
Resin substrate having a resin-metal composite layer and method for manufacturing thereof
A resin-metal composite layer is formed by modifying a surface of a resin substrate to a modified layer, contacting the modified layer with a metal compound solution, and adsorbing at least either metal colloids or ions are adsorbed to the polar group, so that metal particles are dispersed into the modified layer. Because of the fineness of the metal particles in the resin-metal composite layer, high transparent can be achieved. The resin-metal composite layer functions as a transparent conductive layer and the like. |
| US07820278B2 |
Refractory mortar cured material
A refractory mortar cured material is formed in the surface or joint portions of a ceramic refractory material, such as fire bricks used in the lining of melting furnace or firing furnace used at high temperature, and includes ceramic particles with an inorganic binder having silanol group that are kneaded together with water. The kneaded mortar is applied on the surface of a ceramic base material. The average particle size of ceramic particles in the refractory mortar is 10 to 50 μm, and the difference between the 90% particle size and the 10% particle size is 10 μm or more to 60 μm or less. The average pore size of the refractory mortar cured material is 5 to 25 μm, and the width of pore size distribution is 20 to 80 μm, so that the cracks are suppressed. In addition, the bulk density is 0.9 to 1.5 g/cm3. |
| US07820276B2 |
Matte film or sheet
A single-layer matte film or sheet which comprises a filler and a biodegradable resin (A) comprising a blend of a biodegradable polyester (a1) having a glass transition temperature Tg of 10° C. or lower and a biodegradable polyester (a2) having a glass transition temperature Tg of 30° C. or higher, and in which at least one side thereof has a surface gloss (45-degree gloss) as measured in accordance with ASTM-D2457-70 of 60% or lower. |
| US07820275B2 |
Photocurable composition for producing cured articles having high clarity and improved mechanical properties
A photocurable composition comprising: (a) a cationically curable component preferably formed from one or more epoxy compound(s), (b) an acrylate component having no or a low amount of hydroxy groups preferably dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate, (c) a polyol component, preferably a polyether polyol, (d) a cationic photoinitiator; and (e) a free radical photoinitiator. The composition may produce when cured three-dimensional articles with high clarity and improved mechanical properties. |
| US07820273B2 |
Substrate structure with patterned layer
A substrate structure includes a substrate, a number of banks formed on the substrate, and a patterned layer. The banks and the substrate cooperatively define a number of accommodating rooms. The accommodating rooms are configured for accommodating ink. The patterned layer covers the bank between at least two adjacent accommodating rooms. |
| US07820271B2 |
Laminates of films and methods and apparatus for their manufacture
A laminate of thermoplastic polymeric films comprises a fluted ply A and non-fluted ply B, adhered to one another in bonded zones along some of the flute crests the fluted ply A. The wavelength of the flutes is preferably no more than 3 mm. Ply A has a generally uniform thickness or can have attenuated zones of lesser thickness extending parallel to the flute direction, each bonded zone being located mainly within an attenuated zone. The flutes can be sinuous with crests on both sides of ply A and can be adhered on each side to a ply B. The flutes can be filled with filler material, including reinforcement strands, and one or both sides can be perforated. The method and apparatus employ aligned grooved fluting rollers and a grooved laminating roller. |
| US07820266B2 |
Protective cover and tool splash for vehicle components
A method of manufacturing a protective cover (24) for a component of a vehicle includes assembling multiple layers to form a charge (22). The charge (22) is formed within a mold (50) of the component to form a multi-contoured laminate (58). The protective cover (24) is separated from the multi-contoured laminate (58). A method of forming a down stream part structure or mold (167) for a component includes assembling multiple layers to form a charge (78). The charge (78) is formed within an original mold of the component to form a multi-contoured laminate (76). A splash is separated from the multi-contoured laminate (76). A protective cover, such as the cover (24), is for a vehicle component and includes a contour holding layer (36) and a protective laminate layer (34). The contour holding layer (36) and the protective laminate layer (34) are formed within a mold of the vehicle component to form the protective cover. |
| US07820259B2 |
Housing, injection mold for making the housing, and method for making the housing by using the injection mold
An injection mold (20) includes a female mold (22) and a male mold (24) matingly engageable with the female mold. The female mold has a recess portion (222) defined therein. The male mold includes a mold core (240) mounted thereon corresponding to the recess portion of the female mold. The mold core includes a grating pattern (241) defined thereon and a first injection runner (244). The grating pattern is formed by a plurality of crisscrossed grooves (2412). The first injection runner communicates with at least one of the grooves of the grating pattern. A housing (10) made by the injection mold and method for making the housing by using the injection mold are also provided. |
| US07820255B2 |
Transparent film for display substrate, display substrate using the film and method of manufacturing the same, liquid crystal display, organic electroluminescence display, and touch panel
A transparent film for display substrate containing a cellulose ester, a plasticizer content in an amount of less than 1 percent, the aforementioned film being drawn 3 through 100 percent both in the direction of conveyance and across the width. |
| US07820254B2 |
Near infrared-absorbing dye-containing curable composition
A curable composition containing a lake dye having an absorption maximum in the wavelength region of from 700 nm to 1100 nm and a thermosetting compound and/or a photo-setting compound; a solid imaging device installing therein a filter prepared using the curable composition; and a lake dye represented by the following formula (V): wherein L1 represents a methine chain composed of odd number(s) of methine group(s); A1 and A2 are each independently represents an alkyl group having a sulfo group; Y represents a cation necessary to balance a charge and selected from the group consisting of alkali earth metal ions (Mg2+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Sr2+), transition metal ions (Ag+, Fe+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+) and (Al3+). |
| US07820249B2 |
Ultrasonic energy system and method including a ceramic horn
An acoustic system for applying vibratory energy including a horn connected to an ultrasonic energy source. The horn defines an overall length and wavelength, and at least a leading section thereof is comprised of a ceramic material. The leading section has a length of at least ⅛ the horn wavelength. In one preferred embodiment, an entirety of the horn is a ceramic material, and is mounted to a separate component, such as a waveguide, via an interference fit. Regardless, by utilizing a ceramic material for at least a significant portion of the horn, the ultrasonic system of the present invention facilitates long-term operation in extreme environments such as high temperature and/or corrosive fluid mediums. The present invention is useful for fabrication of metal matrix composite wires. |
| US07820248B2 |
Coating composition comprising hydroxylamine esters
The invention relates to a dual thermal and ultraviolet radiation curable coating composition, comprising a) at least an ethylenically unsaturated compound; b) a hydroxylamine ester effective to enable IR-curing or NIR-curing of the ethylenically unsaturated compound; c) a photoinitiator effective to enable UV-curing of the ethylenically unsaturated compound; wherein the thermal initiator is a hydroxylamine ester which has a structural element of formula (1) or formula (1) or a polymeric hydroxylamine ester which has a repetitive structural unit of formula (11) or (I[′) of formula (11) Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for curing a thermal curable coating composition composing hydroxylamine esters as thermal initiators using NIR-curing. |
| US07820246B2 |
Method for growing thin nitride film onto substrate and thin nitride film device
The present invention provides a method for growing a thin nitride film over a substrate and a thin nitride film device, in which the polarity of the thin nitride film can be controlled by a low temperature process. In the method for growing the thin nitride film over a substrate, a Ga face (2) and a N face (3) are formed over a c face sapphire (Al2O3) substrate (1), the Ga face (2) growing in +c face, and the N face (3) growing in −c face. |
| US07820242B2 |
Low-K interlevel dielectric materials and method of forming low-K interlevel dielectric layers and structures
A composition of matter and a structure fabricated using the composition. The composition comprising: a resin; polymeric nano-particles dispersed in the resin, each of the polymeric nano-particle comprising a multi-arm core polymer and pendent polymers attached to the multi-arm core polymer, the multi-arm core polymer immiscible with the resin and the pendent polymers miscible with the resin; and a solvent, the solvent volatile at a first temperature, the resin cross-linkable at a second temperature, the polymeric nano-particle decomposable at a third temperature, the third temperature higher than the second temperature, the second temperature higher than the first temperature, wherein a thickness of a layer of the composition shrinks by less than about 3.5% between heating the layer from the second temperature to the third temperature. |
| US07820241B2 |
Device and method for applying layers of a powder material onto a surface
A device (51) for applying layers or a powder material (71) by means of an application device (52) is described, wherein the application device (52) can be moved back and forth between two end positions in order to apply a layer of material (71) and the application device (52) comprises a blade (56) for removing excess material during the application of a layer of material (71). The device (51) is characterized by a material transport device (53), by which the material can be transferred from one side of the blade (56) to the other side of the blade. The device has the particular advantage that layers of material (71) can be applied without any loss of material and is particularly applicable in a laser sintering device. |
| US07820237B2 |
System for manufacturing a granule covered roofing shingle having a national shingle color
A system for manufacturing a granule covered roofing shingle includes establishing at least two sources of granules. A standardized process for manufacturing granules having a standardized appearance is then established, wherein a color of the granules from one of the sources of granules is substantially identical to the color of the granules from the others of the sources of granules, thereby defining at least one standardized granule color. Granules of the standardized granule color are then manufactured according to the standardized process. The manufactured granules are transported to at least one shingle manufacturing facility, and granule covered roofing shingles are then manufactured using the manufactured granules of the standardized granule color. |
| US07820236B2 |
Optical film coating
A low fringing film coating includes a transparent polymeric layer having a surface, and a plurality of projections extending away from the surface. The projections have a mean height of 0.05 to 1 μm and a mean distance between projections of 0.5 to 2 mm. The coating can be produced by coating a polymeric composition onto a substrate. The polymeric composition includes a polymeric material, a good solvent for the polymeric material and a poor solvent or the polymeric material. The solvents are at least partially evaporated to form a low fringing transparent polymeric layer. |
| US07820234B2 |
Manufacturing method of optical information recording medium
A method of manufacturing an optical information recording medium to/from which signals can optically be recorded and reproduced. The recording medium includes a signal substrate (100), a signal recording layer (110), and a transparent cover layer (125) having a first transparent layer (115) and a second transparent layer (120), which is harder than the first transparent layer (115). Signals can be recorded and reproduced to and from the recording medium by a light transmitted to the signal recording layer through the transparent cover layer (125). The first transparent layer is formed so as to have a first predetermined distribution of thickness. The second transparent layer is formed so as to have a second predetermined distribution of thickness to make the total thickness of the transparent cover layer (125) uniform. The first transparent layer (115) may be made of a plurality of thin laminated transparent layers. |
| US07820232B2 |
Method for forming fine copper particle sintered product type of electric conductor having fine shape, and process for forming copper fine wiring and thin copper film by applying said method
The present invention provides a process for forming a copper fine particle sintered product type of a fine-shaped electric conductor showing superior electroconductivity, which comprises steps of drawing a fine pattern with the use of a dispersion containing the copper fine particles having a surface oxide film layer, conducting a treatment for reducing the copper fine particles with the surface oxide film layer or copper oxide fine particles included in the pattern at a comparatively low temperature, and baking the resultant copper fine particles. Specifically, the process carries out the processes of; applying a dispersion containing the copper fine particles having the surface oxide film layer thereon or the copper oxide fine particles with an average particle diameter of 10 μm or smaller onto a substrate; and then performing a series of the heat treatment steps of heating the particles in the coated layer at temperature of 350° C. or lower under an atmosphere containing a vapor and a gas of a compound having reducibility to reduce the oxide film by a reduction reaction which used the compound having reducibility as a reducing agent, subsequently repeating a heat treatment combining an oxidizing treatment of a short time with a re-reducing treatment, and sintering the resultant copper fine particles with each other to form a layer of the sintered product. |
| US07820228B2 |
Medical device and manufacturing method of colored medical device
A method for the manufacture of a medical wire includes manufacturing a fluororesin-coated wire and irradiating with infrared radiation. The fluororesin-coated wire is manufactured with a fluororesin-containing liquid, or fluororesin powder body being applied to the outer circumference of a superelastic alloy wire or of a resin-coated superelastic alloy wire. The fluororesin-coated wire is irradiated with a defined wavelength of infrared radiation for a defined period of time. |
| US07820225B2 |
Low sodium salt compositions and methods of preparation and uses thereof
Low sodium salt compositions containing a blend of sodium chloride and one or more magnesium, sodium and potassium salts are provided. Also provided are methods for making and using the compositions. Further provided are food products containing the compositions. |
| US07820223B2 |
Sweet potato flake process
The present invention discloses formulations for sheeted, baked sweet potato chips that have a light, crispy texture similar to a white potato chip. The ingredients are combined with water and oil to make a dough, which is then sheeted and cut into pieces. The pieces are baked to produce sweet potato snack chips. |
| US07820221B2 |
Delivery of active agents using a chocolate vehicle
This invention provides edible compositions comprising pharmaceutically or nutraceutically active agents in particulate form homogeneously dispersed in a fat matrix, such as chocolate or chocolate compound coating. |
| US07820220B2 |
Production of baked snack chips with irregular shape having notched edges
Thin, baked fermented chips having an irregular shape and surface bubbles are produced by cutting a fermented, wheat-based compressed dough sheet into a plurality of pieces having different shapes and notches with a single rotary cutter so that the dough pieces form an interlocking pattern and the notches extend around the periphery of each piece. The notches are spaced around the periphery of each piece and facilitate separation of the dough pieces from each other while at least substantially avoiding tearing and breaking of the dough pieces. A plurality of notches of each piece are aligned or contiguous with notches of any adjacent piece in the interlocking pattern. |
| US07820219B2 |
Toasted flavor additive
A novel toasted flavor additive for enhancing the toasted flavor and appearance of food products. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, toasted corn flavor additive (“TCF”) is made by the steps of cooking whole corn kernels in a solution of lime and water; steeping the corn; draining and washing the corn; grinding, sheeting and cutting the corn into pieces; toasting the pieces until significant browning has occurred beyond the level normally associated with consumed masa products; and grinding the toasted pieces into a powder that can be administered as toasted corn flavor additive. |
| US07820217B2 |
Conditioning agent for fry food
The present invention relates to a quality improver for a deep-fried food, characterized in that the quality improver comprises a polysaccharide powder having an average particle size of 20 μm or less; a frying powder and a frying food comprising the quality improver; and a deep-fried food prepared by cooking using the quality improver or the frying powder. |
| US07820216B1 |
Apparatus and methods for pasteurizing food product
Apparatus and methods for pasteurizing food product are provided. The apparatus includes a cabinet enclosing the food product as it is transported from upstream to downstream through a series of processing zones including a pre-condensing zone, a pre-heating zone, a pasteurizing zone, a post-heating zone, and a post-condensing zone. In use, the food product is conveyed through the series of processing zones, which together function to efficiently and effectively heat and apply pasteurizing steam to the surfaces of the product to kill bacteria, while at the same time managing migration of steam from the pasteurizing zone and preventing steam from migrating out of the cabinet into the surrounding area. |
| US07820212B2 |
Abietane diterpenoid compound, and composition comprising extract of Torreya nucifera, or abietane diterpenoid compounds or terpenoid compounds isolated from them for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease
The present invention relates to a method for treating a cardiovascular disease, such as hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis, with a pharmaceutically effective amount of an extract of Torreya nucifera or abietane diterpenoid compound or terpenoid compound isolated from the same as an effective ingredient. Torreya nucifera extracts, abietane diterpenoid compound, or terpenoid compound isolated from the extracts were prepared by extracting Torreya nucifera leaves, stems, or seeds with water, alcohol, or mixed solution of water and alcohol, which is further fractionized with n-hexane, chloroform and etheyl acetate in that order. Further, the present invention provides a method for inhibiting an oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and inhibiting Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) using an extract of Torreya nucifera or abietane diterpenoid compound or terpenoid compound isolated from the same as an effective ingredient. |
| US07820210B2 |
Methods and apparatus to prevent, treat, and cure the symptoms of nausea caused by chemotherapy treatments of human cancers
Methods and apparatus are provided to prevent, treat, and cure chemotherapy induced nausea in human beings. The inhalation of an effective amount of vaporized essential oil from Mentha piperita (peppermint oil) has been shown in practice to prevent, treat, and cure chemotherapy induced nausea. A simple hand-held apparatus provides the vapors to be inhaled through the nostril to prevent, treat, and cure chemotherapy induced nausea. |
| US07820205B2 |
Platinum colloid-containing aqueous solution for treating schizophrenia
The present invention provides a composition comprising precious metal particles for treating or preventing a psychiatric symptom. The composition of the invention is able to improve various psychiatric symptoms and useful for treating or preventing psychiatric disorders. |
| US07820202B2 |
Extended release particle dispersion
The invention relates to extended release compositions that can be advantageously used as drug products, plant protection agents, in foods or other products. The invention especially relates to liquid compositions in which extended release particles are dispersed. The compositions according to this invention are available in the form of single-dose or multi-dose compositions and as such are produced from liquid preproducts. The invention further relates to kits and methods for producing the compositions and to the preproducts thereof. |
| US07820201B2 |
System for manufacturing controlled release dosage forms, such as zero-order release profile dosage form manufactured by three-dimensional printing
The present invention includes controlled release dosage forms and methods of designing and manufacturing dosage forms to obtain specific release profiles, for example, zero-order release profiles, escalating release profiles or decreasing release profiles. The dosage forms of the present invention can include spatial variation of API concentration in the dosage form and can include nested regions. Dosage forms according to the present invention may be manufactured by any appropriate method for obtaining the internal structure as disclosed herein for producing zero-order release profiles and increasing or decreasing release profiles. The invention further includes methods of manufacturing such dosage forms, such as by three-dimensional printing, possibly also including compression of the dosage form after three-dimensional printing. The invention further includes methods of designing such dosage forms. Release profiles from non-uniform distributions of API concentration may be predicted based on simple experiments with uniform-concentration dosage forms. |
| US07820198B2 |
Pool chemical tablet
One aspect of the present invention is directed to a solid chemical tablet in a shape comprising an elongated cylindrical side surface and an elongated flat side surface or an elongated concave cut side surface. Another aspect of the present invention is directed to a solid chemical tablet comprising a blend of hydrated calcium hypochlorite with magnesium sulfate heptahydrate. This invention further relates to a solid chemical tablet comprising a blend of solid calcium hypochlorite, and one or more solid alkali metal phosphate. |
| US07820196B2 |
Physiologically active agents containing vicinal dithioglycols and use thereof in various branches of economy
The invention relates to the food and medical industries, medical cosmetics, dermatology, agriculture and the mixed feed industry. According to the invention vicinal dithioglycole (common formula RCH(SH)CH(SH)R−1 (I)) is used as a food additive, a food product, physiologically-active substances and active ingredients of forage additives and of forage, in cosmetic and/or dermatological and skin-therapeutic remedies. The invention comprises methods for producing such additives, products and remedies. The substance of formula (I) stimulates physiological processes, increases human and animal immunity, inhibits undesirable process in organisms and food products, produces curative and preventive action of skin, hair and nails and after vicinal dithioglycole is administered the intoxication effect of alcohol consumption known as hang-over is completely removed. |
| US07820193B2 |
Anti-angiogenic compositions and methods of use
The present invention is directed to a stent comprising (a) a balloon expandable coronary stent; and (b) paclitaxel, in an amount that when tested in a chick chorioallantoic membrane assay is anti-angiogenic. |
| US07820192B2 |
Method for remotely controlling a sol-gel transition of hydrogels and method for delivering a drug using the same
The present invention relates to a method for remotely controlling a sol-gel transition of hydrogels and a method for delivering a drug using the same. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of remotely controlling a sol-gel transition of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-containing hydrogels—three-dimensional networks of crosslinked polymer chains—by X-ray irradiation, and relates to a method for delivering a drug using the same. |
| US07820190B2 |
Coating for implantable devices and a method of forming the same
Coatings, particularly primer coatings, for implantable devices or endoluminal prosthesis, such as stents, are provided, including a method of forming the coatings. The coatings can be used for the delivery of an active ingredient or a combination of active ingredients. The primer coatings include diacrylates and polyacrylates. |
| US07820186B2 |
Gel composition for once-daily treatment of common acne comprising a combination of benzoyl peroxide and adapalene and/or adapalene salt
Dermatological/cosmetic gel compositions suited for preventing or treating cell differentiation and/or proliferation and/or keratinization disorders, including preventing or treating common acne, comprise (i) at least one retinoid, (ii) dispersed benzoyl peroxide and (iii) at least one pH-independent gelling agent, formulated into (iv) a physiologically acceptable medium therefor. |
| US07820170B2 |
Methods of therapy for B-cell malignancies using antagonist anti-CD40 antibodies
Methods of therapy for B-cell malignancies are provided. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to a patient in need thereof. The antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is free of significant agonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a normal human B cell, exhibits antagonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a malignant human B cell, and can exhibit antagonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a normal human B cell. Antagonist activity of the anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof beneficially inhibits proliferation and/or differentiation of malignant human B cells. |
| US07820168B2 |
Treatment of diabetes using antibodies to IL-23, IL-23 receptor and IL-17
The instant specification provides methods of treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the metabolic system. The instant specification also provides methods of diagnosis. |
| US07820165B2 |
Compositions and methods of producing hybrid antigen binding molecules and uses thereof
This disclosure relates to hybrid antigen binding molecules including at least two polypeptide chains, with at least one polypeptide chain comprises an antigen binding moiety linked to an amino acid sequence of a subunit of a heterodimeric proteinaceous hormone. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such hybrid antigen binding molecules for diagnosis and/or therapy. |
| US07820159B2 |
MN/CA IX and EGFR pathway inhibition
The invention is based upon the discovery that the EGFR pathway can stimulate a previously unknown tumorigenic function of CA IX, via phosphorylation of the sole tyrosine residue present in CA IX's intracellular domain. EGFR-phosphorylated CA IX then interacts with the p85 subunit of PI3K to activate Akt, which in turn is associated with anti-apototic function and increased cell survival. The latter finding indicates that there is a positive feedback loop for CA9 expression mediated by the PI3K pathway in preneoplastic/neoplastic diseases. Disclosed herein are novel therapeutic methods for treating preneoplastic/neoplastic diseases associated with abnormal MN/CA IX expression, using EGFR pathway inhibitors. Preferably, the EGFR pathway inhibitors are tyrosine kinase inhibitors or EGFR-specific antibodies. Further disclosed are methods for patient therapy selection for EGFR pathway inhibitors, preferably in combination with other cancer therapies, based on detection of abnormal MN/CA9 gene expression in preneoplastic/neoplastic tissues. |
| US07820156B2 |
Method of treatment using a cytokine able to bind IL-18BP to inhibit the activity of a second cytokine
The present invention relates to the use of a cytokine-1, preferably from the IL-1 family more preferably IL-1F7b, or an isoform, mutein, fused protein, functional derivative or fragment thereof capable of binding to IL-18BP or a mutein, fused protein, functional derivative or fragment thereof and capable of inhibiting a receptor of a cytokine-2, cytokine-2 being a member of the IL-1 family, preferably IL-18, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease which is caused or aggravated by inducing said receptor of cytokine-2. |