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US07825972B2	Processing method device and system to produce a focused image signal from an unfocused image A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming an image signal by receiving a flux of photons at a convex photodetector such as a hemispherical photodetector. The convex photodetector includes a plurality of photosensors. Each photosensor has a different orientation with respect to a propagation vector of the flux of photons. The photosensors generate a respective plurality of intensity signals. Each of the intensity signals is related to the respective orientation of the photosensor that generates it. The intensity signals are received by a signal processor, such as a digital signal processor, which uses the intensity signals to compute an image signal related to the intensity signals and thereby produce a focused output image.
US07825971B2	Low noise image sensing system and method for use with sensors with very small pixel size The image sensing system includes integrating charge in an image sensor array; transferring the charge out of the image sensor array; converting the charge to a digital signal; combining the digital signal with digital data stored in a memory device to form an integrated signal; storing the integrated signal in the memory device such that the integrated signal becomes the digital data; and repeating the above steps multiple times during a frame time cycle. This system allows for very small pixel sizes in the image sensor. The digital integration process eliminates the need for using correlated double sampling circuits to reduce kTC noise, and is also beneficial for reduction of analog-to-digital digitization noise.
US07825969B2	Image stabilization using multi-exposure pattern The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for image stabilization of an image taken with a fixed (i.e., pre-selected) multi-exposure pattern for at least one color channel by an image sensor of a camera, wherein a plurality of groups of pixels of the image sensor have different pre-selected exposure times for said at least one color channel. The camera can be a part of, e.g., an electronic device such as mobile phone or a portable electronic device.
US07825967B2	Column-wise clamp voltage driver for suppression of noise in an imager An imager having column-wise clamp voltage drivers. Each clamp voltage driver is substantially identical to the output circuitry of the imager's pixels in that column and is designed to track the noise experienced by the readout pixels. Each clamp voltage driver generates and drives the appropriate clamp voltage to store reset and pixel signals in associated column sample and hold circuitry while suppressing the noise typically experienced during the readout process.
US07825966B2	High dynamic range sensor with blooming drain An image sensor has at least two photodiodes in each unit pixel. A high dynamic range is achieved by selecting different exposure times for the photodiodes. Additionally, blooming is reduced. The readout timing cycle is chosen so that the short exposure time photodiodes act as drains for excess charge overflowing from the long exposure time photodiodes. To improve draining of excess charge, the arrangement of photodiodes may be further selected so that long exposure time photodiodes are neighbored along vertical and horizontal directions by short exposure time photodiodes. A micro-lens array may also be provided in which light is preferentially coupled to the long exposure time photodiodes to improve sensitivity.
US07825963B2	Method and system for capturing an image from video A method including presenting a video sequence on a display where the video sequence includes video frames, calculating a quality indicator with respect to the video frames and automatically indicating which video frames meet or exceed a predetermined image quality threshold depending on the quality indicator.
US07825960B2	Electron multiplication gain calibration mechanism and electron multiplication gain calibrating method An electron multiplication gain calibration mechanism, which is capable of readily stabilizing a gain of an electron multiplying CCD image pickup device, is provided. The mechanism comprises a gain adjusting section and a control section. The gain adjusting section is provided independently of gain adjustment by the electron multiplying CCD image pickup device, and sets a reference gain. The control section calibrates the gate voltage for obtaining a desired electron multiplication gain by comparing a video level amplified by the electron multiplication gain to a video level amplified by the reference gain. The control section sets an initial value of the gate voltage, which is supposed to provide the electron multiplication gain equal to the reference gain, and controls the gate voltage gradually so that the video level amplified by the electron multiplication gain becomes equal to the video level amplified by reference gain.
US07825952B2	Vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus A vehicle's peripheral visible apparatus includes an image pick-up device being installed on a vehicle. The image pick-up device can picking up, from a position which is horizontally off with respect to an center axis along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, an image of a field of view having the center axis on a center of the field of view. The image pick-up device includes an image pick-up element having a center; and an optical element focusing light ray incident from the field of view on the image pick-up element. The optical element has a center. The image pick-up element is off in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to a center of the optical element, so that a position, on which an image of the center of field of view is focused, moves to the center of the image pick-up element.
US07825950B2	Video monitoring system with object masking A video monitoring system is proposed, which is used to mask objects in a monitored scene that involve the privacy of an individual. Such objects include vehicle license plates or the person himself. An unmasking occurs when proof of legitimacy is entered. In a modification, a combination of a stationary camera and a moving camera also permits the masking of individual objects in the monitored scene.
US07825943B2	Thermal response correction system A model of a thermal print head is provided that models the thermal response of thermal print head elements to the provision of energy to the print head elements over time. The amount of energy to provide to each of the print head elements during a print head cycle to produce a spot having the desired density is calculated based on: (1) the desired density to be produced by the print head element during the print head cycle, (2) the predicted temperature of the print head element at the beginning of the print head cycle, (3) the ambient printer temperature at the beginning of the print head cycle, and (4) the ambient relative humidity.
US07825937B1	Multi-pass cylindrical cube map blur One embodiment of the present invention sets forth an improved method for computing a cube map blur function. The method begins with a rendered cube map of the surrounding scene using conventional environment rendering techniques. The method then proceeds with three successive cylindrical blurs around each axis of a coordinate frame. The three blur operations accumulate results from each predecessor operation for the different pixels of the cube map, thereby generating a high quality cube map blur. One advantage of this technique is that a relatively low computational effort yields a blur function involving a relatively large number of source pixels for each resulting pixel. Therefore, the resulting cube map can be computed in real-time and is suitable for use in a wide range of lighting effects.
US07825932B2	Data display system, data relay device, data relay method, data system, sink device, and data read method A repeater comprises an EDID memory to store a control data and a memory control unit. The memory control unit is configured to make access to the EDID memory to read the control data therefrom, store the read control data into the EDID memory and, when access is made to the EDID memory by the set-top box, transfer the control data stored in the EDID memory to the set-top box. In this case, the memory control unit outputs an inhibiting signal to a set-top box to inhibit it from making access to the EDID memory until the completion of an operation of storing the control data from the EDID memory in the set-top box into the EDID memory in the repeater.
US07825931B2	Data display system, data relay device, data relay method, data system, sink device, and data read method A repeater comprises an EDID memory to store a control data and a memory control unit. The memory control unit is configured to make access to the EDID memory to read the control data therefrom, store the read control data into the EDID memory and, when access is made to the EDID memory by the set-top box, transfer the control data stored in the EDID memory to the set-top box. In this case, the memory control unit outputs an inhibiting signal to a set-top box to inhibit it from making access to the EDID memory until the completion of an operation of storing the control data from the EDID memory in the set-top box into the EDID memory in the repeater.
US07825929B2	Systems, tools and methods for focus and context viewing of large collections of graphs Systems, tools, methods and computer readable media for visualizing a collection of graphs to provide context and focus. A compressed visualization is formed by compressing all of the graphs in a direction along a compression axis of the visualization. At least one of the compressed graphs may be zoomed to make a visualization of the at least one graph having a greater scale along the second axis than a scale of the compressed graphs. The zoomed graph or graphs may be displayed along with the compressed graphs, wherein the zoomed graph or graphs are displayed in a same order relative to the compressed graphs and each other as occupied prior to the zooming. A user interface for use in visualizing a collection of graphs in an overall view while at the same time providing the ability to view detail with regard to at least one of the graphs includes a display configured to visualize the collection of graphs in compressed form, and a feature for selecting a graph from the visualization of the compressed collection, wherein upon selecting a graph, the interface zooms at least the selected graph to make a visualization of at least the selected graph having a greater scale along an axis of compression of the compressed visualization than a scale of the compressed graphs along the axis of compression. The selected graph and any other zoomed graphs may be displayed in the same order that they occupied in the compressed visualization, relative to the graphs remaining compressed and each other.
US07825927B2	Calculating three-dimensional (3D) Voronoi diagrams Systems and methods for computing three-dimensional (3D) Euclidean Voronoi diagrams are disclosed. For some embodiments, a set of 3D objects is accessed, in which each 3D object is mathematically defined. Thereafter, a Voronoi region associated with each of the 3D objects is computed, thereby resulting in a complete Euclidean Voronoi diagram of the set of 3D objects. In some embodiments, the 3D objects are spheres, each of which is defined by a center and a radius. For other embodiments, the 3D objects are convex objects, each of which is mathematically-definable (e.g., cylinders, sphero-cylinders, etc.). Unlike prior approaches that suggested using a numerical approach to computing the Voronoi diagram, the present disclosure employs mathematical approaches for computing the Euclidean Voronoi diagram, thereby improving efficiency in the computation of the Euclidean Voronoi diagram.
US07825921B2	System and method for improving sub-pixel rendering of image data in non-striped display systems The present application discloses a number of embodiments for the mapping of input image data onto display panels in which the subpixel data format being input may differ from the subpixel data format suitable for the display panel. Systems and methods are disclosed to map input image data onto panels with different ordering of subpixel data that the input, different number of subpixel data sets or different number of color primaries that the input image data.
US07825917B2	Apparatus and method for adjusting a display using an integrated ambient light sensor An apparatus includes a display panel capable of displaying content. The apparatus also includes a light sensor having an integrated circuit and a photo-sensitive device. The photo-sensitive device is capable of measuring an amount of ambient light. The integrated circuit is capable of performing one or more functions associated with the display of the content on the display panel. The apparatus further includes a controller capable of adjusting one or more characteristics of the display panel based on the amount of ambient light measured by the light sensor. The integrated circuit and the photo-sensitive device may be formed on one side of a semiconductor wafer, and the photo-sensitive device may be exposed to the ambient light through an opening in an opposing side of the semiconductor wafer.
US07825916B2	Controller, mobile terminal apparatus, and program Provided is a controller capable of preventing unnecessary contents from being displayed in a period from when a failure occurs on a terminal apparatus to when the failure is restored. When a failure monitoring section detects that a failure has occurred on a display control section, failure detection information is outputted to a display update control section. The display update control section, in response to the outputted failure detection information, suspends updating a display, which is performed by a display section. And when a restoration monitoring section detects that the display control section has been restored from the failure, restoration detection information is outputted to the display update control section. The display update control section controls the display section so as to suspend updating the display in response to the failure detection information and starts updating the display in response to the restoration detection information.
US07825915B2	Codec control A method and system for a software driver of a graphics controller to work with a display codec. The software driver may be configured to work with different display codecs at different periods of time while using a default configuration. Other embodiments are also described.
US07825913B2	Computer stylus with integrated memory A computer stylus comprises at least one memory element for storing data therein.
US07825912B2	Touch screen for mobile terminal and power saving method thereof A touch screen of a mobile terminal and a power saving method thereof are provided. The power saving method of a touch screen for a mobile terminal includes determining whether a touch panel is contacted by controlling light emitting elements to emit light with a first scan speed and detecting whether light is received by light receiving elements; and decreasing, if the touch panel is determined not to be contacted for a predetermined time duration, a scan speed from the first scan speed to a second scan speed after lapse of the predetermined time duration. Therefore, if a contact occurs within the predetermined time duration, the contact is detected by executing the scan with the first scan speed, and if no contact is detected before lapse of the predetermined time duration, the scan speed is decreased, whereby electric current waste due to the scan can be minimized.
US07825907B2	Touch key assembly for a mobile terminal A touch key assembly is structured to operate with a cover having at least one touch key, which is defined by an optically transmissive region of the cover. A touch pad is coupled to the cover and is shaped to define at least one aperture which forms a light guide that is associated with the touch key. A light source is positioned relative to the bottom side of the touch pad, and is further positioned relative to the light guide to provide light to the touch key. The assembly may also include an optical waveguide positioned relative to the bottom side of the touch pad, the optical waveguide being structured to transmit light. A reflection element operatively associated with the bottom side of the optical waveguide may be used to enhance refection of the light. The touch key assembly may be implemented in a portable electronic device, such as a mobile terminal or a personal digital assistant (PDA).
US07825906B2	Coordinate detecting device A coordinate detecting device is disclosed. The coordinate detecting device includes a resistance film, a common electrode which applies electric potential to the resistance film, a voltage supplying section which supplies a voltage to the common electrode, wiring which supplies the voltage to the voltage supplying section, an insulation film disposed between the common electrode and the resistance film, and an electric potential supplying section formed in the insulation film for supplying the electric potential from the common electrode to the resistance film. The coordinate detecting device detects a coordinate of a position on a panel when a user touches the position while an electric potential distribution is generated in the resistance film by being applied electric potential from the common electrode.
US07825904B2	Information processing apparatus and storage medium storing item selecting program An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel provided on a menu selection screen including a plurality of items, a direction key for instructing a moving direction of a cursor, and an execution key for instructing execution of a process corresponding to a selecting item. The display of the cursor can be moved according to a position instructed by the touch panel as well as the direction key. A process corresponding to a selected item is executed by a touch-off as well as by an operation of the execution key. It is noted that in a case that a touch input is continued for equal to or more than a predetermined time period after the touch-on, in a case that a touch input is present until the touch-off in an area except for the area corresponding to the item pointed at a start of touch, or in a case that a touch input is present until the touch-off in an area at a predetermined distance away from the position instructed at a start of touch, the process corresponding to the selected item is not executed.
US07825899B2	Piano-style keypad employing a light guide An improved piano-style keypad comprises a light guide and a key sheet, with the light guide retaining the key sheet on a substrate, such as a printed circuit board of a handheld electronic device. The keypad is advantageously configured to enable key caps of the keypad to be adhered to key bodies of the keypad in a fashion that provides long-term reliability while still providing keys that can readily actuated and that provide tactile feedback that is desirable to the user.
US07825898B2	Inertial sensing input apparatus An inertial sensing input apparatus 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 into a displacement signal while transmitting the displacement signal to an electronic display device by a means of transmission.
US07825892B2	LCD backlight driving signal generator The present invention discloses a backlight driving signal generator used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) controller. The backlight driving signal generator is coupled to a backlight driving circuit of the LCD and capable of issuing a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal to control the backlight driving circuit to function accordingly. In a preferred aspect, the backlight signal generator is capable of being adapted for the backlight driving circuit of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) or that of light emitting diodes (LEDs).
US07825891B2	Dynamic backlight control system Embodiments are provided herein which may be utilized to eliminate stray light emissions from an LED while ambient light is being sensed. As such, dynamic backlight control systems for use with an electronic display are presented including: an ambient light sensor for sensing ambient light intensity; a backlight for illuminating the electronic display; a switch for controlling the backlight, the switch configured to set a backlight condition to ON or OFF in response to a backlight-off frequency such that the ambient light sensor senses the ambient light intensity in the absence of the backlight; a logic module for determining a backlight level in response to the ambient light intensity; and a backlight control circuit for adjusting the backlight to the backlight level in response to the ambient light intensity.
US07825889B2	Field sequential mode liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same A temperature-compensating circuit for a liquid crystal display device includes a temperature-sensing unit that measures the temperature of the liquid crystal display device and the surrounding ambient temperature. The temperature-sensing unit outputs a gate voltage-converting signal using the measured temperature. A DC/DC converting unit generates a plurality of converted gate signals using the gate voltage-converting signal. Absolute values of the plurality of converted gate signals are different from each other.
US07825887B2	Gate driver A gate driver includes a plurality of stage groups, a gate driving circuit, and an output controller. The gate driving circuit supplies the plurality of stage groups with a plurality of clock pulses. The plurality of stage groups supply the input clock pulses to associated gate lines of a liquid crystal panel. The output controller generates a plurality of control voltage signals that control which of the plurality of stage groups generate an output signal.
US07825882B2	Dimming method and system thereof A dimming method for LED driving circuit is proposed. By temporary switching a pin that is originally used for the input/output of other electric signals to a high impedance node, the dimming control signal may be inputted to dim LEDs. The dimming method comprises the steps of: floating the pin every a period of time to pull the pin's voltage being equal to the dimming control signal; detecting the pin's voltage; and retrieving the dimming control signal in accordance with the detected pin's voltage and thereafter dimming the LEDs.
US07825878B2	Active matrix display device A display device includes an array having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, each pixel circuit includes a optoelectronic element and a plurality of thin-film transistors for controlling the optoelectronic element; data lines arranged to correspond to columns of pixel circuits for providing data signals to the pixel circuits; a data driver for driving the data lines; select lines for providing select signals for controlling the capture of data signals from the data lines to pixel circuits; and a select driver for driving the select lines including a shift register for sequentially shifting a line select signal, enable circuits for enabling outputs of the shift register, and n (where n is an integer of two or more) enable control lines for controlling the enable circuits, and the enable circuits are connected to the same one of the enable control lines every n lines.
US07825877B2	Display device To provide a highly reliable display device whose electrical element is applied with a low voltage. The display device is an active matrix FED display device whose pixel has an individual extraction gate electrode, an emitter array, a driving transistor which is connected to the emitter array in series, a potential control circuit which controls the potential of the extraction gate electrode, and a circuit which includes a switching element and a voltage holding element. By varying the potential of the extraction gate electrode in accordance with Vgs of the driving transistor, the active matrix driving method is performed by connecting a driving transistor to the emitter array in series and voltage which is applied to the driving transistor can be reduced.
US07825872B2	Locking mechanism for antenna of electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus (10) includes an enclosure (30), an antenna (20) and a locking mechanism (40). The antenna has a mount end (24) and an opposite free end (22). The mount end is pivotably mounted to the enclosure. The free end defines an engaging groove (220) therein. The locking mechanism includes a hook (50) for being engaged in the engaging groove of the antenna, a resilient mount (60) connected with the hook and capable of rotating with the hook, a supporting unit (80) for mounting the resilient mount to the enclosure, and a elastic member (70) for providing a resilient force when the hook and the resilient mount rotates.
US07825871B2	Method and system for equalizing antenna circuit matching variations Aspects of a method and system for equalizing antenna circuit matching variations may include adjusting a frequency response of an antenna via a programmable filter and a gain of the antenna by varying a programmable amplifier. The antenna frequency response and the antenna gain may be adjusted dynamically and/or autonomously. The programmable amplifier and the programmable filter may be adjusted sequentially or simultaneously. The programmable filter may be an LC-type circuit and the programmable amplifier may be a low-noise amplifier. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the programmable filter may comprise a programmable capacitance in a matrix arrangement and/or a programmable inductance in a matrix arrangement.
US07825864B2	Dual band WLAN antenna An antenna system includes first and second antennas that are arranged on a substrate and that include an arc-shaped element having a concave side and a convex side, a conducting element that extends substantially radially from a center of said concave side, and a U-shaped element having a base portion with a center that communicates with said conducting element and two side portions that extend from ends of said base portion towards said concave side. Third and fourth antennas are arranged on said substrate and include an inner ring and an outer ring that is concentric to said inner ring.
US07825858B2	Methods and systems for frequency independent bearing detection A system and method are provided for estimating bearing of a target based on RF signals received by an array of antenna elements. The system comprises first and second input channels that are configured to receive analog signals that correspond to first and second antenna elements. The system also includes an analog to digital converter module for converting each of the analog signals to digital data samples and outputting separate streams of digital data samples corresponding to each of the first and second antenna elements as first and second data streams. An in-phase and quadrature detector module includes a phase shift module for shifting each of the first and second data streams by a predetermined amount of time to form first and second phase shifted data streams. A surveillance module determines a bearing of the target based on in-phase and quadrature data.
US07825857B2	System, method and apparatus for reducing the effects of low level interference in a communication system An adaptive antenna array control system and associated method is provided for continuously and automatically assigning resources to either protect against strong interferers or to shade a spatial region, reducing gain in that spatial region, to protect against potential low power interference, thus providing improved adaptive interference cancellation system performance with limited resources. The Array biasing system is provided as an element of an adaptive antenna array control loop.
US07825856B2	Low complexity blind beamforming weight estimation Techniques are provided to compute beamforming weights at a communication device, e.g., a first communication device, based on transmissions received at a plurality of antennas from another communication device, e.g., a second communication device. A plurality of transmissions are received at the plurality of antennas of the first communication device from the second communication device. A covariance matrix associated with reception of a plurality of transmissions at the plurality of antennas of the first communication device is computed. Corresponding elements (e.g., all the rows or all the columns) of the covariance matrix are combined to produce a weighted channel signature vector. A receive beamforming weight vector is computed from the weighted channel signature vector.
US07825855B1	Assisted global positioning system location determination The present invention relates to a method for selectively reducing the amount of assistance data transmitted to an assisted GPS equipped mobile terminal by excluding the transmission of assistance data relating to one or more satellites that are potentially visible to the mobile station. In the preferred embodiment one or more criteria are used to identify which of the potentially visible satellite are the least likely to be used by the mobile terminal in determining its position, and assistance data relating to the least likely satellites to be used is excluded from the assistance data that is to be transmitted to the mobile terminal. A determination of an optimal number of satellites for which assistance data should be sent to the mobile terminal.
US07825852B2	Simultaneous calibration and communication of active arrays of a satellite An apparatus for simultaneous calibration and communication of active arrays of a satellite may include a base transmitter, a satellite receiver, a satellite transmitter, a base receiver, and at least one computer. The apparatus may simultaneously transmit and receive a calibration carrier and a communication carrier at different frequencies in order to calibrate the apparatus using the calibration carrier without interrupting the communication carrier. The use of different frequencies may avoid interference between the calibration and communication carriers.
US07825847B2	Synthetic aperture radar, compact polarimetric SAR processing method and program To provide a synthetic aperture radar for achieving a compact polarimetric SAR easily by using a general-purpose phased array antenna for vertical and horizontal polarizations. An antenna section is a phased array antenna for vertical and horizontal polarizations capable of switching to the vertical or horizontal polarizations in transmission at every transmission/reception module, and receiving two of the horizontal and vertical polarizations simultaneously. The control system divides electrically the phased array antenna in the elevation direction in transmission to set one of them for horizontal polarization transmission and the other for vertical polarization transmission, and sets the antenna for dual polarization simultaneous reception to receive the horizontal and vertical polarizations. The SAR processor takes complex data of horizontal and vertical polarization receiving data as a target vector, and obtains a calculation result corresponding to a covariance matrix of a target vector in full polarimetry so as to perform polarimetric SAR processing.
US07825846B2	Error correction method and apparatus A switched current source is provided. The switched current source is generally comprised of transistors and resistors, and the source has a high output impedance. Included with the switched current source is an error correction transistor and a resistor that cooperate to feed a current back through a bias transistor to correct an error that generally results from the current gains or β's of transistors within the switched current source. To accomplish this, however, the resistor is selected to have a value that is sufficiently large such that current from the error correction transistor flows back through the bias transistor.
US07825845B1	Digital output semiconductor magnetic field sensor integrated circuit A digital output semiconductor magnetic field sensor integrated circuit provides a low-cost and dense packaging solution for providing digital indicators of magnetic field magnitudes. A delta-sigma modulator based analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is integrated on a die with a semiconductor magnetic field sensor. The delta-sigma modulator provides for noise-shaping the sensor output and the co-location of the sensor and the converter on the die provides for improved noise immunity. The current loops of the ADC and digital interface are made as small as possible and are disposed on the die so that they are orthogonal to the axis of the magnetic field sensor, so that noise from the converter operation is isolated from the sensor.
US07825842B2	Digital sigma-delta modulators A digital sigma-delta modulator (100) for modulating a digital input signal (x) is described. The digital sigma-delta modulator (100) comprises a quantizer (115) for quantizing an input signal (s) and producing a quantized output signal (y) at a first output (110) and an error output signal (−q) at a second output (165), at least one feedback loop (120, 125) connected to an input adder (140) and the first outputs (110) and the second output (165) of the quantizer (115) and a feedback filter (130, 135) in the at least one feedback loop (120, 125). The input adder (140) produces the sum signal (s) by adding the digital input signal (x) at an input (105) and output signals of the at least one feedback loop filters (130,135).
US07825837B1	Background calibration method for analog-to-digital converters A method for calibrating an analog-to-digital converter includes sampling an analog input signal and generating input samples, reversing the polarity of at least one input sample, averaging the digital output codes associated with a first pair of input samples where the first pair of input samples has opposite polarities, and generating an offset correction value being the average of the digital output codes associated with the first pair of input samples. In another embodiment, a method for calibrating an ADC includes sampling the analog input signal and generating input samples, introducing an incremental value to modify the magnitude of at least one input sample, computing an actual gain value using the digital output codes associated with a first input sample and a second input sample having the modified magnitude, and generating a gain correction value being the ratio of an ideal gain of the ADC to the actual gain.
US07825836B1	Limit equalizer output based timing loop A timing loop for generating a channel clock signal for driving an analog to digital converter (ADC) includes a slicer bias loop configured to generate an asymmetry compensation signal for a digital output signal from the ADC, the first adder configured to asymmetrically compensate the digital output signal based on the asymmetry compensation signal from the slicer bias loop, a limit equalizer configured to limit a boost range of the asymmetrically compensated digital output signal from the adder, a slicer configured to generate a temporary decision signal based on the asymmetrically compensated digital output signal from the limit equalizer, a phase detector configured to generate a timing error signal based on the asymmetrically compensated digital output signal from the limit equalizer and the temporary decision signal from the slicer; and the first filter configured to generate a clock signal for driving the ADC based on the time error signal from the phase detector.
US07825833B2	Computer keyboard A keyboard for one-handed data input is disclosed. The keyboard includes a primary keypad including a first set of keys. The primary keypad is defined by a first side and an opposed second side. The keyboard also includes an auxiliary keypad including a second set of keys, as well as an input selection pad with a multiple position switch. The switch is used to selectively map the keyboard to various input value sets. The auxiliary keypad is attached to the first side, while the input selection pad is attached to the second side. There is also a rest pad centrally mounted to the primary keypad.
US07825832B2	Coordinate position detection device for touch panel A coordinate position detection device includes: charging circuits having both the capability of charging a coupling capacitance in a capacitive-coupling touch panel with a position-detection resistive film whose potential periodically varies between a positive potential and a negative potential and the capability of restoring the charged coupling capacitance to its state prior to charging; current-to-voltage conversion circuits converting into a voltage the total amount of charging currents of the coupling capacitance after the charging circuits supply the charging current to the coupling capacitance a plurality of times; and a computation device detecting the coordinate position of a touched area based on the outputs of the current-to-voltage conversion circuits.
US07825829B2	Modulated light trigger for license plate recognition cameras A camera system comprises a CCD imaging device, an infrared illumination source, and a power modulator for amplitude modulating the infrared illumination, e.g., with a 7-kHz tone. A beam splitter is set in front of the CCD imaging device, and a photo-diode array is attached to the beam splitter to detect modulated infrared light returning from the same field of vision as the CCD imaging device Various tone filters, and triggers connected to the tone filters, will cause the CCD imaging device to take a digital picture when the returning modulated infrared light exceeds some threshold and comes from right areas of a picture frame. Such digital pictures will most probably include an image of a vehicle license plate that can be processed, and the results used to extract the registration data from a database.
US07825827B2	Intelligent parking guidance apparatus and method Provided are an intelligent parking guidance apparatus and method. The intelligent parking guidance apparatus includes: an image sensor node recognizing a vehicle number of a vehicle, sensor nodes determining whether the vehicle exists in their own positions, a parking management server generating information for guiding the vehicle to an available parking space, and a mobile communication terminal receiving the information. The intelligent parking guidance apparatus and method provide information regarding parking lots which are within a predetermined distance from a destination and available parking spaces of each parking lot, to a driver, as well as provide a road guidance service to the driver to guide his/her vehicle to the destination, so that the driver can select an optimal parking lot. Also, when the vehicle enters the parking lot, the intelligent parking guidance apparatus and method guide the driver to an available empty parking space, thereby reducing difficulties in finding a parking space in a place which is unfamiliar to the driver.
US07825826B2	Method, apparatus and system for parking overstay detection Methods, apparatuses and systems for identifying overstay of a vehicle (624, 644) in a parking space (610, 620, 630, 640, 650, 660) are disclosed herein. The method comprises the steps of detecting presence of a vehicle in a parking space using a detection apparatus (612, 622, 632, 642, 652, 662), processing and storing data relating to presence of the vehicle in the detection apparatus, wirelessly (672, 674) waking-up the detection apparatus, wirelessly retrieving at least a portion of the data from the detection apparatus, and identifying overstay of the vehicle in the parking space based on the retrieved data. Wireless wake-up of a detection apparatus may be irregularly performed by an occasionally present data collection apparatus (680). Apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing the foregoing method.
US07825824B2	Collaborative environmental reporting Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for the reporting of an environmental condition to vehicles prior to encountering the environmental condition. According to various embodiments described herein, local environment data corresponding to the environmental condition is collected from sensors on a vehicle. The local environment data is used to determine that the environmental condition exists at the current location of the vehicle. A notification that includes the geographic location of the environmental condition is created and provided to one or more other vehicles in the vicinity of the environmental condition.
US07825821B2	Holding rack for dosage units with an active user-guiding means A holding rack (101, 201, 301, 401) has individual positions or compartments for dosage units (102, 102′, 202, 302). Each of the dosage units has a supply receptacle (104, 104′, 204, 304) and a dispensing head (103, 103′, 203, 303) that are connected to each other. The holding rack (101, 201, 301, 401) is equipped with a means for active user guidance (105, 105′, 210, 305) which, in a process of dispensing measured substance quantities from the different dosage units into a receiving container (411), directs the user in taking out and returning the different dosage units that are seated in the holding rack.
US07825819B2	Remote shock sensing and notification system A low-power shock sensing system includes at least one shock sensor physically coupled to a chemical storage tank to be monitored for impacts, and an RF transmitter which is in a low-power idle state in the absence of a triggering signal. The system includes interface circuitry including or activated by the shock sensor, wherein an output of the interface circuitry is coupled to an input of the RF transmitter. The interface circuitry triggers the RF transmitter with the triggering signal to transmit an alarm message to at least one remote location when the sensor senses a shock greater than a predetermined threshold. In one embodiment the shock sensor is a shock switch which provides an open and a closed state, the open state being a low power idle state.
US07825815B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods for gathering and processing biometric and biomechanical data Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for measuring and analyzing movements of a body and for communicating information related to such body movements over a network. In certain embodiments, a system gathers biometric and biomechanical data relating to positions, orientations, and movements of various body parts of a user performed during sports activities, physical rehabilitation, or military or law enforcement activities. The biometric and biomechanical data can be communicated to a local and/or remote interface, which uses digital performance assessment tools to provide a performance evaluation to the user. The performance evaluation may include a graphical representation (e.g., a video), statistical information, and/or a comparison to another user and/or instructor. In some embodiments, the biometric and biomechanical data is communicated wirelessly to one or more devices including a processor, display, and/or data storage medium for further analysis, archiving, and data mining. In some embodiments, the device includes a cellular telephone.
US07825811B2	Locking seal with tamper indication and notification device A locking device comprising a lock body having a through hole, a bolt member having a longitudinal bore therethrough and an insertion end which is inserted into the through hole of the lock body. The bolt member is further having a retaining pin disposed within the longitudinal bore and a resilient means for biasing the retaining pin axially out of the longitudinal bore. When the bolt member is inserted into the lock body, a means within the lock body prevents the removal of the inserted bolt member therefrom, and engages an actuating means to actuate an identifying means. The identifying means transmits a signal to indicate whether the locking device has been tampered with or defeated. If the bolt member is cut, the retaining pin is displaced out of the longitudinal bore and dislodges the actuating means resulting in the identifying means indicating that the locking device has been tampered with or defeated.
US07825807B2	Transponder networks and transponder systems employing a touch probe reader device Transponder networks and transponder systems are provided which help to overcome the issues presented to transponders systems by FCC power limitations. One embodiment provides a transponder network that includes a plurality of RFID straps in order to increase the amount of memory that is practically available in the network. Other embodiments provide transponder systems employing a touch probe RFID reader device that enable information to be communicated to and from a transponder or a transponder network by establishing physical contact with the reader device rather than through an air interface.
US07825805B2	Delayed offset multi-track OFC sensors and tags Apparatus, systems, devices and methods for providing an orthogonal frequency coding technique for surface acoustic wave sensors incorporating the use of multiple parallel acoustic tracks to provide increased coding by phase shifting and delaying a code sequence. The surface acoustic wave sensor includes parallel tracks with multiple reflectors with differing delay offsets to form a complex code sequence. The reflectors may be uniform, but alternatively could include fingers withdrawn, have reflector position modulation, differing frequencies or be spatially weighted.
US07825803B2	Wireless monitoring device The system of the invention includes a method for monitoring changes in the status or condition of a Container using one or more monitoring units mounted to the Container. The monitoring units preferably include a power supply, sensors using reflective energy with programmable parameters, globally-unique sensor identification, recording capability on a timeline, long term memory and the ability to rebroadcast information on RFID radio technology. Programmable monitoring hardware in the monitoring unit detects significant changes in the sensor outputs as a triggering event. The programmable monitoring hardware includes memory for storing identification information for the Container. The sensors which can include conventional devices that detect various forms of energy including visible light, infrared light, magnetic fields, radio frequency energy and sound. In one embodiment, a monitoring unit is mounted inside a shipping Container suitable for long distance transport. The triggering event can be used for tamper detection security.
US07825800B2	Security system In a security system for monitoring security in a predetermined space from outside the space, the security system comprising: (a) at least one detection means located in or near the space for determining a violation of security in the space, the detection means having a normal mode representative of no violation of security and an abnormal mode representative of a violation of security, (b) information storing means associated with the detection means for storing data indicative of either the normal or abnormal mode, (c) means associated with the information storing means adapted for receiving a first signal from a location outside the space and capable of transmitting a second signal to the source of the first signal the nature of the mode of the detection means stored in the storing means, and (d) a signal transmitting means for transmitting the first signal to the receiving means and for receiving therefrom the second signal indicative of the mode; the improvement wherein the signal transmitting means is affixed to a vehicle and is adapted to transmit the signal continuously at a predetermined distance from the space and to receive the indication of mode at a second predetermined distance from the space.
US07825797B2	Proximity sensor device and method with adjustment selection tabs A proximity sensor device and method is provided that facilitates improved usability. Specifically, the proximity sensor device and method provides the ability for a user to easily select the type of adjustment inputted by the proximity sensor device. In one embodiment, the proximity sensor device includes an adjustment region and one or more start tabs adjacent to the adjustment region. The proximity sensor also includes a processor adapted to indicate adjustment of a first type responsive to sensed object motion originating in a first start tab and continuing in the adjustment region. Thus, a user can cause an adjustment of the first type by introducing an object proximate the first start tab, and moving the object from the first start tab and into the adjustment region.
US07825795B2	Container tracking system Shipping containers are networked for transferring data between the shipping containers. The shipping containers include sensors for detecting hazardous conditions associated with the shipping containers. The hazardous condition sensed by any shipping container on a ship is transmitted through the network to a satellite transmitter and/or a radio transmitter for reporting to a central database.
US07825794B2	Alzheimer's patient tracking system The computerized system provides a method to track Alzheimer's patients and other diseases that affect the patient's ability to contact and communicate their location or vital information to their caregivers. The system applies an electronic tag to each patient of a multiplicity of patients or only to non-confined patients and employs a computer to maintain information about their location and well being. Use is made of a global positioning system to locate a lost patient as well as to track movements of the patient. A history of the movement of the patient may also be plotted on a map. Additional components of the tag gather and relay information about the patient's condition and other environmental data. In addition, the use of a an additional external transmitter keeps the wearable tag in a low power “sleep” mode when it is in range, preserving the internal battery and only consuming power when the tag moves out of range of the external transmitter.
US07825791B2	Distributional alert system for disaster prevention utilizing ubiquitous sensor network Provided is a distributional alert system using a ubiquitous sensor network (USN). When a disaster occurs, the distributional alert system detects it in a sensor node, informs the area where the disaster occurs of danger through an actuator, such as siren, or informs a management system of the danger through a wired/wireless network. The distributional alert system includes: a first sensor node for generating sense data by sensing surroundings with a sensor therein, determining whether a disaster occurs by analyzing the sense data, and creating and transmitting emergency data based on the determination result, while forming a sensor network; and an alerting node for receiving emergency data from the first sensor node on the sensor network, and outputting disaster circumstantial information to a sensor field of the sensor network upon receipt of the emergency data.
US07825790B2	Emergency vehicle light bar with message display A lighting subsystem and a light bar structure upon which the lighting subsystem is mounted. The lighting subsystem has a display that incorporates both warning signal lights and a programmable message display and is configured to enable the positioning of the lighting subsystem in multiple positions, including a low-profile position and a higher profile position. In one embodiment, the lighting subsystem utilizes an LED matrix display which includes interleaved message-display LEDs and warning-signal LEDs. The system may be positioned at an aerodynamic pursuit angle, and the LEDs may be oriented to maximize forward intensity of the emitted light in the pursuit position. In the low-profile position, the lighting subsystem may be retracted into a recessed compartment in the roof of an emergency vehicle. The message display may be configured to display preprogrammed messages or user-programmed messages, and may be operable by a user outside the vehicle using a remote control.
US07825778B2	Electronic apparatus providing a vibrating function to give operation feeling to an operator In an electronic apparatus having a touch panel and pair of vibrating elements for vibrating the touch panel, pair of fixing cushions are fixed on a rear surface of the touch panel along right and left edges of the touch panel. The vibrating elements are fixed to the rear surface of the touch panel along upper and lower edges of the touch panel. The fixing cushions are also fixed to a fixing frames and thereby the touch panel is supported by the fixing frame. The fixing cushions are parallel to each other and stably support the touch panel against the fixing frame. Furthermore, the cushions allow the touch panel to greatly vibrate according to expansion and contraction of the vibrating elements.
US07825768B2	Resistor circuit and oscillation circuit A resistor circuit includes first to Mth resistor circuit units. A (2j−1)th resistor circuit unit includes a (2j−1)th first fuse element and a (2j−1)th resistor provided in series between a (2j−1)th node and a 2jth node, and a (2j−1)th second fuse element provided in parallel with the (2j−1)th first fuse element and the (2j−1)th resistor between the (2j−1)th node and the 2jth node. A 2jth resistor circuit unit includes a 2jth first fuse element and a 2jth resistor provided in series between the 2jth node and a (2j+1)th node, and a 2jth second fuse element that is provided in parallel with the 2jth first fuse element and the 2jth resistor between the 2jth node and the (2j+1)th node. The (2j−1)th first fuse element, the (2j−1)th second fuse element, the 2jth first fuse element, and the 2jth second fuse element are disposed in a fuse region. The (2j−1)th resistor is disposed in a first resistor region formed in a first direction with respect to the fuse region. The 2jth resistor is disposed in a second resistor region formed in a third direction with respect to the fuse region, the third direction being a direction opposite to the first direction.
US07825767B2	System for setting shutdown voltage of electronic device A system for setting a shutdown voltage for an electronic device having a power source with an internal resistor includes a temperature sensing module and a processing module. The temperature sensing module is configured for measuring a temperature of the power source, and the temperature sensing module includes a reference resistor with invariable resistance, and generates a reference voltage across the reference resistor based on the temperature of the power source. The processing module is configured for generating a voltage across the internal resistor of the power source based on the temperature of the power source, and setting the shutdown voltage of the electronic device according to the reference voltage and the voltage across the internal resistor.
US07825765B2	DC-DC converter In a DC to DC converter, first and second primary windings are magnetically coupled to a first secondary winding. Third and fourth primary windings are magnetically coupled to a second secondary winding. The first and second primary windings are magnetically coupled to the first secondary winding. The third and fourth primary windings are magnetically coupled to the second secondary winding. The first and third primary windings are coupled in series to form a first coil member. The second and fourth primary windings are coupled in series to form a second coil member. One end of the first coil member is coupled to the first positive power line. A first switching element is coupled between the first negative power line and the other end of the first coil member. A first capacitor is coupled between the first negative terminal and one end of the second coil member.
US07825762B2	Transformer A case 12 of a transformer 10 formed in such a manner that a transformer body 13 is accommodated in the case 12 having a rectangular-parallelepiped shape and a resin 14 is filled therein and solidified is configured such that the case 12 has one open face, and side faces 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d located at borders of the opening is partially removed, and tape is attached to cover the removed portions 23a, 23b, 23c and 23d. With this configuration, since the tape which is sufficiently thinner than the case forms side faces at the removed portions, gap between the transformer body and the case hard to be reduced. Accordingly, the resin is allowed to easily enter therein and air bubbles can be completely removed.
US07825756B2	Electro-magnetic relay The electro-magnetic relay comprises a contact block which is structured to uniformly maintain the contact resistance between the terminals of two circuits. Fixed contacts are provided for each of the terminals of the two circuits and each of two sets of a pair of movable contacts in positions corresponding to these is supported by two both-end-supported movable springs. An insulation sheet and a press spring are overlapped over the two movable springs and disposed as a bridge. A pair of tongues are formed on the press spring by a Z-character shaped cut and by an armature pressing their tips, the insulation sheet and press spring transforms to an upward concave shape, the two movable springs bend and are taken in inside while inclining and the movable contacts touch the fixed contacts while sliding.
US07825755B2	Electrostatic micro actuator, electrostatic microactuator apparatus and driving method of electrostatic micro actuator A semiconductor substrate; a cantilever which is formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to face the semiconductor substrate with an air layer therebetween, the cantilever being made from an electrically conductive material or a semiconductor material, and the cantilever being mechanically movable; a photodiode which is formed so as to be connected in parallel to a capacitance that is constituted from the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate, and the photodiode being formed between an anchor portion which is a portion of the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate; and a power source which supplies voltage via a resistance on a side of the cantilever which is a connection point of a parallel circuit including both the capacitance and the photodiode so as to be backward bias to the photodiode, are included.
US07825752B2	Dielectric filter having a dielectric block with input/output electrodes of a bent shape at corner portions of the block A dielectric filter having a dielectric block disposed on a mount board. The dielectric block includes inner conductor holes having open ends on the front surface of the dielectric block. Input/output electrodes are disposed on the undersurface of the dielectric block. Each of the input/output electrodes extends from the boundary between a side surface and the undersurface of the dielectric block to the boundary between the front surface and the undersurface of the dielectric block. An outer conductor includes undersurface electrode corner portions and an undersurface electrode main portion. Each of the undersurface electrode corner portions is disposed at a corner formed by the front surface and one of the side surfaces of the dielectric block.
US07825750B2	EMI filter for controlling cutoff frequency Disclosed relates to an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter. Capacitance and resistance or inductance of an EMI filter, which includes a resistor and a capacitor or an inductor and a capacitor, can be controlled, such that a cutoff frequency can be freely controlled without manufacturing a separate EMI filter according to a characteristic of a desired cutoff frequency. Further, an intelligent EMI filter that can be applied to a surge protection device, which includes an ESD protection function as well as the EMI filter, is provided, such that a process can be simplified and costs can be reduced.
US07825749B2	Integrated coupled resonator filter and bulk acoustic wave devices A method for manufacturing a filter device is provided. The filter device comprises a coupled resonator at a first site, a shunt resonator at a second site and a series resonator at a third site, the coupled resonator comprising a first and a second resonator. The method comprising a step of providing a substrate with a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between a first electrode and a first part of a second electrode at the first site and the second site, the piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the first electrode and a second part of the second electrode at the third site. The method further comprising the step of forming a coupling layer on the second electrode, the step of forming a further piezoelectric layer sandwiched between a further first electrode and a further second electrode at the third site and the step of removing the coupling layer at the second and third sites.
US07825748B2	Integrable tunable filter circuit comprising a set of BAW resonators A tunable filter circuit having inputs IN1-IN2 and outputs OUT1-OUT2, comprising at least a primary four-pole circuit including in cascade: a first varactor having a first electrode connected to IN1 and a second electrode; a first inductive resistor connected between the second electrode of the varactor and input IN2, a secondary four-pole circuit comprising four BAW resonators. First and second of these resonators have a first electrode connected to a first input of the secondary four-pole circuit and a second electrode connected to first and second outputs of the secondary four-pole circuit, respectively. Similarly, third and fourth of these resonators have a first electrode connected to a second input of the secondary four-pole circuit and a second electrode connected to the second and first outputs of the secondary four-pole circuit, respectively. The circuit further comprises a second inductive resistor connected in parallel to the first and second outputs of the secondary four-pole circuit and a second varactor having a first electrode connected to the first output of the secondary four-pole circuit and a second electrode for connecting a second primary four-pole circuit having the same structure. This allows realization of a particularly effective tunable filter circuit with only four inductive resistors.
US07825747B2	Thin-film BAW filter, and a method for production of a thin-film BAW filter A thin-film BAW filter has at least one CRF section and at least one ladder or grating filter section, with the CRF section having at least two coupled resonators, with the CRF section and the ladder or grating filter section being integrated on a common substrate, in order to produce a thin-film BAW filter. In a method for production of a thin-film BAW filter, having at least one CRF section and at least one ladder or grating filter section, the CRF section has at least two coupled resonators and the CRF section and the ladder or grating filter section are integrated on a common substrate.
US07825746B2	Integrated balanced-filters An integrated balanced-filter which acts as a matching network, a balun and an extracted-pole bandpass filter is disclosed. The balanced-filter includes an unbalanced terminal, a first balanced terminal and a second balanced terminal, a first resonator connected to the unbalanced terminal, a second resonator connected to the first balanced terminal, and a third resonator connected to the second balanced terminal. The second resonator is positively coupled to the first resonator, and the third resonator is negatively coupled to the first resonator, which provides a balun function and a bandpass-filtering function. The balanced-filter further includes extracted-pole notch filters, which can introduce a transmission zero and implement matching network. The balanced-filter can be implemented in a multi-layered substrate, thereby reducing the size of the balanced-filter.
US07825744B2	Nonreciprocal circuit device A nonreciprocal circuit device attenuates unnecessary waves having a higher frequency than that of a fundamental wave, without increasing insertion loss. The nonreciprocal circuit device in the form of a 2-port type isolator includes a ferrite on which a first central electrode and a second central electrode are arranged to cross each other and so as to be electrically insulated from each other. A bypass circuit including a phase shifter and a filter is provided between an input port and an output port, and the bypass circuit does not allow signals in the fundamental wave band to pass through and also attenuates harmonics.
US07825731B2	RF amplifying device An RF amplifying device includes a transmission line transformer coupled to an output electrode of a power transistor for generating transmission power to be fed to an antenna. The transmission power from the output electrode of the power transistor is fed to one end of a main line of the transmission line transformer, and one end of a secondary line of the transmission line transformer is coupled to an AC grounding node. The other end of the secondary line is coupled to the one end of the main line, thereby generating the transmission power. Coupling energy is transmitted from the secondary line to the main line. Coupling members electrically coupled to the output electrode of the power transistor are electrically coupled to a joint formed in either the main line, or the secondary line, at part of the energy coupling part.
US07825721B2	Systems and methods for filtering signals corresponding to sensed parameters Systems and methods for filtering analog signals corresponding to sensed parameters are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: sampling the analog signal to acquire a sequential series of data points; determining a first cumulative change in value with respect to a first of the data points relative to at least two subsequent data points in the series, the subsequent data points including a second of the data points; determining a second cumulative change in value with respect to the second of the data points relative to at least two data points adjacent to the second of the data points in the series, the at least two adjacent data points including an immediately preceding and an immediately succeeding one of the data points relative to the second of the data points; comparing the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change to respective data thresholds; and outputting a filtered analog signal based, at least in part, on results of the comparing.
US07825719B2	System and method for wideband phase-adjustable common excitation A power generator system and apparatus that uses a frequency synthesizer in conjunction with an oscillator to lock both frequency of a drive signal with a reference signal. The oscillator center frequency is different from the nominal generator frequency, and as a consequence a variety of reference frequencies may be supported. By using a frequency synthesizer, the oscillator frequency can be locked onto a frequency that is a ratio of the reference frequency. Then, the frequency synthesizer may generate a drive signal that is closely matched to the reference frequency.
US07825715B1	Digitally tunable capacitor The disclosed device can contain a pair of switchable capacitors, one of which has the larger capacitance of the pair. Each of the switchable capacitors can include a capacitor in series with a switch. Both switchable capacitors can be connected in a parallel circuit that has a tunable capacitance. The ratio of the capacitances of the pair can approximately equal a ratio of mutually prime integers. In a particular case, the ratio of capacitances can approximately equal a ratio of two consecutive integers. The capacitance ratio can be called a weight or weight ratio. A switch controller can drive the pair of switchable capacitors with a pair of (M+1)-ary pulse width modulated signals, each of which has the same modulation period.
US07825712B2	Multi-phase clock signal generating circuit having improved phase difference and a controlling method thereof A multi-phase clock signal generating circuit includes a phase correction block configured to receive multi-phase clock signals and produce a plurality of interpolated phase clock signal groups in which the phases of the multi-phase clock signals are differently controlled. The multi-phase clock signals are out of phase with each other. A clock control block is configured to produce output multi-clock signals by selectively outputting one among the interpolated phase clock signal groups using a digital control signal having a plurality of bits which are produced based on phase differences of the multi-phase clock signals.
US07825710B2	Delay-locked loop circuits and method for generating transmission core clock signals A delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit and a method for generating transmission core clock signals are provided, where the DLL circuit receives an applied external clock signal and generates a transmission core clock signal, the DLL circuit includes a delay circuit unit and a transmission core clock signal generating unit, the delay circuit unit delays the external clock signal through a plurality of delay units configured in a chain type and outputs a plurality of reference clock signals having different phases, the transmission core clock signal generating unit independently selects and controls two reference signals from the plurality of reference clock signals and thus independently generates transmission core clock signals by the number corresponding to ½ times the number of reference clock signals, and the transmission core clock signals have different phases and a period equal to a period of the external clock signal, wherein transmission core clock signals having a precise phase difference are generated individually and independently.
US07825709B2	Tri-state delay-typed phase lock loop The present invention relates to a tri-state delay-typed phase lock loop, which comprises: a phase and frequency detector, a mode detector, a mode selector, a first sampling delay unit, a plurality of counters, a second sampling delay unit, and a phase and frequency calculator. The phase and frequency of the input reference signal can be determined automatically by the phase lock loop, and the output synchronization signal can be generated such that the frequency and the phase of the output synchronization signal are identical to those of the input reference signal.
US07825707B2	Clock generation circuit having a spread spectrum clocking function A multiphase clock generation circuit (111) for generating a multiphase clock signal, a phase subdivision unit (113) for shifting a phase of the multiphase clock signal output from the multiphase clock generation circuit (111), and a clock selection unit (114) for selecting one of clock signals output from the phase subdivision unit (113) are provided. A PLL circuit (120) for receiving an output from a frequency division circuit (115) is further provided. The phase shift carried out by the phase subdivision unit (113) and the selection of the clock signal carried out by the clock selection unit (114) are controlled by a frequency control unit (112) to switch SSC ON/OFF and to change the bandwidth of the PLL circuit (120).
US07825706B2	Phase locked loop that sets gain automatically There is provided a phase locked loop, PLL, that sets gain automatically. The PLL comprises a frequency discriminator for providing a first signal that represents the difference between a first frequency and a second frequency. The PLL also comprises a comparator coupled to the frequency discriminator for receiving the first signal and providing a second signal based on information from the first signal. The second signal is representative of a gain setting for the phase locked loop to set.
US07825698B2	Method and apparatus for systematic and random variation and mismatch compensation for multilevel flash memory operation Method and means for random or systematic mismatch compensation for a memory sensing system are disclosed. A sense amplifier includes a bulk voltage source to set the bulk of the sensing transistor to be a voltage different than the voltage driving the sensing transistor. For an NMOS sensing transistor, a triple well is used with the variable bulk voltage. Differential sense amplifiers with various offset compensation are included. Intentional offset creation for useful purpose is also included.
US07825697B2	Signal detection circuit with deglitch and method thereof A signal detection circuit is used for detecting signal squelch of a differential input signal to generate a corresponding digital output signal. The signal detection circuit includes: a reference voltage generator for generating a reference voltage of which the common mode voltage tracks the common mode voltage of the input signal; a real-time signal judgment circuit, real-time rectifying and amplifying a difference between the input signal and the reference voltage; and a deglitch circuit, sampling and/or amplifying an output signal of the real-time signal judgment circuit, and transforming sampling results into the digital output signal to reflect signal squelch of the differential input signal.
US07825693B1	Reduced duty cycle distortion using controlled body device A semiconductor chip comprising a reference circuit and a target circuit. The reference circuit comprises a first P-channel field effect transistor (PFET) and a first N-channel field effect transistor (NFET). A reference voltage is connected to gates of the first PFET and first NFET. A body control voltage node is formed by connecting a drain of the first PFET, a body of the first PFET, a drain of the first NFET and a body of the first NFET. A target circuit comprises a second PFET and a second NFET. The body control voltage node is connected to a body of the second PFET and the second NFET. The body control voltage improves duty cycle in the target circuit compared to a similarly designed circuit having PFET bodies connected to Vdd and NFET bodies connected to Ground.
US07825691B2	Transmission circuit and related method A transmission circuit and related method are disclosed. A transmitter in the transmission circuit has CMOS transistors as driving units for responding an input signal to drive an output signal at an output node, and each driving unit has a corresponding charge unit formed by a capacitor-connected MOS of a same type as that of the corresponding driving unit. Each charge unit is controlled by an auxiliary signal inverse to the input signal. When a level transition occurs in the input signal, the charge unit can compensate charge injection and clock feed-through caused by the driving unit at the output node, and form peaks for pre-emphasis. In this way, a better transmission property can be realized by using a simpler and low-power circuit design.
US07825679B2	Dielectric film and layer testing A system for testing and a method for making a semiconductor device is disclosed. A preferred embodiment includes a conductor overlying a dielectric layer. The conductor is coupled to a first test pad via a first conducting line and to a second test pad via a second conducting line.
US07825676B2	Contactor and test method using contactor A contact terminal formed of an electrically conductive material is arranged in each of a plurality of holed of a contactor substrate. An electrically conductive part is formed on an inner surface of each hole. The contact terminal has a first contact part that contacts a terminal of an electronic part and a second contact part that contacts the electrically conductive part in a middle portion. When the contact terminal bends by the first contact part being pressed, the second contact part contacts the electrically conductive part of the contactor substrate and an appropriate degree of contact pressure is obtained.
US07825674B2	Probe card configuration for low mechanical flexural strength electrical routing substrates A mechanical support configuration for a probe card of a wafer test system is provided to increase support for a very low flexural strength substrate that supports spring probes. Increased mechanical support is provided by: (1) a frame around the periphery of the substrate having an increased sized horizontal extension over the surface of the substrate; (2) leaf springs with a bend enabling the leaf springs to extend vertically and engage the inner frame closer to the spring probes; (3) an insulating flexible membrane, or load support member machined into the inner frame, to engage the low flexural strength substrate farther away from its edge; (4) a support structure, such as support pins, added to provide support to counteract probe loading near the center of the space transformer substrate; and/or (5) a highly rigid interface tile provided between the probes and a lower flexural strength space transformer substrate.
US07825667B2	Microwave imaging system and processes, and associated software products A microwave imaging process, and a system controlled by an associated software product, illuminate a target with microwaves from a transmitting antenna. Receiving antennas receive microwaves scattered by the target, and form microwave data. The illumination and receiving repeat over multiple transmitting antennas and multiple microwave frequencies. The microwave data is processed to form permittivity and conductivity images by selecting a background dispersion model for permittivity and conductivity. Permittivity and conductivity dispersion coefficients are determined, and permittivity and conductivity distributions are calculated, for each of the microwave frequencies. Forward solutions at multiple frequencies are determined from property distributions, and a dispersion coefficient based Jacobian matrix is determined. Dispersion coefficient updates are determined using the microwave data, and the dispersion coefficients are updated. Permittivity and conductivity distributions are recalculated for each of the frequencies, and the forward solutions are determined at multiple frequencies from property distributions.
US07825666B2	Test apparatus and measurement apparatus for measuring an electric current consumed by a device under test There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device under test, which includes a voltage supplying section that supplies a voltage to the device under test through a wire, a first capacitor that is arranged between the wire and a common potential in series, a current detecting section that detects a current flowing through the wire at a location closer to the device under test than the first capacitor is, an integrating section that outputs an integration value obtained by integrating a difference between the current detected by the current detecting section and a predetermined reference current, and a judging section that judges whether the device under test is a pass or a failure based on the integration value.
US07825660B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method An MRI apparatus includes an imaging signal acquisition unit, a motion signal acquisition unit, a motion amount determination unit, a motion correction unit and an image reconstruction unit. The imaging signal acquisition unit acquires MR signals as imaging signals. The motion signal acquisition unit repetitively acquires MR signals having PE amount less than that of the imaging signals as motion signals. The motion amount determination unit obtains a motion amount using the motion signals. The motion correction unit performs correction processing of the imaging signals in accordance with the motion amount. The image reconstruction unit reconstructs an image using the imaging signals after the correction processing.
US07825658B2	Magnetic device and frequency detector A magnetic device includes: a magnetoresistive effect element having a magnetization fixed layer, a magnetization free layer, and a nonmagnetic layer sandwiched between the magnetization fixed layer and the magnetization free layer; an input terminal for feeding an AC signal to the magnetoresistive effect element in its stacking direction; and an output terminal for extracting an output voltage from the magnetoresistive effect element, wherein the nomagnetic layer includes an insulating layer portion comprising an insulating material, and a current-constricting layer portion comprising a conductive material which passes through the insulating layer portion in its film thickness direction.
US07825656B2	Temperature compensation for spaced apart sensors A device includes a pair of individual sensors spaced apart from each other. A current source provides current to both of the individual sensors. A differential temperature sensor is coupled thermally proximate the individual sensors and provides a temperature difference signal that is combined with current from the current source to provide a correction factor for a temperature gradient across the individual sensors. Alternatively, temperature responsive excitation sources may be positioned thermally proximate the sensors to provide temperature compensation.
US07825653B2	Rotation detection device and bearing having rotation detection device To provide a rotation detecting system of a type having a high detecting resolution, in which the rotational position can be detected accurately, in which a sufficient gap can be secured between the sensor and the rotating body and which is effective to simplify assemblage and processing to thereby reduce the manufacturing cost, the rotation detecting system is provided with a multiplying section 4 for multiplying the pulses, generated by the sensor 3, by a multiplication factor to form multiplied pulses Pb and a speed detecting section 5 for detecting an period average speed of the encoder 71 during the interval, in which the latest N pieces of the multiplied pulses Pb have been generated where N represents the multiplication factors by which the multiplied pulses Pb have been multiplied.
US07825652B2	Method and apparatus for remotely buffering test channels A system is provided to enable leakage current measurement or parametric tests to be performed with an isolation buffer provided in a channel line. Multiple such isolation buffers are used to connect a single signal channel to multiple lines. Leakage current measurement is provided by providing a buffer bypass element, such as a resistor or transmission gate, between the input and output of each buffer. The buffer bypass element can be used to calibrate buffer delay out of the test system by using TDR measurements to determine the buffer delay based on reflected pulses through the buffer bypass element. Buffer delay can likewise be calibrated out by comparing measurements of a buffered and non-buffered channel line, or by measuring a device having a known delay.
US07825650B2	Automated loader for removing and inserting removable devices to improve load time for automated test equipment An SOC tester having test cards with memory cards is presented. The SOC tester may automatically swap memory cards between a memory card rack and a test head between tests on devices under test. Test programs and data on the memory cards may be down loaded onto memory cards in the memory test rack during testing or down times.
US07825645B2	Switched-mode power supply regulation The invention concerns a circuit for detecting an overload in a load supplied by a switched-mode power supply, comprising: a first comparator of a first voltage based on the supply voltage of the load relative to a first threshold, supplying a regulating signal to a pulse generator controlling the switched-mode power supply; a second comparator of a second voltage relative to a second threshold, supplying a signal indicating the presence of an overload; and means for automatically controlling said second voltage by a third threshold lower than the second and higher than the first, and for deactivating the second comparator as long as said automatic control is maintained.
US07825639B1	Minimizing power consumption of a reference voltage circuit using a capacitor A system and method is disclosed for minimizing power consumption in a reference voltage circuit. A capacitor is coupled to a reference voltage circuit and charged to a voltage that equals the reference voltage of the reference voltage circuit. The capacitor is then decoupled from the reference voltage circuit and power to the reference voltage circuit is turned off. The capacitor then provides the capacitor voltage to other circuits as a reference voltage. After a selected period of time has elapsed since the capacitor was last charged to the reference voltage, the reference voltage circuit is turned on and the capacitor is again coupled to the reference voltage circuit. The reference voltage circuit then recharges the capacitor to the reference voltage level. This process is repeated to periodically charge the capacitor to the reference voltage.
US07825638B2	Device and method for balancing charge between the individual cells of a double-layer capacitor A device and a method for balancing charge between individual cells of a double-layer capacitor, in particular in a multi-voltage motor vehicle electrical system. Each individual cell of the double-layer capacitor is associated with a capacitor, the first terminal of which can be connected via a first switch to a first terminal of the associated cell and via a second switch to a second terminal of the associated cell, and the second terminal of which is connected to the second terminals of all of the capacitors.
US07825635B2	Computer system and control method thereof capable of changing battery charging mode according to user's selection A computer system, including a system unit having at least one device; a battery unit which supplies power to the system unit; a charging unit which charges the battery unit at a predetermined charging speed; a user input unit which receives a user input related to a charging speed of the battery unit; and a controller which controls the charging unit to charge the battery unit at the charging speed according to the user input.
US07825629B2	Method and system for cell equalization with charging sources and shunt regulators 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.
US07825627B2	Monitoring battery cell voltage An apparatus includes battery gauge circuitry implemented on an integrated circuit. The battery gauge circuitry includes a plurality of switches that individually open in response to a voltage reduction on a battery cell associated with a respective one of the switches. The battery gauge circuitry also includes a logic device that determines if at least one of the switches is open. The battery gauge circuitry also includes a register that stores data that indicates if at least one switch is open. The battery gauge circuitry also includes a controller that initiates halting power delivery to a load if at least one of the switches is open. The controller also identifies the open switch.
US07825626B2	Integrated charger and holder for one or more wireless devices A device integrated charger and holder for wireless headsets are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An electronic device integrated holder and charger includes a first holder built into the electronic device to hold an object. A second holder is built into a wireless headset to couple to the first holder. A first set of contacts is accessible from the first holder and is configured to provide electrical power. A second set of contacts is accessible from the second holder and configured to receive electrical power from the first set of contacts when the second holder is coupled to the first holder. A method for holding and charging a device includes fastening a wireless headset to an electronic device, providing electrical power from the device to the wireless headset, and charging a power source in the wireless headset using the electrical power.
US07825622B2	Load driving method and device A load driving device controls two motors by PWM signals. When a standard duty ratio of the PWM signals is 50% and a level of a drive instruction is the standard duty ratio, the standard duty ratio are output to the respective motors to provide a reverse phase relationship that the PWM signal of the standard duty ratio does not overlap. A continuous off-period and the standard PWM signal output when the level of the drive instruction is lower than the standard, and the continuous on-period and the standard PWM signal output when the level of the drive instruction is higher than the standard are changed over at the ratios corresponding to the level of the drive instruction.
US07825615B2	Intelligent motorized appliances with multiple power sources A motorized portable appliance which monitors, and automatically selects, one of multiple power sources. The motorized portable appliance includes an electric motor, a secondary battery and at least one other source of electrical power, and an automatic control to switch between the secondary battery and the other source of electrical power, which may be mains electrical power, an external secondary battery, an on-board secondary battery, an automotive battery, a solar photovoltaic array, or a primary battery. Power conditioning circuitry converts power from the various power sources to a form compatible with the electric motor and recovers remaining power from depleted primary batteries.
US07825614B2	Voltage control load center, modular voltage control transformer circuit, and method of making and using A voltage control load center (10) includes plural modular voltage control transformer circuits (20), and is connected between supply mains (22) and a load (L) including one or more high intensity discharge (HID) lamps. The lamps are started at full line voltage, and after a sufficient operating interval ensuring that the lamps have achieved a sustaining temperature, the operating voltage applied to the lamps is reduced, effecting a considerable savings in energy use, with little or an acceptably small decrease in illumination provided by the lamps. Because the voltage control transformer circuits (20) are modular, voltage control load centers (10) suitable for a variety of differing requirements may be quickly, easily, and inexpensively fabricated and installed without the need for the conventional requirement of a custom (i.e., application specific) transformer design and fabrication, which conventional requirements are both time and labor intensive.
US07825608B2	Multi-discharge tube lighting apparatus A multi-discharge tube lighting apparatus connectable to a power source comprising a first output terminal and a second output terminal respectively outputting voltages of opposite phases, the lighting apparatus comprises first to n-th discharge tube units where n represents an integer of two or more, each of which has a first end connected to the first output terminal and a second end connected to the second output terminal and comprises at least one discharge tube, a first winding, and a second winding, which are connected in series between a first end and a second end. The first winding of the first discharge tube unit is electromagnetically coupled via a transformer to the second winding of the n-th discharge tube unit. The first windings of the second and subsequent discharge tube units are electromagnetically coupled via transformers to the second windings of the previous discharge tube units, respectively.
US07825603B2	Lighting assembly and method of operating a discharge lamp A lighting assembly, a driver circuit, and a method of operating a discharge lamp are described. A discharge lamp (10) comprises a discharge vessel (14) with at least two electrodes (16) arranged at a distance d for generating an arc between the electrode (16). Driver electronics (32) operate the lamp (10) with electrical power. In order to reduce electrode burn-back, the driver electronics operate the lamp according to a switch-off sequence, which includes a power ramp interval (24) where the lamp (10) is operated with increasing electrical power over time, and subsequently the lamp (10) is switched-off. Also, the driver electronics (32) operate the lamp according to a turn-on sequence upon turning on the lamp (10) with a first turn-on interval (20), where the lamp is operated with electrical power increasing up to an initial maximum power value, and a power ramp interval (22) during which the lamp is operated with electrical power increasing over time from the initial maximum power value to nominal power PN. The initial maximum power value is less than the nominal power value of the lamp.
US07825593B2	Organic electro-luminescence display device and method of fabricating the same This invention relates to an organic electro-luminescence device and a method of fabricating the same that is capable of reducing an inverse taper of a bus electrode.An organic electro-luminescence display device comprises: an anode electrode including a transparent electrode and a bus electrode; a cathode electrode crossing the anode electrode; and an organic layer located at a cross both the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, wherein the bus electrode has an inclination angle of 30° to 70°.
US07825590B2	Dual panel type organic electroluminescent display device and method for fabricating the same An organic electroluminescent device includes a switching element and a driving element connected to the switching element on a substrate in a pixel region, an overcoat layer on the switching element and the driving element, a first contact layer on the overcoat layer, the first contact layer being made of one of molybdenum and indium tin oxide, a cathode on the first contact layer, the cathode connected to the driving element through the first contact layer, an emitting layer on the cathode, and an anode on the emitting layer.
US07825583B2	Organic electroluminescence display and method for manufacturing the same An organic EL device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The organic EL device comprises a substrate having a first electrode arranged on an active region, at least one organic material layer formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the organic material layer so as to extend to an inactive region of the substrate to allow heat of the device to be dissipated to an outside therethrough, and a seal-cup facing the second electrode while being sealingly connected with the second electrode at a seal line via a sealant. The organic EL device can effectively lower an interior temperature of the device while preventing degradation thereof, thereby remarkably increasing lifetime thereof, and enhance interface stability of the device, thereby remarkably suppressing degradation in characteristics of the device.
US07825572B2	Spark plug A spark plug including a center electrode; an insulator; and a metal shell, wherein the metal shell includes: a mounting portion; a cylindrical portion; a seal portion; a crimping portion; and a buckled portion all as defined herein, and a relationship A
US07825571B2	Spark plug for internal combustion engine A spark plug comprising: a cylindrical metal shell; a cylindrical insulator provided in an inner hole of said metal shell; a center electrode provided in a leading end side inner hole of said insulator; and a ground electrode having one end bonded to a leading end side of said metal shell and having another end face forming a spark discharge gap with said center electrode, wherein said ground electrode comprises an electrode material containing from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Si, from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Al, from 0.02 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one of Ti, V, Zr, Nb and Hf, from 0.03 to 0.09 wt. % of C and 95.5 wt. % or more of Ni, and having a specific resistance at 20° C. of 25 μΩcm or less.
US07825569B2	Ceramic and method of manufacturing the same, dielectric capacitor, semiconductor device, and element A method of manufacturing a ceramic includes forming a film which includes a complex oxide material having an oxygen octahedral structure and a paraelectric material having a catalytic effect for the complex oxide material in a mixed state, and performing a heat treatment to the film, wherein the paraelectric material is one of a layered catalytic substance which includes Si in the constituent elements and a layered catalytic substance which includes Si and Ge in the constituent elements. The heat treatment includes sintering and post-annealing. At least the post-annealing is performed in a pressurized atmosphere including at least one of oxygen and ozone. A ceramic is a complex oxide having an oxygen octahedral structure, and has Si and Ge in the oxygen octahedral structure.
US07825568B2	Electro acoustic sensor for high pressure environments A composite acoustic wave device (AWD) which is adapted for operation at high ambient pressures is provided. The AWD comprises two piezoelectric plates in back to back relationship, with electrodes disposed between the plates. The plates are bonded so as to neutralize the effects of external pressure. Further disclosed is a sensor utilizing the AWD and methods for utilizing such AWD for physical measurements in high pressure environments. An optional cavity formed between the piezoelectric plates offers the capability to measure the pressure and to further neutralize the residual effects of the pressure on measurement accuracy.
US07825567B2	Three-dimensional structure and its manufacturing method A plurality of micro three-dimensional structure elements each having a movable structure fixed on a sacrifice layer, and fixation portions of the micro three-dimensional structure elements for the sacrifice layer are arranged into a film-like elastic body, and then the sacrifice layer is removed. Thus, a three-dimensional structure in which the individual micro three-dimensional structure elements are arranged independently of one another within the elastic body is manufactured.
US07825562B2	Rotary electric machine, crank-shaped continuously winding coil, distribution winding stator and forming method thereof In a distribution winding stator using a coil for a rectangular conductor, a coil end is made smaller than before, and the reduction in the current density is aimed, so that a rotary electric machine of a small size and a high power output is obtained. A conductive wire of a rectangular shape in cross section is double-wound, and is allowed to be shifted by the whole width of the wire having double-wound the crowns of both ends, and is formed to crank shape so as to become a length within the range of the intervals of the adjacent slots, so that the conductive wire is formed by being inserted into the slot of the stator.
US07825560B2	Motor A motor that reduces a cogging torque and rotates at a high speed is presented. The motor comprises: a shaft, a plurality of core blocks coupled to the shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into each of the core blocks, and an aligning unit, coaxial with the shaft, and disposed between the shaft and the core blocks. The core block includes a plurality of core sheets each having at least a pair of flux barriers formed to be symmetrical to each other about a line of symmetry. A first rib lies along the line of symmetry and a separate anti-deformation rib is positioned within each of the pair of flux barriers. Accordingly, a skew process for a rotor is facilitated. An anti-deformation rib within the flux barrier provides structural integrity for the core block. Accordingly, when the rotor is rotated with a high speed, a bridge is prevented from being deformed.
US07825557B2	Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft The invention relates to a spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system that contains a rotor component taking the form of an integrated hub/bearing bush arrangement which encloses a straight, stationary shaft, which in turn is connected at both its ends to axially aligned bearing components, formed in such a way that they seal the fluid dynamic bearing system formed between the shaft and the rotor component and open at both ends. The open ends of the bearing gap are sealed by capillary seals or pumping seals or a combination of capillary and pumping seal.
US07825554B2	Stabilizing power source for a vehicle A power source for a vehicle includes at least one toroidal ring positioned in a housing. The toroidal ring includes magnetic material such as permanent magnets. The toroidal ring is magnetically levitated in the housing. A propulsion winding is coupled with the housing and energizable via a power signal to move the toroidal ring. Once moving, the magnetic material and the propulsion winding cooperate to produce electrical power and/or provide a stabilizing effect for the vehicle. In some applications, such as in an aircraft application, two or more toroidal rings may be used and rotated at counter directions so as to produce a predetermined net angular momentum.
US07825548B2	Cylindrical linear motor The cylindrical linear motor includes: a stator 1 that has a plurality of coils 5 coiled in a cylindrical shape and arranged in an axial direction on an inner side of a metal pipe 4; a mover 2 disposed to face an inner side of the stator 1 with a magnetic gap therebetween and having a plurality of permanent magnets 6 inserted in the axial direction into a cylindrical can 9; shafts 8 inserted into the mover 2; shaft support members 7 for supporting the shafts 8 at both axial ends of the metal pipe 4; and shaft receiving member 10 each disposed at both ends of an inner side of the can 9 to be adjacent to the permanent magnets 6 and having a concave portion 10a for fitting to a cone of the shaft 8.
US07825546B2	Safety electrical receptacle An electrical receptacle to prevent injuries deduced by misoperation is provided in the present invention. The electrical receptacle includes a power socket, a direct current (DC) power supply, a detecting switch, a controller, and a relay form a circuit loop for detecting whether a power plug is inserted into the power socket. The detecting switch is placed under the power socket without any electrical connection with the power socket. A live wire is connected to the power socket via a switch of the relay and a neutral wire is connected to the power socket directly. The switch of the relay closes on condition of the relay is electrified by the DC power supply.
US07825545B2	Energy conservation and control systems Energy conservation and control systems, devices, processes and methods are disclosed. The conservation and control systems, devices, processes and methods may be used or performed in combination with one or more electronic devices and systems comprising a plurality of devices, such as but not limited to entertainment systems and other appliance systems. The invention comprises in some embodiments control systems, devices, processes and methods, alone or in combination with or performed with the electronic devices or accessory devices generally, such as remote controls or other accessory hardware. The invention in some embodiments are conservation and control retention devices, as well as methods and processes thereof, having an accessory device retention element and a conservation function element configured with the accessory device retention element. The conservation and control retention device and methods and processes provide functionality such that when the user of an accessory device inserts the accessory device into the accessory device retention element, not only is the accessory device retained but the conservation function element removes power to the one or more electronic devices.
US07825541B2	Method of controlling a plurality of UPS units in an on-line UPS system and on-line UPS system having a plurality of UPS units Parallel-connected UPS units of an online UPS system, which are each connected on the input side via a choke coil to an AC mains, in disconnectable fashion, and on the output side to a common load bus and whose supplied powers are individually variable, are disconnected from the AC mains in the event of a failure of the AC mains, at least if they are affected by the failure, and are successively reconnected to the AC mains after the restoration of the AC mains. In this case, in order to match the powers supplied by the individual UPS units to one another, while some of the UPS units are connected on the input side to the AC mains and others of the UPS units are not connected on the input side to the AC mains, a phase angle Δφ between the AC mains and the load bus is determined, and the power supplied by each of the UPS units which have not yet been reconnected to the AC mains is adjusted as a function of this phase angle Δφ.
US07825540B2	Power conversion device A power conversion device including sub-inverters, each connected in series with respective phase of a three-phase main inverter including a smoothing capacitor, which is fed from a power supply via a converter, as a DC input thereof, and feeds power to a load using the sum of outputs of the inverters. A manipulative quantity is determined so that the DC voltage at each of smoothing capacitors which is an input of each of the sub-inverters will follow a command value. The manipulative quantity is added to an output voltage command for the three-phase main inverter, and is subtracted from an output voltage command for the sub-inverters. Thus, power is shifted from the three-phase main inverter to the smoothing capacitors of the sub-inverters.
US07825538B2	Power distribution system utilizing redundant AC sources or DC sources A power distribution system includes a plurality of loads and a plurality of power sources. The power distribution system also includes an interconnect arrangement including a plurality of interconnects. The interconnects connect each load to a given number of different ones of the sources so that each load is fully powered notwithstanding failure of any one of the sources.
US07825535B2	Self-coupled transformer boostbuck circuit A self-coupled transformer boostbuck circuit includes a first transformer having a first winding, a second winding and a third winding, a first switch having a first voltage output at its one end, a second switch, a second transformer, a third switch having a second voltage output at its one end, a fourth switch, a fifth switch having a third voltage output at its one end, and a sixth switch.
US07825534B2	Relay assembly for fog lights A relay assembly for a fog light is disclosed which comprises a relay housing having a first terminal adapted to being connected to a switch for operating another light and operation of the switch for illuminating a fog light.
US07825533B2	Transmission system for interchanging information data between an electrical load and an upstream converter A transmission system for exchanging information data between an electric load having an emitter and a converter having a receiver is disclosed. The converter and the load are connected by a multi-phase supply cable which is connected to a sinus filter having in-line coils and filter capacitors connected across the phases. An inductive component is integrated in the electric circuit formed by the transmitter, a phase conductor of the supply cable and the receiver, wherein the core of the inductive component already saturates even if the current is significantly less than a rated current of the electric load. This transmission system for information data exchange is easy to implement and enables stable data transfer.
US07825530B2	Generator voltage stabilization system and method A generator voltage stabilization system of a heavy-duty vehicle hybrid-electric drive system, which has an engine and a generator coupled with the engine for generating power that varies with rotational speed of the engine, includes one or more circuits having at least one of a DC/DC converter and an DC/AC converter configured to be coupled to the generator, and receive varying power input from the generator and provide stabilized voltage output power; and a control computer coupled to the one or more circuits to control the one or more circuits to provide stabilized voltage output power with varying power input from the generator.
US07825528B2	Epoxy resin composition for packaging a semiconductor device, method of making the same, and semiconductor device using the same An epoxy resin composition, and a method of making the same, includes an epoxy resin and a curing agent, the epoxy resin composition also includes inorganic fillers, curing accelerators, and modified silicone oils. The epoxy resin is a modified epoxy resin prepared by glycidyl etherification of a mixture of a novolac type phenolic compound having a biphenyl derivative in the molecule and a 4,4′-dihydroxy biphenyl compound, and the curing agent is a mixture of a polyaromatic curing agent and a polyfunctional curing agent.
US07825527B2	Return loss techniques in wirebond packages for high-speed data communications A wirebond package configured to reduce wirebond return loss is presented. An integrated circuit of interest with rows of bonding pads is bonded to a surface of the wirebond package. The surface of wirebond package has columns of bonding pads, which are configured to transmit or receive signals, power, and ground to and/or from the wirebond package to the integrated circuit. Corresponding die pads on the integrated circuit and bonding pads of the wirebond package are coupled using conductive lines. The conductive lines carrying the active signal has coplanar adjacent ground lines on opposing sides of active signal line and the distance between active signal line and the coplanar adjacent ground lines is tapered.
US07825526B2	Fine-pitch routing in a lead frame based system-in-package (SIP) device In an example embodiment, there is a package substrate (200) for mounting an integrated circuit (IC) device (205). The package substrate comprises an IC device placement area (290) surrounded by pad landings (215). For placing surface mount devices in vicinity of the pad landings, there is a plurality of component pads (235a, 235b, 235c, 235d). The plurality of component pads surrounds the pad landings (215). A plurality of device pins (225a, 225b, 225c, 225d, 245a, 245b, 245c, 245d) surrounds the component pads. One or more of the plurality of device pins, having fine-pitch conductive paths (270), couple the one or more of the plurality of device pins to a set of corresponding pad landings (215) or to a set of corresponding component pads; the fine-pitch conductive paths (270) traverse regions between the plurality of component pads.
US07825519B2	Method and device for wafer scale packaging of optical devices using a scribe and break process A multilayered integrated optical and circuit device. The device has a first substrate comprising at least one integrated circuit chip thereon, which has a cell region and a peripheral region. Preferably, the peripheral region has a bonding pad region, which has one or more bonding pads and an antistiction region surrounding each of the one or more bonding pads. The device has a second substrate with at least one or more deflection devices thereon coupled to the first substrate. At least one or more bonding pads are exposed on the first substrate. The device has a transparent member overlying the second substrate while forming a cavity region to allow the one or more deflection devices to move within a portion of the cavity region to form a sandwich structure including at least a portion of the first substrate, a portion of the second substrate, and a portion of the transparent member. The one or more bonding pads and the antistiction region are exposed while the one or more deflection devices is maintained within the portion of the cavity region.
US07825518B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate including an electrode; a resin protrusion formed on the semiconductor substrate; and an interconnect electrically connected to the electrode and formed to extend over the resin protrusion. The interconnect includes a first portion formed on a top surface of the resin protrusion and a second portion formed on a side of a lower portion of the resin protrusion. The second portion has a width smaller than a width of the first portion.
US07825517B2	Method for packaging semiconductor dies having through-silicon vias An integrated circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit structure includes a die and an anisotropic conducing film (ACF) adjoining the back surface of the die. The die includes a front surface; a back surface on an opposite side of the die than the front surface; and a through-silicon via (TSV) exposed through the back surface of the die.
US07825516B2	Formation of aligned capped metal lines and interconnections in multilevel semiconductor structures In integrated circuit technology; an electromigration and diffusion sensitive conductor of a metal such as copper and processing procedure therefore is provided, wherein, at a planarized chemical mechanical processed interfacing surface, the conductor metal is positioned in a region of a selectable low K eff dielectric material surrounded by a material selected to be protection from outdiffusion and a source of a film thickness cap that is to form over the conductor metal and/or serve as a catalytic layer for electroless selective deposition of a CoWP capping .
US07825515B2	Semiconductor device, display device, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a film containing silicon as the main ingredient, and an aluminum alloy film, such as a source electrode and a drain electrode, that is directly connected to the film containing silicon as the main ingredient, such as an ohmic low-resistance Si film, and contains at least Al, Ni, and N in the vicinity of the bonding interface. The Aluminum alloy film has a good contact characteristic when directly connected to the film containing silicon as the main ingredient without having a barrier layer formed of high melting point metal.
US07825513B2	Electrode structure in semiconductor device and related technology A first insulation film having a first opening is provided on an electrode pad of a semiconductor chip. A second insulation film having a second opening is provided on the first insulation film. A ground metallic layer which is to be in contact with the electrode pad via the first opening is provided on the first insulation film. A bump which is to be mechanically and electrically connected to the ground metallic layer is provided. Further, the above placement is made in a way that the ground metallic layer is provided in the second opening, and the ground metallic layer is provided on an inner side than an outer periphery of the electrode pad, covering the first opening.
US07825503B2	Covered devices in a semiconductor package An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to fabricate a cover assembly. A cover has a base plate and sidewalls attached to perimeter of the base plate. The sidewalls have a height. A plurality of devices is attached to underside of the base plate. The devices have length corresponding to the height such that the devices are sealed within the cover when the cover is attached to a surface.
US07825499B2	Semiconductor package and trenched semiconductor power device using the same A semiconductor package 60 in which a region where a land pad 18 is formed is provided on an outer side of a region in which a flip-chip connecting pad 16 is formed, wherein a protecting member 39 is formed to expose the land pad 18 in the region in which the land pad 18 is formed, and the protecting member 39 includes a frame-shaped structure portion 39A disposed to surround the flip-chip connecting pad 16 and a support film portion 39B disposed on an outer side of the frame-shaped structure portion 39A, and a semiconductor device 70 using the semiconductor package 60.
US07825498B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes an island provided on one surface of a resin substrate, an external terminal provided on the other surface of the substrate, a thermal pad provided on the other surface of the substrate in opposed relation to the island, a heat conduction portion extending through the substrate from the one surface to the other surface to connect the island to the thermal pad in a thermally conductive manner, and a solder resist portion provided on the other surface of the substrate and having a heat dissipation opening which defines a gap with respect to an outer periphery of the thermal pad and a terminal opening which exposes the external terminal.
US07825497B2	Method of manufacture of contact plug and interconnection layer of semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming two first gate electrodes along a first direction on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate and source/drain areas sandwiching a channel region under each of the first gate electrodes, forming a first interlayer insulating layer to fill a region between the first gate electrodes, lowering a top of the first interlayer insulating layer, depositing a second interlayer insulating layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the first gate electrodes, planarizing a surface of the second interlayer insulating layer, and forming an interconnect layer in the second interlayer insulating layer and a contact plug in the first interlayer insulating layer and the second interlayer insulating layer so that the contact plug is in contact with the interconnect layer and one of the source/drain areas.
US07825493B2	Field-effect transistor and method for fabricating the same A field-effect transistor that increases the operation speeds of complementary field-effect transistors. Each of an nMOSFET and a pMODFET has a Ge channel and source and drain regions formed of an NiGe layer. The height of Schottky barriers formed at a junction between a channel region and the source region of the nMOSFET and at a junction between the channel region and the drain region of the nMOSFET is changed by very thin high-concentration segregation layers formed by making As atoms, Sb atoms, S atoms, or the like segregate at the time of forming the NiGe layer. As a result, Schottky barrier height suitable for the nMOSFET and the pMODFET can be obtained, thus being capable of realizing high-speed CMOSFETs.
US07825483B2	MEMS sensor and production method of MEMS sensor An MEMS sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a lower thin film provided on a surface of the substrate, an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at an interval on the side opposite to the substrate, and a wall portion surrounding the lower thin film and the upper thin film and protruding on the side opposite to the lower thin film with respect to the upper thin film.
US07825474B2	Insulated-gate semiconductor device and PN junction diodes Channel regions continuous with transistor cells are disposed also below a gate pad electrode. The channel region below the gate pad electrode is fixed to a source potential. Thus, a predetermined reverse breakdown voltage between a drain and a source is secured without forming a p+ type impurity region below the entire lower surface of the gate pad electrode. Furthermore, a protection diode is formed in a conductive layer disposed at the outer periphery of an operation region.
US07825473B2	Initial-on SCR device for on-chip ESD protection A semiconductor device for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection comprises a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) including a semiconductor substrate, a first well formed in the substrate, a second well formed in the substrate, a first p-type region formed in the first well to serve as an anode, and a first n-type region partially formed in the second well to serve as a cathode, a p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor formed in the first well including a gate, a first diffused region and a second diffused region separated apart from the first diffused region, a second n-type region formed in the first well electrically connected to the first diffused region of the PMOS transistor, and a second p-type region formed in the substrate electrically connected to the second diffused region of the PMOS transistor.
US07825468B2	Semiconductor packages, stacked semiconductor packages, and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor packages and the stacked semiconductor packages A semiconductor package may include a semiconductor pattern, a bonding pad, and a polymer insulation member. The semiconductor pattern may include a semiconductor device and first hole. The bonding pad may include a wiring pattern and plug. The wiring pattern may be formed on an upper face of the semiconductor pattern. The plug may extend from the wiring pattern to fill the first hole. The polymer insulation member may be formed on a lower face of the semiconductor pattern and may include a second hole exposing a lower end of the plug. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package may include forming a first hole through a semiconductor substrate; forming a bonding pad and plug; attaching a supporting member to the upper face of the substrate; reducing a thickness of the substrate; forming a polymer insulation member on the lower face of the substrate; and cutting the substrate.
US07825467B2	Semiconductor component having a drift zone and a drift control zone A description is given of a normally on semiconductor component having a drift zone, a drift control zone and a drift control zone dielectric arranged between the drift zone and the drift control zone.
US07825465B2	Structure and method for forming field effect transistor with low resistance channel region A trench-gate field effect transistor includes trenches extending into a silicon region of a first conductivity type, and a gate electrodes in each trench. Body regions of second conductivity type extend over the silicon region between adjacent trenches. Each body region forms a first PN junction with the silicon region, and each body region includes a silicon-germanium layer of the second conductivity type laterally extending between adjacent trenches. Source regions of the first conductivity flank the trenches, and each source region forms a second PN junction with one of the body regions. Channel regions extend in the body regions along sidewalls of the trenches between the source regions and a bottom surface of the body regions. The silicon-germanium layers extend into corresponding channel regions to thereby reduce the channel resistance.
US07825464B2	Semiconductor device with recessed active region and gate in a groove A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The disclosed semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a device isolation structure for delimiting an active region, the active region being recessed and grooves being defined in channel forming areas of the active region; gates formed in and over the grooves; gate spacers formed on both sidewalls of the gates over portions of the recessed active region which are positioned on both sides of the gates; an LDD region formed in the active region under the gate spacers; junction areas formed in the active region on both sides of the gates including the gate spacers; and landing plugs formed on the junction areas.
US07825459B2	Method of operating a SONOS memory device A silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory device includes a memory type transistor including a gate with a SONOS structure on a semiconductor substrate. The gate is formed by sequentially stacking a tunneling oxide layer, a memory node structure including a trap site having nano-sized trap elements in which charges passing through the tunneling oxide layer are trapped, and a gate electrode. The nano-sized trap elements may be a crystal layer composed of nanocrystals that are separated from one another to trap the charges. The memory node structure may include additional memory node layers which are isolated from the nano-sized trap elements.
US07825457B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor There is provided a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate (10), a high concentration diffusion region (22) formed within the semiconductor substrate (10), a first low concentration diffusion region (24) that has a lower impurity concentration than the high concentration diffusion region (22) and is provided under the high concentration diffusion region (22), and a bit line (30) that includes the high concentration diffusion region (22) and the first low concentration diffusion region (24) and serves as a source region and a drain region, and a manufacturing method therefor. Reduction of source-drain breakdown voltage of the transistor is suppressed, and a low-resistance bit line can be formed. Thus, a semiconductor device that can miniaturize memory cells and a manufacturing method therefor can be provided.
US07825455B2	Three terminal nonvolatile memory device with vertical gated diode There is provided a monolithic three dimensional array of charge storage devices which includes a plurality of device levels, wherein at least one surface between two successive device levels is planarized by chemical mechanical polishing.
US07825453B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a memory cell gate structure having a first gate insulating film, a first gate electrode, a second gate insulating film, and a second gate electrode, a select gate structure having a third gate insulating film and a third gate electrode including a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion, and a third electrode portion between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, a first impurity diffusion layer formed in a surface area of the semiconductor substrate and located at a portion which corresponds to an area between the memory cell gate structure and the first electrode portion, and a second impurity diffusion layer formed in a surface area of the semiconductor substrate and located at a portion which corresponds to an area between the first electrode portion and second electrode portion.
US07825450B2	Sacrificial self-aligned interconnect structures A sacrificial, self-aligned polysilicon interconnect structure is formed in a region of insulating material adjacent to an active region location and underlying a semiconductor device of a substrate assembly in order to electrically connect the active region and the semiconductor device. A preexisting geometry of the active region is maintained during etching of an interconnect structure hole in which the interconnect structure is formed and saves process steps. Under the method, a region of insulating material is formed immediately adjacent the active region location. A nitride layer is formed over the active region and protects the active region while an interconnect structure hole is etched partially into the region of insulating material adjacent the active region location with an etching process that is selective to the nitride layer. The interconnect structure hole is filled with polysilicon, the surface of the substrate assembly is planarized, and the nitride layer is removed.
US07825440B1	Suspended-membrane/suspended-substrate monolithic microwave integrated circuit modules A suspended-membrane/suspended-substrate monolithic microwave integrated circuit module and method of making same. The device contains a plurality of active devices, such as transistors, a plurality of transmission mediums connected to the active devices; and a substrate having a first portion supporting the active devices and the transmission mediums thereon, and further having a plurality of discrete second portions extending from the first portion. The method teaches how to manufacture the device.
US07825437B2	Unity beta ratio tri-gate transistor static random access memory (SRAM) In general, in one aspect, a method includes forming N-diffusion and P-diffusion fins in a semiconductor substrate. A P-diffusion gate layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate and removed from the N-diffusion fins. A pass-gate N-diffusion gate layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate and removed from the P-diffusion fins and pull-down N-diffusion fins. A pull-down N-diffusion layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate.
US07825429B2	Tunable voltage isolation ground to ground ESD clamp A tunable voltage isolation ground to ground ESD clamp is provided. The clamp includes a dual-direction silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) and trigger elements. The SCR is coupled between first and second grounds. The trigger elements are also coupled between the first and second grounds. Moreover, the trigger elements are configured to provide a trigger current to the dual-direction silicon controlled rectifier when a desired voltage between the first and second grounds is reached.
US07825427B2	Method and apparatus for generating phosphor film with textured surface An optical device deploring a phosphor layer having a textured surface to improve output of visual light is disclosed. A light emitting device includes a solid state light emitter and a phosphor layer. The solid state light emitter, for example, is configured to convert electrical energy to optical light. The phosphor layer includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface, for example, is the top surface while the second surface is the bottom surface. The phosphor layer is disposed over the solid state light emitter for generating luminous light in response to the optical light. The first surface of the phosphor layer, in one embodiment, is configured to include a texture, which has similarly shaped uniform configurations, capable of reducing total internal reflection.
US07825423B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device In a semiconductor device 100, a light emitting device 102 is mounted on a substrate 101. A light reflection preventing film 130 for preventing a reflection of a light is formed on an upper surface of the light emitting device 102. Moreover, a plate-shaped cover 103 formed of a glass having a light transparency is disposed above the light emitting device 102, and a light reflection preventing film 140 for preventing a reflection of a light is also formed on an upper surface of the cover 103.
US07825421B2	Semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device comprises an element that emits light and a substrate on a main surface of which the element is mounted. The main surface of the substrate composed of two areas, (i) a mount area which is rectangle and on which the element is mounted, and (ii) a pad area that is equipped with a pad for wire bonding. The pad area is contiguous to the mount area on one side of the mount area, and the pad area decreases in width continuously or stepwise in a direction away from the one side.
US07825420B2	Method for forming slot via bitline for MRAM devices A magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack formed over a lower wiring level, a hardmask formed on the MTJ stack, and an upper wiring level formed over the hardmask. The upper wiring level includes a slot via bitline formed therein, the slot via bitline in contact with the hardmask and in contact with an etch stop layer partially surrounding sidewalls of the hardmask.
US07825418B2	Light emitting diode of high quantum efficiency and system thereof A light emitting diode (LED) includes a transparent substrate, a first type cladding layer, an active layer, a second type cladding layer, and first and second electrodes. The first type cladding layer is disposed on the transparent substrate. The active layer and the second electrode are juxtaposed on the first type cladding layer. The second type cladding layer is disposed on the active layer. The second electrode is disposed on the second type cladding layer. The first and second type cladding layers are doped with nanoparticles.
US07825417B2	Epitaxial wafers, method for manufacturing of epitaxial wafers, method of suppressing bowing of these epitaxial wafers and semiconductor multilayer structures using these epitaxial wafers A technique for suppressing the bowing of an epitaxial wafer is provided. The epitaxial wafer is prepared by successively epitaxially growing a target group III-nitride layer, an interlayer and another group III-nitride layer on a substrate with a buffer layer. The interlayer is mainly composed of a mixed crystal of GaN and InN expressed in a general formula (GaxIny)N (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, x+y=1) (or a crystal of GaN), and does not contain Al. The interlayer is epitaxially formed at a lower growth temperature than those of the group III-nitride layers, more specifically at a temperature in a range of at least 350° C. to not more than 1000° C.
US07825414B2	Method of forming a thin film transistor A method of forming a thin film transistor relative to a substrate includes, a) providing a thin film transistor layer of polycrystalline material on a substrate, the polycrystalline material comprising grain boundaries; b) providing a fluorine containing layer adjacent the polycrystalline thin film layer; c) annealing the fluorine containing layer at a temperature and for a time period which in combination are effective to drive fluorine from the fluorine containing layer into the polycrystalline thin film layer and incorporate fluorine within the grain boundaries to passivate said grain boundaries; and d) providing a transistor gate operatively adjacent the thin film transistor layer. The thin film transistor can be fabricated to be bottom gated or top gated. A buffering layer can be provided intermediate the thin film transistor layer and the fluorine containing layer, with the buffering layer being transmissive of fluorine from the fluorine containing layer during the annealing. Preferably, the annealing temperature is both sufficiently high to drive fluorine from the fluorine containing layer into the polycrystalline thin film layer and incorporate fluorine within the grain boundaries to passivate said grain boundaries, but sufficiently low to prevent chemical reaction of the fluorine containing layer with the polycrystalline thin film layer.
US07825413B2	Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a data line crossing each other to define a pixel region on a substrate, a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode, an active layer on the gate insulating layer, source and drain electrodes on the active layer, spaced apart from each other and each having inner sides that face each other, wherein the source electrode is connected to the data line, ohmic contact layers between the active layer and each of the source and drain electrodes, a shielding pattern over the active layer and having outer sides, wherein at least one of the outer sides faces at least one of the inner sides of the source and drain electrodes, and a pixel electrode in the pixel region and connected to the drain electrode.
US07825411B2	Thin film transistor with improved junction region A thin film transistor and method of fabricating the same are provided. In the thin film transistor, a seed or a grain boundary exists in a semiconductor layer pattern but not in a junction region. The method includes forming a semiconductor layer pattern. Forming the semiconductor layer pattern includes: forming and patterning a first capping layer on an amorphous silicon layer; forming a second capping layer on the first capping layer pattern; forming a metal catalyst layer on the second capping layer; diffusing the metal catalyst; and crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer to form a polysilicon layer. Therefore, it is possible to prevent that a trap is generated in the junction region, thereby obtaining improved and uniform characteristics of the device.
US07825409B2	GaN crystal substrate A GaN crystal substrate has a crystal growth surface on which a crystal is grown, and a rear surface opposite to the crystal growth surface. The crystal growth surface has a roughness Ra(C)of at most 10 nm, and the rear surface has a roughness Ra(R) of at least 0.5 μm and at most 10 μm. A ratio Ra(R)/Ra(C) of the surface roughness Ra(R) to the surface roughness Ra(C) is at least 50. Thus, a GaN crystal substrate of which front and rear surfaces are distinguishable from each other is provided, without impairing the morphology of a semiconductor layer grown on the GaN crystal substrate.
US07825408B2	Semiconductor device A programmable semiconductor device has a switch element in an interconnection layer, wherein in at least one of the inside of a via, interconnecting a wire of a first interconnection layer and a wire of a second interconnection layer, a contact part of the via with the wire of the first interconnection layer and a contact part of the via with the wire of the second interconnection layer, there is provided a variable electrical conductivity member, such as a member of an electrolyte material. The via is used as a variable electrical conductivity type switch element or as a variable resistance device having a contact part with the wire of the first interconnection layer as a first terminal and having a contact part with the wire of the second interconnection layer as a second terminal.
US07825403B2	Circuit board including a substrate with a recessed portion and manufacturing method thereof, electro-optical device and electronic apparatus A circuit board includes: a substrate; source and drain electrodes formed on the substrate; an organic semiconductor layer formed on the source and drain electrodes; a gate insulating layer formed on the organic semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer, wherein: the substrate includes a first part, a second part, and a third part interposed between the first and second parts and a thickness of the first part or a thickness of the second part is greater than that of the third part; the source electrode is formed on the first part; the drain electrode is formed on the second part; a part of the organic semiconductor layer is formed on the third part; and a thickness of the gate insulating layer disposed on the first and second parts is smaller than that of the gate insulating layer disposed on the third part.
US07825401B2	Strained layers within semiconductor buffer structures A semiconductor workpiece including a substrate, a relaxed buffer layer including a graded portion formed on the substrate, and at least one strained transitional layer within the graded portion of the relaxed buffer layer and method of manufacturing the same. The at least one strained transitional layer reduces an amount of workpiece bow due to differential coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) contraction of the relaxed buffer layer relative to CTE contraction of the substrate.
US07825398B2	Memory cell having improved mechanical stability Memory cells are described along with methods for manufacturing. A memory cell described herein includes a bottom electrode comprising a base portion and a pillar portion on the base portion, the pillar portion and the base portion having respective outer surfaces and the pillar portion having a width less than that of the base portion. A memory element is on a top surface of the pillar portion of the bottom electrode, and a top electrode is on the memory element. A dielectric spacer contacts the outer surface of the pillar portion, the outer surface of the base portion of the bottom electrode self-aligned with an outer surface of the dielectric spacer.
US07825396B2	Self-align planerized bottom electrode phase change memory and manufacturing method A method is described for self-aligning a bottom electrode in a phase change random access memory PCRAM device where a top electrode serves as a mask for self-aligning etching of the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode has a top surface that is planarized by chemical mechanical polishing. The top electrode also has a top surface that is planarized by chemical mechanical polishing. A bottom electrode layer like TiN is formed over a substrate and prior to the formation of a via during subsequent process steps. A first dielectric layer is formed over the bottom electrode layer, and a second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer. A via is formed at a selected section that extends through the first and second dielectric layers.
US07825392B2	Cleaning process for radiopharmaceutical reusable pigs A process for cleaning containers (pigs) in which radioactive drugs are shipped to health care providers, after than are returned to a pharmacy and may contain residual radioactive material, blood, microorganisms and other contaminants. Those pigs that are contaminated with radioactive material are removed from the cleaning process until they have decayed to the background radiation level. The upper and lower portions of each blood contaminated pig is disinfected. Each pig is washed at a temperature of at least 180° Fahrenheit for a least one minute to kill bacteria and viruses. The combination of a disinfectant and high washing temperature water provides an optimum level of sterilization.
US07825389B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a gas cluster ion beam formed from a gas mixture Methods and apparatus for controlling a gas cluster ion beam formed from a plurality of process gases in a gas mixture. The methods and apparatus involve measuring gas analysis data relating to the composition of the gas mixture and modifying the irradiation of the workpiece in response to the detected parameter. The gas analysis data can be derived from samples of the composition of the gas mixture flowing from a gas source to the gas cluster ion beam apparatus or samples of the residual gases inside the vacuum vessel of the gas cluster ion beam apparatus.
US07825388B2	Charged particle beam irradiation system and charged particle beam extraction method A charged particle beam irradiation system and a charged particle beam extraction method which can prevent erroneous irradiation of a charged particle beam in the direction of advance of the charged particle beam. The system and method are featured in stopping supply of an ion beam to one or more of a plurality of angle zones in each of which a target dose is attained, the angle zones being formed by dividing an RMW in a rotating direction thereof, and in allowing the supply of the ion beam to one or more other angle zones in each of which a target dose is not yet attained. The invention can easily adjust beam doses at various positions in an affected part of the patient body in the direction of advance of the ion beam, and can greatly reduce the probability of erroneous irradiation that the beam dose becomes excessive or deficient at the various positions within the affected part of the patient body in the direction of advance of the ion beam.
US07825384B1	Quantum detector array A quantum detector array is provided. The array includes a semiconductor substrate and an epitaxial layer on the semiconductor substrate. The epitaxial layer includes a plurality of binary quantum sensor elements operable in breakdown mode to generate signals, logic elements, and a digital processing circuit. The binary quantum sensor elements each have a radiation-sensitive drift region and amplification region with a pn junction for detecting radiation from a radiation-emission source. The logic elements are each electrically interconnected to a corresponding binary sensor element of the plurality of binary quantum sensor elements for resetting the corresponding binary sensor element, generating digital information based on the signals received from the corresponding binary sensor element, and outputting the digital information. The digital processing circuit carries out digital processing of logic and time signals from the binary sensor elements.
US07825376B2	Scintillator aspects for X-ray fluorescence visualizer, imager, or information provider One aspect relates to optically detecting an at least one scintillated viewable and/or visible photon that has been converted from the at least one induced X-ray fluorescing photon. The aspect can also relate to optically detecting an at least one scintillated viewable and/or visible photon that has been converted from the at least one induced X-ray fluorescing photon.
US07825374B2	Tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometer A tandem mass spectrometer includes a linear time-of-flight mass analyzer and curved field reflectron mass analyzer. The curved-field reflectron mass analyzer is disposed at an end of the linear time-of-flight mass analyzer such that ions having a plurality of ion masses formed in the linear time-of-flight analyzer such that ions having a plurality of ion masses formed in the linear time-of-flight analyzer enter the curved-field reflectron mass analyzer. The tandem mass spectrometer also includes a mass selection gate disposed between the time-of-flight mass analyzer and the curved-field reflectron mass analyzer. The mass selection gate selects an ion mass from the plurality of ion masses. Furthermore, the tandem mass spectrometer also includes a dissociating component located in a path of the ions formed in the linear time-of-flight analyzer. The dissociating component causes dissociation of the ions into a plurality of ion fragments.
US07825371B2	Multichannel analyzer and method for real-time correction of peak shift The invention provides a multichannel analyzer for use in a multichannel spectrometer, which comprises a standard spectrum calibrator for obtaining energy calibration parameters of said multichannel spectrometer; an environment background spectrum calibrator for obtaining parameters of a current and a previous environment background spectrum; a peak shift detector for analyzing the parameters of the current and previous environment background spectrum to determine whether a peak shift occurs between them and to determine a correction coefficient of the peak shift; and a parameter corrector for correcting the energy calibration parameters of said multichannel spectrometer using said peak shift correction coefficient. The invention also provides a method for correcting a peak shift of a multichannel spectrometer adapted in the multichannel analyzer. The method for correcting and the multichannel analyzer can correct and monitor the peak shift of the multichannel spectrometer in real time.
US07825368B2	Absolute position length-measurement type encoder An absolute position length-measurement type encoder includes a scale having an incremental track, an absolute track, and a reference position track. The incremental track has incremental patterns including first light and dark patterns formed at equal intervals in first periods. The absolute track has absolute patterns representing an absolute position. The reference position track has reference position patterns including second light and dark patterns formed at equal intervals in second periods longer than the first periods. A light source emits a measurement light to the scale. A photodetector receives the measurement light reflected at or transmitted through the scale. A signal processing circuit processes the received light signal of the photodetector to detect an absolute position of the scale.
US07825366B2	Methods and systems for extracting energy from a heat source using photonic crystals with defect cavities Methods and systems for extracting energy from a heat source using photonic crystals with defect cavities generally comprise a photonic crystal, a cavity, and a converter. The photonic crystal is responsive to a heat source and generates an electromagnetic beam in response to incidence with the heat source. The photonic crystal exhibits a band gap such that wavelengths within the band gap are substantially confined within the photonic crystal. The cavity is substantially within the crystal and is responsive to the electromagnetic beam such that the cavity transmits the electromagnetic beam to a specified location. The converter is substantially collocated with the specified location and extracts energy in response to incidence with the electromagnetic beam.
US07825364B1	Electromagnetic device with integral\non-linear component An optical antenna assembly including multiple optical antenna elements, each of the optical antenna elements are arranged in a regular pattern and carried by a supporting body. The regular pattern of the plurality of optical antenna elements is nonuniform. Certain ones of the optical antenna elements are configured to respond to the one or more waves of light.
US07825362B2	Projection device having a lens adjusting unit adjusting a focus of an adjustable collimator according to the distance between a light source and the adjustable collimator A projection device includes a light source emitting light beams, a display element displaying images according to video signals, an adjustable collimator arranged between the light source and the display element, and a condensing lens unit arranged between the adjustable collimator and the display element. The adjustable collimator collimates the light beams of the light source to parallel beams. The condensing lens projects the parallel beams to the display element. A driving unit is used for adjusting a distance between the light source and the adjustable collimator. A lens adjusting unit is used for adjusting a focus of the adjustable collimator according to the distance between the light source and the adjustable collimator. The projection device can reduce light loss and achieve a projection image with high contrast and high brightness.
US07825361B2	Light sensor test unit of testing a light sensor that senses an external light, method of testing light sensor using the same and display apparatus In a light sensor test unit, a test circuit is built in a display panel and connected to an output node of a light sensor which senses an intensity of an external light. When external light having a predetermined intensity is provided to the light sensor, the test circuit outputs a driving signal in response to a sensing signal output from the output node. A test pixel part includes pixels selected from a plurality of pixels arranged in the display panel and receives the driving signal from the test circuit to display a gray-scale corresponding to the driving signal. A brightness measurer measures a brightness corresponding to the gray-scale displayed in the test pixel part to compare the measured brightness with a predetermined brightness, thereby testing whether the light sensor built in the display panel is normally operated.
US07825355B2	Ceramic block with built in electrode and method of manufacture thereof A ceramic block with a built in electrode, including a first insulating ceramic sheet having a bearing surface, a sheet electrode having an inner edge and extending generally parallel to the bearing surface, a second insulating ceramic sheet disposed to enclose the sheet electrode between the second insulating ceramic sheet and the first insulating ceramic sheet, and a cylindrical, thin film shaped drawn-out conductor perpendicularly connected to the inner edge of the sheet electrode to supply voltage to the sheet electrode. The drawn-out conductor is attached to the inner wall of a through hole of the second insulating ceramic sheet, and an insulating ceramic shaft is packed into the through hole.
US07825354B2	Peak power pulse energizing circuit for a light emitting diode array An array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) located in or on an article for attracting attention are energized over respective time increments of a predetermined duty cycle with peak power pulses having an amplitude substantially equal to their rated forward voltage VF and a current no larger than their rated maximum current IMAX.
US07825353B2	Electric cooking apparatus Various embodiments of an electrical cooking apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electrical cooking apparatus includes a substantially continuous cooking surface, a plurality of electrical heating elements disposed under the substantially continuous cooking surface, and at least two temperature controllers configured to allow independent control of temperatures of at least two of the plurality of heating elements.
US07825347B2	Electric rotary switch The invention relates to an electric rotary switch comprising a switching rotary unit (5) arranged in a housing provided with at least one switching contact (13) acting on switching contact paths (2) associated to socket (1). The rotary switching unit (5) is coupled with an actuating element (8) and interacts with a locking sleeve (9), bevel (10), or indentation (11) for determining switching positions. The locking sleeve (9), bevel (10), or indentation (11) are associated, in part with a face oriented towards the socket (1) of the rotary switching unit, and in part with the rotary switching unit.
US07825344B2	Remote racking of horizontally displaceable circuit breakers A system for remotely racking a horizontally movable circuit breaker includes a motor as well as a transmission connectible to the motor and to a racking screw for moving the circuit breaker. The system further includes a mounting bracket for holding the transmission and a controller for controlling the motor from a location remote from the circuit breaker.
US07825339B2	Protector A protector main body including a bottom wall and both side walls and having an upper surface opening, is provided with an electric wire holder on a lower portion side of a bent portion, the electric wire holder projecting from a first side wall of the side walls and laid and locked to a second side wall of the side walls. The protector main body is also provided with taping tabs on both end portions in a length direction of the bottom wall. An electric wire bundle inserted through the protector main body is taped and fixed to the taping tabs, and pressed by the electric wire holder on the lower portion side of the bent portion, so as to prevent the electric wire bundle from projecting from the both side walls. In this state, the lid is covered on locked to the upper surface opening of the protector main body.
US07825333B2	Pad-mounted termination enclosure A pad-mounted termination enclosure is provided having a pair of side panels on opposite sides of the termination enclosure, each side panel having attached thereto a plurality of buss bar attachment means, with the buss bar attachment means cooperating in pairs to support a plurality of buss bars extending between opposing side panels. A first door is attached to one of the side panels, and a second door is attached to the other of the side panels. An upper horizontal member extends between the side panels generally above the first door, and another upper horizontal member extends between the side panels above the second door. The termination enclosure also includes a lid positioned atop the pair of side panels and each of the upper horizontal members, with the lid being removably attached to the termination enclosure by lid attachment. In one embodiment the buss bar is a lay-in buss bar. A cover for the buss bar is also provided in one embodiment. A deadfront panel is also provided in an embodiment, retained between the upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member.
US07825325B2	Portable lighting and power-generating system A portable lighting system is disclosed. The portable lighting system includes at least one light-emitting source, a power-generating source, a power storage device, and a processing system for controlling and managing power-generated by the power-generating source that are all are integrated into a flexible-layered structure. The flexible-layered structure is a layered structure of woven or non-woven, natural or made-made fibers that have been joined using sewing, sonic-welding or heat lamination manufacturing techniques. Materials for the flexible-layered structure include woven textiles, non-woven materials, flexible plastics, natural leather materials, artificial leather materials, reflective flexible materials, opaque flexible materials, translucent flexible materials, light-diffusing materials, and specular reflective materials.
US07825323B2	Electrical music apparatus capable of connecting with external device An electric music apparatus comprises an interface for connecting an external device, a memory that stores device drivers for external devices connected to the interface and a list recording relationships between external devices and corresponding device drivers, an obtaining device that obtains an external device information from an connected external device, a searching device that searches a device driver corresponding to the connected external device with reference to the list in accordance with the obtained external device information; a first determining device that determines the device driver corresponding to the connected external device when the searching device detects the corresponding device driver from the list, and a second determining device that executes a specific command to the connected external device by using a device driver stored in the memory when the searching device cannot detect the corresponding device driver and determines a driver without an error as a corresponding driver.
US07825321B2	Methods and apparatus for use in sound modification comparing time alignment data from sampled audio signals A digitised audio signal, such as an amateur's singing, and a digital guide audio signal are supplied to a time alignment process that produces a time-aligned new signal, time-aligned to the guide signal. Pitch along the time-aligned new signal and along the guide signal is measured in processes and which supply these measurement to a pitch adjustment calculator which calculates a pitch correction factor C's(Fps) from these measurements and the nearest octave ratio of the signals. A pitch changing process modulates the pitch of the time-aligned new signal to produce a time-aligned and pitch adjusted new signal.
US07825319B2	System and method for pacing repetitive motion activities Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, swimming, cycling, aerobics, and the like. Other applications of the system and method include, but are not limited to, enhancing the results of medical rehabilitation programs, physical therapy, weight loss programs, disc jockey services, and industries or manufacturing settings where repetitive motion is common and where audible cues designed to help users maintain a consistent pace are useful.
US07825318B2	Drumhead tightening device, support device for drum including the drumhead tightening device, and drum Drumhead tightening devices include lugs secured to a shell of a drum, lug bolts screwed to the lugs, hooks, which are engaged with a hoop fitted to an open end of the shell, and retaining members for retaining the position of the hooks with respect to the lug bolts. Each retaining member is mounted on one of the lug bolts in a state where the associated hook is arranged between a head portion of the lug bolt and the retaining member.
US07825312B2	Pianos playable in acoustic and silent modes A piano, playable in an acoustic mode and a silent mode, includes a series of keys, a series of key actions, and a series of rotatable hammers. Each key action is actuated by depression of a corresponding key. Each hammer defines a forward throw direction and has a corresponding string. The hammers are driven by corresponding key actions transferring forces from corresponding keys. The piano includes a hammer stopper system that has a blocking rail slidably disposed forward of the hammers. A linear actuator moves the blocking rail along a substantially linear path between a first position, allowing unobstructed movement of the hammers, and a second position blocking at least one hammer from striking its corresponding string. The linear actuator moves the blocking rail to the first position for acoustic play and to the second position for silent play.
US07825305B2	Tobacco having increased threonine The present invention provides a method for producing plants with a desired phenotypic trait which comprises subjecting plants to mutagenesis, screening chimeric progeny for plants having the desired phenotypic trait, and propagating the survivors. In an embodiment, the phenotypic trait comprises an altered amino acid content. Preferably, the technique is used to generate Nicotiana tobacum plant lines having an increase in at least one amino acid. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides improved Nicotiana tobacum plant lines producing at least 1.35 nmole of threonine per milligram of dry plant weight. These plants are useful for improving the flavor and aroma of the tobacco.
US07825304B2	Cotton variety MCS0702B2RF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated MCS0702B2RF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety MCS0702B2RF. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety MCS0702B2RF and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety MCS0702B2RF with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07825302B2	Cotton variety 03Q066 The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 03Q066. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 03Q066. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 03Q066 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 03Q066 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07825297B2	Expression of antifungal plant proteins in transgenic plants DNA constructions that provide for production of potent antifungal proteins in transgenic plants and transformed yeast cells are described. Methods of using the DNA constructs to produce transgenic plants that inhibit growth of plant pathogenic fungi are also disclosed. The use of transformed yeast cells containing the DNA constructs to produce the antifungal proteins and methods of isolating the antifungal proteins are also described.
US07825294B2	Nucleic acids encoding antifungal polypeptides and uses thereof Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include an amino acid sequence, and variants and fragments thereof, for an antipathogenic polypeptide that was isolated from a fungal fermentation broth. Nucleic acid molecules that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the invention, and antipathogenic domains thereof, are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention are also disclosed.
US07825290B2	Disposable absorbent articles having low rewet and a reduced evaporation from the core through the topsheet Absorbent article, wherein a liquid acquisition/distribution region comprises an evaporation barrier, such as an apertured film and thus exhibits reduced evaporation away from the article in the direction towards the wearer.
US07825287B2	Process for production of triptane and triptene High octane C7 hydrocarbons, particularly 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (“triptane”) and 2,2,3-trimethyl-but-1-ene (“triptene”) (collectively “triptyls”) are produced by homologation of a feed comprising dimethyl ether and/or methanol and optionally including one or more aliphatic hydrocarbons in the presence of certain acidic zeolite catalysts. The process can be carried out at temperatures lower than those previously used for conversion of dimethyl ether and/or methanol to higher alkanes, including C7 alkanes, and results in selective production of triptane and/or triptene with relatively little isomerization to or production of other C7 alkanes.
US07825286B2	6,8,10-undecatrien-3-ol or 6,8,10-undecatrien-4-ol, and aroma compositions This invention offers 6,8,10-undecatrien-3-ol and 6,8,10-undecatrien-4-ol. These compounds possess not only woody green note, but also fruity note rich in naturality and freshness, and aroma compositions blended therewith are useful for imparting fragrance and flavor to food and beverage, perfumed cosmetics, medicaments and the like.
US07825284B2	Process for the production of cardanol A process for the production of a color-stable composition containing cardanol and cardol including (a) subjecting crude, cashew nutshell liquid to distillation to obtain a distillate: (b) reacting the distillate with boric acid to obtain a reaction mixture; and (c) subjecting the reaction mixture to distillation is provided. A method for the production of color-stable phenalkamines including (a) subjecting crude, cashew nutshell liquid to distillation to obtain a distillate; (b) reacting the distillate with boric acid to obtain a reaction mixture; (c) subjecting the reaction mixture to distillation to obtain a main fraction; and (d) reacting the main fraction with an aliphatic amine and formaldehyde to form a color-stable phenalkamine is also provided.
US07825283B2	Nanoparticle and nanoparticle composite A nanoparticle includes a chain oligomer section having a hydrophilic group and fluoroalkyl groups respectively at its opposite terminals, a three-dimensional silica network section, and an organic chain having fluorine or silicon, and is represented by the following formula (1): where R′ is independent H or independent alkyl group; X is the hydrophilic group and is independent OH group, independent NCO group, independent NH2 group or the like; RF is the fluoroalkyl group having a carbon number of 2 to 10 and a molecular weight of 119 to 1000; 3D-SN is the three-dimensional silica network section; B is independent O, independent O═C—O or the like; E is O, O═C—O, NH—C═O or the like; G is [(CH2O)1—[Si(CH3)2O]k—(CH2O)1] or the like.
US07825279B2	Fused ring dicationic anti-protozoan agents and their prodrugs Novel fused ring dicationic anti-protozoan compounds. Representative protozoan species include but are not limited to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (T.b.r.) and Plasmodium falciparum. Prodrugs of these compounds can be used as an oral treatment for malaria and human African trypanosomiasis.
US07825276B2	Process for the preparation of liquid, storage-stable organic isocyanates containing carbodiimide and/or uretoneimine groups The invention relates to a process for the preparation of liquid, storage-stable isocyanate mixtures of low color number containing carbodiimide (CD) and/or uretonimine (UI) groups, the isocyanate mixtures obtainable by this process and the use thereof for the preparation of blends with further isocyanates and for the preparation of prepolymers containing isocyanate groups and of polyurethane plastics, preferably polyurethane foams.
US07825274B2	Bisbiphenylacylphosphine oxide and preparation method therefore A bisbiphenylacylphosphine oxide of formula (I) and its preparation method are provided. The formula of —Ar— is First, 10-chloro-9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene (CDOP) is prepared by using 2-phenylphenol, and then is esterified to synthesize 6-methoxy-(6H)-dibenz[c,e][1,2]oxa-phosphorin (MDOP). Next, acid chloride compounds are added for performing the Arbuzov reaction to synthesize bisbiphenylacylphosphine oxide. CDOP is hydrolyzed to be derived into 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphen-anthrene-10-oxide (DOPO), and then DOPO reacts with arylaldehyde to form secondary alcohol. Therefore, bisbiphenylacylphosphine oxide is prepared by using secondary alcohol under oxidation. Also, under a coupling reaction, DOPO reacts with the acid chloride compounds by using a Lewis acid as a catalyst to prepare bisbiphenylacylphosphine oxide.
US07825272B2	Fluorochemical urethane compounds having pendent silyl groups Fluorochemical urethane compounds and coating compositions derived therefrom are described. The compounds and compositions may be used in treating substrates, in particular substrates having a hard surface such as ceramics or glass, to render them water, oil, stain, and soil repellent.
US07825260B2	Aminopropanol derivatives as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulators Compounds of formula I, wherein X, a, b, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, processes for their production, their uses and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US07825258B2	Methyl-benzimidazole derivatives The invention is concerned with novel substituted benzimidazole derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 to R10 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds can be used as medicaments.
US07825255B2	Adenosine receptor selective modulators The invention relates to the compounds of formula (I), to a method for producing the same and to the use thereof as medicaments.
US07825252B2	Process and intermediates for preparing integrase inhibitors The invention provides synthetic processes and synthetic intermediates that can be used to prepare 4-oxoquinolone compounds having useful integrase inhibiting properties.
US07825250B2	Binuclear metal complex, metal complex dye, photoelectric conversion element, and photochemical battery A novel binuclear metal complex according to the present invention is an asymmetric binuclear metal complex represented by the general formula: (L1)2M1(BL)M2(L2)2(X)n, wherein M1 and M2, which may be identical or different, represent a transition metal; L1 and L2, which are different, represent a chelate ligand capable of polydentate coordination and two L1s may be different and two L2s may be different; BL represents a bridge ligand having at least two heteroatom-containing cyclic structures, the heteroatoms contained in the cyclic structures being ligand atoms coordinating to M1 and M2; X represents a counter ion; and n is the number of counter ions needed to neutralize the charge of the complex. And the binuclear metal complex is useful as a metal complex dye.
US07825247B2	N-phenyl-2-pyrimidine-amine derivatives The present invention relates to novel amides and a process for preparing these amides.
US07825243B2	Process for the production of isocyanatosilane and silylisocyanurate A process is provided for the production of isocyanatosilane from silylorganocarbamate in a cracking zone with a predetermined portion of purged reaction medium undergoing conversion in a trimerization zone to silylisocyanurate.
US07825239B2	Antiviral nucleosides 4-Amino-1-((2R,3S,4S,5R)-5-azido-4-hydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-1H-pyrimidin-2-one (22) and prodrugs thereof are hepatitis C(HCV) polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for inhibiting HCV and treating HCV-mediated diseases, processes for making the compounds and synthetic intermediates employed in the process.
US07825234B2	Gene expression modulating element The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements.
US07825229B2	Lung cancer-related nucleic acids Described are polynucleotides associated with lung cancer. The polynucleotides are miRNAs, miRNA precursors, and associated nucleic acids. Methods and compositions are described that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of lung cancer. Also described are methods that can be used to identify modulators of the disease-associated polynucleotides. Also described are methods and compositions for linear amplification and labeling of a targeted nucleic acid. The amplified targeted molecules may be used in hybridization techniques like Luminex and Microarray analysis.
US07825222B2	Therapeutic binding molecules A molecule comprising at least one antigen binding site, comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, said CDR1 having the amino acid sequence Asn-Tyr-Ile-Ile-His (NYIIH), said CDR2 having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Phe-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asn-His-Gly-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Phe-Lys-Gly (YFNPYNHGTKYNEKFKG) and said CDR3 having the amino acid sequence Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ala-Trp-Phe-Asp-Thr (SGPYAWFDT); e.g. further comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1′, CDR2′ and CDR3′, CDR1′ having the amino acid sequence Arg-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asn-Ile-Gly-Thr-Ser-Ile-Gln (RASQNIGTSIQ), CDR2′ having the amino acid sequence Ser-Ser-Ser-Glu-Ser-Ile-Ser (SSSESIS) and CDR3′ having the amino acid sequence Gln-Gln-Ser-Asn-Thr-Trp-Pro-Phe-Thr (QQSNTWPFT), e.g. a chimeric or humanised antibody, useful as a pharmaceutical.
US07825218B2	Solubilization and purification of a target protein fused to a mutant maltose-binding protein Methods and compositions are provided for increasing at least one of: (i) binding affinity of a target protein for a maltodextrin substrate and/or (ii) solubility of a target protein. The methods and compositions relate to a modified maltose-binding protein.
US07825214B2	Purified styrene-maleic anhydride polymer binder An aqueous binding composition is provided comprised of a polyanhydride based polymer, which polyanhydride based polymer has been purified through the use of an azeotrope. The resulting binder is effective, particularly for binding glass fibers, yet substantially odor free. A fibrous material is provided that is coated with a water-resistant cured binder formed in accordance with the process of the present invention wherein adjoining fibers are bound at cross-over points. Such bound fibrous material is free of a phenol-formaldehyde resin and substantially free of odor. It has been found that by removing purities such as cumene and acetophenone from a polyanhydride binder, e.g., a styrene maleic anhydride based polymer based binder, an effective binder for glass fiber is obtained while also avoiding an odor problem.
US07825213B2	Method of making a metal terephthalate polymer A method of making a metal-terephthalate polymer from polyester ethylene terephthalate includes reacting polyester ethylene terephthalate with a metal compound in a non-aqueous melt environment at an elevated temperature. The elevated temperature will be greater than 270° C., and preferably rises to a temperature of about 520° C. The method is preferably carried out at a low pressure. The method may be used in the recycling of passenger vehicle tire shreds to produce a carbon black rrich ppowder that is enriched in the metal-terephthalate polymer.
US07825212B2	Polylactic acid resin and composition and molded article of the same This invention provides a polylactic acid resin composition in which stereocomplex crystals of poly-L-lactic acid and poly-D-lactic acid can be selectively crystallized to obtain polylactic acid having a sufficiently high speed of crystallization and a sufficiently high ratio of stereocomplex crystal and a molded article thereof obtained via melt molding and crystallization of the same. Such polylactic acid resin composition comprises polylactic acid capable of generating stereocomplex crystallization and an aromatic urea compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms; and m is an integer between 1 to 6.
US07825209B2	Process for the preparation of SiOC-linked, linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymers and their use The invention relates to a process for the preparation of SiOC-linked, linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymers having (AB) repeat units, via reaction of one or more polyetherdiols with a stoichiometric excess of α,ω-dihydropolydimethylsiloxanes and at least one tertiary amine as catalyst, which comprises, after completed reaction of the alcohol component, continuing the reaction in the presence of small amounts of water until no remaining ≡Si(H) groups are detectable by a gas-volumetric method.
US07825203B2	Catalyst system for synthesizing amine functionalized rubbery polymers The present invention is directed to a catalyst system for synthesizing rubbery polymers, such as polybutadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, isoprene-butadiene rubber, or styrene-isoprene-butadiene rubber, that are amine functionalized and have a high trans or high vinyl microstructure. The catalyst system, in one embodiment, includes an organolithium amine compound, and one or more of (a) a group IIa metal salt of an amino glycol or a glycol ether, (b) an organoaluminum compound, or (c) an amine compound. The amine functionalized rubbery polymers can be utilized in tire tread rubbers where the rubbery polymers may provide desirable wear properties without substantially sacrificing other performance characteristic(s), e.g., traction properties.
US07825202B2	Potassium based catalyst systems for synthesizing rubbery polymers The present invention is directed to a catalyst system for synthesizing rubbery polymers, such as styrene-butadiene rubber, that can be utilized in tire tread rubbers. The catalyst system, in one embodiment, includes an organolithium compound and a potassium alkyl borohydride or potassium alkyl aluminum hydride defined by: (R)3A−(H)K+, wherein A is boron or aluminum, H is hydrogen, K is potassium, and R, which is the same or different, is either H, a C1-C10 alkyl, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl, phenyl, or phenyl substituted C1-C10 alkyl, or a C3-C10 cycloalkyl, with the proviso that at least one R is a C1-C10 alkyl, and further wherein any two R's may optionally be part of a carbocyclic ring. The rubbery polymers can have low to medium vinyl microstructure content, i.e., from about 10% to about 40%, and are useful in tire tread rubber compounds which can exhibit improved wear and tear characteristics.
US07825200B2	Controlled free radical grafting from polyolefins Described are novel monomers bearing functionalities capable of initiating control free radical reactions, and a novel process using these initiating monomers in the co-polymerization of an olefin for the formation of well-controlled polyethylene graft polymers where the graft component is derived from controlled free radical polymerization reactions. The initiating monomers are produced by combining an amount of 5-norbornen-2-ol with a hydride or amine for a predetermined amount of time to form a mixture; and adding an amount of an alkyl or acyl halide to said mixture. Polymerization of an olefin with an initiating monomer is conducted in the presence of a metal compound, where the metal compound is comprised of a Group VIII transition metal complex.
US07825197B2	Composition containing cycloaliphatic epoxide, polyol oligomer, curing agent and curing accelerator A liquid thermosetting epoxy resin composition contains a base resin in combination with a curing agent and a curing accelerator or with a curing catalyst. The base resin includes a cycloaliphatic epoxy compound having at least one alicyclic skeleton and two or more epoxy groups per molecule, and a polyol oligomer having two or more terminal hydroxyl groups. An optical semiconductor device includes an optical semiconductor element sealed by using the liquid thermosetting epoxy resin composition. The composition yields a cured resinous product which is free from curing failure, is optically homogenous, has a low elastic modulus in bending, a high bending strength, a high glass transition temperature, a high optical transparency and is useful for optical semiconductors.
US07825196B2	Color reduction in polyethylene modified by radical initiation Polyethylene modified by using radical initiators such as oxygen and peroxides sometimes has a yellow color which may be reduced or eliminated by incorporating additives such as polyethylene glycol, and/or neutralizing species such as alkali metal stearates, particularly calcium stearate, and zinc oxide.
US07825194B2	Hairy polymeric nanoparticles This invention discloses a process for synthesizing a hairy polymer particle which comprises the steps of (1) polymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer by emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium to produce core particles, (2) recovering the core particles from the aqueous medium, (3) dispersing the core particles in an organic solvent, (4) adding an organo-lithium compound to the dried core particles in the organic solvent to produce the hairless core initiator, and (5) utilizing the hairless core initiator to initiate the anionic polymerization of a conjugated diolefin monomer in an organic solvent to produce a solution of the hairy polymer particles. The hairy polymer nanoparticles can then be recovered from the organic solvent. These hairy polymer particles are comprised of (1) a core which is comprised of a polymer of a vinyl aromatic monomer and (2) hairs which are polymer chains of a conjugated diolefin monomer, wherein the hairs are covalently bonded to the core. The core is typically spherical in shape, has a diameter of less than 1000 nm, and is comprised of a crosslinked polymer of a vinyl aromatic monomer. The hairy polymer particles of this invention are useful as fillers in rubber compositions used in making articles of manufacture, such as tires, hoses, power transmission belts, windshield wiper blades, and the like.
US07825189B2	Adhesive composition for optical film, adhesive sheet, and optical member using such adhesive composition An adhesive composition for optical films, which inhibits contamination in the re-release process and peeling under severe conditions while favorably maintaining its durability and light leakage prevention properties. The adhesive composition includes: (A) an acrylic-based polymer which is obtained by copolymerizing at least the following monomer components: (a1) a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and/or a (meth)acrylic acid alkoxyalkyl ester, (a2) an aromatic ring-containing monomer, (a3) a hydroxyl group-containing monomer, and optionally, (a4) a carboxyl group- or amino group-containing monomer, and which has a weight-average molecular weight of 800,000 to 1,600,000 and a value (Mw/Mn), as obtained by dividing the weight-average molecular weight of the copolymer by the number-average molecular weight thereof, of 10 to 50, (B) an isocyanate-based crosslinking agent, (C) a silane coupling agent, and optionally, (D) a crosslinking accelerator.
US07825188B2	Thermoplastic elastomer with acyloxyphenyl hard block segment The present invention provides curatives for thermosetting adhesive compositions, methods of preparation and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to elastomeric epoxy curative compounds that can be used in thermosetting compounds, methods for preparing the curative compounds and epoxy compositions containing the curative compounds.
US07825187B2	Water resistant molding material and producing method for the same The invention provides a water resistant molding material that can be stably manufactured while being excellent in water resistance after dried, and a producing method for the water resistant molding material. The water resistant molding material comprises a binder resin containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin, a viscosity control agent, water and a filler, wherein the concentration of acetate ions is adjusted in the range from 500 to 12,000 ppm by blending, for example, an acetate ion controlling agent (such as NH4NO3, NaOH and KCl).
US07825185B2	Natural rubber latex, natural rubber, rubber composition, and tire using the same The present invention provides natural rubber latex in which glucans being polysaccharides contained in the latex are decomposed by treating the natural rubber latex with an α- and/or β-glucan decomposing enzyme such as amylase and cellulose and in which non-rubber components are subjected to suited enzyme treatment, and it provides natural rubber which is maintained in physical properties such as revelation of strain induced crystallization, an accelerating effect, an antioxidant effect and a vulcanization-accelerating effect and which is improved particularly in an abrasion resistance and a low hysteresis loss property, a production process for the same and a rubber composition and a tire using such natural rubber.
US07825177B2	Addition cure silicone rubber adhesive composition and making method An addition cure silicone rubber adhesive composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane, (B) an inorganic filler, (C) an alkoxysilane, (D) a hydrolytic catalyst selected from titanium, zirconium and aluminum compounds, (E) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, (F) a cure regulator, and (G) a platinum compound is prepared by mixing components (A), (B), (C) and (D), in the absence of component (G), at 0-200° C. and a reduced pressure to form a premix, and thereafter, adding component (G) and the remaining components to the premix and mixing at 0-60° C. and a reduced pressure.
US07825173B2	Process for the production of aqueous binder latices A process for the production of aqueous binder latices by multistage emulsion polymerization in the aqueous phase, comprising the successive steps: 1) free-radical polymerization of a mixture A of olefinically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable monomers, comprising at least one monomer with at least one acid group in a proportion corresponding to an acid value of mixture A of 10 to 100 mg of KOH/g and 0.5 to 5 wt. % of at least one olefinically polyunsaturated monomer, in the aqueous phase, 2) neutralization of acid groups of the polymer formed in process step 1) and 3) free-radical polymerization of at least one mixture B of olefinically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable monomers, comprising at least one monomer with at least one acid group in a proportion corresponding to an acid value of mixture B or each of the mixtures B of 0 to below 5 mg of KOH/g, at least one monomer with at least one hydroxyl group in a proportion corresponding to a hydroxyl value of mixture B or each of the mixtures B of 0 to below 5 mg of KOH/g and at least one olefinically polyunsaturated monomer in a proportion of 0.5 to 5 wt. %, relative to mixture B or each of the mixtures B, in the presence of the product obtained in process step 2), wherein the ratio by weight of mixture A to the at least one mixture B is from 15:85 to 85:15 and wherein neutralization is not begun in process step 2) until at least 90 wt. % of the monomers of mixture A have been polymerized to completion.
US07825170B2	Contact lenses The invention provides silicone hydrogel contact lenses that exhibit reduced back surface debris and reduced incidence of superior epithelial arcurate lesions.
US07825167B2	Dental composition containing unsaturated halogenated aryl alkyl ether components The invention relates to a dental composition comprising a) halogenated aryl alkyl ether component (A) comprising at least 1 aryl alkyl ether moiety, at least 1 halogen atom attached to each aryl residue of the aryl alkyl ether moieties, at least 2 unsaturated moieties, b) Si—H functional component (B), c) initiator (C), d) optionally filler (D), and e) optionally component (E) selected from modifiers, dyes, pigments, thixotropic agents, flow improvers, polymeric thickness, surfactants, odorous substances, diluting agent(s) and flavourings.
US07825161B2	Higher fullerenes useful as radical scavengers Chemically functionalized fullerenes are useful in various applications as radical scavengers. These chemically functionalized fullerenes offer the advantages of preservation of the high innate radical scavenging efficiency of the fullerene cage and ease of synthesis of fullerene derivatives of desirably altered chemical and physical properties and single isomers. Further, they are based on a common intermediate chemistry and intermediates can be easily functionalized and tailored to various requirements.
US07825156B2	Method of treating bipolar depression with a benzamide derivative A benzamide derivative, especially amisulpride, is used to prevent or treat bipolar depression of a patient suffering from bipolar disorder I or bipolar disorder II.
US07825154B2	Small molecule inhibitors of botulinum neurotoxins Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting the activity of Botulinum neurotoxin A metalloprotease with the compounds disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating, inhibiting or preventing intoxication caused by bacteria of at least one bacterial strain in a subject, and pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising the compounds disclosed herein.
US07825153B2	Photosensitizer formulations and their use A low concentration formulation for hydrophobic photosensitizers (PS) and method for photodynamic therapy (“PDT”) using the disclosed low concentration formulations provide for more accurate, more efficient and more convenient dosing. The inventive formulation (1) reduces the time for a therapeutically effective level of photosensitizer to accumulate in diseased tissue and (2) reduces the time for achieving a sufficient ratio of photosensitizer in diseased tissue vs. healthy tissue. The inventive formulation reduces the time interval between PS application/administration and irradiation (the drug-light interval or “DLI”) and can provide for a “same day” PDT treatment option. 0.08 mg/ml to 1.3 mg/ml meta Tetra-Hydroxy-Phenyl Chlorin (m-THPC) as the photosensitizer in a mixture of pure propylene glycol and ethanol (3:2 volume ratio) accumulates in diseased tissue and differentiates between diseased tissue and normal tissue sufficiently quickly for ‘one day’ or overnight administration and activation treatment procedures to be possible.
US07825152B2	Organic compounds and their uses The present application describes organic compounds that are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of human diseases.
US07825150B2	Compositions and methods for treating immunological and inflammatory diseases and disorders Methods and compositions for treating immunological and inflammatory diseases and disorders are disclosed. Particular methods and compositions comprise the administration of an agent that inhibits S1P lyase activity and at least one additional immunosuppressive and/or anti-inflammatory agent.
US07825148B2	Triazole compounds that modulate Hsp90 activity The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
US07825145B2	Antimicrobial and radioprotective compounds The present invention relates to a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of a microbial infection, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a compound of formula (I), in which X and Y are either the same or different and selected from a heteroatom; is a double or single bond depending on the heteroatoms X and Y; R1 to R5 are either the same or different and selected from hydrogen or a non-deleterious substituent; and R6 and R7 are either the same or different and selected from hydrogen and a non-deleterious substituent or one of R6 and R7 are absent when there is a double bond present, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives, pro-drugs, tautomers and/or isomers thereof. The present invention also relates to a method for protecting a subject from radiation damage, a method of cancer radiotherapy and use as an antimicrobial or radioprotective agent of the compound of formula (I) defined above. Some of the compounds of formula (I) are novel and are also described in the present invention, together with pharmaceutical or veterinary compositions containing them.
US07825143B2	Method for controlling the yeast-to-filamentous growth transition in fungi A method for controlling yeast-to-filamentous growth transition in fungi comprising contacting a fungal cell with an anti-fungal small molecule in an amount effective to reduce or inhibit the yeast-to-filamentous growth transition, wherein the anti-fungal small molecule is 5-(p-Bromobenzylidine)-α-isopropyl-4-oxo-2-thioxo-3-thiozolidineacetic acid or an analog thereof. A method for treating fungal infections comprising contacting one or more fungal cells with an anti-fungal small molecule in an amount effective to control the fungal infection, wherein the anti-fungal small molecule is 5-(p-Bromobenzylidine)-α-isopropyl-4-oxo-2-thioxo-3-thiozolidineactic acid or an analog thereof.
US07825141B2	Epothilone derivatives Epothilone derivatives of Formula (I) and their use as a pharmaceutical.
US07825137B2	Method of treating abnormal cell growth The present invention relates to the use of (R)-3-[1-(2,6-Dichloro-3-fluoro-phenyl)-ethoxy]-5-(1-piperidin-4-yl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-pyridin-2-ylamine, a novel c-Met/HGFR inhibitor, for treating abnormal cell growth in mammals. In particular, the invention provides methods of treating mammals suffering from cancer.
US07825136B2	Potentiators of antibacterial activity The present invention relates to compounds that potentiate the activity of antibacterials. The present invention also relates to compositions useful in treating bacterial infection in mammals, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to a method of inhibiting bacterial efflux of an antibiotic, thereby increasing the efficacy of the antibiotic.
US07825128B2	Sulfoximine-substituted pyrimidines, processes for production thereof and use thereof as drugs The invention relates to sulfoximine-substituted pyrimidines of the general formula I processes for the preparation thereof and their use as drugs.
US07825126B2	Purine derivatives as A3 and A1 adenosine receptor agonists Disclosed are (N)-methanocarba adenine nucleosides of the formula: as highly potent A3 adenosine receptor agonists, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such nucleosides, and a method of use of these nucleosides, wherein R1-R6 are as defined in the specification. These nucleosides are contemplated for use in the treatment a number of diseases, for example, inflammation, cardiac ischemia, stroke, asthma, diabetes, and cardiac arrhythmias. The invention also provides compounds that are agonists of both A1 and A3 adenosine receptors for use in cardioprotection.
US07825121B2	Piperazine derivatives useful as CCR5 antagonists The use of CCR5 antagonists of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is optionally substituted phenyl, pyridyl, thiophenyl or naphthyl; R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is substituted phenyl, substituted heteroaryl, naphthyl, fluorenyl, diphenylmethyl or optionally substituted phenyl- or heteroaryl-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, or optionally substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, naphthyl, naphthylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl; R4, R5 and R7 are hydrogen or alkyl; R6 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkenyl; for the treatment of HIV, solid organ transplant rejection, graft v. host disease, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, asthma, allergies or multiple sclerosis is disclosed, as well as novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and the combination of CCR5 antagonists of the invention in combination with antiviral agents useful in the treatment of HIV or agents useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
US07825119B2	Pyrimidine derivatives which are antagonists of vitronectin receptor A subject of the invention is the compounds of formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R have the meanings indicated in the description, their preparation process, their use as medicaments having an antagonist activity on the vitronectin receptor and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US07825115B2	Cyclic urea compounds, preparation thereof and pharmaceutical use thereof as kinase inhibitors The disclosure relates to a cyclic urea compound of formula I: as defined herein, to the process for its preparation, pharmaceutical composition comprising it and its pharmaceutical use as an inhibitor on a protein kinase. Thus, the compound of formula I is useful for preventing or treating a physiological disorder capable of being modulated by inhibiting the activity of a protein kinase, such as a solid tumor.
US07825111B2	Substituted spiroheterocycles The invention is directed to nonpeptide substituted spiroheterobenzazepine of Formula I, which are useful as vasopressin receptor antagonists for treating conditions associated with vasopressin receptor activity such as those involving increased vascular resistance and cardiac insufficiency, including congestive heart failure, hyponatremia, and hypertension. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula I and methods of treating conditions such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiac insufficiency, coronary vasospasm, cardiac ischemia, liver cirrhosis, hyponatremia, renal vasospasm, renal failure, diabetic nephropathy, cerebral edema, cerebral ischemia, stroke, thrombosis, or water retention are also disclosed.
US07825109B2	Compound capable of binding S1P receptor and pharmaceutical use thereof A compound having an ability to bind to an S1P receptor (particularly EDG-6, preferably EDG-1 and EDG-6), for example, the compound represented by formula (I) of the present invention, a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof is useful for prevention and/or treatment of rejection of transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune disease, allergic disease and the like. wherein ring A is a cyclic group; ring B is a cyclic group which may have substituent(s); X is a spacer having 1 to 8 atoms in its main chain, etc.; Y is a spacer having 1 to 10 atoms in its main chain, etc.; n is 0 or 1, wherein when n is 0, m is 1 and R1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and wherein when n is 1, m is 0 or an integer of 1 to 7 and R1 is a substituent, and wherein m is 2 or more, R1s are the same or different.
US07825108B2	Method of printing an IR-absorbing dye onto a substrate A method of printing an IR-absorbing dye onto a substrate whilst minimizing visible coloration of the substrate. The method comprises: (i) preselecting the dye from a metal-cyanine of formula (I): Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 are the same or different and are independently selected from a C3-20 arylene group or a C3-20 heteroarylene group; M is selected from Si(A1)(A2), Ge(A1)(A2), Ga(A1), Al(A1), Mn(A1), Fe(A1), Sn(A1)(A2), Pb(A1)(A2); A1 and A2 may be the same or different and are axial ligands comprising a group for reducing {tilde over (□)}-□ interactions between adjacent dye molecules; and (ii) printing the dye onto the substrate.
US07825107B2	Method of treating men suffering from chronic nonbacterial prostatitis with SERM compounds or aromatase inhibitors A method for treatment or prevention of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis in individuals without urethral sphincter dysfunction, comprises administering an effective amount of (i) a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) having estrogen antagonist effect in the prostate, (ii) an aromatase inhibitor, and/or (iii) an antiestrogen.
US07825106B2	Modified release formulations and methods of treating inflammatory bowel disease Methods and formulations for treating inflammatory bowel disease are disclosed. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of 4-aminosalicylic acid and/or 5-aminosalicylic acid, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof, to affected areas of the intestine, i.e., distal gut. The methods and formulations comprise modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the affected or desired area. Diseases and conditions treatable with the present invention include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
US07825105B2	3, 10, and 12a substituted tetracycline compounds The present invention pertains to novel 3, 10, and/or 12a-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.
US07825101B2	Modulation of MLCK-L expression and uses thereof In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides methods and reagents for controlling gene expression, and for treating disorders and diseases. Embodiments provide methods and reagents specifically for the regulation of MLCK expression and for the use thereof in treating disorders and diseases. Various embodiments provide methods and reagents for specifically down regulating the expression of MLCK-L more efficiently than that of MLCK-S, and for the use thereof in treating disorders and diseases. Embodiments provide siNA for the same, particularly siRNAs. Various of the embodiments are useful for the treatment of inflammatory disorders and diseases, including, for one example in this regard, Asthma.
US07825098B2	Methods and compositions for modulating Necdin function Described herein are methods for identifying and using inhibitors of Necdin function to promote brown adipose tissue (BAT) differentiation, thereby treating obesity.
US07825096B2	O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase inactivators and beta-glucuronidase cleavable prodrugs Disclosed are prodrugs of inactivators of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT). The prodrugs are cleavable by the β-glucuronidase enzyme, which is either administered to the patient or produced by necrotic tumor cells. The prodrugs are represented by the formula A-B-C, wherein A is a glucuronosyl residue linked through its 1-oxygen to the phenyl ring of B; B is a benzyloxycarbonyl group, optionally ring-substituted with one or more electron withdrawing groups; and C is an inactivator of AGT, e.g., a substituted or unsubstituted O6-benzylguanine or O6-benzyl-2′-deoxyguanosine. Also disclosed are additional inactivators of AGT, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inactivator or prodrug and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of use of the inactivator or prodrug in enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells in a mammal, e.g., a human, with an antineoplastic alkylating agent that causes cytotoxic lesions at the O6-position of guanine.
US07825091B2	Modification of feeding behaviour The present invention relates to compositions and methods for use in the prevention or treatment of excess weight in a mammal. The compositions comprise oxyntomodulin which is shown to reduce food intake and/or increase energy expenditure.
US07825087B2	Nanoparticulate and controlled release compositions comprising cyclosporine The present invention is directed to a composition comprising a nanoparticulate cyclosporine having improved bioavailability. The nanoparticulate cyclosporine particles of the composition have an effective average particle size of less than about 2000 nm in diameter and are useful in the prevention and treatment of organ transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other related diseases. The invention also relates to a controlled release composition comprising a cyclosporine or a nanoparticulate cyclosporine that in operation delivers the drug in a pulsed or bimodal manner for the prevention and treatment of organ transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other related diseases.
US07825086B2	Acyclovir-peptide analogs Dipeptide and tripeptide ester derivatives of acyclovir and its analogs are disclosed which are useful to treat herpes virus infections. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a therapeutic agent for targeted delivery to ocular tissue comprising linking the therapeutic agent to one or more groups of the formula —X—Y-Z(n)-R; wherein each X, Y and Z is independently Met, Val, Thr, Tyr, Trp, Ser, Ala or Gly; each R is independently H or an amino-protecting group; and each n is independently 0 or 1.
US07825085B2	Fragments of NKp44 and NKp46 for targeting viral-infected and tumor cells The present invention relates generally to peptides derived from the natural cytotoxicity receptors on natural killer (NK) cells and to antibodies against peptide epitopes on these receptors. In particular, the present invention identifies an essential epitope in the proximal domain of NKp46 and NKp44 receptors present on NK cells, as a crucial element for the binding to viral-infected cells. The present invention provides peptides that are derived from the amino acid sequence of NKp46 receptor, capable of specific targeting of viral-infected cells and tumor cells and monoclonal antibodies which recognize a specific domain of NKp46. The present invention further provides hyperglycosylated peptides that are derived from the NKp44 receptor, capable of specific targeting of viral-infected cells.
US07825083B2	Synovial fluid barrier A composite tissue formed in situ is provided. The composite tissue includes a synovial joint tissue; and a barrier material adhered thereto for sealing the synovial joint tissue against synovial fluid. Also provided is a method for regenerating synovial joint tissue in situ by excluding synovial fluid therefrom. The method includes providing a synovial joint tissue having a defect; and placing a barrier material in intimate contact with the defect for sealing the defect against synovial fluid. The barrier material includes a curable protein copolymer. The method further includes curing the protein copolymer in situ. The barrier material can include a crosslinked network, or a self gelled network of repeating elastin-like and fibroin-like polymer chains.
US07825079B2	Cleaning composition comprising a chelant and quaternary ammonium hydroxide mixture The invention relates to compositions and methods for cleaning integrated circuit substrates. The compositions are in the form of an aqueous solution and include a quaternary ammonium hydroxide compound and a chelating compound. The chelating compound includes either boric acid or at least one N-substituted aminocarboxylate selected from the group consisting of N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine(bicine), N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl glycine (tricine) and mixtures thereof, and can optionally include glycine, Iminodiacetic acid (IDA), Nitrilo trizacetic acid (NTA), Ethylenediammine Tetraacetic acid (EDTA), or mixtures thereof.
US07825077B2	Composition of lubricating oil for two stroke gasoline engine and process for the preparation thereof This invention provides a composition of lubricating oil for two stroke gasoline engine and a process for the preparation thereof. In addition to alkyl benzenes, the composition also contains an antioxidant, an antifoaming agent, a pour point dispersant, a corrosion inhibitor and a detergent-dispersant additive, an extreme pressure additive, a lubrication additives, comprising of the following steps (I) removing of insoluble matter from the base stock, (II) tailoring by vacuum distillation, (III) blending of different alkylates, (IV) removing the oxidized matters by adsorption, (V) addition of performance additives and homogenizing the mixture. The product of this invention has utility as lubricating oil for two stroke gasoline engine in both water-cooled and air-cooled two-cycle gasoline engines producing reduced smoke.
US07825076B2	Method of reducing particulate emissions The present invention relates to lubricating oils, and in particular to the use of lubricating oils with low sulphur content in combination with a low sulphur fuel to reduce particulate emissions of a diesel engine equipped with a particulate trap. Thus, there is provided the use of an engine lubricating oil having a low sulphur content in combination with a fuel having a low sulphur content, to reduce the emissions of nucleation mode particles from a diesel engine fitted with a particulate trap. There is also provided a method of reducing the number of nucleation mode particles in the emissions from a diesel engine fitted with a particulate trap, which method comprises using an engine lubricating oil having a low sulphur content in combination with a fuel having a low sulphur content.
US07825073B2	Treatment fluids comprising clarified xanthan and associated methods Methods are provided that include a method comprising providing a viscosified treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a gelling agent that comprises a clarified xanthan; and placing the viscosified treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the method comprises placing the viscosified treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture in the subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the viscosified treatment fluid may also comprise a plurality of particulates. In some embodiments, the viscosified treatment fluids may be placed into at least a portion of a pipeline. Additional methods are also provided.
US07825072B2	Inhibitive water-based drilling fluid system and method for drilling sands and other water-sensitive formations An inhibitive water-based polymer mud system and method for using the system in drilling and in stabilizing wellbores is disclosed for use in water sensitive formations as an alternative to oil-based muds. The system comprises a substantially non-ionic low molecular weight polyacrylamide in combination with a substantially non-ionic high molecular weight polyacrylamide, preferably long chain alcohol or an amine or silicate shale inhibitor, and poly anionic cellulose.
US07825070B2	Method of two-dimensionally arraying ferritin on substrate A novel method for two-dimensionally arraying ferritin on a substrate is provided which obviates the need for a metal ion that permits linking between adjacent two ferritin particles. In a method of two-dimensionally arraying ferritin on a substrate, the surface of the substrate is hydrophilic, and the method includes the steps of: developing a solution containing a solvent and the ferritin on the substrate; and removing the solvent from the solution developed on the substrate, while the ferritin has an amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 1 modified at its N-terminus.
US07825061B2	Catalyst for producing methacrylic acid and preparation method thereof The object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst for producing methacrylic acid in high yield and highly selectively by subjecting methacrolein, isobutylaldehyde or isobutyric acid to gas phase catalytic oxidation, and the preparation method thereof. The catalyst contains Mo, V, P, Cu, Cs and NH4 as the essential, active components, and the feature is to use for preparing the catalyst a cesium weak acid salt or cesium hydroxide as the Cs raw material and ammonium acetate as the NH4 raw material. A coated catalyst of the present invention is obtainable by supporting the active component on an inert carrier of alumina or the like.
US07825059B2	Process for preparing trioxepane composition and use thereof in crosslinking polymers Process to prepare a trioxepane compound of the following formula (I) comprising less than 3.5 wt % of dialkyl peroxide based on the total amount of peroxides, said process comprising the steps of reacting a glycol compound of the formula R3CHOH—CH2—C(CH3)2OH with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an acid to form a glycol hydroperoxide, purifying the glycol hydroperoxide, reacting the purified glycol hydroperoxide with a ketone or aldehyde of the formula R1R2CO in the presence of an acid to form the trioxepane compound, and purifying the trioxepane compound, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen and a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, with the proviso that if R1 and R2 are both methyl groups, R3 is not hydrogen. Initiator compositions comprising the so-prepared trioxepane compound are characterized by a high safe processing temperature in combination with a good crosslink efficiency.
US07825058B2	Catalyst composition and deposition method Compositions and methods for depositing one or more metal or metal alloy films on substrates. The compositions contain a catalyst, one or more carrier particles and one or more water-soluble or water-dispersible organic compounds. Metal or metal alloys may be deposited on the substrates by electroless or electrolytic deposition.
US07825040B1	Method for depositing flowable material using alkoxysilane or aminosilane precursor A method of filling a recess with an insulation film includes: introducing an alkoxysilane or aminosilane precursor containing neither a Si—C bond nor a C—C bond into a reaction chamber where a substrate having an irregular surface including a recess is placed; and depositing a flowable Si-containing insulation film on the irregular surface of the substrate to fill the recess therewith by plasma reaction at −50° C. to 100° C.
US07825038B2	Chemical vapor deposition of high quality flow-like silicon dioxide using a silicon containing precursor and atomic oxygen Methods of depositing a silicon oxide layer on a substrate are described. The methods may include the steps of providing a substrate to a deposition chamber, generating an atomic oxygen precursor outside the deposition chamber, and introducing the atomic oxygen precursor into the chamber. The methods may also include introducing a silicon precursor to the deposition chamber, where the silicon precursor and the atomic oxygen precursor are first mixed in the chamber. The silicon precursor and the atomic oxygen precursor react to form the silicon oxide layer on the substrate, and the deposited silicon oxide layer may be annealed. Systems to deposit a silicon oxide layer on a substrate are also described.
US07825035B2	Semiconductor manufacturing method A semiconductor manufacturing method includes purging a growth chamber including a reaction product, a treatment chamber, and a glove box hermetically surrounding the growth chamber, with an inert gas atmosphere. The method also includes transferring the reaction product from the growth chamber to the treatment chamber, followed by moistening the reaction product in the treatment chamber, and extracting the moistened reaction product into the atmosphere.
US07825032B2	Fabricating a set of semiconducting nanowires, and electric device comprising a set of nanowires The method of fabricating semiconducting nanowires having a desired wire diameter includes providing pre-fabricated semiconducting nanowires, at least one pre-fabricated nanowire having a wire diameter larger than the desired wire diameter (d); and reducing the wire diameter of the at least one pre-fabricated nanowire by etching. The etching is induced by light which is absorbed by the at least one pre-fabricated nanowire. The spectrum of the light is chosen such that the absorption of the at least one pre-fabricated nanowire is significantly reduced when the at least one pre-fabricated nanowire reaches the desired wire diameter.
US07825031B2	Method of fabricating a semiconductor device The invention relates to a method of fabricating an integrated circuit, including the steps of providing at least one layer; performing a first implantation step, wherein particles are implanted into the layer under a first direction of incidence; performing a second implantation step, wherein particles are implanted into the layer under a second direction of incidence which is different from the first direction of incidence; performing a removal step, wherein the layer is partially removed depending on the local implant dose generated by the first and the second implantation step.
US07825030B2	Method of forming a spacer A sacrificial layer and wet etch are used to form a sidewall spacer so as to prevent damage to the structure on which the spacer is formed and to the underlying substrate as well. Once the structure is formed on the substrate a spacer formation layer is formed to cover the structure, and a sacrificial layer is formed on the spacer formation layer. The sacrificial layer is wet etched to form a sacrificial layer pattern on that portion of the spacer formation layer extending along a sidewall of the structure. The spacer is formed on the sidewall of the structure by wet etching the spacer formation layer using the sacrificial layer pattern as a mask.
US07825029B2	Method for the production of structured layers on substrates A method for the patterned coating of a substrate with at least one surface is provided. The method is suitable for the rapid and inexpensive production of precise patterns. The method includes the steps of: producing at least one negatively patterned first coating on the at least one surface, depositing at least one second layer, which includes a material with a vitreous structure, on the surface, and at least partially removing the first coating.
US07825025B2	Method and system for improved nickel silicide According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for nickel silicidation includes providing a substrate having a source region, a gate region, and a drain region, forming a source in the source region and a drain in the drain region, annealing the source and the drain, implanting, after the annealing the source and the drain, a heavy ion in the source region and the drain region, depositing a nickel layer in each of the source and drain regions, and heating the substrate to form a nickel silicide region in each of the source and drain regions by heating the substrate.
US07825021B2	Method for manufacturing display device It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a highly reliable display device with a preferable yield. A method for manufacturing a display device according to the invention comprises the steps of: forming a first electrode including a conductive material added with a material which prevents crystallization; forming a layer containing an organic compound over the first electrode by heating the first electrode under a reduced pressure at temperatures of 350° C. or higher; and forming a second electrode over the layer containing an organic compound. It is preferable to perform the heat treatment at temperatures of 350° C. or higher, preferably, 375° C. or higher for 12 hours or longer. When the first electrode is formed by using indium tin oxide containing silicon oxide, a highly display device can be manufactured.
US07825020B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes forming a metal catalytic pattern on a semiconductor substrate; etching the semiconductor substrate using the metal catalytic pattern as an etching mask to form a recess; forming an insulating layer over a structure including the recess, the metal catalytic pattern, and the semiconductor substrate; patterning the insulating layer to cross over the metal catalytic pattern and to expose a predetermined portion of the metal catalytic pattern; and growing a nano wire using the exposed predetermined portion of the metal catalytic pattern.
US07825018B2	Plasma oxidation method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A plasma oxidation processing method is performed, on a structural object including a silicon layer and a refractory metal-containing layer, to form a silicon oxide film. A first plasma oxidation process is performed by use of a process gas including at least hydrogen gas and oxygen gas and a process pressure of 1.33 to 66.67 Pa. A second plasma oxidation process is performed by use of a process gas including at least hydrogen gas and oxygen gas and a process pressure of 133.3 to 1,333 Pa, after the first plasma oxidation process.
US07825017B2	Method of making silicon carbide semiconductor device having multi-layered passivation film with uneven surfaces A silicon carbide semiconductor device provided as a semiconductor chip includes a substrate, a drift layer on the substrate, an insulation film on the drift layer, a semiconductor element formed in a cell region of the drift layer, a surface electrode formed on the drift layer and electrically coupled to the semiconductor element through an opening of the insulation film, and a passivation film formed above the drift layer around the periphery of the cell region to cover an outer edge of the surface electrode. The passivation film has an opening through which the surface electrode is exposed outside. A surface of the passivation film is made uneven to increase a length from an inner edge of the opening of the passivation film to a chip edge measured along the surface of the passivation film.
US07825015B2	Method for implanting ions in semiconductor device The present invention provides a method for implanting ions in a semiconductor device capable of compensating for a difference in threshold voltages between a central portion and edge portions of a substrate generated while performing uniform ion implantation to entire surfaces of a substrate and another method for fabricating a semiconductor device capable of improving distribution of transistor parameters inside a substrate by forming a nonuniform channel doping layer or by forming a nonuniform junction profile.
US07825013B2	Integrated circuit comprising an amorphous region and method of manufacturing an integrated circuit An integrated circuit comprises a doped semiconductor portion including an amorphous portion and a contact structure comprising a conductive material. The contact structure is in contact with the amorphous portion. According to another embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises a doped semiconductor portion including a region having a non-stoichiometric composition and a contact structure comprising a conductive material. The contact structure is in contact with the region having a non-stoichiometric composition.
US07825012B2	Method for manufacturing nitride semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device, includes forming a p-type nitride semiconductor layer on a substrate, from an organic metal compound as a group III element source material, ammonia and a hydrazine derivative as group V element source materials, and a Mg source material gas as a p-type impurity source material. The flow velocity of the source material gases including the group III element source material, the group V element source materials, and the p-type impurity source material is more than 0.2 m/sec.
US07825011B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and semiconductor device obtained by means of said method The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device (10) comprising a substrate (11) and a semiconductor body (12) in which at least one semiconductor element (1) is formed, wherein on the substrate (11) a semiconductor layer (2) is formed comprising a mixed crystal of silicon and germanium, further called the silicon-germanium layer (2) and having a lower surface close to the substrate (11) and an upper surface more remote from the substrate (11), and wherein the silicon-germanium layer (2) is subjected to an oxidizing treatment at a surface of the silicon-germanium layer (2) while the other surface of the silicon-germanium layer (2) is protected against the oxidizing treatment by a blocking layer (3). According to the invention, the blocking layer (3) is formed on the upper surface of the silicon-germanium layer (2), a cavity (5) is formed in the semiconductor body below the silicon-germanium layer (2) and the lower surface of the silicon-germanium layer (2) is subjected to the oxidizing treatment through the cavity (2). In this way, a device 10 may be obtained in which the surface of the silicon-germanium layer (2) after the oxidizing treatment does not suffer from roughening and/or germanium pile up. This enables e.g. to manufacture in particular a MOSFET on top of or in the silicon-germanium layer (2) with excellent properties and high yield.
US07825010B2	Die singulation methods Some embodiments include methods in which a front side region of a semiconductor substrate is placed against a surface. While the front side region is against the surface, the semiconductor substrate is thinned, and then cut into a plurality of dice. The surface may be a pliable material, and may be stretched after the cutting to increase separation between at least some of the dice. While the pliable surface is stretched, at least some of the dice may be picked from the surface. In some embodiments, the semiconductor substrate is retained to the surface with a radiation-curable material. The material is in an uncured and tacky form during the thinning of the substrate, and is subsequently cured into a less tacky form prior to the picking of dice from the surface.
US07825007B2	Method of joining a plurality of SOI substrates on a glass substrate by a heat treatment After the plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers are provided adjacent to each other with a certain distance over a glass substrate which is a support substrate, heat treatment is performed on the glass substrate. The support substrate shrinks by this heat treatment, and the adjacent single-crystal semiconductor layers are in contact with each other due to the shrink. Energy beam irradiation is performed with the plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers being in contact with each other, the plurality of single-crystal semiconductor layers are integrated, and thus a continuous single-crystal semiconductor layer is formed.
US07825006B2	Lift-off process for GaN films formed on SiC substrates and devices fabricated using the method One embodiment of a method according to the present invention for fabricating a high light extraction photonic device comprises growing a lift-off layer on a substrate and growing an epitaxial semiconductor device structure on the lift-off layer such that the lift-off layer is sandwiched between said device structure and substrate. The epitaxial semiconductor structure comprises an emitter adapted to emit light in response to a bias. The device structure, lift-off layer and substrate is flip-chip mounted on a submount such that the epitaxial semiconductor device structure is sandwiched between the submount and lift-off layer. The lift-off layer is removed to separate the substrate from the device structure. Different removal methods can be used such as removal by a photo electrochemical etch or by illuminating the lift-off layer with laser light.
US07825002B2	Method of peeling thin film device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using peeled thin film device There is provided a peeling method capable of preventing a damage to a layer to be peeled. Thus, not only a layer to be peeled having a small area but also a layer to be peeled having a large area can be peeled over the entire surface at a high yield. Processing for partially reducing contact property between a first material layer (11) and a second material layer (12) (laser light irradiation, pressure application, or the like) is performed before peeling, and then peeling is conducted by physical means. Therefore, sufficient separation can be easily conducted in an inner portion of the second material layer (12) or an interface thereof.
US07824999B2	Method for enhancing field oxide A CMOS device with polysilicon protection tiles is shown in FIG. 2. LOCOS regions 12.1 and 12.2 separate adjacent active regions 16.1 from 16 and 18.1 from 18, respectively. On the upper surface of the LOCOS regions 12.1, 12.2 are polysilicon tiles 14.1, 14.2, respectively. At the corner of the gate polysilicon 14.3 and the polysilicon tiles 14.1 and 14.2 are oxide spacers 60.1-60.6. The polysilicon tiles 14.1, 14.2 have silicide layers 50.1, 50.2. Other silicide layers 50.4-50.6 are on the tops of the source, drain and polysilicon gate. An insulation layer 32 covers the substrate and metal contacts 36, 34, 38 extend from the surface of the layer 32 to the silicide layers on the source, gate and drain, respectively. The polysilicon tiles are made from the same layer of polysilicon as the gate and they are formed simultaneously with the gates. The intention of the polysilicon tiles is to reduce erosion of the field oxide between closely spaced active regions. In addition, the poly tiles themselves increase the thickness of the isolation between active silicon regions when it must serve as a self-aligned blocking layer for an ion implantation step.
US07824998B2	Method of forming a semiconductor capacitor using amorphous carbon A method includes forming an amorphous carbon layer over a first dielectric layer formed over a substrate, forming a second dielectric layer over the amorphous carbon layer; and forming an opening within the amorphous carbon layer and second dielectric layer by a first etch process to partially expose a top surface of the first dielectric layer. A substantially conformal metal-containing layer is formed over the second dielectric layer and within the opening. The second dielectric layer and a portion of the metal-containing layer are removed. The amorphous carbon layer is removed by an oxygen-containing plasma process to expose a top surface of the first dielectric layer. An insulating layer is formed over the metal-containing layer, and a second metal-containing layer is formed over the insulating layer to form a capacitor.
US07824993B2	Field-effect transistor with local source/drain insulation and associated method of production A method for fabricating a field-effect transistor with local source/drain insulation. The method includes forming and patterning a gate stack with a gate layer and a gate dielectric on a semiconductor substrate; forming source and drain depressions at the gate stack in the semiconductor substrate; forming a depression insulation layer at least in a bottom region of the source and drain depressions; and filling the at least partially insulated source and drain depressions with a filling layer for realizing source and drain regions. Further, the step of forming source and drain depressions at the gate stack in the semiconductor substrate includes that first depressions are formed for realizing channel connection regions in the semiconductor substrate, spacers are formed at the gate stack, and second depressions are formed using the spacers as a mask in the first depressions and in the semiconductor substrate.
US07824983B2	Methods of providing electrical isolation in semiconductor structures Methods of isolating gates in a semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, isolation is achieved using a spacer material in combination with fins having substantially vertical sidewalls. In another embodiment, etch characteristics of various materials utilized in fabrication of the semiconductor structure are used to increase an effective gate length (“Leffective”) and a field gate oxide. In yet another embodiment, a V-shaped trench is formed in the semiconductor structure to increase the Leffective and the field gate oxide. Semiconductor structures formed by these methods are also disclosed.
US07824980B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same includes forming a poly-gate including a first poly-gate portion and a second poly-gate portion on and/or over a semiconductor substrate, forming a trench having a predetermined depth in the poly-gate, implanting dopant ions into the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate and the poly-gate including the trench, forming a contact barrier layer to cover a portion of the poly-gate including the trench while exposing an upper surface of the remaining portion of the poly-gate on which a contact will be formed, and forming a contact on the exposed upper surface of the poly-gate.
US07824975B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor device having gate spacer layer with uniform thickness A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a gate spacer layer with a uniform thickness wherein a gate electrode layer pattern is formed on a substrate and ion implantation processes of respectively different doses are formed on side walls of the gate electrode layer patterns in respective first and second regions of the substrate. A first gate spacer layer is formed on the gate electrode layer pattern where the ion implantation process is performed. A second gate spacer layer is formed on the first gate spacer layer.
US07824974B2	Method for manufacturing a constant current source device A constant current source device with over current and over voltage protection function can be directly applied to AC power and DC power, and a method for manufacturing the constant current source device is also disclosed. The device includes a silicon substrate (1), an oxide layer (6) formed in front of the silicon substrate (1), a drain metal (2), a source metal (3) and a gate metal (4) located in front of the oxide layer (6), a P+ guard ring (50), an N+ drain region (52) and an N+ source region (53) implanted in the silicon substrate (1), a P+ substrate region (51) located in the N+ source region (53), and an N− channel region (54) connecting the N+ drain region (52) with the N+ source region (53). The drain metal (2) and the source metal (3) are separately connected with the N+ drain region (52), the N+ source region (53) and the P+ substrate region (51). The source metal (3) and the gate metal (4) are electrically connected through a connection metal (7). The invention constant current source device is generally applied to the field of electronic devices.
US07824968B2	LDMOS using a combination of enhanced dielectric stress layer and dummy gates First example embodiments comprise forming a stress layer over a MOS transistor (such as a LDMOS Tx) comprised of a channel and first, second and third junction regions. The stress layer creates a stress in the channel and the second junction region of the Tx. Second example embodiments comprises forming a MOS FET and at least a dummy gate over a substrate. The MOS is comprised of a gate, channel, source, drain and offset drain. At least one dummy gate is over the offset drain. A stress layer is formed over the MOS and the dummy gate. The stress layer and the dummy gate improve the stress in the channel and offset drain region.
US07824967B2	Monolithically integrated light-activated thyristor and method A monolithically integrated light-activated thyristor in an n-p-n-p-n-p sequence consists of a four-layered thyristor structure and an embedded back-biased PN junction structure as a turn-off switching diode. The turn-off switching diode is formed through structured doping processes and/or depositions on a single semiconductor wafer so that it is integrated monolithically without any external device or semiconductor materials. The thyristor can be switching on and off optically by two discrete light beams illuminated on separated openings of electrodes on the top surface of a semiconductor body. The carrier injection of the turning on process is achieved by illuminating the bulk of the thyristor with a high level light through the first aperture over the cathode to create high density charge carriers serving as the gate current injection and to electrically short the emitter and drift layer. The switching off of the thyristor is achieved by shorting the base layer and the cathode layer by illuminating the embedded back-biased PN junction of the TURN-OFF switching diode. The patterned doping profile and the interconnect between the emitter and the base region of the light activated thyristor makes possible a monolithic and/or planar integrated fabrication of the semiconductor switching device on a single semiconductor wafer via the standard semiconductor fabrication process.
US07824961B2	Stacked imager package An imaging system for use in a digital camera or cell phone utilizes one chip for logic and one chip for image processing. The chips are interconnected using around-the-edge or through via conductors extending from bond pads on the active surface of the imaging chip to backside metallurgy on the imaging chip. The backside metallurgy of the imaging chip is connected to metallurgy on the active surface of the logic chip using an array of solder bumps in BGA fashion. The interconnection arrangement provides a CSP which matches the space constraints of a cell phone, for example. The arrangement also utilizes minimal wire lengths for reduced noise. Connection of the CSP to a carrier package may be either by conductive through vias or wire bonding. The CSP is such that the imaging chip may readily be mounted across an aperture in the wall of a cell phone, for example, so as to expose the light sensitive pixels on the active surface of said imaging chip to light.
US07824959B2	Wafer level stack structure for system-in-package and method thereof A method of forming a wafer level stack structure, including forming a first wafer including a first device chip, wherein the first device chip includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) pads, forming a second wafer including a second device chip, wherein each second device chip contains a second plurality of I/O pads, the second device chip is approximately equal in size to the first chip size, stacking the first wafer and the second wafer, and coupling the first wafer and the second wafer to each other. A method of forming a system-in-package for containing a wafer level stack structure, including forming a wafer level stack structure including a first device chip having a first plurality of input/output (I/O) pads and a second device chip having a second plurality of I/O pads, and forming a common circuit board to which the wafer level stack structure is connected.
US07824955B2	Hybrid beam deposition system and methods for fabricating metal oxide-ZnO films, p-type ZnO films, and ZnO-based II-VI compound semiconductor devices A hybrid beam deposition (HBD) system and methods according to the present invention utilizes a unique combination of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique and equipment with equipment and techniques that provide a radical oxygen rf-plasma stream to effectively increase the flux density of available reactive oxygen at a deposition substrate for the effective synthesis of metal oxide thin films. The HBD system and methods of the present invention further integrate molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and/or chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques and equipment in combination with the PLD equipment and technique and the radical oxygen rf-plasma stream to provide elemental source materials for the synthesis of undoped and/or doped metal oxide thin films as well as the synthesis of undoped and/or doped metal-based oxide alloy thin films.
US07824954B2	Methods of forming phase change memory devices having bottom electrodes Phase change memory devices can have bottom patterns on a substrate. Line-shaped or L-shaped bottom electrodes can be formed in contact with respective bottom patterns on a substrate and to have top surfaces defined by dimensions in x and y axes directions on the substrate. The dimension along the x-axis of the top surface of the bottom electrodes has less width than a resolution limit of a photolithography process used to fabricate the phase change memory device. Phase change patterns can be formed in contact with the top surface of the bottom electrodes to have a greater width than each of the dimensions in the x and y axes directions of the top surface of the bottom electrodes and top electrodes can be formed on the phase change patterns, wherein the line shape or the L shape represents a sectional line shape or a sectional L shape of the bottom electrodes in the x-axis direction.
US07824950B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same In fabrication of a semiconductor device mounted on a wiring board, a semiconductor circuit portion is formed over a glass substrate. Then, an interposer having connection terminals are bonded to the semiconductor circuit portion. After that, the glass substrate is peeled off from the semiconductor circuit portion, and a mold resin is poured to cover the periphery of the semiconductor circuit portion from a direction of the separation plane. Then, the mold resin is heated under predetermined conditions to be hardened.
US07824942B2	Method of fabricating photoelectric device of group III nitride semiconductor and structure thereof A method of fabricating a photoelectric device of Group III nitride semiconductor comprises the steps of: forming a first Group III nitride semiconductor layer on a surface of an original substrate; forming a patterned epitaxial-blocking layer on the first Group III nitride semiconductor layer; forming a second Group III nitride semiconductor layer on the epitaxial-blocking layer and the first Group III nitride semiconductor layer not covered by the epitaxial-blocking layer and then removing the epitaxial-blocking layer; forming a third Group III nitride semiconductor layer on the second Group III nitride semiconductor layer; depositing or adhering a conductive layer on the third Group III nitride semiconductor layer; and releasing a combination of the third Group III nitride semiconductor layer and the conductive layer apart from the second Group III nitride semiconductor layer.
US07824937B2	Solid element device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a solid element device, which comprises providing a glass-containing Al2O3 substrate (3) having a GaN based LED element (2) placed thereon, setting a P2O5—ZnO based low melting point glass in parallel with the substrate, and carrying out a press working at a temperature of 415° C. or higher under a pressure of 60 kgf in a nitrogen atmosphere. Under these conditions, the low melting point glass has a viscosity of 109 poise, and is adhered via an oxide formed on the surface of the glass-containing Al2O3 substrate (3). A solid element device manufactured by the above method can be manufactured through a glass sealing working at a low temperature and also has a highly reliable sealing structure.
US07824936B2	Method of manufacturing dispersion type AC inorganic electroluminescent device and dispersion type AC inorganic electroluminescent device manufactured thereby Disclosed herein is a method of preparing a low resistance metal line, is a method of manufacturing a dispersion type AC inorganic electroluminescent device and a dispersion type AC inorganic electroluminescent device manufactured thereby, in which a light-emitting layer and a dielectric layer between a lower electrode and an upper electrode are simultaneously formed through a single process using spin coating, thereby simplifying the overall manufacturing process and decreasing the manufacturing cost, and furthermore, the contact interface between the light-emitting layer and the dielectric layer is increased, therefore increasing the brightness of the device.
US07824934B2	Substrate processing apparatus, parameter management system for substrate processing apparatus, parameter management method for substrate processing apparatus, program, and storage medium A substrate processing apparatus which enables parameters for carrying out processing on substrates to be changed easily by a user. A storage device stores parameters that are for controlling the processing and are categorized into a plurality of categories. A control device carries out the processing on the substrate based on the parameters. A parameter changing device enables each of the parameters to be changed in accordance with the category of that parameter. A parameter category changing device changes the category of some of the parameters. A category change defining device is detachable from the substrate processing apparatus and specifies parameters whose category is to be changed out of the parameters. The parameter category changing device changes the category of each of the parameters specified by the category change defining device.
US07824931B2	Substrate processing control method and storage medium In a substrate processing control method, a first process acquires a first-reflectance-spectrum of a beam reflected from the first-fine-structure and a second-reflectance-spectrum of a beam reflected from the second-fine-structure for each of varying-pattern-dimensions of the first-fine-structure when the pattern-dimension of the first-fine-structure is varied. A second process acquires reference-spectrum-data for each of the varying-pattern-dimensions of the first-fine-structure by overlapping the first-reflectance-spectrum with the second-reflectance-spectrum. A third process actually measures beams reflected from the first and the second-fine-structure, respectively, after irradiating light beam on to the substrate and acquiring reflectance-spectrums of the actual-measured beams as actual-measured spectrum data. A fourth process compares the actual-measured spectrum data with the respective reference-spectrum data and acquiring, as the measured pattern-dimension, one of the varying-pattern-dimensions corresponding to reference-spectrum data that is closely matches with the actual-measured spectrum data. A final process ends the processing of the substrate if the measured pattern-dimension reaches a value.
US07824930B2	Method of manufacturing substrate, substrate manufacturing system, and method of manufacturing display A method of manufacturing a substrate formed with a plurality of wiring patterns on a base, includes: a first inspection step of identifying a faulty wiring pattern having electric short circuit or disconnection by performing an electric inspection respectively for the plurality of wiring patterns; a second inspection step of examining a relative position of a defect on the base and at least one of a type and a size of the defect by an optical inspection; a matching step of matching a result of the first inspection step with a result of the second inspection step, and identifying a critical defect having electric short circuit or disconnection; and a third inspection step of examining a relative position in a pixel and an effective range of the critical defect by an optical inspection.
US07824924B2	Analytical measuring and evaluation method for molecular interactions The invention relates to an analytical measuring and evaluation method for determining the interaction parameters between an analyte and a ligand, preferably in a biosensor. According to the inventive method, the concentration of the analyte is gradually changed at defined intervals ti and the initial association or dissociation rates or association and dissociation rate constants are determined. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out the inventive method.
US07824923B2	Neuregulin-β isoforms associated with neuronal processes The invention relates to novel neuregulin-β isoforms associated with neuronal processes.
US07824922B2	Method for removing a fluid substance from a closed system A cap which can form an essentially leak-proof seal with an open-ended vessel capable of receiving and holding fluid specimens or other materials for analysis. To minimize potentially contaminating contact between a fluid sample present in the vessel and humans or the environment, the present invention features a cap having a frangible seal which is penetrable by a plastic pipette tip or other fluid transfer device. The cap further includes a filter for limiting dissemination of an aerosol or bubbles once the frangible seal has been pierced. The filter is positioned between the frangible seal and a retaining structure. The retaining structure is positioned on the cap above the filter and may be used to contain the filter within the cap. The material of the retaining structure may be penetrable by a fluid transfer device.
US07824920B2	Method of mass spectrometric analysis from closely packed microspots by their simultaneous laser irradiation This application relates to a process for controllably placing two or more microspots on a target substrate in close proximity to one another. The microspots may then be simultaneously irradiated and the resulting ions detected by mass spectrometry, such as time of flight mass spectrometry. In one embodiment the size and spacing of the microspots on the substrate may be controlled by using an electrodynamic balance during the deposition step. The deposition procedure ensures that at least some of the microspots are spaced-apart on the substrate a distance less than the focused output of a single laser. Simultaneous irradiation of the adjacent microspots may cause desorption plumes of the microspots to interact in a gas phase, such as by ion-molecule reactions. The microspots may be configured to improve the ionization yield of the sample material in the gas phase and/or to increase the frequency of ion-molecule collisions in the gas phase. This allows for desorption of particular classes of compounds to be optimized independently of ionization. Different microspots could include different amounts or types of matrix compounds to enable simultaneously detection of compounds of varied physical and chemical properties within the same sample. One or more of the microspots may include calibrants or other additives for improving detecting accuracy or quantitation. Organized array of closely packed microspots may be created for use as standard reference materials or analyte detectors.
US07824919B2	Method for analyzing activated polyethylene glycol compounds A chemical analysis method for the determination of RO(CH2CH2O)nH, RO(C2H4O)nA, and AO(C2H4O)nA in a mixture thereof, wherein R is an alkyl group, A is a functional group for coupling with a surface or a biologically active material or another thing of use and n is an integer greater than 10. The method includes the step of chromatographing a sample of the mixture by liquid chromatography under critical conditions to determine the relative amounts of RO(CH2CH2O)n H, RO(C2H4O)nA, and AO(C2H4O)nA in the mixture. In addition a chemical analysis method for the determination of RO(CH2CH2O)nH, RO(C2H4O)nA, and AO(C2H4O)nA in a mixture thereof, wherein R is an alkyl group, A is a functional group for coupling with a biologically active material and n is an integer greater than 10. The method includes two steps. The first step is derivatizing the A groups of the mixture with a derivatizing agent to form a derivatized mixture comprising RO(CH2CH2O)nH, RO(C2H4O)nAD, and DAO(C2H4O)nAD, wherein AD is the derivatized A group. The second step is chromatographing a sample of the derivatized mixture by liquid chromatography under critical conditions to determine the relative amounts of RO(CH2CH2O)nH, RO(C2H4O)nAD, and DAO(C2H4O)nAD in the derivatized mixture.
US07824918B2	HPTS-Mono and BIS Cys-Ma polymerizable fluorescent dyes for use in analyte sensors Novel fluorescent dyes are disclosed for use in analyte detection. In particular, mono- and bis-substituted HPTS dyes and methods of making them are provided.
US07824917B2	Method of detecting nucleic acid by using nucleic acid microarray The present invention provides a method of detecting a nucleic acid which is not restricted by the design of the base sequence of a nucleic acid probe. By repeating washing and detection in multiple stages, the present invention can improve the precision of sequence-specific hybridization stepwise and also can ease restrictions in designing the nucleic acid probes, in particular, restrictions on the Tm value (the temperature at which the nucleic acid double strand is dissociated into single strands) or the sequence length of the nucleic acid probes.
US07824916B2	Sheath liquid for particle analyzer A sheath liquid for a particle analyzer used to analyze particles contained in a sample is described. The sheath liquid includes water and a refractive-index adjustment agent with glycerols and/or sulfate. A method for producing the sheath liquid and a method for analyzing particles using the sheath liquid are also described.
US07824914B2	Flavonoids-rich tissues from Neomarica gracilis and methods for culturing the same The present invention provides an in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue of Neomarica gracilis, which is obtained from a tissue culture preparation of an N. gracilis tissue capable of proliferating, such as a root, a leaf, a basal portion of a leaf, and/or a rhizome. The in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue of N. gracilis contains tectorigenin, which is distinctively different from the naturally grown rhizome of N. gracilis which contains no tectorigenin. The present invention further provides a method for cultivating the in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue, a method for extracting the tectorigenin from the flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue, and quantitative methods for determining the amount of tectorigenin in the in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue.
US07824910B2	Method of transducing a protein into cells The invention relates to a method for transducing a pharmaceutical protein or polypeptide that may be fluorescently labeled into a cell by forming a conjugate with a cationic polymer having cation values of more than 2 and no more than 250 and transducing the conjugate into the cell. The protein or peptide pharmaceutical agent is directly covalently bound to the cationic polymer or is covalently bound to the cationic polymer through a bifunctional crosslinking agent.
US07824908B2	Genetically engineered P30 antigen, improved antigen cocktail, and uses thereof The present invention relates to a genetically engineered P30 antigen and a combination or mixture of antigens (e.g., the genetically engineered P30 antigen and P35) that may be used in the detection of IgM and/or IgG antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to methods of using this genetically engineered P30 antigen and combination of antigens, antibodies raised against this genetically engineered P30 antigen and combination of antigens, as well as kits and vaccines containing the genetically engineered P30 antigen and antigens present in the combination.
US07824907B2	Expression vectors comprising the mCMV IE2 promoter The invention relates to an expression vector comprising the promoter of the mCMV-IE2 gene, or a functional expression promoting fragment thereof, and/or an enhancer of the mCMV-IE2 gene, or a functional expression enhancing fragment thereof, wherein expression vector does not contain any complete gene of the mCMV.
US07824906B2	Anaerobic reactor and corresponding method for digesting organic material The present invention is an anaerobic reactor and preferably a vertically oriented plug flow anaerobic reactor for producing methane from various organic materials. The organic materials preferably have a high organic content. The reactor includes cutting members for cutting bridged or agglomerated material within the reactor. The present invention also includes a process for producing methane from an organic feed stock by continuously charging an organic material into the top portion of a vertically oriented vessel and rotating one or more cutting members at a sufficiently slow rate so that the cutting members cut through bridged or agglomerated material but do not substantially mix contents within the reactor, anaerobically digesting the organic material under mesophilic or thermophilic conditions to produce methane while allowing the organic material to propagate downward through the vessel in a plug flow-like manner and collecting methane gas produced from the anaerobic digestion of the organic material.
US07824905B2	Biological reactor A biological reactor for growing a biological mass has a tank with an interior for growing the biological mass, a plate movable in a substantially vertical direction and an interior of the tank, and a valve means provided with the plate and configured so that in a lower position of the plate the valve means are open, so that during displacement of the plate upwardly and downwardly, a solution in the interior of the tank is thoroughly fixed, while an upper position of the plate, the valve means are closed and the plate during movement downwardly provides a collection of a concentrated solution to be removed from the tank.
US07824904B1	Photobioreactors for production of algae and methods therefor The present invention is directed to a photobioreactor comprising: (a) a tank for containing a liquid microbial culture; (b) a rotating mixing system contained within the tank, the rotating mixing system comprising one or more motors, and one or more shafts connected to the one or more motors, and a plurality of mixing blades attached to the one or more shafts, wherein the mixing blades are capable of mixing the microbial culture throughout the volume of the tank; (c) a lighting system, comprising a light source located outside the tank; a light emitting device mounted on the blades; and a conduit that transfers light from the light source to the light emitting device, wherein the lighting system is capable of providing sufficient light for growth of the microbial culture throughout the volume of the tank. The rotating system may be replaced with an oscillating system, and either system can be mounted on a moveable raceway.
US07824901B2	Non-uniform electric field chamber for cell fusion An apparatus is provided for carrying out fusion of biological cells (10) and includes a base member (24) on which a conductive outer electrode (18) is supported and has an outer electrode radius (r2) and has an electrode height (19). A conductive inner electrode (20) is supported on the base member (24) and has an inner electrode radius (r1) and also has the electrode height (19). The outer and inner electrodes (18,20) are spaced apart from each other by a gap which defines a fusion chamber (14). The inner electrode radius (r1), the outer electrode radius (r2), and the gap are selected in accordance with a predetermined range of selectable ratios (r1/r2) in a range from 0.7 to 0.9, wherein a selected gap is limited by the range of selectable ratios (r1/r2), and wherein a determined ratio (r1/r2) among the selectable ratios is based on the selected gap, such that compression between the biological cells (10) and permeability between cell membranes are maximized and temperature rise is minimized for providing cell fusion in the fusion chamber (14).
US07824900B2	DNA analyzing apparatus, DNA sensor, and analyzing method A DNA analyzing apparatus includes a bath containing an electrophoresis medium. A plurality of probe electrodes are arranged in the bath. A plurality of spots each composed of probe DNA fragments having known base sequences are arranged on the respective probe electrodes. Temperature regulating elements are provided to adjust the temperatures of the plurality of spots via the corresponding probe electrode.
US07824898B2	Halohydrin dehalogenases and related polynucleotides The present invention relates to novel halohydrin dehalogenase polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. These polypeptides are useful in the production of 4-substituted-3-butyric acid derivatives and vicinal cyano, hydroxyl substituted carboxylic acid esters. The invention also provides related vectors, host cells and methods.
US07824890B2	Isothermal amplification of nucleic acids A process of amplifying a nucleic acid template dependent on partial destruction of primer molecules which have extended onto the template molecule followed by strand invasion of the partially destroyed primer template by a replacement primer. The destruction of the primer molecule may be performed by either endonuclease or exonuclease digestion. A signal generation from the amplified products may be obtained by the use of adaptors capable of binding probe molecules as well as the amplified product.
US07824887B2	Reversible terminator nucleotides and methods of use Disclosed herein a reversible terminator nucleotides and methods of use.
US07824884B2	Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
US07824881B2	Glucose level measuring method and glucose sensor utilizing glucose dehydrogenase The present invention relates to a technique for measuring a glucose level by utilizing a reaction system containing an enzyme and an electron carrier. In accordance with the glucose level measuring method of the present invention, glucose dehydrogenase with cytochrome C attached thereto or glucose dehydrogenase derived from a microorganism belonging to a burkholderia genus is used as the enzyme, and a Ru compound is used as the electron carrier. The present invention further provides a glucose sensor in which glucose dehydrogenase with cytochrome C attached thereto or glucose dehydrogenase derived from derived from a microorganism belonging to a burkholderia genus is used as the enzyme, and a Ru compound is used as the electron carrier.
US07824879B2	Device and method for measuring LDL-associated cholesterol An assay device and method for determining the concentration of low density lipoprotein (LDL)-associated cholesterol (LDL-C) in a body-fluid sample, such as a blood sample is described.
US07824877B2	Methods for diagnosing auto-immune chronic urticaria In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to methods, compositions, and kits for diagnosing autoimmune chronic urticaria. For example, in certain embodiments, such methods generally comprise detecting the presence of auto-antibodies to cell-surface IgE receptors or cell-bound IgE in a patient. Such auto-antibodies may be detected by (a) obtaining donor basophils and associated leukocytes from one or more donors, (b) challenging the donor basophils and associated leukocytes with control serum and quantifying the amount of histamine released by the donor basophils and associated leukocytes, (c) calculating a normalized baseline of histamine release, wherein the normalized baseline of histamine release represents a mean percentage of histamine released by the basophils and associated leukocytes of an individual donor plus a specified amount above such mean, (d) reacting patient serum with the donor basophils and associated leukocytes, (e) measuring the percentage of histamine released by the donor basophils and associated leukocytes in response to the patient serum, and (f) comparing the percentage of histamine released by the donor basophils and associated leukocytes in response to the patient serum to the normalized baseline of histamine release.
US07824874B2	Method for measuring in vivo mutation frequency at an endogenous gene locus The present invention relates a method for the enumeration of in vivo gene mutation. The method utilizes differential staining of GPI-anchor deficient erythrocyte populations to distinguish between wild-type and pig-a gene mutants. Quantitative analyses can be conducted on erythrocytes and/or reticulocytes, and is based upon fluorescent emission and light scatter following exposure to an excitatory light source. Counting of mutant erythrocytes or reticulcoytes relative to the number of total erythrocytes or reticulocytes can be used to assess the DNA-damaging potential of an exogenous chemical agent, the DNA-damaging potential of an exogenous physical agent, the effects of an exogenous agent which can modify endogenously-induced DNA damage, and the effects of an exogenous agent which can modify exogenously-induced DNA damage. Kits for practicing the invention are also disclosed.
US07824871B2	Methods of diagnosing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) Non-invasive methods for detecting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and identifying the presence or absence of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in a subject utilize one or more biomarkers. The methods can differentiate between subjects with NASH and those with simple steatosis. Kits containing one or more agents for measuring the level of the biomarkers can be utilized to perform the described methods.
US07824866B2	Ligand for G-protein coupled receptor GPR72 and uses thereof The present invention relates to methods, reagents and kits for detecting of GPR72 polypeptide activity in a sample and identifying agents which modulate polypeptide activity. It further relates to antibodies raised against GPR72. It further relates to substances for preventing, treating and/or alleviating diseases or disorders characterized by dysregulation of GPR72 polypeptide signalling.
US07824863B2	Nucleic acid labeling methods In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for end-labeling RNA (total RNA, mRNA, cRNA or fragmented RNA). In one aspect of the present invention, T4 RNA ligase is used to attach a 3′-labeled AMP or CMP donor to an RNA acceptor molecule. In another embodiment, a pyrophosphate molecule 3′-AppN-3′-linker-detectable moiety is used as donor molecule.In another aspect of the present invention, a method of detecting the presence of an RNA of interest in a sample is provided, the method having the following steps: providing the sample comprising RNA which may or may not have said RNA of interest; treating the sample with a fragmenting reagent to provide RNA fragments; removing phosphate groups from said fragments to provide fragments with free 3′ OH groups; ligating said fragment with a labeling reagent according to the instant invention; providing a nucleic acid array having probes directed to said RNA of interest; hybridizing the labeled nucleic acid fragments to said nucleic acid array; and determining the extent of hybridization to said probes to determine the presence of said RNA of interest.
US07824860B2	Application of aprataxin gene to diagnosis and treatment for early-onset spinocerebellar ataxia (EAOH) The present invention provides polynucleotides and proteins, which are involved in early-onset spinocerebellar ataxia with ocular motor apraxia and hypoalbuminemia (EAOH); and methods of using the polynucleotides and/or proteins to treat and/or diagnose EAOH.
US07824858B2	Assay for mycobacterium avium/intracellulare nucleic acid Disclosed is a method for determining the presence of Mycobacterium avium complex nucleic acids in a biological sample. In particular, the mig gene of M. avium and the DT1 gene of M. intracellulare are detected, preferably following amplification. In addition, the method distinguishes between species of M. avium and M. intracellulare. Also described are oligonucleotides that can be used as primers to amplify target genes such as mig and DT1 genes and as probes as well as kits containing the oligonucleotides.
US07824857B2	Methods and compositions for diagnosing epithelial cell cancer Provided is a method for detecting metastases of epithelial cancers, comprising detecting in non-primary tissue overexpression of a nucleic acid of KS1/4, or detecting in non-primary tissue overexpression of a combination of nucleic acids of KS1/4 and PIP, of nucleic acids of KS1/4 and mam, of nucleic acids of PIP and mam, of nucleic acids of KS1/4, PIP and mam, or of nucleic acids of KS1/4 and lunx, the overexpression of a nucleic acid of KS1/4, or the overexpression of a combination of nucleic acids of KS1/4 and PIP, of nucleic acids of KS1/4 and mam, of nucleic acids of PIP and mam, of nucleic acids of KS1/4, PIP and mam, or of nucleic acids of KS1/4 and lunx in non-primary tissue being correlated with metastases of epithelial cancers.
US07824855B2	Method for selectively separating and purifying RNA and method for separating and purifying nucleic acid A method for selectively separating and purifying RNA from a mixture solution of nucleic acid containing DNA and RNA, wherein the method comprising the steps of: (1-a) adsorbing nucleic acid; (1-b) washing; (1-c) subjecting to a DNase treatment; (1-d) washing; and (1-e) desorbing the RNA from a nucleic acid-adsorbing porous membrane by a recovering solution, wherein in the step (1-c), a total amount of a DNase solution is 130 μl or less per 1 cm2 of the membrane. And a method for selectively separating and purifying RNA or DNA, which comprises the steps of: (2-a) adsorbing nucleic acid; (2-b) washing by a washing solution; and (2-c) desorbing the nucleic acid from a nucleic acid-adsorbing porous membrane, wherein the washing solution contains a water-soluble organic solvent having a concentration of 50% by weight or less, and does not contain a chaotropic salt.
US07824844B2	Solvent mixtures for antireflective coating compositions for photoresists The invention relates to an antireflective coating composition capable of being coated beneath a photoresist layer, where the antireflective coating composition comprises a polymeric crosslinker and a solvent mixture, where the solvent mixture comprises at least one primary organic solvent and at least one secondary organic solvent selected from any of structures 1, 2 and 3, where, R1, R3, and R4, are selected from H and C1-C6 alkyl, and R2, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are selected from C1-C6 alkyl, and n=1-5. The invention also relates to an antireflective coating composition capable of being coated beneath a photoresist layer, where the antireflective coating composition comprises a polymeric crosslinker and a solvent mixture, where the solvent mixture comprises at least 2 organic solvents, and where the antireflective coating composition has a liquid particle count at 0.2 micron of less than 100/ml after accelerated aging.
US07824843B2	Pattern forming method, electronic device manufacturing method and electronic device On a film as an object of processing, a first positive photo-resist having a dense hole pattern is formed. On the first positive photo-resist, a second positive photo-resist is formed to fill each of the plurality of holes of the pattern. To the second photo-resist, an image of dark points as a bright-dark inverted image of a high-transmittance half-tone phase shift mask is projected and exposed. By the development of second photo-resist, a pattern of dots of the second photo-resist formed at portions of the dark point image are left in any of the plurality of holes of the pattern. The film as the object of processing is patterned, using the first and second photo-resists as a mask.
US07824837B2	Positive-working photoimageable bottom antireflective coating The present invention relates to a positive bottom photoimageable antireflective coating composition which is capable of being developed in an aqueous alkaline developer, wherein the antireflective coating composition comprises a polymer comprising at least one recurring unit with a chromophore group and one recurring unit with a hydroxyl and/or a carboxyl group, a vinyl ether terminated crosslinking agent, and optionally, a photoacid generator and/or an acid and/or a thermal acid generator. The invention further relates to a process for using such a composition.
US07824835B2	Toner, production method thereof, developer, toner container, process cartridge, image forming method, and image forming apparatus To provide a toner prepared by emulsifying or dispersing a solution or dispersion of a toner material in an aqueous medium containing fine resin particles for granulation, wherein at least one of the toner material and the aqueous medium contains a polyalkylene glycol ester compound that is compatible with the fine resin particles and that has a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 or greater.
US07824833B2	Resin-coated ferrite carrier for electrophotographic developer, its production method, and electrophotographic developer using the resin-coated ferrite carrier A spherical resin-coated ferrite carrier for an electrophotographic developer which can maintain a stable resistance and chargeability, a favorable charge rising property because of an excellent fluidity, and has a suitable durability, its production method which is excellent in economic efficiency and production stability, and an electrophotographic developer using the resin-coated ferrite carrier, are provided. A resin-coated ferrite carrier for an electrophotographic developer which is a spherical resin-coated ferrite carrier, wherein a carrier core material thereof has an irregular surface to improve the adhesive strength to a resin coat, and wherein the irregularity of the surface takes a finely streaked wrinkle pattern, its production method, and an electrophotographic developer using the resin-coated ferrite carrier, are employed.
US07824832B2	Toner for electrophotography A toner for electrophotography, containing a resin binder containing a polyester-based resin (A) and a polyester-based resin (B) having a softening point of a temperature higher than the polyester-based resin (A) by 10° C. or more, wherein at least one of the polyester-based resins (A) and (B) is a resin derived from a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin, having a polyester unit obtainable by polycondensing an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin, and a method for producing the toner. The toner for electrophotography of the present invention is usable in, for example, developing or the like latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
US07824831B2	Toner A toner including a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent is provided. The difference in absorbance ratio between the toner heated for 1 minute in an atmosphere of 100° C. and the toner stored in an atmosphere of 23° C. is from 0.1 to 0.2. The absorbance ratio is a ratio of an absorbance specific to the release agent (such as at 2850 cm−1 for a wax) to an absorbance specific to the binder resin (such as at 828 cm−1 for a polyester based binder resin), as measured by a Fourier transform infrared-total reflectance (FTIR-ATR) method.
US07824830B2	Coating liquid and electrophotographic photoreceptor prepared using the coating liquid A coating liquid including an N-alkoxymethylated nylon and a solvent, wherein the N-alkoxymethylated nylon includes one or more ions in an amount of from 200 to 500 ppm based on a weight of the N-alkoxymethylated nylon or one or more alkylamines in an amount of from 15 to 100 ppm based on a weight of the N-alkoxymethylated nylon. A photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; a charge blocking layer located overlying the substrate; a moiré preventing layer located overlying the charge blocking layer; and a photosensitive layer located overlying the moiré preventing layer, wherein the charge blocking layer is formed using the coating liquid.
US07824829B2	Method of monitoring focus in lithographic processes The present disclosure is directed to a method for monitoring focus of a photolithography system. The method comprises providing a substrate and depositing a photoresist layer on the substrate. At least one photomask is provided comprising one or more forbidden pitch photomask patterns formed thereon. The forbidden pitch patterns are imaged in the photoresist layer by exposing the photoresist layer to radiation through the at least one photomask. The imaged forbidden pitch patterns are developed in the photoresist. Focus error information regarding the imaging process can be determined using the developed forbidden pitch patterns.
US07824824B2	Composite phase shifting lithography mask including etch stop layer The formation of a lithographic mask (100) is disclosed, where the mask (100) can be used in forming integrated circuits onto a semiconductor substrate. A layer of etch stop material (106) is sandwiched between first (102) and second (108) layers of transmissive material that are substantially transparent to lithographic light. The layer of etch stop material (106) serves as an etch stop when a circuit pattern is etched into the second layer of transmissive material (108). This allows the second layer of etch stop material (108) to be etched to a more precise depth thereby providing a desired phase shift and concurrently controlling critical dimension width.
US07824822B2	Photosensitive compositions for volume hologram recording, photosensitive medium for volume hologram recording and volume hologram The volume hologram recording photosensitive composition provided by the present invention contains at least a fluorine-contained photoreactive compound represented by the following formula (1): R1—R3—(CF2)n-R4—R2 wherein R1 and R2 are photoreactive groups which can be bonded to each other by photoreaction, and each of R3 and R4 is independently a single bond or a bivalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or more. This volume hologram recording photosensitive composition is used to form a recording section of a recording medium, and then the section is exposed to light, whereby a bright volume hologram can be obtained.
US07824820B2	Electrolyte film and solid polymer fuel cell using the same An electrolyte membrane having a porous base material having pores filled with a first polymer capable of conducting a proton, wherein the porous base material comprises i) at least one second polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and ii) a third polymer having double bond in the polymer, and contains a crosslinked second polymer wherein molecules of the second polymer are crosslinked with one another; and a fuel cell, particularly a solid polymer fuel cell, more specifically a direct methanol polymer fuel cell, using the electrolyte membrane. The electrolyte membrane is excellent in the inhibition of permeation of methanol, exhibits no or reduced change in its area, and is excellent in proton conductivity.
US07824816B2	Fuel cell system Provided is a fuel cell system including: a fuel cell unit; a fuel cartridge; and a fuel actuator that is disposed between the fuel cartridge and the fuel cell unit, to control the fuel supply from the fuel cartridge to the fuel cell unit. The fuel cell unit comprises: a stack including unit cells oriented in parallel to one another; a phase change layer disposed adjacent to the stack and having a length perpendicular to the parallel orientation of the unit cells; a fuel diffusion layer disposed on the phase change layer.
US07824812B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell including at least one unit cell having an anode, an anode-side flow channel for supplying a fuel to the anode, a cathode, and a cathode-side flow channel for supplying an oxidant to the cathode. The fuel cell system further includes a gas-liquid separator for catalytically purifying the effluent from the anode and the effluent from the cathode to collect liquid. The gas-liquid separator is connected to an anode-side discharge path for the effluent and a cathode-side discharge path for the effluent, which are in fluid communication with a fuel outlet of the anode-side flow channel and an oxidant outlet of the cathode-side flow channel, respectively.
US07824808B2	Polyimide-based lithium metal battery The present invention relates to Lithium Metal batteries. In particular, it is related to lithium metal batteries containing a polyimide-based electrolyte. The present invention concerns a new concept of polyimide-based electrolytic component having an electrolyte comprising of at least one solvent and at least one alkali metal salt, with specific amounts of solvents, to optimize the properties of conductivity of the polyimide-based electrolyte and the mechanical properties of the polyimide-based electrolyte separator towards metallic lithium anode to prevent dendrites growths.
US07824804B2	Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell comprises as an anode, a lithium transition metal oxide or sulphide compound which has a [B2]X4n− spinel-type framework structure of an A[B2]X4 spinel wherein A and B are metal cations selected from Li, Ti, V, Mn, Fe and Co, X is oxygen or sulphur, and n− refers to the overall charge of the structural unit [B2]X4 of the framework structure. The transition metal cation in the fully discharged state has a mean oxidation state greater than +3 for Ti, +3 for V, +3.5 for Mn, +2 for Fe and +2 for Co. The cell includes as a cathode, a lithium metal oxide or sulphide compound. An electrically insulative lithium containing liquid or polymeric electronically conductive electrolyte is provided between the anode and the cathode.
US07824803B2	Positive electrode active substance for lithium secondary battery and process for producing the same A positive electrode active material is produced by firing, as a cobalt source, a mixture of a) substantially spherical large particle size cobalt hydroxide or tricobalt tetraoxide having a sharp particle size distribution, and b) small particle size cobalt hydroxide or tricobalt tetraoxide, in a proportion of from 9:1 to 1:2 as the cobalt atomic ratio, at a temperature of from 700° C. to 1050° C. in an oxygen-comprising atmosphere.
US07824800B1	Lithium-ion cell with a wide operating temperature range A lithium-ion rechargeable cell is described which contains an electrolyte comprising a pyrazolium cation, an imidazolium cation, or a combination thereof, as well as lithium ion, and at least one non-Lewis acid derived counter-ion and which has a ratio of cathode capacity to anode capacity of 1 or less, 1 or greater, and preferably about 1.3 or greater. Electrochemical cells containing an anode, a cathode, and the ionic liquid electrolytes preferably have effective charge/discharge capacity and charging efficiency at low temperatures and at high temperatures.
US07824798B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly having positive and negative electrode plates, a separator, and positive and negative electrode tabs respectively attached to the positive and negative electrode plates; and a cap assembly having a cap plate, an electrode terminal, and a terminal plate. The terminal plate has a protrusion arranged between a side thereof having a terminal through-hole contained therein to which the electrode terminal is attached and the other side.
US07824796B1	Battery receptacle A battery receptacle for receiving a plurality of batteries for providing a direct current to an electrical device is disclosed. The battery receptacle has a plurality of battery slots each defined by a positive terminal end wall, a negative terminal end wall, and a battery support surface between each positive terminal end wall and each negative terminal end wall. Each positive terminal end wall supports a positive lead for engagement with a positive terminal of each of the plurality of batteries, and each negative terminal end wall supports a negative lead for engagement with a negative terminal of each of the plurality of batteries. Each of a plurality of diodes are coupled to each of the positive leads and to a common positive device lead, and each of the negative leads are coupled to a common negative device lead, for connecting the plurality of batteries in parallel to provide the direct current to the electrical device and for reducing any reverse current from any one of the plurality of batteries to another of the plurality of batteries when the plurality of batteries are placed in the first and second battery slots.
US07824792B2	Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device A battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device (100), the battery cover assembly includes a housing (10), a cover (10) and a locking mechanism (30). The cover defines a latching groove (242). The cover is hinged to the housing. The locking mechanism latches the cover to the housing. The locking mechanism includes a button (42) and a spring (44). The button slidably engages with the cover. The spring is disposed between the button and the cover, and the spring provides an elastic force to the button configured for allowing the button to lock with the latching groove.
US07824789B2	Power generation device, fuel package, and remaining fuel amount measuring device A fuel package includes a vessel wherein the interior space is separated, and has a flow-out opening and a flow-in opening that lead to the interior space, a liquid fuel filled in the region at the side of the flow-out opening in the vessel, and a follower that separates the liquid fuel and the region at the side of the flow-in opening.
US07824788B2	CCM composite CCM formed of a membrane having on one of the two surfaces a first electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst and on the other one a second electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst, said electrocatalytic layers and said membrane containing (per)fluorinated ionomers, said CCM having the following characteristics: size variations, for both the orthogonal directions of the plane xy, lower than 15%, by dipping the CCM, after drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes; the CCM remains substantially unchanged after having been subjected to treatments of 60 cycles by dipping in water at 80° C. for 8 hours and then in water at the temperature of 25° C. for 16 hours.
US07824783B2	Coating for components requiring hydrogen peroxide compatibility The present invention provides a heretofore-unknown use for zirconium nitride as a hydrogen peroxide compatible protective coating that was discovered to be useful to protect components that catalyze the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or corrode when exposed to hydrogen peroxide. A zirconium nitride coating of the invention may be applied to a variety of substrates (e.g., metals) using art-recognized techniques, such as plasma vapor deposition. The present invention further provides components and articles of manufacture having hydrogen peroxide compatibility, particularly components for use in aerospace and industrial manufacturing applications. The zirconium nitride barrier coating of the invention provides protection from corrosion by reaction with hydrogen peroxide, as well as prevention of hydrogen peroxide decomposition.
US07824779B2	Compound and organic light emitting device using the same Disclosed is an organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device comprises a first electrode, organic material layer(s) comprising a light emitting layer, and a second electrode. The first electrode, the organic material layer(s), and the second electrode form layered structure and at least one layer of the organic material layer(s) include the compound of Formula 1 or the compound of Formula 1 into which a thermosetting or photo-crosslinkable functional group is introduced.
US07824778B2	Binuclear compounds Devices are provided having an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer disposed between and electrically connected to the anode and the cathode. The emissive layer includes an emissive material having more than one metal center. In one embodiment, first and second metal centers are independently selected from the group consisting of d7, d8, and d9 metals. A bridging ligand is coordinated to the first metal center and to the second metal center. In one embodiment, the first and second metal centers each have coordination numbers of at least 3, and more preferably each have coordination numbers of 4. In one embodiment, photoactive ligands are coordinated to the first and second metal centers. In one embodiment, there are no photoactive ligands. In one embodiment, a charge neutral bi-nuclear emissive material is provided. In one embodiment the first and metal centers have a co-facial configuration, and preferably a square planar co-facial configuration. In one embodiment, the metal centers are selected from metals having an atomic number greater than or equal to 40.
US07824775B2	Autogenously welded metallic cellular structures and methods for forming such structures An autogenously welded structure is provided that includes a first face sheet, a plurality of individual stiffener elements, and a second face sheet. The stiffener elements each have a first edge disposed against the first face sheet and an opposed second edge. Each stiffener element has a central portion extending between the opposed edges. The central portion is disposed at an angle to the first face sheet. The stiffener elements include at least some stiffener elements that are disposed at an angle to at least some of the other stiffener elements. The second face sheet is disposed against the second edges of the stiffener elements and the first and second face sheets are autogenously welded to the edges of the stiffener elements.
US07824774B2	Fine-grained metallic coatings having the coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the one of the substrate Fine-grained (average grain size 1 nm to 1,000 nm) metallic coatings optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic materials are significantly harder and stronger than conventional coatings of the same chemical composition due to Hall-Petch strengthening and have low linear coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs). The invention provides means for matching the CTE of the fine-grained metallic coating to the one of the substrate by adjusting the composition of the alloy and/or by varying the chemistry and volume fraction of particulates embedded in the coating. The fine-grained metallic coatings are particularly suited for strong and lightweight articles, precision molds, sporting goods, automotive parts and components exposed to thermal cycling. The low CTEs and the ability to match the CTEs of the fine-grained metallic coatings with the CTEs of the substrate minimize dimensional changes during thermal cycling and prevent premature failure.
US07824773B2	Shrink labels of oriented polystyrene film containing small rubber particles and low rubber particle gel content and block copolymers A polymer composition containing (a) a high impact polystyrene (HIPS) component with a block copolymer grafted to polystyrene, a rubbery conjugated diene content of one to seven weight percent based on HIPS weight, less than 10 weight-percent gel concentration, an average rubber particle size of between one and 0.01 micrometers, about 40 to about 90 volume percent of the rubber particles have diameters of less than about 0.4 microns and from about 10 to about 60 volume percent of the rubber particles have diameters between about 0.4 and about 2.5 microns, a majority of rubber particles with a core/shell morphology and a concentration that accounts for 10 to 70 weight-percent of the total polymer composition weight and one to five weight-percent rubbery diene based on total polymer composition weight; (b) from 10 to 70 weight percent of a general purpose polystyrene and from about 2 to about 80 weight-percent of a styrene block copolymer component, both based on total polymer composition weight. In a film, preferably oriented, wherein the polymer composition accounts for at least 95 weight-percent of the film, with the balance of the film or film composition weight being additives. Shrink labels are made from the film.
US07824770B2	Molding material, prepreg and fiber-reinforced composite material, and method for producing fiber-reinforced molding substrate This invention relates to: a molding material comprising a bundle of continuous reinforcing fibers (A), a polyarylene sulfide prepolymer (B) comprising at least 50% by weight of cyclic polyarylene sulfide and having the weight average molecular weight of less than 10,000 or polyarylene sulfide (B′) having the weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or greater and the degree of dispersion of 2.5 or lower, and thermoplastic resin (C); a prepreg comprising a resin composition comprising the polyarylene sulfide prepolymer (B) impregnated into a reinforcing fiber; and a method for producing a fiber-reinforced molding substrate comprising step (I) of continuously feeding a bundle of continuous reinforcing fibers, step (II) of combining cyclic polyarylene sulfide with the reinforcing fiber bundle, step (III) of heating the composite obtained in step (II) to subject the cyclic polyarylene sulfide to ring-opening polymerization to convert into polyarylene sulfide, and step (IV) of cooling the composite obtained in step (III) and withdrawing the same.
US07824769B2	Conductive sheath-core conjugate fiber and process for producing the same In an electrically conductive sheath-core conjugate fiber including an electrically conductive layer made of a thermoplastic polymer (A) containing electrically conductive carbon black fine particles which constitutes a sheath component and a protective layer made of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer (B) which constitutes a core component, the ratio of the (A) to the total weight of the (A) and the (B) is 10 to 35% by weight, the L1/L0 ratio is 1.04 to 10.0 where L1 represents the length of a boundary between the core component and the sheath component in a cross section of the conjugate fiber and L0 represents the length of the circumference of a circle having an area equal to a cross sectional area of the core component, the fineness, the strength at break and the elongation at break are each adjusted within specified ranges, the shrinkage in hot water at 100° C. is within a specified range, and the fiber surface coverage of the sheath component is 85% or more. This results in provision of an electrically conductive sheath-core conjugate fiber that is excellent in antistatic performance, which is hardly degraded even after long-term wearing, that is maintained for a long time, and that is excellent in durability. A method for producing the electrically conductive sheath-core conjugate fiber and a dust-proof clothing using such a fiber are also provided.
US07824767B2	Fluorescent material with semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed in glass matrix at high concentration and method for manufacturing such fluorescent material The present invention provides a thin-film fluorescent material in which semiconductor nanoparticles in a stable condition maintain a high fluorescence quantum yield and can be held at a high concentration in a glass matrix. The present invention also provides optical devices using the thin-film fluorescent material, such as high-brightness displays and lighting systems. The present invention relates to a fluorescent material, in which semiconductor nanoparticles with a fluorescence quantum yield of 15% or more and a diameter of 2 to 5 nanometers are dispersed in a glass matrix at a concentration of 5×10−4 mol/l or more and a method for manufacturing the same.
US07824765B2	Porous object based on silicon carbide and process for producing the same A silicon carbide-based porous article comprising silicon carbide particles as an aggregate, metallic silicon and an aggregate derived from siliceous inorganic particles to form pores through volume shrinkage by heat treatment, wherein the porosity is 45 to 70%, and the average pore diameter is 10 to 20 μm is provided. Also provided is a method for producing a silicon carbide-based porous article, comprising; adding inorganic particles to form pores through volume shrinkage by heat treatment to a raw-material mixture containing silicon carbide particles and metallic silicon, then forming into an intended shape, calcinating and firing the resultant green body, forming pores through volume shrinkage of the inorganic particles by heat treatment, and the shrunk inorganic particles being present as an aggregate in the porous article.
US07824764B2	Antimicrobial strands, their production and their use Described are antimicrobial strands comprising a) thermoplastic elastomer, b) polymer having a melting point of at least 10° C. below the melting point of the thermoplastic elastomer and c) halogenated phenol.These strands are notable for an excellent antimicrobial effect, which survives repeated washing.
US07824761B2	Metal structure and production method therefor A metal structure capable of significantly increasing wavelength selectivity and polarization electivity for an incident light, and a production method thereof. First, a solid transparent substrate (glass substrate) (10) is cleaned and dried (S100). The surface of the substrate (10) is spin-coated with a positive electron lithography-use resist solution and then baked, and the resist solution is removed to form a resist thin film (20) on the substrate (10) (S200). A specified pattern is drawn on the resist thin film (20) with an electron beam, and the film is developed, rinsed and dried (S300). Then, metals such as chromium and then gold are formed sequentially on the substrate (10) by sputtering (S400). And, excessive resist materials are removed from the surface of the substrate (10) (S500), whereby metal nano-rod array (40) is completed. The metal nano-rod array (40) has a structure in which many metal nano-rods having their sizes precisely controlled are integrated on the substrate (10) at constant fine intervals and with their directions aligned in one axial direction.
US07824754B2	Peeling sheet with adhesive of epoxy acrylate, non-unsaturated resin and bis(methacryloyloxyethyl) hydrogen phosphate An insulating adhesive film and an anisotropically electroconductive adhesive film satisfying low-temperature curability, high adhesion and high reliability are provided. An anisotropically electroconductive adhesive film of the present invention is so configured that electroconductive particles 7 are dispersed in an insulating adhesive resin 6, comprising as main components: a radical polymerizable resin component having an unsaturated double bond; a resin component having no unsaturated double bond; a phosphoric acid-containing resin component; and a radical polymerization initiator.
US07824749B2	Multi-layer polymeric film for packaging ovenable meals A heat-sealable peelable multi-layer laminated polymeric film comprising a polymeric substrate layer having on one side thereof a polymeric heat-sealable peelable layer and having on the opposite side thereof a polymeric shrinkable layer, wherein said shrinkable layer has a degree of shrinkage in a first dimension of about 10-80% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., a ratio of shrinkage at 100° C. said first dimension relative to a second, orthogonal dimension in the range of 1:1 to 10:1, and further comprising one or two intermediate layer(s) wherein an intermediate layer is disposed between the substrate layer and the shrinkable layer and/or between the substrate layer and the heat-sealable peelable layer, and one or more layer(s) of an electrically conductive material; and use thereof as packaging for ovenable meals or as a lid on an ovenable container wherein the packaging is self-peeling and self-venturing during a cooking cycle.
US07824745B2	Benzochromene derivatives The present invention relates to benzochromene derivatives of the formula I where the various parameters have the meaning indicated in the text, and to liquid-crystal media which comprise these compounds, and to the use of the media in electro-optical displays, in particular in VAN-LCDs, and to the use of the compounds and physiologically acceptable derivatives thereof as therapeutic active ingredients.
US07824744B2	Process and apparatus for depositing a ceramic coating A process and apparatus for depositing a ceramic coating, such as a thermal barrier coating (TBC) for a gas turbine engine component. The process deposits a coating whose composition includes multiple oxide compounds and a carbon-based constituent, e.g., elemental carbon, carbides, and carbon-based gases. The process uses at least one evaporation source to provide multiple different oxide compounds and at least one carbide compound comprising carbon and an element. The evaporation source is evaporated to produce a vapor cloud that contacts and condenses on the component surface to form the ceramic coating, and particularly so that the coating comprises the oxide compounds, an oxide of the element of the carbide compound, and the carbide compound and/or a carbon-containing gas. The process is carried out with an apparatus comprising a coating chamber in which the evaporation source is present, and a device for evaporating the evaporation source.
US07824741B2	Method of forming a carbon-containing material A method includes forming ionic clusters of carbon-containing molecules, which molecules have carbon-carbon sp2 bonds, and accelerating the clusters. A surface of a substrate is irradiated with the clusters. A material is formed on the surface using the carbon from the molecules. The material includes carbon and may optionally include hydrogen. The material may include graphene. The material may form a monolayer. The molecules may include one or more material selected from the group consisting of graphene, carbon allotropes, ethylene, and hydrocarbon molecules containing ethylenic moieties. A fused region may be formed in the substrate as an interface between the substrate and the material. The clusters may have diameters of at least 20 nanometer s and may be accelerated to an energy of at least 0.5 keV.
US07824740B2	Anti-reflection film, production of anti-reflection film, and multi-layer film producing apparatus A coater overlays actinic radiation curable composition on a long support in a liquid phase to constitute a coating layer. The actinic radiation curable composition includes polymerizable compound, and a first polymerization initiator for reacting upon ultraviolet radiation of a first wavelength range, and for rendering the coating layer semi-cured in first-stage curing. A second polymerization initiator reacts upon ultraviolet radiation of a broad wavelength range covering the first wavelength range, and completely cures the coating layer in second-stage curing after the first-stage curing, to obtain an anti-reflection layer. For the first-stage curing, optical filters are combined with an ultraviolet radiation source for the broad wavelength range, and cause transmission of radiation of the first wavelength range for reaction only upon the first polymerization initiator. In one embodiment, the optical filters are arranged in a web width direction of the long support.
US07824739B2	Method for producing a golf ball The object of the present invention is to provide A method for producing a golf ball that is excellent In the durability of the mark, the adhesion of the paint Film and the productivity.In the present invention, since the curing agent contained in the paint covering the mark is used to cure the resin component forming the mark, there is no increase in the viscosity or the gellation of the ink for printing the mark, and thus the mark is printed well during the production of the golf ball.
US07824738B2	Coatings for turbine blades This invention relates to the simultaneous treatment of the internal and external surfaces of turbine blades or vanes. In particular it provides a process for coating an external and an internal surface of a turbine blade or vane with aluminium and chromium, respectively, at substantially the same time. The process comprises the following steps (i) and (ii) in either order: (i) applying to the external surface an aluminising compound comprising aluminium, a moderator, an energiser and a diluent; and (ii) applying to the internal surface a chromising compound comprising chromium, an energiser and a diluent. These steps are followed by (iii) heating the turbine blade or vane to form an aluminium layer on the external surface and a chromium layer on the internal surface. The invention also provides a suitable aluminising compound and a chromising compound per se.
US07824734B2	Method of preparing a substrate having a layer or pattern of metal on it A method and associated substrate is provided for applying a layer or pattern of metal on a substrate. The method includes providing a target substrate, immobilizing a layer of polymeric material on the target substrate, and applying and immobilizing a layer or pattern of metal on the layer of polymeric material on the target substrate using a stamp onto which the layer or pattern of metal has previously been applied, by bringing the stamp into conformal contact with the target substrate.
US07824725B2	Methods for extending the shelf life of partially solidified flowable compositions The present disclosure relates a method for extending a shelf life of at least one packaged composition within a consumer accessible cooling device adapted to cool the at least one packaged composition to a composition temperature which is a first supercooled temperature. The method comprises storing the at least one packaged composition within the consumer accessible cooling device at a first supercooled temperature and increasing the composition temperature to a second temperature during a time period in which the at least one packaged composition will not be removed from the consumer accessible cooling device by a consumer. The at least one packaged composition comprises a pressurized composition in a liquid phase within a sealed container. The pressurized composition comprises a solvent and a solute substantially dissolved in the solvent and is at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. The pressurized composition remains liquid while the at least one packaged composition is maintained at the first supercooled temperature in the consumer accessible cooling device and at least partially freezes in response to the sealed container being removed from the consumer accessible cooling device and opened or agitated by the consumer.
US07824721B2	Automated method of packaging food items An automated method of packaging cooked French fries in an individual portion-sized French fry container is provided, wherein the cooked French fries are mechanically delivered to a holding bin, an empty French fry container is mechanically scooped into the cooked French fries to fill the container, and the filled French fry container is mechanically deposited at a drop-off location. The cooked French fries may be received on an inlet chute, the inlet chute optionally vibrated to assist gravity in causing the French fries to travel into the holding bin. Seasoning may be applied to the French fries while the French fries are on the inlet chute, optionally restrained by one or more gates. After filling, the filled container may be mechanically shaken. Additionally, the empty French fry containers may be mechanically selected from a plurality of different-sized collapsed containers, mechanically obtained, and mechanically erected prior to scooping.
US07824720B2	Food heating container Container for heating food in an electrical bread toaster or other radiant heating device comprises a closed or partially open pouch formed of flexible sheet material comprising a woven fabric, such as glass or KEVLAR fibers, coated or impregnated with an electrically non-conductive heat resistant material, for example PTFE.
US07824718B2	Extract of Dioscorea opposita thunb showing neuronal cell-protecting activity for treating memory loss The present invention relates to a composition comprising an extract of Dioscorea opposita having neuron-protective activity for preventing and treating brain disease. The extracts from Dioscorea opposita show potent neuronal cell protective activity by inhibiting neuronal cell death caused by neuro-toxicity of glutamate and H2O2 therefore it can be used as the therapeutics or health food for treating and preventing brain diseases.
US07824716B1	Herbal women's health formula The herbal women's health formula includes a large variety of herbs that are useful in substantially reducing, if not altogether eliminating, a wide range of symptoms specifically related to women.
US07824713B1	Method for treating diaper rash using superhydrated bacteriostatic topical preparation with stable acid pH A method for treating diaper rash, leg ulcers and bed sores using super hydrated bacteriostatic topical preparation with a stable acid pH 5.82, by applying this topical application, which is a mixture of anhydrous lanolin (USP), water, boric acid powder (USP), edible corn starch, white petrolatum, cosmetic grade, and zinc oxide ointment (USP 20% zinc oxide) mixed in a paddle mixer at a temperature of about 100° F. to 107° F. then applying topically, the super hydrated bacteriostatic preparation, at room temperature, on the rash, leg ulcers, or bed sores.
US07824705B2	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.
US07824702B2	Composition for making a bone paste Disclosed herein is an efficient and cost-effective system for reconstituting bone pastes comprising a first syringe containing a reconstitution fluid and second syringe containing paste components, wherein said first and second syringes are communicatingly interconnectable. Also disclosed are novel methods for producing and storing bone pastes. Alternatively, a mixing syringe is disclosed, which is useful for reconstituting a paste, inter alia, comprising a flexible midportion, whereby repeated compression of the flexible midportion results in mixing the contents of the syringe.
US07824699B2	Implantable prosthetic devices containing timed release therapeutic agents Bioabsorbable drug delivery devices including modular drug delivery devices having shapes and sizes adapted to be inserted within a recess on the surface of an implantable prosthesis are disclosed. The devices may be attached to one another to create custom drug delivery devices having controllable drug release characteristics that depend on the composition of individual modules comprising the device. The modules may be cylinders, disks, tiles or tubes comprised of a bioabsorbable polymer and a therapeutic agent. The therapeutic agent(s) may be homogeneously distributed throughout the polymeric body of the device or contained within a cavity within a module comprising the device, or both. The device(s) may be threaded or attached to a prosthesis by a biodegradable adhesive. The modular devices may also be formed into tapered plugs for insertion into a mating receptacle. In another embodiment, the drug delivery device may be inserted within a mesh bag that may be attached to a soft tissue as, for example, by sutures, for localized controlled dispensation of a therapeutic agent.
US07824698B2	Lyophilized formulations of Salinosporamide A Lyophilized formulations comprising Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof are provided. In some aspects, lyophilized formulations comprising Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof and bulking agents are provided. Also provided are methods of lyophilizing Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof. In some aspects, a solvent or co-solvent system is utilized. Also provided are methods of administering Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof to patients.
US07824696B2	Modulation of immunostimulatory activity of immunostimulatory oligonucleotide analogs by positional chemical changes The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide analogs as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. The invention provides methods for enhancing the immune response caused by immunostimulatory oligonucleotide compounds.
US07824692B2	Ehrlichia disulfide bond formation proteins and uses thereof Novel genes encoding homologous immunoreactive thio-disulfide oxidoreductases, or disulfide bond formation (Dsb) proteins from Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis are disclosed. While the E. chaffeensis and E. canis Dsb proteins are at most only 31% or less homologous to other known Dsb proteins, the Ehrlichia Dsbs contain a cysteine active site, Cys-Gly-Tyr-Cys, similar to those in known Dsb proteins. As predicted by 15-amino acid identical N-terminal signal peptides, the proteins are primarily localized in the periplasm of E. chaffeensis and E. canis, possibly playing a role in antigenicity and pathogenesis. The present invention provides the nucleotide and amino acid sequences and expression vectors for the E. chaffeensis and E. canis dsb genes, antisera directed against the proteins, and kits to determine whether an individual or animal is infected with a given species of Ehrlichia.
US07824689B2	Chicken astrovirus type 2 The present invention provides a new chicken astrovirus (CAstV). This chicken astrovirus (CAstV-2) is immunologically distinct from known avian astroviruses and can be used to prepare vaccines.
US07824684B2	Methods of inhibiting the binding of P-selectin to PSGL-1 with anti-P-selectin antibodies This invention relates to anti-P-selectin antibodies and, in particular, to anti-P-selectin antibodies and variants thereof that contain an Fc part derived from human origin and do not bind complement factor C1q. These antibodies have new and inventive properties causing a benefit for a patient suffering from critical limb ischemia or peripheral arterial occlusive disease (CLI/PAOD).
US07824680B2	Methods for inhibiting angiogenesis The invention provides methods for detecting and inhibiting angiogenesis, endothelial cell adhesion, and endothelial cell migration using agents which inhibit the specific binding of integrin α4β1 to one or more of its ligands. The invention further provides methods for screening test compounds for their ability to inhibit angiogenesis, endothelial cell adhesion, or endothelial cell migration by employing agents which inhibit the specific binding of integrin α4β1 to one or more of its ligands. The invention additionally relates to methods for isolating endothelial progenitor cells which express integrin α4β1. The methods of the invention are useful in, for example, diagnosing and inhibiting pathological conditions that are associated with angiogenesis, endothelial cell adhesion, and/or endothelial cell migration. The invention's methods are also useful in isolating endothelial progenitor cells, and in determining the mechanisms that underlie angiogenesis, development, wound healing, and the function of the female reproductive system.
US07824676B2	Exocrine gland tight junction-constituting protein jeap family A mouse cDNA library from gene fragments encoding proteins localizing at cell-cell junctions was screened by a technique visualizing localization of a protein to identify a junction-enriched and -associated protein, JEAP. GenBank homology search was performed based on the sequence. Based on the obtained sequence, a mouse cDNA library was screened to identify JEAP-2. By using prepared antibodies against these proteins, it was revealed that these proteins express specifically at tight junctions, in particular, tight junctions in exocrine glands.
US07824673B2	Reduction of adipose tissue A simple search was made on the Internet. There were at least a few hundred entries. The following seem to be the best of the few dozen examined. The first page of each is cited below for identification.
US07824672B2	Method for coating living cells The invention comprises anti-inflammatory conformal barriers with controllable permeability properties that can be applied to living cells prior to transplant, and methods for coating living cells with conformal barriers. The coatings comprise polymer layers deposited on a cell surface by layer-by-layer polymer assembly, wherein each layer contains a positive and a negative polymer pair. The barriers can be actively anti-inflammatory through incorporation of anticoagulant and/or anti-inflammatory agents into the barrier.
US07824670B2	Use of il6r/il6 chimera in nerve cell regeneration The present invention provides for the use of IL6R/IL6 chimera for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment of neurological diseases and disorders.
US07824668B2	Compositions for attracting stink bugs The invention provides compositions for attracting stink bugs, which include at least one pheromone and at least one synergist. The synergist is a naturally-occurring phytochemical compound. The pheromone is preferably methyl (2E,4Z)-decadienoate, ethyl (2E,4Z)-decadienoate, methyl (2Z,4E)-decadienoate, or methyl (2E,4E)-decadienoate and the synergist is preferably geraniol. The invention also provides traps containing the composition for attracting stink bugs, and methods for attracting, capturing, killing or sterilizing stink bugs using the composition.
US07824666B2	Personal care fixative The present invention is directed to bimodal polymer compositions and personal care fixatives containing bimodal polymer compositions. The present invention includes a bimodal polymer composition having a first polymer with anionic character and a second polymer with cationic character and wherein the polymers form an interpenetrating polymer network. In one embodiment, the present invention also includes personal care fixatives (e.g., health care, hygiene or cosmetic compositions) containing the bimodal polymer composition. The present invention also includes methods for forming bimodal polymer compositions.
US07824664B2	Semipermanent hair shaping method Disclosed herein is a semi-permanent hair shaping method comprising (c) applying onto the hair a first composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one solubilized fixing polymer chosen from anionic and amphoteric polymers, said application being optionally followed by a resting time for said first composition, (d) applying onto the hair a second composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least 0.15% by weight, relative to the total weight of said second composition, of at least one salt chosen from mineral and organic salts, said application being optionally followed by a resting time for said second composition, where step b) is conducted prior to or after step a), then (c) rinsing the hair, (d) shaping the hair either after applying the first composition of step a), or after applying the second composition of step b) and prior to the rinsing step c).
US07824663B2	Lip gloss composition The present invention provides a lip gloss composition having appropriate adhesion, spreadability, durability, practical properties such as gloss on the applied surface, storage stability, and safety to skin.A lip gloss composition, comprising (A) 20 to 60 parts by mass of polyglyceryl-2 dimer dilinoleate isostearate and/or hydrogenated polyisobutene; (B) 0.5 to 1.0 part by mass of a polamide resin with an amide terminal group and/or a polyamide resin with an ester terminal group; (C) 1.75 to 7.0 parts by mass of a dextrin ester of an aliphatic: (D) 20 to 55 parts by mass of at least one hydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of diisostearyl malate, polyglyceryl-2 diisostearate polyglyceryl-2 triisostearate, dipentaerythrityl diisostearate and dipentaerylthrityl trisostearate; and (E) 15 to 40 parts by mass of a liquid oil having a viscosity of 5 to 400 mPa·s at 25 degrees C., wherein a total amount of (A) to (E) is 100 parts by mass and the ratio by mass (C)/(B) is 3.5 to 7.0.
US07824659B2	Methods of making radiolabeled tracers and precursors thereof The present disclosure relates to a solid-phase process for the production of radiolabeled tracers, in particular for the production of 18F-labeled compounds which may be used as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radiolabeled tracers. The disclosure also relates to radiopharmaceutical kits comprising precursors to the radiolabeled tracers, which can be converted to the radiolabeled tracers using the processes described herein.
US07824656B2	Catalysts for hydrogen production The present invention relates to catalysts for the production of hydrogen using the water gas shift reaction and the carbon dioxide reforming of hydrocarbon-containing fuels. The catalysts nickel and/or copper on a ceria/zirconia support, where the support is prepared using a surfactant templating method. The invention also includes processes for producing hydrogen, reactors and hydrogen production systems utilizing these catalysts.
US07824654B2	Method and apparatus for generating hydrogen Method and apparatus for generating hydrogen from a fuel comprising an endothermically decomposable compound, preferably methanol, and optionally comprising water. A catalyst is preferably used to decompose the methanol into hydrogen and CO. The catalyst preferably has low selectivity for reacting the CO and water to form CO2 and hydrogen. A permselective membrane, preferably cleaned by the water, is used to separate the hydrogen. The retentate has fuel value and is reacted or otherwise burned in order to provide heat for the decomposition reaction.
US07824653B2	Water soluble quantum dots An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous QDs with emission wavelengths varying from 400 nm to 700 nm. Highly luminescent metal sulfide (MS) QDs are produced via an aqueous synthesis route. MS QDs are capped with thiol-containing charged molecules in a single step. The resultant MS QDs exhibit the distinctive excitonic photoluminescence desired of QDs and can be fabricated to avoid undesirable broadband emissions at higher wavelengths. This provides a significant improvement over the present complex and expensive commercial processes for the production of QDs. The aqueous QDs are stable in biological fluids over a long period of time. In addition, nontoxic ZnS QDs have been produced with good photoluminescence properties by refluxing the ZnS QD suspensions over a period of time.
US07824650B2	Enhanced directional conductivity of graphitizable foam A graphitizable carbon foam having enhanced directional thermal conductivity is provided. The mesophase portions of a mesophase pitch are aligned with each other to create an oriented mesophase pitch, which is then foamed to provide an oriented pitch foam. The pitch foam can be heated to carbonize the pitch thereby forming an oriented carbon foam. The carbon foam can be further heated to provide an oriented graphite foam.
US07824646B2	Carbon and carbon composites with highly ordered mesosize pores Mesoporous carbon and silica containing composites are prepared based on the co-assembly of a suitable surfactant in a liquid medium. When a low molecular weight carbonizable polymer and a silica precursor are added to the surfactant solution, a mixture of distinct phases of the materials is formed after solvent evaporation. A polymer/silica solid composite with highly organized mesopores is obtained after surfactant removal. This product has utility as a catalyst support or gas absorbent. And the polymer-silica composite can be easily converted successively to a mesoporous carbon-silica composite and to a bimodal mesoporous carbon material.
US07824639B2	Exhaust treatment system and catalyst system A catalyst system comprises a gold catalyst capable of oxidizing CO; a hydrocarbon oxidation catalyst; and a hydrocarbon adsorbing material.
US07824638B2	Process for catalytic tail gas incineration This disclosure relates generally to processes for efficient incineration and conversion of the tail gas streams from sulfur recovery units containing sulfur compounds such as H2S, CO2, COS, CS2, and other sulfur species and sulfur vapors from S1 to S8 to SO2. The present disclosure describes the use of a combination of catalysts to achieve efficient oxidation of all reduced sulfur compounds as well as oxidation of CO and H2 to meet the industry emission requirements. The catalytic tail gas incineration process described herein can advantageously operate at lower temperatures, which in turn can represent a savings in reduced fuel gas costs.
US07824635B2	Filter for exhaust gas from diesel engine and equipment A particulate material removing filter for exhaust gas from a diesel engine is provided. The particulate material removing filter is formed by laminating metal laths having an oxidation catalyst layer containing a noble metal that oxidizes nitrogen oxide in exhaust gas into nitrogen dioxide. The metal laths are laminated to form a laminate in such a manner that the drawing direction of the metal lath processing differs by 90 degrees with each other.
US07824632B1	Dumpster disinfecting and deodorizing projectile A dumpster disinfecting and deodorizing projectile may include a mobile external body, a disinfecting agent contained inside the external body, and a deodorizing agent contained inside the external body. The device may further include a mechanism for automatically releasing the disinfecting and deodorizing agents from the external body after the outer surface is separated to the disengaged particulates and thereby effectively eradicating bacteria and odor over an extended period of time in the existing dumpster. Such an automatic disinfecting agent and deodorizing agent releasing mechanism preferably includes a permeable absorbent pad contiguously lining an inner surface of the external body, and a hollow nucleus that has a cavity formed therein.
US07824630B2	DNA probe synthesis on chip on demand by mems ejector array A DNA probe synthesis system may include a target holder for holding a target chip, an ejector array chip, a wash and dry station, and conveyance means for moving the target holder and the chip between the ejector array chip and the wash and dry station. The ejector array chip may include ejectors, reservoirs for containing DNA bases, and microchannels all on the same substrate. The ejectors may be Self Focusing Acoustic Transducers (SFATs).
US07824629B2	Honeycomb structure and manufacturing method for honeycomb structure A honeycomb structured body includes a plurality of honeycomb members bonded together by a bonding material, including a plurality of first honeycomb members, each having a vertical cross-section that is orthogonal to an axis of the honeycomb structured body and rectangular, and a plurality of second honeycomb members each having a vertical cross-section that is orthogonal to the axis and irregular in shape; and a filing layer arranged between an outer coating layer, which defines an outer surface of the honeycomb structured body, and an outer surface of the filter peripheral portion formed by the plurality of second honeycomb members.
US07824622B2	Molded part for the analysis and preparation of substances in microliter and submicroliter volumes and process for the preparation thereof An integral molded part of a plastic material for the analysis and preparation of substances, having at least one surface region and an interior region, wherein said at least one surface region is an open-pore three-dimensional network.
US07824621B2	Apparatus and method for ejecting droplets using charge concentration and liquid bridge breakup Disclosed is an apparatus and method for ejecting droplets using charge concentration and liquid bridge breakup. The droplet ejection apparatus includes a reservoir storing a liquid; a capillary nozzle having a lower end submerged in the liquid stored in the reservoir and an upper end exposed outside the surface of the liquid, the capillary nozzle transferring the liquid to the upper end using capillary force; a potentiostat for applying a voltage to the liquid; a substrate mount on which a substrate is disposed to face the upper end of the capillary nozzle; and a distance adjusting unit for reciprocatingly moving the substrate between first and second positions with respect to the capillary nozzle, wherein the first position denotes a position where a distance between the upper end of the capillary nozzle and the surface of the substrate is less than a effective distance.
US07824620B2	Nano- and micro-scale structures: methods, devices and applications thereof Disclosed are methods for fabricating integrated nano-scale and micro-scale structures. Also disclosed are carbon nanopipettes, shovels, and sheets made by these methods. Nano-scale and micro-scale structures fabricated by the disclosed methods are useful in a variety of application, for example, nanoelectrodes, functionalized probes for chemical and biological sensing, nanopipettes for fluid and macromolecule transfer, and devices for the dispensing and deposition of nanodrops.
US07824618B2	Sensor structure and method of fabricating the same Provided is a sensor structure comprising a heater and a temperature sensor at the center of a membrane having a well structure, allowing a temperature to be rapidly controlled with low power, and the object is analyzed using a conductivity change measured at two or more substrate temperatures with a pair of detecting electrode and a detecting layer implemented on the heater, wherein the sensing layer can include a conductive particle and a non-conductive organic composite.
US07824615B2	Support element for test-tubes and the like A support element for test-tubes and the like, including an annular body adapted to be fitted on a test-tube and provided with connection means among several support elements to allow the formation of a chain having additional support elements, wherein the connection means are a spherical joint.
US07824613B2	Delivering samples to and controlling analytical instruments A control system for a bank of analytical instruments operates the instruments as a group rather than singly. The system includes an autoloader at a sample preparation station into which an individual loads sample vials of unknown material. A second autoloader provides sample vials of known material that can be used to calibrate instruments. A computer controls the autoloader and a conveyor system to deliver a selected one of the vials to a selected instrument. The conveyor system includes a group of distributors, typically in series, to deliver a vial to any one of a large group of instruments. The conveyor system is preferably a pneumatic system including a receiver and technique for slowing the vials down when they approach the receiver. The receiver is positioned to deliver the vial to an autoinjector of the instrument. A computer monitors and communicates with the analytical instrument to obtain inputs to control components of the system.
US07824606B2	Nickel-based alloys and articles made therefrom The invention provides nickel-based alloys that are useful in the preparation of articles for applications requiring high mechanical and physical properties, such as high strength and high heat stability, while simultaneously reducing the cost of preparation of the alloys. The invention further provides articles, such as turbine wheels, prepared using the inventive alloys.
US07824604B2	Methods of implementing a water-cooling system into a burner panel and related apparatuses The present invention generally relates to apparatuses and methods for use in metal melting, refining and/or other processing, such as, for example, steel making in an electric arc furnace (EAF), and more particularly, to improved cooling systems and related methods for use in an extended burner panel.
US07824599B2	System for forming portioned food and a method for the same A food portioning system to efficiently output portion food material, the system including a hopper, a mold plate, air knockout assembly, and air and hydraulic cylinders. Flowable food material is put into the hopper where it is pushed into the mold cavity of the mold plate. By the action of the air and hydraulic cylinders, the mold plate is driven to a knockout position where the air knockout assembly releases compressed air onto the mold cavity to knock out the portioned food from the mold cavity.
US07824596B2	Method for actuation of injection molding shooting pots Method whereby coinjection molding shooting pot actuation structure is configured to be installed in a coinjection hot runner with a coinjection nozzle, the coinjection nozzle having at least two melt channels ending at the same gate. The shooting pot is preferably disposed in one of a mold cavity half and a mold core half. A shooting pot piston is configured to discharge a melt from the shooting pot. A transmission structure is configured to (i) extend through one of the mold cavity half and the mold core half, and (ii) to transmit a force to the shooting pot piston. Actuation structure is disposed on the opposite side of the mold cavity half from the coinjection hot runner, and is configured to provide the force to the transmission structure. This configuration conserves space in the mold.
US07824595B2	Method and system for cast molding a fluid conduit A system and method for insulating an outer surface of a fluid conduit is provided. A portion of the circumference of the outer surface of a conduit is surrounded in a film, thereby forming a generally annular pocket between the outer surface of the conduit and the inner surface of the film. Insulation is deposited into this pocket between the outer surface of the conduit and an inner surface of the film, molded to a substantially uniform radial thickness, and cured to form a cast molded conduit.
US07824593B2	Method of manufacturing moving handrail for passenger conveyor A belt splicing apparatus includes: a mold including a cavity into which connecting end portions of a resin-made belt are inserted, opposing each other, to connect the end portions by using a bonding resin; a heating unit that heats a bonding resin to more than a flow starting temperature of the bonding resin; and a pressure maintaining unit. The pressure maintaining unit includes: a reservoir communicating with the cavity and maintaining the bonding resin in a fluid state; a pressure transmitting member that transmits pressure to the bonding resin in the fluid state; an urging unit that urges the pressure transmitting member; and an urging force adjusting unit that adjusts an urging force applied by the urging unit.
US07824590B2	Textured surfaces One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a textured surface may include providing a first thermally stable sheet, printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface, and curing the material, then using said first sheet to impart negative texture into Tedlar faced epoxy composite blanket, which is in turn used to impart texture into a decorative laminate.
US07824589B2	Multi-wall sheet without the triangle effect, coated by coextrusion Gussetless multi-wall sheets are prepared using a coextrusion process which entails feeding part of the base material directly into and via the male insert of the extrusion die, thereby producing the gussetless sheet.
US07824581B2	Cocrystalline metallic compounds and electrochemical redox active material employing the same The present invention includes an electrochemical redox active material. The electrochemical redox active material includes a cocrystalline metallic compound having a general formula AxMO4−yXOy.M′O, where A is at least one metallic element selected from a group consisting of alkali metals, M and M′ may be identical or different and independently of one another at least one selected from a group consisting of transition metals and semimetals, X is P or As, 0.9≦x≦1.1, and 0
US07824574B2	Cyclic catalytic upgrading of chemical species using metal oxide materials Processes are disclosure which comprise alternately contacting an oxygen-carrying catalyst with a reducing substance, or a lower partial pressure of an oxidizing gas, and then with the oxidizing gas or a higher partial pressure of the oxidizing gas, whereby the catalyst is alternately reduced and then regenerated to an oxygenated state. In certain embodiments, the oxygen-carrying catalyst comprises at least one metal oxide-containing material containing a composition having one of the following formulas: (a) CexByB′zB″Oδ, wherein B=Ba, Sr, Ca, or Zr; B′=Mn, Co, or Fe; B″=Cu; 0.01
US07824571B2	Polymerizable liquid crystal composition, optical device, method of manufacturing optical device, and liquid crystal display A polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal monomer capable of achieving hybrid alignment on an alignment processed surface and at least one of a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (1) and a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (2): wherein R1 to R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
US07824563B2	Etching media for oxidic, transparent, conductive layers The present invention relates to a novel etching medium for the structuring of transparent, conductive layers, as are used, for example, in the production of liquid-crystal displays (LCDS) using flat-panel screens or of organic light-emitting displays (OLEDs) or in thin-film solar cells. Specifically, it relates to particle-free compositions by means of which fine structures can be etched selectively in oxidic, transparent and conductive layers without damaging or attacking adjacent areas. The novel liquid etching medium can advantageously be applied by means of printing processes to the oxidic, transparent, conductive layers to be structured. Subsequent heat treatment accelerates or initiates the etching process.
US07824560B2	Manufacturing method for ink jet recording head chip, and manufacturing method for ink jet recording head A manufacturing method for a substrate for an ink jet head, including formation of an ink supply port in a silicon substrate, the method includes a step of forming, on one side of the substrate, an etching mask layer having an opening at a position corresponding ink supply port; a step of forming unpenetrated holes through the opening of the etching mask layer in at least two rows in a longitudinal direction of the opening; and a step of forming the ink supply port by crystal anisotropic etching of the substrate in the opening.
US07824559B2	Apparatus and method for preparing platelet rich plasma and concentrates thereof A PRP separator-concentrator comprising a housing, a separation assembly, and a concentration assembly. The concentration assembly has a concentration sump. An axially concentric rigid stationary outlet tube is secured to the housing and extends through the separation assembly to the sump. The separation assembly is attached to and positioned above the concentration assembly to form a combined separator-concentrator assemblage that is rotatable about the outlet tube. The separation assembly includes a separation chamber lined with a depth filter having pores and passageways that are sized to receive and entrap erythrocytes during centrifuging. The concentration chamber has a floor for supporting desiccated beads and a wall with at least one opening closed with a screen. The concentrator can have a distribution of upright screen supports, the upright screen supports having an inner surface and an outer surface, the cylindrical screen being supported on the outer surface of the upright screen supports. A stationary bead rake can be secured to the stationary tube and extend outward therefrom, the rake having distal ends that are spaced at a distance from the upright screen supports. The rake can comprise a longitudinal body, the center of which is secured to the rigid outlet tube. The separator-concentrator includes a valve assembly connecting the separation chamber and the concentration chamber. PRP concentrate is produced by contacting PRP with desiccated beads while the beads are stirred with a stationary rake, and rotating the concentration chamber at centrifugal speeds to separate PRP concentrate from the beads.
US07824558B2	Processing bag for component separator system and method of removing separated components A centrifugal processing bag, system and method for separating the components of a mixed material is presented. The processing bag includes a hub and a first port for receiving the mixed material, where the first port includes an outlet positioned within the processing bag at a perimeter of the bag. The processing bag also including a second port having a second port inlet spaced proximate the hub and away from a central axis of the hub. The second port directs a separated material collected from the second port inlet out of the processing bag.
US07824557B2	Method for controlling microbial biofilm in aqueous systems A process has been found which increases the efficiency and effectiveness of introducing antimicrobial compounds into complex biofilm matrices through the use of liposome carriers, thereby removing the biofouling in industrial water bearing systems, including piping, heat exchanges, condensers, filtration systems and fluid storage tanks.According to one embodiment of the invention, antimicrobial compound containing liposomes are added to water systems prone to biofouling and biofilm formation. The liposomes, being similar in composition to microbial membranes or cells, are readily incorporated into the existing biofilm. Once the antimicrobial compound containing liposomes become entrained with the biofilm matrix, the decomposition or programmed disintegration of the liposome proceeds. Thereafter the biocidal aqueous core is released to react directly with the biofilm encased microorganisms. Upon the death of the organisms, the polysaccharide/protein matrix decomposes and thereby results in reduced fouling of the water bearing system, resulting in increased heat transfer, increased flux, less deposit of colloidal and particulate solids and dissolved organics on the surface of the microfiltration membrane, thereby reducing the frequency and duration of the membrane cleaning and ultimate replacement.
US07824555B2	System and method for water restoration System and method for water restoration to a water pool or to water regions associated with freshwater or saltwater marinas. Embodiments include a positive water flow device that works in unison with a negative water flow device, wherein the positive and negative flow devices are separated from each other in the water pool or water regions. The positive flow device, for example, a water jet, directs a stream of water beneath the water surface of the water pool or water regions, and causes a water surface to move towards the negative flow device by a hydraulic pushing action. The negative flow device includes a water pump and receiving port, augments the hydraulic pushing action by providing a complementary pulling action by applying a vacuum or negative pressure to a water receiving port, or scoop. Water laden, oily surface contaminants are then removed in the scoop as a water oil mixture that is subsequently separated to form an oil mixture for subsequent recycling and a clean water source that is restored for delivery back into the water pool or water regions.
US07824554B2	Automated apparatus and process for the controlled shutdown and start-up for a wastewater treatment system An apparatus and method for cleaning and shutting down a part-time wastewater treatment system is disclosed. The wastewater treatment system has a water input to receive an influent flow of wastewater to be treated, a water output to discharge treated clean water effluent, and a water treatment capacity volume. An effluent external tank receives the clean water effluent and has a size greater than or equal to the capacity volume. Influent flow of wastewater is terminated. Clean water effluent is pumped through a fluid pathway from the effluent external tank to the water input. A sufficient volume of clean water effluent is passed through the wastewater treatment system to complete treatment of the wastewater within the wastewater treatment system, purge wastewater from the wastewater treatment system, and fill the wastewater treatment system with clean water effluent. The wastewater treatment system is thus prepared to be shut down.
US07824551B2	Passive nutrient removal material mixes Materials, compositions, substances and methods and systems for stormwater treatment in wet ponds, dry ponds and a green roof system. A first embodiment provides in-situ treatment unit within the retention pond by withdrawing the stored stormwater to circulate the stored stormwater into the in-situ treatment unit to sorb nitrogen from the stored stormwater. A second embodiment provides uses a riprap apron, a perforated riser located at the bottom of the riprap apron and a geotextile media encased in a sorption media jacket around the perforated riser. A third embodiment provides a green roof stormwater treatment system that includes protection for waterproofing and insulating the roof, a pollution control media layer for filtration and sorption of solids and dissolved materials found in stormwater, a growing media for growing vegetation, and a cistern to store the runoff stormwater between irrigation events. The green roof system includes recycling runoff stormwater by irrigating the green roof with the stored stormwater.
US07824550B2	Fuel filter The invention relates to a fuel filter through which the fuel is to flow, in which water-separating, permeable layers are arranged spaced apart from one another in the direction of flow upstream of the filter layer, each time during operation of the filter the free space that lies between the two layers is connected to a first water collecting space, lying on the bottom of the filter, the first water collecting space lies below both the filter layer and the two permeable layers, is intended to permit a high degree of water separation. For this purpose, such a fuel filter is distinguished by the fact that the filter tube space lying upstream of the layer that is flowed through first of the two layers is connected to a second water collecting space within the filter, the assignment of which to the filter layer on the one hand and to the two permeable layers on the other hand coincides with that of the first water collecting space with respect to these components.
US07824549B2	High efficiency grit removal system An assembly for removing grit particles from a fluid having a flow. The assembly includes a tank having walls for holding fluid for separation of grit particles from the fluid, a fluid inlet for flow of fluid into the tank, a fluid outlet for flow of fluid from the tank, an inlet diffusion baffle assembly including a baffle positioned to direct fluid flow toward the tank walls and a lower chamber of the tank, and an outlet baffle assembly including a baffle positioned in a rear of the tank at an upward slope from the center of the tank toward the fluid outlet configured to direct fluid flow toward the center of the tank.
US07824547B2	Filter arrangement A filter apparatus, particularly for filtering coolant/lubricant from a machining, including a filter tank having an inlet for the liquid to be filtered, an outlet for the filtered liquid and a belt of filter medium adapted to circulate within the filter tank and having a top side and a bottom side. The liquid to be filtered is introduced below the bottom side and is discharged between the top side and the bottom side. The filter material of the bottom side separates the unfiltered liquid from the filtered liquid and prevents floating particles in the liquid from reaching the outlet for the filtered liquid.
US07824546B1	Canteen A canteen including a reservoir for containing unfiltered water; a filter; a spout; and a pump for pumping water from the reservoir, through the filter, and then out the spout as filtered water.
US07824545B2	Bottom fillable bottles and systems for charging the same According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a fluid supply assembly fluidly connectable to a source of fluid is provided. The fluid supply assembly includes a housing (702); a hydraulic assembly (710) supported within the housing (702), wherein the hydraulic assembly (710) is configured and adapted to pressurize the fluid which is supplied to a solenoid shut-off valve (724); a tank assembly (714) supported within the housing (702) for retaining a quantity of pre-conditioned fluid therein; and a filter assembly (720) supported within the housing (702) and in fluid communication with the hydraulic assembly (710).
US07824543B2	Wireless water purification systems and wireless remote dispensing devices for water purification systems Wireless water purification systems and wireless remote dispensing devices for a water purification system. The remote dispensing device is fluidly coupled with the main purification unit. A wireless transceiver is associated with the remote dispensing device and another wireless transceiver is associated with the main purification unit. The wireless transceivers communicate across a wireless communications link between the remote dispensing device and the main purification unit. The system may include multiple remote dispensing devices and/or multiple main purification units.
US07824540B2	Process for upgrading liquid hydrocarbon feeds Process for upgrading a liquid hydrocarbon feed comprising the steps of (a) preparing a slurry comprising the hydrocarbon feed having a boiling range above 350° C. and solid particles comprising a rehydratable material, (b) thermally treating said slurry at a temperature in the range of 250 to 550° C., (c) optionally separating the thermally treated slurry into (I) a lower boiling fraction and (ii) a higher boiling fraction containing the solid particles and formed coke, if any, and (d) separating the solid particles and formed coke, if any, from the thermally treated slurry resulting from step b) or the higher boiling fraction of step c).
US07824536B2	Electrolytic method to make alkali alcoholates using ceramic ion conducting solid membranes Disclosed are processes of making solutions of alkali alkoxides in their corresponding alcohols using an electrolytic process. In one embodiment, sodium methoxide in methanol is made from methanol and aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, where the aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is present in the anolyte compartment and a solution of sodium methoxide in methanol is present in the catholyte compartment, the two compartments are separated by a ceramic membrane that selectively transports sodium ions under the influence of an electric potential, and wherein the composition of the solution of sodium methoxide in methanol in the catholyte compartment of the electrolytic cell comprises between at least about 2% by weight sodium methoxide and at most about 20% by weight sodium methoxide.
US07824533B2	Tempered plated wire and methods of manufacture The present invention is a method of manufacturing plated wire. The method includes drawing a feed stock to form drawn wire, tempering the drawn wire to form tempered wire and plating the tempered wire to form the plated wire. The plated wire exhibits a tensile strength that substantially meets ASTM A229-99.
US07824531B2	Multilayered air-fuel ratio sensor A multilayered air-fuel ratio sensor consists of a plurality of substrate layers. At least one heterogeneous boundary layer is interposed between the plurality of substrate layers. The heterogeneous boundary layer has a thickness in a range of 10 to 100 μm. The heterogeneous boundary layer absorbs thermal shocks or any other stresses acting on the substrate layers and stops the growth of cracks.
US07824525B2	Processing solution tank A processing solution tank of forming an agitating flow by flowing and circulating a processing solution in directions opposite to each other between the side of a liquid surface and the side of a tank bottom, in which a guide plate substantially of an arcuate shape is formed to an end of the tank situated at least to the downstream on the side of the liquid surface or the downstream on the side of the tank bottom in the agitating flow for reversing the flow downward to the tank bottom or upward to the liquid surface, and a swirl chamber having a swirl generating portion of a substantially arcuate face for capturing dusts is provided at the bottom of the tank, whereby high quality surface treatment, for example, electrodeposition coating can be conducted by uniformly stirring the processing solution so as not to cause backflow or turbulence in the processing solution tank while dipping a work on a conveyor in the processing solution.
US07824524B2	Highly protonated, supercharged, low pH, non-corrosive composition A highly protonated, supercharged, low pH, non-corrosive composition and process for making the composition wherein the composition has a milli-volt charge between 400 and 1400, a proton count between 8×10^≧and 14×10^≧, and a pH level at 1 part composition with 99 parts water between 0.9 and 1.8.
US07824523B2	Catalytically activated vacuum distillation system A catalytically activated vacuum distillation system, several novel component parts of said system, a process for producing carbon based products and novel carbon black that is produced from such a system and process.
US07824522B2	Headbox slice beam removal system and device An apparatus for the repair or maintenance of a papermaking headbox has two devices, one of which is used on the tending side and one of which is used on the drive side of the headbox. Each device has three parts, a lower bracket mounted to the headbox frame, an upper bracket mounted to the headbox slice beam, and a carriage which moves on a track formed on the lower bracket. The carriage is adjustably mounted to the upper bracket, and supports the slice beam which is attached to the upper bracket, and allows the slice beam to be precisely raised and lowered with respect to the headbox, so as to disconnect the slice beam from the headbox. Once separated, the slice beam is moved on the track, displacing it in the machine direction from the head box.
US07824516B2	Embossing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for forming a patterned layer having a surface profile that provides relief structures within an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of taking a carrier film (50) having an inverse of the required surface profile formed on one side thereof, taking a layer of fixable material (54) located on a substrate (52), laminating the carrier film (50) and substrate (52) such the carrier film causes the required surface profile to be formed in the layer of fixable material with a predetermined offset, and then fixing the fixable material. Lamination may be performed using rollers (56,58) or a vacuum process. The process is designed to ensure that the offset can be kept as low as possible, preferably to within 150 nm.
US07824511B1	Method of making GAP propellants by pre-reacting a metal fuel with isocyanate before mixing with binder and plasticizer A method for making high energy compositions, such as propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics or the like, including a solid metal particulate fuel dispersed in a cured binder matrix. The compositions are formed with ingredients including a particulate metal fuel such as boron, binder polymer (such as GAP polyol), binder plasticizer, and a curing agent containing isocyanate. The improved method includes pre-reacting the particulate metal fuel with an amount of isocyanate, which acts as a curative to neutralize residual acid. The particulate metal fuel/isocyanate from the pre-curing step is mixed together with the binder polymer, binder plasticizer, and remaining curing agent to form the solid propellant. The initial neutralization of the metal fuel avoids gassing and improves the mechanical properties of the propellant yield.
US07824509B2	High-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having fatigue resistance, corrosion resistance, ductility and plating adhesion, after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same The present invention provides: a high-strength high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in ductility, which improves non-plating defects and plating adhesion after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same; a high-strength and high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having superior appearance and workability, which suppresses the generation of non-plating defects, and a method of producing the same; and a high-strength hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet and a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which suppress non-plating defects and surface defects and have both corrosion resistance, in particular corrosion resistance in an environment containing chlorine ion, and high ductility, and a method of producing the same.
US07824506B2	Nd-Fe-B magnet with modified grain boundary and process for producing the same In known methods, an improvement of the coercive force is realized by allowing the Dy metal or the like to present selectively in crystal grain boundary portions of a sintered magnet. However, since these are based on a physical film formation method, e.g., sputtering, through the use of a vacuum vessel, there is a mass productivity problem when a large number of magnets are treated. Furthermore, there is a magnet cost problem from the viewpoint that, for example, an expensive, high-purity Dy metal or the like must be used as a raw material for film formation. The method for modifying grain boundaries of a Nd—Fe—B base magnet includes the step of allowing an M metal component to diffuse and penetrate from a surface of a Nd—Fe—B base sintered magnet body having a Nd-rich crystal grain boundary phase surrounding principal Nd2Fe14B crystals to the grain boundary phase through a reduction treatment of a fluoride, an oxide, or a chloride of an M metal element (where M is Pr, Dy, Tb, or Ho).
US07824500B1	System and method for cleaning a reactor chamber of a pump exhaust abatement system A system and a method are disclosed for cleaning a reactor chamber of a pump exhaust abatement system. During the cleaning of the reactor chamber a transparent protective shield is temporarily mounted on an opening of a cabinet that contains the reactor chamber. The transparent protective shield has apertures and associated glove mounts that allow protective gloves to be placed through the apertures. This allows a technician to have gloved access to clean the reactor chamber within the cabinet. The transparent protective shield protects the technician from exposure to pollutants during the time that the reactor chamber is being cleaned. The transparent protective shield is removed after the cleaning process has been completed.
US07824498B2	Coating for reducing contamination of substrates during processing A substrate support has a support structure and a coating on the support structure having a carbon-hydrogen network. The coating has a contact surface having a coefficient of friction of less than about 0.3 and a hardness of at least about 8 GPa. The contact surface of the coating is capable of reducing abrasion and contamination of a substrate that contacts the contact surface. In one version, the support structure has a dielectric covering an electrode. A plurality of mesas on the dielectric have a coating with the contact surface thereon.
US07824493B2	Silicon wafer and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a silicon wafer includes a step of annealing a silicon wafer which is sliced from a silicon single crystal ingot, thereby forming a DZ layer in a first surface and in a second surface of the silicon wafer and a step of removing either a portion of the DZ layer in the first surface or a portion of the DZ layer in the second surface.
US07824488B2	Pigment composition based on C.I. pigment yellow 191 The invention relates to a pigment composition based on P.Y. 191 of the formula (1) containing 0.05 to 30 mol %, based on the sum of P.Y. 191 and a further yellow colorant, of at least one further yellow colorant of the formula (2) and/or of C.I. Pigment Yellow 100 in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, —CH3, —NO2, or NH—R6 where R6 is C1-C4-alkyl; R5 is methyl or carboxyl, and where the compound of the formula (2) is not C.I. Pigment Yellow 191.
US07824487B2	Rutile-based pigment and a method for the production thereof The invention covers a fine-particle, brilliant and strongly hiding rutile-based pigment that is devoid of any metal or reactive metal compounds relevant to mill abrasion detectable by application technology but whose particle-size in terms of particle diameters ranges from 50 to 1000 nm, for mono-, bi-, tri- or oligo-modal size distribution and a primary maximum ranges from 230 to 400 nm, wherein optionally for a bi- or poly-modal frequency distribution, a secondary maximum is less than 25% of the primary maximum between 400 and 1000 nm. The process for producing said pigment comprises treating an inorganic mixed-phase rutile structured oxide pigment by high-speed grinding in suspension in a ball grinding mill provided with a mechanically and chemically resistant coating until said particle-size and a substantially isometric rounded particle shape are attained. The invention optionally provides for viscosity adjustment and surface conditioning of the pigment. The inventive pigment differs from prior art by improved gloss, low whiteness or reduced whitening, relatively high hue saturation, by extremely high hiding power which had been unattainable in said class of products up to now and exhibits a low photoactivity with respect to known fine-particle rutiles. In practice neither abrasivity nor interaction of possible grinding residues with an application matrix are observed.
US07824486B2	Paper laminates The present disclosure relates to a process for making a decorative base paper for a paper laminate comprising impregnating a base paper with a pigment mixture of titanium dioxide and water wherein the titanium dioxide pigment is made by treating a mixture of titanium dioxide pigment and water with a source of phosphorus and a source of aluminum; drying the treated mixture to form a treated pigment, the treated pigment having surface hydroxyl groups; and removing a major proportion of the surface hydroxyl groups of the treated pigment. Preferably the surface hydroxyl groups are removed by thermal treatment, for example at temperatures ranging from 300° C. to 800° C. The source of phosphorus is typically phosphoric acid and the source of aluminum is typically sodium aluminate. The pigment can be characterized by an isoelectric point which is greater than pH 6 and a negative zeta potential of at least 20 mV at a pH of 7.5 or more and wherein the pigment has improved light fastness.
US07824485B2	Asphalt compositions and the preparation thereof Asphalt compositions and methods of forming such are described herein. The asphalt compositions and methods of forming such are generally adapted to enable open air processing while producing asphalt compositions that exhibit properties capable of meeting SUPERPAVE™ specifications.
US07824484B2	Substrate having gallium naphthalocyanine salt disposed thereon A substrate having an IR-absorbing dye disposed thereon. The dye is a naphthalocyanine dye of formula (I): wherein M is Ga(A1); A1 is an axial ligand selected from the group consisting of: OH, halogen, OR3, —OC(O)R4 and O(CH2CH2O)eRe wherein e is an integer from 2 to 10 and Re is H, C1-8 alkyl or C(O)C1-8 alkyl; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen and C1-12 alkoxy; R3 is selected from the group consisting of: C1-12 alkyl, C5-12 aryl, C5-12 arylalkyl and Si(Rx)(Ry)(Rz); R4 is selected from the group consisting of: C1-12 alkyl, C5-12 aryl and C5-12 arylalkyl; Rx, Ry and Rz may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of: C1-12 alkyl, C5-12 aryl, C5-12 arylalkyl, C1-12 alkoxy, C5-12 aryloxy and C5-12 arylalkoxy; and each B is independently a base, wherein BH+ has a pKa of between 4 and 9.
US07824474B2	Molded Cu-ZSM5 zeolite adsorbent, method of activating the same, temperature swing adsorption apparatus, and method of purifying gas A method of activating a molded Cu-ZSM5 zeolite adsorbent of the present invention includes: oxidizing a molded product of Cu-ZSM5 zeolite in the flow of air or a gas having an equivalent oxidizability to the air at a temperature of 250° C. to 550° C.; and then heat-treating the molded product of the Cu-ZSM5 zeolite in vacuum or the flow of an inert gas at a temperature of 550° C. to 800° C. According to the present invention, an adsorbent whose adsorption performance is not deteriorated can be obtained in the case where a molded product is produced using Cu-ZSM5 zeolite.
US07824473B2	Metal-organic framework materials based on icosahedral boranes and carboranes Disclosed herein are metal-organic frameworks of metals and boron rich ligands, such as carboranes and icosahedral boranes. Methods of synthesizing and using these materials in gas uptake are disclosed.
US07824462B2	Metallic nanoparticles as orthopedic biomaterial A composition for use as a prosthetic biomaterial and associated method. The biomaterial exhibits cytocompatibility, mechanical functionality and osteoblast adhesion between the implant and interfacing surface. The biomaterial is metallic, has a grain size less than about 500 nanometers and has a surface roughness of less than about 800 nm rms.
US07824458B2	Centrifugal separator The invention refers to a centrifugal separator for cleaning of a gas containing liquid impurities. The centrifugal separator comprises a stationary casing, which encloses a separation space and has an inner wall surface. A rotating member is provided in the separation space and arranged to rotate in a direction of rotation around an axis (x) of rotation. The rotating member brings the gas to rotation for separation of the liquid impurities from the gas. A gas outlet is provided for discharge of the cleaned gas. A first liquid outlet is provided downstream the rotating member for discharge of separated liquid impurities. The separation space comprises an annular surface which extends between the rotating member and the inner wall surface. The annular surface is configured to transport liquid impurities radially outwardly to the first liquid outlet.
US07824456B1	Extractor An extractor that may have a diffuser located a vacuum chamber to which a vacuum is applied by a vacuum pump. The diffuser has cavity and at least one diffuser aperture, and receives a mixture of waste cleaning liquid and aspirated air. The diffuser and the vacuum chamber separate the waste cleaning liquid from the aspirated air. A suction hose and pump may remove the separated waste cleaning liquid from the vacuum chamber.
US07824453B2	Biodiesel production and use in oil sands processing A method for obtaining heavy oil is disclosed. The method includes mixing a material including heavy oil (e.g., oil sand) with a solvent including biodiesel to form a mixture and separating the mixture into a oil-enriched solvent phase and a residual sand phase. The method also can include introducing a solvent including biodiesel into an in-situ geological formation including heavy oil and collecting a mixture including biodiesel and heavy oil from the formation. For example, the mixture can be collected after the solvent travels through at least a portion of the formation by gravity. A method for producing biodiesel also is disclosed. The method includes microbially digesting asphaltenes to form a liquor including a fatty acid and reacting the fatty acid with an alcohol to produce biodiesel. This method can be used to convert petroleum asphaltenes and/or coal asphaltenes into biodiesel.
US07824450B2	Disperse dyes, their preparation and their use The present invention provides dyes of the general formula (I) where D, R1 to R7 and n are each as defined in claim 1, processes for their preparation and their use.

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