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| US07834988B2 |
Fingerprint sensor using a spectral filter and a holographic optical element
In one embodiment, a fingerprint sensing system includes a interference narrow band pass filter, a holographic optical element, a transparent slab stacked together with optical cement. The finger is placed on the filter and illuminated by a narrow band source, the center of its band shifted appropriately with respect to the pass band of the interference filter. A camera on the other side of the slab receives the fingerprint image. The light from the valleys and ridges propagating in the direction of the camera are blocked by the interference filter. The light from the ridges at steep angles are bent by the holographic optical element and then directed towards the lens. This way the ridges are seen by the camera, but not the valleys. In another embodiment, a miniaturized version, the interference filter, a modified holographic optical element, and a blocking filter (if necessary) to block room light can be sequentially attached to the image sensor. In yet another embodiment, the interference filter can be directly coated over an image sensor creating a very simple fingerprint sensor. The principle behind all of the above embodiments is the same, viz: the spectral transmission band of an interference filter shifts with change in the angle of incidence. |
| US07834983B2 |
Three-dimensional measurement system and rescaling method using indoor GPS
A three-dimensional measurement system using an IGPS includes a rescale bar having linear scales thereon, a linear encoder for measuring an absolute length within which the linear encoder moves on the rescale bar, a plurality of optical transmitters that radiates pan beams, and a vector bar having one end attached to the linear encoder, and having a receiver to detect the pan beams radiated from the optical transmitters, the vector bar acquiring coordinates of two points where the vector bar moves by using the receiver, and measuring a relative length from the coordinates. A ratio between the absolute length and the relative length is applied in rescaling an actual distance between two positions to be measured. |
| US07834982B2 |
Substrate holder and exposure apparatus having the same
A substrate holding apparatus including a first holding member for attracting a first surface of a substrate, a second holding member which contacts a second surface, opposite to the first surface, of the substrate, in which the second holding member attracts the second surface, and a forcing member for forcing the first holding member toward the second holding member. |
| US07834981B2 |
Projection exposure apparatus, projection exposure method and projection objective
A projection exposure apparatus for the exposure of a radiation-sensitive substrate arranged in the region of an image surface of a projection objective with at least one image of a pattern of a mask that is arranged in the region of an object surface of the projection objective has a light source for emitting ultraviolet light from a wavelength band having a bandwidth Δλ>10 pm around a central operating wavelength λ>200 nm; an illumination system for receiving the light from the light source and for directing illumination radiation onto the pattern of the mask; and a projection objective for the imaging of the structure of the mask onto a light-sensitive substrate. The projection objective is a catadioptric projection objective having at least one concave mirror arranged in a region of a pupil surface of the projection objective, and a negative group having at least one negative lens arranged in direct proximity to the concave mirror in a region near the pupil surface, where a marginal ray height (MRH) of the imaging is greater than a chief ray height (CRH). |
| US07834978B2 |
Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method
An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to light. A substrate stage holds and moves the substrate, a scope measures a predetermined mark to align the substrate, and a controller controls the position of the substrate stage and the operation of the scope, thereby executing a first measurement and a second measurement necessary for a single calibration of the apparatus to align the substrate. The controller executes the first measurement and the second measurement at frequencies different from each other. |
| US07834977B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
An immersion lithography apparatus is disclosed having a liquid supply system configured to at least partially fill a space between a final element of a projection system and a substrate table, with a first liquid, and a measurement system configured to measure a location of each of a plurality of points on the substrate, the measurement system being arranged such that measurements take place through a second liquid, the second liquid not being supplied by the liquid supply system. |
| US07834976B2 |
Exposure apparatus and method for producing device
An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system for projecting a pattern on a reticle onto an object to be exposed. The apparatus also includes a reference mark that serves as a reference for an alignment between the reticle and the object. The apparatus also includes a first fluid that has a refractive index of 1 or greater, and fills a space between at least part of said projection optical system and the object and a space between at least part of said projection optical system and the reference mark. In addition, an alignment mechanism aligns the object by using said projection optical system and the first fluid. |
| US07834975B2 |
Method and exposure apparatus for performing a tilted focus and a device manufactured accordingly
A method for performing a tilted focus test includes the steps of providing a target object, providing a projection beam of radiation using a radiation source, providing a reflective device to introduce a projected projection beam of radiation onto the target portion, introducing a first projected projection beam of radiation onto the target object using the reflective device in a first orientation, using a tilting device for tilting the reflective device to a second orientation to provide a second projection beam with a tilt relative to said first projection beam, introducing a second projected projection beam of radiation onto the target object, and determining a lateral shift of the first and second projected projection beams on the target object and determining from said lateral shift a defocus of the target object with respect to the projected projection beam. |
| US07834973B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device comprises a layer of liquid crystal material (3) between spaced-apart cell walls (1,2), and electrodes (5) provided on at least one cell wall for applying an electric field across at least a part of said liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal material has anisotropic light-absorbing particles dispersed therein and substantially aligned therewith. The invention also provides a composition for use in the display. |
| US07834968B2 |
Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus
An optically compensated birefringence mode liquid crystal device includes a plurality of gate lines and source lines interesting each other in a plan view, and a plurality of switching elements formed in a one-to-one correspondence with the intersections of the gate lines and the source lines. The device also includes a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected to the switching elements, respectively. Each pixel electrode overlaps a part of an adjacent gate line and/or a part of an adjacent source line in the plan view. |
| US07834967B2 |
Liquid crystal displays
A liquid crystal display comprises two parallel spaced substrates and a liquid crystal layer with negative dielectric anisotropy interposed between the substrates. The ratio d/p, the cell gap d between the substrates to the pitch p of the liquid crystal layer, is equal to or less than 0.3, and the retardation value Δn*d may be in the range of 0.25-0.4. In absence of electric field, the liquid crystal molecules are arranged vertically to the substrates, and when the sufficient electric field is applied, the liquid crystal molecules are parallel to the substrates and twisted by 90° from one substrate to the other.To the outer surface of a liquid crystal cell having a liquid crystal material with a negative dielectric anisotropy, a combination of a-plate, c-plate or biaxial compensation films is attached. The direction having the largest refractive index of the a-plate or the biaxial film is parallel or perpendicular to the polarizing direction of adjacent polarizer. The difference between the summation of the retardation (nx−nz)*d of the a-plate, the c-plate and the biaxial films and the polarizers, and the retardation due to birefringence of the liquid crystal cell is equal to or less than 15% of the retardation due to birefringence of the liquid crystal cell. The retardation (nx−ny)*d of the a-plate or the biaxial film is 0-100 nm. nx, ny and nz are the refractive indices of the x, y and z axes respectively when the z axis is perpendicular to the surface of the liquid crystal cell, the x axis is in the surface of the liquid crystal cell and having the largest refractive index of the a-plate or the biaxial film and the y axis is in same plane as the x axis and perpendicular to the x axis, and d is the thickness of the film. |
| US07834964B2 |
Transflective liquid crystal display device
A transflective liquid crystal display device with improved display quality in which the liquid initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer is in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of a clearance between the counter electrode of a transmission portion and a counter electrode of a reflection portion or in a direction within a range of ±2° in the clockwise direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the clearance in a case where the liquid crystal layer comprises positive type liquid crystals, or the liquid crystal initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer is in a direction parallel with the extending direction of a clearance, or a direction within a range of ±2° in the clockwise direction relative to the extending direction of the clearance in a case where the liquid crystal layer comprises negative type liquid crystals. |
| US07834954B2 |
Backlight module having a first diffuser with a haze ratio which gradually increases along two directions extending to a central region of the first diffuser and a second diffuser with a haze ratio gradually decreasing away from the light source and liquid crystal display having the same
A liquid crystal display (2) includes a liquid crystal panel (29); a backlight module (20) providing light beams to the liquid crystal panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate (23) having at least one light incident surface (231), and a light emitting surface (232) adjoining the at least one light incident surface; at least one light source (21) disposed adjacent to the at least one light incident surface; a prism sheet (25) disposed at the light emitting surface for converging light beams; and a first diffuser (26) disposed at the prism sheet for scattering the light beams therethrough. A haze ratio of the first diffuser changes according to the brightness differentia over a brightness distribution of the prism sheet for attaining a substantially uniform surface light beams output. |
| US07834953B2 |
Light unit, liquid crystal display having the same, and method of manufacturing the same
A light unit includes a light emitting chip emitting light, a light conversion layer disposed on the light emitting chip, and the light conversion layer including a resin layer and semiconductor particles distributed on the resin layer, and a buffer layer interposed between the light emitting chip and the light conversion layer. |
| US07834945B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate having a second pixel electrode capacitively coupled to a first pixel electrode
A first pixel electrode and a second pixel are formed in a pixel area. The first pixel electrode is coupled to the second pixel electrode via a coupling capacitance. A voltage is applied to the second pixel electrode from the first pixel electrode through the coupling capacitance. Therefore the voltage applied to the second pixel electrode depends on the voltage applied to the first pixel electrode and the two voltages have a certain ratio. Applying two different voltages in a pixel area can improve display quality. |
| US07834940B2 |
Photo sensor, display panel having the same and display device having the display panel
A display device that includes a first substrate having pixel electrodes; a second substrate having a color filter corresponding to the pixel electrodes to display images; a photo switching element disposed at the first substrate; a red or green color filter corresponding to the photo switching element formed at the second substrate to sense an amount of external light; a driving controller configured to output a driving control signal responsive to the amount of external light sensed by the light sensing unit; and a light generation unit configured to provide the display unit with an internal light controlled by the driving control signal. This photo sensor is well suited to human-eye luminosity and uses external light to determine how much backlight is needed. |
| US07834935B2 |
SCART fast blanking signal processing
A video receiver for SCART input includes an input configured to receive a composite video signal, RGB signals, and a switch-indicating signal, a first digitizer module coupled to the input and including a one-bit slicer configured to receive and convert the switch-indicating signal to a one-bit digital signal, the first digitizer further including a downconverter configured to convert the one-bit signal to a multi-bit digital signal with non-abrupt transitions between a logical zero and a logical one, and a combiner module configured to receive and combine indicia of the composite video signal and the RGB signals to produce a total video output signal as a function of the indicia of the multi-bit digital signal. |
| US07834933B2 |
Vertical sync signal generator
When a vertical sync pulse detection circuit mistakenly detects a vertical sync pulse in an inputted video signal, a sync stability detection circuit detects whether a detection signal of the vertical sync pulse detection circuit and a timing signal generated from a count value of a first frame cycle counter are in accordance, and the accordance confirmation detection result becomes one of discordance. When this occurs, the count value of the first frame cycle counter is not loaded to a second frame cycle counter so, due to the operation of the second frame cycle counter, a timing generating decoder circuit and a vertical sync signal generating circuit, a vertical sync signal at the previously detected normal phase can be generated. |
| US07834930B2 |
Camera with up/down lighting unit with space open to object side and opposite side in up position of lighting unit
A camera with a lighting unit is disclosed, in which the installation space of a microphone can be secured without preventing miniaturization of the camera. The camera comprises a main body, a lighting unit including a light emitting portion and being movable between an up position and a down position, and a microphone provided on the main body. In the down position of the lighting unit, the light emitting portion is located at a position closer to an object side than the microphone, and in the up position of the lighting unit, the light emitting portion is located above the microphone and a space opened towards the object side is formed between the light emitting portion and the microphone. |
| US07834928B2 |
Digital camera with a number of photographing systems
A digital camera comprises two photographing systems which are independent of and substantially identical to each other, and each of which includes a photographing optical system and an image pickup device. The photographing optical system is configured to include a photographing lens, a focusing lens and an aperture stop. The focusing lens of one of the photographing systems is driven stepwise from a first predetermined position at which it is to be located when a focusing position lies at an infinite distance, toward a second predetermined position at which it is to be located when the focusing position lies at the closest distance, while the focusing lens of the other photographing system is driven stepwise from the second predetermined position toward the first predetermined position every step width. The contrasts of images formed by the respective photographing systems are evaluated while the two focusing lenses are being moved, and a position corresponding to the maximum value of the contrasts is determined as the focusing position. |
| US07834926B2 |
Semiconductor image sensing element and fabrication method therefor, and semiconductor image sensing device and fabrication method therefor
A semiconductor image sensing element has a semiconductor element including an image sensing area, a peripheral circuit region, a plurality of electrode portions provided in the peripheral circuit region, and a plurality of micro-lenses provided on the image sensing area and an optical member having a configuration covering at least the image sensing area and bonded over the micro-lenses via a transparent bonding member. The side surface region of the optical member is formed with a light shielding film for preventing the irradiation of the image sensing area with a reflected light beam or a scattered light beam from the side surface region. |
| US07834924B2 |
Photographic apparatus
A photographic apparatus comprises an imaging sensor, an image-processing unit, and a display unit. The imaging sensor obtains image data. The image-processing unit performs an image-processing operation on the image data. The display unit displays an image-processing setting picture having a setting-status indication area that shows a setting status of the image-processing operation, and having a color status indication area that displays a diagrammatic representation of a color status in the image-processing operation corresponding to the setting status. The setting-status indication area shows hue in the image-processing operation, as the setting status. The color status indication area has a figure that shows saturations of a plurality of color components in the image-processing operation in order to display the diagrammatic representation of the color status. The figure is rotated according to said hue. A shape of the figure and a size of the figure change in accordance with the saturations. |
| US07834919B2 |
Imaging apparatus, imaging signal processing method, and program for fluctuation elimination in an image
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging section; a moving-object detection processing section for detecting a moving object in a plurality of frame images captured by the imaging section; and a fluctuation-elimination processing section for masking a portion detected including the moving object by the moving-object detection processing section, and performing fluctuation elimination processing on an image of an area excluding the masked portion. |
| US07834916B2 |
Video content editing support system and method
A video content edition support system that includes an imaging device used to record captured video content data to a recording medium An editor's terminal unit displays video content data transmitted from the imaging device and a network connects the imaging device and the editor's terminal unit to each other. The video content edition support system further includes a recorder to describe electronic mark data related to the video content data in the video content data, an electronic mark list generator to generate electronic mark list data including header information on the video content data, and an edition unit to edit the video content data on the basis of the electronic mark list data. |
| US07834912B2 |
Attention level measuring apparatus and an attention level measuring system
An attention level measuring apparatus, including: an eye direction measurement unit, which is configured to input image data and to measure an eye direction of a person photographed; an attention position information calculate unit, which is configured to calculate attention position information of a person, from the eye direction measured by an eye direction measurement unit; a person-attention-level calculate unit, which is configured to calculate person-attention-level information regarding a person-attention-level parameter about an attention target of a person, with using the attention position information calculated by the attention position information calculate unit; and an output control unit, which is configured to display graphic information produced upon basis of the calculated attention level information and a picture of the attention target, putting one upon the other. |
| US07834911B2 |
Imaging device having multiple imaging elements
In through image display mode, a CPU drives two CCDs under control suitable for the through image display in such a way that image data captured by both CCDs are read out alternately (S1), and displays image data output alternately from one CCD and the other CCD on a display unit (S2). In an AF mode, the CPU changes over a driving of one CCD to a driving suitable for an AF process to executes the AF process (S4), and performs through image display on image data imaged by the other CCD (S5). In a still picture shooting mode, the CPU drives the one CCD under control suitable for a still picture shooting process to execute the still picture shooting process (S10), and performs through image display on image data imaged by the other CCD (S11). |
| US07834909B2 |
Image processing method and image processing apparatus
When a message indicating that a hand that wears a glove (21) is laid out in accordance with a hand-shaped virtual object is detected, the position and orientation relationship between a magnetic receiver (203) and the hand-shaped virtual object is calculated using the position and orientation relationship between the magnetic receiver (203) and a magnetic receiver (202) and that of the hand-shaped virtual object and the magnetic receiver (202). |
| US07834907B2 |
Image-taking apparatus and image processing method
An image taking apparatus capable of taking a first image in accordance with a first projection method includes an image taking element for photoelectrically converting the first image, conversion means for converting an area in the first image acquired with the image taking element to a second image in accordance with a second projection method different from the first projection method, and vibration detection means for acquiring information about vibration of the image taking apparatus. The conversion means of the image taking apparatus is configured to change the size of the conversion area in the first image based on the vibration information. |
| US07834906B2 |
Camera having printer for printing interactive interfaces
A camera is provided having a camera module, a network interface module and printing module. The camera module receives user input and captures the image with an image sensor in response to the user input. The interface module transfers the captured image to a computer system. The printing module prints an interface onto a surface including the image and coded data at least partially indicative of an identity of the image. This allows the identity of the image to be obtained from the interface. The interface module receives response data generated by the computer system in response to performing an action, and the printing module receives the response data from the interface module, generates a second interface based at least partially on the response data, and print the second interface on the second surface. |
| US07834905B2 |
Method and system for visualizing the environment of a vehicle with a distance-dependent merging of an infrared and a visual image
The invention relates to an improved method for visualizing the environment of a vehicle, especially in the dark. The invention also relates to a night vision system, which especially provides a visual image of the environment or the digital data thereof. Preferably, the visual image is a color image which indicates the visually perceptible objects of the environment. The system also provides an infrared image of the environment or the digital data thereof. The infrared image indicates the infrared radiation radiated by the visually perceptible and/or other objections. In a preferred form of embodiment, a merged image of the visual image and the infrared image of largely identical sections of the environment of the vehicle is represented on a display comprising at least one merged region and at least one region which is not merged or not merged to the same extent or not merged with the same weighting. |
| US07834899B2 |
Laser marking system
A laser marking system comprises means for transmitting the laser-emitted light onto one or a plurality of points on a substrate, with means for displacing the substrate and laser light emitting source relative to one another, wherein the substrate is selected to be sufficiently sensitive to the emitted light so that a reaction occurs at either said point or plurality of points which marks the substrate and characterised by the feature that the laser light emitting source comprises an array of lasers. |
| US07834897B2 |
Optical scanning apparatus, control method of such apparatus, and image forming apparatus
An optical scanning apparatus in which an exposing signal is generated from pattern data indicating a position to be exposed by a light beam on a surface-to-be-scanned. A corrected exposing signal is generated by varying the width of pulses of the exposing signal in accordance with a distance between an exposing area corresponding to the pulse and an optical axis of the scanning optical system. The light beam is emitted and modulated by the corrected exposing signal. The pulse width and/or the light quantity of the light beam is/are varied in accordance with the distance between the exposing area and the optical axis of the scanning optical system. |
| US07834894B2 |
Method and apparatus for background replacement in still photographs
A first digital image is acquired of a framed area while illuminating the background and foreground object under a first lighting condition. A second digital image is then acquired of the same framed area while illuminating the background and foreground object under a second lighting condition. Preferably, the first lighting condition illuminates the background without illuminating the foreground object so that a silhouette of the foreground object is acquired in the first image. The second lighting condition illuminates the foreground object (e.g., with frontal lights). Due to the difference in the illumination between the background and silhouette in the first image, an alpha mask can be created from the first acquired image. Using the mask, the background from the second image can be removed and replaced by virtually any other desired background image. |
| US07834891B2 |
System and method for perspective-based procedure analysis
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using medical perspectives to improve medical workflow. Certain embodiments of a system for using medical perspectives for improved screening analysis include a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstation capable of being used for reviewing images and at least one display capable of displaying images for review. The system also includes a default perspective including a first plurality of images organized according to a default criterion, wherein the default perspective is used to review the first plurality of images via the PACS workstation. The system includes one or more additional perspectives organizing image sets according to certain criteria. A user may select one or more of the additional perspectives for reviewing image sets or subsets via the PACS workstation. The system may also include tools and reporting templates for use with images within the perspectives. |
| US07834890B2 |
Information processing method and image processing method
An image processing method includes an object level acquisition step of acquiring an object level set for each computer graphics object, a display step of displaying a slide bar with a movable cursor to allow a user to set a user level by manipulating the cursor, and a user level acquisition step of acquiring a user level set by the user, based on a position of the cursor of the slide bar. In addition, a rendering step renders a virtual space including each computer graphics object by rendering each computer graphics object to have its visibility attribute depending on its object level acquired in the object level acquisition step and the user level. The rendering step renders a computer graphics object with an object level less than the user level as a visible object and renders a computer graphics object with an object level equal to or larger than the user level as an invisible object, and the rendering step is repeatedly performed in response to the position of the cursor being changed by the user. |
| US07834887B2 |
Methods and systems for combining luminance preserving quantization and halftoning
A color quantization or re-quantization method is provided that combines two dimensional halftoning with luminance preserving quantization (LPQ) for better perception results of high precision color video quantization. A combination of LPQ and error diffusion, and a combination of LPQ and spatial dithering, is provided. To combine LPQ and spatial dithering, the spatial dithering is regarded as a two-step processing, a mapping and a simple rounding. To combine LPQ and dithering together, a rounding step is replaced by the LPQ algorithm in the combination. Further a method is provided for post-processing which is applicable to both cases to reduce the color perception for grayscale image. |
| US07834881B2 |
Operand collector architecture
An apparatus and method for simulating a multi-ported memory using lower port count memories as banks. A collector units gather source operands from the banks as needed to process program instructions. The collector units also gather constants that are used as operands. When all of the source operands needed to process a program instruction have been gathered, a collector unit outputs the source operands to an execution unit while avoiding writeback conflicts to registers specified by the program instruction that may be accessed by other execution units. |
| US07834879B2 |
Drawing apparatus for displaying image data about a plurality of objects including semitransparent object and opaque object on computer display screen
A drawing apparatus which can display image data about a plurality of objects including opaque objects and semitransparent objects, each having information about a depth direction, on a computer display screen. |
| US07834874B2 |
Method of improving the presentation of image data which inter-locked with video signals throughput of a terminal and a system thereof
Systems and methods for presenting image data to a terminal are disclosed, the system including a memory configured to store tolerance cycle information associated with the realization time of an image data, a processor configured to determine a realization processing cycle of a first image data transmitted to the terminal, and a controller configured to control a realization processing cycle of a second image data transmitted to the terminal after the first image data, based at least in part on the outcome of comparing the realization processing cycle of the first image data with the tolerance cycle. |
| US07834873B2 |
Display processing line buffers incorporating pipeline overlap
Apparatus, systems and methods for display processing line buffers incorporating pipeline overlap are disclosed. For example, an apparatus is disclosed including processing logic to use pixel processing algorithms to process a pixel value of a first portion of an image, and line buffers coupled to the processing logic. The line buffers to hold at least some pixel values of other portions of the image adjacent to the first portion. Where the pixel values of the other portions of the image held by the line buffers correspond to pixel values of the adjacent portions of the image that are to be convolved by the pixel processing algorithms with the pixel value of the first portion. Other implementations are also disclosed. |
| US07834872B2 |
Tiling system for 3D rendered graphics
A method and an apparatus for shading three-dimensional computer graphic images is provided. A display on which the image is to be viewed is subdivided into a plurality of rectangular areas. For each rectangular area, a list of objects in the image which may be visible is determined, and this list is used to determine how the rectangular area should be shaded for display. In deriving the list of objects, a determination of maximum and minimum values for each object in x and y directions is used, and a set of sampling points is determined from these values. If a bounding box surrounding the object covers any of the sampling points, the object is added to the object list or otherwise rejected. Also provided is a method and an apparatus for testing an edge information for each object against the sample points to determine whether or not the object falls into the rectangular area in the bounding box surrounding the object. The step of testing the edge information includes shifting the edge information by a predetermined amount based on the orientation of each edge. |
| US07834871B2 |
Splat filtering method, medium, and system
A filtering system, medium, and method, including determining whether a size of a splat exceeds a predetermined size, smoothing a boundary of the splat if it is determined that the size of the splat exceeds the predetermined size, and sharpening the boundary of the splat if it is determined that the size of the splat does not exceed the predetermined size. |
| US07834870B2 |
Plasma display device, power device thereof, and driving method thereof
A power supply for a plasma display device controls an output voltage by using a voltage divided by first resistors coupled to an output terminal, and outputs the output voltage as a driving voltage for driving a PDP. The output voltage is changed by varying a resistance of at least one first resistor from among the first resistors according to a temperature of the PDP. |
| US07834869B2 |
Dual scan display panel driver
A display panel driver has two driver circuits that drive separate halves of a display panel. Each driver circuit occupies a separate integrated circuit chip. The driver has a screen saving mode in which each driver circuit displays an independent screen saving image that moves in synchronization with a timing signal. The timing signal is generated in one driver circuit and transmitted by a chip-to-chip interface to the other driver circuit. The two screen saving images are thereby coordinated to create what appears to be a single screen saving display. |
| US07834868B2 |
Systems for displaying images and control methods thereof
Systems for displaying images and control methods are provided. In this regard, a representative control method for a display panel comprising a first source line, a second source line, a third source line, a first gate line and a second gate line, comprises: asserting the first gate line; and sequentially providing a data signal of a first polarity from a first data driver to the first source line and the third source line, and then providing a data signal of a second polarity from the data driver to the second source line. |
| US07834864B2 |
System and method comprising a user interface for control of scientific image acquisition
The present invention provides a control interface for one or more instruments that comprise an image acquisition system, the control interface consisting of kinesthetic controls that do not require visual attention. The control interface of the present invention maps kinesthetic controls such as sliders and knobs to a system computer and software running thereon which is directing the operation of individual imaging instruments. |
| US07834862B2 |
Touch sensor layout design
The present invention relates to a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the touch sensing device includes a plurality of sensor units arranged in the form of an M×N matrix having M rows and N columns. Each sensor unit has a first touch sensor, S1,1, a second touch sensor, S1,2, a third touch sensor, S2,2, and a fourth touch sensor, S2,1, arranged in the form of a 2×2 matrix, where the first touch sensor S1,1 is connected to the third touch sensor S2,2, and the second touch sensor S1,2 is connected to the fourth touch sensor S2,1, respectively. The touch sensing device further includes a number of control lines having M row control lines and N column control lines. Each row control line is adapted for connecting sequentially the sensor units of a corresponding row, and each column control line is adapted for connecting sequentially the sensor units of a corresponding column. |
| US07834855B2 |
Wide touchpad on a portable computer
In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computer having a display assembly coupled to a base assembly to alternate between a closed position and an open position. Palm rest areas are formed by a touchpad disposed on the surface of the base assembly. In an alternative embodiment, a touchpad disposed on the base assembly has a width that extends substantially into the palm rests areas of the base assembly. |
| US07834851B1 |
Computer mouse that prevents or treats carpal tunnel syndrome and methods of use
A new computer mouse is disclosed to prevent strain injuries to the hand and wrist and prevent or alleviate the symptoms associated with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) for those who are repetitive users of computer mouse devices. The mouse is designed to leave the carpal tunnel of a user of the mouse substantially open, thus precluding tunnel narrowing and the symptoms resulting therefrom. The mouse is also designed to maximize comfort of the user, alleviate wrist bend associated with use of the mouse, and is adaptable to different size hands. |
| US07834848B2 |
Coordinate calculating apparatus and coordinate calculating program
A coordinate calculating apparatus detects a coordinate point (detected coordinate point) of an area satisfying a predetermined condition in a captured image for each area. Next, a vector (assumed vector) indicating a relative positional relationship between two position coordinate points in the captured image is set. The coordinate calculating apparatus determines one of the position coordinate points detected by coordinate detecting means, as one of object position coordinate points, and determines the other object position coordinate point using the one position coordinate point and the vector. |
| US07834847B2 |
Method and system for activating a touchless control
A system (100) and method (160) for activating a touchless control is provided. The method can include detecting (162) a movement of a finger in a touchless sensing field, identifying (164) an activation cue in response to the finger movement, and activating (166) a touchless control of an object in response the activation cue. The method can include focusing the touchless sensing field (210) to produce a touchless projection space (220). An activation cue can be a positioning of a finger (302) within a bounded region (304) of the touchless projection space for a pre-determined amount of time. In one arrangement, cursor (124) navigation and control can be provided in accordance with touchless finger movements. |
| US07834843B2 |
Electronic display system, electronic paper writing device, electronic paper and method for manufacturing the same
Aspects of the invention provide an electronic paper display system that can include an electronic paper and the writing device. The writing device transmits power and baseband signals by using an electromagnetic coupling between a coil of the writing device and a coil of the electronic paper. The baseband signals, which are encoded by the writing device, are decoded by a decoder of the electronic paper and fed to the control circuit to illustrate images on a bi-stable display unit. The electronic paper has a power storage that temporarily stores power transmitted by using electromagnetic coupling for absorbing fluctuation of power in both transmission and consumption. The asynchronous design of this invention brings both robustness and low-power consumption. |
| US07834836B2 |
Flat display apparatus and picture quality controlling method thereof
A flat panel display device includes a display panel, a memory storing a compensation value that corresponds to a panel defect location, the panel defect location being where any one of a brightness and a color difference exists compared to other part of the display panel, a compensating unit to adjust image data to be displayed in the panel defect location using the compensation value, and a driver to apply the adjusted image data from the compensating unit to the display panel. |
| US07834827B2 |
Light emitting device and driving method thereof
According to a driving method of applying a reverse bias voltage, capacitance occurs due to a stacked structure of a conductor, an insulator and a conductor, or due to a structure of a TFT. This capacitance prevents normal operation. The invention provides a pixel configuration including at least a driving transistor for driving a light emitting element and a switching transistor for controlling the driving transistor, wherein the switching transistor is turned on in the case of applying a forward bias voltage after applying a reverse bias voltage. As a result, it is prevented that the potential changes due to unwanted capacitive coupling. |
| US07834820B2 |
Plasma display device
A plasma display device which allows to make longer a leading period of each sustain pulse belonging to a first group including at least a sustain pulse to be applied secondly in a sustain period of each subfield as compared to a leading period of each sustain pulse belonging to another group including at least one sustain pulse to be applied thirdly or later. |
| US07834816B2 |
Apparatus for and method of using a diversity antenna
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an antenna structure is provided having one or more antennae arranged so as to read all possible orientations of a randomly placed tag. Also provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, is a method of configuring one or more antennae composed of the steps of: identifying the “dead zones” of each discrete antennae used, and orienting each antennae such that there are no “dead zones” common to all antennae. The unique antenna structure (and corresponding method) has particular application in tag reader antenna systems for use in RFID (radio frequency identification) applications (13.56 MHz) and the like. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, multiple RF (radio frequency) antennae are utilized as part of an intelligent station to track items tagged with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. |
| US07834803B2 |
Electronically steered, dual-polarized, dual-plane, monopulse antenna feed
A method and apparatus for electronically steering a RADAR beam across an array of feed horns by moving the phase center of the beam to different origination points on the array—each origination point being the phase center of a feed horn pair. Variations include polarized beams, polarized feed horns, dual-beam systems, dual direction steering, diagonal steering, and cross-polarized wire grids to control beamwidth. |
| US07834801B2 |
Sensor fusion for model-based detection in pipe and cable locator systems
Line locator systems that fuse traditional sensors used in a combined pipe and cable locator (electromagnetic coils, magnetometers, and ground penetrating radar antennas) with low cost inertial sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes) in a model-based approach are presented. Such systems can utilize inexpensive MEMS sensors for inertial navigation. A pseudo-inertial frame is defined that uses the centerline of the tracked utility, or an aboveground fixed object as the navigational reference. An inertial sensor correction mechanism that limits the tracking errors over time when the model is implemented in state-space form using, for example, the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is disclosed. |
| US07834798B2 |
AD converter circuit and optical sensor
The A/D converting circuit 20 is provided with a differential amplifying portion 21, a first variable capacitance portion 22A, a second variable capacitance portion 22B, a comparing portion 23, a connection controlling portion 24, a first feedback portion 25A and a second feedback portion 25B. Voltage values output as a differential signal from the first output terminal and the second output terminal of the differential amplifying portion 21 are converted to 6-bit digital values by a successive approximation type A/D converting circuit (made up of a first variable capacitance portion 22A, a second variable capacitance portion 22B, a comparing portion 23 and a connection controlling portion 24) and output. A difference in potential between the first common point P1 and the second common point P2 is fed back to the differential amplifying portion 21 by the first feedback portion 25A and the second feedback portion 25B, and again converted to a 6-bit digital value by the successive approximation type A/D converting circuit and output. |
| US07834794B2 |
A/D converter
The conventional A/D converter has a drawback that the conversion precision is degraded when the operation periods of the constituents of the A/D converter are shortened due to the duty ratio of an external input clock because the operation periods of the constituents of the A/D converter depend on the pulse width of the external input clock. However, a highly-precise A/D conversion operation independent of the duty ratio of the external input clock can be realized by providing a circuit for detecting the operation periods of the constituents of the A/D converter, and adjusting the duty ratio of the operation clock according to the detected operation periods of the constituents of the A/D converter. |
| US07834792B2 |
Synchronous analog to digital conversion system and method
Synchronous analog to digital conversion including providing a voltage analog to digital converter and a current analog to digital converter, synchronizing the converters, providing a signal conditioning circuit associated with the input of each converter, providing a current input to one of the signal conditioning currents and a voltage input to the other; and processing the inputs with gains differing by substantially an order of magnitude with substantially balanced time delays; and providing those conditioned inputs to the associated converters. |
| US07834788B2 |
Methods and apparatus for decorrelating quantization noise in a delta-sigma modulator
Methods and apparatus are provided for decorrelating quantization noise in a delta-sigma modulator. An input signal is quantized using a predictive delta-sigma modulator, by quantizing the input signal using a quantizer; determining a quantization error associated with the quantizer by subtracting an input to the quantizer from an output of the quantizer; measuring a correlation coefficient between the quantization error and an input to the quantizer; reducing the measured correlation by subtracting a multiple of the input to the quantizer from the quantization error, wherein the multiple is based on the correlation coefficient; generating an error prediction value using an error predictive filter; and subtracting the error prediction value from the input signal. |
| US07834781B2 |
Method of constructing an approximated dynamic Huffman table for use in data compression
A novel and useful method of constructing a fast approximation of a dynamic Huffman table from a data sample comprising a subset of data to be compressed. The frequency of incidence of each symbol in the sample is calculated, and the symbols are then allocated to predefined bins based on their frequency of incidence. The bins are then transformed into binary sub-trees, where the leaf nodes of the binary sub-trees comprise the symbols of the bin associated with the binary sub-trees. The binary sub-trees are then combined via nesting, thereby creating a coarse grained binary tree, where all leaves are mapped to a specified number of depths. The coarse grained binary tree is then traversed, thereby yielding a canonical code for each symbol, thereby defining the entries for a dynamic Huffman table. |
| US07834777B2 |
Downhole power source
A power source for use in a downhole environment. The power source can include a microgenerator, where the microgenerator is comprised of a motive source, a rotor, a stator, and an electrical load. The motive source can be compressed gas, liquid, two-phase fluid, or combustion gases. The rotor may comprise a magnet and the stator may comprise a coil, such that rotating the rotor coaxially proximate to the stator produces electrical current. The electrical load includes any device used in downhole exploration and production that requires electrical energy. |
| US07834776B2 |
RFID linking device-based switchable sensor, component with switchable sensor, and system for detecting component unseated
A RFID linking device-based switchable sensor can be used to detect an unseated condition of one component with another component. The switchable sensor includes a RFID linking device, such as a RFID tag, with an electrical circuitry mountable on the one component and a switchable device incorporated with two portions of the electrical circuitry physically and electrically separated from one another such that the switchable device is exposed and normally in a first condition disabling the RFID linking device to a communicatively unavailable state. The switchable device is accessible from externally of the switchable sensor and thus switchable to a second condition, due to contact with an actuator element on the other component, enabling the RFID linking device to a communicatively available state in response to the one component being placed in the seated condition with the other component. |
| US07834771B2 |
Fire detector using a laser range finder, an infrared camera and a charged coupled device camera
A system and method for detecting a fire includes a fire detection device and a control center terminal. The fire detection device includes an LRF for calculating a distance to a location of breakout of a fire using a laser. An infrared camera captures an infrared image and transmits the infrared image to a control unit. A CCD camera captures a CCD image and transmits the CCD image to the control unit. The control unit analyzes the infrared image, determines whether a fire has broken out, performs processing such that the CCD camera captures an area on fire, determines the location of breakout of the fire, performs processing such that the captured image is output to the control center terminal, and controls a function of a warning unit. The warning unit outputs a warning sound or a warning message. |
| US07834768B2 |
Obstruction detection apparatus for a bed
An apparatus is provided for detecting the presence of an obstruction with respect to a height-adjustable bed. The apparatus includes sensors coupled to the bed. At least one of the sensors has an output signal which is variable in response to changes in a weight applied to the support surface. The apparatus also includes a controller having inputs configured to receive the output signals from the sensor or sensors. The controller is configured to monitor the output signals, and to provide an indication of the presence of an obstruction with respect to a change in position of the bed. |
| US07834767B2 |
Vision regeneration assisting device
A vision regeneration assisting device for regenerating vision by applying electrical stimulation to cells that form a retina, comprises: a plurality of electrodes: a bendable substrate having a first face on which the electrodes are disposed; and a holding portion provided on a second face of the substrate opposite to the first face, the holding portion holding an installation tool used when the substrate is installed in an eye. In this manner, the substrate having the electrodes disposed thereon can be easily installed in the eye. |
| US07834764B2 |
Prefetching manifest data in an RFID system
In an RFID system having an edge controller and a tag reader that is operably connected to the edge controller, a manifest of items having RFID tags tracked by the RFID system is identified, and data from the manifest is downloaded to the edge controller in anticipation of reading the RFID tags, i.e., the manifest data is prefetched. An RFID edge controller that may be operably connected to a tag reader receives, in anticipation of the tag reader reading RFID tags associated with items, manifest data prefetched from a database that stores manifests of items, and compares the manifest data with data read from the RFID tags to determine whether the items comply with the manifest. |
| US07834762B2 |
Monitoring for radio frequency enabled items based on activity profiles
A method, wireless communication device, and radio frequency ID reader are provided for monitoring radio-frequency identification enabled items. The method includes receiving a set of radio frequency IDs (1104) representing a set of radio frequency ID enabled items (110) to be monitored. An identifier representing a user activity and its relationship with at least one radio frequency ID in the set of radio frequency IDs and at least one radio frequency ID reader is received (1106). The method also includes determining if at least one condition associated with the user activity has occurred indicating that the user activity is occurring (1108). The set of radio frequency IDs representing a set of radio frequency ID enabled items (110) to be monitored by the at least one radio frequency ID reader are monitored (1110) in response to the determining that the at least one condition is occurring. |
| US07834761B2 |
H-bridge activator/deactivator and method for activating/deactivating EAS tags
A method and an apparatus and system are disclosed for activating, deactivating or reactivating an electronic article surveillance (EAS) label by way of a coil antenna in an H-bridge circuit which generates from the antenna: a positive increasing magnetic field; a positive decreasing magnetic field; a negative increasing magnetic field; and a negative decreasing magnetic field. The positive and negative magnetic fields are created by positive and negative currents directed through the antenna by four switches connected to the antenna in an H-bridge configuration. The method and apparatus enable low voltage activation, deactivation or reactivation of an EAS tag, e.g., at voltage levels of 12 to 24VDC, ensure uninterruptible power in case of loss of external power, and portability without a high voltage capacitor which is normally required in large deactivation designs. Activation and reactivation is by an increasing magnetic field followed by a decreasing magnetic field without altering polarity. |
| US07834759B2 |
Wireless sensor and system that determines exposure to an enviromental element based on local conditions
A system (100) that determines exposure based on local conditions is disclosed. The system can include a sensor (172) configured to sense local conditions local to a user of the system, a sensor local wireless transmitter (174) coupled to the sensor, and an electronic device (105). The electronic device can include a controller (120) configured to control operations of the electronic device, a device local wireless transceiver (155) coupled to the controller and wirelessly coupled to the sensor local wireless transmitter, a network interface coupled (150) to a wide area network and coupled to the controller, the network interface configured to obtain local environmental conditions, and an exposure module (190) coupled to the controller. The exposure module can determine exposure to an environmental element based at least on the local conditions sensed by the sensor and the local environmental conditions obtained by the network interface. |
| US07834754B2 |
Method and system for monitoring environmental conditions
A system for detecting the occurrence of anomalies includes a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting anomalies, and each of the nodes having a controller connected to the sensors associated with the node. The system also includes communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network. At least one software agent is capable of changing the operation of at least one of the controllers in response to the detection of an anomaly by a sensor. |
| US07834753B2 |
Data carrier and data carrier system
Both RF communication and contact serial communication can be performed with the use of: communication protocol storage unit for storing a communication protocol for performing communication with an external communication apparatus; a coil terminal section provided with two coil terminals for performing communication with the external communication apparatus with an RF signal; a contact communication terminal section provided with a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, a power supply voltage terminal and a ground terminal as contact communication terminals for performing contact communication with the external communication apparatus; and connection control unit for causing the power supply voltage terminal and a power supply of an internal switch circuit to be in contact or non-contact with each other depending on the level of voltage applied to the first and second communication terminals. |
| US07834752B2 |
Brake-actuated message device
A brake-actuated message device. An illustrative embodiment of the brake-actuated message device includes a device casing having a front panel, a plurality of lights carried by the front panel, a message panel carried by the front panel generally adjacent to the plurality of lights, a message provided in the message panel, a lighting module connected to the plurality of lights and brake circuit wiring connected to the lighting module. |
| US07834746B2 |
Two-wheel-vehicle detecting device for an automotive vehicle
A motorcycle-detecting device according to the present invention is mounted on an automotive vehicle. The device includes ultrasonic sensors for detecting objects around the vehicle, a device for predicting that a motorcycle is approaching the vehicle, and a device for adjusting a detection distance and a detection sensitivity of the ultrasonic sensors. When the predicting means predicts a motorcycle approach, the adjusting device makes the detection distance longer than a normal distance and the detection sensitivity higher than a normal sensitivity. Illuminating devices may be mounted on the vehicle to make the motorcycle passing by visible. A warning may be given to a driver when a motorcycle passing by is actually detected by the sensors. Information regarding the detected motorcycle may be given to other vehicles. According to the present invention, the motorcycle passing by the vehicle is surely and stably detected to thereby avoid any traffic accident with the motorcycle. |
| US07834742B2 |
Method of inventorying transponders by means of a communication station
In a method of inventorying a plurality of transponders (2) by means of a communication station (1) communicating with the transponders (2) in contactless manner, the communication station (1) emits an unmodulated carrier signal (NMCS) in a communications range of the communication station (1) and each transponder (2) on entering the communications range then emits a presence-signaling signal (PRES) and the communication station (1) on receiving a presence-signaling signal (PRES) then emits an inventorying command signal (INVS) and each transponder (2) on receiving the inventorying command signal (INVS) then emits a response signal (RESPS) permitting inventorying of the transponder (2) and the communication station (1) on correctly receiving a response signal (RESPS) then undertakes inventorying of the relevant transponder (2). |
| US07834741B2 |
Data carrier circuit capable of supplying identification information to a communications arrangement
Circuit for a data carrier, which circuit is capable of supplying identification information to a communications arrangement. A circuit (4) for a data carrier (3), which is able to communicate contactlessly with a communications arrangement (2), is provided with a memory stage (5) for storing identification information (II) consisting of information units and suppliable to the communications arrangement (2) and with a signal-processing stage (25) for processing an indicator signal (IS), which indicator signal (IS) indicates a substantially simultaneous appearance of two different information units, of which two different information units the one information unit is contained in the identification information (1[I) stored in the memory stage (5) of the circuit (4) and the other information unit is contained in different identification information (II′) stored in a memory stage of a different circuit (4′), and which indicator signal (IS) is generated by the communications arrangement (2) upon detection of such a substantially simultaneous appearance of different information units and is communicated to the circuit (4), wherein the signal-processing stage (25), as a consequence of a processing of the indicator signal (IS), is arranged to interrupt the supply of the identification information (II) after the appearance of the information unit that has caused the indicator signal (IS) and to flag at least the information unit that has caused the indicator signal (IS). |
| US07834739B2 |
Baggage management gate
A baggage management gate includes a first reading device and a second reading device, a detecting device, a determining unit, a first opening and closing device and a second opening and closing device. The baggage management gate manages baggage that is restricted to be carried in or out from a predetermined region. And in order away from the region in which the baggage is managed, the first reading device, the second opening and closing device, the detecting device for both the first person and the second person, the first opening and closing device, and the second reading device are arranged in an entrance direction from the passage to the management region in which the baggage is managed. |
| US07834735B2 |
Laminated coil component and method for producing the same
A laminated coil component includes a laminate including laminated magnetic layers and a coil disposed in the laminate and including a plurality of internal electrodes. The number of the magnetic layers laminated in a non-superimposed area that does not overlap with the internal electrodes in the lamination direction is greater than the number of the magnetic layers laminated in a superimposed area that overlaps with the internal electrodes in the lamination direction. |
| US07834732B2 |
Ignition coil, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle
An ignition coil, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, has an inner magnet core which is concentrically enclosed by a primary coil and a secondary coil. The inner magnet coil is made up of sheet-metal strips stacked on top of each other, the sheet-metal strips forming a substantially rectangular or square cross-section surface of the inner magnet core. At least the lower and the upper sheet-metal strips, delimiting the inner magnet core, have, at least in partial areas, a reduced width viewed in the longitudinal direction compared to the other sheet-metal strips of the inner magnet core. This makes a primary bobbin and a secondary bobbin having an enlarged corner radius and a more uniform winding density of the primary coil and the secondary coil possible. |
| US07834729B2 |
Correlated magnetic connector and method for using the correlated magnetic connector
A connector (e.g., electrical connector, fluid connector, gas connector) is described herein that incorporates correlated magnets which enable a first part to be securely attached to and removed from a second part. In addition, a method is described herein for using the connector to attach and remove the first part to and from the second part. |
| US07834725B2 |
Magnetic activation and deactivation circuit and system
A circuit (10) comprising a latching device (20) operatively arranged to change from a first output state to a second output state as a function of a magnetic field (40) applied in a first direction, to maintain the second output state when the magnetic field is either no longer applied in the first direction or applied again in the first direction, and to change from the second output state to the first output state as a function of a magnetic field applied in a second direction, a power switching device (30) coupled to a power source (15), a load (35) and the latching device and operatively arranged such that the power switching device connects the power source and the load when the latching device is in the second state and disconnects the power source and the load when the latching device is in the first state, a magnetic switching device (25) coupled between the latching device and the power source and having an open default disconnected state and operatively arranged to change from the open default state to a closed connected state when the magnetic field is applied in the first direction and to return to the open default state when the magnetic field is removed, the latching device and magnetic switching device arranged such that the magnetic field applied in the first direction causes the magnetic switching device to change from the open default state to the closed connected state, thereby powering the latching device, and the latching device to change from the first state to the second state, thereby signaling the power switching device to connect the power source and the load. |
| US07834724B2 |
Electromechanical interlock for electrical protection devices
An interlock is presented which may be mechanically interconnected with a circuit breaker. The interlock toggles between a locked out position that causes the circuit breaker to trip and prevents closure thereof and a non-locked out position wherein the circuit breaker functions. The interlock includes a frame, a lockout actuator supported by the frame, a reset actuator also supported by the frame and a latching assembly. The latching assembly includes a lockout lever that is responsive to movement of the lockout actuator that is pivotably supported by the frame and a lockout trip rod responsive to movement of the lockout actuator. Also provided is a reset lever that is responsive to movement of the reset actuator and that is also pivotably supported by the frame. The reset lever is configured to prevent movement of the lockout actuator without movement of the reset lever and wherein the lockout trip rod is configured for movement between a locked out position and a non-locked out position. |
| US07834721B2 |
System and method for tuning multicavity filters
The invention refers to a system and method to tune a multicavity filter of microwave signals, said filter comprising a filter body (CF), a removable lid (CO), n resonant cavities dug out in said filter body (CF) and n tuners (TU) susceptible of displacement under the action of movement means. Typically a sub-system to absorb the oscillations and vibrations generated in such displacements is associated to each tuner. |
| US07834717B2 |
Nonreciprocal circuit device
A nonreciprocal circuit device (2-port isolator) includes a ferrite-magnet assembly including a ferrite, a first center electrode, and a second center electrode. The ferrite is sandwiched between a pair of permanent magnets and receives a direct-current magnetic field applied thereto. The first and second center electrodes are arranged on the ferrite. The ferrite includes a center layer and an outer layer ensuring an insulation state of the first and second center electrodes. The saturation magnetization of the outer layer is smaller than that of the center layer. |
| US07834715B2 |
Circuit system
A circuit system includes: a master node; and a slave portion including a plurality of non-grounded slave nodes, each of which couples with the master node through a pair of communication lines. The master node and the slave portion provide a differential transmission system for differentially transmitting a signal among the master node and the slave nodes. The slave portion has a predetermined impedance. The differential transmission system has a good signal condition and a sufficient low common mode noise. |
| US07834703B2 |
Amplifier with single-ended input and differential output
An amplifier provided according to an aspect of the present invention includes a set of passive impedances forming a tuned load to a gain stage and also to provide a 180 degrees phase shifted signal of a gain signal received from the gain stage. The output of the gain stage and the 180 degrees phase shifted signal together form a differential amplified signal corresponding to an input signal gained by the gain stage. In an embodiment, the set of passive impedances includes a three terminal centre tapped inductor in combination with a capacitor, together operating as a filter to pass only a desired frequency band. The windings of the inductor may be designed to provide mutual coupling between two portions such that there is a negative correlation between the strength of the received gained signal and the 180 degree phase shifted signal. |
| US07834700B2 |
Radio frequency power amplifier
A radio frequency signal is input to the bases of transistors via respective capacitors, is amplified, and is output from the collectors of the transistors. The emitter of each transistor is grounded. A bias current input from a bias circuit is supplied to the bases of the transistors via respective resistors both during low-output operation and during high-output operation. The collectors of the transistors are connected via an impedance circuit to a bias voltage input terminal. Therefore, during high-output operation, a direct current offset voltage is generated by the impedance circuit based on a portion of a radio frequency signal output from the collectors, thereby further increasing the bias current. |
| US07834697B1 |
Differential low frequency noise suppression technique for a common mode feedback circuit
Disclosed is a common mode feedback circuit for a differential amplifier that eliminates the effects of low frequency noise. A modulator is placed in a common mode feedback loop that modulates the feedback loop signal at a predetermined frequency to up-convert the low frequency noise. The predetermined frequency may be selected to be above the operating range of the downstream circuitry. In addition, a low pass filter can be used to eliminate the up-converted noise. |
| US07834696B2 |
Common mode control circuitry for multi-stage operational amplifiers
This disclosure relates to a common mode regulation in multi stage differential amplifiers. |
| US07834692B2 |
Peak detector with active ripple suppression
A peak detector circuit that responds rapidly to power transients, and yet is able to avoid interpreting data fluctuations as power transients by generating dual peak signals from an amplifier's differential output signal, where the dual peak signals have data ripple components that tend to cancel one another. The system and methods permit the peak detectors to be much more responsive to power transients by expanding their bandwidth (shortening the time constants) to the point that low frequency data components affect the individual peak detector signals, but the effects are cancelled out when the individual components are added together. The peak detector described herein may be used in an AGC system to provide ripple-free gain control signals, while rapidly following any power transients in transmitted signals. |
| US07834687B2 |
Method and system for polar modulation with discontinuous phase for RF transmitters with power control
Aspects of a method and system for polar modulation with discontinuous phase for RF Transmitters with power control may include performing by one or more circuits comprising a plurality of amplifiers, configuring one or more of the plurality of amplifiers to provide a coarse amplitude gain and a power level gain. One or more remaining ones of the plurality of amplifiers may be configured to provide an amplitude offset gain, and a signal may be amplified utilizing a combined gain provided by the one or more of the plurality of amplifiers and by the one or more remaining ones of the plurality of amplifiers. The signal may comprise modulated RF signal, and/or a phase modulated RF signal. An RF carrier signal may be modulated to generate the signal. |
| US07834685B1 |
Chopped auto-zeroed ping-pong amplifier and related apparatus, system, and method
An apparatus includes a plurality of amplifier stages configured to receive an input voltage and generate an amplified output current. Each amplifier stage includes a transconductance stage configured to receive the input voltage and generate a first intermediate output current. Each amplifier stage also includes an auto-zeroing loop configured to generate a second intermediate output current that at least partially corrects for an offset of the transconductance stage, where the auto-zeroing loop operates at a first frequency. Each amplifier stage further includes chopping circuitry configured to reverse a polarity of the input voltage and a polarity of the amplified output current at a second frequency, where the second frequency is less than the first frequency. Each amplifier stage is configured to operate in auto-zeroing and amplification phases. At least one amplifier stage operates in the auto-zeroing phase when at least one other amplifier stage operates in the amplification phase. |
| US07834684B2 |
Sizing and placement of charge recycling (CR) transistors in multithreshold complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (MTCMOS) circuits
In one embodiment, a circuit includes a first row of circuit blocks that are each connected to a supply directly and to ground via a first sleep transistor. A connection between the first circuit block and the first sleep transistor is a virtual ground node. The circuit includes a second row of circuit blocks that are each connected to ground directly and to the supply via a second sleep transistor. A connection between the second circuit block and the second sleep transistor is a virtual supply node. The circuit includes a transmission gate (TG) or pass transistor connecting the virtual ground nodes to the virtual supply nodes to enable charge recycling between circuit blocks in the first row and circuit blocks in the second row during transitions by the circuit from active mode to sleep mode, from sleep mode to active mode, or both. |
| US07834683B2 |
Method to reduce variation in CMOS delay
Controlled voltage circuit for compensating the performance variations in integrate circuits caused by voltage supply, temperature, and process variations is proposed. The controlled voltage circuit includes several MOSFET transistors connected in series, a unity gain operational amplifier, and a constant current source with an input terminal and an output terminal. The input source terminal of the first MOSFET is connected to a constant current source and to the unity gain operational amplifier. The output terminal of the circuit is connected to the CMOS delay block. To compensate for the performance variation, the output voltage node at or before the unity gain operational amplifier is shifted higher as the operating process state is slowed down or as the temperature is increased. Conversely, the output voltage node is shifted lower as the process becomes faster or the temperature is reduced. |
| US07834679B2 |
Semiconductor switch
A challenge in outputting a voltage near the midpoint potential in a semiconductor switch which operates based on a low voltage power supply is to avoid a decrease in operation speed and a deterioration in accuracy of the output voltage which would be caused due to an increase in ON-resistance or occurrence of current leakage. Thus, a structure including a gray level generation circuit, an analog switch circuit and a backgate voltage control circuit is provided wherein the backgate voltage of each of an N-channel MOS transistor and a P-channel MOS transistor of the analog switch circuit to which the voltage of the gray level generation circuit is input is supplied from the backgate voltage control circuit which has an equal structure as that of the gray level generation circuit. |
| US07834676B2 |
Method and apparatus for accounting for changes in transistor characteristics
A device for accounting for changes in characteristics of a transistor is presented. The device includes a transistor and a comparator receiving a feedback signal from the transistor and a reference signal. The comparator provides an output to a bias voltage generator. The bias voltage generator includes an input connected to the output of the comparator and an output connected to the transistor. In some embodiments of the invention the transistor is a double gate transistor and the bias voltage generator is applied to a top gate of the double gate transistor in order to control characteristics of the transistor such as turn on voltage. |
| US07834673B2 |
Variable delay circuit and delay amount control method
A variable delay circuit comprising a first delay element configured to delay an input signal, a second delay element coupled to the first delay element in parallel and also configured to delay the input signal, a control current supply section configured to supply control currents for adjusting a delay amount of the first delay element and a delay amount of the second delay element, and an output signal selecting section configured to select any one of an output signal from the first delay element and an output signal from the second delay element according to a selecting signal for selecting delay time of the input signal. |
| US07834669B2 |
Semiconductor output circuit for controlling power supply to a load
Between a control terminal (gate) of an output transistor of a source follower configuration and an output terminal to which a load is coupled, a depletion transistor having a relatively lower breakdown voltage (that is, smaller device-area) is provided as a shutdown transistor of the output transistor, to thereby control a conductive state/nonconductive state of the depletion transistor. There are provided: the output transistor of the source follower configuration coupled between a first power supply line and the output terminal; the load coupled between the output terminal and a second power supply line; the depletion transistor coupled between the gate of the output transistor and the output terminal; and a control circuit controlling the conductive state/nonconductive state of the depletion transistor by applying, between a gate and a source thereof, a voltage smaller than a voltage deference between a potential of the first power supply line and a potential of the second power supply line. |
| US07834664B2 |
Semiconductor device for detecting a phase of a clock
A semiconductor, which includes a first phase detecting unit configured to detect a phase of a second clock on the basis of a phase of a first clock, and generate a first detection signal corresponding to a result of the detection, a second phase detecting unit configured to detect a phase of a delayed clock, which is generated by delaying the second clock by a predetermined time, on the basis of the phase of the first clock, and generate a second detection signal corresponding to a result of the detection, and a logic level determining unit configured to determine a logic level of a feedback output signal according to the first detection signal, the second detection signal and the feedback output signal. |
| US07834659B1 |
Multi-step programming of E fuse cells
E-fuses in an E-fuse memory array are programmed by applying a first programming pulse to a plurality of E-fuses to program the plurality of E-fuses to a first state; and then applying a second programming pulse to at least a selected E-fuse in the plurality of E-fuses to program the selected E-fuse to a second state. |
| US07834658B1 |
Interface generation for coupling to a high-bandwidth interface
Method and apparatus for communication of data is described. More particularly, generation of an interface for coupling to an auxiliary processor unit for communication of data in an integrated circuit is described. Programmable logic is programmed to provide a hardware interface for communicating the data between memory and a user-defined circuit. The data is communicated at least in part via an auxiliary processor unit coupled to the hardware interface. The programming includes configuring the programmable logic to use the auxiliary processor unit to respond to coded instructions executed by a central processing unit through the provided hardware interface. |
| US07834657B1 |
Inverter circuit with compensation for threshold voltage variations
An inverter circuit has a digital signal amplitude converter having an input coupled to an inverter circuit input node, and an amplitude converter output. A positive threshold voltage compensation generator has a positive threshold voltage compensation generator input coupled to the amplitude converter output. A negative threshold voltage compensation generator has a negative threshold voltage compensation generator input coupled to the inverter circuit input node, and a negative threshold voltage compensation generator output. A multiplexer has a first input coupled to the positive threshold voltage compensation generator output, a second input, coupled to the negative threshold voltage compensation generator output, and a multiplexer output. An inverter module has an output providing an inverter circuit output node, and an inverter module input is coupled to the multiplexer output. The inverter circuit at least partially compensates for variations in a threshold voltage associated with switching of transistors that form the inverter module. |
| US07834656B2 |
Two-wire transmitter
A two-wire transmitter is connected to two transmission lines which transmit an electric signal regarding a physical quantity detected by a sensor. The two-wire transmitter includes a current control section which controls a transmission current of the electric signal, and a starter circuit which starts at a starting time of the two-wire transmitter so that the transmission current flowing through the current control section under steady operation of the two-wire transmitter detours the current control section to flow through the starter circuit. The starter circuit stops when an output voltage of the current control section reaches a predetermined value or more after the two-wire transmitter starts. |
| US07834654B2 |
Dynamic impedance control for input/output buffers
A system and method of performing off chip drive (OCD) and on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A common pull-up network composed of transistors and a common pull-down network composed of transistors are employed to implement both of these functions. In drive mode, the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “on” output is to be generated, and the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “off” output is to be generated. In termination mode, the pull-up network and the pull-down network are configured to produce a calibrated pull-up resistance and pull-down resistance respectively such that together, they form a split termination. |
| US07834653B1 |
Failsafe and tolerant driver architecture and method
A method includes controllably utilizing a control signal generated by an Input/Output (IO) core to isolate a current path from an external voltage supplied through an IO pad to a supply voltage by transmitting a same voltage at an input terminal of a transistor, configured to be part of a number of cascaded transistors of an IO driver of an interface circuit, to an output terminal thereof during a failsafe mode of operation and a tolerant mode of operation. The method also includes feeding back an appropriate voltage to a floating node created by the isolation of the current path, and controlling a voltage across each transistor of the number of cascaded transistors to be within an upper tolerable limit thereof through an application of a gate voltage to each transistor derived from the supply voltage or the external voltage supplied through the IO pad. |
| US07834652B1 |
Method and devices for storing a security key using programmable fuses
In embodiment of the invention, a programmable logic device includes configuration memory adapted to be programmed with configuration data and a plurality of programmable fuses adapted to store a security key for use with configuration data. The security key includes a plurality of data bit values, wherein each data bit value of the security key is associated with a subset of a least three fuses each storing a bit. Each of a plurality of decoders is adapted to retrieve a data bit value of the security key by providing the bit value stored by a majority of the fuses of the associated subset as the data bit value of the security key. |
| US07834651B2 |
Power supply circuit
Provided is a power supply circuit that supplies an electronic device with a supply power, including a voltage control section that outputs a control voltage that tracks an input voltage with a prescribed frequency characteristic and applies a voltage corresponding to the control voltage to the electronic device, a voltage adjusting section that detects the voltage applied to the electronic device and adjusts the input voltage based on the detected voltage, a current adjusting section that detects a current applied to the electronic device and adjusts the input voltage when the detected current is outside of a prescribed limit range, and a frequency characteristic adjusting section that increases a speed at which the control voltage tracks the input voltage by adjusting the frequency characteristic of the voltage control section when the applied current is outside of the limit range. |
| US07834650B2 |
Method and apparatus for testing liquid crystal display using probe unit reduced the number of connecter pads
An LCD test method and apparatus for reducing the number of channels of a probe unit is provided. An apparatus for testing a liquid crystal display including: a stage on which a liquid crystal panel is placed; a plurality of vertically divided blocks, wherein each of the vertically divided blocks include a plurality of adjacent data lines; a data probe unit that provides test pattern signals respectively to groups of at least two of the plurality of vertically divided blocks of the liquid crystal panel; a plurality of horizontally divided blocks, wherein each of the horizontally divided blocks include a plurality of adjacent gate lines; a gate probe unit that provides scanning signals respectively to the plurality of horizontally divided blocks of the liquid crystal panel; and a controller that provides test pattern signals to the data probe unit and provides scanning signals to the gate probe unit. |
| US07834647B2 |
Alignment features in a probing device
An image of an array of probes is searched for alignment features. The alignment features are then used to bring contact targets and the probes into contact with one another. The alignment features may be a feature of one or more of the tips of the probes. For example, such a feature may be a corner of one of the tips. An array of probes may be formed to have such alignment features. |
| US07834645B2 |
Variable capacitance circuit, voltage measuring apparatus, and power measuring apparatus
A variable capacitance circuit includes a capacitance changing structure constructed by connecting a first construction unit, a second construction unit, a third construction unit, and a fourth construction unit, which each include a first electric element that hinders transmission of a direct current (DC) signal and has a capacitance that changes in accordance with the magnitude of an absolute value of an applied voltage, in the mentioned order in a ring. A voltage measuring apparatus measures the voltage of a measured object and includes a detection electrode capable of being disposed facing the measured object and the variable capacitance circuit described above. A power measuring apparatus includes a current measuring apparatus that measures current flowing in a measured object and the voltage measuring apparatus that measures the voltage of the measured object. |
| US07834644B2 |
Method for the capacitive detection of flaws in polymer tubes, and device
A method for detecting flaws in polymer tubes, especially tubes made of crosslinked polyethylene. The tube that is to be tested is exposed to the electric field of a capacitive triple electrode in a housing including a central housing part and housing flanges. The respective flaw generates test signals which are used for marking or eliminating the flaw. |
| US07834643B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing distortion in a power source using an active harmonics filter
Systems and methods for reducing harmonic distortion in a power system resulting from non-linear loading on the power system. The power at an interface with a power source is measured, and then distortion in the waveforms of the supplied power is identified. Cancellation signals which cancel all or part of the distortion are then generated and injected at the interface. In one embodiment, the power is sampled to determine the waveform, and then a Fast Fourier Transform is performed on the waveform to convert it to the frequency domain. Harmonics of the fundamental frequency can then be identified, and conjugates of the harmonics generated. An inverse Fast Fourier Transform is performed on the conjugates to generate a signal which is amplified to produce the cancellation signal. |
| US07834639B2 |
Jitter injection circuit, pattern generator, test apparatus, and electronic device
Provided is a jitter injection circuit that generates a jittery signal including jitter, including a plurality of delay circuits that receive a supplied reference signal in parallel and that each delay the received reference signal by a preset delay amount and a signal generating section that generates each edge of the jittery signal according to a timing of the signal output by each delay circuit. In the jitter injection circuit the delay amount of at least one delay circuit is set to be a value different from an integer multiple of an average period of the jittery signal. |
| US07834638B2 |
Differential transmission circuit, disk array apparatus, and output signal setting method
To provide a signal transmitting/receiving apparatus etc. where a cable length can be measured by using a general-purpose cable, without using an interface. A differential transmission circuit by the present invention includes a signal output circuit sending a high-speed differential signal and a pulse wave; a signal input circuit including a terminating resistor; a bias controller controlling a bias voltage on a transmission path; a terminating resistance controller disconnecting the terminating resistor on sensing a bias voltage and connecting it on sensing no bias voltage, by a bias sensing circuit; a sensing input circuit sensing a pulse wave reflected at the signal input circuit; and an output setting controller setting an electric characteristic of a signal outputted from the signal output circuit by a propagation time from sending the pulse wave by the signal output circuit to receiving the reflected pulse wave by the sensing input circuit. |
| US07834637B2 |
Method and apparatus for generalized AC and DC arc fault detection and protection
According to the features discussed herein, through a single generalized arc-fault detection algorithm, various types of series and/or parallel arc faults can be detected without any nuisance trip for either AC or DC Electric Power Systems. Running Discrete Fourier Series (RDFS) formulation for nuisance-free operation and cost-effective implementation is developed. Unlike other methods which require numerous source and load-side current and voltage measurements, only source side current is required. An arc detector may include a first detector to monitor variations of a magnitude of a fundamental component of a current, and a second detector to monitor an overload condition based in an i2t calculation. A method may include obtaining a first cycle of a fundamental component of a current, obtaining a second cycle of the fundamental component of the current, and comparing the first cycle of the fundamental component of the current and the second cycle of the fundamental component of the current to determine if a difference of the first cycle and the second cycle is greater than a threshold amount. |
| US07834628B2 |
Arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals via multiplexed multiplexer reception branches
An arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals has at least two reception branches. Each reception branch contains a single antenna of a local coil as well as an amplifier connected with the single antenna, such that an amplified magnetic resonance signal is formed from a magnetic resonance signal that is acquired via the single antenna. In a multiplexer, each input is connected with a respective reception branch, such that the amplified magnetic resonance signals of the reception branch are combined by the multiplexer into a resulting signal using a time multiplexing method. A transmission path is connected on one side with an output of the multiplexer and on the other side with a receiver, such that the resulting signal is transmitted from the multiplexer to the receiver via the transmission path. |
| US07834626B2 |
Magnetic resonance system with an RF shield having feedthroughs for antenna feed lines and RF circuitry cooled by the gradient coil cooling system
A magnetic resonance system for generation of magnetic resonance exposures of an examination subject in a patient positioning region has an antenna structure with a number of antenna elements arranged in the patient positioning region. Feed lines respectively supply the antenna elements with radio-frequency signals for emission of a radio-frequency field in the patient positioning region and/or to accept radio-frequency signals acquired by the antenna elements. The magnetic resonance system also has a radio-frequency shielding that shields an external region outside of the patient positioning region from radio-frequency signals radiated in the patient positioning region. This radio-frequency shielding has a number of feedthroughs through which the feed lines are respectively directed from the external region over a short distance to the antenna elements. |
| US07834611B2 |
Bandgap reference generating circuit
A bandgap reference generating circuit includes an operational amplifier configured to generate a bandgap reference voltage; and a gain controller configured to control a gain of the operational amplifier with different values in a normal mode and a low power mode. |
| US07834608B2 |
Feed-forward compensation for a hysteretic switching regulator
One embodiment of the invention includes a hysteretic power regulator system. The system includes a switching stage configured to periodically couple an input voltage to an inductor in response to a control signal to generate an output voltage. The system also includes a hysteretic control stage configured to generate the control signal based on a comparison of a feedback voltage associated with the output voltage and a predetermined reference voltage. The system also includes a feed-forward stage configured to generate a feed-forward ramp voltage in response to the control signal. The feed-forward ramp voltage can be added to the feedback voltage to set a frequency of the control signal. The system further includes a compensation stage configured to cancel a DC error associated with the feed-forward ramp voltage relative to the feedback voltage to substantially mitigate errors associated with the output voltage. |
| US07834605B2 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining a constant load current with line voltage in a switch mode power supply
A power supply regulator including a variable current limit threshold that increases during an on time of a switch. In one aspect, a power supply regulator includes a comparator that has a first input coupled to sense a voltage representative of a current flowing through a switch during an on time of the switch. The comparator has a second input coupled to receive a variable current limit threshold that increases during the on time of the switch. A feedback circuit is coupled to receive a feedback signal representative of an output voltage at an output of a power supply. A control circuit is coupled to generate a control signal in response to an output of the comparator and in response to an output of the feedback circuit. The control signal is to be coupled to a control terminal of the switch to control switching of the switch. |
| US07834599B2 |
Rapid supply voltage ramp using charged capacitor and switch
In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided for a system including an integrated circuit coupled to a node to receive a supply voltage and having bypass capacitors coupled in parallel with the integrated circuit to the node. The apparatus comprises a first capacitor, a switch coupled to the first capacitor, and a voltage source configured to charge the first capacitor. The switch is coupled to receive a control signal that is asserted, during use, if the supply voltage to an integrated circuit is to be increased. The switch is configured to electrically couple the first capacitor to the node in response to an assertion of the control signal. When electrically coupled to the node, the first capacitor supplies charge to the bypass capacitors. A system comprising the apparatus, the node, the integrated circuit, and the bypass capacitors is also contemplated in some embodiments. |
| US07834598B1 |
Thermally optimized architecture for switching regulators
In a preferred embodiment for use in step-down (buck) DC-DC converters that may operate, at least part of the time, at high duty cycles (>50%), the power dissipation in the high side switch is effectively monitored and the switching frequency of the converter is lowered as needed to keep the sum of the conduction losses and switching losses in the high side switch substantially constant. In another embodiment, the ideal switching frequency is approximated. In still another embodiment having the switches integrated with the controller, the die temperature is monitored, and switching frequency, output current or both are varied to limit the die temperature. |
| US07834597B1 |
System and method for AC voltage regulation
In an embodiment, a power converter system is provided for AC voltage regulation. The power converter system receives an AC input voltage at an input terminal and provides an AC output voltage to a load at an output terminal. A main bi-directional switch is coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal. The main bi-directional switch is operable to control the provision of the AC output voltage. A reactive current flows through the main bi-directional switch if the load is reactive. An auxiliary bi-directional switch is coupled to the output terminal. The auxiliary bi-directional switch is operable to circulate the reactive current due to the reactive load, thereby reducing any voltage spikes in the power converter system. |
| US07834586B2 |
Multifunctional charger system and method
An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. The plug unit is operative to couple the adapter to a power socket and operative to receive energy from the power socket. The power converter is electrically coupled to the plug unit and is operable to regulate the received energy from the power socket and to output a power requirement to the mobile device. The primary connector is electrically coupled to the power converter and is operative to couple to the mobile device and to deliver the outputted power requirement to the mobile device. The identification subsystem is electrically coupled to the primary connector and is operative to provide an identification signal. |
| US07834581B2 |
Apparatus and method for sensing attachment or detachment of battery in portable terminal
A method for sensing detachment of a external battery in a portable terminal including a connector with which the external battery is detachably assembled includes determining that the external battery is assembled with the connector when an output voltage is observed, connecting the connector and an internal battery of the portable terminal to supply power from the external battery to the internal battery, disconnecting the connector from the internal battery to check an output voltage of the connector, and determining that the external battery has been detached from the connector when an output voltage is not observed. |
| US07834579B2 |
Low voltage, two-level, six-pulse induction motor controller driving a medium-to-high voltage, three-or-more-level AC drive inverter bridge
A method and circuit enabling off-the-shelf controllers designed for use with a two-level AC drive inverter bridge (1920) to drive inverter bridges with three-or-more levels. Signals from an ordinary induction motor controller or a two-level induction motor controller (2200) are used to drive the twelve-or-more switches of a three-or-more level inverter bridge (1920), as are used in medium-and-high voltage applications. The proper sequence and timing of switching for the three-or-more-level inverter bridge is based in-part upon either the output of the six pulse-width modulators, or the output of the flux and torque control device, or the voltage control device (2210), of the two-level controller (2200). |
| US07834561B2 |
Systems and methods for powering a light emitting diode lamp
In one embodiment, the present invention includes an electronic circuit for providing a power current to an LED lamp. The electronic circuit comprises a logic drive circuit, a VCO, a power switch, and a first current sensor. The VCO is coupled to provide a first logic control signal to the logic drive circuit. The power switch has a first terminal and second terminal coupled to deliver the power current to the LED lamp and a control terminal coupled to receive a power control signal from the logic drive circuit. The first current sensor is coupled to sense a peak current passing through the power switch and coupled to provide a second logic control signal to the logic drive circuit. |
| US07834559B2 |
Lamp circuit of liquid crystal device backlight source
Disclosed is an improved lamp circuit of a liquid crystal device (LCD) backlight source, comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) for lamp initialization having a control circuit and a first connector thereon; a first lamp connection board disposed between the first lamp connection board and a second lamp connection board and being lamps of the LCD backlight source; a second lamp connection board having a second connector and transformers thereon, the transformers each corresponding to one of the lamps; and a low voltage wire set connected between the first connector on the PCB for lamp initialization and the second connector on the second lamp connection board, wherein a signal issued from the first connector on the PCB for lamp initialization is transmitted through the low voltage wire set to the second connector on the first PCB for lamp initialization and then to a corresponding one of the transformers so that the lamps may be driven to operate. With use of the present invention, number of the used connectors may be reduced and arrangement issue of the high voltage wires may be obviated, making volume of the PCB for lamp initialization allowed to be reduced and cost of the lamp circuit lowered. |
| US07834557B2 |
Organic light emitting display and method of manufacturing the same
A light emitting display includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer on the substrate, a first insulation layer on the semiconductor layer, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer on the first insulation layer, the first electrode layer having a first length and the second electrode layer having a second length, the first electrode layer corresponding to a storage capacitor, the second electrode layer corresponding to a boosting capacitor, a second insulation layer on the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and a third electrode layer on the second insulation layer, wherein a length of a first portion of the third electrode layer that overlaps the first electrode layer is longer than a length of a second portion of the third electrode layer that overlaps the second electrode layer. |
| US07834555B2 |
Method and system for luminance characterization
A system for luminance characterization of a luminaire includes a ballast coil and a multi-tap capacitor connected in series with the ballast coil. The multi-tap capacitor has a plurality of tap capacitors integrated into a capacitor housing. A plurality of switches are each coupled to one of the plurality of tap capacitors for selectively coupling the tap capacitors together to produce a multi-tap capacitance corresponding to a configuration of the plurality of switches. A lamp is connected in series with the multi-tap capacitor and the ballast coil. A photometer is located to measure light intensity of the lamp and to produce a lumen output measurement. A memory is used to store a database having a plurality of lumen output measurements, each corresponding to a multi-tap capacitance corresponding to all configurations of the plurality of switches. |
| US07834552B2 |
Controlling a lamp ballast
A method and apparatus for providing electrical current to a lamp, detecting a power supply voltage outage, detecting a return of the power supply voltage, determining how long the power supply voltage outage lasted, and preheating the lamp responsive to determining that the power supply voltage outage lasted greater than a threshold amount of time. |
| US07834551B2 |
Plasma display panel and method of producing the same
A plasma display panel of the present invention includes display electrodes and address electrodes that cross each other. The electrode to be covered with the first dielectric layer contains at least one selected from silver and copper. The first glass contains Bi2O3. The first glass further contains 0 to 4 wt % of MoO3 and 0 to 4 wt % of WO3, and the total of the contents of MoO3 and WO3 that are contained in the first glass is in a range of 0.1 to 8 wt %. The first glass may contain, as components thereof: 0 to 15 wt % SiO2; 10 to 50 wt % B2O3; 15 to 50 wt % ZnO; 0 to 10 wt % Al2O3; 2 to 40 wt % Bi2O3; 0 to 5 wt % MgO; 5 to 38 wt % CaO+SrO+BaO; 0 to 4 wt % MoO3; and 0 to 4 wt % WO3, and the total of the contents of MoO3 and WO3 that are contained in the first glass is in the range of 0.1 to 8 wt %. |
| US07834548B2 |
Luminous structure comprising at least one light-emitting diode, its manufacture and its applications
A luminous structure includes at least one light-emitting diode emitting radiation within the ultraviolet or the visible spectrum, a substantially planar glass element having main faces and an edge around a periphery of the main faces. The glass element includes a hole housing the diode, and a metallic element connected to the diode and coupled with said glass element for removing heat. The metallic element is chosen from an electrical connection element or a holding element for keeping the diode in said hole. The invention also relates to the manufacture of this luminous structure and to its applications. |
| US07834547B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the OLED device includes a plurality of ball-shaped spacers formed over a pixel defining layer. At least one embodiment can prevent the pixel defining layer from being damaged due to unevenness of a deposition mask. Also, one embodiment of the invention does not require a patterning process for forming a spacer. |
| US07834541B2 |
OLED device having improved light output
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device, comprising: a light-emitting area of an OLED comprising a first electrode, a second transparent electrode, and one or more layers of organic light-emitting material formed between the electrodes; and a light-scattering layer, formed on a side of the transparent electrode opposite the one or more layers of organic light-emitting material, comprising transparent, light-scattering particles, wherein the ratio of the volume of light-scattering particles to the volume of the layer is greater than 0.55 over a majority of the light-emitting area. |
| US07834538B2 |
Light emitting device, electronic equipment and apparatus for manufacturing the same
To provide an aspect of a novel display device using a light emitting element which is composed of a cathode, an EL layer and an anode, and a manufacturing device of the display device. According to the present invention, dual-sided emission display can be performed in one sheet white color light emitting panel 1001 in which, for example, different images can be displayed on a topside screen and backside screen (full color display, monochrome display or area color display). Two polarizing plates 1002, 1003 are formed by shifting the position thereof with an angular deviation of 90 degrees each other so as to prevent outside light from passing through the pane, thereby realizing a black display when not displayed. |
| US07834536B2 |
Light-emitting apparatus
A light-emitting apparatus of the present invention maintains an anode electrode 5 at a higher positive electric potential than a cathode electrode 15, applies an electric field to a cold-cathode electron emission source 16 by controlling a gate voltage applied to the cathode electrode 15 with a gate electrode 10, and emits excitation light from a phosphor 6 irradiated by an electron beam released from the cold-cathode electron emission source 16. The light-emitting apparatus of this invention emits the excitation light not only from the opposite side of the electron beam-irradiated surface of the phosphor 6 through a glass substrate 2, but also from the electron bean-irradiated surface of the phosphor 6 by reflecting the excitation light with a gate reflection surface 12 on the gate electrode 10 and emitting it through an unobstructed area Ro of the glass substrate 2. This eliminates the wasted excitation light emitted and absorbed within the apparatus as in the conventional light-emitting apparatuses to thereby improve the luminous efficiency and substantially increase the amount of light emitted outside from the entire illumination surface. |
| US07834531B2 |
Lamp with radial arm electrical contacts
A lamp may be formed with radial arm electrical contacts from a ceramic body insulating body supporting a lamp capsule. A press sealed tubular lamp is held in an end of the ceramic body. The radial arms extend sideways from the ceramic body and support electrical contacts, that may be brought into electrical contact in an insert and twist type socket. |
| US07834528B2 |
Planar luminous body with improved light-extraction efficiency
A composite thin film-holding substrate for a surface light emitter, which is a transparent substrate including a composite thin film containing fine particles and a binder formed on the surface of a transparent base material. The refractive index of the composite thin film is higher than the refractive index of the transparent base material. The difference in the refractive index between the fine particles and the binder contained in the composite thin film is at least 0.1, and the ratio of (solid content mass of the fine particles)/(solid content mass of the binder+solid content mass of the fine particles) of the composite thin film is from 0.01 to 0.5. A surface light emitter can use the substrate. |
| US07834527B2 |
Dielectric elastomer fiber transducers
Disclosed are electroactive polymer fibers, processes of preparing electroactive polymer fibers, and devices containing electroactive polymer fibers. Devices can be used as actuators and sensors, generators and transducers. Applications include inter alia artificial muscles, prosthetics and robotics. |
| US07834526B2 |
Contour resonator
A contour resonator at least includes a first vibrating substrate and a second vibrating substrate having main surfaces that face each other and are bonded. The contour resonator includes a first excitation electrode provided on a front main surface of the first vibrating substrate, a second excitation electrode provided on a back main surface of the second vibrating substrate, and a common intermediate excitation electrode provided at an interface between the first vibrating substrate and the second vibrating substrate. The first excitation electrode and the second excitation electrode are electrically connected to constitute a first terminal. The intermediate excitation electrode constitutes a second terminal. The first vibrating substrate and the second vibrating substrate perform a contour vibration in accordance with an excitation signal applied between the first terminal and the second terminal. |
| US07834524B2 |
Micro-electromechanical devices having variable capacitors therein that compensate for temperature-induced frequency drift in acoustic resonators
Micro-electromechanical devices include a temperature-compensation capacitor and a thin-film bulk acoustic resonator having a first terminal electrically coupled to an electrode of the temperature-compensation capacitor. The temperature-compensation capacitor includes a bimorph beam having a first electrode thereon and a second electrode extending opposite the first electrode. This bimorph beam is configured to yield an increase in spacing between the first and second electrodes in response to an increase in temperature of the micro-electromechanical device. This increase in spacing between the first and second electrodes leads to a decrease in capacitance of the temperature-compensation capacitor. Advantageously, this decrease in capacitance can be used to counteract a negative temperature coefficient of frequency associated with the thin-film bulk acoustic resonator, and thereby render the resonant frequency of the micro-electromechanical device more stable in response to temperature fluctuations. |
| US07834517B2 |
Linear drive ultrasonic motor
A linear drive ultrasonic motor includes at least an ultrasonic vibrator having a piezoelectric element, a driven member which is driven by a frictional force between the ultrasonic vibrator and the driven member, a pressing member which presses the ultrasonic vibrator such that a frictional force is generated between the ultrasonic vibrator and the driven member, a rolling member having a spherical shape, which makes a contact with the driven member, and a base member which movably supports the driven member via the rolling member. The rolling member makes a contact with the base member at a first contact point, and makes a contact with the driven member at two second contact points. Lengths of two straight lines which connect the first contact point and the two second contact points are substantially same. |
| US07834515B2 |
Drive apparatus
A drive apparatus includes an ultrasonic motor that rotates by an electromechanical transducer element, and generates an intermittent signal that outputs an alternating signal without change only during ON times of a pulse signal as a driving signal for the ultrasonic motor. A voltage is applied to the ultrasonic motor based on the driving signal to intermittently drive the ultrasonic motor, thereby reducing (adjusting) the speed of the ultrasonic motor. By setting the frequency of the intermittent signal (the inverse of a period of the intermittent signal) to a frequency outside the audible frequency range during the intermittent drive, noise can be easily lowered. |
| US07834514B2 |
Wireless surface acoustic wave-based proximity sensor, sensing system and method
The subject invention is related to wireless proximity sensor and sensing system for detecting the position of an object. The system includes a transceiver for providing wireless communication with a passive wireless surface acoustic wave (SAW) proximity sensor. The wireless proximity sensor receives a wireless signal from the transceiver, which powers the SAW device and in turn transmits a signal back to the transceiver that includes information about the position of an object. The wireless proximity sensor uses one or more SAW devices with a sensing element made of magnetostrictive material, in conjunction with one or more magnets and one or more targets that are positioned relative to an object. The movement of the target(s) in relation to the proximity sensor operatively produces a mechanical response due to the shift in the magnetic field of the sensing element. The sensing element in turn enhances the magnetic field of the SAW device to which it is attached, and this information is transmitted to the transceiver as information about the position of an object. |
| US07834513B2 |
Electrostatic generator/motor having rotors of varying thickness and a central stator electrically connected together into two groups
A sub-module consists of a set of two outer sets of stationary fan-blade-shaped sectors. These outer sectors include conductive material and are maintained at ground potential in several examples. Located midway between them is a set of stationary sector plates with each plate being electrically insulated from the others. An example provides that the inner sector plates are connected together alternately, forming two groups of parallel-connected condensers that are then separately connected, through high charging circuit resistances, to a source of DC potential with respect to ground, with an additional connecting lead being provided for each group to connect their output as an AC output to a load. These same leads can he used, when connected to a driver circuit, to produce motor action. |
| US07834511B2 |
Claw pole generator and closure body for a claw pole generator
The invention relates to a claw pole generator comprising a claw pole rotor, two magnet wheel halves (21, 23) which are mounted on a drive shaft (15) and are provided with claw-shaped magnet poles (22, 24) that mesh with each other, and an annular closing member (10) located between adjacent magnet poles (21, 23). The magnet wheel halves (21, 23) can be inserted into pockets (11) of the closing member (10) along with the magnet poles (22, 24) thereof such that the closing member (10) overlaps the magnet poles (22, 24) on the edge in at least some areas. Also disclosed is a closing member (10). |
| US07834510B2 |
Torque support member for rotating electrical machine
A support module is provided for use in a rotor assembly of a rotating machine. The support module is disposed on the rotor body, supports high temperature superconductor rotor windings within the rotor assembly, and thermally decouples the cold portions of the rotor assembly, including windings and support tube, from the ambient temperature rotor body and drive shaft. The support module includes a frame disposed on the rotor body, a support block connected to the rotor winding and suspended within the frame, and thermally non-conductive straps extending from each of a pair of opposed sides of the support block to the frame, the straps suspending the support block within the frame. |
| US07834509B2 |
Rotor assembly for electromechanical machine
A rotor assembly for an electromechanical machine includes a rotor core, an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The rotor core includes an outer diameter, and the outer sleeve is positioned about the outer diameter. The inner sleeve is positioned between the rotor core and the outer sleeve. One of the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve dampens electromagnetic flux generated by the rotor assembly. |
| US07834507B2 |
Electric machine winding arrangement
Rotational electric machine stator winding arrangement characterized, inter alia, by at least one coil of each parallel circuit being discontinuous with the other coils of the corresponding circuit, and by coils configured to accept phase voltage not being adjacent coils having a point at the lowest potential of a corresponding circuit. |
| US07834506B2 |
Winding structure of rotating electric machine
In a stator winding, series coils are connected in parallel. One series coil includes series-connected U phase coils that are wound oppositely in direction by turns in the order in which the coils are series-connected and that are arranged in the manner that one and the other coil sets of the U phase coils are separated in the circumferential direction of a stator core and are opposite to each other in the radial direction thereof. The other series coil includes series-connected U phase coils that are wound oppositely in direction by turns in the order in which the coils are series-connected and that are arranged in the manner that one and the other coil sets of the U phase coils are separated in the circumferential direction of the stator core and are opposite to each other in the radial direction thereof. |
| US07834494B2 |
Fault-tolerant electromechanical actuator having a torque sensing control system
An electromechanical actuator (EMA) is provided. The EMA includes a threaded output ram connectable to a mechanical component and at least one motor module engageable with the output ram for controllably translating the output ram along a linear axis of the output ram. The actuator further includes a torque sensing adaptive control (TSAC) system for monitoring torque within the motor module. The TSAC generates a disengagement command signal when the TSAC system determines torque within the motor module is outside an allowable motor module torque range. The disengagement command signal initiates disengagement of the motor module from the output ram. |
| US07834492B2 |
Electric machine having a liquid-cooled rotor
An electric machine for a power system is disclosed. The electric machine has a housing with a first end cap and a second end cap. The first end cap has a first fluid passageway, and the second end cap has a second fluid passageway. The electric machine also has a stator fixedly disposed within the housing, and a rotor rotationally disposed radially inward from the stator. The rotor has an axial passageway fluidly communicating the first fluid passageway with the second fluid passageway. |
| US07834487B2 |
Shorting stick for safing of high-voltage equipment
An electrical shorting stick and method of using it. The apparatus and method allow the user to work on or about high-voltage equipment at tremendously reduced risk of accidental electrocution. The apparatus permits the user to secure a reliable short-circuit of the equipment to the absolute ground, so that current cannot be directed through the bodies of the service crew. The apparatus is placed into contact with the equipment of interest. While in contact with the equipment, the apparatus is manipulated by the user to safely discharge to absolute ground all potentially hazardous electrical current. The apparatus has a handle assembly movable upon a main road assembly. When the handle assembly is placed into a first position, current is directed from the equipment to the absolute ground via the apparatus including a resistor. The handle assembly is shifted to a second position, in which current is directed through the apparatus, but bypassing the resistor, in a conductive circuit directly to absolute ground, thus providing a safe “hard” grounding of the equipment of interest. |
| US07834486B1 |
Apparatus and method for powering load center circuits with an auxiliary power source
An electrical distribution system is designed to automatically connect a dedicated group of circuits, which are normally powered by a primary power source, to an auxiliary power source upon detection that there has been a disruption or failure in the primary power source. The system includes a switching arrangement that allows an operator to manually connect the auxiliary power source with other circuits that are not generally powered during disruption of the primary power source. The switching arrangement includes an interlinked switch or breaker arrangement that prevents any of the other circuits that are normally powered by the primary source from being automatically connected to the primary power source when primary power source is restored if those other circuits are connected to the auxiliary power source when the primary power source is restored. |
| US07834483B2 |
Energy harvesting system and method using multiple energy sources
An energy harvesting system and method having improved efficiency. A primary energy harvesting device is used to generate a first electrical output signal. The first electrical output signal is applied to a first switching circuit. A secondary energy harvesting device is used to generate a second electrical output signal that is used to power a second switching circuit. The second switching circuit generates the switching drive signal for the first switching circuit, which in turn generates a final output signal. By using a second energy harvesting circuit operating in connection with a different structure, and a secondary switching circuit, less power from the signal generated by the primary energy harvesting device is needed to power the first switching circuit. This results in a greater percentage of the output power of the first signal being usable by an external device. |
| US07834482B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating fine timing from coarse timing source
An apparatus for generating a pulse at a particular time dictated by an input. The apparatus may comprise an offset voltage generator for generating an offset voltage that is a function of the input, a current generator for generating a current, a ramp voltage generator for generating a ramp voltage having an initial value as a function of the offset voltage and a slope as a function of the current, and a pulse generator for generating a pulse in response to the ramp voltage reaching a threshold voltage. With this configuration, the time the pulse is generated is controlled by the input. This may be used in transceivers to control the time of transmission and the time of reception. Such times may be used to set up communication channels, such as ultra-wide band (UWB) channels, for communicating with other devices. |
| US07834479B2 |
Methods and systems for intentionally isolating distributed power generation sources
A method and system for operating a mini-grid including one or more power generation sources and one or more loads independently from a utility grid is provided, where the mini-grid is disconnected from the utility grid in response to a power disruption over the utility grid. A universal interconnect device forms a connection between the mini-grid and the utility grid. In the disconnected state, the mini-grid operates independently from the utility grid, such that the power generation sources of the mini-grid supply the loads. Frequency and voltage regulation are provided by the universal interconnect device through a monitoring function performed by a controller in conjunction with at least an energy storage device, which can absorb or generate power as needed. |
| US07834477B2 |
Wind energy system with wind speed accelerator and wind catcher
The present invention is related generally to power generation, and more particularly, to an apparatus for generating power from wind energy by accelerating winds captured by a wind catcher module. According to a first aspect, a wind energy system comprises a wind turbine and a wind catch opening, in which there is a pressure-gradient force that accelerates the movement of air into the wind catch opening and onto the wind turbine. According to another aspect, a wind energy system comprises a wind turbine and a wind catch module that redirects wind from outside the wind energy system to the wind turbine in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wind turbine. According to yet another aspect, a wind energy system comprises a wind turbine, where the moving parts of the wind turbine are not exposed to humans, birds or other similar sized wildlife during normal operation. |
| US07834475B1 |
Apparatus for converting wave energy
The invention is an apparatus and method for harnessing wave energy by transforming it in potential energy of water in a reservoir, to be converted in mechanical energy through a classical, proved in time, low head water turbine. The invention maximizes the throughput by raising the water head regardless of the unpredictable wave behavior, to a predictable head. The cost of it is greatly mitigated by sharing the facilities with wind power, desalination and hydrogen generating facilities as well as lodging facilities having all necessary ingredients generated on board. |
| US07834472B2 |
Method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid during malfunction in said electric utility grid, control system, wind turbine and family hereof
The invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid during malfunction in said electric utility grid, said method comprising the steps of detecting a malfunction in said electric utility grid and monitoring at least one physical work property of at least one component of said wind turbine. Further, the method controls the pitch of one or more wind turbine blades of said wind turbine in order too keep said least one physical work property below at least one predefined limit in a time period of said malfunction. The invention also relates to a control system for a wind turbine connected and supplying electric power to a utility grid as well as a wind turbine and park hereof. |
| US07834469B2 |
Stacked type chip package structure including a chip package and a chip that are stacked on a lead frame
A stacked type chip package structure including a lead frame, a chip package, a second chip, and a second molding compound is provided. The lead frame includes a plurality of first leads and second leads insulated from one another. The first leads have a first upper surface, and the second leads have a second upper surface which is not co-planar with the first upper surface. The chip package is disposed on the first leads and includes a substrate, a first chip, and a first molding compound. The second chip is stacked on the chip package and electrically connected to the second leads. The second molding compound is disposed on the lead frame and filled among the first leads and the second leads for encapsulating the chip package and the second chip. |
| US07834466B2 |
Semiconductor die with die pad pattern
A structure includes a semiconductor die that has an arrangement of die pads on a surface of the semiconductor die. A first row of die pads consists of a first group of four die pads and run in a first direction. A second row of die pads are adjacent to the first row and consist of a second group of four die pads running in the first direction. The second row begins at a first offset in the first direction from where the first row begins. A third row of die pads are adjacent to the second row and comprise a third group of four die pads that run in the first direction. The third row begins at a second offset in the first direction from where the second row begins. This allows for relatively easy access to all of the die pads. |
| US07834459B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method
An inventive semiconductor device includes at least three interconnection layers sequentially stacked without intervention of a via layer. At least one of the interconnection layers includes an interconnection and a via which connects interconnections provided in interconnection layers underlying and overlying the one interconnection layer. |
| US07834457B2 |
Bilayer metal capping layer for interconnect applications
The invention provides semiconductor interconnect structures that have improved reliability and technology extendibility. In the present invention, a second metallic capping layer is located on a surface of a first metallic cap layer which is, in turn, located on a surface of the conductive feature embedded within a first dielectric material. Both the first and second metallic capping layers are located beneath an opening, e.g., a via opening, the is present within an overlying second dielectric material. The second metallic capping layer protects the first dielectric capping layer from being removed (either completely or partially) during subsequent processing steps. Interconnect structures including via gouging features as well as non-via gouging features are disclosed. The present invention provides methods of fabricating such semiconductor interconnect structures. |
| US07834451B2 |
Film tray for fabricating flexible display
A film tray for fabricating a flexible display, the film tray preventing a flexible substrate or film from sagging. The film tray includes a support plate and at least one pair of clamps, each clamp of the at least one pair of clamps located along an opposite edge of the support plate to fix a flexible film. A first clamp of the at least one pair clamps is aligned with a second clamp of the least one pair of clamps. Each clamp includes an open-shut part adapted to be opened to receive the flexible substrate or film and adapted to be shut to fix the flexible substrate or film and a support part separated from the open-shut part by a predetermined space to support the flexible substrate or film at a predetermined level when the open-shut part is closed. |
| US07834450B2 |
Semiconductor package having memory devices stacked on logic device
A semiconductor package includes a base substrate, a logic device with a serializer/deserializer (SerDes), a plurality of odd memory devices disposed on a lower surface of the logic device and operatively stack-connected with the SerDes, and a plurality of even memory devices disposed on an upper surface of the logic device and operatively stack-connected with the SerDes, such that the plurality of odd memory devices and the plurality of even memory devices are connected in parallel by the SerDes. |
| US07834449B2 |
Highly reliable low cost structure for wafer-level ball grid array packaging
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for wafer-level integrated circuit (IC) packages are described. An IC package includes an IC chip, an insulating layer on the IC chip, a plurality of vias, a plurality of routing interconnects, and a plurality of bump interconnects. The IC chip has a plurality of terminals configured in an array on a surface of the IC chip. A plurality of vias through the insulating layer provide access to the plurality of terminals. Each of the plurality of routing interconnects has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of each routing interconnect is in contact with a respective terminal of the plurality of terminals though a respective via, and the second portion of each routing interconnect extends over the insulating layer. Each bump interconnect of the plurality of bump interconnects is connected to the second portion of a respective routing interconnect of the plurality of routing interconnects. |
| US07834446B2 |
Electronic device and method for coping with electrostatic discharge
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device including: a substrate board; a semiconductor device mounted on the substrate board; a heat sink configured to radiate heat from the semiconductor device; a first conductive portion provided on the substrate board; and a second conductive portion provided on the substrate board, the second conductive portion separated from the first conductive portion by a discharge gap, wherein: the heat sink is electrically connected to the first conductive portion; and the second conductive portion is grounded. |
| US07834439B2 |
Semiconductor module and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor module preferably includes a semiconductor package and a printed circuit board (PCB). The semiconductor package can include an outer terminal. The PCB can include a terminal land that is electrically connected to the outer terminal. The PCB preferably has a recess configured to at least partially expose the terminal land and to receive the outer terminal. The recess preferably has a width that is less than a width of the semiconductor package. Damage to edge portions of the semiconductor package whose outer terminal is received into the recess may be prevented, because the edge portions make contact with and are supported by the PCB. One or more support members can also be provided to contact one or more sides of the edge portions of the semiconductor package to further prevent damage due to horizontal impacts. |
| US07834433B2 |
Semiconductor power device
In one embodiment the present invention includes a semiconductor power device. The semiconductor power device includes a single gauge lead frame, a semiconductor die, and a heat sink. The semiconductor die is attached to a first level of the lead frame. The heat sink is attached to a second level of the lead frame. A molding compound encapsulates the semiconductor die and a portion of the lead frame, such that a portion of the heat sink is outside of the molding compound. The resulting device may be efficiently manufactured as compared to dual gauge lead frame devices or devices where the semiconductor die is not attached to the lead frame. |
| US07834424B2 |
Extendable connector and network
Extendable connectors are facilitated. According to an example embodiment, an integrated electrical circuit uses a connector that has first and second connected ends. The connector is unbundled from an initial state in which the first and second connected ends are separated by a first proximate distance and applied in an extended state in which the first and second connected ends are separated by a second distance that is greater than the first proximate distance. |
| US07834420B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device and process for manufacturing the same
A SRAM of complete CMOS type having its memory cell composed of six MISFETs, in which a pair of local wiring lines for connecting the input/output terminals of CMOS inverters are formed of a refractory metal silicide layer formed over a first conducting layer constituting the individual gate electrodes of the drive MISFETs, the transfer MISFETs and the load MISFETs of the memory cell and in which a reference voltage line formed over the local wiring lines is arranged to be superposed over the local wiring lines to form a capacity element. Moreover, the capacity element is formed between the local wiring lines and the first conducting layer by superposing the local wiring lines over the first conducting layer. Moreover, the local wiring lines are formed by using resistance lowering means such as silicification. In addition, there are made common the means for lowering the resistance of the gate electrode of the transfer MISFETs and the means for forming the local wiring lines. |
| US07834419B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a capacitor formed by successively stacking a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film and an upper electrode on a substrate. The lower electrode includes a first conducting layer and a second conducting layer formed on the first conducting layer and having higher resistivity than the first conducting layer, and the capacitor dielectric film is formed so as to be in contact with the second conducting layer of the lower electrode. |
| US07834418B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device (100) includes a semiconductor substrate (2), an inductor (4) provided on the semiconductor substrate (2), a metal ball (8) provided on the inductor (4) so as to come into contact with the inductor (4), and a bonding wire (10) electrically connected to the metal ball (8). The semiconductor device (100) exchanges signals with an external via the inductor (4) and the metal ball (8). The inductor (4) also serves as the bonding pad and therefore the inductor and the bonding pad need not to be arranged in pairs. |
| US07834416B2 |
Trench-constrained isolation diffusion for integrated circuit die
A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa. When the substrate is subjected to thermal processing, the buried layer diffuses upward, the dopant in the mesa diffuses downward until the two dopants merge to form an isolation region or a sinker extending downward from the surface of the epitaxial layer to the buried layer. In another embodiment, dopant is implanted between dielectrically filled trenches at a high energy up to several MeV, then diffused, combining the benefits of deep implantation and trenched constrained diffusion to achieve deep diffusions with a minimal thermal budget. |
| US07834415B2 |
Semiconductor device with trench isolation structure and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device has: a substrate provided with a trench; and a device isolation structure formed in the trench. The device isolation structure has: a silicon oxynitride film formed on a surface of the substrate through an interfacial oxide film; and an embedded insulating film formed on the silicon oxynitride film. |
| US07834411B2 |
CMOS pixel sensor with depleted photocollectors and a depleted common node
An active pixel sensor in a p-type semiconductor body includes an n-type common node formed below a pinning region. A plurality of n-type blue detectors more lightly doped than the common node are disposed below pinning regions and are spaced apart from the common node forming channels below blue color-select gates. A buried green photocollector is coupled to the surface through a first deep contact spaced apart from the common node forming a channel below a green color-select gate. A red photocollector buried deeper than the green photocollector is coupled to the surface through a second deep contact spaced apart from the common node forming a channel below a red color-select gate. A reset-transistor has a source disposed over and in contact with the common node. A source-follower transistor has gate coupled to the common node, a drain coupled to a power-supply node, and a source forming a pixel-sensor output. |
| US07834408B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
It is possible to prevent the deterioration of device characteristic as much as possible. A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulating film provided above the semiconductor substrate and containing a metal, oxygen and an additive element; a gate electrode provided above the gate insulating film; and source/drain regions provided in the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the gate electrode. The additive element is at least one element selected from elements of Group 5, 6, 15, and 16 at a concentration of 0.003 atomic % or more but 3 atomic % or less. |
| US07834404B2 |
Semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention includes the steps of introducing first impurities of a first conductivity type into a main surface of a semiconductor substrate 1 to form a first impurity region, introducing second impurities of a second conductivity type to form a second impurity region, forming a first nickel silicide film on the first impurity region and forming a second nickel silicide film on the second impurity region, removing an oxide film formed on each of the first and second nickel silicide films by using a mixed gas having an NH3 gas and a gas containing a hydrogen element mixed therein, and forming a first conducting film on the first nickel silicide film and forming a second conducting film on the second nickel silicide film, with the oxide film removed. |
| US07834399B2 |
Dual stress memorization technique for CMOS application
A stress-transmitting dielectric layer is formed on the at least one PFET and the at least one NFET. A tensile stress generating film, such as a silicon nitride, is formed on the at least one NFET by blanket deposition and patterning. A compressive stress generating film, which may be a refractive metal nitride film, is formed on the at least one PFET by a blanket deposition and patterning. An encapsulating dielectric film is deposited over the compress stress generating film. The stress is transferred from both the tensile stress generating film and the compressive stress generating film into the underlying semiconductor structures. The magnitude of the transferred compressive stress from the refractory metal nitride film may be from about 5 GPa to about 20 GPa. The stress is memorized during an anneal and remains in the semiconductor devices after the stress generating films are removed. |
| US07834394B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor structure including a substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a gate, a source region and a drain region is provided. The gate dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. At least one recess is disposed in the substrate. The gate is disposed on the gate dielectric layer and in the recess. The source and drain regions are respectively disposed in the substrate beside the gate. |
| US07834393B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a power MOSFET including a trench formed on a surface of a semiconductor layer forming a drain; a gate electrode formed in the trench via a gate insulation film and made of poly-silicon; a channel diffusion layer formed at a surface side of the semiconductor layer shallower than the trench by neighboring the trench; and a source diffusion layer formed at a surface side of the channel diffusion layer by neighboring the trench; wherein a reverse impurity layer is provided at a bottom part side of the trench of the poly-silicon forming the gate electrode; and an impurity ion that is a conductive type opposite to the conductive type of an impurity ion provided in the poly-silicon at a surface side of the trench is provided in the reverse impurity layer. |
| US07834392B2 |
Multi-state non-volatile integrated circuit memory systems that employ dielectric storage elements
Non-volatile memory cells store a level of charge corresponding to the data being stored in a dielectric material storage element that is sandwiched between a control gate and the semiconductor substrate surface over channel regions of the memory cells. More than two memory states are provided by one of more than two levels of charge being stored in a common region of the dielectric material. More than one such common region may be included in each cell. In one form, two such regions are provided adjacent source and drain diffusions in a cell that also includes a select transistor positioned between them. In another form, NAND arrays of strings of memory cells store charge in regions of a dielectric layer sandwiched between word lines and the semiconductor substrate. |
| US07834390B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device has: a semiconductor substrate; a control gate and a floating gate that are formed side by side on a gate insulating film on a channel region in the semiconductor substrate; an erase gate facing an upper surface of the floating gate; a first device isolation structure having a first projecting portion; and a second device isolation structure having a second projecting portion. The first and second projecting portions have a first sloping surface and a second sloping surface, respectively. The first sloping surface and the second sloping surface face each other, and an interval between the first and second sloping surfaces becomes larger away from the semiconductor substrate. The floating gate is sandwiched between the first and second projecting portions and at least has a portion located on the semiconductor substrate side of the first and second sloping surfaces. |
| US07834389B2 |
Triangular space element for semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate. A gate formed on the substrate. The gate includes a sidewall. A spacer formed on the substrate and adjacent the sidewall of the gate. The spacer has a substantially triangular geometry. A contact etch stop layer (CESL) is formed on the first gate and the first spacer. The thickness of the CESL to the width of the first spacer is between approximately 0.625 and 16. |
| US07834388B2 |
Memory array of non-volatile electrically alterable memory cells for storing multiple data
A memory cell that includes a control gate disposed laterally between two floating gates where each floating gate is capable of holding data. Each floating gate in a memory cell may be erased and programmed by applying a combination of voltages to diffusion regions, the control gate, and a well. A plurality of memory cells creates a memory string, and a memory array is formed from a plurality of memory strings arranged in rows and columns. |
| US07834386B2 |
Non-volatile memory with epitaxial regions for limiting cross coupling between floating gates
A memory system is disclosed that includes a set of non-volatile storage elements. Each of the non-volatile storage elements includes source/drain regions at opposite sides of a channel in a substrate and a floating gate stack above the channel. The memory system also includes a set of shield plates positioned between adjacent floating gate stacks and electrically connected to the source/drain regions for reducing coupling between adjacent floating gates. The shield plates are selectively grown on the active areas of the memory without being grown on the inactive areas. In one embodiment, the shield plates are epitaxially grown silicon positioned above the source/drain regions. |
| US07834382B2 |
Nitride read-only memory cell and method of manufacturing the same
A nitride read-only memory cell and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. First, a substrate is provided, and a first oxide layer is formed on the substrate. Next, a nitride layer is deposited on the first oxide layer via a first gas and a second gas. The flow ratio of the first gas to the second gas is 2:1. After that, a second oxide layer is formed on the nitride layer. Then, a bit-line region is formed at the substrate. Afterward, a gate is formed on the second oxide layer. The first oxide layer, nitride layer, the second oxide layer and the gate compose a stack structure of the cell. Further, a spacer is formed on the side-wall of the stack structure. |
| US07834381B2 |
Layout of power source regions and power switch regions in a semiconductor integrated circuit device
Repeaters are arranged at arbitrary positions to substantially improve transmission speed of a signal. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1, repeater regions 10 where repeaters are provided as relay points for wiring are provided in the central parts of the core power source regions 2, 3 and 5, on the left side of the core power source regions 4 to 8 and at the upper and lower parts of the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1. A power switch region for repeater 11 is formed so as to surround the core power source regions 2 to 8 and the repeater regions 10. The power source lines of the reference potential connected to the repeater regions 10 are laid out at equally spaced intervals throughout the core power source regions 2 to 8, which enables the repeater regions 10 to be flexibly laid out. This permits the repeaters to be more effectively arranged, which improves the performances of semiconductor integrated circuit device 1. |
| US07834379B2 |
Avalanche photodiode with edge breakdown suppression
The invention relates to an avalanche photodiode having enhanced gain uniformity enabled by a tailored diffused p-n junction profile. The tailoring is achieved by a two stage doping process incorporating a solid source diffusion in combination with conventional gas source diffusion. The solid source diffusion material is selected for its solubility to the dopant compared to the solubility of the multiplication layer to dopant. The solid source has a diameter between the first and second diffusion windows. Thus, there are three distinct diffusion regions during the second diffusion. The dopant in the multiplication layer at the edge region, the dopant from the solid source material with a relatively higher dopant concentration (limited by the solubility of the dopant in the solid source material) at the intermediate region, and the central region exposed to an infinite diffusion source from the solid source material as it is continually charged with new dopant from the external gas source. The result is that both the dopant concentration and the diffusion depth decrease gradually from the center to the edge of the device. This tailored diffusion profile enables control of the electric field distribution such that edge breakdown is suppressed. |
| US07834377B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
A finger length a1 of a transistor P11 is longer than a finger length A1 of a transistor P1, and a finger length b1 of a transistor N11 is longer than a finger length B1 of a transistor N1. The finger length b1 of the transistor N11 is shorter than the finger length A1 of the transistor P1, and the relation: a1>A1>b1>B1 is established. In a relation between an I/O section and a logic circuit section, as for MOS transistor of the same conductive type, a finger length of a MOS transistor constituting the logic circuit section is set so as to be longer than a finger length of a MOS transistor constituting the I/O section. |
| US07834376B2 |
Power semiconductor switch
A SiC JFET that includes a plurality of trenches formed in a SiC semiconductor body of one conductivity each trench having a region of another conductivity formed in the bottom and sidewalls thereof. |
| US07834370B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device, illuminating device, mobile communication device, camera, and manufacturing method therefor
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a mount member and a semiconductor light emitting element arranged on the mount member. The mount member includes a substrate; an electrode assembly (a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and bumps) that are arranged on a top surface of a substrate and contacts the semiconductor light emitting element. A reflecting member is out of contact with the semiconductor light emitting element and the electrode assembly. According to this structure, a semiconductor light emitting device can be provided, which efficiently outputs output light using a material having a high reflectance regardless of whether the material is appropriate for an electrode. |
| US07834368B2 |
Light-emitting diode having additional stack structure
A light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a primary stack structure, a secondary stack structure, a transparent insulating material and a transparent conducting layer in an embodiment. Each of the primary and the secondary stack structure has a first conducting-type semiconductor layer, and illuminating layer, and a second conducting-type semiconductor layer sequentially formed on the substrate, wherein plural pillar-like holes are formed at the top surface of the second conducting-type semiconductor layer of the secondary stack structure and protrude into the first conducting-type semiconductor layer of the secondary stack structure. The transparent insulating material is filled into the holes. The transparent conducting layer is coated on the primary stack structure, the transparent insulating material, and the tope surface of the second conducting-type semiconductor layer of the secondary stack structure. |
| US07834364B2 |
AC light emitting diode and method for fabricating the same
The present invention relates to an AC light emitting diode. An object of the present invention is to provide an AC light emitting diode wherein various designs for enhancement of the intensity of light, prevention of flickering of light or the like become possible, while coming out of a unified method of always using only one metal wire with respect to one electrode when electrodes of adjacent light emitting cells are connected through metal wires. To this end, the present invention provides an AC light emitting diode comprising a substrate; bonding pads positioned on the substrate; a plurality of light emitting cells arranged in a matrix form on the substrate; and a wiring means electrically connecting the bonding pads and the plurality of light emitting cells, wherein the wiring means includes a plurality of metal wires connecting an electrode of one of the light emitting cells with electrodes of other electrodes adjacent to the one of the light emitting cells. |
| US07834363B2 |
Light-emitting element having PNPN-structure and light-emitting element array
A light-emitting element including a light-emitting thyristor and a Schottky barrier diode is provided. A Schottky barrier diode is formed by contacting a metal terminal to a gate layer of a three-terminal light-emitting thyristor consisting of a PNPN-structure. A self-scanning light-emitting element array may be driven at 3.0V by using such a Schottky barrier diode as a coupling diode of a diode-coupled self-scanning light-emitting element array. |
| US07834360B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate
The present invention relates to a thin film transistor array substrate comprising a gate line and a data line that are separated by an insulting layer and intersecting each other to define a pixel, wherein a data auxiliary line is disposed adjacent to an intersection portion between the data line and the gate line, and both ends of the data auxiliary line are on two sides of the intersection portion and connected with the data lines, respectively. |
| US07834359B2 |
Electro-optical device, transferred chip, and transfer origin substrate
The invention enhances a production yield of a display device (an electro-optical device). The invention provides a method of manufacturing an electro-optical device including a display region in which a plurality of basic pixels are arranged, each basic pixel including a plurality of color pixels. The method includes: forming on a first substrate lines to drive a plurality of electro-optical elements respectively constituting the color pixels, correspondingly to the arrangement of the basic pixels; forming on a second substrate, as a chip to be transferred to each basic pixel, a drive circuit to drive the plurality of electro-optical elements which constitutes the plurality of color pixels of the basic pixels to obtain a plurality of basic-pixel driving chips; and transferring step of transferring the respective basic-pixel driving chips from the second substrate onto the first substrate, and connecting the drive circuits to regions of the lines corresponding to the basic pixels. |
| US07834357B2 |
Structure of thin film transistor
A structure of a thin film transistor (TFT) is provided. A substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, in which the first surface has a patterned mask layer. A patterned first electrode layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and has a gate portion and a capacitor electrode portion. A patterned second electrode layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and has a source and a drain, in which the patterned second electrode layer is self-aligned with the patterned first electrode layer by exposing the first surface of the substrate with the patterned mask layer as a mask. An insulating layer is disposed between the patterned first electrode layer and the patterned second electrode layer. |
| US07834353B2 |
Method of manufacturing display device
A TFT device having a pixel portion and a driving circuit portion formed on a glass substrate; wherein at least the active layer (active region) of a transistor constituting said driving circuit comprises polycrystalline silicon including crystals that do not have crystal grain boundaries which cross the direction of current flow. |
| US07834349B2 |
Silicon based nanospheres and nanowires
A nanowire, nanosphere, metallized nanosphere, and methods for their fabrication are outlined. The method of fabricating nanowires includes fabricating the nanowire under thermal and non-catalytic conditions. The nanowires can at least be fabricated from metals, metal oxides, metalloids, and metalloid oxides. In addition, the method of fabricating nanospheres includes fabricating nanospheres that are substantially monodisperse. Further, the nanospheres are fabricated under thermal and non-catalytic conditions. Like the nanowires, the nanospheres can at least be fabricated from metals, metal oxides, metalloids, and metalloid oxides. In addition, the nanospheres can be metallized to form metallized nanospheres that are capable as acting as a catalyst. |
| US07834340B2 |
Phase change memory devices and methods of fabricating the same
Phase change memory devices are provided including a selection element electrically connected to a phase change material pattern. The selection element includes a metallic conductor and a semiconductor that are in contact with each other. A depletion region in contact with a metallic pattern is generated in the semiconductor in an equilibrium state. The depletion region includes a high barrier region having an electric potential barrier higher than an interface electric potential barrier and a low barrier region having an electric potential barrier lower than the interface electric potential barrier. Related methods are also provided. |
| US07834339B2 |
Programmable-resistance memory cell
The present invention relates to a memory cell comprising: a resistive structure; at least two electrodes coupled to the resistive structure, and at least one hydrogen reservoir structure, wherein the application of an electrical signal to one of the at least two electrodes causes the electrical resistance of the resistive structure to be modified by altering a hydrogen-ion concentration in the resistive structure. |
| US07834335B2 |
Hand held sterilization devices
Convenient mobile sterilization devices are described herein that, in certain embodiments, provide secure storage in a niche in a protective housing and one-button action to automatically deploy and activate the device for quick and powerful destruction of germs on a surface using one hand. Users can hold the UV-light device and move it across a target surface to sterilize or disinfect the surface. The device may be compact, easily deployed, provided with a durable cover for secure storage, and equipped with safety shut-off features to prevent unwanted uses. |
| US07834334B2 |
Particle therapy system
A particle therapy system for irradiating a volume of a patient to be irradiated with high-energy particles is provided. The system includes a radiation outlet of a radiation delivery and acceleration system from which a particle beam exits in order to interact with the patient positioned in an irradiation position; an imaging device for verifying the position of the volume to be irradiated in relation to the particle beam; and a patient-positioning device with which the patient can be brought into the irradiation position for irradiation. The imaging device checks the position of the volume to be irradiated in an imaging position of the patient that is spatially remote from the irradiation position, and the patient-positioning device automatically changes position between imaging position and irradiation position. |
| US07834333B2 |
Charged particle beam lithography system and method for evaluating the same
In the charged particle beam lithography system, a pattern area to be drawn is divided into a plurality of frames, a main deflection positions a charged particle beam to a subfield within the frame, and an auxiliary deflection draws a pattern in units of the subfield. The charged particle beam lithography system includes a beam optical system including a deflector deflecting the beam, a driver driving the deflector, and a deflection control portion controlling the driver according to drawing data indicating a pattern to be drawn. The deflection control portion controls the driver according to a settling time that is determined so that an offset of an irradiation position of the charged particle beam has a certain value irrespective of any changes in deflection amount of the auxiliary deflection in the subfield. |
| US07834332B2 |
Thin film pattern forming device and method
A thin film pattern forming device includes a chamber case having an inner space communicated with the outside, a first fixing unit provided in the chamber case, a pattern electrode plate having a certain shape and fixed to the first fixing unit, and a second fixing unit provided in the chamber case and spaced apart from the pattern electrode plate. A substrate on which an inked metallic nano-material is deposited is received on the second fixing unit. The device also includes a power supply unit for supplying power to the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit, and a drying unit for drying the inked metallic nano-material patterned on the substrate. |
| US07834331B2 |
Plasmonic laser nanoablation methods
A novel femtosecond laser nano-ablation technique called Plasmonic Laser Nano-Ablation (PLN). The technique takes advantage of surface-enhanced plasmonic scattering of ultrashort laser pulses by nanoparticles to vaporize sub-cellular structures in attoliter volumes. The use of nanoparticles may overcome problems associated with current FLMS techniques and does not rely on heating for nanodisruption. In PLN, the particle acts as a “nano-lens,” restricting laser light to the near-field of the particle, and only photodisrupting structures that are nanometers away. This eliminates the need for a tightly focused beam, while still achieving nanoscale ablation resolution. Moreover, the enhanced scattering around the particles reduces the amount of required laser fluence. A method is provided comprising positioning a nanoparticle in proximity to a surface of a material; irradiating the nanoparticle with a laser tuned close to the nanoparticle's plasmonic frequency; and allowing a near-field effect from the irradiated nanoparticle to photodamage the material. |
| US07834330B2 |
Radiation image conversion panel and preparation method thereof
There is provided a radiation image conversion panel having strong resistance to physical impact, and in which enhanced sharpness and adhesion are balanced, especially, enhanced adhesion of a photostimulable phosphor layer onto a support is achieved, and a preparation method of the radiation image conversion panel. The radiation image conversion panel comprising on a support a sublayer and at least one photostimulable phosphor layer in this order from the support, featured in that the photostimulable phosphor layer is formed by a gas phase method and has a thickness of not less than 50 μm, and the sublayer comprises a thermoplastic resin and the thickness of the central portion in an image area of the sublayer is greater than that of the peripheral portion of the image area. |
| US07834325B2 |
Radiation image information capturing apparatus and method of detecting temperature of amplifier thereof
Amplifiers are mounted on flexible boards connected to a solid-state detector. A first temperature adjustment member is disposed near one of the surfaces of the amplifiers and the flexible boards, and a second temperature adjustment member is disposed near the other surface of the flexible boards. The first temperature adjustment member adjusts the temperature of the amplifiers themselves, and prevents heat from being transferred from the one of the surfaces of the flexible boards to the solid-state detector. The second temperature adjustment member prevents heat from being transferred from the other surface of the flexible boards to the solid-state detector. |
| US07834316B2 |
Method for adjusting imaging magnification and charged particle beam apparatus
There is provided a method for setting a suitable imaging magnification for each of a plurality of measurement places in a charged particle beam apparatus which images a semiconductor pattern.For a given measuring point coordinate, a line segment or a vertex representing a change in concavity and convexity near the measuring point coordinate is searched, and an imaging magnification is set so that coordinates on a sample corresponding to both ends which gives a length that serves as a reference falls in a field of view of the charged particle beam apparatus by letting a minimum distance be the reference, of distances between line segments representing a change in concavity and convexity from the measuring point coordinate or a distance between neighboring vertexes. |
| US07834312B2 |
Water detection and 3-phase fraction measurement systems
Methods and apparatus enable monitoring a hydrocarbon well for water within a flow stream of the well. A water detector includes a light source for emitting into a flow stream infrared light that includes a water absorbent wavelength band. A detector detects attenuation of the water absorbent wavelength band upon the infrared radiation passing through at least a portion of the flow stream. The water detector outputs a presence of water and/or a phase fraction or quantification of water as determined based on the attenuation. Detecting attenuation of a substantially transmissive wavelength band with respect to water simultaneously with detection of the attenuation of the water absorbent wavelength band can enable correction for non-wavelength dependent attenuation. |
| US07834309B2 |
Offset optical security sensor for a door
A security sensor apparatus senses movement of an object. The sensor apparatus includes an electronics arrangement having an optical emitter and an optical receiver. The optical receiver has an axis of reception. The optical emitter emits a first beam along an axis of emission in an emission direction. The axis of emission diverges in the emission direction from the axis of reception at an angle of at least two degrees. The electronics arrangement is mounted in association a first surface of the object or a second surface of a structure disposed in opposition to the first surface. A reflector arrangement includes at least one reflective surface and is mounted in association with the other of the first surface and the second surface. The at least one reflective surface receives at least a portion of the first beam and produces a second beam directed at and received by the optical receiver. |
| US07834307B2 |
Pulse width modulation output type sensor circuit for outputting a pulse having a width associated with a physical quantity
A sensor circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter, a control circuit, a calculation circuit, and a pulse width modulation converter. The analog-to-digital converter converts an electric signal associated with a detected physical quantity to sensor data by sampling the electric signal a predetermined sampling number times per a predetermined sampling section. The control circuit determines the sampling number based on a magnitude of the electric signal. The calculation circuit calculates an average value of all the sensor data per the sampling section. The pulse width modulation converter generates a pulse width modulation signal having a pulse width corresponding to the average value. |
| US07834303B2 |
Multi-element concentrator system
A novel concentrator system is described, which increases the efficiency of collecting sunlight energy and concentrates it on a target. This method uses an array of small movable reflective or refractive concentrator components that can move via a feedback mechanism which tracks the sun and concentrates the suns energy on to a second array of energy converting elements. In order to improve the effective collected energy, the array of concentrator elements is placed on a moving or tiltable flat slab (or dish, substrate, plane, plate, holder, tablet, or similar flat or non-flat surface) that tracks the sun. An alternative method uses an array of target elements or linear elements and a second array of concentrator elements in harmony such that and suns energy is efficiently redistributed by the reflective/reactive array on to the energy converting array as the sun's position in the sky (elevation and azimuth) changes. The elements of the reflective/refractive array are tilted by novel actuation mechanisms describe herein. |
| US07834302B2 |
Eye safety protection from high power laser light
A laser safety device and method of protecting against harmful levels of radiation. The device includes a housing with first and second apertures. A photodetector generates a first signal corresponding to a level of radiation entering the housing through the first aperture. A control circuit receives the first signal and generates a drive signal based upon the level of the radiation. A reflector array which can include micro-electro-mechanical mirrors receives the drive signal and diverts a first part of the radiation away from an incident path extending from the first aperture to the second aperture. The reflector array allows a second part of the radiation to continue along the incident path at a safe level towards the second aperture. Optionally, the reflector array blocks the incident path so that substantially no radiation passes to the second aperture if unsafe levels are detected. |
| US07834300B2 |
Ballistic guidance control for munitions
A method and system for guiding and controlling an ordinance body having a trajectory and a bore sight angle including making corrections to the trajectory based on bore sight angle vs. time history. The system is incorporated with existing fuse components in a replacement kit for existing munitions. The method determines nominal time values of the ballistic trajectory of the munition in relation to launch time and determines deviation from the nominal time values by an algorithm by analyzing signals received from a source of radiation located at the target. A processor determines lateral (left/right) and range errors and provides commands to a plurality of flight control surfaces mounted on the munition. |
| US07834295B2 |
Printable igniters
An igniter comprises at least two conductors in the spaced-apart configuration and an electrically conductive layer bridging the at least two conductors, wherein the conductive layer has an electrical resistance greater than an electrical resistance of the at least two conductors. In one embodiment, the at least two conductors and the electrically conductive layer comprise a conductive ink, which may be the same conductive ink having different dimensions. A supplementary initiator composition may be deposited on or incorporated into the conductive layer. In a process for producing the igniter, the electrically conductive layer and the at least two conductors are printed on a non-electrically conducting substrate. Also disclosed are a method for igniting a combustible composition using the igniter, a method for producing an aerosol drug using the igniter, a method for providing a dose of a drug to a human patient using the igniter, a drug delivery device comprising the igniter and a drug supply unit comprising the igniter. |
| US07834293B2 |
Method and apparatus for laser processing
A method and an apparatus for processing workpieces with a laser beam include first and second stages for holding the workpieces and first and second laser beam paths. The first workpiece is loaded upon the first stage, aligned with the first laser beam path, and processing begun. While the first workpiece is aligned in relation to the first laser beam path, the second workpiece is prepared in relation to the second laser beam path. Processing of the second workpiece is begun as soon as the laser beam is available for processing. |
| US07834287B2 |
Capacitive touch switch
A capacitive touch switch, for a control panel of a domestic electrical appliance, includes a touch panel having an upper side and an underside. A printed circuit board is disposed at a distance below the underside of the touch panel. A sensor element is disposed between the underside of the touch panel and the printed circuit board and is in electrically conductive contact with the printed circuit board. The capacitive sensor element has a compression spring formed of an electrically conductive material and a contact element formed of an electrically conductive material, which is disposed on that side of the compression spring which faces the touch panel and which is in electrically conductive contact with the compression spring. |
| US07834286B2 |
Switching device
An electrical switch device including a housing having an actuator cap movably mounted thereon and a plurality of contact switches disposed therein. The cap is operable to engage the contact switches within the housing to activate the switches in a selected sequence. |
| US07834285B2 |
Keypad assembly
A compact keypad structure includes a keypad panel with a smooth face, matted face or patterned layer. The keypad structure includes a flexible printed circuit board, an illumination layer, a resilient layer and a keypad layer in bottom-up order. The illumination layer includes an illumination plate to illuminate the bottom of the resilient body when the keypad is operated. Therefore, the surface of the keypad has a transparent effect for display. The first carrier and the second carrier of the keypad layer, and the resilient body of the resilient layer are deformed when an external force is applied to the surface of the keypad. A protrusion is pressed against the surface of the illumination plate and a metal dome on another face of the illumination plate is deformed and pressed against the flexible printed circuit board. The metal dome is in contact with a contact of the flexible printed circuit board to output an operation signal. |
| US07834283B2 |
PCB mountable switch
A switch system for use with a printed circuit board is provided. The switch system includes: a switch base; an anti-overstress member or feature formed in the switch base; a plurality of retention legs formed in the base for retaining a printed circuit board, wherein a first via is in electrical communication with one of the plurality of retention legs; a spring-loaded contact formed in the base for contacting the anti-overstress feature, and wherein a second via is in electrical communication with the spring-loaded contact. A printed circuit board may be mounted in and attached to the plurality of retention legs. |
| US07834282B2 |
Method of sequentially actuating power supply switches including a neutrally connected switch
An interlock assembly for use with a pair of aligned multiple switch assemblies configured to control the supply of electrical power to an electrical panel. Each multiple switch assembly includes a two-pole transfer switch for a pair of “hot” conductors, and a single-pole transfer switch for a neutral connection. The interlock assembly is movably mounted relative to both of the multiple switch assemblies, and is configured to control a sequence of connection and interruption of each neutral connection relative to switching the hot conductors associated with switching each multiple switch assembly. The interlock assembly prevents the “hot” conductors of each multiple switch assembly from being connected without the associated respective neutral connection having been made in advance. The interlock assembly also ensures that the neutral connection of each multiple switch assembly is interrupted without previous interruption of the connection of the respective “hot” conductors. |
| US07834280B2 |
Safety switch
A safety switch that includes a housing, a first switch, and a second switch. The switch has a two part rod that is axially moveable within the housing. The parts of the rod are co-operable with respect to one another and independently operable to activate one of the first and second switches. A biasing element is arranged to bias the rod parts into contact with a cam arrangement and arranged to bias the rod parts out of engagement with one of the respective switches. The cam arrangement is configured such that rotation of the cam arrangement will move the rod parts thereby activating the switches to allow the safety switch to conduct electricity. |
| US07834278B1 |
Laboratory instrument with a protected working compartment
A laboratory instrument with a housing containing a weighing cell has a working compartment that is connected to the housing. The working compartment has a floor, a top cover, a rear wall, a front wall and two sidewalls. Arranged in the working compartment is a load receiver which is connected to the weighing cell. Also connected to the housing is at least one guiding device which serves to guide a linear movement and simultaneous swivel movement of individual portions of the front wall or the entire front wall. |
| US07834271B2 |
Cabling having shielding separators
Cabling includes a jacket surrounding a core, and a separator positioned in the core. The separator has at least one shield segment defining walls separating the core into a plurality of chambers each configured to receive a plurality of twisted wire pairs. Each shield segment includes a metallic layer and a laminate layer, wherein the laminate layer defines an exposed surface of the wall of the corresponding chamber. |
| US07834270B2 |
Floating segmented shield cable assembly
Signals in an RF field, such as that of an MRI system, are communicated through an inner conductor having an outer shield with a dielectric material therebetween and an outer cable jacket. Current in the shield caused by the RF field from the transmit body coil is reduced by providing a second dielectric material around the shield conductor and a plurality of segmented shield conductor portions formed of non-magnetic braid or wrapped non-magnetic foil tape outside the second dielectric material and inside the jacket at spaced positions along the cable, with the portions being electrically separated from each other and from the shield so that the segmented shield conductor portions act to shield the outer shield conductor to reduce the generation of current thereon while the electrical separation of the segmented shield conductor portions each from the others prevents the generation of a current along the portions. |
| US07834267B1 |
Reversible protective cable chute with cable shield and integral cover plate
A reversible one-piece protective cable chute for routing low voltage cables through walls. The protective cable chute includes a one piece cable shield including a cover plate with a cable shield extending therefrom. The protective cable chute includes two-way mounting apertures therein for mounting directly to a conventional electrical box or conventional low voltage frame. The mounting apertures include a pattern and spacing to match the bores of the electrical box or low voltage frame. An opening and passageway in the protective cable chute are capable of receiving low voltage cables for the purpose of routing them through the wall and into an adjacent room. The cable chute is capable of being mounted to an electrical box or low voltage frame in any of four orientations selectable by the installer. |
| US07834263B2 |
Thermoelectric power source utilizing ambient energy harvesting for remote sensing and transmitting
A method and apparatus for providing electrical energy to an electrical device wherein the electrical energy is originally generated from temperature differences in an environment having a first and a second temperature region. A thermoelectric device having a first side and a second side wherein the first side is in communication with a means for transmitting ambient thermal energy collected or rejected in the first temperature region and the second side is in communication with the second temperature region thereby producing a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric device and in turn generating an electrical current. |
| US07834259B2 |
Adjustable folding leg for bass drum
An adjustable, foldable support leg for a bass drum has a cylindrical leg member movable longitudinally within a tubular leg member. A threaded portion of the tubular member includes apertures in which ball bearings are located. The bearings are retained in the apertures by an annular locking collar which is also threaded to allow the collar to move longitudinally on the tubular member as the collar is turned. The locking collar has an interior frustoconical surface. When the collar moves downwardly on the tubular member, this surface presses the ball bearings against the cylindrical member, locking the leg members in place. A mounting bracket includes a pin about which the folding leg pivots and a channel which receives the inner end of the leg. The leg is biased against the floor of the channel which includes detents to receive the end of the leg in the folded and extended positions. |
| US07834258B2 |
Dimer of chimeric recombinant binding domain-functional group fusion formed via disulfide-bond-bridge and the processes for producing the same
The present invention relates to a method producing dimer of chimeric recombinant binding domain-heterogeneous functional group fusion([B-F fusion]2) by using covalent disulfide-bond-bridge connecting the two monomers of chimeric recombinant binding domain-heterogeneous functional group fusion(B-F fusion). The dimer of chimeric recombinant binding domain(B)-heterogeneous functional group(F) fusion was the first to be formed by using covalent disulfide-bond-bridge to connect monomers to have double binding valency of the monomer. It has higher functional efficiency to its targets and the production yield is high by containing said extension peptide chain. |
| US07834257B1 |
Maize variety inbred PH128S
A novel maize variety designated PH128S and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH128S with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH128S through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH128S or a locus conversion of PH128S with another maize variety. |
| US07834256B2 |
Inbred corn line BB36
An inbred corn line, designated BB36, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line BB36, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line BB36 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line BB36 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred BB36. |
| US07834252B2 |
Soybean cultivar 6137445
A soybean cultivar designated 6137445 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6137445, to the plants of soybean 6137445, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6137445 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6137445 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 6137445, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 6137445 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 6137445 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US07834249B2 |
GRG23 EPSP synthases: compositions and methods of use
Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance or tolerance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include polynucleotides encoding herbicide resistance or tolerance polypeptides, vectors comprising those polynucleotides, and host cells comprising the vectors. The nucleotide sequences of the invention can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms, including microorganisms and plants. Compositions also include transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated polynucleotides encoding glyphosate resistance or tolerance polypeptides are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated polynucleotides containing nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, or 35, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, or 34. |
| US07834239B2 |
Sale of transgenic fish that express gene encoding fluorescent protein
Four zebrafish gene promoters, which are skin specific, muscle specific, skeletal muscle specific and ubiquitously expressed respectively, were isolated and ligated to the 5′ end of the EGFP gene. When the resulting chimeric gene constructs were introduced into zebrafish, the transgenic zebrafish emit green fluorescence under a blue light or ultraviolet light according to the specificity of the promoters used. Thus, new varieties of ornamental fish of different fluorescence patterns, e.g., skin fluorescence, muscle fluorescence, skeletal muscle-specific and/or ubiquitous fluorescence, are developed. |
| US07834226B2 |
System and method for producing transportation fuels from waste plastic and biomass
The present invention is generally directed to methods and systems for producing biofuels via biomass, waste plastic, and/or Fischer-Tropsch product feeds. Such methods and systems are an improvement over the existing art at least in that they are feed-tolerant (i.e., allow for variability) and provide an economy of scale, while typically retaining the environmental benefits associated with such processing of such feeds. |
| US07834222B2 |
Process for the preparation of bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanols
A process for the preparation of a the formula (I): which process comprises the intramolecular cyclopropanation of an epoxide of me formula (II); in the presence of 0.05 to 0.75 equivalents of a secondary amine base and at least one equivalent of an alkyl lithium base, wherein R R1, R2 and R3 are each hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl or R1 and R2 are linked to form- a C3-7 cycloaUcyl or C3-7 cycloalkenyl ring. |
| US07834216B2 |
Desmosdumotins, the method for preparing the same and use as anti-tumor or anti-AIDS agents
This invention discloses the method for preparing desmosdumotin C, the series of desmosdumotin C derivatives and their manufactures, and the total synthesis of desmosdumotin B. The invention also discloses uses of the derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same in preparation of medicines for treatment of tumor or AIDS. |
| US07834213B2 |
Colorant compound and method of manufacturing the same as well as blue resist composition for use in color filter containing the same
The present invention provides (I) a method of manufacturing a triphenylmethane colorant that can suppress the sub-reactions in conversion to a sulfonamide and is industrially advantageous, (II) a colorant compound that has both excellent spectral characteristics and a high solubility relative to organic solvents or polymers as a coloring agent to be used in color filters and (III) a blue resist composition for use in a color filter that shows a high lightness and an excellent hue particularly for blue color and can be used to display an image that is excellent in terms of spectral characteristics and contrast. |
| US07834212B2 |
Porous substance and process for producing the same
A process is provided for producing a porous substance, which is lightweight, and has a highly developed pore structure and an excellent gas absorbability, by dehydrogenating a compound having two or more amine-borane adduct structures per molecule. |
| US07834211B2 |
Method for producing tetracarboxylic acids
A process for preparing tetracarboxylic acids of the general formula I or salts thereof, wherein at least one compound of the general formula II a or II b (a) is first reacted with at least one epoxidation reagent and (b) then oxidized with nitric acid or at least one nitrogen oxide, where the variables are defined as follows: R1, R2 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, phenyl and C1-C10-alkyl. |
| US07834210B2 |
Hair loss prevention by natural amino acid and peptide complexes
This invention relates to certain skin and hair care agents of formula (I), derived from natural amino acids and peptides. These agents provide multi-functional treatment of enzyme-related skin, hair and scalp problems, for example, hair aging including premature hair loss and hair graying; male pattern baldness; hair loss from dandruff; alopecia; split ends, acne, darkened skin, dark circles around eyes, stretch marks, wrinkles and fine lines, loss of collagen, loss of skin pliability and combinations thereof: |
| US07834208B2 |
Process to produce a post catalyst removal composition
A process is provided for producing an enriched carboxylic acid compositions produced by contacting composition comprising a carboxylic acid with an enrichment feed in an enrichment zone to form an enriched carboxylic acid composition. This invention also relates to a process and the resulting compositions for removing catalyst from a carboxylic acid composition to produce a post catalyst removal composition. |
| US07834207B2 |
Peracetic acid in an anhydrous sterilant delivery system
Method and system for forming an anhydrous sterilant. In one embodiment, anhydrous peracetic acid is combined with carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon dioxide is in one of a liquid, solid, and supercritical state. |
| US07834206B2 |
Organic-metal precursor material and method of manufacturing metal thin film using the same
Provided are an organic-metal precursor material that can be readily decomposed without reacting with an oxidant, a method of manufacturing a metal thin film using the organic-metal precursor material, and a metal thin film prepared using the organic-metal precursor material. The organic-metal precursor material is an organic molecule having lone-pair electrons selected from the group consisting of ether, amine, tetrahydrofuran (THF), a phosphine group, and a phosphite group, and has a structure of covalent coordination bond. |
| US07834198B2 |
Condensed polycyclic aromatic compound and use thereof
The object of the present invention to provide an organic semiconductor device comprising an organic semiconductor material satisfying both the requirement of high electron field-effect mobility and high on/off current ratio. The present invention provides a novel condensed polycyclic aromatic compound satisfying both the high electron field-effect mobility and high on/off current ratio required for organic semiconductor materials. |
| US07834196B2 |
Process for the preparation of N-alkyl-pyrrolidones
A process for the production of N-alkylpyrrolidone from γ-butyrolactone and monoalkylamine in the liquid phase comprising the steps of: feeding monoalkylamine and γ-butyrolactone, in the absence of water or in the presence of less than about 1 wt % of water, to a reaction zone to form a reaction mixture; heating the reaction mixture; withdrawing a product stream from the reaction zone and passing the stream to a distillation zone comprising at least one distillation column operated at sub-atmospheric pressure; adding water to the distillation zone; isolating at least one overhead stream from the distillation zone comprising monoalkylamine, water and optionally N-alkyl-pyrrolidone and condensing the overhead stream against cooling water. |
| US07834195B2 |
Atorvastatin calcium propylene glycol solvates
Atorvastatin calcium propylene glycol solvates and processes to prepare these novel solvates which are particularly useful and suitable for pharmaceutical applications. |
| US07834184B2 |
Opiate intermediates and methods of synthesis
Novel opiate intermediate compositions and methods of synthesis that include changing the substitution pattern on the aromatic ring of the pre-Grewe intermediate are provided. The intermediates are morphinane derivatives of formula (10), wherein X is a F or Cl and R is selected from the group consisting of an H, alkyl, aryl, acyl, formyl, COR″, CONHR″, COOR, Bn(benzyl), alkyl(methyl), and sulfonamide SO2CH2COPh. |
| US07834182B2 |
Piperidine derivative
Provided are a histamine-H3 receptor antagonist; and a preventive and/or a remedy for metabolic system diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hormone secretion disorder, hyperlipemia, gout, fatty liver, circulatory system diseases, for example, stenocardia, acute/congestive cardiac insufficiency, cardiac infarction, coronary arteriosclerosis, hypertension, nephropathy, sleep disorder and various diseases accompanied by sleep disorder such as idiopathic hypersomnia, repetitive hypersomnia, true hypersomnia, narcolepsy, sleep periodic acromotion disorder, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, REM sleep disorder, senile insomnia, night worker sleep insanitation, idiopathic insomnia, repetitive insomnia, true insomnia, electrolyte metabolism disorder; and central and peripheral nervous system diseases such as bulimia, emotional disorder, melancholia, anxiety, epilepsy, delirium, dementia, shinzophrenia, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, memory disorder, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, sleep disorder, recognition disorder, motion disorder, paresthesia, dysosmia, epilepsy, morphine resistance, narcotic dependency, alcoholic dependency. The histamine-H3 receptor antagonist comprises a piperidine derivative compound of formula (I) [wherein X1 and X2 independently represent a nitrogen atom or CH; Y represents a specific group; X3 represents Os—(CH2)m; R1 and R2 independently resent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a linear or branched lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or an acetyl group substituted with 2 or 3 fluorine atoms; s is 0 or 1; and m is an integer to make (m+s) 0 or from 1 to 4], or its pharmaceutically-acceptable salt. |
| US07834178B2 |
Triazine 11-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitors
Novel compounds are provided which are 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors. 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases requiring 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitor therapy. These novel compounds have the structure: or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein. |
| US07834176B2 |
Polymorph E of Olanzapine and preparation of anhydrous non-solvated crystalline polymorphic Form I of 2-methyl-4(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-10H-thieno[2,3-b][1,5] benzodiazepine (Olanzapine Form I) from the polymorphic Olanzapine Form E
The invention provides an Olanzapine pseudopolymoph Form E. The invention provides methods of preparing polymorphic Olanzapine Form E employing rapid crystallization and seeding. The invention provides methods of preparing anhydrous Olanzapine Form I from the Olanzapine Form E by step-wise drying. |
| US07834174B2 |
Per-6-guanidino-, alkylamino-cyclodextrins, methods of their synthesis and their use for the compaction of DNA and intercellular delivery
The invention relates to new compounds of type hexakis(6-deoxy-6-NH(CH2)n—R1)α-cyclodextrin and heptakis(6-deoxy-6-NH(CH2)n—R1)-(β-cyclodextrin, and octakis(6-deoxy-6-NH(CH2)n—R1)-γ-cyclodextrin, where n=2-6 when R1=NH2 and n=0 when R1=C(═NH)NH2 and n=2-6 when R1=NH—C(═NH)NH2 and their use in the compaction of DNA and in cell permeation. The invention also relates to methods of synthesis of the above compounds. |
| US07834164B2 |
DNA encoding OSK1 toxin peptide analogs and vectors and cells for combinant expression
Disclosed is a composition of matter comprising an OSK1 peptide analog, and in some embodiments, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprises the composition and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also disclosed are DNAs encoding the inventive composition of matter, an expression vector comprising the DNA, and host cells comprising the expression vector. Methods of treating an autoimmune disorder and of preventing or mitigating a relapse of a symptom of multiple sclerosis are also disclosed. |
| US07834157B2 |
Family of immunoregulators designated leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors (LIR)
A new family of immunoreceptor molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily, (LIR) polypeptides is described. Disclosed are sequences encoding LIR family members and their deduced amino acid sequences, polypeptides encoded by DNA that hybridize to oligonucleotide probes having defined sequences, processes for producing polypeptides of the LIR family, and antagonistic antibodies to LIR family members. LIR family members can be used to treat autoimmune diseases and disease states associated with suppressed immune function. |
| US07834147B2 |
Saposin C-DOPS: a novel anti-tumor agent
Compositions and methods for treating subjects with disorders characterized by hyper-proliferating cells such as tumors and cancers are provided. The compositions comprise agents that are combinations of saposin C (or prosaposin-related polypeptides) and dioleoylphosphatidylserine (or inner leaflet components). This anti-tumor agent is administered in the methods of the invention according to a dosing regimen. Administering an agent of the invention results in a positive therapeutic response in a subject with a tumor. |
| US07834142B2 |
Shortened glucagon-like peptide 1(sGLP-1) preparation method and application
This invention relates to similar compound of glucagon-like peptide 1 (glucagon-like peptide-1, GLP-1) secreted by insulinotropic hormone, i.e. shortened glucagon-like peptide 1 (sGLP-1) consisting of 26 aminoacids. Its sequence is as follows: His-X1-Glu-Gly-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Val-Ser-Ser-Tyr-Leu-Glu-Gly-Gln-Ala-Ala-Lys-Glu-Phe-Ile-Ala-Trp-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 2). In comparison with the present GLP-1 and its similar compound, the shortened glucagon-like peptide 1 (sGLP-1) in this invention has the following prominent advantages: 1. After reconstruction, the shortened peptide chain has stronger simulation to islet cell captors and stronger insulin secretion stimulation action; 2. the reconstructed simulation sequence can resist dipeptidyl peptidase decomposition by change of the second aminoacid sequence from Ala to Gly or Ser to prolong its half time and enhance drug action; 3. To shorten the peptide chain leads to reduced synthesis cost. |
| US07834134B2 |
Polyarylethers, blends and methods for making
A method for making a polyarylether block copolymer having amide functionality including reacting a dihydroxyaromatic compound having amide functionality and a dihaloaromatic sulfone or dinitroaromatic sulfone in the presence of a base to form a polyarylether having amide functionality and reacting the polyarylether having amide functionality with a polymer. The block copolymer and blends are also provided. |
| US07834131B2 |
Asymmetric polymer film, method for the production and utilization thereof
The present invention relates to an asymmetric polymer film, in particular based on polazoles, a method for the production of the same and its use. The polyazole-based asymmetric polymer film according to the invention has a smooth and a rough side and enables, on account of its asymmetric structure, rapid and homogeneous doping with acids to form a proton-conducting membrane. The polyazole-based asymmetric polymer film according to the invention can be used in diverse ways on account of its excellent chemical, thermal and mechanical properties and is particularly suitable for the production of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM) for so-called PEM fuel cells. |
| US07834128B2 |
Polymerization catalyst for polyester, method for producing it and process for producing polyester using it
A process for producing a polyester using a catalyst, which catalyst enables producing a polyester excellent in color tone and transparency at a high reaction velocity; the catalyst; and a method for producing the catalyst, which catalyst comprises: (1) at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of metal elements of Group 4A of the Periodic Table, (2) at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of metal elements of Group 2A of the Periodic Table, aluminum, manganese, iron, cobalt, zinc, gallium and germanium, (a) when the total amount of metal atoms derived from metal element (1) is represented by t (mol/catalyst kg), and the total amount of metal atoms derived from metal element (2) is represented by m (mol/catalyst kg), the value of m/t is within 0.50≦m/t≦3.50. |
| US07834127B2 |
Amorphous copolyesters
Disclosed are amorphous copolyesters having an inherent viscosity (IV) of about 0.5 to 1.1 dL/g measured at a temperature of 25° C. at 0.5 g/dL concentration in a solvent mixture of symmetric tetrachloroethane and phenol having a weight ratio of symmetric tetrachloroethane to phenol of 2:3 comprising (1) a diacid component comprising about 90 to 100 mole percent terephthalic acid residues and 0 to about 10 mole percent isophthalic acid residues; and (2) a diol component comprising about 10 to 70 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues and about 90 to 30 mole percent neopentyl glycol residues; wherein the amorphous copolyesters comprises 100 mole percent diacid component and 100 mole percent diol component. The amorphous copolyesters are useful in the manufacture or fabrication of medical devices which have improved resistance to degradation upon exposure to lipids, as a profile produced by profile extrusion and as an injection molded article. Also, a method of melt processing the amorphous copolyester is disclosed which allows for performing a minimal drying or no drying of the copolyester prior to melt processing. |
| US07834124B2 |
Ketone-modified resorcinol-formalin resin
It is an object of the invention to provide a ketone-modified resorcinol-formalin resin, which has a moderate flowability when transformed into an aqueous solution and has both a reduced content of resorcinol monomer and a reduced content of resorcinol-formalin resin of resorcinol pentanuclear or higher nuclear bodies. The invention relates to a ketone-modified resorcinol-formalin resin, which is produced by a two-step reaction and wherein a peak area corresponding resorcinol monomer is 3 to 9% and a peak area corresponding to resorcinol pentanuclear and higher nuclear bodies is 30 to 55% relative to the total peak area obtained by gel permeation chromatographic analysis of the resorcinol-formalin resin. |
| US07834119B2 |
Organic silicate polymer and insulation film comprising the same
The present invention relates to an organic silicate polymer prepared by mixing silane compound with organic solvent to prepare a first mixture, and hydrolyzing and condensing the first mixture by adding water and catalyst, the first mixture being selected from a group consisting of oxidized hydrosilane, cyclic siloxane, a second mixture of oxidized hydrosilane and silane or silane oligomer, and a third mixture of cyclic siloxane and silane or silane oligomer, a composition for forming an insulation film of semiconductor devices prepared by using the organic silicate polymer, a method for preparing an insulation film using the composition, and a semiconductor device comprising the insulation film. |
| US07834118B2 |
Selective hydrosilylation method with rhodium catalyst
An asymmetric siloxane is made by reacting a silicone having the formula MHDxM′H where MH is R1R2HSiO1/2, M′H is R4R5HSiO1/2 and x is an integer 0≦x≦10 under selective hydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a precious metal hydrosilylation catalyst, with a first olefinic compound and in a second step, a monohydridosiloxane produced in the first step is reacted under hydrosilylating conditions with another olefinic compound different from the first olefinic compound. |
| US07834117B2 |
Process for preparing crystalline ethylene (co)polymers
A process for preparing crystalline ethylene (co)polymers comprising (co)polymerizing ethylene in the presence of carried out in the presence catalyst system comprising (a) a solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg, halogen, ORI groups, where RI is a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group optionally containing heteroatoms, having ORI/Ti molar ratio of at least 0.5, an amount of titanium, with respect to the total weight of said solid catalyst component, higher than 4% by weight, and showing a specific pattern of the SS-NMR; and (b) an aluminum alkyl compound as a cocatalyst. The process allows to obtain in good yields ethylene polymers with narrow MWD. |
| US07834116B2 |
Fluoro silicone acrylates and polymers thereof
The present invention is directed to fluoro silicone acrylates that are used in reaction either alone or with other monomers to make polymers that can modify the surface of hair skin or pigment. This makes them ideal for incorporation into pigmented products in personal care applications like make up and lipsticks. |
| US07834106B2 |
Living synthesis of conducting polymers including regioregular polymers, polythiophenes, and block copolymers
Regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophenes) and other polythiophenes can be prepared by living polymerization which have good solubility, processability and environmental stability. The polymerization method can afford regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophenes) in high yields. Kinetic study of polymerization revealed the living character of this process. The molecular weight of poly(3-alkylthiophenes) is a function of the molar ratio of the monomer to nickel initiator, and conducting polymers with relatively narrow molecular weight distribution (PDI<1.5) are now readily available. Sequential monomer addition resulted in new block copolymers containing different poly(3-alkylthiophene) segments, which further confirms the “livingness” of this system. Other synthetic methods can be used as well to conduct living polymerization. Blends and electronic devices can be prepared. |
| US07834105B2 |
Thiol-, hydroxyl-, amine- or vinyl-terminated polythioethers
Curable compositions comprising polythioether polymers and polybasic acid-based polyepoxies, and methods of using curable compositions comprising polythioether polymers and polybasic acid-based polyepoxies are disclosed. Cured, curable compositions exhibit enhanced corrosion resistance and adhesion upon exposure to fuels. |
| US07834099B2 |
Imide-naphthoxazine copolymer
An imide-naphthoxazine copolymer comprising a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1) below: (wherein X and Y independently represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a carbonyl group, or an organic group which may be substituted by a heteroatom; R represents CH3 or H, n represents an integer from 1 to 10; and m represents an integer from 1 to 20). |
| US07834094B2 |
Alpha-olefin homo-or copolymer compositions
The invention is directed an alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer composition comprising at least one (i) alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer component, wherein the alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer composition comprises a decreased amount of C6-C15-oligomers. |
| US07834092B2 |
Article comprising poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid)
Disclosed are oriented films comprising toughened poly(hydroxy-alkanoic acid) resin compositions comprising poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) and an impact modifier comprising an ethylene copolymer made from monomers (a) ethylene; (b) one or more olefins of the formula CH2═C(R3)CO2R4, where R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1-6 carbon atoms, such as methyl, and R4 is glycidyl; and optionally (c) one or more olefins of the formula CH2═C(R1)CO2R2, where R1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 2-8 carbon atoms and R2 is an alkyl group with 1-8 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, or butyl. The ethylene copolymer may further be made from carbon monoxide monomers. The compositions may further comprise one or more ethylene/acrylate and/or ethylene/vinyl ester polymers, ionomers, and cationic grafting agents. Also disclosed are packaging materials and containers comprising the oriented films. |
| US07834091B2 |
Bonding surfaces with two-component adhesive of epoxy resins and amine compound
The present invention relates to a two-component epoxy adhesive composition comprising a) a first component comprising a first epoxy resin and a second epoxy resin, the second epoxy resin being flexibilized by an elastomer, and b) a second component comprising at least one amine compound with one or more primary and/or secondary amino groups, said amine compound having a molecular weight of less than 450 g/mol. The ratio of the total number of amino groups of the amine compound to the total number of epoxy groups of the epoxy resins is 0.01:1 to 0.5:1. The mixing of the two components a) and b) results in a wash-off resistant composition. Said wash-off resistant composition results upon heat-curing in a crash-stable structural adhesive. |
| US07834090B2 |
Rubber composition and vibration damper using the rubber composition
A torsional vibration damper or other vibration damping device with a rubber vibration absorbing element. The rubber element is a peroxide-cured composition based on 100 parts of ethylene-alpha-olefin elastomer, and 5 to 100 parts of polyvinyl butyral polymer which may have a molecular weight from about 40,000 to about 250,000. The composition may also include a compatibilizer or homogenizer, such as chlorinated polyethylene. The polyvinyl butyral increases the damping of the composition, and the compatibilizer improves the temperature stability of the damping. |
| US07834082B2 |
Polyether-polysiloxane polyols
A method of making a polyether-polydialkylsiloxane block copolymer is provided. The method comprises providing a mixture comprising at least one alkylene oxide and at least one silanol-terminated polydialkylsiloxane; and polymerizing the mixture in the presence of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst, and optionally in the presence of an aprotic solvent and/or an antioxidant. A polyether-polydialkylsiloxane block copolymer having a molecular weight of 150-50,000 g/mole and having a polydispersity index of 1.0 to 1.5 made by the above method is also provided. |
| US07834078B2 |
Fiber-reinforced resin composition for parts of air intake system of internal combustion engine
Main object is to provide a composition for parts of the intake system, which is capable of enhancing the flexural elasticity modulus of the parts of the intake system and reducing the specific gravity of the parts. Disclosed is a fiber reinforced resin composition for parts of intake system on the internal combustion engine comprising a block polypropylene type resin which has a MFR in the range of 40-70 g/10 minutes (at 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg) and which is in the range of 60-80% by weight of the composition, and glass fibers and mica the total of which are in the range of 20-40% by weight of the composition. |
| US07834075B2 |
Flameproofed impact-strength-modified poly(ester)carbonate compositions
A poly(ester)carbonate compositions characterized by its flame resistance and high impact strength is disclosed. The composition that contains branched aromatic poly(ester)carbonate, a graft polymer wherein the graft base is silicone rubber or silicone-acrylate rubber, talc, phosphorus-containing flameproofing agent, and an inorganic boron compound, and an optional anti-dripping agent satisfies enhanced fire-protection requirements. |
| US07834074B2 |
Plasticizing system for rubber composition
Plasticizing system usable for the plasticizing of a diene rubber composition. The plasticizing system is based on an MES or TDAE oil and a polylimonene resin. The rubber composition has an improved resistance to abrasion and to cuts, said composition being based on at least a diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a cross-linking system and a plasticizing system comprising between 5 and 35 phr of an MES or TDAE oil, and between 5 and 35 phr of a polylimonene resin (phr=parts by weight per hundred of elastomer). Advantageously, this plasticizing system furthermore comprises an unsaturated (C12-C22) fatty acid triester of glycerol, preferably a glycerol trioleate. A process is disclosed for preparing such a composition. The composition can be used for the manufacture of a finished article or a semi-finished product intended for a suspension system of a motor vehicle, in particular a tire or a tread of such a tire. |
| US07834071B2 |
Flame-retardant resin processed article
Disclosed is a flame-retardant resin processed article having excellent flame retardance while being free from bleed-out. Specifically, a resin composition containing a cyclic phosphorus compound flame retardant, a hydrophilic silica powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 15 m, and a resin with the total content of the cyclic phosphorus compound and the hydrophilic silica powder being 10-45% by mass is molded into a certain shape or formed into a coating film. The hydrophilic silica powder is preferably composed of porous structures having a pore volume of not more than 1.8 ml/g and a pH of 4-7. More preferably, the hydrophilic silica powder has an oil absorption of not less than 50 ml/100 g in accordance with JIS K5101. |
| US07834069B2 |
Impact-resistance-modified filled polycarbonate compositions
A thermoplastic molding composition that features good mechanical properties as well as processability is disclosed. The composition that contains aromatic polycarbonate and/or aromatic polyester carbonate, rubber-modified graft polymer and a plurality of hollow ceramic beads is suitable for making molded articles characterized by good ESC behavior and flammability rating. |
| US07834067B2 |
Pigment composition, ink composition, printed article, inkjet recording method and polyallylamine derivative
The present invention provides: a pigment composition that includes at least (A) a polyallylamine derivative including at least 1% to 50% by mol of a structural unit represented by Formula (1-a), 49% to 95% by mol of a structural unit represented by Formula (1-b) and 1% to 30% by mol of a structural unit represented by Formula (1-c), and (B) a pigment, and improves pigment dispersibility and dispersion stability; an ink composition, a printed article and an inkjet recording method, which use the pigment composition; and a polyallylamine derivative useful for these. In Formula (1-b), R1 represents —NHCOR3 or —NH3+OCOR3, in which R3 represents a residue obtained by removing a carboxy group from any one of polyester, polyamide or polyesteramide, which each have a free carboxylic acid. In Formula (1-c), R2 represents —NHCOR4 or —NH3+OCOR4, in which R4 represents an organic group having an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring. |
| US07834066B2 |
Denture adhesive articles
The present invention relates to a denture adhesive article comprising: a) a safe and effective adhesive amount of a water soluble denture adhesive component; b) a safe and effective amount of a component selected from the group consisting of a water soluble plasticizer, a water soluble carrier, and mixtures thereof; wherein the article is bioerodible; and wherein the article has dry tack. |
| US07834065B2 |
Medical-use two part reactive adhesive and medical-use resin having self-degradation property
Medical-use two-part adhesive comprising; first part comprised of an aqueous solution or a powder of aldehyde-groups-introduced alpha-glucan; and second part comprised of an aqueous solution or a powder of amino-groups-containing polymer that is formed of a polymer chain of amino-group-containing units and has a molecular weight in a range of 1000 to 20,000; as well as medical-use hydrogel resin obtained by curing the adhesive. A mixture of the first and second parts, at a time of mixing them to form the hydrogel has pH in a range of 5.0 to 8.0. In a preferred embodiment, the amino-groups-containing polymer is epsilon-poly-L-lysine produced by microorganism or by enzyme. |
| US07834063B2 |
Benzonitryl and nitrobenzyl derivatives that modulate androgen receptors
This invention relates to benzonitryl and nitrobenzyl derivatives that are modulators of androgen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and progesterone receptors, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds. These compounds are useful, for example, in the treatment or prophylaxis of conditions or disorders that respond to selective androgen receptor modulation. |
| US07834060B2 |
Administration of 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-naphtoic acid for the treatment of dermatological disorders
Dermatological disorders having an inflammatory or proliferative component are treated with pharmaceutical compositions containing on the order of 0.3% by weight of 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-naphthanoic acid (adapalene) or salt thereof, formulated into pharmaceutically acceptable media therefor, advantageously topically applicable gels, creams or lotions. |
| US07834059B2 |
Topical nepafenac formulations
Topical suspension compositions of nepafenac are disclosed. The compositions are especially suitable for topical ophthalmic administration. |
| US07834058B2 |
Method of using catalpic acid to treat hyperinsulinemia
A method of treating hyperinsulinemia. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of catalpic acid, glyceride esters thereof, pharmaceutically-suitable salts thereof, and combinations thereof. The compound may be administered orally or parenterally. |
| US07834057B1 |
Compositions and methods for skin treatment
Compositions for the treatment of the skin. The compositions reduce and/or reverse the visible appearance of skin damage. In the preferred embodiment, the composition includes Retinyl Palmitate Polypeptide; Ascorbylmethylsilanol Pectinate; Tocopheryl Polypeptide; Cholecalciferol Polypeptide; and Niacinamide Polypeptide. |
| US07834055B2 |
Compositions and methods for the treatment of skin
An ascorbic acid-based composition and related method for the treatment of aging, photo-damaged or inflamed skin is disclosed. The composition includes water and ascorbic acid, at least a portion of which has generally been pretreated by being dissolved under relatively high temperature and concentration conditions. The composition typically includes at least about 5.0% (w/v) ascorbic acid formulated to have a pH above 3.5. 10 to 50% of the ascorbic acid is pretreated ascorbic acid. The composition may also include a non-toxic zinc salt, a tyrosine compound, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The composition may include an anti-inflammatory compound, such as aminosugar and/or sulfur-containing anti-inflammatory compound. Embodiments containing an aminosugar such as glucosamine are further useful for treating rosacea and other inflammatory skin ailments. The composition may be administered in a variety of forms suitable for topical application on skin. |
| US07834053B2 |
Medicinal compositions improving brain function and method for improving brain function
An alkyl ether derivative represented by the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, m and n are as defined in the specification, or salts thereof exhibits synergistically improved anti-hypoxic activity when combined with a compound having an acetylcholine esterase inhibitory activity. Therefore, the combination according to the present invention is useful as a method for improving cerebral function. Further, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound relating to the combination according to the present invention is useful for treatment and prevention of dysfunction of cerebral acetylcholine neurons in the sequelae of cerebrovascular dementia, senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease and ischemic cerebral lesion and in the cerebral apoplexy or the memory impairment caused by selective neuronal death. |
| US07834052B2 |
Fused tricyclic compounds as inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Compounds of formula 1: are disclosed, wherein V is CH2; W is S(O)m; m is the integer 0, 1 or 2; U is O, C(O), CR13R14 or NR15; where R13 is H, alkyl; R14 is H, OH, OR13 or OCOR13; R15 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, C(O)R13, C(O)OR13 or alkylaminocarbonyl; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and are useful as medicaments for the treatment and prevention of disorders caused by increased TNF-α activity, in particular inflammations. |
| US07834045B2 |
N-substituted pyrazolyl carboxanilides
The invention relates to novel N-substituted pyrazolylcarboxanilides of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and to novel intermediates and their preparation. |
| US07834041B2 |
Dual-acting antihypertensive agents
The invention relates to compounds having the formula: wherein: Ar, r, R3, Z, X, and R5-7 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds. |
| US07834037B2 |
5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) inhibitors
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP). Also described herein are methods of using such FLAP modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other leukotriene-dependent or leukotriene mediated conditions or diseases. |
| US07834034B2 |
Benzothiophene derivatives
The present invention relates to a novel class of benzothiophene amide derivatives. The hydroxamic acid compounds can be used to treat cancer. The benzothiophene amide compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the hydroxamic acid derivatives and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the hydroxamic acid derivatives in vivo. |
| US07834030B2 |
Phenyl-[1,2,4]-oxadiazol-5-one derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic use thereof
The present invention comprises phenyl-[1,2,4]-oxadiazol-5-one derivatives of the general formula I: wherein the R1-R10 and B, U, V, W, X, Y and Z substituents are defined herein. The claimed invention also comprises the compounds isomers and their physiologically acceptable salts as well as processes for their preparation. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders as well as of disorders in which insulin resistance is involved and demyelinating and other neurodegenerative disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system. |
| US07834027B2 |
Gemifloxacin process and polymorphs
The present invention provides a novel process for the preparation of gemifloxacin and its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts in high yield. The present invention also relates to novel polymorphs of gemifloxacin free base and its hydrates to the processes for their preparation and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The present invention also relates to infusion solutions of gemifloxacin and to processes for their preparation. Thus, 7-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-1, 8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid is reacted with a mixture of acetic anhydride, acetic acid and boric acid to give borane compound, which is then treated with 4-Aminomethyl-3-methoxyimino-pyrrolidinium dimethanesulfonate in presence of triethylamine, followed by treatment with 3.5% sodium hydroxide solution to give gemifloxacin free base. |
| US07834024B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibition of the JAK pathway
The invention encompasses compounds having formula I and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, particularly JAK3, are therapeutically useful. |
| US07834018B2 |
Aminopyridine derivatives having aurora a selective inhibitory action
The present invention relates to a compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein m1 and m2 are 1, 2, or 3; n1 and n2 are 0 or 1; i is an integer of any of 1 to m1; j is an integer of 1 to m2; R is aryl, heteroaryl, or cycloalkyl any of which may be substituted; Rai and Rai′ is hydrogen atom, etc. and Rbj and Rbj′ is hydrogen atom, etc.; Rc, Rd, and Re are hydrogen atom, etc; X1 is CH, CX1a, or N; X2 is CH, N, etc.; X3 is CH, N, etc.; X4 is CH or N; Y1, Y2, and Y3 are each independently CH or N; Z1 and Z2 are each independently CH or N; W is a 5-membered aromatic heterocyclic group such as pyrazolyl, thiazolyl, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof; a pharmaceutical composition or antitumor agent containing the same; and combinations of the antitumor agent with other antitumor agent(s). |
| US07834015B2 |
Pyrrolo[1,2-a] pyrazin-1(2H)-one and pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,2,4]triazin-1(2H)-one derivatives as inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP)
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or tautomers thereof which are inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) and thus useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory diseases, reperfusion injuries, ischaemic conditions, stroke, renal failure, cardiovascular diseases, vascular diseases other than cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, neurodegenerative diseases, retroviral infections, retinal damage, skin senescence and UV-induced skin damage, and as chemo- or radiosensitizers for cancer treatment. |
| US07834014B2 |
A2a adenosine receptor antagonists
The invention is based on the discovery that compounds of formula (I) possess unexpectedly high affinity for the A2a adenosine receptor, and can be useful as antagonists thereof for preventing and/or treating numerous diseases, including Parkinson's disease. In one embodiment, the invention features a compound of formula (I). |
| US07834013B2 |
Aminophenylcyclopropyl carboxylic acids and derivatives as agonists to GPR40
The present invention relates generally to novel therapeutic compounds and more particularly to novel compounds, their use as GPR40 agonists, processes for their manufacture, and intermediates useful in their preparation. |
| US07834010B2 |
Modulators of peripheral 5-HT receptors
The invention relates to modulators of peripheral 5-HT receptors, particularly 5-HT4 receptors, said modulators essentially selective for peripheral 5-HT receptors over receptors of the central nervous system. The invention allows for the treatment, amongst others, of gastrointestinal disorders, lower urinary tract disorders, and cardiovascular disorders without side effects related to CNS activity. |
| US07834009B2 |
4-hydroxy-5,6-dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-one compounds
The invention is directed to 4-hydroxy-5,6-dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-one compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds that are useful in treating infections by hepatitis C virus: wherein R6 is X is N, Ring A is a 5- or 6-membered aryl, optionally substituted by 1-3 R8 moieties, n is 2, and R1-R6 and R8 are defined herein. |
| US07834005B2 |
Pyrrolobenzodiazepine derivatives, compositions comprising the same and methods related thereto
Disclosed are compounds of Formula I wherein X, Y, R1-R7, T1, T2, Z, and p are as described herein; a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I and a carrier; a method of inhibiting growth of a cell, which method comprises administering in an amount effective to inhibit growth a compound of Formula I; a method of treating cancer in a mammal, which method comprises administering in an amount effective to treat cancer a compound of Formula I; a method of treating a viral, parasitic, or bacterial infection of a cell, which method comprises administering in an amount effective to treat a viral, parasitic, or bacterial infection a compound of Formula I; and a method of preparing a compound of Formula I as described herein. |
| US07834004B2 |
Sulfonyl-substituted bicyclic compounds as modulators of PPAR
Compounds as modulators of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating disease using the same are disclosed. |
| US07834001B2 |
Tricyclic guanidine derivatives as sodium-proton exchange inhibitors
Guanidine derivatives having a condensed tricyclic ring of formula 1: are disclosed, wherein U is C(O), CRaRb, O, NRa or S(O)m; V is CRaRb or NRa; W is S(O)m; wherein Ra is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or aralkyl; Rb is H, alkyl, OH, ORa or OCORa, and m is the integer 0, 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 or R8 is guanidino or guanidino carbonyl. These derivatives are sodium-proton exchange inhibitors and are useful as medicaments for the treatment of, for example, organ disorders associated with ischemia and reperfusion, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension, cell proliferative disorders and diabetes. |
| US07833998B2 |
Oral neurotherapeutic cephalosporin sulfoxide and sulfone-containing compositions
The treatment of neurological disorders using cephalosporin sulfoxide-containing and/or cephalosporin sulfone-containing compositions and pharmaceutical compositions including oral dosage forms that include cephalosporin sulfoxide and/or sulfone-containing compositions are described. |
| US07833988B2 |
Gankyrin
Gankyrin having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, or modified gankyrin comprising an amino acid sequence modified by the deletion and/or addition of one or a plurality of amino acids and/or the substitution with other amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and retaining the biological activity of gankyrin, a gene encoding it, and a method of preparing said protein and uses thereof. |
| US07833986B2 |
Anti-inflammatory peptides
Methods for inhibiting an inflammatory reaction in a mammal and pharmaceutical compositions are provided. The methods comprise administering to the mammal an effective amount of a peptide of the formula: X1-X2-X3 wherein X1 is selected from the group consisting of 2-amino-hexanoic acid; 2-amino-heptanoic acid; 2-amino-octanoic acid; cyclohexyl-substituted 2-amino-ethanoic acid, 2-amino-propanoic acid or 2-amino-butanoic acid and methionine; X2 is an acidic amino acid; and X3 is an aliphatic amino acid; or of a peptide of the formula: X4-X5 wherein X4 is an aromatic or aliphatic amino acid; and X5 is an acidic amino acid. |
| US07833980B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting cell migration
The finding that Dickkopf1 (Dkk1) is a dual function protein demonstrates a mechanism for the coordination of cell migration and antagonism of Wnt/β-catenin signaling during developmental and pathological processes. The profile of Dkk proteins expressed by human breast cancers correlates with indicators of outcome: Dkk1 associates with markers of poor prognosis whereas expression of single function Dkk2 or Dkk3 (which inhibit Wnt/β-catenin signaling and promote migration, respectively) correlates with phenotypes reflective of good prognosis. Therefore, the pro-migratory activities of Dkk1 and 3 identified here offer new insights into breast cancer progression and a potential avenue for therapeutic intervention. |
| US07833977B2 |
Use of L-Carnitine as stabilizing agent of proteins
The present invention relates to the technical field of stabilizing proteins, in particular to the therapeutic aspects of protein stabilization. L-carnitine is a useful agent for stabilizing proteins, and in a particularly favourable aspect in proteins used in the medical field. In a preferred aspect, L-carnitine is used for protecting chaperone activity, and in the medical field for preserving the activity of altered chaperone proteins. In connection with this invention L-carnitine is used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases due to altered chaperone proteins, such as eye diseases, in particular cataract. |
| US07833976B2 |
Methods for treatment of tumors and metastases using a combination of anti-angiogenic and immuno therapies
The invention provides methods for treating tumors and tumor metastases in a mammal comprising administering, to a mammal in need of treatment, a therapeutic amount of an antagonist sufficient to inhibit angiogenesis in combination with a therapeutic amount of anti-tumor immunotherapeutic agent, such as a anti-tumor antigen antibody/cytokine fusion protein having a cytokine and a recombinant immunoglobulin polypeptide chain sufficient to elicit a cytokine-specific biological response. |
| US07833970B2 |
Tumor-associated peptides binding promiscuously to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II molecules
The present invention relates to immunotherapeutic methods, and molecules and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumour-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumour-associated peptides, that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumour immune responses. In particular, the present invention relates to 49 novel peptide sequences derived from HLA class II molecules of human tumour cell lines which can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumour immune responses. |
| US07833968B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing bone conditions
Provided in the present application is a pharmaceutical composition for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a bone or cartilage condition and methods of making and using the same. |
| US07833963B2 |
Component of bromelain
The invention relates to a component of bromelain which is largely responsible for the ability of bromelain to interrupt the MAP kinase cascade. The component contains ananain and comosain and is useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases and conditions mediated by T cell activation or by activation of the MAP kinase pathway. |
| US07833958B2 |
Laundry treatment compositions containing a fabric softener and a blue or violet dye
A laundry treatment composition which comprises a surfactant and from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of a combination of dyes which together have a visual effect on the human eye as a single dye having a peak absorption wavelength on cotton of from 540 nm to 650 nm, preferably from 570 mn to 630 mn, the combination comprising a photostable dye which is substantive to cotton. |
| US07833957B2 |
Removing solution
The present invention provides a resist-removing solution for low-k film and a cleaning solution for via holes or capacitors, the solutions comprising hydrogen fluoride (HF) and at least one member selected from the group consisting of organic acids and organic solvents. The invention also provides a method of removing resist and a method of cleaning via holes or capacitors by the use of the solutions. |
| US07833956B2 |
Water compatible emollient for cleansing products
A cleansing composition comprising a water-compatible emollient that provides enhanced skin-feel characteristics, as well as viscosity-building properties. The water-compatible emollient is an alkoxylated derivative of glyceryl cocoate containing both propylene oxide and ethylene oxide groups in the molecular structure. The cleansing composition also comprises one or more surfactants, and optional additives, and can be formulated into a body wash, shampoo, facial cleanser, liquid hand soap, dish detergent or car wash detergent. |
| US07833950B2 |
Degradable fiber systems for stimulation
A method for minimizing the amount of metal crosslinked viscosifier necessary for treating a wellbore with proppant or gravel is given. The method includes using fibers to aid in transporting, suspending and placing proppant or gravel in viscous carrier fluids otherwise having insufficient viscosity to prevent particulate settling. Fibers are given that have properties optimized for proppant transport but degrade after the treatment into degradation products that do not precipitate in the presence of ions in the water such as calcium and magnesium. Crosslinked polymer carrier fluids are identified that are not damaged by contaminants present in the fibers or by degradation products released by premature degradation of the fibers. |
| US07833942B2 |
Methods for simplifying microbial nucleic acids by chemical modification of cytosines
A method for simplification of a microbial genome or microbial nucleic acid comprising treating microbial genome or nucleic acid with an agent that modifies cytosine to form derivative microbial nucleic acid and amplifying the derivative microbial nucleic acid to produce a simplified form of the microbial genome or nucleic acid. |
| US07833940B2 |
2-(substituted phenyl)-6-hydroxy or alkoxy-5-substituted-4-pyrimidinecarboxylates and their use as herbicides
2-(Substituted phenyl)-6-hydroxy or alkoxy-5-substituted-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids and their derivatives are herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control. |
| US07833936B2 |
Honeycomb structure, method for producing the same, and exhaust emission purification apparatus
The present invention provides a method for producing a honeycomb structure which carries a catalyst component containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and purifies exhaust emissions. The method of the invention includes: a starting material mixing step of mixing ceramic particles having a predetermined average particle size, fine particles being composed of the same material as the ceramic particles and having an average particle size smaller than the predetermined average particle size, and an erosion-resistant material or a precursor thereof which inhibits the catalyst component from eroding the ceramic particles more effectively than an oxide of the element contained in the ceramic particles, to prepare a puddle; a molding and firing step of molding the puddle into a molded body and firing the molded body to sinter the molded body and to allow a ceramic particle protection material composed of the erosion-resistant material or the precursor thereof to be present on the surface of the molded body; and a catalyst-carrying step of making the fired molded body to carry the catalyst component. |
| US07833934B2 |
Hydrocarbon reforming catalyst, method of preparing the same and fuel processor including the same
A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel processor including the same includes the hydrocarbon reforming catalyst having an active catalyst component impregnated in a oxide carrier and a thermally conductive material having higher thermal conductivity than that of the oxide carrier, the method of preparing the same, and a fuel processor including the same. The hydrocarbon reforming catalyst has excellent catalytic activity and thermal conductivity, and thus can easily transfer heat required in a hydrocarbon reforming reaction. Accordingly, by using the hydrocarbon reforming catalyst above, a high hydrogen production rate can be obtained. |
| US07833932B1 |
Compositions and methods for treating exhaust gases
The present invention provides compositions, systems, and methods for achieving high efficiencies of nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal from exhaust gases while minimizing ammonia slip and sulfur dioxide oxidation. In one embodiment, a method of removing nitrogen oxides from an exhaust gas comprises providing a first catalyst layer, adding an ammonia-containing compound to the exhaust gas upstream of the first catalyst layer in excess of the stoichiometric equivalent of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas, flowing the exhaust gas through the first catalyst layer, selectively catalytically decomposing ammonia in excess of the stoichiometric reaction equivalent of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas, and catalytically reducing the nitrogen oxides by reaction with ammonia not selectively catalytically decomposed. |
| US07833931B2 |
Solid acid catalyst for production of polyester, process for production of the catalyst, and process for production of polyester using the catalyst
The present invention relates to a solid acid catalyst for the production of polyester which enables the production of a metal-free polyester resin containing no residual catalyst, exhibits favorable utility efficiency in the production, exhibits extremely high selectivity for the polyesterification reaction with the amount of by-products being below the limit of detection, and is able to be isolated, recovered and reused. In other words, the present invention relates to a solid acid catalyst for the production of polyester, obtained by supporting a metal oxide (B) on a support (A) formed from a metal oxide, wherein said support (A) formed from a metal oxide is a zirconia, said metal oxide (B) is a molybdenum oxide, and a Hammett acidity function (H0) for said catalyst is within a range from −3 to −9, and also relates to a process for producing the solid acid catalyst and a process for producing a polyester that uses the catalyst. |
| US07833930B2 |
Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and production method thereof
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst including: a plurality of first compounds 5 which have precious metal particles 3 supported thereon and are formed into a particle shape; and second compounds 7 which are arranged among the plurality of first compounds 5 and separate the first compounds 5 from one another, wherein pore volumes of the precious metal particles 3, the first compounds 5 and the second compounds 7 are 0.24 to 0.8 cm3/g. |
| US07833929B2 |
Process for the manufacture of methylmercaptan
The present invention refers to a continuous process for the manufacture of methyl mercaptan using Mo—O—K-based catalysts. It is further described that the total selectivity of methylmercaptan can be increased by at least 1% by lowering the total gas hourly space velocity. The invention further refers to a process for the preparation of a solid, preformed catalyst system. |
| US07833928B2 |
Metalliferous, hydrogen-storing material and process for its production
The invention relates to a metal-containing, hydrogen-storing material which contains a catalyst for the purpose of hydration or dehydration, said catalyst being a metal carbonate. The method for producing such a metal-containing, hydrogen-storing material is characterized by subjecting the metal-containing material and/or the catalyst in the form of a metal carbonate to a mechanical milling process. |
| US07833926B2 |
Arylphenoxy catalyst system for producing ethylene homopolymer or copolymers of ethylene and α-olefins
The present invention relates to an arylphenoxy catalyst system producing an ethylene homopolymer or copolymers of ethylene and α-olefins, and a method of producing an ethylene homopolymer or copolymers of ethylene and α-olefins having a high molecular weight under a high temperature solution polymerization condition using the same. The catalyst system includes a group IV arylphenoxy-based transition metal catalyst and an aluminoxane cocatalyst or a boron compound cocatalyst. In the transition metal catalyst, a cyclopentadiene derivative and arylphenoxide as fixed ligands are located around the group IV transition metal, arylphenoxide is substituted with at least one aryl derivative and is located at the ortho position thereof, and the ligands are not crosslinked to each other. The catalyst includes an environmentally-friendly raw material, synthesis of the catalyst is economical, and thermal stability of the catalyst is excellent. It is useful for producing an ethylene homopolymer or copolymers of ethylene and α-olefins having various physical properties in commercial polymerization processes. |
| US07833925B2 |
Method of preparing metal nanoparticles
A method of manufacturing metal nanoparticles by mixing a metal precursor with a solvent to prepare a mixed solution, and radiating the mixed solution with an ion beam to reduce the metal precursor and produce the metal nanoparticles. In addition, when metal nanoparticles are prepared by using an ion beam, uniform-sized metal nanoparticles can be mass produced. |
| US07833922B2 |
Method of forming aluminum oxynitride material and bodies formed by such methods
Methods of forming aluminum oxynitride (AlON) materials include sintering green bodies comprising aluminum orthophosphate or another sacrificial material therein. Such green bodies may comprise aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen in addition to the aluminum orthophosphate. For example, the green bodies may include a mixture of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, and aluminum orthophosphate or another sacrificial material. Additional methods of forming aluminum oxynitride (AlON) materials include sintering a green body including a sacrificial material therein, using the sacrificial material to form pores in the green body during sintering, and infiltrating the pores formed in the green body with a liquid infiltrant during sintering. Bodies are formed using such methods. |
| US07833921B2 |
Composite material and method of manufacturing the same
A composite material according to the invention includes X parts by volume of boron carbide, Y parts by volume of silicon carbide, and Z parts by volume of silicon as main components, wherein 10 |
| US07833920B2 |
Optical glass
The invention provides an optical glass which comprises, in terms of % by mass on the basis of oxides, 35-45% of SiO2, 12-20% of B2O3, 2-7% of Li2O, 0.1-10% of ZnO, 2-15% of Al2O3, 10-40% of BaO, 0-5% of K2O, 0-10% of Na2O, and 0-20% of Gd2O3, wherein SiO2+B2O3 is 47-58% and Li2O+Na2O+K2O is 5-14%. |
| US07833912B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate which includes a number of chip areas, a processed film which is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a ring-shaped pattern which is formed on the processed film and along a peripheral portion of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US07833910B2 |
Film substrate, fabrication method thereof, and image display substrate
In a film substrate (FB) including a film base material (1) and conductor wiring (23) that is formed on the film base material (1), the conductor wiring (23) is arranged such that the conductor wiring thickness of an external connection portion on the film substrate to which another panel or substrate is connected is thicker than the conductor wiring thickness of conductor wiring portions (bent portions) (25) at other positions. |
| US07833907B2 |
CMP methods avoiding edge erosion and related wafer
Methods of avoiding chemical mechanical polish (CMP) edge erosion and a related wafer are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a wafer; forming a first material across the wafer; forming a second material at an outer edge region of the wafer, leaving a central region of the wafer devoid of the second material; and performing chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on the wafer. The second material diminishes CMP edge erosion. |
| US07833906B2 |
Titanium silicon nitride deposition
Titanium silicon nitride (TiSiN) films are formed in a cyclic chemical vapor deposition process. In some embodiments, the TiSiN films are formed in a batch reactor using TiCl4, NH3 and SiH4 as precursors. Substrates are provided in a deposition chamber of the batch reactor. In each deposition cycle, a TiN layer is formed on the substrates by flowing TiCl4 into the deposition chamber simultaneously with NH3. The deposition chamber is subsequently flushed with NH3. to prepare the TiN layer for silicon incorporation. SiH4 is subsequently flowed into the deposition chamber. Silicon from the SiH4 is incorporated into the TiN layers to form TiSiN. Exposing the TiN layers to NH3 before the silicon precursor has been found to facilitate efficient silicon incorporation into the TiN layers to form TiSiN. |
| US07833904B2 |
Methods for fabricating nanoscale electrodes and uses thereof
The present invention relates to methods for fabricating nanoscale electrodes separated by a nanogap, wherein the gap size may be controlled with high precision using a self-aligning aluminum oxide mask, such that the gap width depends upon the thickness of the aluminum oxide mask. The invention also provides methods for using the nanoscale electrodes. |
| US07833903B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a refractory metal film is stacked on a first wiring metal film. An antireflection film is deposited on the refractory metal film. A wiring including the first wiring metal film, the refractory metal film, and the antireflection film is formed, and an interlayer insulating film is formed on the wiring. The interlayer insulating film is etched to form a contact hole so that a surface of the antireflection film corresponds to an uppermost layer of the wiring and an etching by-product is produced on a sidewall of the contact hole. The etching by-product produced on the sidewall of the contact hole is then removed. Thereafter, a portion of the antireflection film located in a bottom portion of the contact hole is removed. A second wiring metal film is then deposited through the contact hole. |
| US07833902B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
In a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same, the semiconductor device includes a contact pad in a first interlayer insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, a contact hole in a second interlayer insulating layer on the first interlayer insulating layer, selectively exposing the contact pad, a contact spacer on internal walls of the contact hole, a first contact plug connected to the contact pad exposed by the contact hole having the contact spacer on the internal walls thereof, the first contact plug partially filling the contact hole, a metal silicide layer on a surface of the first contact plug, and a second contact plug on the metal silicide layer and partially filling the remaining portion of the contact hole. |
| US07833900B2 |
Interconnections for integrated circuits including reducing an overburden and annealing
The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit on a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor device provided thereon, including the steps of forming a copper layer having an overburden of a desired thickness, forming a layer of inert metal on the copper layer, annealing the copper layer and removing the layer of inert metal. |
| US07833898B2 |
Method for manufacturing resistance RAM device
Manufacturing a resistance RAM device includes the steps of forming an insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate having a bottom electrode contact; etching the insulation layer to define a hole exposing the bottom electrode contact; depositing sequentially a bottom electrode material layer and a TMO material layer selectively within the hole; depositing a top electrode material layer within the hole and on the insulation layer in such a way as to completely fill the hole in which the bottom electrode material layer and the TMO material layer are formed; removing partial thicknesses of the top electrode material layer and the insulation layer to form a stack pattern comprising a bottom electrode, a TMO, and a top electrode. |
| US07833896B2 |
Aluminum cap for reducing scratch and wire-bond bridging of bond pads
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and structure thereof. The method includes providing a workpiece, the workpiece having at least one conductive pad partially exposed through an opening in a passivation layer, the passivation layer having a top surface and the opening in the passivation layer having sidewalls. A barrier layer is formed over the at least one conductive pad, wherein the barrier layer lines the sidewalls of the opening in the passivation layer and is disposed over a top portion of the passivation layer proximate the opening. A conductive cap is formed over the barrier layer within the opening in the passivation layer, and the conductive cap is recessed to a height below the top surface of the passivation layer. The conductive cap may be used for testing with a probe or may be used for wire-bonding. |
| US07833892B2 |
Method of forming a field effect transistor
The invention includes methods of forming integrated circuitry, methods of forming memory circuitry, and methods of forming field effect transistors. In one implementation, conductive metal silicide is formed on some areas of a substrate and not on others. In one implementation, conductive metal silicide is formed on a transistor source/drain region and which is spaced from an anisotropically etched sidewall spacer proximate a gate of the transistor. |
| US07833881B2 |
Methods for fabricating semiconductor components and packaged semiconductor components
Packaged semiconductor components and methods for manufacturing packaged semiconductor components. In one embodiment a semiconductor component comprises a die having a semiconductor substrate and an integrated circuit. The substrate has a first side, a second side, a sidewall between the first and second sides, a first indentation at the sidewall around a periphery of the first side, and a second indentation at the sidewall around a periphery of the second side. The component can further include a first exterior cover at the first side and a second exterior cover at the second side. The first exterior cover has a first extension in the first indentation, and the second exterior cover has a second extension in the second indentation. The first and second extensions are spaced apart from each other by an exposed portion of the sidewall. |
| US07833876B2 |
Semiconductor device having multiple element formation regions and manufacturing method thereof
In a manufacturing of a semiconductor device, at least one of elements is formed in each of element formation regions of a substrate having a main side and a rear side, and the substrate is thinned by polished from a rear side of the substrate, and then, multiple trenches are formed on the rear side of the substrate, so that each trench reaches the main side of the substrate. After that, an insulating material is deposited over an inner surface of each trench to form an insulating layer in the trench, so that the element formation regions are isolated. Thereby, generation of cracks and structural steps in the substrate and separation of element formation regions from the substrate can be suppressed. |
| US07833871B2 |
Laser annealing method and device
A laser annealing method for executing laser annealing by irradiating a semiconductor film formed on a surface of a substrate with a laser beam, the method including the steps of, generating a linearly polarized rectangular laser beam whose cross section perpendicular to an advancing direction is a rectangle with an electric field directed toward a long-side direction of the rectangle or an elliptically polarized rectangular laser beam having a major axis directed toward a long-side direction, causing the rectangular laser beam to be introduced to the surface of the substrate, and setting a wavelength of the rectangular laser beam to a length which is about a desired size of a crystal grain in a standing wave direction. |
| US07833869B2 |
Methods for forming a transistor
Methods are provided for depositing materials in forming semiconductor devices on a substrate, such as metal oxide transistors. In one embodiment, the invention generally provides a method of processing a substrate including forming a gate dielectric on a substrate having a first conductivity, forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric, forming a first pair of sidewall spacers along laterally opposite sidewalls of the gate electrode, etching a pair of source/drain region definitions on opposite sides of the electrode, depositing a silicon carbide material selectively in the source/drain region definitions, and implanting a dopant in the deposited silicon carbide material to form a source/drain region having a second conductivity. |
| US07833864B2 |
Method of doping polysilicon layer that utilizes gate insulation layer to prevent diffusion of ion implanted impurities into underlying semiconductor substrate
Embodiments prevent or substantially reduce diffusion of a P-type impurity into a channel region in a PMOS transistor having a dual gate. Some embodiments include forming a device isolation film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a channel impurity region in an active region of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a gate insulation layer including a silicon oxide layer and a silicon oxide nitride layer on the semiconductor substrate. Also, the embodiments can include forming a polysilicon layer containing an N-type impurity on the gate insulation layer, and forming a gate electrode by selectively ion-implanting a P-type impurity into the polysilicon layer formed in a PMOS transistor region of the circuit region. The embodiments further include forming a conductive metal layer and a gate upper insulation layer on the gate electrode, and forming a gate stack in a gate region. |
| US07833860B2 |
Recessed gate dielectric antifuse
A recessed dielectric antifuse device includes a substrate and laterally spaced source and drain regions formed in the substrate. A recess is formed between the source and drain regions. A gate and gate oxide are formed in the recess and lightly doped source and drain extension regions contiguous with the laterally spaced source and drain regions are optionally formed adjacent the recess. Programming of the recessed dielectric antifuse is performed by application of power to the gate and at least one of the source region and the drain region to breakdown the dielectric, which minimizes resistance between the gate and the channel. |
| US07833859B2 |
Method for simultaneously manufacturing semiconductor devices
Methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices simultaneously to implement low-voltage and high-voltage devices in a single chip. In one example embodiment, a method includes various acts. An isolation layer is formed on a wafer. A gate oxide layer and a lower gate poly are sequentially formed on a first low-voltage transistor region. A first poly oxide layer is formed. A nitride layer is formed on the first poly oxide layer. The nitride layer and the first poly oxide layer are etched. A field oxide layer is formed by selectively oxidizing portions exposed by the etching. A second poly oxide layer is formed. Gate patterns of each transistor region are completed by vapor-depositing an upper gate poly on a high-voltage transistor region, the first low-voltage transistor region and a second low-voltage transistor region. A source and drain region are formed. |
| US07833847B2 |
Method of forming semiconductor device having stacked transistors
There is provided a method of forming a semiconductor device having stacked transistors. When forming a contact hole for connecting the stacked transistors to each other, ohmic layers on the bottom and the sidewall of the common contact hole are separately formed. As a result, the respective ohmic layers are optimally formed to meet requirements or conditions. Accordingly, the contact resistance of the common contact may be minimized so that it is possible to enhance the speed of the semiconductor device. |
| US07833846B1 |
Array substrate and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating an array substrate includes forming a buffer layer; forming a gate electrode on the buffer layer, a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode and an active layer on the gate insulating layer, the gate electrode including a bottom pattern, a middle pattern and a top pattern; forming an interlayer insulating layer, the first and second contact holes respectively exposing both sides of the active layer; forming first and second barrier patterns, first and second ohmic contact patterns, a source electrode, a drain, and a data line; forming a first passivation layer including a gate contact hole exposing the gate electrode; forming a gate line on the first passivation layer and contacting the gate electrode through the gate contact hole; forming a second passivation layer on the gate line; and forming a pixel electrode on the second passivation layer and contacting the drain electrode. |
| US07833844B2 |
Semiconductor device and production method of the same
A disclosed method of producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of (A) forming a gate electrode and a trimming fuse on a semiconductor substrate; (B) forming a side wall insulating film covering the gate electrode and the trimming fuse; (C) forming a conductive film on the side wall insulating film and patterning the conductive film to form an etching stop layer and a resistance element; (D) forming a side wall on the sides of the gate electrode; (E) repeating, one or more times, sub-steps of forming an interlayer insulating film and of forming an upper wiring layer, and then forming a passivation film; (F) removing the passivation film and the interlayer insulating film in the trimming opening forming area until the etching stop layer is exposed; and (G) forming the trimming opening by removing the etching stop layer in the trimming opening forming area. |
| US07833843B2 |
Method for forming a memory cell comprising a semiconductor junction diode crystallized adjacent to a silicide
A method of forming a memory cell involves forming a semiconductor junction diode in series with an antifuse. The cell is programmed by rupture of the antifuse. The semiconductor junction diode comprises silicon, the silicon crystallized in contact with a silicide. The silicide apparently provides a template for crystallization, improving crystallinity and conductivity of the diode, and reducing the programming voltage required to program the cell. It is advantageous to reduce a dielectric layer (such as an oxide, nitride, or oxynitride) intervening between the silicon and the silicon-forming metal during the step of forming the silicide. |
| US07833840B2 |
Integrated circuit package system with down-set die pad and method of manufacture thereof
An integrated circuit package system and method of manufacture therefor includes providing a substrate with a beveled cavity, attaching a down-set conductive die pad with tapered sidewalls for matching with the beveled cavity in the substrate and having the down-set below a lower surface of the substrate, and attaching an integrated circuit over the down-set conductive die pad and electrically connected thereto. |
| US07833838B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing the immunity of new generation microprocessors from ESD events
A method and apparatus for increasing the immunity of new generation microprocessors from electrostatic discharge events involve shielding the microprocessors at the die level. A gasket of a lossy material is provided on the substrate upon which the microprocessor is mounted. The gasket surrounds the microprocessor to protect it from electrostatic discharge pulses. A heat spreader is arranged in heat conducting relation with the microprocessor and atop at least a portion of the gasket adjacent the die. The material is a static dissipative material having a volume resistivity of greater than 102 ohm cm and a shielding effectiveness to protect the microprocessor from at least 4 kV of electrostatic discharge pulse at the computer system level in which the microprocessor is to be used. |
| US07833836B2 |
Stack MCP and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor chip having an adhesive layer previously formed on an element forming surface thereof and having a bump exposed from the surface of the adhesive layer is wire-bonded to a printed circuit board. Another semiconductor chip is stacked on the above semiconductor chip with the adhesive layer disposed therebetween and is wire-bonded to the printed circuit board by wire bonding. Likewise, at least one semiconductor chip is sequentially stacked on the thus attained semiconductor structure to form a stack MCP. |
| US07833835B2 |
Multi-layer fin wiring interposer fabrication process
An interposer having multi-layer fine wiring structure which comprises an insulating layer made of photosensitive polyimide which is photosensitive organic material and a wiring layer portion made of metal, such as copper, silver, gold, aluminum, palladium, indium, titanium, tantalum, and niobium, functions as wiring in an integrated circuit chip, wherein junctions between the integrated circuit chip and the interposer are formed by micron to submicron size fine connection metal pads or bumps which are formed on both the integrated circuit chip and the interposer. |
| US07833831B2 |
Method of manufacturing an electronic component and an electronic device
An electronic component is equipped with electrode protrusions that make it possible to mount the electronic component without covering connection pads of a circuit board with solder and to dispose the connection pads of the circuit board with a narrow pitch while preventing electrical shorting of the connection electrodes during mounting. A method of manufacturing an electronic component equipped with connection electrodes, where electrode protrusions are covered with solder, includes a step of heating a solder sheet to a semi-molten state and pressing the electronic component onto the solder sheet to place the electrode protrusions in contact with the solder sheet and a step of retracting the electronic component from a position where the electrode protrusions contact the solder sheet to transfer solder onto outside surfaces of the electrode protrusions that contacted the solder sheet. |
| US07833828B1 |
Method of fabricating a patterned device using sacrificial spacer layer
A method of creating a patterned device by selecting a substrate; forming a first step on the substrate; depositing a sacrificial layer along the first step and the substrate; depositing a second step on a portion of the sacrificial layer; depositing a second layer on each of a portion of the substrate, sacrificial layer and second step that shares a common resistance to removal by a same agent as the substrate, the first step and the second step; removing a portion of the sacrificial layer so that a gap is created between the second layer and the first step, wherein a portion of the sacrificial layer remains such that the second layer remains; and processing the substrate beneath the gap created between the second layer and the first step. |
| US07833825B2 |
Solution-based deposition process for metal chalcogenides
A solution of a hydrazine-based precursor of a metal chalcogenide is prepared by adding an elemental metal and an elemental chalcogen to a hydrazine compound. The precursor solution can be used to form a film. The precursor solutions can be used in preparing field-effect transistors, photovoltaic devices and phase-change memory devices. |
| US07833821B2 |
Method and apparatus for thin film solar cell manufacturing
The present invention provides a method of making a Cu—In—Ga sputtering target by melting Cu, In and Ga, Cu and In or Cu and Ga to form a uniform melt with a pre-determined stoichiometry, which melt is sprayed to cause sprayed uniform melt particles to solidify into Cu—In—Ga particles with the pre-determined stoichiometry. The sputtering target is then made using the Cu—In—Ga particles. In a further aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of producing a thin film absorber layer for solar cell fabrication by sputter depositing a precursor film with a first composition |
| US07833809B2 |
Light emitting diode, optoelectronic device and method of fabricating the same
A light emitting diode structure including a substrate, a strain-reducing seed layer, an epitaxial layer, a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. The strain-reducing seed layer having a plurality of clusters is disposed on the substrate, and the material of the clusters is selected from a group consisting of aluminum nitride, magnesium nitride and indium nitride. The epitaxial layer includes a first type doped semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer and a second type doped semiconductor layer. The first electrode is disposed on the exposed first type doped semiconductor layer and electrically connected thereto. The second electrode is disposed on the second type doped semiconductor layer and electrically connected thereto. |
| US07833803B2 |
Analysis of liquid chromatography eluates
When analysing saccharides by HPAEC, the eluate from the column is typically analysed using a amperometric detector. According to the invention, amperometric detection is coupled with ultraviolet detection, with both methods being applied to the eluate. Thus the invention provides a method for analysing the eluate from a liquid chromatography column, wherein the eluate is analysed by both (a) amperometric detection and (b) ultraviolet detection. The information content derivable from using both sorts of detection advantageously exceeds that derivable from either of the two detection methods alone. |
| US07833801B2 |
Free-standing nanowire method for detecting an analyte in a fluid
A sensor device and method for detecting the presence of an analyte in a fluid solution are disclosed. The sensor device system can comprise a substrate and an array of free-standing nanowires attached to the substrate. The array can include individual free-standing nanowires wherein each of the individual free-standing nanowires have a first end and a second end. The first end can, in some embodiments, be attached to the substrate and the second end unattached to the substrate. Such individual free-standing nanowires are configured for electrical communication with other individual free-standing nanowires through the first end. A chip or computer can be electrically coupled to the array of free-standing nanowires for receiving electrical information from the array of free-standing nanowires. In some embodiments a power source can be used to send current through the nanowire array. |
| US07833795B2 |
Assessment of cardiovascular risk using isoprostane biomarkers and COX-2 selective inhibitors
The instant invention is drawn to methods and compositions useful for the assessment of cardiovascular risk in a mammal. The methods utilize biomarkers including prostanoid metabolites and isoprostanes as sensitive and stable markers of cardiovascular risk. The methods are particularly useful in a mammal that is contemplating undergoing coxib therapy, is undergoing coxib therapy, is undergoing antioxidant therapy, has ceased coxib therapy or has never undergone coxib therapy. The invention also includes kits useful for the assessment of cardiovascular risk in a mammal. |
| US07833792B2 |
Test strip measuring method
In a test strip measuring method in which a coloration measurement is conducted while a test strip (4) is being moved, there are detected the optical characteristics R of the ground of a test strip and the optical characteristics T of a test line (4b) which has appeared on the test strip, and the test strip is judged based on the difference or ratio between R and T. Even though the ground of the test strip presents variations in optical characteristics, and even though there are variations among samples or among test strips, such variations can be absorbed, thus assuring an accurate judgment. |
| US07833790B2 |
Wound dressings comprising oxidized cellulose and human recombinant collagen
A wound dressing composition comprising a human recombinant collagen and an oxidized cellulose. For example, the composition may be in the form of a sponge formed by freeze drying an aqueous dispersion of human recombinant collagen and oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC). The composition is especially suitable for the treatment of chronic wounds. |
| US07833788B2 |
Production of vaccines
Means and methods are provided for the production of mammalian viruses comprising: infecting a culture of immortalized human cells with the virus, incubating the culture infected with virus to propagate the virus under conditions that permit growth of the virus, and to form a virus-containing medium, and removing the virus-containing medium. The viruses can be harvested and be used for the production of vaccines. Advantages are that human cells of the present invention can be cultured under defined serum free conditions, and the cells show improved capability for propagating virus. In particular, methods are provided for producing, in cultured human cells, influenza virus and vaccines derived thereof. This method eliminates the necessity to use whole chicken embryos for the production of influenza vaccines. The method provides also for the continuous or batchwise removal of culture media. As such, the invention allows the large-scale, continuous production of viruses to a high titer. |
| US07833786B2 |
Anti-IL-6 antibodies, compositions, methods and uses
The present invention relates to at least one novel chimeric, humanized or CDR-grafted anti-IL-6 antibodies derived from the murine CLB-8 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one such anti-IL-6 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. |
| US07833783B2 |
Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and porcine circovirus from pigs
The cloning of a novel PCVII viral genome is described as is expression of proteins derived from the PCVII genome. These proteins can be used in vaccine compositions for the prevention and treatment of PCVII infections, as well as in diagnostic methods for determining the presence of PCVII infections in a vertebrate subject. Polynucleotides derived from the viral genome can be used as diagnostic primers and probes. |
| US07833782B2 |
Apparatus for growing biological mass
An apparatus for growing biological mass has a container for accommodating a biological mass in liquid to be grown in presence of light, a plurality of light sources in an interior of the container, a first movable plate which has passages for the light sources and which is reciprocatingly movable along the light sources to clean the latter, the first plate also having a first openings permeable for the liquid and for the biological mass, and a second plate located under the first plate and configured so that it is permeable for water and small algae fraction which have still to be grown but not permeable for the biological mass with fully grown algae, so that for discharging the biological mass the first and second plates are placed over one another and together moved toward a discharge so that the water can pass through both plates, while the biological mass is held on the first plate and moved toward the discharge to be discharged outwardly. |
| US07833780B2 |
Viral diagnostic method and well for use in same
The present invention relates to a single flat-based well suitable for use in a viral diagnostic method. More particularly, the well has a planar or flat base, as opposed to a curved base. The invention also relates to a viral diagnostic method that employs such single wells. In an embodiment of this method a specially developed tissue culture medium supplemented with hormones and enzymes is employed. |
| US07833777B2 |
Stabilized actively aerated compost tea
In combination, an aerobic microbial biomass and viability supporting container therefore. The aerobic microbial biomass is composed of microorganisms extracted from a tea composition and stored as a liquid or applied to a stabilizing medium for storage as a solid. The aerobic microbial biomass is stored in a container which is characterized as being oxygen permeable to the extent of maintaining at least approximately 5.5 ppm oxygen in the aerobic microbial biomass wherein less than approximately 10% of the microorganisms are maintained in an active state and over a period of at least twelve months, a minimum of at least 50% of the extracted microorganisms are maintained as viable. |
| US07833772B2 |
Glucoamylase variants
The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates. |
| US07833767B2 |
Ketoreductase polypeptides and related polynucleotides
The present invention is directed to variant polypeptides having enhanced ketoreductase activity and/or thermostability for use in the stereospecific reduction of ketones. In addition, the present invention is directed to polynucleotides that encode the ketoreductase polypeptides, including codon optimized versions of the polynucleotides which provide for enhanced expression in host cells. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to nucleotide constructs, vectors and host cells that are transformed with polynucleotides of the present invention. |
| US07833762B2 |
Method for producing L-amino acid
An L-amino acid is produced by culturing an L-amino acid-producing bacterium which belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family and which has been modified so that the acetyl-CoA synthetase activity is increased. |
| US07833760B2 |
Process for the production of β-amino acids using acylase
The present invention relates to a Variovorax sp. which produces an acylase having an asymmetric hydrolysis activity on an N-acetyl β-amino acid to selectively produce an R-β-amino acid, and a Burkholderia sp. which produces both an acylase having an asymmetric hydrolysis activity on an N-acetyl β-amino acid to selectively produce an S-β-amino acid and an acylase having an asymmetric hydrolysis activity of an N-acetyl β-amino acid to selectively produce an R-β-amino acid, and a process for the selective production of an S-, or R-β-amino acid using the above strains. |
| US07833759B2 |
Method of increasing complementarity in a heteroduplex
We describe here an in vitro method of increasing complementarity in a heteroduplex polynucleotide sequence. The method uses annealing of opposite strands to form a polynucleotide duplex with mismatches. The heteroduplex polynucleotide is combined with an effective amount of enzymes having strand cleavage activity, 3′ to 5′ exonuclease activity, and polymerase activity, and allowing sufficient time for the percentage of complementarity to be increased within the heteroduplex. Not all heteroduplex polynucleotides will necessarily have all mismatches resolved to complementarity. The resulting polynucleotide is optionally ligated. Several variant polynucleotides result. At sites where either of the opposite strands has templated recoding in the other strand, the resulting percent complementarity of the heteroduplex polynucleotide sequence is increased. The parent polynucleotides need not be cleaved into fragments prior to annealing heterologous strands. Therefore, no reassembly is required. |
| US07833758B2 |
Identification of oligonucleotides for the capture, detection and quantitation of West Nile virus
West Nile virus capture oligonucleotides, primers and probes derived from conserved regions of the West Nile virus genome are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleic acid-based assays using the capture oligonucleotides, primers and probes. |
| US07833757B2 |
Method for conducting non-invasive early detection of colon cancer and/or of colon cancer precursor cells
The invention relates to a method for conducting non-invasive early detection of colon cancer and/or of colon cancer precursor cells, by using primers with which mutation analyses can be carried out in selected regions of genes APC, K-ras, β-catenin and B-raf. The invention also relates to a kit containing said primers, and to the use of these primers and of the kit for analyzing mutations, particularly for conducting the early detection of colon cancer and/or of colon cancer precursory cells. |
| US07833755B2 |
Anti-IL-6 antibody nucleic acid molecules and methods
Anti-IL-6 antibody nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. |
| US07833754B2 |
IL-12 for expression in mammalian cell
The present invention provides for nucleic acids improved for the expression of interleukin-12 (IL-12) in mammalian cells. The invention further provides for methods of expressing IL-12 in mammalian cells by transfecting the cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an improved IL-12 sequence. |
| US07833752B2 |
Bacterial leader sequences for increased expression
Compositions and methods for improving expression and/or secretion of a polypeptide of interest in a host cell are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for a bacterial secretion signal peptide are provided. The compositions of the invention are useful for increasing accumulation of properly processed proteins in the periplasmic space of a host cell, or for increasing secretion of properly processed proteins. In particular, isolated secretion signal peptide-encoding nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the nucleic acid molecules are encompassed. The present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules including nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24, and the nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23, as well as variants and fragments thereof. |
| US07833744B2 |
Methods to evaluate cytochrome P450 2C19 isoenzyme activity using a breath test
The present invention relates, generally to a method of determining and assessing cytochrome P450 2C19-related (CYP2Cl9) metabolic capacity in an individual mammalian subject via a breath assay, by determining the relative amount of 13CO2 exhaled by the subject upon intravenous or oral administration of a 13C-labeled CYP2C19 substrate compound. The present invention is useful as a non-invasive, in vivo assay for evaluating CYP2C19 enzyme activity in a subject using the metabolite 13CO2 in expired breath, to phenotype individual subjects and to determine the selection, optimal dosage and timing of drug administration. |
| US07833743B2 |
Phytase-containing animal food and method
A method is described for improving the nutritional value of a foodstuff comprising a source of myo-inositol hexakisphosphate by feeding the foodstuff in combination with a phytase expressed in yeast. The method comprises the step of feeding the animal the foodstuff in combination with a phytase expressed in yeast wherein the phytase can be selected from the group consisting of AppA1, AppA2 and a site-directed mutant of AppA. The invention also enables reduction of the feed to weight gain ratio and an increase bone mass and mineral content of an animal. A foodstuff and a feed additive comprising AppA2 or a site-directed mutant of AppA are also described. |
| US07833740B2 |
Test system for detecting salmonella
Disclosed is a diagnostic test system for detecting Salmonella infections in a sample using monoclonal antibodies specific for SipC-protein. |
| US07833738B2 |
CA IX-specific inhibitors
Therapeutic methods for inhibiting the growth of preneoplastic/neoplastic vertebrate cells that abnormally express MN protein are disclosed. Screening assays are provided for identifying compounds, preferably organic compounds, preferably aromatic and heterocylic sulfonamides, which inhibit the enzymatic activity of MN/CA IX and that are useful for treating patients with preneoplastic/neoplastic disease. Further, the CA IX-specific inhibitors when labeled or linked to an appropriate visualizing means can also be used diagnostically/prognostically for preneoplastic/neoplastic disease, and for imaging use, for example, to detect hypoxic precancerous cells, tumors and/or metastases, by selectively binding to activated CA IX, preferably CA IX activated under hypoxic conditions, and not to inactive CA IX. Such detection of hypoxic conditions can be helpful in determining effective treatment options, and in predicting treatment outcome and the prognosis of disease development. Still further, the CA IX-specific inhibitors can be used therapeutically to selectively target hypoxic cells expressing activated CA IX. The CA IX-specific inhibitors can be labelled or conjugated to radioisotopes for radiotherapy of hypoxic cells. Alternatively, the CA IX-specific inhibitors can be used for gene therapy coupled to vectors for targeted delivery to hypoxic preneoplastic/neoplastic cells expressing activated CA IX on their surfaces. In an alternative mode of the invention, CA IX-specific inhibitors may be used therapeutically to target acidic conditions of a tumor, e.g., to increase pH in order to enhance the efficacy of weak base chemotherapeutic drugs. |
| US07833737B2 |
CA IX-specific inhibitors
Therapeutic methods for inhibiting the growth of preneoplastic/neoplastic vertebrate cells that abnormally express MN protein are disclosed. Screening assays are provided for identifying compounds, preferably organic compounds, preferably aromatic and heterocylic sulfonamides, which inhibit the enzymatic activity of MN/CA IX and that are useful for treating patients with preneoplastic/neoplastic disease. Further, the CA IX-specific inhibitors when labeled or linked to an appropriate visualizing means can also be used diagnostically/prognostically for preneoplastic/neoplastic disease, and for imaging use, for example, to detect hypoxic precancerous cells, tumors and/or metastases, by selectively binding to activated CA IX, preferably CA IX activated under hypoxic conditions, and not to inactive CA IX. Such detection of hypoxic conditions can be helpful in determining effective treatment options, and in predicting treatment outcome and the prognosis of disease development. Still further, the CA IX-specific inhibitors can be used therapeutically to selectively target hypoxic cells expressing activated CA IX. The CA IX-specific inhibitors can be labeled or conjugated to radioisotopes for radiotherapy of hypoxic cells. Alternatively, the CA IX-specific inhibitors can be used for gene therapy coupled to vectors for targeted delivery to hypoxic preneoplastic/neoplastic cells expressing activated CA IX on their surfaces. In an alternative mode of the invention, CA IX-specific inhibitors may be used therapeutically to target acidic conditions of a tumor, e.g., to increase pHe in order to enhance the efficacy of weak base chemotherapeutic drugs. |
| US07833736B2 |
Protein markers of responsiveness to type III receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors
The invention discloses ten (10) protein markers predictive of cancer resistance or responsiveness to Type III Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTK) inhibitors, and provides methods for identifying a cancer that is likely to be resistant to a Type III RTK-inhibiting therapeutic by examining expression and/or activity of one or more of the disclosed biomarkers in a biological sample from the cancer. Methods for identifying a compound that inhibits a cancer resistant to a Type III RTK-inhibiting therapeutic by determining the effect of the compound on one or more of the disclosed marker proteins are also provided. |
| US07833733B2 |
Methods for detecting and treating cancer
Methods and kits for detecting cancer and monitoring cancer progression are described. The method involves analyzing a sample containing nucleic acids or proteins from a patient for decreased expression of endoglycan and/or increased expression of podocalyxin. |
| US07833729B2 |
Method for detecting endometriosis in a patient sample
This invention provides a polynucleotide encoding Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1, polypeptides associated with endometriosis. Auto-antibodies against Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1 have been found in subjects diagnosed with endometriosis. This invention also provides methods of using this polynucleotide and polypeptide. |
| US07833727B2 |
Increasing life span by modulation of Smek
The Smek (Suppressor of mek null) gene is described and characterized. Smek acts in the stress response pathway of animals by binding to and enhancing the transcription of FOXO, thereby providing the link between the stress response pathway and the insulin/IGF-1 pathway. Given the link between both the stress response pathway and the insulin/IGF-1 pathway and longevity, Smek1 represents an essential target for modulation of life span and the stress response. Methods of increasing life span and stress tolerance by modulation of Smek activity are disclosed, as are screening methods for identifying compounds that modulate Smek activity. In addition, recombinant animals expressing the Smek gene that have a longer life span and enhanced stress tolerance, and methods of using the Smek gene to modulate both longevity and stress tolerance, are described. |
| US07833722B2 |
Ligands for G protein-coupled receptor protein and use thereof
The present invention provides a method of screening an agonist/antagonist of a G protein-coupled receptor protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or a salt thereof, which comprises using the receptor protein or its salt and a ligand or its salt; and so on. The screening method of the present invention is useful for screening an agent for the prevention/treatment of nervous system diseases or neuropathic pains. |
| US07833721B2 |
Biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome
The present invention provides compositions and their use in diagnosing and/or distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. |
| US07833719B2 |
Apparatus and methods for parallel processing of micro-volume liquid reactions
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for conducting multiple simultaneous micro-volume chemical and biochemical reactions in an array format. In one embodiment, the format comprises an array of microholes in a substrate. Besides serving as an ordered array of sample chambers allowing the performance of multiple parallel reactions, the arrays can be used for reagent storage and transfer, library display, reagent synthesis, assembly of multiple identical reactions, dilution and desalting. Use of the arrays facilitates optical analysis of reactions, and allows optical analysis to be conducted in real time. Included within the invention are kits comprising a microhole apparatus and a reaction component of the method(s) to be carried out in the apparatus. |
| US07833717B2 |
Proteinase K resistant surface protein of Neisseria meningitidis
The identification of a highly conserved, immunologically accessible antigen at the surface of Neisseria facilitates treatment, prophylaxis, and diagnosis of Neisseria diseases. This antigen is highly resistant to Proteinase K and has an apparent molecular weight of 22 kDa on SDS-PAGE. Specific polynucleotides encoding proteins of this class have been isolated from three Neisseria meningitidis strains and from one Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain. These polynucleotides have been sequenced, and the corresponding full-length amino acid sequences of the encoded polypeptides have been deduced. Recombinant DNA methods for the production of the Neisseria surface protein, and antibodies that bind to this protein are also disclosed. |
| US07833713B2 |
Mitigation of Cot-1 DNA distortion in nucleic acid hybridization
A novel method of suppressing non-specific cross-hybridization between repetitive elements present in nucleic acid probes and corresponding repetitive elements in the target nucleic acid by using DNA synthesized to contain a plurality of repetitive elements while avoiding low and single copy sequences. |
| US07833712B2 |
Diagnosis and treatment of tumor-suppressor associated disorders
Methods are provided for detecting a cell proliferative disorder associated with TSLC1 by contacting a proliferating cell of a subject suspected of having the disorder with a reagent that detects TSLC1 and detecting the level of TSLC1 in the proliferating cell. TSLC1 is a single gene whose expression is reduced or absent in A549 and some other NSCLC, hepatocellular carcinoma and pancreatic cancer cell lines. It has further been discovered that TSLC1 expression or suppression is perfectly correlated with promoter methylation state. Restoration of TSLC1 expression to normal or higher levels is sufficient by itself to suppress tumor formation. The invention further provides methods of treating such disorders by contacting cells of a patient suffering from the disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of a reagent that modulates TSLC1 level in the proliferating cells. |
| US07833711B2 |
Device and method for multiple analyte detection
The invention is directed to a method and device for simultaneously testing a sample for the presence, absence, and/or amounts of one or more of a plurality of selected analytes. The invention includes, in one aspect, a device for detecting or quantitating a plurality of different analytes in a liquid sample. Each chamber may include an analyte-specific reagent effective to react with a selected analyte that may be present in the sample, and detection means for detecting the signal. Also disclosed are methods utilizing the device. |
| US07833708B2 |
Nucleic acid amplification using microfluidic devices
The present invention provides microfluidic devices and methods using the same in various types of thermal cycling reactions. Certaom devices include a rotary microfluidic channel and a plurality of temperature regions at different locations along the rotary microfluidic channel at which temperature is regulated. Solution can be repeatedly passed through the temperature regions such that the solution is exposed to different temperatures. Other microfluidic devices include an array of reaction chambers formed by intersecting vertical and horizontal flow channels, with the ability to regulate temperature at the reaction chambers. The microfluidic devices can be used to conduct a number of different analyses, including various primer extension reactions and nucleic acid amplification reactions. |
| US07833705B2 |
Archiving of vectors
The invention relates to a solid medium or matrix for storage of nucleic acid molecules (e.g. RNA and/or DNA), particularly vectors and especially plasmids, comprising a solid matrix preferably having a compound or composition which protects against degradation of nucleic acids incorporated into or absorbed on the matrix. The invention also relates to methods for storage or isolation/purification of nucleic acids using this solid medium, and in situ use of the stored or isolated/purified nucleic acids. |
| US07833701B2 |
Biomolecule substrate, and test and diagnosis methods and apparatuses using the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a test apparatus for testing a DNA substrate on which a plurality of DNA fragments for testing are arranged, wherein absolute precision is not required. The above-described problem was solved by providing a substrate on which a plurality of biomolecule spots containing a group of biomolecules (e.g., DNA, etc.) of a specific type are formed, where the pattern or position of the DNA spot is changed depending on specific data so that information of the specific data is recorded on the substrate. |
| US07833698B2 |
Method for determining the response to cancer therapy
The invention relates to a method for determining the response to cancer therapy in an individual using image analysis. |
| US07833695B2 |
Methods of fabricating metal contact structures for laser diodes using backside UV exposure
Methods of fabricating a metal contact structure for a laser diodes are provided, wherein the method comprises providing a UV transparent semiconductor substrate, a UV transparent semiconductor epilayer defining a ridge disposed between etched epilayer edges, the epilayer being disposed over the UV transparent semiconductor substrate, and a UV opaque metal layer disposed over the epilayer ridge, applying at least one photoresist layer (positive photoresist, image reversal photoresist, or negative photoresist) over the opaque metal layer and epilayer edges, and selectively developing regions of the photoresist layer via backside exposure to UV light with the opaque metal layer used as a photolithographic mask. |
| US07833694B2 |
Lactone-containing compound, polymer, resist composition, and patterning process
Lactone-containing compounds having formula (1) are novel wherein R1 is H, F, methyl or trifluoromethyl, R2 and R3 are H or monovalent hydrocarbon groups, or R2 and R3 may together form an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring, R4 is H or CO2R5, R5 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, W is CH2, O or S, and k1 is 3, 4 or 5. They are useful as monomers to produce polymers which are transparent to radiation ≦500 nm. Radiation-sensitive resist compositions comprising the polymers as base resin exhibit excellent properties including resolution, LER, pattern density dependency and exposure margin. |
| US07833692B2 |
Amine-arresting additives for materials used in photolithographic processes
Novel, poison-blocking compositions and methods of using those compositions to form poison-blocking layers are provided. The compositions comprise a typical composition used in microlithographic processes, but with a poison-blocking additive included in that composition. The preferred additive is a compound comprising one or more blocked isocyanates. Upon heating to certain temperatures, the blocking group is released from the isocyanate, leaving behind a moiety that is highly reactive with the poisonous amines generated by typical dielectric layers. |
| US07833691B2 |
Heterocycle-bearing onium salts
The present invention relates to a heterocycle-containing onium salt useful as, for example, a cationic photopolymerization initiator and an acid generator for a chemically amplified resist, and provides a heterocycle-containing onium salt shown in the specification. |
| US07833690B2 |
Photoacid generators and lithographic resists comprising the same
The present invention relates to photoacid generating compounds, lithographic resists comprising photoacid generating compounds, and to various lithographic processes techniques, and applications. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a photoacid generator of Formula (I): |
| US07833687B2 |
Aqueous dispersion of fine resin particles, method for producing aqueous dispersion of fine resin particles, and method for producing toner particles
The present invention provides an aqueous dispersion of nonspherical fine resin particles having excellent storage stability and processability such as aggregation and adherence to other substances, a method for producing the aqueous dispersion of fine resin particles, and a method for producing toner particles using the aqueous dispersion of fine resin particles. The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of fine resin particles characterized in that the fine resin particles are nonspherical particles with an average minor axis being 0.02 μm or more and 1.00 μm or less and an average ratio of a major axis to a minor axis being 2.0 or more and 5.0 or less, a method for producing the aqueous dispersion of fine resin particles, and a method for producing toner particles using the aqueous dispersion of fine resin particles. |
| US07833682B2 |
Reflective mask blank for EUV lithography and substrate with functional film for the same
To provide an EUV mask blank of which the decrease in the reflectance during EUV exposure is suppressed, and a substrate with a functional film to be used for production of such an EUV mask blank.A substrate with a reflective layer for EUV lithography, comprising a substrate, and a reflective layer for reflecting EUV light and a protective layer for protecting the reflective layer formed in this order on the substrate, wherein the protective layer contains ruthenium (Ru) and at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron (B) and zirconium (Zr); and in the protective layer, the Ru content is from 70 at % to 95 at % and the total content of B and Zr is from 5 at % to 30 at %. |
| US07833676B2 |
Fuel cell system and solid polymer electrolyte film
According to the invention, a fuel cell system features a fuel cell (14) having a solid polymer electrolyte membrane (4), and an antioxidant residing in or contacting the solid polymer electrolyte membrane (4), for inactivating active oxygen. |
| US07833672B2 |
Modular direct fuel cell system with integrated processor
A modular direct methanol fuel cell system includes a housing having a pump for supplying fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel cell stack and a system controller for electronically controlling the modular direct methanol fuel cell system. An integrated processor is contained in the housing, the integrated processor integrating a water condenser and a gas/liquid stream separator. A first fluid connection unit is between the fuel cell stack and the integrated processor for feeding air and fuel exiting from the fuel cell stack to the integrated processor. A second fluid connection unit is between the fuel cell stack and the integrated processor for feeding a fuel mixture from the integrated processor to the fuel cell stack. The direct methanol fuel cell system also includes a third fluid connection unit for feeding pure fuel from the fuel tank to the integrated processor. |
| US07833671B1 |
Apparatus for hydrogen-air mixing in a fuel cell assembly and method
A fuel cell assembly and method is disclosed for the mixing and heating of hydrogen and air in the fuel cell assembly and introducing the heated hydrogen and air to the fuel cell assembly during a starting operation to heat the fuel cell assembly to militate against vapor condensation and ice formation in the fuel cell assembly. |
| US07833670B2 |
Fuel cell system and method of shutting down the same
The output of a fuel cell stack is kept consumed in an external load through a power converter having a constant-current operating function for keeping an output current of the fuel cell stack at a constant value, until an output voltage of the fuel cell stack reaches an operable lower limit voltage value of the power converter after stopping the supply of oxidant-containing gas to a cathode while maintaining the supply of hydrogen-containing gas to an anode. When the output voltage of the fuel cell stack falls below the operable lower limit voltage value, the output of the fuel cell stack is connected to a short-circuit resistor. Thereafter, a reformer is stopped when the output voltage of the fuel cell stack reaches approximately zero. |
| US07833666B2 |
Electric current-producing device having sulfone-based electrolyte
Electrolytic solvents and applications of such solvents including electric current-producing devices. For example, a solvent can include a sulfone compound of R1—SO2—R2, with R1 being an alkyl group and R2 a partially oxygenated alkyl group, to exhibit high chemical and thermal stability and high oxidation resistance. For another example, a battery can include, between an anode and a cathode, an electrolyte which includes ionic electrolyte salts and a non-aqueous electrolyte solvent which includes a non-symmetrical, non-cyclic sulfone. The sulfone has a formula of R1—SO2—R2, wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkyl or partially or fully fluorinated linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, and R2 is a linear or branched or partially or fully fluorinated linear or branched oxygen containing alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms. The electrolyte can include an electrolyte co-solvent and an electrolyte additive for protective layer formation. |
| US07833663B2 |
Method of manufacturing nickel zinc batteries
Methods of manufacturing a rechargeable power cell are described. Methods include providing a slurry or paste of negative electrode materials having low toxicity and including dispersants to prevent the agglomeration of particles that may adversely affect the performance of power cells. The methods utilize semi-permeable sheets to separate the electrodes and minimize formation of dendrites; and further provide electrode specific electrolyte to achieve efficient electrochemistry and to further discourage dendritic growth in the cell. The negative electrode materials may be comprised of zinc and zinc compounds. Zinc and zinc compounds are notably less toxic than the cadmium used in NiCad batteries. The described methods may utilize some production techniques employed in existing NiCad production lines. Thus, the methods described will find particular use in an already well-defined and mature manufacturing base. |
| US07833661B2 |
Electrolytes for lithium ion secondary batteries
The present invention relates to additives for electrolytes of lithium ion secondary batteries that include one or more of the following: 1,3-propane sultone, succinic anhydride; ethenyl sulfonyl benzene, and halobenzene. It can also include biphenyl, cyclohexylbenzene; and vinylene carbonate. The weight of said 1,3-propane sultone is between 0.5 wt. % and 96.4 wt. %, said succinic anhydride is between 0.5 wt. % and 96.4 wt. %; said ethenyl sulfonyl benzene is between 0.5 wt. % and 95.2 wt. %; and said halobenzene is between 0.5 wt. % and 95.2 wt. % of the weight of the additive. Batteries with electrolytes containing said additives have improved over-charge characteristics and low temperature properties, and reduced gas generation during charging and discharging. |
| US07833660B1 |
Fluorohaloborate salts, synthesis and use thereof
A composition is provided as a salt having the formula MBF3X where M is an alkali metal cation and X is the halide fluoride, bromide or iodide. A lithium salt has several characteristics making the composition well suited for inclusion within a lithium-ion battery. A process for forming an alkali metal trifluorohaloborate salt includes the preparation of a boron trifluoride etherate in an organic solvent. An alkali metal halide salt where the halide is chloride, bromide or iodide is suspended in the solution and reacted with boron trifluoride etherate to form an alkali metal trifluorohaloborate. The alkali metal trifluorohaloborate so produced is collected as a solid from the solution. The process is simple and yields alkali metal trifluorohaloborate of sufficient purity to be used directly in battery applications. |
| US07833659B2 |
Winding assembly type lithium ion secondary power batteries
A type of winding assembly type lithium ion secondary power battery includes: winding assembly type electrode cores wound with positive electrodes, negative electrodes and a separation membrane, electrolyte, and a battery shell. Its characteristics are: the interior of the battery shell carries at least one electrode units formed by electrode holders holding many stacked electrode cores. The terminal leads of the current collector for all positive and negative electrode cores are led from the upper and lower ends of the electrode unit respectively. The positive and negative terminals on cover boards and the outer side of the cover boards are connected to terminal leads of the current collector by built-in fasteners. There is a separation ring between the electrode core body of the battery and the cover boards of the battery. The present invention simplifies the manufacturing technology, increases the energy density of the battery, the mechanical property and safety property of the battery, and has an excellent high discharge property. |
| US07833656B2 |
Electrochemical device and method for producing the same
An electrochemical device having an electrode plate assembly. The electrode plate assembly includes (a) at least one first electrode, (b) at least one second electrode, and (c) a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first current collector sheet and at least one first electrode mixture layer carried thereon. The second electrode includes a second current collector sheet and at least one second electrode mixture layer carried thereon. At least one of the first current collector sheet and the second current collector sheet has a conductive area and an insulating area. |
| US07833655B2 |
Frame member for fabrication of battery module
Disclosed herein is a frame member for fabrication of a battery module including two battery cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at upper and lower ends thereof, as unit cells. The frame member includes a lower-end frame having a groove, into which lower electrode terminals of the unit cells are inserted while the lower electrode terminals of the unit cells are coupled with each other, the lower-end frame being constructed such that lower-end sealing parts of the unit cells are mounted to the lower-end frame, an upper-end frame constructed such that upper-end sealing parts of the unit cells are mounted to the upper-end frame, and external input and output terminals, which are connected to upper electrode terminals of the unit cells, protrude from the outer surface of the upper-end frame, and a side frame connected between the lower-end frame and the upper-end frame, the side frame being constructed such that one-side sealing parts of the unit cells are mounted to the side frame. The frame member according to the present invention is effective in that a battery module is fabricated while the battery module has high mechanical strength, and the size and the weight of the battery module are minimized. Furthermore, it is possible to easily mount the detecting means that detects the operation of the battery cells. Consequently, the battery module is easily fabricated, and the occurrence of short circuits is effectively prevented during the assembly or the operation of the battery module. |
| US07833654B2 |
Adhesive-carrying porous film for battery separator and use thereof
The invention provides an adhesive-carrying porous film for use as a battery separator, comprising: a substrate porous film, wherein when a 1 mm diameter penetrating thermomechanical analyzer probe is placed on the film under a 70 g load to measure a thickness while heating the film from room temperature at a rate of 200° C./minute to a temperature where the film thickness decreases by half when the probe was initially placed is 200° C. or more, a partially crosslinked adhesive carried on the film, the adhesive is prepared by reacting a reactive polymer having a functional group capable of reacting with an isocyanate group with a polyfunctional isocyanate so the reactive polymer is partially crosslinked, a porous film is temporarily bonded to an electrode to provide an electrode/separator laminate, the porous film in a battery functions as a separator which does not melt or break with small heat shrinkage under high temperatures. |
| US07833648B2 |
Electrochemical device with high safety at over-voltage and high temperature
Disclosed is an electrochemical device including a gas discharge member disposed in inner volumes thereof or used as an element for forming the device, wherein the gas discharge member comprises: (a) a core portion containing a compound that discharges gases other than oxygen at a predetermined temperature range; and (b) a polymeric shell portion for encapsulating the compound and surrounding the core portion. A center pin for an electrochemical device having the gas discharge member inserted into the interstitial volumes of the device is also disclosed. The electrochemical device comprising the gas discharge member, which discharges a large amount of gas at a predetermined temperature and is inserted into the inner volumes of the device, is prevented from ignition or explosion under overcharge and high-temperature storage conditions with no drop in the performance. |
| US07833647B2 |
Closure vent seal and assembly
A closure assembly and rupturable vent seal adapted for use in an electrochemical battery cell is disclosed. The vent seal includes a series of peripheral projections that can be folded to insure proper sealing of the vent without wrinkles or overlapping folded portions. Methods of accomplishing the invention are also contemplated. |
| US07833643B2 |
Neutral protic-salt electrolytes and protic-salt imbibed polymer membranes for high temperature fuel cell applications
A neutral protic salt electrolyte and a protic-salt imbibed polymer electrolyte membrane exhibiting high ionic conductivity and thermal stability at temperatures greater than 100° C. without requiring additional humidification systems or hydrating water is disclosed. The protic salt is the neutral product of acids and bases for which the proton transfer energy lies in the range from 0.5 to 1.5 eV. A polymer electrolyte membrane having the general formula: wherein A is a repeating unit in the main chain, B is a crosslinker chain, C is an end group, YZ is a neutralized couple at chain end, IL is an ionic liquid, and NP is a nanoparticle which absorbs the protic liquid yielding membranes that combine high mechanical strength with high conductivity. The present polymer electrolyte membrane is useful in high temperature fuel cells for automotive, industrial, and mobile communication applications. |
| US07833636B2 |
Piston ring with sulphonitriding treatment
The present invention relates to a piston ring for an internal combustion engine, the piston ring comprises a sulphide rich compound layer forming a surface layer, said sulphide rich compound layer comprising an iron nitride matrix with iron sulphide (FeS) inclusions embedded in said matrix, said sulphide rich compound layer having a sulphur content of 1 to 4 wt % S and a nitrogen content of 10 to 20 wt % N. |
| US07833632B2 |
Nitrogenous heterocycle derivative, and organic electroluminescent element employing the same
Provided is a material for an organic EL device realizing an organic EL device capable of having a high current efficiency even at a low voltage. Provided is a derivative of heterocyclic compound having a nitrogen atom represented by the following general formula (A-1) or (A-2). In the formulae, R1a to R5a each represent a substituent, Ar1a to Ar3a each represent a single bond or a divalent connecting group, and HAr represents a group represented by a general formula (A-3) or (A-4). R6a to R10a each represent a substituent. |
| US07833630B2 |
Weldable metal composites and methods
The present invention is directed to improved weldable metal composites and methods. A metal composite structure (10) features two metal members (12) (14) sandwiching a viscoelastic layer (26) where the viscoelastic layer entrains electrically conductive particles (28) and a carbon extracting attractant layers (32) (34) to inhibit and/or prevent carbon migration and carbide formation during welding. |
| US07833628B2 |
Coating structure with an anti-reflection function and an anti-electromagnetic wave function
A coating structure with an anti-reflection function and an anti-electromagnetic wave function, including an anti-reflection coating structure, an anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure, a third transparent substrate, and two adhesive layers respectively disposed between the anti-reflection coating structure and the third transparent substrate and between the third transparent substrate and the anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure. The anti-reflection coating structure has a first transparent substrate and an anti-reflection coating module formed on the first transparent substrate. The anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure has a second transparent substrate and an anti-electromagnetic wave coating module formed on the second transparent substrate. The third transparent substrate is disposed between the anti-reflection coating structure and the anti-electromagnetic wave coating structure. |
| US07833627B1 |
Composite armor having a layered metallic matrix and dually embedded ceramic elements
According to typical inventive practice, a first metallic material is poured into a mold including a bottom inside surface having regularly arrayed rises (truncated spherical convexities). The molten first metallic material cools and solidifies to include a surface correspondingly having regularly arrayed dents (truncated spherical concavities). The resultant “inner casting” is removed from and repositioned in the mold so that the inner casting's dent-laden surface faces upward. Ceramic spheres are placed in the dents. A second metallic material (having a higher melting point than the first metallic material) is poured into the mold with the inner casting and spheres in place. The molten second metallic material cools and solidifies as an “outer casting” surrounding the inner casting and the spheres. The resultant integral armor structure includes the inner casting, the outer casting, and the spheres, each sphere embedded partially in the inner casting and partially in the outer casting. |
| US07833623B2 |
Modified slush moldable TPU for instrument panels with seamless airbag deployment capability
A vehicle instrument panel skin comprises residues of a thermoplastic urethane elastomer and a propylene-ethylene copolymer. The thermoplastic urethane elastomer includes a polyol, an organic diisocyanate, an optional chain extender, and an optional hindered amine light stabilizer and a benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizing agent. A method for forming the instrument panel skin is also provided. |
| US07833622B2 |
Optical film
The subject invention provides an optical film, comprising a transparent substrate and a resin coating having a convex-concave structure on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein said resin coating comprises a plurality of organic particles and a binder, the organic particles being formed from a polyacrylate resin which comprises at least one acrylate monomer type having multiple functional groups as polymerization units, said multi-functional acrylate monomers being in an amount from 30 to 70 wt % based on the total weight of the monomers, and wherein the organic particles have a mean particle size, the particle size distribution of the organic particles ranging within about ±5% of the mean particle size, and wherein the organic particles are in an amount from about 180 to 320 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the solid contents of the binder. |
| US07833618B2 |
Multilayer, white, laser-cuttable and laser-inscribable polyester film
The invention relates to a white, coextruded, oriented polyester film with a base layer (B) and with at least one outer layer (A), where the base layer (B) includes a whitening pigment and/or void-forming incompatible polymer at a concentration of from 2 to 35% by weight (based on the weight of the base layer (B)), and from 0.01 to 15% by weight (likewise based on the weight of the base layer (B)) of a pigment that absorbs laser energy. The invention further relates to a process for production of these films and to their use as laser-cuttable and laser-inscribable film. |
| US07833617B2 |
Multilayer, white, laser-cuttable polyester film
The invention relates to a white, coextruded, oriented polyester film with a base layer (B) and with at least one outer layer (A), where the base layer (B) includes from 2 to 35% by weight, based on the weight of the base layer (B), of a whitening pigment and/or void-forming incompatible polymer, and from 0.01 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the base layer (B), of pigment that absorbs laser energy. The outer layer (A) includes from 1.0 to 35% by weight (based on the weight of the outer layer (A) of whitening pigment and/or void-forming incompatible polymer, and this pigment and/or polymer is identical with or different from the pigment and/or polymer in the base layer (B). The invention further relates to processes for production of these films and to their use as laser-cuttable film. |
| US07833603B2 |
Optical disc using methylmethacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin
An optical disc includes an active disc on which information is recorded and a dummy disc for protecting the active disc. The active disc and the dummy disc are bonded to form a single body, and the dummy disc is made of methylmethacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (MABS) resin. |
| US07833602B1 |
Vehicle floor mat
A vehicular floor mat constructed of a plurality of hollow tubes, at least two spaced-apart through holes along a length of the hollow tubes for receiving at least two threaded rods, a plurality of tubular spacers positioned inbetween two adjacent hollow rods for maintaining a predetermined distance between the hollow tubes, and a nut engaging the ends of the threaded rods to hold the hollow tubes together forming a floor mat. |
| US07833601B2 |
Methods for releasably attaching support members to microfeature workpieces and microfeature assemblies formed using such methods
Methods for releasably attaching support members to microfeature workpieces and microfeature assemblies formed using such methods are disclosed herein. A method for processing a microfeature workpiece in accordance with one embodiment includes applying adhesive material to a non-active portion on a first side of a workpiece. The workpiece can include a first active portion and a second active portion separated from each other at least in part by the non-active portion. The method continues by adhesively attaching the first side of the workpiece to a first support member, and releasably attaching the second side of the workpiece to a second support member. The method further includes separating the first active portion from the second active portion while the workpiece is attached to the second support member by cutting through the first support member and the non-active portion of the workpiece. The separation process removes at least approximately all the adhesive material from the non-active portion of the workpiece. |
| US07833600B2 |
Double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet
A double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a laminate containing a flexible base layer, a first black layer and second black layer and a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer are the outermost layers on each side of the laminate. |
| US07833599B1 |
Method for producing a multilayer composite, and a composite produced in such a manner
Process for the production of a multilayer composite material with a plastic layer that has release properties with respect to adhesives, where the materials producing the release properties are located within the plastic layer, where a first web is provided in production of the composite materia on the one side of which a layer of adhesive is located, after which the plastic layer with the release properties follows, which is in turn bonded to a second web. |
| US07833598B2 |
Splittable sheet structure
According to the invention, the resin film to be divided is finely divided along the grooves, whereby the ends of images or characters of photos or the like can be cut off finely. The resin film to be divided is provided with the grooves, thereby finely cutting off the ends of images or characters output on the surface thereof. Further, the resin film is as the lowermost layer, the adhesive layer is provided thereon, and the paper or plastic film with the image receiving layer coat is provided thereon. The grooves formed by cutting the paper or plastic film with image receiving layer coat are previously provided, and the grooves enter a portion of the resin film to be divided, whereby after an image is received, the ends of the film can be finely cut off. |
| US07833596B2 |
Plastic floor covering and method for obtaining same
A floor covering produced by coating and including a thermoplastic-based structure, in particular plasticized PVC, reinforced with a textile reinforcement, optionally combined with a foam backing. The visible surface consists of a surface coating providing decoration and wear resistance to the product. The back surface, designed to be in contact with the floor, consists of a textile web, the bonding between the textile structure and the supporting back surface being produced by means of an additional plastisol layer, which penetrates over a minor part of the thickness of the textile structure and which, after gelling, bonds the textile to the thermoplastic substrate back surface. |
| US07833592B2 |
Glazing panel
This invention relates to glazing panels, and in particular to chromogenic glazing panels and to a process for manufacturing such glazing panels. It is disclosed a glazing panel comprising two sheets of glass spaced apart from each other and sealed together along a of their edges, wherein the distance between the two sheets of glass is between 10 and 500 μm and wherein the glazing panel is provided with a plurality of spaced deposits arranged between and in contact with the two sheets of glass and arranged with a distance between the deposits of between 1 and 10 cm, at least some of the deposits being attached to the surface of each glass sheet and each deposit comprising an adhesive. The glazings according to the invention have the advantage of providing a substantially constant distance between the two sheets of glass over substantially the whole surface of the glazing panel. |
| US07833589B2 |
Liquid crystal-containing composition, and liquid crystal display device including the same
A liquid crystal-containing composition and a liquid crystal display device including the same, the liquid crystal-containing composition including a cholesteric liquid crystal and microcapsules containing the cholesteric liquid crystal, and having a wall component comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of polyurethane and polyurea, the wall component further including a first isocyanurate component having a cyclo ring structure and a second isocyanate component other than the first isocyanurate component. |
| US07833588B2 |
Transparent conductive laminate, touch panel and touch panel-equipped liquid crystal display
The transparent conductive laminate of the invention is a laminate comprising a film made of a polymer with a photoelastic constant of no greater than 70×10−12 Pa−1, a light-scattering layer with a haze value in the range of 0.2-1.4% formed on one side thereof, and a transparent conductive layer formed on the other side thereof, wherein the laminate exhibits an overall retardation of λ/4. By using the laminate it is possible to provide touch panels with reduced light reflection, no coloration, excellent visibility and high reliability for outdoor use, as well as touch panel-equipped liquid crystal displays employing them. |
| US07833578B2 |
Composition and method for fabricating microcapsules encapsulating phase-change material
A composition and a method for fabricating microcapsules encapsulating phase-change material by interfacial condensation polymerization are provided. In this composition and method, a surfactant and an organic solvent are not needed. |
| US07833577B2 |
Methods of making a pressure-sensitive adhesive assembly
A method of making a pressure-sensitive adhesive assembly, the method including coating a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that includes a silicone polymer on a first major surface of a first release liner to form a first layer, coating a composition on the first layer to form a second layer, the composition of the second layer including an elastomer, at least one of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the first layer and the composition of the second layer being in an uncured state during the coating of the second layer, and curing at least one of the first layer and the second layer, the first pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the multi-layer assembly exhibiting a release force to the release liner of no greater than 100 gram per 0.5 inch width after the multi-layer assembly has been stored for 46 days at 120° F. |
| US07833575B2 |
Methods for applying fire retardant systems, compositions and uses
A method is provided for applying a fire retardant coating system. The method comprises providing a first component that is a coatable polymeric coating composition and a second component comprising granules, wherein the granules comprise a polymeric matrix comprising a plurality of regions of fire retardant material ingredient incorporated therein. The first component and the second component are separate as delivered to the site of application. The first component and the second component are applied onto a substrate so that the granules are adhered to the substrate by the polymeric coating composition. The polymeric coating composition is then allowed to cure to form a fire-retardant coating. The resulting fire-retardant coating affords surprising fire retardancy performance. |
| US07833572B2 |
Method and apparatus for dispensing a viscous material on a substrate
A dispensing apparatus includes a frame, a support coupled to the frame to receive electronic substrates, a first dispensing unit to dispense viscous material, a second dispensing unit to dispense viscous material, and a gantry coupled to the frame. The gantry includes a first Z drive mechanism to support the first dispensing unit and lower the first dispensing unit toward a first electronic substrate pattern when performing a dispense operation, and a second Z drive mechanism to support the second dispensing unit and lower the second dispensing unit toward a second electronic substrate pattern when performing a dispense operation. The second Z drive mechanism may be adjusted relative to the first Z drive mechanism a predetermined distance. A controller controls a dispense operation of the first dispensing unit on the first electronic substrate pattern and a dispense operation of the second dispensing unit on the second electronic substrate pattern. |
| US07833570B2 |
Dimensional stabilization of precision etched masks
Dimensional stabilization of a precision etched mask used in the production of organic light emitting diode display panels. This may entail securing a sheet of mask material, and then heating the sheet of mask material to a temperature within a predetermined range for a predetermined amount of time to produce a treated sheet of mask material. The treated sheet of mask material may then be used to fabricate a dimensionally stable precision etched mask, such as by exposing and etching the treated sheet of mask material. |
| US07833568B2 |
Method of determining the cuticle scale height of fibers
Accurate and reproducible measurements of the cuticle scale height of naturally occurring proteinaceous fibers can be made by measuring the scale height of the fiber while it is vertically oriented beneath a scanning electron microscope. |
| US07833567B2 |
Method for forming electrical circuit by jetting molten metal
The apparatus forms an electric circuit on a construction member of a machine based on a set of three-dimensional data. The data defines a position and a profile of the construction member, a position of the electric circuit, and a shape of the electric circuit. The electric circuit is used for electrical connection between electric instruments mounted on the machine. The data is associated with a reference coordinate system provided in the machine, and the data includes coordinates of points for determining arrangement of the electric circuit, a distance between any two of the points adjacent to each other, and a cross-sectional area of the electric circuit associated extended between the two points. The apparatus has a storage means for storing the data, a jet means for jetting a molten metal, a first transfer means for moving the construction member relative to the jet means, and a control means for jetting the molten metal against the construction member to deposit the molten metal and for controlling the relative movement between the construction member and the jet means based on the data. The jet means can jet the molten metal against the construction member so that the molten metal can be deposited on a surface of the construction member to form the electric circuit on the construction member. |
| US07833566B2 |
Stent mandrel fixture and method for reducing coating defects
A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. |
| US07833564B2 |
Elongate medical device and method of coating the same
An elongate medical device including a coating extending over a portion of the elongate medical device having a plurality of apertures formed thereon and a method of applying a coating to such an elongate medical device are disclosed. Prior to applying a coating to the elongate medical device, a removable liquid is dispensed in the plurality of apertures. Subsequently, the removable liquid is removed from the plurality of apertures, leaving the plurality of apertures free of, unobstructed by, or otherwise not filled with the coating. |
| US07833563B2 |
Industrial production of intermediate food product (I.F.P.) based on fish flesh and packaged I.F.P.S. thus produced
The invention relates to the production of hydrated concentrates of myofibrillar proteins from fish flesh which are commonly known as surimi-base or, more generally, intermediate food products (I.F.P.). The inventive production method comprises the following successive steps: (1) initial minced fish flesh is prepared from fish fillets; (2) said initial mince is washed with water until a washed mince is obtained which contains a residual fraction of sarcoplasmic proteins and lipids of between 0.1 and 3% of the weight of the mince; (3) while wet, the washed mince is refined by eliminating a fraction of impurities; (4) the refined mince is mixed until an even emulsion mince is produced; (6) the emulsified mince is drained so as to produce a densified mince; (7) cryoprotectants are then added to the densified mince in order to form a final freezable mince; (8) the final mince is packed in nutrient plates; and (9) said plates are frozen. In this way, a quality I.F.P is obtained with a significantly increased production yield in relation to the prior art, particularly for fatty fish. |
| US07833562B2 |
Egg product with particulates
A liquid egg product including particulates and the methods of producing the same. The particulates are combined with starch and water or egg whites or egg substitute to form a particulate stream, which is thermally treated prior to combining with an appropriate amount of egg white or egg substitute. The resulting egg product is a ready to cook combination of egg white or egg substitute and particulates that has an extended refrigerated shelf life. |
| US07833556B2 |
Oil or fat compositions
Oil or fat compositions contain the following ingredients: (A) an oil or fat containing from 60 to 100% by weight of diglyceride, by 100 parts by weight of the oil or fat composition, the diglyceride further comprising fatty acids, wherein the amount of fatty acids that are unsaturated is from 80 to 100 wt. %, by 100 parts by weight of the diglyceride; (B) from 0.001 to 1% by weight of ingredient (A) of a carboxylic acid selected from C2-8 hydroxycarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids and tricarboxylic acids, and salts derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof; (C) from 0.001 to 5% by weight of ingredient (A) of an antioxidant; and (D) from 0.05 to 4.7% by weight of ingredient (A) of a plant sterol. Each of these preferred oil or fat compositions has a high diglyceride content having excellent health-promoting functions, and even in cold temperature areas or high-humidity areas, has improved external appearance, is good in work efficiency during cooking and also in the flavor and texture of cooked foods. Packaged edible oils or fats are also disclosed. |
| US07833554B2 |
Medicament comprising a peptide extract of avocado, which is intended for the treatment and prevention of illnesses that are linked to an immune system deficiency
The invention relates to a medicament which comprises a peptide extract of avocado and which can also comprise a composition containing D-mannoheptulose and/or perseitol, such as a water-soluble extract of avocado sugars, and/or a peptide extract of lupine. The inventive medicament is intended for the treatment and/or prevention of illnesses that are linked to an alteration in innate and/or acquired immunity, through an increase in the production of anti-microbial peptides, preferably hBD-2, without inducing inflammatory reactions, irritations or intolerances. |
| US07833553B2 |
Sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer compositon and process for producing the same
Provided are: method of producing a sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer by reducing the molecular weight of proanthocyanidin in plants so that they can be readily absorbed through the intestine of an organism; and a health food composition and a pharmaceutical composition which contain the resultant sulfur-containing proanthocyanidin oligomer as an active ingredient and which are useful for treating and preventing various lifestyle-related diseases and brain diseases caused by generation of active oxygen species as well as for preventing aging. |
| US07833549B2 |
Dry powder formulations of antihistamine for nasal administration
Dry powder formulations of drugs such as antihistamine for nasal administration are provided where the drug is retained in the nasal cavity, and systemic side effects minimized or eliminated, through the selection of a narrow particle size range, between approximately 10 and 20 microns in diameter. In a preferred embodiment wherein the drug is an antihistamine, retention of the antihistamine at the nasal mucosa is improved and the bitter aftertaste associated with liquid antihistamine formulations significantly reduced. By making a dry powder formulation of an antihistamine (e.g., azelastine) having an average particle size of between 10 and 20 microns, the antihistamine is restricted primarily to the desired target organ, the nasal mucosa. Because the active ingredient stays in the nasal region, a lower dose can be used to achieve the same desired effect. As demonstrated by the examples, this lower dose reduces the incidence of somnolence, and because the active ingredient remains at the target organ and does not accumulate in the back of the throat and mouth, this formulation does not impart a bitter taste. |
| US07833543B2 |
High viscosity liquid controlled delivery system and medical or surgical device
The present invention relates to novel nonpolymeric compounds and compositions that form liquid, high viscosity materials suitable for the delivery of biologically active substances in a controlled fashion, and for use as medical or surgical devices. The materials can optionally be diluted with a solvent to form a material of lower viscosity, rendering the material easy to administer. This solvent may be water insoluble or water soluble, where the water soluble solvent rapidly diffuses or migrates away from the material in vivo, leaving a higher viscosity liquid material. |
| US07833542B2 |
Method and composition for the treatment of scars
A method and composition for treating healed wounds including hypertrophic scars so as to prevent scarring or reduce the size and improve the appearance of scars comprises applying to the healed wound or scar a composition comprising a fluid, film-forming carrier which may contain one or more active topical ingredients, the carrier hardening to a solid, tangible, membrane juxtaposed to the skin. Novel compositions using the film-forming carrier are also useful to treat a variety of adverse skin disorders, and internal physiological conditions. |
| US07833541B2 |
Cosmetic compositions utilizing acrylate cross linked silicone copolymer networks
The cosmetic compositions of the present invention comprise silicone copolymers, terpolymers and higher order polymers that comprise 1) polyether substituted structural units and 2) epoxy or oxirane structural units that are reacted with acrylate species to produce cross linked silicones comprising polyether substituted structural units and acrylate cross links. The cross linked polymers of the present invention are self-emulsifying and may be either water swellable or oil swellable. |
| US07833539B2 |
Tooth whitening hydrogels
This invention relates generally to compositions for whitening human teeth, and more particularly, to compositions that do not contain hydrocarbon humectants and which, when applied onto the surface of teeth act to whiten without damage to tooth surfaces. They do contain a hydrogel, defined as a gel that does not contain a hydrocarbon humectant. A hydrocarbon humectant is defined as a carbon, hydrogen and oxygen compound which is used to prevent the oral care composition from hardening upon exposure to air or a carbon, hydrogen and oxygen compound which is used as a carrier for ingredients of an oral care composition. The tooth whitening of the present invention is free of a humectant and contains a peroxide, in combination with a mixed surfactant system, a mixed metal chelating system of a peptilytic condensed pyrophosphate chelating agent, an organic chelating agent, and a metal precipitating chelating agent, a catalase inhibiting compound and a non-ionic polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene block copolymers surfactant thickening agent as hereinafter defined. As will be illustrated, the oral compositions of the present invention are in the form of gels that exhibit better whitening effect, do not cause dental hypersensitivity and can be used both in the dental office and in-home brushing or splint applications. |
| US07833537B2 |
Use of parasitic biological agents for prevention and control of autoimmune diseases
The invention relates to a method of treating an excessive immune response including an aberrant/enhanced Th1 response by administering a helminthic parasite preparation in an amount sufficient to reduce the excessive immune response in an individual. This invention is generally directed to autoimmune diseases which involve an excessive immune response or an aberrant/enhanced Th1 response. More specifically, the present invention is directed to the treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, both known as IBD. While the present invention discloses specific information about the treatment of IBD, the disclosure is in no way limiting. Additionally, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, lupus erythematosis, sarcoidosis and multiple sclerosis can be treated by the methods and compositions disclosed therein. |
| US07833533B2 |
Enhanced antiviral activity against foot and mouth disease
Previously, we showed that type I interferon (alpha/beta interferon [IFN-α/β]) can inhibit foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) replication in cell culture, and swine inoculated with 109 PFU of human adenovirus type 5 expressing porcine IFN-α (Ad5-pIFN-α) were protected when challenged 1 day later. In this study, we found that type II pIFN (pIFN-γ) also has antiviral activity against FMDV in cell culture and that, in combination with pIFN-α, it has a synergistic antiviral effect. We also observed that while each IFN alone induced a number of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), the combination resulted in a synergistic induction of some ISGs. To extend these studies to susceptible animals, we inoculated groups of swine with a control Ad5, 108 PFU of Ad5-pIFN-α, low- or high-dose Ad5-pIFN-γ, or a combination of Ad5-pIFN-α and low- or high-dose Ad5-pIFN-γ and challenged all groups with FMDV 1 day later. The control group and the groups inoculated with either Ad5-pIFN-α or a low dose of Ad5-pIFN-γ developed clinical disease and viremia. However, the group that received the combination of both Ad5-IFNs with the low dose of Ad5-pIFN-γ was completely protected from challenge and had no viremia. Similarly the groups inoculated with the combination of Ad5s with the higher dose of Ad5-pIFN-γ or with only high-dose Ad5-pIFN-γ were protected. The protected animals did not develop antibodies against viral nonstructural (NS) proteins, while all infected animals were NS protein seropositive. No antiviral activity or significant levels of IFNs were detected in the protected groups, but there was an induction of some ISGs. The results indicate that the combination of type I and II IFNs act synergistically to inhibit FMDV replication in vitro and in vivo. |
| US07833531B2 |
Method for treating insulin sensitivity by long-acting GLP-1 receptor mimetibody agonists
The present invention provides to at least one novel human GLP-1 receptor agonist, or specified portion or variant, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one GLP-1 receptor agonist, or specified portion or variant, GLP-1 receptor agonist, or specified portion or variants, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including the use of long acting GLP-1 receptor agonists to improve insulin sensitivity or lipid profiles in obesity and related therapeutic and/or diagnostic compositions, methods and devices. |
| US07833527B2 |
Methods of treating psoriasis using IL-17 Receptor A antibodies
The present invention relates to IL-17 Receptor A antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases mediated by IL-17 Receptor A activation. |
| US07833526B2 |
Methods of modulating apoptosis by administration of relaxin agonists or antagonists
The present invention relates to the discovery that relaxin is associated with the development or maturation of body tissues. Knockouts of the gene encoding relaxin result in various abnormalities in the development of various tissues. The present invention provides methods of modulating apoptosis by administering a relaxin agonist or antagonist to a subject. |
| US07833524B2 |
Method of preparing botulinum neurotoxin type E light chain
The present invention provides a preparation of botulinum toxin light chain type A or E, wherein the preparation is both catalytically active and soluble. Preferably, the preparation consists essentially of amino acid residues 1 through 425 of the botulinum toxin light chain type A. A method of screening inhibitors is also provided, wherein the method comprises exposing a test inhibitor to the preparation of botulinum toxin light chain type A and evaluating the biological activity of the preparation. In another embodiment, a method of providing a catalytically active, soluble preparation of botulinum toxin light chain, type A is provided, wherein the method comprises obtaining an expression vector comprising a DNA sequence encoding amino acid residues 1-425 and expressing a polypeptide. |
| US07833523B2 |
Compositions and methods for enzymatic detachment of bacterial and fungal biofilms
Isolated nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences for soluble, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase or active fragments or variants thereof which promote detachment of bacterial cells from a biofilm are provided. An isolated mutant bacteria which forms biofilm colonies which tightly adhere to surface but which are unable to release cells into the medium or spread over the surface is also provided. In additions, methods are described for modulating detachment of bacterial cells from biofilm by mutating soluble, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase or altering its expression or activity are also provided. Also provided are compositions, methods and devices for preventing, inhibiting and treating bacterial infections. |
| US07833519B2 |
Method of pre-treatment for hair colourants and bleaches
The present invention is a method of pre-treating keratinous fibers prior to the application of a hair colorant or bleaching composition comprising the steps of applying a pre-treatment composition to the keratinous fibers said composition comprising at least one conditioning agent, said composition having a viscosity of from 100 Pa cps to 300 Pa, wherein said pre-treatment composition is not rinsed off from the hair prior to the application of said hair coloring or bleaching composition. |
| US07833515B2 |
Polymeric compositions for sustained release of volatile materials
A polymeric composition comprising a copolymer obtained from at least one monomer comprising an ether group and at least one monomer not comprising an ether group, a compatible plasticizer and a volatile material is able to provide sustained delivery of the volatile material over a long period of time. Additionally, if the volatile material is a composition formed by several components of different volatility, the compositions of the present invention is able to provide a uniform release of all components of the volatile material. |
| US07833513B2 |
Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
This invention relates to methods for diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease (AD) by determining the level or function of insulin, insulin-like growth factors, their receptors and/or their downstream signaling molecules. The invention further relates to methods for the treatment of AD by administering an insulin agonist and an insulin-like growth factor agonist. The invention additionally provides an animal model of AD and methods of screening for agents useful in the treatment, amelioration, or prevention of AD. |
| US07833512B2 |
Production of synthesis gas from biomass and any organic matter by reactive contact with superheated steam
Organic matter, i.e., biomass, fibrous plant matter, organic chemicals or organic waste, or other carbon-based matter is converted to synthesis fuel gas by reactive contact with superheated steam at a temperature of about 200 to 2000 degrees C., typically 500 to 1700 degrees. A reactor has a generally tubular envelope, a rotor within the envelope, and hot reaction spaces disposed annularly within the wall of the tubular envelope. The steam and biomass particles can be heated to the required temperatures by RF induction. The product gases include H2, CO, and CO2 in ratios controlled by a programmable controller. Control of temperature, biomass feed rate and water flow preselects the output synthesis gas mix. The synthesis gas may be processed into portable liquid fuels, or can be used directly in a fuel cell. |
| US07833501B2 |
Method and apparatus for treating discharge gas
A method and apparatus for treating an exhaust gas comprising heavy metals, wherein the apparatus comprises a heat recovery unit, recovering exhaust gas heat at an exit of the air preheater; a precipitator, collecting soot/dust contained in an exhaust gas at an exit of the heat recovery unit; a wet flue gas desulfurizer, removing sulfur oxides contained in the exhaust gas at the exit of the precipitator; and a reheater, heating the exhaust gas at the exit of the wet flue gas desulfurizer. Each of the heat recovery unit and the reheater has a heat exchanger tube, and a circulation line is disposed to connect the heat exchanger tubes. A sulfur trioxide (SO3) removing agent is supplied to the upstream side of the heat recovery unit, and the temperature of the exhaust gas at the exit of the heat recovery unit is adjusted to not more than a dew point of sulfur trioxide. |
| US07833498B2 |
Pipe assembly reactor comprising a helically shaped cross section
Process and apparatus for the continuous preparation of a chemical compound in at least one reactor, where at least one of the reactors is a shell-and-tube reactor which has a shell and at least one internal tube located within the shell, wherein at least one of the internal tubes has, at least in part, a noncircular cross section and a helical configuration in the region in which it is surrounded by the shell. |
| US07833496B2 |
Plate type preferential oxidation reactor
The present invention provides a plate-shaped preferential oxidation (PROX) reactor. The plate-shaped PROX reactor of the present invention includes a plate-shaped chamber having an inlet to supply gas and an outlet to discharge fluid, a distributor for distributing gas supplied into the inlet, a main reactor having a catalyst for converting carbon monoxide contained in the gas into another material, and a radiator disposed on an outer surface of the chamber to dissipate heat. |
| US07833486B2 |
Hydrophilic/hydrophobic surfaces
A microfluidic device that comprises one or a plurality of microchannel structures each of which comprises a microconduit for transport and/or processing of liquid, the inner surface of which comprises a hydrophilic liquid contact surface area (surface area 1) that is delineated in at least one direction by a boundary to a hydrophobic surface area (surface area 2). The characteristic feature is that surface area 2 comprises a rough part that stretches along the boundary. |
| US07833475B2 |
Method for sterilising a medical device having a hydrophilic coating
The present invention relates to sterilization of medical devices having hydrophilic coatings and more specific to sterilization of medical devices having a wetted hydrophilic coating using radiation. The medical devices sterilized according to the invention show, after sterilization using radiation, a prolonged water drain off time and reduced friction force. |
| US07833473B2 |
Material for storage and production of hydrogen, and related methods and apparatus
An apparatus, method, and material for storing and retrieving hydrogen are presented. The apparatus comprises a storage component, and this component comprises a hydrogen storage medium. The hydrogen storage medium comprises gallium. The method for storing and retrieving hydrogen comprises providing a source of hydrogen; providing a storage component, the component comprising a hydrogen storage medium, wherein the hydrogen storage medium comprises gallium; and exposing the medium to hydrogen from the source. The material comprises at least about 10 atom percent gallium, with the balance comprising at least one of aluminum and boron. The material is a metallic alloy. |
| US07833470B2 |
Injection molded article and method for the manufacture thereof
The molding defect known as “splay” is reduced in poly(arylene ether) injection molding compositions including specific amounts of poly(arylene ether), rubber-modified polystyrene, triaryl phosphate, and aryl phosphite. The molding compositions are particularly useful for injection molding articles with large, thin sections, such as battery cases for the back-up batteries used in wireless towers. |
| US07833469B2 |
Preparation of yttria-stabilized zirconia reaction sintered products
A method of making a solid electrolyte-YSZ product, where the method includes the step of providing a powdered mixture of zirconia, yttria and about 2%, by wt., or less of a metal oxide, where yttria-stabilized zirconia is not added to the mixture. The method also includes sintering the powdered mixture at about 1500° C. or less, for about 5 hours or less, to form a reaction sintered YSZ. Also, a method of making a fuel cell electrolyte that includes the step of forming a green body that includes zirconia, yttria and about 2%, by wt., or less of a metal oxide, where yttria-stabilized zirconia is not added to the green body. The method also includes shaping the green body into a form of the electrolyte, and sintering the green body at about 1500° C. or less to form a reaction sintered yttria-stabilized zirconia and metal oxide electrolyte. |
| US07833463B1 |
System and method for removing an organic film from a selected portion of an implantable medical device using an infrared laser
In one embodiment, a method of removing an organic film from a selected portion of an implantable medical device includes: selecting a portion of an implantable medical device from which to remove an organic film comprising a silane primer and a polymer of para-xylylene; using a laser set at a first value for an operational parameter, tracing the perimeter of the selected portion to ablate the organic film along the perimeter; using an infrared laser set at a second value for the operational parameter, scanning the selected portion of the device to heat the surface of the device within the perimeter of the selected portion and thereby separate the organic film from the surface of the device within the perimeter of the selected portion; and mechanically removing the chemically separated organic film from the surface of the device within the perimeter to expose the selected portion. |
| US07833460B2 |
Rotational molding method
A plurality of molded parts are rotationally molded by providing a common mold with plurality of molding chambers, each arranged for forming a respective one of the molded parts therein. The molding chambers are joined with one another by vent gates communicating gases between the molding chambers such that some of the molding chambers are vented directly to a surrounding exterior through an exterior vent and other ones of the molding chambers are vented to the exterior via the vent gates. The molded parts can be separated from one another after being released from the molding chambers of the mold. |
| US07833450B2 |
Use of a microcrystalline polyamide to obtain a particular surface finish
The present invention relates to the use of a microcrystalline polyamide for obtaining an object having all or part of its outer surface formed from this microcrystalline polyamide and having a particular surface finish, in which: the manufacture of the object comprises steps carried out hot between the Tg (glass transition temperature) and the Tm (melting point) of this microcrystalline polyamide; the transparency of the microcrystalline polyamide is such that the light transmission at 560 nm on a polished object 1 mm in thickness is greater than 80%, advantageously greater than 88%, the transparency being measured on the object obtained by standard processing methods, such as injection moulding and sheet extrusion/calendering. |
| US07833449B2 |
Molding process and apparatus for continuously forming heated thermoplastic polymeric material into a hollow product having at least one external surface with a variable configuration
Continuous molding process and apparatus forms a hot melt of thermoplastic material against a mandrel disposed between revolving belt molds to make hollow product having surface patterns and textures of a variable configuration. The hot melt is delivered to the nip region of the revolving belt molds. The mandrel extends downstream of the nip region and provides resistance to the molding pressure to prevent the collapse of the hot molded product and to define the size and shape of the hollow in the formed product until it cools and sets. |
| US07833448B2 |
Flameproofed impact-strength-modified poly(ester)carbonate compositions
A process for producing a three-dimensional article comprising a poly(ester)carbonate compositions characterized by its flame resistance and high impact strength is disclosed. The composition that contains branched aromatic poly(ester)carbonate, a graft polymer wherein the graft base is silicone rubber or silicone-acrylate rubber, talc, phosphorus-containing flameproofing agent, and an inorganic boron compound, and an optional anti-dripping agent satisfies enhanced fire-protection requirements. |
| US07833447B2 |
Production of fine stufferbox-crimped tows from synthetic filaments and further processing thereof into textile hygiene articles
A process is described for producing thin crimped tows from LOY, POY, or FOY filaments in a total linear density from 2 ktex to 9 ktex by filament yarns being withdrawn from creeled bobbins, folded and provided with a processing finish, then drawn or tension-uniformized and thereafter heated and stufferbox crimped. The process can be carried out in-line with numerous further processing operations. The tows are particularly useful for producing textile hygiene articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins, inserts and incontinence guards and the like. |
| US07833445B2 |
Process for producing foamed body of thermoplastic resin
The invention provides a foamed body of thermoplastic resin having a high expansion ratio, desired shape and cells of desired diameter, especially fine cells. The foamed body of thermoplastic resin is produced by filling the thermoplastic resin containing a foaming agent into a cavity 31 of a mold 2a and thereafter enlarging the cavity 31 to expand the resin. In this process, the cavity 31 is completely filled with the resin as melted and containing the foaming agent, then held in its shape as filled with the resin and enlarged to an increased final cavity width upon the average temperature filled in the cavity 31 reaching the range from the melting point of the resin to the melting point plus 30° C. |
| US07833441B2 |
Method of producing a polymeric material
A method for producing a polymeric material comprises reacting a first reactant with a second reactant. The first reactant comprises anhydrous phosphorous pentoxide and the second reactant comprises an alcohol. A method for producing a polymeric salt material comprises reacting a first reactant comprising an amine with a second reactant comprising a phosphate ester. |
| US07833440B2 |
High performance dielectric oil and the use thereof in high voltage electrical equipment
The invention relates to a high-performance dielectric oil comprising approximately 75 to 95% by volume of a naphthenic oil and approximately 5 to 25% by volume of an ester oil, in particular a synthetic ester oil and more preferably an oil of the family of polyolesters. The high-performance dielectric oil may be used in high-voltage electrical equipment such as power, measurement, distribution or traction transformers, tap changers, bushings, distributors, oil-immersed circuit breakers, power capacitors, cables, etc. |
| US07833436B2 |
Multinary oxynitride phosphor, and light emitting device, image display, illuminating device and phosphor-containing composition using the same, and multinary oxynitride
To provide a green phosphor with high conversion efficiency of blue of near-ultraviolet light and excellent color purity, a multinary oxynitride phosphor represented by the general formula [I] is proposed. M1xBayM2zLuOvNw [I] In the formula [I], M1 represents Cr, Mn, Fe, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, M2 represents Sr, Ca, Mg and Zn, L represents metal elements belonging to the fourth group or the fourteenth group of the periodic table, and x, y, z, u, v and w are the numeric values in the following ranges: 0.00001≦x≦3 0≦y≦2.99999 2.6≦x+y+z≦3 0 |
| US07833433B2 |
Heat transfer methods using heat transfer compositions containing trifluoromonochloropropene
Disclosed are methods of transferring heat to or from a fluid or body comprising causing heat to be transferred to or from a composition comprising at least one trifluoro, monochloropropene. |