最新美国发明专利第2011-01-11期 - 专利汇|PatentHub专利检索|专利查询网|发明专利查询分析

Document	Document Title
US07869165B2	Magnetic field detecting element having stack with a plurality of free layers and side shield layers A magnetic field detecting element comprising: a stack including an upper magnetic layer, a lower magnetic layer and a non-magnetic intermediate layer sandwiched between said upper magnetic layer and said lower magnetic layer, wherein magnetization directions of said upper magnetic layer and said lower magnetic layer change in accordance with an external magnetic field; an upper shield electrode layer and a lower shield electrode layer which are provided in a manner that they sandwich said stack therebetween in a direction of stacking of said stack, wherein said upper shield electrode layer and said lower shield electrode layer supply sense current in the direction of stacking and magnetically shield said stack; a bias magnetic layer which is provided on a surface of said stack, the surface being opposite to an air bearing surface of said stack, wherein said bias magnetic layer applies a bias magnetic field to said upper magnetic layer and to said lower magnetic layer in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface; and a pair of side shield layers which are provided on both sides of said stack with regard to a track width direction.
US07869162B2	Thin film structure with controlled lateral thermal spreading in the thin film An apparatus includes a magnetic layer, a heat sink layer, and a thermal resistor layer between the magnetic layer and the heat sink layer. The apparatus may be configured as a thin film structure arranged for data storage. The apparatus may also include an interlayer positioned between the magnetic layer and the thermal resistor layer.
US07869161B2	Dual write gap perpendicular recording head with a non-magnetic backside shield A perpendicular recording head for a hard disk drive. The head includes a non-magnetic backside shield that minimizes or eliminates the flow of backside flux through the head. The head can be fabricated by forming a non-magnetic backside shield layer on a main pole. Portions of the backside shield and main pole can be removed to form a tapered pole portion. A non-magnetic write-gap layer and write shield are then formed onto the backside shield and main pole.
US07869159B2	Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard disk drive A sickle-shaped disk drive spoiler for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard disk drive is provided. The sickle-shaped spoiler includes a body portion for directing airflow generated by a rotating disk, the rotating disk comprising an inner diameter and an outer diameter and wherein the body portion of the spoiler directs airflow away from the outer diameter of the disk and wherein the body portion is curved to substantially mirror the outer diameter of the disk. The sickle-shaped spoiler also includes a first end portion for gradually directing airflow away from the body portion and towards the inner diameter and a second end portion for gradually directing airflow towards the body portion and towards the inner diameter.
US07869156B2	Method of creating correction table for head position control, head position control method, and disk device A head position control method controls the position of a head by correcting components synchronizing rotation of a disk based on the head control amount. A correction signal for components synchronizing rotation is generated by using a filter function. The filter function that integrates the sine and cosine terms of DFT and inverse DFT and forms multiply of the complex values a(m) and b(m) and sine and cosine for frequency conversion, is measured in advance. The complex values are the m degree of RRO frequencies having frequency characteristics to be multiplied (1+C(z) P(z)) or −(1+C(z) P(z)/P(z)).
US07869155B1	Ramp detection during servo-writing of a disk for a disk drive A servo writer to detect a ramp is disclosed. The servo writer includes a head positioner to position a head of an actuator arm of a head disk assembly relative to a disk and a controller to: control the head positioner to move the head of the actuator arm toward a ramp of the disk; determine a head positioner value generated by the head positioner to move the head; and detect the ramp when the head positioner value exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US07869154B2	Magnetic tape driving apparatus A magnetic tape driving apparatus includes a magnetic head (2), a temperature/humidity sensor (4), a Peltier element (11), and a controller (15). The temperature/humidity sensor (4) that detects the temperature and humidity of the magnetic head (2) or in the vicinity thereof. The Peltier element (11) that cools the magnetic head (2) and in the vicinity thereof based on detection results of the temperature/humidity sensor (4). The controller (15) that controls the Peltier element (11)based on the temperature and humidity information obtained by the temperature/humidity sensor (4). The controller ( 15) controls the Peltier element (11) so as to decrease the temperature of the magnetic head (2) and in the vicinity thereof when the humidity of the magnetic head (2) or in the vicinity thereof that the temperature/humidity sensor (4) detects is less than a predetermined value. By adopting this sort of configuration, it is possible to suppress an increase in error rate even in a low humidity environment.
US07869147B2	Holding device for optical element A device or the operation of a device for the holding, especially sealing support of an optical element, especially an optical lens with at least one holding element for mounting the optical element and preferably at least one sealing element for sealing contact at at least a part of the optical element and/or the holding element, wherein the sealing element or at least a part thereof is displaceable between a first position, in which the sealing element rests against the optical element and a second position, in which the sealing element is spaced apart from the optical element, or wherein the sealing element is switchable such that it rests against the optical element under different contact pressure or adjustable contact force. The holding element can either take on the holding function alone and independently of the sealing element or work together with the sealing element in this regard. The sealing element can also be provided separately and independently of the holding element, such that the holding element is optimizable to the holding function. Especially, the present invention concerns an immersion objective for microlithography in which at least one actuatable sealing element is provided.
US07869146B2	Lens module A lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, a spacer, a seating part, and a protrusion part. The first lens includes a lens surface and a rib. The second lens is laminated on the first lens. The spacer maintains a predetermined interval between the first lens and the second lens. The seating part is disposed between the lens surface of the first lens and the rib and allows the spacer to be seated on the upper part of the first lens. The protrusion part includes a plurality of protrusions protruded from an undersurface of the spacer, which allow a height of the spacer seated on the seating part to change when the spacer is decentered.
US07869145B2	System and method for illuminating a target According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for illuminating a target includes a light source configured to emit one or more light beams with a first divergence. The system further includes a lens separated from the light source. The lens is configured to substantially satisfy the sine condition without removing spherical aberrations from the one or more light beams. The lens is further configured to receive the one or more light beams with the first divergence. The lens is further configured to change the first divergence of the one or more light beams to a second divergence. The second divergence is less than the first divergence. The second divergence is greater than zero. The lens is further configured to transmit the one or more light beams with the second divergence.
US07869142B2	Optical lens system for taking image An optical lens system for taking image has, in order from the object side to the image side: a positive first lens element with a convex object-side surface; a negative plastic second lens element with a concave object-side surface; a negative plastic third lens element with a concave object-side surface; a positive fourth lens element with a concave image-side surface; and an aperture stop located between an object to be photographed and the second lens element. The second lens element is provided with at least one aspheric surface, the third lens element is provided with at least one aspheric surface, and the fourth lens element is formed with inflection points. An on-axis distance between the first and second lens elements is T12, a focal length of the optical lens system for taking image is f, they satisfy the relation: (T12/f)*100>0.7.
US07869141B2	Compact fisheye objective lens A compact fisheye objective lens comprising a series of six lens elements arranged on an optical axis to focus an image on an image plane, the compact fisheye objective lens having a first lens element with a convex object surface that faces the object and a concave image surface that faces image plane, and a second lens element spaced to the right of the first lens element concave image surface, the second lens element having a concave object surface and a concave image surface. The compact fisheye objective lens having singlet third and fourth lens elements, the fifth and sixth lens elements being combined to form a doublet having a positive power.
US07869139B2	Modular afocal variator optical system providing focus with constant magnification The present invention provides optical systems containing an afocal variator able to impart focus means to the optical system, as well as essentially constant magnification throughout the focal translation. The present application teaches a specific formula or set of spacing requirements for the positioning of the afocal variator that can be used with any afocal variator optical lens system comprised of various lens combinations. Provided that the formula for spacing the afocal variator within the optical system is utilized, the afocal variator acts not only to focus the optical system but maintains substantially constant magnification during the translation of focus.
US07869138B2	Projection objective and projection exposure apparatus with negative back focus of the entry pupil The disclosure concerns a projection objective, which can include an object plane in which an object field is formed, an entry pupil, a mirrored entry pupil (RE) in a mirrored entry pupil plane obtained by mirroring the entry pupil (VE) at the object plane, an image plane, an optical axis, at least a first mirror and a second mirror. The projection objective can have a negative back focus of the entry pupil, and a principal ray originating from a central point of the object field and traversing the objective from the object plane to the image plane can intersect the optical axis in at least one point of intersection, wherein the geometric locations of all points of intersection lie between the image plane and the mirrored entry pupil plane.
US07869133B2	Anamorphic optical system providing a highly polarized laser output Apparatus and methods are disclosed for transforming a laser beam to a polarized shaped beam in, for example, a frequency converted laser system. In one embodiment, an anamorphic optical system includes a first prism and a second prism that can be configured to form a Brewster telescope, the first prism and second prism each having an input surface and an exit surface, and wherein at least one surface of the input or exit surfaces are coated with a polarization selective coating. The optical system can include an adjustment system configured to change the position of one or both of the first prism and the second prism to adjust the transformation of the shape of the laser beam. In some embodiments of the optical system, a configuration of the first prism, the second prism, and the polarization selective coating produce a laser beam having a polarization ratio of about 100:1 or higher.
US07869131B2	Emitting and negatively-refractive focusing apparatus, methods, and systems Apparatus, methods, and systems provide emitting and negatively-refractive focusing of electromagnetic energy. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing from an interior field region with an axial magnification substantially less than one. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing with a transformation medium, where the transformation medium may include an artificially-structured material such as a metamaterial.
US07869127B2	Precision polarization optimized optical beam processor A method, element and system are provide for efficiently, accurately and without significant contribution of noise, splitting a beam of radiation or combining beams of radiation. In one embodiment of the invention, a beamsplitter front surface partially reflects incident radiation and refracts the rest of the radiation. The refracted radiation is completely reflected at a back surface of the beamsplitter and is completely refracted producing a parallel beam without creating any stray radiation or optical noise. This is accomplished using a p-polarized input beam and a Brewster angle geometry.
US07869120B2	Laser wavelength conversion device, method for forming polarization reversed structure, and image display device An object of the invention is to increase the beam diameter of a laser beam, and perform high-output wavelength conversion without causing crystal damage. A laser wavelength conversion device includes a laser wavelength conversion element for allowing incidence of a laser beam as a fundamental wave to convert a part of the fundamental wave laser beam into a wavelength-converted laser beam having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the fundamental wave laser beam. The laser wavelength conversion element includes a non-linear optical crystal having periodically polarization reversed portions. The polarization reversed portions are formed in such a manner that a region where a wavelength conversion efficiency is substantially uniform extends in a polarization direction of the non-linear optical crystal. The incident laser beam is converted into the wavelength-converted laser beam with the wavelength conversion efficiency.
US07869117B2	Electrophoretic display device Provided is an electrophoretic display device. The electrophoretic display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate forming a space receiving electrophoretic particles, and a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the first substrate and the second substrate respectively. The electrophoretic particles include reflective particles having a first electric polarity and reflecting a first light in visible wavelength bands, and light emission particles having a second electric polarity and emitting a second light by an optical stimulation. The first and second lights are in a substantially same color range of wavelength in a same pixel region.
US07869114B2	Electrochemical system comprising at least one partial making up zone Electrochromic device having at least one carrier substrate (S1) provided with a functional multilayer defining a deposition zone and comprising, in succession: a first electroconductive layer (1), (the one closest to the substrate); a first electrochemically active layer (2); an electrolyte layer (3); a second electrochemically active layer (4); and a second electroconductive layer (5), characterized in that the functional multilayer is deactivated, with the exception of the first electrochemically active layer (2), in at least a first, partial margination zone (A) located along at least one edge of said deposition zone.
US07869109B2	Portable projector A portable projector is disclosed. The portable projector comprises a light transmission member having first and second surfaces, a multi-type laser light source including a plurality of sub laser light sources for emitting light beams onto the first surface of the member based on an external image signal, so as to allow the light beams to be transmitted into the member, one or more optical elements supported on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the member for diffracting and reflecting the light beams incident from the multi-type laser light source into the member, and at least one multi-type scan mirror supported on one of the first and second surfaces of the member for scanning the light beams diffracted and reflected from the optical elements onto an external screen located at the outside of the member, based on an external control signal.
US07869107B2	Optical circuit for comparing two N-bit binary words An optical comparator circuit includes a first stage including an optical gate which receives the signals applied to the two inputs and produces at its output an N bit signal with each bit being representative of the logical expression A XOR B for a respective pair of bits of the words A and B, a second stage which comprises an optical gate having at least two inputs, a first input being connected to the output of the first stage by an optical connection having a first time delay, and a second input being connected to the output of the first stage through (N−1) further optical connections, each further connection having a different associated time delay which is longer than the first time delay.
US07869104B2	Medium feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A medium feeding apparatus includes a main body, and a medium placing unit at least a part of which can be housed in the main body. The medium placing unit includes a first placing unit held by the main body in such a manner that the first placing unit is shiftable between a housed position where at least one of the first placing unit is housed in the main body and a placing position where the medium can be placed on the first placing unit, a second placing unit has a first shifting condition where the medium can be placed on the first and second placing units and a second shifting condition where the second placing unit is overlapped with the first placing unit, and an auxiliary member disposed on a boundary between the first placing unit and the second placing unit when the second placing unit is in the first shifting condition.
US07869102B2	Image reader Provided is an image reader including: a transparent original mounting plate on which an original is mounted; a support which has an appearance larger than that of the original mounting plate and supports the original mounting plate; a reading unit which optically reads the original placed on the original mounting plate; a movement unit which moves the reading unit in a predetermined direction within a readable area; and a reference location specifying plate having a positioning hole and a reference mark hole, wherein the support has a positioning protrusion within the readable area, the reference location specifying plate is positioned and fixed with respect to the support by inserting the positioning protrusion into the positioning hole, and the reading unit optically detects the location of the reference mark hole and specifies a reference location of an original reading area from the detected location of the reference mark hole.
US07869101B2	Image processing apparatus having enhanced controlling process for optical scanning unit An optical scanning unit of an image forming apparatus may include: an optical housing configured to include at least one optical part and to have a light-beam emitting aperture through which a light beam can emanate from the optical housing; a shutter configured to cover the light-beam emitting aperture; and a driving unit configured to drive the shutter to and fro, thus opening and closing the light-beam emitting aperture. Such a driving unit further can operate to coordinate at least one of the opening and the closing to occur after activation and before deactivation of a writing operation conducted by the optical scanning unit, respectively.
US07869095B2	System and method to perturb error diffusion patterns A method for halftoning an image using an error diffusion process generates an upper threshold level and a lower threshold level and selects a region number parameter. A pixel from the input image is selected and compared to the upper and lower threshold levels. A first pixel value is output when the input pixel value is below the lower threshold level. The first pixel value is output when the input pixel value is below the upper threshold level and above the lower threshold level and a value of the input pixel divided by the region number parameter, modulo 2, equals zero. A second pixel value, the first pixel value being different from the second pixel value, is output when the input pixel value is below the upper threshold level and above the lower threshold level and a value of the input pixel divided by the region number parameter, modulo 2, is greater than zero. The second pixel value is output when the input pixel value is above the upper threshold level. The error between the output pixel value and the modified input pixel value is diffused to neighboring pixels.
US07869094B2	Selective dithering Techniques are disclosed for selectively dithering only a subset of a digital image. One or more ranges of digits are selected for dithering. Only those pixels having digits within the selected range(s) in the digital image are dithered. The image is printed after being selectively dithered. Digits may be selected for dithering if they have values within the range(s) of one or more non-monotonic regions of a printer transfer function. Dithering may be performed on the subset of the digital image by applying a nonlinear transformation is applied to the image and adding a dither pattern to the transformed image. The result is quantized, and the inverse of the nonlinear transformation is applied to the quantized image to produce a dithered image. The nonlinear transformation is constructed such that the effects of the dither pattern appear only in that subset of the image having digits in the selected range(s).
US07869093B2	Method and system for improved copy quality in a multifunction reprographic system A method and system reconstructs a contone image from a binary image by first tagging pixels to identify one of a multiplicity of image content types. The tag information and the pattern of bits surrounding the pixel to be converted to a contone value are used to reconstruct a contone image from a binary image. The pattern of bits in the neighborhood is used to generate a unique identifier. The unique identifier is used as the address for a lookup table with the contone value to be used. A filter also generates a contone value. A selector selects between the look-up table contone value and the filter contone value based an image context type.
US07869091B2	Scanner characteristic adjustment A method and system sense print a calibration feature towards an edge of a medium, scan the feature to determine a parameter and adjust a characteristic of the scanner based on the parameter.
US07869090B2	Variable data digital pantographs A variable data pantograph is formed by receiving a variable data string and retrieving at least one character representation from a vocabulary of character representations stored in memory. The retrieved at least one character representation corresponds to the variable data string. Each of the character representations in the vocabulary is associated with a foreground region including a character shape and a background region suitably sized and arranged for encompassing the foreground region. The background region incorporates a first pattern of elements and is controlled to render a target color using a first set of color separation control data and the foreground region incorporates a second pattern of elements and is controlled to render the target color using a second set of color separation control data. The retrieved at least one character representation is assembled to form a variable data pantograph, whereby when the variable data pantograph is rendered in an original document, the foreground and background regions are similar in tone, the foreground and background regions being substantially less similar in tone in a copy of the original document to render the character visible.
US07869088B2	Methods and apparatus for determining a lookup table size for an AFP link CMR Methods and apparatus for determining a preferred size for a Link LUT as used in conversion from an input color space defined by an input ICC profile into an output color space defined by an output ICC profile. The Link LUT may be incorporated within a device link structure as generally defined in the ICC specification or within a Link Color Conversion CMR in an AFP architecture system. The preferred size is determined from the size of an input LUT associated with the input ICC profile and the size of an output LUT associated with the output ICC profile. In AFP architecture systems, the input and output LUTs and profiles may each be incorporated in appropriate Color Conversion CMRs. The preferred size is determined as a reduced size that requires less computation to generate but does not cause loss of accuracy in conversion between the input and output color spaces.
US07869087B2	Color printer characterization or calibration to correct for spatial non-uniformity Methods and systems are presented for calibrating or characterizing a color printer or determining the color response of a color printer to combat spatial non-uniformity, in which color patches are printed on a test page according to an input matrix of input color in a printer-dependent-color space and the test page is measured to provide a corresponding output matrix of output color in a printer-independent-color space. Initial forward and inverse color transforms between the input and the output colors are generated based on the input and the output matrices. The output values are mapped to the input color space based on the initial inverse transform to form a feedback matrix, and spatial non-uniformities present in the printed test page are estimated according to noise values derived from the input matrix and the feedback matrix. The input matrix is modified according to the estimated spatial non-uniformity to form a modified input matrix of input color, and final forward and inverse transforms are generated for the color printer according to the modified input matrix and the output matrix.
US07869085B2	Memory controller, memory control method, rate conversion apparatus, rate conversion method, image-signal-processing apparatus, image-signal-processing method, and program for executing each of those methods A luminance signal Ya and a color-difference signal Ua/Va constituting an input image signal is transferred to a frame memory (first memory) in the unit of line synchronously with its horizontal synchronous signal and written therein. A memory TG211 reads out a read-out request RRQ. The cycle of this request RRQ is a time computed based on a single vertical effective period of an output image signal Sc and the number of lines objective for rate conversion of an input image signal Sa. The luminance signal Ya and color-difference signal Ua/Va are transferred in the unit of line from the frame memory to rate conversion units (second memory) through buffers. There occurs no deflection in this transfer cycle and in each transfer cycle, the stable data transmission band can be secured.
US07869084B2	Head unit, droplet discharging apparatus, droplet discharging system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, status information notifying method, status information updating method, faulty position detecting method, and programs The present invention provides a droplet discharging apparatus including a discharge head for deflectively discharging droplets through one discharge port at a plurality of pixel areas in adaptive fashion. The discharge head is controlled to discharge droplets at an object. A storage unit stores status information about the discharge head. A communication unit communicates with an information processing apparatus located outside so as to transmit the status information to the information processing apparatus.
US07869082B2	Multi-function input/output device and method In a multi-function input/output device, an optical reading unit optically reads an optically readable code from a device control setting medium on which device control setting information, including use authentication information and unit-control-setting information for a document input control setting unit, a document-data-processing control setting unit, and a document-data-output control setting unit, is recorded. The device control setting information including the use authentication information is recognized from the code read by the optical reading unit. A user authentication unit authenticates the user by using a use authentication code of the use authentication information. A setting processing unit sets the unit-control-setting information based on a recognition result of the device control setting information and the use authentication information.
US07869081B2	Image-forming apparatus for printing data of a specified range, image-forming method thereof and computer product including thereof A receiving section receives from a host computer print job data containing print data and print information. An analyzing section analyzes the print job data to determine whether the print information includes START and END commands that specify a range of the print data to be output. A setting section sets the range specified by the START and END commands as a print range. An outputting section prints data in the print range.
US07869080B2	Apparatus for, and method of, forming parenthesized image; apparatus for, and method of, forming externally framed image; program; and memory medium Outline font data showing the original outside shape having a single closed curve made up of a parenthesized outside shape portion of the parenthesized image and a connecting line portion to connect both open ends is stored. The height and line width are determined. Based on the above data, a first-size solidly shaded image is formed having the determined height and is entirely filled inside the original outside shape thereof with effective pixels of logic “1.” A second-size solidly shaded image is formed of a second size which is smaller by the line width than the first-size solidly shaded image, along the parenthesized outside shape portion. Non-equivalence operation is performed with corresponding pixels by displacing the first-size solidly shaded image and the second-size solidly shaded image by the line width along the parenthesized outside shape portion.
US07869078B2	Reference marking system and tracking system for large area printing A manual tracking apparatus including a manually moveable wand for reading and writing media is provided comprising a wand body partially enclosing at least one wheel, an axle, and a printing member. The printing member is supported by the wand body for printing on a media surface, the printing member having a maximum print area for a predetermined position of the wand body relative to a target object substantially less than the entire area of an image to be printed. A reference ruler is provided for aligning and indexing the position of the wand body relative to the target object. A wand tracking system can be provided including the at least one wheel rigidly coupled to the axle for guiding the wand in a straight line direction.
US07869077B2	Apparatus and method for delivering material using a user box and computer program product An apparatus and a method are provided that can easily distribute material suitable for each person or each place to which the material is distributed compared to conventional apparatuses and methods. A material delivery server is provided with a box for each user, a print data sorting portion for making the box for a user to whom material is delivered memorize print data of the material to be delivered, a print conditions memorizing portion for memorizing print conditions information for each user, a transmission data generation portion for generating print data for transmission by setting the print conditions information of a user relating to the box for the print data memorized in the box, and a print data transmission portion for transmitting the print data generated from the print data memorized in the box to a material reception terminal of the user relating to the box.
US07869074B2	Communication system, information processing device, peripheral device and communication method A communications system including a host device and a peripheral device connected to the host device, wherein the host device issues commands to the peripheral device and the peripheral device executes data processing and replies to the host device, and wherein the peripheral device includes an image processing unit, a storage device a selection operating unit, and a trigger generating unit, wherein the host device transmits a first command to the peripheral device, the peripheral device transmits response information, the host device judges whether a trigger is generated in the peripheral device and transmits a second command requesting the peripheral device to transmit identification information the peripheral device transmits the response information to the host device, the host device instructs the peripheral device to read the image data from the storage device to transmit to the host device and stores the image data in a predetermined storage area thereof.
US07869069B2	Printing on pre-printed media Systems, methods, and devices are provided for printing on pre-printed media. A printing device includes a printer component to identify location and color setting information of pre-printed material on a print media. A print engine can execute a print job on the print media based on the location and color setting information of the pre-printed material on the print media.
US07869065B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming system includes an image forming device having an image forming section that forms image on a recording medium based on image information and ejects the recording medium; a post-processing device that performs post-processing on a recording medium, the post-processing device having a sheet feeding section to load the recording medium; a power switching device to turn on power to the image forming system; a post-processing operation setting device for setting post-processing dedicated mode to execute post-processing on the recording medium loaded on the sheet feeding section; and a controller that executes startup operation for setting only the post-processing device into an operable state and prohibits startup operation of the image forming section of the image forming device when power has been turned on via the power switching device and the controller has detected that the post-processing dedicated mode has been set via the post-processing operation setting device.
US07869063B2	Printing apparatus, printer control method, printer control program, and printing system A processing mode appropriate to the cause of the error is selected when an error occurs in a printer, thereby avoiding wasting processing time and consumables. The printing apparatus has a normal processing mode control unit for printing based on data sent from a host device; a deletion processing mode control unit for discarding data except for specific commands sent from the host device; an error detection unit for detecting errors; a cause of error determination unit for identifying the cause of the error; a processing mode storage unit for storing the processing modes as well as information pertaining to which processing mode to be executed for a particular cause of error when an error occurs; and a processing mode determination unit for selecting the normal processing mode control unit or deletion processing mode control unit to execute the appropriate processing mode stored in the processing mode storage unit according to the cause of error identified by the cause of error determination unit when the error detection unit detects an error, and to select the normal processing mode control unit to change from the deletion processing mode to the normal processing mode based on a resume command from the host device.
US07869053B2	High temporal resolution optical sampler and sampling method An optical sampler with high temporal resolution comprises a TOAD device with a loop optical path at the inlet of which is input an optical signal to be sampled and along which path is arranged a point of input of an optical control signal produced by a source and appropriately delayed by a delay line to change on command the temporal position of the TOAD transmittance window compared to the signal to be sampled. In the loop there is also a nonlinear device. The sampler includes a controller to command the delay line to move step by step the transmittance window and make it run on the signal to be sampled. The mean power transmitted at the TOAD output is measured for each window position and a derivative on the mean powers found for each window position is performed, thus finding samples representing the optical signal.
US07869051B2	System and method for ratiometric non-linear coherent imaging The present invention includes a system and method for coherent imaging. The system of the present invention includes a light source adapted to provide coherent light to illuminate a sample resulting in optically mixed coherent signals and a detector adapted to receive the optically mixed coherent signals and produce an output signal in response thereto. The optically mixed coherent signals will be a set of sum and difference frequency combinations of the frequencies in the coherent light. A processor is connected to the detector and adapted to ratio a selected two of the optically mixed coherent signals in response to the output signal received by the detector and to generate an image in response to the ratioed optically mixed coherent signals, which can be displayed for a user.
US07869050B2	Systems and methods for comparative interferogram spectrometry A method for determining a background noise level includes receiving interferogram data; determining at least one measure of interferogram quality; accumulating said received interferogram data; and generating a background noise level based on said interferogram data and at least one measure of interferogram quality.
US07869039B2	Microscopic-measurement apparatus A microscopic-measurement apparatus capable of conducting measurement successively in several set areas regardless of the type of stage driving system or the precision of the stage driving system. The microscopic-measurement apparatus for acquiring optical information from desired portions of a sample by moving a measuring optical axis on a surface of the sample includes an observation-image display section for displaying a sample surface image as an observation image, in a range of visual field which is observable at a present sample position; an optical-axis display section for displaying areas to be measured and a present position of the measuring optical axis in an overlapped state with the observation image; an area setting section capable of setting measuring areas by expanding, reducing, changing in shape and moving the areas to be measured; and an optical-information acquisition section for measuring one set measuring area or several set measuring areas successively with an instruction of starting measurement.
US07869038B2	Broad-range spectrometer In one general aspect, a particle characterization instrument is disclosed that includes a first spatially coherent light source with a beam output aligned with an optical axis. A focusing optic is positioned along the optical axis after the coherent light source, and a sample cell is positioned along the optical axis after the focusing optic. The instrument also includes a diverging optic positioned along the optical axis after the sample cell, and a detector positioned outside of the optical axis to receive scattered light within a first range of scattering angles from the diverging optic. In another general aspect, an instrument can direct at least a portion of a first beam and at least a portion of a second beam along a same optical axis and a can receive scattered light from the sample cell resulting from interaction between the sample and either the first beam or the second beam.
US07869037B2	Particle size distribution measuring device This invention may measure the sprayed particle sprayed from the nozzle safely with the use of a conventional particle size distribution measuring device The particle size distribution measuring device may measure particle size distribution of a particle group, and may include a device body comprising a light source that irradiates light on the particle group and a light detector that detects intensity of diffracted light or/and scattered light generated by irradiation of the light, a spray measuring system that introduces a sprayed particle group as being the particle group sprayed from a nozzle into a measuring area between the light source and the light detector, and an ordinary measuring system that arranges a measuring cell that accommodates an ordinary particle group as being a particle group other than the sprayed particle group between the light source and the light detector are arranged to be exchangeable for each other.
US07869032B2	Biosensors with porous dielectric surface for fluorescence enhancement and methods of manufacture Biosensors are disclosed which include a surface for binding to sample molecule to the biosensor in the form of a porous, thin film of dielectric material, e.g., TiO2. In one example the porous, thin film is in the form of a multitude of sub-micron sized rod-like structures (“nanorods”) projecting therefrom. In one embodiment, the biosensor is in the form of a photonic crystal biosensor. The approach of depositing a thin film of dielectric nanorods may be applied to any enhanced fluorescence biosensor surface structure, including 1-dimensional photonic crystals, 2-dimensional photonic crystals, 3-dimensional photonic crystals, surface plasmon resonance surfaces, planar waveguides, and grating-coupled waveguides. The dielectric nanorod structures can be fabricated on the surface of a biosensor by the glancing angle deposition technique (GLAD).
US07869031B2	Detection of latent prints by Raman imaging The present invention relates to a method for detecting a print on a surface, the method comprising: (a) contacting the print with a Raman surface-enhancing agent to produce a Raman-enhanced print; and (b) detecting the Raman-enhanced print using a Raman spectroscopic method. The invention is particularly directed to the imaging of latent fingerprints.
US07869029B1	Multiple wavelength light collimator and monitor An optical system for receiving and collimating light and for transporting and processing light received in each of N wavelength ranges, including near-ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths, to determine a fraction of light received, and associated dark current, in each wavelength range in each of a sequence of time intervals.
US07869027B2	Confocal microscopy pad sample holder that measures displacement and method of using the same The present invention is a sample holder for confocal microscopy of CMP pad samples cut or otherwise removed from either new or used CMP pads that maintains a uniform load and pressure over the part of the sample visible to the confocal microscope by placing the pad behind a transparent window and holding it against the said window by a means comprising upper transparent window retaining means having an offset adjacent the transparent window having the same or essentially the same refractive index as the pad material so that when the pad is held against the transparent window, the edges of the pad are outside the outer edge of the transparent window; lower pad retaining means to press the pad under a known/load against the transparent window, which lower pad retaining means has a size less than the size of the pad; spherical force transmitting means pressed against the lower pad retaining means; through a load cell to measure the load transferred to the sample through lower pad retaining means, the spherical force transmitting means, the force transfer means and load cell from the posterior structural housing of the sample holder which is forced together with the said window retaining means by a force generating means; and means to adjust the known load and a method of confocal microscopy of new and used CMP pad samples to determine relative surface area and other characteristics using the said confocal sample.
US07869026B2	Targeted artifacts and methods for evaluating 3-D coordinate system measurement accuracy of optical 3-D measuring systems using such targeted artifacts A method for evaluating three-dimensional (3-D) coordinate system measurement accuracy of an optical 3-D measuring system using targeted artifacts is provided. In this regard, an exemplary embodiment of a method for evaluating 3-D coordinate system measurement accuracy using targeted artifacts comprises: taking a series of measurements from different positions and orientations using target dots on a targeted artifact with an optical 3-D measuring system; and calculating measurement errors using the series of measurements. An exemplary embodiment of a targeted artifact used with the method includes a base and target dots located on the base.
US07869018B2	Method and apparatus for evaluating vehicle reference planes A method and apparatus for comparing reference planes during a vehicle wheel alignment procedure using a machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system. The machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system is configured to acquire position and orientation data associated with at least one optical target disposed in a field of view, to establish a first reference plane associated with a surface on which a vehicle undergoing an alignment procedure is disposed. Positional information associated with each wheel of the vehicle is then acquired by the machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system, and utilized to establish a second reference plane associated with each wheel of the vehicle. Differences between an orientation of the first reference plane and an orientation of the second reference plane are determined and identified to an operator or utilized to characterize components of the vehicle or vehicle support surface.
US07869016B2	Fiber damage detection and protection device A medical laser system and related methods of monitoring optical fibers to determine if an optical fiber cap on the optical fiber is in imminent danger of failure. The laser system includes a photodetector for converting returned light from the optical fiber cap to an electronic signal for comparison to a trigger threshold value known to be indicative imminent fiber cap failure. The returned light can be the main laser treatment wavelength, an auxiliary wavelength such as an aiming beam or infrared wavelengths generated by a temperature of the optical fiber cap. In the event the electronic signal reaches the trigger threshold value, the laser system can be temporarily shut-off or the power output can be reduced.
US07869012B2	Position detector, position detecting method and analyzer A position detector is for detecting a position of liquid held in a vessel. The position detector includes a sound wave generator disposed in contact with the vessel and having a plurality of sound generating elements for generating a sound wave by electrical energy; and a measuring unit that measures electrical characteristics of each of the sound generating elements based on the electrical energy reflected from each of the sound generating elements. The position detector also includes a determining unit that determines the presence or absence of the liquid at a position of each of the sound generating elements based on difference in the electrical characteristics measured at the measuring unit.
US07869009B2	Method for determining an analyte concentration in a fluid A total transmission spectroscopy system for use in determining the analyte concentration in a fluid sample comprises a sample cell receiving area, a light source, a collimating lens, a first lens, a second lens, and a detector. The sample cell receiving area is adapted to receive a sample to be analyzed. The sample cell receiving area is constructed of a substantially optically clear material. The collimating lens is adapted to receive light from the light source and adapted to illuminate the sample cell receiving area with a substantially collimated beam of light. The first lens is adapted to receive regular and scattered light transmitted through the sample at a first angle of divergence. The first lens receives light having a first angle of acceptance. The first lens outputs light having a second angle of divergence. The second angle of divergence is less than the first angle of divergence. The second lens is adapted to receive light from the first lens and adapted to output a substantially collimated beam of light. The detector is adapted to measure the light output by the second lens.
US07869006B2	Laser measuring device A laser measuring device maintains high responsivity irrespective of changes in surrounding environment, provides more correct measurement and long distance measurement due to reduced noise, and ensures the safety and reliability of a product. A first light emitter emits first wavelength light having a first wavelength. A second light emitter emits second wavelength light having a second wavelength, the second light emitter being arranged perpendicular to the first light emitter. An optical mirror allows one of the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light to pass but reflecting the other one. A first band pass filter for allows the first wavelength light to pass. A second band pass filter allows the second wavelength light to pass. A light receiver receives incident light, which arrives through one of the first and second band pass filters. A controller activates at least one of the first and second light emitters.
US07868996B2	Liquid immersion microscope To provide a liquid immersion microscope device enabling nondestructive liquid immersion observation of a substrate without deteriorating quality of the substrate. To attain this, a liquid immersion microscope device of the present invention includes a supporting unit supporting a substrate as an observation target, an objective lens of a liquid immersion type, a first supplying unit supplying ultrapure water as a liquid for observation to a gap between a tip of the objective lens and the substrate, a first draining unit draining the liquid for observation after observation of the substrate, a second supplying unit supplying a liquid for cleaning, which is different from the liquid for observation drained by the first draining unit, to an area, of the substrate, that has been in contact with the liquid for observation, and a second draining unit draining the liquid for cleaning after the substrate is cleaned.
US07868993B2	Method for repairing defective cell of liquid crystal panel A method for repairing a defective cell of a liquid crystal panel includes: providing a liquid crystal panel including an upper array substrate with a black matrix and a pigment layer formed thereon, a lower array substrate with a thin film transistor and attached with the upper array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the upper and lower substrates and including a plurality of cells; forming a certain gap between the black matrix and the upper array substrate by irradiating laser to a defective cell region among the plurality of cells in the liquid crystal panel; forming a comb-like structure with a certain gap between its teeth between the pigment layer and the upper array substrate by irradiating laser to the defective cell region; processing the black matrix by irradiating laser to the defective cell region to generate black matrix particles; and dispersing the black matrix particles between the pigment layer and the upper array substrate, by irradiating laser to the defective cell region, such that the black matrix particles fills the gap between the pigment layer and the comb-like structure.
US07868991B2	Wiring figure pattern of display panel In a wiring figure pattern of a display panel, each wiring is separated into bands of optimal widths by slits of a constant width as a wiring figure pattern so that minimum light irradiation for curing a photocuring sealing material can be carried out without increasing the electric resistance of the wiring. The optimal width means a resistance such that light coming from both sides of the band cures the sealing material on the upper surface of the band without influencing the driving and display of liquid crystal. At a point where the width of wiring becomes two times or more of the optical width between the start point and end point of intersection of the wiring and the sealing material region, the wiring is divided by the slit. A first branch forms the band of the optimal width extending from the branch point to the end point, whereas the second branch extends to the end point and is spaced apart from the first branch by the width of the slit. At a point where the width becomes two times or more of the optimal width, the wiring is divided. Subsequently, branching is repeated until the end point is reached. A continuous triangle is formed in the slit at each branch, thus adjusting the width of the bands to have the optimal width.
US07868985B2	Liquid crystal display device with high response speed and method of manufacturing the same An in-plane switching liquid crystal display device is designed in such a way that an angle defined by the lengthwise direction of a common electrode and a pixel electrode and a rubbing direction of an alignment layer is set to 10 to 20°, a cell gap d is set to 2.7 μm or smaller, the dielectric anisotropy Δ∈ of a liquid crystal constituting a liquid crystal layer is set to 8 to 20, a white voltage Vwhite to be applied to the pixel electrode when displaying white is set to 4 to 7 V, and the white voltage Vwhite (V), the dielectric anisotropy Δ∈ of the liquid crystal, the cell gap d (μm) and an interval L (μm) between the common electrode and the pixel electrode satisfy the following expression 11.8 > V white d - 0.6 × L 0.5 × Δɛ - 0.5 > 9.8 .
US07868983B2	Advanced LCD packaging for military and severe environments The invention relates generally to a modular display panel for enclosing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (“COTS”) display technologies. More particularly, the invention relates to a modular display panel for housing COTS light emitting or transmitting display subassemblies such as Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) for military and other severe environments. The modular display assembly can comprise a base plate, a first frame, a window, a second, a circuit located, and a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the circuit board. The COTS light emitting or transmitting display subassembly can be connected to the second frame.
US07868980B2	Display apparatus In a parallax barrier DV (Dual View) display apparatus, a TN (Twisted Nematic) liquid crystal display panel is adopted as a display device for display images. The TN liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of opposing substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, orientation films arranged to orient liquid crystal molecules constituting the liquid crystal layer, and electrodes arranged to independently apply electric fields to areas of the liquid crystal layer which correspond to respective pixels. The orientation films are oriented in such a manner that liquid crystal molecules in the aforesaid areas are oriented so that display directions of the pixels are parallel or substantially parallel to a viewing angle direction. This arrangement improves image separation capability in all display directions, in a DV (Dual View) display apparatus displaying different images in respective display directions, by a single display screen.
US07868977B2	Transmissive OCB liquid crystal display device having optical compensation elements Optical compensation elements include first phase plates and second phase plates, which have retardation in a front-plane direction. When a value Δn/Δnλ is set by normalizing a retardation amount Δn·d relating to light of each of wavelengths by a retardation amount Δnλ·d relating to light of a predetermined wavelength λ, a normalized value Δn/Δnλ in the first phase plate is greater than a normalized value Δn/Δnλ in a liquid crystal layer, and a normalized value Δn/Δnλ in the second phase plate is less than the normalized value Δn/Δnλ in the liquid crystal layer, with respect to light of wavelengths other than the predetermined wavelength.
US07868974B2	Liquid crystal display device This invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of allowing the color saturation of light reflected from a transflective type or a reflective type liquid crystal display device to be constant. In addition, According to the invention, the color filter is adjusted according to the distribution of the colors included in the light source such that the color saturation of images displayed in the reflective mode is constant. As a result, the images are clearly exhibited in the liquid crystal display device, and resolution of the color increases.
US07868973B2	Liquid crystal display device with two liquid crystal An exemplary LCD device (2) includes a first substrate (21), a second substrate (22), a third substrate (23), a first liquid crystal layer (24), and a second liquid crystal layer (25). The first, second, and third substrates are arranged parallel to one another, and the first substrate is interposed between the second and third substrates. The first liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the third substrate. Optical rotations of the liquid crystal molecules of the first liquid crystal layer and the liquid crystal molecules of the second liquid crystal layer are reversed relative to each other, with the liquid crystal molecules of the first and second liquid crystal layers being arranged enantiomorphously at the respective opposite sides of the first substrate.
US07868967B2	Light source device, and display device and television receiver therewith A light source device includes a shade that is capable of reflecting light from both of its front and back surfaces and is wider than a hot-cathode tube. The shade is disposed between the hot-cathode tube and the optical member so as to maintain a certain distance from the optical member. Light radiated from the hot-cathode tube to the optical member side is reflected by the shade, and thereby prevented from directly illuminating the optical member. Further, the shade functions as a pseudo light source wider than the hot-cathode tube due to the reflectivity of the optical member side surface of the shade, and thereby formation of lamp images can be suppressed.
US07868966B2	Liquid crystal display device having a transparent plate disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal panel A liquid crystal display device (LCD) includes a liquid crystal panel displaying an image; a first transparent plate disposed on the liquid crystal panel; a second transparent plate disposed underneath the liquid crystal panel; a support member supporting the second transparent plate and the liquid crystal panel; and a fixing member disposed on the first transparent plate, the fixing member coupled with the support member to fix the liquid crystal panel and the first and second transparent plates in place, and to protect the liquid crystal panel and the first and second transparent plates.
US07868961B2	Liquid crystal panel substrate, liquid crystal panel, and electronic device and projection display device using the same In a liquid crystal substrate in which a matrix of reflecting electrodes is formed on a substrate, a transistor is formed corresponding to each reflective electrode and a voltage is applied to the reflective electrode through the transistor. A silicon oxide film having a thickness of 500 to 2,000 angstroms is used as the passivation film and the thickness is set to a value in response to the wavelength of the incident light to maintain a substantially constant reflectance.
US07868959B2	Liquid crystal display device having common electrodes formed over the main face of an insulating substrate and made of a coating type electroconductive film inside a bank to regulate the edges thereof In a liquid crystal display panel of a type having common electrodes, one solidly formed for each pixel, over the main face of an insulating substrate and a comb-shaped pixel electrode over the common electrodes via an insulating film, the patterning of the common electrodes is accurately accomplished without using sputtered film formation or a photolithographic step. A bank 50 for common electrodes is formed simultaneously with a gate wiring/electrode 3 and common electrode wiring 10 to be formed over the main face of an insulating substrate 1 and, by applying electroconductive ink to the inside surrounded by this bank 50, the common electrodes 2 are formed without using photolithography.
US07868956B2	LCD device having gate line extension and common line recess of equal areas A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate, gate lines formed on the first substrate, data lines perpendicularly crossing the gate lines to define red, green, and blue (R/G/B) sub-pixels, thin film transistors (TFTs) disposed at each intersection where the gate lines cross the data lines, common lines disposed in parallel with the gate lines, the common lines including a common line capacitance (Cdc) control portion, pixel electrodes insulated from the common lines and connected to the TFTs, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate and bonded to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates.
US07868954B2	Liquid crystal panel having elements for electrically coupling common electrode and common lines An exemplary liquid crystal panel (400) includes a first substrate (401) having a common electrode layer (429), a second substrate (402) parallel to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer (403) between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal layer defines an active area (406) thereat. The second substrate includes common lines (440). Electrical coupling elements are disposed at the active area, so as to electrically couple the common electrode layer to the common lines.
US07868953B2	Thin film transistor array panel for liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same In a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display, an insulating layer for storage capacitors is reduced in thickness to increase the storage capacity while maintaining the aperture ratio in a stable manner. A thin film transistor array panel for the liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, and a gate line assembly and a storage capacitor line assembly formed on the insulating substrate. The gate line assembly has gate lines and gate electrodes. A gate insulating layer covers the gate line assembly and the storage capacitor line assembly. A semiconductor pattern is formed on the gate insulating layer. A data line assembly and storage capacitor conductive patterns are formed on the gate insulating layer overlaid with the semiconductor pattern. The data line assembly has data lines, source electrodes and drain electrodes. The storage capacitor conductive patterns are partially overlapped with the storage capacitor line assembly to thereby form first storage capacitors. A passivation layer covers the data line assembly, the storage capacitor conductive patterns and the semiconductor pattern. First and second contact holes are formed at the passivation layer while exposing the drain electrodes and the storage capacitor conductive patterns. Pixel electrodes are formed on the passivation layer while being connected to the drain electrodes and the storage capacitor conductive patterns through the first and the second contact holes. The pixel electrodes form second storage capacitors in association with parts of the storage capacitor line assembly.
US07868952B2	Parallax barrier device, method for fabricating the same and display apparatus including a parallax barrier device A parallax barrier device includes a pair of transparent-electrode substrates each provided with a transparent electrode. A barrier light-shielding part and a light-transmitting part are formed in a gap between the pair of transparent-electrode substrates. A liquid crystal layer is formed in the barrier light-shielding part. A resin layer having the property of transmitting light is formed in the light-transmitting part. The barrier light-shielding part separates light for a first image viewed from a first direction and light for a second image viewed from a second direction different from the first direction. The light-transmitting part transmits the light for the first image and the light for the second image.
US07868951B2	Panel type television and LCD television Since size and mounting method of display panels of a large-sized panel type television differ by manufacturers, different parts are needed for display panels of different manufacturers. The display panel fixing plate is separated into a panel top fixing plate, a panel bottom fixing plate, and a bridge plate. The panel top fixing plate is fixed to the upper side of a flat display panel and the panel bottom fixing plate to the lower side of the flat display panel, and both plates are held with two bridge members. In addition, by making a screw hole vertically oblong that is used for screwing the bridge member to the panel top fixing plate, it is possible use the same panel top fixing plate, the panel bottom fixing plate, and the bridge plate for different inch display panels.
US07868942B2	Driving device for removing foreign substance such as dust and image pickup apparatus A driving device and an image pickup apparatus including the driving device capable of reliably detecting a vibration state of a vibrated member even when a piezoelectric element including as a control circuit an H-bridge circuit which contributes miniaturization of the circuit is employed are provided. In this driving device, a single piezoelectric member including a first driving electrode and a vibration detection electrode on a first side and a second driving electrode and a ground electrode on a second side is attached to an optical low-pass filter serving as the vibrated member so as to vibrate the optical low-pass filter. Furthermore, the vibration detection electrode is used to detect the vibration status of the optical low-pass filter.
US07868940B2	Image capture device An image capture device according to the present invention includes: a display section to show a dialog box that allows the user of the device to edit character information, the dialog box including an entry option field where at least one character is proposed as an entry option and a selected character display field where characters that have been selected from those options are presented; a first operating interface that allows the user to move a first cursor, which is located in the entry option field, within the dialog box; and a second operating interface that allows the user to move a second cursor, which is located in the selected character display field, within the dialog box.
US07868936B2	Multispectral image capturing apparatus A multispectral image capturing apparatus has different spectral sensitivity characteristics of at least four bands. Three primary bands of the at least four bands have spectral sensitivity characteristics of standard RGB. At least one auxiliary band of the rest of the at least four bands excluding the three primary bands has a spectral sensitivity characteristic of a narrower bandwidth than bandwidths of the RGB.
US07868935B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus An imaging area includes an effective pixel section and an optical black section. Pixel signals read out from the imaging area, onto a plurality of vertical signal lines, are converted by an AD conversion circuit. The converted pixel signals are sequentially input to a signal processing circuit for computing processing. The circuit is provided with a horizontal-stripe noise suppression circuit for averaging of output signals, on a plurality of lines, which are readout from an OB section at an end in the horizontal direction in the imaging area, and for adding and subtracting of the averaged result to effective-pixel signals.
US07868933B2	Imaging device In an image capturing device structured of a camera module and a main body unit, information which can verify the authenticity of image data is superposed on the image data, and thereby the image capturing device is proposed in which the authenticity of the image data can be assured. Second control means (being a main control section) outputs first information which includes original verifying information to verify the authenticity of the image data, and first control means (being a sub-control section) superposes outputted first information and second information which the camera module has, onto the image data as an electrical watermark.
US07868932B2	System and method for forming a border print An imaging method and system enables the use of available images to form a pictorial type border around a specific image that a user has selected to be printed. With the method and system of the invention, images from an order or from an electronic storage mechanism can be analyzed to determine which of the images are to be border images for a selected image. These images are then resized to form border images for the selected image.
US07868929B2	White balance correcting method and image-pickup apparatus The present invention provides a white balance correcting method and image-pickup apparatus which are able to perform white balance correction on a main subject even if mixed light of flash light and ambient light is radiated on the main subject, as the method and the apparatus are adapted to correctly predict the amount of flash reached, which is the amount of light reached a main subject in the main emission, for performing white balance correction according to the predicted amount of light reached.
US07868925B2	Device, method, and program for generating high-resolution image data at a low data transfer rate An image data generator 100 according to the present invention includes a shooting section 103, a color separating section 104, R, G and B imaging sensor sections 105, 106 and 107, an image shot storage section 108, an image shot writing section 109, a spatial frequency calculating section 186, a color channel range distribution calculating section 187, a color channel range distribution information writing section 188, a memory section 110, a shooting information reading section 111, a super-resolution section 240, an output section 114 and a line recognition signal generating section 185. This image data generator can get high-spatial-resolution, high-temporal-resolution image data with the same camera configuration as a conventional color camera and without decreasing the optical efficiency.
US07868913B2	Apparatus for converting images of vehicle surroundings An aspect of the present invention provides an apparatus for converting images of vehicle surroundings that includes, at least one camera configured to start, upon receiving a synchronizing signal, photographing the surroundings of a vehicle and outputting image data representative of the photographs, an output memory configured to store image data to be displayed on a display installed in the vehicle, a pattern memory configured to store destination addresses of the output memory, and an image converter configured to generate the synchronizing signal, obtain the image data from the camera, and transfer part or the whole of the image data to the output memory according to the destination addresses stored in the pattern memory.
US07868912B2	Video surveillance system employing video primitives A video surveillance system extracts video primitives and extracts event occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The system can undertake a response, such as an alarm, based on extracted event occurrences.
US07868910B1	Method and system for an incentive program based on camera phone usage A method and system for (i) detecting each performance of any function of a plurality of functions associated with an incentive program, (ii) changing a stored value in response to detecting each performance of the function(s) associated with the incentive program, and (iii) transmitting to a network, an update value that corresponds to the stored value, for transmission in turn of the update value to a system coupled to the network. An incentive program may be arranged to provide incentive for users to perform the functions associated with the incentive program, so as to facilitate an entity in achieving a given objective or set of objectives. The incentive provided to the users may take the form of an award and is based on the update value(s) transmitted to the network.
US07868900B2	Methods for suppression of items and areas of interest during visualization A method for generating an image includes accessing data of a scan of an object, using at least one characteristic of the accessed data to delineate at least one item of interest in the data and generating a 3D visualization image wherein transparency levels for at least some pixels not representing the item of interest are set according to a first set of rules, and transparency levels for at least some pixels representing an interior portion of the item of interest are set according to a second set of rules different than the first set of rules, and at least some pixels representative of a transition area are set according to a third set of rules different than the first and second sets of rules.
US07868895B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, computer program, and storage medium An apparatus has a first attribute setting unit which sets first attribute information of image data, a second attribute setting unit which sets second attribute information of the image data, and an input-output controller which writes and reads out image data to and from an external storage medium. The first attribute information is stored in the image data, and the second attribute information is stored in an area in the external storage medium, which is used to manage the image data to be written in the external storage medium.
US07868892B2	Data processor and graphic data processing device An object of the present invention is to improve efficiency of transfer of control information, graphic data, and the like for drawing and display control in a graphic data processor. A graphic data processor includes: a CPU; a first bus coupled to the CPU; a DMAC for controlling a data transfer using the first bus; a bus bridge circuit for transmitting/receiving data to/from the first bus; a three-dimensional graphics module for receiving a command from the CPU via the first bus and performing a three-dimensional graphic process; a second bus coupled to the bus bridge circuit and a plurality of first circuit modules; a third bus coupled to the bus bridge circuit and second circuit modules; and a memory interface circuit coupled to the first and second buses and the three-dimensional graphic module and connectable to an external memory, wherein the bus bridge circuit can control a direct memory access transfer between an external circuit and the second bus.
US07868891B2	Load balancing Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for load balancing two processors, such as for graphics and/or video processing, for example, are described.
US07868889B2	Method of causing object to take motion using motion data A first display displays a game image which is generated by perspective transformation of a virtual three-dimensional space. A second display is provided under a touch panel to display an image of a two-dimensional plane excluding a height direction with a player character always placed in a center position. Multiple specific coordinate positions are set at predetermined positions on the touch panel, and plural pieces of motion data are prestored in association with the respective specific coordinate positions. When a player touches the touch panel, specific coordinate positions whose associated motion data is to be blended are selected according to the coordinates of the touched position. Motion data associated with selected specific coordinate positions are blended by blend ratios according to the distances from the touched position to the respective specific coordinate positions, thereby generating motion data for causing a character to take a motion.
US07868887B1	Rendering rational quadratic Bézier curves on a GPU A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering Bézier curves using a graphics processing unit (GPU). In one embodiment, a respective set of barycentric coordinates may be assigned to each of the three vertices of a triangle. The triangle may comprise a control triangle for a quadratic Bézier curve, and the quadratic Bézier curve may be a rational quadratic Bézier curve. Each set of barycentric coordinates may comprise three values such as (1,0,0), (0,1,0) or (0,0,1). In one embodiment, the quadratic Bézier curve may be rendered using the GPU. Rendering the quadratic Bézier curve may comprise evaluating a function of the barycentric coordinates using the GPU.
US07868886B2	Statistical streaming A method of providing a display signal, wherein digital data to be displayed has associated with it statistical values determined for pre-determined sized blocks of the digital data, comprising the steps of: determining display scaling parameters; determining from the display scaling parameters the extent to which the statistical values are suitable to use in place of some or all of the digital data when determining which data points of either the digital data and/or statistical values to display; determining the data points to display; reading the digital data and/or statistical values to be displayed; and generating the display signal from the digital data and/or statistical values.
US07868882B2	Electronic circuit, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus including the same An electronic circuit, which has transistors disposed on a substrate, each transistor including an active layer made of thin-film polysilicon, includes a sensor that converts a measured quantity into a current value, a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current value into a voltage, and a voltage detection circuit that detects the voltage converted by the current-voltage conversion circuit and outputs a predetermined signal. The current-voltage conversion circuit includes a storage circuit and a range-switching circuit that switches a current-voltage conversion range of the current-voltage conversion circuit by switching the capacitance of the storage circuit.
US07868876B2	Self-tuning drive source employing input impedance phase detection An untethered device is configured to inductively couple to a source device. The source device includes a driver circuit configured to generate a varying magnetic field and comprising a drive coil circuit. A phase detector is coupled to the driver circuit and configured to detect a phase of an input impedance of the driver circuit in response to the source device inductively coupling with the resonant circuit of the untethered device. A controller is coupled to the phase detector and the driver circuit, and is configured to adjust a frequency of a source voltage applied to the driver circuit in response to an output signal of the phase detector. The controller adjusts the source voltage frequency so that the phase of the input impedance as indicated by the output signal of the phase detector is substantially zero.
US07868868B2	Shift register and liquid crystal display using the same A shift register for a gate driving circuit in a liquid crystal display device, the shift register including a plurality of stages, each stage including a control block connected to receive a first clock signal, a start pulse, and a high-level supply voltage to generate a first control signal and a second control signal, and an output block connected to receive a second clock signal, the first control signal, and the second control signal to generate an output voltage in response to the first and second control signals.
US07868867B2	Display device and driving device thereof A device of driving a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. The display device includes a plurality of display circuits, a plurality of sensing circuits, and a plurality of data lines connected to the display circuits and the sensing circuits. The driving device includes: an image data driver converting image signals into image data signals and applying the image data signals to a first set of the data lines; a sensing signal processor receiving analog sensor data signals from a second set of the data lines and processing the sensor data signals to generate digital sensor data signals; and a signal controller receiving the image signals from an external device and controlling the image data driver and the sensing signal processor, wherein the image data driver, the sensing signal processor, and the signal controller are integrated in a single integrated circuit chip.
US07868864B2	Gray-scale circuit A gray-scale circuit may receive pixel data to generate first set of gray-scale voltages that enable a display show the different gray-scale levels of normal images during a first time period. The gray-scale circuit may generate a second set of gray-scale voltages to enable the display show a common gray-scale level during a second time period.
US07868861B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device is disclosed which includes first, second and third data lines arranged in one direction, a data driver for alternately supplying a data signal of a first polarity and a data signal of a second polarity to each of the first, second and third data lines during an interval of two horizontal periods, first and second gate lines arranged to cross the first to third data lines, a gate driver for sequentially driving the first and second gate lines, and first red, first green, first blue, second red, second green and second blue pixels located between the first gate line and the second gate line and arranged in order along the first and second gate lines. The first red pixel cell is connected to one side of the first data line and the second gate line. The first green pixel cell is connected to the other side of the first data line and the first gate line. The first blue pixel cell is connected to one side of the second data line and the first gate line. The second red pixel cell is connected to the other side of the second data line and the second gate line. The second green pixel cell is connected to one side of the third data line and the first gate line. The second blue pixel cell is connected to the other side of the third data line and the second gate line.
US07868858B2	Current-driven oled panel and related pixel structure A pixel structure is disclosed. The pixel structure has a light-emitting device; a first scan line for transferring a first signal; a data line for transferring a data current signal; a first transistor having a gate coupled to the first scan line; a current mirror electrically connected to the light-emitting device; and a capacitor. The current mirror includes a second transistor having a gate connected to the data line and one of the source and the drain of the first transistor; and a third transistor having a gate coupled to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor. The capacitor has two ends coupled to the gate of the third transistor and the light-emitting device respectively, where the capacitor is not coupled to the light-emitting device through the third transistor.
US07868857B2	Method and system for compensation of non-uniformities in light emitting device displays A method and system for compensation of non-uniformities in light emitting device displays is provided. The system includes a module for estimating degradation of an entire pixel circuit based on measurement of a part of the pixel circuit. Based on the estimation, a correction factor is produced to correct non-uniformity of the display.
US07868855B2	Driving circuit and organic light emitting diode display device thereof A driving circuit is capable of displaying various gray level values. The driving circuit generates a data voltage, includes a first decoder adapted to output first decoding signals using upper bits of a digital data signal, a switch unit adapted to select a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage corresponding to first decoding signals, the second reference voltage being lower than the first reference voltage, where two first decoding signals select identical first and second reference voltages, a second decoder adapted to output second decoding signals using lower bits of the digital data signal, and voltage distribution units are adapted to receive and distribute the selected first and second reference voltages, where one voltage distribution unit includes a data voltage generation unit adapted to receive two second decoding signals to generate a data voltage.
US07868854B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of unit circuits that are provided in correspondence with intersections of the data lines and the scanning lines. Each of the data lines is supplied with a data voltage in accordance with a gray-scale level. Each of the scanning lines is supplied with a scanning signal that specifies a writing period during which the data voltage is being written into the corresponding unit circuits. Each of the plurality of unit circuits includes a driving transistor, an electro-optical element, a capacitive element, a power feed line, a first switching element and a second switching element. The driving transistor generates a driving current in accordance with an electric potential of a gate thereof. The electro-optical element generates light with a gray-scale level in accordance with the driving current that is generated by the driving transistor. The capacitive element has a first electrode and a second electrode that is connected to the gate of the driving transistor. The power feed line is supplied with a constant electric potential and is, during an initialization period that is different from the writing period, electrically connected to the second electrode. The first switching element conducts the gate of the transistor with the drain thereof at least during the initialization period. The second switching element switches between conduction and non-conduction between the data line and the first electrode on the basis of the scanning signal. The power feed line is arranged in a direction that intersects with the scanning lines.
US07868847B2	Immersive environments with multiple points of view In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises positioning a plurality of display screens at different positions within a real space, each display screen being associated with a different window into an object space through which a scene comprising objects from the object space can be seen; and displaying scenes from the object space on each of the plurality of display screens, wherein the scene displayed on each screen comprises objects from the object space that can be seen through the window associated with that screen by a hypothetical viewer positioned at a first position relative to the window and for which window the field of view is restricted to be non-overlapping with the field of view for an adjacent window.
US07868845B2	Securing ring and assemblies Various embodiments of a securing ring are described along with assemblies utilizing the securing ring. A securing ring includes a curvilinear body defining an opening and having a gap that defines confronting ring ends that are separable to receive at least one curvilinear device within the opening. The curvilinear body includes an outer surface and opposing first and second side walls that define a slot therebetween. The slot is configured for receiving the curvilinear device, and the outer surface, the first wall and the second wall provide a clamping force on the curvilinear device in the slot when the confronting ring ends are drawn together, with the clamping force securing the curvilinear device within the slot. The securing apparatus further includes a locking mechanism coupled to the confronting ring ends and configured to releasably engage the confronting ring ends to secure the confronting ring ends together.
US07868835B2	Beam shaping means for external and/or roof antennas on vehicles, and associated antenna An improved beam shaping means for an external and/or roof antenna has a parasitic beam shaping means configured at a distance below the upper or outer surface of the electrically non-conductive region of the vehicle structure. The parasitic beam shaping means is configured, provided or attached in the material of the electrically non-conductive region of the vehicle structure or at the underside or inside of the electrically non-conductive region of the vehicle structure. The parasitic beam shaping means is arranged and/or configured in such a way that it, viewed from above, protrudes laterally beyond, at least in certain portions. The antenna mounting region or portion and/or an optionally provided counterweight surface and/or is arranged laterally thereto.
US07868834B2	Miniature antenna for a motor vehicle The present invention relates to a miniature antenna for a motor vehicle. The antenna may, for example, be a printed board miniature radio antenna for AM/FM signal reception. The antenna may, for example, be placed in an internal mirror of a motor vehicle or on an exterior surface of the motor vehicle, such as the vehicle's roof. The antenna is shaped as a curve of conductive material in which the geometry of at least a part of said curve comprises a space-filling curve or a grid dimension curve.
US07868833B2	Ultra wideband buoyant cable antenna element The invention as disclosed is of a buoyant cable antenna for use with underwater vehicles having improved bandwidth through the use of discrete distributed loading along the antenna. The buoyant cable antenna is designed with an antenna wire that is divided into N equal length segments of length d/2. A capacitor is coupled between every other segment such that capacitors are separated by a distance d. A shunt inductor is coupled to the antenna wire between the adjoining segments not separated by a capacitor such that the shunt inductors are separated by a distance d. This antenna design provides a substantially improved impedance bandwidth over existing prior art antennas at high frequency without increasing the physical profile of the antenna and without the use of active circuit elements.
US07868830B2	Dual beam dual selectable polarization antenna A dual beam dual-selectable-polarization phased array antenna comprises an aperture unit, a printed wiring board, radiating elements, chip units, a pressure plate, and a rear housing unit. The printed wiring board has sub assemblies bonded to each other with a bonding material providing both mechanical and electrical connection. The printed wiring board is connected to the aperture unit. The radiating elements are formed on the printed wiring board. The chip units are mounted on the printed wiring board. The chip units include circuits capable of controlling radio frequency signals radiated by the radiating elements to form dual beams with independently selectable polarization. The pressure plate is connected to the aperture unit. The aperture unit is connected to the rear housing unit such that the aperture unit covers the rear housing unit.
US07868822B2	Method and apparatus for determining an integrity risk in a satellite reference system Methods and apparatus of determining an integrity risk of a satellite reference system are provided. Galileo parameters according to the Galileo integrity concept are detected. The Galileo parameters are imaged onto satellite based augmentation system (SBAS) parameters used in the SBAS. The integrity risk of the satellite reference system is determined according to the SBAS integrity concept using the SBAS parameters.
US07868819B2	Arrangements for satellite-based navigation and methods therefor Various systems, methods and devices are implemented for processing received signals. Consistent with one such embodiment, a method is implemented for use in a signal-communication receiver having a carrier-tracking loop and a processor for operating adaptive algorithms. The method involves interpreting a received signal using space time adaptive processing (STAP). A convergence speed of the adaptive algorithms is set based on a noise bandwidth of a phase-locked loop (PLL) in the carrier-tracking loop. A carrier-phase de-rotation constraint is implemented into weight parameters of the STAP to preserve spatial and temporal degrees of freedom in the STAP.
US07868815B2	Wireless distance measurement system and wireless distance measurement method A wireless distance measurement system and a wireless distance measurement method that measure the distance between a base station and a terminal without clock synchronization between a plurality of base stations, and without requiring input of the position relationships between a plurality of base stations. Clock phase shift section (210) shifts a clock that is used to generate transmission pulses is phase-shifted by a specific amount every 100 nanoseconds, and A/D conversion section (211) converts a signal re-radiated from terminal (103) to a digital signal using the shifted clock. Correlation calculation section (212) performs correlation calculation between the digital signal and the transmission pulse and creates a delay profile by adding digital signals in the shifted phases between same phases, and incoming wave detection section (213) detects peaks of the pulses in the delay profile. Distance calculation section (214) calculates the distance to terminal (103) based on the timings to transmit the pulses and the timings to detect peaks of the pulses.
US07868813B2	Multi-use bearing and range line A method (400), a system and a computer program product are disclosed for graphically displaying air traffic control information in an air traffic control system. Information about objects in an air traffic control environment is compiled and calculated (410). Tokens (e.g., text, icons, images, or other symbols) corresponding to the objects in the air traffic control environment are displayed (420). At least two objects are selectively designated (430) in combination as a source object and a target object connected by a bearing and range line token (210, 220, 230, 240). Air traffic control information (212, 222, 232, 242) about the combination of objects associated with the bearing and range line token dependent upon the combination of objects designated in the combination is displayed (440). The displayed air traffic control information is required decision making information to enable an air traffic controller to manage air traffic. Display of the air traffic management information is dynamically updated (450) upon any change of the designated objects.
US07868810B2	Amplifier circuit and A/D converter An amplifier circuit includes a current source that is connected between a power supply voltage and an output node and that is turned on when a switching control signal takes a first value and is turned off when the switching control signal takes a second value; a grounded voltage control current source whose amount of current is controlled by an input voltage; a cascode transistor connected between the voltage control current source and the output node; a boost amplifier connected between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the cascode transistor; and a switch that is connected between an output node of the boost amplifier and a bias voltage and that is turned on for a predetermined period of time when a value of the switching control signal is switched from the second value to the first value, to forcefully rise the boost amplifier.
US07868807B2	Data weighted average circuit and dynamic element matching method A data weighted average circuit is disclosed which includes a lookup unit and a storage unit. The invention uses a lookup table to speed up the circuit operation. Besides, the operation delay is not affected by various orders of the data weighted average circuit and various bit-widths of input data.
US07868804B2	High speed driver equalization The present invention relates to emphasizing and de-emphasizing of an analog data signal. Using a main analog driver a data signal indicative of bit values of binary data is converted into a first analog data signal. A second data signal is determined by delaying the data signal a predetermined time interval and inverting the delayed data signal. Using a de-emphasis driver, the second data signal are converted into a second analog data signal, wherein the second analog data signal is additive to the first analog data signal if the data signal and the second data signal are indicative of a same bit value, and wherein the second analog data signal is subtractive to the first analog data signal if the data signal and the second data signal are indicative of an opposite bit value. The first analog data signal is emphasized or de-emphasized by superposing the first analog data signal and the second analog data signal.
US07868802B2	Quantization error reduction in PWM full-MASH converters Techniques for reducing quantization error in electronic components are described herein.
US07868800B2	Mixed-signal control apparatus of modulation system A mixed-signal control apparatus of a modulation system is provided. The mixed-signal control apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) unit, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) unit, and a processing unit. When a quantization step of the ADC unit is qADC, a quantization step of the DAC unit is qDAC, and a transfer function of the modulation system is G0, qADC≦G0qDAC. A controlled variable is finely converted by using the ADC unit having a very high resolution. In such a way, it can be ensured that data in an analog domain can be transmitted to a discrete domain with the least distortion, thus achieving a robust and simple control.
US07868798B2	Methods and apparatus for whitening quantization noise in a delta-sigma modulator using dither signal Methods and apparatus are provided for whitening quantization noise in a delta-sigma modulator using a dither signal. An input signal is quantized using a predictive delta-sigma modulator by quantizing the input signal using a quantizer; adding a dither signal at a first location of the predictive delta-sigma modulator; determining a quantization error associated with the quantizer; removing the dither signal at a second location of the predictive delta-sigma modulator (for example, by subtracting a substantially similar version of the dither signal at the second location); generating an error prediction value using an error predictive filter; and subtracting the error prediction value from the input signal. The dither signal may be a white noise signal and may optionally be generated using a pseudo-random number generator.
US07868794B2	Methods and apparatus to test and compensate multi-channel digital-to-analog converters Methods and apparatus to test and compensate multi-channel digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are described. In some examples, a multi-channel digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an error detector are implemented in an integrated circuit. The multi-channel DAC includes a first DAC channel configured to generate a first analog representation of a digital input signal, and a second DAC channel configured to generate a second analog representation of the digital input signal. The error detector is configured to compare the first analog representation and the second analog representation to generate a difference signal, and to output a signal indicative of whether the difference signal is greater than a predetermined threshold.
US07868793B2	Methods and devices for coding and decoding of SML type documents by similarities The invention relates to methods and devices for binary coding and decoding by similarities for structured documents After having decomposed the data to code into a series of symbols, each item of data being at least partially represented by a symbol, and having selected at least one item of data to code, a search is carried out for a first sequence of symbols coded beforehand, identical to a second sequence of symbols to code, comprising a symbol representing a part of said data. Similarly, a search is carried out for a third sequence of symbols coded beforehand of which one symbol is distinct from the symbol corresponding to a fourth sequence of symbols to code comprising said symbol representing said part of said data. In response to the comparison of their coding efficiency, the second or the fourth sequence is coded.
US07868792B2	Generating a boundary hash-based hierarchical data structure associated with a plurality of known arbitrary-length bit strings and using the generated hierarchical data structure for detecting whether an arbitrary-length bit string input matches one of a plurality of known arbitrary-length bit springs A high-speed, space-efficient, scalable and easily updateable data boundary hash-based structure is generated and used. The proposed boundary hash-based data structure provides minimal perfect hashing functionality while intrinsically supporting low-cost set-membership queries. In other words, in some embodiments, it provides at most one match candidate in a set of known arbitrary-length bit strings that is used to match the query.
US07868790B2	Single ended pseudo differential interconnection circuit and single ended pseudo differential signaling method A single ended pseudo differential signaling method may add a 1-bit signal to n-bit data if transmitting the n-bit data. Neighboring two signals among the 1-bit signal and data signals are compared to each other to generate detection signals.
US07868784B2	System and apparatus for parking management A system configured for parking management in a parking facility, the system comprising a plurality of parking spaces, and a plurality of sensor units corresponding to the plurality of parking spaces, each of the plurality of sensor units being configured to detect a parking status of a corresponding one of the plurality of parking spaces and transmit a first message including the parking status of the corresponding one parking space in a wireless communication network.
US07868782B2	Commodity monitoring network An electronic electric meter for use in a networked automatic meter reading environment. The meter includes a meter microcontroller, a measurement microcontroller, a communication microcontroller and spread spectrum processor, and a plurality of other communication interface modules for communicating commodity utilization and power quality data to a utility. The meter measures electricity usage and monitors power quality parameters for transmission to the utility over a spread spectrum local area network (LAN) to a remotely located gateway node. The gateway node transmits this data to the utility over a commercially available fixed wide area network (WAN). The meter also provides direct communication to the utility over a commercially available network interface that plugs into the meter's backplane or bus system, bypassing the local area network communication link and gateway node.
US07868781B2	Encoder In an encoder constituted from a detection part (a light-emitting part, rotating disk, and light-receiving part), which detects a signal corresponding to the state of a specimen, and calculates and stores the position information of the specimen from a signal outputted from this detection part, and a signal processing part for transmitting the stored position information to a host machine by way of serial communications, the signal processing part being constituted having: a two-way communication mode M1 for receiving command data from the host machine, and, when this command data is a two-way communication request command (commands A through C), transmitting the requested position information and the like to the host machine; a one-way communication mode M2 for transmitting the position information to the host machine by executing one-way transmission processing S105 when the command data is a one-way communication request command (command P); and a quasi one-way communication mode M3 for transmitting the position information to the host machine by executing quasi one-way transmission processing S107 when the command data is a quasi one-way communication request command (command Q).
US07868777B2	Physical key to facilitate an inactive mode state-of-charge indicator within a battery The invention provides a system and battery including a state-of-charge indicator (SOCI) to monitor and display the amount of charge within the battery. The SOCI is capable of operating in a hibernate mode, an active mode, and/or a sleep mode. The battery may be manufactured, shipped and/or stored with the SOCI operating in a power-saving hibernate mode. The SOCI may exit the hibernate mode and begin operating in active mode if a physical key connected to the battery is removed. In addition, the SOCI may operate in a sleep mode while the battery is not being used to conserve power. Furthermore, the invention provides a method of making a battery including a SOCI to monitor and display the state of charge of the battery.
US07868775B2	Safety warning and shutdown device and method for hydrogen storage containers The present disclosure provides an alternative, cost-effective safety feature for on-board hydrogen storage containers incorporating a fill cycle sensor with a driver warning and shutdown system. The system monitors the number of times a hydrogen container is filled, and then takes action at a predetermined termination point. A controller monitors each time the hydrogen container is filled above 90% of the rated pressure or mass. Once the predetermined termination point of fill cycles is reached, the disclosed device/method will either disable the valve or refueling mechanism such that fuel supply to the vehicle is shutoff and the container cannot be filled again, essentially assuring the end of the life of the container.
US07868769B2	Method and apparatus for determining animal relationships A system and method of determining a relationship between a first animal (100) and a second animal (110). The system includes a detection means (130) for detecting if the first animal (100) is within a defined proximity (120) of the second animal (110). The system also includes a means to determine, in response to at least one detection, the relationship between the first animal (100) and the second animal (110).
US07868768B2	Tracking genetically modified organisms with RFIDs A Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is tracked using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. A bulk load of GMOs, which is intended for consumption by livestock only, is laced with RFID tags at or near a time of harvest. If the RFID tags appear in a product that is intended for human consumption, then the product is pulled from distribution, since it contains GMOs that are potentially harmful to humans if eaten.
US07868764B2	Circuit and method for power-up optimization of RFID transponder The present invention relates to a radio-frequency identification tag (10) and a related method of operation, whereby the tag comprises an antenna (12) being adapted to draw a voltage from an externally applied RF field having a first frequency, and further comprises a tunable antenna resonant circuit (16) comprising a default resonance frequency and having tuning means (18) for shifting the resonance frequency to the first frequency, whereby non-volatile storage means (22) for storing frequency related data are provided, that are accessible at a reduced voltage level, which is below a “power-up” voltage level of the tag's operating unit (14).
US07868762B2	Wireless association A system for determining compatibility between various items is disclosed. A wireless communication device is used to scan a machine-readable tag which includes a plurality of information fields. The information fields include at least identification information of the primary object to which the tag is affixed, list of compatible items, characteristic information of the primary object or other objects, etc. The scanned information from the tag is compared to information in other tags. If the at least some of the information in the tag affixed to the primary object matches the information in one or more other tags, a notification event is triggered to inform the user of the match.
US07868761B2	RFID security system and method Embodiments of an RFID security system and method are described herein. Embodiments include an RFID security server or appliance and RFID security software. In an embodiment, the RFID security server is placed between an RFID reader and an enterprise back-end. Thus the system operates at the point where the RFID data stream leaves the RF interface and enters a physical transmission medium before any other active components on the network (such as databases, middleware, routers). The RFID security server analyzes RFID tag data (including meta-data) received from the reader in-band and detects malware and errors in the data. RFID tag data containing malware or errors is blocked from entering the enterprise back-end. Unwanted RFID tags are also identified and filtered as noise.
US07868759B2	Shopping cart bottom of the basket item detection Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to bottom of the basket (BOB) item detection and provide a method, system and computer program product for high-contrast BOB item detection. In one embodiment of the invention, a shopping cart BOB item detection data processing system can include high contrast material applied in proximity to a shopping cart BOB; an optical sensor positioned to generate an image of the high contrast material; BOB detection logic and an alert disposed in proximity to a cash register at the check stand. The BOB detection logic can include program code enabled to analyze the image to detect either an obscuring or an obstruction of the high contrast material. As such, the alert can be operable to issue an alert responsive to the BOB detection logic detecting one an obscuring or an obstruction of the high contrast material.
US07868757B2	Method for the monitoring of sleep using an electronic device The invention relates to a method where sleep sensor signals are obtained to a mobile communication device from sensor devices. The mobile communication device checks the sleep sensor signals for a sleep state transition, determines the type of the sleep state transition, forms control signals based on the type of the sleep state transition and sends the control signals to at least one electronic device.
US07868756B2	Zone boundary adjustment method and system A zone shaping method and system. The method comprises receiving by a computing system from a sensory infrastructure transmitter attached to an object data associated with the first object. The object is located within a zone area. The computing system calculates a location within the zone area for the object. The computing system receives first environmental data associated with a first environmental condition in the zone area from a first sensor. The computing system analyzes the data, the location, and the first environmental data. The computing system generates based on results of the analysis, a first modified zone area associated with the zone area.
US07868751B2	Contact-free data communications system, data communications device, contact-free identification tag, program for controlling the contact-free identification tag, and program for controlling the data communications device A contact-free data communication system includes a data communications device located in a predetermined place and a contact-free identification tag. The data communications device includes a first data controller and a data global positioning system that acquires positional information of the data communications device and a transmitter that transmits an electromagnetic wave for providing power and transmits the positional information of the data communications device to the contact-free identification tag in a surrounding area of the data communications device. The contact-free identification tag includes a receiver that receives positional information transmitted by the data communications device, a power generator that generates driving power out of the electromagnetic wave for providing power that is transmitted by the data communications device, a generator that generates positional relationship information based on the positional information that is received by the receiver, a display that displays positional relationship information that is generated by the generator, a data storage medium that is nonvolatile and a data storage that stores data in the storage medium.
US07868746B2	Electrical circuit The invention relates to an electric circuit arrangement for generating or receiving an output signal or switched condition definitive for the effective locking condition of a door system, especially a motor vehicle door system. The object of the invention is to provide a circuit arrangement with which an output signal definitive for the locking condition of a door system can be furnished, the generation of which signal takes the intentions of a user or the instantaneous situation into account in improved manner. This object is inventively achieved according to a first aspect of the present invention by an electrical circuit arrangement for generating an output signal or switched condition definitive for the sequence for determination of the locking condition of a door system, whereinthis circuit arrangement comprises door-mounted system components that as such include door-mounted means for sensing electrical interactions in conjunction with an action, especially movement of a user in the zone around the door system, especially in the zone of approach to a door handle, and the circuit arrangement is designed such that it analyzes such changes of those interactions with regard to certain time-dependent signal-change patterns, and the circumstance of whether certain time-dependent signal patterns exist in the further electronic signal processing is taken into consideration for determining the locking condition.
US07868744B2	Driving apparatus of mover A driving apparatus drives a mover arranged for feedback of a touch panel. A reference voltage generation unit generates a reference voltage having a signal waveform to be applied to the mover. A pulse modulator generates a PWM signal of which duty ratio is controlled by feedback so that a feedback voltage corresponding to a drive voltage to be applied to the mover approaches the reference voltage. A switching element of the DC/DC converter is turned ON/OFF by a PWM signal from the pulse modulator, so that an output voltage of the DC/DC converter is controlled, and a drive voltage corresponding to the output voltage is applied to the mover.
US07868743B1	Alarm termination floor apparatus An alarm that uses a floor situated apparatus so that when the alarm goes off, the user must place their feet on the apparatus for a predetermined period of time to deactivate the alarm. The alarm sequence optionally provides that the apparatus cover may be translucent and/or transparent with a plurality of illuminable elements thereunder providing an alarm visual display. Also provided is a remote control for actuating a projected display of time onto the wall. The apparatus is also a scale for displaying the user's weight. The weight requirement for deactivating the alarm can extend from placing the feet on the apparatus while still in bed or require the user to stand on the apparatus for said period of time. Further provided for is the removal of the alarm clock portion from the floor apparatus.
US07868742B2	On-board emergency reporting apparatus and auxiliary battery device for the same An emergency reporting apparatus includes a power supply circuit, a control circuit, and a timer. The power supply circuit generates operating power of the emergency reporting apparatus from a vehicle battery in a vehicle battery mode and from an auxiliary battery in an auxiliary battery mode. The control circuit causes the power supply circuit to switch from the vehicle battery mode to the auxiliary battery mode in response to a trigger event and starts an emergency reporting procedure using the auxiliary battery. The timer measures time elapsed since the power supply circuit switches to the auxiliary battery mode. The control circuit causes the power supply circuit to switch back to the vehicle battery mode, when the elapsed time exceeds a predetermined threshold time period.
US07868741B2	Medication managing apparatus A medication managing apparatus includes a medicine package case and a main body unit removably storing the medicine package case. The medicine package case includes blocks each storing a medicine package, openings provided at walls of each block and formed at positions facing each other such that the medicine package stored in the block is sandwiched therebetween, and an openable/closable cover. The main body unit includes a sensor portion (a medicine package sensor) disposed corresponding to each opening at the opposing walls of each block, to sense a medicine package based on that the medicine package stored in the block blocks a gap between a pair of openings, and a switch lever and a micro-switch (a medicine package case sensor) sensing attachment/removal of the medicine package case to/from the main body unit.
US07868733B2	System for identifying an individual in an electronic transaction The system comprises a terminal (10, 12), an independent portable device (20) including a data processing means, and a wireless coupling means (RF COMMUNICATION) for exchanging individual-identification data between said terminal and said portable device. A body-medium communication means (OSC COMMUNICATION) including a transmitter in the terminal and a receiver in the portable device is provided to transmit from the terminal to the portable device a connection code (CONNECTION CODE) at the onset of a transaction upon physical contact established by the individual between the terminal and the portable device. A control means in the portable device checks said connection code received and conditionally issues to the terminal through said wireless coupling means (RF COMMUNICATION) a signal for enabling further execution of said transaction in response to said connection code complying with predetermined criteria.
US07868730B2	Common-mode filtering device and speed variator comprising such a device The invention relates to a filtering device which includes a common-mode inductor (LF) comprising a winding (L1, L2) on each line of an AC power supply and a magnetic core made up of a first torus (T1) and a second torus (T2). The first torus (T1) has a first magnetic permeability (μ1) and the second torus (T2) has a second magnetic permeability (μ2, μ′2), the first permeability being equal to or greater than three times the second permeability, in order to prevent the common-mode inductor from saturating in the resonant frequency range of the filtering device. Application to the EMC filter of a speed variator.
US07868727B2	Inter-helix inductor devices The invention is directed to inter-helix inductor devices. The inter-helix inductor device includes a dielectric substrate. An input end is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. A clockwise winding coil has one end connecting to the input end and at least one winding turn through the dielectric substrate. A counter clockwise winding coil includes at least one winding turn through the dielectric substrate, wherein the clockwise and counter clockwise winding coils are connected by an interconnection. An output end is disposed on the dielectric substrate, connects one end of the counter clockwise winding coil, and is adjacent to the input end.
US07868724B2	Method for suppressing common mode noise The present invention discloses a power converter with low common mode noise. The power converter having a primary side and a secondary side, comprises a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, and at least one electrostatic shield disposed between the primary winding and the secondary winding, wherein the electrostatic shield is configured with partial first region of the primary winding and partial second region of the secondary winding such that the electrostatic shield partially shields with the primary winding and the secondary winding to reach the purpose of suppressing the common mode noise. In addition, another method can be used to reduce the common mode noise of a power converter having primary side and secondary side, which is adding some additional impedance between the static points and jump points of the primary side and secondary side.
US07868723B2	Power coupling device A power coupling device for coupling power to a rotating member includes a primary magnetic core defining a first recess, and a secondary magnetic core defining a second recess and disposed adjacent the primary magnetic core. The primary and secondary cores are arranged so as to form an air gap therebetween. The air gap permits relative rotation of the cores about a common axis of rotation. A primary conductive winding is disposed within the first recess, and a secondary conductive winding is disposed within the second recess. At least one of the primary and secondary windings is a fractional turn winding, thereby enabling the transfer of power between multiple input and output voltages. Shielding is provided by a pair of continuous, circular, semi-toroidal shells arranged to support the currents needed to cancel the fields from the transformer.
US07868722B2	Inductor apparatus, circuit board, and electronic device using the same An inductor apparatus including an inductor having a core formed in a loop shape to form a hollow part, and a coil winding the core, and a supporting member having a supporting surface to support the core to face the hollow part, and a vibration preventing hole formed to correspond to the hollow part of the core.
US07868718B2	Balanced filter device A balanced filter suitable for a reduction of the filter size. The balanced filter comprises strip-line resonators (SL1a, SL1b) constituting resonance electrodes coupled to an unbalanced terminal, strip-line resonators (SL3a, SL3b) coupled directly to balanced side terminals and strip-line resonators (SL2a, SL2b) coupled to the balanced side terminals through impedance elements (Z).
US07868717B2	Acoustic wave transducer and filter comprising said transducer A transducer includes an acoustic track in which an acoustic wave can be propagated, the acoustic track having a transversal fundamental mode, the acoustic track being subdivided in a transversal direction into an excitation area and two peripheral areas. The transducer also includes a first outside area and a second outside area bordering the acoustic track such that the acoustic track is arranged in the transversal direction between the first and second outside area. The transducer also includes peripheral areas configured such that the longitudinal phase velocity vRB of the acoustic wave in the respective peripheral area is greater than the longitudinal phase velocity vMB of the wave in the excitation area.
US07868716B2	Acoustic wave filter apparatus An acoustic wave filter apparatus where first balance input/output terminals of first and second acoustic wave filter sections are commonly connected to each other and then connected to a first balance terminal, second balance input/output terminals thereof are commonly connected to each other and then connected to a second balanced terminal, the first and second balance input/output terminals of the first acoustic wave filter section are coupled to the first and second balance terminals, respectively, via first and third wiring lines and first and third acoustic wave resonators, respectively, the first and second balance input/output terminals of the second acoustic wave filter section are coupled to the first and second balance terminals, respectively, via second and fourth wiring lines and second and fourth acoustic wave resonators, respectively, and the second wiring line and the third wiring line cross each other on a piezoelectric substrate.
US07868711B2	Arrangement for pulse-width modulating an input signal An arrangement for pulse-width modulating an analog or digital input signal is provided. The non-linear distortion generated in the pulse-width modulator is precompensated by applying a signal with reversed error to the pulse-width modulator. The signal with reversed error is generated by a further pulse-width modulator that receives the input signal and whose output signal is subtracted from twice the input signal. The arrangement may e.g. be used to drive class D audio amplifiers.
US07868709B2	Oscillating current converter To provide an oscillating current converter fabricated by utilizing the MEMS technology making it possible to further decrease the size yet improving the conversion efficiency.An oscillating current converter 1 fabricated by using the MEMS technology and comprising a cantilever 4 having an opening 5 formed on the distal end side thereof and is cantilevered on the proximal end side thereof, a coil 6 wound around the opening 5 of the cantilever 4, and a magnet 8 arranged so as to enter into the inside of the opening 5 of the cantilever 4, wherein the cantilever 4 oscillates to generate an induced electromotive force in the coil 6.
US07868707B2	Surface-mount type crystal oscillator The surface-mount type crystal oscillator includes a container body made of laminated ceramics, having a flat bottom wall layer, a frame wall defining a recess and a step portion formed at an inner wall of the recess, a crystal blank fixed to the step portion, an IC chip fixed to an inner bottom surface of the recess and a pair of inspection terminals provided on outer side surfaces of the container body and used to measure a vibration characteristic of the crystal blank. The bottom wall layer is made up of a first layer making up an outer bottom surface of the container body and a second layer between the first layer and the frame wall, and the inspection terminals are formed so as to extend across an end face of the second layer and the outer side surface of the frame wall.
US07868706B2	Oscillator device and methods thereof An oscillator device includes a plurality of stages. Each stage is a monostable stage having a delay path, whereby a signal transition of a designated type (rising or falling) at the input of the delay path results in a signal transition at the output of the stage of the same transition type. Each stage of the oscillator device also includes a reset module that causes the output signal to be reset to a nominal state a predetermined period of time after the signal transition of the output signal. Each stage thus provides an output signal pulse in response to the signal transition of the designated type at the input. The output of the final stage of the oscillator device is connected to the input, so that the oscillator output provides an oscillating signal having a period based upon the delay path of each the oscillator device stages.
US07868705B2	High-frequency oscillator and electronic apparatus In a high-frequency oscillator, a first resonance circuit and a second resonance circuit are respectively connected to a first amplifier circuit and a second amplifier circuit. A selection circuit includes a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit which selectively operate one of the first amplifier circuit and the second amplifier circuit. A grounded capacitor is connected to output sides of the first amplifier circuit and the second amplifier circuit. The grounded capacitor is commonly used by both the first amplifier circuit and the second amplifier circuit. An auxiliary grounded capacitor is connected between the first switch circuit and the first amplifier circuit. Accordingly, the grounded capacitor and the auxiliary grounded capacitor are connected to each other in parallel only when the first amplifier circuit is activated.
US07868703B2	Passive spectrum control for pulsed RF power amplifiers A multi-stage RF power amplifier including passive circuitry for frequency spectrum control. In one example, a multi-stage RF power amplifier includes a first RF power transistor, a second RF power transistor, and a passive combination bandpass filter and impedance matching network coupled between the first RF power transistor and the second RF power transistor.
US07868700B2	Method and apparatus for reducing current consumption of MIMO systems Apparatus and method for reducing the current consumption and increasing the efficiency of a MIMO system, consisting of one or more RF power amplifiers (PAs) and that is required to provide a desired total output power level. An individual output power level which is a portion of the total output power level is determined for each PA. The load, connected to the output stage of each PA, is dynamically or statically tuned to essentially match the output impedance of its output stage, such that its dynamic or static RF load line has a slope that corresponds to the impedance required to provide this portion. Whenever a smaller output power is desired in response to reduction in the input signal to MIMO system, a reduced portion is determined for each PA and the load is further tuned, such that the dynamic/static RF load line has a slope that causes each PA to essentially remain in saturation while providing the reduced portion.
US07868698B2	Power amplifier with stabilising network A Stabilizing circuit (530) is connected to the output of a power amplifier transistor (502) in order to prevent the amplifier from being oscillating. The stabilizing circuit (530) comprises basically a resistor (536) connected in series with a capacitor (534). The stabilizing circuit may also comprise an inductor (532) connected in series to the capacitor and the resistor. The inductor may be partially or fully realised by printed conductive lines and/or bonding wires. The stabilizing circuit provides a low impedance at the transistor output across a range of operational frequencies.
US07868697B2	Converting circuit for converting differential signal to single-ended signal A converting circuit for converting differential signals to a single-ended signal. The converting circuit comprises a cascode amplifier comprising a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein the first transistor comprises a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, the control terminal to which one of the differential signals is input, the control terminal being electrically-grounded; and, the second transistor comprises a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the second transistor being connected to the first terminal, the second terminal of the second transistor from which output signal is outputted, a capacitor for adjusting the phase, the capacitor being connected to the second terminal; and a current source being connected to the second terminal.
US07868694B2	Variable resistor array and amplifier circuit A variable resistor array adapted to make a resistance value between a first terminal and a second terminal variable, includes a plurality of resistors connected in series, first through nth MOS transistors selectively connected to the resistors, and first through nth switches having one input terminal connected to the source of the ith MOS transistor, another input terminal connected to a predetermined voltage, and an output terminal connected to a back gate of the ith MOS transistor, and connecting either one of the one input terminal and the other input terminal to the output terminal under control of the ith control signal. The ith switch connects the other input terminal to the output terminal, and the ith switch also connects the one input terminal to the output terminal.
US07868686B2	Band gap circuit Provided is a band gap constant-voltage circuit which is configured by combining a PMOS transistor, an NMOS transistor, a bipolar transistor, and a resistor, and is capable of preventing an output voltage from being stabilized at 0 V immediately after power supply fluctuation. According to the band gap constant-voltage circuit of the present invention, the back-gates of two p-type transistors (P112 and P 113) constituting a differential amplifier are each connected to a node (11) which is a power source terminal on the positive side of the differential amplifier, and a level shifter circuit is connected to the gate of each of the transistors (P112 and P113).
US07868684B2	Semiconductor device whose internal power supply voltage is generated by voltage step-up circuit A semiconductor device includes a voltage step-up circuit and a control circuit. The voltage step-up circuit includes at least a first capacitor and a second capacitor which generate an internal power supply voltage. The control circuit controls the voltage step-up circuit. The control circuit connects the first and second capacitors in series to perform a first voltage step-up operation and connects the first and second capacitors in parallel to perform a second voltage step-up operation. The voltage step-up circuit generates a first stepped-up voltage in the first voltage step-up operation and generates a second stepped-up voltage in the second voltage step-up operation. The circuit area of the voltage step-up circuit with a plurality of stepped-up levels is reduced.
US07868680B2	Semiconductor input/output control circuit In a synchronous semiconductor device (250), an input/output control circuit is formed of a clock input I/O (260), a clock control signal input I/O (270) and a signal change detection circuit (280). The clock input I/O (260) includes a first input buffer (264) having a large threshold, a second input buffer (266) having a small threshold and an input selector (268). The signal change detection circuit (280) controls the input selector (268) so that a first input from the first input buffer (264) is normally selected and a second input from the second input buffer (266) is temporarily selected only when the signal change detection circuit (280) detects that a logic level of a clock control signal (279) is changed from a non-activated level to an activated level.
US07868675B2	Semiconductor device and operating method thereof A delay locked loop (DLL) of a semiconductor device has a relatively small area and low current consumption while having a function of correcting a duty ratio. The semiconductor device includes a split unit configured to receive and split a reference clock to output a first clock corresponding to a first edge of the reference clock and a second clock corresponding to a second edge, a voltage generation unit configured to generate a first voltage corresponding to a duty ratio of the first clock and a second voltage corresponding to a duty ratio of the second clock, a voltage comparison unit configured to compare levels of the first and second voltages with each other, and a clock delay unit configured to receive one of the first and second clocks to delay the received clock of which delay amount is determined in response to an output signal of the voltage comparison unit.
US07868673B2	Power-down mode control apparatus and DLL circuit having the same A power-down mode control apparatus includes an internal power-down control block configured to receive a locking completion signal and to generate an internal power-down signal, which is toggled for a predetermined time; a noise check block configured to check occurrence/non-occurrence of noise on the basis of a phase detection signal and to generate a plurality of power-down selection signals in response to the locking completion signal and the internal power-down signal; and a power-down enter control block configured to generate a plurality of power-down enter signals, which instruct individual circuits to enter a power-down mode in response to a reference clock signal, the plurality of power-down selection signals, a power-down mode signal, and the internal power-down signal.
US07868671B2	Delay locked loop A delay locked loop may include a period locked loop portion. The period locked loop portion may include a delay. The delay may include an even number of delay cells dependently connected in the form of a ring configured to generate an even number of delay clock signals. Transition of at least one delay clock signal of the even number of delay clock signals is configured to be controlled in response to an activated one first selecting signal of an even number of first selecting signals, and transition of the remaining clock signals is configured to occur in response to the at least one delay clock signal.
US07868670B2	Phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit and method A phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a reference clock divider with a reference clock input, a phase-frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator and a feedback divider. A method of operating the PLL circuit comprises the steps of detecting a failure of a reference clock applied to the reference clock input, disabling the charge pump upon detection of a reference clock failure, monitoring the reference clock to detect restoration of a regular reference clock, upon detection of a regular reference clock, detecting occurrence of the next pulse from the feedback divider, and enabling the charge pump upon detection of the next pulse from the feedback divider.
US07868657B1	High voltage logic circuits High voltage logic circuits that can handle digital input and output signals having a larger voltage range are described. In an exemplary design, a high voltage logic circuit includes an input stage, a second stage, and an output stage. The input stage receives at least one input signal and provides (i) at least one first intermediate signal having a first voltage range and (ii) at least one second intermediate signal having a second voltage range. The second stage receives and processes the first and second intermediate signals based on a logic function and provides (i) a first drive signal having the first voltage range and (ii) a second drive signal having the second voltage range. The output stage receives the first and second drive signals and provides an output signal having a third voltage range, which may be larger than each of the first and second voltage ranges.
US07868654B1	Reading an external memory device to determine its interface characteristics for configuring a programmable logic device Various techniques are provided for determining interface characteristics of external devices. In one example, a method of configuring a programmable logic device (PLD) with configuration data stored in one or more external memory devices includes reading by the PLD an interface setup command in a bitstream from an external memory device through a configuration port of the PLD while operating the configuration port in accordance with a first set of interface characteristics. The method also includes adjusting by the PLD the configuration port to operate in accordance with a second set of interface characteristics identified by the interface setup command. The method also includes reading by the PLD configuration data in the bitstream from the external memory device through the configuration port while operating the configuration port in accordance with the second set of interface characteristics. The method also includes programming a configuration memory of the PLD with the configuration data.
US07868651B1	Off-die termination of memory module signal lines Off-die termination of memory module signal lines in a computer memory subsystem. The computer memory subsystem includes a memory controller and a DIMM socket installed on a PCB. The memory controller is electrically coupled to the DIMM socket via a memory module signal line. Off-die termination includes detecting, by a termination controller installed on the PCB, no presence of a DIMM in the DIMM socket and, responsive to the detection, activating, by the termination controller, an off-die termination component on the PCB to terminate the memory module signal line.
US07868648B2	On-die termination circuit, method of controlling the same, and ODT synchronous buffer An on-die termination (ODT) circuit may include an ODT synchronous buffer and/or an ODT gate. The ODT synchronous buffer may be configured to generate a synchronous ODT command from an external ODT command in synchronization with a first clock signal delay-locked to an external clock signal. The ODT gate may be configured to generate signals for controlling ODT based on a second clock signal delay-locked to the external clock signal and the synchronous ODT command. The synchronous ODT command may be generated in a disabled period of the second clock signal.
US07868645B2	Method and apparatus for ballistic single flux quantum logic In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a single flux quantum (SFQ) signal transmission line powered by an AC power source. The AC power source supplies power to a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding receives the AC signal and the secondary winding communicates the signal to the SFQ transmission line. The transmission line can optionally include an input filter circuit for receiving the incoming SFQ pulse. The filter circuit can have a resistor and an inductor connected in parallel. In an alternative arrangement, the filter circuit can comprise of an inductor. A first Josephson junction can be connected to the filter circuit and to the secondary winding. The Josephson junction triggers in response to the incoming SFQ pulse and regenerates a pulse signal in response to a power discharge from the secondary winding.
US07868637B2	System and method for automated detection of singular faults in diode or'd power bus circuits A system automatically detects singular faults in diode or'd power bus circuit comprised of a plurality of diodes. The system includes a diode test circuit that selectively applies a voltage pulse to one of the plurality of diodes and detects the presence of singular faults based on the monitored response to the voltage pulse.
US07868636B2	Probe card and method for fabricating the same A probe card for testing semiconductor chips on a semiconductor wafer, includes a circuit board receiving electrical signals from outside, a plurality of unit probe modules contacting the semiconductor chips on the wafer to transfer the electrical signals, a space transformer having the plurality of probe modules seated on the upper portion thereof and electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the respective probe modules are arranged at intervals from each other on the space transformer and the space transformer has vertical apertures penetrating through it up and down, and at least one vertical conductive medium electrically connecting the respective unit probe modules and the circuit board, wherein the vertical conductive medium is arranged in the vertical apertures provided in the space transformer and the respective unit probe modules are arranged at positions spaced from the vertical conductive medium.
US07868633B1	Modular liquid cooled burn in system An electronic device burn-in thermal management system includes Burn-in-Boards (BIBs) with quick disconnect connectors to easily connect and disconnect the BIB (102) from liquid cooling lines (104, 106) in a rack that can hold one or more BIBs. The BIB (102) may include liquid cooled heat sinks (408) embedded in the BIB sockets (406) in order to cool the electronic devices undergoing burn-in test (DUT). This arrangement allows the DUT to make positive thermal contact with the heat sink when it is mounted in the BIB socket and allows the user to remove the BIB (102) quickly after completing a test to load the next batch of DUTs onto a separate BIB.
US07868630B2	Integrated light conditioning devices on a probe card for testing imaging devices, and methods of fabricating same A probe card is disclosed which includes a body, at least one housing in the body, the housing having at least one light opening, and at least one light conditioning device in the at least one light opening in the housing. A method of forming a probe card is also disclosed which includes forming an opening in a body of the probe card, positioning a housing having a light opening in the opening in the body of the probe card and positioning at least one light conditioning device in the light opening in the housing.
US07868627B2	Method and a device for measuring dielectric characteristics of material bodies A method and a device for measuring dielectric characteristics by generating a microwave signal, dividing the signal into reference and sounding signals, irradiating a body with the microwave signal, receiving the reflected, reference and total signals and in detecting said signals. The irradiation is carried out by a waveguide wave, the wave number of which in the free space filled with dielectric, is selected within a range from 1.0 to 1.07 the propagation number of the waveguide wave.
US07868625B2	Slot interposer probe The slot interposer probe consists of a board with a male edge connector and a female edge connector connected to its opposed edges and circuitry electrically connecting the male edge connector to the female edge connector. The female edge connector may be a straddle-mount connector. The board may have an inner layer sandwiched between two outer layers. There may be a probe having a high-speed buffer connected to a plurality of capacitors, isolation resistors, and vias that intercepts signals carried by transmission lines on the inner layer. The vias may have a length equal to the inner layer's width. The high-speed buffer receives intercepted signals from the vias, copies and amplifies the signals, and drives them through coaxial cables to an acquisition module. The invention also includes a method of intercepting signals between a first electrical device and a second electrical device.
US07868624B2	Method and system for correcting the feedback from electrical measurement converters to a device under test An approach is provided for correcting the feedback from electrical measurement converters to the device under test in the case of measurements in the high-frequency and/or microwave range. At least three measurements are implemented with respectively different input impedances of the measurement converter, and that the feedback-free measured value is then calculated from these.
US07868622B2	Circuit for detecting power supply voltage drop Provided is a circuit for detecting power supply voltage drop having a small circuit scale. An NMOS transistor (12) generates a source voltage based on a voltage obtained by subtracting an absolute value of a threshold voltage and an overdrive voltage from a power supply voltage with reference to the power supply voltage. An NMOS transistor (17) is turned on/off based on the source voltage of the NMOS transistor (12). A PMOS transistor (15) generates a source voltage based on a voltage obtained by adding an absolute value of a threshold voltage and an overdrive voltage to a ground voltage with reference to the ground voltage. A PMOS transistor (19) is turned on/off based on the source voltage of the PMOS transistor (15).
US07868620B2	Data integrity management responsive to an electrostatic event The disclosure is related to detecting an electrostatic charge at a data storage device. The electrostatic charge can be detected and a data integrity management process can be implemented. In a particular embodiment, a method includes monitoring an electronic device having a data storage medium for an electrostatic event. The method also includes selectively performing a data integrity management process on the data storage medium when the electrostatic event is detected.
US07868603B2	Method and apparatus to compensate for supply voltage variations in a PWM-based voltage regulator A feed-forward correction circuit in a PWM controller adjusts an error signal inversely with respect to a supply voltage for a switching voltage regulator to quickly compensate for changes or transients in the supply voltage. The adjusted error signal is provided to a PWM comparator to control a duty cycle of an output signal. The switching voltage regulator can be a DC-to-DC converter or a DC-to-AC converter, and the output signal is used to generate one or more driving signals to control semiconductor switches in the switching voltage regulator. The feed-forward correction circuit uses an offset compensation technique or a translinear circuit to maintain a substantially inverse product relationship between the supply voltage and the duty cycle of the output signal, thereby reducing overshoots and undershoots in a regulated output voltage of the switching voltage regulator.
US07868598B2	Switching regulator A switching regulator according to the invention includes a resistor (R3) and a capacitor (C3) for generating a ramp signal from the AC component in the output of a hysteresis comparator (1). The switching regulator is characterized in that the hysteresis comparator (1) compares with a reference voltage outputted from a reference voltage source (2) a voltage obtained by superimposing the ramp signal on the divided voltage of the output voltage (VO) as obtained between resistors (R1 and R2).
US07868597B2	Dead-time transition adjustments for synchronous power converters A method of operating a synchronous power converter detects when at least one of an upper power switch and a lower power switch of the converter transition to an off state during a dead-time transition interval between the upper power switch and the lower power switch. The method generates a first comparison signal, indicative of a voltage level at a phase node of the converter, in a dead-time adjustment circuit coupled to the converter. The method further detects a body diode conduction level of at least one of the upper and lower power switches in the off state using at least a second comparison signal generated in the dead-time adjustment circuit and adjusts the dead-time transition interval between the upper power switch and the lower power switch using at least one current source from the dead-time adjustment circuit to reduce the dead-time transition interval to a desired dead-time interval.
US07868594B2	Generating unit and method for producing a current with a predetermined network frequency A drive is embodied to drive a rotor at a variable rotational frequency; the rotor has a winding that is embodied to produce a rotary field magnetomotive force of a generator, with a rotor rotary field frequency which is variable in relation to the rotor; the frequency converter is electrically connected to the rotor winding; a regulating device comprises a recording element for measuring values of the generator, a calculating unit for a generator simulation, and a transmitter for transmitting a control signal to the frequency converter; and, on the basis of the control signal, an electrical excitation of the rotor winding can be triggered by the frequency converter in such a way that a pre-determined stator rotary field frequency is present in the event of a variable rotational frequency of the rotor and a variable rotor rotary field frequency.
US07868593B2	Charging circuit of portable device A charging circuit of a portable device includes a switch circuit having an input connected to a storage battery of the portable device for triggering the storage battery to supply power to an electronic device, a reference voltage circuit, a regulating circuit, a filter circuit filtering voltage signals from the storage battery, a collecting circuit, a comparator circuit, a rectangular generator, an integral circuit, and a driving circuit. The reference voltage circuit and the collecting circuit respectively output a reference voltage signal and a collecting voltage signal to the comparator circuit. The rectangular wave generator outputs a rectangular wave to the integral circuit. The integral circuit outputs a triangle wave signal to the driving circuit. The driving circuit outputs a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to drive the regulating circuit to charge the electronic device.
US07868587B2	Controlling inductive power transfer systems An inductive power transfer system comprises a primary unit 10, having a primary coil 12 and an electrical drive unit 14 which applies electrical drive signals to the primary coil so as to generate an electromagnetic field. The system also comprises at least one secondary device 30, separable from the primary unit and having a secondary coil 32 which couples with the field when the secondary device is in proximity to the primary unit. A control unit 16 causes a circuit including said primary coil to operate, during a measurement period, in an undriven resonating condition. In this condition the application of the drive signals to the primary coil by the electrical drive unit is suspended so that energy stored in the circuit decays over the course of the period. A decay measurement unit 18 takes one or more measures of such energy decay during the measurement period. In dependence upon said one or more energy decay measures, the control unit controls the electrical drive unit so as to restrict or stop inductive power transfer from the primary unit.
US07868585B2	Wireless charging device A wireless charging device which locates a portable electronic device for efficient charging while providing a secure, stable and usable platform for the portable electronic device.
US07868584B2	DC-DC converter A DC-DC converter includes an inductor, a capacitor, an output voltage detection circuit, and a synchronous rectification circuit including a rectifier-side synchronous rectifier element and a commutator-side synchronous rectifier element. The commutator-side synchronous rectifier element is turned on so as to pass a current through a closed loop composed of the commutator-side synchronous rectifier element, the inductor, and a second secondary battery. The characteristic evaluation of the second secondary battery is performed on the basis of the decrease in a detection voltage Vout of an output voltage Vo. As a result, it is possible to determine the effective capacity or characteristic degradation state of the second secondary battery with a circuit to charge the second secondary battery without using a dedicated circuit.
US07868583B2	Apparatus and method for controlling battery recharging and discharging in a portable terminal An apparatus and method for controlling battery discharging in a portable terminal having a detachable external battery are provided. The method includes determining if the external battery has been connected with the portable terminal when the portable terminal is booted, receiving power from the external battery when the external battery is connected with the portable terminal and receiving power from an embedded battery of the portable terminal when the external battery has been completely discharged. Furthermore, in charging the batteries, the embedded battery of the portable terminal is first charged when battery charging current is input in a state that the external battery has been connected with the portable terminal, and the external battery is charged when the embedded battery has been completely charged. Power from the external battery is first used when a portable terminal assembled with the external battery is used, and an embedded battery is first charged in charging batteries. Therefore, the embedded battery capacity of the portable terminal can be maintained as much as possible. Furthermore, although the external battery is separated from the portable terminal during battery charging/discharging, the embedded battery capacity can be maintained as much as possible. As a result, even if only the embedded battery is used, a using time of the embedded battery can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to improve the user's convenience.
US07868581B2	Induction motor analysis and control method An induction motor controller that may include three phase paths leading from a power input to a power output, a solid-state switching device interposed between the power input and the power output on each of the three phase paths, a voltage sensor coupled to two of the phase paths between the solid-state switching device and the power input, a current sensor on one of the phase paths, a processor communicatively coupled to the voltage sensor, the current sensor, and the solid state switching device; and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured to calculate a motor parameter based on a signal from the voltage sensor and a signal from the current sensor and store the calculated motor parameter in memory.
US07868575B2	Aperture driving apparatus and projection type image display apparatus An aperture driving apparatus includes a swing unit and a stationary unit. The swing unit includes an aperture plate that partially blocks a light, a coil that constitute a voice coil motor for obtaining a driving force for driving the aperture driving plate, and a swing arm that supports the aperture plate and the coil and has a bearing portion between the aperture plate and the coil. The stationary unit includes a swing shaft that engages the bearing portion and swingably supports the swing arm about a swing axis, and a magnet and a yoke that constitute the voice coil motor together with the coil. A control unit of the aperture driving apparatus controls the swing angle of the swing arm using a closed-loop control technique. In the direction of the swing axis, the position of a center of gravity of the swing unit is substantially aligned with a position at which the driving force is applied to the coil.
US07868570B2	Device and method for controlling brushless DC electric machine A controller of a brushless DC electric machine having a rotor and at least a stator winding powered by a driving voltage is provided. The controller includes a position sensor, an advance angle control circuit, and a driving circuit. The position sensor is moved along a reverse rotating direction of the rotor by a prepositioned angle for outputting a position signal. The advance angle control circuit receives the position signal and a driving voltage reproduction signal reproduced from the driving voltage and outputs a commutation control signal lagging the position signal by a first delay time. The driving circuit receives the commutation control signal for outputting a driving signal for controlling a commutation of the brushless DC electric machine.
US07868569B2	Motor driving apparatus A motor driving apparatus comprises a charge/discharge control circuit for controlling charge to or discharge from a capacitor connected in parallel in a link section between a converter and an inverter, and a current control means for controlling discharge current from the charge/discharge control circuit. The current control means controls discharge current from the charge/discharge control circuit based on input current to the inverter or output current from the converter so that output current from the converter is equal to a prescribed value.
US07868568B2	Motor driving device A motor driving device, which drives a DC motor, includes a motor driving unit, a status determination unit, and an initial value renewal unit. The motor driving unit repeatedly performs a change-over, wherein the motor driving unit changes an amount of a current inputted into the DC motor to an initial value at a predetermined timing, and then gradually increases the amount of the current from the initial value, in order to slowly move a driving target, driven by rotational force of the DC motor, in a moving direction. The status determination unit determines whether or not the driving target is in a predetermined status. The initial value renewal unit changes the initial value when the status determination unit determines that the driving target is in the predetermined status.
US07868562B2	Luminaire control system and method The present invention provides a system and method for controlling one or more light-emitting elements which are driven by forward currents to generate mixed light for use, for example, through a luminaire. The system has one or more light sensors for acquiring feedback optical sensor data and a user interface for providing reference data representative of a desired mixed light. The system also has a controller for transforming either the sensor data or the reference data into the coordinate space of the other and to determine a difference between the sensor and the reference data in that coordinate space. The controller is configured to adjust the forward currents during operating conditions so that the sensor data matches the setpoint data. The present invention also provides a system and method that can at least partially compensate certain temperature induced effects when transforming the optical sensor or the reference data.
US07868561B2	Two-wire dimmer circuit for a screw-in compact fluorescent lamp A dimmer switch for controlling the intensity of a dimmable screw-in compact fluorescent lamp provides smooth dimming of the fluorescent lamp and prevents flickering of the lamp due to multiple re-strikes. The dimmer switch prevents multiple re-strikes by avoiding multiple firings of a controllably conductive switching device of the dimmer circuit by limiting the high-end light intensity of the fluorescent lamp. Specifically, the dimmer switch limits the length of a conduction interval of the controllably conductive switching device to less than approximately 75% of each half-cycle. The dimmer switch may include a user-accessible adjustment actuator for changing the dimmer switch between an incandescent operating mode and a screw-in compact fluorescent mode. The dimmer switch may also be operable to automatically change the dimmer switch between the incandescent operating mode and the screw-in compact fluorescent mode by detecting the occurrence of the multiple firings of the controllably conductive switching device.
US07868556B2	RF matching network of a vacuum processing chamber and corresponding configuration methods A RF matching network is described, and which includes a 1st to nth RF generators, and wherein each RF generator has a different frequency, and wherein the frequencies of the 1st to the nth RF input ports decline in sequence, and wherein between the ith frequency RF input port, and the output port is a ith circuit, which has a high impedance at the output port to all RF generator frequencies other than the ith frequency; and wherein the ith circuit, when connected to a RF generator with the ith frequency, and wherein measuring from the output port to the ith circuit, the ith circuit has a first impedance at the ith frequency; and when measuring from the output port in the opposite direction to the ith circuit, the ith circuit has a second impedance at the ith frequency; and wherein the first impedance is a substantial conjugate match of the second impedance.
US07868553B2	Metal halide lamp including a source of available oxygen A lamp includes a discharge vessel. Tungsten electrodes extend into the discharge vessel. An ionizable fill is sealed within the vessel. The fill includes a buffer gas, optionally free mercury, a halide component which includes a rare earth halide selected from the group consisting of lanthanum halides, praseodymium halides, neodymium halides, samarium halides, cerium halides, and combinations thereof. A source of available oxygen is present in the discharge vessel. The rare earth halide is present in an amount such that, during lamp operation, in combination with the source of available oxygen, it maintains a difference in vapor phase solubility for tungsten species between a wall of the discharge vessel and at least a portion of at least one of the electrodes.
US07868547B2	Determination of analyte characteristics based upon binding properties Embodiments of the present invention relate to the determination of analyte characteristics based upon binding properties using mass analysis and differential labeling reagents.
US07868545B2	Display device It is made possible to provide a low-cost highly reliable display device which does not lose the flexibility of itself and which can transmit the allowable range of the flexibility to the user. A display device includes: a display part having a display face and being flexible; and a restriction part having a plurality of first convex parts to restrict a bending quantity of the display part.
US07868539B2	Light-emitting element and light-emitting device An object is to provide a highly functional and reliable light-emitting element and light-emitting device with lower power consumption and high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element has an EL layer that has a stacked structure including a light-emitting element containing an organic compound and a functional layer having separate functions between a pair of electrode layers. In the light-emitting element including the functional layer and the light-emitting element containing an organic compound, a mixed-valence compound is contained in the functional layers. When an element in a compound has a plurality of valences, this element is in a state that is referred to as a mixed-valence state and this compound is referred to as a mixed-valence compound.
US07868538B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of fabricating the same An organic light emitting display device (OLED), which does not include a separate cathode, and a method of fabricating the same, are provided. The OLED includes: a substrate; a reflective layer disposed on the substrate; a charge generation layer disposed on the reflective layer; an organic layer disposed on the charge generation layer and including an emission layer; and an anode disposed on the organic layer.
US07868536B2	Organic light emitting device An organic light emitting device including an anode including a lanthanide oxide. The lanthanide oxide is doped with a conductive material including rubidium, titanium, or combinations thereof. The organic light emitting device further includes a cathode, an organic hole transport layer intermediate the anode and cathode, and an electron injection layer intermediate the anode and cathode.
US07868531B2	Carbon nanotube arrays for field electron emission A method for preparation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) bundles for use in field emission devices (FEDs) includes forming a plurality of carbon nanotubes on a substrate, contacting the carbon nanotubes with a polymer composition comprising a polymer and a solvent, and removing at least a portion of the solvent so as to form a solid composition from the carbon nanotubes and the polymer to form a carbon nanotube bundle having a base with a periphery, and an elevated central region where, along the periphery of the base, the carbon nanotubes slope toward the central region.
US07868530B2	Filament electrode and fluorescent lamp The disclosed subject matter includes a filament electrode that can include a filament coil connected with a pair of lead wires with confidence. It is possible for a fluorescent lamp using the filament electrode to emit light with a wider range while located in a thin tube. The filament electrode can include a pair of connecting pipes, a pair of lead wires located parallel to each other, and a filament coil including two connecting parts. Each of the two connecting parts of the filament coil can attach to respective ends of the pair of lead wires via the pair of connecting pipes via pressure bonding so as not to contact the connecting parts of the filament coil with the ends of the pair of lead wires located in the pair of connecting pipes and so as to align the structures. Thus, the filament electrode can be used even in a thin glass or quartz tube and can provide an effective heat-shield operation.
US07868525B2	LED illuminating device An LED illuminating device includes an optical part having a light source therein, an electrical part and a heat dissipation part. The electrical part includes a rear shell and a circuit board electrically connecting with the light source. The heat dissipation part includes a hollow front shell having a rear end secured with the rear shell, a heat sink and a cooling fan arranged in the front shell. The front shell defines a plurality of first and second air holes. The heat sink includes a solid base and a plurality of fins. The light source is thermally connected with the base. An airflow produced by the cooling fan is introduced into the front shell via the first air holes. The airflow flows then towards the heat sink and finally flows out of the front shell via the second air holes.
US07868522B2	Adjusted frequency temperature coefficient resonator A temperature compensated pair of resonators. The temperature compensated pair of resonators comprises a first resonator configured to resonate at a first frequency and having a first frequency temperature coefficient and a second resonator configured to resonate at a second frequency and having a second frequency temperature coefficient. The second frequency is greater than the first frequency; the second frequency temperature coefficient is less than the first frequency temperature coefficient; and the first and the second resonators are fabricated on a common substrate.
US07868519B2	Piezoelectric resonator including an acoustic reflector portion A piezoelectric resonator that achieves stable quality and improved resonance characteristics includes an acoustic reflector portion disposed between a substrate and a vibration portion, which includes a piezoelectric thin film sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, and a plurality of low acoustic impedance layers made of a material having relatively low acoustic impedance and a plurality of high acoustic impedance layers formed made of a material having relatively high acoustic impedance, the acoustic impedance layers being disposed alternately, and adjustment layers, which are disposed between the high acoustic impedance layers and the low acoustic impedance layers on the substrate sides of the high acoustic impedance layers and which have an acoustic impedance value intermediate between that of the high acoustic impedance layers and that of the low acoustic impedance layers. The low acoustic impedance layers and the high acoustic impedance layers have compressive stresses and the adjustment layers have a tensile stress.
US07868514B2	Plural rotor permanent magnet electric motor with coincident electromagnetic axis An electric motor having a first rotor, a second rotor and a third rotor, a first permanent magnet, a second permanent magnet and a third permanent magnet, a first stator and a second stator, a first electromagnet and a second an electromagnet with one end of the core larger than the other, a shaft, a shaft rotation position sensor and an electric switch.
US07868513B2	Vehicle A.C. generator A vehicle A.C. generator has a rotor. The rotor has a pair of pole cores and magnet holders. Each pole core has a plurality of claw-like magnet poles. Each magnet holder contains a permanent magnet and placed between the adjacent claw-like magnet poles in order to prevent leakage flux. The rotor has a pair of supporting members in order to stop each magnet holder shifting in the direction of a rotary shaft of the rotor. Each supporting member has projecting parts which correspond to the magnet holders. The supporting members are fixed to one end surface of the pole cores, respectively. Each projecting part fixes the position of the corresponding permanent magnet in the rotor.
US07868512B2	Motor-generator system with a current control feedback loop A motor-generator system with a current control feedback loop for generating electrical energy in stationary, portable, and automotive applications. The generator includes a housing defining an interior space and including a first portion and a second portion; an electric motor assembly positioned within the first portion of the housing, and operationally coupled to a shaft member for selectively rotating the shaft member; an electric generator assembly positioned within the second portion of the housing and operationally coupled to the shaft member for converting mechanical rotation into electrical energy, the electric generator assembly including a current output for supplying electrical current; and a control assembly operationally coupled between the electric generator assembly and the electric motor assembly the control assembly providing a control current to the electric motor assembly for controlling a speed of rotation induced into the shaft member by the electric motor assembly.
US07868511B2	Electrical devices using disk and non-disk shaped rotors Various devices for generating electrical or mechanical output, comprising a coil, a rotor assembly rotatable about an axis, the rotor comprising alternating magnet portion and flux conducting portions, each of the magnet portions having a first end with a first polarity and a second end with the opposite polarity and oriented along the periphery such that the first end of each magnet portion points toward the first end of the previous magnet portion and the second end of each magnet portion points toward the second end of the next magnet portion, a stator assembly having first and second sets of stator flux conductor extensions, each of the stator flux conductor extensions having a stator surface facing the rotor, wherein rotating the rotor assembly about the axis alternates the rotor assembly between a first and a second position, causing magnetic flux to flow. The stator and the rotor may be reversed in operation. Other variations are presented, including multiple geometries for both the permanent magnets and the flux conductive portions of the invention. A means of coupling the invention to an exterior device or apparatus is also discussed, as are ways to control the output of the device.
US07868506B2	Flux-switching dual excitation electrical machine Flux-switching electrical machines. In particular, a flux-switching electrical machine having a stator and a rotor. The stator has permanent magnets, armature windings and excitation windings, and the rotor has no winding or permanent magnet but includes a plurality of flux-switching teeth. The stator is generally formed by a succession of elementary cells, each cell being intended to interact with only a single tooth of the rotor at a time. Each cell includes one of the permanent magnets; a first slot for at least partly housing one of the excitation windings at least; and second slots for housing one of the armature windings.
US07868503B1	Embedded magnet motor and manufacturing method of the same In an embedded magnet motor, radial magnets and first inclined magnets form north poles. The radial magnets and second inclined magnets form south poles. Core sheets each include preformed radial accommodating slots the number of which is expressed by P/2. Some of the preformed radial accommodating slots are short slots and the rest are long slots. The short slots are located at some parts of each radial accommodating slot along the axial direction. Radially inner ends of the short slots restrict the radial magnets from moving radially inward.
US07868502B2	Fan motor, BLDC motor, and rotor for the BLDC motor A BLDC motor is provided. The BLDC motor includes a stator having a plurality of teeth formed at an inside thereof, a plurality of coils, each of the plurality of coils being wound around a corresponding tooth of the stator, a rotor located at the inside of the stator, a plurality of magnets located at an edge portion of the rotor, a plurality of magnet placement portions located on the rotor, each magnet placement portion having a first and second barrier formed at opposite ends of the magnet placement portion, the first barrier and second barrier of adjacent magnet placement portions being separated by a gap portion, each of the plurality of magnets being inserted into a corresponding magnet placement portion, and at least one of the gap portions includes a third barrier located therein. A rotor and fan motor including a plurality of barriers formed on the rotor are also provided.
US07868500B2	Stepping motor and method of manufacturing the same A stepping motor includes a housing, a supporting shaft, a rotor, and a stator. The housing includes a first wall and a second wall facing each other. The supporting shaft is inserted into a through hole of the rotor and is held by the first wall and the second wall. The rotor has a first end face and a second end face in an axial direction of the rotor. The first end face and the second end face are separated from the first wall and the second wall, respectively. A lubricant fills between the through hole and the supporting shaft, and an oil repellent agent is applied at a predetermined first area of the first wall around the supporting shaft and a predetermined second area of the second wall around the supporting shaft.
US07868498B2	Motor stator assembly mounting features for radial mounting to a shroud and assembly method A motor case assembly 20 a permanent magnet D.C. electric motor includes a motor case 24 having a generally cylindrical wall 25, a closed end 21, and an open end 23 opposite the closed end, defining an interior 27. Permanent magnet structure 26 is mounted to the wall 25 in the interior 27. A surface defines at least one hole 22 through the wall 25. The hole 22 is constructed and arranged to be employed in mounting the case 20 to a shroud to obtain a mass balance distribution of a motor shroud assembly.
US07868495B2	Electric motor core member An electric motor core member includes a body having an inner diametric portion including an inner arcuate surface and an outer diametric portion including an outer arcuate surface. The electric motor core member further includes a plurality of wall members provided on the main body. Each of the plurality of wall members projects outwardly from the outer arcuate surface and is arranged in a spaced relationship to define a plurality of conductor isolation channels. Each of the plurality of conductor isolation channels is adapted to receive one of a plurality of conductors with the plurality of wall members providing electrical isolation between adjacent ones of the plurality of conductors.
US07868492B2	Nano-positioning electromagnetic linear actuator A flexure for an electromagnetic nano-positioning linear actuator having a support and an actuating body, the flexure comprising: a first resilient end for attaching to the support; a second resilient end for attaching to the actuating body; and a substantially rigid intermediate portion located between the first resilient end and the second resilient end.
US07868486B2	Power supply having source determination circuitry utilized to disable battery charging circuitry in powered device A power supply provides a DC voltage to power an electronic device which includes battery charging circuitry. The power supply can be selectably coupled to alternative types of power sources and converts the power received from a power source to the DC voltage. The power supply includes source determination circuitry which generates a signal indicative of the type of power source to which the power supply is coupled. The DC voltage and the power source indication signal are provided to the electronic device. In response to the power source indication signal, a controller within the electronic device controls the amount of power drawn by the device by disabling the battery charging circuitry.
US07868484B2	Worldwide adaptive multi-coil automatic transfer switch A multi-coil automatic transfer switch (ATS) adapted for automatically switching an appropriately rated component to render the ATS operational over a worldwide voltage range is provided. A low voltage contactor includes a low voltage coil magnetically linked with a normally open low voltage main contact. A high voltage contactor is coupled in parallel with the low voltage contactor. The high voltage contactor includes a high voltage coil magnetically linked with a normally open high voltage main contact. A normally closed high voltage auxiliary contact is magnetically linked with the high voltage coil. The normally closed high voltage auxiliary contact has a phase opposite the normally open high voltage main contact. The high voltage contactor opens the normally closed high voltage auxiliary contact to disconnect the low voltage coil.
US07868479B2	Power gating for multimedia processing power management Circuitry for implementation of power gating within a multimedia processing environment is described. The disclosed circuitry supports effective power management for a multimedia display processor, which may include various components that operate separately from one another. In this manner, the disclosed circuitry can support power conservation and enhanced performance within a multimedia processing environment. In some aspects, headswitch or footswitch circuitry may be implemented to selectively connect and disconnect different logic components of a multimedia display processor to a power rail depending on the operating mode of the respective logic component, e.g., depending on whether the logic component is in an active or inactive mode.
US07868475B1	Energy generating expansion joint Provided is an expansion joint system including: at least one transversely extending vehicular load bearing member; and an electrical energy generator connected to a component of the expansion joint system for capturing displacements having kinetic energy; an amplifier for amplifying the captured displacements; and an energy converter for converting said kinetic energy of the amplified displacements to electrical energy. Various embodiments including an electrical junction box, a cathodic protection system, dampers, and/or data acquisitions systems integrated with the electrical energy generator are also provided.
US07868468B2	Wire bonding structure and method that eliminates special wire bondable finish and reduces bonding pitch on substrates A semiconductor package has a semiconductor die disposed on a substrate. A bond wire is connected between a first bonding site on the semiconductor die and a second bonding site on the substrate. The first bonding site is a die bond pad; the second bonding site is a stitch bond. The second bonding site has a bond finger formed on the substrate, a conductive layer in direct physical contact with the bond finger, and a bond stud coupled to the bond wire and in direct physical contact with the conductive layer to conduct an electrical signal from the semiconductor die to the bond finger. The bond finger is made of copper. The conductive layer is made of copper or gold. The bond stud is made of gold and overlies a side portion and top portion of the copper layer.
US07868459B2	Semiconductor package having non-aligned active vias A semiconductor package is disclosed including a first capture pad isolated from an adjacent second capture pad by an insulator; a first plurality of electrically active vias connecting the first capture pad to the second capture pad; a third capture pad isolated from the second capture pad by an insulator; and a second plurality of electrically active vias connecting the second capture pad to the third capture pad. Each via of the first plurality of active vias is non-aligned with each via of the second plurality of active vias. The structure provides reduction of strain on the vias when a shear force is applied to a ball grid array used therewith while minimizing the degradation of the electrical signals.
US07868458B2	Semiconductor device with epitaxial C49-titanium silicide (TiSi2) layer and method for fabricating the same The present invention relates to a semiconductor device with an epitaxially grown titanium silicide layer having a phase of C49 and a method for fabricating the same. This titanium silicide layer has a predetermined interfacial energy that does not transform the phase of the titanium layer, and thus, occurrences of agglomeration of the titanium layer and a grooving phenomenon can be prevented. The semiconductor device includes: a silicon layer; an insulation layer formed on the silicon layer, wherein a partial portion of the insulation layer is opened to form a contact hole exposing a partial portion of the silicon layer; an epitaxially grown titanium silicide layer having a phase of C49 and formed on the exposed silicon substrate disposed within the contact hole; and a metal layer formed on an upper surface of the titanium silicide layer.
US07868455B2	Solving via-misalignment issues in interconnect structures having air-gaps An integrated circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate; and a metallization layer over the semiconductor substrate. The metallization layer includes a conductive line; a low-k dielectric region adjacent and horizontally spaced apart from the conductive line by a space; and a filler dielectric material filling at least a portion of the space, wherein the filler dielectric material and the low-k dielectric region are formed of different materials. The integrated circuit structure further includes a capping layer over and adjoining the filler dielectric material and the low-k dielectric region. The filler dielectric material has a dielectric constant (k value) less than a k value of the capping layer.
US07868449B2	Semiconductor substrate and method of connecting semiconductor die to substrate A semiconductor substrate includes a substrate layer and a circuit film formed over the substrate layer. One or more openings are formed in the circuit film and the substrate layer. Conductive plates are formed over the circuit film at the peripheries of the openings. A semiconductor die is attached to the circuit film, below the openings with an adhesive material. A conductive material is disposed in the openings to electrically connect the semiconductor die to the conductive plates.
US07868447B2	Solid-state image sensing apparatus and package of same Warpage and twist of a solid-state image sensing apparatus is controlled, thereby preventing displacement occurring to the solid-state image sensing apparatus when it is mounted on a printed circuit board. The solid-state image sensing apparatus comprises a plurality of outer leads, and the outer leads each comprises a horizontal portion protruding in the horizontal direction from a side face of a package body for encasing a solid-state image sensing chip therein, an end portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal portion, and disposed directly below the horizontal portion, a mid portion positioned between the horizontal portion, and the end portion, a first bend formed between the horizontal portion, and the mid portion, and a second bend formed between the mid portion, and the end portion.
US07868446B2	Semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices This application relates to a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor chip, a molded body covering the semiconductor chip wherein the molded body comprises an array of recesses in a first surface of the molded body, first contact elements, and elastic elements in the recesses that connect the first contact elements with the molded body.
US07868445B2	Integrated structures and methods of fabrication thereof with fan-out metallization on a chips-first chip layer Electronic modules and methods of fabrication are provided implementing a first metallization level directly on a chips-first chip layer. The chips-first layer includes chips, each with a pad mask over an upper surface and openings to expose chip contact pads. Structural dielectric material surrounds and physically contacts the side surfaces of the chips, and has an upper surface which is parallel to an upper surface of the chips. A metallization layer is disposed over the front surface of the chips-first layer, residing at least partially on the pad masks of the chips, and extending over one or more edges of the chips. Together, the pad masks of the chips, and the structural dielectric material electrically isolate the metallization layer from the edges of the chips, and from one or more electrical structures of the chips in the chips-first layer.
US07868443B2	Vertical stack type multi-chip package having improved grounding performance and lower semiconductor chip reliability A vertical stack type multi-chip package is provided having improved reliability by increasing the grounding performance and preventing the decrease in reliability of the multi-chip package from moisture penetration into a lower semiconductor chip. The vertical stack type multi-chip package comprises an organic substrate having a printed circuit pattern on which a semiconductor chip is mounted. A first semiconductor chip is mounted on a die bonding region of the organic substrate and is electrically connected to the organic substrate through a first wire. A metal stiffener is formed on the first semiconductor chip and connected to the organic substrate by a first ground unit around the first semiconductor chip. An encapsulant is used to seal the first semiconductor chip below the metal stiffener. A second semiconductor chip, which is larger in size than that the first semiconductor chip, is mounted on the metal stiffener and connected by a second ground unit. The second semiconductor chip is connected to the organic substrate by a second wire. A mold resin seals the second semiconductor chip and a solder ball is bonded to a solder ball pad below the organic substrate.
US07868442B2	Layered chip package and method of manufacturing same A layered chip package includes a plurality of layer portions stacked, each layer portion including a semiconductor chip having a first surface with a device formed thereon and a second surface opposite thereto. The plurality of layer portions include at least a pair of layer portions disposed such that the first surfaces of the respective semiconductor chips face toward each other. A manufacturing method for the layered chip package includes the steps of: fabricating a layered substructure by stacking a plurality of substructures each including a plurality of layer portions corresponding to the plurality of layer portions of the layered chip package; and fabricating a plurality of layered chip packages by using the layered substructure. The step of fabricating the layered substructure includes: fabricating a first and a second pre-polishing substructure each having a first surface and a second surface; bonding the pre-polishing substructures to each other such that their respective first surfaces face toward each other; and forming a first and a second substructure by polishing the second surfaces.
US07868441B2	Package on-package secure module having BGA mesh cap A package-on-package (POP) secure module includes a BGA mesh cap, a first BGA package, and a second BGA package. The first BGA package includes a first integrated circuit (for example, a microcontroller that includes tamper detect logic). The second BGA package includes a second integrated circuit (for example, a memory). The second BGA package is piggy-back mounted to the first BGA package and the BGA mesh cap is piggy-back mounted to the second BGA package. A printed circuit board substrate member of the BGA mesh cap includes an embedded anti-tamper mesh. This mesh is connected in a protected manner within the module to the first integrated circuit. When the module is in use, a mesh embedded in an underlying printed circuit board is coupled to the BGA cap mesh so that both anti-tamper meshes are controlled by the tamper detect logic.
US07868440B2	Packaged microdevices and methods for manufacturing packaged microdevices Microdevices and methods for packaging microdevices. One embodiment of a packaged microdevice includes a substrate having a mounting area, contacts in the mounting area, and external connectors electrically coupled to corresponding contacts. The microdevice also includes a die located across from the mounting area and spaced apart from the substrate by a gap. The die has an integrated circuit and pads electrically coupled to the integrated circuit. The microdevice further includes first and second conductive elements in the gap that form interconnects between the contacts of the substrate and corresponding pads of the die. The first conductive elements are electrically connected to contacts on the substrate, and the second conductive elements are electrically coupled to corresponding pads of the die. The first conductive elements are attached to the second conductive elements at corresponding interfaces such that the interconnects connect the contacts of the substrate directly to corresponding pads on the die within the gap.
US07868439B2	Chip package and substrate thereof A chip package coupled to a circuit board includes a substrate and at least one chip. The substrate includes a plurality of first pads, a plurality of second pads and at least one first interconnecting structure. The first pads and the chip are located on a first surface of the substrate and the second pads are located on a second surface of the substrate. The first interconnecting structure is coupled with the chip, one of the first pads and one of the second pads for flexible design of various applications. A substrate of the chip package is also disclosed.
US07868438B2	Multi-chip package for reducing parasitic load of pin Multi-chip package includes first through Nth semiconductor chips, each of which includes an input/output pad, an input/output driver coupled to the input/output pad, and an internal circuit. Each of the first through Nth semiconductor chips includes an internal pad for coupling the internal input/output driver and the internal circuit. The internal pads of the first through Nth semiconductor chips are coupled to each other such as via a common pad installed at a substrate. The input/output pad of the first semiconductor chip directly receives an input/output signal transmitted via a corresponding pin of the multi-chip package. The second through Nth semiconductor chips indirectly receive the input/output signal via the internal pads coupled to each other. The multi-chip package can improve signal compatibility by maintaining a parasitic load of a pin to at least the level of a single chip, when a signal is transmitted to the pin at high speed. Also, when a signal that is not necessarily transmitted at high speed is applied to a pin, semiconductor chips can be packaged according to the preexisting methods.
US07868435B2	Adhesive containing a filler, and a method for attaching and manufacturing a thin plate using the same An adhesive comprises a base material which generates adhesive strength through curing, a hardening agent which promotes the curing of the base material, and a filler. In order to solve the problems mentioned above, the adhesive is made of particles having a maximum particle diameter of 0.8 μm or less.
US07868434B2	Integrated circuit package-on-package stacking system An integrated circuit package-on-package stacking system includes a leadframe interposer including: a leadframe having a lead; a molded base on a portion of the lead for only supporting the lead; and the leadframe interposer singulated from the leadframe, wherein the lead is bent to support a stack-up height.
US07868431B2	Compact power semiconductor package and method with stacked inductor and integrated circuit die A power semiconductor package is disclosed with high inductance rating while exhibiting a reduced foot print. It has a bonded stack of power IC die at bottom, a power inductor at top and a circuit substrate, made of leadframe or printed circuit board, in the middle. The power inductor has a inductor core of closed magnetic loop. The circuit substrate has a first number of bottom half-coil forming conductive elements beneath the inductor core. A second number of top half-coil forming conductive elements, made of bond wires, three dimensionally formed interconnection plates or upper leadframe leads, are located atop the inductor core with both ends of each element connected to respective bottom half-coil forming conductive elements to jointly form an inductive coil enclosing the inductor core. A top encapsulant protectively encases the inductor core, the top half-coil forming conductive elements, the bottom half-coil forming conductive elements and the circuit substrate.
US07868419B1	Linearity improvements of semiconductor substrate based radio frequency devices The present invention relates to using a trap-rich layer, such as a polycrystalline Silicon layer, over a semiconductor substrate to substantially immobilize a surface conduction layer at the surface of the semiconductor substrate at radio frequency (RF) frequencies. The trap-rich layer may have a high density of traps that trap carriers from the surface conduction layer. The average release time from the traps may be longer than the period of any present RF signals, thereby effectively immobilizing the surface conduction layer, which may substantially prevent capacitance and inductance changes due to the RF signals. Therefore, harmonic distortion of the RF signals may be significantly reduced or eliminated. The semiconductor substrate may be a Silicon substrate, a Gallium Arsenide substrate, or another substrate.
US07868417B2	Semiconductor device including a plurality of fuse elements and attenuation members between or around the plurality of fuse elements A semiconductor device includes plural fuse elements which can be disconnected by irradiating a laser beam, and attenuation members which are located between the plural fuse elements as viewed two-dimensionally and can attenuate the laser beam. Each attenuation member includes plural columnar bodies. With this arrangement, the attenuation members including plural columnar units absorb the laser beam leaked out from a fuse element to be disconnected to a semiconductor substrate side. The laser beam is also scattered by Fresnel diffraction. Therefore, the columnar body can efficiently attenuate the laser beam, without generating a crack in the insulation film by absorbing excessive energy.
US07868413B2	Semiconductor device It is an object of the present invention to surely protect a predetermined semiconductor element or a predetermined semiconductor element group in an analog block from a noise generated from a digital block. A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a digital block to be a region in which a digital circuit is formed and an analog block to be a region in which an analog circuit is formed, arranged by separating an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and a substrate potential fixing region provided on the semiconductor substrate so as to surround in a planar view the predetermined semiconductor element group in the analog block, and a pad connected to the substrate potential fixing region and receiving a predetermined potential from an external part.
US07868410B2	Gate stack engineering by electrochemical processing utilizing through-gate-dielectric current flow A method is provided for electroplating a gate metal or other conducting or semiconducting material directly on a dielectric such as a gate dielectric. The method involves selecting a substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt, wherein the combination of the substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt allow an electrochemical current to be passed from the substrate through the dielectric layer into the electrolyte solution or melt. Methods are also provided for electrochemical modification of dielectrics utilizing through-dielectric current flow.
US07868406B2	Photodiode being monolithically integrated onto a waveguide A waveguide-integrated photodiode for high bandwidths with a semi-insulating monomode supply waveguide monolithically integrated on a substrate, together with an overlying photodiode mesa structure having an electroconducting n-contact layer, an absorption layer, a p+-contact layer and a metallic p-contact, the refraction index of the n-contact layer being greater than the refraction index of the semi-insulating waveguide layer. Lengthening the n-contact layer by a predetermined length L in the direction of the supply waveguide in relation to the overlying layers correspondingly increases at least one factor of the product of quantum efficiency and bandwidth.
US07868404B2	Vortex spin momentum transfer magnetoresistive device A ferromagnetic thin-film based device that transitioned between alternative magnetic states thereof through having electrical currents established therethrough and has both a reference magnetization and a free layer magnetization provided therein by vortex magnetizations.
US07868402B2	Package and packaging assembly of microelectromechanical system microphone A package of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone is suitable for being mounted on a printed circuit board. The package has a cover and at least one MEMS microphone. The cover has an inner surface and a conductive trace disposed thereon. The MEMS microphone is mounted on the inner surface of the cover and electrically connected to the conductive trace, and has an acoustic pressure receiving surface. When the cover is mounted on the printed circuit board, the cover and the printed circuit board construct an acoustic housing which has at least one acoustic hole passing through the cover or the printed circuit board, and the conductive trace on the inner surface of the cover is electrically connected to the printed circuit board.
US07868394B2	Metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor and method of manufacturing the same The trench MOS transistor according to the present invention includes a drain region in a form of a trench filled with a semiconductor material. The trench has a bottom surface and side surfaces and extends vertically downward from the top surface of the covering layer into the buried layer, the bottom surface of the trench lies in the buried layer, an insulating layer lines the side surfaces of the trenches, and the semiconductor material within the trench overlies the insulating layer and contacts the buried layer at the bottom surface of the trench.
US07868391B2	3-D single gate inverter A 3-D (Three Dimensional) inverter having a single gate electrode. The single gate electrode has a first gate dielectric between the gate electrode and a body of a first FET (Field Effect transistor) of a first doping type, the first FET having first source/drain regions in a semiconductor substrate, or in a well in the semiconductor substrate. The single gate electrode has a second gate dielectric between the gate electrode and a body of a second FET of opposite doping to the first FET. Second source/drain regions of the second FET are formed from epitaxial layers grown over the first source/drain regions.
US07868389B2	Electronic device comprising a gate electrode including a metal-containing layer having one or more impurities One or more impurities may be incorporated within a metal-containing layer of a metal-containing gate electrode to modify the work function of the metal-containing gate electrode of a transistor can affect the threshold voltage of the transistor. In one embodiment, the impurity can be used in a p-channel transistor to allow the work function of a metal-containing gate electrode to be closer to the valence band for silicon. In another embodiment, the impurity can be used in an n-channel transistor to allow the work function of a metal-containing gate electrode to be closer to the conduction band for silicon. In a particular embodiment, a boron-containing species is implanted into a metal-containing layer within the metal-containing gate electrode within a p-channel transistor, so that the metal-containing gate electrode has a work function closer to the valence band for silicon as compared to the metal-containing gate electrode without the boron-containing species.
US07868387B2	Low leakage protection device A high-voltage, low-leakage, bidirectional electrostatic discharge (ESD, or other electrical overstress) protection device includes a doped well disposed between the terminal regions and the substrate. The device includes an embedded diode for conducting current in one direction, and a transistor feedback circuit for conducting current in the other direction. Variations in the dimensions and doping of the doped well, as well as external passive reference via resistor connections, allow the circuit designer to flexibly adjust the operating characteristics of the device, such as trigger voltage and turn-on speed, to suit the required mixed-signal operating conditions.
US07868386B2	Method and apparatus for semiconductor device with improved source/drain junctions A semiconductor device with improved source/drain junctions and methods for fabricating the device are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a MOS transistor with a gate structure overlying a substrate, lightly doped source/drain regions formed in the substrate aligned to the gate structure, sidewall spacers formed on the sidewalls of the gate structure and overlying the lightly doped source/drain regions, deeper source/drain diffusions formed into the substrate aligned to the sidewall spacers and additional pocket implants of source/drain dopants formed at the boundary of the deeper source/drain diffusions and the substrate. In a preferred method, the additional pocket implants are formed using an angled ion implant with the angle being between 4 and 45 degrees from vertical. Additional embodiments include recesses formed in the source/drain regions and methods for forming the recesses.
US07868383B2	Configurable non-volatile logic structure for characterizing an integrated circuit device An integrated circuit (IC) device including a substrate, a plurality of device layers formed over the substrate, and a plurality of multi-level revision (MLR) structures that generate a revision code indicative of device revisions. Each MLR group structure includes a number of MLR cells and includes a parity circuit having a number of inputs coupled to the outputs of the MLR cells and having an output to generate a corresponding bit of the revision code. The MLR cells in each MLR group structure are assigned to different device layers, and each device layer is assigned to one MLR cell in each MLR group structure. Each revision code bit is controllable by any MLR cell in the corresponding MLR group structure.
US07868381B1	Structures of and methods of fabricating trench-gated MIS devices In a trench-gated MIS device contact is made to the gate within the trench, thereby eliminating the need to have the gate material, typically polysilicon, extend outside of the trench. This avoids the problem of stress at the upper corners of the trench. Contact between the gate metal and the polysilicon is normally made in a gate metal region that is outside the active region of the device. Various configurations for making the contact between the gate metal and the polysilicon are described, including embodiments wherein the trench is widened in the area of contact. Since the polysilicon is etched back below the top surface of the silicon throughout the device, there is normally no need for a polysilicon mask, thereby saving fabrication costs.
US07868373B2	Flash memory device and a method of fabricating the same The invention relates to a flash memory device and its method of fabrication. The method includes the steps of: forming gate protection patterns over a peripheral region of a semiconductor substrate; forming a tunnel insulating film over the semiconductor substrate; forming a first conductive film over the tunnel insulating film between adjacent gate protection patterns; forming a dielectric film over the first conductive film and the gate protection patterns; etching a portion of the dielectric film in the peripheral region to expose a portion of the first conductive film between adjacent gate protection patterns; forming a second conductive film over the dielectric film and the first conductive film; and etching the second conductive film, the dielectric film, the first conductive film, the tunnel insulating film and the gate protection patterns to form a gate, wherein the gate protection patterns remain on the sidewalls of the first conductive film and the tunnel insulating film in the peripheral region.
US07868369B2	Localized masking for semiconductor structure development Container structures for use in integrated circuits and methods of their manufacture without the use of mechanical planarization such as chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP), thus eliminating CMP-induced defects and variations. The methods utilize localized masking of holes for protection of the inside of the holes during non-mechanical removal of exposed surface layers. The localized masking is accomplished through differential exposure of a resist layer to electromagnetic or thermal energy. The container structures are adapted for use in memory cells and apparatus incorporating such memory cells, as well as other integrated circuits.
US07868368B2	Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor A CMOS image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The CMOS image sensor enlarges an area of a real image and prevents interference between adjacent pixels by forming a plurality of microlenses on a convex surface and forming a light blocking layer in the space between each of color filters. The CMOS image sensor can include photodiodes, a first planarization layer, R, G, B color filter layers, a second planarization layer having holes filled with a light blocking layer, and a plurality of microlenses.
US07868362B2	SOI on package hypersensitive sensor A hypersensitive semiconductor die structure is disclosed, in which flip-chip packaging is used in conjunction with a modified SOI die in which a thick silicon support substrate has been removed to increase sensitivity of the sensing device. Rather than being located beneath layers of interconnects and dielectric, the disclosed structure places the sensing devices close to the surface, more closely exposed to the environment in which sensing is to occur. The structure also allows for the placement of sensing films on nearer to the sensing devices and/or an oxide layer overlying the sensing devices.
US07868358B2	Coiled circuit device with active circuitry and methods for making the same A device includes a coiling layer, a circuit device layer and active microelectronic circuitry fabricated on the circuit device layer. The coiling layer is formed onto a surface of and coupled to the circuit device layer. The coiling layer having intrinsic stresses which cause coiling of the coiling layer and the circuit device layer including the microelectronic circuitry as the circuit device layer is released from an underlying substrate. A coiled circuit device is formed.
US07868356B2	Compound semiconductor substrate for a field effect transistor A III-V field effect transistor comprising a semiconductor channel layer having an electrically conducting channel; an ohmic contact layer on the semiconductor channel layer, the ohmic contact layer having a recess structure disposed therethrough to the semiconductor channel layer; the bottom of the ohmic contact layer comprising an etch stop layer comprising Aluminium and Phosphorous and defining the shape of the recess at its junction with the semiconductor channel layer.
US07868354B2	GaN-based nitric oxide sensors and methods of making and using the same GaN-based heterojunction field effect transistor (HFET) sensors are provided with engineered, functional surfaces that act as pseudo-gates, modifying the drain current upon analyte capture. In some embodiments, devices for sensing nitric oxide (NO) species in a NO-containing fluid are provided which comprise a semiconductor structure that includes a pair of separated GaN layers and an AlGaN layer interposed between and in contact with the GaN layers. Source and drain contact regions are formed on one of the GaN layers, and an exposed GaN gate region is formed between the source and drain contact regions for contact with the NO-containing fluid. The semiconductor structure most preferably is formed on a suitable substrate (e.g., SiC). An insulating layer may be provided so as to cover the semiconductor structure. The insulating layer will have a window formed therein so as to maintain exposure of the GaN gate region and thereby allow the gate region to contact the NO-containing fluid. Electrical contact pads are preferably provided in some embodiments so as to be in electrical contact with the source and drain contact regions, respectively. Electrical leads may thus be connected to the contact pads. According to other embodiments, the NO detection device will include a metalloporphyrin adsorbed on the GaN gate region.
US07868353B2	Solid-state switch capable of bidirectional operation A monolithic switching device including a main semiconductor region configured to provide a current-carrying channel as in the form of two-dimensional electron gas. Disposed symmetrically on a surface of the main semiconductor region are two main electrodes to be coupled to an electric circuit for switching control, two gate electrodes for individually controlling current flow between the main electrodes through the current-carrying channel, and two diode-forming electrodes electrically connected respectively to the two main electrodes. The device operates in either Switch On Mode, Switch Off Mode, Negative Current Mode, or Positive Current Mode depending upon voltages applied to the two gate electrodes.
US07868350B2	Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device. The device includes a buffer layer, a first conduction type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conduction type semiconductor layer. The buffer layer comprises amorphous metal. The first conduction type semiconductor layer is on the buffer layer, and the active layer is on the first conduction type semiconductor layer. The second conduction type semiconductor layer is on the active layer.
US07868341B2	Optical designs for high-efficacy white-light emitting diodes A method for increasing the luminous efficacy of a white light emitting diode (WLED), comprising introducing optically functional interfaces between an LED die and a phosphor, and between the phosphor and an outer medium, wherein at least one of the interfaces between the phosphor and the LED die provides a reflectance for light emitted by the phosphor away from the outer medium and a transmittance for light emitted by the LED die. Thus, a WLED may comprise a first material which surrounds an LED die, a phosphor layer, and at least one additional layer or material which is transparent for direct LED emission and reflective for the phosphor emission, placed between the phosphor layer and the first material which surrounds the LED die.
US07868338B2	Liquid crystal display array board and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display array board includes a plurality of gate wiring lines formed on a substrate and a plurality of data wiring lines crossing the plurality of gate wiring lines, a plurality of thin film transistors formed in areas defined by crossings of the gate wiring lines and the data wiring lines, a plurality of storage capacitor first electrodes that run parallel to the gate wiring lines and patterned to have concavo-convex patterns, a plurality of storage capacitor second electrodes integrated with the drain electrodes of the thin film transistors and formed on the storage capacitor first electrodes, and a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected to the drain electrodes.
US07868336B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same According to the present invention, protrusions 4 are formed on electrodes 3 of semiconductor elements 6, and an optical member 7 is secured on the semiconductor element 6 with an adhesive 8 so as to be pressed onto the protrusions 4.
US07868332B2	High luminance light emitting diode and liquid crystal display device using the same A light emitting diode (LED) is provided with a base substrate, a plurality of light emitting chips disposed on the upper surface of the base substrate and electrically coupled in parallel to one another, and a fluorescent material layer for covering the light emitting chips.
US07868331B2	Light-emitting device having a metal oxide semiconductor porous body with an organic light-emitting material Disclosed herein is a light-emitting device comprising a transparent or semi-transparent first substrate, a second substrate provided opposite to the first substrate, a transparent or semi-transparent first electrode provided on the first substrate, a second electrode provided on the second substrate so as to be opposite to the first electrode, and a light-emitting layer which contains a metal oxide semiconductor porous body, by the surface of which an organic light-emitting material is supported, and is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US07868330B2	Organic electro-luminescence display device and fabricating method thereof An organic electro luminescence display device having a plurality of anode electrodes which are disposed in parallel to a substrate, formed of a transparent conductive material and electrically separated from each other; a first conductive light shielding pattern formed along a first side of each of the anode electrodes; and a second conductive light shielding pattern formed along a second side of each of the anode electrodes.
US07868328B2	Semiconductor device having antenna over thin film integrated circuit The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of being mass-produced and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. The present invention also provides a semiconductor device using an extreme thin integrated circuit and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. Further, the present invention provides a low power consumption semiconductor device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. According to one aspect of the present invention, a semiconductor device that has a semiconductor nonvolatile memory element transistor over an insulating surface in which a floating gate electrode of the memory transistor is formed by a plurality of conductive particles or semiconductor particles is provided.
US07868322B2	Method for fabricating an organic thin film transistor by oxidation and selective reduction of organic semiconductor material Disclosed is a method for fabricating an organic thin film transistor by oxidation and selective reduction of an organic semiconductor material. According to the method, stability of interfaces between a semiconductor layer and source/drain electrodes of an organic thin film transistor may be guaranteed. Therefore, an organic thin film transistor fabricated by the method may exhibit improved performance characteristics, e.g., minimized or decreased contact resistance and increased charge carrier mobility.
US07868319B2	Organic semiconductor device, display using same, and imager An organic semiconductor device in which recombination of holes and electrons and photoelectric conversion in an organic semiconductor layer are efficiently allowed to occur. The device comprises a bipolar organic semiconductor layer where electrons and holes move, a hole giving/receiving electrode which gives/receives holes to/from the organic semiconductor layer, an electron giving/receiving electrode which is spaced a predetermined distance from the hole giving/receiving electrode and gives/receives electrons to/from the organic semiconductor layer, a hole-side gate electrode which is opposed to a region of the organic semiconductor layer near the hole giving/receiving electrode with an insulating layer between the hole-side gate electrode and the region and serves to control the hole distribution in the organic semiconductor layer, and an electron-side gate electrode which is opposed to the region of the organic semiconductor layer with the insulating layer therebetween and serves to control the electron distribution in the organic semiconductor layer.
US07868317B2	MOS devices with partial stressor channel A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first lattice constant; a gate dielectric on the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate; and a stressor having at least a portion in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the gate electrode. The stressor has a tilted sidewall on a side adjacent the gate electrode. The stressor includes a first stressor layer having a second lattice constant substantially different from the first lattice constant; and a second stressor layer on the first stressor layer, wherein the second stressor has a third lattice constant substantially different from the first and the second lattice constants.
US07868315B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same A phase change memory device including plural memory cells is disclosed. Each of the memory cells includes memory transistors and phase change film portions formed above or below the memory transistors. The phase change film portions correspond to the respective memory transistors respectively. Vias are provided in order to connect each of the memory transistor in parallel to each of the phase change film portions in each of the memory cells. The vias connect the memory cells in series to one another.
US07868314B2	Phase change memory device and fabricating method therefor A phase change memory device and fabricating method are provided. A disk-shaped phase change layer is buried within the insulating material. A center via and ring via are formed by a lithography. The center via is located in the center of the phase change layer and passes through the phase change layer, and the ring via takes the center via as a center. A heating electrode within the center via performs Joule heating of the phase change layer, and the contact area between the phase change layer and the heating electrode is reduced by controlling the thickness of the phase change layer. Furthermore, a second electrode within the ring via dissipates the heat transmitted to the contact interface between the phase change layers, so as to avoid transmitting the heat to the etching boundary at the periphery of the phase change layer.
US07868308B2	Electron beam writing method, fine pattern writing system, and manufacturing method of uneven pattern carrying substrate A fine pattern which includes servo patterns, each constituted by servo elements, and groove patterns, each for separating adjacent data tracks, is formed on a substrate applied with a resist and placed on a rotation stage by scanning an electron beam on the substrate. While rotating the substrate in one direction, the electron beam is scanned so as to completely fill servo elements corresponding to a plurality of tracks one by one during one rotation of the substrate by X-Y deflecting the electron beam and vibrating back and forth in the radius direction. Each groove pattern is set as a line-up of a plurality of groove elements divided at a predetermined angle, and groove elements corresponding to the plurality of tracks following the writing of the servo elements are sequentially written by deflection scanning the electron beam largely in a circumferential direction during the same rotation.
US07868304B2	Method for removal of deposition on an optical element, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby A method for removal of deposition on a radiation collector of a lithographic apparatus includes providing a gas barrier to an end of a radiation collector, thereby providing a radiation collector enclosure volume; providing a gas to the enclosure volume, the gas selected from a halogen containing gas and a hydrogen containing gas; and removing at least part of the deposition from the radiation collector. A lithographic apparatus includes a radiation collector; a circumferential hull enclosing the radiation collector; a gas barrier at an end of the radiation collector, thereby providing a radiation collector enclosure volume. The radiation collector is enclosed by the circumferential hull and the gas barrier. An inlet provides a gas to the radiation collector enclosure volume and an outlet removes a gas from the radiation collector enclosure volume.
US07868301B2	Deflecting a beam of electrically charged particles onto a curved particle path A device for deflecting a beam of electrically charged particles onto a curved particle path is provided. The device includes at least one beam guidance magnet having a coil system which has at least one coil that is curved along the particle path for the purpose of deflecting the beam onto a curved particle path, and at least one scanner magnet for variably deflecting the beam in a y,z plane at right angles to the particle path, characterized in that the device has at least one correction system which is embodied to influence the particle path in a regulated or controlled manner with the aid of electric and/or magnetic fields as a function of the position of the beam in the y,z plane. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for deflecting a beam of electrically charged particles onto a curved particle path.
US07868298B2	Radiation sensor element, method for producing a radiation sensor element and sensor field A radiation sensor element and a method for producing it, as well as a sensor field having a plurality of such radiation sensor elements, the radiation sensor element having a substrate and a planar sensor structure disposed above the substrate in a first plane, and a lead structure being disposed in a second plane between the substrate and the sensor structure.
US07868292B2	Thermal infrared image detector The invention is a device for detecting images formed by thermal infrared radiation. It uses a two dimensional array of thermally sensitive elements formed of material whose capacitance changes with temperature. Changes in capacitance of the detector elements are measured and used to form an electronic representation of the thermal infared image. The detector array can be fabricated using inexpensive materials and processes.
US07868291B2	Investigation of vehicle glazing panels The condition of a glazing panel (2) is investigated using a viewing device (1) to view an illuminating electromagnetic radiation profile at a target zone. Data relating to the viewed radiation profile is compared to datum data, to produce an output related to the condition of the glazing panel at the target zone.
US07868290B2	Material processing system and method A material processing system for processing a work piece is provided. The material processing is effected by supplying a reactive gas and energetic radiation for activation of the reactive gas to a surrounding of a location of the work piece to be processed. The radiation is preferably provided by an electron microscope. An objective lens of the electron microscope is preferably disposed between a detector of the electron microscope and the work piece. A gas supply arrangement of the material processing system comprises a valve disposed spaced apart from the processing location, a gas volume between the valve and a location of emergence of the reaction gas being small. The gas supply arrangement further comprises a temperature-adjusted, especially cooled reservoir for accommodating a starting material for the reactive gas.
US07868289B2	Mass spectrometer ion guide providing axial field, and method An ion guide includes a plurality of rods, arranged about an axis that extends lengthwise from one end to the other of the guide. The rods guide ions in a guide region along and about the axis. A conductive casing surrounds the rods. The casing and the rods are geometrically arranged to produce an axial electric field along the axis. Specifically, the geometry is such that a first constant applied DC voltage (UDC), applied to the rods, and a second constant applied DC voltage (UCASE) applied to the casing, produce a voltage gradient between said casing and said axis that has a different magnitude at different positions along said axis.
US07868287B2	Highly diffuse reflector The invention relates an apparatus and method for forming a diffuse reflector. In one embodiment of the invention, a diffuse reflector is formed by exposing transmissive particles of a pre-determined purity to pressure and forming a material having desired diffuse reflective properties. The transmissive particles may further be thermally treated, such as by sintering, to form material having desired diffuse reflective properties. The treated transmissive particles may then be disposed in a vessel and define a cavity therein to form an integrated cavity diffuse reflector.
US07868276B2	Airborne vehicle emulation system and method An apparatus includes a first interface configured to communicate via a first protocol, and a first holding device configured to hold an airborne vehicle. The first holding device includes a second interface configured to communicate with the first interface via the first protocol, and to communicate with the airborne vehicle via a second protocol. The apparatus includes an emulator configured to convert at least one of a communication of the first protocol into a communication of the second protocol, and a communication of the second protocol into a communication of the first protocol.
US07868269B2	Integrated engine welder and hydraulic pump An integrated welder, generator and hydraulic unit that includes a housing that at least partially contains components of a welder, generator and a hydraulic pump. An engine, an electric current generator, and a hydraulic pump are at least partially mounted in the housing. The electric current generator is at least partially connected to the engine to be at least partially driven thereby. The hydraulic pump can be at least partially powered by the electric current generator or the fuel powered engine during the operation of the engine. The integrated welder, generator and hydraulic unit can also include an air compressor.
US07868268B1	Laser peening process and apparatus using a liquid erosion-resistant opaque overlay coating The invention relates to a method and apparatus for improving properties of a solid material by providing shockwaves there through. Laser shock processing is used to provide the shockwaves. The method includes applying a liquid energy-absorbing overlay, which is resistant to erosion and dissolution by the transparent water overlay and which is resistant to drying to a portion of the surface of the solid material and then applying a transparent overlay to the coated portion of the solid material. A pulse of coherent laser energy is directed to the coated portion of the solid material to create a shockwave. Advantageously, at least a portion of the unspent energy-absorbing overlay can be reused in situ at a further laser treatment location and/or recovered for later use.
US07868266B2	Spot welding system and method for adjusting welding-gun closing speed Spot welding system including a welding gun with an electrode pair actuated by a servo-motor, a robot carrying the welding gun or objective workpieces and operating to change an relative positions and orientations of the welding gun and an workpieces, and a gun motion controller controlling the servo-motor to actuate the electrode pair. The gun motion controller includes a motion commanding section outputting motion commands to the servo-motor in accordance with a speed set-value designating a closing speed of the electrode pair, and a set-value adjusting section automatically adjusting the speed set-value to an appropriate value. The set-value adjusting section includes a force-data obtaining section obtaining force data representing, in a time-series manner, the pressurizing force generated in the electrode pair when the servo-motor actuates the electrode pair to close, and an appropriate-value computing section determining the appropriate value of the speed set-value based on pre-convergence transient data in the force data.
US07868264B2	System and process for reducing number of stops on delivery route by identification of standard class mail A system and method are disclosed for sorting mail pieces that may include both standard and higher class mail. The mail pieces are for delivery to various addresses, and the present invention postpones delivery to some addresses if those addresses are receiving insufficient mail. According to this method, data is collected about each mail piece, and that data for each mail piece is associated with a respective holder that holds the mail piece. Mail is withheld from immediate delivery if the collected data associated with the holder indicates that the mail piece is standard class having a non-immediate delivery deadline, provided that the collected data associated with other holders indicates that there are no other pieces having the same address and having either a higher class or an immediate delivery date.
US07868262B2	Electrical switching apparatus, and sub-assembly and auxiliary switch tray therefor An auxiliary switch tray is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing, an actuating mechanism, and a plurality of auxiliary switches. The housing has a mounting mechanism. The auxiliary switch tray includes a module having first and second sides, and a plurality of mounts disposed on the first side. At least a plurality of the mounts is structured to receive a corresponding one of the auxiliary switches. A base is disposed on the second side of the module and is coupled to the mounting mechanism in order to install the auxiliary switches in a predetermined position with respect to the actuating mechanism of the circuit breaker. The module, the mounts, and the base comprise one single-piece molded member. At least a plurality of the mounts are molded compartments of the single-piece molded member.
US07868258B2	Radio frequency module assembly A radio frequency (RF) module assembly includes a substrate on which a predetermined component is mounted, the substrate comprising a connection terminal, and an RF module mounted on the substrate and processing a predetermined RF signal. The RF module includes a housing forming a body, a jack receiving and transmitting a predetermined RF signal, a jack receiving part provided at the housing to allow the jack to be inserted inside the housing and received, and a terminal connected to a connection terminal of the substrate.
US07868255B2	Sealing ring to be applied to connection holes of cells of an accumulator A sealing ring for a frusto-conical connection hole through a divider wall in an accumulator includes a plate which contacts one side of the divider wall and a sheath which extends through the connection hole, the sheath defining an outer surface which expands in frusto-conical fashion from a base at the plate to a free end and an inner surface which can be cylindrical or frusto-conical.
US07868254B2	Shield flat cable and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method of a flat shield cable has a step of arranging a plurality of flat conductors including a ground line parallel with each other in one plane at a pitch P, a step of forming a flat cable by laminating a first insulating film on the flat conductors from both sides of an arrangement plane of the flat conductors, a step of laminating a shield layer on outside surfaces of the flat cable, and a step of electrically connecting the ground line to the shield layer. The manufacturing method further has a step of cutting the ground line at a portion other than in the conductor exposure portions and folding cutting portions of the ground line to outside the first insulating film before laminating the shield layer, and a step of electrically connecting only the folded ground line among the flat conductors to the shield layer.
US07868253B2	Wire covering material composition, an insulated wire and a wiring harness A wire covering material composition which is systematically different from a polyolefin resin composition and which possesses favorable flame retardancy, tensile elongation and wear resistance, having 100 parts by weight of a polymer blend containing 40-95 wt % of polybutylene terephthalate, and 1 to 30 parts by weight of a phosphoric ester compound with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polymer blend, wherein 5 to 100 wt % of the total content of the polybutylene terephthalate in the polymer blend is made up of polybutylene terephthalate, whose molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn (where Mw: weight-average molecular weight; Mn: number-average molecular weight) is greater than or equal to 2.5.
US07868237B1	Low volume drum stick A striker is disclosed for striking a percussion instrument, such as a drum or symbol. At least one elongated semi-rigid rod has a proximal end and a distal end. An elongated tubular core section is included that has a proximal end and a distal end. Each rod is slidably receivable in the distal end of the core section. In one embodiment, at least one handle sleeve is fixed around the proximal end of the core section. In another embodiment, an elongated tubular handle section having a proximal end and a distal end is included. The proximal end of the core section is fixedly receivable in the distal end of the handle section. In such an embodiment, each handle sleeve is fixed around the proximal end of the handle section instead of the core section.
US07868236B1	Drum pedal assembly A drum pedal assembly has a shaft, a bushing and a balancer. The shaft has a first end. The bushing is mounted securely around the first end and has two ends and a through hole. The through hole of the bushing is defined axially through the bushing and is mounted around the first end. The balancer is mounted securely around the bushing and has an outer surface, a shaft hole, a threaded hole and a bolt. The shaft hole is defined axially through the balancer and is mounted around the bushing. The threaded hole is mounted radially in the outer surface of the balancer and communicates with the shaft hole. The bolt is mounted in the threaded hole and presses against the shaft. When the bushing is worn, only the worn bushing has to be replaced.
US07868233B1	Maize variety PHH7E A novel maize variety designated PHH7E and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHH7E with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHH7E 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 PHH7E or a trait conversion of PHH7E with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHH7E, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHH7E and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US07868231B2	Soybean variety D5789653 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5789653. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5789653. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5789653 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5789653 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07868229B2	Early flowering in genetically modified plants The present invention provides polynucleotides encoding CCAAT-binding transcription factor polypeptides that modulate the onset of reproductive development in plants. Polynucleotides encoding functional CCAAT-binding transcription factors were incorporated into expression vectors, introduced into plants, and ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention significantly shortened the time to flower development in the transgenic plants, as compared to the flowering time of control plants.
US07868224B2	Compositions and methods for increasing plant tolerance to high population density Compositions and methods for suppressing the shade-avoidance response of plants and improving plant yield are provided. Compositions of the invention include an early flowering 3 (ELF3) maize gene, the promoter for this gene, an Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor (bHLH-041), and fragments and variants thereof. The ELF3 promoter sequence is useful for driving expression of polynucleotides of interest in a plant. The ELF3 and bHLH-041 sequences of the invention, or variants and fragments thereof, are provided in expression cassettes for use in manipulating expression of the ELF3 and bHLH-041 genes. By increasing expression of ELF3 and/or suppressing expression of bHLH-041, the methods of the invention provide for altered response of a plant to light quality and suppression of the high-density-invoked survival mode of development. The invention thus provides methods for growing crop plants at high population densities for yield enhancement. Transformed plants having the altered shade-avoidance phenotype of the invention, and seeds of said plants, are also provided.
US07868222B1	Transfected mosquito vectors A method is provided for producing an artificial infection in a Culicidae (mosquito) species. The mosquitoes include species within the subfamilies Culicinae and Anophelinae, and the species include Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti and Aedes polynesiensis infected with a Wolbachia infection. The infection may be a strain of Wolbachia which does not normally or naturally infect the selected mosquito species. The artificially infected Aedes mosquito can be introduced into a mosquito population to control the reproduction capability of the population by introducing an incompatible Wolbachia infection. The present method can be used as a novel means to limit mosquito-borne pathogens and thus control or prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, lymphatic filariasis, etc.
US07868221B2	Electro active elastic compression bandage This invention relates to an elastic bandage for supporting a body extremity such as a leg. Such bandages are used to overcome problems with fluid retention and swelling in the legs, occurring as a consequence of varicose veins, vascular incompetence, pregnancy, etc. It is a task of this invention to supply an active support for a body extremity such as a leg, which can be used by a person underneath the clothes and will not reduce the mobility of the patient. This task is solved in that an elastic bandage comprises an elastic layer for surrounding a body extremity to exert compressive force on the extremity, the bandage being, at least partly, formed by elastomeric actuation elements, whereby electrical control of the compressive force is possible, and where the control is due to a signal from some sensing system.
US07868220B2	Degradation of phosphate esters by molybdocene and tungstocene derivatives Degradation of phosphate esters, particularly neurotoxins and pesticides, is performed using metallocene derivatives, more particularly molybdocene and tungstocene derivatives. A metallocene derivative is hydrolyzed and then reacted with a phosphate ester. The preferred metallocene derivatives are molybdocene and tungstocene derivatives. The phosphate esters can include, but are not limited to, VX, VE, VG, VM, GB, GD, GA, GF, parathion, paraoxon, triazophos, oxydemeton-methyl, chlorpyrifos, fenitrothion and pirimiphos-methyl, representing both chemical warfare agents as well as pesticides and insecticides.
US07868218B2	Alkylaromatics production A process is described for producing an alkylaromatic compound in a multistage reaction system comprising at least first and second series-connected alkylation reaction zones each containing an alkylation catalyst. A first feed comprising an alkylatable aromatic compound and a second feed comprising an alkene and one or more alkanes are introduced into said first alkylation reaction zone, having operating conditions, e.g., temperature and pressure, which are controlled effective to cause the alkylatable aromatic compound to be partly in the vapor phase and partly in the liquid phase with the ratio of liquid volume to vapor volume of the feed in each zone to be from about 0.5 to about 10. The aromatic compound and the alkene are reacted in the presence of the alkylation catalyst to form an effluent comprising the alkylaromatic compound, unreacted alkylatable aromatic compound, any unreacted alkene and the alkane, which is withdrawn and then supplied to the second alkylation reaction zone without removal of the alkane.
US07868217B2	Extending the life of an aromatization catalyst A method of extending the life of an aromatization catalyst comprising identifying a rapid deactivation threshold (RDT) of the catalyst, and oxidizing the catalyst prior to reaching the RDT. A method of aromatizing a hydrocarbon comprising identifying a rapid deactivation threshold (RDT) for an aromatization catalyst, and operating an aromatization reactor comprising the catalyst to extend the Time on Stream of the reactor prior to reaching the RDT. A method of characterizing an aromatization catalyst comprising identifying a rapid deactivation threshold (RDT) of the catalyst. A method of extending the life of an aromatization catalyst comprising predicting a rapid deactivation threshold (RDT) for an aromatization reactor by employing the catalyst in a reactor system under an accelerated fouling condition to identify a test rapid deactivation threshold (t-RDT), predicting the RDT for the aromatization reactor based upon the t-RDT, and oxidizing the catalyst prior to the predicted RDT to extend the Time on Stream of the aromatization catalyst.
US07868216B2	Production of propylene employing dimerising ethylene to 1-butene, hydroisomerization to 2-butene and metathesis by ethylene A process for producing high purity propylene comprises: a step for dimerizing ethylene to 1-butene; a step for hydroisomerizing 1-butene to 2-butenes; and a step for metathesis of 2-butenes by ethylene. Advantageously, the ethylene used to produce the 1-butene and ethylene for metathesis derive from a steam cracking unit. To increase propylene production, the process can use a steam cracking or FCC C4cut as an additional butene source.
US07868215B2	Process for producing cumene A process for producing cumene is provided which comprises the step of contacting benzene and propylene under at least partial liquid phase alkylating conditions with a particulate molecular sieve alkylation catalyst, wherein the particles of said alkylation catalyst have a surface to volume ratio of about 80 to less than 200 inch−1.
US07868212B2	Method for preparing 1,2-propanediol by hydrogenolysis of glycerol The invention relates to a method for preparing 1,2-propanediol by reacting glycerol, which has a purity of at least 95 wt %, with hydrogen at a hydrogen pressure from 20 to 100 bar and a temperature from 180 to 240° C. in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises 20 to 60 wt % of copper oxide, 30 to 70 wt % of zinc oxide and 1 to 10 wt % manganese oxide in an autoclave.
US07868211B2	Method for the production of enriched isopulegol The present invention relates to a process for preparing enriched isopulegol by crystallization from a melt comprising isopulegol. The invention relates specifically to a process for preparing enantiomerically enriched n-isopulegol proceeding from optically active isopulegol having a relatively low enantiomeric excess by crystallization from the melt. The invention further relates to a process for preparing menthol proceeding from enantiomerically and/or diastereomerically enriched n-isopulegol prepared by crystallization from the melt.
US07868208B1	Polyquaternary alkyl polymers The present invention relates to a novel class of polymeric compounds having specific highly crosslinked cationic or amphoteric structure. These products are produced without free radical monomers ands are based upon an alkyl diamine which has been reacted to produce a di-tertiary amine compound. The diamine has alkyl groups present the contribute hydrophobicity to the molecule and once crosslinked provide outstanding benefits vis-à-vis conditioning and softening to the hair and skin. The presence of the two amine groups and selection of the proper alkyl group allows for the synthesis of a high molecular weight cationic compound which is extremely substantitive to human skin and are well tolerated by human tissue making them suitable for use preparation of barrier products for personal care applications.
US07868206B2	Trihalomethionine derivative and pharmaceutical product containing the same A compound represented by the formula (I) is used as an active ingredient in a medicament for treatment or prevention of infectious diseases caused by protozoa or bacterium. X represents halogen, Z represents —(CH2)m— wherein m is an integer of 1-5, and R represents one of the following (i)-(v): (i) hydrogen n represents an integer of 0-5, R1's independently represent hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy having 1-5 carbon atoms or alkyl having 1-5 carbon atoms. R2's independently represent hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy having 1-5 carbon atoms or alkyl having 1-5 carbon atoms. (iv) alkyl having 1-5 carbon atoms, (v) hydroxyalkyl having 1-5 carbon atoms.
US07868205B2	Inhibitors of histone deacetylase The invention relates to the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymatic activity. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
US07868201B2	Process and catalyst for oxidation of hydrocarbons A process for the oxidation of hydrocarbons comprises contacting the hydrocarbon with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising a microporous solid support, preferably a zeolite, having from 8- to 12-ring open windows and comprising non-framework metal cations selected from manganese, iron, cobalt, vanadium, chromium, copper, nickel, and ruthenium, and mixtures thereof, providing that the oxygen-containing gas does not contain significant amounts of added hydrogen. The catalyst is novel and forms part of the invention.The process may be used for oxidation of alkanes, cycloalkanes, benzene and alkylbenzenes, and is suitable for use in regioselective terminal oxidation of straight chain alkanes and for selective oxidation/separation of p-dialkylbenzenes from an alkylbenzene mixture, for example, p-xylene from an isomeric mixture of xylenes.
US07868197B2	Halogen substituted heteroatom-containing metallocene compounds for olefin polymerization Halogen substituted metallocene compounds are described and comprise one or more monocyclic or polycyclic ligands that are pi-bonded to the metal atom and include at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to an sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand, wherein the or at least one ligand has one or more ring heteroatoms in its cyclic structure. When combined with a suitable activator, these compounds show activity in the polymerization of olefins, such as ethylene and propylene.
US07868191B2	Preparation and purification of mupirocin calcium The present invention relates to methods for the preparation and purification of mupirocin calcium. The process comprises adsorbing mupirocin to a hydrophobic adsorbent resin, exposing the bound mupirocin to a calcium-containing solution, washing impurities from the resin and eluting purified mupirocin calcium from the resin.
US07868188B2	5-heteroaryl thiazoles and their use as PI3K inhibitors The invention provides thiazole derivatives of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which Ring A, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification; a processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; and their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of disease mediated by a PI3K enzyme and/or a mTOR kinase.
US07868184B2	Multicore indazolinone library There is provided a method to convert O-functionalized indazolinone-derivatives to the corresponding N2-functionalized indazolinone derivatives, by use of microwave energy or a transition metal catalyst. A preferred catalyst is palladium tetrakis. The method described allows the creation of a library of chemical compounds which can be screened for biological activity.
US07868182B2	Solventless one-step process for the production of imidazole-2-thiones A novel solventless process is described for the preparation of imidazole-2-thiones. The new solventless process tolerates a variety of bases as co-reactants which introduces feedstock flexibility into the process while the solventless feature renders the process more environmentally friendly by eliminating volatile organic solvents from the process, reducing energy consumption (associated with solvent recovery and/or recycling), and allows shorter reaction time and workup. Furthermore, the elimination of solvents enhances workplace safety by obviating the need for flammable and/or toxic solvents.
US07868178B2	Cyclic amine compound and pest control agent The present invention is directed to novel cyclic amine compounds represented by the formula [I]: wherein R1 represents, but is not limited to, a hydroxyl, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a formyl group, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C2-6 alkenyl group, a C2-6 alkynyl group, a C1-6 haloalkyl group, a C1-6 haloalkenyl group, a C1-6 alkylcarbonyl group, among other substituents; R2 represents a halogen atom, a nitro group, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxy group, a C1-6 haloalkyl group, a five or six membered heterocyclic group having at least one hetero atom selected from an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom, k represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 4; R3, R31, R4, R41, R5, R51, and R7 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group, or a C1-6 alkoxy group, and, both R3 and R4, may be bound together to form a saturated ring, X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a sulfinyl group, or a sulfonyl group, a salt or an N-oxide of the chemical compound represented by formula (I) and pest control agents containing the chemical compound.
US07868175B2	Biphenyl compounds useful as muscarinic receptor antagonists The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, n, R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, W, and A are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
US07868168B2	High viscosity xanthan polymer preparations Increasing the molecular length of xanthan polymer makes a higher viscosity xanthan composition. Xanthan with higher specific viscosity characteristics provides more viscosity at equivalent concentration in food, industrial and oilfield applications. Methods for increasing the viscosity of xanthan include inducing particular key genes and increasing copy number of particular key genes.
US07868167B2	High viscosity diutan gums The production of a diutan polysaccharide exhibiting increased viscosity properties as compared with previously produced polysaccharide of the same type of repeating units. Such an improved diutan polysaccharide is produced through the generation of a derivative of Sphingomonas sp. ATCC 53159 that harbors a multicopy broad-host-range plasmid into which genes for biosynthesis of diutan polysaccharide have been cloned. The plasmid provides the capability within the host Sphingomonas strain to produce multiple copies of genes for such polysaccharide synthesis. In such a manner, a method of not just increased production of the target diutan polysaccharide, but also production of a diutan polysaccharide of improved physical properties (of the aforementioned higher viscosity) thereof is provided. Such a diutan polysaccharide has proven particularly useful as a possible viscosifier in oilfield applications and within cement materials. The inventive methods of production of such an improved diutan polysaccharide, as well as the novel cloned genes required to produce the improved diutan within such a method, are also encompassed within this invention. Additionally, the novel engineered Sphingomonas strain including the needed DNA sequence is encompassed within this invention.
US07868166B2	Continuous process for the production and/or workup of polysaccharide derivatives A process is described for the continuous preparation and/or workup of polysaccharide derivatives by reaction and/or conditioning in a suspension with liquid reaction partners, in which, in accordance with FIG. 1, a) a preferably pumpable suspension stream of solids SE and liquid phase LE, if appropriate preheated to 185° C., is continuously introduced into the top region of a column, if appropriate under a pressure buffer of up to 6×106 Pa, which is virtually filled with the same liquid phase L, or another process-specific liquid phase L of preferably the same temperature, then b) the solids SE sediments freely due to the action of gravity through the liquid phase L to the column bottom, the solids SE converting to the solids SA by reaction and/or conditioning with the liquid phase L and c) possibly ascending gases G are discharged from the column via the column top and d) the solids SA is again continuously discharged as a suspension stream at the column bottom continuously by adding liquid phase LR taken off at the column top at a constant column filling level and transported in a separate connection, or liquid phase LN newly added from the outside to the column bottom.
US07868157B2	Water soluble fluorescent compounds The invention provides a novel class of fluorescent compounds. Also provided are conjugates of the fluorescent compounds, methods of using the fluorescent compounds and their conjugates as well as kits including the fluorescent compounds and their conjugates.
US07868154B2	Promoter to IL-18BP, its preparation and use The present invention relates to the promoter of interleukin-18 binding protein (IL-18BP), to its preparation and use.
US07868152B2	Polynucleotides encoding anti-sulfotyrosine antibodies The invention provides anti-sulfotyrosine specific antibodies capable of detecting and isolating polypeptides that are tyrosine-sulfated. The sulfotyrosine antibodies and antibody fragments of the invention may be used to discriminate between the non-sulfated and sulfated forms of such proteins, using any number of immunological assays, such ELISAs, immunoblots, Western Blots, immunoprecipitations, and the like. Using a phage-display system, single chain antibodies (scFvs) were generated and screened against tyrosine-sulfated synthetic peptide antigens, resulting in the isolation of scFvs that specifically recognize sulfotyrosine-containing peptides and/or demonstrate sulfotyrosine-specific binding in tyrosine sulfated proteins. The VH and VL genes from one such sulfotyrosine-specific scFv were employed to generate a full length, sulfotyrosine-specific immunoglobulin.
US07868149B2	Plant genome sequence and uses thereof The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry and genetics. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules from plant cells, in particular, genomic DNA sequences from rice plants and nucleic acid molecules that contain markers, in particular, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and repetitive element markers. In addition, the present invention provides nucleic acid molecules having regulatory elements or encoding proteins or fragments thereof. The invention also relates to proteins and fragments of proteins so encoded and antibodies capable of binding the proteins. The invention also relates to methods of using the nucleic acid molecules, markers, repetitive elements and fragments of repetitive elements, regulatory elements, proteins and fragments of proteins, and antibodies, for example for genome mapping, gene identification and analysis, plant breeding, preparation of constructs for use in plant gene expression, and transgenic plants.
US07868143B2	Microparticle with cd28-specific monoclonal antibodies The invention relates to microparticles with a support structure and CD28-specific superagonistic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) bonded to the support structure or a compound mimicking the above.
US07868137B2	Search for cancer markers by a novel screening method The present invention relates to a method of concentrating low molecular weight peptides in the supernatant of serum-free cultured cells, said method comprising allowing the peptides to bind to a strong cation exchanger under an acid condition, and eluting them under an alkali condition to concentrate the peptide. Furthermore, peptides having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, and a method of screening cancer markers using antibody to these peptides, are disclosed.
US07868125B2	Production of non-solid-stated polyester particles having solid-stated properties A process for producing non-solid-stated polyester polymer particles having one or more properties similar to polyester polymer particles that have undergone solid-state processing. In one embodiment, the process comprises (a) forming polyester polymer particles from a polyester polymer melt; (b) quenching at least a portion of the particles, (c) drying at least a portion of the particles, (d) crystallizing at least a portion of the particles, (e) annealing at least a portion of the particles. At all points during and between steps (b) through (e), the average bulk temperature of the particles is maintained above 165° C.
US07868122B2	Tint-viscosity stabilization polymeric thickeners Compositions and methods of making urethane based nonionic associative thickeners are described herein. Uses of the nonionic associative thickeners are also described.
US07868121B2	Antioxidants and recording media by using the same “A high-molecular compound or high-molecular antioxidant obtained by reacting at least three compounds of (A) a sulfur-containing organic compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms, (B) a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups and (C) an amine compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms and then cationizing with an acid at least some of amino groups in a resultant reaction product” or “a high-molecular antioxidant obtained by reacting at least three compounds of (A) a sulfur-containing organic compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms, (B) a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups and (E) a nonionic polyol compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms” and a recording medium obtained by using the high-molecular antioxidant. The present invention provides a recording medium, which effectively prevents discoloration or color fading of images by acidic gas in the atmosphere and light and also migration of the images at high temperature and high humidity, and therefore, is suited for the long-term storage of the images.
US07868120B2	Low temperature, moisture curable coating compositions and related methods Disclosed are low temperature, moisture curable coating compositions, related coated substrates, and methods for coating a substrate. The coating compositions include an ungelled, secondary amine-containing Michael addition reaction product of reactants including a compound comprising more than one site of ethylenic unsaturation, and an aminofunctional silane.
US07868119B2	Coating composition A coating composition comprises a fluoroelastomer composition and a diluent solvent consisting of a perfluoroalkyl-substituted aromatic compound and a perfluoro organic compound, the fluoroelastomer composition comprising (A) a linear perfluoropolyether compound, (B) a fluorinated organohydrogensiloxane, (C) a platinum catalyst, and (D) an organopolysiloxane containing an SiH group and an epoxy or trialkoxysilyl group. The composition cures into a fluoroelastomer having excellent characteristics and achieves a firm adhesion to a broad range of substrates by brief heating at relatively low temperatures.
US07868117B2	Resin composition and production method thereof A resin composition comprising: a tri-functional or more (meth)acrylate having an alkoxysilyl group; and at least one of a metal oxide fine particle having a hydroxyl group on a surface thereof and a metalalkoxide, wherein the tri-functional or more (meth)acrylate having the alkoxysilyl group and the at least one of the metal oxide fine particle having the hydroxyl group on the surface thereof and the metal alkoxide covalently bind, and the production method thereof.
US07868116B2	Process for the production of high-molecular-weight organopolysiloxanes High-molecular-weight siloxane polymers are prepared in a multi-step process wherein an Si—H functional linear siloxane containing silanol groups is reacted with a hydrosilylatable organic compound, and the product is then condensed.
US07868115B1	Farnesene interpolymer Provided herein are farnesene interpolymers derived from a farnesene and at least one vinyl monomer. In certain embodiments, the farnesene is α-farnesene, β-farnesene or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the at least one vinyl monomer is ethylene, an α-olefin such as styrene, or a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl halide, vinyl ether, acrylonitrile, acrylic ester, methacrylic ester, acrylamide or methacrylamide, or a combination thereof.
US07868112B2	Fluorine-containing polymer and resin composition A polymer containing: a constitutional unit A that is derived from fluorosilsesquioxane having one addition polymerizable functional group in a molecule; a constitutional unit B that is derived from organopolysiloxane having an addition polymerizable functional group; and a constitutional unit C that is derived from an addition polymerizable monomer and has a group having a polymerizable unsaturated bond on a side chain, and optionally containing a constitutional unit D that is derived from an addition polymerizable monomer other than the fluorosilsesquioxane having one addition polymerizable functional group in a molecule, the organopolysiloxane having an addition polymerizable functional group and the addition polymerizable monomer having a functional group capable of introducing a group having a polymerizable unsaturated bond.
US07868109B2	Curable resin composition A curable resin composition is provided which has an appropriate viscosity suitable for encapsulating a light-emitting device. The cured product of the curable resin composition has a refractive index equal to or larger than that of epoxy resins, is excellent in heat resistance and light resistance, and has thermal stress relaxation properties. The curable resin composition contains a high refractive index acrylic-based monomer having a refractive index of 1.52 or more and a non-polymerizable carbazole, and further contains a polymerizable carbazole in accordance with need. An acrylate or methacrylate having a fluorene skeleton, a bisphenol-A skeleton, a biphenyl skeleton, a naphthalene skeleton, or an anthracene skeleton is used as the high refractive index acrylic-based monomer.
US07868106B2	Caps and closures This invention discloses caps and closures for carbonated drinks produced by injection moulding or by compression moulding with a bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin.
US07868103B2	Method for producing polybutadiene A method for producing a polybutadiene, which comprises subjecting 1,3-butadiene to cis-1,4 polymerization, and subsequently subjecting a resultant in the resulting polymerization system to syndiotactic-1,2 polymerization, the method being characterized in that there is added, after the polymerization, a halogen acid or halogen acid salt.
US07868095B2	Additives for lubricating oils having an improved dimensional stability and enhances low temperature performances, and process for the preparation thereof A process is described for obtaining viscosity index improver compounds (V.I.I.) having an improved dimensional stability and capable of enhancing the low temperature rheology of lubricating oils, the above process comprising the treatment of amorphous EP(D)M copolymers or terpolymers, optionally mixed with semi-crystalline EP(D)M, mixed with linear polyethylenes, the treatment being effected in the presence of one or more substances of a hydroperoxide nature and optionally in the presence of small quantities of polyfunctional vinyl monomers, the above treatment being carried out under high shear conditions at a temperature ranging from 75° C. to 260° C., preferably from 140° C. to 210° C.
US07868084B2	Curable composition A curable composition comprises a reactive silicon group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymer which is obtained by reacting a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A) having a molecular weight distribution of 1.6 or less, a number average molecular weight of 15,000 to 50,000, and 0.8 or more reactive groups, on average, per molecule thereof with an organic compound (B) having in the molecule thereof a reactive silicon group and a functional group capable of reacting with the reactive groups of the polymer (A) in a proportion of 0.8 to 1.5 molecules of the organic compound (B), on average, per molecule of the component (A), a filler (C) and a curing catalyst (D). The composition contains no plasticizer or a small amount of plasticizer.
US07868082B2	Thermoplastic elastomers and process for making same A process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the process comprising synthesizing an elastomeric copolymer by polymerizing ethylene, an α-olefin, and optionally a diene monomer within the gas phase to thereby produce a gas-phase elastomeric copolymer, blending the gas-phase elastomeric copolymer with a thermoplastic polymer to form a mix of the elastomeric copolymer and thermoplastic polymer, and dynamically vulcanizing the gas-phase elastomeric copolymer within the mix of the elastomeric copolymer and thermoplastic polymer.
US07868079B2	Field grading material A field grading material including a polymeric matrix provided with a filler. The filler includes a field grading effective amount of particles having at least one dimension smaller than or equal to 100 nm. A device including the field grading material for grading an electric field in high-voltage applications and a method for grading an electric field at a joint or termination of an electric power cable using the field grading material.
US07868077B1	Athletic training shoe inserts and method of fabrication An athletic training shoe weighted insert including a metallic powder filled thermoplastic elastomer is formed. A method of manufacturing the athletic training shoe weighted insert with a desired softness or durometer and a desired specific gravity includes the steps of selecting a metallic powder filler, with a desired specific gravity, and a thermoplastic elastomer, and a plasticizer that will produce the desired softness of the weighted insert. The method includes a compounding step of combining the thermoplastic elastomer, metallic powder and plasticizer into a pelletized compound with a desired quantity or percentage of the metallic powder filler to bring the specific gravity to the desired level and to achieve the desired softness. In a preferred embodiment the pelletized compound is then formed into the finished insert by use of the plastic injection molding process.
US07868076B2	Aqueous paint compositions comprising a colloidal dispersion of cerium The instant invention relates to an aqueous paint composition comprising a mixture of: (1) an aqueous paint; (2) a colloidal dispersion of a cerium compound, said dispersion having a pH of at least 5, and comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer (i) obtained by polymerizing at least one monomer (I), corresponding to the following: (I): ethylenically unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic, cyclic or aromatic monocarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid, or anhydride; and, optionally, a monomer corresponding to II): a polyoxyalkylenated ester of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; and (3) a base.The instant invention also relates to paints and varnishes containing said composition.
US07868075B2	Water-absorbing resin composition The object of the present invention is to provide a water-absorbing resin compound, wherein the water-absorbing resin compound can retain antibacterial properties of an antibacterial metal to suppress the emission of unpleasant odors even when an organic material exists in a system in the case of using an eluting-type antibacterial agent. Thus, the present invention relates to a water-absorbing resin compound, which comprises a water-absorbing resin, an antibacterial agent having a porous material incorporating an antibacterial metal, and a metal chelating agent. Further, the present invention also relates to an absorbing material, which comprises a water-absorbing resin compound of the present invention, and a hydrophilic fiber as well as an absorbing product, which comprises a liquid-permeable sheet and a liquid-non-permeable sheet, and an absorbing material comprising a water-absorbing resin compound of the present invention, and a hydrophilic fiber between the liquid-permeable sheet and the liquid-non-permeable sheet.
US07868073B2	Rubber composition A sulfur-vulcanizable rubber composition containing 100 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber, 1 to 30 parts by weight of an ester-based plasticizer having a saturated cyclic structure of the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 independently indicate a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C18 organic group and 40 to 120 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler and a pneumatic tire using the same.
US07868071B2	Method of stabilizing aqueous cationic polymers Cationic thermosetting resins and especially resins having azetidinium functional groups, such as polyamidoamine-epichlorohydrin resins, are stabilized against premature gelation by the addition of (1) a low molecular weight, non-aldehyde, non-ionic, water soluble organic stabilizing compound (preferably one that is reactive with the cationic moiety), preferably in combination with (2) a water soluble, inorganic complexing metal salt.
US07868061B2	Puncture sealing agent for a tire, and process for producing the same A puncture sealing agent for a tire is disclosed that has a rubber latex, an adhesive agent, and an anti-freezing agent, wherein glycerin, potassium acetate or a solution of glycerin and potassium acetate is used as the anti-freezing agent.
US07868059B2	Polymerizable dye-monomer conjugates for encapsulating pigment particles A polymeric colorant comprises a polymer-encapsulated pigment, wherein the polymer has a molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 2,000,000 g/mole (2 to 2,000 kDa) and is a polymerization product of at least one dye-monomer conjugate. In some instances, a comonomer is added. The polymeric colorant is made by a method that comprises polymerizing at least one dye-monomer conjugate in a mixture containing pigment particles, to produce a polymerization product wherein the pigment particles are encapsulated by the polymerization product.
US07868058B2	Water-based ink An aqueous dispersion of polymer particles of a water-insoluble vinyl polymer containing a hydrophobic dye, wherein the water-insoluble vinyl polymer is prepared by polymerizing a monomer composition comprising an alicyclic (meth)acrylate, a salt-forming group-containing monomer, and a monomer copolymerizable with the alicyclic (meth)acrylate and the salt-forming group-containing monomer; and an ink comprising the aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion is excellent in, for instance, storage stability, and the ink is excellent in, for instance, printing reliability, solvent resistance, water resistance and character quality.
US07868057B2	Vegetation basis and method of production thereof The present invention relates to a vegetation basis, which can be molded at low pressure and temperature and further, keep the crumbled structure suitable for plant growth either by means of a viscosity of a sheath-core type fiber or by addition of a hot melt adhesive, as the powder-typed eco-friendly adhesive, and a fibrous material to the artificial soil, instead of using the liquid-type adhesive, and further can readily absorb and retain water even in case the basis is dried after molding, by additionally incorporating bentonite or water absorbant polymer, if necessary, and to a process for production thereof. In addition, the present invention provides an eco-friendly vegetation basis, which can be decomposed within a short period of time after rooting the plants, and a process for production thereof.
US07868056B2	Anti-fouling cationically crosslinkable varnish compositions and support substrates coated therewith Silicone compositions particularly useful for the production of anti-fouling varnishes for application to support substrates, these providing an anti-fouling varnish for textiles covered with silicone elastomers which is economical, adhesive, non-slip and glossy; the subject varnishes comprise a crosslinkable silicone composition containing, per 100 parts by weight: 1, at least 80 parts by weight of: (1.1), 2., 0.1 to 10 parts of weight of: (1.2), 3., 0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one polydimethylisiloxane (PDMS) acrylate or epoxide, 4., 0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one silylated compound which includes at least one ultrafine filler, 7., 0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one thickener, and 8., 0 to 10 parts by weigh of at least one additional functional additive.
US07868053B2	Expandable polystyrene granulates with a bi- or multi-modal molecular-weight distribution Expandable pelletized styrene polymer materials with at least bi- or multimodal molecular weight distribution, to a process for their preparation, and to use for producing moldable-foam moldings.
US07868048B2	Heavy oil emulsion stabilizers containing saccharide based emulsion stabilizer Heavy oil emulsions, comprising decant oils and No. 6, No. 5 and No. 4 oils, and water are stabilized by adding certain saccharide-based esters. Preferably, the saccharide-based esters are naturally-occurring saccharide esters such as gallotannins, saponin, red gum, and the like.
US07868047B2	Anti-inflammatory and psoriasis treatment and protein kinase inhibition by hydroxy stilbenes and novel stilbene derivatives and analogues The present invention provides novel methods of treating psoriasis, protein tyrosine kinase-associated disorders, inflammation, epidermal hyperproliferation, diabetes, immune and autoimmune diseases, eczema, and inflammatory bowel disease, inhibiting protein kinase, neutrophil activation, cell proliferation, tumour growth, metastasis, and the development of atheromatous plaque and restonosis, controlling angiogenesis, and preventing inflammatory bowel disease, using hydroxystilbenes and novel stilbene derivatives.
US07868041B2	Cyclic 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl prodrugs of GABA analogs, compositions and uses thereof The present invention provides cyclic 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl prodrugs of GABA analogs, methods of making cyclic 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl prodrugs of GABA analogs and compositions of cyclic 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl prodrugs of GABA analogs. The present invention also provides methods of using cyclic 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl prodrugs of GABA analogs and compositions of cyclic 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl prodrugs of GABA analogs.
US07868040B2	Anti-cancer combinations The present invention relates to synergistic combinations of the compound 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA) and an alkylating agent, which has anti-tumour activity. Preferably, the present invention relates to synergistic combinations of the compound 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA) and cyclophosphamide. More particularly, the invention is concerned with the use of such combinations in the treatment of cancer and pharmaceutical compositions containing such combinations. The invention further provides for methods of preparing the combinations of the invention.
US07868039B2	Anti-cancer combinations The present invention relates to synergistic combinations of the compound 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA) and vinca alkaloids, which have anti-tumour activity. Preferably, the present invention relates to synergistic combinations of the compound 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA) and vincristine. More particularly, the invention is concerned with the use of such combinations in the treatment of cancer and pharmaceutical compositions containing such combinations. The invention further provides for methods of preparing the combinations of the invention.
US07868037B2	Methods for treating hepatitis C The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity.
US07868034B2	Use of GALR3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression and/or anxiety and compounds useful in such methods This invention is directed to indolone derivatives which are antagonists or the GALR3 receptor. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition made by combining a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention further provides a process for making a pharmaceutical composition comprising combining a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US07868032B2	Prostamide receptor antagonists The present invention provides prostamide receptor antagonist compounds that may be represented by the general formula I wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R6 are as defined in the specification.
US07868031B2	Propionamide compounds as antiinflammatory agents The present invention relates to propionamide compounds of formula I for use as antiinflammatory agents: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also relates to methods of using the compounds of formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I.
US07868030B2	FBPase inhibitors for diabetes Compounds of formula as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1 to R3 have the significance given in the application and which can be used in the form of pharmaceutical compositions.
US07868029B2	Process for the preparation of 2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-6-aminobenzothiazoles from cyclohexanes and cyclohexanones as intermediates The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of 2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-6-aminobenzothiazoles (5a) from cyclohexanes (2a) and cyclohexanones (3a) as intermediate.
US07868028B2	Guanidine compounds as anesthetics and for treatment of nervous system disorders Novel guanidine compounds having the formula in which R1, R2 and R4 are as defined, are effective as sodium channel blockers in neuronal mammalian cells and as anesthetics and/or analgesics, particularly local spinal and/or epidural anesthetics, for alleviation of neuropathic pain, for providing a neuroprotective effect, and for producing anti-convulsant effects.
US07868024B2	Derivatives of N-(heteroaryl)-1-heteroaryl-1H-indole-2-carboxamides, preparation thereof and therapeutic use thereof The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): Wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Y and W are as described herein. The invention also relates to a preparation method and to a therapeutic application.
US07868023B2	Thiophene sulfoximines, compositions thereof, and methods of treating complement-mediated diseases and conditions Disclosed are compounds for treating the symptoms of an acute or chronic disorder mediated by the classical pathway of the complement cascade. The compounds are of Formula I or a solvate, hydrate, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or prodrug thereof; wherein Ra, Rb, and Rc are as defined in the specification, as are A Z, Q, R1 and R2.
US07868013B2	Cycloalkyl substituted pyrimidinediamine compounds and their uses The present disclosure provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds having antiproliferative activity, compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds to inhibit cellular proliferation and to treat proliferate diseases such as tumorigenic cancers.
US07868012B2	Sulfamides as endothelin receptor antagonists for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases The invention relates to novel sulfamic acid amides and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and especially their use as endothelin receptor antagonists.
US07868011B2	Use of reversible inhibitors of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase for treating lupus The present invention provides methods for suppressing autoimmunity in a patient in need of treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus by administering to the patient an effective amount of methyl 4-(Adenin-9-yl)-2-hydroxybutanoate or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In some embodiments, the claimed methods include co-administering an effective amount of an immunosuppressant.
US07868010B2	Capped pyrazinoylguanidine sodium channel blockers The invention relates to substituted pyrazinoylguanidine compounds. These compounds are useful as sodium channel blockers, and may be effective in treating a variety of conditions including chronic bronchitis and cystic fibrosis.
US07868008B2	Substituted isoindolones and their use as metabotropic glutamate receptor potentiators The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined for formula I in the description. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds and to new intermediates employed in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to the use of the compounds in therapy.
US07868002B2	Deazapurines and uses thereof As discussed above, there remains a need for the development of novel therapeutic agents useful for treating inflammatory or autoimmune and proliferative diseases. The present invention provides novel compounds of general formula (I), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, as well as methods of making and using such compounds.
US07867998B2	Method of making antitussive medicine and relieving cough Method for relieving cough using an effective antitussive chemical compound belonging to stemoamide or tuberostemospironine and method for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for treating or relieving cough in human and animal subjects which including a stemoamide or tuberostemospironine compound. In addition, the antitussive property of the compounds provides a method for assessing the quality of herbs traditionally used in treating cough by analyzing the content of the effective chemical ingredient, i.e., compounds of stemoamide type and/or tuterostemospironine type. It further provides a method for identifying medicinal herbs which may be used for relieving cough by phytochemical determination of the existence of compounds that are of stemoamide or tuterostemospironine type.
US07867990B2	Steroid hormone products and methods for preparing them The present invention relates to steroid hormone products, such as oral contraceptive products, including at least one steroid active ingredient mixed with an excipient and having improved dissolution and release rate properties. The invention further relates to methods for making such steroid hormone products, wherein a mixture of the hormone and the excipient is subjected to sufficient mechanical energy to form a powder blend wherein the hormone is stabilized by the excipient in substantially non-crystalline form.
US07867988B2	Macrocyclic lactone compounds and methods for their use A method of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation or cytokine production in a subject, comprising administering a compound disclosed herein to the subject, is provided. The compound can be administered systemically, locally, or a combination thereof. For example, the compound can be locally delivered from a temporary device or an implant, such as a vascular prosthesis.
US07867983B2	Methods to protect skeletal muscle against injury Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of skeletal muscle and/or the protection of skeletal muscle against injury. The adenosine A3 receptor has been identified as a new therapeutic target for the treatment of skeletal muscle. Adenosine A3 receptor agonists are used treat subjects with skeletal muscle ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) injuries, individuals with skeletal muscle disorders, and individuals suffering from skeletal muscle injury resulting from physical exertion.
US07867982B2	MVA expressing modified HIV envelope, gag, and pol genes The invention provides modified virus Ankara (MVA), a replication-deficient strain of vaccinia virus, expressing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) env, gag, and pol genes.
US07867975B2	Therapeutic antiangiogenic endostatin compositions Endostatin compositions capable of inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation, inhibiting angiogenesis and causing tumor regression are described. Specifically, amino acid sequences of endostatin proteins and nucleic acid sequences coding for endostatin proteins are provided.
US07867973B2	Follistatin variant polypeptide The object of the present invention is to provide a follistatin variant capable of specifically inhibiting GDF-8 activity without inhibiting activin activity. The present invention provides a follistatin variant polypeptide, which (a) comprises follistatin domain I; (b) does not comprise an amino acid sequence that is represented by formula (I): Cys-(X1)a-Cys-(X2)b-Cys-(X3)c-Cys-(X4)d-Cys-(X5)e-Cys-(X6)f-Cys-(X7)g-Cys-(X8)h-Cys-(X9)i-Cys (SEQ ID NO: 30) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, and X9 each independently represents the same or a different naturally occurring amino acid residue other than cysteine, “a” represents an integer between 2 and 6, “b” represents an integer between 3 and 7, “c” represents an integer between 7 and 11, “d” represents an integer between 0 and 4, “e” represents an integer between 1 and 6, “f” and “g” represent integers between 8 and 12, “h” represents an integer between 4 and 8, and “i” represents an integer between 11 and 15) and has 50% or more homology with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 29; and (c) selectively inhibits GDF-8 activity as compared with its inhibition of activin activity.
US07867966B2	Mixed powder or mixed granule based on glutamic acid-N, N-diacetic acid and salts thereof A mixed powder or mixed granule comprising at least 80% by weight of a mixture of (a) from 5 to 95% by weight of at least one glutamic acid-N,N-diacetic acid derivative of the general formula (I) MOOC—(CH2)2C(COOM)-N(CH2COOM)2 (I) where M is hydrogen, ammonium, alkali metal, (b) from 5 to 95% by weight of at least one polyethylene glycol or of at least one nonionic surfactant or of a mixture thereof or of a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinylpyrrolidones (PVP), polyalkylene glycols and derivatives thereof, processes for producing these mixed powders or mixed granules, the use of these mixed powders or mixed granules, and a solid laundry detergent and a solid dishwasher detergent comprising the inventive mixed powder or mixed granule are described.
US07867965B2	Alkaline detergent for automatic analyzer, washing method for automatic analyzer, and automatic analyzer An alkaline detergent for an automatic analyzer is disclosed, which is consisted of an alkaline solution containing polyoxyalkylene alkylether as a nonionic surfactant, and a cloud point-adjusting organic solvent.
US07867957B2	Lubricating oil composition The lubricating oil composition of the invention comprises a lubricating base oil with a urea adduct value of no greater than 4% by mass and a viscosity index of 100 or higher, an ashless friction modifier at 0.01-10% by mass and a phosphorus-containing anti-wear agent at 0.01-0.2% by mass as phosphorus, based on the total amount of the composition.
US07867954B2	Pumice containing compositions for cementing a well A cement composition comprises fine pumice particles, for use in cementing subterranean wells, and oil and gas wells in particular. The pumice containing cement blends feature enhanced compressive strength, and favorable compressive strength to Young's Modulus ratios. Lightweight cement blends containing pumice, and their use in cementing oil and gas wells are also described.
US07867952B2	Flexible polymer, particles prepared therefrom and process for preparing the same Disclosed are a flexible polymer, particles made from same, and a process for preparing the particles. This flexible polymer is obtained from copolymerizing monomer (A) and monomer (B), wherein monomer (A) is one or more water-insoluble unsaturated diene monomers; monomer (B) is at least one compound with the general formula of wherein R is C1-C12alkyl, C1-C12 alkyl aryl, C1-C12 alkyl ether or C1-C12alkyl ester. Monomer (A) is in an amount of 60-90% by weight of the total combined weight of monomer (A) and monomer (B). Monomer (B) is in an amount of 10-40% by weight of the total combined weight of monomer (A) and monomer (B). The flexible polymer particles show excellent flexibility, deformability, elasticity as well as stability. They can be used in oilfields in nearby wellbore profile control and in-depth profile control or as in-depth flooding fluid diverting agents. They can also be applied in water shutoff in high temperature and high salinity production wells; preventing chemical channeling in polymer and ASP (alkali-surfactant-polymer) flooding; temporarily plugging in acidization; huff and puff; and preventing in-depth channeling in steam flooding, loss of circulation control and filtration control, and the like.
US07867951B2	Viscoelastic cationic carbohydrate ether compositions A viscoelastic composition containing an effective amount of at least one cationic carbohydrate ether having one or more cationic fragments and one or more carbohydrate fragments connected through one or more linker fragments for controlling the viscoelasticity of the composition, wherein at least some carbohydrate fragments are connected to the linker fragments through ether bonds. The viscoelastic composition of the present technology may be used to alter fluid rheology and impart both viscous and elastic properties to the treated fluids. Applications of the viscoelastic composition of the present technology include, but are not limited to, oil field fluids such as, for example, well bore treatment fluids.
US07867950B2	RF-properties-optimized compositions of (RE)Ba2Cu3O7-δ thin film superconductors The films of this invention are high temperature superconducting (HTS) thin films specifically optimized for microwave and RF applications. In particular, this invention focuses on compositions with a significant deviation from the 1:2:3 stoichiometry in order to create the films optimized for microwave/RF applications. The RF/microwave HTS applications require the HTS thin films to have superior microwave properties, specifically low surface resistance, Rs, and highly linear surface reactance, Xs, i.e. high JIMD. As such, the invention is characterized in terms of its physical composition, surface morphology, superconducting properties, and performance characteristics of microwave circuits made from these films.
US07867947B1	Method of making fertilizer combination products including fertilizer granules and cellulosic granules carrying pesticides and other active ingredients Method of making blends of fertilizer granules and highly absorbent cellulosic granules carrying one or more pesticidal or other active ingredients that resist the formation of actives dust or segregation of the granules and that ensure even and efficient application of both the fertilizer and the active ingredients.
US07867946B2	Liquid formulation The present invention relates to a liquid formulation, comprising a) one or more herbicidally active compounds from the group of the ALS inhibitors, b) one or more organic solvents, and c) one or more inorganic salts. The liquid formulation is suitable for use in crop protection.
US07867941B2	Sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon, method of manufacturing the same, and fuel cell using the mesoporous carbon A sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon that has mesopores with an average diameter of 2 to 10 nm, a method of preparing the same, a catalyst containing the mesoporous carbon as a catalyst support, and a fuel cell using the catalyst in which the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon has a good affinity for and adhesion to catalyst particles so as to strongly support the catalyst particles due to the sulfur atoms substituting for carbons in an OMC carbon skeleton structure. The growth of metal catalyst particles is prevented when heat-treating the metal catalyst particles. The catalyst using the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon can be applied to a fuel cell to prevent a reduction in catalytic activity due to increased particle size by an accumulation of catalyst particles. The catalyst containing the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon as a catalyst support can be used to manufacture a fuel cell having an improved performance.
US07867940B2	Supported catalyst and method of preparing the same A method of preparing a supported catalyst includes dissolving a cation exchange polymer in alcohol to prepare a solution containing cation exchange polymer; mixing the cation exchange polymer containing solution with a catalytic metal precursor or a solution containing catalytic metal precursor; heating the mixture after adjusting its pH to a predetermined range; adding a reducing agent to the resultant and stirring the solution to reduce the catalytic metal precursor; mixing the resultant with a catalyst support; adding a precipitating agent to the resultant to form precipitates; and filtering and drying the precipitates. The method of preparing a supported catalyst can provide a highly dispersed supported catalyst containing catalytic metal particles with a reduced average size regardless of the type of catalyst support, which provides better catalytic activity than conventional catalysts at the same loading amount of catalytic metal.
US07867936B2	Process for passivating porous ceramic articles and an article made therefrom A method for passivating a porous ceramic article containing microcracks including filling the microcracks with a liquid, such as water, and then applying a washcoat as described herein.
US07867931B2	Lithium silicate glass ceramic Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools and which subsequently can be converted into lithium silicate products showing high strength.
US07867927B2	Method and composition for coating mat and articles produced therewith A coated glass mat comprises a glass mat substrate having non-woven glass fibers and a coating which essentially uniformly penetrates the glass mat substrate to desired fractional thickness of the coated glass mat. The coating imparts a tensile strength to the coated glass mat which on average is at least 1.33 times greater than the tensile strength of the glass mat substrate without the coating. In example embodiments, penetration of the coating into the glass mat substrate preferably extends to a depth of from twenty five percent of a thickness of the coated glass mat to seventy five percent of the thickness of the coated glass mat. Moreover, a non-coated thickness of the coated glass mat is sufficiently thick for bonding purposes with, e.g., a gypsum slurry or other core materials such as thermoplastic or thermosetting plastics. The coating has a porosity in a range of from 1.3 CFM to 5.0 CFM, e.g., the coating comprises a coating blend which provides the coated glass mat with a porosity sufficient to allow water vapor to escape from a gypsum slurry when heated. The coating is preferably a coating blend comprised of water, latex binder, inorganic pigment, and inorganic binder.
US07867926B2	Substrate processing apparatus and method A substrate processing apparatus is used for radiating UV rays onto a target film formed on a target surface of a substrate to perform a curing process of the target film. The apparatus includes a hot plate configured to heat the substrate to a predetermined temperature, a plurality of support pins disposed on the hot plate to support the substrate, and a UV radiating device configured to radiate UV rays onto the target surface of the substrate supported on the support pins. The support pins are preset to provide a predetermined thermal conductivity to conduct heat of the substrate to the hot plate. The hot plate is preset to have a predetermined thermal capacity sufficient to absorb heat conducted through the support pins.
US07867924B2	Methods of reducing impurity concentration in isolating films in semiconductor devices A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a lower device on a lower semiconductor substrate, and forming an interlayer insulating film on the lower device. An upper semiconductor substrate is formed on the interlayer insulating film such that the interlayer insulating film is between the lower and upper semiconductor substrates. Upper trenches are formed within the upper semiconductor substrate. An upper device isolating film is formed within the upper trenches. The upper device isolating film is irradiated with ultraviolet light having a wavelength configured to break chemical bonds of impurities in the upper device isolating film to reduce an impurity concentration thereof.
US07867920B2	Method for modifying high-k dielectric thin film and semiconductor device There is provided a method for modifying a high-k dielectric thin film provided on the surface of an object using a metal organic compound material. The method includes a preparation process for providing the object with the high-k dielectric thin film formed on the surface thereof, and a modification process for applying UV rays to the highly dielectric thin film in an inert gas atmosphere while maintaining the object at a predetermined temperature to modify the high-k dielectric thin film. According to the above constitution, the carbon component can be eliminated from the high-k dielectric thin film, and the whole material can be thermally shrunk to improve the density, whereby the occurrence of defects can be prevented and the film density can be improved to enhance the specific permittivity and thus to provide a high level of electric properties.
US07867919B2	Method of fabricating an apparatus having a lanthanum-metal oxide dielectric layer Lanthanum-metal oxide dielectric layers and methods of fabricating such dielectric layers provide an insulating layer in a variety of structures for use in a wide range of electronic devices and systems. In an embodiment, a lanthanum aluminum oxide dielectric layer is formed using a trisethylcyclopentadionatolanthanum precursor and/or a trisdipyvaloylmethanatolanthanum precursor.
US07867917B2	Etch stop layer for a metallization layer with enhanced adhesion, etch selectivity and hermeticity By providing a barrier layer stack including a thin SiCN layer for enhanced adhesion, a silicon nitride layer for confining a copper-based metal region (thereby also effectively avoiding any diffusion of oxygen and moisture into the copper region), and a SiCN layer, the total relative permittivity may still be maintained at a low level, since the thickness of the first SiCN layer and of the silicon nitride layer may be moderately thin, while the relatively thick silicon carbide nitride layer provides the required high etch selectivity during a subsequent patterning process of the low-k dielectric layer.
US07867914B2	System and method for forming an integrated barrier layer An apparatus and method for forming an integrated barrier layer on a substrate is described. The integrated barrier layer comprises at least a first refractory metal layer and a second refractory metal layer. The integrated barrier layer is formed using a dual-mode deposition process comprising a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) step and a cyclical deposition step. The dual-mode deposition process may be performed in a single process chamber.
US07867913B2	Method for fabricating fine pattern in semiconductor device A method for fabricating a fine pattern in a semiconductor device includes forming a first photoresist over a substrate where an etch target layer is formed, doping at least one impurity selected from group III elements and group V elements, of the periodic table, into the first photoresist, forming a photoresist pattern over the first photoresist, performing a dry etching process using the photoresist pattern to expose the first photoresist, etching the first photoresist by an oxygen-based dry etching to form a first photoresist pattern where a doped region is oxidized, and etching the etch target layer using the first photoresist pattern as an etch barrier.
US07867909B2	Polishing composition and polishing method A polishing composition contains at least one water soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and poly(N-vinylformamide), and an alkali, and preferably further contains at least one of a chelating agent and an abrasive grain. The water soluble polymer preferably has a weight average molecular weight of 6,000 to 4,000,000. The polishing composition is mainly used in polishing of the surfaces of semiconductor wafers such as silicon wafers, especially used in preliminary polishing of the surfaces of such wafers.
US07867902B2	Methods of forming a contact structure In a method of forming a contact structure, a first insulation layer including a first contact hole is formed on a substrate. A metal layer including tungsten is formed to fill the first contact hole. A planarization process is performed on the metal layer until the first insulation layer is exposed to form a first contact. A second contact is grown from the first contact. The second contact is formed without performing a photolithography process and an etching process to prevent misalignments.
US07867900B2	Aluminum contact integration on cobalt silicide junction Embodiments herein provide methods for forming an aluminum contact on a cobalt silicide junction. In one embodiment, a method for forming materials on a substrate is provided which includes forming a cobalt silicide layer on a silicon-containing surface of the substrate during a silicidation process, forming a fluorinated sublimation film on the cobalt silicide layer during a plasma process, heating the substrate to a sublimation temperature to remove the fluorinated sublimation film, depositing a titanium-containing nucleation layer over the cobalt silicide layer, and depositing an aluminum-containing material over the titanium-containing nucleation layer. In one example, the method further provides forming the cobalt silicide layer by depositing a cobalt-containing layer on the silicon-containing surface, heating the substrate during a rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process, etching away any remaining portions of the cobalt-containing layer from the substrate, and subsequently heating the substrate during another RTA process.
US07867899B2	Wordline resistance reduction method and structure in an integrated circuit memory device Methods and structures for reducing resistance in wordlines of an integrated circuit memory device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes forming multiple columns of polycrystalline silicon for respective number of wordlines, forming core transistor junctions and periphery transistor junctions associated with the wordlines, performing a salicidation process for the periphery transistor junction and performing a salicidation process for the columns of polycrystalline silicon to from the wordlines with low resistance.
US07867898B2	Method forming ohmic contact layer and metal wiring in semiconductor device A method of forming an ohmic contact layer including forming an insulation layer pattern on a substrate, the insulation pattern layer having an opening selectively exposing a silicon bearing layer, forming a metal layer on the exposed silicon bearing layer using an electrode-less plating process, and forming a metal silicide layer from the silicon bearing layer and the metal layer using a silicidation process. Also, a method of forming metal wiring in a semiconductor device using the foregoing method of forming an ohmic contact layer.
US07867896B2	Sequential deposition of tantalum nitride using a tantalum-containing precursor and a nitrogen-containing precursor Embodiments of the invention provide a method for forming tantalum nitride materials on a substrate by employing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The method includes heating a tantalum precursor within an ampoule to a predetermined temperature to form a tantalum precursor gas and sequentially exposing a substrate to the tantalum precursor gas and a nitrogen precursor to form a tantalum nitride material. Thereafter, a nucleation layer and a bulk layer may be deposited on the substrate. In one example, a radical nitrogen compound may be formed from the nitrogen precursor during a plasma-enhanced ALD process. A nitrogen precursor may include nitrogen or ammonia. In another example, a metal-organic tantalum precursor may be used during the deposition process.
US07867894B2	Method for producing substrate A metallic film 43 that becomes the matrix of pad 32 is formed on semiconductor substrate 41. Next, through hole 31 is formed in the semiconductor substrate 41 facing the metallic film 43 at the portion corresponding to an area where the pad 32 is formed. Thereafter, penetration electrode 17 is formed in through hole 31. Next, penetration portion 49 to expose the side of the penetration electrode 17 is formed in the semiconductor substrate 41. Next, an insulative member 16 is formed to be filled up in at least the penetration portion 49. After that, the pad 32 is formed by patterning the metallic film 43.
US07867893B2	Method of forming an SOI substrate contact A method is provided of forming a conductive via for contacting a bulk semiconductor region of a semiconductor-on-insulator (“SOI”) substrate. A first opening is formed in a conformal layer overlying a trench isolation region, where the trench isolation region shares an edge with the SOI layer. A dielectric layer then is deposited atop the conformal layer and the trench isolation region, after which a second opening is formed which is aligned with the first opening, the second opening extending through the dielectric layer to expose the bulk semiconductor region. Finally, the conductive via is formed in the second opening.
US07867890B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which comprises steps of forming a plurality of wirings on a first insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate so as to adjoin one another, forming a second insulating film on the first insulating film by a plasma CVD method and covering the wirings with the second insulating film in such a manner that air gaps are formed between the respective adjacent wirings, forming a third insulating film on the second insulating film by a high density plasma CVD method, and forming a fourth insulating film high in moisture resistance on the third insulating film.
US07867885B2	Post structure, semiconductor device and light emitting device using the structure, and method for forming the same A nanometer-scale post structure and a method for forming the same are disclosed. More particularly, a post structure, a light emitting device using the structure, and a method for forming the same, which is capable of forming a nanometer-scale post structure having a repetitive pattern by using an etching process, are disclosed. The method includes forming unit patterns on a substrate by use of a first material, growing a wet-etchable second material on the substrate formed with the unit patterns, and wet etching the substrate having the grown second material.
US07867883B2	Methods of fabricating non-volatile memory devices A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a fin-shaped active region including opposing sidewalls and a surface therebetween protruding from a substrate, forming a gate structure on the surface of the active region, and performing an ion implantation process to form source/drain regions in the active region at opposite sides of the gate structure. The source/drain regions respectively include a first impurity region in the surface of the active region and second impurity regions in the opposing sidewalls of the active region. The first impurity region has a doping concentration that is greater than that of the second impurity regions. Related devices are also discussed.
US07867870B2	Semiconductor device and method for forming device isolation film of semiconductor device A device isolation film in a semiconductor device and a method for forming the same are provided. The method includes etching a middle portion of a device isolation film having a deposition structure including a Spin-On-Dielectric (SOD) oxide film and a High Density Plasma (HDP) oxide film to form a hole and filling an upper portion of the hole with an oxide film having poor step coverage characteristics to form a second hole extending along the middle portion of the device isolation film. The second hole serves as a buffer for stress generated at the interface between an oxide film, which can be a device isolation film, and a silicon layer, which can be a semiconductor substrate, thereby increasing the operating current of a transistor and improving the electrical characteristics of the resulting device.
US07867861B2	Semiconductor device employing precipitates for increased channel stress A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including implanting a selected material at a desired target depth below a surface of a silicon substrate, performing an annealing process to create a band of precipitates formed from the selected material and the silicon of the silicon substrate at the desired target depth, and forming a source region and a drain region in the substrate such that a channel region there between is positioned above the band of precipitates, wherein the desired target depth is such that a desired separation distance is achieved between the channel region and the band of precipitates, and wherein an average lattice constant of the band of precipitates is different from the average lattice constant of the silicon substrate so as to cause a stress in the channel region.
US07867857B2	Transistor and method for manufacturing same An improved coupling stability between the source region and the source electrode of the transistor is achieved. In the method for manufacturing the MOSFET, the p-type base region is formed in a semiconductor layer, and after the p-type base region is formed in the surface portion of the n+ type source region, the higher concentration source region extending from the side edge of the n+ type source region to the lateral side of the n+ type source region is formed in the surface portion of the p-type base region. Then, the source electrode coupled to the higher concentration source region is formed. This allows providing an improved coupling stability between the source electrode and the source region when a misalignment is occurred in the location for forming the source electrode during the formation of the source electrode to be coupled to the first source region.
US07867855B2	Method of fabricating high voltage semiconductor devices with JFET regions containing dielectrically isolated junctions A high-voltage field-effect device contains an extended drain or “drift” region having a plurality of JFET regions separated by portions of the drift region. Each of the JFET regions is filled with material of an opposite conductivity type to that of the drift region, and at least two sides of each JFET region is lined with an oxide layer. In one group of embodiments the JFET regions extend from the surface of an epitaxial layer to an interface between the epitaxial layer and an underlying substrate, and the walls of each JFET region are lined with an oxide layer. When the device is blocking a voltage in the off condition, the semiconductor material inside the JFET regions and in the drift region that separates the JFET regions is depleted. This improves the voltage-blocking ability of the device while conserving chip area. The oxide layer prevents dopant from the JFET regions from diffusing into the drift region and allowing the JFET regions to be accurately located in the drift region.
US07867853B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor Fin-shaped channel There are provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which is capable of narrowing only the width of a Fin channel while maintaining the widths of source and drain regions, and a semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is a method of manufacturing a Fin type transistor, including: forming STI region 2 with use of mask layer 8 formed over silicon substrate 1 as a mask; narrowing mask layer 8 by wet etching to form narrowed mask layer 8a; forming stopper oxide film 16 over a surface of narrowed mask layer 8a, depositing polysilicon 17 over an entire surface and then forming anti-reflective film 18 and photoresist 19; forming an opening at photoresist 19 in a portion corresponding to a word line portion, removing anti-reflective film 18 and polysilicon 17 in that portion to expose narrowed mask layer 8a and then removing photoresist 19; and forming Fin channel 30 by etching portions of silicon substrate 1 which lie on opposite sides of and below narrowed mask layer 8a with narrowed mask layer 8a as a mask.
US07867852B2	Super-self-aligned trench-dmos structure and method A semiconductor device includes a P-body layer formed in an N-epitaxial layer; a gate electrode formed in a trench in the P-body and N-epitaxial layer; a top source region formed from the P-body layer next to the gate electrode; a gate insulator disposed along a sidewall of the gate electrode between the gate electrode and the source, between the gate electrode and the P-body and between the gate electrode and the N-epitaxial layer; a cap insulator disposed on top of the gate electrode; and an N+ doped spacer disposed along a sidewall of the source and a sidewall of the gate insulator. The source includes N+ dopants diffused from the spacer. A body contact region containing P-type dopants is formed from the N-epitaxial layer. The contact region touches one or more P-doped regions of the P-body layer and the source. Methods for manufacturing such a device are also disclosed. Embodiments of this invention may also be applied to P-channel devices.
US07867848B2	Methods for fabricating dual bit flash memory devices Methods for fabricating dual bit memory devices are provided. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method for fabricating a dual bit memory device comprises forming a charge trapping layer overlying a substrate and etching an isolation opening through the charge trapping layer. An oxide layer is formed overlying the charge trapping layer and within the isolation opening. A control gate is fabricated overlying the isolation opening and portions of the charge trapping layer adjacent to the isolation opening. The oxide layer and the charge trapping layer are etched using the control gate as an etch mask and impurity dopants are implanted into the substrate using the control gate as an implantation mask.
US07867844B2	Methods of forming NAND cell units Some embodiments include methods of forming charge storage transistor gates and standard FET gates in which common processing is utilized for fabrication of at least some portions of the different types of gates. FET and charge storage transistor gate stacks may be formed. The gate stacks may each include a gate material, an insulative material, and a sacrificial material. The sacrificial material is removed from the FET and charge storage transistor gate stacks. The insulative material of the FET gate stacks is etched through. A conductive material is formed over the FET gate stacks and over the charge storage transistor gate stacks. The conductive material physically contacts the gate material of the FET gate stacks, and is separated from the gate material of the charge storage transistor gate stacks by the insulative material remaining in the charge storage transistor gate stacks. Some embodiments include gate structures.
US07867840B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same In a semiconductor substrate in a first section, a channel region having an impurity concentration peak in an interior of the semiconductor substrate is formed, and in the semiconductor substrate in a second section and a third section, channel regions having an impurity concentration peak at a position close to a surface of the substrate are formed. Then, extension regions are formed in the first section, the second section and the third section. After that, the substrate is thermally treated to eliminate defects produced in the extension regions. Then, using gate electrodes and side-wall spacers as a mask, source/drain regions are formed in the first section, the second section and the third section.
US07867838B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same To provide a highly reliable semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, where defects such as a short between a gate electrode layer and a semiconductor layer and a leakage current, which would otherwise be caused due to a coverage defect of the semiconductor layer with an insulating layer, can be prevented. In order to form a plurality of semiconductor elements over an insulating surface, a semiconductor layer is not separated into a plurality of island-shape semiconductor layers, but instead, element isolation regions, which electrically insulate a plurality of element regions functioning as semiconductor elements, are formed in one semiconductor layer, i.e., a first element isolation region with high resistance and a second element isolation region which has a contact with the element region and has a conductivity type opposite to that of the source and drain regions of the element region.
US07867837B2	Process for manufacturing rounded polysilicon electrodes on semiconductor components A polysilicon layer provided for a polysilicon electrode (8) is patterned by means of a resist mask (5) and an auxiliary layer (4) made of a material that is suitable as an antireflection layer, the auxiliary layer (4) being provided with lateral hollowed-out recesses in such a way that the polysilicon electrode is formed with rounded edges (7) during etching. The auxiliary layer is preferably produced from a soluble material and with a thickness of 70 nm to 80 nm. A base layer (2) may be provided as a gate dielectric of memory cell transistors and additionally as an etching stop layer.
US07867836B2	Method for manufacturing junction semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a junction semiconductor device having a drain region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on one surface of a semiconductor crystal, a source region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on the other surface of the semiconductor crystal, a gate region of a second conductive type formed on the periphery of the source region, a high-resistance layer of a first conductive type between the source region and the drain region, and a recombination-inhibiting semiconductor layer of a second conductive type provided in the vicinity of the surface of the semiconductor crystal between the gate region and the source region.
US07867835B2	Integrated circuit system for suppressing short channel effects An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate including an active device with a gate and a gate dielectric; forming a first liner, a first spacer, a second liner, and a second spacer adjacent the gate; forming a material layer over the integrated circuit system; forming an opening between the material layer and the first spacer by removing a portion of the material layer, the second spacer, and the second liner to expose the substrate; and forming a source/drain extension and a halo region through the opening.
US07867833B2	Semiconductor device utilizing a metal gate material such as tungsten and method of manufacturing the same Known drawbacks associated with use of tungsten as a gate material in a semiconductor device are prevented. A gate oxide layer, a polysilicon layer, and a nitride layer are sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate having a isolation layer for defining the active region. A groove is formed by etching the nitride layer. A metal nitride layer is formed to an U shape in the groove, and then a metal layer is formed to bury the groove. A hard mask layer is formed for defining a gate forming region on the nitride layer, the metal nitride layer, and the metal layer. A metal gate is formed by etching the nitride layer, the polysilicon layer, and the gate oxide layer using the hard mask layer as an etch barrier.
US07867813B2	Organic thin film transistors A method of forming an organic thin film transistor comprising source and drain electrodes with a channel region therebetween, a gate electrode, a dielectric layer disposed between the source and drain electrodes and the gate electrode, and an organic semiconductor disposed in at least the channel region between the source and drain electrodes, said method comprising: seeding a surface in the channel region with crystallization sites prior to deposition of the organic semiconductor; and depositing the organic semiconductor onto the seeded surface whereby the organic semiconductor crystallizes at the crystallization sites forming crystalline domains in the channel region.
US07867809B2	One-step diffusion method for fabricating a differential doped solar cell A one-step diffusion method for fabricating a differential doped solar cell is described. The one-step diffusion method includes the following step. First, a substrate is provided. A doping control layer is formed on the substrate. The doping control layer includes a plurality of openings therein. A doping process is conducted on the substrate to form heavy doping regions under the openings of the doping control layer and light doping regions on the other portion of the substrate
US07867803B2	Method of fabricating light emitting device and compound semiconductor wafer and light emitting device A Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy step of growing a light emitting layer section 24, composed of a first Group III-V compound semiconductor, epitaxially on a single crystal growth substrate 1 by Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy, and a Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth step of growing a current spreading layer 7 on the light emitting layer section 24 epitaxially by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth Method, are conducted in this order. Then, the current spreading layer 7 is grown, having a low-rate growth layer 7a positioned close to the light emitting layer side and then a high-rate growth layer 7b, having a growth rate of the low-rate growth layer 7a lower than that of the high-rate growth layer 7b, so as to provide a method of fabricating a light emitting device capable of preventing hillock occurrence while forming the thick current spreading layer.
US07867799B2	MBE growth of a semiconductor laser diode A method of fabricating a continuous wave semiconductor laser diode in the (Al,Ga,In)N materials system comprises: growing, in sequence, a first cladding region (4), a first optical guiding region (5), an active region (6), a second optical guiding region (7) and a second cladding region (8). Each of the first cladding region (4), the first optical guiding region (5), the active region (6), the second optical guiding region (7) and the second cladding region (8) is deposited by molecular beam epitaxy.
US07867797B2	Method of fabricating organic light emitting diode display device In a method of fabricating organic light emitting diode display, a planarization layer is annealed, cured, provided with an ashing treatment, and surface-treated to reduce roughness of the planarization layer. Therefore, it is possible to improve reduce problems such as a decrease in reflectivity and variation of color coordinates of the organic light emitting diode display due to the roughness of the planarization layer.
US07867794B2	Surface-mount type optical semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A small and thin surface-mount type optical semiconductor device having high air tightness, which can be manufactured at a reduced cost includes: a base 2 formed of a glass substrate; a recess 5 formed on a first main surface 3 of the base; a through hole 7 extending from a bottom portion 4 of the recess to a second main surface 6 of the base; an inner wall conductive film formed on an inner wall surface of the through hole; a wiring pattern 9 made of a conductive film formed around an opening of the through hole on the bottom portion of the recess so as to be connected electrically to the inner wall conductive film; an optical semiconductor element 8 bonded to the wiring pattern via a conductive bonding material 14; a terminal portion 10 made of a conductive film formed around an opening of the through hole on the second main surface such that it is connected electrically to the inner wall conductive film; and a metal portion 13 bonded to the inner wall conductive film to clog the through hole.
US07867790B2	Substrate of probe card and method for regenerating thereof Provided are a substrate of a probe card for installing a plurality of probes thereon to inspect an object by contacting the probes to the object, and a method for repairing the substrate. The substrate includes main channels electrically connected to the probes; and at least one spare channel for replacing the main channels when at least one of the main channels is damaged. Therefore, when some of the main channels of the probe substrate are damaged, the damaged main channels can be repaired using the spare channels and then the probe substrate can be reused, thereby reducing costs required for unnecessary replacement.
US07867784B2	Chromatography ligand The present invention relates to a chromatography ligand defined by the following formula (I) R1—R2—N(R3)—R4—R5 wherein R1 is a substituted or non-substituted phenyl group; R2 is a hydrocarbon chain comprising 0-4 carbon atoms; R3 is a hydrocarbon chain comprising 1-3 carbon atoms; R4 is a hydrocarbon chain comprising 1-5 carbon atoms; and R5 is OH or H. The invention also comprises a separation matrix, comprising the described ligands coupled to a porous support, such as particles or a membrane. The ligand and matrix according to the invention is useful for purification of biomolecules or organic compounds, such as proteins, polypeptides, DNA etc. An advantageous use according to the invention is the purification of antibodies.
US07867782B2	Nanoscale moiety placement methods Methods and structures for placing nanoscale moieties on substrates are provided.
US07867779B2	System and method comprising same for measurement and/or analysis of particles in gas stream A system and method for measuring and analyzing particles within a gas feed stream. In one aspect, the system includes a particle counter and a particle capture filter that are arranged in parallel. In another aspect, the system includes a purifying device to remove trace molecular impurities from a gas feed stream to reduce the presence of impurities.
US07867771B2	Reagent for measuring clotting time and method for stabilizing tissue factor The present invention provides a reagent for measuring clotting time including a nonionic surfactant, a nickel ion and a tissue factor. A method for stabilizing a tissue factor, and use of a nonionic surfactant and a nickel salt for stabilizing a tissue factor are also disclosed.
US07867770B2	Nanostructured substrate for surface enhanced raman scattering The present invention provides a nanostructured substrate for SERS. A substrate of the invention comprises a surface featuring substantially monodisperse-sized metal nanoparticles disposed thereon. Preferably, the substrate surface provides for SERS and spectra therefrom. For example, a nanostructured substrate of the invention can be used to reproducibly and reliably detect or identify pathogens, molecules or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a nanostructured substrate of the invention comprises a surface featuring metal nanoparticles substantially aggregated in clusters thereon. Exemplary metal nanoparticles disposed on the substrate surface can be silver, copper, gold or combinations thereof. Metal nanoparticles disposed on a substrate surface can also be substantially spheroidal comprising diameters in a range from about 40 to 120 nm. The invention also provides methods for syntheses and uses of a nanostructured substrate comprising a surface featuring substantially monodisperse-sized metal nanoparticles.
US07867769B2	Clog detection in a clinical sampling pipette Analyzing the pressure profile generated during a predetermined period of time prior to the end of an aspiration or dispensing process and comparing a pressure reading to predetermined values to determine if the aspiration or dispensing pipette was free of clogs.
US07867764B2	Recombinant viral-based malaria vaccines The present invention relates to novel vaccines against malaria infections, based on recombinant viral vectors, such as alpha viruses, adenoviruses or vaccinia viruses. The recombinant viral-based vaccines can be used to immunize against different Plasmodium infections, such as infections by P. falciparum or P. yoelii. Novel codon-optimized circumsporozoite genes are disclosed. Preferably, replication-defective adenoviruses are used, derived from serotypes that encounter low titers of neutralizing antibodies. The invention, therefore, also relates to the use of different adenoviral serotypes that are administered to elicit a strong immune response, either in single vaccination set-ups or in prime-boost set-ups in which compositions based on different serotypes can be applied.
US07867763B2	Integrated chip carriers with thermocycler interfaces and methods of using the same Methods and systems are provided for conducting a reaction at a selected temperature or range of temperatures over time. An array device is provided. The array device contains separate reaction chambers and is formed as an elastomeric block from multiple layers. At least one layer has at least one recess that recess has at least one deflectable membrane integral to the layer with the recess. The array device has a thermal transfer device proximal to at least one of the reaction chambers. The thermal transfer device is formed to contact a thermal control source. Reagents for carrying out a desired reaction are introduced into the array device. The array device is contacted with a thermal control device such that the thermal control device is in thermal communication with the thermal control source so that a temperature of the reaction in at least one of the reaction chamber is changed as a result of a change in temperature of the thermal control source.
US07867761B2	Tray stack adapted for active gassing A stack of communicating trays for cultivation of cells, whereby the tray stack is equipped with a gas exchanger having at least one processed aperture for fast and substantially uniform distribution of gas to the trays.
US07867760B2	Bioscrubber A bioscrubber for purifying dirty gas has a circulated scrubbing liquid which contains water and microorganisms for degradation of the substances to be separated off from the dirty gas. The gas enters at an inlet, moves through a mass-transfer zone, where it undergoes a phase change from the gas phase to the liquid phase, and the clean gas exits through an outlet. The system has a device for irrigating the mass-transfer zone with the scrubbing liquid, and a tank for collecting the scrubbing liquid and for activating the microorganisms. The bioscrubber has particularly high separation rates and particularly low risk of blockage because, in at least one mass-transfer zone of the bioscrubber, there may be provided a package of adjacent vertical tubes and a cleaning device for cleaning the tubes. A mass-transfer zone can be formed by a spray tower.
US07867757B2	Fluid manipulation in a microfabricated reaction chamber systems The present invention relates to a microfabricated reaction chamber system and a method of fluid transport. The system may be used, for example, in a method of carrying out a nucleic acid sequence amplification and detection process on a nucleic acid sample. The microfabricated chamber system comprises an inlet port and/or an outlet port and a variable volume chamber in fluid communication with said port(s), wherein altering the volume of the variable volume chamber effects and/or restricts flow of a fluid sample to and/or from said port(s).
US07867755B2	Method for analyzing proteins A method for analyzing proteins makes use of an array of first capture molecules which are specific for peptide epitopes. The proteins to be analyzed or a protein mixture containing the proteins to be analyzed is degraded to peptide fragments corresponding to the peptide epitopes, after which the array of capture molecules is incubated with the peptide fragments. The peptide fragments bound to the capture molecules are then detected.
US07867754B1	Microarrays for analyte detection Method and device for detection of analytes, particularly biohazards. A microarray containing immobilized sensing molecules captures complementary analytes on a redundant patterned substrate. Pattern analysis is performed using a computer algorithm.
US07867752B1	Method and apparatus for holding cells The present invention pertains to an apparatus for holding cells. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for incubating cells having a dynamically controlled environment in which the cells are grown, which are maintained in a desired condition and in which cells can be examined while the environment is dynamically controlled and maintained in the desired condition. The apparatus also comprises a mechanism for determining the state of the cells. The determining mechanism is in communication with the incubating mechanism. The present invention pertains to a method for holding cells. The method comprises the steps of incubating the cells in a dynamically controlled environment which is maintained in a desired condition and in which the cells can be examined while the environment is dynamically controlled and maintained in the desired condition. Additionally, there is the step of determining the state of the cells.
US07867749B2	Nematode phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase-like sequences Nucleic acid molecules from nematodes encoding phosphoethanolamine n-methyltransferase polypeptides are described. PEAMT-like polypeptide sequences are also provided, as are vectors, host cells, and recombinant methods for production of PEAMT-like nucleotides and polypeptides. Also described are screening methods for identifying inhibitors and/or activators, as well as methods for antibody production.
US07867746B2	Alpha-amylase variants The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant exhibits altered properties, in particular reduced capability of cleaving a substrate close to the branching point, and improved substrate specificity and/or improved specific activity relative to the parent alpha-amylase.
US07867745B2	Polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US07867739B2	Process for enzymatically converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid A process is provided to improve the specific activity of an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity when converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid under aqueous reaction conditions. Inclusion of an effective amount of at least one amine protectant improves the specific activity and catalytic productivity of the enzyme catalyst.
US07867734B2	Anti-glypican 3 antibody having modified sugar chain An anti-glypican 3 antibody with modified sugar chains, more specifically, an anti-glypican 3 antibody lacking fucose is provided. The anti-glypican 3 antibody with modified sugar chains of the present invention may be produced by a process comprising introducing a nucleic acid encoding an anti-glypican 3 antibody into host cells with reduced fucose addition capability, such as YB2/0 cells and cells lacking a fucose transporter. The anti-glypican 3 antibody with modified sugar chains of the present invention has a high level of cytotoxic activity and therefore is useful as a cell growth inhibitor such as an anticancer agent.
US07867733B2	Method for producing factor G derived from horseshoe crab The invention provides a virus harboring a DNA encoding a subunit of limulus-derived factor G, the virus being capable of mass-producing a (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay reagent of satisfactory quality, steadily and at low cost, a cell harboring the virus, and a method of producing factor G by use of the cell.
US07867731B2	HX2004-6 polypeptide expressed in cancerous cells The present invention provides polynucleotides, as well as polypeptides encoded thereby, that are differentially expressed in cancer cells. These polynucleotides are useful in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic methods. The present invention further provides methods of reducing growth of cancer cells. These methods are useful for treating cancer.
US07867730B2	Hansenula polymorpha gene coding for α 1,6-mannosyltransferase and process for the production of recombinant glycoproteins with Hansenula polymorpha mutant strain deficient in the same gene Disclosed are a novel Hansenula polymorpha gene coding for α-1,6-mannosyltransferase initiating outer chain elongation, an H. polymorpha mutant strain having a deficiency in the gene, and a process for producing a recombinant glycoprotein using such a mutant strain.
US07867728B2	Determining the concentration of analytes in sample by direct mediation of enzymes The glucose content of blood can be determined by contacting a blood sample with a test strip containing a glucose dehydrogenase dependent on PQQ (or derivatives or isomers) thereof as a co-factor, a tetrazolium salt indicator, but in the absence of a mediator.
US07867725B2	Monoclonal antibodies against osteopontin The present invention relates to reagents and methods for the detection of osteopontin fragments and distinguishing them from each other and from the full-length osteopontin protein. The present invention also relates to assays for the determination of the presence of osteopontin fragments in samples obtained from subjects and, further, the correlation of osteopontin fragment levels fragment levels with disease detection, progression and prognosis.
US07867724B2	Compositions and method of treating hypoxia-associated diseases Hypoxia, a state of lower than normal tissue oxygen tension, has recently been implicated in a host of human diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and neurological disorders. Novel associations between p97 and other proteins, including UBX-domain-containing proteins (UBX-polypeptides), HIF1α, and a variety of E3 ligases are provided herein. The disclosure provides complexes comprising UBX-domain-containing polypeptides (UBX-polypeptides) and other polypeptides involved in the degradation of ubiquitinated proteins. In addition, the disclosure provides uses for active agents that modulate protein-protein complex formation between an UBX-polypeptide and its complementary-binding substrate. For example, the disclosure provides methods for treating or preventing hypoxia-related disorders or conditions in a patient or a cell by administration of an active agent that modulates the activity of an UBX-polypeptide and/or its complementary binding-substrate. Furthermore, the disclosure provides uses for active agents that modulate HIF1α activity; such agents may be used to modulate processes that are regulated by HIF1α. The disclosure also provides many screening assays to identify test agents that modulate complex formation between an UBX-polypeptide and its complementary-binding substrate or methods for evaluating modes of action and/or effects of active agents that have already been identified as modulators of an UBX-polypeptide and/or its complementary-binding substrate.
US07867723B2	Method for antiphospholipid syndrome Methods for detecting anti-lipidic particle antibodies and lipidic particles in cellular membranes for the diagnosis of diseases associated with antiphospholipid syndrome are disclosed. Kits or sets to put these methods of diagnosis into practice are disclosed. Methods for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with antiphospholipid syndrome are disclosed as well. In addition, methods for the detection of the diverse physiologic states of cells and kits useful for this are also disclosed.
US07867719B2	Beta-2 microglobulin as a biomarker for peripheral artery disease The present invention provides β2 microglobulin as a biomarker for qualifying or assessing peripheral artery disease in a subject.
US07867717B2	Immunoassays to detect diseases or disease susceptibility traits Disclosed are immunoassay methods for the diagnosis/prognosis of diseases and disease susceptibility traits associated with gene mutations that cause protein truncation or allelic loss. The levels of one or more targeted wild-type proteins expressed by a subject gene or genes are immunologically quantitated in biological samples. Results indicating that a targeted wild-type protein is not present in an assayed sample, or that approximately 50% of the normal amount of such a wild-type protein is present in an assayed sample are considered to be positive for a mutation in one or both alleles of a subject gene, and correlated with the disease or the disease susceptibility trait associated with that mutation or mutations. Normal cells, particularly normal peripheral blood lymphocytes, are preferred biological samples.
US07867715B2	Method of evaluating the immunological activity of a vaccine The invention relates to an in vitro method of evaluating the immunological activity of a vaccine preparation in the form of a mixture of a molecular antigen and a carrier, wherein the mixture comprises a liquid phase and a solid phase, to which at least a part of the antigen is attached, the method comprising the steps of i) subjecting the vaccine to one or more measurements; and ii) using the measurement results to evaluate the immunological activity of the vaccine.
US07867714B2	Target-specific compomers and methods of use Provided herein are libraries of nucleic acid species each comprising a transcription unit having a promoter region operatively linked to a coding sequence. The coding sequence of each nucleic acid species encodes a RNA cleavage substrate comprising a unique compomer species and a cleavage site. Each compomer species has a molecular mass distinguishable from the molecular mass of other compomer species in the library, and cleavage at a cleavage site releases a polynucleotide comprising the compomer species from the RNA cleavage substrate.
US07867712B2	Nucleic acid sequences associated with cell states The present invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences whose expression is associated with different cell states, including nucleic acid sequences whose expression is induced at least 100-fold, or alternatively upregulated, in cells exhibiting asymmetric self-renewal relative to other cells. The invention is also directed to nucleic acid sequences whose expression is induced at least 100-fold, or alternatively upregulated, in cells exhibiting symmetric self-renewal relative to other cells.
US07867711B2	Probe, probe set, probe-immobilized carrier, and genetic testing method A nucleic acid probe for classification of pathogenic bacterial species is capable of collectively detecting bacterial strains of the same species and differentially detecting them from other bacterial species. Any one of the base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 87 to 89 and complementary or modified sequences thereof or a combination of at least two of them is used for detecting the gene of an infectious disease pathogenic bacterium.
US07867710B2	Polymorphism in bovine prion protein gene sequence A specific, non-synonymous SNP in the Prnp gene encoding the bovine prion protein affects the susceptibility of bovine animals to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Depending on the number of octapeptide repeat units present in the Prnp gene, the position of the SNP is either nucleotide 631 of exon 3 (codon 211) when the Prnp gene comprises six octapeptide repeat region sequences, nucleotide 607 of exon 3 (codon 203) when the Prnp gene comprises five octapeptide repeat region sequences, or nucleotide 655 of exon 3 (codon 219) when the Prnp gene comprises seven octapeptide repeat region sequences. Alleles of the bovine Prnp wherein the SNP at these positions is lysine (K) at the corresponding amino acids (i.e., 211, 203 or 219) in the bovine prion protein are all indicative of increased susceptibility to BSE in comparison to alleles which encode glutamic acid (E) at the same position. This SNP may be used as a marker for selecting bovines susceptible to BSE for disposal and/or removal from breeding, the human food and animal feed supplies.
US07867704B2	Mycobacterial diagnostics The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules unique to M. paratuberculosis. The invention also provides the polypeptides encoded by the M. paratuberculosis-specific nucleic acid molecules of the invention, and antibodies having specific binding affinity for the polypeptides encoded by the M. paratuberculosis-specific nucleic acid molecules. The invention further provides for methods of detecting M. paratuberculosis in a sample using nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, and antibodies of the invention. The invention additionally provides methods of preventing a M. paratuberculosis infection in an animal.
US07867701B2	Method for the simultaneous amplification of multiple sequences in a PCR reaction and marking thereof A method is described for the amplification of nucleic acids, in which the segments to be amplified are first hybridized with at least two primer oligonucleotides that have two domains, wherein the sequence-specific domain found at the 3-end hybridizes to the segment to be amplified, while the generic domain found at the 5-end does not hybridize. Then an amplification reaction is conducted by means of a polymerase and subsequently a labeled primer oligonucleotide, which binds to the generic domain of the first primer, is hybridized to the amplificate which is formed. In the last step, the sequence of the amplificate is investigated.
US07867699B2	Method of synthesizing and purifying Dkk proteins and Dkk proteins obtained thereby The invention relates to a novel method of inexpensively synthesizing large quantities of an essentially pure, biologically active, glycosylated Dkk protein, including mammalian and human Dkk proteins (e.g., human Dkk1). The invention further relates to the synthetically produced essentially purified, glycosylated and biologically active Dkk protein, and the characteristics of the protein.
US07867694B2	Composite polymer microfluidic control device A device for microfluidic control comprising a regulator that is moveable in a conduit where the regulator is a composite polymer formed from a composite mixture comprising a polymerizable precursor and a particulate filler.
US07867688B2	Laser ablation resist A method of making micro-structure devices by coating a first layer of resist (12) on a substrate (10). A pattern is created on the substrate by radiation induced thermal removal of the resist.
US07867684B2	Liquid developer, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A liquid developer includes: an aqueous medium; and a magnetic toner which is substantially dispersed in the aqueous medium and includes a polymer compound and a magnetic powder, the amount of the magnetic powder being from about 0.2 volume % to about 5 volume % with respect to the magnetic toner.
US07867683B2	Toner, method of producing the same, developer, and image forming apparatus A toner that when the complex elastic modulus measured at an angular frequency of 6.28 rad/sec., and a strain amount of 0.3% is 1×106 Pa or more and 1×108 Pa or less, the tangent loss is 0.5 or more and 1.8 or less.
US07867682B2	Toner for developing electrostatic image, and developer, toner container, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner A toner including a core including at least a colorant, a release agent and a first binder resin; and a shell located overlying the core and including at least a second binder resin, wherein the first binder resin includes a polyester resin including a unit obtained from a diol selected from the group consisting of aliphatic diols and alicyclic diols, and the second binder resin includes a vinyl copolymer, and wherein a weight ratio (S/C) of the shell (S) to the core (C) is from 0.05 to 0.5 and the toner has a volume average particle diameter of from 3 to 8 μm.
US07867680B2	Non-magnetic toner for one-component development and method of preparing the toner, and image developer, image forming apparatus, process cartridge and image forming method A non-magnetic toner including a binder resin including a first resin, a second resin, a third resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the first resin is a hybrid resin including an amorphous condensation polymerization unit and a radical polymerization unit in its molecular frame, and the second and third resins are non-hybrid resins including condensation polymerization units, wherein each of the first, second and third resins has a glass transition temperature (Tg) and a softening point (Tm) satisfying the following relationships: Tg of first resin
US07867679B2	Porous particles The present invention is toner particle that includes a binder resin and nonionic organic polymer particles. The particle has porosity.
US07867678B2	Toner for use in a chilled finish roller system A toner composition for fixing onto a receiver in conjunction with non-contact fuser capable of fusing one or more layers of toner on the receiver such that one or more toner layers reach a fusing temperature above a glass transition temperature. One or more cooling finish rollers are located downstream from the non-contact fuser to lower the toner temperature.
US07867674B2	Substrate-processing apparatus, substrate-processing method, substrate-processing program, and computer-readable recording medium recorded with such program A pattern forming system 1 includes a checking apparatus 400 and a control section 500. The checking apparatus 400 is configured to measure and check a sidewall angle SWA of a resist pattern formed on a substrate W after a developing process. The control section 500 is configured to use a difference between a target value of the sidewall angle SWA of the resist pattern after the developing process and a check result of the sidewall angle SWA obtained by the checking apparatus 400, to set a process condition for a first heat process 71 to 74 or a second heat process 84 to 89 so as to cause the sidewall angle SWA to approximate the target value thereof after the developing process.
US07867668B2	Electrolyte layer for fuel cell, fuel cell, and method of manufacturing electrolyte layer for fuel cell A fuel cell is produced using a fuel cell electrolyte layer comprising a hydrogen-permeable metal layer 27 serving as the compact substrate through which the gas supplied to the electrochemical reaction passes, a porous layer formed on the hydrogen-permeable metal layer 27, and an inorganic electrolyte supported in the pores of the porous layer.
US07867665B2	Fuel cell stack Corrosion of a metal portion such as a pipe connected to a fuel cell stack is suppressed. The fuel cell stack has a plurality of single cells which generate electrical power using an aqueous methanol solution and air and are stacked in a vertical direction. An inlet of a fuel supply manifold for distributing the aqueous methanol solution to each cell and an outlet of a fuel discharge manifold for collecting the fuel discharged from the single cells are provided in a common conductive end plate. Hence, when the discharge fuel discharged from the fuel cell stack is circulated and resupplied to the stack, the potential of the discharged fuel becomes equal to that of the liquid fuel to be supplied to the stack, whereby the corrosion of the metal portion such as a pipe, a tank, a pump, or a heat exchanger is suppressed.
US07867662B2	Contactor failure detecting apparatus for fuel cell system A contactor electrically connects and disconnects a fuel cell from a load. When a failure-detecting mode for detecting a closing failure of a contactor is initiated, an opening command is transmitted to the contactor, and a DC/DC converter connected to a motor changes the load voltage. Then, the load voltage and a fuel cell voltage are compared with each other. If the contactor is in a normal open state, as a result of the opening command, the fuel cell voltage is constant, whereas the load voltage of the DC/DC converter decreases, thereby producing a voltage difference. A closing failure of the contactor is determined when it is detected that the fuel cell voltage is substantially equal to the load voltage.
US07867661B2	Fuel cell system and method A fuel cell system and a method for scavenging it are provided. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel gas passage, an oxidant gas passage, a communicating passage, a communicating valve, a monitoring device, a valve controller, a scavenging device and a computing device. The monitoring device monitors a state transition of the fuel cell after a termination of power generation. The valve controller opens the communicating valve when a signal indicative of the state transition meets a predetermined criterion. The scavenging device includes a first scavenging device for the oxidant gas passage, and a second scavenging device for the fuel gas passage. The computing device computes an amount of the oxidant gas required for scavenging according to a system shut off time. The scavenging device conducts scavenging with the amount of the oxidant gas obtained by the computing device.
US07867658B2	Ionic liquids and ionic liquid acids with high temperature stability for fuel cell and other high temperature applications, method of making and cell employing same Disclosed are developments in high temperature fuel cells including ionic liquids with high temperature stability and the storage of inorganic acids as di-anion salts of low volatility. The formation of ionically conducting liquids of this type having conductivities of unprecedented magnitude for non-aqueous systems is described. The stability of the di-anion configuration is shown to play a role in the high performance of the non-corrosive proton-transfer ionic liquids as high temperature fuel cell electrolytes. Performance of simple H2(g) electrolyte/O2(g) fuel cells with the new electrolytes is described. Superior performance both at ambient temperature and temperatures up to and above 200° C. are achieved. Both neutral proton transfer salts and the acid salts with HSO−4 anions, give good results, the bisulphate case being particularly good at low temperatures and very high temperatures. The performance of all electrolytes is improved by the addition of a small amount of involatile base of pKa value intermediate between those of the acid and base that make the bulk electrolyte. The preferred case is the imidazole-doped ethylammonium hydrogensulfate which yields behavior superior in all respects to that of the industry standard phosphoric acid electrolyte.
US07867657B2	Electrolyte for non-aqueous cell and non-aqueous secondary cell In a rechargeable non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using positive electrodes, negative electrodes and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, additives to the electrolytic solution are used in combination, preferably in combination of at least two compounds selected from o-terphenyl, triphenylene, cyclohexylbenzene and biphenyl, and thus there are provided batteries excellent in safety and storage characteristics.
US07867655B2	Nickel metal-hydride battery A sealed nickel metal-hydride battery shows a high output density and an excellent cycle performance particularly in a cold atmosphere. In a nickel metal-hydride battery having a nickel electrode and a hydrogen absorbing electrode respectively as positive electrode and negative electrode, the hydrogen absorbing electrode is formed by making an conductive support carry hydrogen absorbing alloy powder of rare earth elements and non-rare earth elements including nickel and the saturation mass susceptibility of the hydrogen absorbing alloy powder is 2 to 6 emu/g while the rate at which the hydrogen absorbing electrode carries hydrogen absorbing alloy powder per unit area is 0.06 to 0.15 g/cm2.
US07867654B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one aspect of the present invention includes a lithium-transition metal compound as a positive electrode active material that is capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion and is represented by Li1+aNixCOyMzO2 (wherein M is at least one element selected from Mn, Al, Ti, Zr, Nb, B, Mg and Mo; and 0≦a≦0.3, 0.1≦x≦1, 0≦y≦0.5, 0≦z≦0.9, a+x+y+z=1), and carbon as a negative electrode active material that is capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion and is added with a powder of a compound having an imide bond. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention, by incorporating a compound having an imide bond, the initial efficiency of the negative electrode is lowered, so that at a low state of charge of 20% or less, an increasing rate of the IV resistance value becomes small. With such a constitution, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which a change in the IV resistance value at a low state of charge is suppressed, which is excellent in output properties and regeneration properties, and which is suitable for an electric vehicle (EV) and a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), for example, can be provided.
US07867652B2	Surface treatment for metal-polymer laminated electrochemical cell package A method for preparing a metal-polymer laminate packaging material, a method for preparing a metal-polymer laminated electrochemical cell package, and an electrochemical cell package, wherein adhesion of the polymer to the metal sheet used in the packaging material and/or hydrophobicity of the metal sheet are improved. In accordance with the invention, the metal sheet is subjected to a surface treatment and thereafter coated with a polymer to form a metal-polymer laminate packaging material. Exemplary surface treatments include chromate or phosphate conversion coatings, anodization, or chemically cleaning the metal sheet with a caustic solution and/or an acidic solution.
US07867651B2	Low impedance layered battery apparatus and method for making the same An electro-chemical storage device is described, and a method for making the same. In some aspects, a guidewire is co-wound with sheet or ribbon-like electrode materials so that contact is made between the guidewire and collector extensions of the electrode materials thereby forming an endcap with low impedance and high thermal sinking capabilities. In one embodiment, the storage device includes a negative electrode sheet have an edge which is substantially free of electrode active material, a positive electrode sheet have an edge which is substantially free of electrode active material, a first conductive guidewire disposed adjacent to the edge of the negative electrode sheet which is substantially free of electrode active material, and a second conductive guidewire disposed adjacent to the edge of the positive electrode sheet which is substantially free of electrode active material. The first conductive guidewire and the edge of the negative electrode sheet which is substantially free of electrode active material define a first electrode endcap and the second conductive guidewire and the edge of the positive electrode sheet which is substantially free of electrode active material define a second electrode endcap. The electrode endcaps are coupled to terminals of the storage device, which are capable of being connected to the terminals of an external circuit.
US07867648B2	Fuel cell catalyst A method is provided for making a supported catalyst comprising nanostructured elements which comprise microstructured support whiskers bearing nanoscopic catalyst particles, where the method comprises step a) of vacuum deposition of material from at least a first carbon target in the presence of nitrogen and step b) of vacuum deposition of material from a second target comprising at least one transition metal, the second target comprising no precious metals. In one embodiment, step a) is carried out prior to step b). In another embodiment, steps a) and b) are carried out simultaneously. Typically the deposition steps are carried out in the absence of oxygen. Typically, the transition metal is iron or cobalt, and most typically iron. The present disclosure also provides a supported catalyst comprising nanostructured elements which comprise microstructured support whiskers bearing nanoscopic catalyst particles made according to the present method. The present disclosure also provides a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly comprising the present supported catalyst.
US07867645B2	Latching mechanism for battery cover assembly A latching mechanism of a battery cover assembly (100) is provided. The battery cover assembly includes a battery cover (20) and a housing (10). The latching mechanism includes a limiting mechanism, a hinged mechanism, at least one latching portion (133), and at least one latching arm (28). The limiting mechanism is configured to prevent the battery cover from accidentally detaching from the housing. The hinged mechanism is configured to facilitate both rotation and sliding of the battery cover relative to the housing. Each latching portion is formed on the housing, and each latching arm is formed on the battery cover. The latching arm elastically engages with a respective latching portion in such manner that the battery cover is latched to the housing.
US07867644B2	Secondary battery and secondary battery manufacturing method In a secondary battery, for providing a structure which can enable a welding operation even when a gap is formed between a current collecting plate and a winding assembly, recessed portions are formed in a positive current collecting plate. The recessed portions are disposed opposite to the winding assembly. A laser beam is irradiated to welding protrusions located between the recessed portions to melt the welding protrusions. Here, since the end surface of a positive electrode foil is uneven in height, the positive electrode foil does not contact the positive current collecting plate necessarily. The welding operation is performed by heating, melting, and dropping the welding protrusions by the use of a YAG laser under the welding condition of a laser power of 900 W and a welding speed 2 m/min.
US07867642B2	Fuel cell start optimization A method of starting a fuel cell stack in subzero conditions that minimizes start times while avoiding cell reversal by using an iterative model to determine the optimal current density time profile for startup.
US07867638B2	Magnetic recording medium, method for producing thereof, and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A magnetic-recording medium which is provided on a nonmagnetic substrate with at least an orientation-controlling layer for controlling the orientation of a layer formed directly thereon, a perpendicularly magnetic layer having an easily magnetizing axis oriented mainly perpendicularly relative to the nonmagnetic substrate, and a protective layer. The perpendicularly magnetic layer includes two or more magnetic layers, at least one of the magnetic layers is a layer having Co as a main component and containing Pt as well and containing an oxide, and at least another of the magnetic layers is a layer having Co as a main component and containing Cr as well and containing no oxide.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10