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US07920416B2	Increased magnetic damping for toggle MRAM Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices and techniques for use thereof are provided. In one aspect, a magnetic memory cell is provided. The magnetic memory cell comprises at least one fixed magnetic layer; at least one first free magnetic layer separated from the fixed magnetic layer by at least one barrier layer; at least one second free magnetic layer separated from the first free magnetic layer by at least one spacer layer; and at least one capping layer over a side of the second free magnetic layer opposite the spacer layer. One or more of the first free magnetic layer and the second free magnetic layer comprise at least one rare earth element, such that the at least one rare earth element makes up between about one percent and about 10 percent of one or more of the first free magnetic layer and the second free magnetic layer.
US07920414B2	Asymmetric-threshold three-terminal switching device An asymmetric-threshold three-terminal electronic switching device includes three terminals coupled to a threshold-switching material. A signal applied across first and second terminals affects an electrical characteristic between the second and third electrodes to a greater extent than the same signal applied across the first and third electrodes. The affected electrical characteristic may be a threshold voltage or conductivity, for example.
US07920412B2	Magnetic random access memory and method of manufacturing the same A magnetic random access memory includes a first wiring, a second wiring formed above and spaced apart from the first wiring, a magnetoresistive effect element formed between the first wiring and the second wiring, formed in contact with an upper surface of the first wiring, and having a fixed layer, a recording layer, and a nonmagnetic layer formed between the fixed layer and the recording layer, a metal layer formed on the magnetoresistive effect element and integrated with the magnetoresistive effect element to form stacked layers, a first side insulating film formed on side surfaces of the metal layer, the magnetoresistive effect element, and the first wiring, a first contact formed in contact with a side surface of the first side insulating film, and a third wiring formed on the metal layer and the first contact to electrically connect the magnetoresistive effect element and the first contact.
US07920409B1	SRAM cell with intrinsically high stability and low leakage A Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell having high stability and low leakage is provided. The SRAM cell includes a pair of cross-coupled inverters providing differential storage of a data bit. Power to the SRAM cell is provided by a read word line (RWL) signal, which is also referred to herein as a read control signal. During read operations, the RWL signal is pulled to a voltage level that forces the SRAM cell to a full-voltage state. During standby, the RWL signal is pulled to a voltage level that forces the SRAM cell to a voltage collapsed state in order to reduce leakage current, or leakage power, of the SRAM cell. A read-transistor providing access to the bit stored by the SRAM cell is coupled to the SRAM cell via a gate of the read transistor, thereby decoupling the stability of the SRAM cell from the read operation.
US07920408B2	Resistance change nonvolatile memory device Memory cells (MC) are formed at intersections of bit lines (BL) extending in the X direction and word lines (WL) extending in the Y direction. A plurality of basic array planes sharing the word lines (WL), each formed for a group of bit lines (BL) aligned in the Z direction, are arranged side by side in the Y direction. In each basic array plane, bit lines in even layers and bit lines in odd layers are individually connected in common. Each of selection switch elements (101 to 104) controls switching of electrical connection/non-connection between the common-connected even layer bit line and a global bit line (GBL), and each of selection switch elements (111 to 114) control switching of connection/non-connection between the common-connected odd layer bit line and the global bit line (GBL).
US07920404B2	Ferroelectric memory devices with partitioned platelines One embodiment relates to a ferroelectric memory device. The ferroelectric memory device includes a segment of contiguous ferroelectric memory cells arranged in rows and columns. A row of ferroelectric memory cells includes a common wordline that allows access to the memory cells of the row and also includes at least two platelines associated with the row. At least one of the at least two platelines is associated with adjacent columns of ferroelectric memory cells within the row. The row of ferroelectric memory cells includes another word line which is not associated with the at least two platelines. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US07920403B2	ROM cell array structure A semiconductor memory cell array is disclosed which comprises an elongated continuous active region, a first transistor formed in the elongated continuous active region, the first transistor forming a first single-transistor memory cell, a second transistor also formed in the elongated continuous active region, the second transistor forming a second single-transistor memory cell and being the closest memory cell to the first single-transistor memory cell along the elongated direction, and an isolation gate formed on the elongated continuous active region between the first and second transistor, wherein the isolation gate has substantially the same structure as gates of the first and second transistor, and is supplied with a predetermined voltage to shut off any active current across a section of the elongated continuous active region beneath the isolation gate.
US07920402B2	Resistance variable memory apparatus A resistance variable memory apparatus (100) of the present invention is a resistance variable memory apparatus (100) using a resistance variable element (22) transitioning between plural resistance states in response to electric pulses of the same polarity, in which a series resistance setting unit (10) is configured to set a resistance value of the series current path and a parallel resistance setting unit (30) is configured to set a resistance value of a parallel current path such that the resistance values become resistance values at which a node potential is not larger than a second voltage level in a state where an electric pulse application device (50) is outputting a first electric pulse after the resistance variable element (22) has switched to the high-resistance state, and the node potential is not larger than a first voltage level in the state where the electric pulse application device (50) is outputting a second electric pulse after the resistance variable element (22) has switched to the low-resistance state.
US07920399B1	Low power content addressable memory device having selectable cascaded array segments A content addressable memory (CAM) device includes a CAM array and a configuration circuit. The CAM array has a plurality of rows of CAM cells, each row segmented into a plurality of row segments, each row segment including a plurality of CAM cells coupled to a corresponding match line segment, and a match line control circuit having an input coupled to the corresponding match line segment, an output coupled to the match line segment in a next row segment, and a control terminal to receive a corresponding enable signal. The configuration circuit has an input to receive configuration information indicative of a width and depth configuration of the CAM array and having outputs to generate the enable signals.
US07920395B2	Pulse width modulation method for a power converter A pulse width modulation method has the steps of operating a second instruction signal so that each of the differences between two or three arbitrary instruction signals in three first instruction signals may become more than the predetermined value, and modulating in pulse width based on the second instruction signal.
US07920392B2	Dynamic voltage sag correction A voltage sag correction device includes an input terminal adapted to receive a first operating signal having a line-to-neutral voltage. The first operating signal is provided to a load through an output terminal. A regulator module includes a rectifying device adapted to rectify a line-to-line input signal, a storage unit adapted to store energy corresponding to the rectified line-to-line input signal, and an inverter switching device adapted to use the stored energy to generate a correction signal during at least a portion of a voltage sag. An injection transformer in electrical communication with the regulator module is adapted to reduce a voltage of the correction signal. A bypass switch is in a closed position during a normal operating condition such that the injection transformer is bypassed. The bypass switch is in an open position during at least a portion of the voltage sag such that the injection transformer is energized.
US07920387B2	Removable card guides for horizontal line cards A chassis for telecommunication gear including horizontal circuit boards includes an enclosure forming a front-accessible circuit board slot for receiving horizontal circuit boards. The circuit board slot has first connectors for receiving mating second connectors on the circuit boards, and multiple circuit board guides for guiding and securing horizontal circuit boards inserted into the slot. Adjacent pairs of the guides are spaced to receive circuit boards of predetermined widths, and at least one of the guides is removable so that it can be re-positioned within the slot for changing the spacing between adjacent pairs of the guides to receive circuit boards of different widths. The circuit boards may be telecommunication line cards.
US07920382B2	Aircraft electronics cooling apparatus for an aircraft having a liquid cooling system The invention relates to an improved aircraft electronics cooling system for an aircraft having a liquid cooling system (2), the aircraft electronics cooling system providing a thermal coupling between an electronic device (40a, 40b, 40c, 40d, 42, 44) to be cooled and the liquid cooling system (2) of the aircraft. A coolant delivered by the liquid cooling system (2) may flow through a board of the electronic device (40a, 40b, 40c, 40d), through a heat sink on which the electronic device (42) is arranged and/or through a housing in which the electronic device (44) is arranged. The coolant may be permanently in the liquid state in a cooling circuit. The coolant may vaporize at least partially while cooling the electronic device.
US07920378B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion.
US07920377B2	Hardware casing media to store data Embodiments include hardware and/or software for manufacturing a removable plate having a medium, to be integral to a casing for a processor-based device. Integrating the removable plate in or on the casing facilitates access to the medium and the data stored on the medium by providing storage in a location that is convenient and local to the processor-based device. The removable plate may include a first surface designed to cover a portion of the processor-based device and a second surface to be covered by the first surface when integrated with the casing, to provide access to the medium. The removable plate may also include any other types of media that can communicatively couple with the processor-based device directly, or indirectly through, e.g., a computer network.
US07920371B2	Electrical energy storage devices with separator between electrodes and methods for fabricating the devices Films of active electrode material, such as films made from carbon and fibrillized polymer, are attached to a porous separator. Outer surfaces of the films (i.e., surfaces opposite those adjoining the separator) are then covered with current collectors. The 5 resulting stack is usable in fabrication of electrical energy storage devices. The stack can be shaped as needed, connected to terminals, and immersed in an electrolytic solution to provide a double layer capacitor.
US07920368B2	Static Eliminator A static eliminator that can be placed at a close distance capable of eliminating static electricity while preventing furious elevation of the surface electric potential of a work when the static eliminator is placed at a close distance to the work. A cover formed by an electro conductive porous material covering discharge needles is attached to a holding member in which a plurality of the discharge needles are provided and air blowing openings for ejecting air around the discharge needles are provided. The cover evenly discharges ionized air from the surface of the cover, and is electrically connected to ground to have a function for absorbing a part of generated ions.
US07920363B2	TMR sensor having magnesium/magnesium oxide tunnel barrier A tunnel junction magnetoresistive sensor having improved TMR performance (dR/R) and improved area resistance. The sensor includes a barrier layer sandwiched between a magnetic pinned layer structure and a magnetic free layer structure. The barrier layer includes a thin layer of Mg and a layer of MgOx. The barrier layer could also include a second thin layer of Mg such that the MgOx layer is sandwiched between the first and second Mg layers.
US07920358B2	Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with magnetic shields separated by nonmagnetic layers A perpendicular magnetic recording write head that may be used in magnetic recording disk drives has a magnetic write pole (WP) with an end that is generally the same width as the width of the data tracks on the disk. A trailing shield (TS) is spaced from the WP in the along-the-track direction, a pair of side shields are located on opposite sides of the WP in the cross-track direction, and an optional leading shield (LS) is located on the opposite side of the WP from the TS in the along-the-track direction. The TS, side shields and LS are formed of magnetically permeable soft ferromagnetic material and are separated from each other by nonmagnetic separation layers. The TS, side shields and LS each has a throat height (TH) thickness in its region facing the WP. The throat heights for the shields may be different.
US07920357B2	Magnetic recording method using ferromagnetic resonance and thin-film magnetic head for using the method Provided is a thin-film magnetic head capable of writing data with high accuracy on a magnetic recording medium having high coercive force without heating. The head comprises an electromagnetic coil element comprising: a main magnetic pole; an auxiliary magnetic pole; and a write coil formed so as to pass through at least between the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole, for generating the write magnetic field. In this head, a part of the write coil has a layered structure of: a resonance coil layer for generating a resonance magnetic field having ferromagnetic resonance frequency of a magnetic recording layer of a magnetic recording medium or having a frequency in the vicinity thereof; and a write coil layer. And further, the resonance coil layer and the write coil layer sandwich an insulating layer therebetween.
US07920356B2	Method and system for providing a longitudinally shifted servo pattern for increased sampling rate A method and a system are provided for writing a plurality of servo bands on magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is moved longitudinally relative to at least one servo write head. The servo write head is positioned to write a plurality of parallel longitudinal servo bands. The plurality of servo bands comprise odd servo bands and even servo bands, and each of the odd servo bands lie between the each of the even servo bands. The at least one servo write head is operated to write the plurality of parallel longitudinal servo bands on the magnetic tape such that each of the plurality of servo bands comprise a plurality of frames, wherein each frame comprises a plurality of bursts of transition stripes, and each burst has a first transition stripe. The first transition stripe of each burst of each the odd servo band is longitudinally shifted from the first transition stripe of each burst of each even servo band by a substantially equal distance, D, such that servo information of the odd servo bands is interleaved with the servo information from the even servo bands.
US07920352B2	Magnetic disk apparatus and data storage method A magnetic disk apparatus that uses a head to write data in a plurality of unit areas arranged in an adjacent relationship to each other on a surface of a magnetic disk, and includes: a first recording section that records, in a RAM, the position of a unit area which is a target of data write; a first counting section that counts the number of times of data write operation performed for the unit area corresponding to the position recorded by the first recording section; and a second recording section that records, in a non-volatile storage medium different from the RAM, the side position which is the position of a unit area adjacent to the unit area whose number of records counted by the first counting section is more than a predetermined value.
US07920349B2	Phase adjusting device, magnetic storage medium, and storage device A magnetic storage medium such as a BPM includes a plurality of magnetic dots for writing and reproducing data disposed in a magnetically separated manner so as to be spaced a predetermined distance in a down-track direction and a plurality of tracks concentrically disposed so that the magnetic dots are disposed in a magnetically separated manner. In the BPM, a phase-adjusting track is disposed in an arbitrary track among the tracks. On the phase-adjusting track, phase detection dots disposed in a down-track direction to allow writing and reproduction of phase detection data and blank bits providing a predetermined phase difference in a down-track direction to next successive phase-detecting dots are alternately disposed in a successive manner.
US07920347B2	Shroud for head gimbal assembly testing In one implementation, an assembly for testing a head gimbal assembly comprises a rotatable test disc, a mounting surface configured to mount the head gimbal assembly, and a shroud covering the head gimbal assembly. The mounting surface is located in proximity to the test disc to facilitate loading the head gimbal assembly on the test disc. The shroud is configured to shield the head gimbal assembly from airflow produced when the test disc rotates.
US07920343B2	Method of forming lens arrays and transferring such onto movable-MEMS structures Micro-electrical-mechanical (MEMS) wafers in which a lens is formed on a micro-electrical-mechanical structure. The micro-electrical-mechanical wafers can comprise a substrate, MEMS structures, and a lens array. A method of forming a micro-electrical-mechanical wafer comprises providing a substrate, forming a micro-electrical-mechanical structure on the substrate, forming a carrier, forming a lens array on the carrier, and transferring the lens array from the carrier onto the micro-electrical-mechanical structure. The lens array is placed above the micro-electrical-mechanical structure.
US07920342B2	Over-molded glass lenses and method of forming the same Accurate lens substrates on a waferscale are obtained by forming a polymer material on a lens surface formed on a lens wafer. The substrate may also be thinned by the glass lens surface forming process at the portion of the lens. The polymer material may have the same or different optical properties (refractive index and dispersion) as the lens wafer.
US07920330B2	Tunable optical active elements The invention is directed to different optical active elements (1, 20, 22) such as tunable diffraction gratings and tunable phase shifters having in general a similar setup. The optical active elements (1, 20, 22) comprise an intermediate layer (4) made out of a deformable material which is mechanically interconnected to a driving means. The driving means comprises a first and a second driving plate (2, 3) arranged in general opposite to each other on opposite sides of and at least partially covering the intermediate layer (4) such that a local compression of the intermediate layer (4) by the driving plates (2, 3) causes a local reduction of the thickness in a first direction. This reduction in a first direction causes a secondary deformation of the intermediate layer in a second direction which results in a change of the optical behavior of the optical active element.
US07920328B2	Lens module and a method for fabricating the same A lens module and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The module comprises a substrate and a lens structure. The substrate comprises a through-hole therein. The lens structure is embedded in the through-hole.
US07920327B2	Image capturing apparatus and optical adjustment method An image capturing apparatus includes: at least one or more vertically movable lens groups among at least three or more lens groups, which constitute a zoom lens, movable in an optical axis direction, the vertically movable lens group being movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis; a zoom lens group among the three or more lens groups, the zoom lens group being movable in the optical axis direction; and a correction mechanism that corrects a position of the optical axis based on the three or more lens groups by moving the vertically movable lens group in a wide-angle end state to a predetermined position in the substantially perpendicular direction. When the vertically movable lens group is moved for the purpose of anti-vibration at each zoom position in the substantially perpendicular direction, the apparatus is configured to satisfy the following Conditional Expression (1). 0.7<(Lw+Bw)/Bt<1.3 (1)
US07920326B2	Inflatable screen with fully internal tension An inflatable moving screen system includes an inflatable support structure. The inflatable support structure has at least two horizontal tubes and at least two vertical tubes that collectively form a rectangular frame. A skirt is coupled to one of the horizontal tubes and to both vertical tubes. An air inlet is also provided in the support structure, so that as air is received, it can fill the support structure tubes. A projection surface is disposed within the rectangular frame and is permanently coupled directly to one of the horizontal tubes, to both vertical tubes, and to the skirt. An internal tension mechanism is also included. The skirt may be part of the internal tension mechanism, which is configured to create fully internal tension to stretch the projection screen automatically, by inflation of the four inflatable tubes, and without using external or removable tension mechanisms.
US07920323B2	Thermally stable multilayer mirror for the EUV spectral region In a multilayer mirror (1) for the reflection of EUV radiation containing a large number of alternating molybdenum layers (4) and silicon layers (3), a barrier layer (5) containing a silicon nitride or a silicon boride is included at a number of interfaces between the molybdenum layers (4) and the silicon layers (3). As a result of the barrier layers (5) of a silicon nitride or of a silicon boride, high thermal stability is achieved, in particular high long-term stability at temperatures of more than 300° C., whilst at the same time achieving high reflectivity in the multilayer mirror. A multilayer mirror (1) of this type can, in particular, be used as a heatable collector mirror for an EUV radiation source.
US07920322B2	Reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (R-SOA) with dual buried heterostructure Provided are a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (R-SOA) and a superluminescent diode (SLD). The R-SOA includes: a substrate; an optical waveguide including a lower clad layer, an active layer independent of the polarization of light, and an upper clad layer sequentially stacked on the substrate, the optical waveguide comprising linear, curved, and tapered waveguide areas; and a current blocking layer formed around the optical waveguide to block a flow of current out of the active layer, wherein the linear and curved waveguide areas have a single buried hetero (BH) structure, and the tapered waveguide area has a dual BH structure.
US07920320B2	Electronic reading devices The invention relates to electronic devices, in particular consumer electronic devices, including an electrophoactive display, as well as to electronic document reading devices, sometimes called e-readers, such as electronic books. We describe an electronic device including an electroactive display and a light to illuminate said display, wherein said display has a viewing surface, and wherein said light is configured to illuminate said display from in front and to one side of an edge of said viewing surface, across said viewing surface and through a front-most surface of said display.
US07920319B2	Electromechanical device with optical function separated from mechanical and electrical function In certain embodiments, a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device comprises a substrate having a top surface, a movable element over the substrate, and an actuation electrode disposed laterally from the reflective surface. The movable element comprises a deformable layer and a reflective element mechanically coupled to the deformable layer. The reflective element includes a reflective surface. The movable element is responsive to a voltage difference applied between the actuation electrode and the movable element by moving in a direction generally perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate.
US07920318B2	Photoelastic modulator system A photoelastic modulator (PEM) has two parts (11, 13) of the same or dissimilar cross sections, joined together to form an abrupt junction (16). A transducer, for which the natural oscillation is at the half acoustic wavelength mode, excites a longitudinal standing wave of high purity in the PEM. A feedback system is used to achieve stable phase synchronisation of multiple PEMs working at the same oscillation frequency, where the outputs of an amplitude and phase sensor for one PEM is used to correct phase variations of other PEMs and to compensate optical retardation errors.
US07920316B2	Systems and methods for sensory stimulation The invention relates generally to cognitive stimulation apparatuses and systems, and methods of manufacturing the same. In certain exemplary implementations the invention provides an at least partially transparent, pliable gel having an optical property, such as brightness or color, and a circuit for delivering electromagnetic radiation to the gel to modify the optical property. Under certain conditions, modifying the optical property can stimulate a user's visual and other senses to help improve cognitive development and functionality.
US07920314B2	Variable opacity or translucency of a through-vision panel A multi-sheet through-vision panel includes a first outer sheet, a second outer sheet, and a middle sheet located between the first and second outer sheets. The first and second outer sheets are superposed with one another. At least one light impairing zone is disposed on at least one of the first and second sheets, as well as the middle sheet. A sliding mechanism slides the middle sheet with respect to the first and second outer sheets so that the light impairing zones are moved between a first and second position. The light impairing zones are superposed with one another when the middle sheet is in the first position, but are in a staggered arrangement when the middle sheet is in the second position.
US07920312B2	Optical fiber scanning apparatus A scanning apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a light transmitter, a mount for supporting the light transmitter located remotely from its exit tip, a drive for driving the light transmitter to vibrate resonantly in a first direction and to vibrate non-resonantly in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a synchronizer for synchronizing vibration of the light transmitter in the first and second directions so that the exit tip of the light transmitter executes a scan pattern. The drive applies a driving force to the light transmitter between the mount and the exit tip.
US07920311B2	Holographic storage medium and method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from a holographic storage medium A method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from a holographic storage medium and a holographic storage medium therefor are provided. The method of reproducing data from the holographic storage medium, in which a hologram containing data is recorded through interference between a signal beam and a reference beam, the data being recorded in pages and a plurality of the pages being recorded in a book, includes controlling the reference beam so that an increasing/decreasing order of a reference beam in a current book which is currently reproduced is reverse to an increasing/decreasing order of a reference beam in a previous book which was reproduced before the current book, and reproducing pages of the current book from the holographic storage medium according to the controlling of the reference beam.
US07920309B2	Holographic recording medium, holographic writing system and holographic reading system A holographic recording medium including a recording layer on a substrate, which records data information in a light interference pattern is provided. In the holographic recording medium, information on a thermal expansion characteristic of a recording material contained in the recording layer and/or information on temperature dependency of the refractive index of the recording material are recorded within the holographic recording medium in advance.
US07920307B2	Scanning device having a document pressing unit A scanning device includes a transparent platen, a scanning module, a sheet-feeding mechanism, a section and a pressing unit. The scanning module is disposed at a scan position and acquires an image of a document through the transparent platen. The sheet-feeding mechanism transports the document in a transporting direction across the scan position. The section is located downstream of the scan position, and has a low point at a level lower than that of an upper surface of the transparent platen. The pressing unit is disposed opposite the section and limits a distance between the document and the transparent platen. A contact portion between the pressing unit and the document is lower than the upper surface of the transparent platen.
US07920304B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a plurality of light sources to illuminate a document; an illumination optical system to guide light to a reading target area having a length and a width; a document illuminating device to illuminate the entire document; an image forming optical system to form an image from light reflected from the document; and a sensor provided in an image forming section of the image forming optical system to read the image of the document. The illumination optical system includes a concentration section to control light diffusion, and a reflection section. The reflection section includes at least two integrally configured reflection surfaces, in which a sine value of an angle of reflected light from at least one reflection surface is positive, while a sine value of an angle of reflected light from the rest of at least one reflection surface is negative.
US07920303B2	Scanning device with multiple LED light sources and application thereof A scanning device with multiple LED light sources and an application thereof. The scanning device includes a housing, a chassis, a main LED light source and an auxiliary LED light source. A horizontal plane of the housing is connected to a sloped plane of the housing to form a connecting section. The main LED light source has a length extending in a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of the chassis. The main LED light source provides a main light ray to illuminate the horizontal plane, and includes a first circuit board mounted on the chassis and first LEDs mounted on the first circuit board. The auxiliary LED light source includes a second circuit board mounted on the chassis and a second LED mounted on the second circuit board. The second LED provides an auxiliary light ray to illuminate the connecting section.
US07920301B2	Read device and copying machine A read device comprises: a read part that reads information recorded on a medium being carried in a given reading position; a first regulate member, disposed more upstream in a carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of one surface of the medium being carried; and a second regulate member, disposed more downstream in the carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of the other surface of the medium being carried.
US07920299B2	System and method for processing a form In a system and method for processing a form comprising a plurality of entry markings, an area-array image sensor may capture an image of the form in free-space without requiring relative movement of the sensor and the form. A processor may interpret the captured image to determine at least a first entry selection based, at least in part, on the position of at least one of the plurality of entry markings with respect to at least one other marking in the image.
US07920297B2	System and method for printing using variable-density white ink under-printed layer Techniques for generated variable density mono-color under-print layer(s) for printing underneath an image on a substrate to improve the appearance of the printed image.
US07920294B2	Data processing method, data processing apparatus, method for generating dither pattern, and dither pattern There is provided a dither pattern capable of reducing deterioration in image quality caused due to beading by suppressing the occurrence of grains in printing images using a plurality of color inks. If among threshold dots, for which repulsive force potentials are totalized, a threshold dot Do has the largest total, a change in repulsive force potential is obtained between before and after the movement of dot Do. The threshold dot Do is moved to a dot with the smallest total of repulsive force potentials between before and after its movement. By repeating this process, the total energy of all the three planes can be reduced, achieving a dot distribution, in which the number of low frequency components is reduced and the dots are appropriately dispersed, for superposed dither patterns.
US07920293B2	System and method for patterned encoded halftoning A preferred embodiment reproduces an image by receiving an input contone array of M contone data values. The contone data values may lie within a range from 1 to N. The embodiment includes comparing each contone data value to an array of M sets of pattern look-up tables to generate an array of M pattern values. M may be a number of one or more. Each pattern value in the array of M pattern values may be decoded to a corresponding K by L multi-pixel pattern of binary data. The binary data is rendered by a reprographic device.
US07920292B2	Database system for processing image data for consistent color printing Present systems and methods enable digital color printers to consistently print color output from computer generated image data that includes spot color definitions. Colors that are defined as spot colors can be separated from colors that are defined as combinations of process colors. Accordingly, color corrections can be separately applied to objects that are defined by spot color definitions to provide customized image processing that provides printed color images with improved quality.
US07920291B2	Apparatus, method and program for processing an image An image processing apparatus includes a comparison unit adapted to compare a color of a first master page and a color of an edge area of an object in a variable page, and a change unit adapted to, when the color difference between the first master page and the edge area of the object is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, change the first master page to a second master page having a color that is not similar to the color of the object.
US07920288B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method and program An object of the present invention is to obtain a desired output result when forming an image based on the resource data downloaded via a network by avoiding a situation that the downloaded resource data in incomplete state is employed for output. In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides an image forming method comprising a step (S901, S902) of holding the downloaded resource data, a step (S903 to S907) of determining whether or not the information necessary for forming the image is provided by analyzing the resource data, and a step (S908) of deleting the resource data held at the holding step, if as a result of the determination, it is determined that the information necessary for forming the image is not provided.
US07920280B2	Multi-usage print setting in an information processing apparatus An apparatus includes a first graphics processing unit and a second graphics processing unit for converting graphics data from applications to print data capable of being processed by printer drivers. The apparatus determines whether a first printer driver is suitable for an application, and enables selection of a second printer driver, if it is determined that the first printer driver is not suitable for the application.
US07920274B2	Method of measuring topology of functional liquid droplet in pixel, topology measuring apparatus of functional liquid in pixel, liquid ejection apparatus, method of manufacturing electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus A method of measuring topology of functional liquid in a pixel, in which thickness or volume of the functional liquid in the pixel is measured by a surface topology measuring apparatus comprising: measuring surface topologies in which surface topology of the functional liquid in the pixel and surface topology of the bank are measured by the surface topology measuring apparatus, and measurement parameters regarding the surface topologies are generated; adding a bank height in which a height parameter of a height of the bank is added to the measurement parameter of a surface of the functional liquid in the pixel of the measurement parameter generated; and calculating topology in which the thickness or the volume of the functional liquid in the pixel is calculated based on the added measurement parameter of the surface of the functional liquid in the pixel and the measurement parameter of the surface of the bank.
US07920272B2	Chirped coherent laser radar system and method A laser radar system using collocated laser beams to unambiguously detects a range of a target and a range rate at which the target is moving relative to the laser radar system. Another aspect of various embodiments of the invention may relate to a laser radar system that uses multiple laser radar sections to obtain multiple simultaneous measurements (or substantially so), whereby both range and range rate can be determined without various temporal effects introduced by systems employing single laser sections taking sequential measurements. In addition, other aspects of various embodiments of the invention may enable faster determination of the range and rate of the target, a more accurate determination of the range and rate of the target, and/or may provide other advantages.
US07920270B2	Apparatus for interferometric sensing An apparatus for interferometric sensing, comprising a plurality of single-longitudinal mode laser sources to each provide radiation at a corresponding plurality of selected wavelengths, and at least one modulator to frequency or phase modulate the radiation from each laser; a plurality of Fabry-Perot interferometers formed by Bragg Gratings written into optical fibre, each interferometer being responsive to one of the said plurality of wavelengths to each produce a reflected or transmitted optical output signal dependent on the corresponding interferometer path length; and one or more demodulators to demodulate the optical output signals and produce a corresponding plurality of measurement signals indicative of optical path lengths of the respective interferometers.
US07920267B2	Micro integrated planar optical waveguide type SPR sensor An integrated optical waveguide type surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor having an optical waveguide with a corresponding SPR sensing area, photodetectors, and wavelength tunable laser or any kind of external tunable laser source/coupler formed on a substrate. In an embodiment, the laser is a wavelength tunable laser and optionally, the integrated device may include a power source on the substrate for providing a electric power to the wavelength tunable laser and the photodetectors, or a circuit for signal processing, or a microfluidic structure for routing a target sample to the SPR sensor area. The microfluidic structure optionally includes a mixer or a reaction chamber for mixing and allowing a physical or chemical reaction to occur, respectively. In an embodiment, plural planar integrated optical waveguide type SPR sensors may be fabricated on a substrate to form an array of SPR sensors.
US07920264B1	Horizontal attenuated total reflection system Horizontally oriented attenuated total reflection (HATR) system applied in spectroscopic ellipsometer or polarimeter systems, and methodology of use.
US07920263B2	Apparatus and system for electro magnetic field measurements and automatic analyses of phase modulated optical signals from electrooptic devices An apparatus, for measuring an electric field while minimally perturbing the electric field being measured, includes an analyzing stage and a sensor head. The sensor head is optically coupled to the analyzing stage by a laser probe beam transmitted from the analyzing stage. The sensor head includes an electro optic crystal disposed between two gradient index lenses, where the first gradient index lens emits a laser beam transmitted from the analyzing stage to the sensor head, where the electric field is applied and where, the electro optic crystal transforms the laser beam probe into a phase modulated laser beam. The second gradient index lens transmits the phase modulated laser beam back to the analyzing stage, where polarization optics and a photodetector convert the phase modulated laser beam into an electrical signal representing field strength and phase of the electric field.
US07920257B2	Systems and methods for determining the shape of glass sheets Disclosed are systems and methods for determining the shape of a glass sheet during and/or after the forming process. In one example, a system for determining the shape of a glass sheet defining an interior bulk can include a light source, an image capture device and a processor that are configured to calculate the location of an energy centroid within a selected portion of the bulk of the glass sheet.
US07920253B2	Polarization optical time domain reflectometer and method of determining PMD In a method of measuring cumulative polarization mode dispersion (PMD) along the length of a fiber-under-test (FUT), a polarization-sensitive optical time domain reflectometer (POTDR) is used to inject into the FUT plural series of light pulses arranged in several groups. Each group comprises at least two series having closely-spaced wavelengths and the same state of polarization (SOP). At least two of such groups are injected and corresponding OTDR traces obtained for each series by averaging the impulse-response signals of the several series in the group. The process is repeated for a number of groups. The PMD is obtained by normalizing the OTDR traces of all of the groups, then computing the difference between each normalized OTDR trace in one group and the corresponding normalized OTDR trace in another group, followed by the mean-square value of the differences. Finally, the PMD is computed as a predetermined function of the mean-square difference.
US07920252B2	Method and apparatus for spectrophotometric characterization of turbid materials Method and apparatus for spectrophotometric characterization of turbid materials are provided. An incident light beam is used to illuminate a turbid material sample and optical signals of coherent reflectance, diffuse reflectance, collimated transmittance and diffuse transmittance are measured from the sample as functions of wavelength. The following optical parameters are determined as functions of wavelength for spectrophotometric characterization of the turbid material sample in the spectrum of interest: absorption coefficients μa, scattering coefficient μs, anisotropy factor g and real refractive index n.
US07920251B2	Integrated still image, motion video and speed measurement system Devices capable of capturing still and motion imagery are integrated with an accurate distance and speed measuring apparatus. By measuring the changing distance of the target over that time, a target's speed can be determined. At substantially the same time as the target's speed is determined, imagery of the target is captured in both a still and moving format. Using a queuing mechanism for both distance and imagery data along with time stamps associated with each, a target's image, both in motion and still, can be integrated with its speed. In situations in which a still image is unavailable, a target's speed can be associated with a portion of a continuous stream of motion imagery to a point where a positive identification can be captured with a still image.
US07920246B2	LCD device including semiconductor of nano material and method for fabricating the same An LCD device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The LCD device includes a substrate having a pixel region. A gate electrode is formed in the pixel region. A gate insulating film is formed on the substrate including the gate electrode. A conducting layer is formed on the substrate including the gate insulating film. A semiconductor layer containing a nanosemiconductor material is formed on the conducting layer above the gate electrode. Source and drain electrodes overlap opposing sides of the semiconductor layer. A passivation layer is formed on the substrate including the source and drain electrodes. A first contact hole in the passivation layer exposes the drain electrode. A pixel electrode in the pixel region is connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole.
US07920244B2	Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate including: gate and data lines crossing each other to define a pixel region on a first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; and first and second height adjusters; an opposing substrate facing the array substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the opposing substrate; a gap spacer corresponding to the first height adjuster and contacting the array substrate and the opposing substrate; a first press-buffer spacer corresponding to the second height adjuster, contacting the opposing substrate and spaced apart from the array substrate; and a second press-buffer spacer contacting the opposing substrate and spaced apart form the array substrate, wherein a distance between the first press-buffer spacer and the array substrate is substantially less than a distance between the second press-buffer spacer and the array substrate.
US07920239B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, liquid crystal between the substrates, a plurality of gate bus lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of drain bus lines extending in a second direction, and a picture element electrode. The picture element electrode includes a body portion and a plurality of branches, separated by slits, extending therefrom. The body portion includes a first body portion extending generally in the first direction and a second body portion extending generally in the second direction, and further wherein the first body portion includes at least one wide portion and at least one narrow portion. The liquid crystal display device also includes a capacitor electrode and a capacitor upper electrode that overlap the wide portion. The capacitor upper electrode connects to the picture element electrode through a contact hole formed at the wide portion.
US07920237B2	Transparent polymer film and method for producing it, and retardation film, polarizer and liquid crystal display device comprising the film A transparent polymer film satisfying Re≧15 and Rth≦−7.5, and having a moisture permeability at 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of at least 100 g/(m2·day) as calculated in terms of the film having a thickness of 80 μm. This film can be stuck to a polarizing film in on-line operation.
US07920235B2	Liquid crystal display device having a protrusive film formed over a phase plate in a reflective pixel region A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal material sandwiched therebetween, a pixel having an optically transmissive portion and an optically reflective portion, a phase plate which is formed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal material in the optically transmissive portion of the pixel, and a color filter which is formed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal material in the optically transmissive portion of the pixel and between the phase plate and the liquid crystal material in the optically reflective portion of the pixel. A counter electrode is formed between the color filter and the liquid crystal material, and a pixel electrode is formed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal material. An electric field which is produced by a voltage between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode induces behavior of the liquid crystal material.
US07920229B2	Display device having first and second display units separated by an optical sheet having an aperture with a width corresponding to one of the display units A display device is provided which offers double-sided display and achieves a thin structure and also which prevents deterioration in display quality of each of front and back display units when an illumination unit such as a backlight is shared by these display units. The display device includes a first display unit having a display surface on the front surface thereof; a second display unit having a display surface on the rear surface thereof; and a common illumination unit interposed between the first display unit and the second display unit, for illuminating both the first display unit and the second display unit with light. A transflector is interposed between the second light-emitting surface of the light-guiding member and the second display unit.
US07920228B2	Dual liquid crystal display device A dual liquid crystal display device includes a transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a reflective liquid crystal display panel formed on the same substrate as the transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a first light guide block disposed under the transmissive liquid crystal display panel and having dot patterns formed on a first surface thereof; a second light guide block disposed under the reflective liquid crystal display panel and having V-grooves formed on a first surface thereof and dot pattern formed on a second surface thereof; a light source disposed adjacent to the first light guide block; and a housing in which the transmissive and reflective liquid crystal display panels, the light source and the light guide blocks are seated, the housing having an opening to correspond to an image display surface of the reflective liquid crystal display panel.
US07920227B2	Illumination device and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device (1) of the present invention includes a display panel (3) and a backlight (2) (an illumination device). The backlight (2) includes a light-emitting layer (20) in which a plurality of light sources (5) are scattered and a diffuser (7) (a diffusion layer) that is formed on the light-emitting layer and diffuses light from the light-emitting layer. The light sources (5) that are present within the light-emitting layer (20) emit light in a direction (a direction of an arrow) substantially parallel to a boundary surface between the light-emitting layer (20) and the diffuser (7). In the diffuser (7), a transmittance of light in an area (7c) close to each of the light sources is smaller than a transmittance of light in an area that is far from each of the light sources.
US07920226B2	Display comprising plurality of birefringent protrusions on a waveguide of a backlight A display comprises: a transmissive pixilated spatial light modulator (21); and a backlight (22). The backlight has a light-transmissive waveguide (26), with a first face of the waveguide being opposed to the spatial light modulator (21). The first face of the waveguide comprises a plurality of regions that are not totally internally reflective for at least one polarization of light propagating within the waveguide, and the remainder of the first face of the waveguide is totally internally reflective for light propagating within the waveguide. Light is extracted from the waveguide at the regions where first face of the waveguide is not totally internally reflective. The pitch of the regions where first face of the waveguide is not totally internally reflective is substantially an integer multiple of the pitch of the pixels of the spatial light modulator.
US07920219B2	Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device includes a first thin film transistor (“TFT”) applying a high gray-scale data signal supplied from a first data line to a first pixel electrode, an upper electrode connected to the first pixel electrode through a first contact hole, and directly connected to the first TFT, a first storage capacitor storing the high gray-scale data signal, a second TFT applying a low gray-scale data signal supplied from a second data line to a second pixel electrode through a second contact hole, an upper electrode connected to the second pixel electrode through a third contact hole, and a second storage capacitor storing the low gray-scale data signal.
US07920218B2	Recording device A recording device that includes an obtainment unit that obtains image information representing an image; and a voltage application unit that applies a voltage with a frequency according to the image information obtained by the obtainment unit, to a pair of electrodes equipped with a display medium, the display medium having a multi-layered liquid-crystal phase provided between the pair of electrodes, the multi-layered liquid-crystal phase having a first layer capable of assuming a specific alignment when the applied voltage is greater than or equal to a pre-set first voltage threshold, and a second layer capable of assuming a specific alignment when the applied voltage is greater than or equal to a second voltage threshold. An application of a voltage to the pair of electrodes effecting a first voltage component and a second voltage component applied to the first layer and the second layer, respectively.
US07920216B2	Stereo image display with switch function between horizontal display and vertical display A stereo image display, switching between a first display direction and a second display direction, includes a polarized light module for providing a polarized light. A first light grating unit is implemented on the light path of the polarized light. When the first light grating unit is activated, the polarized light is modulated to output light in every two column; and when it is turned off, all the polarized light substantially passes. A second grating unit is implemented on the light path of the polarized light. When the second light grating unit is activated, the polarized light is modulated to output light in every two row; and when it is turned off, all the polarized light substantially passes. By the light passing the light grating units, an image displaying unit displays a first image at odd columns or rows and a second image at even columns or rows.
US07920214B2	Method for formation of a color video image for projection systems with one cathode ray tube A method for formation of projection systems color video-images comprises: preliminary programmed processing of video-signals, dividing them into three primary colors components, and generating frame- and line-synchronizing pulses for CRT raster, provided by processing means; formation of three primary color images adjacently positioned on a screen of a single projection type one-beam CRT, the screen of which is divided into three rectangular areas for red, green and blue images wherein each area is coated by a red, green, or blue color phosphor layer respectively, and each image of a primary color is located on the corresponding phosphor layer of its color; superimposing the images to form a combined color image by optical means; displaying the combined color image on a common projection screen.
US07920212B2	Digital gamma correction circuit and digital gamma correction method A digital gamma correction circuit includes: a data setting portion for setting set data including a section width W1 and coordinates (Xp,Yp) of a break point P; a coefficient calculation portion for calculating coefficients for straight-line equations representing a broken baseline including a break point and three predetermined approximate line segments for defining a gamma correction broken line approximating an ideal gamma correction curve, the approximate line segments gradually varying in slope in the vicinity of the break point; arithmetic portions for performing arithmetic operations based on the coefficients to subject input data to gamma correction; and a result selection portion for making a suitable selection from among results for the arithmetic operations. Thus, it is possible to obtain a gamma correction broken line approximating an ideal gamma correction curve, and achieve a smooth correction characteristic with a small number of data items.
US07920210B2	Integrated circuit to process data in multiple color spaces An integrated circuit includes display processing components to process pixel data of digital video. The integrated circuit also includes mask-programmable logic integrated with one or more of the display processing components to receive the pixel data in a first color space and at least a second color space, where the mask-programmable logic can further process the pixel data to enhance the digital video.
US07920204B2	Image capture apparatus and control method thereof The image capture apparatus changes a time from the commencement of the operation of the accumulation of the electrical charge to the shuttering, by the shutter blade unit, of the pixel within the image capture element by way of the reset operation in a state of retracting the shutter blade unit from the light path of the image capture element.
US07920202B2	Apparatus and method to control focusing of photographing device An apparatus and method to control the focusing of a photographing device, in which a light source portion is removed from an image, is provided. The focusing of the photographing device is controlled according to whether the image is in a high- or low-illuminance state. The apparatus includes a luminance detection unit detecting respective luminance values of pixels included in an image; a filter unit outputting values corresponding to the detected luminance values; a threshold calculation unit counting a number of pixels having luminance values greater than a predetermined value among the luminance values of the pixels included in the image and calculating a threshold value using a ratio of the counted number of pixels to a total number of pixels included in the image; and a control unit controlling a position of a lens using output values greater than the calculated threshold value among the output values.
US07920201B2	Shutter and mirror driving mechanism for an image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes a mechanical lock mechanism capable of holding a first curtain and a second curtain in an open state mechanically and a controller that controls the mechanical lock mechanism so as to hold the second curtain in the open state and controls a display so as to display image data generated based on a subject image incident upon an image pickup element as a moving image while the first curtain is in the open state.
US07920195B2	Image sensing apparatus having an effective pixel area An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.
US07920194B2	Image sensors with pixel reset Techniques for use with image sensors include transferring a signal level from an active sensor pixel to a readout circuit, performing a flushed reset of the pixel, and isolating the pixel from the readout circuit during resetting of the pixel.
US07920192B2	Photoelectric conversion device with a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region sharing a same substrate A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion region having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a first MOS transistor configured to read a signal in response to an electric charge of each photoelectric conversion element; and a peripheral circuit region having a second MOS transistor configured to drive the first MOS transistor and/or amplify the signal read from the photoelectric conversion region, the photoelectric conversion region and the peripheral circuit region being located on the same semiconductor substrate, wherein an impurity concentration in a drain of the first MOS transistor is lower than an impurity concentration in a drain of the second MOS transistor.
US07920187B2	Image pickup device that identifies portions of a face An image pickup device includes an image pickup unit configured to convert an optical image of a subject to image data and to output the image data, a face image recognition unit configured to recognize face image from the image data, and a face portion judgment unit configured to judge each portion in the face image recognized by the face image recognition unit. When every portion in the face image can be judged by the face portion judgment unit, a release button for executing photographing of the subject is automatically pressed, or the photographing operation is executed.
US07920186B2	Method and apparatus for defective pixel detection based on the human visual system A bad pixel detection method and module which provide a quick-test and a full-test for bad pixel detections in an image. The quick-test tests a current pixel to one and only one good neighbor having been previously tested. The quick-test is optimized by exploiting weaknesses in the human visual system especially for red and blue colors. More lenient thresholds can be used for the blue color compared to thresholds for the red and green colors. Moreover, the full-test is constructed and arranged to detect bad pixel clusters in a kernel.
US07920182B2	Digital camera with non-uniform image resolution A digital camera includes a sensor adapted to provide a digital representation of a portion of a field of view and an optical system that causes a plurality of locations within the field of view to become incident on the sensor. A pixel correction module adds a bias value to any pixel within the digital representation of a portion of a field of view and multiplies it by a gain factor. A region-of-interest lookup table stores sets of values, each set related to a rectangular region of interest within the field of view. The stored values include bias and gain factors.
US07920173B2	Image output system, image operating apparatus, image method, image operating method and computer readable medium based on image capturing time ranking According to the present invention, the album including user's favorite pictures as main features can be easily provided. The system includes; an image capturing section which captures an image; a image capturing time measuring section which measures the time after setting the image capturing section ready to capture the image and while the user continues to operate the image capturing section to capture the image in each image capturing operation of the image capturing section; a ranking calculating section which ranks the image based on the image capturing time calculated by the image capturing time measuring section; and an output controlling section which displays or prints out the image ranked more highly by the ranking calculating section.
US07920171B2	Methods and apparatuses for vignetting correction in image signals Methods and apparatuses for vignetting correction of imager pixels signals. A polynomial correction surface is determined based on a pixel array center, height, and width, surface fitting parameters, and pixel coordinates. The pixel signal is then multiplied by the corresponding value from the polynomial correction surface to create a vignetting corrected signal.
US07920170B2	Image sensing apparatus and method which combine a plurality of images obtained from different areas at different time intervals An image sensing apparatus has first and second image sensors is provided. In the image sensing apparatus, an optical system forms an optical image on the first and second image sensors; an area-of-interest extracting unit extracts an area of interest from image data output by the second image sensor; an area-of-interest information storage unit stores area-of-interest information indicative of a pixel area in the first image sensor corresponding to the position of the area of interest; a first storage unit stores image data from an entire pixel area of the first image sensor at a time interval; a second storage unit stores image data from the pixel area of the first image sensor indicated by the area-of-interest information, at a shorter time interval; and a combining unit combines the image data stored in the first and second storage units to generate combined image data.
US07920167B2	Method and apparatus for the creation of image capture device parameter curves A user provides a graphical representation of a desired image capture device control parameter curve with respect to time. A digital image of the graphical representation of a desired image capture device control parameter curve is captured. The digital image is analyzed by a processor that generates necessary control parameters as defined by the desired image capture device control parameter curve. The processor uses the resulting control parameters to control an image capture device during an image capture session.
US07920165B2	Video training system A self-viewing environment and an apparatus enabling unrestricted movement of a subject within the self-viewing environment are disclosed. A subject wears a head mounted display that receives a video signal by wireless transmission. The subject is positioned within the field of view of a video camera that sources a video image for transmission to the subject. Video mirror-imaging and signal-processing are employed to adapt the perceived self-viewing environment for the benefit of the subject.
US07920164B2	Viewing surveillance system for carrying out surveillance independent of a broadcasting form A viewing surveillance system which make it possible to carry out the viewing surveillance independently from the broadcasting form like analog broadcasting or digital broadcasting. The viewing surveillance system also make it possible to carry out the viewing surveillance without any restriction set to viewers or any burden to the broadcast stations. The image feature data generating unit 12 receives a picture signal from the image viewing terminal 50, and generates the image feature data which represents a feature of the image from the picture signal. The image information transmitting unit 13 transmits the image feature data generated by the image feature data generating unit 12 to the viewing surveillance server 2. On the other hand, the image feature data generating units 21a to 21c also generates the image feature data based on the broadcasted programs and stores the image feature data in the program image feature data storing unit 22. The viewing program specifying unit 23 specifies the viewed program by matching the image feature data received from the image information transmitting unit 13 and the image feature data stored in the program image feature data storing unit 22.
US07920157B2	Image forming apparatus that controls an exposure amount intensity for forming a first image formed of an equal or smaller number of consecutive dots than a predetermined number in a predetermined direction is higher than an electric intensity for forming a second In an image forming apparatus, an exposure device performs exposure on a non-image area of image pattern, performs an exposure on the image area in an exposure amount lower than the non-image area or does not perform exposure, and an exposure amount control device controls, with respect to pixels having the same density data, an exposure amount given by an exposure device to be smaller in a first portion, which is a thin-line of a width that is equal to or less than a predetermined number of pixels or which is an isolated dot of widths that are equal to or less than the predetermined number of pixels in two directions substantially orthogonal to each other, than in a second portion which is a line of a width exceeding the predetermined number or a surface of widths that exceed the predetermined number in two directions substantially orthogonal to each other.
US07920155B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same An image forming apparatus that is operable at a plurality of image forming speeds and can be constructed at low costs without adding circuits or the like. A conversion circuit converts image data into lighting patterns for turning on/off laser light on a basis of each of units of auxiliary pixels formed by dividing a pixel as an image forming element. A shift register sequentially stores lighting patterns for pixels pixel from the conversion circuit, and sequentially outputs them to a laser drive circuit. In monochrome printing, the rotational speed of a polygon motor is set to perform a printing operation. In color printing, the difference between an image forming speed for the monochrome printing and an image forming speed for the color printing is calculated, and based on the difference, the amount of insertion of pixel pieces using the shift register is determined for a printing operation.
US07920153B2	Noise quantity measuring apparatus The present invention provides a noise quantity measuring apparatus adaptable to a video input signal subjected to automatic gain control. A luminance determination circuit compares luminance levels of respective pixels constituting a video input signal VIN and a predetermined threshold value for every arbitrary area Ai. If even one of the luminance levels exceeds the threshold value, then the luminance determination circuit outputs a detection signal DET to the corresponding area Ai. Sums SUMi of luminance level differences developed every plural arbitrary areas Ai, which are outputted from an integration circuit, are supplied to a selection circuit, where they are compared with an output signal OUT. Thereafter, each smaller value is supplied to a register. The register holds the output of the selection circuit in accordance with a latch signal LAT supplied from a pulse generator. On the other hand, when the detection signal DET is outputted, the latch signal LAT outputted from the pulse generator is stopped. Thus, the sum of the luminance level differences with respect to each area having pixels whose luminance levels exceed the threshold value, is ignored and eliminated from an output signal OUT indicative of the quantity of noise.
US07920148B2	Post-rendering anti-aliasing with a smoothing filter A system to apply a smoothing filter during anti-aliasing at a post-rendering stage. An embodiment of the system includes a three-dimensional renderer, an edge detector, and a smoothing filter. The three-dimensional renderer is configured to render a three-dimensional scene. The edge detector is coupled to the three-dimensional renderer. The edge detector is configured to read values of a depth buffer and to apply edge detection criteria to the values of the depth buffer in order to detect an object edge within the three -dimensional scene. The smoothing filter coupled to the edge detector. The smoothing filter is configured to read values of a color buffer and to apply a smoothing coefficient to the values of the color buffer. The values of the color buffer include a pixel sample at the detected object edge.
US07920146B2	User interface providing device A user interface providing device provides a user interface that handles correction of a pixel value of each pixels forming image data. The user interface includes a hue setting unit for selecting a pixel by designating a hue.
US07920145B2	Image processing apparatus control method and image processing apparatus There is described an image processing apparatus that converts (n+m)-bit monochromatic image data of a single channel into n-bit color display image data of three channels or more, based on predetermined correlations. The apparatus includes luminance and chromaticity calculating sections to calculate luminance and chromaticity information corresponding to each of monochrome signal values; a signal value determining section to determine each combination of plural-channel color signal values represented by the n-bit color display image data, based on the luminance and chromaticity information, so that each combination of the plural-channel color signal values corresponds to each of the monochrome signal values; and a correlation establishing section to establish the predetermined correlations between the (n+m)-bit monochromatic image data and the n-bit color display image data, so that each combination of the plural-channel color signal values and each of the monochrome signal values are correlated with each other.
US07920144B2	Method and system for visualization of dynamic three-dimensional virtual objects A method for visualization of dynamic three-dimensional (3D) virtual objects comprises storing a plurality of static 3D key-models respectively describing a dynamic 3D object in at least one of a number of poses and shapes; and rendering the dynamic 3D object by interpolation of the 3D key-models by performing the interpolation in a vertex shader program of a programmable graphics processing unit (GPU).
US07920143B1	Method for defining animation parameters for an animation definition interface A system and a computer-readable medium are provided for controlling a computing device to define a set of computer animation parameters for an object to be animated electronically. An electronic reference model of the object to be animated is obtained. The reference model is altered to form a modified model corresponding to a first animation parameter. Physical differences between the electronic reference model and the modified model are determined and a representation of the physical differences are stored as the first animation parameter. Altering of the reference model and determining of the physical differences are repeated. The stored parameters are provided to a rendering device for generation of the animation in accordance with the stored parameters. Determining physical differences between the electronic reference model and the modified model and storing a representation of the physical differences as the first animation parameter include comparing vertex positions of the reference model.
US07920139B2	Processing of computer graphics A graphics processing platform includes a rasteriser 50 that receives primitives representing an image to be displayed for processing. The rasteriser 50 determines which sets of sampling points of the image include sampling points that are covered by a given primitive, and then generates a fragment for rendering for each set of sampling points found to include a sampling point that is covered by the primitive and passes those fragments to a renderer 51 for rendering. The renderer 51 carries out rendering operations on the fragments that it receives, and stores the rendered fragment data in tile buffers 52. The rendered fragment data is stored in multiple copies in the appropriate sample positions in the tile buffers 52, so as to provide a separate set of fragment data for each individual sample position taken of the image. The data from the tile buffers 52 is input to a downsampling unit 53, and thence output to a frame buffer 54 of a display device 55 for display.
US07920138B2	Liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal display device having the same and method for driving the same A liquid crystal panel includes a gate line; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a common line parallel to the gate line; a first switching part in the pixel region for applying a first voltage from the data line to the pixel region; and a second switching part in the pixel region for applying a second voltage from the common line to the pixel region, wherein the first and second switching parts are simultaneously switched on through the gate line.
US07920136B2	System and method of driving a MEMS display device Methods of writing display data to MEMS display elements are configured to minimize charge buildup and differential aging. Simultaneous to writing rows of image data, a pre-write operation is performed on a next row. The pre-write operation writes either image data or the inverse of the image data to the next row. In some embodiments, the selection between writing image data and writing inverse image data is performed in a random or pseudo-random manner.
US07920134B2	Periodic sensor autocalibration and emulation by varying stimulus level The automatic calibration of a sensor panel is disclosed by varying the amplitude of an input stimulus Vstim to simulate a full-touch condition and calibrating each pixel of the sensor panel in accordance with the difference between the simulated full-touch condition and a baseline full-touch condition. To accomplish this, a baseline full scale output FS_targ_cal can be measured at during pre-delivery calibration for each pixel using a test fixture capable of applying a no-touch to full-touch condition given a nominal Vstim. A full-touch condition can then be emulated for each pixel by lowering Vstim until the current full scale output FS_targ_current equals FS_targ_cal, and determining the Vstim value Vstim_cal at that point. During field calibration, Vstim_cal can be applied to each pixel to simulate a full-touch condition, and FS_targ_current can be obtained and compared against FS_targ_cal. Each analog channel can then be tuned so that in subsequent full-touch conditions, FS_targ_current will approximately equal FS_targ_cal.
US07920133B2	Acoustic wave type touch panel An acoustic wave type touch panel is equipped with: a substrate that objects contact; reflective arrays having a great number of inclined lines provided on the substrate; acoustic wave generating sections provided on the substrate; and detecting sections provided on the substrate. An array of micro reflectors, which are shorter than the inclined lines, for attenuating spurious waves generated by reflection of the acoustic waves by the reflective arrays, is provided in the reflective array regions between the inclined lines at least one end thereof.
US07920132B2	Virtual keyboard system with automatic correction There is disclosed an enhanced text entry system which determines one or more alternate textual interpretations of each sequence of inputs detected within a designated auto-correcting keyboard region. The actual contact locations for the keystrokes may occur outside the boundaries of the specific keyboard key regions associated with the actual characters of the word interpretations proposed or offered for selection, where the distance from each contact location to each corresponding intended character may in general increase with the expected frequency of the intended word in the language or in a particular context.
US07920126B2	Input device An input device, especially for a vehicle, comprises a touchscreen to enter commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen or by pressing on the operating surface, an actuator to move the touchscreen in at least one direction, and a control module to control the actuator as a function of the speed of a touching movement over the operating surface.
US07920125B2	Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface, a pointing device having a flat input surface and located in the housing with the input surface on the inner surface of the housing, an operation area provided in a position on the outer surface of the housing corresponding to at least a part of the pointing device, and a display section which illuminates at least a part of an outline of the operation area and displays a position of the operation area.
US07920123B2	Information input device An information input device has a main section where an operation member used to input information is disposed. The information input device also has a support section on which the main section is mounted and which slidably supports the main section in a depth direction. The support section is capable of tilting the main section by sliding the main section in the depth direction thereby raising a rear side of the main section.
US07920122B2	Presence detection control knob Control knob comprising a mobile part (3) capable of being actuated manually and linked with an electromechanical transducer (7). The knob also comprises a metal surface (15) arranged in the vicinity of the mobile part and means to measure the capacitance of the metal surface so that the presence of a finger in the vicinity of the mobile part can be detected.
US07920115B2	Apparatus and method for data transmission using bit masking and bit restoration, and apparatus and method for driving image display device using the same An apparatus and method for data transmission and an apparatus and method for driving an image display device using the same are disclosed, in which transition of data is minimized during data transmission to minimize electromagnetic interference. The apparatus for data transmission includes a data modulator modulating low bits excluding the most significant bit (MSB) in response to the MSB of input data, and a data restorer restoring the modulated data transmitted from the data modulator to their original data in response to the MSB. Since the low data bit excluding the MSB data are inverted in response to the MSB data of the input data, the number of times of data transition can be reduced to reach half, thereby minimizing electromagnetic interference.
US07920110B2	Pixel circuit A pixel circuit has an organic light emitting diode, a driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch. The organic light emitting diode has a first end coupled to a first power source terminal. The driving transistor has a source and a drain respectively coupled to a second power source terminal and a second end of the light emitting diode. The capacitor couples a gate of the driving transistor to a reference voltage terminal. The first switch couples the second end of the light emitting diode to the capacitor, and couples the gate and the drain of the driving transistor together when a first scan signal is asserted.
US07920109B2	Emission driving device of organic light emitting display device A system on panel (SOP)-type emission driving device of an organic light emitting display device. The emission driving device includes an odd emission control line controller having a plurality of flip-flops for outputting emission control signals to odd emission control lines, and an even line controller having a plurality of flip-flops for outputting emission control signals to even emission control lines. Each of the flip-flops alternately receives a clock signal and an inverted clock signal for causing the flip-flip to output an emission control signal. In one embodiment, each flip-flop includes nine PMOS transistors and two capacitors.
US07920108B2	Driving circuit and organic electroluminescence display thereof A driving circuit to decrease an error of a grey level voltage without affecting a voltage drop when a grey level signal of a D/A converter is generated in an analog switch, and an organic electroluminescence display using the same. The driving circuit includes first and second switches to select respective reference voltages corresponding to a data signal; resistor arrays to receive and distribute the respective reference voltages using at least two resistances to generate a grey level voltage; a third switch to select one resistor array in response to the data signal and transmit the reference voltages to the selected resistor array; a fourth switch to output the grey level voltage; a MUX circuit connected to the fourth switch to select a data line to transmit the grey level voltage; and a precharge circuit connected between the fourth switch and the data line to select one of the reference voltages to precharge the data line.
US07920105B2	Method of driving plasma display panel and apparatus thereof Disclosed is a method of driving a plasma display panel and apparatus thereof enabling to minimize power consumption for driving the plasma display panel 1. The present invention includes the steps of generating a reset discharge by supplying ramp waves so as to equalize cells in the plasma display panel in a reset period, supplying selected specific ones of the cells with a scan voltage pulse swinging between a lowest voltage levels of the reset discharge and a data pulse of a voltage level lowered as much as a negative voltage level of the scan voltage pulse, generating an address discharge by the scan voltage pulse and data pulse applied to the selected cells in an address period, and maintaining the address discharge for a sustain period.
US07920104B2	Plasma display apparatus Provided is a plasma display apparatus having a plasma display panel constituted of a plurality of discharge cells, and a driver for driving the panel. The apparatus includes a scan IC (integrated circuit) having a first switch turning on to apply a first signal to the panel, and a second switch turning on to apply a second signal to the panel, wherein, when the first signal applied to the panel changes into the second signal, the first and second switches are floated between an application period of the first signal and an application period of the second signal.
US07920103B2	Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus, and more particularly, to a driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus includes a panel comprised of a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the upper substrate, and a sustain driver for applying sustain pulses to the first and second electrodes, wherein the sustain driver applies a sustain voltage between the first and second electrodes, and floats at least one of the first and second electrodes after the completion of a sustain discharge caused by the sustain voltage.In the plasma display apparatus and the driving method thereof, according to the present invention, at least one of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode is floated for a predetermined time after the completion of the sustain discharge. This floating state prevents wall charges that are generated during the sustain discharge from being accumulated and increases a discharge path of a plasma display apparatus using a space voltage, thereby improving afterimage characteristic and enhancing brightness and discharge efficiency.
US07920100B2	Foldable reflect array A foldable reflect array may include a plurality of geometrically-flat reflect antennas. Each of the reflect antennas may include a respective plurality of antenna elements to receive and retransmit an incident wavefront, and each of the plurality of reflect antennas may be foldably coupled to at least one other of the plurality of reflect antennas.
US07920097B2	Multiband antenna A multiband antenna includes at least two polygons. The at least two polygons are spaced by means of a non-straight gap shaped as a space-filling curve, in such a way that the whole gap length is increased yet keeping its size and the same overall antenna size allowing for an effective tuning of frequency bands of the antenna.
US07920093B2	Methods for improving computational efficiency in a global positioning satellite receiver A method reduces consumption of computational resources in a satellite signal receiver. The method includes segmenting a sample of a received global positioning base band vector, segmenting a sample of a replica code/acquisition signal into segments corresponding in length to the segments of the base band vector, circularly correlating segments of the base band vector to zero padded segments of the code/acquisition signal to form a time domain correlation vector, inserting a portion of the time domain correlation vector in a matrix, continuing to correlate circularly the segments of the received signal sample with zero padded segments of the code signal sample until all of the segments in received signal sample have been circularly correlated, dividing rows in the matrix into blocks that are equal to a smallest increment corresponding to a bit edge, sorting the blocks from the divided rows into zero padded blocks, transforming the zero padded blocks into frequency domain columns, summing the frequency domain columns in different combinations to form a plurality of coherent integration matrices for testing possible bit edge locations and bit values.
US07920092B2	GPS receiver and related method and apparatus A GPS receiver (10) is disclosed comprising a GPS antenna and a GPS RF front-end including an analogue to digital converter for sampling received GPS signals; and a processor for outputting, including to an external device, the GPS signal samples together with ancillary information either directly or indirectly describing characteristics of the GPS signal samples and/or the GPS signals contained therein. Also disclosed is a corresponding method of providing a position fix and a computer program, computer-readable storage medium and apparatus for the same.
US07920090B2	Radar system The invention provides a radar system comprising a power amplifier and a mixer, wherein the power amplifier and the mixer are integrated in a common semiconductor chip. For detecting a target object with the radar system, a high frequency signal from the power amplifier is employed as a local oscillator signal for the mixer, the radar system comprising the power amplifier and the mixer.
US07920088B2	Apparatus and method to identify targets through opaque barriers The present invention is a method and apparatus that provides detection, characterization, and intuitive dissemination of targets. This disclosure combines improvements to ultra-wideband (UWB) sensing and machine target characterization with a means to convey data in a format that is quickly and readily understood by practitioners of the technology. The invention is well suited for Situational Awareness (SA) support in areas that are occluded by rain, fog, dust, darkness, distance, foliage, building walls, and any material that can be penetrated by ultra-wideband RF signals. Sense Through The Wall (STTW) performance parameters including target range, stand-off distance, and probability of detection are improved herein by combining a dynamically positioned sliding windowing function with orthogonal feature vectors that include but are not limited to time amplitude decay, spectral composition, and propagation time position in the return signal data. This invention is particularly useful for STTW and SA applications including urban combat, law enforcement, fire protection, transportation security, and homeland security. The invention can also be used to detect objects that are concealed by clothing, debris, and other non-metallic materials.
US07920087B2	Apparatus for estimating state of vehicle located in frontward field An estimation apparatus estimates a state of a vehicle located in a frontward field. Positional coordinates of a plurality of positions on an object are measured by radiating radar waves toward the frontward field and receiving reflected radar waves from an object in the frontward field. A position, direction and size of a graphical pattern are obtained by approximating the graphical pattern into a profile pattern of the object. The graphical pattern is modeled as a profile of a vehicle. A direction and size of the graphical pattern are unknown. The profile pattern is expressed by the positional coordinates. As the state of the vehicle located ahead, a position of the vehicle, a direction of the vehicle, and one of a whole length and a whole width of the vehicle are estimated based on the position, the direction, and the size of the graphical pattern.
US07920085B2	Method and system for analog-to-digital conversion Method and system for analog-to-digital conversion. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a different operational amplifier, which includes a first output, a second output, a first input, and a second input. The operational amplifier is associated with an amplification factor. The integrated circuit also includes a first voltage input. The first voltage input can be characterized by a first voltage. Additionally, the integrated circuit includes a second voltage input. The second voltage input can be characterized by a second voltage. Furthermore, the integrated circuit includes a first voltage source configured to provide a first reference voltage. In addition, the integrated circuit includes a second voltage source configured to provide a second reference voltage. Furthermore, the integrated circuit includes a first capacitor being electrically coupled to the first input and disengageably coupled to the first voltage input.
US07920082B2	D/A converter circuit and digital input class-D amplifier The present invention provides a D/A converter circuit which enables D/A conversion with a high precision and can prevent occurrence of a limit cycle component in the case where an input signal is low, and can also prevent the effect of dither signal from occurring in an analog signal which is a D/A conversion result.A dither signal generation section 505 outputs a dither signal (DITHER) which is an alternating current signal and a reversal dither signal (DITHER_N) inverted from the dither signal. A DEM decoder 502 processes an input digital signal including a component of the dither signal (DITHER), and outputs a plurality of lines of time-series digital signals having a density of “1” or “0” conforming to the input digital signal to be processed. An analog addition section 503 converts a plurality of lines of time-series digital signals and the reversal dither signal (DITHER_N) into an analog signal respectively and adds them, and outputs an analog signal which is a D/A conversion result.
US07920080B2	Correlated noise and spurious signal reduction Error introduced by analog to digital conversion of a set of laser pulses can be reduced by shifting the clock reference time associated with the firing of the laser pulse. A timing offset module shifts the timing reference of each laser pulse. Digital codes generated by the ADC from the received signals are realigned and summed eliminating systematic error introduced by clock driven operations of the ADC. A comparison of the total ADC output of detected laser pulses over a select number of clock intervals enables a return signal to be distinguishable over the systematic error.
US07920076B2	Run length limiter and run length limiting method According to one embodiment, a run length limiter includes a searcher configured to search a received digital data for a specific symbol, an operator configured to operate an exclusive OR operation of the specific symbol and the digital data, and an output module configured to output the exclusive OR operated digital data with the specific symbol.
US07920074B2	Apparatus and method for an accelerated thumbwheel on a communications device An accelerated roller apparatus on a handheld electronic communications device that handles urgency conditions. The device includes a manipulable mechanism that is capable of generating a manipulation-related signal. Changes in the signal occur whenever motion is imparted upon the manipulable mechanism. An urgency activity detector module generates an urgency message when the changes in the signal indicate an urgency condition. The urgency activity detector module uses the signal changes to determine the urgency condition based upon timing of successive manipulations of the manipulable mechanism satisfying a preselected timing threshold. The urgency message is then used by an application operating on the device.
US07920072B2	Virtual earth rooftop overlay and bounding Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Detailed information of a structure or object information can be displayed on a rooftop or over an area of interest. The detailed information can be provided for a single structure or for each structure shown on a map area. According to an embodiment is a system that facilitates surface overlay and bounding on a map. The system can include a receiver component that receives information for an object, a boundary component that ascertains a perimeter of the object, and a rendering component that selectively displays the object information and object on a map based in part on a user perspective.
US07920071B2	Augmented reality-based system and method providing status and control of unmanned vehicles An augmented reality system identifies and controls a vehicle located within an environment. A tracking system obtains viewpoint information corresponding to a real-time view of the environment. A processing system receives information from one or more sensors. Information includes sensor location information and status information about the vehicle. Processing system generates graphics using said sensor location information and said viewpoint information. Graphics include visual representations of said status information and controls. A display displays the generated graphics such that the graphics are superimposed on the real-time view. The graphics appear attached to the vehicle. An interaction device activates a displayed control.
US07920068B2	Distance correction for damage prevention system A system and method for determining a distance of a utility asset from a moving equipment. The invention determines a first current location of the equipment; accesses stored coordinates for a plurality of utility assets; selects an area of interest including a portion of the plurality of utility assets; identifies local utility assets in the selected area; determines a utility asset nearest to the first current position of the equipment, from the local utility assets; determines velocity and direction of the moving equipment; and determines the distance from the nearest utility asset to the second current location of the equipment responsive to the determined velocity and direction of the equipment. The invention may then generate a warning indication responsive to the determined distance.
US07920066B2	Large area position/proximity correction device with alarms using (D)GPS technology A collar to be worn on an object or a large or small animal has been designed incorporating (D)GPS technology. The operation of the device includes programming the three dimensional boundary into the memory of the device and simply installing the collar on the animal. As the animal approaches the preprogrammed boundary, a first alarm sounds when the subject is within an arbitrary user defined distance, and a second more drastic alarm such as a shock correction is applied when the subject approaches a second position closer to the boundary. Means to easily program the device are also included in the system. The device has the capability to call or transmit important information such as location, speed, identity, and medical parameters, etc. to a station automatically or when polled. All necessary analog and digital circuitry, microprocessor, programming, communications hardware are integrated into the collar. The device also has applications in land, air and sea navigation, farming, construction, tracking stolen vehicles, and keeping track of children. This device could also be embedded in a specialized lawnmower that would know where your yard ended and your neighbor's began, and traverse around all obstacles in the yard. Important Military applications would include warning and directing soldiers of front line boundaries, minefield mapping and 3-D direction around MOA's for aircraft.
US07920065B2	System and method for providing visual and physiological cues in a matching system A portable matching device and method is provided. The portable matching device includes a memory that is configured to store first identification information. A communication device in the portable matching device is configured to transmit the first identification information from the memory to a presence detector and to receive a matching attribute from a server, which is configured to determine whether a first profile associated with the first identification information and a second profile match according to matching criteria. The portable matching device further includes a match indicator that is configured to present the matching attribute, which is unique to the second profile and is presented by the match indicator so as to be at least one of outwardly visible or audible so as to be information to a person other than a user of the matching device of the match.
US07920055B2	Classification method for pedestrian protection system In order to provide a fast and reliable classification of an impact, the present invention proposes a method for the classification of an impact between an object and a vehicle, comprising the steps of detecting an initial contact between said object and said vehicle; recording a width data relating to a width of an impact zone between the object and the vehicle; processing said width data for determining the width of said impact zone a predetermined time interval after the initial contact; forming a first criterion for deciding whether the object is a pedestrian by identifying if the determined width of the impact zone lies between predetermined lower and upper first threshold values; determining that the object is human if said first criterion is met.
US07920053B2	Notification system and method thereof A notification system and method of visual notification of different types of events by flashing different colors is provided, wherein the notification system includes a master controller and a notification device. The master controller is configured to communicate at least one signal. The notification device includes an enclosure accepting a plurality of conductors providing both signaling and electrical power to the notification device, and at least one strobe drive circuit configured to supply an electrical signal for periodically flashing at least one strobe. The notification device further includes a strobe system configured to flash at least one strobe, such that the strobe system flashes one of at least two different colors, and a control logic configured to determine which color of the at least two different colors to flash at least one strobe based upon the signal received from at least one of the plurality of conductors.
US07920048B2	Method for using a table of data to control access and a locking mechanism using same A container has a lid and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a male wall with a switch. A female wall mounts to the inside wall of the container and, when closed, encompasses the male wall. The female wall has a magnet that activates the switch. A lever contained inside the male wall moves into and out of a slot formed in the female wall. The switch completes a circuit that generates a close signal to the lever when the lid is closed. A button extends through a hole in the lid such that the button can be depressed to indicate locking and cannot be depressed when unlocked. When unlocked, the button cannot be depressed because the lever blocks the button. To open the container when closed, the actuation mechanism moves the lever in response to an entered code that must match a stored code or calculated content-specific code.
US07920045B2	Surface mountable PPTC device with integral weld plate A surface mount circuit protection device includes a laminar PTC resistive element having first and second major surfaces and a thickness therebetween. A first electrode layer substantially coextensive the first surface is formed of a first metal material of a type adapted to be soldered to a printed circuit substrate. A second electrode layer formed at the second major surface includes structure forming or defining a weld plate. The metal weld plate has a thermal mass and thickness capable of withstanding resistance micro spot welding of a strap interconnect without significant resultant damage to the device. The device is preferably surface mounted to a printed circuit board assembly forming a battery protection circuit connected to a battery/cell by battery strap interconnects, wherein one of the battery strap interconnects is micro spot welded to the weld plate of the device.
US07920044B2	Appliance assembly with thermal fuse and temperature sensing device assembly An appliance assembly includes an appliance and a thermal assembly. The thermal assembly includes a housing attached to the appliance, a temperature sensing device carried by the housing and electrically coupled with the appliance, and a thermal fuse carried by the housing and electrically coupled with the appliance, the thermal assembly being a modular assembly and thereby configured for being, as a single unit, attached to and detached from the appliance.
US07920043B2	Planar magnetic device and power supply IC package using same A planar magnetic device 1 includes a first magnetic layer 3 and a second magnetic layer 5 that are made of a mixture of a magnetic powder 7 and a resin, and a planar coil 4 disposed between the magnetic layers. When the planar coil 4 has an adjacent winding interval W between the potions 4c of the coil and the magnetic powder 7 has a maximum particle size L, planar magnetic device 1 satisfies the relationship W>L. In the planar magnetic device 1 having the above structure, fine magnetic powder that can produce a high inductance fills the spaces between the adjacent windings. Thus, the invention can achieve a high-performance planar magnetic device, such as a thin inductor.
US07920037B2	Fault interrupter and load break switch A fault interrupter and load break switch includes a trip assembly configured to automatically open a transformer circuit electrically coupled to stationary contacts of the switch upon the occurrence of a fault condition. The fault condition causes a Curie metal element electrically coupled to at least one of the stationary contacts to release a magnetic latch. The release causes a trip rotor of the trip assembly to rotate a rotor assembly. This rotation causes ends of a movable contact of the rotor assembly to electrically disengage the stationary contacts, thereby opening the circuit. The switch also includes a handle for manually opening and closing the electrical circuit in fault and non-fault conditions. Actuation of the handle coupled to the rotor assembly via a spring-loaded rotor causes the movable contact ends to selectively engage or disengage the stationary contacts.
US07920033B1	Systems and methods for frequency modulation adjustment A system and method for providing, among other things, wideband phase modulation is described. Several embodiments include a scaling network for scaling an input modulation signal in accordance with a scaling parameter and thereby generating a scaled modulation signal that is applied to a voltage-controlled oscillator of a phase-locked loop. A sensing network may also be included for detecting changes in one or more parameters characterizing the voltage-controlled oscillator. A calibration adjustment network may additionally be included for adjusting the scaling parameter in accordance with the changes in the one or more parameters.
US07920032B2	Oscillator based on thermal diffusion An oscillator device for generating an oscillator signal, includes a heater arrangement, a first switching element, a temperature sensor, signal process means, and voltage controlled oscillator; an output of the temperature sensor being connected to an input of the signal processing means, and an output of the signal processing means being connected to an input of the voltage controlled oscillator. The first switching element is arranged for receiving the oscillator signal from the voltage controlled oscillator and for providing a heater drive signal to either a first heater element or a second heater element of the heater arrangement based on the oscillator signal. The signal processing means comprise a synchronous demodulator.
US07920029B2	Power amplifier A radio frequency power amplifier has first and second amplifier stages coupled in series, one of which is operated in class F and the other is operated in inverse class F; an envelope detector adapted to detect an envelope of the input signal; a power supply coupled to supply an electrical supply voltage to the first and second amplifier stages, wherein the electrical supply voltage is controlled to follow the envelope of the input signal. Such amplifier makes it possible to maintain class F and inverse class F operation, respectively, of the first and second amplifier stages independent on the input signal. Preferably, this is done by controlling the electrical supply voltage so that the saturation levels of the first and second amplifier stages follow the envelope of the input signal.
US07920025B2	Operational amplifier and method of driving liquid crystal display It was difficult to design an operational amplifier which can cancel an offset to drive a liquid crystal display. An operational amplifier includes: a first differential pair having a first transistor and a second transistor of a first conduction type; a second differential pair having a third transistor and a fourth transistor of a second conduction type; a first floating current source; a second floating current source; and an output stage having a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, in which, when an input signal is applied to the first and third transistor, an electric current which flows into the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor is set by the first floating current source, and when the input signal is applied to the second and fourth transistor, an electric current which flows into the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor is set by the second floating current source.
US07920022B2	Switched capacitor system with and method for output glitch reduction A switched capacitor system with output glitch reduction step charges the switched capacitor by switching it to a first voltage level in a first phase, to an intermediate voltage level of a pre-charge node in a pre-charge phase and to the voltage level of the output node of the amplifier stage in a settling phase; the pre-charge node can be implemented at the input of the amplifier stage, the output of a preceding stage or at any other pre-existing suitable node in the amplifier system.
US07920020B2	System and method for auto-power gating synthesis for active leakage reduction A method includes parsing a design of the integrated circuit to define cells in automatic power gating power domains, automatically creating an automatic power gating power domain netlist from the parsed design of the integrated circuit, and placing and routing the automatic power gating power domain netlist to produce a layout for the integrated circuit. The parsing partitions a high-level power domain of the integrated circuit into one or more automatic power gating power domains. The automatic power gating power domains have substantially zero-cycle power up times, thereby enabling transparent operation. Furthermore, the automatic power gating power domains may be automatically inserted into designs of integrated circuits, thereby relieving integrated circuit designers of the task of inserting power domains and associated hardware and software.
US07920017B2	Programmable clock booster system A programmable clock booster system including a clock booster circuit including at least one boost capacitor connected between a first node and a second node for sampling an input voltage in a first phase and applying a boosting voltage to said second node during a second phase, and a programmable capacitor circuit connected to said first node for providing a programmable boosted voltage on said first node during said second phase.
US07920014B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device In order to transfer data at high speed over a long distance, a current mode logic output circuit (CML) having a large number of taps, high accuracy, and a wide switchable range of the amount of pre-emphasis is needed. However, when the amount of emphasis is set by adding unit source-coupled pair circuits, a problem will arise that the output capacitance of the current mode logic output circuit would increase, thus hampering high-speed transmission. An output circuit of the invention is constructed from unit source-coupled pair circuits 501, which are obtained by dividing a current mode logic output circuit (CML) into m groups, terminal resistors 502, and a data selector 504. The amount of emphasis of each tap is determined by the ratio of the number of unit source-coupled pair circuits, which have been obtained by dividing the CML into m groups, allocated to each tap. Thus, the amount of emphasis can be set to be any arbitrary amount without a change in the output amplitude of 1. As a result, the transmission speed can be increased and the transmission distance can be extended.
US07920011B1	Voltage trimming circuit A voltage trimming circuit is provided. The voltage trimming circuit has an input stage, an up-trimming resistor ladder, a down-trimming resistor ladder and a control means. The input stage has a first input, a second input and an output, wherein the first output is to receive an input voltage, the second input is connected to a connection point and the output is to provide an output voltage based on a difference between the voltage of the first and the second input. The up-trimming resistor ladder is connected between the output of the input stage and the connection point and the down-trimming resistor ladder connected between a ground potential and the connection point. The control means controls the resistance of the up-trimming and the down-trimming resistor ladder to up-trim or down-trim the output voltage.
US07920002B2	Pulse synthesis circuit A high-level period of each of n first pulse signals partially or wholly overlaps a period during which all of n second pulse signals are at the low level. A high-level period of each of the n second pulse signals partially or wholly overlaps a period during which all of the n first pulse signals are at the low level. Each of n first drive transistors includes a source connected to a ground node, a drain connected to a first node, and a gate receiving a corresponding one of the first pulse signals. Each of n second drive transistors includes a source connected to the ground node, a drain connected to a second node, and a gate receiving a corresponding one of the second pulse signals. A current mirror circuit allows a current corresponding to a current flowing through the second node to flow through the first node.
US07920000B2	PLL circuit and method of controlling the same A PLL circuit according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: a PFD that detects a phase difference between two clock signals; an LPF that outputs a voltage based on a detection result of the PFD; a VCO that controls a frequency of a VCO output clock output based on the voltage; a frequency divider that divides a frequency of the VCO output clock and outputs an output clock; and an automatic adjustment circuit that adjusts a frequency division ratio of the frequency divider based on the voltage. The automatic adjustment circuit includes a comparison circuit that outputs a control signal for controlling the frequency divider and a control signal for controlling the reference voltage. This circuit configuration makes it possible to control an oscillation frequency of a PLL circuit with accuracy and stability.
US07919994B2	Reception comparator for signal modulation upon a supply line The present invention relates to a wire-bound transmission of data, as occurs, for example, between a sensor and a control unit. In order to save lines, both the supply voltage and the data signal to be transmitted are transmitted over the same line. The field of the present invention relates to the extraction of data signals from the supply voltage line.
US07919992B2	Charge recycling amplifier for a high dynamic range CMOS imager A high dynamic range amplifier circuit for amplifying pixel signals of an imager device is disclosed. The amplifier circuit uses a read-out scheme based on a charge recycling approach, where a pixel signal is first amplified with a low gain during a first amplification phase T1, and then the amplifier output is immediately recycled and the pixel signal amplified with a higher gain during a second amplification phase T2.
US07919988B2	Output circuit and driving method thereof An output circuit includes a pre-driving unit configured to drive an input signal by using a different driving power according to an output operation mode and generate pull-up and pull-down signals corresponding to the resultant input signal and an output driving unit configured to output data in response to the pull-up and pull-down signals.
US07919985B2	Current-controlled CMOS circuits with inductive broadbanding Various circuit techniques for implementing ultra high speed circuits use current-controlled CMOS (C3MOS) logic with inductive broadbanding fabricated in conventional CMOS process technology. Optimum balance between power consumption and speed for each circuit application is achieved by combining high speed C3MOS logic with inductive broadbanding/C3MOS logic with low power conventional CMOS logic. The combined C3MOS logic with inductive broadbanding/C3MOS/CMOS logic allows greater integration of circuits such as high speed transceivers used in fiber optic communication systems.
US07919982B1	Digital interface sensing apparatus A digital interface sensing apparatus includes a sensor, an analog detecting circuit, an analog to digital (A/D) converter, a signal cable, and an interface switch circuit. The sensor senses an external analog signal. The analog detecting circuit detects the sensed analog signal from the sensor. The A/D converter converts the sensed analog signal to a digital signal and receives a clock signal and a data demand signal. The A/D converter sends the digital signal in response to the A/D converter receiving the clock signal and the data demand signal. The interface switch circuit includes a multiplexer and a recommended standard 422 (RS-422) transceiver. The RS-422 transceiver is connected between the A/D converter and the multiplexer to switch RS-422 digital signal and transistor-transistor logic (TTL) signal. The multiplexer is connected between the A/D converter and the signal cable to selectively transfer RS-233 and RS-422 signals.
US07919970B2	Device, method and system for estimating the termination to a wired transmission-line based on determination of characteristic impedance A system and method for measuring a characteristic impedance of a transmission-line comprises transmitting energy to the line, and shortly after measuring the voltage/current involved and thus measuring the equivalent impedance. The measured characteristic impedance may then be used in order to determine the termination value required to minimize reflections. In another embodiment, the proper termination is set or measured by adjusting the termination value to achieve maximum power dissipation in the terminating device. The equivalent characteristic impedance measurement may be used to count the number of metallic conductors connected to a single connection point. This abstract is not intended to limit or construe the scope of the claims.
US07919969B2	Network analyzer comprising a switchable measuring bridge The invention relates to a network analyzer comprising a signal generator for generating an excitation signal which can be supplied to a measuring object connectable to a network analyzer by means of a measuring line, and a measuring bridge which is connected to the measuring line by means of signal transmission. A reference signal corresponding to the excitation signal can be extracted from a reference channel, and a measuring signal corresponding to a signal corresponding to a signal reflected from the measuring object can be extracted from a measuring channel. the measuring bridge comprises a resistive bridge and at least one hybrid coupler which is connected to the resistive bridge in series. the measuring bridge is operated as a resistive bridge in a low frequency range and as a hybrid coupler in a upper frequency range.
US07919967B2	Verification of a fabrication process used to form read elements in magnetic heads Test methods and components are disclosed for testing the quality of a fabrication process used to form read elements in magnetic heads. A wafer is populated with one or more test components along with magnetic heads. The test components are formed by the same or similar fabrication processes as the read elements, but do not include a conductive MR sensor between the test leads. By measuring the resistance of the test components, the formation of parasitic shunts can be identified in the test components, which may indicate the formation of parasitic shunts in the read elements. Thus, the quality of the fabrication process in forming read elements in magnetic head may be determined.
US07919964B2	Combined electromagnetic sensor and magnetometer A combined electromagnetic and magnetometer detection system for detecting objects. The system includes a primary electromagnetic transmitter for generating a primary magnetic field; an electromagnetic sensor for sensing secondary magnetic fields generated by a target region subjected to the primary magnetic field; a magnetometer sensor substantially centered at a center of the primary magnetic field; a compensation transmitter for generating a compensating magnetic field that substantially negates the primary magnetic field across the magnetometer sensor; and a signal generator electrically connected to the primary electromagnetic transmitter and the compensation transmitter for driving the transmitters to generate the primary magnetic field and the compensating magnetic field, respectively.
US07919957B2	Digital linear voltage regulator A digital linear voltage regulator includes a comparator, a finite state machine, and a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The comparator is preferably coupled to receive a reference voltage and an operating voltage supplied to a dynamic load. The comparator generates, during a clock cycle, a binary output based on a comparison between reference and operating voltages. The finite state machine (FSM) is coupled to receive at least one control signal that indicates a target operating state for the digital linear voltage regulator. The FSM receives the binary output from the comparator and generates a digital word, during a clock cycle, based on the target operating state of the digital linear voltage regulator and on the binary output. The current DAC is coupled to the FSM, receives the digital word and delivers current at the desired voltage to the dynamic load.
US07919955B2	Multi-threshold multi-gain active transient response circuit and method for digital multiphase pulse width modulated regulators Disclosed is a multi-phase pulse width modulated voltage regulator and method in which transient voltage excursions or deviations that exceed the load line voltage by more than a pre-determined amount are detected by an ATR circuit and a correction signal is applied. The correction signal is in the form of asynchronous pulses and the number of such pulses is a function of the magnitude of the voltage excursion as determined by the number of thresholds that are exceeded. Also disclosed is an adaptive voltage positioning (AVP) circuit and method for early detection of a transient event by sensing voltage changes at the load and adjusting the target voltage with pre-determined current values prior to the time that ATR event changes in the current at the load are detected.
US07919949B2	High efficiency generator A generator system that includes a three-phase AC machine and an active rectifier bridge employing low on-resistance MOSFET switches for converting the AC current from the machine to a DC current. The system also includes a switch control circuit to switch the MOSFET switches in synchronization with the three-phase current flow. The system determines the phase-to-ground voltages of the machine as inputs to the switch control circuit. The control circuit calculates the phase-to-phase voltages from the phase-to-ground voltages. The control circuit then determines if each of the phase-to-phase voltages is above or below first and second predetermined threshold voltages, where if the phase-to-phase voltage is above the first threshold voltage, the control circuit closes the switch, and if the phase-to-phase voltage is below the second threshold voltage, the control circuit opens the switch.
US07919945B2	Synchronized vibration device for haptic feedback The present invention relates to synchronized vibration devices that can provide haptic feedback to a user. A wide variety of actuator types may be employed to provide synchronized vibration, including linear actuators, rotary actuators, rotating eccentric mass actuators, and rocking mass actuators. A controller may send signals to one or more driver circuits for directing operation of the actuators. The controller may provide direction and amplitude control, vibration control, and frequency control to direct the haptic experience. Parameters such as frequency, phase, amplitude, duration, and direction can be programmed or input as different patterns suitable for use in gaming, virtual reality and real-world situations.
US07919944B2	Motor driving circuit A motor driving circuit for controlling a current amount flowing through a motor coil includes: a comparator configured to output a comparison signal indicating a comparison result between a set current amount and a current amount based on an inputted set current signal according to the set current amount and a current signal according to the current amount flowing through the motor coil; a current control signal update circuit configured to update a current control signal for controlling the current amount flowing through the motor coil in a stepwise manner so that the current amount flowing through the motor coil is changed to the set current amount in a stepwise manner, based on the comparison signal outputted from the comparator; and a driving circuit configured to drive the motor coil based on the current control signal outputted from the current control signal update circuit.
US07919940B2	System and method for jerk limited trajectory planning for a path planner A system for generating a motion profile in real time includes a processor. The processor breaks a move into a first phase and a second phase. The first phase includes commanding the move toward a constant velocity segment, and the second phase includes monitoring the first phase to determine when during a move in progress it is necessary to implement a jerk value required to successfully reach end conditions. The processor also transmits command signals based upon the motion profile and calculates the point at which the second phase must take control of the move in progress to reach a target position. The system further includes at least one input/output module that receives command signals. A method for generating a motion profile in real time is also presented.
US07919939B2	Remote vertical blind opening and closing system A remote blind actuating system for use in opening and closing blinds with a string incorporates a motor, a pulley, a receiver, and a housing. The motor, the pulley, and the receiver are disposed within the housing. The motor is connected with the pulley and is in communication with the receiver. The pulley is an cylindrical member with a first distal end and a second distal end. The pulley is rotatably affixed to the motor about an axis. The first distal end of the pulley is connected with the motor and the second distal end is connected with the string.
US07919935B2	Brightness sensor An electroluminescent (EL) element is connected to the power supply and is intermittently operated as a lighting device and as a brightness sensor. For this purpose, the processing unit induces the controlled AC voltage source to reduce the voltage for a short period. The current intensity is measured by current measuring devices and the corresponding measuring signal is digitized using the analog/digital converter (A/D). A processing unit uses the signal and the effective voltage to determine, by means of empirical calibration data stored in the memory or by using a calibration function, the brightness, i.e. the luminance of the light that is incident on the EL element. The processing unit associates, using desired values stored in the memory, the detected brightness with an operating voltage level which ensures the desired emission brightness of the EL element when operated as a lighting device. Optionally, the determined operating voltage is corrected in order to take into consideration any brightness loss of the EL element caused by aging. The optionally corrected value is output via the control channel as the desired operating voltage and is maintained by the power supply unit until the next measuring interval.
US07919929B2	Lamp driving device having impedance component detecting abnormal discharge In one aspect, an impedance component which exhibits a high impedance in a high frequency region is arranged on a high pressure line formed on a secondary side of a transformer. The potential difference generated at both ends of the impedance component is used to detect an abnormal electrical discharge generated in the high pressure line. When the abnormal electrical discharge is detected, a switching operation is stopped by a controlling circuit whereby a protection operation is performed.
US07919928B2	Boost LED driver not using output capacitor and blocking diode An LED driver is disclosed that boosts an input voltage to drive any number of LEDs in series. The driver includes a switch-mode current regulator that supplies regulated current pulses to the LEDs. No high voltage output capacitor is used to smooth the current pulses, so the LEDs are turned on any off at the switching frequency. Also, no blocking diode between the switching transistor and the LEDs is used. The cathode of the “bottom” LED in the string is connected to ground via a current sense resistor. In parallel with the sense resistor is connected an RC filter using a small, low voltage filter capacitor. The RC filter provides a substantially smooth feedback voltage for the current regulator to control the duty cycle of the switching transistor so that the feedback voltage matches a reference voltage.
US07919926B2	Aggregate ignition method in high frequency metal halide lamps A high frequency ballast for a metal halide lamp comprises a controller, a switch, and an oscillator. The controller selectively enables and disables the oscillator via the switch to ignite the lamp. The ignition method includes enabling the oscillator such that the oscillator provides the lamp with a pulse train comprising a rapid series of short ignition pulses, cools for a period of time, and provides an addition pulse train to the lamp if necessary to ignite the lamp. When the lamp ignites, the ballast maintains enablement of the oscillator.
US07919922B2	Green phosphor for plasma display panel and plasma display panel including a phosphor layer formed of the same Provided are a green phosphor for a plasma display panel (PDP) represented by Formula 1 and a PDP including a phosphor layer formed of the same: (Y1-x-yGdx)Al3(BO3)4:Tby Formula 1 where 0≦x<1, 0
US07919921B2	Photomultiplier The present invention relates to a photomultiplier having a fine structure capable of realizing high multiplication efficiency. The photomultiplier comprises a housing whose inside is maintained vacuum, and, on a device mounting surface which is a part of an inner wall surface defining an internal space of the housing, a photocathode serving as a reflection type photocathode, an electron-multiplier section, an anode, and a voltage distributing section are disposed integrally. In particular, the electron-multiplier section is constituted by dynodes at multiple stages cascade-multiplying photoelectrons from the photocathode, and the voltage distributing section, which applies corresponding voltages to the dynodes at the respective stages respectively, is on the same surface together with the electron-multiplier section.
US07919920B2	Organic light-emitting display device and method for fabricating the same Disclosed is an organic light-emitting display device capable of blocking the infiltration of oxygen and moisture and effectively preventing light leakage. The device includes a first substrate with first and second pixel regions wherein a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes are formed. The device further includes a non-pixel region around the first and the second pixel-regions, a second substrate disposed on the upper part of the first substrate to be overlapped with the first and the second pixel regions and a part of the non-pixel region, and a frit provided between the first and the second substrates to be overlapped with at least one of the first and the second pixel regions and at least a part of the non-pixel region. The first and the second substrates are adhered to each other by the fit in the part corresponding to the non-pixel region.
US07919918B2	Organic light emitting display device Provided is an organic light emitting display device that reduces a unused area and reduces the voltage drop of a driving power bus line. The organic light emitting display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of organic light emitting diodes; a power bus line that is located on an outer side of the pixel region and supplies power to each of the organic light emitting diodes; and a metal layer that overlaps the driving power bus line, is electrically connected to the driving power bus line, and comprises a panel mark.
US07919915B2	Cold cathode fluorescent display A monochromic, multi-color and full-color cold cathode fluorescent display (CFD), comprises of some shaped white or multi-color or red, green blue color cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL), reflector, base plate, temperature control means, luminance and contrast enhancement face plate, shades and its driving electronics. CFD is a large screen display device which has high luminance, high efficiency, long lifetime, high contrast and excellent color. CFD can be used for both outdoor and indoor applications even at direct sunlight, to display a character, or graphic and video image.
US07919913B2	Light illuminating element A light illuminating element including a transparent closed casing, an exciting gas, a first exciting coating, and a first dielectric multi-layer long-pass filter is provided. The transparent closed casing has a first inner side, a second inner side, a first outer side corresponding to the first inner side, and a second outer side corresponding to the second inner side. The exciting gas is disposed inside the transparent closed casing, and suitable for providing an ultraviolet light. The first exciting coating is disposed on the first inner side or the first outer side, and is suitable for absorbing the ultraviolet light to provide a visible light. The first dielectric multi-layer long-pass filter is disposed on the second inner side or the second outer side, and suitable for reflecting the ultraviolet light and allowing the visible light to pass through.
US07919912B2	Electron emission source, composition for forming electron emission source, method of forming the electron emission source and electron emission device including the electron emission source An electron emission source includes a carbon-based material and resultant material formed by curing and heat treating at least one silicon-based material represented by formula (1), (2), and/or (3) below: where R1 through R22 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkenyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a mercapto group, and m and n are each integers from 0 to 1,000. An electron emission device and an electron emission display device include the electron emission source. A composition for forming electron emission sources includes the carbon-based material and the silicon-based material. A method of forming the electron emission source includes applying the composition to a substrate; and heat treating the applied composition. The adhesion between the electron emission source including the cured and heat treated resultant material of the silicon-based material and a substrate is excellent, and thus the reliability of the electron emission device including the cured and heat treated resultant material of the silicon-based material can be enhanced.
US07919911B2	Image display apparatus By making Nd concentration in the tunneling insulating film 11 smaller than Nd concentration in the base electrode first layer 16, the accumulated electric charge amount in the tunneling insulating film 11 is reduced and afterimage is decreased. By setting a relation between a position of a stack interface of the base electrode 13 and a thickness of an insulating layer properly, the generation of a device defect is prevented.
US07919907B2	Circuit module A circuit module, e.g., for use in a vehicle tire, includes a housing, a piezoelectric generator, which has a mass element that is movable within the housing and a spring device, which has at least one piezoelectric element, the mass element and the spring device forming an oscillatory system, and the piezoelectric element being elastically deformable in response to the oscillation of the oscillatory system. A current supply circuit is provided for receiving a piezoelectric voltage output by the piezoelectric element in response to the mechanical deformation thereof and for supplying power to the circuit module.
US07919904B2	Method for producing piezoelectric actuator, method for producing liquid droplet jetting apparatus, piezoelectric actuator, and liquid droplet jetting apparatus A film-forming nozzle is moved so that a boundary portion of a plurality of areas on which a piezoelectric material layer is formed by a film-forming nozzle moving relative to a vibration plate is positioned outside deformable portions of the vibration plate and overlaps with restricted portions. This reduces stress concentration on a portion of the piezoelectric layer corresponding to the boundary portion of the deposition areas, and therefore, damage of the piezoelectric material layer is prevented.
US07919903B2	MEMS switch A Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) switch includes a substrate, a fixed signal line formed on the substrate, a movable signal line spaced apart from one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the fixed signal line, and at least one piezoelectric actuator connected to a first end of the movable signal line so as to bring or separate the movable signal line in contact with or from the fixed signal line. The piezoelectric actuator includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, and a connecting layer formed on the second electrode and connected with the movable signal line.
US07919899B2	Electrical machine The invention describes an electrical machine having an armature with armature slots for accommodating armature coils. At least one armature coil is formed from two coil elements which are arranged symmetrically with respect to one another in relation to an axis of symmetry, which runs through the center-point of the armature shaft. The coil elements are connected to two adjacent commutator laminates of a commutator. A first brush, a second brush and a third brush bear against the commutator in a manner such that they can slide. The second brush interacts with the first brush or the third brush. The third brush is arranged in relation to the two coil elements in such a way that, when the two adjacent commutator laminates come into contact with one another, the third brush and the center-point of the armature shaft form an axis which has an angle of 90 DEG−(180 DEG/number of laminates)−(180 DEG/3×number of laminates) up to 90 DEG+(180 DEG/number of laminates)+(180 DEG/3×number of laminates) in relation to the axis of symmetry of the two coil elements.
US07919898B2	Rotor core assembly for electric motor A rotor core assembly for an electric motor includes a stack of laminations and first and second end plates disposed at opposite ends of the stack of laminations. A plurality of concentric fastener holes extend through the laminations and the end plates for receiving stainless steel pins. Each pin has a head against one of the end plates, and each pin has spaced apart grooves thereon extending from the other end plate. A stainless steel collar engages each of the pins and contacts one of the end plates. Each collar has a deformed portion in at least one of the grooves of the pin.
US07919897B2	Axial gap type motor An axial gap type motor 10 includes: a rotor 11 having a rotor core 13, the rotor core 13 including: multiple main magnet pieces 41 respectively magnetized in a direction of the rotation axis O of the rotor, and multiple main magnet piece storing hole portions 15 respectively for holding associated main magnet pieces; and a pair of stators 12 to be mounted onto the rotor 11, wherein the rotor core 13 is structured by winding a tape-shaped magnetic plate 14, and includes a first winding layer and a second winding layer; and in portions of the first and second winding layers that are situated in the same phase from the center of rotation of the rotor core 13, the first winding layer includes an outside magnetic flux short preventive portions 62, and the second winding layer includes an outside connecting portions 61.
US07919896B2	Stator for rotary electric machine A stator for a rotary electric machine with wedge members insertable into slots without being bent or folded is provided. A coupling portion is integrally formed at a non-inserted end portion, which is not inserted into a slot, of a wedge member, the coupling portion extending across an end of a partition wall portion and an end of a block portion. The wedge member and the coupling portion are formed of a synthetic resin material. Two or more coupling portions of two or more adjacently disposed wedge members are integrally formed as a continuous coupling portion.
US07919895B2	Squirrel-cage rotor of an asynchronous machine The invention relates to an asynchronous motor comprising a stator or a cage rotor, said cage rotor comprising a shaft (1) and a laminated bundle (2) and rotor rods (3) are arranged within the laminated bundle, running through the openings (10) of each end plate (9) at both ends of the laminated bundle (2) and terminated with a short-circuit ring (4) which electrically connects the ends of the rotor rods (3) on one side of the cage rotor. Each end plate (9) comprises a circumferential projection which at least partly covers the short circuit ring (4) on the outside thereof with a positive fit and each end plate (9) contains a part of the rotor rod (3) and a part of the short circuit ring (4).
US07919892B2	Brushless electric machine with stationary shaft and method of making same Disclosed herein is an electric machine. The electric machine includes, a housing defining an internal volume, a stationary shaft fixedly attached to the housing, a stationary field coil attached to the shaft, a pole assembly rotatable about the shaft, and a pulley fixedly attached to the pole assembly being positioned externally of the internal volume.
US07919890B2	Rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine, comprising a stator, a rotor, a case storing the stator and the rotor, and an oil pump. Oil discharge ports are formed at the terminal part of an oil discharge passage of the case, and a cooling oil is supplied to the upper cutout parts of the stator. A groove part is covered by a cover to form a closed flow passage. Since the cooling oil is sufficiently applied to the portion of a coil exposed to the inside of the flow passage, a cooling efficiency is increased. Also the cooling oil is guided to an orifice on the lower side in the gravitational direction. Accordingly, since the cooling oil does not flow in an air gap between the rotor and the stator, a power loss can be prevented from occurring.
US07919889B2	Oscillator device, optical deflector and optical instrument using the same An oscillator device includes an oscillator, a resilient support member configured to support the oscillator for oscillatory motion about an oscillation central axis, a magnetic member provided on the oscillator, and a magnetic-field generating member disposed opposed to the oscillator, wherein the oscillator has a through-hole extending through the oscillator from its top surface to its bottom surface, and wherein the magnetic member is provided in the through-hole.
US07919887B2	High repetitous pulse generation and energy recovery system In order to provide a pulse power supply device using regenerating magnetic energy stored in a discharge circuit to a capacitor so as to use it as next discharge energy and supplying a bipolar pulse current with high repetition, a bridge circuit is composed of four inverse-conductive semiconductor switches, a charged energy source capacitor is connected to a DC terminal of the bridge circuit, and an inductive load is connected to its AC terminal. A control signal is supplied to gates of the inverse-conductive semiconductor switches, and a control is made so that when a discharge current rises, is maintained, or is reduced, all the gates are turned off, and the magnetic energy of the electric current can be automatically regenerated to the energy source capacitor by a diode function of the switches. Further, a large current power supply is inserted into a discharge circuit so as to replenish energy loss due to discharge, thereby enabling high-repetition discharge.
US07919886B2	Power receiving device and power transfer system There is provided a power receiving device capable of receiving a carrier wave transmitted from a power transmitting device without contact and obtaining electric power from the received carrier wave, which includes a carrier receiving section at least including a communication antenna having predetermined inductance and not equipped with an intermediate tap, to receive the carrier wave and generate an induced voltage corresponding to the carrier wave, a processing section to generate a drive voltage based on the induced voltage and perform data processing using the generated drive voltage, and an impedance converting section to convert impedance between the carrier receiving section and the processing section.
US07919883B2	Two-wire adapter A two-wire adapter circuit comprises a current shunt monitor and a circuit for sensing an abrupt change in the output of the current shunt monitor, a power supply, and a two-wire electrical conduit connecting the power supply to a load via the current shunt monitor, the circuit for sensing the abrupt change in the output of the current shunt monitor configured to output a defined digital signal on a third wire upon sensing the abrupt change.
US07919881B2	Method for supplying the electrical on-board power network of ships with external energy A method is disclosed for supplying external energy to electrical on-board power networks of ships, with there being at least one generator, one converter and electrical loads in the ship's on-board power network. In at least one embodiment of the method, the converter (shore connection converter) on board the ship, for transfer into the on-board power network, is fed by a connectable external current source with current of a different frequency and voltage to that of the on-board network and the current is converted in the converter semiconductors into current with the voltage, and the frequency of the on-board power network and fed to the on-board power network.
US07919880B2	Method for damping tower oscillations, an active stall controlled wind turbine and use hereof The invention relates to a method for damping tower oscillations in the tower of an active stall controlled wind turbine. The method comprises the steps of operating two or more blades of the wind turbine in a stall condition, detecting if the tower oscillates beyond a predefined level, and establishing different stall conditions between at least two of the blades, wherein the different stall conditions are established by offsetting the pitch angle of at least a first blade in relation to the pitch angle of one further blade. The invention further relates to an active stall controlled wind turbine and use hereof.
US07919879B2	Power conditioning architecture for a wind turbine A wind turbine 36 has a back-to-back AC/DC/AC power electronic converter chain in which the grid side converter 48 is connected in series with DFIG stator windings 64. The machine side converter 56 is fed from the rotor windings 54 of the DFIG 44. Series connection of the grid side converter 48 enables voltage sag ride-through capability via control of the stator flux.In the event of a grid voltage sag, the series converter allows for a controlled response in the stator flux and electromagnetic shaft torque, protects the machine side converter and enables continued power delivery to the grid.
US07919878B2	Electrical energy generation using hydro-voltaic (HV) cells Inverse magneto hydrodynamics is employed to exploit natural movement of ocean water at coastal facilities using arrays of tubes to channel the water through orthogonal magnetic fields to generate DC voltage. Each such tube houses a plurality of serially arranged hydro-voltaic cells to produce electrical energy without mechanical movement. The tubes are preferably arranged to produce improved land use efficiency as compared to other known renewable energy generating systems such as photo-voltaic and wind turbines. A pumped salt water version is also disclosed.
US07919875B2	Semiconductor device with recess portion over pad electrode A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device formed in a chip size package is improved to enhance a yield and reliability. A window to expose first wirings is formed only in a region of a semiconductor substrate where the first wirings exist. As a result, area of the semiconductor substrate bonded to a supporting body through an insulation film and a resin is increased to prevent cracks in the supporting body and separation of the semiconductor substrate from the supporting body. A slit is formed along a dicing line after forming the window, the slit is covered with a protection film and then the semiconductor substrate is diced into individual semiconductor dice. Thus, separation on a cut surface or at an edge of the semiconductor dice, which otherwise would be caused by contact of the blade in the dicing can be prevented.
US07919874B2	Chip package without core and stacked chip package structure A chip package including a base, a chip, a molding compound and a plurality of outer terminals is provided. The base is essentially consisted of a patterned circuit layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and a solder mask disposed on the second surface, wherein the solder mask has a plurality of first openings by which part of the patterned circuit layer is exposed. The chip is disposed on the first surface and is electrically connected to the patterned circuit layer. The molding compound covers the pattern circuit layer and fixes the chip onto the patterned circuit layer. The outer terminals are disposed in the first openings and electrically connected to the patterned circuit layer.
US07919867B2	Chip structure and process for forming the same A chip structure comprises a substrate, a first built-up layer, a passivation layer and a second built-up layer. The substrate includes many electric devices placed on a surface of the substrate. The first built-up layer is located on the substrate. The first built-up layer is provided with a first dielectric body and a first interconnection scheme, wherein the first interconnection scheme interlaces inside the first dielectric body and is electrically connected to the electric devices. The first interconnection scheme is constructed from first metal layers and plugs, wherein the neighboring first metal layers are electrically connected through the plugs. The passivation layer is disposed on the first built-up layer and is provided with openings exposing the first interconnection scheme. The second built-up layer is formed on the passivation layer. The second built-up layer is provided with a second dielectric body and a second interconnection scheme, wherein the second interconnection scheme interlaces inside the second dielectric body and is electrically connected to the first interconnection scheme. The second interconnection scheme is constructed from at least one second metal layer and at least one via metal filler, wherein the second metal layer is electrically connected to the via metal filler. The thickness, width, and cross-sectional area of the traces of the second metal layer are respectively larger than those of the first metal layers.
US07919865B2	Post passivation interconnection schemes on top of IC chip A new method is provided for the creation of interconnect lines. Fine line interconnects are provided in a first layer of dielectric overlying semiconductor circuits that have been created in or on the surface of a substrate. A layer of passivation is deposited over the layer of dielectric, a thick second layer of dielectric is created over the surface of the layer of passivation. Thick and wide interconnect lines are created in the thick second layer of dielectric. The first layer of dielectric may also be eliminated, creating the wide thick interconnect network on the surface of the layer of passivation that has been deposited over the surface of a substrate.
US07919864B2	Forming of the last metallization level of an integrated circuit An integrated circuit including one or several metallization levels, metal conductive strips and metal contact pads being formed on the last metallization level, the last level being covered with a passivation layer in which are formed openings above the contact pads. The thickness of the pads, at least at the level of their portions not covered by the passivation layer, is smaller than the thickness of said conductive strips.
US07919863B2	Semiconductor constructions Some embodiments include methods of forming semiconductor constructions. Oxide is formed over a substrate, and first material is formed over the oxide. Second material is formed over the first material. The second material may be one or both of polycrystalline and amorphous silicon. A third material is formed over the second material. A pattern is transferred through the first material, second material, third material, and oxide to form openings. Capacitors may be formed within the openings. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions in which an oxide is over a substrate, a first material is over the oxide, and a second material containing one or both of polycrystalline and amorphous silicon is over the first material. Third, fourth and fifth materials are over the second material. An opening may extend through the oxide; and through the first, second, third, fourth and fifth materials.
US07919853B1	Semiconductor package and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor package and method of manufacture has a substrate having an aperture. A semiconductor die is positioned in the aperture of the substrate and attached to a heat spreader by a first adhesive and electrically coupled to the substrate by at least one conductive wire. The heat spreader spans the aperture and is peripherally attached to a bottom surface of the substrate by a second adhesive. An encapsulant encapsulates the aperture, the semiconductor die, and the electrically conductive wire.
US07919849B2	Package substrate and device for optical communication A package substrate includes a laminated body having a conductor circuit and an insulating layer formed and laminated, solder resist layers formed and laminated on both sides of the laminated body, respectively, an optical element, and an optical path for transmitting an optical signal. One or more of the solder resist layers formed and laminated on the laminated body is an outermost layer which has a transmittance for light having a wavelength for communication of about 60% or more at a thickness of 30 μm.
US07919848B2	Integrated circuit package system with multiple devices An integrated circuit package system includes: forming a die-attach paddle, an outer interconnect, and an inner interconnect toward the die-attach paddle beyond the outer interconnect; mounting an integrated circuit device over the die-attach paddle; connecting the integrated circuit device to the inner interconnect and the outer interconnect; encapsulating the integrated circuit device over the die-attach paddle; attaching an external interconnect under the outer interconnect; and attaching a circuit device under the die-attach paddle and extended laterally beyond opposite sides of the die-attach paddle.
US07919845B2	Formation of a hybrid integrated circuit device Formation of a hybrid integrated circuit device is described. A design for the integrated circuit is obtained and separated into at least two portions responsive to component sizes. A first die is formed for a first portion of the hybrid integrated circuit device using at least in part a first minimum dimension lithography. A second die is formed for a second portion of the device using at least in part a second minimum dimension lithography, where the second die has the second minimum dimension lithography as a smallest lithography used for the forming of the second die. The first die and the second die are attached to one another via coupling interconnects respectively thereof to provide the hybrid integrated circuit device.
US07919836B2	Semiconductor device Disclosed is a semiconductor device which includes a semiconductor chip and a base substrate. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate, an interconnect layer and a high-frequency interconnect. The interconnect layer is provided on the substrate. The high-frequency interconnect is formed within the interconnect layer. The semiconductor chip is mounted onto the base substrate. An electromagnetic shield layer is provided between the high-frequency interconnect and the interconnect.
US07919835B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a semiconductor device having a low-k film including an interconnect layer and a highly-reliable through-substrate contact plug. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface facing each other; a first insulating film formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a specific permittivity of 4 or higher; a circuit constituent element formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and covered with the first insulating film); a contact plug formed in the first insulating film and electrically connected to the circuit constituent element; a through-substrate contact plug penetrating through the semiconductor substrate and the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film and having a specific permittivity of 3.5 or lower; an interconnect layer formed in the second insulating film and electrically connected to the through-substrate contact plug and the contact plug; a first electrode formed in an exposed state and external to the second insulating film and electrically connected to the interconnect layer; and a second electrode formed in an exposed state and external to the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the through-substrate contact plug.
US07919834B2	Edge seal for thru-silicon-via technology One or more multilayer back side metallurgy (BSM) stack structures are formed on thru-silicon-vias (TSV). The multiple layers of metal may include an adhesion layer of chromium on the semiconductor wafer back side, a conductive layer of copper, diffusion barrier layer of nickel and a layer of nobel metal, such as, gold. To prevent edge attack of copper after dicing, the layer of nickel is formed to seal the copper edge. To also prevent edge attack of the layer of nickel after dicing, the layer of gold is formed to seal both the layer of copper and the layer of nickel.
US07919832B2	Stack resistor structure for integrated circuits A resistor structure for an integrated circuit includes a first set of contacts connected between a semiconductor layer and a first conductive layer; and a second set of plugs connected between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, wherein the first set of contacts and the second set of plugs are coupled together as a first resistor segment to provide a predetermined resistance for the integrated circuit.
US07919831B2	Nitride semiconductor device having oxygen-doped N-type gallium nitride freestanding single crystal substrate The present invention is a nitride semiconductor device including an n-type gallium nitride single crystal substrate, an epitaxially grown nitride film on the substrate, and electrodes deposited on a top and a bottom of the substrate. In order to produce the substrate, oxygen is doped into a gallium nitride crystal by preparing a C-plane gallium nitride seed crystal or a three-rotationally symmetric plane foreign material seed crystal, supplying material gases including gallium, nitrogen and oxygen to the C-plane gallium nitride seed crystal or the three-rotationally symmetric foreign seed crystal, growing a faceted C-plane gallium nitride bulk crystal having facets of non-C-planes on the seed crystal, maintaining the facets on the C-plane gallium nitride bulk crystal, and eliminating the seed crystal from the bulk crystal.
US07919830B2	Method and structure for ballast resistor A method for fabricating a low-value resistor such as a ballast resistor for bipolar junction transistors. The resistor may be fabricated using layers of appropriate sheet resistance so as to achieve low resistance values in a compact layout. The method may rely on layers already provided by a conventional CMOS process flow, such as contact plugs and fully silicided (FUSI) metal gates.
US07919829B2	Liner for shallow trench isolation A method of depositing dielectric material into sub-micron spaces and resultant structures is provided. After a trench is etched in the surface of a wafer, a silicon nitride barrier is deposited into the trench. The silicon nitride layer has a high nitrogen content near the trench walls to protect the walls. The silicon nitride layer further from the trench walls has a low nitrogen content and a high silicon content, to allow improved adhesion. The trench is then filled with a spin-on precursor. A densification or reaction process is then applied to convert the spin-on material into an insulator. The resulting trench has a well-adhered insulator which helps the insulating properties of the trench.
US07919828B2	Image sensor for reduced dark current A method and structure for reducing dark current in an image sensor includes preventing unwanted electrons from being collected in the photosensitive region of the image sensor. In one embodiment, dark current is reduced by providing a deep n-type region having an n-type peripheral sidewall formed in a p-type substrate region underlying a pixel array region to separate the pixel array region from a peripheral circuitry region of the image sensor. The method and structure also provide improved protection from blooming.
US07919825B2	Thin film transistors with poly(arylene ether) polymers as gate dielectrics and passivation layers The use of a poly(arylene ether) polymer as a passivation or gate dielectric layer in thin film transistors. This poly(arylene ether) polymer includes polymer repeat units of the following structure: —(O—Ar1—O—Ar2—O—)m—(—O—Ar3—O—Ar4—O)n— where Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and Ar4 are identical or different aryl radicals, m is 0 to 1, n is 1−m, and at least one of the aryl radicals is grafted to the backbone of the polymer.
US07919824B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a super junction region that has a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor pillar region and a second-conductivity-type second semiconductor pillar region alternately provided on the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor pillar region and the second semiconductor pillar region in a termination region have a lamination form resulting from alternate lamination of the first semiconductor pillar region and the second semiconductor pillar region on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor pillar region and/or the second semiconductor pillar region at a corner part of the termination region exhibit an impurity concentration distribution such that a plurality of impurity concentration peaks appear periodically. The first semiconductor pillar region and/or the second semiconductor pillar region at a corner part of the termination region have an impurity amount such that it becomes smaller as being closer to the circumference of the corner part.
US07919817B2	Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection applying high voltage lightly doped drain (LDD) CMOS technologies An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a triggering diode that includes a junction between a P-grade (PG) region and an N-well. The PG region has a dopant profile equivalent to a P-drain dopant profile of a PMOS transistor having a breakdown voltage represented by V whereby the triggering diode for conducting a current when a voltage greater than the breakdown voltage V is applied. In an exemplary embodiment, the dopant profile of the PG region includes two dopant implant profiles that include a shallow implant profile with a higher dopant concentration and a deep implant profile with a lower dopant concentration.
US07919816B2	Electrostatic discharge protection element A gate controlled fin resistance element for use as an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection element in an electrical circuit has a fin structure having a first connection region, a second connection region and a channel region formed between the first and second connection regions. Furthermore, the fin resistance element has a gate region formed at least over a part of the surface of the channel region. The gate region is electrically coupled to a gate control device, which gate control device controls an electrical potential applied to the gate region in such a way that the gate controlled fin resistance element has a high electrical resistance during a first operating state of the electrical circuit and a lower electrical resistance during a second operating state, which is characterized by the occurrence of an ESD event.
US07919815B1	Spinel wafers and methods of preparation Wafer suitable for semiconductor deposition application can be fabricated to have low bow, warp, total thickness variation, taper, and total indicated reading properties. The wafers can be fabricated by cutting a boule to produce rough-cut wafers, lapping the rough-cut wafers, etching the lapped wafers to remove a defect, deformation zone and relieve residual stress, and chemically mechanically polishing the etched wafers to desired finish properties. Etching can be performed by immersion in a heated etching solution comprising sulfuric acid or a mixture of sulfuric and phosphoric acids. A low pH slurry utilized in chemical mechanical polishing of the spinel wafer can comprise α-Al2O3 and an organic phosphate.
US07919814B2	Semiconductor device with integrated circuit electrically connected to a MEMS sensor by a through-electrode As well as achieving both downsizing and thickness reduction and sensitivity improvement of a semiconductor device that has: a MEMS sensor formed by bulk micromachining technique such as an acceleration sensor and an angular rate sensor; and an LSI circuit, a packaging structure of the semiconductor device having the MEMS sensor and the LSI circuit can be simplified. An integrated circuit having MISFETs and wirings is formed on a silicon layer of an SOI substrate, and the MEMS sensor containing a structure inside is formed by processing a substrate layer of the SOI substrate. In other words, by using both surfaces of the SOI substrate, the integrated circuit and the MEMS sensor are mounted on one SOI substrate. The integrated circuit and the MEMS sensor are electrically connected to each other by a through-electrode provided in the SOI substrate.
US07919811B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same A semiconductor device includes a second-conductivity-type base region provided on a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a first-conductivity-type source region provided on the second-conductivity-type base region, a gate insulating film covering an inner wall of a trench which passes through the second-conductivity-type base region and reaching the first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a gate electrode buried in the trench via the gate insulating film, and a second-conductivity-type region being adjacent to the second-conductivity-type base region below the first-conductivity-type source region, spaced from the gate insulating film, and having a higher impurity concentration than the second-conductivity-type base region. c≧d is satisfied, where d is a depth from an upper surface of the first-conductivity-type source region to a lower end of the gate electrode, and c is a depth from an upper surface of the first-conductivity-type source region to a lower surface of the second-conductivity-type base region.
US07919806B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and fabrication method therefor Disclosed herein is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, including a memory transistor. The memory transistor has a channel formation region defined between two source and drain regions formed on a semiconductor substrate a bottom insulating film, a charge storage film and a top insulating film formed in order at least on the channel formation region, the charge storage film having a charge storage function, and a gate electrode formed on the top insulating film. The bottom insulating film is formed from a plurality of films containing nitrogen such that the content of nitrogen of a lowermost one of the films which contacts with the channel formation region and an uppermost one of the films which contacts with the gate electrode is higher than that of the other one or ones of the films which exist between the uppermost and lowermost films.
US07919804B2	Power distribution for high-speed integrated circuits An improved technique for power distribution for use by high speed integrated circuit devices. A mixture of high dielectric constant, Er and low Er materials are used in a dielectric layer sandwiched between the voltage and ground planes of a printed circuit board that is used to fixture one or more integrated circuit devices. The low Er material is used in an area contained by the location of the integrated circuit device and its corresponding decoupling capacitors located nearby. High Er material is used in areas between the regions of low Er material. The low Er material improves that speed at which current from an adjoining decoupling capacitor can propagate to a power pin of the integrated circuit device. The high Er material mitigates cross-coupling of noise between the low Er regions.
US07919799B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a logic formation region where a logic device is formed; a first impurity region formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the logic formation region; a second impurity region formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the logic formation region; a third impurity region formed in an upper surface of the first impurity region and having a conductivity type different from that of the second impurity region; a fourth region formed in an upper surface of the second impurity region and having a conductivity type different from that of the second impurity region; a first silicide film formed in an upper surface of the third impurity region; a second silicide film formed in an upper surface of the fourth impurity region and having a larger thickness than the first silicide film.
US07919796B2	Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same Provided is an image sensor. The image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric, metal interconnections, a first electrode, a lower electrode, a second electrode, and a photodiode. The semiconductor substrate has at least one transistor thereon. The interlayer dielectric is on the semiconductor substrate. The metal interconnections pass through the interlayer dielectric. The first electrode is in the interlayer dielectric between the metal interconnections. The lower electrode is on the interlayer dielectric to connect to the metal interconnection. The second electrode is on the interlayer dielectric at a position corresponding to the first electrode, and a gap region is between the second electrode and the lower electrode. The photodiode is on the interlayer dielectric with the lower electrode and the second electrode.
US07919795B2	Wire structure, method for fabricating wire, thin film transistor substrate, and method for fabricating the thin film transistor substrate Provided are a wire structure, a method for fabricating a wire, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a method for fabricating a TFT substrate. The wire structure includes a barrier layer formed on a substrate and including copper, copper solid solution layer.
US07919791B2	Doped group III-V nitride materials, and microelectronic devices and device precursor structures comprising same A Group III-V nitride microelectronic device structure including a delta doped layer and/or a doped superlattice. A delta doping method is described, including the steps of: depositing semiconductor material on a substrate by a first epitaxial film growth process; terminating the deposition of semiconductor material on the substrate to present an epitaxial film surface; delta doping the semiconductor material at the epitaxial film surface, to form a delta doping layer thereon; terminating the delta doping; resuming deposition of semiconductor material to deposit semiconductor material on the delta doping layer, in a second epitaxial film growth process; and continuing the semiconductor material second epitaxial film growth process to a predetermined extent, to form a doped microelectronic device structure, wherein the delta doping layer is internalized in semiconductor material deposited in the first and second epitaxial film growth processes.
US07919784B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device and method for making same One embodiment of the present invention provides a semiconductor light-emitting device, which comprises: an upper cladding layer; a lower cladding layer; an active layer between the upper and lower cladding layers; an upper ohmic-contact layer forming a conductive path to the upper cladding layer; and a lower ohmic-contact layer forming a conductive path the lower cladding layer. The lower ohmic-contact layer has a shape substantially different from the shape of the upper ohmic-contact layer, thereby diverting a carrier flow away from a portion of the active layer which is substantially below the upper ohmic-contact layer when a voltage is applied to the upper and lower ohmic-contact layers.
US07919783B2	Light-emitting element and light-emitting device employing the same An object is to provide a white light-emitting element which emits broad white light which is close to natural light and covers a wide wavelength range; that is, a white light-emitting element which has a broad spectrum waveform. Further, there are various different kinds of white light; however, in particular, an object is to provide a white light-emitting element which emits white light which is close to the standard white color of the NTSC. Over a substrate 100, a second light-emitting element 110 and a first light-emitting element 120 are stacked in series. The first light-emitting element 120 exhibits a light emission spectrum having two peaks (two peaks in the blue to green wavelength range) and is disposed close to a film of light-reflecting material. The second light-emitting element 110 exhibits a light emission spectrum having a peak in the orange to red wavelength range, and is disposed in a position which is not close to the film of light-reflecting material.
US07919779B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises steps of forming a metal film, an insulating film, and an amorphous semiconductor film in sequence over a first substrate; crystallizing the metal film and the amorphous semiconductor film; forming a first semiconductor element by using the crystallized semiconductor film as an active region; attaching a support to the first semiconductor element by using an adhesive; causing separation between the metal film and the insulating film; attaching a second substrate to the separated insulating film; separating the support by removing the adhesive; forming an amorphous semiconductor film over the first semiconductor element; and forming a second semiconductor element using the amorphous semiconductor film as an active region.
US07919778B2	Making organic thin film transistor array panels An organic thin film transistor (OTFT) array panel for a display device includes a gate line and a pixel electrode formed on a substrate, the gate line and pixel electrode each having a first conductive layer including a transparent conductive oxide and a second conductive layer including a metal, a data line crossing the gate line and including a source electrode, a drain electrode facing the source electrode and connected with the pixel electrode, and an organic semiconductor in contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US07919777B2	Bottom gate thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a bottom gate thin film transistor (“TFT”) in which a polycrystalline channel region having a large grain size is formed relatively simply and easily. The method of manufacturing a bottom gate thin film transistor includes forming a bottom gate electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate to cover the bottom gate electrode, forming an amorphous semiconductor layer, an N-type semiconductor layer and an electrode layer on the gate insulating layer sequentially, etching an electrode region and an N-type semiconductor layer region formed on the bottom gate electrode sequentially to expose an amorphous semiconductor layer region, melting the amorphous semiconductor layer region using a laser annealing method, and crystallizing the melted amorphous semiconductor layer region to form a laterally grown polycrystalline channel region.
US07919775B2	Semiconductor device and method comprising a high voltage reset driver and an isolated memory array A method of operating a semiconductor device, a semiconductor device and a digital micromirror system are presented. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a grounded substrate, a memory array, and a reset driver. The memory array may be isolated from the grounded substrate with a buried layer. The set of voltages of the memory array may be shifted with respect to a reset voltage. The reset driver may drive the reset voltage and the reset driver may have at least one extended drain transistor in the grounded substrate.
US07919773B2	Aromatic amine compound, and light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic appliance using the aromatic amine compound An object of the present invention is to provide a novel aromatic amine compound, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic appliance with high luminous efficiency. An aromatic amine compound expressed by General Formula (1) and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic appliance formed using the aromatic amine compound expressed by General Formula (1) are provided. By the use of the aromatic amine compound expressed by General Formula (1), the light-emitting element, the light-emitting device, and the electronic appliance can have high luminous efficiency.
US07919772B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A nonvolatile memory has a problem in that applied voltage is high. This is because a carrier needs to be injected into a floating gate through an insulating film by a tunneling effect. In addition, there is concern about deterioration of the insulating film by performing such carrier injection. An object of the present invention is to provide a memory in which applied voltage is lowered and deterioration of an insulating film is prevented. One feature is to use a layer in which an inorganic compound having a charge-transfer complex is mixed with an organic compound as a layer functioning as a floating gate of a memory. A specific example is an element having a transistor structure where a layer in which an inorganic compound having a charge-transfer complex is mixed with an organic compound and which is sandwiched between insulating layers is used as a floating gate.
US07919770B2	Substituted benzazoloporphyrazines for polymerization and surface attachment and articles formed therefrom The present invention provides an article of manufacture formed from a substrate and a benzazoloporphyrazine bound to the substrate. The article may take a variety of different forms and may be for example an electrochromic display, a molecular capacitor, a battery, a solar cell, or a molecular memory device. Methods of making such articles, along with compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making such benzazoloporphyrazines, are also described.
US07919769B2	Three-dimensional illuminators An exemplary illuminator includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting chip. The light-emitting chip includes light-emitting layers arranged three-dimensionally. The first and second electrodes are configured for providing different voltages to the light-emitting chip, and the light-emitting chip is capable of emitting light simultaneously along all dimensional axes.
US07919767B2	Semiconductor memory device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor memory device comprises a heater electrode, a phase change portion, a heat insulation portion and an upper electrode. The phase change portion comprises a concave portion and a contact portion. The concave portion is in contact with the heater electrode. The contact portion is formed integrally with the concave portion. The heat insulation portion is formed in the concave portion. The upper electrode is formed on the contact portion and the heat insulation portion so that the heat insulation portion is positioned between the concave portion and the upper electrode.
US07919761B2	Fluorescence observation apparatus Clearly observing the state of an examination site is made by sufficiently suppressing the influence of residues. Fluorescence observation apparatus includes: a light source emits excitation light for irradiating the vicinity of an examination site; a fluorescence information acquisition unit acquires information about fluorescence emitted from the vicinity of the examination site through the irradiation with the excitation light from the light source; a residue fluorescence information acquisition unit acquires information about fluorescence emitted from residues selectively dyed with a fluorescent dye, through the irradiation with the excitation light from the light source; and a fluorescence information correction unit generates fluorescence information about the examination site in which the fluorescence from the residues is suppressed, based on the fluorescence information from the vicinity of the examination site, acquired by the fluorescence information acquisition unit, and the fluorescence information from the residues, acquired by the residue fluorescence information acquisition unit.
US07919757B2	Radiation detector A thin radiation detector with a high sensitivity is described. The radiation detector has light receiving elements receiving lights emitted by scintillators, performs a photoelectric conversion by using an avalanche multiplication film formed by amorphous selenium, and reads signals by using electron beams constantly discharged from a plurality of electron beam emitting sources called as a field emission array. The avalanche multiplication film formed by amorphous selenium is quite thin and has a simple structure, so it can be formed compactly and realized at a low cost. In addition, a signal amplification degree is approximately 1000 times, so an expensive low noise amplifier or a dedicated temperature adjusting mechanism is not required, and a quantum efficiency is sufficient for a wavelength of 300˜400 nm.
US07919756B2	Gamma image detection device The invention provides a detection device and a method of making a gamma detection image.The detection device comprises a gamma camera and an additional camera, that can make an image of the object outside the gamma detection space. Through correlating the positions of the object with respect to the first and the second camera, the images therefrom may also be correlated.The correlation of the images allows quick and accurate navigation through the object.
US07919750B2	Electron gun, electron beam exposure apparatus, and exposure method An electron gun includes an electron source configured to emit electrons. The electron source includes an electron emission region configured to emit the electrons and an electron emission restrictive region configured to restrict emission of the electrons. The electron emission restrictive region is located on a side surface of the electron source except an electron emission surface on a tip of the electron source and is covered with a different material from the electron source. The electron gun emits thermal field-emitted electrons by applying an electric field to the tip while maintaining a sufficiently low temperature to avoid sublimation of a material of the electron source. The material of the electron source may be lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) or cerium hexaboride (CeB6). The electron emission restrictive region may be covered with carbon.
US07919740B2	Wing-unfolding apparatus, folding wing assembly, and vehicle with folding wing assemblies An apparatus for wing unfolding is particularly suited for an airborne vehicle. The apparatus has a base body with a longitudinal axis, a number of moveable flaps, and a number of lateral recesses. Attachment devices are configured for fitting the base body to an end face of a wing, with the one or more moveable flap being formed to influence a drag of the wing. Each lateral recess is designed for self-detachable attachment of the base body to the wing. Furthermore, a folding wing is specified, in particular for an airborne vehicle, having a wing, having a swiveling mechanism for extension of the wing to a limit position, having a wing pocket for holding the wing on the longitudinal side in the retracted state, and having an apparatus, which is arranged at the end, for wing unfolding of the type already known. A flying object, such as a guided missile, has a number of such folding wing assemblies.
US07919737B2	High-speed cooking oven with optimized cooking efficiency The present invention is directed to improving the conventional high-speed cooking oven based on a combination of hot air impingement and microwave heating by providing a time-dependent spatial variation in the net air impingement and/or net microwave energy applied to the food product in the oven. This is aimed at optimizing heat transfer and microwave efficiencies in a high-speed cooking oven, thereby enabling the oven to deliver an optimal cooking efficiency in comparison to the conventional high-speed cooking oven. In addition, under the present invention, the cooking efficiency may be further optimized by dimensioning the nozzles for hot air impingement to tighten impingement plumes, subject to the space constraint of the oven's cooking chamber, and dimensioning the cooking chamber of the oven in integer multiples of the wavelength of the microwave energy to match the microwave load. With the optimized cooking efficiency provided by the present invention, the high speed cooking technology may now be extended to ovens operating on a power supply based on a voltage less than 220 volts, preferably between 110 and 125 volts, with more productive results, so that the high-speed cooking technology may find a wider applicability and customer base.
US07919734B2	Method for manufacturing ceramic heater and ceramic heater A ceramic heater includes a core material and a ceramic sheet covering the core material, and wherein a side of the ceramic sheet opposite the core material is an outer side of the ceramic heater. A method for manufacturing the ceramic heater includes forming a through hole in a ceramic sheet which is diametrically enlarged from a first surface toward a second surface of the ceramic sheet, forming a via conductor, forming on the second surface a heating portion and lead portion for connecting the heating portion and the via conductor, and covering a core material with the ceramic sheet such that the first surface faces an outer side of the ceramic heater.
US07919729B2	Heating vessel A heating vessel comprises a bottom portion made of conductive material and perimeter wall extending upward from the bottom portion to form a perimeter and covers the vessel such as to form a cavity. The perimeter wall comprises an outer wall and an inner wall, and at least an adiabatic portion defined between the outer wall and the inner wall, which is as an adiabatic layer. The dimension of the inner wall is less than the outer wall. The inner wall is connected to the bottom.
US07919728B2	Welding current controlling method in arc welding process using consumable electrode upon detection of constriction A welding current controlling method is provided for an arc welding process using a consumable electrode and including an alternate repetition of a short-circuiting state and an arc generating state occurring between the consumable electrode and a base material. In the method, a neck detection is performed for the molten electrode in the short-circuiting period of time to determine if a new arc is established between the consumable electrode and the base material. Upon detection of the neck, the welding current is sharply decreased. After the new arc is established, the welding current is increased from a low level to a high level with a predetermined inclination selected for reducing vibration to the molten pool.
US07919719B2	Dome contact used in pushbutton switch A dome contact (32) for pushbutton switches (300) includes a diaphragm (33) having a reversible dome portion (331), and a bump (34) projecting from a central portion of a convex surface of the dome portion. A method for fabricating the dome contact includes steps of: providing a diaphragm formed by injection molding or screen printing; and forming a bump on a central portion of a convex surface of the diaphragm via thermal extrusion laminating technology of rapid prototyping technology.
US07919716B2	Printed wiring board and electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, a printed wiring board includes an insulating layer, a first conductor pattern on the insulating layer configured to be a signal line, and a second conductor pattern on the insulating layer. The second conductor pattern includes a larger conductor area than the first conductor pattern, and a slit which allows the second conductor pattern to stretch to follow a thermal expansion of the insulating layer.
US07919713B2	Low noise oximetry cable including conductive cords In an embodiment, one or more conductive cable cords are twisted with the sensitive signal carrying cables. The cords may advantageously comprise dummy wires, or very flexible hollow cables without an inner conductor. As the conductive cords do not carry and inner conductor, the conductive cords are individually flexible and small, resulting in a twisted bundle that more is flexible while potentially having a smaller outer diameter.
US07919707B2	Musical sound identification Systems and methods for identifying musical sounds are provided. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a collection of sound identifiers. Each sound identifier in the collection identifies a sound. Each sound identifier is associated with a corresponding audio representation. The collection of sound identifiers is used to construct a hierarchy of sound identifiers where each sound identifier appears only once in the hierarchy of sound identifiers. The hierarchy of sound identifiers is arranged according to a musical similarity between the sounds identified by the collection of sound identifiers. A selection of a first sound identifier is received. The first audio representation corresponding to the first sound identified by the first sound identifier is unavailable. The second sound identifier identifies a second sound that is musically similar to the first sound identified by the first sound identifier. An available second audio representation corresponding to a second sound identifier is provided.
US07919705B2	Music training system A method and apparatus for displaying a sheet of music, which may include providing an image of the sheet of music on an electronic storage media; transmitting the image from the electronic storage media into a system processor; showing the image on a display; and electronically scrolling lines of the music image as a musician plays each line on an instrument. Optionally, the apparatus may include a storage media into which a music sheet is scanned to form an image; a system processor for storing and processing the image from the storage media; and an electronic display for displaying the image while the musician plays the music from the image.
US07919704B2	Voice signal blocker, talk assisting system using the same and musical instrument equipped with the same A talk assisting system has a vibration sensor for detecting tones produced through a musical instrument and a signal interrupter connected between a microphone and a sound system; while a player is fingering a music tune on the musical instrument, pieces of vibration data express a wide amplitude of the vibrations, and a tone discriminator changes a state signal to an active high level; and the signal interrupter is responsive to the state signal so as to block the sound system from the voice signal, whereby the tones are not mixed with the voice.
US07919702B2	Apparatus and method of displaying infinitely small divisions of measurement The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of precise levels of measurement. In one embodiment, labels are placed around the perimeter of a circle. The difference between a target quantity and a measured quantity is visualized by displaying a line between two of the labels. In some embodiments, the lines representing the intervals are color coded with a different color for each of a chosen set of intervals. In other embodiments, a series of concentric circles are used, with the color within each circle indicating a level of measurement within a given range of measurement.
US07919700B2	Kalimba system A musical instrument held and played by hand such as a kalimba having a hollow sound chamber and an angled footing mounting on an outer surface of the sound chamber. A plurality of interchangeable one piece key plate mounted to the angled footing each key plate including a plurality of keys, each key having a length corresponding to a permanent preset musical tone or note. Each interchangeable key plate can have a set of musical sounds different from other key plates such that a musician can change key plates to change the style of music played, or to suit the desired educational environment.
US07919697B1	Maize variety PHROC A novel maize variety designated PHR0C and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHR0C with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHR0C 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 PHR0C or a trait conversion of PHR0C with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHR0C, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHR0C and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US07919694B1	Maize variety PHR1C A novel maize variety designated PHR1C and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHR1C with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHR1C 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 PHR1C or a trait conversion of PHR1C with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHR1C, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHR1C and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US07919690B2	Cotton variety 05Y067 The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05Y067. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05Y067. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05Y067 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 05Y067 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07919687B1	Soybean variety XB38N08 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB38N08. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB38N08, to the plants of soybean XB38N08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB38N08 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB38N08 with another soybean plant, using XB38N08 as either the male or the female parent.
US07919676B2	Msca1 nucleotide sequences impacting plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male fertility in plants.
US07919675B2	Marker mapping and resistance gene associations in soybean The invention provides novel molecular genetic markers in soybean, where the markers are useful, for example, in the marker-assisted selection of gene alleles that impart disease-resistance, thereby allowing the identification and selection of a disease-resistant plant. The markers also find use in positional cloning of disease-resistance genes.
US07919671B2	Method for testing a compound for a therapeutic effect and a diagnostic method A method for testing compound for a therapeutic effect utilizing a non-human animal or cell having disruption in the prostatic acid phosphatase gene resulting in a decrease or absence in the activity or the level of prostatic acid phosphatase. The compound may be used for treating disorders related to unbalanced phosphatidylinositol phosphate cascade or signaling pathway. Diagnostic methods and methods for treating the disorders with therapeutic compounds or by gene therapy are also disclosed.
US07919667B1	Absorbent products and methods of preparation thereof An improved absorbency material for absorbency applications comprised of a cellulosic fibrous material wherein said cellulosic fibrous material such as pulp is a cold alkali solution treated material at a treatment temperature of less than about 50° C.; a process for improving absorbency and other characteristics of said pulp.
US07919661B2	Method for production of styrene from toluene and syngas A method for the production of styrene comprising reacting toluene and syngas in one or more reactors is disclosed.
US07919657B2	Process for dehydration of hexafluoroacetone hydrate To provide a process for producing anhydrous hexafluoroacetone from hexafluoroacetone hydrate. To provide a process taking environment into consideration, that does not require a treatment of wastes, such as waste sulfuric acid, containing organic substances, which is inevitable in processes conducted hitherto using concentrated sulfuric acid, fuming sulfuric acid, and the like.A process for dehydrating a hexafluoroacetone hydrate, comprising introducing a hexafluoroacetone hydrate and hydrogen fluoride either as a mixture or separately into a distillation column, obtaining a composition containing hexafluoroacetone or a hexafluoroacetone-hydrogen fluoride adduct and hydrogen fluoride as a low boiling component, and obtaining a composition containing water and hydrogen fluoride as a high boiling component.
US07919655B2	Method for producing an amine Processes comprising: (i) providing a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones and mixtures thereof; and (ii) reacting the reactant with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a zirconium dioxide- and nickel-containing catalytically active composition, to form an amine; wherein the catalytically active composition, prior to reduction with hydrogen, comprises oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, and nickel, and one or more oxygen compounds of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Sb, Pb, Bi, and In.
US07919651B2	Positive resist composition, method of forming resist pattern, polymeric compound, and compound A compound represented by general formula (I) shown below; and a polymeric compound having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) shown below: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a halogenated lower alkyl group; A represents a divalent hydrocarbon group of 2 or more carbon atoms which may have a substituent; B represents a divalent hydrocarbon group of 1 or more carbon atoms which may have a substituent; and R2 represents an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group.
US07919647B2	Selective androgen receptor modulators and methods of use thereof This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents. The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM).
US07919645B2	High shear system and process for the production of acetic anhydride A system and method for a high shear mechanical device incorporated into a process for the production of acetic anhydride as a reactor device is shown to be capable of decreasing mass transfer limitations, thereby enhancing the process. A system for the production of acetic anhydride including the mixing of catalyst and acetic acid via a high shear device.
US07919637B2	Fluorine-containing spiroacetal compound and method of producing the same A fluorine-containing spiroacetal compound represented by the following formula (A): wherein X represents >C(CF3)(Y) or >C═CF2, in which Y represents —CF2OCOR1, —COOR2, —COF, or —CH2OR3, R1 represents an alkyl or cycloalkyl group having at least one fluorine atom, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an alkyl group, or a cycloalkyl group and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; wherein the alkyl or cycloalkyl group for R1 may have a substituent other than fluorine atom; the alkyl or cycloalkyl group for R2 may have a substituent; and the acyl group for R3 may have a substituent.
US07919630B2	Synthesis of imidazole 2-thiones via thiohydantoins The present invention provides a method of making an imidazole 2-thione which comprises the step(s) of reducing a thiohydantoin to said imidazole-2-thione.
US07919621B2	Tricyclic inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which inhibit the activity of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO). Also described herein are methods of using such 5-LO inhibitors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other leukotriene-dependent or leukotriene mediated conditions, diseases, or disorders.
US07919620B2	Agent for suppressing blood pressure elevation The antihypertensive agent of the present invention contains a soluble silicon compound. The soluble silicon compound is preferably metasilicic acid or a salt thereof. In one embodiment, the antihypertensive agent of the present invention contains deep sea water containing the soluble silicon compound, or a dried product of such deep sea water. It is preferred that in such embodiment, the antihypertensive agent further contains metasilicic acid or a salt thereof. The amount of silicon present in the deep sea water in the form of silicic acid (SiO2—Si) is 25 μM or more. The deep sea water is typically collected at a depth of 300 m or deeper, and preferably at a depth of 600 m or deeper.
US07919617B2	Cytokine inhibitors The present invention provides low molecular weight compounds useful as cytokine inhibitors, and compositions thereof. In particular, compounds of the invention are useful as anti-inflammatory agents. There are further provided methods for the preparation of such agents and their use in preventing or treating conditions mediated by cytokines such as arthritis.
US07919616B2	Carbapenem compound The present invention relates to a carbapenem compound represented by formula (Ia) shown below: The carbapenem compound preferably has a crystalline form, and more preferably, the crystalline form has a powder X-ray diffraction pattern with peaks at 15.64, 9.93, 6.83, 6.52, 5.44, 5.01, 4.72, 4.50, 4.33, 4.24, 3.98, 3.85, 3.57, 3.41, 3.31, 3.10 2.76, and 2.67 as d-spacings (Å).
US07919613B2	RNAi modulation of SCAP and therapeutic uses thereof The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a SCAP gene (Human SCAP gene), comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less that 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-25 nucleotides in length, and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of a SCAP gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; methods for treating diseases caused by Human SCAP expression and the expression of a SCAP gene using the pharmaceutical composition; and methods for inhibiting the expression of a SCAP gene in a cell.
US07919612B2	2′-substituted oligomeric compounds and compositions for use in gene modulations Compositions comprising first and second oligomers are provided wherein at least a portion of the first oligomer is capable of hybridizing with at least a portion of the second oligomer, at least a portion of the first oligomer is complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid, and at least one of the first or second oligomers includes a modified sugar and/or backbone modification. In some embodiments the modification is a 2′ substituent group on a sugar moiety that is not H or OH. Oligomer/protein compositions are also provided comprising an oligomer complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid and at least one protein comprising at least a portion of an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), wherein at least one nucleotide of the oligomer has a modified sugar and/or backbone modification.
US07919608B2	Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from maize are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts.
US07919606B2	Biological products There is disclosed antibody molecules containing at least one CDR derived from a mouse monoclonal antibody having specificity for human CD22. There is also disclosed a CDR grafted antibody wherein at least one of the CDRs is a modified CDR. Further disclosed are DNA sequences encoding the chains of the antibody molecules, vectors, transformed host cells and uses of the antibody molecules in the treatment of diseases mediated by cells expressing CD22.
US07919597B2	Method of producing cell extract for cell-free protein synthesis A cell extract for cell-free protein synthesis is produced by removing substances, which bind to an affinity support to be used in purification or interaction analysis, from a cell extract having protein synthetic activity. Then, a target protein is synthesized by using the cell extract for cell-free protein synthesis. The synthesized target protein can be purified by using the affinity support and used in interaction analysis.
US07919593B2	Human antibodies to human delta like ligand 4 An isolated human antibody or a fragment of a human antibody which specifically binds to human delta-like ligand 4 (hDll4) and blocks hDll4 binding to a Notch receptor. The human anti-hDll4 antibody or antibody fragment binds hDll4 with an affinity of ≦500 pM, as measured by surface plasmon resonance.
US07919592B2	Method for separating off viruses from a protein solution by means of nanofiltration A method for separating off viruses from a protein solution by nanofiltration, comprising adding to the protein solution at least one ingredient chosen from chaotropic substances chosen from arginine, guanidine, citrulline, urea and derivatives thereof and salts thereof, and compounds chosen from polyethoxysorbitan esters and derivatives thereof, prior to the nanofiltration, in order to decrease or prevent aggregation of the protein molecules, and then filtering the solution through a filter having a pore size ranging from 15 nm to less than 35 nm.
US07919591B2	Modified human plasma polypeptide or Fc scaffolds and their uses Modified human plasma polypeptides or Fc and uses thereof are provided.
US07919589B2	Method for removing endotoxin from proteins Disclosed is a method for removing endotoxin from proteins. Also disclosed are products made by using the method. The method may be used, for example, to produce endotoxin-free lactoferrin. Bovine milk-derived lactoferrin may be produced in commercial quantities by the method, and endotoxin-free bovine lactoferrin may be used for a variety of therapeutic uses, including improving wound healing.
US07919588B2	Netrin receptors The invention provides methods and compositions relating to vertebrate UNC-5 proteins which function as receptor proteins for netrins, a family of cell guidance proteins. The proteins may be produced recombinantly from transformed host cells from the disclosed vertebrate UNC-5 encoding nucleic acid or purified from human cells. The invention provides specific hybridization probes and primers capable of specifically hybridizing with the disclosed vertebrate unc-5 gene, vertebrate UNC-5-specific binding agents such as specific antibodies, and methods of making and using the subject compositions in diagnosis, therapy and in the biopharmaceutical industry.
US07919587B2	Isolated aquaporin in its closed conformation The invention relates to an isolated aquaporin having a bound ligand, wherein said ligand close the conformation of said aquaporin and inhibit and/or reduce water transport of said aquaporin, and/or a high resolution structure of an isolated aquaporin in a closed conformation characterized by the coordinates deposited at the Protein Data Bank ID:1Z98 and as set forth in Appendix 1, a crystal of said isolated aquaporin as well as the coordinates defining said crystal and the use of said aquaporin, and the use of the high-resolution structure as defined by the coordinates deposited at PDB ID:1Z98 and as set forth in Appendix 1, and a method to produce said aquaporin.
US07919583B2	Integration-site directed vector systems Some aspects of the application describe materials and methods for making a molecular tether. A molecular tether, in certain embodiments, includes a target-DNA-binding domain having a specific binding affinity for a target-DNA segment in a host chromosome, a carrier-binding domain that specifically binds to a DNA segment on a carrier, and a spacer covalently bonded to the target DNA-binding domain and the carrier-binding domain.
US07919581B2	Bi-dentate compounds as kinase inhibitors The present invention provides compound having the general structure A or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Het-L-P (A) wherein Het is an aromatic moiety comprising a heterocyclic structure mimicking ATP, P is a docking site derived peptide or a docking site peptide mimetic, and L is a linking moiety, wherein L links the ATP mimetic to the docking site peptide moiety. The compounds having the general structure A can serve as inhibitors of kinases, such as the kinases JNK, Erk and p38.
US07919580B2	Polysaccharide-protein binding model and nano-fibril formation of a starch binding domain A polysaccharide-protein binding model of SBD, and a fibril-forming 14-residue peptide consisting of X1NNNX2X3NYQX4X5X6X7X8, wherein the X1 and X8 mean a pair of opposite charged amino acid residues, and the X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, or X7 means an amino acid residue is described. A mixture for diminising a polysaccharide, comprising at least two starch binding domains (SBDs) and a polysaccharide in a helix form is also presented. A method of providing an oligosaccharide, and a method of producing an amyloid-like fibril and use thereof are further described.
US07919579B2	Imaging and therapeutic targeting of prostate and bladder tissues The present invention provides methods for imaging and the treatment of cancer. In certain embodiments, a polyarginine (e.g., R11) may be used to selectively image prostate or bladder cells (e.g., a metastatic prostate cancer). In other embodiments, a DOC-2/DAB2 peptide, optionally conjugated to a cell permeable peptide (e.g., R11) may be used to treat a cancer, such as prostate cancer.
US07919578B2	Methods and compositions for inhibition of BCL6 repression Provided are peptides or mimetics that block corepressor binding to a BCL6 lateral groove. Also provided are methods of blocking corepressor binding to the BCL6 lateral groove. Additionally, methods of inhibiting BCL6 repression in a mammalian, cell, and methods of treating a mammal with cancer are provided.
US07919575B2	Starter feed stream acidification in DMC-catalyzed process The process of the present invention provides for the manufacture of lower molecular weight DMC-catalyzed polyols than is possible using non-acidified continuous addition of starter (CAOS) feeds, by adding excess acid to a starter feed stream over that required for mere neutralization of the basicity of the starter. The benefits of the invention also extend to starters which do not contain basicity. Polyether polyols made by the inventive process may be used to produce improved polyurethane products such as coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, foams and the like.
US07919571B2	Polybutadiene as well as rubber composition using the same and tire This invention provides a polybutadiene capable of improving wear resistance and resistance to crack growth in a rubber composition and a tire, wherein values of e, f and g derived from the following determinant (I): ( 1.7455 0 - 0.0151 - 0.0454 0.4292 - 0.0129 - 0.007 0 0.3746 ) ⁢ ( log 10 ⁡ ( a / d ) log 10 ⁡ ( a / b ) log 10 ⁡ ( a / c ) ) = ( e f g ) ( I ) (wherein a is a mountain peak value around 1130 cm−1 in a transmittance spectrum through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and b is a valley peak value around 967 cm−1, and c is a valley peak value around 911 cm−1, and d is a valley peak value around 736 cm−1) satisfy relationships of equation (II): (Calculated value of cis-1,4 bond)=e/(e+f+g)×100≧99 and equation (III): (Calculated value of vinyl bond)=g/(e+f+g)×100≦0.
US07919568B2	Process for high temperature solution polymerization The current invention provides a method of improving the efficiency of one or more heat exchangers used in cooperation with a high temperature solution polymerization process. Addition of surface active agents, such as C6 to C22 carboxylic acids, to a two phase liquid-liquid polymer solution downstream of a reactor system and upstream of a heat exchanger system can increase the efficiency of heat exchange by more than 10%.
US07919567B2	Oligomeric halogenated chain extenders for preparing epoxy resins An oligomeric halogenated chain extender composition comprising the reaction product of: (a) an excess of a halogenated phenolic compound; and (b) a halogenated epoxy resin; in the presence of (c) a solvent; and a halogenated epoxy resin composition comprising the reaction product of the oligomeric halogenated chain extender composition with an epoxy resin.
US07919563B2	Low molecular weight hydrogenated nitrile rubber The present invention relates to the process for preparing hydrogenated nitrile rubber polymers having lower molecular weights and narrower molecular weight distributions than those known in the art.
US07919559B2	Chemical-resistant and impact-resistant thermoplastic resin composition with excellent hydrolysis resistance Disclosed herein is a chemical-resistant and impact-resistant thermoplastic resin composition having excellent hydrolysis resistance. The thermoplastic resin composition comprises (A) about 1 to about 97.9% by weight of an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer resin; (B) about 1 to about 97.9% by weight of a rubber modified aromatic vinyl copolymer resin; (C) about 1 to about 97.9% by weight of a polyester resin; and (D) about 0.1 to about 97% by weight of an amorphous cycloaliphatic diol modified polyester.
US07919555B2	Epoxy compositions having improved impact resistance This invention relates to compositions useful as adhesives and more particularly to the preparation of heat-cured epoxy-based adhesive compositions with improved impact resistance and good adhesion to oily metal substrates.
US07919553B2	Rubber composition for base tread and tire The present invention aims to produce a rubber composition for a base tread, which suppresses reversion and achieves excellent mechanical strength, fuel economy and processability, and a tire using the rubber composition, with high efficiency to provide them to customers at low prices. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a base tread, containing: a rubber component; and a mixture of a zinc salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and a zinc salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid, wherein the rubber component contains natural rubber and butadiene rubber, the butadiene rubber content being 10 to 90% by mass per 100% by mass of the rubber component, and the mixture of a zinc salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and a zinc salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid is contained in an amount of 1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
US07919550B2	Encapsulant of epoxy group-containing (meth)acrylic polymer, anhydride and (meth)acrylic monomer A photosemiconductor encapsulating resin composition, excellent in light transmittance, ultraviolet resistance and heat resistance, comprising the following component (A) and component (B): (A): a (meth)acrylic polymer containing an epoxy group, and (B): at least one hardener selected from the group consisting of the following components (b1) to (b4) (b1) a polyvalent carboxylic acid, (b2) a polyvalent carboxylic anhydride, (b3) a reaction product of a polyvalent carboxylic acid with a compound of the following general formula (B-1), and (b4) a reaction product of a polyvalent carboxylic anhydride with a compound of the following general formula (B-2) wherein R1 to R6 represent each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 may be bonded to form an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R7 represents an alkylene group; a methylene group contained the alkylene group and the alkyl group represented by R1 to R7 may be substituted by an ether group and/or carbonyl group; Y1 and Y2 represent each independently an oxygen atom, or sulfur atom, is provided.
US07919549B2	Biodegradable resin composition and molded article produced from the same Disclosed is a resin composition excellent in molding processability which comprises a plant-derived biodegradable plastic produced by actively fixing carbon dioxide present in the earth. A resin composition excellent in molding processability, comprising (A) a biodegradable (3-hydroxyalkanoate) copolymer having a recurring unit represented by the formula (1): [—CHR—CH2—CO—O—] (wherein R represents an alkyl group represented by the formula CnH2n+1 and n is an integer of 1 to 15) and 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of (A) the biodegradable (3-hydroxyalkanoate) copolymer, of (B) an acrylic modifier having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 500,000 to 10,000,000.
US07919546B2	Color integrated and mobile paint systems for producing paint from a plurality of prepaint components What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile-paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The mobile paint factory may include a vehicle having a paint production system and a paint mixer located thereon. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select through the paint production system an interior or exterior application environment, a paint sheen, and a paint quality; automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints; and agitating the dispensed prepaints.
US07919543B2	Inkjet inks, methods for applying inkjet ink, and articles printed with inkjet inks Compositions for inkjet inks, methods for applying the ink to a surface of a substrate, and articles that include indicia printed with the ink. The inkjet inks include a cellulose polymer and a liquid carrier. Unlike currently available commercial inks, the inkjet inks of this invention can be formulated with less toxic ingredients, thus reducing the risks of negative impact on environmental quality and the health and safety of workers who use the inks.
US07919541B2	Method of manufacturing flame-retardant polymer foam comprising a phosphorous flame retardant and flame-retardant foam produced thereby The present invention concerns a method of manufacturing flame-retardant polyethylene or polypropylene foam using a derivative of carboxylic acid of phenylphosphinic acid and the flame-retardant polymer foam made thereby. More specifically, this invention concerns a method of manufacturing highly expanded flame-retardant polymer foam prepared by mixing the above mentioned phosphorous flame retardant in a polymer resin and expanding the mixture with a volatile blowing agent or by applying a solution of an organic phosphorous compound to an already-made highly expanded foam and then drying the highly-expanded polymer foam, and the flame-retardant foam prepared thereby.
US07919538B2	Styrene acrylonitrile copolymer foam with infrared attenuating agents Polymer foam containing styrene-acrylonitrile and containing one or more infrared attenuating agents achieves surprisingly high dimensional integrity at elevated temperatures.
US07919535B2	Silica-based sols The invention relates to an aqueous sol containing silica-based particles which sol has a specific surface area of at least 115 m2/g aqueous sol and an S-value within the range of from 10 to 45% or contains silica-based particles having a specific surface area of at least 550 m2/g and less than 1000 m2/g SiO2. The invention further relates to processes for the production of said aqueous sol and the use of the aqueous sol containing silica-based particles as a drainage and retention aid in the production of paper as well as a process for the production of paper from an aqueous suspension containing cellulosic fibres, and optional filler, in which silica-based particles and at least one charged organic polymer are added to the cellulosic suspension.
US07919534B2	Mixing device Particular aspects provide compositions comprising an electrokinetically altered oxygenated aqueous fluid, wherein the oxygen in the fluid is present in an amount of at least 25 ppm. In certain aspects, the electrokinetically altered oxygenated aqueous fluid comprises electrokinetically modified or charged oxygen species present in an amount of at least 0.5 ppm. In certain aspects the electrokinetically altered oxygenated aqueous fluid comprises solvated electrons stabilized by molecular oxygen, and wherein the solvated electrons present in an amount of at least 0.01 ppm. In certain aspects, the fluid facilitates oxidation of pyrogallol to purpurogallin in the presence of horseradish peroxidase enzyme (HRP) in an amount above that afforded by a control pressure pot generated or fine-bubble generated aqueous fluid having an equivalent dissolved oxygen level, and wherein there is no hydrogen peroxide, or less than 0.1 ppm of hydrogen peroxide present in the electrokinetic oxygen-enriched aqueous fluid.
US07919531B2	3,5-dihydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadienones and their derivatives, dietary compositions and fortified food containing them and their uses The present invention refers especially to 3,5-dihydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadienones of the general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently from each other C1-6-alkyl, C2-6-alkenyl or x-oxo-Cx-alkyl with x being an integer from 1 to 6, preferably R1 and R2 are independently from each other C2-6-alkenyl or y-oxo-Cy-alkyl with y being an integer from 2 to 5, and wherein R3 and R4 are independently from each other hydroxy, C1-6-alkyl, C2-6-alkenyl or x-oxo-Cx-alkyl with x being an integer from 1 to 6, preferably R3 and R4 are independently from each other hydroxy or y-oxo-Cy-alkyl with y being an integer from 2 to 5, for use as mood balancing agents and stress relievers, as well as to dietary compositions and fortified food/feed/beverages containing such 3,5-dihydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadienones of the general formula (I), and their uses.
US07919530B2	Compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment of synucleinopathies Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.
US07919525B2	Radiation protection by gamma-tocotrienol The present invention relates to methods for the prevention and treatment of a mammal from radiation-induced internal injury using γ-tocotrienol, α-tocopherol succinate or γ-tocotrienol succinate. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods for preventing and treating radiation-induced injuries in a mammal by (1) subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, or intravascular injection of a therapeutically effective amount of γ-tocotrienol; or (2) oral administration of a therapeutically effective amount of α-tocopherol succinate or γ-tocotrienol succinate or both.
US07919524B2	Compounds, compositions and methods Compounds useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases and disorders by modulating the activity of KSP are disclosed.
US07919523B2	Inhibitors of aspartyl protease The present invention relates to a novel class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting HIV-1 and HIV-2 protease activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as anti-viral agents against the HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of HIV aspartyl protease using the compounds of this invention and methods for screening compounds for anti-HIV activity.
US07919519B2	S1P receptor modulating compounds and use thereof The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) that have activity as S1P receptor modulating agents and the use of such compounds to treat diseases associated with inappropriate S1P receptor activity. The compounds may be used as immunomodulators, e.g., for treating or preventing diseases such as autoimmune and related immune disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, uveitis, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, non-glomerular nephrosis, hepatitis, Behçet's disease, glomerulonephritis, chronic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic anemia, hepatitis and Wegner's granuloma; and for treating other conditions.
US07919515B2	3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives The invention relates to new compounds, being 3-phenylpropionic acid derivatives of formula I wherein W represents COOH group or its bioisosters, or —COO—C1-C4-alkyl group; Y represents NH, N—C1-C10-alkyl, O, or S; Z represents NH, N—C1-C10-alkyl, N-aryl, N-heteroaryl, S, or O; X represents O, S, NH, N—C1-C10-alkyl, N-aryl, NSO2—C1-C10-alkyl, N—SO2-aryl, or N—SO2-heteroaryl; R, to R8 each independently represent hydrogen atom or a substituent defined in the description; A is as defined in the description; n represents an integer from 0 to 4, inclusive; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are the ligands of PPAR-gamma receptor and are useful as medicaments.
US07919513B2	Inhibitors of p38 The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to inhibitors of ZAP70. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
US07919511B2	Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, and chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
US07919507B2	N-aroyl cyclic amines Disclosed are N-aroyl cyclic amine derivatives having the formula: wherein the substituent variables are as defined herein, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
US07919503B2	P2X7R antagonists and their use The present application is directed to novel P2X7R antagonists that are N-indol-3-yl-acetamide and N-azaindol-3-yl-acetamide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and their use for the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of diseases mediated by P2X7R activity.
US07919499B2	Naltrexone long acting formulations and methods of use The inventions described herein arose from unexpected discoveries made during clinical trials with a long acting formulation of naltrexone. As such, the invention includes a method for treating an individual in need of naltrexone comprising the step of parenterally administering a long acting formulation comprising naltrexone and to the use of naltrexone in the manufacture of medicaments for use in such methods.
US07919498B2	Substituted pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines as PI3K inhibitors Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110δ activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukemia (AML) Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) B-cell lymphoma and solid tumors, such as breast cancer.
US07919497B2	Analogs of dehydrophenylahistins and their therapeutic use Compounds represented by the following structure (II) are disclosed: as are methods for making such compounds. Compositions and methods for treating various disease conditions including cancer and non-cancer diseases associated with vascular proliferation are also disclosed.
US07919495B2	Pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate compound To provide a compound usable for treatment of diseases associated with fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), especially for treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain.We have found that a novel pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate derivative and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt has a potent FAAH-inhibitory activity. Further, the pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate derivative of the present invention has an excellent effect for increasing an effective bladder capacity, an excellent effect for relieving urinary frequency and an excellent anti-allodynia effect, and is therefore usable for treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain.
US07919494B2	Pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate compound A novel pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate compound and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt has a potent FAAH-inhibitory activity. Further, the pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate compound of the present disclosure is also useful in the treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain.
US07919491B2	Pyridine derivatives and their use in the treatment of psychotic disorders A pyridine derivative novel compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof where all variables are defined herein. The compounds are useful in the treatment of psychotic disorders.
US07919488B2	Therapeutic compounds The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, methods for their preparation, methods for their use, and pharmaceutical formulations comprising them.
US07919487B2	Heteroaryl compounds This invention relates to compounds of formula (I): their compositions and methods of use thereof. The compounds (and compositions) are useful in modulating IL-12 production and processes mediated by IL-12.
US07919485B2	Protein kinase targeted therapeutics The present invention relates to compositions and methods useful in treating diseases and disorders related to protein kinases. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods useful for targeting protein kinases related to mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways (e.g., p38 MAPK, JNK, ERK, and upstream and downstream protein kinases) and/or casein kinase (CK) pathways (e.g., CK1δ, and upstream and downstream protein kinases), and diseases and disorders related to MAPK pathways (e.g., p38 MAPK, JNK, ERK, and upstream and downstream protein kinases) and/or CK pathways (e.g., CK1δ, and upstream and downstream protein kinases).
US07919480B2	Polymers having covalently bound antibiotic agents An antimicrobial composition comprising: a complex of a polysaccharide covalently bonded with an antibiotic. A medical device having an antimicrobial composition comprising: a complex of an oxidized regenerated cellulose covalently bonded with gentamicin.
US07919479B2	Antiadhesive carbohydrates Provided is a pharmaceutical or dietetic product, which serves for reducing and/or blocking the adhesion of pathogenic substances and organisms to eucaryontic cells, in particular mammal cells. Said preparation contains at least one carbohydrate having an uronic acid unit on one of the ends thereof. 10 to 100% of the present, terminal uronic acid units pertaining to the carbohydrates are provided with a double bond that is especially situated between the C4 and C5 atom.
US07919478B2	Method for treating diabetic ulcers with vectors encoding VEGF A method and means have been developed to deliver a therapeutic dose or dosages of the angiogenic molecule, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) that results in a statically significant decrease in the time to achieve 100% wound closure and accelerates the rate of healing in experimental diabetic ulcers. Toxicity is evaluated by measuring any local inflammatory response at the wound site, the systemic absorption of VEGF, and the effect on distant organs that may be particularly susceptible to VEGF therapy (e.g., retinopathy and hepatitis) The angiogenic response is quantified by measuring the change in collagen deposition, epithelialization, and the closure rates of diabetic ulcers after therapeutic dosing with ADV-VEGF. Sustained administration of VEGF, stimulates and accelerates the healing process as evidenced by a reduced time to complete healing (defined by 100% epithelialization and no drainage) in experimental diabetic ulcers, with minimal to no toxicity. Important features of the method and reagents for use therein are that the VEGF is released into the ulcer in a sufficient quantity over a period of time for at least two to six weeks, or to closure of the wound.
US07919473B2	IRNA agents targeting VEGF The features of the present invention relate to compounds, compositions and methods useful for modulating the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), such as by the mechanism of RNA interference (RNAi). The compounds and compositions include iRNA agents that can be unmodified or chemically-modified.
US07919464B2	Use of a peptide that interacts with αvβ3 integrin of endothelial cell The present invention relates to the use of a peptide that interacts with the αvβ3 integrin of endothelial cells. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for inhibiting endothelial cell adhesion, endothelial cell migration and/or angiogenesis, using a peptide consisting of at least 18 amino acids, comprising tyrosine-histidine (TY) or asparagines-histidine (NH), and at least three hydrophobic amino acids with bulky side chains; or equivalents thereof. Furthermore, the invention provides a method for treating or preventing angiogenesis-related diseases, using the peptide.
US07919461B2	Erythropoietin receptor peptide formulations and uses The present invention relates to peptide compounds that are agonists of the erythropoietin receptor (EPO-R). The invention also relates to therapeutic methods using such peptide compounds to treat disorders associated with insufficient or defective red blood cell production. Pharmaceutical compositions, which comprise the peptide compounds of the invention, and dosages are also provided.
US07919454B2	Methods of treating using conjugates transported by a PEPT2 transporter The invention provides methods of screening agents, conjugates or conjugate moieties, linked or linkable to agents, for capacity to be transported as substrates through the PEPT2 transporter. The invention also provides methods of treatment involving delivery of agents that either alone, or as a result of linkage to a conjugate moiety, are substrates of the PEPT2 transporter. The invention also provides conjugates comprising a pharmaceutical agent which is linked to a conjugate moiety that is a substrate for a PEPT2 transporter.
US07919451B2	Use of cationic polycondensation products as additives for fixing colours and/or inhibiting the running of colours, for washing products and washing aftertreatment products The invention relates to the use of cationic polycondensation products as additives for fixing colors and/or inhibiting the running of colors, for washing products and washing aftertreatment products. Said cationic polycondensation products can be produced by the condensation of (A1) non-cyclic amines obtained by the reaction of (A1 a) mono(N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl)amines with (A1 b) bifunctional compounds selected from the group containing urea, thiourea, dialkyl carbonates, aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids, and aliphatic and aromatic diisocyanates, in a molar ratio 1.2:1 to 2.1:1, or (A2) mixtures of non-cyclic amines (A1) and cyclic amines (A3) in a molar ratio 10:1 to 1:10 with (B) bifunctional compounds selected from the group containing alkylene dihalogenides, dihalogen alkyl ethers, halomethyl oxiranes, and bisepoxides, in a molar ratio (B) to (A1) or (B) to (A2) from 0.6:1 to 1.3:1.
US07919449B2	Detergent composition with hydrophilizing soil-release agent and methods for using same Laundry detergent compositions that provide soil release benefits to all fabric comprising an organophosphorus soil release agents and optional non-cotton secondary soil release agents. The present invention further relates to a method for providing soil release benefits to cotton fabric by contacting cotton articles with a water soluble and/or dispersible organophosphorus material. The contacting can be during washing or by pretreating by applying the composition directly to stains or by presoaking the clothing in the composition prior to washing. The present invention further relates to providing soil release benefits to all fabric in the laundry wash load in the presence of a bleaching agent.
US07919443B2	Exfoliating scrub bar An exfoliating scrub bar for various parts of the body is made from natural ingredients that exfoliate the skin gently and effectively. The scrub bar comprises powdered or crushed nuts; powdered or crushed oats; and glycerin. The combination of ingredients allows a person to gently exfoliate different parts of the body depending on the location and/or skin sensitivity. The scrub bar provides the user with an effective tool for exfoliation that allows for the removal of dead skin cells.
US07919442B2	Process for preparing multiphase toilet soap The present invention relates to a process of preparing bar toilet soap, composed of multiple phases, at least one of them being an opaque phase and at least one being a translucent phase. The translucent phase and the opaque phase(s) are mixed during the process, wherein the translucent phase is incorporated into the opaque phase during the extrusion of this second phase, giving rise to a toilet soap in which one of the phases predominate and the other appears as stripes dispersed in the first one.
US07919437B2	Wellbore fluid comprising sulfonated copolymers with pendant alkyl groups Wellbore fluid having a continuous aqueous phase, and comprising at least one polymer which has a number average molecular weight in the range of from 10,000 to less than 100,000, wherein the polymer is selected from a copolymer of at least one hydrophilic monomer and at least one hydrophobic monomer containing an alkyl group having at least 8 carbon atoms. The hydrophilic monomer is selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid and itaconic acid, and sulfonate groups have been introduced into the copolymer by reaction of at least a portion of the carboxylic acid and/or anhydride groups with a compound of general formula R12N(CH2)nSO3X (I) or a compound of general formula HO(CH2)nSO3X (II). Each R1 is independently selected from hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, X is either H or a Group IA metal, and n is an integer of from 1 to 6. The combined molecular weight of the pendant alkyl groups that are introduced into the copolymer by the hydrophobic monomer is in the range of from 15 to 70% by weight based on the molecular weight of the polymer such that the polymer has a solubility of at least 2% in water at 20° C. The fluid further comprises at least one additive selected from additional fluid loss control agents, bridging particulate materials, finely dispersed additives for increasing the fluid density, thinners, and shale inhibitors.
US07919435B2	Superconductor films with improved flux pinning and reduced AC losses The present invention relates to a method for producing a defect-containing superconducting film, the method comprising (a) depositing a phase-separable layer epitaxially onto a biaxially-textured substrate, wherein the phase-separable layer includes at least two phase-separable components; (b) achieving nanoscale phase separation of the phase-separable layer such that a phase-separated layer including at least two phase-separated components is produced; and (c) depositing a superconducting film epitaxially onto said phase-separated components of the phase-separated layer such that nanoscale features of the phase-separated layer are propagated into the superconducting film.
US07919432B2	Adsorbent, adsorption apparatus, and method for manufacturing the adsorption apparatus In an adsorbent of the present invention, at least a surface and its vicinity thereof is composed of an apatite represented by the formula Ca10(PO4)6((OH)1-xAx)2, where A represents a halogen element and 0≦x≦1, and a phosphate group contained in the apatite is bonded to a trivalent metal ion. Further, preferably, the trivalent metal ion is Fe3+. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an adsorbent capable of specifically adsorbing an object compound, an adsorption apparatus capable of separating and purifying the object compound easily and reliably, and a method capable of manufacturing such an adsorption apparatus easily in a short time.
US07919430B2	Catalyst for oxidation or ammoxidation, and process for producing the same It is an object to provide a novel oxide catalyst for producing an unsaturated acid or unsaturated nitrile by which reaction results are good and a high yield can be stably maintained for a prolonged period of time, a process for producing the oxide catalyst, and a process for producing an unsaturated acid or unsaturated nitrile using the oxide catalyst. According to the present invention, there is provided an oxide catalyst represented by following compositional formula (1): Mo1VaSbbNbcMndWeYfOn (1) wherein Y represents at least one element selected from alkaline earth metals and rare earth metals; a, b, c, d, e, f, and n each represents an atomic ratio based on one atom of Mo; 0.1≦a≦1, 0.01≦b≦1, 0.01≦c≦1, 0≦d≦0.1, 0≦e≦0.1, 0<(d+e)≦0.1, 0≦f≦1; and n is a number determined by valencies of the constituent metals.
US07919422B2	Chiral bisoxazoline catalysts The present invention describes a heterogeneous chiral catalyst comprising a heterogeneous chiral catalyst precursor complexed with a metal species. The precursor comprises a chiral bisoxazoline group coupled to an inorganic substrate. The heterogeneous chiral catalyst may be capable of catalysing a chemical reaction, for example cyclopropanation, and the chemical reaction may be capable of generating a chiral product.
US07919418B2	High performance ballistic composites having improved flexibility and method of making the same A composite material which has excellent ballistic performance and has improved flexibility. Surprisingly, it has been found that a combination of poly(alpha-olefin) fiber and matrix resin provides these desirable product features. The resin matrix is a block copolymer of a conjugated diene and a vinyl aromatic monomer, preferably a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, that is applied as an aqueous composition. The fiber has a tenacity of at least about 35 g/d and a tensile modulus of at least about 1200 g/d. The composite has a total density equal to or less than about 100 g/m2 and a stiffness of less than about 2.5 pounds (1.14 kg) for a two layer structure of the composite, and a total areal density equal to or less than about 190 g/m2 and a stiffness of less than about 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg) for a four layer structure of the composite. The Peel Strength for a two layer structure of less than about 1.0 pounds (0.45 kg) for a two layer structure of the composite, and less than about 0.7 pounds (0.32 kg) for a four layer structure of the composite. The process of this invention permits fabrication of these desirable products in a cost-effective manner. Body armor made from the composite has improved flexibility and excellent ballistic characteristics.
US07919415B2	Process of manufacturing a semiconductor device A process of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a stacked structure of a first III-V compound semiconductor layer containing In and having a composition different from InP and a second III-V compound semiconductor layer containing In. The second III-V compound semiconductor layer is formed over the first III-V compound semiconductor layer and growing an InP layer at regions adjacent the stacked structure to form a stepped structure of InP. The process further includes the step of wet-etching the stepped structure and the second III-V compound semiconductor layer using an etchant containing hydrochloric acid and acetic acid to remove at least the second III-V compound semiconductor layer.
US07919409B2	Materials for adhesion enhancement of copper film on diffusion barriers We have used the state-of-the-art computational chemistry techniques to identify adhesion promoting layer materials that provide good adhesion of copper seed layer to the adhesion promoting layer and the adhesion promoting layer to the barrier layer. We have identified factors responsible for providing good adhesion of copper layer on various metallic surfaces and circumstances under which agglomeration of copper film occur. Several promising adhesion promoting layer materials based on chromium alloys have been predicted to be able to significantly enhance the adhesion of copper films. Chromium containing complexes of a polydentate β-ketoiminate have been identified as chromium containing precursors to make the alloys with chromium.
US07919408B2	Methods for fabricating fine line/space (FLS) routing in high density interconnect (HDI) substrates A method for fabricating fine line and space routing described. The method includes providing a substrate having a dielectric layer and a seed layer disposed thereon. An anti-reflective coating layer and a photo-resist layer are then formed above the seed layer. The photo-resist layer and the anti-reflective coating layer are patterned to form a patterned photo-resist layer and a patterned anti-reflective coating layer, to expose a first portion of the seed layer, and to leave covered a second portion of the seed layer. A metal layer is then formed on the first portion of the seed layer, between features of the patterned photo-resist layer and the patterned anti-reflective coating layer. The patterned photo-resist layer and the patterned anti-reflective coating layer are subsequently removed. Then, the second portion of the seed layer is removed to provide a series of metal lines above the dielectric layer.
US07919405B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof that can prevent mutual diffusion of impurity in a silicide layer and can decrease sheet resistance of an N-type polymetal gate electrode and a P-type polymetal gate electrode, respectively in the semiconductor device having gate electrodes of a polymetal gate structure and a dual gate structure are provided. The P-type polymetal gate electrode includes a P-type silicon layer containing P-type impurity, a silicide layer formed on the P-type silicon layer and having a plurality of silicide grains which are discontinuously disposed in a direction substantially parallel with the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a silicon film continuously formed on the surface of the P-type silicon layer exposed on the discontinuous part of the silicide layer and on the surface of the silicide layer, a second metal nitride layer formed on the silicon film, and a metal layer formed on the metal nitride layer.
US07919403B2	Method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device is provided that includes a step of forming in a surface of a silicon carbide wafer of first conductivity type a first region of second conductivity type having a predetermined space thereinside by ion-implanting aluminum as a first impurity and boron as a second impurity; a step of forming a JTE region in the surface of the silicon carbide wafer from the first region by diffusing the boron ion-implanted in the first region toward its neighboring zones by an activation annealing treatment; a step of forming a first electrode on the surface of the silicon carbide wafer at the space inside the first region and at an inner part of the first region; and a step of forming a second electrode on the opposite surface of the silicon carbide wafer. Thereby, a JTE region can be formed that has a wide range of impurity concentration and a desired breakdown voltage without increasing the number of steps of the manufacturing process.
US07919393B2	Forming structures that include a relaxed or pseudo-relaxed layer on a substrate A method for forming a structure that includes a relaxed or pseudo-relaxed layer on a substrate. The method includes the steps of growing an elastically stressed layer of semiconductor material on a donor substrate; forming a glassy layer of a viscous material on the stressed layer; removing a portion of the donor substrate to form a structure that includes the glassy layer, the stressed layer and a surface layer of donor substrate material; patterning the stressed layer; and heat treating the structure at a temperature of at least a viscosity temperature of the glassy layer to relax the stressed layer and form the relaxed or pseudo-relaxed layer of the structure.
US07919391B2	Methods for preparing a bonding surface of a semiconductor wafer The invention concerns a method of treating one or both bonding surfaces of first and second substrates and in particular, the surfaces of donor and receiver wafers that are intended to be bonded together. A simultaneous cleaning and activation step is carried out immediately prior to bonding the wafers together, by applying to one or both bonding surfaces an activation solution of ammonia (NH4OH) in water, preferably deionized, at a concentration by weight in the range from about 0.05% to 2%. The method is applicable to fabricating structures used in the optics, electronics, or optoelectronics fields.
US07919389B2	Semiconductor memory device that is resistant to high voltages and a method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor memory device having a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region, and a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor memory device, are proposed, in which trench grooves are formed to be shallow in the memory cell region in order to improve the yield, and trench grooves are formed to be deep in the high voltage transistor region of the peripheral circuit region, in particular in a high voltage transistor region thereof, in order to improve the element isolation withstand voltage. A plurality of memory cell transistors having an ONO layer 15 serving as a charge accumulating insulating layer are provided in the memory cell region, where element isolation grooves 6 for these memory cell transistors are narrow and shallow. Two types of transistors, one for high voltage and the other for low voltage, having gate insulating layers 16 or 17, which are different from the ONO layer 15 in the memory cell region, are provided in the peripheral circuit region, where at least element isolation grooves 23 for high voltage transistors are wide and deep. In this way, it is possible to improve the degree of integration and yield in the memory cell region, and secure withstand voltage in the peripheral circuit region.
US07919386B2	Methods of forming pluralities of capacitors The invention includes methods of forming pluralities of capacitors. In one implementation, a method of forming a plurality of capacitors includes providing a plurality of capacitor electrodes within a capacitor array area over a substrate. The capacitor electrodes comprise outer lateral sidewalls. The plurality of capacitor electrodes is supported at least in part with a retaining structure which engages the outer lateral sidewalls. The retaining structure is formed at least in part by etching a layer of material which is not masked anywhere within the capacitor array area to form said retaining structure. The plurality of capacitor electrodes is incorporated into a plurality of capacitors. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated.
US07919385B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer, a capacitor, an adhesive layer, and an intermediate layer. The first insulating layer may include a first insulating film. The first insulating layered structure has a first hole. The capacitor is disposed in the first hole. The capacitor may include bottom and top electrodes and a capacitive insulating film. The capacitive insulating film is sandwiched between the bottom and top electrodes. The adhesive layer contacts with the bottom electrode. The adhesive layer has adhesiveness to the bottom electrode. The intermediate layer is interposed between the adhesive layer and the first insulating film. The intermediate layer contacts with the adhesive layer and with the first insulating film. The intermediate layer has adhesiveness to the adhesive layer and to the first insulating film.
US07919383B2	Capacitor element manufacturing jig and capacitor element manufacturing method The invention relates to a jig for producing capacitor elements, which is formed of resin material and is used for accommodate a plurality of capacitor element substrates therein to thereby batch-process the substrates. The jig is characterized in that portions of the jig at which the jig is supported during the process are protected with metal material. According to the invention, a group of capacitors each having a semiconductor layer serving as one electrode can be simultaneously produced with narrow variety in capacitance and with good precision, repeatedly, by using the jig having a high durability.
US07919379B2	Dielectric spacer removal The present invention relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to a process and structure for removing a dielectric spacer selective to a surface of a semiconductor substrate with substantially no removal of the semiconductor substrate. The method of the present invention can be integrated into a conventional CMOS processing scheme or into a conventional BiCMOS processing scheme. The method includes forming a field effect transistor on a semiconductor substrate, the FET comprising a dielectric spacer and the gate structure, the dielectric spacer located adjacent a sidewall of the gate structure and over a source/drain region in the semiconductor substrate; depositing a first nitride layer over the FET; and removing the nitride layer and the dielectric spacer selective to the semiconductor substrate with substantially no removal of the semiconductor substrate.
US07919377B2	Contactless flash memory array A method for forming a contactless flash memory cell array is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, a plurality of active regions is formed on a substrate. An insulating layer is then deposited over the active regions, and a portion of the insulating layer is removed to form a one-dimensional slot and to provide access to the active regions. A bit line is then formed in the slot in contact with the active regions.
US07919376B2	CMOS transistor and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a CMOS transistor includes preparing a silicon substrate provided with a first buried layer, a second buried layer and a body, vertically forming device-isolation films inside the body, forming a first-type well inside the body arranged on the first buried layer, and vertically forming a first source and drain region inside the first-type well, forming a second-type well inside the body arranged on the second buried layer, and vertically forming a second source and drain region inside the second-type well, and vertically forming a recessed gate between the first-type well and the second-type well.
US07919368B2	Area-efficient electrically erasable programmable memory cell Electrically erasable programmable “read-only” memory (EEPROM) cells in an integrated circuit, and formed by a single polysilicon level. The EEPROM cell consists of a coupling capacitor and a combined read transistor and tunneling capacitor. The capacitance of the coupling capacitor is much larger than that of the tunneling capacitor. In one embodiment, field oxide isolation structures isolate the devices from one another; a lightly-doped region at the source of the read transistor improves breakdown voltage performance. In another embodiment, trench isolation structures and a buried oxide layer surround the well regions at which the coupling capacitor and combined read transistor and tunneling capacitor are formed.
US07919367B2	Method to increase charge retention of non-volatile memory manufactured in a single-gate logic process A non-volatile memory cell with increased charge retention is fabricated on the same substrate as logic devices using a single-gate conventional logic process. A silicide-blocking dielectric structure is formed over a floating gate of the NVM cell, thereby preventing silicide formation over the floating gate, while allowing silicide formation over the logic devices. Silicide spiking and bridging are prevented in the NVM cell, as silicide-blocking dielectric structure prevents silicide metal from coming in contact with the floating gate or adjacent sidewall spacers. The silicide-blocking dielectric layer may expose portions of the active regions of the NVM cell, away from the floating gate and adjacent sidewall spacers, thereby enabling silicide formation on these portions. Alternately, the silicide-blocking dielectric layer may cover the active regions of the NVM cell during silicide formation. In this case, silicide-blocking dielectric layer may be thinned or removed after silicide formation.
US07919366B2	Laser crystallization method for amorphous semiconductor thin film A laser crystallization method in which an amorphous silicon thin film 2 formed on a substrate 1 is irradiated with a laser beam, the method including the steps of providing the amorphous silicon thin film 2 with an absorbent to form an absorbent layer 3 on the desired specific local areas of the amorphous silicon thin film 2 and laser annealing for crystallizing the specific local areas of the amorphous silicon thin film 2 by irradiating the amorphous silicon thin film 2 including the specific local areas with a semiconductor laser beam L having a specific wavelength absorbable by the absorbent layer 3 and unabsorbable by the amorphous silicon thin film 2 for heating the absorbent layer 3.
US07919365B2	Fabrication methods of a ZnO thin film structure and a ZnO thin film transistor, and a ZnO thin film structure and a ZnO thin film transistor Provided is a method of fabricating a ZnO thin film structure and a ZnO thin film transistor (TFT), and a ZnO thin film structure and a ZnO thin film transistor. The method of fabricating a ZnO thin film structure may include forming a ZnO thin film on a substrate in an oxygen atmosphere, forming oxygen diffusion layers of a metal having an affinity for oxygen on the ZnO thin film and heating the ZnO thin film and the oxygen diffusion layers to diffuse oxygen of the ZnO thin film into the oxygen diffusion layers.
US07919363B2	Integrated circuit with additional mini-pads connected by an under-bump metallization and method for production thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip. External connection pads and further pads are disposed over a surface of the semiconductor chip. Selected ones of the further pads are electrically connected to one another so as to activate selected functions within the semiconductor chip.
US07919362B2	Method for preparing a cover for protecting a component on a substrate A method for preparing a cover on a substrate in particular for the encapsulation of electronic, optical, optoelectronic components, of the electromechanical microsystems type, also known as Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) or optoelectromechanical microsystems, also known as Micro-Opto-Elect-Mechanical systems (MOEMS), joined to the substrate.
US07919361B2	Semiconductor package with position member The present disclosure provides a very thin semiconductor package including a leadframe with a die-attach pad and a plurality of lead terminals, a die attached to the die-attach pad and electrically connected to the lead terminals via bonding wires, a position member disposed upon the die and/or die-attach pad, and a molding material encapsulating the leadframe, the die, and the position member together to form the semiconductor package. The method for manufacturing a very thin semiconductor package includes disposing a first position member on one side of the die-attach pad of a leadframe, attaching a die onto the opposite side of the die-attach pad, optionally disposing a second position member on top of the die, electrically connecting the die to the lead terminals of the leadframe, and encapsulating the leadframe, the die, and the position member(s) together to form the very thin semiconductor package.
US07919357B2	Method for mutually connecting substrates, flip chip mounting body, and mutual connection structure between substrates A resin containing conductive particles and a gas bubble generating agent is supplied between a first substrate and a second substrate, and then the resin is heated to generate gas bubbles from the gas bubble generating agent contained in the resin so that the resin is self-assembled between electrodes. Then, the resin is further heated to melt the conductive particles contained in the resin, thereby forming connectors between electrodes. A partition member sealing the gap between the substrates is provided near a peripheral portion of the resin, and gas bubbles in the resin are discharged to the outside through the peripheral portion of the resin where the partition member is absent.
US07919355B2	Multi-surface IC packaging structures and methods for their manufacture An IC package having multiple surfaces for interconnection with interconnection elements making connections from the IC chip to the I/O terminations of the package assembly which reside on more than one of its surfaces and which make interconnections to other devices or assemblies that are spatially separated.
US07919349B2	Photonic integration scheme Provided is an apparatus and method for manufacture thereof. The apparatus includes a passive optical waveguide structure and a photodiode detector structure. The structures are located on a substrate, and the photodiode detector is laterally proximate to the semiconductor passive waveguide structure. The passive optical waveguide structure includes a first lateral portion of a semiconductor optical core layer on the substrate, a semiconductor upper optical cladding layer on the optical core layer, and a first lateral portion of a doped semiconductor layer on the upper optical cladding layer. The photodiode detector structure includes a second lateral portion of the semiconductor optical core layer, a semiconductor optical absorber layer on the optical core layer, and a second lateral portion of the doped semiconductor layer.
US07919348B2	Methods for protecting imaging elements of photoimagers during back side processing Methods for processing photoimagers include forming one or more protective layers over the image sensing elements of a photoimager. Protective layers may facilitate thinning of the substrates of photoimagers, as well as prevent contamination of the image sensing elements and associated optical features during back side processing of the photoimagers. Blind vias, which extend from the back side of a photoimager to bond pads carried by an active surface of the photoimager, may be formed through the back side. The vias may be filled with conductive material and, optionally, redistribution circuitry may be fabricated over the back side of the photoimager. Photoimagers including features at result from such processes are also disclosed.
US07919343B2	Group III nitride crystal and method for surface treatment thereof, group III nitride stack and manufacturing method thereof, and group III nitride semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A method for surface treatment of a group III nitride crystal includes the steps of lapping a surface of a group III nitride crystal using a hard abrasive grain with a Mohs hardness higher than 7, and abrasive-grain-free polishing the lapped surface of the group III nitride crystal using a polishing solution without containing abrasive grain, and the polishing solution without containing abrasive grain has a pH of not less than 1 and not more than 6, or not less than 8.5 and not more than 14. Accordingly, the method for surface treatment of a group III nitride crystal can be provided according to which hard abrasive grains remaining at the lapped crystal can be removed to reduce impurities at the crystal surface.
US07919340B2	Method for manufacturing light-emitting device In the present invention, a first substrate which is an evaporation donor substrate is prepared in which a material layer is formed over a patterned reflective layer. A surface of the material layer over the first substrate is irradiated with first light which satisfies one predetermined irradiation condition to pattern the material layer. A surface opposite to the surface of the first substrate is irradiated with second light which satisfies another predetermined irradiation condition to evaporate the patterned material layer onto a second substrate, which is a deposition target substrate. According to the present invention, deterioration of a material included in the material layer can be prevented and a film pattern can be formed on the second substrate with high accuracy.
US07919339B2	Packaging method for light emitting diode module that includes fabricating frame around substrate A packaging method for light emitting diode module that includes fabricating frame around substrate, wherein the method comprises the steps of: fabricating a printed circuit layer with a plurality of staggered nodes on a substrate; fabricating a frame around the substrate; fabricating a protruding inclined pier around the bottom rim of the inner wall of the frame; fabricating a plurality of convex reflecting microstructure points on the surface of the printed circuit layer; positioning chips and wire bonding; spraying reflecting paint on the surface of the substrate and the inner wall of the frame except the chips; filling a silica gel diffusion layer formed by mixing the silica gel and the diffusion powder into the frame; and evenly coating a fluorescent glue layer formed by evenly mixing another silica gel and fluorescent powder on the silica gel diffusion layer.
US07919338B2	Method of making an integrally gated carbon nanotube field ionizer device A method of making an integrally gated carbon nanotube field ionization device comprising forming a first insulator layer on a first side of a substrate, depositing a conductive gate layer on the first insulator layer, forming a cavity in the substrate by etching a second side of the substrate to near the first insulator layer, wherein the second side is opposite the first side and wherein a portion of the first insulator is over the cavity, etching an aperture in the portion of the first insulator layer and the conductive gate layer to form an aperture sidewall, depositing a second insulator layer removing the second insulator layer from the top surface, depositing a metallization layer over the second insulator layer, depositing a catalyst layer on the metallization layer and growing a carbon nanotube from the catalyst layer.
US07919335B2	Formation of shallow trench isolation using chemical vapor etch A method includes measuring a depth of a shallow trench isolation (STI) region below a surface of a substrate. The STI region is filled with an oxide material. The substrate has a nitride layer above the surface. A thickness of the nitride layer is measured. A first chemical vapor etch (CVE) of the oxide material is performed, to partially form a recess in the STI region. The first CVE removes an amount of the oxide material less than the thickness of the nitride layer. The nitride layer is removed by dry etching. A remaining height of the STI region is measured after removing the nitride. A second CVE of the oxide material in the STI region is performed, based on the measured depth and the remaining height, to form at least one fin having a desired fin height above the oxide in the STI region without an oxide fence.
US07919330B2	Method of improving sensor detection of target molcules in a sample within a fluidic system Methods of improving microfluidic assays are disclosed. Assays can be improved (better signal to noise ratio) by using sessile drop evaporation as an analyte concentration step (enhanced signal) and repeated passes of wash droplets as a means to reduce non-specific binding (noise reduction). In addition multiple massively parallel analyses improve the statistical precision of the analyses.
US07919326B2	Tracking a status of a catalyst-driven process using RFIDs A method of tracking a status of a catalytic process in a mixture incorporates the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that have corrosive-sensitive coatings. The coatings are removable, by a corrosive in the mixture, at a rate that tracks with the rate at which a catalytic-driven process progresses. As coatings on the RFID tags are removed by the corrosive in the mixture, the digital signatures returned by the RFID tags change, in response to the corrosive damaging the RFID tags. By quantifying the number of damaged RFID tags, a determination can be made as to the progress status of the catalytic process.
US07919325B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring liquid for the presence of an additive The present invention relates to an apparatus and methods for the identification or authentication of liquid products by the addition of an anti-Stokes marker. The invention features an apparatus and method for the identification of a liquid, dynamic or static, that includes adding an anti-Stokes luminescent marker compound to the liquid followed by exposing the compound to a light source of a known wavelength or known wavelengths and then detecting one or more shorter wavelength emissions from the marker, where the identity of the liquid is confirmed by the emission wavelength or wavelengths that are detected and quantified. The irradiating source of light includes, but is not limited to, a laser and other conventional light sources.
US07919317B2	Methods of differentiating and protecting cells by modulating the P38/MEF2 pathway The present invention provides a method of differentiating progenitor cells to produce a population containing protected neuronal cells. A method of the invention includes the steps of contacting the progenitor cells with a differentiating agent; and introducing into the progenitor cells a nucleic acid molecule encoding a MEF2 polypeptide or an active fragment thereof, thereby differentiating the progenitor cells to produce a population containing protected neuronal cells. In one embodiment, the MEF2 polypeptide is human MEF2C or an active fragment thereof.
US07919308B2	Form in place gaskets for assays Assay chambers that include a form-in-place gasket between a substrate and a cover, and methods of forming such assay chambers, are described. The assay chambers may further be associated with an analysis site for analyzing a sample solution contained within the assay chamber.
US07919306B2	Biological sample reaction chip, biological sample reaction apparatus, and biological sample reaction method A biological sample reaction chip, including: a plurality of reactors disposed on one plane; a reaction fluid distribution channel connected via a microchannel to each reactor and provided on the plane on which the plurality of reactors are disposed; and a reaction fluid movement stopping unit, which is connected to an end point of the reaction fluid distribution channel and is capable of controlling movement of a reaction fluid.
US07919302B1	Solenopsis invicta virus A Unique Solenopsis invicta viruse (SINV2) have been identified and its genome sequenced. Oligonucleotide primers have been developed using the isolated nucleic acid sequences of the SINV2. The virus is used as a biocontrol agent for control of fire ants.
US07919294B2	Process for preparing stabilized reaction mixtures which are partially dried, comprising at least one enzyme, reaction mixtures and kits containing said mixtures The invention relates to a method consisting of bringing into contact, in one container, (a) an aqueous solution of a reaction mixture comprising at least one enzyme, and (b) an aqueous solution of a stabilizing mixture comprising (i) at least one protective agent against drying, (ii) at least one inhibitor of the condensation reaction between carbonyl or carboxyl groups and amine or phosphate groups, and (iii) at least one inert polymer capable of generating a mesh structure preventing the mobility of the dried reagents. The invention also consists of removing all or part of the water contained in the resulting aqueous solution. Said process is suitable for carrying out enzymatic reactions, for example, amplifying, sequencing and characterizing nucleic acids, performing hybridization tests and for the restriction analysis.
US07919293B2	Nanoparticles for protein drug delivery The invention discloses the nanoparticles composed of chitosan, poly-glutamic acid, and at least one protein drug or bioactive agent characterized with a positive surface charge and their enhanced permeability for paracellular protein drug and bioactive agent delivery.
US07919291B2	Method for producing ethanol using raw starch The present invention relates to methods for producing high levels of alcohol during fermentation of plant material, and to the high alcohol beer produced. The present invention also relates to methods for producing high protein distiller's dried grain from fermentation of plant material, and to the high protein distiller's dried grain produced. The present invention further relates to reduced stack emissions from drying distillation products from the production of ethanol.
US07919290B2	Bio-recycling of carbon dioxide emitted from power plants The invention provides a method to decrease emission of carbon dioxide from combustion of fossil fuels or other hydrocarbons and to enhance the efficiency of methane production from anaerobic biodigesters. The invention involves feeding carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas of hydrocarbon fuel combustion to an anaerobic biodigester where biomass is anaerobically fermented to produce methane. Carbon dioxide is an electron acceptor for anaerobic fermentation, and thus some of the carbon dioxide is reduced to methane, which can again be used for fuel. In this way, at least a portion of the exhaust gas CO2 is recycled to form fuel methane instead of being released into the atmosphere. Thus, the net CO2 emission from burning a given amount of fossil fuel is decreased. Adding carbon dioxide to an anaerobic fermentation also increases the efficiency and amount of methane production in the fermentation.
US07919287B2	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.
US07919279B2	Methods and compositions for KIR genotyping The present invention provides methods for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene cluster genotyping using the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer. In general, the methods involve amplifying a plurality of target sequences of a plurality of KIR genes, and detecting the presence or absence of a plurality of single SNPs of the plurality of KIR genes by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The invention also features compositions, including arrays of capture primers and optionally extension primers on a substrate surface, and kits, for use in the methods of the invention.
US07919274B2	Light-emitting fusion proteins and diagnostic and therapeutic methods therefor Light-generating fusion proteins having a ligand binding site and a light-generating polypeptide moiety and their use as diagnostics, in drug screening and discovery, and as therapeutics, are disclosed. The light-generating fusion protein has a feature where the bioluminescence of the polypeptide moiety changes upon binding of a ligand at the ligand binding site. The ligand may be, for example, an enzyme present in an environment only under certain conditions, e.g., ubiquitin ligase in a hypoxic state, such that the light-generating fusion protein is “turned on” only under such conditions.
US07919273B2	Structural variants of antibodies for improved therapeutic characteristics The present invention provides substituted humanized, chimeric or human anti-CD20 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof and bispecific antibodies or fusion proteins comprising the substituted antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof. The antibodies, fusion proteins or fragments are useful for treatment of B-cell disorders, such as B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases, as well as GVHD, organ transplant rejection, and hemolytic anemia and cryoglobulinemia. Amino acid substitutions, particularly substitution of an aspartate residue at Kabat position 101 of CDR3 VH (CDRH3), result in improved therapeutic properties, such as decreased dissociation rates, improved CDC activity, improved apoptosis, improved B-cell depletion and improved therapeutic efficacy at very low dosages. Veltuzumab, a humanized anti-CD20 antibody that incorporates such sequence variations, exhibits improved therapeutic efficacy compared to similar antibodies of different CDRH3 sequence, allowing therapeutic effect at dosages as low as 200 mg or less, more preferably 100 mg or less, more preferably 80 mg or less, more preferably 50 mg or less, most preferably 30 mg or less of naked antibody when administered i.v. or s.c.
US07919270B2	Mammalian expression system The present invention relates to protein expression systems and in particular to a mammalian protein expression system. Specifically, the present invention provides a rodent cell line with enhanced protein production capabilities.The invention also relates to eukaryotic cloning and expression vectors and related methods, and in particular to DNA vectors capable of high level expression of a protein of interest. The invention allows for long-term episomal maintenance of expression vectors in mammalian cells.
US07919268B2	Reducing sample turbidity in measurement of enzymatic activity in cell lysates Disclosed are methods and kits for measuring enzyme activity in which the turbidity of a sample caused by cell components is minimized by particular additives. The methods include the steps of providing a cell suspension or a cell lysate containing cell components, adding a chromogenic substrate at the start of the enzyme reaction, adding a first additional substance to stop the enzyme reaction, and making a colorimetric measurement, wherein a second additional substance which reduces the light scattering and/or absorption caused by the cells or the cell components is added during or after termination of the enzyme reaction. In particular, a method is disclosed wherein the enzyme is lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and the first additional substance to stop the reaction is HCl.
US07919266B2	Method of detecting red cell antigen-antibody reactions A process for the detection of antibodies in a test sample by preparing a suspension of erythrocytes with a test serum or plasma by mixing a test serum or plasma with erythrocytes; incubating the suspension of erythrocytes at a temperature of from 37° C. to 45° C. to bind any antibodies in the test serum or plasma to the surface of said erythrocytes; combining the suspension of erythrocytes with an amount of a solution of a macromolecule which is effective to agglutinate the erythrocytes; packing the resultant red cell agglutinates by centrifuging the suspension of erythrocytes; and, determining the presence of anti-erythrocyte antibodies by observing if antibody-dependent erythrocyte agglutination has occurred.
US07919263B2	Organic material-immobiling structure and method for production of the same, and peptide and DNA therefor The invention provides an organic material-immobilizing structure employing new immobilization means, characterized in that at least a part of the surface of the substrate is comprised of one or more members containing silicon oxide, the organic material is bound to the surface of the substrate through a binding domain bound to the organic material and containing an amino acid sequence capable of binding to silicon oxide, selected from the group consisting of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 and 2: Val-Ser-Pro-Met-Arg-Ser-Ala-Thr-Thr-His-Thr-Val; and Ile-Pro-Met-His-Val-His-His-Lys-His-Pro-His-Val, and derivatives thereof.
US07919260B2	Screening methods using GPR52 Disclosed are compounds or their salts that promote or inhibit the activities of a protein comprising the same or substantially the same as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, compounds or their salts that promote or inhibit the activities of a gene for the protein, antisense polynucleotides comprising the whole or part of a base sequence complimentary or substantially complimentary to the base sequence of a polynucleotide encoding the protein or its partial peptide, antibodies to the protein, etc. These compounds or their salts, antisense nucleotides, antibodies, etc. can be used as agents for the prevention/treatment of mental disorders, prolactin-related disorders, etc.
US07919258B2	Rapid tuberculosis detection method Methods for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a human that include providing blood serum, contacting the serum with an Eis antigen fixed on a substrate, thereby forming complexes of Eis antigen with a human antibody that binds to the Eis antigen, contacting the antibody/Eis complexes with a labeled anti-human secondary antibody, and measuring a titer of the human antibody bound to the Eis antigen. In addition, statistically significant positive or negative diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is provided by comparing patient serum antibody titer with a second titer from a negative control blood sample.
US07919250B2	Diagnostic and treatment methods for characterizing bacterial microbiota in skin conditions The present invention relates to methods for characterization of bacterial skin microbiota to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive measures for alleviating skin conditions. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to characterization of bacterial skin microbiota associated with psoriasis and related diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive measures for alleviating psoriasis. These methods will be useful for detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring individuals who have or are at risk of certain skin conditions.
US07919248B2	Methods for the modulation of IL-13 The present invention is drawn to methods for modulating IL-13 expression and/or activity in a mammal comprising administering an effective amount of an agent which modulates the expression and/or activity of IL-9.
US07919247B2	Simultaneous quantification of nucleic acids in diseased cells A process for assessing mitochondrial toxicity of a compound that includes contacting nucleic acids from a host with an amplification reaction mixture that contains at least two primers that provide detectable signals, wherein: a first primer provides a first detectable signal upon amplification of a host mitochondrial nucleic acid; a second primer provides a second detectable signal upon amplification of a host nuclear nucleic acid; and comparing the first and second detectable signals.
US07919246B2	SEMA4D in cancer diagnosis, detection and treatment This invention is in the field of cancer-related genes. Specifically it relates to methods for detecting cancer or the likelihood of developing cancer based on the presence or absence of the SEM A4D gene or proteins encoded by this gene. The invention also provides methods and molecules for upregulating or downregulating the SEMA4D gene.
US07919243B2	Method for the detection of Fusarium graminearum A method for the detection of Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae) comprising the steps: providing a sample containing a nucleic acid, contacting said sample with at least one forward primer and at least one reverse primer, wherein the at least one reverse primer hybridises within the β-tubulin nucleic acid sequence of Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae) and comprises the nucleic acid sequence 5′-R1TTTTCGTX1GX2AGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 1), wherein R1 comprises at least one nucleic acid residue of the β-tubulin nucleic acid sequence located upstream of the hybridisation site of the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO 1 and subsequent to the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO 1, X1 is guanine, adenine or inosine, X2 is cytosine, adenine or inosine, and wherein the at least one forward primer hybridises upstream of the hybridisation site of a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the at least one reverse primer, subjecting the sample contacted with the at least one forward primer and the at least one reverse primer to a nucleic acid amplification technique, and optionally determining the presence of Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae) in a sample by detecting a nucleic acid amplification product.
US07919234B2	Methods and compositions for determining the pathogenic status of infectious agents Methods and compositions for the detection of disease caused by infectious agents and microbes are provided. In particular, methods and compositions comprising novel combinations of nucleic acid amplification and drug susceptibility technologies are provided. In certain embodiments, the present invention enables the detection of infectious agents and microbes as well as providing information concerning the viability status of the agent or microbe. In one embodiment, the present invention is used for the detection of mycobacterial infections, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis.
US07919233B2	Motif of the beclin protein which interacts with anti-apoptotic members of the Bcl-2 protein family, and uses The invention relates to a method of identifying modulators of programmed cell death, comprising an interaction between a motif of Beclin protein and an anti-apoptotic member of the family of Bcl-2 proteins and the detection of said interaction be means of fluorescence polarization. The modulators identified on the basis of said method are administered to cancer patients in order to induce apoptotic- and/or autophagic-type programmed cell death. The invention also relates to a motif of the Beclin protein which can interact with an anti-apoptic member of the family of Bcl-2 proteins and to the use thereof in order to induce programmed cell death in a cancer patient.
US07919228B2	Method of forming pattern of semiconductor device The present invention relates to a method of forming a pattern of a semiconductor device. According to the method, patterns are formed on a substrate. First photoresist patterns are formed in regions where the patterns are opened. The first photoresist patterns are diffused to upper corners of the patterns, thus forming second photoresist patterns. The patterns are etched using the second photoresist patterns as an etch-stop layer. Accordingly, smaller photomask patterns can be formed.
US07919227B2	Positive resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A positive resist composition including a resin component (A) which exhibits increased alkali solubility under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the resin component (A) including a structural unit (a1) represented by general formula (I) shown below: wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a halogenated lower alkyl group; R1′ represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; n represents an integer of 0 to 3; R1 represents a lower alkyl group, a fluorine atom, or a fluorinated lower alkyl group; and p represents an integer of 0 to 2.
US07919226B2	Sulfonate salts and derivatives, photoacid generators, resist compositions, and patterning process Sulfonate salts have the formula:CF3—CH(OCOR)—CF2SO3−M+ wherein R is C1-C20 alkyl or C6-C14 aryl, and M+ is a lithium, sodium, potassium, ammonium or tetramethylammonium ion. Onium salts, oximesulfonates and sulfonyloxyimides and other compounds derived from these sulfonate salts are effective photoacid generators in chemically amplified resist compositions.
US07919218B2	Method for a multiple exposure beams lithography tool An aspect of the present invention includes a method for patterning a workpiece covered at least partly with a layer sensitive to electromagnetic radiation by simultaneously using a plurality of exposure beams. In an example embodiment it is determined if any of the beams have an actual position relative to a reference beam which differs from its intended position. An adjustment of the exposure dose for a wrongly positioned beam is performed if said beam is printed at en edge of a feature. Other aspects of the present invention are reflected in the detailed description, figures and claims.
US07919217B2	Pellicle and method for producing pellicle A pellicle film of a silicon single crystal film and a base substrate supporting the pellicle film are formed of a single substrate using an SOI substrate. The base substrate is provided with an opening whose ratio in area to an exposure region when a pellicle is used on a photomask (an open area ratio) is 60% or more, and provided with a reinforcing frame in a non-exposure region of the base substrate. Since the pellicle film and the base substrate supporting the pellicle film are formed of the single substrate (an integrated structure), and the base substrate is provided with the reinforcing frame, the effect of increased strength is obtained. Moreover, a principal plane of a silicon single crystal film is a crystal plane inclined at 3 to 5° from any lattice plane belonging to {100} planes or {111} planes.
US07919216B2	Mask and design method thereof A mask and the design method thereof are provided. The mask includes a light-shielding area shielding off a light, wherein the light-shielding area includes a photonic crystal having a lattice constant, and a ratio of the lattice constant to a wavelength of the light is a specific value within a band gap of the photonic crystal.
US07919214B2	Cathode side hardware for carbonate fuel cells Carbonate fuel cathode side hardware having a thin coating of a conductive ceramic formed from one of Perovskite AMeO3, wherein A is at least one of lanthanum and a combination of lanthanum and strontium and Me is one or more of transition metals, lithiated NiO (LixNiO, where x is 0.1 to 1) and X-doped LiMeO2, wherein X is one of Mg, Ca, and Co.
US07919213B1	Fuel cell bipolar plate and composition therefore A bipolar plate is provided which is constructed of a composite material including at least thirty percent carbon and up to seventy percent of a flowable resin. The material is flowed into a mold and hardened, preferably by heat or catalyst, to form the bipolar plate. The resin is preferably a polyester resin which, along with the carbon, can function effectively within a bipolar plate of a fuel cell. A method for forming bipolar plates from a composite material including carbon and a flowable resin, by flowing the material into a mold, is also provided. Specific compositions for the composite material are also provided.
US07919212B2	Separator for fuel cells The object of the invention is to provide a separator for fuel cells which is of improved strength and corrosion resistance and facilitates the assembling of unit cells. The separator comprises an electrically conductive resin layer formed by electrodeposition in such a way as to cover a metal substrate and a gasket component. The resin layer contains an electrically conductive material. The separator of the invention has thus an enhanced corrosion resistance, makes some considerable improvements in the assembling work efficiency of unit cells, and makes sure higher strength because of the use of the metal substrate.
US07919211B2	On-board fuel cell system and method of controlling the same An on-board fuel cell system adapted to be installed on a motor vehicle includes a main passage connecting a hydrogen-gas storage device with an inlet of a fuel cell, a circulation passage that connects an outlet of the fuel cell with a first point in the main passage, a pump disposed in the circulation passage, and a bypass passage that connects a second point between the outlet of the storage device and the first point, with a third point located in the circulation passage between the outlet of the fuel cell and the pump. During a normal operation condition of the system, the hydrogen gas flows from the storage device to the fuel cell through the main passage, and hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell returns to the main passage through the circulation passage. When the pressure of the hydrogen gas is lower than a reference pressure, the pump operates to draw the hydrogen gas out of the storage device and feed the hydrogen gas from the main passage to the circulation passage through the bypass passage, and to the fuel cell through the main passage.
US07919209B2	System stability and performance improvement with anode heat exchanger plumbing and re-circulation rate A fuel cell system that increases stack stability by reducing the amount of liquid water droplets at the anode input of a fuel cell stack in the system. Re-circulated anode exhaust gas from the fuel cell stack and fresh hydrogen gas are sent to an anode heat exchanger so that both the fresh hydrogen gas and the re-circulated anode exhaust gas are heated to reduce the formation of water droplets in the anode input gas. Further, a portion of the heated cooling fluid directly from the fuel cell stack is sent to the heat exchanger to heat the fresh hydrogen gas and the re-circulation hydrogen before the cooling fluid is sent to an isolation heat exchanger to have its temperature reduced.
US07919198B2	Condensed ring aromatic compound for organic light-emitting device and organic light-emitting device having the same Provided are a condensed ring aromatic compound for an organic light-emitting device, and an organic light-emitting device having optical output with high efficiency and high luminescence and having durability. An organic light-emitting device including an anode and a cathode, and a layer made of an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one layer of the layers made of the organic compound contains a condensed ring aromatic compound shown in the following general formula [1]: wherein R1 to R16 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and may be the same or different.
US07919197B2	Condensed ring aromatic compound and organic light-emitting device having the same There are provided a condensed ring aromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device having an optical output with high efficiency and high luminance, and durability. An organic light-emitting device including: a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode of which at least one is transparent or translucent; and an organic compound layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the organic compound layer contains the condensed ring aromatic compound represented by the following formula [1]. In the formula, X1 to X16 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and each may be the same or different; adjacent groups combine with each other to form at least one ring in the group selected from X4 to X7; and adjacent groups combine with each other to form at least one ring in the group selected from X12 to X15.
US07919196B2	Emitting materials and organic light emitting device using the same The present invention provides a novel light emitting material and an organic light emitting device using the same.
US07919194B2	High strength steel sheet having superior ductility A high strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the same has superior phosphatability properties and hot-dip galvannealed properties besides a tensile strength of 950 MPa or more and a high ductility, and also having a small variation in mechanical properties with the change in annealing conditions.
US07919190B2	Polymer composition The disclosed invention relates to a composition, comprising: (A) at least one halogen-free polymer, the polymer exhibiting a total loss of mass of at least about 7% by weight at a temperature of 370° C. when subjected to thermogravimetric analysis; (B) at least one acid source; (C) at least one carbon-yielding source; and (D) at least one blowing agent.
US07919188B2	Linked periodic networks of alternating carbon and inorganic clusters for use as low dielectric constant materials This disclosure relates generally to polymeric networks of fullerene compounds, to methods of preparing precursors for such networks, and to their subsequent use as low dielectric constant materials in microelectronic devices.
US07919183B2	Particles for use as proppants or in gravel packs, methods for making and using the same Disclosed herein is a coated particle comprising a substrate comprising an inorganic material, wherein the inorganic material comprises silica and alumina in a silica to alumina weight ratio of about 2.2 to about 5; and wherein the inorganic material has a bulk density of less than or equal to about 1 g/cm3; and a coating disposed upon the substrate. Disclosed herein too is a method of treating a subterranean formation comprising injecting a fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation; wherein the fracturing fluid comprises an inorganic particle that comprises silica and alumina in a silica to alumina weight ratio of about 2.2 to about 5; and wherein the inorganic particle has a bulk density of less than or equal to about 1 g/cm3.
US07919182B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for application to skin The problem of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for skin adhesion, having an adhesive layer, which can be formed without using an organic solvent, shows superior adhesion performance to the skin, and shows extremely mild irritation to the skin and stratum corneum damage. To solve the problem, the present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for skin adhesion, which has a substrate and an adhesive layer laminated on the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer is obtained by curing an adhesive composition containing polyether polymer (A) having at least one alkenyl group on the terminal, compound (B) having 1-10 hydrosilyl groups in a molecule and hydrosilylation catalyst (C).
US07919180B2	Treated substrate having hydrophilic region and water repellent region, and process for producing it A treated substrate having a hydrophilic region and a water repellent region, of which contrast is high on its surface; a process for producing a treated substrate, wherein the treated substrate can be produced with a low amount of light for a short time; wherein the water repellent region is made of a water repellent film formed by curing the composition (A) comprising a photopolymerization initiator and a compound (a) having at least one (meth)acryloyl group, and a water repellent moiety and having a film thickness of from 0.1 to 100 nm; the process uses a hydrophilic substrate or makes the surface thereof hydrophilic, then forms a film containing the composition (A) on the surface, then forms said water repellent film by irradiating light on a part of the film surface to cure the composition (A) and then removes an uncured composition (A) present thereon in order to expose the hydrophilic surface.
US07919176B2	Ink-jet media porous coatings with chemically attached active ligands The present invention is drawn to a coated substrate for ink-jet ink printing comprising a substrate, having coated thereon, a porous coating, wherein the porous coating comprises silica covalently attached to a chelating agent, an ultraviolet blocker, and/or a hindered amine light stabilizer. In one embodiment, the chelating agent, ultraviolet blocker, and/or hindered amine light stabilizer can be substantially homogenously distributed on the silica.
US07919174B2	Tailored core laminated sheet metal A laminated sheet metal is comprised of a first sheet of metal and a second sheet of metal that are adhered together by a polymer layer core that is interposed between the two sheets and provides visco-elastic adhesion. The polymer layer has at least one region of a first polymer material that is selected for optimal viscous and elastic qualities by which to dampen the transmission of noise and vibration between the sheets, and at least one other region of a second polymer material that is selected for optimal adhesive qualities by which the sheets are optimally joined together against delamination. Thus the laminated sheet metal can be tailored to optimize the qualities that are desired for the manufacture of a particular product.
US07919171B2	Lidding for a child-resistant blister package A blister package is provided in which the lidding component includes a tear-resistant nonwoven layer and a barrier layer wherein the controlled delamination of the nonwoven layer increases the puncture resistance, thereby improving the child-resistant properties of the package.
US07919169B2	Laminate made of fibrous layers for use in absorbent articles A laminate made of fibrous layers for use in absorbent articles, such as sanitary towels, nappies or the like. The laminate includes an outer layer (5) made of non-woven fabric, which is in contact with the wearer during use of the article, and an inner layer (6), which two layers are interconnected in a first bonding pattern consisting of separate bonding points (7).
US07919163B2	Thermal packaging system The present disclosure utilizes the phase change properties of various phase change materials, specifically of 1-decanol and 1-dodecanol. Blood platelets and biological tissues that are chemically unstable at high temperatures can be maintained between 20° C. and 24° C. using 1-Dodecanol in a disclosed container. Temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products may be maintained between 2° C. to 8° C. using 1-Decanol in a disclosed container. The present disclosure may be used to control the temperature of such products during transport by confining the temperature of the product within a predetermined range. This permits light weight packaging with the maintenance of temperatures in narrow, pre-selected ranges over extended periods of time. A nylon and low density polyethylene thermal blanket comprising cells substantially filled with phase change material, which is advantageously puncture proof, durable, and capable of surrounding any payload, is disclosed.
US07919155B2	Document and method of making document including invisible information for security applications A document includes paper having an average surface roughness of at least about 0.5 microns and including one or more optical brighteners, and includes at least one image thereon wherein the at least one image includes clear binder and light absorbing material that absorbs light only at wavelengths below 350 nm. The image is substantially not detectable to a naked human eye through differential gloss or exposure to light having wavelengths of 365 nm or more, but may be revealed to the naked human eye by exposing the document to light having a wavelength at which the light absorbing material absorbs light.
US07919153B2	Laminated structure, process of producing a liquid crystal cell substrate using the same, liquid crystal cell substrate, and liquid crystal display device A laminated structure comprising, at least one optically anisotropic layer formed of a liquid crystalline composition comprising a compound having two or more types of reactive groups, and at least one photosensitive polymer layer. The laminated structure is useful for forming an optically anisotropic layer inside of a liquid crystal cell. The laminated structure is also useful for forming a liquid crystal cell substrate with an optically anisotropic layer having an optically compensating ability, inside of a liquid crystal cell.
US07919152B2	Method and apparatus for curing waste containing photopolymeric components Method and apparatus for polymerizing photoactive materials included in a liquid material by electromagnetic radiation, by dispensing the liquid material layer-wise into a container and irradiating the accumulated layers by a curing radiation, wherein a substantial part of the radiation is well transmitted through the photoactive material.
US07919149B2	Carbodiimide compound and waterborne curable resin composition containing thereof It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a carbodiimide compound exhibiting superior water resistance and having good storage stability when it is applied to a waterborne coating composition, and a waterborne curable resin composition comprising thereof, and the carbodiimide compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X represents a bifunctional organic group containing at least one carbodiimide group, Y represents a structure in which a hydroxyl group is eliminated from a polyalkylene glycol monoalkyl ether, R0 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 2 or less carbon atoms, R1 represents an alkylene group having 4 or less carbon atoms, n represents 0 or 1 and m represents an integer of 11 or more, and wherein the repeating number of oxyalkylene group in the polyalkylene glycol monoalkyl ether is 6 to 40.
US07919148B2	In-press process for coating composite substrates An improved process for manufacture of polymer coated composite substrates is described. A coated composite substrate is prepared in the press by applying a layer of a primer coating composition to the surface of a compressible mat comprising fibers and/or particles and a resin binder. The primer coating composition is formulated preferably as a fast setting polymer latex capable of forming a chemically crosslinked polymer matrix when applied to the surface of a compressible mat. A thermosetting top coat composition can be applied directly over the primer coating composition before heat-processing the mat to improve surface quality and release characteristics. Compressing and heating the coated mat produces a finished composite substrate directly out of the press.
US07919147B2	Coating method The invention relates to a method for coating objects, particularly plumbing fixtures, having metallic surfaces. According to the method, at least one organosilane is applied during the so-called sol-gel process after an optionally provided pretreatment step that serves to activate the metallic surfaces, and the coating obtained thereby is transformed into a polysiloxane coating. This transformation of the coating into a polysiloxane coating preferably ensues by a thermal treatment effected at temperatures of <100° C., preferably <70° C.
US07919146B2	Aqueous polyurethane compositions An aqueous polyurethane composition comprising a polyurethane which is the reaction product of: (A) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer and (B) at least one active-hydrogen chain-extending compound comprising at least 0.20 stoichiometric equivalents with respect to the isocyanate content of the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A), of an active-hydrogen chain-extending compound selected from the group consisting of hydrazine, hydrazine derivatives and mixtures thereof; and wherein at least 0.2 stoichiometric equivalents of the anionic or potentially anionic water-dispersing groups are neutralised with ammonia.
US07919140B2	Process for producing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer The present invention relates to a process for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, which includes irradiating a photopolymerizable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer provided between two films with an active energy beam to polymerize the photopolymerizable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer, in which the polymerization is performed while a layer of a composition for preventing polymerization inhibition which is curable with an active energy beam in the atmosphere is provided on a side surface of the photopolymerizable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer. According to the process for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the present invention, owing to the construction as discussed above, it is possible to reuse a film. Moreover, it is possible to prevent a lowering in the cohesive force in the side surface of the thus formed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer caused by a lowering in the polymerization degree in the side surface of the photopolymerizable acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition layer during the photopolymerization.
US07919139B2	CPP with elongated pinned layer CPP magnetic read head designs have been improved by increasing the length of the AFM layer relative to that of both the free and spacer layers. The length of the pinned layer is also increased, but by a lesser amount, an abutting conductive layer being inserted to fill the remaining space over the AFM layer. The extended pinned layer increases the probability of spin interaction while the added conducting layer serves to divert sensor current away from the bottom magnetic shield which now is no longer needed for use as a lead.
US07919130B2	Method for crosslinking β-cyclodextrin for cholesterol trapping and regeneration thereof Shown herein is the use of crosslinked beta-cyclodextrin as a trap for removing cholesterol. The crosslinked beta-cyclodextrin is prepared by crosslinking beta-cyclodextrin in the presence of a crosslinking agent. Treatment with the crosslinked beta-cyclodextrin results in cholesterol-depleted foods. After application to foods, the crosslinked beta-cyclodextrin which traps cholesterol therein can be readily regenerated with organic solvents. The crosslinked beta-cyclodextrin can be applied to almost all cholesterol-containing foods, such as dairy products, meat products, and egg products, with excellent cholesterol removal rates.
US07919129B2	System and method for spraying meat products with an anti-microbial agent System and method for applying an antimicrobial agent, such as acidified calcium sulfate (ACS), to unpackaged meat products, in order to eliminate or reduce existing food borne bacterial pathogens and to prevent their growth when the meat products are stored. A conveyor transports unpackaged meat products to a spray chamber having nozzles positioned above and below the conveyor and meat products. The conveyor can be a wire conveyor having wires having a thickness so that they can support the food items, which can be eight to ten pounds, while being small enough so that the they do not block ACS solution sprays from the bottom nozzles, or do so to a negligible degree. The lower nozzles spray ACS solution through apertures of the conveyor and onto at least the bottom surfaces of the unpackaged meat products. The solution is sprayed with a sufficiently high pressure and sufficiently small drop size so that the ACS solution penetrates into tissues of the unpackaged meat products.
US07919125B2	Modulation of inflammation by hops fractions and derivatives A natural formulation of compounds that would to modulate inflammation is disclosed. The formulation would also inhibit expression of COX-2, inhibit synthesis of prostaglandin selectively in target cells, and inhibit inflammatory response selectively in target cells. The compositions containing at least one fraction isolated or derived from hops.
US07919122B2	Composition for production of a sterilizer and a process for producing organic peracid The invention provides a composition for production of a sterilizer having a water content of 1 to 25% by weight and comprising (A) an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and an organic acid having a hydrocarbon group which may have a hydroxyl group and (B1) hydrogen peroxide. From the composition, a sterilizer is obtained as an aqueous solution containing an organic peracid.
US07919121B2	Biomaterial derived from vertebrate liver tissue A tissue graft composition comprising liver basement membrane and a method of preparation of this tissue graft composition are described. The graft composition can be implanted to replace or induce the repair of damaged or diseased tissues.
US07919119B2	Porous drug matrices and methods of manufacture thereof Drugs, especially low aqueous solubility drugs, are provided in a porous matrix form, preferably microparticles, which enhances dissolution of the drug in aqueous media. The drug matrices preferably are made using a process that includes (i) dissolving a drug, preferably a drug having low aqueous solubility, in a volatile solvent to form a drug solution, (ii) combining at least one pore forming agent with the drug solution to form an emulsion, suspension, or second solution and hydrophilic or hydrophobic excipients that stabilize the drug and inhibit crystallization, and (iii) removing the volatile solvent and pore forming agent from the emulsion, suspension, or second solution to yield the porous matrix of drug. Hydrophobic or hydrophilic excipients may be selected to stabilize the drug in crystalline form by inhibiting crystal growth or to stabilize the drug in amorphous form by preventing crystallization. The pore forming agent can be either a volatile liquid that is immiscible with the drug solvent or a volatile solid compound, preferably a volatile salt. In a preferred embodiment, spray drying is used to remove the solvents and the pore forming agent. The resulting porous matrix has a faster rate of dissolution following administration to a patient, as compared to non-porous matrix forms of the drug. In a preferred embodiment, microparticles of the porous drug matrix are reconstituted with an aqueous medium and administered parenterally, or processed using standard techniques into tablets or capsules for oral administration.
US07919117B2	Transdermal delivery of (R)-3,3-diphenylpropylamin-monoestern The invention relates to a device for transdermally administering a compound of formula (I), wherein A represents hydrogen or deuterium, R represents a group selected among C1-4alkyl, C3-10cycloalkyl, or phenyl, each of which can be substituted by C1-3alkoxy, fluoride, chlorine, bromine, iodine, nitro, amino, hydroxy, oxo, mercapto, or deuterium, the C atom marked by * (asterisk) being provided in the R configuration. The invention is characterized in that the compound of general formula (I) is provided in a polymer matrix and is released at a dose of 0.5 to 20 mg per day through human skin. The invention further relates to the use of said compounds of formula (I) for producing transdermal medicaments.
US07919114B2	Compositions and methods using Morinda citrifolia Dietary supplements include a complementary blend of fruits including at least noni and Luo Han Guo. Other fruits having a high ORAC value, such as blueberries and raspberries, are also preferably incorporated. The combination of the Luo Han Guo and noni masks the noni's flavors and odors while sweetening the dietary supplements. The Luo Han Guo can be simultaneously provided in both powder and liquid form so that the liquid form acts as the primary sweetener while the powder form acts as the primary masker. The dietary supplements also have an enhanced natural preservative effect, providing an extended shelf life without the use of artificial preservatives.
US07919113B2	Dispersible concentrate lipospheres for delivery of active agents A formulation containing one or more lipophilic agents, methods of making and using the formulation are described herein. The formulation is formed by adding a pre-suspension concentrate composition to an aqueous medium. Upon contact with the aqueous medium, a solid nanoparticle suspension spontaneously forms. The resulting formulation is in the form of a microemulsion. The concentrate contains an amphiphilic solvent, a pharmaceutically acceptable solid carrier such as a solid fatty acid or ester, a surfactant, and an agent. Preferably the concentrate contains a combination of a surfactant with a high hydrophilic/lipophilic balance (HLB) of at least about 8 and a surfactant with a low HLB of less than about 5. The agent is preferably a lipophilic drug and other lipophilic ingredient, such as vitamins. The composition is suitable for use in medical and non-medical applications. The microemuslions described herein have increased stability was compared to the prior art.
US07919110B2	Medical device drug release regions containing non-covalently bound polymers According to one aspect, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which contain polymeric release regions that release one or more therapeutic agents. The polymeric release regions, in turn, contain the following: (i) a first bonding polymer having a first polymer block and a first bonding group and (ii) a second bonding polymer having a second polymer block and a second bonding group. A therapeutic agent is disposed beneath or within the polymeric release region. The first and second polymer blocks can be the same as or different from one another, as can the first and second bonding groups. The first and second bonding groups are bound to one another via non-covalent bonding, for example, via electrostatic interaction, coordinative bonds, π-π stacking, or hydrogen bonding. According to another aspect, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which have a polymeric region that comprises (a) a first polymer having a first polymer block and a first bonding group and (b) a therapeutic agent having a bonding group that bonds to said first bonding group via non-covalent bonding at ambient temperature.
US07919102B2	Basidiomycetes, basidiomycetes extract composition, health foods, and immunopotentiators Basidiomycetes which is a novel mushroom having an excellent immunopotentiating action, etc., a Basidiomycetes extract composition, and health foods and immunopotentiators using the Basidiomycetes extract composition are provided.Basidiomycetes has no basidium forming potential. In particular, Basidiomycetes is Basidiomycetes-X FERM BP-10011. A Basidiomycetes extract composition is extracted from them with an extraction solvent including at least one solvent selected from water and a hydrophilic solvent.
US07919086B2	Anti-glypican 3 antibody An antibody capable of binding to a specific region of glypican 3, as well as a humanized antibody created based on that antibody are disclosed. The anti-GPC3 antibody of the invention has a higher ADCC activity and CDC activity compared with those of a conventional antibody. The antibody of the present invention is useful as a cell growth inhibitor, an anticancer agent and an agent for diagnosis of cancers.
US07919082B1	High-activity mutants of butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis and method of generating the same A novel computational method and generation of mutant butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis is provided. The method includes molecular modeling a possible BChE mutant and conducting molecular dynamics simulations and hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical calculations thereby providing a screening method of possible BChE mutants by predicting which mutant will lead to a more stable transition state for a rate determining step. Site-directed mutagenesis, protein expression, and protein activity is conducted for mutants determined computationally as being good candidates for possible BChE mutants, i.e., ones predicted to have higher catalytic efficiency as compared with wild-type BChE. In addition, mutants A199S/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/A328W/Y332G, A199S/S287G/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/Y332G, and A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/E441D all have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine compared with wild-type BChE.
US07919079B2	Cancer immunotherapy compositions and methods of use Cellular compositions and methods for inducing an immune response to tumor cells are described. The cellular compositions include a tumor antigen and cells that have been modified to express a cytokine and one or more of a tumor antigen, anti-CTLA4 antibody and an additional cytokine. The cellular compositions find utility in methods for treating cancer.
US07919078B2	Recombinant interferon α2 (IFNα2) mutants and methods of use thereof The present invention provides IFNα2 mutants and active fragments, analogs, derivatives, and variants thereof, nucleotide molecules encoding same, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods utilizing the same for treating cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases.
US07919077B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising CCL2 and use of same for the treatment of inflammation A method of treating an inflammation in a subject thereof is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of CCL2, thereby treating the inflammation. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and unit dosage forms which comprise CCL2 for the treatment of inflammation.
US07919076B2	PH-sensitive polymeric conjugates of an anthracycline cancerostatic drug for targeted therapy Conjugates consisting of a polymeric carrier constituted by 30 to 3,000 monomer units linked to form a polymeric chain, composed of a) 60 to 99% of N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide units, b) 1 to 25% of units of methacryloylated hydrazones of α-amino acids, ε-amino acids, aromatic amino acids or oligopeptides terminated with a molecule of an anthracycline cancerostatic, c) 0.5 to 15% of units of methacryloylated α-amino acids, ε-amino acids, aromatic amino acids or oligopeptides or their sodium salts.
US07919075B1	Coatings for implantable medical devices Polymer coatings for medical devices are disclosed. The polymers can include at least one unit derived from ethylene and at least one vinyl unit or acrylic unit. The coatings can have a biologically compatible compound conjugated to, or blended with, the polymer.
US07919072B1	Nanoparticles for protein drug delivery The invention discloses the bioactive nanoparticles composed of chitosan, poly-glutamic acid, and at least one bioactive agent characterized with a positive surface charge and enhanced permeability in oral drug delivery.
US07919068B2	Method for making metal oxides A method of producing porous complex oxides includes the steps of providing a mixture of a) precursor elements suitable to produce the complex oxide; or b) one or more precursor elements suitable to produce particles of the complex oxide and one or more metal oxide particles; and c) a particulate carbon-containing pore-forming material selected to provide pore sizes in the range of approximately 7 nm to 250 nm, and treating the mixture to (i) form the porous complex oxide in which two or more of the precursor elements from (a) above or one or more of the precursor elements and one or more of the metals in the metal oxide particles from (b) above are incorporated into a phase of the complex metal oxide and the complex metal oxide has grain sizes in the range of about 1 nm to 150 nm; and (ii) remove the pore-forming material under conditions such that the porous structure and composition of the complex oxide is substantially preserved. The method may be used to produce non-refractory metal oxides as well.
US07919067B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a causticizing process A method and an apparatus for controlling a causticizing process, the process comprising slaking, causticizing and white liquor preparation. The slaking is carried out using a slaker into which green liquor and lime is fed to produce lime milk. The causticizing process is controlled by applying a model that describes at least a part of the causticizing process.
US07919062B2	Modular microfluidic system and method for building a modular microfludic system A “plug-n-play” modular microfluidic system is described herein which can be made by connecting multiple microfluidic components together to form a larger integrated system. For example, the modular microfluidic system includes a motherboard with interconnecting channels and integrated electrodes (or holes for electrodes to pass) which provide electronic connections to external data acquisition and system control devices. The modular microfluidic system can also include channel inserts (which are placed in the channels of the motherboard), heater units, actuator units, fitting components and microchips/modules with different functionalities which are placed on the motherboard.
US07919061B2	Pipette device system and micropipette thereof A pipette device system and micropipette thereof is disclosed. The micropipette is disposed on the pipette device system and includes a pipe body, a rotating shaft and a swing member. A rotating hole and an engaging hole of the pipe body are connected with each other. A receiving hole and a discharging hole are formed in the pipe body and connected with the rotating hole. The rotating shaft is disposed in the rotating hole and has a connecting hole and a switching hole. A first connecting opening and a second connecting opening of the connecting hole are respectively connected with the receiving hole and the discharging hole. The switching hole has a third connecting opening and is connected with the connecting hole. The swing member is fixed on two ends of the rotating shaft. The present invention can implement the multiple micro-dispensation based on the simple structure and movement manner.
US07919058B2	High-solvency-dispersive-power (HSDP) crude oil blending for fouling mitigation and on-line cleaning A high solvency dispersive power (HSDP) crude oil is added to a blend of incompatible and/or near-incompatible oils to proactively address the potential for fouling heat exchange equipment. The HSDP component dissolves asphaltene precipitates and maintains suspension of inorganic particulates before coking affects heat exchange surfaces. HSDP co-blending for fouling mitigation and on-line cleaning can be affected using different concentrations of top-performing and moderate-performing HSDP crude oils.
US07919055B2	Method of forming a sealed channel of a microfluidic reactor and a microfluidic reactor comprising such channel The present invention relates to a method of forming a sealed channel on the surface of a sheet made of a material with a particular extent of plasticity, the sheet forming a reactor block for a microfluidic reactor.
US07919052B2	Securing catalyst element in catalytic converter with bolted bar A catalytic converter has a housing. The housing defines a conduit and has a support wall defining an opening in the conduit. A removable catalyst element covers the opening for treating an exhaust gas passing through the conduit. A removable bar abuts the catalyst element. A first end of the bar is anchored to the wall and a second end of the bar is bolted to the wall thus clamping the catalyst element between the wall and the bar.
US07919048B2	Cellular microarray and its microfabrication method A cellular microarray is disclosed, which has a substrate, multiple first conductive lines, multiple second conductive lines, and multiple PIREs arranged on the surface of the substrate in an array. Each PIRE includes multiple first ring-shaped electrodes, and multiple second ring-shaped electrodes. The first ring-shaped electrodes, and the second ring-shaped electrodes are located on the surface of the substrate alternately in each PIRE. Moreover, the outermost ring-shaped electrodes of any two adjacent feather-shaped electrodes are different. The disclosed cellular microarray can adhere the cells rapidly and uniformly, increase the output of manufacturing, and reduce the cost for manufacturing and application.
US07919046B2	Method for grafting molecules of interest on inorganic surfaces, resulting surfaces and uses thereof The invention concerns a method for grafting molecules of interest on a silicon substrate via a spacer compound, said grafting including at least one click chemistry reaction to the supports thus obtained as well as their uses in nanotechnologies and nanobiotechnologies, such as molecular electronics, the manufacture of biochips or of sensors.
US07919040B2	Method of preparing pressureless sintered, highly dense boron carbide materials In a method of preparing a boron carbide material, boron carbide powder is washed with essentially pure water at an elevated temperature to generate washed boron carbide powder. The washed boron carbide powder is combined with a sintering aid. The mixture of the boron carbide powder and the sintering aid is pressed to form a shaped material, and the shaped material is sintered. A sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.6 wt % of oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component. The sintered boron carbide material has a density of at least about 99% of the theoretical density. Another sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, silicon carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.3 wt % oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component, and has a density of at least about 97% of the theoretical density.
US07919039B2	Ceramic fiber composite material The invention relates to a particularly low-cost and flexible process for the preparation of a sintered ceramic fiber composite material consisting of oxide-ceramic continuous fibers and an oxide-ceramic matrix, and to a fiber composite material prepared by such process.
US07919037B1	Process and composition for molding heatable articles and resulting product A process and a mold for molding parts. The mold is fabricated using a mixture of a viscous resin such as a gel coat containing nano particles. Electrical conductors are incorporated in the mold surface. The resulting mold in use is heatable by application of electricity to produce parts substantially reducing cure and post cure time. Completed parts containing conductive nano particles may also be produced and are heatable in use for applications where it is desirable to heat the part in use such as de-icing panels. A composition for fabricating parts containing a resin and nano particle segments in sufficient quantity to establish a conductive path is also disclosed.
US07919033B2	Method of manufacturing honeycomb structure and manufacturing apparatus thereof A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure having a plugged portion, which is faster and cheaper to manufacture, and a manufacturing apparatus thereof. A film is attached to an end face of a honeycomb structure in a state where the honeycomb structure is positioned in a table portion having a through hole into which the end face portion of the honeycomb structure is to be inserted, and the film is held in a flat state where a remaining portion of the film which is not attached to the end face is attached to the table portion. Then, holes opened so as to correspond to the openings of a part of cells are formed in the film to form the film as a mask, and a plugging material having fluidity is supplied onto the mask or onto the same plane as the mask to fill the cells with the plugging material.
US07919021B2	Method for producing optical sheet The present invention aims at providing a manufacturing method for an optical sheet capable of manufacturing a thin optical sheet of a uniform thickness distribution with a high thickness accuracy, and high shaping/transferring performances, and an optical sheet manufactured by using the manufacturing method. A manufacturing method for an optical sheet according to the present invention includes passing a resin discharged from a die between a touch roll and a shaping roll under pressure.
US07919018B2	Photoactive taggant materials comprising semiconductor nanoparticles and lanthanide ions This invention provides, in one aspect, a procedure to use optically transparent nanocrystalline quantum dots to absorb UV light. This absorption process leads to an energy transfer to a chemically bound and chelated lanthanide ion that may emit light in either the visible spectrum (400-700 nm) or in the near infrared (700-1600 nm). This invention also provides methods for the use of these taggant materials in inks and aerosols used to disperse the taggant.
US07919015B2	Silver-containing nanoparticles with replacement stabilizer A process including: providing a composition comprising silver-containing nanoparticles and molecules of an initial stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles; and mixing a replacement stabilizer comprising a carboxylic acid with the composition to replace at least a portion of the initial stabilizer with the replacement stabilizer, resulting in molecules of the replacement stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles.
US07919014B2	Electrode for use with double electric layer electrochemical capacitors having high specific parameters The present invention relates to the production of electrochemical capacitors with a DEL. The proposed electrodes with DEL are based on non-metal conducting materials, including porous carbon materials, and are capable of providing for high specific energy, capacity and power parameters of electrochemical capacitors. P-type conductivity and high concentration of holes in electrode materials may be provided by thermal, ionic or electrochemical doping by acceptor impurities; irradiating by high-energy fast particles or quantums; or chemical, electrochemical and/or thermal treatment. The present invention allows for an increase in specific energy, capacity and power parameters, as well as a reduction in the cost of various electrochemical capacitors with DEL. The proposed electrodes with DEL can be used as positive and/or negative electrodes of symmetric and asymmetric electrochemical capacitors with aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes.
US07919013B2	Thermoplastic moulding compositions with high stiffness Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 40 to 96.2% by weight of a semiaromatic polyamide, B) from 2 to 30% by weight of an impact-modifying polymer which comprises functional groups, C) from 1 to 50% by weight of fibrous or particulate fillers or a mixture of these, D) from 0.2 to 5% by weight of a lubricant, E) from 0.5 to 15% by weight of an electrically conductive additive, F) from 0 to 30% by weight of other added materials, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to F) is 100%.
US07919011B2	LED and its fluorescent powder A fluorescent powder using YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) as the substrate and cerium as the excitant, and having added thereto Tb (terbium) ions, Ga (gallium) ions, Yb (ytterbium) ions and Lu (lutetium) ions. The YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) has the chemical formula of (Y1-x-y-z-p-qGdxTbyYbzLupCeq)3Al5O12. The invention also provides an organic film layer using the fluorescent powder, and a LED using the organic film layer.
US07919010B2	Doped organic semiconductor material The present invention relates to a doped organic semiconductor material comprising an organic matrix material which is doped with at least one heteromonocyclic and/or heteropolycyclic compound, the compound having at least one nitrogen atom with a free electron pair.
US07919009B2	Polymerizable compounds and polymerizable compositions A polymerizable compound represented by general formula (1) of the invention has good solvent solubility and excellent alignment control properties and optical characteristics. In formula (1), M1 and M2 are each hydrogen or methyl; X1 and X2 are each a single bond, or an optionally branched C1-10 alkylene, alkyleneoxy or alkyleneoxycarbonyloxy; X3 is optionally branched C1-10 alkylene; Y1 and Y2 are each an ester linkage, etc.; and rings A, B, C, and D are each a cyclic structure, such as 2,6-naphthlene.
US07919008B2	Liquid crystal composition comprising novel silicon containing compounds and liquid crystal display device using the same Disclosed are a silicon-containing compound, a liquid crystal composition comprising the same compound, and a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal layer prepared from the liquid crystal composition. The silicon-containing compound, which forms the liquid crystal composition, has low viscosity and high negative (−) dielectric anisotropy. Therefore, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device, which has a fast response time and can be driven at a low voltage.
US07919006B2	Method of anti-stiction dimple formation under MEMS A method for making a MEMS structure comprises patterning recesses in a dielectric layer overlying a substrate, each recess being disposed between adjacent mesas of dielectric material. A conformal layer of semiconductor material is formed overlying the recesses and mesas. The conformal layer is chemical mechanically polished to form a chemical mechanical polished surface, wherein the chemical mechanical polishing is sufficient to create dished portions of semiconductor material within the plurality of recesses. Each dished portion has a depth proximate a central portion thereof that is less than a thickness of the semiconductor material proximate an outer portion thereof. A semiconductor wafer is then bonded to the chemical mechanical polished surface. The bonded semiconductor wafer is patterned with openings according to the requirements of a desired MEMS transducer. Lastly, the MEMS transducer is released. Releasing advantageously exposes anti-stiction features formed from outer edges of the dished portion of semiconductor material.
US07919005B2	Dry etching method, fine structure formation method, mold and mold fabrication method A WC substrate 7 is etched by using plasma 50 generated from a gas including a chlorine atom.
US07919004B2	Removing reflective layers from EUV mirrors A method for removing at least one reflective layer (4a, 4b) from an optical element (1) for EUV lithography, wherein the optical element (1) has a substrate (2) and an interlayer (6) between the substrate (2) and the at least one reflective layer (4a, 4b). The method includes etching away the at least one reflective layer (4a, 4b) as far as the interlayer (6) with an etching gas (7), wherein the material of the interlayer (6) does not react with the etching gas (7), and wherein, after the etching away, the interlayer (6) has a surface roughness of less than 0.5 nm rms, preferably of less than 0.2 nm rms, and more preferably of less than 0.1 nm rms. Also, an optical element (1) for reflecting radiation in the EUV wavelength range includes a substrate (2), at least one reflective layer (4a, 4b), and an interlayer (6) arranged between the substrate (2) and the at least one reflective layer (4a, 4b). The interlayer (6) is composed at least partly of a material which does not react with a halogen or a halogen compound as etching gas (7) and which is selected, in particular, from one or more of the following: alkali metal halides, alkaline earth metal halides and aluminum oxide (Al2O3). The interlayer (6) has a surface roughness of less than 0.5 nm rms, preferably of less than 0.2 nm rms, and more preferably of less than 0.1 nm rms.
US07919002B1	Debris trap and method of trapping debris Most commercial & residential buildings have rainwater collection systems that consist of leaders and gutters that collect water coming off the roof. These leaders and gutters are connected to drain pipes that channel the water away from the structure, usually into a dry well or storm drain. A substantial add-on to the leader and gutter system is a debris trap with an overflow port. The debris trap/overflow port may be attached to the leader at waist height (for easy access) to collect leaves, tree droppings, windblown litter and other materials. This debris can be easily discarded by opening an access panel to empty a built-in strainer. When a dry well or storm drain becomes saturated, water will back up through the leader causing seepage and overflow into the building and create erosion that can damage the foundation. The function of the overflow port is to divert water from the drain pipe away from the foundation. The debris trap/overflow port system not only channels water away from the building but also prevents overflow of organic materials that can accumulate along the foundation.
US07919001B2	Water purification system and method using reverse osmosis reject stream in an electrodeionization unit A method for purifying water, comprising separating a supply stream into a permeate stream and a reject stream, removing non-monovalent salt impurities from the reject stream to produce a treated stream; providing the treated stream to a concentrating compartment of an electrodeionization unit; and, producing an EDI product stream of purified water.
US07918998B2	Water treatment apparatus with easy filter replacement construction A water treatment apparatus includes a frame and a plurality of connecting accessories, manifolds and filter cartridges. Each of the connecting accessories includes a seat ring fixed on the frame and a communicating pipe coaxially received in the seat ring. The seat rings together with the communicating pipes are spaced at a distance from one another. Each of the manifolds is suspended between adjacent two of the connecting accessories and has inlet and outlet ports at opposite ends. The inlet and outlet ports of each of the manifolds are rotatably and coaxially received in adjacent the seat rings respectively with their exterior walls in contact with inner walls of adjacent the seat rings and their interior walls in contact with outer walls of adjacent the communicating pipes. Additionally, the filter cartridges are detachably joined to the manifolds respectively.
US07918994B2	System that removes contaminants from sulfur A system for removing contaminant from sulfur to a level that allows re-processed sulfur to reenter a supply chain. The system melts contaminated sulfur, filters the molten sulfur, and then dispenses the less contaminated sulfur after filtering it. More specifically, solid contaminated sulfur enters a settling tank, while heated molten sulfur circulates through the system and the settling tank. The circulation of the molten sulfur assists in the melting process of the solid sulfur, allowing the solid sulfur to melt efficiently. In preferred embodiments of the system, the system uses steam jacked sulfur lines and steam tracing to maintain temperatures for melting the solid sulfur and maintaining the molten state of the sulfur circulating through the system. Furthermore, the system comprises a programmable logic controller, which controls motors, pumps, valves, and environment monitoring instruments.
US07918992B2	Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Methods and systems for contacting of a crude feed with one or more catalysts to produce a total product that includes a crude product are described. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The crude product has an MCR content of at most 90% of the MCR content of the crude feed. One or more other properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the respective properties of the crude feed.
US07918990B2	Fuel presenting reduced aromatics levels and a high octane number The invention relates to a fuel containing at least 5 vol. %, and preferably at least 10 vol. %, of a hydrocarbon base (B3) consisting essentially of cycloparaffins comprising between 6 and 8 carbon atoms. The ratio R of the quantities by volume (B1+B2)/B3 is higher than 2 and preferably between 2.3 and 19.
US07918989B2	Gas sensor and method thereof A gas sensor and method thereof are provided. The example gas sensor may include first and second electrodes formed on a substrate, a carbon nanotube connecting the first and second electrodes on the substrate, a light source disposed above the carbon nanotube and an ampere meter measuring current flowing between the first and second electrodes. The example method may be directed to identifying a gas, and may include measuring a first current responsive to a first applied voltage during a first mode of operation, comparing the first measured current with a plurality of first index current values to obtain a first comparison result, each of the plurality of first index current values associated with one of a plurality of gases, measuring a second current responsive to a second applied voltage during a second mode of operation, comparing the second measured current with a plurality of second index current values to obtain a second comparison result, each of the plurality of second index current values associated with one of the plurality of gases and determining gas characteristic information based on the first and second comparison results.
US07918987B2	Electrochemical process to prepare a halogenated carbonyl group-containing compound The present invention provides a process to prepare a halogenated carbonyl group-containing compound by electrochemically reacting the corresponding carbonyl group-containing compound with a hydrogen halide H—X, an organic halide R′—X and/or a halide salt Mn+—Xn− under substantially water-free conditions, wherein X is a chlorine, bromine or iodine atom, R′ is an alkyl or aryl group that may be linear or branched, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, nitrogen, chloride, bromide, fluoride or iodide of which the halogen atom X can be electrochemically split off, Mn+ is a quaternary ammonium, alkaline earth metal, alkali metal or metal cation, and n is an integer of 1 to 5, depending on the valency of the metal cation Mn+.
US07918986B2	Electrolytic method to make alkali alcoholates using ceramic ion conducting solid membranes Disclosed are processes of making solutions of metal alcoholates in their corresponding alcohols using an electrolytic process. In a preferred embodiment, sodium methylate in methanol is made from methanol and sodium hydroxide solution. The sodium hydroxide solution is placed in the anolyte compartment and the methanol is placed in the catholyte compartment, and the two compartments are separated by a ceramic membrane that selectively transports sodium under the influence of current. In preferred embodiments, the process is cost-effective and not environmentally harmful.
US07918979B2	Entropic trapping and sieving of molecules Nanofluidic entropic traps, comprising alternating thin and thick regions, sieve small molecules such as DNA or protein polymers and other molecules. The thick region is comparable or substantially larger than the molecule to be separated, while the thin region is substantially smaller than the size of the molecules to be separated. Due to the molecular size dependence of the entropic trapping effect, separation of molecules may be achieved. In addition, entropic traps are used to collect, trap and control many molecules in the nanofluidic channel. A fabrication method is disclosed to provide an efficient way to make nanofluidic constrictions in any fluidic devices.
US07918977B2	Solid state electrochemical gas sensor and method for fabricating same An electrochemical gas sensor, a method for making the sensor and methods for the detection of a gaseous species. The electrochemical gas sensor is a solid-state gas sensor that includes a solid polymer electrolyte. A working electrode is separated from a counter electrode by the solid polymer electrolyte. The sensor can include a multilaminate structure for improved detection properties, where electrode microbands are disposed within the solid polymer electrolyte.
US07918975B2	Analytical sensors for biological fluid The subject invention provides devices and methods for the analysis of a body fluid. Embodiments include sensors that are sample-fillable by contacting a corner of the sensor to a sample.
US07918974B2	Micro-structured insulating frame for electrolysis cell The invention relates to an insulating frame of an electrolysis cell having a microstructured internal section allowing the penetration of the electrolyte even if the structured section is partly or completely overlapped by the membrane, and to an electrolysis cell equipped with the same.
US07918973B2	Process for distilling solid organic products A process for treating solid organic materials, especially for recycling treated wood, uses energy provided by hot gases at the bottom of a reactor column to perform a distillation operation which ensures splitting of organic bonds in the material and uses, as the distillation operation progresses, constant control between a first temperature of the hot gases before they are introduced into the lower part of the reactor column and a second temperature of a layer of the material located in an area immediately above the grid of the reactor column. When the first temperature and the second temperature are identical or virtually identical, corresponding to removal of all the organic bonds of the material by evaporation and transport by the hot gases from the bottom to the top of the column, the layer of material at the second temperature is removed in order to collect a material that largely consists of carbon and constitutes a secondary raw material.
US07918971B2	Shoe press belt for making paper A belt (shoe press belt) for a paper making machine, which has good ability of squeezing water from moist paper and which, during use, has reduced damage (cracks and wear) on the outer peripheral surface of the belt. The shoe press belt for making paper carries felt for receiving water squeezed from moist paper. A water discharge groove extended on the surface on the felt side is formed as an intermittent groove, and the width and depth of the water discharge groove are continuously varied in the direction of travel (MD direction) of the groove. The shape of the intermittent groove can be asymmetrical or symmetrical at the left and right with respect to the width, or can be formed to have a narrow width at the center of the groove, or can be formed so that the groove is deep at the center. Because the water discharge groove is intermittent, water discharge ability, the quality of paper, and the smoothness of the surface of moist paper are enhanced at the same time.
US07918970B2	Band for a machine for producing web material, in particular paper, board or tissue, and process for the production of such a band A band for a machine for producing web material, in particular paper, board or tissue, includes at least one fabric layer having longitudinal filaments running substantially in a band longitudinal direction and transverse filaments running substantially in a band transverse direction, end regions of the longitudinal filaments being woven with transverse connecting filaments in order to provide an endless configuration of the band, cross-sectional widenings being provided at the filament ends of at least some of the longitudinal filaments woven with transverse connecting filaments.
US07918961B2	Worn article and method for producing the same The present invention relates to a new worn article, which gives a close fit and with which it is possible to reduce the production cost. A worn article of the present invention includes a main body portion 20 including an absorbent core 25 and covering a front torso area, a crotch area and a rear torso area of a wearer, and a pair of side panels PL and PR attached to the main body portion 20 and located between the front and rear torso areas when the worn article is worn. Each of the side panels PL and PR is stretchable in an around-the-torso direction X. At least a portion of the side panel PL and PR includes an elastic thread G sandwiched between at least two sheet-like materials S1 and S2 and is in a contracted state where the elastic thread is contracted, thus forming gathers.
US07918957B2	Method of manufacturing a composite disc structure and apparatus for performing the method A method of making composite discs continuously, including forming for each disc a first, a second layer, and a third support layer, each support layer being disc shaped and having a first surface with information indicia. An information layer is added to each support layers respectively. The said first and third support layers are positioned in a facing relationship, with the first and third information layers being adjacent. The third support layer is then separated from the third information layer, which thus remains attached to the first support layer. The first and second support layers are then joined. These steps are performed on a manufacturing line with conveyor belts transferring the support layers from station to station.

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