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US07936688B2	Protocol cross-port analysis A cross-port analysis method is provided to analyze multichannel traces in a network. More particularly, cross-port analysis is a method allowing for aggregate network analysis capabilities from a multi-channel analyzer. This can be performed as traces of network traffic generated by each port on two or more analyzers. Precise timestamps are recorded for each trace and the topology of devices on the network is determined. An expert analysis is then performed on the captured data traces.
US07936686B2	Communication state publishing gateway Once a gateway connected to access networks and a packet network has received a notification of a communication state relating a terminal, a gateway that publishes communication states of terminals transforms a current communication state of the terminal into an instant messaging communication state. The instant messaging communication state is then transferred to an instant messaging server so terminals can consult communication states of the terminal.
US07936682B2	Detecting malicious attacks using network behavior and header analysis A method and apparatus for detecting malicious attacks is described. The method may comprise obtaining routing information from a packet communicated via a network and maintaining a count of packets associated with a device associated with the routing information. For example, the routing information may a source or destination IP address, a port number, or any other routing information. The device may be classified as a potentially malicious device when the count exceeds a threshold. The count may be incremented when the TCP SYN flag is set and the TCP ACK flag is not set. An embodiment comprises obtaining a source hash of the source IP address and a destination hash of the destination IP address. Thereafter, the source hash and the destination hash may be mapped to multi stage filters. The device associated with the packet may then be selectively categorizing as a suspicious device.
US07936677B2	Selection of an audio visual stream by sampling The embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, devices, and systems for providing quality of service to network data that is received by an intermediate node in a local area network. In some embodiments, network data is categorized based on data flow, and based on such data flow, determining whether such flow exceeds a threshold. If the flow exceeds a threshold, such data flow is accordingly provided quality of service.
US07936673B2	Feedback priority modulation rate controller Methods and devices for controlling and managing data flow and data transmission rates. A feedback mechanism is used in conjunction with measuring output transmission rates to control the input transmission rates, changing conditions can be accounted for an excess output transmission capacity can be shared among numerous input ports. Similarly, by using maximum and minimum rates which can be requested from an output port, minimum transmission rates can be guaranteed for high priority traffic while capping maximum output rates for low priority traffic. By combining the two ideas of feedback rate control and placing maximum requestable transmission rates, a more equitable output sharing mechanism arises. The measured output transmission rate is used to control and recalculate the maximum requestable output transmission rate for incoming flows, thereby allowing for changing network and data flow conditions.
US07936671B1	Cable far end port identification using repeating link state patterns Methods having corresponding apparatus and computer programs comprise: receiving a command to identify a connected port at a far end of a cable providing a communication link; and changing a state of the communication link at a near end of the cable according to a repeating pattern in response to the command.
US07936660B2	Optical disk for an identification element An optical disk is provided that includes a face carrying information that is readable by a laser while the disk is being driven in rotation, the face being defined by a flexible structure; a support stiffening the flexible structure and including at least one fiber layer having a thickness; and an identification and/or authentication element carried by the support, the identification and/or authentication element being configured to emit a detectable signal on being illuminated by the laser that is used for reading the information present on the face, the identification and/or authentication element being inside and/or outside the support.
US07936659B2	Method and apparatus for micro optical recording and playback tracking control The present invention uses a stationary medium and a stationary optical pickup unit. The stationary optical pickup unit has a laser, which sends a beam of light through an objective lens, which focuses the beam on a point on the track of the stationary medium. The beam is then reflected toward a re-directing surface (e.g., prism) which diverts it to a photodiode array. Instead of the entire optical pickup moving to follow the track as in conventional systems, only the objective lens inside of the optical pickup moves. The position of the objective lens determines where on the information track the laser will reach. Depending upon where the laser beam reaches, the reflected light beam received by the photodetector array changes. This, in turn, affects the amount of light sensed by each photodetector in the array, thereby causing the output of each of the four photodetectors to change each time the objective lens moves. To implement the invention, the output of the photodetector array is manipulated wherein the manipulated signal corresponds to the signal that would be received if the photodetector were actually following the track directly above the laser as in prior art systems. In this manner, a signal can be used in a tracking servo that corresponds to movement within a conventional media player when actually the pickup and the medium are stationary.
US07936658B2	Photodetector, diffraction grating, optical pickup and optical disc apparatus The present invention provides a photodetector capable of generating highly accurate tracking and focusing error signals free of variations in light quantity caused by interference, in an optical pickup with a two-wavelength multilaser. The photodetector comprises first three light receiving areas arranged linearly to receive three light beams respectively resulting from splitting of a light beam emitted from a laser light source of a first wavelength and second three light receiving areas arranged linearly to receive three light beams respectively resulting from splitting of a light beam emitted from a laser light source of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength. The distance between both-end light receiving areas out of the first three light receiving areas is longer than the distance between both-end light receiving areas out of the second three light receiving areas.
US07936657B2	Apparatus for initializing and method of manufacturing optical disc, and initialization reference plate An embodiment of the present invention includes rotating an integrated disc formed by temporarily fixing an initialization reference plate to an uninitialized optical disc that is an optical disc to be irradiated with a light beam of light having a predetermined or higher intensity to record information as a recording mark. The initialization reference plate has a reference part that reflects at least a part of a servo light beam of servo light intended for servo control. The reference part contains information that indicates the position of a track of the optical disc for the recording mark to be formed on, in the form of a track of pit-and-projection pattern.
US07936652B2	Optical disc apparatus For achieving an improvement on recording/reproducing quality of information, with enabling more adequate tilt adjustment, even for an optical disc to be used under a circumstance having a large temperature change, an optical disc apparatus for conducting recording or reproducing of video information onto/from the optical disc 2, through buffers 17 and 18, while conducting a tilt adjustment through a learning of a tilt amount, comprises a temperature sensor 4 for detecting temperature within an optical pickup 1, wherein a control unit determines whether a relearning of the tilt amount of the optical pickup, upon basis of a change of temperature detected, a movement amount of the optical pickup between the time when a previous learning is done and the time when a present learning is done, and a remaining memory capacity of the buffers.
US07936650B2	Attenuation-amount adjusting circuit, optical disk drive device, attenuation-amount adjusting method, and address-information acquiring method An attenuation-amount adjusting circuit includes: a light irradiating unit that alternately irradiates a laser beam of a writing level and a laser beam of a readout level on an optical disk that has a groove formed by a wobble pattern and plural markers indicating physical positions in the groove; a light receiving unit that receives reflected light of the laser beam irradiated on the optical disk and converts the reflected light into a reproduction signal; and a writing-waveform attenuating unit that attenuates an amplitude level of a writing waveform corresponding to the reflected light of the laser beam of the writing level in the reproduction signal according to a position from a rising edge of the writing waveform.
US07936649B2	Method of managing overwrite and method of recording management information on an optical disc write once A device and method of reproducing and/or recording data onto a write once recording medium, the recording medium having a data area and a management area, the data area having a spare area. The recording method include: performing a replacement-recording by recording data requested to be recorded in a specified area onto a replacement area in the data area when the specified area is defective or contains data recorded thereon; and recording onto the management area a pair of consecutive entries for managing the replacement-recording when a size of the specified area corresponds to a plurality of consecutive recording-units. One of the pair of consecutive entries includes start address information of the specified area and start address information of the replacement area and another of the pair of consecutive entries includes end address information of the specified area and end address information of the replacement area.
US07936646B2	Spherical aberration compensation adjustment Spherical aberration correction is provided for CD writing in a double (CD+DVD), triple (CD+DVD+BD) or quadruple (CD+DVD+BD+HD-DVD) writer, which use the same light path for CD and DVD. In an optical drive that uses numerous laser wavelengths combined into one light path each wavelength having a different numerical apertures a correction for spherical aberration is made to correct for effective numerical apertures of the light path that becomes shifted up from the original value to higher values. The correction in spherical aberration removes that effect of the higher effective NA and defects, particularly in writing, are corrected.
US07936639B2	System and method for processing signals in high speed DRAM A method is disclosed for operating a memory device, including providing a timing signal comprising a plurality of clock cycles, providing an activate signal, and providing a bank address signal. An activate command executes on every first duration of clock cycles, and the bank address signal is high for at least a portion of the first duration of clock cycles. In one embodiment, the first duration of the activate signal is at least four clock cycles, and the bank address signal is at least one clock cycle. A memory device having a row decoder and an active driver is also provided.
US07936632B2	Semiconductor device including an internal circuit receiving two different power supply sources A semiconductor device includes an internal circuit configured to receive a first power supply voltage applied via a first power input terminal through a first power supply path and receive an internal power supply voltage to perform a predetermined circuit operation and an internal power supply voltage generator configured to receive a second power supply voltage for a power circuit applied via a second power input terminal through a second power supply path and generate the internal power supply voltage, wherein the second power supply path is separated from the first power supply path.
US07936631B2	Non-volatile memory element and method of operation therefor A very small magnetic tunnel junction is formed on a semiconductor p-i-n diode. Spin-polarized current which is generated by circular polarized light or elliptically-polarized light, is injected into a free layer of the magnetic tunnel junction so that magnetization direction (two opposite directions) in the free layer is changed based on the information, whereby information is stored in the memory element.
US07936629B2	Table-based reference voltage characterization scheme Method and apparatus for reading data from a non-volatile memory cell, such as a modified STRAM cell. In some embodiments, at least a first and second memory cell are read for a plurality of resistance values that are used to select and store a voltage reference for each memory cell.
US07936628B2	Semiconductor memory and method for operating a semiconductor memory A semiconductor memory having read amplifier strips having a plurality of read amplifiers and having memory cell fields which have a plurality of memory cells connected to bit lines is disclosed. The read amplifier strips include at least two outer read amplifier strips between which the remaining read amplifier strips and the memory cell fields are arranged, wherein adjacent to at least one of the outer read amplifier strips, a reference circuit field is arranged, which has reference lines and reference circuit elements connected thereto, and wherein the reference lines are shorter than the bit lines of the memory cell fields.
US07936625B2	Pipeline sensing using voltage storage elements to read non-volatile memory cells Various embodiments are generally directed to a method and apparatus for carrying out a pipeline sensing operation. In some embodiments, a read voltage from a first memory cell is stored in a voltage storage element (VSE) and compared to a reference voltage to identify a corresponding memory state of the first memory cell while a second read voltage from a second memory cell is stored in a second VSE. In other embodiments, bias currents are simultaneously applied to a first set of memory cells from the array while read voltages generated thereby are stored in a corresponding first set of VSEs. The read voltages are sequentially compared with at least one reference value to serially output a logical sequence corresponding to the memory states of the first set of memory cells while read voltages are stored for a second set of memory cells in a second set of VSEs.
US07936616B2	Die thermal sensor suitable for auto self refresh, integrated circuit with the same and method for on die thermal sensor suitable for auto self refresh A semiconductor memory device includes a reference voltage generator for generating a plurality of reference voltages each having different voltage levels in response to a self refresh enable control signal, and a voltage comparator for generating a result signal that controls a self refresh operation cycle by comparing each of the plurality of reference voltages with a temperature information voltage that represents an internal temperature of an integrated circuit.
US07936611B2	Memory device and method of operating and fabricating the same A memory transistor including a substrate, a tunnel insulating pattern on the substrate, a charge storage pattern on the tunnel insulating pattern, a blocking insulating pattern on the charge storage pattern, and a gate electrode on the blocking insulating pattern, the blocking insulating pattern surrounding the gate electrode and methods of operating and fabricating the same. A nonvolatile memory may further include a plurality of memory transistors in series and a plurality of auxiliary structures between each of the plurality of unit transistors in series. Each of the plurality of auxiliary structures may be a dummy mask pattern or an assistant gate structure.
US07936608B2	Memory device operation Non-volatile memory devices utilizing a modified NAND architecture where ends of the NAND string of memory cells are selectively coupled to different bit lines may facilitate increased memory densities, reduced fabrication steps and faster read operations when compared to traditional NAND memory array architectures. Programming and erasing of the memory cells can be accomplished in the same manner as a traditional NAND memory array. However, reading of the memory cells may be accomplished using charge sharing techniques similar to read operations in a DRAM device or by using one bit line as a ground node for sensing current flow through the strings. The use of bit lines for virtual grounding is further suitable to other array architectures.
US07936604B2	High speed operation method for twin MONOS metal bit array The present invention provides a novel operational method of twin MONOS metal bit or diffusion bit structure for high-speed application. In a first embodiment of the present invention, the alternative control gates are set at the same voltage. In a second embodiment of the present invention, all the control gates are set at the operational voltage from the beginning. In both embodiments, the bit line and word gate are used to address the selected memory cell.
US07936602B2	Use of data latches in cache operations of non-volatile memories Methods and circuitry are present for improving performance in non-volatile memory devices by allowing the inter-phase pipelining of operations with the same memory, allowing, for example, a read operation to be interleaved between the pulse and verify phases of a write operation. In the exemplary embodiment, the two operations share data latches. In specific examples, at the data latches needed for verification in a multi-level write operation free up, they can be used to store data read from another location during a read performed between steps in the multi-level write. In the exemplary embodiment, the multi-level write need only pause, execute the read, and resume the write at the point where it paused.
US07936599B2	Coarse and fine programming in a solid state memory Memory devices adapted to receive and transmit analog data signals representative of bit patterns of two or more bits facilitate increases in data transfer rates relative to devices communicating data signals indicative of individual bits. Programming of such memory devices includes initially programming a cell with a coarse programming pulse to move its threshold voltage in a large step close to the programmed state. The neighboring cells are then programmed using coarse programming. The algorithm then returns to the initially programmed cells that are then programmed with one or more fine pulses that slowly move the threshold voltage in smaller steps to the final programmed state threshold voltage.
US07936598B2	Magnetic stack having assist layer A magnetic memory cell having a ferromagnetic free layer and a ferromagnetic pinned reference layer, each having an out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy and an out-of-plane magnetization orientation and switchable by spin torque. The cell includes a ferromagnetic assist layer proximate the free layer, the assist layer having a low magnetic anisotropy less than about 500 Oe. The assist layer may have in-plane or out-of-plane anisotropy.
US07936594B2	Semiconductor memory devices having core structures for multi-writing A semiconductor memory device having an efficient core structure for multi-writing includes a data input/output line, a plurality of memory banks each comprising a plurality of memory cells, a first global bit line and a second global bit line which are shared by the plurality of memory banks, and a first write driver and a second write driver which are connected with the data input/output line and provide a program current to the plurality of memory banks through the first and second global bit lines, respectively. Each memory bank includes a first cell area connected with the first global bit line and a second cell area connected with the second global bit line. In a multi-write mode, the first cell area in a first memory bank among the plurality of memory banks and the second cell area in a second memory bank among the plurality of memory banks are simultaneously selected and data is written to memory cells in the selected first and second cell areas, so that data writing time is reduced under the same conditions as a normal write mode.
US07936588B2	Memory array with read reference voltage cells The present disclosure relates to memory arrays with read reference voltage cells. In particular the present disclosure relates to variable resistive memory cell apparatus and arrays that include a high resistance state reference memory cell and a low resistance state reference memory cell that provides a reliable average reference voltage on chip to compare to a read voltage of a selected memory cell and determine if the selected memory cell is in the high resistance state or low resistance state. These memory arrays are particularly suitable for use with spin-transfer torque memory cells and resolves many systematic issues related to generation of a reliable reference voltage.
US07936584B2	Reading phase change memories A read current high enough to threshold a phase change memory element may be used to read the element without thresholding the memory element. The higher current may improve performance in some cases. The memory element does not threshold because the element is read and the current stopped prior to triggering the memory element.
US07936582B1	E-fuse read circuit with dual comparators An integrated circuit has an E-fuse sense circuit configured to produce a READ voltage according to a fuse resistance of an E-fuse during a READ operation. The integrated circuit also has a reference sense circuit configured to produce a reference voltage according to a reference resistance of an on-chip reference resistor during the READ operation. The reference sense circuit replicates the E-fuse sense circuit. The E-fuse sense circuit and the reference sense circuit are coupled to a comparator that produces a bit value according to a difference between the READ voltage and the reference voltage.
US07936581B2	Bit line decoder architecture for nor-type memory array A bit line decoder for sensing states of memory cells of a memory array includes D control devices that selectively communicate with (D−1) bit lines of the memory array. (D−2) of the D control devices are arranged in a first level and two of the D control devices are arranged in a second level of the bit line decoder. The (D−2) control devices are connected to each other in series forming (D−3) junctions. (D−3) of the (D−1) bit lines are directly connected to the (D−3) junctions. Log2(D−2) is an integer greater than 2. A control module generates first control signals that deselect a predetermined number of the D control devices and that select two of the (D−1) bit lines that communicate with one of the memory cells. An isolation circuit to isolate the first level from the second level includes a plurality of isolation devices having first ends that communicate with the (D−2) control devices of the first level and second ends that communicate with the two control devices of the second level.
US07936579B2	Semiconductor memory device and semiconductor device group A semiconductor device includes a first CMOS inverter, a second CMOS inverter, a first transfer transistor and a second transfer transistor wherein the first and second transfer transistors are formed respectively in first and second device regions defined on a semiconductor device by a device isolation region so as to extend in parallel with each other, the first transfer transistor contacting with a first bit line at a first bit contact region on the first device region, the second transfer transistor contacting with a second bit line at a second bit contact region on the second device region, wherein the first bit contact region is formed in the first device region such that a center of said the bit contact region is offset toward the second device region, and wherein the second bit contact region is formed in the second device region such that a center of the second bit contact region is offset toward the first device region.
US07936564B1	Mobile displays and related methods Mobile display apparatus and methods of operating mobile display apparatus are disclosed. Mobile display apparatus include a structure for attaching the display apparatus to a mobile structure and at least one display module coupled to the structure. The mobile display apparatus may include a ventilation feature. Methods of operating mobile display apparatus include disposing a plurality of removable display modules within a frame structure. A channel may be formed between the plurality of removable display modules and the frame structure and fluid may be forced through the channel and at least partially across the plurality of removable display modules.
US07936562B2	Grip device and information processing unit In a grip device of the present invention, shielding members are placed in the openings of a handle in which arm members are to be arranged, respectively. This can make it difficult for a foreign matter to enter the handle via the openings. The presence of the shielding members can prevent a foreign matter from being caught between the handle and each of the arm members when the handle is moved from the extended position to the retracted position, resulting in a smooth movement of the handle.
US07936560B2	Cooling device and electronic equipment including cooling device A blade server including a cooling structure to be loaded with a CPU of high performance is provided. In order to enhance draining performance of a condensed working fluid which stays between fins, a vapor condensing pipe is used, in which grooves are formed in a direction substantially parallel direction with a pipe axis direction on the above described pipe inner surface, a section of a row of the above described fins is exposed on a side surface of the above described groove, the above described groove is disposed at a lower side in the vertical direction from the center line in the pipe axis direction of the vapor condensing pipe when the above described groove is installed in the above described vapor condensing pipe, and a wick with a wire space smaller than the fin space of the above described fin row is filled inside the above described groove.
US07936558B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes first and second screens, and a slide mechanism. The first screen includes a housing and a first display panel. The second screen is disposed behind the housing, and includes a second display panel. The slide mechanism includes two slide rails connected to the housing, and a slide frame connected slidably to the slide rails and coupled to the second display panel. One of the slide rails has first and second positioning recesses. The slide frame can bring the second display panel to move between an initial position where the second display panel is located on a rear face of the housing and a retaining unit is retained in the first positioning recess, and an open position where the second display panel is exposed from one side of the housing and the retaining unit is retained in the second positioning recess.
US07936554B2	Monolithic ceramic capacitor In a monolithic ceramic capacitor, the size of end surfaces of a capacitor body in a two-dimensional surface in which ceramic layers extend is greater than the size of side surfaces in the two-dimensional surface in which the ceramic layers extend. External terminal electrodes include a resistive component. In each of first to fourth internal electrodes, a width-direction size of a lead-out portion is less than a width-direction size of a capacitance portion. The lead-out portions of the first and third internal electrodes and the lead-out portions of the second and fourth internal electrodes are arranged so as to partially overlap each other or not to overlap each other.
US07936552B2	Systems and methods for immobilizing with change of impedance An apparatus produces contractions in skeletal muscles of a target to impede locomotion by an animal or human target. The apparatus is used with at least one electrode for conducting a current through the target. The apparatus may be implemented as an electronic disabling device. The apparatus includes two circuits. The first circuit includes a transformer and a first capacitor. The second circuit includes a second capacitor and a secondary winding of the transformer. The second circuit is a series circuit with the electrode. In operation with the electrode, the transformer impresses a voltage on the electrode of greater magnitude than the first voltage, and the current is responsive to discharge of the first capacitor and discharge of the second capacitor.
US07936546B2	Apparatus and method for classifying a powered device (PD) in a power source equipment (PSE) controller Power over Ethernet (PoE) communication systems provide power and data communications over the same communications link, where a power source device (PSE) provides DC power (for example, 48 volts DC) to a powered device (PD). The DC power is transmitted simultaneously over the same communications medium with the high speed data from one node to the other node. The PSE typically includes a controller that controls the DC power provided to the PD at the second node of the communications link. The PSE controller measures the voltage, current, and temperature of the outgoing and incoming DC supply lines to characterize the power requirements of the PD. In addition, the PSE controller may detect and validate a compatible PD, determine a power classification signature for the validated PD, supply power to the PD, monitor the power, and reduce or remove the power from the PD when the power is no longer requested or required. During detection, if the PSE finds the PD to be non-compatible, the PSE can prevent the application of power to that PD device, protecting the PD from possible damage.
US07936543B2	Systems and methods for testing ground fault detection circuitry A circuit tests the health of a ground-neutral transformer within a ground fault circuit interrupter. This test can include testing both the ground-to-neutral detection circuitry and the differential current detection circuitry. The test circuit provides a conductive path through the respective cores of a differential transformer and the ground-neutral transformer of the GFCI device. A closed loop induces current from the differential transformer, which creates a current imbalance through the differential transformer. In a properly working device, the circuit breaker will trip, confirming the health of the ground-neutral transformer portion of the GFCI.
US07936539B2	Bottom spin valve GMR sensor incorporating plural oxygen surfactant layers A bottom spin-valve GMR sensor has been fabricated that has ultra-thin layers of high density and smoothness. In addition, these layers are inherently furnished with sub-monolayer thick oxygen surfactant layers. The sensor is fabricated using a method in which the layers are sputtered in a mixture of Ar and O2. A particularly novel feature of the method is the use of a sputtering chamber with an ultra-low base pressure and correspondingly ultra-low pressure mixtures of Ar and O2 sputtering gas (<0.5 millitorr) in which the admixed oxygen has a partial pressure of less than 5×10−9 torr.
US07936536B2	Magnetic recording medium having lands with curved upper surfaces and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus In a discrete track medium and a patterned medium, a meniscus adsorptive force is reduced and writing into adjacent tracks is prevented. A magnetic layer in lands or patterns in the discrete track medium or the patterned medium is formed into a cylindrical shelly or spherical shelly shape with a uniform thickness. Moreover, a height of cylindrical shelly land or a height of spherical shelly land is changed between 5 nm and 30 nm according to radial positions. Thus, an effect is achieved for providing a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic disk apparatus which are excellent in realizing higher recording density and higher reliability.
US07936535B2	Data storage disc carriers A data storage disc carrier (1) for carrying discs (10). The carrier includes an axial clamping mechanism which incorporates a three legged resilient clamping member (7) that can flees between release and clamping positions to allow easy loading a gripping of discs (10). The clamping member is articulatingly mounted on a tail (4) that is gripped to provide clamping.
US07936532B2	Selectively inhibiting transducer output responsive to detected jerk Various embodiments relate to selectively inhibiting output from a transducer in response to the rate of change of acceleration that is experienced by the transducer. The rate of change of an acceleration signal, which is indicative of transducer's acceleration, is detected. Output of a signal through the transducer is selectively inhibited in response to the detected rate of change of the acceleration signal. A related apparatus can include a circuit that detects the rate of change of an acceleration signal and generates a transducer output inhibit signal in response to the detected rate of change of the acceleration signal. The transducer writes data on a recordable media. The accelerometer generates an acceleration signal that is indicative of transducer vibration. The circuit selectively inhibits writing of data through the transducer in response to a rate of change of the acceleration signal.
US07936531B2	Thermally assisted magnetic head having an asymmetric plasmon antenna and manufacturing method thereof The thermally assisted magnetic head according to the present invention comprises a medium-facing surface, a main magnetic pole provided on the medium-facing surface, and a plasmon antenna provided on the medium-facing surface, in the vicinity of the main magnetic pole. The shape of the plasmon antenna, as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the medium-facing surface, is a triangle having first, second and third corners, the plasmon antenna being shaped as a flat plate the thickness direction of which is perpendicular to the medium-facing surface. The distance from the first corner to the main magnetic pole is shorter than the distance from the second corner to the main magnetic pole and the distance from the third corner to the main magnetic pole. The second corner and the third corner are rounded.
US07936525B2	Driving apparatus, lens barrel and camera A driving apparatus of the present invention comprises: a lead screw which rotationally drives; and a follower section to hold a driven member L and to rectilinearly move based on rotation of the lead screw. The follower section comprises a first tooth and a second tooth that faced a side portion of the lead screw and are opposite to each other and a third tooth provided in a position different from those of the first tooth and the second tooth. When the follower section rectilinearly moves based on the rotation of the lead screw, power is transferred with the lead screw and the first tooth being engaged with each other, and the lead screw is in a non-contact state with the second tooth and the third tooth.
US07936523B2	Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a support body, a movable body having a lens, a magnetic drive mechanism for magnetically driving the movable body in a lens optical axis direction, and a spring member connected between the support body and the movable body. The magnetic drive mechanism includes a coil held by the movable body and both end parts of the coil are electrically connected to different spring pieces of the spring member through terminals. The support body includes an insulation member which holds the terminals, and each of the terminals includes an outside connecting terminal part which is located on an outer side of the insulation member, and a long elongated connecting part which is extended along an inner wall of the insulation member from the outside connecting terminal part and connected with the spring piece of the spring member.
US07936518B2	Head-up display apparatus A head-up display apparatus includes an infrared ray emitting unit for emitting an infrared ray toward a user, a mirror member for reflecting visible light emitted from a display toward a combiner member, and transmitting the infrared ray reflected by the user and the combiner member, a plurality of imaging units disposed to face the mirror member for sensing the infrared ray, each imaging the user from differing directions, and an image processing unit for calculating the eye position of the user based on an image captured by the imaging units.
US07936517B2	Method of extrusion molding prism film and prism film manufactured by the same A method of extrusion molding a prism film and a prism film manufactured by the same, the method including providing a molten film, simultaneously forming a prism pattern and an embossed pattern on opposite surfaces of the molten film by passing the molten film through a gap between a prism roll and an emboss roll, and cooling the molten film having the prism pattern and the embossed pattern on opposite surfaces thereof.
US07936516B2	Erecting equal-magnification lens array plate, optical scanning unit, and image reading device An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes a stack of a first lens array plate and a second lens array plate, the first lens array plate being provided with a plurality of first lenses and a plurality of second lenses, and the second lens array plate being provided with a plurality of third lenses and a plurality of fourth lenses. The erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes a first light shielding wall provided upright to surround the first lens, a second light shielding wall provided upright to surround the fourth lens, a first aperture defined by the first light shielding wall and formed above the first lens, and a second aperture defined by the second light shielding well and formed above the fourth lens. At least one of the first aperture and the second aperture is formed such that the aperture diameter ID facing the lens is larger than the aperture diameter OD on the opposite side.
US07936513B2	Diffraction grating recording medium A diffraction grating recording medium including a waveguide layer and a grating structure layer is provided. The waveguide layer has a reflective surface and a light incident surface, in which a thickness of the waveguide layer is between 100 nanometers and 2 micrometers, and the reflective surface reflects a light that enters the waveguide layer from the light incident layer. The grating structure layer is disposed on the light incident surface of the waveguide layer, in which the grating structure layer has a plurality of diffractive elements, and the arranging period of the diffractive elements is between 50 nanometers and 900 nanometers.
US07936510B2	Optical films and method for fabricating the same The present invention provides an optical film that includes i) a (meth)acrylic resin, and 5 to 45 parts by weight of ii) a graft copolymer, prepared by grafting a (meth)acrylic resin onto a copolymer of (meth)acrylic rubber and aromatic vinyl compound, based on 100 parts by weight of the i) (meth)acrylic resin, and an electronic device including the optical film.
US07936509B2	Wavelength locker A wavelength locker includes: a birefringent plate for separating light emitted from a light source into two beams of light which are approximately in parallel to each other; a first light receiving element for directly receiving one of the two beams of light separated by the birefringent plate; a λ/4 plate and an etalon filter through which other one of the two beams of light separated by the birefringent plate passes; and a second light receiving element for receiving the other one of the two beams of light which has passed through the etalon filter. The λ/4 plate has an optic axis tilted at 45 degrees with respect to a polarization direction of light incident on the λ/4 plate, changes a polarization direction of light, which has been reflected by the etalon filter and incident on the λ/4 plate, such that the reflected light does not return to the light source after passing through the birefringent plate, and emits the resultant light.
US07936508B2	Laminated half-wave plate, polarizing converter, polarized light illumination device and light pickup device First and second wave plates using quartz crystal having birefringence are laminated together in such a manner that their optical axes intersect to form a laminated wave plate functioning as a half-wave plate as a whole. Phase differences of the first and the second wave plates relative to an ordinary ray and an extraordinary ray with respect to a predetermined wavelength λ are set to be Γ1 and Γ2, an order of a high-mode order is set to be a natural number n, whereby the high-order mode laminated half-wave plate is formed so as to satisfy: Γ1=180°+360°×n; and Γ2=180°+360°×n.
US07936505B2	Tensioned projection screen A projection screen apparatus having a perimeter frame and a substantially blank screen is provided.
US07936502B2	Microscope A microscope device comprising a microscope objective and a plate-like body limited by a flat top face and a flat lower face essentially parallel thereto, with the microscope objective being connected to the plate-like body, and with a portion of a beam path of the microscope device extending above and/or below the plate-like body, wherein another portion of the beam path of the microscope device extends, essentially parallel to the top face and the lower face, within a recess within the plate-like body.
US07936495B2	Optical modulation device A semiconductor optical modulation device includes a semiconductor optical modulator, wires, an output side line, an input side line and a resistor. The semiconductor optical modulator is an electroabsorption optical modulator. One of the wires is connected between an electrode of the semiconductor optical modulator and the input side line. The other of the wires is connected between the electrode of the semiconductor optical modulator and the output side line. The resistor is connected in series with the output side line. Impedance of the output side line and impedance of the resistor are different from each other.
US07936494B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a light source, a deflector, and an optical system including an elongated optical element that focuses deflected luminous flux on a surface of a medium to be scanned. The optical element is supported by a first elastic member and reinforced by a reinforcing member arranged outside a beam effective range along a length of the optical element. The optical element is pressed by a pressing member in a pressing direction orthogonal to a deflection direction, and biased by a second elastic member in a direction opposite to the pressing direction. The pressing member and the second elastic member control a posture of the optical element at a substantially central part in a main scanning direction.
US07936491B2	Hologram recording medium, hologram recording apparatus and method, and computer program A hologram recording apparatus (300) is provided with: a recording device (100) for recording record information into a hologram recording medium (1); a measuring device (325) for measuring a time elapsed from when the recording of the record information is stopped to when the recording of the record information is restarted; a first controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is shorter than a time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded; and a second controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device not to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is longer than the time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded.
US07936488B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes: a light source emitting a plurality of colors; a light receiver including a plurality of pixels which receive lights of respective colors; an analog-to-digital converter which analog-to-digital converts analog signals obtained by the light receiver to obtain digital photoelectric conversion outputs, respectively; a color determining portion which receives output signals, determines whether output signals for respective colors from the same pixel are within predetermined ranges, respectively, and outputs, as dropout data, pixel position information of the pixel, the outputs signals from which are within the predetermined ranges, respectively; an image monochromating circuit which receives output signals and obtains monochrome data; a data substituting portion which receives the monochrome data, substitutes the monochrome data corresponding to the pixel position information from the color determining portion with a level at which the pixel is determined as a white level in a binarizing process.
US07936479B2	Image processing method for reducing imaging artifacts An image processing method includes a step of converting halftoned pixels of an image to be printed represented at a first lower tonal resolution into pixels represented at a second higher tonal resolution. Image processing is used on the pixels having a higher tonal resolution to reduce image quality artifacts when the pixels are printed at the first lower tonal resolution. In a preferred embodiment, the image processing includes error diffusion of a sigma delta modulation.
US07936476B2	Font pitch adjustment during print process A system, method and computer readable medium for adjusting font pitch during a print process is disclosed. The method on a computer system includes observing a print command issued by an application. The method further includes generating an output file in response to the print command and modifying the output file to conform to a template. The method further includes determining the type of each character in the output file and adjusting the font pitch of characters in the output file based on their type. The method further includes sending the output file to an output destination. In one alternative, the method includes determining whether each character in the output file is at least one of a numerical character and an alphabetic character and 1) adjusting the font pitch of numerical characters to be fixed font pitch, and 2) adjusting the font pitch of alphabetic characters to be variable font pitch.
US07936473B2	Printing apparatus for printing data acquired through digital broadcasting The printing apparatus prints data acquired through digital broadcasting. The printing apparatus is capable of being connected to a receiving apparatus through a network. The receiving apparatus receives the data transmitted through the digital broadcasting, and has a data storage device storing the received data. The printing apparatus includes: a user interface which is operated by a user of the printing apparatus; a list acquisition device which acquires a print content list through the network in accordance with an operation on the user interface, the print content list being stored in the data storage device; a list display device which displays the print content list acquired by the list acquisition device; and a print data acquisition device with which a print object content to be printed is selected from the print content list displayed on the list display device, and which acquires, through the network, print data of the print object content from the data storage device in accordance with an operation on the user interface. The printing apparatus prints the print data acquired by the print data acquisition device.
US07936472B2	Driverless image printing The embodiments of the present invention provide for a direct submit application module adapted to process image-only portable document format (PDF) documents, encrypted PDF documents, and image documents. The DSA, based on an output device's features or capabilities, adaptively performs host-based emulation so as to provide users with an expanded set of features, which may not be supported by an output device. In some embodiments, the DSA may perform an image-bypass PDF processing, perform processing on an image document so as to provide an expanded set of image formats, and/or perform decryption, if appropriate, on encrypted PDF documents.
US07936468B2	Systems and methods for load balancing toner use in a printer pool Systems and methods for load balancing toner use of multiple printer devices such that the printer devices more evenly consume their respective toner in the rendering of print jobs. A printer device printing order is dynamically set based on printer toner, wherein the dynamic nature of setting the includes monitoring toner status on each printer device, monitoring toner levels on each printer device, setting the preference order by toner status, setting the preference order by toner level, redirecting print jobs from out-of-toner printer devices to printer devices with toner, redirecting print jobs from low-toner printer devices to printer devices with toner, and/or the like. Accordingly, the printer device printing order is dynamically set according to toner utilization, while still preserving the load balancing of print jobs in the system.
US07936463B2	Containing analyte in optical cavity structures A device can include both a photosensing component and an optical cavity structure, with the optical cavity structure including a part that can operate as an optical cavity in response to input light, providing laterally varying output light. For example, the optical cavity can be a graded linearly varying filter (LVF) or other inhomogeneous optical cavity, and the photosensing component can have a photosensitive surface that receives its output light without it passing through another optical component, thus avoiding loss of information. The optical cavity part can include a region that can contain analyte. Presence of the analyte affects the optical cavity part's output light, and the photosensing component can respond to the output light, providing sensing results indicating the analyte's optical characteristics.
US07936460B2	Sensor unit in exhaust gas analyzer An exhaust gas analyzer of the present invention includes a sensor unit 11 installed in an exhaust path from an engine, applies laser light to exhaust gas emitted from the engine and receives laser light that has passed through the exhaust gas so as to measure the concentration of a component contained in the gas based on the received laser light. To an aperture 16 formed in a sensor base 15 of the sensor unit 11, an adjustment ring 40 in a circumferential face of which small holes 41 serving as a laser light passage portion is formed and whose inner circumferential face serves as an exhaust gas passage opening 21 is detachably fitted, whereby the sensor unit can be attached so as to conform to different inner diameters of exhaust tubes.
US07936457B2	System and method for detecting and analyzing particles utilizing online light scattering and imaging techniques A chromatographic system that includes a light source and an imaging and analysis system for detecting particle size and analyzing other characteristics of particles in the effluent of a filtration column while filtration is ongoing. The effluent is directed into a guiding tube having a flow axis. Coherent light from the light source is shone into the guiding tube along the flow axis, thereby illuminating particles in the effluent within the guiding tube. An imaging device is used to capture images of the portion of the light scattered by the particles. The image signals are analyzed and used to provide information regarding particle size and other characteristics of the particles in the effluent scattering the light.
US07936456B2	Particle analyzer and particle analyzing method The present invention is to present a particle analyzer that is capable of classifying and counting particles contained in a sample more accurately. The blood analyzer 1 includes: measuring unit 2 for obtaining a plurality of characteristic information of each of particles contained in a sample by measuring a measurement sample prepared from the sample; data processing unit 3 for obtaining a particle number of a specific kind of particles and each particle number of a plural kinds of particles different from the specific kind of particles, and determining a target kind of particles, whose particle number is corrected, from the plural kinds of particles, based on information obtained by the measuring unit 2, and correcting a particle number of the target kind of particles by using the particle number of the specific kind of particles.
US07936453B2	Terahertz frequency domain spectrometer with integrated dual laser module An apparatus for analyzing, identifying or imaging a target including an integrated dual laser module coupled to a pair of photoconductive switches to produce CW signals in the range of frequencies from 100 GHz to over 2 THz focused on and transmitted through or reflected from the target; and a detector for acquiring spectral information from signals received from the target and using a multi-spectral homodyne process to generate an electrical signal representative of some characteristics of the target with resolution less than 250 MHz. The photoconductive switches are activated by laser beams from the dual laser module. The lasers in the module are tuned to different frequencies and have two distinct low frequency identification tones respectively that are used in conjunction with a stable optical filter element to permit precise determination of the offset frequency of the lasers.
US07936448B2	LIDAR system utilizing SOI-based opto-electronic components A compact, integrated LIDAR system utilizes SOI-based opto-electronic components to provide for lower cost and higher reliability as compared to current LIDAR systems. Preferably, an SOI-based LIDAR transmitter and an SOI-based LIDAR receiver (both optical components and electrical components) are integrated within a single module. The various optical and electrical components are formed utilizing portions of the SOI layer and applying well-known CMOS fabrication processes (e.g., patterning, etching, doping), including the formation of additional layer(s) over the SOI layer to provide the required devices. A laser source itself is attached to the SOI arrangement and coupled through an integrated modulation device (such as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, i.e., MZI) to provide the scanning laser output signal (the scan controlled by, for example, an electrical (encoder) input to the input to the MZI). The return, reflected optical signal is received by a photodetector integrated within the SOI arrangement, where it is thereafter converted into an electrical signal and subjected to various types of signal processing to perform the desired type(s) of signal characterization/signature analysis.
US07936443B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method Data from the piezo-electric sensors in the mounts for the projection system can be used in the control loops for other parts of the lithographic apparatus, for example the mask table, the substrate table or the air mounts for the frame bearing the projection system. Information from, for example, a geophone, which is used to measure the absolute velocity of the frame bearing the projection system, can be used in the control loop for the piezo-electric actuator in the mount for the projection system.
US07936439B2	Method and apparatus for stacking sheets, and method and apparatus for manufacturing liquid crystal display panel A broad crystal display panel having a color filter substrate is supported by supporting nails and the middle portion of a supporting span is pressed by a loading bar. From this state, the supporting nails are removed to release the supporting, and subsequently the supporting nails are also removed to release the supporting the color filter substrate. While preventing the displacement between the color filter substrate and a TFT array substrate, the color filter substrate and the TFT array substrate can be stacked with a specified distance.
US07936438B2	Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a gate line and a common line arranged adjacent and parallel to each other on the first substrate, a data line crossing the gate line, a spacer comprising a plurality of balls, formed on the first or second substrate in a lower-height and flat region provided between the gate line and the common line, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US07936437B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel facing the first display panel, and a plurality of spacers maintaining a distance between the first display panel and the second display panel. Each of the spacers includes column spacers, ball spacers, and an adhesive.
US07936436B2	Liquid crystal display device with orientation control projection having light shielding The present invention lowers leaking of light at the time of performing a black display of VA-type liquid crystal display device and, at the same time, prevents lowering of a numerical aperture. In a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display panel which sandwiches a liquid crystal material between a first substrate having a pixel electrode and a second substrate having a counter electrode, the second substrate includes an orientation control projection which is formed by forming a conductive film on the second substrate, by forming an insulation film on the conductive film and, thereafter, by patterning the insulation film, and a light shielding layer which is formed by patterning the conductive film using the orientation control projection as a mask.
US07936428B2	Liquid crystal display device with an electric-field shielding layer and method of fabricating the same The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged in facing relation to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode associated with a pixel, a common electrode to which a reference voltage is applied, a data line, a scanning line, and a common electrode line. The second substrate is designed to include no electrodes thereon. The first substrate includes an electric-field shielding layer for preventing an electric field from leaking into pixels in which images are to be displayed, from the scanning line, the electric-field shielding layer being comprised of an electrically conductive layer and being formed in a layer located closer to the liquid crystal layer than an area in which the scanning line is arranged.
US07936425B2	Transflective liquid crystal display device including liquid crystal film with a nematic hybrid orientation formed on a substrate A transflective liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal film and a polarizing plate on a backlight source side. A transflective liquid crystal display device includes an uniaxially anisotropic film (a quarter wave plate) and a polarizing plate on a visual confirmation side. The liquid crystal film has the nematic hybrid orientation, in which a polymeric liquid crystal substance formed in a liquid state is fixed. The optical axis of the anisotropic film is disposed to be orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to that of the liquid crystal film.
US07936421B2	Display device and fabrication method thereof A display device and its fabrication method are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method for fabricating a display device includes forming a first element unit including a first reflector layer, a light emitting part and a common electrode on a lower substrate, and forming a second element unit including a floating electrode, a photocurrent layer and a signal electrode on the first element unit. A third element unit is formed on the lower substrate. The third element unit includes a second reflector layer connected with the floating electrode and also a second light emitting part and a second floating electrode disposed on the second reflector layer.
US07936420B2	Light guiding and dispersing plate and display device having the same A monolithic light guiding and dispersing plate is provided in a backlighted display panel for receiving input light from one or more edge sources and for guiding the received light throughout the plate for substantially uniform reflection upwardly and substantially uniform dispersal toward an image forming plane located above the light guiding and dispersing plate. In one embodiment, the light guiding and dispersing plate has a light receiving surface upon which the light generated by an edge light source is incident, a top major surface which is adjacent to the light receiving surface and on which a plurality of first protrusions are formed and elongated in a first direction, wherein the first protrusions have cross-sections in the shapes of partial ellipses. The plate further has a bottom major surface in which light reflecting recesses are defined to reflect light upwardly towards the top major surface.
US07936419B2	Illumination light source and image display apparatus An illumination light source includes a coherent light source in which a plurality of light emitting points that emit coherent light beams are arranged in a one-dimensional array; and a light magnifying unit that magnifies the coherent light beams that are emitted from the light emitting points so that a diameter of light emitted from the coherent light source in a direction perpendicular to a direction of arrangement of the light emitting points is larger than a diameter in the direction of arrangement of the light emitting points. The illumination light source also includes an optical fiber; and a light-converging optical system in which a magnification is set such that light emitted from the light magnifying unit is coupled to the optical fiber, based on a maximum diameter of the light emitted from the light magnifying unit.
US07936418B2	White light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof, and backlight and liquid crystal display device using the same A white light-emitting device 1 includes a semiconductor light-emitting element 2 emitting ultraviolet light or violet light, and a light-emitting unit 10 which includes three or more kinds of visible light-emitting phosphors 9 and emits white light when excited by the light from the semiconductor light-emitting element 2. The emission spectrum of the light-emitting unit 10 has peaks in a blue region of not less than 440 nm nor more than 460 nm, a green region of not less than 510 nm nor more than 530 nm, and a red region of not less than 620 nm nor more than 640 nm, and the three or more kinds of visible light-emitting phosphors 9 are bound together with a binder in advance.
US07936417B2	Flat panel display (FPD) and method of fabrication A Flat Panel Display (FDP) includes: a display device arranged on a substrate; an encapsulation substrate adapted to encapsulate the display device; a conductive layer arranged on an outside surface of the encapsulation substrate; an anisotropic conductive material arranged on the conductive layer; and a bezel arranged in contact with the anisotropic conductive material. A method of fabricating an FDP includes: forming a display device on a substrate; encapsulating the substrate with an encapsulation substrate; forming a conductive layer on an outside surface of the encapsulation substrate; forming an anisotropic conductive material on the conductive layer; and mounting the substrate on a bezel such that the bezel contacts the anisotropic conductive material.
US07936415B2	Light source apparatus and liquid crystal display having the same Disclosed is a light source apparatus and a liquid crystal display having the same. The light source apparatus comprises a housing comprising a receiving groove, at least one module substrate which is received in the housing and has connecting terminals mounted at both side ends of the module substrate, a light emitting diode mounted on the module substrate, and a connecting substrate connected to the connecting terminal of the module substrate.
US07936413B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display module and a front case. The display module displays images. The display module includes a boss fixing member having a combination hole. The front case covers a first surface of the display module and has a first boss that is inserted into the combination hole to combine the front case to the display module. The first boss is formed at inside edges of the display module. The boss fixing member is positioned within the edges of the display module which define the outdimension of the display module.
US07936409B2	Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof A liquid crystal display device including a gate electrode and a gate line formed on a first substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the first substrate, an active pattern, an ohmic-contact layer, and a diffusion preventing layer formed on the gate electrode, a data line to cross source and drain electrodes and the gate line formed on the diffusion preventing layer to define a pixel area, a second insulating layer formed on the first substrate, a contact hole formed by removing a portion of the second insulating layer and exposing a portion of the drain electrode, a pixel electrode electrically connected with the drain electrode via the contact hole, and a second substrate attached with the first substrate in a facing manner, wherein the diffusion preventing layer comprises a metal tip protruded to the side of the source and drain electrodes.
US07936408B2	Liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method of the same A four-mask process and a three-mask process proposal are constructed for a TN-type liquid crystal display device and an IPS-type liquid crystal device in which the formation of a passivation insulating layer is not required by streamlining the formation of a scan line and a pseudo-pixel element, both comprising a laminate made of a transparent conductive layer and a metal layer, at the same time and the formation of the transparent conductive pixel electrode by removing the metal layer on the pseudo-pixel electrode at the time of the formation of the opening in the gate insulating layer, by streamlining the treatment of the formation process of the contact and the formation process of the protective insulating layer using one photomask due to the introduction of half-tone exposure technology, and the formation of source-drain wires for etch-stop type insulating gate-type transistor using a photosensitive organic insulating layer and leaving the photosensitive organic insulating layer unchanged on source-drain wires or on the source wire (signal line), or by forming an anodized layer, which is an insulating layer, on source-drain wires.
US07936405B2	Liquid crystal display device and driving method for the same A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a TFT substrate having a substrate and a display pixel arranged in a matrix form on the substrate, a counter substrate opposed to the TFT substrate and being stuck therewith and a liquid crystal enclosed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate, the pixel electrode and the first common electrode are arranged so that an electric field along a principal plane of the TFT substrate can be applied to the liquid crystal, a second common electrode for inputting a common electric potential is formed on the counter substrate, the second common electrode is opposed to the first common electrode, and a conduction part for electrically connecting the second common electrode and the first common electrode mutually and transmitting the common electric potential to the first common electrode is formed near each display pixel or near a predetermined display pixel.
US07936403B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus having both organic and inorganic polarizers A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes at least one incidence-side polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, at least one output-side polarizer, and a mechanism for turning each of the incidence-side polarizer and the output-side polarizer around an optical axis. The incidence-side polarizer is made of an inorganic material. The liquid crystal panel is provided for modulating the polarized state of light output from the incidence-side polarizer to output the modulated light. The output-side polarizer is made of an inorganic material for outputting the light incident from the liquid crystal panel.
US07936401B2	Communication system, transmitter, receiver, communication method, program, and communication cable The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable for providing high-speed bidirectional communication while maintaining compatibility. When an HDMI (R) source 71 performs bidirectional IP communication with an HDMI (R) sink 72 using a CEC line 84 and a signal line 141, a switching control unit 121 controls a switch 133 so that, when data is transmitted, the switch 133 selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a converting unit 131 and, when data is transmitted, the switch 133 selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a receiver 82. When bidirectional communication is performed using only the CEC line 84, the switching control unit 121 controls the switch 133 so that the CEC signal output from the HDMI (R) source 71 or the receiver 82 is selected. The present invention is applicable to, for example, HDMI (R).
US07936400B2	Signal processing apparatus and method A signal processing apparatus includes a signal processing unit for applying predetermined processing to a signal to be supplied. A parameter adjusting unit manually and continuously changes a parameter in processing the signals using the signal processing unit. At least one operating unit has a function different from a function of the parameter adjusting unit; and a value of the parameter and any one of the operating units are made to correspond to each other. A detection unit detects that a current parameter value attributed to the operation of the parameter adjusting unit agrees with a value of a parameter within the data, and a function of the operating unit is executed in response to the value of the parameter within the data based on a detection result of the detection unit.
US07936394B2	Mobile devices having an image sensor for charging a battery Mobile devices and methods of operating mobile devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a rechargeable battery, a battery charger electrically coupled to the battery, and an image sensor operably coupled to the battery charger to selectively charge the battery. As such, the image sensor is configured to capture images and provide current to charge the battery. The image sensor can be a CMOS image sensor or a CCD image sensor. The mobile device may further include a housing, with the battery, battery charger, and image sensor contained within the housing.
US07936386B2	Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device which can, in response to the problem of black-crush occurring in an image when strong light is enters the device, positively detect black-crush in a state in which a variance margin has been secured. The solid-state imaging device outputs a luminance signal in accordance with an amount of received light, and includes: a pixel circuit having a light-receiving element; a signal output circuit having a sampling transistor which outputs, from a second signal output line, a luminance signal in accordance with the amount of light received by the light-receiving element, based on an output signal from the pixel circuit; and a high-intensity judgment circuit which is coupled by the pixel circuit and a judgment input coupling capacitor, judges whether or not light entering the light-receiving element is of high intensity based on the output signal from the pixel circuit, and in the case of judging the entering light to be of high intensity, outputs a luminance signal indicating high intensity.
US07936384B2	Image taking system In the image taking method where images of an object are taken by a running image taking portion provided with a zoom lens, and at least one image taking portion for measuring a distance provided with a fixed focus lens equal to the wide-angle-side end of the zoom lens to generate image data, an image taking method includes the steps of simultaneously taking an image by each image taking system and detecting and storing a zoom position at an arbitrary angle of view of the zoom lens. A search space in a photographing field in the stored zoom position is set. When it is determined that no corresponding point is on one of the end faces of the set space, a running image is taken after the zoom lens is moved to the stored zoom position by the zoom lens drive means.
US07936377B2	Method and system for optimizing an image for improved analysis of material and illumination image features In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a camera is provided. The camera comprises a lens and a sensor to record an image focused by the lens in N color bands, wherein N equals a number of color bands, with the number and respective locations and widths of the N color bands being selected to optimize the image for processing.
US07936376B2	Image pickup device, integrated circuit of image pickup element, and image pickup result processing method The present invention is applied to for example video cameras recording an image pickup result by moving picture, electronic still cameras, monitoring devices and the like. Image pickup means 3 and image compressing means 6 are connected to each other by a wiring layer formed on a surface on an opposite side from an image pickup surface of the image pickup means 3, and are thereby integrated with each other. A data compression ratio used for data compression of at least a next block is changed on the basis of an amount of code generated by data compression of an image pickup result S1 in a block unit. Also, the image pickup result S1 of each photoelectric conversion unit is output from the image pickup means 3 in such a manner as to correspond to the processing in the block unit.
US07936370B2	Wireless video surveillance system and method with dual encoding A surveillance system and method for activating communication between at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, including providing a base system; at least one user accessing the DIR via user interface remotely; the DIR and/or ICD searching for signal from the ICD(s) and receiving inputs in dual encoded formats, thereby providing a secure surveillance system having wireless communication for monitoring a target environment with optimized remote viewing.
US07936368B2	Image forming method and image forming apparatus Positioning displacement characteristics of each of scanning beams are obtained in advance. The positioning displacement characteristics is indicative of a relation between temperature and a displacement amount by which each of the scanning beams is displaced in a sub-scanning direction. A displacement control is performed based on the positioning displacement characteristics by shifting the positioning displacement characteristics in a direction opposite to that of a trend of the positioning displacement characteristics within a pixel pitch.
US07936359B2	Reconfigurable floating point filter A reconfigurable floating point data filter may be implemented by configuring a texture filter in response to state data, where the state data specifying at least a data width of input texture data to be filtered, where the input texture data is in a floating point format, filtering the input texture data using the texture filter, and then reconfiguring the texture filter to be substantially fully utilized when the data width of the input texture data changes.
US07936357B2	Image display device, method of generating correction value of image display device, program for generating correction value of image display device, and recording medium recording program thereon A method of generating a correction value of an image display device having an image display unit and a correction unit, the image display unit having a screen on which an image is displayed and an image generating device which is paired with the screen and of which an output characteristic value has distribution and the correction unit correcting an inputted image signal by using a correction value corresponding to the distribution of the output characteristic value and then outputting the corrected image signal to the image display unit, includes: detecting the distribution of the output characteristic value of the image displayed on the screen; setting nodes within corresponding output characteristic distribution on the basis of the detected output characteristic distribution; dividing the image into a plurality of element regions by connecting the set nodes to one another; and setting a correction value for each of the divided element regions.
US07936356B2	Information processing method for information registration, and information processing method for information retrieval An information processor for information registration, capturing means captures a graphics processing command, and database registering means registers, as information about completed work in the database, information about a series of graphics processing commands concerning completed works out of the captured graphics processing commands. In an information processor for information retrieval, proceeding work detecting means detects a work in progress as a proceeding work based on the captured graphics processing command, and information acquiring means searches a database for the information about the work in progress which has been done before based on the graphics processing command concerning the proceeding work and acquires the information about the work in progress which has been done before.
US07936352B2	Deformation of a computer-generated model Deforming a three-dimensional computer-generated model to cause a change of shape of the three-dimensional model includes representing a surface of the model using a surface representation initially comprised of an original surface definition, deriving smooth three-dimensional mapping functions where each mapping function defines a deformation to the surface and at least one mapping function is non-affine, constructing a composition of the mapping functions and the original surface definition where each mapping function is included in the composition in succession in accordance with the order of derivation, and applying the composition after each successive mapping function is included in the composition causing the surface of the three-dimensional model to be deformed while preserving the smoothness to the lowest degree of smoothness of the mapping functions.
US07936351B2	Apparatus, method, and computer readable medium thereof capable of pre-storing data for generating self-shadow of a 3D object A sphere tree is first generated. Accessibility values and occlusion angles corresponding to each vertex of a 3D object are calculated according to the sphere tree. A 2D texture and a 3D texture are then generated to store the accessibility values and occlusion angles. When a self-shadow effect of the 3D object is required to be generated, the relation of the spheres in the sphere tree is updated, and a 3D image is formed by retrieving the values in the 2D texture and the 3D texture according to the updated sphere tree. Since the 2D texture and the 3D texture are pre-stored, the real time calculation load is hugely reduced while the self-shadow effect is processed.
US07936348B2	Methods and apparatuses using control indicators for data processing systems A control indication assembly. A first control mounted on a surface of a computer is coupled to a first sensor, to a first sensing circuit to send an electrical signal to the first control when a user-touch occurs to the first sensor, and to a first indicator to indicate an occurrence of said user-touch. A second control mounted on a surface of a display which is coupled to the computer is coupled to a second sensor, to a second sensing circuit to send an electrical signal to said second control when said user-touch occurs to the display, and to a second indicator to indicate an occurrence of the user-touch. The first and second control are configured such that the first and second indicator are synchronized to exhibit identical behaviors when the user-touch occurs to either the first control or the second control.
US07936345B2	Driver for driving a display panel To reduce EMI and current consumption in internal wiring after display data have been input to a data driver. Display data DN/DP constituted by RSDS signals input to a data driver in a first stage are converted to display data DA constituted by CMOS signals, subjected to primary inversion control according to a data inversion signal INV generated inside, and transferred into internal wiring 31 in a data capturing circuit 30. Then, the display data are subjected to secondary inversion control by a secondary data inversion circuit 33 disposed immediately before data registers 34 according to the data inversion signal INV, and then captured by the data registers 34. Further, chip-to-chip transfer of the display data DA and the data inversion signal INV to the data drivers in second and subsequent stages is performed through the internal wiring 31 and internal wiring 32. Then, as in the data driver in the first stage, the display data DA are captured by the data registers 34.
US07936341B2	Recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs. Input selection regions are calculated from simultaneous contacts on a multi-touch input display surface. Computer system users can use natural and/or more intuitive hand gestures to select items on an input/display surface. Selection regions can be dynamically adjusted to in response to detected changes in contact at different locations on a surface. For example, selection region changes can be updated in essentially real-time as fingers are added and moved on the multi-touch input display surface. The calculation of selection regions can vary based on an application and/or operating system context.
US07936340B2	Display device and sensing signal processing apparatus A display device includes a plurality of first and second sensing data lines; a plurality of first and second sensors connected to the first and second sensing data lines, respectively; a plurality of first signal converters which compare a first sensing data signal with a first reference voltage and output a first sensing output signal; a plurality of second signal converters which compare a second sensing data signal with the first reference voltage and output a second sensing output signal; a first position signal output unit which outputs a predetermined bit of a first position signal; a second position signal output unit which outputs a predetermined bit of a second position signal; a signal output unit which outputs a digital sensing signal in series; and a contact determiner which determines a contact position of the first and second sensors.
US07936339B2	Method and system for invoking computer functionality by interaction with dynamically generated interface regions of a writing surface A device user interface in which computer functionality is invoked by user interaction with dynamically generated interface regions of a writing surface. A computer system identifies a marking written on the writing surface or a user selection of an existing written marking. Adjacent to the marking, the computer system automatically generates one or more interface regions associated with the marking. User interaction with one of these regions automatically invokes computer functionality related to the interacted region. A different function may be invoked by each region. The computer system dynamically positions and may dynamically size the interface regions based on the position (and size) of the marking. Multiple markings yield multiple regions, with different regions associated with respective markings. In one embodiment, the regions are established in front of and/or after a written word. Regions may also be established on top of and/or below the written word, for example. In another embodiment, the computer system is a pen-based interactive computer system.
US07936337B2	Handheld electronic device and associated method enabling the output of non-alphabetic characters in a disambiguation environment A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with text disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device includes a number of non-alphabetic characters that are assigned to keys and that can be accessed directly by the text disambiguation software without the need to active a non-alphabetic input routine or to additionally actuate and key or an key, for instance.
US07936336B2	Optical mouse and image capture chip thereof An optical mouse and image capture chip thereof. The image capture chip comprises an image sensor, a calculating logic circuit, and a refreshing logic circuit. The image sensor has a plurality of sensor units, capturing an image according to an exposure parameter to provide a plurality of exposure values. The calculating logic circuit provides an average exposure value by calculating the exposure values. If the exposure sample is within a first exposure range, the refreshing logic circuit maintains the exposure parameter and accordingly drives the image sensor to capture a next image. If the average exposure value is within a second exposure range, the refreshing logic circuit adjusts the exposure parameter with a first exposure extreme and accordingly drives the image sensor to capture a next image. If the average exposure value is within a third exposure range, the refreshing logic circuit adjusts the exposure parameter with a second exposure extreme and accordingly drives the image sensor to capture a next image.
US07936335B2	Operation direction judging method for operation key in direction detecting switch An object of the present invention is to provide a directionality judging method for an operation key in a direction detecting switch, capable of detecting a key operation in any direction; and superior as the cursor can be freely moved by one operation key.The present invention is a directionality judging method for an operation key comprising; wherein an initial value is set whose unit is a minimum division region as a criterion for specifying the operation direction of the operation key from the input signal, and a position of the operation key at a time when it is pressed is detected from the input signal and the operation direction is stored in a memory; and next, an effective operation range comprising the plurality of regions of minimum division regions including the operation direction of the operation key is set in a controller; an operation of the operation key whose state is in the effective operation range is judged to be the same direction; and for an operation at a position at which the operation key deviates from the effective operation range, a new operation direction at the deviating position and an effective operation range are set.
US07936334B2	Display apparatus A displaying apparatus includes a signal input unit through which an analog image signal is input, an A/D converter to convert the analog image signal input through the signal input unit into a digital image signal according to a preset offset value thereof, a monitoring unit to sense a generation of an abnormal operating condition of the A/D converter, and a controlling unit to store information on a desired reference digital image signal corresponding to the preset offset value, to compare the digital image signal output from the A/D converter with the desired reference digital image signal information when the generation of an abnormal operating condition of the A/D converter is sensed by the monitoring unit, and to the preset offset value of the A/D converter when the digital image signal output from the A/D converter is different from the desired reference digital image signal, so that the digital image signal output from the A/D converter matches the desired reference digital image signal. Accordingly, a displaying apparatus is capable maintaining regularity of colors in image pictures that are displayed, regardless of any change in operational environment of an A/D converter, and in particular, a change in temperature of an image signal processing unit or a change in an analog image signal input thereto.
US07936332B2	Gate driving circuit having reduced ripple effect and display apparatus having the same In a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus, the gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of stages. At least one of the stages comprises a pull-up section responsive to a first node signal; a pull-down section responsive to a second input signal; a discharging section discharging the first node signal in response to the second input signal; a first holding section responsive to the first clock signal, maintaining the first node signal at the off-voltage; and a second holding section responsive to the second clock signal, maintaining the first node signal at the off-voltage. The second holding section has a greater transistor width-to-length ratio than the first holding section. Therefore, an abnormal gate-on signal is less likely to occur, reducing driving defects of the display apparatus.
US07936329B2	Active matrix type display device and driving method thereof Disclosed is a display device including display unit, a column driver, a delay control circuit, an output switch control circuit, and a display controller. The display unit includes a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged at intersections between a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines in a matrix form and TFTs. One of a drain and a source of each of the TFTs is connected to a corresponding one of the pixel electrodes. The other one of the drain and the source of each of the TFTs is connected to a corresponding one of the data lines, and a gate of each of the TFTs is connected to a corresponding one of the scan lines. The scan driver supplies a scan signal to each of the scan line in a preset scan cycle. The column driver includes D/A converter circuits for converting video data to gray scale signals, a plurality of buffer amplifiers for sequentially amplifying and outputting the gray scale signals in a preset output cycle, and an output switch circuit including a plurality of switches connected to output terminals of the buffer amplifiers and the data lines, respectively. The delay control circuit controls the scan driver so that the preset scan cycle is delayed from the preset output cycle just by a preset delay time. The output switch control circuit controls the output switch circuit to be kept off during the preset delay time. The display controller controls the video data, scan driver, column driver, delay control circuit, and output switch control circuit, respectively.
US07936325B2	Display device, liquid crystal monitor, liquid crystal television receiver, and display method In one embodiment of the present invention, a display device is disclosed wherein if a frame luminance is less than a maximum value, the device creates a difference between luminance outputs in the two subframes and sets the luminance difference to a value less than a sub-maximum luminance which is a maximum luminance output in one subframe. With the arrangement, no complete switching of the subframes in which luminance outputs are made occurs at a grayscale level where low luminance replaces high luminance or vice versa. Thus, the grayscale level-luminance curve continues smoothly.
US07936323B2	Liquid crystal display device The present invention prevents deterioration of image quality by lowering a heat value of a data driver connected to a liquid crystal display panel. In a liquid crystal display device, a pixel which connects a TFT thereof to one of two neighboring scanning signal lines and a pixel which has a TFT thereof connected to the other scanning signal line are alternately arranged in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines, two pixels which are arranged close to each other with one video signal line sandwiched therebetween have respective TFTs connected to the video signal line, and the connection relationship between the TFT of each pixel and the scanning signal line is inverted for every pair of two pixels arranged in the extending direction of the video signal lines.
US07936322B2	Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same A pixel configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor and including an organic light emitting diode coupled between a first power supply and a second power supply; a first transistor coupled between the organic light emitting diode and the second power supply and having a gate electrode coupled to a first node; a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and a data line and having a gate electrode coupled to a scan line; a third transistor coupled between the first transistor and the first node and having a gate electrode coupled to the scan line; a fourth transistor coupled between the first transistor and the second power supply and having a gate electrode coupled to an emission control line; and a fifth transistor coupled between the organic light emitting diode and the first transistor and having a gate electrode coupled to the emission control line.
US07936319B2	Zero-lag image response to pilot head mounted display control A method and a system for tracking a line-of-sight (LOS) and providing zero-lag image response to a display is disclosed. The method according to one embodiment receives image data having a filed of view (FOV) that is larger than what is displayed on the display using an initial LOS, combines the received image data to create a region of interest (ROI) image, detects a change in the LOS, creates a new ROI image using the received image data to correspond to the changed LOS, and displays the new ROI image to the display.
US07936317B2	Television receiving apparatus A television receiving apparatus 100 includes a television receiver 20, and a smart antenna 10 having directivity capable of being electrically changed so as to match radio waves to be received. A handle 50 is provided with a mechanism holding the smart antenna 10 therein, fixed to the television receiver 20 and capable of changing the distance between the smart antenna 10 and the television receiver 20 as an antenna holding box. The antenna having directivity capable of being electrically changed so as to match with radio waves to be received is disposed so that the aesthetic appearance can be improved and the signal receiving sensitivity of the antenna can be enhanced.
US07936311B2	Directive, broadband, high gain, active antenna system A broadband, high-gain, active antenna system is disclosed, which operates with a bi-directive reception pattern while in its standard configuration and with a directive reception pattern over several octaves of Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum when affixed with a tuned scatter-plate. As a standalone active antenna system the disclosed antenna probe element and the amplifier subassembly exhibit the bi-directional directive properties of a standard fixed length dipole, while the addition of a scatter-plate makes the antenna directive with separate frequency-dependant directive modes. The scatter-plate can be tuned such that these separate directive modes occur at convenient areas of the RF frequency spectrum. Other means of achieving directivity are disclosed using the antenna probe element and the amplifier subassembly.
US07936306B2	Multilayer antenna arrangement A multilayer antenna arrangement is distinguished in particular by the following features: a further patch antenna (B) comprising a dielectric carrier and a radiation plane is provided above the base portion or central portion of the patch arrangement, the radiation plane being provided on the upper side, opposite the base portion or central portion, of the dielectric carrier, and the further patch antenna (B) is buried at least in part in the parasitic patch arrangement, which is configured so as to be box-shaped or box-like, and/or the parasitic patch arrangement which is configured so as to be box-shaped or box-like is formed, completely or in part, as electrically conductive planes, which are provided on the further patch antenna (B) at least in partial regions on the circumferential edge surface or outer surface thereof.
US07936305B2	System and method for determining attitude using spatial shift key (SSK) modulation signatures An attitude system that includes a radiating means which moves predeterminately through three-dimensional space, such that a cyclic Doppler is superimposed upon a transmitted signal; receiving this transmitted signal through a receiving means which moves predeterminately through three-dimensional space, such that a cyclic Doppler is superimposed upon the received signal; analyzing the movement of the receive means in relation to the radiating means by interpreting the received cyclic Doppler; and determining attitude based on the interpreted Doppler. Or alternatively, adjusting the movement of the receive means in three-dimensional space so the superimposed cyclic Doppler is minimized on the received signal and; determining attitude based on the adjustment required to bring the receive means and radiating means into an alignment.
US07936297B2	Analog to digital converter An analog to digital converter comprising an Nth analog to digital converter and an N+1th analog to digital converter arranged in series such that a residue signal from the Nth analog to digital converter is provided as an input to the N+1th analog to digital converter, characterized in that a bandwidth control means is provided in a signal path for the residue signal and the bandwidth control means is controlled so as to have a first bandwidth during a first period following generation of a conversion result from the Nth analog to digital converter, and a second bandwidth less than the first bandwidth in a second period following the first period.
US07936295B2	Digital/analog converter circuit A selection section (105) selects a step voltage, among a plurality of step voltages (SV1, SV2, SV3, . . . ) each having a voltage value changing stepwise, corresponding to the digital value of digital data (D-DATA). For each of the plurality of step voltages (SV1, SV2, SV3, . . . ), different digital values are allocated to different steps of the step voltage. An amplifier section (106) amplifies the step voltage selected by the selection section (105). An output section (107) outputs the step voltage amplified by the amplifier section (106) as an output voltage (Vout) for a time period corresponding to the digital value of the digital data (D-DATA).
US07936294B2	Digital-to-analog converter, analog-to-digital converter, and semiconductor device A DA conversion device includes the following elements. A higher-bit current source cell portion includes uniformly weighted higher-bit current source cells to generate an identical constant current. A lower-bit current source cell portion includes a lower-bit current source cells that are weighted to generate 1/two-to-the-power-of-certain-numbers constant currents. A constant current source selection controller includes a lower-bit controller having a scaler that uses clocks scaled down to 1/two-to-the-power-of-certain-numbers to select the lower-bit current source cells, and a higher-bit controller having shift registers and using a signal indicating a carry bit or a borrow bit used in the lower-bit controller to sequentially activate shift outputs of the shift registers, and uses the shift outputs to select the higher-bit current source cells. Constant current outputs of the selected current source cells are added and output so that an output current corresponding to the digital input signal is obtained.
US07936293B2	Delta-sigma modulator An object is to provide a stable delta-sigma modulator having good microlevel signal reproducibility and capable of outputting a 1-bit PDM signal with a low oversampling ratio of about 64 times at a high duty ratio of 90% or more. The delta-sigma modulator has a higher-order loop filter; a first 1-bit quantizer for making a decision as to the output of the higher-order loop filter; a first feedback component for feeding the first output signal back to the input stage of the higher-order loop filter; a second 1.5-bit quantizer for making a decision as to the output absolute value of an internal stage to be monitored; a second dynamic feedback component for feeding a second output signal back to the input stage of the higher-order loop filter; and an operational unit for producing a 1-bit PDM signal Y by performing operation on the first output signal and second output signal.
US07936291B2	System and method for removing nonlinearities and cancelling offset errors in comparator based/zero crossing based switched capacitor circuits A method compensates for errors in an output signal of a comparator based/zero crossing based circuit. The method includes generating with a comparator based/zero crossing based switched capacitor circuit a first output signal with an input signal, generating with the comparator based/zero crossing based switched capacitor circuit a second output signal with the input signal of an opposite polarity, and subtracting the second output signal from the first output signal to generate a final output signal for the comparator based/zero crossing based switched capacitor circuit.
US07936290B2	Dynamic selection of suitable codes for variable length coding and decoding A data compressor for compressing a data signal and a corresponding data decompressor are disclosed. The data compressor comprises: compression circuitry for compressing said data signal using a plurality of variable length compression codes; a digital code select signal generator for generating a digital code select signal from an indicator signal indicative of a preferred compression distribution, a frequency of said digital code select signal being higher than a frequency of said indicator signal and an average value of said digital code select signal corresponding to an average value of said indicator signal; said compression circuitry being responsive to said digital code select signal to select between one of said plurality of compression codes in dependence upon a current value of said digital code select signal and to compress said data signal using said selected compression code.
US07936289B2	Method, device, and system for data communication with preamble for reduced switching noise A data communication device or system includes a preamble unit and a data interface. The preamble unit generates or detects a first preamble having a first length for a first data line, and generates or detects a second preamble having a second length for a second data line. The first length is different from the second length, and data on the first and second data lines form parallel data. The data interface communicates a first data with the first preamble via the first data line and communicates a second data with the second preamble via the second data line. The respective length and/or respective pattern of each preamble are adjustable and/or programmable.
US07936288B2	Method and system for audio CODEC voice ADC processing Methods and systems for audio CODEC voice ADC processing are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include using a decimating filter that may be enabled to generate 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal from a 26 MHz, 3-level digital input signal. The 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal may be processed for RF transmission, for audio output to an output device, and/or utilized for testing by a test fixture, for example. The 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal may be further processed to generate a 6.5 MHz, 33-level digital signal. The 6.5 MHz, 33-level digital signal may be converted to an analog signal, and processed for audio output and/or testing. The 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal may also be processed to generate a 40 KHz, 17-bit digital signal, which may be communicated to a test equipment or further processed for RF transmission.
US07936285B2	Multipurpose information transfer medium eyepiece An aircraft communications system is located on an aircraft. The aircraft communications system comprises a set of eyewear units, an aircraft data processing system, and a wireless system. Each eyewear unit has a set of sensors and a display. The set of eyewear units is capable of receiving user input and is capable of presenting information to a set of users of the set of eyewear units. The aircraft data processing system is capable of receiving the user input and sending the information to the set of eyewear units in response to receiving the user input from the set of eyewear units. The wireless system is located proximate to the cabin of the aircraft and is capable of sending the user input from the set of eyewear units to the aircraft data processing system and sending the information to the set of eyewear units.
US07936283B2	Method for detecting parking area by using range sensor A parking space is detected by using a range sensor. Distance data in a predetermined period is collected by using the range sensor according to a user's selection and mapping the collected distance data on a coordinates system based on a parking space searching vehicle. The collected distance data are classified into short distance data and long distance data. Parking-available distance data, is calculated. Whether the parking space exists based on the calculated parking-available distance data is checked. The parking space searching vehicle is stopped by controlling an active braking apparatus or recommending a driver to stop the parking space searching vehicle by means of a voice and alarm sounds when it has been checked that the parking space exists.
US07936282B2	Apparatus and method for controlling moving vehicles Apparatus for controlling vehicles, particularly for security purposes, law enforcement and fleet management, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a car unit (CU) permanently mounted in the vehicles, which transmits vehicle identification (ID) and a road unit (RU), which receives the identification and singles out suspect vehicles. The apparatus may include a portable personal unit (PU), which identifies the driver.
US07936281B2	Method and apparatus for maintaining device information in a lighting control system The invention regards a system and method for using a handheld programming device to configure a lighting control system wirelessly. In one embodiment, at least one device configured with a processing section is installed in the lighting control system. A communications receiver that is operable to receive a signal from the handheld programming device is also installed in the lighting control system, wherein the signal includes an instruction for configuring the lighting control system. Further, the signal is wirelessly sent from the handheld programming device to the communications receiver, and the instruction is transmitted from the communications receiver to a device in the system. The instruction functions to configure the lighting control system.
US07936272B2	Dynamic antenna tuning circuit for a radio frequency identification reader A resonant antenna circuit for a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader generates an electrical signal for activating a passive identification tag. The identification tag in turn generates a coded electrical signal that is detected by the reader. The electrical characteristics of the resonant circuit are actively and dynamically altered so that the antenna performs more optimally during the transmit and receive intervals.
US07936268B2	Selectively coupling to feed points of an antenna system Selectively coupling to feed points of an antenna system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising an antenna system, an antenna communication circuit, a first diode coupled between the antenna communication circuit and a first feed point of the antenna system, and a second diode coupled between the antenna communication circuit and a second feed point of the antenna system. The antenna communication circuit is configured to couple the antenna communication circuit to the first and second feed points by forward biasing the diodes.
US07936267B2	Theft protection A theft protection for an electronic device, in particular an optionally portable computer, a mobile telephone or a PDA, includes an electrical cable (2) with a coupling connector (3) for coupling to a corresponding coupling connector of the device. Alarm elements are connected to the cable (2) which are able and adapted to generate an alarm signal in the case the device is stolen. The alarm elements (4) are accommodated in a housing (1) separate from the device. The housing is provided with fastening elements (5) for a mechanical connection of the housing to a fixed object (9). The alarm elements include detection elements which are adapted and able to detect an interruption of the electrical cable connection (2), in addition to signalling elements (4) which generate the alarm signal when the interruption is detected.
US07936265B2	Smart card detectors A smartcard or other media detects the presence of chemical, biological, radiation, and/or explosive (CBRE) compounds or other items of interest on individuals handling the smartcard or other media. The exposure is stored such that, when the card is presented to a reader, the detection data is transmitted to the reader for appropriate processing by the system. In one embodiment, this invention provides a detection methodology which captures the fact that the holder of the detection device has been in contact with an item of interest without external power. The detector card is then able to alert appropriate authorities of that exposure when the device is presented to a reader in the normal course of the holder's business.
US07936262B2	Remote tracking system with a dedicated monitoring center A remote tracking system is described that includes one or more remote tracking devices, where each remote tracking device including a cellular transceiver, a positioning system receiver, and a processor connected to the positioning system receiver and the cellular transceiver. A dedicated monitoring center is in communication with each of the remote tracking devices and includes a monitoring center application to process and store the location information and status information received from each of the at least one remote tracking device. The monitoring center also includes agents available as an initial contact point when the monitoring center application determines that attention to a particular remote tracking device is required. The system further includes a portal through which an authorized user responsible for one or more of the at least one remote tracking device can access information related to each of the remote tracking devices.
US07936256B2	Method and system for interacting with a vehicle over a mobile radiotelephone network A telemetry system coupled to a vehicle can communicate with a remote site using the overhead control channels of a wireless network, such as a cellular mobile radiotelephone network. The telemetry system can monitor or control aspects of the vehicle's operations based on remote user input. The telemetry system can receive a command from a data processing center and, based on the command, perform an action at the vehicle such that a user can remotely interact with the vehicle.
US07936250B2	Identifier device and method of identifying An identifier device, which may be part of a tracking or similar transponder device, which can be removably coupled to an article to be identified or tracked. Data representing the identity of the article is encoded in the form of a pattern, and can be read by the identifier device when correctly engaged to the article, by sampling the pattern so as to extract the data encoded therein for transmission. The pattern may be a relief pattern, for example in the form of bumps and pits such as a Braille pattern, or magnetic domains, or the like.
US07936246B2	On-chip inductor for high current applications Saturation of nonlinear ferromagnetic core material for on-chip inductors for high current applications is significantly reduced by providing a core design wherein magnetic flux does not form a closed loop, but rather splits into multiple sub-fluxes that are directed to cancel each other. The design enables high on-chip inductance for high current power applications.
US07936241B2	Contactor with conductor channel and load branch circuit with a contactor of this type A contactor includes a housing having a mounting side, an operating side, main connector surfaces and side surfaces. The operating side lies opposite the mounting side and is connected to the mounting side by main connector surfaces and side surfaces. The main connector surfaces lie opposite one another and the side surfaces lie opposite one another. The operating side has a raised central area and two edge areas, which border a central area on both sides of the central area. The edge areas border the main connector areas and are connected to the central area by way of an additional connector area in each case. Main terminals, connected to load contacts of the contactor, have main receptacle openings into which main conductors are fed from one of the main connector surfaces. Additional terminals have receptacle openings into which additional conductors are fed from additional connector surfaces.
US07936239B2	Breaker interlock system and method Disclosed herein is a breaker interlock system. The system includes, a trip unit for a breaker, and a breaker receptive of the trip unit. The breaker is closable when the trip unit is assembled thereto and the breaker is non-closable when the trip unit is not assembled to the breaker. The interlock system is further configured to prevent disassembly of the trip unit from the breaker when the breaker is in a closed configuration. The breaker having a plurality of solenoids and each of the plurality of solenoids is in operable communication with the breaker to trip the breaker on command. A first of the plurality of solenoids is responsive to a signal from the breaker via the trip unit, and a second of the plurality of solenoids is responsive to an externally supplied signal from a source other than the electronic trip unit.
US07936235B2	Method to increase the tuneability of varactors The present invention relates to a tunable circuit, or admittance, arrangement comprising at least one capacitive branch with at least a tunable first capacitor, and tuning application means. It further comprises at least one resonant branch comprising at least a second capacitor and an inductor, said second capacitor and said inductor being connected in series. Said at least one capacitive branch and said at least one resonant branch are connected in parallel, and said tuning application means are adapted for application of a DC tuning voltage. The capacitance of said first and/or second capacitor and/or the inductance of said inductor are selected such that the frequency dependency of the tunability of a varactor arrangement forming the equivalent varactor arrangement of the admittance arrangement can be controlled at least in a selected frequency range.
US07936227B2	Reference oscillator and its use A reference clock circuit (170), has a low-power mode, in which the frequency consumption is reduced, and including an internal counter, accumulating time spent in low-power mode. The circuit includes a crystal resonator (60), an oscillator circuit (70), and a temperature compensation circuit (80), providing a stable clock output (85). During low-power mode temperature compensation can be switched off. The circuit further provides a wakeup signal (107) after a preset time in low-power mode.
US07936224B2	Voltage controlled oscillator An embodiment of the voltage controlled oscillator is provided. The oscillator comprises a first inductor set, a second inductor set, a second capacitor, a voltage source and a negative resistance element. The inductance of the second inductor set is k times the inductance of the first inductor set. The voltage source applies an ac voltage to the second inductor set. The negative resistance element is coupled to the second inductor set to provide a negative resistance to resonate the second capacitor at the second inductor set.
US07936223B2	Low spur phase-locked loop architecture A low spur phase-locked loop (PLL) architecture is provided. A frequency-synthesizing PLL that includes a differential Kvco gain linearization circuit with adjustable DC offset is used to reduce clock jitter. The free-running oscillation frequency of the VCO of the PLL is centered near the desired frequency using programmable loads to minimize the required control voltage range. The PLL uses a differential architecture that includes a charge pump that compensates for variations in Kvco and a LC tank oscillator with differential controlled varactor. The differential PLL architecture demonstrates that the reference spur can be well controlled to below −80 dBc.
US07936222B2	Phase-locked loop circuit employing capacitance multiplication A phase-locked loop circuit. The phase-locked loop circuit comprises a phase detector, a proportional charge pump, a decimator, an integral charge pimp, and a voltage-controlled oscillator. The phase detector obtains an phase error information according to a phase difference between a reference signal and a clock signal input to the phase detector. The proportional charge pump coupled to the phase detector generates a first voltage according to the phase error information. The decimator generates a decimated version of the phase error information by a decimation factor of N. The integral charge pump generates a second voltage according to the decimated version of the phase error information. The voltage-controlled oscillator generating the clock signal according to a combination of the first and second voltages.
US07936218B1	Shared-current electronic system Shared-current electronic systems (120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, and 220) include two or more electronic devices, such as an electronic device (Q1), a baseband processor (110), and a multiplier/up-converter (112), that are connected in dc series or dc series-parallel, that may be connected in rf series, and that either fixedly or variably share portions of a dc source voltage. Various embodiments produce separate rf outputs, variably shift the phase of a single rf output, variably shift rf power between/among rf outputs, or produce a frequency-compressed modulation. The apparatus includes means (122, 162, 162A, and/or 162B) for precisely proportioning the regulated dc source voltage to one or more of the dc series-connected electronic devices irrespective of production variations in operating parameters of the electronic devices and/or drift of the electronic devices.
US07936216B2	True current limiting The invention relates to a current limiting method, e. g. for Class D amplifiers comprising a unique detection- and control method. The current detection circuit can be implemented as a voltage measurement where the measured voltage corresponds to the current flowing through the power-switching device. The device can be switched OFF when a set limit is reached. By forcing certain OFF time, the associated control system behaves as a self-oscillating current limiting circuit. This can be implemented locally close to the switching device and be independent of other local or global control systems.
US07936215B2	Multi-segment primary and multi-turn secondary transformer for power amplifier systems Embodiments of the invention may provide for power amplifier systems and methods. The systems and methods may include a power amplifier that generates a first differential output signal and a second differential output signal, a primary winding comprised of a plurality of primary segments, where a first end of each primary segment is connected to a first common input port and a second end of each primary segment is connected to a second common input port, where the first common input port is operative to receive the first differential output signal, and where the second common input port is operative to receive the second differential output signal, and a single secondary winding inductively coupled to the plurality of primary segments.
US07936214B2	Third order derivative distortion cancellation for ultra low power applications An apparatus and method for the cancellation of third order derivative distortion for ultra low power (ULP) applications are disclosed involving a first amplifier connected in parallel with a second amplifier for amplifying a received signal. The first amplifier includes at least one transistor operating in the sub-threshold region such that the first amplifier possesses a positive third derivative of a transfer function of the first amplifier, which generates a first amplified signal having in phase third order distortions. The second amplifier includes at least one differential pair of transistors operating in the sub-threshold region such that the second amplifier possesses a negative third derivative of a transfer function of the second amplifier, which generates a second amplified signal having in opposite phase third order distortions. The first and second amplified output signals are combined resulting in cancellation of third order distortions in the combined amplified signal.
US07936206B2	Transistor junction diode circuitry systems and methods Methods and apparatus for capacitive voltage division are provided, an example apparatus having an input and an output and including a first switched capacitor circuit. In some embodiments, the capacitive voltage divider includes first and second MOSFETs. A first capacitor is coupled between the drain of the first MOSFET and the input to the capacitive voltage divider. A first circuit coupled to the drain of the first MOSFET is configured to pull down the drain of the first MOSFET and thus apply a reverse bias to a first junction diode internal to the first MOSFET between the drain and the bulk of the first MOSFET. A second capacitor is coupled between the source of the first MOSFET and the drain of the second MOSFET. A second circuit is configured to reverse bias a second junction diode between the drain and bulk of the second MOSFET.
US07936196B2	First delay locking method, delay-locked loop, and semiconductor memory device including the same According to one embodiment, a method of performing fast locking in a delay locked loop circuit is disclosed. The method includes performing a first comparison comparing an input clock signal to a first feedback clock signal that is a non-inverted feedback clock signal, and performing a second comparison comparing the input clock signal to a second feedback clock signal that is the feedback clock signal inverted. The method also includes, based on the first and second comparisons, selecting one of the non-inverted feedback clock signal or the inverted feedback clock signal to synchronize with the input clock signal. In addition, the method includes synchronizing the selected clock signal with the input clock signal.
US07936192B2	Alias-locked loop frequency synthesizer using a regenerative sampling latch A frequency synthesis phase-locked loop architecture using a regenerative sampling latch is described. The frequency divider typically employed in the feedback path of a frequency synthesis phase-locked loop is replaced by a regenerative sampling latch with a binary output. The regenerative sampling latch subsamples the frequency synthesizer output to produce a low-frequency aliased signal that can be processed further or directly used to lock the phase-locked loop. This architecture is referred to as an alias-locked loop. The relaxed constraints on the regenerative sampling latch make it possible to create high-speed frequency synthesizer phase-locked loops without the suffering the limitations imposed by traditional dividers connected directly to the oscillator output.
US07936191B2	Start-up reset circuit and related method A start-up reset circuit includes a flip-flop and a clock signal generator. The clock signal generator generates a first clock signal and a second clock signal, wherein there is a phase difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal. The flip-flop receives an operation voltage and has a setup time, and further includes an input terminal to receive the first clock signal, a clock input terminal to receive the second clock signal, and an output terminal to output a reset signal, wherein the setup time corresponds to the operation voltage.
US07936190B1	Systems, methods and circuitry relating to frequency dividers A frequency divider can include at least one input device receiving an input signal, the at least one input device converting the input signal to a current signal; a driver stage with at least two drivers, the at least two drivers receiving the current signal from the at least one input device; a latch stage with at least two latches receiving output signals from the driver stage, the latch stage amplifying the output signals from the driver stage in proportion to an imbalance on the driver stage; and a feedback loop feeding back latch stage output signals to the driver stage. The driver stage and the latch stage can divide the input signal such that the current signal has a frequency of a multiple of the divided signal, and the frequency divider can also include at least one output device to convert the divided signal to a divided voltage signal.
US07936187B1	Switch-body NMOS-PMOS switch with complementary clocked switch-body NMOS-PMOS dummies A sample-and-hold feed switch has parallel PMOS branches and parallel NMOS branches, each extending from an input node to an output node connected to a hold capacitor. Each PMOS branch has a PMOS switch FET connected to a matching PMOS dummy FET, and each NMOS branch has an NMOS switch FET connected to a matching NMOS dummy FET. A sample clock switches the PMOS switch FETs on and off, and a synchronous inverse sample clock effects complementary on-off switching of the PMOS dummy FETs. Concurrently, a synchronous inverse sample clock switches the NMOS switch FETs on and off, and the sample clock effects a complementary on-off switching of the NMOS dummy FETs. A bias sequencer circuit biases the bodies of the PMOS switch FETs and the bodies of the PMOS dummy FETs, in a complementary manner, and biases the NMOS switch FETs and the NMOS dummy FETs, also in a complementary manner. The on-off switching of the PMOS dummy FETs injects charge, cancelling a charge injection by the PMOS signal switch FETs, and injects glitches cancelling glitches injected by the PMOS signal switch FETs. The on-off switching of the NMOS dummy FETs injects charge that cancels a charge injection by the NMOS signal switch FETs, and injects glitches that cancels glitches injected by the NMOS signal switch FETs.
US07936186B1	Method and apparatus for correcting duty cycle via current mode logic to CMOS converter Embodiments of the invention relate generally to the field of duty cycle correction, and more particularly to method and apparatus for correcting duty cycle of a CMOS level signal when converted from a Current-Mode-Logic (CML) to a CMOS level signal via a CML to CMOS converter. The converter comprises a first differential pair unit to receive a CML level signal; a second differential pair unit to receive the CML level signal; and an embedded differential biasing unit, coupled with the first and the second differential pair units, to adjust drive strength of the first and second differential pair units based on a duty cycle of the CML level signal. The method for correcting duty cycle of the CMOS level signal output comprises receiving by the first differential pair unit a CML level signal; receiving by the second differential pair unit the CML level signal; and adjusting drive strength of the first and the second differential pair units based on a duty cycle of the CMOS level signal.
US07936181B2	Method and circuit for off chip driver control, and memory device using same An off chip driver impedance adjustment circuit includes a storage circuit adapted to receive and store a drive strength adjustment word. A counter circuit is coupled to the storage circuit to receive the drive strength adjustment word and develops a drive strength count responsive to the drive strength adjustment word. A programmable fuse code to preset the counter. An output driver circuit is coupled to the counter circuit to receive the drive strength count and is adapted to receive a data signal. The output driver circuit develops an output signal on an output responsive to the data signal and adjusts a drive strength as a function of the drive strength count.
US07936179B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit and method of testing circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a ladder resistor; a ROM decoder; and a test circuit. The ladder resistor includes a plurality of resistors series-connected to each other and is supplied with a correction voltage at least one of both ends of the series connection and a plurality of connection points in the series connection to generate a plurality of gradation voltages at the plurality of connection points. The ROM decoder selects one of the plurality of gradation voltages generated by the ladder resistor, based on a supplied data signal. The test circuit measures a leakage current in the ROM decoder. The test circuit includes: a plurality of separation units, and a control unit. The plurality of separation units separates the series connection, which is respectively supplied with different power source voltages at both ends, at a certain portion, when the leakage current is measured. The control unit controls separation of the plurality of separation unit corresponding to the data signal.
US07936175B2	Full function test for in situ test of sensors and amplifiers The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for in situ test of transducers comprising sensing elements and associated conditioning preamplifiers. The invention makes it possible to evaluate the characteristics of the complete transducer by means of higher integration of the transducer circuitry. Tests can be performed from a remote central location without additional wiring and while the transducer is in operating environment. Testing is performed by superposing test signals and test sequence control signals on the wiring for the transducer output signal, hereby offering flexibility without sacrificing simplicity. Test signalling is by additional circuitry in the transducer interpreted and routed to the input of the conditioning preamplifier based on signalling from the remote test generator, and the signals engendered from the test signals can be analyzed from a remote analyzing system for complete qualifications of the transducer under test.
US07936170B2	RF coil and apparatus to reduce acoustic noise in an MRI system A radio frequency (RF) coil for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a first end ring section containing a plurality of openings and a second end ring section containing a plurality of openings. A plurality of rungs is disposed between the first end ring section and the second end ring section. Each rung has a first end connected to the first end ring section and a second end connected to the second end ring section. Each rung can also include a plurality of openings. The openings in the end rings and rungs reduces eddy currents and improves RF performance of the RF coil.
US07936168B2	Magnetic field dosimeter A portable device is used to measure exposure to magnetic fields and/or exposure to changes of magnetic field. The device (10) includes a first sensor (14) for measuring instantaneous magnetic field strength, and a second sensor (15) which is located adjacent to, and orientated in the same direction as, the first sensor for providing an output indicative of the time rate of change of the magnetic field. An integrator (22) integrates the rate of change output from the second sensor (15) over time to derive relative changes in the magnetic field. A processor (20) is connected to the outputs of at least the first sensor and the integrator. The processor selectively provides an indication of field strength from the output of the first sensor if the output is within the normal operating range of the first sensor, or otherwise from the integrator. A memory (24) is connected to the output of the second sensor (15) to store cumulative exposure to changes in the magnetic field. Three pairs of first and second sensors may be orientated in respective orthogonal directions.
US07936165B2	Current sensor A current sensor includes a housing having a pair of first slits, a bus bar supported by the housing and electrically connected to a battery post provided on a battery, an annular shield member arranged so as to surround an axis extending in a direction in which a current is flowed in the bus bar, and a magnetic-electric conversion element provided on the housing to detect a magnetic flux density of a magnetic field generated when the current is flowed in the bus bar and produce an electric signal. The magnetic-electric conversion element is arranged between the first slits. The shield member is inserted into the first slits so that the shield member is mounted on the housing.
US07936163B2	Method and system for detecting electricity theft A method for detecting electricity theft in an electricity meter is provided. The method includes determining a first power outage at the meter and determining whether load energy is flowing through the meter after power has been restored to the meter after the first power outage. The method also includes determining a second power outage at the meter, wherein the second power outage occurs after the first power outage, and determining whether load energy is flowing through the meter after power has been restored to the meter after the second power outage. The method also includes outputting an indication of a potential electricity theft based on the determinations of whether no load energy was flowing through the meter after the first power outage and whether load energy was flowing through the meter after the second power outage.
US07936162B2	Measured-signal repetition frequency detection method, and sampling apparatus and waveform observation system using the method In a method of detecting a repetition frequency of a measured signal, in order to detect the waveform repetition frequency of the measured signal with high accuracy even in the presence of a frequency fluctuation in the measured signal, the repetition frequency of the measured signal acquired by the conventional method is used as a provisional repetition frequency, and the frequency change amount of the specified signal obtained in the case where the measured signal is sampled sequentially with a sampling frequency greatly changed from the provisional sampling frequency to generate a frequency fold at the time of sampling is detected. Based on the detected frequency change amount of the specified signal and the change amount of the sample number indicating how many times the frequency fold has occurred in the process, the error contained in the sampling number with a frequency fluctuation contained in the measured signal is calculated. Then, based on the error contained in this sample number, the provisional repetition frequency of the measured signal is corrected, thereby calculating the regular repetition frequency of the measured signal.
US07936156B2	DC-DC converter and control method thereof A first power supply line and having a first conductivity type a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and a second power supply line, and having the first conductivity type an output unit driving a first control signal causing the first transistor to become conductive, based on a drive voltage, and outputting the first control signal to the first transistor and a boot strap circuit including a capacitor having a first end coupled to a node of the first transistor and the second transistor and supplying the output unit with the drive voltage based on the capacitor, wherein an electric potential of the first end is reduced before the first transistor becomes conductive.
US07936149B2	Charging device A charging device has an electric accumulator (20) formed by a plurality of series-connected electric accumulator cells (E1, E2, . . . , En), one electrode of any one of the electric accumulator cells being used as a reference potential of the electric accumulator (20); at least one capacitor (C1) having one end fixed to the potential of one electrode of each of the electric accumulator cells (E1, E2, . . . , En) or fixed to the potential of the other electrode of any one of the electric accumulator cells (E1, E2, . . . , En) through a rectifying means (D11, D12); and a periodical power source (30) connected between the capacitor (C1) and the reference potential of the electric accumulator to generate repetitive signals.
US07936147B2	Non-contact charger capable of wireless data and power transmission and related battery pack and mobile device Disclosed is a non-contact charger. The present invention provides a non-contact charger capable of wireless data communication and power supply between a non-contact charger capable of computer UBS communication and a charging battery-pack of a mobile device, using an induced electromotive force, thereby to enable data communication and power supply at the same time and to make good signal transmission without other poor contacts in the contact transmission.
US07936143B2	Device for preventing sway of suspended load This invention provides a device for preventing sway of a suspended load, which does not require complex calculation for eliminating frictional resistance components. The device is equipped with a speed control device (14) for outputting a torque command based on a speed command, a torque command filter (16), and a load torque observer (4) for estimating the load torque, and configured to output a value obtained by adding a load torque estimation signal to an output of the torque command filter (16). The device is further equipped with a high-pass filter (32) for outputting a signal TRFLHPF in which a frictional resistance component is eliminated from the load torque estimation signal and a sway angle calculator (33) for outputting a sway angle estimation calculated value θe obtained by multiplying a sway angle calculator factor by the output signal TRFLHPF. A value obtained by subtracting a damping compensation signal NRFDP obtained by damping-compensating the sway angle estimation calculated value θe from a speed command created by a speed pattern creation circuit (11) is inputted to the speed control device (14).
US07936141B2	Motor driver system and method of protecting motor driver A motor driver system includes an excess current sensing device configured to compensate a sensing value depending on a temperature of a motor, and to output the compensated sensing value, the sensing value being obtained from a current value associated with the motor; and a controller configured to stop the motor when the compensated sensing value exceeds a preset excess value.
US07936139B2	Method and apparatus to facilitate controlling the connection of a mains to a movable barrier operator power supply A movable barrier operator having control circuitry (206) to selectively cause movement of a corresponding movable barrier (203) and a power supply that is operably coupled to a mains (201) and is operably coupled to provide electrical motive power to components of the operator can be configurable to selectively disconnect a portion, but not all, of the power supply from the mains when full power availability for the components is not required. This power supply can comprise a less efficient first power supply (204) and a more efficient second power supply (205). In such a case, these teachings can provide for disconnecting (105) the first power supply from the mains when a higher level of power is not presently required. Meanwhile, the second power supply can continue to provide operating power to, for example, the aforementioned control circuitry to ensure ongoing functionality of the movable barrier operator.
US07936137B2	Inverter A soft start circuit generates a soft start voltage Vss which changes with time at a starting time of lighting an EEFL. A pulse width modulator generates a PWM signal Vpwm whose duty ratio is feedback-controlled so that a feedback voltage Vfb corresponding to an output voltage Vdrv of an inverter conforms to the soft start voltage Vss. A logical control unit performs switching control of a voltage of a primary coil of a transformer on the basis of the PWM signal Vpwm from the pulse width modulator. The soft start circuit executes at least one striking operation in which the soft start voltage Vss is raised with time, lowered when being reached to a first voltage level VH, and raised again when being lowered to a second voltage level VL lower than the first voltage level VH.
US07936136B2	Inverter circuit, fluorescent tube lighting apparatus, backlight apparatus, and liquid crystal display A driving apparatus and a driving method are disclosed that are capable of uniformly lighting each entire fluorescent tube irrespective of the length or number of fluorescent tubes when simultaneously driving a plurality of fluorescent tubes in a fluorescent tube lighting apparatus. When two inverter circuits having respective transformers are provided at both ends of a fluorescent tube to light the fluorescent tube by push-pull driving, feedback windings of transformers not used in self-excited oscillation of each inverter circuit are connected together, with the transformer connection that connects together the feedback windings being either in-phase or in opposite phase, and the method of connection for fluorescent tubes connecting to secondary windings of each transformer can be changed in accordance with that connection method.
US07936135B2	Reconfigurable LED array and use in lighting system A light-emitting device capable of being powered by an AC power supply or an unregulated DC power supply is disclosed. The light-emitting device, in an aspect, is coupled to a controller, a light-emitting diode (“LED”) array, and a power supply, wherein the power supply can be an AC power source or an unregulated DC power source. While the power supply provides electrical power, the controller generates various LED control signals in response to power fluctuation of the electrical power. The LED array allows at least a portion of LEDs to be activated in accordance with the logic states of the LED control signals.
US07936130B2	Discharge lamp lighting apparatus A discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes a DC/DC converter for converting an input direct voltage to a direct voltage of a different voltage value than the input direct voltage by switching and then outputting the converted direct voltage; a discharge lamp driver for converting the output direct voltage, which is supplied from the DC/DC converter, to a voltage suitable for driving a discharge lamp; a pulse width controller for generating a pulse width controlled switching control signal based on a reference pulse and then supplying the switching control signal to the DC/DC converter; and a microprocessor for controlling the apparatus as a whole and supplying to the pulse width controller a pulse width control signal and the reference pulse in synchronism with the pulse width control signal.
US07936128B2	Frit seal material, lamp with frit seal, and method for sealing a high intensity discharge lamp A high intensity discharge lamp includes an arc tube with a chemical fill, capillaries extended from the arc tube, electrodes fed through the capillaries into the arc tube, and a frit seal that seals the capillaries, where the frit seal includes silica (SiO2) in a range of more than 0 wt % to less than 5 wt %, alumina (Al2O3), and one of dysprosia (Dy2O3) and yttrium oxide (Y2O3). This frit seal material can withstand a higher operating temperature so that the length of the capillaries can be reduced compared to those sealed with conventional frit seal material.
US07936127B2	Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus is provided that includes a front substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode and a dielectric layer formed on the front substrate, a rear substrate faced with the front substrate, a third electrode formed on the rear substrate, and a barrier rib which is formed on the rear substrate and partitions discharge cells, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed with one layer, and the width of at least one of barrier ribs which partitions the discharge cells in the outside of an effective display region is wider than the width of barrier ribs which partition the discharge cells in the inside of the effective display region. The plasma display apparatus does not include a transparent electrode consisting of ITO, reducing the manufacturing cost of the plasma display panel. Further, by forming projecting electrodes protruded in the direction of the center of the discharge cell or in the opposite direction of the center of the discharge cell from the scan electrode or the sustain electrode line, the firing voltage can be lowered and the discharge diffusion efficiency of the discharge cell increased.
US07936125B2	Flat panel display A flat panel display capable of reducing element defects by decreasing taper angles of contact holes and a via hole. The flat panel display includes a thin film transistor having at least source and drain electrodes formed over an insulating substrate, an insulating layer having a via hole for exposing one of the source and drain electrodes, and an anode connected to said one of the source and drain electrodes through the via hole. The via hole and the anode are tapered with taper angles of 60° or less. The source and drain electrodes are connected respectively to source and drain regions of the thin film transistor through the contact holes. The contact holes are also tapered with taper angles of 60° or less.
US07936123B2	Organic light emitting diode having electron and hole mobility in light emitting layer and display using the same An organic light emitting diode comprising a pair of electrodes and a stack including a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer, the stack being intermediate between the electrodes, the light emitting layer being of a material having hole mobility and electron mobility equal to or lower than hole mobility of the hole transport layer and electron mobility of the electron transport layer, respectively.
US07936120B2	Organic light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting device (OLED) and a method of manufacturing the OLED. The OLED includes an anode, a cathode, a hole transport layer arranged between the anode and the cathode, a self-buffer layer arranged between the hole transport layer and the cathode, the self-buffer layer being adapted to protect the hole transport layer, the self-buffer layer being made of a first material and a light emitting layer arranged between the self-buffer layer and the cathode, the light emitting layer also being made of the first material.
US07936117B2	Structure of spark plug Disclosed is a park plug, which has a conductive plate constituting a side electrode, and a slot is defined through the conductive plate, so that no dead zone is present around the spark plug for a fuel injection system and thereby achieving more complete combustion. The spark plug is threadingly fit into a combustion chamber of an engine and employs a high-voltage electric current to generate spark for ignition and thus enabling combustion and explosion to generate power for driving movement of cylinders. Thus, by providing a slot in the conductive plate of the side electrode, a mixture gas of fuel and air inside the combustion chamber can be completely spread around the spark plug to thereby enhance combustion efficiency. This not only reduces fuel consumption and enhances horsepower, but also eliminates jamming of an injection engine due to less carbon deposition.
US07936116B2	Motor stator with improved end surface insulating plate, motor including the motor stator, pump including the motor stator, and manufacturing the motor stator An objective is to provide a motor stator that may achieve: a reduction in parts costs by shaping coil ends so that length thereof is reduced, thereby reducing the amount of use of copper, and minimizing the amount of use of binding strings for securing the coil ends in place; a reduction in manufacturing process costs by a structure which allows a protector and a wire lead outlet part to be easily assembled; and then an improvement in quality of a stator by firmly holding the coil ends and the protector. The motor stator may include a stator core 1 including slots; a plurality of cut surfaces forming flat surfaces on the outer surface of the stator core 1; end surface insulating plates 2 formed in an approximately same shape as the shape of magnetic steel plates punched out, and assembled into the stator core 1 on both axial end surfaces thereof; projections formed in a vicinity of a peripheral portion of an end surface insulating plate 2, and engaged with the cut surfaces on the stator core 1; slot-like cutouts, a little larger in size than the slots, formed on an inner peripheral side of the each end surface insulating plate 1; and coil ends. The coil ends are shaped by pressure against the end surface insulating plates 2.
US07936115B2	Piezoelectric resonator element, piezoelectric resonator, and acceleration sensor A piezoelectric resonator element includes: a resonating arm extending in a first direction and cantilever-supported; a base portion cantilever-supporting the resonating arm; and an excitation electrode allowing the resonating arm to perform flexural vibration in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. In the piezoelectric resonator element, the resonating arm includes an adjusting part adjusting rigidity with respect to a bend in a third direction that is orthogonal to the first and second directions.
US07936110B2	Lateral excitation of pure shear modes Circularly polarized resonant structures are obtained utilizing piezoelectric resonators made of materials and orientations selected in accordance with the teaching provided herewith. Further provided are radially polarized structures. Furthermore, the utilization of such resonators and structures as sensors, for frequency control application, for signal filtering, and the like, is also disclosed.
US07936105B2	Audible brush wear indicator for rotating electric machines An electric machine incorporates a brush assembly that provides an audible warning when the brush in the brush assembly approaches the end of its useable length. The brush incorporates a device incorporated into the brush or a brush design which cooperates with the brush holder to generate the noise. The noise provides a warning to the user of the electric machine that the useable length of the brush material is near.
US07936104B2	Permanent magnet machines with stator pole sections having different magnetic materials A permanent magnet machine includes a rotor and a stator including plurality of stator pole sections. Each stator pole section comprises a core section having an inner end piece disposed adjacent to the core section, the inner end piece comprising a first magnetic material that is adapted to saturate during exposure to a first magnetic field strength, and an outer end piece disposed adjacent to the core section radially outwardly relative to the inner end piece, the outer end piece comprising a second magnetic material that is adapted to be unsaturated during exposure to the first magnetic field strength and to saturate during exposure to a second magnetic field strength, wherein the second magnetic field strength is greater than the first magnetic field strength.
US07936103B2	Methods for fabricating a wedge system for an electric machine A method for assembling an electric machine is provided. The method includes providing a rotor having a cavity formed therein. At least one contoured recess is formed in a portion of the cavity. A wedge is inserted into the cavity. The wedge includes at least one contoured protrusion that is configured to mirror the at least one contoured recess of the cavity. The wedge is inserted such that the at least one contoured protrusion is positioned within the at least one contoured recess to facilitate positioning the wedge within the cavity. The at least one contoured protrusion and the at least one contoured recess are shaped to facilitate minimizing stresses within the rotor and the wedge.
US07936100B2	Stator for rotating machine and rotating machine using the same The stator includes a plurality of concentrated winding coils disposed coupled into an annular form through yokes, and a plurality of conductors that couple the coil ends of the concentrated winding coils to each other in a multi-phase connection fashion. Conductors for a U-phase, a V-phase, a W-phase, and neutral points P are each formed of a plurality of holes for inserting therethrough coil ends and are substantially circular with different diameters, and are disposed on the same plane. A connection plate provided with a wall is inserted between the conductors and the concentrated winding coils. A rotating machine includes the above-mentioned stator and a rotor that is rotatable within the stator.
US07936098B2	Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine, for solving problems that a space for installing the noise insulation enclosure around the rotary electric machine and a base for installing the noise insulation enclosure are necessary, and that the noise insulation enclosure reducing the noise on an outer side of the noise insulation enclosure does not reduce the noise on an inner side thereof, and the inspecting worker entering thereinto is exposed to a loud noise of the rotary electric machine, the rotary electric machine comprising a stator frame having a stator iron core incorporating a stator coil therein in an inner portion thereof, and a rotor in which a rotor coil rotating so as to oppose to the stator frame and the stator iron core is incorporated, further comprising a noise insulation plate fixed to a noise insulation plate attaching seat welded to an outer surface of the stator frame by a bolt and a nut, an elastic body which is provided in a contact portion between the noise insulation plate attaching seat and the noise insulation plate, and a vibration-proofing rubber washer which is provided in a contact portion between the noise insulation plate and the nut.
US07936097B2	Electromagnetic propulsion system An electromechanical propulsion system is disclosed. The propulsion system uses magnetic propulsion and magnetic bearings to move a vehicle. The propulsion system is well suited for use on land, air, space, above water and underwater vehicles. The propulsion system includes a plurality of electromagnets that repel each other with strong and weak magnets to move the propulsion motor in linear motion. Multiple side propulsion motors can be incorporated to alter the direction of travel of the electromechanical propulsion system. The propulsion system is manufacturable in a self contained configuration where it is controllable from a remote location.
US07936095B2	Communication system using directional control of electomagnetic wave power transmission When a certain period of time has elapsed since a direction retrieval unit received a control signal from an appliance controller, the direction retrieval unit instructs the microwave transmitter to transmit microwaves, and then instructs the microwave transmitter to perform scanning of the microwaves. When a notification signal receiver receives a notification signal from a remote controller, the direction retrieval unit instructs the microwave transmitter to stop the scanning of the microwaves. After this, the direction retrieval unit instructs a power controller to raise a power level of the microwaves. The direction retrieval unit determines whether or not the notification signal receiver receives from the notification signal transmitter of the remote controller at regular time intervals charging-in-progress signals indicating that charging is in progress and whether or not the notification signal receiver receives from the notification signal transmitter a charging-complete signal indicating that the charging is completed.
US07936094B2	Device for protection from accidents A device for protection from accidents comprises a protective support (2) to be interposed between an operator and a tool (3) to be used by said operator; the protection device further comprises cutoff/switching off means adapted to be active on the tool (3) at a minimum distance between the protective support (2) and the tool (3).
US07936093B2	Phase control switching device In a phase control switching device that controls a closing phase of a three-phase switching device connected between a power-supply-side transmission line and a compensation transmission line having a shunt reactor, a closing-phase control unit operates based on a closing command to the three-phase switching device, generates, for each phase, a closing phase in which the three-phase switching device is closed at zero points, both polarities of which are inverted into the same polarity, among zero points where zero points of a voltage changing ratio and zero points of the shunt reactor current coincide with each other, and controls the three-phase switching device.
US07936092B2	Method and device for providing a supply voltage by means of generator units connected in parallel A method and a device are provided for providing a supply voltage for the consumers of a vehicle electrical system, using generator units connected in parallel. The measurement voltage inputs and the monitor outputs of the controllers of the generator units are used in the initialization phase for the assignment of master or slave function, as well as for address assignment if warranted, and during later parallel operation are used to bring the degree of utilization of the generators of the generator units connected in parallel into agreement.
US07936088B2	Distributed power supply arrangement Distributed power supply arrangements and related methods are disclosed. Voltage is sensed at least one sense point in a power plane of a power distribution network. The power plane includes distributed source points and load points through which a plurality of power sources supply power to a plurality of loads. Currents supplied to the power plane by the power sources are regulated based on the voltage sensed at each of the at least one sense point.
US07936086B2	Paralleled HVDC bus electrical power system architecture A power generation and distribution system utilizes two or more AC generators each of which may be driven by a separate prime mover such as a turbine. The generators may be driven at different rotational speeds. AC power from the generators may be rectified and applied to a common DC bus. Electrical loads may be applied to the common bus and may establish an electrical power requirement. Allocation of electrical power requirement may be made among the generators based on power available from the turbines.
US07936074B2	Programmable system in package Some embodiments of the invention provide a programmable system in package (“PSiP”). The PSiP includes a single IC housing, a substrate and several IC's that are arranged within the single IC housing. At least one of the IC's is a configurable IC. In some embodiments, the configurable IC is a reconfigurable IC that can reconfigure more than once during run time. In some of these embodiments, the reconfigurable IC can be reconfigured at a first clock rate that is faster (i.e., larger) than the clock rates of one or more of the other IC's in the PSiP. The first clock rate is faster than the clock rate of all of the other IC's in the PSiP in some embodiments.
US07936069B2	Semiconductor device with a line and method of fabrication thereof A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulation film, an underlying line provided in the interlayer insulation film, a liner film overlying the interlayer insulation film, an interlayer insulation film overlying the liner film. The underlying line has a lower hole and the liner film and the interlayer insulation film have an upper hole communicating with the lower hole, and the lower hole is larger in diameter than the upper hole. The semiconductor device further includes a conductive film provided at an internal wall surface of the lower hole, a barrier metal provided along an internal wall surface of the upper hole, and a Cu film filling the upper and lower holes. The conductive film contains a substance identical to a substance of the barrier metal. A highly reliable semiconductor device can thus be obtained.
US07936068B2	Semiconductor device having an interconnect structure and a reinforcing insulating film A semiconductor device includes in an interconnect structure which includes a first interconnect made of a copper-containing metal, a first Cu silicide layer covering the upper portion of the first interconnect, a conductive first plug provided on the upper portion of the Cu silicide layer and connected to the first interconnect, a Cu silicide layer covering the upper portion of the first plug, a first porous MSQ film provided over the side wall from the first interconnect through the first plug and formed to cover the side wall of the first interconnect, the upper portion of the first interconnect, and the side wall of the first plug, and a first SiCN film disposed under the first porous MSQ film to contact with the lower portion of the side wall of the first interconnect and having the greater film density than the first porous MSQ film.
US07936066B2	Flexible film and display device comprising the same A flexible film is provided. The flexible film includes a dielectric film; and a metal layer disposed on the dielectric film, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the metal layer to the thickness of the dielectric film is about 1:3 to 1:10. Therefore, it is possible to improve the peel strength, dimension stability, and tensile strength of a flexible film by limiting the ratio of the thicknesses of a dielectric film and a metal layer of the flexible film.
US07936062B2	Wafer level chip packaging Packaged microelectronic elements are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a microelectronic element having a front face and a plurality of peripheral edges bounding the front face has a device region at the front face and a contact region with a plurality of exposed contacts adjacent to at least one of the peripheral edges. The packaged element may include a plurality of support walls overlying the front face of the microelectronic element such that a lid can be mounted to the support walls above the microelectronic element. For example, the lid may have an inner surface confronting the front face. In a particular embodiment, some of the contacts can be exposed beyond edges of the lid.
US07936058B2	Stacked package and method for forming stacked package The present invention provides an inexpensive semiconductor chip module enabling sufficient heat dissipation without complicating the manufacture process.A semiconductor chip module according to the present invention includes a plurality of semiconductor chips to be stacked provided at the side face with a connection terminal to be coupled with a circuit pattern formed on the front face, interlayer wiring mutually connecting the connection terminals on the side faces of the respective semiconductor chips by a wiring pattern, and a formation space contributing to heat dissipation, formed between at least some layers of the semiconductor chips, to secure a formation face of the interlayer wiring.
US07936056B2	Airtight package comprising a pressure adjustment unit An airtight sealed package with a device sealed therein in an airtight manner under vacuum, the device being placed in a space defined in the airtight sealed package by a lid and a substrate, includes at least one pressure adjustment unit provided on at least one of the lid and the substrate, and configured to receive energy from an outside of the airtight sealed package, with the device sealed in the airtight manner in the airtight sealed package, to adjust pressure in the space. An energy transmission member transmits the energy to the pressure adjustment unit.
US07936055B2	Integrated circuit package system with interlock An integrated circuit package system is provided including forming a first external interconnect and a die paddle having a slot, forming an inner terminal from a peripheral region of the die paddle, connecting an integrated circuit die and the peripheral region for ground connection, and molding through the slot.
US07936049B2	Nitride semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a nitride semiconductor device with low parasitic resistance by lowering barrier height to reduce contact resistance at an interface of semiconductor and metal. The nitride semiconductor device includes a GaN layer, a device isolation layer, an ohmic electrode, an n-type Al0.25Ga0.75N layer, a sapphire substrate, and a buffer layer. A main surface of the n-type Al0.25Ga0.75N layer is on (0 0 0 1) plane as a main surface, and concaves are arranged in a checkerboard pattern on the surface. The ohmic electrode contacts the sides of the concaves of the n-type Al0.25Ga0.75N layer, and the sides of the concaves are on non-polar surfaces such as (1 1 −2 0) plane or (1 −1 0 0) plane.
US07936047B2	Method for realizing a contact of an integrated well in a semiconductor substrate, in particular for a base terminal of a bipolar transistor, with enhancement of the transistor performances A method realizes a contact of a first well of a first type of dopant integrated in a semiconductor substrate next to a second well of a second type of dopant and forming with it a parasitic diode. The method comprises: formation of the first well; formation of the second well next to the first well; definition of an oxide layer above the first and second wells; and formation of an electric contact layer above the oxide layer in correspondence with the first well for realizing an electric contact with it. The definition step of the oxide layer further comprises a deposition step of this oxide layer above the whole first well and a removal step of at least one portion of the oxide layer in correspondence with a contact area of the first well so that the contact area has a shorter length than a length of the first well.
US07936046B2	Integrated circuit devices including passive device shielding structures Integrated circuit devices include a semiconductor substrate and a flux line generating passive electronic element on the semiconductor substrate. A dummy gate structure is arranged on the semiconductor substrate in a region below the passive electronic element. The dummy gate includes a plurality of segments, each segment including a first longitudinally extending part and a second longitudinally extending part. The second longitudinally extending part extends at an angle from an end of the first longitudinally extending part. Ones of the segments extend at a substantially same angle and are arranged displaced from each other in an adjacent nested relationship.
US07936044B2	Non-volatile memory devices and methods of fabricating the same A memory device may include a switching device and a storage node coupled with the switching device. The storage node may include a first electrode, a second electrode, a data storage layer and at least one contact layer. The data storage layer may be disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and may include a transition metal oxide or aluminum oxide. The at least one contact layer may be disposed at least one of above or below the data storage layer and may include a conductive metal oxide.
US07936040B2	Schottky barrier quantum well resonant tunneling transistor A semiconductor transistor device includes one or more conductive base regions, a first semiconductor barrier region, a second semiconductor barrier region, a conductive emitter region, and a conductive collector region. The first semiconductor barrier region or the second semiconductor barrier region has a dimension smaller than 100 Å. A first Schottky barrier junction is formed at the interface of the first semiconductor barrier region and the one or more conductive base regions. A second Schottky barrier junction is formed at the interface of the second semiconductor barrier region and the one or more conductive base regions. A third Schottky barrier junction is formed at the interface of the conductive emitter region and the first semiconductor barrier region. A fourth Schottky barrier junction is formed at the interface of the conductive collector region and the second semiconductor barrier region.
US07936039B2	Backside illuminated CMOS image sensor with photo gate pixel A pixel for a CMOS photo sensor with increased full well capacity is disclosed. The pixel having a photosensitive element, a photo gate, potential well and a readout circuit. The photosensitive element having a front side and a back side, for releasing charge when light strikes the back side of the photosensitive element. The potential well receives the released charge from the photosensitive element. The photo gate located on the front side of the photosensitive element, for transferring the released charge from the potential well to a sense node. The readout circuit coupled to the sense node, for measuring a voltage corresponding to the released charge transferred to the sense node.
US07936038B2	Photodiode cell structure of photodiode integrated circuit for optical pickup and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is a photodiode cell, including: a first-type substrate; a second-type epitaxial layer disposed on the first-type substrate; heavily-doped second-type layers, each having a small depth, formed on the second-type epitaxial layer; and heavily-doped first-type layers, each having a narrow and shallow section, disposed on the second-type epitaxial layer and formed between the heavily-doped second-type layers, wherein the first-type and second-type have opposite doped states.
US07936034B2	Mesa structure photon detection circuit A MESA-type photonic detection device, including at least one first junction, which itself includes a first receiving layer and sides formed or etched in the receiving layer. These sides at least partially include a layer with a doping opposite the doping of the first receiving layer.
US07936020B1	Dual-directional electrostatic discharge protection device A two-terminal ESD protection structure formed by an arrangement of five adjacent semiconductor regions (112, 114, 116, 118, and 120) of alternating conductivity type provides protection against both positive and negative ESD voltages. The middle semiconductor region electrically floats. When the two terminals (A and K) of the ESD protection structure are subjected to an ESD voltage, the structure goes into operation by triggering one of its two inherent thyristors (170 and 180) into a snap-back mode that provides a low impedance path through the structure for discharging the ESD current.
US07936019B2	Nano and MEMS power sources and methods thereof A power source and methods thereof includes a structure comprising one or more p type layers, one or more n type layers, and one or more intrinsic layers and at least one source of radiation is disposed on at least a portion of the structure. Each of the p type layers is separated from each of the n type layers by one of the intrinsic layers.
US07936018B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an active zone doped according to a first type; a drain zone formed in the active zone and doped according to a second type; a source zone formed in the active zone and doped according to the second type; an insulated gate zone separated from the active zone by an insulating layer; a deep well, doped according to the second type such that the active zone is located between the gate zone and the well; a floating gate zone formed in the active zone under a space existing between the drain zone and the source zone, the floating gate zone including defects introducing deep levels in the bandgap of the semiconductor material, the deep levels being suited to trap carriers corresponding to the first type such that a charge state of the floating gate zone is modified and a drain source current varies due to the presence of a supplementary potential on the floating gate zone, a concentration of defects in the floating gate zone being strictly greater than 1018 cm−3.
US07936016B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof There is provided a semiconductor device having a metal silicide layer which can suppress the malfunction and the increase in power consumption of the device. The semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate containing silicon and having a main surface, first and second impurity diffusion layers formed in the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, a metal silicide formed over the second impurity diffusion layer, and a silicon nitride film and a first interlayer insulation film sequentially stacked over the metal silicide. In the semiconductor device, a contact hole penetrating through the silicon nitride film and the first interlayer insulation film, and reaching the surface of the metal silicide is formed. The thickness of a portion of the metal silicide situated immediately under the contact hole is smaller than the thickness of a portion of the metal silicide situated around the contact hole.
US07936015B2	Semiconductor device having trenches filled with a semiconductor having an impurity concentration gradient A single crystal semiconductor layer of a first conduction type is disposed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of trenches are provided in the semiconductor layer to form a plurality of first semiconductor regions of the first conduction type at intervals in a direction parallel to the surface. An epitaxial layer is buried in the plurality of trenches to form a plurality of second semiconductor regions of a second conduction type. The plurality of second semiconductor regions each includes an outer portion with a high impurity concentration formed against an inner wall of the trench, and an inner portion with a low impurity concentration formed inner than the outer portion.
US07936011B2	Shielded gate trench (SGT) MOSFET devices and manufacturing processes This invention discloses a semiconductor power device that includes a plurality of power transistor cells surrounded by a trench opened in a semiconductor substrate. At least one of the cells constituting an active cell has a source region disposed next to a trenched gate electrically connecting to a gate pad and surrounding the cell. The trenched gate further has a bottom-shielding electrode filled with a gate material disposed below and insulated from the trenched gate. At least one of the cells constituting a source-contacting cell surrounded by the trench with a portion functioning as a source connecting trench is filled with the gate material for electrically connecting between the bottom-shielding electrode and a source metal disposed directly on top of the source connecting trench. The semiconductor power device further includes an insulation protective layer disposed on top of the semiconductor power device having a plurality of source openings on top of the source region and the source connecting trench provided for electrically connecting to the source metal and at least a gate opening provided for electrically connecting the gate pad to the trenched gate.
US07936008B2	Structure and method for forming accumulation-mode field effect transistor with improved current capability An accumulation-mode field effect transistor includes a drift region of a first conductivity type, channel regions of the first conductivity type over and in contact with the drift region, and gate trenches having sidewalls abutting the channel regions. The gate trenches extend into and terminate within the drift region. The transistor further includes a first plurality of silicon regions of a second conductivity type forming P-N junctions with the channel regions along vertical walls of the first plurality of silicon regions. The first plurality of silicon regions extend into the drift region and form P-N junctions with the drift region along bottoms of the first plurality of silicon regions.
US07936005B2	Semiconductor memory device including laminated gate having electric charge accumulating layer and control gate and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor memory device includes a first active region, a second active region, an element isolation region, memory cell transistors. Each of memory cell transistors includes a laminated gate and a first impurity diffusion layer functioning as a source and a drain. The laminated gate includes a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and a control gate electrode. The second insulating film is commonly connected between the plurality of memory cell transistors to step over the element isolation region and is in contact with an upper surface of the element isolation region. An upper surface of the element isolation region is higher than a bottom surface of the first insulating film and is located under the upper surface of the first insulating film.
US07936002B2	Multiple-layer non-volatile memory devices, memory systems employing such devices, and methods of fabrication thereof In multiple-layered memory devices, memory systems employing the same, and methods of forming such devices, a second memory device layer on a first memory device layer comprises a second substrate including a second memory cell region. The second substrate includes only a single well in the second memory cell region, the single well of the second memory cell region comprising a semiconducting material doped with impurity of one of a first type and second type. The single well defines an active region in the second memory cell region of the second substrate. Multiple second cell strings are arranged on the second substrate in the second active region. Although the second memory cell region includes only a single well, during a programming or erase operation of the memory cells of the second layer, requiring a high voltage to be applied to the single well in the substrate of the second layer, the high voltage will not interfere with the operation of the peripheral transistors of the first layer, second layer, or other layers, since they are isolated from each other. As a result, the substrate of the second layer can be prepared to have a thinner profile, and with fewer processing steps, resulting in devices with higher-density, greater reliability, and reduced fabrication costs.
US07936001B2	Semiconductor device In a pair of adjacent stack contact and stack contact in the semiconductor device, the plugs and the plugs are disposed so that a center-to-center distance of the plugs extending through a second interlayer insulating film, which is thicker than the first interlayer insulating film, is larger than a center-to-center distance of the plugs extending through the first interlayer insulating film.
US07935999B2	Memory device A memory device comprises an active area comprising a source and at least two drains defining a first axis. At least two substantially parallel word lines are defined by a first pitch, with one word line located between each drain and the source. Digit lines are defined by a second pitch, one of the digit lines being coupled to the source and forming a second axis. The active areas of the memory array are tilted at 45° to the grid defined by the word lines and digit lines. The word line pitch is about 1.5F, while the digit line pitch is about 3F.
US07935998B2	Self-aligned body contact for a semiconductor-on-insulator trench device and method of fabricating same A structure and method of forming a body contact for a semiconductor-on-insulator trench device. The method including: forming set of mandrels on a top surface of a substrate, each mandrel of the set of mandrels arranged on a different corner of a polygon and extending above the top surface of the substrate, a number of mandrels in the set of mandrels equal to a number of corners of the polygon; forming sidewall spacers on sidewalls of each mandrel of the set of mandrels, sidewalls spacers of each adjacent pair of mandrels merging with each other and forming a unbroken wall defining an opening in an interior region of the polygon, a region of the substrate exposed in the opening; etching a contact trench in the substrate in the opening; and filling the contact trench with an electrically conductive material to form the contact.
US07935997B2	Low resistance peripheral contacts while maintaining DRAM array integrity An apparatus having low resistance contacts in both the memory cell array and peripheral logic circuitry areas of a semiconductor device, for example, a DRAM memory device, is disclosed. In a buried bit line connection process flow, the present invention utilizes chemical vapor deposition of titanium to form titanium silicide in contact structures of the peripheral logic circuitry areas and physical vapor deposition to provide a metal mode (metallic) titanium layer in contact with the poly plugs in the memory cell array area of a semiconductor device, for example, a DRAM memory device according to the present invention. In this manner, the present invention avoids the potential drawbacks such as voiding in the poly plugs of the memory cell array due to the present of titanium silicide, which can cause significant reduction of device drain current and in extreme cases cause electrical discontinuity.
US07935994B2	Light shield for CMOS imager System and method for providing a light shield for a CMOS imager is provided. The light shield comprises a structure formed above a point between a photo-sensitive element and adjacent circuitry. The structure is formed of a light-blocking material, such as a metal, metal alloy, metal compound, or the like, formed in dielectric layers over the photo-sensitive elements.
US07935993B2	Semiconductor device structure having enhanced performance FET device A method for making a semiconductor device structure, includes: providing a substrate; forming on the substrate: a first layer below and second layers on a gate with spacers, source and drain regions adjacent to the gate, silicides on the gate and source and drain regions; disposing a stress layer over the structure resulting from the forming step; disposing an insulating layer over the stress layer; removing portions of the insulating layer to expose a top surface of the stress layer; removing the top surface and other portions of the stress layer and portions of the spacers to form a trench, and then disposing a suitable stress material into the trench.
US07935990B2	RF power amplifier and method for packaging the same A method and apparatus is provided for use in power amplifiers for reducing the peak voltage that transistors are subjected to. A power amplifier is provided with first and second switching devices and an inductor connected between the switching devices. The switching devices are driven such that the switching devices are turned on and off during the same time intervals.
US07935989B2	Single-electron transistor, field-effect transistor, sensor, method for producing sensor, and sensing method A single-electron transistor comprising at least a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on top of the substrate opposing to each other, and a channel arranged between the source electrode is disclosed wherein the channel is composed of ultra fine fibers. By having such a constitution, a sensor can have excellent sensitivity.
US07935986B2	Method for forming a bipolar transistor device with self-aligned raised extrinsic base Disclosed are embodiments of a method of fabricating a bipolar transistor with a self-aligned raised extrinsic base. In the method a dielectric pad is formed on a substrate with a minimum dimension capable of being produced using current state-of-the-are lithographic patterning. An opening is aligned above the dielectric pad and etched through an isolation oxide layer to an extrinsic base layer. The opening is equal to or greater in size than the dielectric pad. Another smaller opening is etched through the extrinsic base layer to the dielectric pad. A multi-step etching process is used to selectively remove the extrinsic base layer from the surfaces of the dielectric pad and then to selectively remove the dielectric pad. An emitter is then formed in the resulting trench. The resulting transistor structure has a distance between the edge of the lower section of the emitter and the edge of the extrinsic base that is minimized, thereby, reducing resistance.
US07935985B2	N-face high electron mobility transistors with low buffer leakage and low parasitic resistance A method for fabricating nitrogen-face (N-face) nitride-based electronic devices with low buffer leakage, comprising isolating a buffer from a substrate with an AlGaInN nucleation layer to suppress impurity incorporation from the substrate into the buffer. A method for fabricating N-face nitride-based electronic devices with low parasitic resistance and high breakdown, comprising capping a device structure with a conductive layer to provide extremely low access and/or contact resistances, is also disclosed.
US07935984B2	Compound semiconductor epitaxial substrate and method for producing the same There are provided a higher-performance compound semiconductor epitaxial substrate having improved electron mobility characteristics and its production method. The compound semiconductor epitaxial substrate includes a channel layer in which electrons travel and an epitaxial layer on each of a front side and a back side of the channel layer, wherein a total p-type carrier concentration A (/cm2) per unit area in the epitaxial layer on the back side of the channel layer and a total p-type carrier concentration B (/cm2) per unit area in the epitaxial layer on the front side of the channel layer satisfy the following expression (1): 0
US07935981B2	Light emitting diode package A light emitting diode (LED) package includes a carrier, an LED chip, an encapsulant, a plurality of phosphor particles, and a plurality of anti-humidity particles. The LED chip is disposed on and electrically connected to the carrier. The encapsulant encapsulates the LED chip. The phosphor particles and the anti-humidity particles are distributed within the encapsulant. A first light emitted from the LED chip excites the phosphor particles to emit a second light. Some of the anti-humidity particles are adhered onto a surface of the phosphor particles, while the other anti-humidity particles are not adhered onto the surface of the phosphor particles. The anti-humidity particles absorb H2O so as to avoid H2O from being reacted with the phosphor particles. The LED package of the present application has favorable water resistance.
US07935980B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device having a high light emission property and preventing an electrode from being peeled off during wire bonding. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting device 1 in which an n-type semiconductor layer (13), a light-emitting layer (14), and a p-type semiconductor layer (15) are formed on a substrate (11), a transparent positive electrode (16) is formed on the p-type semiconductor layer (15), a positive electrode bonding pad (17) is formed on the transparent positive electrode (16), and a negative electrode bonding pad (18) is formed on the n-type semiconductor layer (13).
US07935977B2	Method of manufacturing organic light emitting device and organic light emitting device manufactured by using the method Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device, an organic light emitting device manufactured by using the method, and an electronic device including the organic light emitting device. The method includes (a) forming an insulating layer on a lower electrode, (b) etching the insulating layer to form an opening ranging from an upper surface of the insulating layer to the lower electrode so that an overhang structure having a lowermost circumference that is larger than an uppermost circumference is formed, (c) forming a conductive layer on an upper surface of the lower electrode in the opening and a surface of the insulating layer other than the overhang structure, (d) forming an organic material layer on the conductive layer formed on the upper surface of the lower electrode in the opening, and (e) forming an upper electrode on an upper surface of the conductive layer disposed on the upper surface of the insulating layer and an upper surface of the organic material layer.
US07935976B2	Package of light emitting diode and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a package of a light emitting diode. The package includes a metal plate, a light-emitting diode chip, an insulating layer, a lead frame, a reflective coating layer, and a molding material. The light-emitting diode chip is surface-mounted on the metal plate, and the insulating layer is formed on the metal plate and is separated from the light-emitting diode chip. The lead frame is provided on the insulating layer, the reflective coating layer is formed on the lead frame, and the molding material molds the light-emitting diode chip in a predetermined shape.
US07935974B2	White light emitting device The invention relates to a monolithic white light emitting device using wafer bonding or metal bonding. In the invention, a conductive submount substrate is provided. A first light emitter is bonded onto the conductive submount substrate by a metal layer. In the first light emitter, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, a first active layer, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer and a conductive substrate are stacked sequentially from bottom to top. In addition, a second light emitter is formed on a partial area of the conductive substrate. In the second light emitter, a p-type AlGaInP-based semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type AlGaInP-based semiconductor layer are stacked sequentially from bottom to top. Further, a p-electrode is formed on an underside of the conductive submount substrate and an n-electrode is formed on a top surface of the n-type AlGaInP-based semiconductor layer.
US07935971B2	Light emitting diode module The present invention relates to a light emitting diode module capable of facilitating the connection between light emitting diode modules.The present invention provides a light emitting diode module including an insulating layer, a first circuit pattern layer and a second circuit pattern layer which are stacked on a top surface and a bottom surface of the insulating layer respectively and have one ends protruding to an outside of the insulating layer and the other ends positioned inside the insulating layer, a solder resist layer coated on the first circuit pattern layer, a first via formed vertically through a portion of the solder resist layer to be electrically connected to the first circuit pattern layer, a second via formed vertically through a portion of the solder resist layer and the insulating layer to be electrically connected to the second circuit pattern layer and a light emitting element mounted on the solder resist layer.
US07935966B2	Semiconductor device with heterojunctions and an inter-finger structure A semiconductor device including, on at least one surface of a crystalline semiconductor substrate, at least one first amorphous semiconductor region doped with a first type of conductivity. The semiconductor substrate includes, on the same at least one surface, at least one second amorphous semiconductor region doped with a second type of conductivity, opposite the first type of conductivity. The first amorphous semiconductor region, insulated for the second amorphous semiconductor region by at least ore dielectric region in the contact with the semiconductor substrate, and the second amorphous semiconductor region form an interdigitated structure.
US07935963B2	Hybrid organic light emitting diode A hybrid organic light emitting diode employing fluorescent family of blue light-emitting OLED and phosphorescent family of red and green light emitting OLED, each family being electrically isolated for driving current in to them independent of each other and thus prevent overloading the phosphorescent family when fluorescent family of OLED is driven at high current density. The electrical isolation built in to the device gives long life for the hybrid OLED and yields high brightness. The independent driving also yields additional advantage of varying the color temperature of white light from the device and thus enables the device to function as a variable color OLED lamp.
US07935959B2	Active matrix organic electro-luminescence display panel An active matrix organic electro-luminescence display panel including a substrate, an organic electro-luminescence device array, and a driving circuit array is provided. The organic electro-luminescence device array includes numerous organic electro-luminescence devices which are arranged in array one the substrate, and the driving circuit array includes numerous driving circuits arranged in array on the substrate. The driving circuit is suitable for driving the corresponding organic electro-luminescence device through a high voltage source and a low voltage source. Additionally, the driving circuit includes a scan line, a data line, and a control unit. The control unit is electrically coupled with the scan line, the data line, and the low voltage source. The organic electro-luminescence device is electrically coupled between the control unit and the high voltage source. Further, the corresponding organic electro-luminescence device is electrically coupled between the control unit and the high voltage source.
US07935958B2	Semiconductor device The present invention provides a semiconductor device which has a storage element having a simple structure in which an organic compound layer is sandwiched between a pair of conductive layers and a manufacturing method of such a semiconductor device. With this characteristic, a semiconductor device having a storage circuit which is nonvolatile, additionally recordable, and easily manufactured and a manufacturing method of such a semiconductor device are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present invention has a plurality of field-effect transistors provided over an insulating layer and a plurality of storage elements provided over the plurality of field-effect transistors. Each of the plurality of field-effect transistors uses a single-crystal semiconductor layer as a channel portion and each of the plurality of storage elements is an element in which a first conductive layer, an organic compound layer, and a second conductive layer are stacked in order.
US07935954B2	Artificial band gap A method is disclosed for the induction of a suitable band gap and electron emissive properties into a substance, in which the substrate is provided with a surface structure corresponding to the interference of electron waves. Lithographic or similar techniques are used, either directly onto a metal mounted on the substrate, or onto a mold which then is used to impress the metal. In a preferred embodiment, a trench or series of nano-sized trenches are formed in the metal.
US07935949B2	Switching device with solid electrolyte layer A switching device with a solid electrolyte layer includes: a substrate; a lower electrode formed over the substrate; a solid electrolyte layer disposed over the lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed over the solid electrolyte layer.
US07935947B2	Glass composition for ultraviolet light and optical device using the same A glass composition for ultraviolet light is provided. The glass composition for ultraviolet light contains Lu, Si, and O in an amount of 99.99 weight % or more in total. The glass composition contains Lu in an amount of 26% or more and 39% or less in cation percent and Si in an amount of 61% or more and 74% or less in cation percent.
US07935942B2	Technique for low-temperature ion implantation A technique for low-temperature ion implantation is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as an apparatus for low-temperature ion implantation. The apparatus may comprise a pre-chill station located in proximity to an end station in an ion implanter. The apparatus may also comprise a cooling mechanism within the pre-chill station. The apparatus may further comprise a loading assembly coupled to the pre-chill station and the end station. The apparatus may additionally comprise a controller in communication with the loading assembly and the cooling mechanism to coordinate loading a wafer into the pre-chill station, cooling the wafer down to a predetermined temperature range, and loading the cooled wafer into the end station where the cooled wafer undergoes an ion implantation process.
US07935940B1	Measuring in-situ UV intensity in UV cure tool Consistent ultraviolet (UV) intensity for a semiconductor UV cure chamber is measured in-situ with a hot pedestal in vacuum by measuring reflected UV light from a calibration substrate at a UV detector mounted in the lamp assembly. The measurement apparatus includes a UV detector, a cover that protects the detector from UV light while not in use, and a mirror disposed between the chamber window and the UV detector. Measured UV intensity from the substrate reflection and from the mirror reflection help determine a course of maintenance action to maintain wafer-to-wafer uniformity.
US07935936B2	Method and apparatus for radiation effects detection This document discusses, among other things, an implantable apparatus comprising a plurality of solid state electronic circuits disposed at a plurality of different locations in the apparatus, a plurality of ionizing radiation exposure sensors disposed at the different locations and configured to generate an indication of a non-single-event-upset (non-SEU) effect to the solid state electronic circuit from an exposure to ionizing radiation, wherein the ionizing radiation exposure sensors respectively monitor at least two different types of operating parameters of respectively correspondingly located solid state circuits, and a controller circuit communicatively coupled to the ionizing radiation exposure sensors, wherein the controller circuit is configured to quantify the effect to the solid state electronic circuits using the different monitored operating parameters.
US07935932B2	Radiation detection apparatus An electronic cassette has a casing and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette further includes a winding member accommodated rotatably inside of the casing. The radiation detection device includes a flexible base. The radiation detection device is wound on the winding member, and a portion of the radiation detection device is capable of being pulled outside of the casing.
US07935930B1	Coupling energy from a two dimensional array of nano-resonanting structures A device (100) includes a substrate (2) having a surface (4). A plurality of nano-resonate structures (8) is disposed in rows (12) and columns (14) on the surface (4). A generally two-dimensional charged particle beam (10) passes over at least a portion of the plurality of nano-resonant structures (8) and at a particular height above the surface. At least a portion of the plurality of nano-resonant structures (8) interact in response to the generally two-dimensional charged particle beam (10) and generate electromagnetic energy (16).
US07935926B2	Inspection equipment for fine pattern and morphology using microcolumn Inspection equipment using a microcolumn is disclosed. The inspection equipment of the present invention can conduct inspection of a fine circuit, which could not be conducted using conventional optical inspection equipment. Furthermore, the present invention can rapidly inspect a display, having a relatively large area, and can have a precise inspection function and a repair function. The inspection equipment of the present invention includes a plurality of microcolumns, a shaft, to which the microcolumns are coupled, and which is disposed in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which an object is moved, and a detector for detecting electron beams radiated from the microcolumns onto the object to determine whether errors exist in a circuit of the object.
US07935925B2	Charged particle beam scanning method and charged particle beam apparatus In a method of scanning a charged particle beam which can position the scan position to a proper location inside a deflectable range of the scan position of charged particle beam, the scan position of charged particle beam is deflected to a plurality of target objects inside a scan position deflectable region and on the basis of a shift of a target object at a scan location after deflection, the deflection amount at the scan location is corrected.
US07935923B2	Performance enhancement through use of higher stability regions and signal processing in non-ideal quadrupole mass filters A quadrupole mass filter (QMF) is provided. The QMF includes a plurality of rectangular shaped electrodes aligned in a symmetric manner to generate a quadrupole field. An aperture region is positioned in a center region parallel to and adjacent to each of the rectangular shaped electrodes. An incoming ion stream enters the aperture region so as to be controlled by the quadrupole field. A plurality of voltage sources provide a r.f. and d.c. signal to the electrodes for generating the quadrupole field. An auxiliary voltage source applies an auxiliary drive signal to the r.f. and d.c. signal to create new stability boundaries within the standard Mathieu stability regions with high-resolution around operating conditions where there are approximately no higher-order resonances.
US07935918B2	Image sensor and method of driving transfer transistor of image sensor Provided is a 4-transistor CMOS image in which a driving condition or a pixel structure is changed so that a transfer transistor in a pixel operates in a pinch-off condition during reset and transfer operations in order to reduce dark current and fixed-pattern noise caused by a change in an operation condition of the transfer transistor and inter-pixel characteristic discrepancy. The image sensor includes a photosensitive pixel including a transfer transistor for transferring photon-induced charges created in a photodiode; and a voltage control unit for controlling a turn-on voltage applied to a gate of the transfer transistor to be lower than a floating diffusion node voltage plus the threshold voltage of the transfer transistor during a partial or entire section of a turn-on section of the transfer transistor such that the transfer transistor operates in a pseudo pinch-off mode.
US07935917B2	Photo detector device having multiple photosensitive transistors A photo detector device includes a photosensitive transistor capable of detecting an optical signal including an image component and a background component and converting the optical signal into a current including an image current corresponding to the image component and a background current corresponding to the background component, a first amplifier module electrically connected to the photosensitive transistor capable of canceling the background current and amplifying the image current, and a second amplifier module electrically connected to the first amplifier module capable of detecting a direct-current (dc) portion of the image current.
US07935916B2	System and/or method for reading, measuring and/or controlling intensity of light emitted from an LED A system and/or a method reads, measures and/or controls intensity of light emitted from a light-emitting diode (LED). The system and/or the method have a light intensity detector adjacent to the LED for reading and/or measuring the intensity of light emitted from the LED. The system and/or the method have a control circuit that may be electrically connected to both the detector and/or the LED for measuring and/or for controlling an intensity of light emitted from the LED. A housing surrounds the light detector and/or the LED. The housing has a pathway that allows only light emitted from the LED to reach the light detector. The LED has a finish and/or a coating that eliminates and/or retards absorption of light by internal components of the LED. The finish and/or the coating eliminates and/or retards reflection of the light by the LED.
US07935915B2	Induction heating apparatus for heat treating a section of pipe A heating apparatus for heating a pipe prior to performing a welding operation, an interpass welding operation, or a hydrogen bake-out operation is provided. The heating apparatus comprises at least one heating collar placed on one side of a pipe weld joint and a control mechanism for controlling the thermal energy transferred from the heating apparatus to the pipe.
US07935914B2	Pressure cooker A sealed cookware and servingware object, such as a pressure cooker, is provided. The object is temperature and pressure regulated using control technology such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and temperature sensors associated with the objects. In a first embodiment, the temperature sensor is at least partially embedded in the base of the object. In a second embodiment, the temperature sensor extends through a tunnel in a wall of the object and includes a sealing cap to cover the tunnel and prevent air and/or liquid from escaping the interior of the object.
US07935910B2	Method of laser drilling vias A method of forming a via hole reaching a bonding pad in a wafer having a plurality of devices on the front surface of a substrate and bonding pads formed on each of the devices by applying a pulse laser beam from the rear surface side of the substrate, wherein when a pulse laser beam having a spot diameter which satisfies D/2≦d≦D−2 μm (wherein a diameter of the via hole to be formed is represented as D and a spot diameter of the pulse laser beam is represented as d) is applied in such a manner that the periphery of the spot moves along the inner circumference of the via hole to be formed, the pulse laser beam is applied at an angle of 120 to 180° from the previous application position.
US07935909B2	Hybrid shield device for a plasma arc torch Methods and devices for controlling the flow of gases through a plasma arc torch are provided. A flow of plasma gas is directed to a plasma chamber, a first flow of auxiliary gas is directed around a plasma stream that exits a tip in one of a swirling manner and a radial manner, and a second flow of auxiliary gas is directed around the first flow of auxiliary gas and the plasma stream in one of a coaxial manner, an angled manner, and a radial manner. The first flow of auxiliary gas functions to constrict and shape the plasma stream to improve cut quality and cut speed, and the second flow of auxiliary gas functions to protect the plasma arc torch during piercing and cutting and to cool components of the plasma arc torch such that thicker workpieces may be processed with a highly shaped plasma stream.
US07935906B2	Separation and manipulation of a chiral object Among other things, to cause directional motion of chiral objects in a mixture in a chamber, a field is rotated relative to a chamber to cause rotation of the chiral objects. The rotation of the objects caused them to move directionally based on their chirality.
US07935905B2	Contact system A contact system is disclosed for use in electromechanical switchgear. In at least one embodiment of the invention, a contact system is provided which has a simple constructive design and allows for an especially reliable contact. For this purpose, at least one embodiment of the contact system includes a spring support, an actuating element, and a contact element. The contact element includes a spring area, supported on the spring support, for providing a jump function, an actuator area, actuated by the actuating element, for initiating the jump function, and a contacting area for simultaneously establishing electrical contact with the stationary contact pieces.
US07935902B2	Contact assembly of circuit breaker A contact arm assembly including a plurality of substantially parallel plates having a space between each of the plurality of substantially parallel plates and a plurality of finger assemblies, at least one of the plurality of finger assemblies being pivotally attached to the plurality of substantially parallel plates and being located in the space between each of the plurality of substantially parallel plates, each of the plurality of finger assemblies having a body and an arc runner, the arc runner being locked against the body in at least two locations.
US07935900B2	Weighing device Weighing device with at least one weighing cell and with a receiving structure serving to hold the at least one weighing cell, wherein the at least one weighing cell includes a first fastener device serving to fasten the weighing cell in the receiving structure, and the receiving structure includes a second fastener device which is a complementary counterpart of said first fastener device. The fastener devices include a detent engagement mechanism and are designed in such a way that they hold as well as release the weighing cell by means of a form-locking engagement which can be locked and released, respectively, by a simple action in the form of pushing in the direction of the load and pulling against the direction of the load.
US07935890B2	Gas blocking, high temperature conductor-insulation adhesive An adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin polymer derived from an olefin monomer copolymerized with at least one co-monomer that is different form the olefin monomer; 1˜100 parts by weight of an adhesion promoting agent comprising a polybutadiene polymer, which has a molecular weight of 1,000˜10,000 and has an anhydride group grafted thereon; 0.1˜5 parts by weight of an antioxidant; and 0.5˜15 parts by weight of a curative agent. An adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin polymer derived from an olefin monomer copolymerized with at least one co-monomer that is different form the olefin monomer, where in the polyolefin polymer comprises an anhydride group grafted thereon; 0.1˜5 parts by weight of an antioxidant; and 0.5˜15 parts by weight of a curative agent.
US07935881B2	User controls for synthetic drum sound generator that convolves recorded drum sounds with drum stick impact sensor output Methods and apparatus for simulating the sound of a specific percussion instrument. A first stored waveform representative of the impulse response of the specific percussion instrument is convolved with a second waveform representing of the vibrations produced when a playing surface is struck, scraped or rubbed by a hand-held implement manipulated by a human player. A control interface produces a control signal indicative of a desired audio effect, and a signal processor modifies the spectral components of the output waveform produced by the convolution in response to the control signal to produce a modified output waveform that manifests the desired audio effect.
US07935879B2	Method and apparatus for digital audio generation and manipulation A method and apparatus creates “micro edits” or alterations and manipulation of sounds, per track or per portion of a track in a “drum machine,” thereby creating unique subdivisions of sound as well as providing means for panning sound within a two dimensional sound space.
US07935875B2	Key actuating apparatus In order to improve a touch of a key of a keyboard musical instrument by using a key actuating apparatus which actuates the key supported so as to be rotationally movable with regard to a frame of the keyboard musical apparatus, a key actuating apparatus (1) includes: a plunger (15) which is moved on an arc or curved line in correspondence with a rotational motion of a key (3); and a solenoid (7) including electro magnets (17 and 19) which are fixed to the frame and which are substantially in a cylindrical shape into which the plunger is inserted. The plunger (15) is formed in an arc or curved shape extended in a direction of a rotational motion of the plunger (15). A head end (15b) arranged on the plunger (15) in a lengthwise direction is made from a magnetic body.
US07935874B2	Enhancing yields of harvested plant seeds by treating sowing seeds with selected doses of a physical plant stressor The present invention relates to a method of enhancing the yield of harvested seed in plants by the application of selected doses of a physical plant stressor such as UV-C light (253.7 nm), X-rays, gamma ray, and electron beam irradiation to sowing seeds. This method can be used alone to enhance seed yield or in combination with standard seed treatments.
US07935873B1	Maize variety PHR1J A novel maize variety designated PHR1J and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHR1J with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHR1J 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 PHR1J or a trait conversion of PHR1J with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHR1J, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHR1J and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US07935872B2	Cotton variety MX0622B2RF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated MX0622B2RF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety MX0622B2RF. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety MX0622B2RF and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety MX0622B2RF with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07935869B2	Chimeric gene with several herbicide tolerance genes, plant cell and plant resistant to several herbicides 1. Chimeric gene containing several herbicide tolerance genes, plant cell and plant which are tolerant to several herbicides.2. The plant is tolerant to several herbicides at the same time, in particular to the inhibitors of HPPD and to those of EPSPS and/or to the dihalohydroxybenzonitriles.3. Use for removing weeds from plants with several herbicides.
US07935866B2	Spinach line SMB66-1086M The invention provides seed and plants of the spinach line designated SMB66-1086M. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach line SMB66-1086M, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing a plant of spinach line SMB66-1086M with itself or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of spinach line SMB66-1086M, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US07935865B2	Spinach line SMB66-1082F The invention provides seed and plants of the spinach line designated SMB66-1082F. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach line SMB66-1082F, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing a plant of spinach line SMB66-1082F with itself or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of spinach line SMB66-1082F, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US07935863B2	Diacylglycerol acyltransferase nucleic acid sequences and associated products The present invention is directed to polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences related thereto, and methods to purify, obtain, and use such molecules in genetic engineering applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to polypeptides associated with the production of triacylglycerols in plants and fungi.
US07935858B2	Tissue spacer for wound treatment employing reduced pressure and method and apparatus employing same A tissue spacer shaped to a general configuration of a projected tissue growth site of a patient for use in conjunction with vacuum suction for medical purposes and reduced pressure device and method employing the same.
US07935855B2	Process and apparatus for treating a feed comprising butadiene The invention concerns a process and apparatus for treating a feed comprising ethylenic and acetylenic compounds. In the process of the invention, the feed is sent to a distillation step, a C4 cut and a C5+ cut are recovered, a drawn fraction comprising acetylenic compounds is treated in at least one hydrogenation step, and an effluent which is depleted in acetylenic compounds is recycled. The distillation step comprises: an initial step for pre-fractionating the feed, carried out in a pre-fractionation zone included in a distillation column; and at least one complementary fractionation step, carried out in a zone which comprises a portion A, which is distinct from and not adjacent to the portion B of the pre-fractionation zone below the supply, in which the fraction drawn from a point in A is recovered with a C4/C5+ ratio that is higher than that of the feed.
US07935854B2	Stilbene derivative, light-emitting element, display apparatus, and electronic appliance An object of the present invention is to provide a novel material having heat resistance which provides blue light emission, and a light-emitting element, a display apparatus, and an electronic appliance using the material. Aspects of the invention are a stilbene derivative represented by the following general formula (1), the light-emitting element in which a layer containing a light-emitting material interposed between two electrodes is included and the stilbene derivative is contained in the layer containing a light-emitting material, the display apparatus including the light-emitting element, and the electronic appliance including the display apparatus.
US07935851B2	Isobutylene High purity isobutylene streams are obtained by the hydroformylation of mixed butene streams containing butene-1 and isobutylene (and optionally butene-2) under conditions that hydroformylate primarily butene-1 to yield a mixture of valeraldehyde and isobutylene, which may be separated out as an enriched isobutylene stream and used in the production of methyl tertiary butyl ether, tertiary butyl alcohol, di-isobutylene or polyisobutylene.
US07935849B2	Process for the preparation of saturated aliphatic ketones Saturated aliphatic ketones, e.g. hexahydropseudoionone, may be prepared by hydrogenating an olefinically unsaturated ketone, e.g. pseudoionone in a continuous fixed-bed mode in the absence of a solvent in the presence of a catalyst comprising a noble metal deposited on a carrier.
US07935847B2	Nitroxyl ion source with second order reaction nitroxyl release C-nitroso compound releases nitroxyl ion in blood in a second order reaction.
US07935842B2	Hydrolysis resistant organomodified trisiloxane surfactants Three types of trisiloxane surfactants having the basic formula: MDM′ are described wherein the substituents on the differing M and M′ groups in conjunction with a pendant polyalkylene oxide substituents on the D group to render the surfactant resistant to hydrolysis under either basic or acidic conditions.
US07935841B2	Bisphospholanes for use as catalysts in asymmetric reactions The invention concerns an enantiomerically enriched compound of formula (1) or the opposite enantiomer thereof wherein each of Ar1—Ar4 represent the same or different aromatic groups of up to 20 carbon atoms and the bridging group X is the formula (5) in which * denotes points of attachment to phosphorus atoms and methods of making thereof.
US07935840B2	Method for continuous production of biodiesel fuel An apparatus and method for the continuous production of biofuel by the transesterification of a triglyceride. The apparatus comprises a high shear homogenizer; a reaction chamber; a gravity driven separation device; an evacuated packed thin film stripper; a counter current pack water contactor; and, an evacuated packed spray drier, wherein each component operates with minimal heat and mass transfer resulting in a high capacity process with a reduced footprint.
US07935839B2	Sepsis treatment methods The invention relates to the use of compounds to ameliorate or treat an condition such as a cystic fibrosis, neutropenia or other exemplified conditions. Exemplary compounds that can be used include 3β-hydroxy-17β-aminoandrost-5-ene, 3β-hydroxy-16α-fluoro-17β-aminoandrost-5-ene, 3α-hydroxy-16α-fluoro-17β-aminoandrost-5-ene, 3β-hydroxy-16β-fluoro-17β-aminoandrost-5-ene, 1α,3β-dihydroxy-4α-fluoroandrost-5-ene-17-one, 1α,3β,17β-trihydroxy-4α-fluoroandrost-5-ene, 1β,3β-dihydroxy-6α-bromoandrost-5-ene, 1α-fluoro-3β,12α-dihydroxyandrost-5-ene-17-one, 1α-fluoro-3β,4α-dihydroxyandrost-5-ene and 4α-fluoro-3β,6α,17β-trihydroxyandrostane.
US07935835B2	Substituted cycloalkene derivative A compound of formula (I) Wherein X, Y, ring A, ring B, l, m, R1, R2, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, to supress intracellular signal transduction or cell activation induced by endotoxin and to suppress cell responses due to the intracellular signal transduction and cell activation such as an excess generation of inflammatory mediators such as TNF-α, pharmacologically acceptable salts therefor, a preparation method therefor, and a medicament containing the aforementioned substituted cycloalkene derivative as an active ingredient which is superior in prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases such as sepsis (septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, multiple organ failure and the like), that are associated with intracellular signal transduction or cell activation induced by endotoxin and to cell responses to the intracellular signal transduction and cell activation.
US07935834B2	Catalysts for maleic acid hydrogenation to 1,4-butanediol This invention relates to a process for catalytically hydrogenating a hydrogenatable precursor in contact with a hydrogen-containing gas and a hydrogenation catalyst comprising one or more active hydrogenation catalyst components on a support comprising titanium dioxide in the rutile crystalline phase to produce 1,4-butanediol and, optionally, gamma-butyrolactone and/or tetrahydrofuran.
US07935832B2	Pyrrole and isoindole carboxamide derivatives as P2X7 modulators The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R2 represents hydrogen, halogen, C1-6 alkyl, C6-10 arylmethyl-, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl or C3-6 cycloalkylmethyl-; and any of said C1-6 alkyl, C6-10 arylmethyl-, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl or C3-6 cycloalkylmethyl- is optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms; and R3 represents hydrogen, fluorine or methyl; or R2 and R3 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a benzene ring optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents, which may be the same or different, selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl and C2-6 alkynyl. The compounds or salts modulate P2X7 receptor function and are capable of antagonizing the effects of ATP at the P2X7 receptor. The invention also provides the use of such compounds or salts, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof, in the treatment of disorders mediated by the P2X7 receptor, for example pain, inflammation or neurodegeneration.
US07935829B2	Manufacture of thiolactones The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of cyclic thio esters (thiolactones) and related compounds by hydrogenation of cyclic thioanhydrides in the presence of metal catalysts.
US07935827B2	Optically active, heteroaromatic β-hydroxy esters and processes for their preparation from β-keto esters and processes for the preparation of these β-keto esters The present invention relates to new optically active heteroaromatic β-hydroxy esters useful in the synthesis of epothilone derivatives, to certain compounds used to produce these intermediates, as well as to processes for their production.
US07935826B2	Insecticidal N-substituted (heteroaryl)cycloalkyl sulfoximines N-Substituted (heteroaryl)cycloalkyl sulfoximines are effective at controlling insects.
US07935824B2	Ethylenediamine derivatives The invention relates a compound represented by the formula (1): Q1-Q2-C(═O)—N(R1)-Q3-N(R2)-T1-Q4 (1) wherein R1 and R2 represent H or the like; Q1 represents an aromatic ring, heterocyclic ring or the like; Q2 represents a single bond, aromatic ring, heterocyclic ring or the like; Q3 represents a group or the like, Q4 represents an aromatic ring, heterocyclic ring or the like; and T1 represents —CO— or —SO2—, and a medicine which comprises the compound and is useful for thrombosis and embolism.
US07935820B2	Methods for N-demethylation of morphine and tropane alkaloids The present invention provides a method for the N-demethylation of an N-methylated heterocycle, particularly a morphine or tropane alkaloid or derivative thereof. The method comprises reacting the heterocycle with a metal catalyst and a solvent in the presence of an oxidizing agent.
US07935812B2	RNA interference mediated inhibition of hepatitis C virus (HCV) expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) gene expression and/or activity. The present invention is also directed to compounds, compositions, and methods relating to traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of expression and/or activity of genes involved in hepatitis C virus (HCV) gene expression pathways or other cellular processes that mediate the maintenance or development of such traits, diseases and conditions. Specifically, the invention relates to double stranded nucleic acid molecules capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against hepatitis C virus (HCV) gene expression, including cocktails of such small nucleic acid molecules and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations of such small nucleic acid molecules.
US07935811B2	Apparatus and system having dry gene silencing compositions A reverse transfection apparatus can be used for introducing siRNA into a cell to effect gene silencing. Such an apparatus can include a well plate having a well configured for transfecting cells. The well can include a substantially dry gene silencing composition that has at least a first siRNA which silences a first target gene. The gene silencing composition can be configured such that the at least first siRNA is capable of being solubilized or suspended in an aqueous medium in an amount sufficient for transfecting cells in the well. Additionally, the at least first siRNA can include a modification or a conjugate. The reverse transfection apparatus can be provided as a kit or system that additionally includes cells, polynucleotide carriers, reverse transfection reagents, and the like.
US07935808B2	Recombinant expression vector elements (rEVEs) for enhancing expression of recombinant proteins in host cells Compositions and methods comprising recombinant expression vector elements (rEVEs) to enhance the level of expression of recombinant proteins are described. Other compositions and methods for lowering, substantially suppressing, or essentially silencing expression of a recombinant protein are also described.
US07935807B2	Chicken RNA polymerase I promoter and the use thereof The invention relates to a novel polynucleotide exhibiting a promoting transcription activity, polynucleotide-containing vectors and to the use thereof for the transcription of interesting sequences such as the production of non-cap RNA virus. Said invention also relates to host cells preferably of avian origin, containing a polynucleotide or the inventive vector.
US07935804B2	Engineered Listeria and methods of use thereof The invention provides a bacterium containing a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid encoding a heterologous antigen, as well as fusion protein partners. Also provided are vectors for mediating site-specific recombination and vectors comprising removable antibiotic resistance genes.
US07935803B2	Polynucleotides encoding proteins for covalent tethering to functional groups and substrates A mutant hydrolase optionally fused to a protein of interest is provided. The mutant hydrolase is capable of forming a bond with a substrate for the corresponding nonmutant (wild-type) hydrolase which is more stable than the bond formed between the wild-type hydrolase and the substrate and has at least two amino acid substitutions relative to the wild-type hydrolase. Substrates for hydrolases comprising one or more functional groups are also provided, as well as methods of using the mutant hydrolase and the substrates of the invention. Also provided is a fusion protein capable of forming a stable bond with a substrate and cells which express the fusion protein.
US07935801B2	Teal fluorescent proteins An isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding a non-oligomerizing Clavularia teal fluorescent protein (TFP) variant having a tyrosine-derived chromophore, and fragments and derivatives thereof. Also provided is a method for engineering the nucleic acid sequence, a vector comprising the nucleic acid sequence, a host cell comprising the vector, and use of the vector in a method for expressing the nucleic acid sequence. The present invention further provides an isolated nucleic acid, or mimetic or complement thereof, that hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleic acid sequence. Additionally, the present invention provides a non-oligomerizing TFP variant encoded by the nucleic acid sequence, as well as derivatives, fragments, and homologues thereof. Also provided is an antibody that specifically binds to the TFP variant. The present invention further provides a tandem dimer comprising two TFP dimers, operatively linked by a peptide linker.
US07935799B2	Methods of treating diarrhea caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth Disclosed is a method of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, or Crohn's disease, which involves detecting the presence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in a human subject having at least one symptom associated with a suspected diagnosis of any of those diagnostic categories. Also disclosed is a method of treating these disorders, and other disorders caused by SIBO, that involves at least partially eradicating a SIBO condition in the human subject. The method includes administration of anti-microbial or probiotic agents, or normalizing intestinal motility by employing a prokinetic agent. The method improves symptoms, including hyperalgesia related to SIBO and disorders caused by SIBO. Also disclosed is a kit for the diagnosis or treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autoimmune diseases, or Crohn's disease.
US07935787B2	Formulations which stabilize and inhibit precipitation of immunogenic compositions The present invention addresses an ongoing need in the art to improve the stability of immunogenic compositions such as polysaccharide-protein conjugates and protein immunogens. The invention broadly relates to novel formulations which stabilize and inhibit precipitation of immunogenic compositions. More particularly, the invention described hereinafter, addresses a need in the art for formulations which stabilize and inhibit particulate formation (e.g., aggregation, precipitation) of immunogenic compositions which are processed, developed, formulated, manufactured and/or stored in container means such as fermentors, bioreactors, vials, flasks, bags, syringes, rubber stoppers, tubing and the like.
US07935785B2	Selective substrates for matrix metalloproteinases The invention provides isolated MMP-2, MMP-9 and MT1-MMP selective substrate polypeptides or functional peptidomimetics. The selective substrate polypeptides contain the following sequences: MMP-2 selective substrate polypeptides contain SEQ ID NOS:1-27, MMP-9 selective substrate polypeptides contain SEQ ID NOS:28-35, and MT1-MMP selective substrate polypeptide contain SEQ ID NOS:36-40. In addition, the invention provides a method of preferentially directing a moiety to a site of MMP-2 activity by administering to a subject an effective amount of an isolated MMP-2 selective substrate polypeptide containing SEQ ID NOS:45-47 linked to a moiety. Also provided is a method of preferentially directing a moiety to a site of MMP-9 activity by administering to a subject an effective amount of an isolated MMP-9 selective substrate polypeptide containing SEQ ID NO:44 linked to a moiety, and preferentially directing a moiety to a site of MT1-MMP activity by administering to a subject an effective amount of an isolated MT1-MMP selective substrate polypeptide containing SEQ ID NOS:36-40 linked to a moiety.
US07935784B2	HER-2 binding antagonists There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition for treating solid tumors that overexpress HER-2, comprising an agent selected from the group consisting of (a) an isolated polypeptide having from about 50 to 79 amino acids taken from the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1 or SEQ ID NO:12, wherein the polypeptide binds to the extracellular domain ECD of HER-2 at an affinity of at least 108, (b) an isolated and glycosylated polypeptide having from about 300 to 419 amino acids taken from the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:13, wherein the C terminal 79 amino acids are present, and wherein at least three N-linked glycosylation sites are present, (c) a monoclonal antibody that binds to the ECD of HER-2, and (d) combinations thereof, with the proviso that the agent cannot be the monoclonal antibody alone, and pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also disclosed are prognostic and diagnostic assays.
US07935782B2	Multifunctional degradable nanoparticles with control over size and functionalities In one aspect, the invention relates to polymers, crosslinked polymers, functionalized polymers, nanoparticles, and functionalized nanoparticles and methods of making and using same. In one aspect, the invention relates to degradable polymer and degradable nanoparticles. In one aspect, the invention relates to methods of preparing degradable nanoparticles and, more specifically, methods of controlling particle size during the preparation of degradable nanoparticles. In one aspect, the degradable nanoparticles are useful for complexing, delivering, and releasing payloads, including pharmaceutically active payloads. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US07935779B2	Synthesis of polyimides (PI) from poly-carbodiimides and dianhydrides by sequential self-repetitive reaction (SSRR) Disclosed are processes for synthesizing polyimides by a sequential self-repetitive reaction between poly (aryl carbodiimide) (p-CDI) or aryl diisocyanates with dianhydrides.
US07935772B2	Water-based resin composition, weather resistance improver for water-based paint using the same, weather resistance improver for thermoplastic resin, and weather resistance improver for solvent-based paint Disclosed is a water-based resin composition containing a copolymer (A) which is obtained by carrying out emulsion polymerization of an unsaturated monomer composed of 0.5 to 50 parts by mass of a specific ethylenically unsaturated monomer (a) having a piperidyl group in a molecule and 50 to 99.5 parts by mass of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b), which does not substantially contain an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a specific functional group in a molecule, with the total of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers (a) and (b) being 100 parts by mass, under the coexistence of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of an emulsifier. Also disclosed are a weather resistance improver for water-based paints using the foregoing water-based resin composition, a weather resistance improver for thermoplastic resins, and a weather resistance improver for solvent-based paints.
US07935768B2	Coating compositions having crosslinked fluoroaromatic polymers A crosslinked fluoroaromatic polymer having at least one crosslinked fluoropolymer chain and at least one fluorinated aromatic segment, wherein the crosslinked fluoropolymer chain is crosslinked to the fluorinated aromatic segment via a nucleophilic curing agent, and processes for preparation thereof.
US07935765B2	Miscible blends of ethylene copolymers with improved temperature resistance The present invention is a composition useful as an impact modifier for polyamide compositions. In one embodiment, impact modifiers of the present invention are ethylene maleic anhydride copolymers having at least 3% maleic anhydride functionality. Compositions comprising copolymers of ethylene and maleic anhydride or its functional equivalents and ethylene copolymers with polar comonomers are disclosed. The compositions provide miscible blends and exhibit improved properties, such as increased temperature resistance and mechanical strength, compared to pure ethylene copolymers with polar comonomers.
US07935762B2	Bimodal acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive compounds The invention relates to a polyacrylate which as a result of a polymerization process has a broad, bimodal molecular weight distribution. These acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesives are preferably processed from the melt. The low molecular weight fraction lowers the flow viscosity, while the high molecular weight fraction results in the achievement of a high shear strength, following appropriate crosslinking, for the acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive.
US07935760B2	Process of making a heterogeneous polymer blend In a process for producing a heterogeneous polymer blend, at least one first monomer is polymerized in a first reaction zone in the presence of a supported catalyst to produce a thermoplastic first polymer having a crystallinity of at least 30%. At least part of said first polymer is then contacted with at least one second monomer and at least one polyene in a second reaction zone under conditions sufficient to polymerize said second monomer to produce a second polymer having a crystallinity of less than 20%. The second polymer is at least partially cross-linked in the second reaction zone such that at least a fraction of the second polymer is insoluble in xylene and such that the first and second polymers form different phases of the blend.
US07935751B2	Weatherable polyolefin nanocomposites A method is disclosed concerning discovering how the use of an additive in a polyolefin compound affects the weatherability of that compound. Applying that technique, a weatherable polyolefin nanocomposite is disclosed, which contains UV stabilizers that filter wavelengths in a range influenced by presence of organoclay in the nanocomposite.
US07935748B2	Adjuvant for hydraulic compositions The invention provides an admixture for a hydraulic binder composition comprising at least one cationic polymer and at least one anionic polymer, at least one of these polymers having a comb type of structure, wherein the mass ratio of the anionic polymer/cationic polymer is from 99.9/0.1 to 60/40. It also provides a process for its preparation as well as its use as a plasticizer.
US07935747B2	Pigment preparation for coloring polymers The invention relates to a pigment preparation for coloring polymers. The inventive preparation comprises one or more pigments and a carrier. According to the invention, the carrier includes an oligomer or a combination of low-molecular-weight polymers from the group containing polymers and copolymers of ethylene-acrylic acid, ethylene-maleic anhydride or polypropylene-maleic anhydride. The carrier also includes a polymer from the group containing polymers of ethylene-ethyl acrylate, ethylene/butyl acrylate, ethylene/methacrylic acid, polypropylene with grafted methyl polymethacrylate, polypropylene with grafted polystyrene or block copolymers of styrene. For organic pigments, the preparation contains 50%-70% pigment and 50%-30% carrier. For inorganic pigments, the preparation contains 60%-90% pigment and 40%-10% carrier. The invention comprises a polyvalent pigment preparation which can be used in the production of color concentrates with specific bases and high precision.
US07935744B2	Artificial marble having quartz effect using transparent chip and process for preparing the same An artificial marble using transparent chips, and a process for preparing the same, in which transparent chips are prepared by crushing a flat plate made of a composite for the artificial marble, which does not contain an inorganic filler and thus maintains transparency, quartz chips are prepared by crushing a flat plate made of a mixture of the transparent chips and a composite for the artificial marble, which contains an inorganic filler, for uniforming the specific gravity of the quartz chips, and the artificial marble is prepared by applying the quartz chips to a raw material composite for the artificial marble, thereby allowing the artificial marble to have the uniform specific gravity and exhibit a quartz effect.
US07935742B2	Ink composition, inkjet recording method, process for producing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing plate An ink composition is provided that includes (A) one type of compound (monomer (A)) selected from the group consisting of a difunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester or amide having an alkylene group of 6 to 12 carbons, and a difunctional vinyl ether having an alkylene group of 6 to 12 carbons, (B) a polymerization initiator, and (C) a colorant. There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes a step (a) of discharging the ink composition onto a recording medium and a step (b) of irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation so as to cure the ink composition. Furthermore, a process for producing a lithographic printing plate is provided that includes a step (a′) of discharging the ink composition onto a hydrophilic support and a step (b′) of irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation so as to cure the ink composition, thus forming a hydrophobic image on the hydrophilic support by curing the ink composition. A lithographic printing plate produced by the process for producing a lithographic printing plate is also provided.
US07935730B2	Method of enhancing reproductive function of mammals by feeding of conjugated linoleic acids This invention provides methods for improving reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows and other mammals. The method in the case of cows comprises feeding to the cows, a composition comprising conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs), cis-9, trans-11 and trans-10, cis-12. When these CLAs are fed daily to dairy cows starting at or prior to calving, and continued after parturition, an improvement in reproductive performance is observed.
US07935729B2	Use of triglyceride oils containing γ-linolenic acid residues and linoleic acid residues for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease Method for treating a patient in need of therapy for a neurodegenerative disease by administering to that patient a therapeutically effective dose of a triglyceride oil containing both γ-linolenic acid and linolenic acid residues as triglyceride ester. The ratio of γ-linolenic acid to linolenic acid residues at the sn-2 position of the triglyceride is at least 0.8. The amount of γ-linolenic acid residues at the sn-2 position is at least 18%. The oil is administered at a dose sufficient to maintain or elevate TGF-β1 levels in the patient at a therapeutic level.
US07935721B2	Spiro-oxindole compounds and their uses as therapeutic agents This invention is directed to spiro-oxindole compounds of formula (I): wherein k, j, Q, R1, R2a, R2b, R2c, R2d, R3a, R3b, R3c, and R3d are as defined herein, as a stereoisomer, enantiomer, tautomer thereof or mixtures thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, which are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of preparing and using the compounds are also disclosed.
US07935716B2	Carboxamide compound and use of the same A carboxamide compound represented by the formula (I): [wherein Q represents a nitrogen-containing 5-membered heterocyclic group optionally fused with a benzene ring, R1 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom.] has an excellent plant disease controlling effect.
US07935712B2	Spirochromanone derivatives as acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC) inhibitors The invention relates to a compound of a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, useful as a therapeutic agent for various ACC-related disorders.
US07935707B2	Imidazole derivatives The invention is concerned with novel imidazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein m, E, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR-2 receptor, CCR-5 receptor and/or CCR-3 receptor and can be used as medicaments.
US07935706B2	Nitrogen-containing heterocycle derivatives substituted with cyclic group It was found out that the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative represented by the formula (I) specifically binds to a receptor of NR1/NR2B, and is used as a NR2B receptor antagonist.A compound represented by: wherein Z is N or CR1, A1 is a nitrogen-containing aromatic monocyclic group which is optionally substituted, a nitrogen-containing aromatic fused cyclic group which is optionally substituted etc., A2 is an aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, each optionally having a substituent, R1, R2, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are each independently hydrogen, hydroxy, etc., w is 2 or 3, t is 1 or 2, X is —(CR3R4)m-, —CO(CR3R4)n-, —CONR5(CR3R4)n- etc., m is an integer of 1 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 4, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy etc., and R5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof.
US07935701B2	Microbicidal composition based on formaldehyde donor compounds and antioxidants Microbicidal composition for product preservation, including a microbicidal composition which comprises a) at least one formaldehyde donor compound and b) at least one antioxidant chosen from gallic esters, phenol derivatives, L-ascorbic acid, and salts and derivatives thereof, and tocopherols and derivatives thereof, and to the use thereof for the preservation of technical products, for example fuels and lubricants.
US07935698B2	Heteroaryl-hydrazone compounds This invention relates to compounds having a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, hydrate, prodrug or polymorph thereof wherein X is —C(Rg)═N-A. The invention also relates to methods of treating IL-12 overproduction-related disorders, methods of treating or preventing disorders related with excessive bone loss, methods for inhibiting osteoclast formation, and methods for treating or preventing a disorder associated with excessive bone resorption.
US07935695B2	1,4-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.2]nonyl heteroaryl derivatives useful as nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligands This invention relates to novel 1,4-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.2]nonyl heteroaryl derivatives and their use in the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds of the invention are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), the peripheral nervous system (PNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neuro-degeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.
US07935689B2	Compounds for the treatment of metabolic disorders Agents useful for the treatment of various metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance syndrome, diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver disease, cachexia, obesity, atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis are disclosed, compound of the formula (I): wherein n is 1 or 2; m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8; q is 0 or 1; t is 0 or 1; R1 is alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R2 is hydrogen, halo, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R3 and R4 together are alkyl having two or three carbon atoms; or R3 and R4 are the same as each other and each is methyl or ethyl; R5 is hydrogen or alkyl having from one to six carbon atoms. A is phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 groups selected from: halo, hydroxy, alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, perfluoromethyl, alkoxy having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and perfluoromethoxy; or A is cycloalkyl having from 3 to 6 ring carbon atoms wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or one or two ring carbons are independently mono-substituted by methyl or ethyl; or A is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring having 1 or 2 ring heteroatoms selected from N, S and O and the heteroaromatic ring is covalently bound to the remainder of the compound of formula (I) by a ring carbon. Alternatively, the agent can be a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of Formula (I).
US07935684B2	Method for treating allergic diseases The present invention relates to use of polysaccharides obtained from Dendrobium for treating an allergic disease or for reducing airway-remodeling caused by inflammation.
US07935682B2	Wound healing dressing for enhancing fibrocyte formation The present invention relates to the ability of SAP to suppress the differentiation of monocytes into fibrocytes. It also relates to the ability of IL-4 and IL-3 to enhance the differentiation of monocytes into fibrocytes. Methods and compositions for binding SAP, decreasing SAP levels and suppressing SAP activity are provided. Methods of using, inter alia, CPHPC, the 4,6-pyruvate acetyl of beta-D-galactopyranose, ethanolamines, high EEO agarose, IL-4, and IL-13, and anti-SAP antibodies and fragments thereof to increase monocyte differentiation into fibrocytes are provided. These methods are useful in a variety of applications, including wound healing. Wound dressings are also provided. Finally, the invention may include assays for detecting the ability of various agents to modulate monocyte differentiation into fibrocytes and to detect monocyte defects.
US07935681B2	Antiviral nucleosides 4-Amino-1-((2R,3S,4S,5R)-5-azido-4-hydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-1H-pyrimidin-2-one (22) and prodrugs thereof are hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for inhibiting HCV and treating HCV-mediated diseases, processes for making the compounds and synthetic intermediates employed in the process.
US07935679B2	Gene expression profiling based identification of CKS1B as a potential therapeutic target in multiple myeloma Gene expression profiling is a powerful tool that has varied utility. It enables classification of multiple myeloma into subtypes and identifing genes directly involved in disease pathogensis and clinical manifestation. The present invention used gene expression profiling in large uniformly treated population of patients with myeloma to identify genes associated with poor prognosis. It also demonstrated that over-expression of CKS1B gene, mainly due to gene amplification that was determined by Fluorescent in-situ hybridization to impart a poor prognosis in multiple myleoma. It is further contemplated that therapeutic strategies that directly target CKS1B or related pathways may represent novel, and more specific means of treating high risk myeloma and may prevent its secondary evolution.
US07935678B2	Therapeutic use of CPG oligodeoxynucleotide for skin disease Disclosed is the therapeutic use of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides for skin diseases. The CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODNs) of the present invention show excellent immunoactive effects against skin diseases in both cases of CpG ODNs with a phosphorothioate backbone and CpG ODNs with a phosphodiester backbone.
US07935674B2	Indole derivatives Novel indole derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 is halogen, or alkyl, R2 is hydrogen, or halogen, Ar is phenyl, or thienyl, which may be substituted with halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, etc.
US07935673B2	Polyphenol glycoside isolated from acerola It is an objective of the present invention to provide a polyphenol glycoside isolated from acerola, which has a binding mode that has not been conventionally known, and to provide the use of the same.The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): and an antioxidant, a glucosidase inhibitor, a food, a cosmetic, and a skin preparation for external use, each of which comprises such compound.
US07935666B2	Amine copolymers for textile and fabric protection The present invention relates to a detergent composition having from 3 to 75 percent by weight of at least one surfactant; and from 0.01 to 5 percent by weight percent of a copolymer composed of from about 70 to 100 mole percent of at least one amine-functional monomer, and from about 30 to 0 mole percent of at least one hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein said amine-functional monomer is not a quaternized amine, and wherein said copolymer has been at least partially neutralized. The detergent composition having the copolymers provides color protection and anti-pill properties in laundry applications.
US07935661B2	Method and composition to increase viscosity of crosslinked polymer fluids The invention discloses a well treatment composition for use in a subterranean formation comprising: a carrier fluid; and a viscoelastic surfactant being present in a concentration of less than about 1.5% by weight. Optionally, the fluid comprises a crosslinked polymer in a thickening amount in the carrier fluid. The invention also discloses a method to increase the viscosity of a fluid, the method comprising: providing a fluid comprising a thickening amount of a crosslinked polymer; adding a viscoelastic surfactant at a given concentration to the fluid; taking the fluid to a given temperature; defining a viscosity profile of the fluid depending of the concentration and the temperature; comparing said viscosity profile to a viscosity profile of the crosslinked polymer fluid alone; and defining an optimum concentration of the viscoelastic surfactant for each temperature.
US07935659B2	Multiplexed assays using encoded solid supports Combinations, called matrices with memories, of matrix materials with remotely addressable or remotely programmable recording devices that contain at least one data storage unit are provided. The matrix materials are those that are used in as supports in solid phase chemical and biochemical syntheses, immunoassays and hybridization reactions. The matrix materials may additionally include fluophors or other luminescent moieties to produce luminescing matrices with memories. The data storage units are non-volatile antifuse memories or volatile memories, such as EEPROMS, DRAMS or flash memory. By virtue of this combination, molecules and biological particles, such as phage and viral particles and cells, that are in proximity or in physical contact with the matrix combination can be labeled by programming the memory with identifying information and can be identified by retrieving the stored information. Combinations of matrix materials, memories, and linked molecules and biological materials are also provided. The combinations have a multiplicity of applications, including combinatorial chemistry, isolation and purification of target macromolecules, capture and detection of macromolecules for analytical purposes, selective removal of contaminants, enzymatic catalysis, cell sorting, drug delivery, chemical modification and other uses. Methods for electronically tagging molecules, biological particles and matrix support materials, immunoassays, receptor binding assays, scintillation proximity assays, non-radioactive proximity assays, and other methods are also provided.
US07935655B2	Nanostructured core-shell electrocatalysts for fuel cells Catalytic layers for use in the electrodes of fuel cells including a non-noble metal substrate layer coated with one or a few monolayers of noble metal, such as Pt. These thin, highly porous structures with large catalytically active surface areas, should exhibit a significantly higher power output per mg of Pt and per cm2 of the membrane than the current Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells catalytic layers.
US07935654B2	Oxide catalyst and phosphoric oxide catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking, method for preparing the same and method for preparing olefin by using the same The present invention relates to an oxide catalyst and a phosphoric oxide catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking, method for preparing the same and a method for preparing olefin by using the same. More precisely, the present invention relates to an oxide catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking represented by formula 1 and a phosphoric oxide catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking represented by formula 3 which would be used for the production of olefin such as ethylene and propylene by hydrocarbon steam cracking, and a method for preparing the same. The present invention provides an oxide catalyst and a phosphoric oxide catalyst for hydrocarbon steam cracking that has excellent thermo-stability at high temperature and improved olefin yield. CrZrjAkOx [Formula 1] CrZrjAkPlOx [Formula 3] Wherein, j, k, l and x are as indicated in the description.
US07935652B2	Supported nanoparticle catalysts manufactured using caged catalyst atoms Nanoparticle catalysts are manufactured by first preparing a solution of a solvent and a plurality of complexed and caged catalyst atoms. Each of the complexed and caged catalyst atoms has at least three organic ligands forming a cage around the catalyst atom. The complexed and caged catalyst atoms are reduced to form a plurality of nanoparticles. During formation of the nanoparticles, the organic ligands provide spacing between the catalyst atoms via steric hindrances and/or provide interactions with a support material. The spacing and interactions with the support material allow formation of small, stable, and uniform nanoparticles.
US07935650B2	Neutralization of quench stream in a process for handling catalyst from an oxygenate-to-olefin reaction The present invention provides a process for separating and disposing of catalyst in an oxygenate to olefins reaction system. Oxygenates are converted to olefins in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst having carbonaceous deposits, then effluent stream comprising the olefins is removed from the reactor. This effluent stream is entrained with a portion of the catalyst having carbonaceous deposits. The catalyst is separated from the effluent stream by contacting the effluent stream with a neutralized liquid quench medium to produce a catalyst containing stream. The carbonaceous deposits are incinerated and then the catalyst is recirculated to the reactor.
US07935649B2	Alkali-free glasses containing iron and tin as fining agents Alkali-free glasses are disclosed which can be used to produce substrates for flat panel display devices, e.g., active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs). The glasses contain iron and tin as fining agents, and preferably are substantially free of arsenic and antimony. In certain embodiments, the glasses are also substantially free of barium. Methods for producing alkali-free glass sheets using a downdraw process (e.g., a fusion process) are also disclosed.
US07935647B2	Laminates of acid polysaccharide films The present invention relates to a laminate prepared in part from a continuous acid polysaccharide film. In various embodiments, the laminate is useful for fabrication as a protective article as it typically is largely impermeable to hazardous chemical and biological agents, but is sufficiently permeable to water vapor that, if worn as protective apparel, it is both protective and comfortable to wear.
US07935642B2	Replenishment method for an advanced coating removal stripping solution A method for calculating the amount of solution components to add to an advanced coating removal (ACR) stripping solution in a coating removal stripping bath to replenish and recover stripping potential. The stripping effectiveness may be restored by the addition of only the primary acid of the composition of acids of the stripping bath and fresh water, in an amount necessary to restore the stripping solution to its original density.
US07935641B2	Thin film etching method Example methods may provide a thin film etching method. Example thin film etching methods may include forming a Ga—In—Zn—O film on a substrate, forming a mask layer covering a portion of the Ga—In—Zn—O film, and etching the Ga—In—Zn—O film using the mask layer as an etch barrier, wherein an etching gas used in the etching includes chlorine. The etching gas may further include an alkane (CnH2n+2) and H2 gas. The chlorine gas may be, for example, Cl2, BCl3, and/or CCl3, and the alkane gas may be, for example, CH4.
US07935640B2	Method for forming a damascene structure A method of forming a damascene structure comprises preparing a film stack on the substrate, wherein the film stack comprises a SiCOH-containing layer formed on the substrate, a silicon oxide (SiOx) layer formed on the SiCOH-containing layer, and a first mask layer formed on the silicon oxide layer. A trench pattern is created in the first mask layer. The trench pattern in the first mask layer is transferred to the silicon oxide layer, and then the first mask layer is removed. A second mask layer is formed on the silicon oxide layer. A via pattern is formed in the second mask layer. The via pattern is transferred to the SiCOH-containing layer using a first etching process, and then the second mask layer is removed. The trench pattern is transferred to the SiCOH-containing layer using a second etching process with plasma formed from a process composition comprising NF3.
US07935639B2	Process for increasing feature density during the manufacture of a semiconductor device Methods used during the manufacture of a semiconductor device, such as one that includes forming a plurality of vertically oriented first support features. Each feature comprises first and second sidewalls and the first support features are formed to have a first pitch. A plurality of first mask spacers are formed, wherein one first mask spacer is formed on each first support feature sidewall, and each first mask spacer comprises an exposed, vertically oriented sidewall. A plurality of vertically oriented second support features are formed, wherein one second support feature is formed on the exposed, vertically oriented sidewall of each first mask spacer, and each second support feature is separated from an adjacent second support feature by a gap. A plurality of second mask features are formed, wherein one second mask feature is formed within each gap. The first and second support features are removed, and the first and second mask spacers are left to provide an etch pattern, wherein the first and second mask features have a second pitch. The first pitch is about three times the second pitch.
US07935634B2	Integrated circuits, micromechanical devices, and method of making same A method of making an integrated circuit comprises providing a substrate and forming a structure on the substrate comprising a first enclosed portion of a carbon material and a second portion of the carbon material, wherein an intersection of the first and second portion of the carbon material has a defined dimension. The method further comprises processing the substrate with a plasma comprising hydrogen in order to etch the second portion of the carbon material, wherein the defined dimension of the intersection of the first and second portion of the carbon material substantially suppresses etching of the first enclosed portion of the carbon material in a self-limiting way.
US07935622B2	Support with solder ball elements and a method for populating substrates with solder balls A support with solder ball elements for loading substrates with ball contacts is disclosed. One embodiment provides a system for loading substrates with ball contacts and a method for loading substrates with ball contacts. The support has a layer of adhesive applied on one side, the layer of adhesive losing its adhesive force to the greatest extent when irradiated. The support has solder ball elements, which are arranged closely packed in rows and columns on the layer of adhesive in a prescribed pitch for a semiconductor chip or a semiconductor component.
US07935619B2	Polarity dependent switch for resistive sense memory Methods of forming polarity dependent switches for resistive sense memory are described. Methods for forming a memory unit include implanting dopant material more heavily in a source contact than a bit contact of a semiconductor transistor, and electrically connecting a resistive sense memory cell to the bit contact. The resistive sense memory cell is configured to switch between a high resistance state and a low resistance state upon passing a current through the resistive sense memory cell.
US07935617B2	Method to stabilize carbon in Si1-x-yGexCy layers A method of providing a layer in a semiconductor device, wherein the layer includes Si1-x-yGexCy, and wherein the carbon in the layer is in a stable condition, includes preparing a silicon substrate; preparing a SiGeC precursor; forming a Si1-x-yGexCy layer on the silicon substrate from the precursor; forming a top silicon layer on the Si1-x-yGexCy layer; and completing the semiconductor device.
US07935613B2	Three-dimensional silicon on oxide device isolation A silicon-on-insulator wafer (10). The SOI wafer (10) comprises a top silicon layer (6), a silicon substrate (4), and an oxide insulator layer (2) disposed across the wafer (10) and between the silicon substrate (4) and the top silicon layer (6). The oxide insulator layer (2) has at least one of a contoured top surface (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e) and a contoured bottom surface (12e). Also provided are processes for manufacturing such a SOI wafer (10).
US07935607B2	Integrated passive device with a high resistivity substrate and method for forming the same According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of forming a microelectronic assembly, such as an integrated passive device (IPD) (72), is provided. An insulating dielectric layer (32) having a thickness (36) of at least 4 microns is formed over a silicon substrate (20). At least one passive electronic component (62) is formed over the insulating dielectric layer (32).
US07935605B1	Lateral resurf NPN with high holding voltage for ESD applications In an ESD protection circuit an NPN BJT snapback device is provided with high breakdown voltage by including a RESURF region or by forming a PIN diode in the BJT. Holding voltage is increased by forming a sub-collector sinker region with the desired configuration.
US07935603B1	Symmetric non-intrusive and covert technique to render a transistor permanently non-operable A technique for and structures for camouflaging an integrated circuit structure. The technique including forming active areas of a first conductivity type and LDD regions of a second conductivity type resulting in a transistor that is always non-operational when standard voltages are applied to the device.
US07935600B2	Method of manufacturing multi-channel transistor device and multi-channel transistor device manufactured using the method A multi-channel transistor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method of a manufacturing a multi-channel transistor device includes defining an active region in a semiconductor substrate by forming an isolation layer exposing an upper side portion of the active region. An active expanding region is formed on the exposed upper side portion of the active region by selective epitaxial growth (SEG). A portion of the active region is selectively etched to define first channel bars in the active expanding region that extend between first and second laterally separated portions of the active region and a second channel bar that is an unetched portion of the active region. A portion of the isolation layer is selectively removed such as to expose side portions of the second channel bar and bottom surface portions of the first channel bars. A gate is formed on the first and second channel bars with a gate dielectric layer between the gate and the channel bars. A source/drain region is formed in a region of the active expanding region adjacent to the gate, thereby resulting in a multi-channel transistor structure.
US07935597B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same Performance and reliability of a semiconductor device including a non-volatile memory are improved. A memory cell of the non-volatile memory includes, over an upper portion of a semiconductor substrate, a select gate electrode formed via a first dielectric film and a memory gate electrode formed via a second dielectric film formed of an ONO multilayered film having a charge storing function. The first dielectric film functions as a gate dielectric film, and includes a third dielectric film made of silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride and a metal-element-containing layer made of a metal oxide or a metal silicate formed between the select gate electrode and the third dielectric film. A semiconductor region positioned under the memory gate electrode and the second dielectric film has a charge density of impurities lower than that of a semiconductor region positioned under the select gate electrode and the first dielectric film.
US07935596B2	HTO offset and BL trench process for memory device to improve device performance Memory devices having an increased effective channel length and/or improved TPD characteristics, and methods of making the memory devices are provided. The memory devices contain two or more memory cells on a semiconductor substrate and bit line dielectrics between the memory cells. The bit line dielectrics can extend into the semiconductor. The memory cell contains a charge trapping dielectric stack, a poly gate, a pair of pocket implant regions, and a pair of bit lines. The bit line can be formed by an implant process at a higher energy level and/or a higher concentration of dopants without suffering device short channel roll off issues because spacers at bit line sidewalls constrain the implant in narrower implant regions.
US07935590B2	Method of manufacturing metal oxide semiconductor and complementary metal oxide semiconductor A method of manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor is provided. The method includes forming an offset spacer and a disposable spacer around the offset spacer. Then, forming a plurality of epitaxial layers outside the disposable spacer and removing the disposable spacer. In addition, the method includes forming a plurality of source/drain extension areas in the substrate outside the offset spacer and the epitaxial layers. Because the source/drain extension areas are formed after the selective epitaxial growth process, the thermal of the selective epitaxial growth process does not damage the source/drain extension areas.
US07935589B2	Enhanced stress for transistors A transistor disposed on a substrate includes a gate, spacers on gate sidewalls, and diffusion regions adjacent to the gate. Silicide contacts on the diffusion regions are displaced from the spacers by a distance G. Stressors may be provided in the diffusion region to induce a first stress in the channel region of the transistor.
US07935584B2	Method for manufacturing crystalline semiconductor device There is provided a method for manufacturing a crystalline semiconductor film. An insulating film is formed over a substrate; an amorphous semiconductor film is formed over the insulating film; a cap film is formed over the amorphous semiconductor film; the amorphous semiconductor film is scanned and irradiated with a continuous wave laser beam or a laser beam with a repetition rate of greater than or equal to 10 MHz, through the cap film; and the amorphous semiconductor film is melted and crystallized At this time, an energy distribution in a length direction and a width direction in a laser beam spot is a Gaussian distribution, and the amorphous semiconductor film is scanned with the laser beam so as to be irradiated with the laser beam for a period of greater than or equal to 5 microseconds and less than or equal to 100 microseconds per region.
US07935583B2	Fabrication method of pixel structure A fabrication method of a pixel structure includes utilizing only a single photomask in two different lithographic processes for defining patterns of the source/drain and passivation layer respectively. Therefore, the total amount of photomasks of the fabrication process can be decreased.
US07935581B2	Method of fabricating thin film transistor array substrate A method of fabricating a TFT array substrate that prevents mobile ions from moving from a photoresist to channels of the TFT by the gate electrode of the TFT by performing photolithography processes for ion injection after forming gate electrode of TFT and, in addition, a method of fabricating a TFT array substrate that omits a photolithography process for forming a lower electrode of a storage capacitor by forming the lower electrode of the storage capacitor by a channel doping process for a PMOS TFT.
US07935579B2	Thin film transistor array substrate and method for fabricating the same A TFT array substrate includes a gate line, a gate electrode, and a gate pad on a substrate, each of which including stacked layers of a first metal and a transparent conductive material, respectively, a pixel electrode formed of the transparent conductive material, a gate insulation layer on the substrate including the gate line and the gate electrode, the gate insulation layer having first and second open areas exposing the pixel electrode and the gate pad, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulation layer, a data line crossing the gate line to define a sub-pixel region, a source electrode diverging from the data line, a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode and connected to the pixel electrode, a data pad at an end of the data line; a masking layer covering the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode, and an oxidation-prevention layer covering the gate pad and the data pad.
US07935578B2	Thin film transistor, thin film transistor panel, and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a TFT, a TFT array panel, and a method of manufacturing the TFT array panel. A method of manufacturing the TFT array panel includes the steps of forming a first electrode and a second electrode that are separated from each other on a substrate, forming a silicon layer including amorphous silicon and polycrystalline silicon on the substrate, forming a semiconductor by patterning the silicon layer, forming a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor, forming a third electrode that is opposite to the semiconductor on the gate insulating layer, forming a passivation layer on the third electrode, and forming a pixel electrode on the passivation layer. The TFT array panel has high mobility because the TFT include polycrystalline silicon at the channel region of the TFT.
US07935575B2	Method of forming a semiconductor package and structure therefor In one embodiment, a semiconductor package is formed to include a leadframe that includes a plurality of die attach areas for attaching a semiconductor die to the leadframe. The leadframe is positioned to overlie another leadframe that forms some of the external terminals or leads of the package.
US07935573B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same The electronic device comprises a first substrate 10 with an electric circuit element formed in a predetermined region of one primary surface, a second substrate 12 formed, opposed to said one primary surface of the first substrate 10, sealing portions 26, 40 formed between the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 12, enclosing the predetermined region of the first substrate 10, and an adhesion layer 42 formed on the side surfaces of the sealing parts 26, 40. The adhesion layer is formed on the side surfaces of the first sealing structure 26 on the side of the first substrate 10 and the second sealing structure 40 on the side of the second substrate 12, whereby when the first sealing structure 26 and the second sealing structure 40 are bonded to each other, the adhesion between the first sealing structure 26 and the second sealing structure 40 can be sufficiently ensured.
US07935570B2	Semiconductor device and method of embedding integrated passive devices into the package electrically interconnected using conductive pillars A semiconductor device has a first insulation layer formed over a sacrificial substrate. A first conductive layer is formed over the first insulating layer. Conductive pillars are formed over the first conductive layer. A pre-fabricated IPD is disposed between the conductive pillars. An encapsulant is formed around the IPD and conductive pillars. A second insulation layer is formed over the encapsulant. The conductive pillars are electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers. The first and second conductive layers each include an inductor. Semiconductor devices are mounted over the first and second insulating layer and electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers, respectively. An interconnect structure is formed over the first and second insulating layers, respectively, and electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers. The sacrificial substrate is removed. The semiconductor devices can be stacked and electrically interconnected through the conductive pillars.
US07935566B2	Embossing printing for fabrication of organic field effect transistors and its integrated devices A method of fabricating an organic field effect transistor (OFET) includes forming at least one OFET structure by ultraviolet (UV) transfer embossing printing, where, in an example embodiment, the method includes providing ink material on at least part of a patterned surface of a mold, where the mold 100 is then contacted on a coating of ultraviolet (UV) curable resin on a substrate so as to insert at least part of the ink material into the resin, the resin is then irradiated with UV light, and the mold is separated from the resin so as to transfer the ink material onto the substrate to form at least one OFET structure.
US07935564B2	Self-converging bottom electrode ring A method and memory cell including self-converged bottom electrode ring. The method includes forming a step spacer, a top insulating layer, an intermediate insulating layer, and a bottom insulating layer above a substrate. The method includes forming a step spacer within the top insulating layer and the intermediate insulating layer. The step spacer size is easily controlled. The method also includes forming a passage in the bottom insulating layer with the step spacer as a mask. The method includes forming bottom electrode ring within the passage comprising a cup-shaped outer conductive layer within the passage and forming an inner insulating layer within the cup-shaped outer conductive layer. The method including forming a phase change layer above the bottom electrode ring and a top electrode above the bottom electrode ring.
US07935562B2	Method for annealing photovoltaic cells Method for annealing at least one photovoltaic cell comprising a substrate based on silicon with a first type of conductivity, a layer doped with a second type of conductivity produced in the substrate and forming a front face of the substrate, an antireflection layer produced on the front face of the substrate and forming a front face of the photovoltaic cell, at least one metallization on the front face of the cell and at least on metallization on a rear face of the substrate. This method comprises at least the steps of: a) a first annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 700° C. and 900° C., b) a second annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 200° C. and 500° C., at ambient pressure and in ambient air, with hydrogen being diffused in the substrate during the process.
US07935559B1	Method for producing a non-planar microelectronic component using a cavity This method for producing a non-planar microelectronic component, especially a concave component, involves superposing a layer that contains an active flexible circuit above a cavity shaped according to the desired profile of said component, said cavity being formed in substrate; and applying a pressure difference either side of said layer thereby causing slumping of the flexible circuit into the cavity therefore causing the circuit to assume the shape of the cavity. Superposition of the flexible circuit and the cavity is realized by filling the cavity with a material capable of being selectively removed relative to the substrate and the flexible circuit; then fitting or forming the flexible circuit on the cavity thus filled; then forming at least one feedthrough to access the filled cavity; and by selectively etching the material that fills the cavity via at least one feedthrough in order to remove said material.
US07935557B2	Manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device A manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device included a first step of forming a gate electrode, a second step of forming a semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a third step of forming an insulation film, and a fourth step of forming a protection region of a second conductivity type, which is the opposite conductivity type to the first conductivity type, by implanting ions in the semiconductor region using the gate electrode of the transfer transistor and a portion covering a side face of the gate electrode of the transfer transistor of the insulation film as a mask in a state in which the semiconductor substrate and the gate electrode of the transfer transistor are covered by the insulation film, and causing a portion of the semiconductor region of the first conductivity type from which the protection region is removed to be the charge accumulation region.
US07935554B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a semiconductor light emitting device having a nano pattern and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of nano patterns, wherein the plurality of nano patterns are formed inside the semiconductor layer; and an active layer formed on the semiconductor layer. The optical output efficiency is increased and inner defects of the semiconductor light emitting device are reduced.
US07935553B2	Method for fabricating high density pillar structures by double patterning using positive photoresist A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first photoresist layer over an underlying layer, patterning the first photoresist layer into a first photoresist pattern, wherein the first photoresist pattern comprises a plurality of spaced apart first photoresist features located over the underlying layer, and etching the underlying layer using the first photoresist pattern as a mask to form a plurality of first spaced apart features. The method further includes removing the first photoresist pattern, forming a second photoresist layer over the plurality of first spaced apart features, and patterning the second photoresist layer into a second photoresist pattern, wherein the second photoresist pattern comprises a plurality of second photoresist features covering edge portions of the plurality of first spaced apart features. The method also includes etching exposed portions of the plurality of first spaced apart features using the second photoresist pattern as a mask, such that a plurality of spaced apart edge portions of the plurality of first spaced apart features remain, and removing the second photoresist pattern.
US07935552B2	Ink composition and method of fabricating liquid crystal display device using the same Disclosed are an ink composition and a method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the same, wherein in forming patterns of the LCD device using an imprint lithography and a roll printing, an ink composition with high thermal resistance, consisting of polymer resin and additive both endurable even at a high temperature is used to form fine patterns with constantly maintaining pattern linewidths and line intervals, the ink composition consisting of 5-45% by weight of polymer resin, 5-45% by weight of additive added to retain thermal stability, and 50-90% by weight of organic solvent, wherein the ink composition is endurable even at a high temperature of 90-250° C.
US07935545B2	Method and apparatus for performing a site-dependent dual patterning procedure The present invention includes a method of performing a double-patterning (DP) processing sequence using a plurality of Site-Dependent (S-D) procedures, the method including receiving a first set of wafers by one or more subsystems in a processing system, creating one or more first patterned layers on a first set of patterned wafers, establishing first confidence data for the first set of patterned wafers, establishing a first set of high confidence wafers, creating one or more second patterned layers on a second set of patterned wafers, establishing second confidence data for the second set of patterned wafers and establishing a second set of high confidence wafers.
US07935539B2	Generic method for latex agglutination assays An improved agglutination immunoassay is characterized by reacting a sample fluid which may contain an analyte with a generic antibody conjugated to latex particles and then adding an antibody specific to the analyte to be determined. Agglutination resulting from adding the antibody specific to the analyte is measured and correlated with the amount of analyte in the sample.
US07935537B2	Sample preparation device and method A sample preparation device for reducing a concentration of one or more concomitant components of a sample and/or increasing a concentration of one or more desired sample components is described.
US07935535B2	Nanostructure material with metallic oxide and method for detecting phosphorus-containing compounds The invention provides a nanostructure material with metallic oxide including a product fabricated by the following steps: condensing silicon oxide or titanium oxide with a surfactant, obtaining a mesoporous silicon oxide or titanium oxide; mixing the mesoporous silicon oxide or titanium oxide with a metal or metallic compound and subjecting the mixture to a heterogeneous nucleation. According to another embodiment of the invention, the nanostructure material can also be fabricated by the following steps: subjecting silicon oxide or titanium oxide and a carbon black template to a calcination; mixing the results with a metal or metallic compound; and subjecting the mixture to a second calcinations. Further, in the invention, a method for detecting phosphorus-containing compounds employing the aforementioned nanostructure material is also provided.
US07935533B2	Chromosome manipulation method A universal method for chromosome modification (deletion of a desired DNA region) which does not require any special enzymes or sequences is provided. Further, a method for determining whether the DNA region to be deleted contains a gene essential for growth of the cell under certain culture conditions is provided by utilizing the chromosome modification method.
US07935531B2	Methods for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer The disclosed nucleic acid primer sets, used in combination with quantitative amplification (PCR) of tissue cDNA, can indicate the presence of specific proteases in a tissue sample. Specifically, the present invention relates to expression of hepsin protease. The detected proteases are themselves specifically over-expressed in certain cancers, and the presence of their genetic precursors may serve for early detection of associated ovarian and other malignancies, and for the design of interactive therapies for cancer treatment.
US07935528B2	Liver stem cell The invention provides a primary liver stem cell and a cell doublet consisting of a hepatocyte and the stem cell, both of which are derived from normal liver tissue. Methods of isolating the cells, genetically altering the cells, and using the cells for transplantation are also within the invention.
US07935525B2	Inhibition of ATF2 activity to treat cancer The present invention relates to novel therapies for cancer and, in particular, to therapies that are particularly suited to tumor cells resistant to other types of therapies such as radiation, chemotherapy, or combinations of both approaches. The invention provides methods for identifying and implementing strategies to inhibit a transcription factor which, in combination with other factors, renders the cells resistant and inhibits apopotosis of the cells. The invention provides an inhibitory ATF2 N-terminal fragment, specifically a fragment corresponding to amino acid residues 50-100 of ATF2 (termed peptide II). The invention provides methods for inhibiting tumor cell growth with such peptides.
US07935522B2	Microfabricated apparatus for cell based assays Apparatus and methods are provided for performing cell growth and cell based assays in a liquid medium. The apparatus comprises a base plate supporting a plurality of micro-channel elements, each micro-channel element comprising a cell growth chamber, an inlet channel and an outlet channel, a cover plate positioned over the base plate to define the chambers and connecting channels. Means are incorporated in the cell growth chambers, for cell attachment and cell growth. In particular, the invention provides a rotatable disc microfabricated for performing cell growth and cell based assays. The apparatus and method can be used for the growth of cells and the detection and measurement of a variety of biochemical processes and products using non-invasive techniques, that is techniques which do not compromise the integrity or viability of cells.
US07935514B2	Genetically modified yeast strain A polyploid transformed yeast cell comprising a deleted or disrupted GDH1 gene encoding an NADPH-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase. The polyploid yeast cell shows increased production of ethanol and reduced production of glycerol when compared with a control polyploid yeast cell.
US07935512B2	Colicinogenic strain of E. coli Described herein is the isolation of colicin-producing strains of E. coli for use as probiotic treatments for the prevention of E. coli K88+ diarrhea. These strains of E. coli, designated as UM-17, and UM-19, express a filament and produce colicin but produce no compounds toxic to the host animal and as such inhibit the growth of E. coli K88+.
US07935511B2	Aerobic succinate production in bacteria Methods of increasing yields of succinate using aerobic culture methods and a multi-mutant E. coli strain are provided. Also provided is a mutant strain of E. coli that produces high amounts of succinic acid.
US07935510B2	Mutant receptors and their use in a nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to novel substitution mutant receptors and their use in a nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system and methods of modulating the expression of a gene in a host cell for applications such as gene therapy, large scale production of proteins and antibodies, cell-based high throughput screening assays, functional genomics and regulation of traits in transgenic organisms.
US07935507B2	Method for testing substances on biomatrices The invention relates to a method for testing one or several substances. According to said method, a tissue equivalent is cultivated, the substance/s is/are made to affect the tissue equivalent, and it is determined whether the effect of the substance/s has resulted in a modification of the tissue equivalent and/or the substance/s. The tissue equivalent comprises at least one cell and a porous matrix based on a biologically compatible polymer or polymer mixture. The matrix is provided with pores having a maximum size of 150 μm as well as pores having a minimum size of 300 μm while the degree of porosity is 93 to 98 percent.
US07935503B2	Methods for producing and using polymyxins The present invention provides methods for producing a polymyxin from an isolated Paenibacillus amylolyticus, and methods for using the polymyxin, including methods for producing a recombinant polypeptide.
US07935502B2	Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) binding proteins The present invention provides a family of binding proteins that bind and neutralize the activity of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), in particular human HGF. The binding proteins can be used as diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents. With regard to their therapeutic activity, the binding proteins can be used to treat certain HGF responsive disorders, for example, certain HGF responsive tumors.
US07935501B2	Recombinant production of antimicrobial peptides The invention relates to the use of co-expression of an antimicrobial agent and an enzyme, with a view to improving yield and/or overall production economy. Examples of antimicrobial agents are antimicrobial peptides such as lactoferricins and antimicrobial enzymes such as lysozyme and glucose oxidase, and examples of enzymes are endoglucanase, xylanase, phytase, protease, galactanase, mannanase, dextranase, alpha-galactosidase, pectate lyase, alpha-amylase and glucoamylase. A fusion product comprising the antimicrobial agent and the enzyme and a cleavable linker is novel, and can be used in animal feed and animal feed additives. The invention also describes the use of a protection domain wherein at least 50% of the amino acid residues comprised in the peptide protection domain are D (Asp) and/or E (Glu). The protection or quenching domain serves to temporarily and reversibly inactivate the antimicrobial peptide during the expression.
US07935498B2	Methods for identifying patients with increased risk of an adverse cardiovascular event Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed for identifying patients with an increased risk of experiencing an adverse cardiovascular event where the patient is undergoing aspirin antiplatelet therapy. A platelet-containing sample from the patient is evaluated for platelet hyperactivity and platelet hyperactivity in the sample is related to the patient's risk of an adverse cardiovascular event. In some embodiments the evaluation for platelet hyperactivity is carried out by assessing the function of platelets in the sample using a high shear platelet function test.
US07935496B2	Diagnosis of preeclampsia The present invention provides methods and compositions related to the detection and/or monitoring of the levels of angiogenic factors, specifically VEGF, PlGF and sFlt-1, in urine samples obtained from pregnant women and the effects of such levels on the risk of developing complications of pregnancy, including hypertensive disorders such as preeclampsia, in the first, second, and/or third trimester of pregnancy. The present invention also provides kits for identifying and screening patients at risk of developing a complication of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia.
US07935486B2	Kit and method for quantitatively detecting multiple pathogenic microorganisms without gene amplification A non-amplification multiple quantitative detection kit is characterized in that there are provided a single strand poly nucleotide having a base sequence designed to recognize a specific gene portion of a multiple pathogenic microorganisms to be detected by a fishing probe, and a double strand poly nucleotide indicated with a tag having a base sequence designed to recognize different gene portions which does not overlap with the recognition portion of the fishing probe in the specific genes of the multiple pathogenic microorganisms to be detected by a reporter probe.
US07935485B2	Genetic polymorphisms for identifying individuals at risk for drug-induced vestibular dysfunction In this application is described the identification of genetic variants that contribute to susceptibility to drug-induced vestibular dysfunction, more particularly, GM-induced vestibular dysfunction. Methods, compositions and kits for determining whether an individual has susceptibility for drug-induced vestibular dysfunction are disclosed.
US07935482B2	Gene expression profiling for identification monitoring and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis A method is provided in various embodiments for determining a profile data set for a subject with rheumatoid arthritis or inflammatory conditions related to rheumatoid arthritis based on a sample from the subject, wherein the sample provides a source of RNAs. The method includes using amplification for measuring the amount of RNA corresponding to at least 2 constituents from Tables 1-2 and Tables 4-10. The profile data set comprises the measure of each constituent, and amplification is performed under measurement conditions that are substantially repeatable.
US07935481B1	Sequence determination of nucleic acids using electronic detection The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the use of self-assembled monolayers to electronically detect nucleic acids, particularly alterations such as nucleotide substitutions (mismatches) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
US07935478B2	Biological material and methods and solutions for preservation thereof A preservation solution for preserving a biological material at a low temperature including one or more polyphenols, and a method for preserving a biological material are provided. The method includes adding the preservation solution to a biological material, cooling the biological material and storing it under appropriate storing conditions. The method can be used for hypothermic preservation or for cryopreservation, including freezing and lyophilization, of any biological material, including cells selected from RBC, WBC, MNC, UCB, HSC and bacteria. A method is also provided for freezing RBCs such that upon thawing, the RBCs include less than 2% free hemoglobin.
US07935476B2	Negative laser sensitive lithographic printing plate having specific photosensitive composition High speed violet or ultraviolet laser sensitive lithographic printing plate comprising on a hydrophilic substrate a specific photosensitive composition is described. The photosensitive layer comprises an alkaline soluble polymeric binder, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, a free-radical initiator, and a sensitizing dye. The plate is imagewise exposed with a violet or ultraviolet laser at a dosage of less than 300 μJ/cm2, and then developed with an aqueous alkaline developer. Higher monomer to polymer weight ratio is advantageously used. A pigment is preferably incorporated into the photosensitive coating solution as a liquid dispersion. The exposed plate is preferably developed on a processor with an alkaline developer coupled with a replenisher having higher pH.
US07935473B2	Photosensitive composition, lithographic printing plate precursor, lithographic printing method, and novel cyanine dyes A photosensitive composition includes a cyanine dye that has, on a methine chain thereof, a substituent which is a cation moiety of an onium salt structure.
US07935470B2	Toner for electrophotography A toner for electrophotography is provided including a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a release agent, wherein a glass transition temperature (Tg) is over 55° C., a molecular weight distribution (MWD) is in the range of about 4.5 to 5.5 when a weight average molecular weight is in the range of about 45,000 to 55,000, and a compression elastic modulus is about 750 MPa or higher at room temperature. Mechanical properties of toner can be obtained at room temperature by controlling rheological properties of toner. The developing properties and fixing properties of toner for electrophotography can be improved by lowering viscosity at a high temperature, and thus image quality can be stabilized.
US07935456B2	Fluid conduit for an electrochemical cell and method of assembling the same A fluid conduit for use in an electrochemical cell, the fluid conduit comprising a support comprising an elastically deformable material and having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough defining a mesh through which fluid communication can be maintained and a peripheral sealing area; a flow plate positioned adjacent the support, the flow plate including an inlet and an outlet; and a separator positioned adjacent the support. The support, flow plate, and separator are sealingly engaged with one another and cooperate to define a plurality of flow paths in fluid communication with and extending axially between the inlet and the outlet. The support, flow plate, and separator can be comprised of a metallic material coated with an electrically conductive joining compound for providing sealing engagement and electrically conductive communication therebetween.
US07935451B2	Fuel cell system, fuel cell system drive method and fuel container for power generation A fuel cell system having a fuel cell which performs a power generation operation with fuel for power generation of a fuel container; a water supply control section which extracts water from the fuel container and supplies the water to the fuel cell before the fuel cell performs the power generation operation. A wet state of an electrolyte membrane in the fuel cell body is adequately maintained during system start-up (upon commencement of a power generation operation) and an electrochemical reaction related to the power generation operation is accelerated. In this manner, the fuel cell system which can adequately extract predetermined electrical energy and a fuel container for power generation applicable to that fuel cell system are provided.
US07935440B2	Secondary battery having anode tab of pin type A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly where a negative plate and a positive plate are arranged by interposing a separator therebetween, and a can mounting the electrode assembly therein. A cap assembly is fitted to the can to tightly seal the can, and is electrically connected to the positive plate. A pin is inserted into the electrode assembly, and it contacts the negative plate and the can to electrically interconnect the negative plate and the can.
US07935434B2	Organic electroluminescent device, display, and illuminating device An organic electroluminescent element including at least an emission layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the emission layer comprises at least a compound represented by Formula (A),
US07935430B2	Bonding structure of substrate and component and method of manufacturing the same A bonding structure and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The bonding structure of a substrate and a component include an electrode formed of metal powder and a resin component on the substrate. A low melting point solder that bonds the component to the electrode. The metal powder contains at least spherical metal powder and flake metal powder. The low melting point solder is infiltrated from the surface of the electrode into the electrode.
US07935426B2	Layer arrangement for the formation of a coating on a surface of a substrate, coating method, and substrate with a layer arrangement The invention relates to a layer arrangement (1) for the formation of a coating on a surface (2) of a substrate (3), in particular on the surface (2) of a tool (3), wherein the layer arrangement comprises at least one hard layer (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) having the composition SiaBbMecNuCvOw with a,b>0 and 33 at %>c ≧0, preferably 25 at %>c≧0, in particular 10 at %>c≧0 and u,v,w≧0, and Me being a metal. Furthermore, the invention relates to a coating method for depositing a layer arrangement (1), as well as to a substrate (3), in particular a tool (3) or a wearing part (3) having a layer arrangement (1) according to the invention.
US07935421B2	Polyurea coatings for golf equipment A polyurea-based curable coating for use with sports equipment, such as golf balls, golf shoes, golf clubs, footballs, billiard balls, baseballs, and the like, of which the coating may be cured over time, with heat, or a combination thereof, providing enhanced adhesion to equipment surfaces, improved abrasion resistance, and increased water resistance.
US07935415B1	Electrically conductive composite material An electrically conductive composite material includes metallic nanostrands distributed throughout a matrix constructed of a polymer, ceramic, or elastomer. The nanostrands may have an average diameter under four microns and an average aspect ratio over ten-to-one. Larger fibers may also be included to enhance electrical conductivity or other properties. The nanostrands and/or fibers may be magnetically oriented to enhance electrical conductivity along one direction. A pressure sensor may be formed by utilizing an elastomer for the matrix. Electrical conductivity through the composite material varies in proportion to deflection of the elastomer. A composite material may be applied to a surface as an electrically conductive paint. Composite materials may be made by cutting a blank of the nanostrands to the desired shape, inserting the matrix, and curing the matrix. Alternatively, a suspension agent may first be used to dispose powdered nanostrands in the desired shape.
US07935410B2	Metallized polymeric film reflective insulation material A method of thermally insulating an object that requires a Class A standard insulation material, said method comprising suitably locating a metallized polymeric reflective insulation material adjacent said object, wherein said polymeric material is selected from a closed cell foam, polyethylene foam, polypropylene foam, expanded polystyrene foam, multi-film layers assembly and a bubble-pack assembly. The object is preferably packaging, a vehicle or a residential, commercial or industrial building or establishment. The polymeric material may contain a fire-retardant and the bright surface of the metallized layer has a clear lacquer coating to provide anti-corrosion properties, and which maintains satisfactory reflectance commercial criteria.
US07935409B2	Tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. Both techniques provide the resulting tissue sheets with improved capabilities for providing an improved combination of roll bulk and roll firmness.
US07935406B2	Arrangement of multiple sheet pile components and welding profile therefor The first of the two connecting profiles of a sheet pile wall assembly possesses a base attached to a sheet pile wall, a neck strip projecting from the base in a predetermined direction, and a head strip of larger cross section on the free end of the neck strip for engagement with a claw strip partially surrounding the head strip. The second of the two connecting profiles possesses a base attached to a second sheet pile wall and a claw strip to secure a head strip. The head strip of the first connecting profile is thus configured both to secure the claw strip of a sheet pile as a sheet pile wall and to secure the claw strip of the second connecting profile.
US07935399B2	Low melting polyester polymers A bulk of polyester polymer particles comprising polyester polymer comprising greater than 75% virgin polyester polymer, the particles having: A) an It.V. of at least 0.72 dl/g, and B) 10 ppm or less of residual acetaldehyde; and C) at least two melting peaks, wherein one of said at least two melting peaks is a low peak melting point within a range of 140° C. to 220° C. and having a melting endotherm area of at least the absolute value of 1 J/g. The particles may also have a degree of crystallinity within a range of 20% and a maximum degree of crystallinity Tcmax defined by the equation: Tcmax=50%−CA−OH where CA is the total mole % of all carboxylic acid residues other than terephthalic acid residues, based on 100 mole % of carboxylic acid residues, and OH is the total mole % of all hydroxyl functional compound residues other than ethylene glycol residues, based on 100 mole % of hydroxyl functional compounds residues. The preforms and bottles made from these particles can be obtained by melt processing these particles at either lower overall power, faster screw speeds, lower residence time, or lower overall cycle time to thereby reduce the level of residual acetaldehyde generated in the melt.
US07935397B2	Ink jet recording medium and ink jet recording method A high quality ink jet recording medium with a printed image non-vulnerable and excellent in scratch resistance is obtained with an ink jet recording using a water pigment ink. An ink jet recording medium having a substrate and an ink receiving layer including an inorganic particle and a binder on the substrate is provided. A surface of the ink receiving layer has (a) a projected valley portion depth (Rvk) of not less than 20 nm and not more than 100, (b) an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of not less than 5 nm and not more than 100 nm, and (c) an average spacing (S) of local peaks of not more than 1.0 μm.
US07935394B2	Polar nematic liquid crystal assembly and liquid crystal device using the same Disclosed herein is a polar nematic liquid crystal assembly. The liquid crystal assembly comprises 5˜7.5% by weight of a dopant having the structure of Formula 1 below: (wherein X is an alkyl, alkenyl or heteroalkyl group having three or more carbon atoms) and 92.5˜95% by weight of smectic liquid crystal molecules having a linear alkyl chain wherein the N-bonding moiety of the dopant is spontaneously bonded to the alkyl chain of the smectic liquid crystal molecules to induce macroscopic spontaneous polarization in a particular direction.
US07935392B2	High-solid UV-curable coating composition A high-solid UV-curable coating composition of the present invention, comprising a low viscosity multifunctional acrylate oligomer, a UV-curable monomer, 10% by weight or less of an organic solvent and a photoinitiator has good workability and environmental characteristics and provides a coating film having improved properties.
US07935387B2	Methods for fabricating YAG barrier coatings Method embodiments for coating alloys comprise providing a superalloy substrate, applying a bond coat onto the superalloy substrate, forming an oxidation barrier coating comprising an yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) phase on the bond coat, and depositing a top coat on the oxidation barrier coating.
US07935386B2	Aqueous silicone emulsion for coating woven or non-woven fibrous substrates An aqueous polyorganosiloxane (POS) emulsion which can easily be deposited on/applied to a fibrous substrate at high speed and at limited deposition rates, for example less than 40 g/m2. The emulsion contains (A) a POS with ≡Si-vinyl units, (B) a POS with ≡SiH units, (C) an adhesion promoter, (D) a catalyst, (E) at least one surfactant, (F) optionally a POS resin with ≡Si-vinyl units, (G) optionally a crosslinking inhibitor, (H) optionally a pH fixing agent, (I) optionally a formulating additive, (J) optionally a filler, and (K) water. Adhesion promoter (C) is selected from protective hydrocolloids, hydroxylated silanes and/or POS carrying at least one hydroxyl group and at least one salified amino group per molecule, and mixtures thereof, and is present in the range from 0.005 to 10% by weight, based on the silicone phase. Also disclosed is the corresponding coating process and the coated substrate.
US07935382B2	Method for making crystalline composition A method of making a metal nitride is provided. The method may include introducing a metal in a chamber. A nitrogen-containing material may be flowed into the chamber. Further, a hydrogen halide may be introduced. The nitrogen-containing material may react with the metal in the chamber to form the metal nitride.
US07935378B2	Nectarine juice drink A nectarine juice drink and methods of producing a nectarine juice drink are described. The method involves (a) providing nectarines; (b) treating the nectarines with heated, moist air or heated water to produce heat treated nectarines; (c) pressing the heat treated nectarines through one or more filters to produce a nectarine juice solution and (d) combining the nectarine juice solution with one or more plant cell wall degrading agents to produce a nectarine juice drink.
US07935374B2	Coating to allow additives to anchor to casings Methods of imparting functionality to a food surface are described. In general, a tubular food casing having a surface coated with a polyvinyl alcohol-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer is contacted with a food surface. The functionality is imparted onto the food surface, and in some instances, the polyvinyl alcohol-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer is subsequently removed.
US07935373B2	Packaging of meat products with modified atmospheres and/or enhancers Packaged meat products, methods of packaging meat, and systems for packaging meat. With respect to packaged meat products, one particular embodiment of a packaged meat product comprises a container having a low gas permeability and an enclosed interior volume. The packaged meat product further includes a meat product enclosed within the interior volume of the container and a modified atmosphere comprising not greater than about 10% carbon monoxide within the interior volume of the container. The meat product has a first volume less than the interior volume, and the modified atmosphere has a second volume such that a volume ratio of the second volume to the first volume is not greater than approximately 1:1.
US07935369B2	Germinated brown rice It is intended to provide germinating brown rice having an improved taste and cooking characteristics. Namely, germinating brown rice containing at least a direct reducing sugar component in an elevated amount compared with the starting brown rice and, if necessary, further containing α-starch prepared by the gelatinization of a part of starch.
US07935366B2	Calcium Potassium Ferrocyanide, a prophylactic mixture comprising this compound and the use thereof for decorporation of Radiocesium in subjects affected by nuclear radiation A new prophylactic mixture is prepared for the effective decorporation of Cs, Sr, I from affected subjects in the event of an accidental release of the radioisotopes in the environment due to any nuclear accident. The prophylactic mixture comprising: 1) Calcium Potassium Ferrocyanide [CaK2Fe(CN)6] 2) Calcium Iodate, and 3) Calcium Carbonate, can be formulated in the form of a single tablet, capsule or suspension for easy administration to the radiation affected subjects in cases of emergency or nuclear fallout. Also claimed are the compound calcium potassium ferrocyanide (CaK2Fe(CN)6) and the use thereof for decorporation of Cs in subjects affected by nuclear radiation.
US07935365B2	Glycerophospholipids for the improvement of cognitive functions This invention provides a preparation comprising serine glycerophospholipids which comprise a mixture of serine glycerophospholipids comprising eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and serine glycerophospholipids comprising docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), wherein each such serine glycerophospholipid comprising EPA and each such serine glycerophospholipid comprising DHA has the formula (I): wherein R″ is serine; wherein one of R or R′ is acyl EPA or acyl DHA and the other of R or R′ is hydrogen or an acyl group; wherein the combined amount of EPA and DHA present in such mixture of serine glycerophospholipids constitutes 10-50% by weight of the total fatty acids content of the serine glycerophospholipids in said preparation; and wherein the mixture is not identical to naturally occurring human or mammalian brain PS.
US07935362B2	Over-coated product including consumable center and medicament Methods and products for delivering a medicament or agent to an individual are provided as well as methods for producing the product. The product includes one or more coatings having a medicament or agent. The coatings can further comprise one or more fat-based confectioneries to provide a coated product that has an improved aesthetic and taste appeal to a consumer. The medicament or agent is present within a coating that surrounds a consumable center. By chewing the coated product, the medicament or agent is released from the product within the buccal cavity.
US07935361B2	Polyacrylamide hydrogel as a soft tissue filler endoprosthesis A hydrogel is obtained by combining acrylamide and methylene bis-acrylamide, radical initiation and washing with pyrogen-free water or saline solution to give less than 3.5% by weight polyacrylamide, based on the total weight of the hydrogel. The hydrogel may be used as a soft tissue filler endoprosthesis. Also disclosed is a method of filling a soft tissue in a mammal using the endoprosthesis, and a prosthetic device comprising the polyacrylamide hydrogel.
US07935359B2	Use of L 2-thiohistidine or one of its derivatives as a depigmenting agent in cosmetics The invention relates to the use of L-2-thiohistidine, or a cosmetically acceptable salt or ester of its acid group, as a depigmenting agent in a cosmetic composition or for the preparation of a cosmetic composition. It further relates to a method of cosmetic care for toning down or eliminating pigment spots on the skin and/or lightening the complexion by the application of this cosmetic composition. The invention provides a highly depigmenting composition.
US07935356B2	Attenuated Mycoplasma gallisepticum strains The present invention provides live, attenuated Mycoplasma gallisepticum bacteria that exhibit reduced expression of a protein identified as MGA_0621. In certain embodiments, the attenuated bacteria may additionally exhibit reduced expression of one or more proteins selected from the group consisting of pyruvate dehydrogenase, phosphopyruvate hydratase, 2-deoxyribose-5-phosphate aldolase, and ribosomal protein L35, relative to a wild-type M. gallisepticum bacterium. Also provided are vaccines and vaccination methods involving the use of the live, attenuated M. gallisepticum bacteria, and methods for making live attenuated M. gallisepticum bacteria. An exemplary live, attenuated strain of M. gallisepticum is provided, designated MGx+47, which was shown by proteomics analysis to exhibit significantly reduced expression of MGA_0621, and was shown to be safe and effective when administered as a vaccine against M. gallisepticum infection in chickens.
US07935353B2	Compounds and methods for diagnosis and immunotherapy of tuberculosis Compounds and methods for diagnosing tuberculosis or for inducing protective immunity against tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one immunogenic portion of one or more Mycobacterium proteins and DNA molecules encoding such polypeptides. Diagnostic kits containing such polypeptides or DNA sequences and a suitable detection reagent may be used for the detection of Mycobacterium infection in patients and biological samples. Antibodies directed against such polypeptides are also provided. In addition, such compounds may be formulated into vaccines and/or pharmaceutical compositions for immunization against Mycobacterium infection.
US07935352B2	Compositions and methods for vaccinating against HSV-2 This invention relates to a method for systemic immune activation which is effective for eliciting both a systemic, non-antigen specific immune response and a strong antigen-specific immune response in a mammal. The method is particularly effective for protecting a mammal from herpes simplex virus. Also disclosed are therapeutic compositions useful in such a method.
US07935348B2	Combination therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease The invention relates to a method for treating Alzheimer's disease by inducing sequestration of amyloid β into a plasma with a Aβ-mimotope peptide, and treatment with an apheresis device such that a fixed carrier can come into contact with the blood or plasma flow and includes a receptor that binds to an amyloid-β precursor-protein (APP), the APP being removed from the blood with the apheresis device.
US07935347B2	DNA sequence, and recombinant preparation of group 4 major allergens from cereals The invention relates to the preparation of DNA sequences of group 4 major allergens from cereals. The invention also includes fragments, novel combinations of partial sequences and point mutations with hypoallergenic effects. The recombinant DNA molecules and the derived polypeptides, fragments, novel combinations of partial sequences and variants can be used for therapy of pollen-allergy diseases. The proteins produced by recombination can be applied to in-vitro and in-vivo diagnosis of pollen allergies.
US07935346B2	Medicament for the two-step perioperative therapy of solid tumours The present invention describes the use of an agent endowed with tumour tropism in combination with another agent with anticancer activity and with an affinity for the first agent for the preparation of a medicament useful for the two-step perioperative therapy of solid tumours. The advantages of the present invention consist in the greater, effective localisation of its anticancer activity, in the reduction of the number of administration steps and in the possibility of reducing the anticancer doses, with a resulting decrease in side effects, but without any loss of efficacy.
US07935340B2	Antibodies to IL-6 and use thereof The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6. These antibodies may bind at least one of soluble IL-6, cell surface expressed IL-6, IL-6/IL-6R and/or prevent the association of IL-6 and IL-6R, the association of IL-6/IL-6R and gp130 and or the formation of IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 multimers and thereby inhibit a biological effect associated with any of the foregoing.
US07935333B2	Method and compositions for modifying target receptor function associated with neurological disorders A method of treating or preventing development of a neurological disorder has been developed wherein a subject with the disorder, or at risk of developing a disorder, is vaccinated against a brain protein or antigen. Alternatively, the antibodies can be directly administered to the individual in need of treatment thereof. Animal studies demonstrate potent efficacy in the treatment of epilepsy, stroke and cognition in animal models vaccinated against the NMDA receptor.
US07935324B2	Integrated warm gas desulfurization and gas shift for cleanup of gaseous streams The present invention involves a catalytic process for purifying a gas stream comprising purifying the gas stream at a temperature from about 250° to 550° C. by removing sulfur compounds and including a gas shift reaction to convert carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide to produce a partially purified gas stream. The warm gas stream purification involves COS hydrolysis and hydrogenation to H2S, the removal of H2S, and a CO gas shift to convert CO to CO2 to produce a partially purified stream. Then the carbon dioxide and other impurities are removed from the partially purified gas stream.
US07935320B2	Alkylation process with recontacting in settler A system and/or process for decreasing the level of at least one organic fluoride present in a hydrocarbon phase contained in an alkylation settler by contacting the hydrocarbon phase with an HF containing stream, containing greater than about 80 wt. % and less than about 94 wt. % HF, in the intermediate portion of the settler which contains at least one tray system, with each tray system comprising a perforated tray defining a plurality of perforations and a layer of packing below the perforated tray, are disclosed.
US07935318B2	Microfluidic centrifugation systems A microfluidic device comprises a microfluidic coupon and a fluid reservoir associated with the microfluidic coupon. The fluid reservoir has a vented configuration and a non-vented configuration, and is configured to contain a liquid to be centrifugated. An opening is formed in the fluid reservoir. When the microfluidic coupon is rotated at a target rotational velocity: the opening is open to flow of the liquid when the fluid reservoir is in the vented configuration; and the opening is closed to flow of the liquid when the fluid reservoir is in the non-vented configuration.
US07935315B2	Reformer for a fuel cell system, reaction substrate therefor, and manufacturing method for a reaction substrate A reformer for a fuel cell system includes at least one reaction substrate having a channel for allowing fuel to flow on a surface thereof; and a close contact assembly closely contacted with a surface of the reaction substrate to form a passage by the channel, wherein the reaction substrate includes aluminum.
US07935312B2	Microfabricated reactor, process for manufacturing the reactor, and method of amplification An integrated microfabricated instrument for manipulation, reaction and detection of microliter to picoliter samples. The instrument is suited for biochemical reactions, particularly DNA-based reactions such as the polymerase chain reaction, that require thermal cycling since the inherently small size of the instrument facilitates rapid cycle times. The integrated nature of the instrument provides accurate, contamination-free processing. The instrument may include reagent reservoirs, agitators and mixers, heaters, pumps, and optical or electromechanical sensors. Ultrasonic Lamb-wave devices may be used as sensors, pumps and agitators.
US07935311B2	Air purifier, air purifying method, formed photocatalyst-supporting member and method of making formed photocatalyst-supporting member An air purifier according to the present invention includes: a tubular main body 2 having an inner space 3 surrounded by wall portions 6, 7, 8 having a plurality of air movement holes 12, 17; and a light applicator 4 in the inner space for throwing light toward inner surfaces of the wall portions. The inner side of the wall portions exposed to the light is made of a formed porous member. The formed porous member includes an inner surface having a surface part carrying a powdery photocatalyst capable of performing a photocatalytic reaction caused by light. The air purifier allows the carried photocatalyst to perform its catalytic action to a maximum, with a very simple construction.
US07935310B2	Uniform surfaces for hybrid material substrate and methods for making and using same Devices, systems and methods of using same where hybrid substrate materials are provided with a substantially uniform surface to provide uniformity of properties, including interaction with their environments. Uniform surfaces are applied as coatings over, e.g., hybrid metal/silica, metal/polymer, metal/metal surfaces to mask different chemical properties of differing regions of the surface and to afford a protective surface for the hybrid structure.
US07935303B2	Low alloy steel According to a low alloy steel of the present invention, compositional elements thereof are limited, and a metal structure thereof comprises bainite or martensite. Further, proper amounts of Nd inclusions are formed by appropriately selecting timings of deoxidation and Nd addition in melting a steel. Consequently, compatibility between high-temperature creep strength and long-term creep ductility, which is hardly established in conventional steels, can be achieved even in hostile conditions. Accordingly, the low alloy steel of the present invention can be widely applied as the material for the heat-resistant structural member used for a long time under the high-temperature and high-pressure conditions such as power plant boilers, turbines, and nuclear power plants.
US07935302B1	Automatic dross processing system An automatic dross processing system has a pivotably-mounted reaction vessel and a vertically movable motor and impeller. A microprocessor controls the operation of the motor and a series of actuators that move the motor vertically, move a probe that removes a plug to drain collected metal from the reaction vessel, and move the reaction vessel between a loading-and-processing position and a dumping position. The microprocessor coordinates the actions of these elements to complete a dross processing cycle to recover metal from a dross without requiring the attention of an operator throughout the process. The reaction vessel can have an inner shell and an outer shell that are bolted together with a gap therebetween to accommodate insulation, which can include a felt overlying one or more pieces of rigid material. A drain tube can be attached to the inner shell by an accordion-like structure to reduce thermal stresses in service.
US07935298B2	Method of producing fibers by electrospinning at high pressures A process of making fibers by electrostatic spinning includes the use of a mixing vessel (10), a piston (15) for pressurizing the polymer, carbon dioxide sources (20) for lowering the viscosity of the polymer or pressurizing the collection vessel (35), a pressure generator (25), view ports (30), a target (36), a spinning needle (40), a camera/TV recorder (45) and a voltage source (50).
US07935296B2	Process for the detection of marked components of a composite article using infrared blockers Disclosed is a process for the detection of marked components of a composite article. The present invention relates to detecting the presence, position, concentration and/or distribution of one or more components in a composite article, and to registration inspection of a composite article using infrared radiation. In one embodiment of the invention, infrared blockers, such as absorbing infrared blockers, are incorporated into the component of interest in the composite to increase the visibility of the marked component during inspection.
US07935291B2	Method for producing molded plastic parts having functional surfaces A process for producing polymer moldings with functional surfaces, in which a coating is produced on a support sheet, the coated support sheet is shaped and backed by injection molding or foaming with a liquid polymeric material, and the coating, if this has not already taken place, is cured or aftercured, the coating is covered at least temporarily with a protective sheet.
US07935289B2	Method of making composite panels for a fuselage A method is provided for making a composite laminate aircraft skin for a fuselage in multiple composite panels. A resin-impregnated composite tape is placed on a lay-up surface of a mandrel tool to form the composite laminate aircraft skin as a barrel that is substantially the shape of a fuselage section. The barrel is cut into a plurality of panels on the mandrel tool, and at least one panel of the plurality of panels is transferred, individually and independently of all other of the plurality of panels, from the lay-up surface of the mandrel tool to a first cure tool of a plurality of cure tools having an aero surface tooled to an outer mold line. The at least one of the panels is cured on the first cure tool to form a cured composite panel. The first cure tool defines and controls the outer mold line of the at least one panel. The cured composite panel is removed from the first cure tool.
US07935286B2	Sports racquet with string port holes A sports racquet having a plurality of string port holes and conventional string holes is formed of a single tube of prepreg material. When molded, mold elements press opposed portions of the prepreg tube into contact with one another, and shape the adjoining prepreg material into a string port hole blanks. The portion of the pressed-together material which initially blocks the string port hole is removed after molding so that the string port holes extend through the frame. Alternatively, the mold elements cause the prepreg tube to follow a serpentine shape, thereby defining string port holes which are open alternately along the top and bottom surface of the frame. A pair of cover rings may be secured to the top and bottom racquet surfaces to cover the open sides of the string port holes.
US07935284B2	Method for fabricating concrete blocks or concrete slabs The invention relates to a method for the production of concrete blocks or concrete slabs of varying formats and sizes, whereby concrete is filled into molds for several blocks or slabs, the surface layer of which or the facing concrete layer of which has a base color and the surfaces, which have regions of difference colors, is puddled by means of vibration and/or compacting and subsequently hardened, whereby, before puddling, at least one portion of a pigmented and/or variously-pigmented and/or a color- and/or various color-containing finishing material is projected or thrown by means of at least one application device.
US07935282B2	Method for producing microfine fiber and friendly artificial leather made therefrom A method for producing microfine fibers having low resistance to deformation and high elasticity in accordance with the present invention comprises acts of: (a) providing polymer A and polymer B; (b) melting polymer A and polymer B to make a filament; (c) drawing the filament to make a staple fiber; (d) entangling the staple fiber to form a non-woven; (e) impregnating the non-woven with a impregnating agent; and may further have the acts of (f) impregnating the nonwoven with polyurethane; (g) coagulating the non-woven with dimethylformamide (DMF); (h) washing the non-woven with hot water; (i) impregnating the non-woven with a treatment agent; (j) abrading the non-woven to attain a split type mirofine fiber substrate; and (k) bonding a coating to the microfine fiber substrate. Therefore, the method can attain an artificial leather product having low resistance to deformation and high elasticity.
US07935281B2	Artificial marble using multicolor chip and method for preparing the same Disclosed herein are an artificial marble using multicolor chips, particularly striped chips, and a method for preparing the artificial marble. Since the artificial marble comprises multicolor chips in a new form together with conventional single-color chips, it enables achievement of various appearances, including designs and colors, thereby being highly differentiated from conventional artificial marbles containing combination of single-color chips as well as displaying patterns and designs closely resembling natural granite.
US07935280B2	Core locking assembly and method for orientation of asymmetric tooling An apparatus and method is provided for injection molding an ophthalmic lens mold section having an optical surface and a non-optical surface opposite the optical surface. The apparatus includes a non-optical tool assembly for forming the non-optical surface of the ophthalmic lens mold section. An optical tool assembly is in opposed relation to the non-optical tool assembly and together therewith forms a mold cavity for forming the ophthalmic lens mold section. In the preferred embodiment, the optical tool assembly includes a rotatably mounted core member and an optical insert removably secured the core member. The optical insert has an optical molding surface for forming an optical surface of the ophthalmic lens mold section opposite the non-optical surface thereof. A locking mechanism having, in a preferred embodiment, a locking pin selectively movable between a first position wherein the pin allows rotation of the core member and a second position wherein the pin prevents the core member from rotation.
US07935279B2	Glass frits Glass frits, conductive inks and articles having conductive inks applied thereto are described. According to one or more embodiments, glass frits with no intentionally added lead comprise TeO2 and one or more of Bi2O3, SiO2 and combinations thereof. One embodiment of the glass frit includes B2O3, and can further include ZnO, Al2O3 and/or combinations thereof. One embodiment provides for conductive inks which include a glass frit with no intentionally added lead and comprising TeO2 and one or more of Bi2O3, SiO2 and combinations thereof. Another embodiment includes articles with substrates such as semiconductors or glass sheets, having conductive inks disposed thereto, wherein the conductive ink includes glass frits having no intentionally added lead.
US07935274B2	Phosphonic acid and polyvinyl alcohol conversion coating Compositions for preparing coatings on metal substrates include a phosphonic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, an optional catalyst, and optionally an organo-functional silane. The catalyst may be a group IV-B compound, a boron compound, a vanadium compound, or a molybdenum compound. The compositions may be applied from an aqueous carrier to a metal surface and then dried to form a coating imparting good paint adhesion and corrosion resistance to the metal substrate.
US07935273B2	Method light emitting device with a Eu(III)-activated phosphor and second phosphor This invention relates to a light emitting device based on a Xe or Xe/Ne excimer discharge, e.g. a full color display screen or a xenon excimer lamp, comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UVlight emitting phosphor. Full color plasma display panels (PDPs) according to the present invention comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor for the red pixels show an improved color point and a shorter decay time compared to the use of the respective single red emitting Eu(III) activated phosphor. Xenon excimer lamps for illumination purposes (e.g. for LCD backlighting or X-Ray image illumination) comprising a phosphor blend of a redemitting Eu(III) activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor show an improved color rendering. The invention is also related to a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor.
US07935272B2	Dispersant having multifunctional head and phosphor paste composition comprising the same Disclosed is a dispersant having a multifunctional head, and a phosphor paste composition comprising the dispersant. The dispersant has a multifunctional head that comprises an acidic group, a basic group and an aromatic group, thereby enhancing an affinity for the surface of phosphor particles and improving dispersibility.
US07935271B2	Compositions, systems, and/or methods involving chlorine dioxide Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a composition of matter comprising a solid form of chlorine dioxide complexed with a cyclodextrin. When stored, a concentration of the chlorine dioxide in the composition of matter can be retained, with respect to an initial concentration of chlorine dioxide in said composition of matter, at, for example, greater than 12% for at least 14 days. Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising releasing chlorine dioxide from a solid composition comprising chlorine dioxide complexed with a cyclodextrin.
US07935268B2	Azeotrope-like compositions comprising trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene An azeotrope-like mixture consisting essentially of chlorotrifluoropropene and at least one component selected from the group consisting of pentane, hexane, methanol, and trans-1,2-dichloroethene.
US07935265B2	Ceramic substrate material, method for the production and use thereof, and antenna or antenna array A method for producing a ceramic substrate material having a first layer and possibly a further layer is specified. The first layer comprises at least one first component made of a crystalline ceramic material and/or a glass material as a matrix and a second component made of a further crystalline ceramic material, which is provided in the matrix. An etching step is performed, mantle areas of the crystals and/or crystal agglomerates of the second component being etched selectively in the first layer to generate a cavity structure in the first layer. The present invention also relates to a corresponding ceramic substrate material, an antenna or an antenna array, and the use of the ceramic substrate material for an antenna or an antenna array.
US07935256B2	Method for the treatment of waste water from florfenicol production A method for the treatment of waste water from florfenicol production is provided, which mainly comprises the steps as follows: adding iron chips or steel slag to waste water from a copper salt workshop, regulating the pH value, filtering, then adding limestone, lime or Ca(OH)2 and having a solid-liquid separation; blending the treated waste water and waste water from a splitting workshop, oxidizing the residual reductive matter by ozone and removing NH3-N by blowing; blending the treated water and waste water from esterifying or florfenicol workshops and diluting the blended water, adding phosphate and microelement, regulating the pH value, then having an anaerobic treatment in an anaerobic reactor; diluting the treated waste water, then having an aerobic treatment in an aerobic reactor. The method also can comprise the steps as follows: blending the waste water from all workshops, adding phosphate and microelement, regulating the pH value, blending the treated waste water with recycling anaerobic water and having a settling treatment, then having an anaerobic treatment in an anaerobic granular sludge bed reactor, diluting the treated waste water and having an aerobic treatment in a SBR.
US07935254B2	Reactor for simultaneous separation of hydrogen and oxygen from water We disclose a device for the production of hydrogen from water using heat. The device employs thermal water splitting and works essentially without electricity. It is based on the concept of a membrane reactor with two kinds of membranes allowing the separation of hydrogen and oxygen simultaneously in stoichiometric quantities from the reactor volume. The device has a special geometry resulting in a temperature distribution inside the reaction chamber to accommodate the use of hydrogen selective membranes. The device will help to reduce the need for hydrogen transport and storage as it will be rather compact for on-site use in households, small factories or gas stations. The use of the device in mobile applications is conceivable. The heat source of the device as described is combustion of a hydrocarbon using porous burner technology; however the device can be modified to exploit any other heat source, especially solar radiation.
US07935251B2	Waste treatment apparatus A facility for treating solid and liquid waste includes a receiving station, a screening station, a preprocessing station, an alkali mixing station, a press station and a processing station. The screening station is connected to an inlet capable of receiving liquid and solid waste and includes a screen for capturing at least some of the solid waste. The preprocessing station is in fluid communication with the screening station, and includes a degrit chamber for settling out an additional amount of the solids. The alkali mixing station includes an alkali for mixing with the waste to stabilize the waste at a predetermined pH level. The press station receives the stabilized waste and includes a press for separating out an additional portion of the solids. The processing station includes at least one aerobic microorganism generating unit for converting nitrites into nitrogen gas and consuming carbon-based waste material.
US07935245B2	System and method of increasing synthesis gas yield in a fluid catalytic cracking unit Systems and methods of reducing refinery carbon dioxide emissions by improving the overall synthesis gas yield in a fluid catalytic cracking unit having a reactor and a regenerator are discussed. In one example, a method comprises introducing spent catalyst and a feed gas comprising oxygen to the regenerator at gasification conditions. The method further comprises heating the spent catalyst to burn coke therefrom to produce a synthesis gas. The method further comprises combining the synthesis gas with a dry gas comprising hydrogen, creating the overall synthesis gas and thereby increasing the yield of the overall synthesis gas produced in the FCC unit.
US07935244B2	Process for hydroconversion of heavy hydrocarbon feeds in a slurry reactor in the presence of a heteropolyanion-based catalyst The invention concerns a process for slurry phase hydroconversion of liquid sulphur-containing heavy hydrocarbon feeds, in the presence of hydrogen and in the presence of a solid catalyst, said catalyst being obtained from an aqueous solution formed from at least one cobalt and/or nickel salt of at least one heteropolyanion combining molybdenum and cobalt or molybdenum and nickel in its structure. The aqueous solution is introduced into a hydrocarbon oil containing asphaltenes and/or resins to form an emulsion and said emulsion is then injected upstream or directly into the slurry reactor.
US07935242B2	Method of selectively removing conductive material An electrolyte solution, methods, and systems for selectively removing a conductive metal from a substrate are provided. The electrolyte solution comprising nanoparticles that are more noble than the conductive metal being removed, is applied to a substrate to remove the conductive metal selectively relative to a dielectric material without application of an external potential or contact of a processing pad with the surface of the substrate. The solutions and methods can be applied, for example, to remove a conductive metal layer (e.g., barrier metal) selectively relative to dielectric material and to a materially different conductive metal (e.g., copper interconnect) without application of an external potential or contact of a processing pad with the surface of the substrate.
US07935241B2	Slurries for producing aluminium-based coatings A slurry comprises suspended aluminum particles in a colloid having dispersed colloidal particles of a metal oxide such as a hydroxide. The metal oxide is reducible by metallic aluminum. The slurry has such a basic pH that dissolution of the aluminum particles in the slurry is inhibited so that when the slurry is subjected to a heat treatment, the undissolved aluminum particles are reactable with the colloidal particles to form an aluminum-based mixture resistant to chemical attack made of aluminum oxide, metal aluminum and the metal of the colloidal particles. The slurry can be used to form an aluminum-based protective coating on a component, in particular of an aluminum electrowinning cell or an apparatus for treating molten aluminum.
US07935238B2	Electromechanical filter for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Electromechanical filtering unit having a conduit capable of conducting electricity, at least one first electrode connectable to a high voltage power supply (EHT) and at least one second electrode having a plurality of discrete openings which is earthed. The electrodes are positioned within the conduit and connected to the conduit such that electricity can pass between the electrodes via the conduit.
US07935237B2	Electrical treatment for oil based drilling or completion fluids A method of removing particulate solids from an oil based drilling or completion fluid (1) is disclosed. The method involves exposing the fluid to an electric field to electrically migrate particulate solids suspended therein, and collecting the migrated particulate solids to remove them from the fluid.
US07935235B2	Gas sensor with sealing structure In a method of manufacturing a sensor, firstly, a plate-type detection element is inserted through an element-insertion through-hole of a first powder-compacted ring. Secondly, a flange section including at least the first powder-compacted ring is integrally assembled to the plate-type detection element, applying axially compressive pressure to the first powder-compacted ring so as to compressively deform the first powder-compacted ring such that the cross-sectional area of the element-insertion through-hole is reduced. Thirdly, the flange section is engaged, directly or via an intermediate member, with the stepped portion of the metallic shell at the time of disposing of the plate-type detection element in the through-hole of the metallic shell. A sensor prepared by the method is also disclosed.
US07935233B2	Tyrosinase enzyme electrode and production method thereof Disclosed are a tyrosinase enzyme electrode containing metal nanoparticles and its producing method. Metal nanoparticles are applied to a surface of a support with high chemical stability. Also, a buffer layer consisting of a self-assembled monolayer is formed on the metal nanoparticles. Such self-assembled monolayer is used to immobilize tyrosinase enzyme which was subsequently prepared. In other words, the self-assembled monolayer is arranged between the metal nanoparticles and the tyrosinase enzyme so as to immobilize the tyrosinase enzyme on the support. Introduction of the metal nanoparticles into the electrode contributes to improvement in detection limits of the tyrosinase enzyme electrode. In addition, the introduction of substrate induces the activation of enzyme.
US07935232B2	Sputtering apparatus and method, and sputtering control program To provide a sputtering apparatus and method, and a sputtering control program which are configured simply and can secure the uniformity of the film thickness from the beginning to the end of the use of a target.There are provided: a target 15 disposed so as to face an object to be treated 19; a permanent magnet unit M which generates a high-density plasma by means of a magnetic field and deposits a material of the target 15 on the object to be treated, in the form of a film; a rotational mechanism 9 which rotates the permanent magnet unit M; and a rotation number control apparatus 7 which gradually changes the number of rotations of the permanent magnet unit M rotated by the rotational mechanism 9. The rotation number control apparatus 7 has a rotation number setting section 702b for setting the number of rotations to be switched, a switching time setting section 702a for setting the time for switching, a detection section 703 for detecting the switching time, a selecting section 704 for selecting the number of rotations at the switching time, and a switching section 705 for outputting an instruction of switching to the selected number of rotations.
US07935228B1	Low emission natural gas processing dehydration system A process to reduce emissions discharged from a natural gas processing system wherein the processing system includes a glycol dehydrator for absorbing water, moisture and absorbable hydrocarbons, a reboiler for heating water rich glycol, a still column in communication with the reboiler and a reflux condenser. The process includes the steps of directing vapors and gases from the still column and reflux condenser to a condenser in order to condense vapors to liquid. The gases and liquids from the condenser are directed to a condensate separator in order to separate by gravity. Non-condensible vapors and water from the condensate separator are delivered to a vaporization chamber immersed in the reboiler. Water is re-vaporized into steam and permitted to mix with non-condensible vapors in the vaporization chamber. The steam and non-condensible vapors are inducted into a combustion zone in a firetube in the reboiler. The hydrocarbons in the vapors are combusted in the firetube.
US07935226B2	Method and system to remove coke from a coker drum A method to remove coke from a coker drum is disclosed. The method includes the steps of impinging fluid from a fluid jet on the inside surface of the coker and then determining the vibration signal of the coker drum. The signal is then transformed to determine the amplitude versus frequency by a Fourier Transform of the vibration signal. The amplitude change of the vibration signal as it goes through a maximum, determines when the coke layer has been cut. The fluid jet is lowered into a new layer of coke.
US07935223B2	Panels including renewable components and methods for manufacturing A panel includes about 0.1% to about 95% by weight of a renewable component. The panel has at least one of a CAC value of at least about 25, an NRC value of at least about 0.25 and an STC of at least about 25. A method for manufacturing such panels is also provided.
US07935219B2	Cellulosic and lignocellulosic structural materials and methods and systems for manufacturing such materials Methods of treating wood and wood products include irradiating untreated wood having a first molecular weight with ionizing radiation to cause an increase in the molecular weight of a cellulosic component of the wood to a second, relatively higher molecular weight.
US07935214B2	Toughened resin fiber laminates with titanium particles A composite structure includes at least one resin matrix layer having a resin material and a plurality of fiber elements and a plurality of titanium particles provided in the resin material. A method of toughening a resin matrix layer is also disclosed.
US07935211B2	Corner joinery system and method for PVC windows and polymeric substrates used in building products A method of welding a window frame provides a welding system (10) having movable head fixtures (16). Certain of the head fixtures include cutting structure (37) and each head fixture includes heat supplying structure (40). A one-piece lineal (20) has first and second ends and notches therein. The lineal is loaded with respect to the head fixtures, with portions of the lineal being folded about the notches to define folded corners. Head fixtures are moved to clamp on the lineal. The cutting structure cuts the lineal generally at each notch to separate each of the folded corners from the lineal, with each corner of the lineal being defined by a pair of ends. The head fixtures are repositioned so as to provide a space between each pair of ends. A heat supplying structure is inserted into the space to heat each pair of ends and then removed. The head fixtures are moved so that each pair of ends contact and join in a thermally welded manner.
US07935206B2	Hybrid pressure vessel with separable jacket A pressure vessel is provided including an inner tank formed from a tank liner surrounded by a wound layer of composite filaments. A protective jacket is disposed on the inner tank that facilitates stacking and portability of the pressure vessel and helps to define an air passage for convective heat transfer between the hybrid tank and the environment.
US07935205B2	Repair of composite sandwich structures A method of restoring a section of a composite includes the steps of removing an undesirable section of a composite and securing a repair section in the location of the removed undesirable section. One or more covers are secured on at least a portion the repair section to prevent or resist peeling of the repair section.
US07935198B2	Glass stability, glass forming ability, and microstructural refinement The present invention relates to the addition of niobium to iron based glass forming alloys. More particularly, the present invention is related to changing the nature of crystallization resulting in glass formation that may remain stable at much higher temperatures, increasing the glass forming ability and increasing devitrified hardness of the nanocomposite structure.
US07935188B2	Vertical thermal processing apparatus and method of using the same The invention is a vertical thermal processing apparatus including: a processing container that contains an object to be processed; a main heater provided so as to surround the processing container, the main heater being capable of heating the processing container and having a rapid cooling function; a gas-discharging part formed at an upper portion of the processing container, the gas-discharging part being bent; an auxiliary heater provided so as to heat the gas-discharging part; a moving mechanism for evacuating the auxiliary heater away from the gas-discharging part during a rapid cooling process of the main heater; and a forcibly gas-discharging mechanism for forcibly discharging an atmospheric gas in a vicinity of the gas-discharging part.
US07935186B2	Plasma processing apparatus A plasma processing apparatus is described and which includes a chamber having at least two processing stations which are separated by a wall. At least one channel is formed in the wall, and wherein the channel has a width to length ratio of less than about 1:3.
US07935183B1	Temporary aqueous aerosol paint composition and a method for preparing the composition A temporary aqueous aerosol paint composition comprising an aqueous paint component, including an aqueous solvent, and an aqueous propellant component. At least one embodiment of the composition includes an amount of water as the aqueous solvent. The composition is formulated to minimize and/or eliminate the hazards presented by various volatile and non-volatile organic compounds present in known aerosol paint compositions, by eliminating or minimizing inclusion of such organic compounds. Further, the composition is developed to facilitate enhanced degradation in a short period of time, while also including elements to increase the performance when in use. A variety of pigment compounds may be used in the composition, permitting a variety of applications. The present invention is also directed to a method for preparing the temporary aqueous aerosol paint composition. This method includes adding the compounds to a reaction vessel and mixing thoroughly via a plurality of addition steps and mixing cycles.
US07935182B2	Solution for wood preservation A solution for wood preservation is suitable for preservation of wood against wood pests (fungi, insects, termites) that increases resistance of wood against biotic and abiotic factors of decay. The solution for wood preservation comprises an aqueous solution of amine, copper salt, boron salt, quaternary ammonium compound, and carboxylic acid. Preferable embodiment is a solution for wood preservation, consisting of ethanolamine, copper (II) sulphate, disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, alkylbenzyldimethyl ammonium chloride, and octanoic acid dissolved in water. This composition may result in improved copper fixation (decreased leaching of active ingredients from wood during weathering) and improved resistance against the most important wood destroying organisms like wood decay fungi, insects and termites.
US07935181B2	Corrosion resistant coatings with modified metal salts of corrosion resisting organic anions A corrosion-responsive agent comprising a neutralized metal salt of a corrosion inhibiting organic anion and methods of making and using it are described.
US07935180B2	Removing non-condensable gas from a subambient cooling system In certain embodiments, removing non-condensable gas from a cooling system includes trapping contents of a discharge tube of a heat exchanger, where the heat exchanger is in thermal communication with an ambient environment at an ambient temperature. The contents of the discharge tube comprises a vapor portion of a cooling fluid, a liquid portion of the cooling fluid, and a non-condensable gas. The cooling fluid is at a subambient pressure, and the ambient temperature is lower than a boiling point of the cooling fluid. A first additional portion of the cooling fluid is inlet into the discharge tube to increase a pressure within the discharge tube. The vapor portion of the cooling fluid within the discharge tube is allowed to condense. A second additional portion of the cooling fluid is inlet to purge the non-condensable gas from the discharge tube.
US07935175B2	Apparatus for trapping carbon nanotube and system and method for producing the carbon nanotube This invention relates to a carbon nanotube producing system. A carbon nanotube producing system includes a reaction tube in which a metal catalyst and a carbon-containing gas are supplied and carbon nanotube grows on the metal catalyst by pyrolysis; an exhaust line along which a gas including the carbon nanotube grown on the metal catalyst is exhausted from the reaction tube; and a carbon nanotube trapping apparatus installed on the exhaust line and configured to trap the carbon nanotube grown on the metal catalyst by using a magnetic force.
US07935174B2	Treatment of steel plant sludges in a multiple-stage furnace The invention concerns a method for treating iron-and-steel plant sludge comprising adjusting the available CaO content of the sludge so as to obtain an available CaO content of 3% to 8% based on the sludge weight, adding a carbon-containing fuel, introducing the sludge onto one of the upper stages of a multistage furnace, heating the multistage furnace, gradually transferring the sludge onto the lower stages, and adjusting the temperature of the exhaust gases of the multistage furnace to at least 500.degree. C. and that of the treated sludge at the output of the multistage furnace to a temperature ranging between 700.degree. C. and 800.degree. C.
US07935168B2	Use of conductor compositions in electronic circuits Use of a composition comprising finely divided particles of (a) an electrically-conductive material; (b) one or more inorganic binders; and (c) zinc, wherein components (a), (b) and (c) are dispersed in a liquid vehicle, in the manufacture of an electrically-conductive pattern on a substrate for the purpose of increasing the resistivity of said electrically-conductive pattern.
US07935166B2	Seal arrangement for filter element; filter element assembly; and, methods A filter element arrangement is provided which includes a media pack comprising Z-filter media, a preform and an overmold sealing a portion of the interface between the preform and the media pack, and also forming an air cleaner seal for the filter element. The overmold preferably comprises molded, foamed, polyurethane. A variety of media pack shapes can be used.
US07935160B2	Filter assembly with trapped contaminant servicing A filter assembly has a housing removably receiving a contaminant tray, with a filter element mounted to the contaminant tray and removable therewith from the housing for servicing. The filter element traps contaminant in the contaminant tray including when the contaminant tray is removed from the housing, to prevent spillage of contaminant during servicing.
US07935159B2	Dust collecting device for vacuum cleaner Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. For this, the dust collecting of the present invention includes two parallel primary cyclones (210, 220) for separating dust by a cyclone principle, and two secondary cyclones (250, 260) for separating dust introduced thereto from the primary cyclones (210, 220) by the cyclone principle, and a dust container (110) for storing dust separated by the primary cyclones (210, 220) and the secondary cyclones (250, 260), wherein the two primary cyclones (210, 220) surround the two secondary cyclones (250, 260), respectively.

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