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US08208071B2 Method for determining the aspect ratio and an image apparatus using the same
A method for determining the aspect ratio of an image signal and an image apparatus using the same is provided. The image apparatus includes a sync signal separation unit which separates a sync signal from an image signal, an aspect ratio determination unit which determines an aspect ratio of the image signal using a voltage level of the separated sync signal, and a signal processing unit which processes the image signal according to the aspect ratio.
US08208067B1 Avoiding jitter in motion estimated video
A method includes receiving a digital video segment simulating motion at one speed, the frames in the segment spaced at a uniform time interval. The method further includes receiving a desired speed of motion, determining the appropriate uniform time interval corresponding to the desired speed, and generating a frame sequence simulating the motion at the desired speed, the frames in the generated sequence spaced at the determined appropriate uniform time interval. If the generated frame sequence includes a frame from the original segment, then only frames from the original segment are included in the generated frame sequence, and if the generated frame sequence includes an interpolated frame then only interpolated frames are included in the generated frame sequence.
US08208065B2 Method, apparatus, and computer software for digital video scan rate conversions with minimization of artifacts
A video format conversion method and concomitant computer software stored on a computer-readable medium comprising receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames in a first format, converting the video stream to a second format in approximately real time, and outputting the video stream in the second format, and wherein the converting step employs a hierarchical block true motion estimator.
US08208062B2 Camera module and portable electronic device having same
An exemplary camera module includes a barrel, first and second lens assemblies, a circuit board, first and second image sensors. The barrel includes a first inner space, a first light incident opening in communication with the first inner space, a second inner space and a second light incident opening in communication with the second inner space. The first and second lens assemblies are received in the first inner space and second inner space, respectively. The circuit board is positioned between the first inner space and the second inner space, and has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first image senor is mounted on the first surface of the circuit board, and configured for detecting light from the first lens assembly. The second image sensor is mounted on the second surface of the circuit board, and configured for detecting light from the second lens assembly.
US08208061B2 Flash assist system, digital image capture device using same and flash assist method thereof
A flashing assist system is used in a digital image capture device that includes a camera module, a flash unit and a display. The camera module is capable of determining an object distance from the image capture device to an object. The flash unit is capable of providing varying flash intensity by determining a flash distance. The display is capable of displaying digital images and interactive information. The flash assist system includes a read unit, a determination unit and a generating unit. The read unit is configured for reading the object distance and the flash distance. The determination unit is configured for determining a target area of the flash unit using the object distance and the flash distance. The generating unit is configured for generating a preview of the object and the target area on the display.
US08208057B2 Imaging system, camera body and interchangeable lens
An imaging system includes an interchangeable lens and a camera body. The camera body includes a main body controller operable to transmit a reference signal for providing a reference of a driving start timing of the focus lens and delay time information indicating delay time with respect to the reference signal, to the interchangeable lens. The interchangeable lens includes a lens controller operable to control the focus lens to be driven at a timing obtained by delaying the timing provided by the reference signal by the delay time based on the reference signal and the delay time information received from the main body controller. The delay time is set so that, for example, an exposure timing of a predetermined area in the imaging element is substantially coincident with a stop period of the wobbling operation of the focus lens.
US08208056B2 Digital camera
A digital camera has a display and a shifting device. The display has display areas and simultaneously displays images in each display areas. The shifting device simultaneously shifts the images in the display area in the same direction in lockstep.
US08208052B2 Image capture device
A color representation technique to be effectively applicable to a pixel shifted arrangement to realize high sensitivity and high resolution is provided by using a dipersive prism or diffraction.A dispersive element is provided for an image sensor in which photosensitive cells are arranged to be shifted from each other by a half pitch both horizontally and vertically. The dispersive element makes at least G rays fall straight down to a pixel right under itself and also makes either R rays or B rays incident on an adjacent pixel. Meanwhile, a photosensitive cell, for which no dispersive element is provided, receives directly incident light, too. Color information can be obtained by making computations on photoelectrically converted signals provided by these pixels.
US08208042B2 Method of controlling digital photographing apparatus, digital photographing apparatus, and medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method
A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus is provided. Also provided is a digital photographing apparatus using the method and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method. The method includes displaying a residual image of a background image; setting a partial area of an area on which the residual image is displayed; capturing an image including a subject; extracting a subject image corresponding to the partial area from the image; and generating a composite image by combining the background image and the subject image.
US08208041B2 Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling the image pickup apparatus, and storage medium
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that picks up an image of a subject; an internal memory; a removable external memory; a compression processing unit that compresses the image picked up by the image pickup unit to generate a picked-up image; a recording processing unit that records the picked-up image in the removable external memory and records the compressed image corresponding to the picked-up image in the internal memory; and an editing processing unit that edits the picked-up image in the removable external memory and the compressed image in the internal memory. For a compressed image in the internal memory, a reservation for editing a picked-up image corresponding to the compressed image and recorded in the unmounted removable external memory can be made.
US08208039B2 Image processing apparatus and computer-readable medium
There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a brightness information acquisition unit configured to acquire brightness information indicating brightness of each pixel in a target image, wherein high-frequency components are eliminated from the target image; a correction magnification setting unit configured to set, for each pixel of the target image, a correction magnification based on the brightness information, wherein the correction magnification is substantially inversely proportional to the brightness of the pixel; and a gradation correction unit configured to correct the brightness of each pixel based on the correction magnification.
US08208029B2 Method and system for calibrating camera with rectification homography of imaged parallelogram
A method for calibrating a camera including (a) obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) homography that maps each of parallelograms projected onto two images taken by the camera into a rectangle, wherein the 2D homography is defined as a rectification homography and wherein new cameras that have virtual images are defined as rectified cameras and a new infinite homography is generated between the two rectified cameras, the virtual images being transformed from original images by the rectification homography; (b) obtaining an original infinite homography by using the correlations among the new infinite homography, the rectification homography and the original infinite homography; and (c) obtaining intrinsic camera parameters based on the correlation between the original infinite homography and the intrinsic camera parameters, thereby calibrating the camera.
US08208027B2 Image shooting device and method for shooting image
An image shooting device for an object includes: a first light irradiation element for irradiating first light; a second light irradiation element for irradiating second light; an image shooting element; and a controller. A first irradiation region of the first light irradiation element is partially overlapped with a second irradiation region of the second light irradiation element. The controller controls the image shooting element to shoot a non-irradiation image of the object when no light irradiation element irradiates light. The controller controls the image shooting element to shoot a first image of the object when the first light irradiation element irradiates the first light. The controller controls the image shooting element to shoot a second image of the object when the second light irradiation element irradiates the second light.
US08208019B2 Wireless video surveillance system and method with external removable recording
A surveillance system and method with wireless communication between components for providing an external removable data storage device capable of recording digital representation of inputs captured by the system through at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and recorded by a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, thereby providing removable data transfer or copying for inputs from a secure surveillance system for monitoring a target environment.
US08208014B2 Electronic shopping cart display system
An advertising and promotion system including an electronic shopping cart display screen that provides wireless in-store advertising and promotions. In embodiments of the present invention, the advertising and promotion system includes a display unit attached to a shopping cart, a plurality of store-wide transceiver units, an audible alert component on the display unit for signaling receipt of information from the transceiver unit, a host computer for operating the advertising and promotion system, and a battery charger for powering the display unit. The display unit includes a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) panel for displaying animated graphic advertisements and other visual messages automatically exhibited in the proximity of a transceiver unit by a desired product display. The display unit may be interactive (i.e., capable of responding to user information requests and directions) or passive (i.e., only requiring the shopper to push the cart down the aisle where it will automatically receive a signal and alert the shopper to promotions and advertised specials).
US08208013B2 User-adjustable three-dimensional display system and method
A display system and method for providing user adjustability of displayed three-dimensional images. The system simultaneously displays a left-eye perspective view of an image and a right-eye perspective view of the same image, at a separation distance, and allows for the selective control of the separation distance via, for example, a user interface. The system and method allows multiple users to use multiple pieces of display hardware and quickly return each piece of display hardware to a user's own individualized preferences and compatibilities. It additionally allows a user to vary the display properties, such as providing extra foreshortening or stretching along the depth axis, quickly and simply.
US08208004B2 Device, methods, and media for providing multi-point video conferencing unit functions
Devices, methods, and media for providing multi-point video conferencing unit functions are provided. In some embodiments, devices for providing multi-point conferencing unit functions comprise: a combination of at least one input interface that receives a plurality of video signals, and that receives a visual layout from an EMCU end-point; a processor that selects a subset of the plurality of video signals; a combination of at least one output interface that sends the subset of the plurality of video signals to the EMCU end-point and that sends the visual layout to a video conferencing end-point, wherein the visual layout incorporates the subset of the plurality of video signals.
US08208003B2 Minimizing fast video update requests in a video conferencing system
In one embodiment, a method includes dropping an initial series of video frames received by a video conferencing system from a first endpoint that has entered a video conference session as a first participant. One or more fast video update (FVU) messages received by the video conferencing system from the first endpoint during an enabling time period are then discarded. A single FVU message is then to the first endpoint after the video conferencing system has become enabled with respect to the first endpoint. An I-frame received from the first endpoint in response to the single FVU message is then sent back to the first endpoint. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
US08207999B2 Method and apparatus for video telephony in mobile terminal
A method and apparatus for video telephony in a mobile terminal includes: extracting, after establishment of a video call, a facial feature from a video image captured by a camera unit of the mobile terminal, comparing the extracted facial feature with that of a pre-stored reference image, and correcting the video image according to the facial feature of the reference image. The corrected video image is transmitted to a counterpart of the video call.
US08207998B1 Commercial product routing system with video vending capability
A traffic control system selectively interfaces members of plural groups, as buyer groups and vendor groups, for video communication through a dial-up telephone system, for analyzing and compiling data, scheduling appointments, implementing conferences, consummating sales and the like. The traffic-control system comprises a telephonic interface apparatus for interfacing remote telephonic terminals of the dial-up telephone system identified with the members of plural groups, a video recording unit for recording and playing video transcriptions, a storage memory for storing data on the members, including telephonic terminal numbers and area-of-interest codes and a control computer to selectively interconnect the video recording unit with the remote telephone terminals through the telephonic interface apparatus to record and receive video communication.
US08207994B2 Light-emitting device, exposure device, image forming apparatus and signal supply method
The light-emitting device includes: light-emitting elements linearly arrayed at intervals corresponding to a first resolution; switch elements electrically connected to the light-emitting elements; a transfer signal supply unit supplying a transfer signal for transmitting an on state among the switch elements by alternately repeating operations of turning on one switch element and turning on two adjacent switch elements including the one switch element; and a light-emission signal supply unit supplying a light-emission signal corresponding to a second resolution being a half of the first resolution, at supply timing changed according to whether in a first mode for causing an odd-numbered light-emitting element and a next even-numbered one to emit light as a pair, or the second mode for causing an even-numbered light-emitting element and a next odd-numbered one to emit light as a pair, the light-emitting elements arrayed at positions corresponding to the numbers.
US08207993B2 Display driver and display driving method for processing gray-level compensation
A display driver and display driving method process display data received from a central processing unit (CPU) and output display data voltages. The display driver includes a synchronization controller that sends a reference synchronization signal to the CPU, and controls the CPU to synchronize a write clock with the reference synchronization signal and to send the write clock. A write clock detector detects whether the write clock is received from the CPU and outputs a selection signal in response. A frame memory receives and stores display data of a current frame synchronized with the write clock. A gray-level compensator generates gray-level compensated display data based on the display data of a current frame and display data of a previous frame previously stored in the frame memory. A selector outputs one of the gray-level compensated display data or the display data previously stored in the frame memory as scan data in response to the selection signal.
US08207987B2 Method and apparatus for producing digital cartoons
An apparatus for producing digital cartoons includes: an image collection unit for collecting photorealistic image data; and a cartooning processor for performing a rendering process including image abstraction and edge generation on the photorealistic image data collected by the image collection unit to generate cartooned images. The apparatus further includes a stylization unit for producing a cartoon page having various shapes of cartoon frames, resizing the cartooned images to place the resized images into the cartoon frames and adding cartoon elements to the images placed in the cartoon frames.
US08207986B2 Display control device, image processing apparatus and display control method
A display control device is provided, which can display, on a screen, a plurality of display objects related to a process object to undergo a predetermined process. The device comprises: an object-information acquisition unit that acquires information; an extraction unit that extracts some display objects having a specific relation with the process object; an importance-information acquisition unit that acquires information representing a degree of importance that the display object has in connection with display on the screen; and a control unit that displays the display objects extracted by the extraction unit in accordance with the information in a display region composed of substantially ring-shaped first to n-th regions (n is 2 or a gr ater integer) concentric to one another, such that a display object having a higher degree of importance than a display object displayed in an x-th region is displayed in an (x−1)th region located inside the x-th region.
US08207985B2 Image reproduction using a particular color space
The image processing apparatus executes a prescribed basic color space conversion regardless of content of the color space identification information when a reduced image is a processing target. The image processing apparatus executes a specified color space conversion utilizing a color space specified by the color space identification information when a main image is a processing target.
US08207984B2 Method and system for typesetting with multiple-color characters using layer fonts
One embodiment of a desktop publishing system including a typesetting software application, one or more families of layer fonts, and a layer font manager program. The layer font manager will automate the creation of copies of a text object selected within the typesetting application, and assign to those copies other fonts from the same layer font family as that of the original object. The layer font manager will additionally bind the original object together with the copies into a composite unit, keeping all copies precisely aligned. This embodiment will simplify the process of using layer fonts to set type with multiple-color characters.
US08207983B2 Overlaying videos on a display device
The embodiments of the present disclosure teach overlaying videos on a display device. The technique involves one or more buffers at input such as a first buffer (Primary Buffer) and an overlay buffer, a blitting module, a second buffer(Frame Buffer), and a display screen. The first buffer provides a first image data to the blitting module and the overlay buffer provides a second image data to the blitting module. The embodiments of the present disclosure demonstrate overlaying the second image on the first image with enhanced configurable functionality (like stretching, clipping, color keying, Alpha Blending and Raster Operation) if required, without modifying the Primary Buffer without the need of any overlay support in hardware.
US08207981B2 Apparatus and method of converting image signal for four-color display device, and display device including the same
A method of converting image signals for a display device including six-color subpixels is provided, which includes: classifying three-color input image signals into maximum, middle, and minimum; decomposing the classified signals into six-color components; determining a maximum among the six-color components; calculating a scaling factor; and extracting six-color output signals.
US08207980B2 Coordinate computations for non-power of 2 texture maps
A graphic processing system to compute a texture coordinate. An embodiment of the graphic processing system includes a memory device, a texture coordinate generator, and a display device. The memory device is configured to store a plurality of texture maps. The texture coordinate generator is coupled to the memory device. The texture coordinate generator is configured to compute a final texture coordinate using an arithmetic operation exclusive of a division operation. The display device is coupled to the texture coordinate generator. The display device is configured to display a representation of one of the plurality of texture maps according to the final texture coordinate. Embodiments of the graphic processing system facilitate a simple hardware implementation using operations other than division.
US08207978B2 Simplification of 3D texture address computation based on aligned, non-perspective objects
Apparatus, systems and methods for the simplification of 3D texture address computations based on aligned, non-perspective objects are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed including receiving a texture address of a first pixel and determining a texture address of a second pixel by applying at least one offset to the texture address of the first pixel. Other implementations are also disclosed.
US08207977B1 System, method, and computer program product for changing a refresh rate based on an identified hardware aspect of a display system
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for changing a refresh rate of a display system. In use, an aspect of hardware of a display system is identified. To this end, a refresh rate of the display system may be changed based on the identified aspect.
US08207973B2 Systems and methods for control signal and data transmission between various types of electronic modules
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a transmitter, a converter, and a receiver. The transmitter transmits data and a control signal. The converter receives the control signal from the transmitter and converts the control signal. The receiver receives the data from the transmitter via a data bus isolated from the converter and receives the converted control signal from the converter. The data transmitted from the transmitter is directly electrically connected to the receiver.
US08207970B2 Storage medium storing object control program and information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction.
US08207968B1 Method and apparatus for irradiance caching in computing indirect lighting in 3-D computer graphics
An irradiance caching method and apparatus that reduces the number of cache points by determining cache points with appropriately anisotropic areas of influence. At each query point when building an irradiance cache, the irradiance gradients of neighborhood cache points may be determined. If the irradiance gradients of neighborhood cache point(s) along a vector in a particular direction are the same as or similar to the irradiance gradient at the query points, the new cache points are spaced farther apart along vectors in that direction. This results in elliptical regions of influence around cache points in regions around the intersections of two surfaces where the irradiance gradient is changing more rapidly along vectors perpendicular to the intersections and less rapidly or not much at all along vectors parallel to the intersections.
US08207963B2 System and method for performing motion capture and image reconstruction
A system and method are described for performing motion capture on a subject. For example, a computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the invention comprise: creating a scalar field for the three-dimensional (3-D) capture volume of the subject; generating a surface mesh for the scalar field; retaining good vertices and removing bad vertices of the surface mesh; and storing the good vertices for use in subsequent reconstruction of the motion of the subject. Another computer-implemented method comprises: capturing a series of image frames of the subject over a period of time each frame each frame having a plurality of vertices defining a captured surface of the subject; establishing a reference frame having one or more of the plurality of vertices; performing frame-to-frame tracking to identify vertices within the N′th frame based on the (N−1)′th frame or an earlier frame; and performing reference-to-frame tracking to identify vertices within the N′th frame based on the reference frame to counter potential drift between the frames. Yet another computer-implemented method comprises: capturing motion capture data including a plurality of images of the N vertices during a motion capture session; retrospectively identifying X of the N vertices to track across the plurality of images where X
US08207962B2 Stereo graphics system based on depth-based image rendering and processing method thereof
A stereo graphics system based on depth-based image rendering is disclosed. A master pipeline renders a first image from graphics data and derives a depth image relating to the first image. A rendering unit accesses the first image and the depth image from the master pipeline and renders a second image based on the first image and the depth image. First and second frame buffers retrieves and stores the first and second images, and a compositor accesses the first and second images from the frame buffers and combines the images to generate a resulting image.
US08207961B2 3D graphic processing device and stereoscopic image display device using the 3D graphic processing device
A stereoscopic image display device for displaying a three dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image in real-time by using a 3D graphic contained within a 2D image. The stereoscopic image display device includes a controller, a 3D graphic processor, a driver, and a display unit. The controller receives 3D graphic data and a synchronization signal, and outputs a control signal and the 3D graphic data. The 3D graphic processor generates a plurality of stereoscopic matrices used to generate 3D stereoscopic image data for a plurality of viewing points according to the control signal, and transforms the 3D graphic data into 3D stereoscopic image data using the plurality of stereoscopic matrices. The driver generates a driving signal based on the image data output from the 3D graphic processor and the output control signal. The display unit displays an image corresponding to the image data according to the driving signal.
US08207950B2 User interface enhancement system
A user interface enhancement system that includes a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid contained within the fluid vessel that cooperates with the sheet to transmit an image through the sheet without substantial obstruction, a displacement device that influences the volume of fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and an attachment component that couples the sheet to the device is disclosed.
US08207941B2 Lens module and optical mouse using the same
In a lens module and an optical mouse using the lens module, the lens module includes a substrate, a light guide rod and a carrying base. The light guide rod is extended from the substrate along a predetermined direction and has a light incident surface. The carrying base is connected with the light incident surface and has a carrying surface for carrying a light source of the optical mouse. The substrate, the light guide rod and the carrying base are integrated into one piece. The lens module has lower cost.
US08207938B2 Signal filtering method and electronic device
A signal filtering method for filtering signals obtained at a number of time points by an electronic device is provided. Each of the signals corresponds to an i-th value at an i-th time point of the abovementioned time points, and the i-th value and an (i+1)-th value are defined as an i-th ordering sequence, wherein i is a positive integer. Each of the i-th ordering sequence and an (i+1)-th ordering sequence conforms to a first strict monotonicity. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, whether an (i+2)-th ordering sequence conforms to a second strict monotonicity is determined. If yes, then execute the next step. Determine whether an (i+3)-th ordering sequence conforms to the second strict monotonicity. If not, a signal obtained at an (i+3)-th time point is deleted.
US08207937B2 Communication protocol for networked devices
A communication protocol in a wireless network of a transceiver and a plurality of devices, in which at least one device is a bidirectional device, and in which one or more other devices can be unidirectional devices. The unidirectional device communicates with the transceiver in a unidirectional mode from the device to the transceiver and the bidirectional device communicates with the transceiver either in a bidirectional mode or in an unidirectional mode from the device to the transceiver. The communication protocol is configured to determine which transmission mode is to be used for each device. Various techniques are provided in order to optimize the time and energy spent to transmit information from one peer to the other.
US08207933B2 Backlight unit, liquid crystal display device including the same, and method of driving liquid crystal display device
A backlight unit includes a substrate and has a plurality of light emitting areas. In each light emitting area, at least one light emitting diode and a bypass current path are connected in parallel between a connection node and a switching unit. The switching unit is configured to connect a selected one of the light emitting diode and the bypass unit to the connection node of the next light emitting area.
US08207931B2 Method of displaying a low dynamic range image in a high dynamic range
A method of increasing the dynamic range of an image comprising a plurality of pixels each having a luminance value within a first luminance dynamic range. The method includes determining a background luminance value for each pixel of the image and determining a minimum and a maximum of the background luminance values. A conversion factor is then determined for each pixel of the image based on the minimum and maximum of the background luminance values. The image id converted from the first luminance dynamic range to a second luminance dynamic range by multiplying the luminance value of each pixel of the image by its conversion factor.
US08207930B2 Display device including a test pad configuration for an improved inspection test
The present invention relates to a display device. The display device includes a display panel having gate lines and data lines, a driving chip mounted on the display panel, and a flexible printed circuit film (FPC) attached to the display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of first to third pads, a first switching element, a second switching element, a first test pad, and a second test pad. The plurality of first to third pads are sequentially disposed and electrically connected with each other. The first switching element is interposed between the first pad and the second pad. The second switching element is connected to the third pad. The first test pad is commonly connected to control terminals of the first and second switching elements. The second test pad is connected to an input terminal of the second switching element. According to the present invention, processing time and production yield can be increased by improving the detection performance in a visual inspection test process.
US08207928B2 Method for controlling pixel brightness in a display device
The invention relates to an active matrix display device comprising a display with a plurality of display pixels, a data input for receiving a data signal and a controller for distributing said data signal over said display pixels to generate an image on said display with an overall brightness value for each display pixel during at least one frame period. The device is adapted to divide said frame period for at least one subset of said display pixels such that said display pixels of said at least one subset have at least a light output at a first non-zero brightness level during a first sub-period of said frame period and at a second non-zero brightness level during a second sub-period of said frame period, the time averaged sum of said brightness levels being substantially equal to said overall brightness level.
US08207926B2 Liquid crystal display device
In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device is disclosed, each pixel includes first and second subpixels, each of which includes a storage capacitor. Storage capacitor counter voltages applied independently to the storage capacitor counter electrodes of the first and second subpixels are varied within each vertical scanning period of the input video signal. As a result, each vertical scanning period of the input video signal includes a first subframe in which the first and second subpixels have luminances Y_SP1_A and Y_SP2_A, respectively, and a second subframe SFB in which the first and second subpixels have luminances Y_SP1_B and Y_SP2_B, respectively, where Y_SP1_A≠Y_SP2_A, Y_SP1_B≠Y_SP2_B, and Y_SP1_A≠Y_SP1_B or Y_SP2_A≠Y_SP2_B are satisfied. As a result, the viewing angle dependence of the γ characteristic can be reduced with the decrease in the transmittance of the liquid crystal display device minimized.
US08207924B2 Display device
A display device improves brightness while minimizing an increase in the number of source drivers. When a value obtained by dividing the length of a display screen in a row direction by the number of pixels in the row direction is a length corresponding to one pixel in the row direction, one period of color arrangement in the row direction is a length corresponding to two pixels. One such period of color arrangement includes two groups of subpixels that include first subpixels of the light's three primary colors of red (R), green (G) and blue (B), that are arranged in a row and that have the same subpixel configuration; and at least one additional subpixel. Scanning lines extending in the row direction and signal lines extending in the column direction are connected to the first subpixels and the at least one additional subpixel.
US08207922B2 Liquid crystal display
The liquid crystal display comprises a first substrate including a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, a second substrate with an opposed electrode formed on, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The thickness d1 of the liquid crystal layer on the first pixel electrode in the first pixel region is larger than the thickness d2 of the liquid crystal layer on the second pixel electrode in the second pixel region. The first pixel region includes a first partial region and a second partial region where the threshold voltage is higher than in the first partial region. The second pixel region includes a third partial region and a fourth partial region where the threshold voltage is higher than in the third partial region. The threshold voltage in the first partial region and the threshold voltage in the third partial region are equal to each other, and the threshold voltage in the second partial region and the threshold voltage in the fourth partial region are equal to each other. Thus, it is possible to prevent large changes in the chromaticity due to gradation and visual angle changes, which lead to the prevention of the occurrence of the coloring. Thus, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display having good display quality.
US08207914B2 OLED display with aging compensation
A method of compensating image signals for driving an OLED display having a plurality of light-emitting elements having outputs that change with time or use, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a measured or estimated first value of the current used by individual light-emitting elements in response to known image signals at a first time; b) specifying multiple groups of light-emitting elements at a second time, wherein at least one of the specified groups contains at least one light-emitting element common to another specified group; c) measuring total currents used by each of the specified groups in response to known image signals at a second time; d) forming an estimated second value of the current used by individual light-emitting elements based on the measured total currents, e) calculating correction values for individual light-emitting elements based on the difference between the first and second current values, and f) employing the correction values to compensate image signals for the changes in the output of the light-emitting elements and produce compensated image signals.
US08207909B2 Image processing apparatus and image processing method
If an image acquired from a video camera (113) contains a two-dimensional bar code as information unique to an operation input device (116), information unique to the video camera (113) and the information unique to the operation input device (116) are managed in a shared memory (107) in association with each other.
US08207901B2 Antenna for underwater communications
An antenna comprises first and second radiating elements for connecting to a first and second potential levels respectively. The first and second potential levels are substantially different for generating an electrostatic field from the first and the second radiating elements. The antenna further comprises first and second field shaping structures for controlling field propagation in a first and second direction respectively. The first and second field shaping structures are interdisplaced for defining a field pathway while the first and second radiating elements are disposed adjacent to the first and second field shaping structures and along the field pathway for directing the electrostatic field in a propagation direction through a liquid medium. More specifically, the propagation direction is defined by the field pathway and substantially perpendicular to at least one of the first and second directions.
US08207899B2 Folded dipole antenna device and mobile radio terminal
Disclosed is a folded dipole antenna device which is of an unbalanced feed type and includes an antenna element of approximately plate-like loop structure, connected to an antenna feed point and an antenna ground provided on a base plate. In the folded dipole antenna device, the antenna element of loop structure includes a pair of first element sections which extend approximately parallel to the base plate, a second element section formed by merging element sections that are folded back from both ends of the first element sections and extend approximately parallel to the first element sections, and a third element section which extends from a folded top part of the second element section toward the first element sections and an end part thereof is close to the first element sections.
US08207898B2 Antenna unit and communication apparatus
An antenna unit and a communication apparatus are provided, which are operable with respect to wireless systems having three, or more frequencies by employing 2 sets of antenna elements, and which can realize such an antenna structure having a high freedom degree, while the antenna structure can be applied to frequency arrangements as to the plurality of wireless systems. An antenna unit includes a first antenna element 11 connected to a first wireless system operated in a first frequency band, to which electric power is fed; and a second antenna element 12 connected to a second wireless system operated in a second frequency band and a third frequency band, to which electric power is fed; in which the first antenna element 11 and the second antenna element 12 are arranged in a predetermined interval in a substantially parallel manner; and a cut off section 16 for electrically cutting off a connection between the first antenna element 11 and the first wireless system is provided at a power feeding portion “P1 ” of the first antenna element 11.
US08207893B2 Space-filling miniature antennas
A novel geometry, the geometry of Space-Filling Curves (SFC) is defined in the present invention and it is used to shape a part of an antenna. By means of this novel technique, the size of the antenna can be reduced with respect to prior art, or alternatively, given a fixed size the antenna can operate at a lower frequency with respect to a conventional antenna of the same size.
US08207891B1 Lightweight, man-portable, wideband, phased array ISR system
A man-portable phased array ISR system includes a multilayer panel. A first panel layer includes a subarray layer having a plurality of sensors for detecting and receiving radiofrequency information. A second panel layer includes a digital data storage system to digitize, record and store the radiofrequency information. A third panel layer includes a command and communication link. A fourth panel layer includes a nanoparticle ultra-capacitor energy storage system adapted to provide power to the subarray, to the digital data storage system and to the command and communication link. The plurality of sensors may be receive-only sensors for radio-frequency data collection. The first panel layer may include integral beamforming systems having a predetermined frequency range for transmit an receive radar signal formation and data collection.
US08207886B2 Model-based tomographic reconstruction
A model-based approach to estimating wall positions for a building is developed and tested using simulated data. It borrows two techniques from geophysical inversion problems, layer stripping and stacking, and combines them with a model-based estimation algorithm that minimizes the mean-square error between the predicted signal and the data. The technique is designed to process multiple looks from an ultra wideband radar array. The processed signal is time-gated and each section processed to detect the presence of a wall and estimate its position, thickness, and material parameters. The floor plan of a building is determined by moving the array around the outside of the building. In this paper we describe how the stacking and layer stripping algorithms are combined and show the results from a simple numerical example of three parallel walls.
US08207885B2 Adjustable pulse width ground penetrating radar
A ground penetrating radar system is described that is able to create both low frequency, wide pulses, and high frequency, narrow pulses, to enable both deep and shallow operation of the ground penetrating radar on demand, including simultaneous operation.
US08207884B2 Apparatus for detecting radar signals and the method thereof
A method for detecting radar signals comprises the steps of: receiving signals detected by a master device; receiving signals detected by a slave device; detecting radar pulses from the signals received by the master device; detecting radar pulses from the signals received by the slave device; and determining radar signals by combining the radar pulses detected by the master device and slave device.
US08207883B2 Portable terminal and method for remote control of electronic products
Disclosed is a method for remote control of electronic products using a portable terminal. The portable terminal performs a remote control function in the remote control mode. When communication is tried during the remote control mode, the portable terminal terminates the remote control mode and displays the communication state to provide a communication service upon a user's selection. When the communication ends, the portable terminal returns to the remote control mode.
US08207881B2 High speed low voltage flash
An analog-to-digital converter comprising: first and second sets of ordered nodes, each first node having a corresponding second node; for each first node, a respective first resistor and current source pair, the resistor of each pair being connected to a first converter input and the current source of each pair being coupled to the respective first node; for each second node, a respective second resistor and current source pair, the resistor of each pair being connected to a second converter input and the current source of each pair being coupled to the respective second node; and a plurality of first comparators, each first comparator having its first input connected to a first node and its second input connected to the corresponding second node; wherein each of the first resistor and current source pairs are configured so as to provide an orderly progression of voltages at the first nodes and each of the second resistor and current source pairs are configured so as to provide an orderly progression of voltages at the second nodes.
US08207877B2 Serial interface, apparatus including the same, and method of using the same
An apparatus for transferring serial data (e.g., a serial interface using a single wire) generally includes a detector configured to detect a first level time period and a second level time period of an input signal, and a computing unit configured to compute a duty or duty cycle of the input signal and generate an output signal based on the duty or duty cycle.
US08207876B2 Memory efficient indexing for disk-based compression
A network optimization device may receive a stream of data and generate a signature for a plurality of fixed length overlapping windows of the stream of data. The device may select a predetermined number of the generated signatures for each Ln-byte segment of the data stream, wherein Ln is greater than a length of each of the windows. The network device may store the selected signatures in a bucketed hash table that includes a linked-list of entries for each bucket.
US08207875B2 Encoder that optimizes bit allocation for information sub-parts
A encoder/decoder architecture (200, 300, 700) that uses an arithmetic encoder (220) to encode the MSB portions of the output of a Factorial Pulse Coder (212), that encodes the output of a first-level source encoder (210), e.g., MDCT. Sub-parts (e.g., frequency bands) of portions (e.g., frames) of the signal are suitably sorted in increasing order based on a measure related to signal energy (e.g., signal energy itself). Doing this in a system (100) that overlays Arithmetic Encoding on Factorial Pulse coding results in bits being re-allocated to bands with higher signal energy content, ultimately yielding higher signal quality and higher bit utilization efficiency.
US08207871B2 Express cook feature
A method and apparatus for controlling a cooking apparatus is provided including a microprocessor responsive to a set of user actuable keypads. The control comprises a numeric selector for initiating a cook time duration in minutes corresponding to the numeric selector with a first press. The same numeric selector can add (x) time in seconds to the cook time duration with a second press. And any numeric selector can then add ½ (x) time in seconds to the cook time duration with a third press.
US08207868B2 Display device
A display device includes a camera for capturing an image around a vehicle body; a monitor provided in a vehicle interior; and a display control unit for controlling a display of the monitor. The monitor has a rectangle-shaped display face, and is supported switchably between a vertically elongated posture and a horizontally elongated posture. When the monitor is switched to the vertically elongated posture, based on an image captured by the camera, the display control unit displays a top view image of a road surface around the vehicle body seen from above on the monitor.
US08207867B2 Method and device for landing aircraft dependent on runway occupancy time
A technique for landing aircraft using an aircraft landing accident avoidance device is disclosed. The technique includes determining at least two probability distribution functions; determining a safe lower limit on a separation between a lead aircraft and a trail aircraft on a glide slope to the runway; determining a maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate on the runway based on the safe lower limit and the probability distribution functions; directing the trail aircraft to enter the glide slope with a target separation from the lead aircraft corresponding to the maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate; while the trail aircraft is in the glide slope, determining an actual separation between the lead aircraft and the trail aircraft; and directing the trail aircraft to execute a go-around maneuver if the actual separation approaches the safe lower limit. Probability distribution functions include runway occupancy time, and landing time interval and/or inter-arrival distance.
US08207862B2 Under-voltage warning circuit
An under-voltage warning circuit includes a Zener diode, a transistor, an annunciator, and a thyristor. When the power source is within a certain range, the annunciator does not work. When the voltage level of the power source V_in is lower than the predetermined value, the annunciator works to denote that the power source is under-voltage.
US08207857B2 Detection device
The invention relates to a detection device for piece goods, in particular textiles. Starting from the marking of textiles with RFID tags that can be read out with the use of a reader, as is known from the prior art, a detection device for textiles is produced within the scope of the present invention, in which electromagnetic fields of different orientation are generated with the use of at least two antennas arranged at a defined angle to each other, and this ensures that the electronic markings of the piece goods disposed in a counting cage may be reliably read out independently of their relative arrangement in the space.
US08207856B2 Systems and methods for RFID tag arbitration where RFID tags generate multiple random numbers for different arbitration sessions
A radio frequency identification device (RFID) tag includes a processor, a memory configured to store an identification number that distinguishes the tag from other tags, and a transponder coupled to the memory and the processor. The tag arbitrates by selecting a random number in response to an inventory query from a reader. The tag responds to the reader depending on the random number selected. The tag is configured for multiple concurrent inventory session arbitrations with multiple readers by separately storing random numbers for respective inventory session arbitrations.
US08207852B2 Audible alert lock
The present invention relates to an alert alarm lock system comprising: a lock; a cable assembly, where the lock may place the cable assembly in a locked position or an unlocked position; a copper conductor, where the copper conductor runs along the length of the cable assembly; a power source that provides power to the components of the lock system; a speaker that emits an audible alert; a wireless chip that transmits a RF signal to a remote receiver; a mechanism to initiate the alert and the transfer of the RF signal from the wireless chip.
US08207851B2 System and method for tracking shopping behavior
The present invention provides a system and method for tracking an interrogator relay unit disposed on a shopping cart within a store. The method comprises emitting an RF interrogation signal using the IRU; receiving, at the IRU, location data from an RFID tag in response to the RF interrogation signal; transmitting the location data, an identification information of the IRU, and timestamp data to a remote server using the IRU; and generating a behavior report using the transmitted location data, the identification information, and the timestamp data.
US08207841B2 Vehicle information display and method
An information display system for a vehicle includes an information display for displaying a plurality of selectable information display levels according to an information display hierarchy. Each selectable information display level may include one or more visual gauges for conveying vehicle information. Each successive selectable information display level may include additional and/or alternative vehicle information when compared to the preceding selectable information display level. The information display system further includes a controller configured to display the plurality of selectable information display levels according to an at least one driver input. In this way, the information display can display a particular selectable information display level best suited to a driver's individual preferences or understanding of the vehicle's operations.
US08207835B2 Vehicle safety device
A vehicle safety system that provides an improved line of sight for oncoming traffic as the vehicle is backed out of a parking space. A set of rear side looking cameras input video information to a display used by the vehicle driver. The cameras are positioned on the rear side portion of the vehicle and are directed generally to traffic coming from the rear left or right side of the vehicle. The camera is automatically activated when the transmission is placed in reverse. The camera video is input to a driver display that allows the driver to view oncoming traffic before the vehicle backs into the traffic lane. The system can also be used to monitor blind spots when a turn signal is activated prior to a lane change.
US08207830B2 Network communication system
A network communication system (2) for two-way communication comprises: —at least one group of network devices (11); —at least one command device (20) capable of issuing at least one command signal (SC); 5—coordinating means (40) provided with a network definition memory (41) and with a device status memory (42). A network device, in response to receiving a command signal (SC), sends an acknowledgement signal (SA) to the command device. The coordinating means, in response to receiving a command signal for a 10 network device, watches for the corresponding acknowledgement signal from that network device and, in case of that network device failing to timely send the acknowledgement signal, amends in said device status memory (42) the status information (M(i)) relating to said network device. The coordinating means automatically removes a potentially defective 15 network device from the network definition memory (41) on entry of a network amendment mode.
US08207827B2 Methods and systems for sensing upon radiation exposure
A method for sensing physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of an environment is provided. The method comprises using a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor component having a predetermined range of power initiation levels and having predetermined resonant circuit parameters comprising the steps of activating the RFID sensor component and determining whether a range of power levels, needed for activating the sensor component, is below the predetermined range of power initiation levels; sensing at least one of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the environment; quantifying the sensed characteristic of the environment using one or more selected resonant parameters, wherein the selection of parameters is based in part on the range of power levels needed to activate the sensor.
US08207825B2 RFID reader with receiver clock derived from transmitter output
An RFID reader is operable to receive an inbound RF signal during transmission of an outbound RF signal. The inbound RF signal may be a modulated, backscattered signal from a tag that has substantially the same frequency as the outbound RF signal or at a different frequency from the outbound RF signal. The receiver section of the RFID reader is operable to down convert the inbound RF signal by using a transmitter signal generated by the transmitter section to generate at least one local oscillation signal. The receiver section then processes and digitizes the down converted inbound RF signal to produce an encoded inbound signal.
US08207821B2 Lighting methods and systems
Methods and systems are provided for lighting systems, including high output linear lighting systems for various environments. The linear lighting systems may include power systems for driving light sources in high-voltage environments.
US08207820B2 Location localization method and system
A location localization method and system. The method includes transmitting by an RFID tag reader, a request for locating a passive RFID tag in a facility. The RFID tag reader receives from a first group of active RFID tags, a first date/time associated with first data. The RFID tag reader transmits to the first group of active RFID tags, a request for retrieving the first data. The first data comprises distances between each active RFID tag of the first group and the passive RFID tag. The RFID tag reader receives the first data. The RFID tag reader receives a map of the facility and locations on the map for the first group of active RFID tags. The RFID tag reader determines a location within the facility for the passive RFID tag based on the first data, the map, and the locations on the map. The RFID tag reader transmits the first location to a user.
US08207819B2 System and method of using rewritable paper for displaying product information on product displays
The invention provides systems, methods, and computer program products for the display of product information in or about a store. In particular, systems and methods are provided that use information from an in-store communication network to display product information on a rewritable paper at designated points within or about a store including product displays. A system and method for communicating through the in-store communication network printing and erasing instructions from a system controller to a printer located on a product display for printing and erasing the product information on the rewritable paper positioned about a display surface of the product display.
US08207815B2 Facility access integrated with other security systems
Systems and methods for integrating facility access with other security systems are described. An individual seeking access authorization to a facility may be identified with a biometric parameter such as an iris scan. If authorized, the system may allow entry by disabling the alarm system, and a time period for access may be determined based on one or more characteristics associated with the individual. These characteristics may include the functional role of the individual at the facility and/or the location of the facility itself. Moreover, this facility access authorization system may be integrated with a network access authorization system associated with the facility so that when an individual gains access to the facility for a specific time period, the system is also able to determine how long the individual may access its network resources.
US08207814B2 Kit and system for providing security access to a door using power over ethernet with data persistence and fire alarm control panel integration
The present disclosure describes embodiments of a power-over-ethernet (“POE”) controller and an access control system comprising the same. In an embodiment, the access control system includes a POE controller configured to couple with a Fire Access Control Panel of an automated Fire Detection System. The access control system may further include one or more peripheral devices coupled with the POE controller and configured to be powered with electrical power received via an ethernet port of the POE controller. The peripheral devices may include an access device, a door strike, and a digital output device. Embodiments of a kit containing one or more partially or fully assembled components of the access control system are also described.
US08207813B2 Electronic device and method
A varistor pre-assembly includes an electrode formable structure and a sinterable mass proximate to electrode formable structure. The electrode formable structure includes a material having a melting point that may be within a determined temperature relative to a sintering temperature of the sinterable mass. The electrode formable structure and sinterable mass may form a varistor when simultaneously subjected to the sintering temperature, which may be less than about 1000 degrees Celsius. A method to make the article is also provided.
US08207811B2 Inductor and electric power supply using it
A printed wiring board including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the second surface, a first conductive circuit formed on the first surface of the substrate, a second conductive circuit formed on the second surface of the substrate, a magnetic body embedded in the substrate and extending in a thickness direction of the substrate, the magnetic body having a through-hole formed through the magnetic body and extending in the thickness direction of the substrate, and a through-hole conductor formed on an inner surface of the through-hole of the magnetic body such that the first and second conductive circuits are electrically connected to each other through the through-hole conductor.
US08207808B2 Coil component
A coil component includes a core formed by a magnetic material, a coil embedded in the core, a part of a terminal portion of the coil protruded from a side surface of the core, and a tabular terminal, a part thereof protruded from the side surface of the core and partly connected with the protruded part of the terminal portion of the coil. The protruded part of the terminal portion of the coil and the protruded part of the tabular terminal are respectively bent toward the bottom surface side of the core along the side surface of the core, and the protruded and bent part of the terminal portion of the coil is arranged between the protruded and bent part of the tabular terminal and the core.
US08207807B2 Coil
A coil is formed by coaxially winding a second winding so as to be in intimate contact with an outer circumferential portion of a first winding wound about a winding shaft axis. In the first winding, one side of a winding wire is wound from an inner circumferential side to an outer circumferential side, the other side of the winding wire is drawn forth from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side, while crossing the one side of the winding wire, and a thickness in a direction of the winding shaft axis in crossing portions of the one side of the winding wire and the other side of the winding wire is equal to a thickness in other portions.
US08207798B1 Matching network with switchable capacitor bank
Embodiments of circuits, apparatuses, and systems for a matching network having a switchable capacitor bank are disclosed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08207796B2 Stripline termination circuit having resonators
A technique of realizing a termination circuit using coupled resonators in stripline configuration of a circuit presented. The circuit absorbs RF energy incident on its input over a frequency band of interest, and dissipates it in to the dielectric substrate, thereby acting like an effective termination in the frequency band. The resonant elements may be constructed in edge-coupled or broad-side coupled stripline configuration. The technique may be extended to build microstrip line termination with edge-coupled resonators. The technique may further be extended to realize attenuators over a narrow band.
US08207794B2 Phase locked loop and 3-stage frequency divider
The phase locked loop has a phase-frequency detector (PFD), a loop filter (LF), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and a 3-stage frequency divider. The PFD receives a reference signal and a feedback signal to determine phase and frequency errors. The LF), coupled to the phase-frequency detector, filters the phase and frequency errors to generate a control voltage. The VCO, coupled to the loop filter, generates a VCO output signal according to the control voltage. The 3-stage frequency divider, coupled to the voltage controlled oscillator, divides the frequency of the VCO output signal 3 times to generate the feedback signal. The 3-stage frequency divider comprises three cascaded frequency dividers with different rangers of operating frequencies.
US08207789B2 Differential amplifier circuit
Provided is a differential amplifier circuit with a small circuit size. When a differential voltage (Vinp−Vinn) is higher than a predetermined voltage, a PMOS transistor (4) is turned ON. At this time, a current source (12) is connected in parallel to a current source (11), and the current source (12) supplies a drive current to a differential amplifier circuit (10). In other words, the current sources (11 and 12), rather than only the current source (11), supply a total current (I11+I12) to the differential amplifier circuit (10) as the drive current. Accordingly, a slew rate of an output voltage (Vout) is increased. Two PMOS transistors and the current source (12) are simply required for controlling the slew rate of the output voltage (Vout), and hence the differential amplifier circuit (10) is small in circuit size.
US08207788B2 Calibrated feedback
A differential feedback amplifier is provided with a feedback network wherein that feedback network is adjustable so as to improve the PSRR of the amplifier. In another aspect of the present invention, a differential feedback amplifier is provided with a feedback network wherein that feedback network is adjustable so as to improve the CMRR of the amplifier. In a further aspect of the present invention, a Class D amplifier is provided with a passive differential feedback, summing with an input current at a differential virtual ground produced by an amplifier which is a sub-section of the Class D amplifier.
US08207781B2 SPDT switch for radio frequency switching and method for enhancing isolation thereof
Provided is an SPDT switch having improved isolation characteristics in an RF band. The SPDT switch includes a serial switching unit, a current sink unit, a switching isolation unit, and a DC blocking unit. The serial switching unit includes first and second HBTs. The current sink unit sinks a current flowing from a common input terminal to each of first and second output terminals of the serial switching unit. The switching isolation unit causes an unselected output terminal of the first and second output terminals to be electrically isolated from the common input terminal when the serial switching unit operates. The DC blocking unit blocks a DC between the first HBT and the first output terminal and a DC between the second HBT and the second output terminal. Accordingly, it is possible to provide better insertion-loss and isolation characteristics in higher frequency bands than typical switches.
US08207780B2 Electronic control module for a JFET transistor
An electronic control module for a field effect transistor includes a gate, a drain and a source. The electronic control module includes: a control circuit including: a power supply able to provide a fixed potential to the gate of the field effect transistor; and an amplifier stage able to vary the potential of the source of the field effect transistor with relation to the potential of the gate of the field effect transistor; and a field effect transistor whose gate is connected to the fixed potential; and source is connected to the amplifier stage.
US08207779B2 Control circuits and methods for controlling switching devices
A control circuit for controlling a switching device having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal is disclosed. The control circuit includes a first diode for coupling to the first terminal of the switching device, a second diode for coupling to the second terminal of the switching device, a first transistor for coupling to the control terminal of the switching device, and a second transistor coupled to the second diode. The first transistor is coupled to the first diode. The control circuit is configured to allow current flow in only one direction between the first and second terminals of the switching device.
US08207775B2 VOL up-shifting level shifters
A representative level-shifter comprises a dynamically biased current source circuit that receives a first voltage, a first and a second unidirectional current-conducting devices, a first and a second pull-down devices, and a pull-up device. The first and second unidirectional current-conducting devices are coupled to the dynamically biased current source circuit. A voltage output of the level-shifter is located at a first node that is located between the current-constant circuit and the second unidirectional current-conducting device. The first and second pull-down devices are coupled to the first and second unidirectional current-conducting devices, respectively. The pull-up device receives a second voltage and is coupled to the dynamically biased current source circuit and the first unidirectional current-conducting device. The pull-up device is configured to dynamically bias the dynamically biased current source circuit such that a voltage drop of the second unidirectional current-conducting device is output at the voltage output responsive to the pull-up device outputting the second voltage to the dynamically biased current source circuit, the first pull-down device being non-conducting and the second pull-down device being conducting.
US08207766B2 Method and apparatus for quantization noise reduction in fractional-N PLLs
A first current source supplies a first charge amount responsive to a first pulse signal from the phase frequency detector and a second current source supplies a second charge amount according to a fixed value and a variable value. The variable value corresponds to a phase difference between a first feedback clock signal and a hypothesized feedback clock signal with reduced quantization noise. The first and second charge amounts are of opposite polarity. A single set of first and second current sources perform the functions of charge pump and noise reduction DAC.
US08207764B2 Enhancement of power management using dynamic voltage and frequency scaling and digital phase lock loop high speed bypass mode
An apparatus for clock/voltage scaling includes a device power manager arranged to supply a scalable frequency clock to an interface; a delay-locked loop, supplied by a constant fixed frequency clock and a constant voltage, arranged to generate a unique code depending on process, voltage, and/or temperature; and controlled delay line elements coupled to the delay-locked loop, arranged to generate an appropriate delayed data strobe based on the unique code. A method for a digital phase lock loop high speed bypass mode includes providing a first digital phase lock loop in a first high speed clock domain; providing a second digital phase lock loop in a second clock domain; controlling an output of a first glitchless multiplexer according to preselected settings using a device power manager synchronized locally; and controlling an output of a second glitchless multiplexer using a control logic element of the second digital phase lock loop.
US08207763B1 Non-linear channelizer device with wideband, high-frequency operation and channel reconfigurability
A semiconductor non-linear channelizer device comprises an array of N first order, bi-stable semiconductor circuit cells. The circuit cells are uni-directionally coupled from a first circuit cell to another circuit cell, where N is an integer greater than 1. A signal input trace is coupled to each of the circuit cells and a signal output trace is coupled from each of the circuit cells.
US08207761B2 Semiconductor device and operation mode switch method
A semiconductor device has: a pull-up circuit connectable to an internal terminal; a pull-down circuit connectable to the internal terminal; and an operation mode switch circuit. The operation mode switch circuit switches an operation mode based on a potential of the internal terminal when the pull-up circuit is connected to the internal terminal and a potential of the internal terminal when the pull-down circuit is connected to the internal terminal.
US08207759B2 MIPI analog switch for automatic selection of multiple inputs based on clock voltages
An MIPI interface is connected to two sensor sources that each may be transferring both high and low speed information, typically video information in the high speed state. The clock signals are monitored and when one of the clock signals exceed a threshold, an analog switch between the MIPI interface and the sensors, may connect the other source to the MIPI interface.
US08207752B2 Fault-tolerant multi-chip module
A multi-chip module (MCM) is described. This MCM includes multiple sites, where a given site in the multiple sites includes multiple chips with proximity connectors that communicate information through proximity communication within the MCM via multiple components associated with the given site. Note that the MCM includes global redundancy and local redundancy at the given site. In particular, the global redundancy involves providing one or more redundant sites in the multiple sites. Furthermore, the local redundancy involves providing one or more redundant chips in the multiple chips and one or more redundant components in the multiple components.
US08207750B2 Circuit for continuously measuring discontinuous metal insulator transition of MIT element and MIT sensor using the same
Provided are a circuit for continuously measuring a discontinuous metal-insulator transition (MIT) of an MIT element and an MIT sensor using the circuit. The circuit comprises a to-be-measured object unit including the MIT element having a discontinuous MIT occurring at the transition voltage thereof, a power supply unit applying a predetermined pulse current or voltage signal to the to-be-measured object unit, a measurement unit measuring the discontinuous MIT of the MIT element, and a microprocessor controlling the power supply unit and the measurement unit. The discontinuous MIT measurement circuit continuously measures the discontinuous MIT of the MIT element, and thus it can be used as a sensor for sensing a variation in an external factor.
US08207749B2 Method for inductive generating of an electrical measurement signal and related sensor device
In a method and a sensor device for inductively producing an electrical measuring signal in dependence on a magnitude that is to be measured, there are provided at least two driver coils through which a current is caused to flow in turn at the clock pulse rate of a clock pulse circuit, this current induces a voltage which is dependent on the magnitude that is to be measured in a plurality of coils, the voltage being sub-divided at the clock pulse rate of the clock pulse circuit into voltage signals which are associated with the driver coils, where the voltage signals obtained thereby are evaluated for the purposes of obtaining the measuring signal, where at least two sensor coils are associated with the at least two driver coils, wherein either the sensor coils or the driver coils are connected up in the same sense, whereas the respective other coils are connected up in a mutually opposite sense, and the voltage signals of the sensor coil associated with the driver coils are sampled in certain time periods of the clock pulse signal for the purposes of obtaining the measuring signal.
US08207748B2 Device and handling system for measurement of mobility and sheet charge density
An apparatus (10) for contactless measurement of sheet charge density and mobility includes a microwave source (16), a circular waveguide (50) for transmitting microwave power to a sample (59), such as a semiconductor wafer or panel for flat panel displays, at a measurement location, a first detector (18) for detecting the forward microwave power, a second detector (23) for detecting the microwave power reflected from the sample, and a third detector (95) for detecting the Hall effect power. An automatic positioning subsystem (700) is also provided for allowing automatic positioning of a wafer (59) within the test apparatus (10). The positioning system (700) includes a first end effector (706) and a rotator-lifter (704). The first end effector (706) can grasp a sheet element (59) and move it to a desired position within the test apparatus (10), while the rotator lifter (704) provides incremental adjustment of a theta angle of the sheet element (59) to allow automated mapping of an entire sheet element without the need for manual adjustment of the position of the sheet element. A second end effector (716) can be mounted opposite the first end effector (706) and can be used to automatically position the sheet element (59) within a sheet resistance testing module (718) located at an opposite end of the apparatus (10).
US08207746B2 Calibration method for inertial drive actuator, and inertial drive actuator device
A calibration method for inertial drive actuator of driving a target moving body among a plurality of moving bodies to move by inertia between a first movement limit position and a second movement limit position in relation to an oscillating plate that is moved to reciprocate by a moving member, and detecting positions of the moving bodies based on electrostatic capacitances includes detecting electrostatic capacitances of opposing parts of a moving body side electrode provided in a target moving body and an oscillating plate electrode provided in the oscillating plate is detected at the first movement limit position and the second movement limit position, respectively; and calculating a ratio of a difference between the electrostatic capacitances at the first movement limit position and the second movement limit position to a movement limit distance that is a distance between the first movement limit position and the second movement limit position. At least one of the first movement limit position and the second movement limit position is a position where the target moving body abuts against a non-target moving body.
US08207744B2 Testing apparatus
There is provided a testing apparatus including a plurality of test units, a storage that is shared by the plurality of test units, where the storage stores therein wafers under test to be tested by the plurality of test units, a transport mechanism that transports the wafers under test between the storage and each of the plurality of test units, a mainframe that specifies a test procedure for each of the plurality of test units, a power source that is shared by the plurality of test units, where the power source supplies power to each of the plurality of test units, and a pressure source that is shared by the plurality of test units, where the pressure source supplies a pressure to each of the plurality of test units. Here, each of the plurality of test units includes a test module that transmits and receives a test signal to/from a plurality of circuits formed on a wafer under test, a connector that connects together transmission paths of the test signal between the test module and the wafer under test, a holding member that brings the wafer under test into contact with the connector when supplied with the pressure, and a housing that houses therein the holding member and the connector, where the wafer under test is to be tested within the housing.
US08207739B2 Identification of an absent load from a circuit
Systems and techniques for identifying that a load associated with a lamp is absent from a circuit is described. A method, for example, includes receiving output of a circuit having at least two loads associated with a lamp and an anti-parallel transformer, monitoring, based on the output, a resistance of the anti-parallel transformer with respect to a threshold corresponding to the associated loads, and identifying that either the first of the associated loads or the second of the associated loads is absent from the circuit responsive to the monitored resistance crossing the threshold.
US08207737B2 Standing wave barrier for a magnetic resonance tomography device
A standing wave barrier, particularly for use in a magnetic resonance tomography device, has a body and an opening in the body that is fashioned to accommodate a cable, the opening being formed as an externally open groove along a longitudinal direction of the standing wave barrier, and is shaped so that the cable can glide in and out along the standing wave barrier through the groove.
US08207736B2 Apparatus for feeding a magnetic resonance coil element and method of making same
A method, system, and apparatus including a magnetic resonance (MR) coil system that includes an MR coil element, a high input Pre-amplifier having a high input impedance field-effect-transistor (FET) with an impedance of one of substantially equal to 500 ohms and greater than 500 ohms, and a conductive path. The conductive path has a first end coupled to the MR coil element and a second end coupled to the high input Pre-amplifier such that the MR coil element is coupled in series with the high input Pre-amplifier. Further, the conductive path is free of a matching network intervening between the MR coil element and the high input Pre-amplifier.
US08207725B2 Tester having device under test power supply
A tester includes a device under test (DUT) power supply (DPS) with and input and output includes an amplifier configured to set an output voltage of the DPS output equal to an input voltage for the DPS. The DPS has a first output stage coupled to the amplifier and configured to source and sink current at the output of the DPS between a first voltage rail and a third voltage rail. The DPS has a second output stage coupled to the amplifier and configured to source and sink current to the output of the DPS between a second voltage rail and the third voltage rail. A selection device is configured to enable the first and second output stages based on a selection input signal. The selection device is situated outside of the first and the second output stages.
US08207724B2 Bandgap voltage reference with dynamic element matching
A voltage reference source is provided that includes a Brokaw bandgap core comprising a first set of transistors, a second set of transistors coupled to the first set of transistors and serving as load devices to the first set of transistors, and a dynamic element matching circuit coupled to the first and second sets of transistors so as to cancel the offset and noise produced by a selective number of the second set of transistors.
US08207721B2 Switching regulator capable of stable operation and improved frequency characteristics in a broad input and output voltage range and method for controlling operation thereof
A disclosed switching regulator includes: a switching element switching in accordance with an input control signal; an inductor charged with a supply voltage by the switching of the switching element; a rectifying element discharging the inductor when the switching element is switched off and charging of the inductor is stopped; and a control circuit unit generating an error voltage based on a voltage difference between a proportional voltage and a predetermined reference voltage, generating and outputting a pulse signal with a duty cycle in accordance with the error voltage to a control electrode of the switching element. The control circuit unit generates a feedback voltage from the duty cycle of the pulse signal, generates the pulse signal with the duty cycle from a voltage difference between the generated feedback voltage and the error voltage, and varies the voltage difference from the duty cycle of the pulse signal.
US08207714B2 Method and apparatus for external control mode step down switching regulator
A switching regulator integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed that includes a switch circuit that further includes a first switch and a second switch, a mode selector circuit controlled by external circuitry to select between a first mode and a second mode, and a control circuit. In response to a feedback signal from the switch circuit, when the first mode is selected, the control circuit toggles the first switch and the second switch ON and OFF alternately at a fixed first frequency. When a second mode is selected, the control circuit causes the second switch to turn OFF completely and the first switch to switch ON and OFF at a variable second frequency.
US08207710B2 Regulator adapted to various vehicle alternators
Provided is a regulator adapted to the various vehicle alternators of the present invention. The regulator particularly includes a coding circuit and a control circuit. The coding circuit is used to provide the different selectable codes. A laser trimming technology is introduced to form an open circuit over the coding circuit, in order to set a code. The control circuit is used to predetermine the various function selections in accordance with the various codes. The coding circuit includes an amplifier, a first input resistor, and a second resistor. The first input resistor is interconnected to a high-voltage end and an input end of the amplifier in series. The second input resistor is further interconnected to the input end and a low-voltage end in series. The open circuit is particularly formed on the first input resistor or the second input resistor for regulating the output voltage and setting a code.
US08207705B2 Charging apparatus and charging method
The present invention provides a charging apparatus capable of efficiently charging battery in view of power consumption and a charging method. The charging apparatus has a charging unit which charges a battery, a remaining capacity detecting unit which detects remaining capacity of the battery, a necessary charging capacity obtaining unit which obtains charging capacity necessary for use after completion of the charging of the battery, an additional charging capacity calculating unit which calculates additional charging capacity for additionally charging the battery based on the remaining capacity and the necessary charging capacity of the battery, a charging current determining unit which determines a charging current at the time when the charging unit charges for the additional charging capacity based on power consumption generated at the time of charging for the additional charging capacity, and a control unit which controls the charging unit based on the determined charging current.
US08207704B2 Cell controller, battery module and power supply system
A cell controller having excellent productivity is provided. A cell-con 80 has 12 ICs IC-1 to IC-12 mounted on a substrate, and these ICs detect voltages of respective cells constituting a cell pack, perform capacity adjustment on the respective cells, and are mounted two by two on rectangular longer sides of a rectangular continuous straight line L-L′ defined on a substrate from the IC-1 on a highest potential side to the IC-12 on a lowest potential side continuously in order of potential differences of the corresponding cell packs. Distances between the rectangular shorter sides of the rectangular continuous straight line L-L′ are the same. On the cell-con 80, between the IC-1 to IC-12 having different ground voltages, each of the ICs has signal output terminals connected to signal input terminals of a lower order IC respectively in an electrically non-insulated state.
US08207703B2 Protection device for assembled battery and assembled battery system containing the same
A protection device for an assembled battery includes a sampling capacitor, first switches and second switches to sample the voltages of the battery cells and hold the voltages in the capacitor, a detection unit which detects the voltages of the battery cells based on the voltage sampled by any one of the first switches and the second switches and held on the capacitor and output the detected value, a computing unit which computes an average value of the detected values, a comparator which compares the detected value with the average value so as to obtain a result of comparison indicating a relation in size between the both, and a controller which controls the first switches and the second switches, for the second switches to sample if the detected value obtained by sampling by the first switches is higher than the average value according to the comparison result.
US08207700B2 Electric motor drive
The invention relates to a switch arrangement of an electric motor drive (1). The electric motor drive comprises safety switches (3) determined by the safety of the drive, a controlled mechanical brake (4), a power supply circuit (5) of the brake control, a power converter (6), which power converter comprises a network rectifier (7) and a power rectifier (8) of the motor. The power rectifier of the motor is at least partly implemented with controlled semiconductor switches (9, 10) arranged into a bridge. The power converter comprises an intermediate circuit (11, 12) between the network rectifier and the power rectifier of the motor. The switch arrangement comprises normally-open switches (13, 14) in the intermediate circuit of the power converter (6).
US08207699B2 Method and apparatus for AC motor control
An alternating current motor control system constituted of: a control unit; a cycloconverter functionality; a phase control functionality; and a semiconductor switching unit comprising a plurality of electronically controlled semiconductor switches each associated with a particular winding of a target alternating current motor and each independently responsive to the control unit. In one embodiment the semiconductor switching unit is arranged to connect the windings of the target alternating current motor to a three phase power input in one of a star and a delta configuration responsive to the control unit.
US08207698B2 Electric drive system for an automotive vehicle
An electric drive system in an automotive vehicle includes a controller for determining a condition of the electric drive system. The electric drive system includes only two current sensors and a common-mode current transformer. In response to the current sensors and the common-mode current transformer, the controller determines the condition of the electric drive system. The condition of the electric drive system may depend on a condition of an electrical connection between a drive system inverter and a motor in the electric drive system as well as a calculated amount of error in the electric drive system. In addition, the controller may control various operations of the electric drive system, which may or may not depend on the condition of the electric drive system.
US08207694B2 Motor controller
When the torque command value is zero, a set point of DC current for an inverter is calculated to obtain a difference between the set point and a detected DC current so that an error in magnetic pole position may be estimated and corrected. By correcting the magnetic pole position, unwanted power running and regenerative torque of the motor can be avoided and unnecessary charge or discharge to or from a battery can be prevented.
US08207690B2 High-pressure discharge lamp ballast with rapid lamp restart circuit
An electronic ballast is provided for quickly restarting a high-pressure discharge lamp after shutdown. The ballast includes a power supply circuit for supplying power to the lamp from a commercial power source, a start voltage generation circuit for supplying a starting high voltage to the lamp and a control circuit for controlling the power supply circuit and the start voltage generation circuit. A lighting transition module detects a startup or shutdown of the lamp. A lighting time count module measures a lighting time of the lamp when startup is detected. A comparison module compares the lighting time and a first reference time when shutdown is detected. A delay time setting module sets a predetermined delay time of the start voltage generation circuit based on the comparison result. Operation of the ballast is halted from a startup trigger until lapse of the delay time, and then the high starting voltage is supplied to the lamp.
US08207689B2 Current supply for luminescent diodes
The present invention is based on a regulation circuit (200a, 200b) for making available a constant current supply on the basis of a transformer principle, in which there flows through the luminescent diodes (D1, . . . , DN) a triangular a.c. current (ID) varying periodically around a d.c. current value. With this method it is afforded by means of a circuitry provision that both the charging and also the discharging current (IL1) of an inductive reactance (XL1) connected in series to the luminescent diodes (D1, . . . , DN), functioning as a storage choke (L1) for filtering of mains harmonics, flows as diode current (ID) through the luminescent diodes (D1, . . . , DN). The advantage of this method consists in a significant reduction of the overall power loss (PV, ges) of the LED illumination module (100). According to one exemplary embodiment of the invention the ceramic circuit board (102) of the LED illumination module (100) in accordance with the invention has a direct mains current supply (104, 108), which for protection from mechanical damage is accommodated in a transparent housing (106) having a highly transparent polymer mass (110) serving as optically active lens surface.
US08207688B2 Electric-discharge lamp lighting device and lighting fixture
An electric-discharge lamp lightning device includes a first frequency controller for sweeping a switching frequency so that the output of an inverter is gradually increased in order to allow an electric-discharge lamp to be started and lighted, and a second frequency controller for detecting the output power of the inverter by a current flowing in a resonant circuit and controlling the switching frequency so that the output power is set to be a target value after the discharge lamp is started and lighted. The first frequency controller includes a holding means for holding the switching frequency just after the lighting detection when the output power is smaller than the target value at the lighting detection of the electric-discharge lamp by a lighting detection circuit.
US08207685B2 Light emitting diode (LED) driver and associated LED driving method
The LED driver of the present invention comprises multiple LED arrays, at least one dividing diode, a power module, a driving module, at least one switch pair and a voltage sensing module. Each LED array comprises multiple LEDs connected in series. The dividing diode is mounted between adjacent LED arrays. The power module is connected to an external power source and forms a pulsating direct current (DC) voltage. The driving module receives the pulsating DC voltage outputs a constant current to the LED arrays. The voltage sensing module closes and opens the switch pairs that changes electrical configuration of the LED arrays. The LED driving method of the present invention comprises setting multiple voltage drops and at least one reference voltage; sensing an incoming voltage to compare with the reference voltage; and changing ways of connections of LED arrays based on the reference voltage and the incoming voltage.
US08207677B2 Lighting equipment
An illumination apparatus, which controls a supply power supplied to a lamp according to an accumulated interval of on-time and a light control signal, is configured in which a maximum supply power supplied to the lamp according to the accumulated interval of on-time is supplied to the lamp when the supply power to the lamp corresponding to the light control signal is above the maximum supply power to the lamp according to the accumulated interval of on-time at a point when the illumination apparatus is turned on or the lamp starts lighting. When the light control signal is operated so as to exceed a level of the maximum supply power to the lamp according to the accumulated interval of on-time or the light control signal varies more than a prescribed level, the supply power is shifted to an adjustable condition so as to be higher than the maximum supply power to the lamp according to the accumulated interval of on-time.
US08207676B2 Ambient light compensation sensor and procedure
The present invention relates to a solid-state based light source, a corresponding circuitry and a method of emitting light, including one or more light source elements for generating light, a first sensor for receiving light emitted by the light source elements and ambient light and for generating a first sensor signal (S1) representing the received light, a second sensor for only receiving ambient light and for generating a second sensor signal (S2) representing the received ambient light. Moreover, the solid-state based light source comprises a control unit for receiving the first and the second sensor signals (S1, S2) and for generating control signals (Sc) for controlling the light source elements, based on the difference between the first and the second sensor signals (S1, S2), to compensate for the influence of the ambient light.
US08207675B2 Vehicle lamp
A vehicle lamp includes: N semiconductor light sources, wherein N is an integer of 1 or more; M fans configured to cool the N semiconductor light sources, wherein M is an integer of 1 or more; N current supply units configured to supply first current to the N semiconductor light sources, respectively; and a control unit configured to receive electric power supplied from an electric power source and supply second current to the N current supply units. The control unit includes: N switch elements that correspond to the N semiconductor light sources; M switch elements that correspond to the M fans; and a control circuit configured to control fan drive current supplied to the fans through the switch elements and the second current. The fans are coupled to the control unit.
US08207673B2 High-pressure discharge lamp, lamp unit using the same, and projection-type image display device using the lamp unit
A short arc high-pressure discharge lamp has an arc tube 1 made of quartz glass including a light-emitting portion 2 that fills mercury inside thereof and has a pair of electrodes arranged so as to face each other, and a sealing portion 3 connected to the light-emitting portion. The pair of electrodes have an electrode bar 5a, one end of the electrode bar is located in an internal space of the light-emitting portion, and the other end of the electrode bar is embedded in the sealing portion and bonded to a conductive metal-foil 7 sealed in the sealing portion. In at least a part of a portion of the electrode bar embedded in the sealing portion, the entire outer peripheral surface thereof is covered tightly with a metal-foil sleeve 7a. A high efficiency and high quality lamp is obtained in which fracture in the sealing portion of the arc tube caused by an ultrahigh vapor pressure in the tube surely is suppressed over the lifetime of the lamp, and the vapor pressure in the arc tube is elevated up to 30 MPa or more.
US08207672B2 Plasma display panel having a discharge stabilizer powder and method of manufacturing the same
A technique for achieving both discharge voltage reduction and discharge stabilization in a PDP and the like is provided. This PDP manufacturing method includes, for a structure of a front plate structure (11) to be exposed to a discharge space (30) to be filled with a discharge gas, a step of forming a first layer (4) having an effect of discharge protective layer on a dielectric layer (3), a step of forming a second layer (5) for protecting the first layer on the first layer, and a step of forming a third layer (6) of a powder for discharge stabilization to be exposed to the discharge space (30), the steps being performed in vacuum manufacturing process. And, the structure is made such that a surface of the first layer is exposed to the discharge space (30) by a step of removing the second layer by an aging discharge in the discharge space (30).
US08207671B2 Plasma display panel with two discharge electrodes
A plasma display panel including: a first substrate and a second substrate utilized to display images; a dielectric wall disposed between the first and second substrates and defining a plurality of discharge cells; a first discharge electrode disposed in the dielectric wall; a second discharge electrode disposed on the second substrate to cross the first discharge electrode; and a phosphor layer formed on the first substrate. Accordingly, plasma can efficiently arrive at the phosphor layer, thereby increasing discharge efficiency.
US08207669B2 Organic light emitting display device including spacers and fillers
An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, a plurality of organic light emitting devices on the first substrate, a second substrate arranged opposite and substantially parallel to the first substrate with the organic light emitting devices therebetween, a plurality of spacers between the organic light emitting devices and the second substrate, and a plurality of fillers alternately arranged with the spacers and configured to fill in space between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least portions of the spacers overlap with a plurality of light emitting regions corresponding to the organic light emitting devices. The spacers and fillers are composed of transparent materials having refractive indexes similar to each other so that visibility and image quality are not lowered and the distance between the substrates is substantially constant.
US08207666B2 Organic electroluminescent device with enhanced light emission
An organic electroluminescent device is provided which includes a colored polarizer to reduce power consumption requirements for desired levels of brightness. The organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate, an anode electrode layer, an organic layer, a cathode electrode layer, and a colored polarizer provided on a surface of the substrate opposite a surface of the substrate on which the anode electrode layer is formed such that the colored polarizer polarizes light incident from the outside. The colored polarizer increases transmission of a given color of light based on the color(s) included in the polarizer to thereby decrease total current required by the organic electroluminescent device.
US08207665B2 Electroluminescence device
An organic EL element has excellent features as compared with other electroluminescent elements, but on the other hand, has a problem that the life of the element is not sufficiently long. In addition, since the organic EL element is expected to be applied to a mobile display and the like, it is also important to improve power efficiency. Hence, an object of the invention is to provide an element structure to realize an improvement in power efficiency and an improvement in the life of the element at the same. In the construction of an organic EL element of the invention, the first electroluminescent film 303 is sandwiched by the first anode 302 and a cathode 304, and the second electroluminescent film 305 and the second anode 306 are laminated over the cathode 304. At this time, the first anode 302 is put into contact with the second anode 306 to form a parallel circuit to decrease an electric current passing through the respective electroluminescent films.
US08207663B2 Phosphor composition and light emitting device using the same
Disclosed herein are phosphor compositions which can exhibit a broad emission spectrum and improved color rendering index (CRI) relative to conventional phosphor materials. The phosphor compositions may, in some embodiments, be represented by the Formula I: (RE2−x+yCexAk1−y)(MG4−z−rSirMnz)(Si1−ePe)O12−rNr, wherein RE comprises at least one rare earth metal; Ak comprises at least one alkaline earth metal; MG comprises at least one main group element; x is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.2; y is less than 1; z is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.8; e is about 0 or less than or equal to 0.16; r is about 0 or less than or equal to 1; and z is about the sum of e and y. Also disclosed herein are lighting apparatuses including the phosphor compositions, as well as methods of making and using the phosphor compositions.
US08207655B2 Spindle motor
A spindle motor is disclosed, whereby a bearing is fixed at a support portion of a base to dispense with a bearing housing, thereby reducing the number of parts, shortening an assembly process and reducing the manufacturing cost. Furthermore, the bearing is fixedly inserted into the support portion integrally formed with the base to allow the bearing to maintain a perpendicularity relative to the base, whereby a rotation shaft supported by the bearing can maintain a perpendicularity, thereby reducing noise and vibration.
US08207654B2 Piezoelectric vibrator
A piezoelectric oscillator is provided, which has a through electrode providing reliable conduction between a piezoelectric vibrating piece and an external electrode with rare occurrence of a large stress caused by temperature variation in processing or deformation of a mounted base substrate, while the hermeticity of a cavity is maintained. A piezoelectric oscillator having a piezoelectric vibrating piece sealed in a cavity defined between a base substrate and a lid substrate includes a through electrode disposed in a through hole penetrating through the base substrate, and the through electrode has a glass frit filled in the through hole and fired and a core formed of a material containing only iron and nickel and disposed in the through hole together with the glass frit. The values of the thermal expansion coefficients of the base substrate, the glass frit, and the core are set as: base substrate glass≧frit>core.
US08207652B2 Ultrasound transducer with improved acoustic performance
A system for improving the acoustic performance of an ultrasound transducer by reducing artifacts within the acoustic spectrum is disclosed. The system includes an acoustic layer having an array of acoustic elements, a dematching layer coupled to the acoustic layer and having an acoustic impedance greater than an acoustic impedance of the acoustic layer, and an interposer layer coupled to the dematching layer and comprising a substrate and a plurality of conductive element. The interposer layer is formed to have an acoustic impedance lower than the acoustic impedance of the dematching layer. The ultrasound transducer also includes an integrated circuit coupled to the interposer layer and electrically connected to the array of acoustic elements through the dematching layer and the interposer layer.
US08207647B2 Power tools with motor having a multi-piece stator
A power tool has a motor having a stator made by separately forming pole pieces, return path pieces and field coils. The field coils are placed over necks of the pole path pieces and the return path pieces are affixed to the pole pieces. An armature having an outside diameter of at least 0.625 the outside diameter of the stator is placed in the stator. The field coils may be formed so that they extend beyond pole tips of the pole pieces.
US08207646B2 Induction motor rotor core having shaped slots
To provide an indication motor rotor capable of improving motor performance by concentrating portions under magnetic saturation conditions of rotor teeth. The rotor 1 of an induction motor of this invention may include slots 3 formed approximately in the shape of a T. The slots 3 may be formed so that top slots 3a are arranged on an outer peripheral portion of a rotor core 1a, and bottom slots 3b are arranged on an inner side of the top slots 3a. The width in the circumferential direction of the top slot 3a is wider than the width in the circumferential direction of the bottom slot 3b, and the width in the circumferential direction of a rotor tooth 4 between adjacent top slots 3a is narrower than the width in the circumferential direction of the rotor tooth 4 between adjacent bottom slots 3b.
US08207644B2 Hybrid cascading lubrication and cooling system
A hybrid cascading lubrication and cooling system (200, 400) for an electrical machine (102) with nested stages is provided. The electrical machine (102) includes an inner nested stage (444) nested with respect to an outer nested stage (446). An oil pump (222) is coupled to an oil pump inlet tube (226) to draw oil from an oil sump (224), and a cooling core (230) to distribute pumped oil within the electrical machine (102). A rotor member (212) is coupled to the inner nested stage (444) and the outer nested stage (446). The rotor member (212) centrifugally pumps oil from the cooling core (230) through inner radial holes (424) and outer radial holes (436) in the rotor member (212) upon rotation about a central axis (216) of the electrical machine (102).
US08207640B2 Rotation assembly for motor
A rotation assembly for a motor comprises a hub, a shaft, a buckling member and a fixing plate. The hub has a through-hole and an assembling portion. The through-hole has a first opening and a second opening opposing to the first opening. The assembling portion is located surrounding the first opening. The shaft is inserted into the through-hole of the hub and has a first end and a second end, wherein a fixing slot and a restrain portion are located between the first end and the second end. The buckling member is coupled to the fixing slot of the shaft so as to prevent the shaft from disengaging from the hub. The fixing plate is coupled to the assembling portion of the hub and has an abutting portion abutting with the restrain portion of the shaft for preventing the shaft from rotating about the hub.
US08207639B2 Motor and heating dissipating fan including motor having an annular balancing member
A motor includes a balancing member having a surface, a shaft coupling portion and a magnetically conductive portion. A stator is coupled to the balancing member. A rotor includes a hub, a shaft, and a permanent magnet. The shaft and the permanent magnet are mounted inside the hub. The shaft is rotatably coupled to the shaft coupling portion. The permanent magnet includes a magnetically attracting face aligned with the magnetically conductive portion of the balancing member. The magnetically attracting face and the magnetically conductive portion attract each other to maintain stable rotation of the rotor while providing a simplified structure. The balancing member can be interconnected to a housing, and the hub can include a plurality of blades to form a heat dissipating fan. When the rotor rotates, air currents are drawn by the blades to a heat source for heat dissipating purposes.
US08207638B2 Interface device for host device, interface device for slave device, host device, slave device, communication system and interface voltage switching method
A communication system in which an operating voltage can be selected from a plurality of interface voltages enables an interface voltage to be switched in a stable manner during operation of the system. When the interface voltage is to be switched, a host device (1) and a slave device (2) perform the switching while maintaining the signal level of buses in a stable manner. This structure enables the communication system to switch an interface voltage using a small number of signal lines.
US08207634B2 Compact multi-cycle high power microwave generator
A compact multi-cycle high power microwave generator and a method of using the generator to generate microwave signals is disclosed and claimed. The apparatus includes one or more charged transmission line sections. Each transmission line section includes a first conductor that is section-specific and a second conductor that is common to all of the sections. A switch is associated with each section, each switch being operatively connected to a respective one of the first conductors. The apparatus includes third, common conductor that is not charged and that is operatively connected to each of the first conductors through its respective switch. The apparatus further includes a load, with the second conductor, the third conductor, and the load being operatively connected. Thus, the number of section-specific conductors, the number of charged transmission line sections, and the number of switches are all equal. Engagement of the switches generates a multi-cycle microwave pulse. Aspects, such as wavelength, frequency, and spacing, of the generated wave forms can be varied by including non-charged transmission lines intermediate the transmission line sections or varying the lengths of individual transmission line sections or varying the switching time.
US08207630B2 Photovoltaic ladder inverter
Techniques for DC-to-AC conversion are disclosed, and may be embodied in a solar inverter device that can operatively couple to a power grid. The device includes a photovoltaic (PV) stack including series-connected PV modules. Each PV module is associated with a capacitor for storing output of that PV module. A positive terminator circuit switches a negative end of the PV stack to ground during positive half of grid cycle, and a negative terminator switches a positive end of the PV stack to ground during negative half of grid cycle. A connecting branch couples each PV module output to a common bus, each branch including control circuitry configured to selectively couple the corresponding PV module output to bus. During a first half of grid cycle, some of the capacitors discharge to the grid while a balance of the capacitors charge in preparation for discharge during a second half of grid cycle.
US08207628B2 Output power port management control
A power converter that gives priority to the high power output and only provides power to the low power output when the total potential output power is equal to or less than the rated power of the power converter. A specific power threshold is established, and when the high power output remains below this threshold for a period of time the low power output is allowed to turn on. If the high power output subsequently exceeds this threshold for a period of time, then an electronic circuit powers down the low power output in order to keep the total output power below the rated power of the power converter. Subsequently, the high power output is checked against the threshold to determine if the low power output can be turned on again. If the high power output is below the threshold, then the low power output is turned on.
US08207627B2 Adaptive power strip
An adaptive power strip has a power rail. A power entry module and one or more receptacle modules having plug receptacles are mounted on the power rail. The power entry module has a power inlet to which a source of power can be coupled. The power entry module distributes power from the power source to the power rail. The receptacle modules distribute power from the power rail to the respective plug receptacles. In an aspect, the power entry module has a communications module that discovers receptacle modules on the power rail having data communications capability and if a receptacle module does not have a unique identifier assigned to it, assigns a unique identifier to the receptacle module that the receptacle module stores in a memory. The communications modules also retrieves from each receptacle module having data communications capability, information about the characteristics of the receptacle module that the communications module stores in a memory. The communications module maintains an inventory in memory of the receptacle modules on the power rail that includes information about the characteristics of the receptacle modules. In an aspect, receptacle modules determine their locations on the power rail and send information to the communications module that the communications module uses to determine the location of the receptacle modules on the power rail. In an aspect, the power entry module determines the type of power service provided to it at its power inlet.
US08207623B2 Dynamic electric brake for a variable speed wind turbine having an exciter machine and a power converter not connected to the grid
A variable speed wind turbine having a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), includes an exciter machine mechanically coupled to the DFIG and a power converter placed between a rotor of the DFIG and the exciter machine. Thus, the power converter is not directly connected to the grid avoiding the introduction of undesired harmonic distortion and achieving a better power quality fed into the utility grid. Moreover, the variable speed wind turbine includes a power control and a pitch regulation.
US08207622B2 Inertial mass power generation
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles of manufacture, may operate to receive oscillatory motion at an inertial mass to impart motion to a fluid, rotate a turbine or vibrate a beam using the motion imparted to the fluid, and generate power using a generator mechanically coupled to the turbine or beam. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08207614B2 Methods for forming arrays of small, closely spaced features
Methods of forming arrays of small, densely spaced holes or pillars for use in integrated circuits are disclosed. Various pattern transfer and etching steps can be used, in combination with pitch-reduction techniques, to create densely-packed features. Conventional photolithography steps can be used in combination with pitch-reduction techniques to form superimposed, pitch-reduced patterns of crossing elongate features that can be consolidated into a single layer.
US08207611B2 Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device including an intermediate insulating film formed over a plurality of first conductors over a semiconductor substrate. Contact holes are formed in the intermediate insulating film over the first conductors, and contact plugs are buried in the contact holes, respectively. A plurality of second conductors are formed over the plurality of contact plugs on the intermediate insulating film, respectively, and are electrically connected to the plurality of first conductors via the contact plugs. In certain regions of the semiconductor device, the contact plugs may terminate within the intermediate insulating film, thereby electrically insulating the second conductors from the first conductors.
US08207605B2 Semiconductor device having a sealing resin and method of manufacturing the same
The semiconductor device 100 comprises a first semiconductor element 113 provided on a face on one side of a flat plate shaped interconnect component 101, an insulating resin 119 covering a face of a side where the first semiconductor element 113 of the interconnect component 101 is provided and a side face of the first semiconductor element 113, and a second semiconductor element 111 provided on a face on the other side of the interconnect component 101. The interconnect component 101 has a constitution where an interconnect layer 103, a silicon layer 105 and an insulating film 107 are sequentially formed. The interconnect layer 103 has a constitution where the interconnect layer 103 has a flat plate shaped insulating component and a conductive component extending through the insulating component. The first semiconductor element 113 is electrically connected with the second semiconductor element 111 through the conductive component.
US08207603B2 Stacked chip package structure with leadframe having inner leads with transfer pad
The present invention provides a stacked chip package structure with leadframe having inner leads with transfer pad, comprising: a leadframe composed of a plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other, a plurality of outer leads, and a die pad, wherein the die pad is provided between the plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other and vertically distant from the plurality of inner leads; an offset chip-stacked structure formed with a plurality of chips stacked together, the offest chip-stacked structure being set on the die pad and electrically connected to the plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other; and an encapsulant covering the offset chip-stacked structure and the leadframe, the plurality of outer leads extending out of said encapsulant; the improvement of which being that the inner leads of the leadframe are coated with an insulating layer and a plurality of metal pads are selectively formed on the insulating layer.
US08207600B2 Integrated circuit package system with encapsulating features
An integrated circuit package system is provided including forming a lead frame includes forming a mold gate, providing a first surface, and providing a second surface opposite the first surface; and forming angled gate sides facing each other in the mold gate between the first surface and the second surface.
US08207597B2 Integrated circuit package system with flashless leads
An integrated circuit package system is provided including forming a lead frame including forming an inner lead having a planar surface, the inner lead extending inwardly from the lead frame and forming a stiffening structure integral with the lead frame for maintaining the planar surface; encapsulating the inner lead with an electrical connection to an integrated circuit die and with a first inner lead body of the inner lead exposed; and singulating the inner lead from the lead frame.
US08207595B2 Semiconductor having a high aspect ratio via
A semiconductor device includes a substrate wafer, a dielectric layer overlying the substrate wafer, a patterned conductor layer in the dielectric layer, and a first barrier layer overlying the conductor layer. A silicon top wafer is bonded to the dielectric layer. A via is formed through the top wafer and a portion of the dielectric layer to the first barrier layer. A sidewall dielectric layer is formed along inner walls of the via, adjacent the top wafer to a distance below an upper surface of the top wafer, forming a sidewall dielectric layer shoulder. A sidewall barrier layer is formed inward of the sidewall dielectric layer, lining the via from the first barrier layer to the upper surface of the top wafer. A conductive layer fills the via and a top barrier layer is formed on the conductive layer, the sidewall barrier layer, and the top wafer.
US08207591B2 Photoelectric conversion device
A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode; and, over the first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer that includes a first semiconductor layer having one conductivity, a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer having a conductivity opposite to the one conductivity of the second semiconductor layer. An insulating layer is over the third semiconductor layer, and a second electrode is over the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the third semiconductor layer through the insulating layer. The third semiconductor layer and a part of the second semiconductor layer are removed in a region of the photoelectric conversion layer that does not overlap the insulating layer.
US08207589B2 Photoelectric conversion device and electronic device, and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion device
A photoelectric conversion device includes: a first substrate of which end portions are cut off so as to slope or with a groove shape; a photodiode and an amplifier circuit over the first substrate; a first electrode electrically connected to the photodiode and provided over one end portion of the first substrate; a second electrode electrically connected to the amplifier circuit and provided over an another end portion of the first substrate; and a second substrate having third and fourth electrodes thereon. The first and second electrodes are attached to the third and fourth electrodes, respectively, with a conductive material provided not only at the surfaces of the first, second, third, and fourth electrodes facing each other but also at the side surfaces of the first and second electrodes to increase the adhesiveness between a photoelectric conversion device and a member on which the photoelectric conversion device is mounted.
US08207583B2 Memory device comprising an array portion and a logic portion
In an embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises patterning a first plurality of semiconductor structures in an array portion of a semiconductor substrate using a first photolithographic mask. The method further comprises patterning a second plurality of semiconductor structures over a logic portion of a semiconductor substrate using a second photolithographic mask. The method further comprises patterning a sacrificial layer over the first plurality of semiconductor structures using the second photolithographic mask. The sacrificial layer is patterned simultaneously with the second plurality of semiconductor structures.
US08207581B2 Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device in which the first trench isolation regions is placed between a substrate potential-fixing P-type diffusion region of an ESD protection NMOS transistor and source and drain regions of the ESD protection NMOS transistor, and has a depth greater than a depth of the second trench isolation region that is placed between a substrate potential-fixing P-type diffusion region of an NMOS transistor for internal circuit and source and drain regions of the NMOS transistor for internal circuit.
US08207579B2 Semiconductor device having double diffused MOS transistors with varied on/off threshold voltages, and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device where a plurality of DMOS transistors formed in a distributed manner on a semiconductor substrate can operate without being destroyed and a method of manufacturing the same. The on/off threshold voltage of a DMOS transistor at the innermost position from among three or more DMOS transistors formed in a distributed manner on a semiconductor is greater than the on/off threshold voltage of a DMOS transistor at the outermost position.
US08207577B2 High-voltage transistor structure with reduced gate capacitance
In one embodiment, a high voltage field-effect transistor (HVFET) includes a field oxide layer that covers a first well region, the field oxide layer having a first thickness and extending in a second lateral direction from a drain region to near a second well region. A gate oxide covers a channel region and has a second dimension in a first lateral direction. A gate extends in the second lateral direction from the source region to over a portion of the field oxide layer, the gate being insulated from the channel region by the gate oxide, the gate extending in the first lateral dimension over an inactive area of the HVFET beyond the second dimension of the gate oxide, the gate being insulated from the first and second well regions over the inactive area by the field oxide layer.
US08207575B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
In a well region, an irregular structure is formed in a gate width direction, and a gate electrode is formed in concave portions and on top surfaces of convex portions via an insulating film. Upper and lower source regions are formed on one side of the gate electrode in a gate length direction, and upper and lower drain regions are formed on the other side thereof. By thus forming the lower source and drain regions in the source and drain regions, current concentration occurring in an upper portion of a channel region, which is generated as the gate length becomes shorter, may be suppressed and a current may be allowed to flow uniformly in the entire channel region, and hence an effective gate width is made wider owing to the irregular structure formed in the well region. Accordingly, an on-resistance of a semiconductor device is reduced to enhance driving performance.
US08207572B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first columnar protrusion and a second columnar protrusion formed to be spaced out on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and the first and the second columnar protrusions each include a split gate nonvolatile memory cell in which a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region are formed at a surrounding part and an extremity, and in which a first layered structure, in which a charge accumulating film and a memory gate line are layered, and a second layered structure, in which a gate oxide film and a control gate line are layered, are formed on a surface of a sidewall between the surrounding part and the extremity. The first layered structure is also formed between the first and second columnar protrusions, whereby the memory gate line of the first columnar protrusion and the second columnar protrusion is connected each other.
US08207568B2 Process for single and multiple level metal-insulator-metal integration with a single mask
Method of fabricating a MIM capacitor and MIM capacitor. The method includes providing a substrate including a dielectric layer formed on a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer formed over the dielectric layer, and patterning a mask on the second conductive layer. Exposed portions of the second conductive layer are removed to form an upper plate of a MIM capacitor having edges substantially aligned with respective edges of the mask. The upper plate is undercut so that edges of the upper plate are located under the mask. Exposed portions of the dielectric layer and the first conductive layer are removed using the mask to form a capacitor dielectric layer and a lower plate of the MIM capacitor having edges substantially aligned with respective edges of the mask.
US08207567B2 Metal-oxide-metal structure with improved capacitive coupling area
A stacked metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitor structure and method of forming the same to increase an electrode/capacitor dielectric coupling area to increase a capacitance, the MOM capacitor structure including a plurality of metallization layers in stacked relationship; wherein each metallization layer includes substantially parallel spaced apart conductive electrode line portions having a first intervening capacitor dielectric; and, wherein the conductive electrode line portions are electrically interconnected between metallization layers by conductive damascene line portions formed in a second capacitor dielectric and disposed underlying the conductive electrode line portions.
US08207565B2 Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor device includes: a stacked body including a conductive layer and an insulating layer alternately stacked on a base body; a pair of wall portions formed on the base body with a height equivalent to or larger than a thickness of the stacked body and opposed with a spacing wider than a thickness for one layer of the conductive layer; a contact layer interposed between the wall portions and connected to the conductive layer in the stacked body through an open end between the wall portions; and a contact electrode provided on the contact layer and connected to the contact layer.
US08207564B2 Memory cell, pair of memory cells, and memory array
A memory cell, device, and system include a memory cell having a shared digitline, a storage capacitor, and a plurality of access transistors configured to selectively electrically couple the storage capacitor with the shared digitline. The shared digitline couples with adjacent memory cells, and the plurality of access transistors selects which adjacent memory cell is coupled to the shared digitline. A method of forming the memory cell includes forming a buried digitline in a substrate and a vertical pillar in the substrate immediately adjacent to the buried digitline. A dual gate transistor is formed on the vertical pillar with a first end electrically coupled to the buried digitline and a second end coupled to a storage capacitor formed thereto.
US08207562B2 Image sensor and method of fabricating the same including a gate insulation layer, a gate electrode, a photodiode and a floating diffusion region
An image sensor can include a gate insulation layer, a gate electrode, a photodiode, and a floating diffusion region. The gate insulation layer can be formed on and/or over a semiconductor substrate for a transfer transistor. The gate insulation layer includes a first gate insulation layer having a central opening and a second gate insulation layer formed on and/or over an uppermost surface of the first gate insulation layer including the opening. The gate electrode can be formed on and/or over the gate insulation layer. The photodiode can be formed in the semiconductor substrate at one side of the gate electrode so as to generate an optical charge. The floating diffusion region can be formed in the semiconductor at the other side of the gate electrode opposite to the photodiode. The floating diffusion region can be electrically connected to the photodiode through a channel so as to store the optical charge generated from the photodiode.
US08207561B2 Image pickup device
The present invention uses an image pickup device comprising a plurality of pixels respectively including a photoelectric conversion unit for converting incoming light into a signal charge, an amplifying unit for amplifying the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit and a transfer unit for transferring the signal charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the amplifying unit, in which the photoelectric conversion unit is formed of a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region and a second-conductivity-type second semiconductor region and a second-conductivity-type third semiconductor region is formed on at least a part of the gap between a photoelectric conversion unit of a first pixel and a photoelectric conversion unit of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, a first-conductivity-type fourth semiconductor region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the first semiconductor region is formed between the photoelectric conversion unit and the third semiconductor region and a first-conductivity-type fifth semiconductor region formed at a position deeper than the fourth semiconductor region and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the first semiconductor region is included between the photoelectric conversion unit and the third semiconductor region.
US08207556B2 Group III nitride semiconductor device and epitaxial substrate
A group III nitride semiconductor device having a gallium nitride based semiconductor film with an excellent surface morphology is provided. A group III nitride optical semiconductor device includes a group III nitride semiconductor supporting base, a GaN based semiconductor region, an active layer, and a GaN semiconductor region. The primary surface of the group III nitride semiconductor supporting base is not any polar plane, and forms a finite angle with a reference plane that is orthogonal to a reference axis extending in the direction of a c-axis of the group III nitride semiconductor. The GaN based semiconductor region, grown on the semipolar primary surface, includes a semiconductor layer of, for example, an n-type GaN based semiconductor doped with silicon. A GaN based semiconductor layer of an oxygen concentration of 5×1016 cm−3 or more provides an active layer, grown on the primary surface, with an excellent crystal quality.
US08207551B2 Semiconductor light-emitting device and method
The present invention discloses a semiconductor light-emitting device including a semiconductor light-emitting element, a first attaching layer and a wavelength conversion structure. The primary light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element enters the wavelength conversion structure to generate a converted light, whose wavelength is different form that of the primary light. In addition, the present invention also provides the method for forming the same.
US08207546B2 Semiconductor light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
A reliable semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same can be provided in which peeling can be prevented in a phase boundary, and optical axis positional errors between the optical lens and a semiconductor light-emitting chip can be reduced or prevented. The semiconductor light-emitting device can include a base board having at least one chip, a reflector fixed on the base board so as to enclose the chip, and an encapsulating resin disposed in the reflector. An optical lens can include a concave-shaped cavity that has an inner corner surface having a plurality of convex portions thereon. The optical lens can be located adjacent the reflector by contacting the lens with a top surface of the reflector so as to enclose the reflector. A spacer that is disposed between the concave-shaped cavity and the reflector can ease a stress that is generated due to temperature changes.
US08207545B2 Light-emitting device and display
This light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode and a phosphor layer which is sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode and constituted by dispersing n-type semiconductor particles in a p-type semiconductor medium. A light-emitting device in another embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode and a phosphor layer which is sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein a p-type semiconductor is segregated among the n-type semiconductor particles.
US08207544B2 Group-III nitride semiconductor device, epitaxial substrate, and method of fabricating group-III nitride semiconductor device
A III-nitride semiconductor device has a support base comprised of a III-nitride semiconductor and having a primary surface extending along a first reference plane perpendicular to a reference axis inclined at a predetermined angle ALPHA with respect to the c-axis of the III-nitride semiconductor, and an epitaxial semiconductor region provided on the primary surface of the support base. The epitaxial semiconductor region includes a plurality of GaN-based semiconductor layers. The reference axis is inclined at a first angle ALPHA1 in the range of not less than 10 degrees, and less than 80 degrees from the c-axis of the III-nitride semiconductor toward a first crystal axis, either one of the m-axis and a-axis. The reference axis is inclined at a second angle ALPHA2 in the range of not less than −0.30 degrees and not more than +0.30 degrees from the c-axis of the III-nitride semiconductor toward a second crystal axis, the other of the m-axis and a-axis. The predetermined angle, the first angle, and the second angle have a relation of ALPHA=(ALPHA12+ALPHA22)1/2. Morphology of an outermost surface of the epitaxial semiconductor region includes a plurality of pits. A pit density of the pits is not more than 5×104 cm−2.
US08207541B2 Light output device
A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement and a plurality of light source devices (4) integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. A respective control circuit (7) is provided for one or more light source devices (4) and also integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. Control circuits are embedded with the light source devices into the structure of the substrate. This enables a shared control line or lines (18) to be used to control a group of light source devices.
US08207540B2 Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, lighting device, and electronic device
An object is to provide a light-emitting element which exhibits light emission with high luminance and can be driven at low voltage. Another object is to provide a light-emitting device or an electronic device with reduced power consumption. Between an anode and a cathode, n (n is a natural number of two or more) EL layers are provided, where between a first EL layer and a second EL layer, a first layer containing any of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, an alkali metal compound, an alkaline earth metal compound, and a rare earth metal compound, a second layer containing a material having a high electron-transporting property in contact with the first layer, and a region containing a material having a high hole-transporting property and an acceptor material in contact with the second layer are provided in this order from the anode side.
US08207539B2 Light-emitting device having a thinned structure and the manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor light-emitting device having a thinned structure comprises a thinned structure formed between a semiconductor light-emitting structure and a carrier. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of forming a semiconductor light-emitting structure above a substrate; attaching the semiconductor light-emitting structure to a support; thinning the substrate to form a thinned structure; forming or attaching a carrier to the thinned substrate; and removing the support.
US08207536B2 Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
For forming a gate electrode, a conductive film with low resistance including Al or a material containing Al as its main component and a conductive film with low contact resistance for preventing diffusion of Al into a semiconductor layer are laminated, and the gate electrode is fabricated by using an apparatus which is capable of performing etching treatment at high speed.
US08207531B2 Thin film transistor, display device using thin film transistor, and production method of thin film transistor
Provided is a thin film transistor including: a first gate electrode; a first gate insulating layer covering the first gate electrode; a semiconductor layer on the first gate insulating layer; a second gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; a second gate electrode on the second gate insulating layer; and a drain electrode and a source electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, in which: the semiconductor layer is an amorphous oxide semiconductor containing at least one of Zn, Ga, In, and Sn; the first gate electrode shields light entering the semiconductor layer from below, and the second gate electrode shields light entering the semiconductor layer from above; and the second gate electrode is electrically connected to the first gate electrode by penetrating the first gate insulating layer and the second gate insulating layer, to thereby shield light entering the semiconductor layer from at least one of sides thereof.
US08207528B2 Organic transistor, organic transistor array, and display device
An organic transistor includes a substrate; a gate electrode and a gate insulating film sequentially formed on the substrate in the stated order; and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer formed on at least the gate insulating film. Ultraviolet light is radiated to the substrate from a side without the gate electrode, transmitted through the substrate and the gate insulating film, reflected at the gate electrode, and absorbed at the organic semiconductor layer. Conductivity of the organic semiconductor layer that has absorbed the ultraviolet light is lower than that of the organic semiconductor layer that has not absorbed the ultraviolet light.
US08207519B2 Ionic-modulated dopant profile control in nanoscale switching devices
A nanoscale switching device is provided, comprising: a first electrode of a nanoscale width; a second electrode of a nanoscale width; an active region disposed between the first and second electrodes, the active region having at least one non-conducting layer comprising an electronically semiconducting or nominally insulating and a weak ionic conductor switching material capable of carrying a species of dopants and transporting the dopants under an electric field; and a source layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising a highly reactive and highly mobile ionic species that reacts with a component in the switching material to create dopants that are capable of drifting through the non-conducting layer under an electric field, thereby controlling dopant profile by ionic modulation. A crossbar array comprising a plurality of the nanoscale switching devices is also provided, along with a process for making at least one nanoscale switching device.
US08207515B2 Casing internal part and casing for the dry intermediate storage of irradiated fuel elements, and intermediate storage method
The object of this invention is to provide a device and method for the dry intermediate storage of irradiated fuel elements. The apparatus includes a casing which includes tiered superposed modules made of thermally conductive material and having compartments for accommodating fuel elements with a heat sink arranged on a perforated support plate. The system includes a retaining system which includes a clearance space left between a top module of a tier and a support plate of a tier above the superposed module.
US08207513B2 Charged particle beam apparatus
A charged particle beam apparatus is provided which has high resolving power and a wide scanning region (observation field of view). The apparatus has a unit for adjusting the focus, a unit for adjusting astigmatism, a unit for controlling and detecting scanning positions and a controller operative to control the focus adjustment and astigmatism adjustment at a time in interlocked relation to the scanning positions, thereby assuring compatibility between the high resolving power and the observation view field of a wide area.
US08207506B2 Neutron detection
An electron multiplier includes a neutron-sensitive composition having silicon oxide, lead oxide, boron-10 enriched boron oxide, and yttrium oxide. The composition is capable of interacting with neutrons to form an electron cascade. The electron multiplier can be in the form of a microchannel plate, a microfiber plate, or a microsphere plate.
US08207505B2 Radiation detector using gas amplication and method for manufacturing the same
A radiation detector using gas amplification includes: a first electrode pattern which is formed on a first surface of an insulating member and has a plurality of circular openings; and a second electrode pattern which is formed on a second surface of the insulating member opposite to the first surface thereof and has convex portions of which respective forefronts are exposed to centers of the openings of the first electrode pattern; wherein a predetermined electric potential is set between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern; wherein edges of the first electrode pattern exposing to the openings are shaped in respective continuous first curved surfaces by covering the edges thereof with a first solder material.
US08207500B2 Micromechanical sensor having a variable capacitor and method for detecting electromagnetic radiation using same
A sensor for detecting electromagnetic radiation, having a detection element; and at least one electrode; the detection element and the at least one electrode forming a variable capacitor, and a change in the capacitance of the capacitor being caused by the detected electromagnetic radiation.
US08207499B2 Variable rate scanning in an electron microscope
A method for imaging a surface, including scanning a first region of the surface with a primary charged particle beam at a first scan rate so as to generate a first secondary charged particle beam from the first region, and scanning a second region of the surface with the primary charged particle beam at a second scan rate faster than the first scan rate so as to generate a second secondary charged particle beam from the second region. The method also includes receiving the first secondary charged particle beam and the second secondary charged particle beam at a detector configured to generate a signal in response to the beams, and forming an image of the first and the second regions in response to the signal.
US08207491B2 Mass spectrometer
An electrode member (11, 12) having two electrode plain plate portions (21) and one circular portion (20) is created from a single metal plate, where the two electrode plain plate portions (21) belong to every other virtual rod electrode around the ion optical axis and face across the ion optical axis, and the circular portion (20) electrically connects these two electrode plain plate portions (21). A predetermined number of resin electric holders (13) each holding the electrode member (11, 12) are stacked in the ion optical axis direction, with every other electric member rotated by 90° around the ion optical axis, to form a virtual quadrupole rod type ion guide. Since this configuration reduces the number of components more than ever before and saves a cable for connecting electrode plain plate portions (21, 25) to which the same voltage should be applied, it is possible to reduce the cost and facilitate assembly and regulation in manufacturing and use.
US08207489B2 Imaging apparatus having heat dissipation structure for image sensor
An imaging apparatus includes a lens barrel, an image sensor, an imaging plate configured to fix the image sensor thereto, an elastic member disposed between the lens barrel and the imaging plate, a fixing member configured to fix the imaging plate to the lens barrel while deforming the elastic member, a heat transfer plate which transfers heat from the imaging plate, and a heat-conductive sheet which is elastically deformable and held between the imaging plate and the heat transfer plate. When the imaging plate is fixed to the lens barrel, the heat-conductive sheet is held between the imaging plate and the heat transfer plate, such that a direction of an elastic force applied to the imaging plate by the elastic member coincides with a direction of an elastic force applied to the imaging plate by the heat-conductive sheet.
US08207484B1 Streak image sensor and method of operating
A LIDAR system that includes a streak image sensor having multiple sensor elements for receiving optical return signals from portions of a spatial region within their respective instantaneous fields of view is operated by periodically sampling and storing electrical signals generated by the sensor elements respectively, and initiating the periodic sampling of the electrical signals of each sensor individually and independently by reference to a feature of that sensor's electrical signal that represents a boundary between materials with different optical properties.
US08207482B2 Non-imaging diffuse light concentrator
A radiant energy trap. This diffuse and direct radiant energy concentrator comprises at least one reflector, a refractor substantially prism shaped and a receiver interfaced with the refractor. The invention is capable of a solid angle of acceptance of radiant energy, equivalent to that of a flat panel collector, while maintaining a relatively high concentration ratio of diffuse light. The invention can be embodied as an effective hybrid solar electric and thermal collector. A unique yet simple geometry results in relatively high optical and thermal efficiency. The invention can be embodied as a low profile 3-D diffuse light concentrator, combining reflection, refraction, and total internal reflection to approach the thermodynamic limit. It minimizes materials cost to the limits of cost reduction with relatively high efficiency PV cells. The invention increases the utilization of available solar energy and greatly reduces installed system payback periods, compared to prior art.
US08207481B2 Projectile guidance system including a compact semi-active laser seeker
A guidance system may include an optical system to focus incident radiation onto a detector configured to generate at least one guidance signal in response to the focused incident radiation. The optical system may include a first lens having a first side and a second side, the first side consisting of a Fresnel lens formed on a generally convex surface and the second side being generally planar.
US08207480B2 Methods and apparatus for fire control during launch of an effector
Methods and apparatus for launching an effector according to various aspects of the present invention may include a fire control system. The fire control system may be responsive to a sensor, such as a radar, and may be connected to the effector, such as via a launcher. The file control system may be adapted to generate a fire control solution according to the data from the sensor, initiate a launch of the effector, and provide the fire control solution to the effector after initiating the launch.
US08207478B2 Method and apparatus for rapid thermal processing and bonding of materials using RF and microwaves
A method and apparatus for rapid and selective heating of materials using variable frequency RF and microwaves. The apparatus uses variable frequency solid state electronics as a microwave power source, a novel microwave heating head to couple microwave energy to the target materials and a match-up network to tune the frequency and impedance match between the microwave source and the load. An electronic and computer measurement and control system is employed to monitor and control the microwave heating process. The method teaches the use of inductive microwave coupling for thin conductive materials such as metal film and impurity doped silicon wafers. The method also teaches the use of capacitive microwave coupling for dielectric material such as glass and ceramics. The method further teaches the use of rapid and selective heating of heterostructure for bonding and sealing of mems and integrated circuits. The method and apparatus can provide ultra-high heating speed along with ultra-high heating temperatures for rapid thermal processing of semiconductors and other materials. It also allows the use of bonding materials with high melting temperature for strong bonding and sealing of mems and IC devices. The apparatus further provides for high interconnection density of integrated circuits as connections are made without the use of solder bumps.
US08207477B2 Method for cooking vegetables using steam
A method of operating a household oven to cook vegetables using steam during a cooking cycle.
US08207476B2 Temperature controlled substrate holder with non-uniform insulation layer for a substrate processing system
A substrate holder for supporting a substrate in a processing system includes a temperature controlled support base having a first temperature, and a substrate support opposing the temperature controlled support base and configured to support the substrate. Also included is one or more heating elements coupled to the substrate support and configured to heat the substrate support to a second temperature above the first temperature, and a thermal insulator disposed between the temperature controlled support base and the substrate support. The thermal insulator includes a non-uniform spatial variation of the heat transfer coefficient (W/m2-K) through the thermal insulator between the temperature controlled support base and the substrate support.
US08207473B2 Method for manufacturing a stretchable electronic device
A method for manufacturing a stretchable electronic device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device comprises at least one electrically conductive channel connecting at least two components of the device. The method comprises forming the channel by laser-cutting a flexible substrate into a predetermined geometric shape.
US08207469B2 Method for inhibiting electromigration-induced phase segregation in solder joints
A method for inhibiting electromigration-induced phase segregation suitable for solder joint configurations used in a chip package is described as following. First, a chip package including a wiring board, a chip and numbers of solder joints is provided, wherein the chip is disposed on the wiring board, and the solder joints are disposed between the chip and the wiring board to electrically connect the chip to the wiring board. Next, a first current and a second current are alternately applied to a side of the solder joints, wherein flowing directions of the first current and the second current are opposite. The current density of the first current is 103˜105 A/cm2, and the current density of the second current is 103˜105 A/cm2.
US08207468B2 Welding apparatus of stainless steel pipe and welding method of the same
A welding apparatus of a stainless steel pipe comprises a welding torch jetting argon gas for shielding oxygen into a gap of the steel pipe rolled in a circular shape, while fusing any one of base metal and a welding material; and a gas supply pipe installed inside the steel pipe, the gas supply pipe having a jetting nozzle which jets argon gas at a rate of 4 to 20 l/min toward the inner surface of a welding bead portion, where welding has been already completed and which is positioned backwardly at a predetermined distance from a welding bead portion where welding is being performed by the welding torch.
US08207461B2 Switch device for use in electronic device
A switch structure on the sidewall of a circuit board for an electronic device and manufacturing methods of the circuit board are provided. The switch structure includes a circuit board, a plurality of conductive portions, and a movable unit. The conductive portions are formed on a sidewall of the circuit board and electrically insulated from each other. The movable unit is disposed corresponding to the conductive portions to electrically connect or disconnect the plurality of conductive portions to achieve the switch function. The switch structure utilizes the structural design of the circuit board to reduce the space on the circuit board preserved for a circuit board switch.
US08207455B2 Power semiconductor package with bottom surface protrusions
A package includes a body that encapsulates a semiconductor die, the body having a first pair of opposing lateral sides, a second pair of opposing lateral sides, a top, and a bottom. The bottom has a primary surface and a plurality of protrusions that extend outward from the primary surface. When the package is mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB) the protrusions contact the PCB and the primary surface is disposed a first distance away from the PCB. The package further includes a plurality of leads that extend outward from the first pair of opposing lateral sides.
US08207453B2 Glass core substrate for integrated circuit devices and methods of making the same
Disclosed are embodiments of a glass core substrate for an integrated circuit (IC) device. The glass core substrate includes a glass core and build-up structures on opposing sides of the glass core. Electrically conductive terminals may be formed on both sides of the glass core substrate. An IC die may be coupled with the terminals on one side of the substrate, whereas the terminals on the opposing side may be coupled with a next-level component, such as a circuit board. The glass core may comprise a single piece of glass in which conductors have been formed, or the glass core may comprise two or more glass sections that have been joined together, each section having conductors. The conductors extend through the glass core, and one or more of the conductors may be electrically coupled with the build-up structures disposed over the glass core. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08207448B2 Electrically conductive buoyant cable
Disclosed herein is an electrically conductive buoyant cable. The cable includes an electrical conductor member having at least one electrical conductor. The cable also includes a filler layer that consists of buoyant materials with relative density lower than 1. The filler layer surrounds and encloses the electrical conductor member. The invention includes a jacket, which, in one embodiment, contains a small quantity of filler material or no filler material. The jacket surrounds the filler layer. In one embodiment, the filler layer and the jacket are made of the same material.
US08207447B2 PTFE porous body, PTFE mixture, method for producing PTFE porous body, and electric wire/cable using PTFE porous body
A polytetrafluoroethylene porous body which is produced by molding a polytetrafluoroethylene mixture, including a polytetrafluoroethylene powder and a pore-forming agent, into a predetermined shape, and subsequently removing the pore-forming agent. The pore-forming agent includes (a) one or more powders selected from a group consisting of dicarboxylic acid powders and benzoic acid powders, and (b) an organic solvent.
US08207446B2 Non-metallic, integrated sensor-interconnect device, manufacturing process, and related applications
Exemplary embodiments provide materials, devices and arrays of integrated sensor assembly, as well as methods for forming and using such devices and arrays in sensing systems. In one embodiment, the integrated sensor assembly can include an interconnecting member and at least one sensor member connected with the interconnecting member at any location thereof. Each of the sensor member and the interconnecting member can include a core element and a polymer. The core element for the sensor member and the core element for the interconnecting member can be electrically interconnected. Various embodiments can also include a connector member connected to the interconnecting member for transmitting sensing signals from or to the sensor member.
US08207443B2 Point contacts for polysilicon emitter solar cell
The present invention relates to electrical contacts in a semiconductor device, and more particularly to methods and apparatuses for providing point contacts in a polysilicon emitter or HIT type solar cell. According to certain aspects, the invention uses a dielectric layer interposed between the substrate and a conductive layer to provide a limited area over which junction current can flow. The benefit is that the metal grid conductors do not need to align to the contacts, and can be applied freely without registration. Another benefit of the invention is that it provides increased efficiency for poly emitter and HIT cells through use of point contacts to increase current density. A further benefit is that patterning can be accomplished using low cost methods such as inclusion masking, screen printing or laser ablation. A still further benefit is that final contacts do not need alignment to the point contacts, eliminating registration required for conventional point contact designs.
US08207442B2 Reinforcing structures for thin-film photovoltaic device substrates, and associated methods
In an embodiment, one reinforced substrate for use in a photovoltaic device includes a polymer base material and a reinforcing structure bonded with the base material. The reinforced substrate presents a surface in a condition that is made-ready for deposition of thin film layers of the photovoltaic device. A thin film photovoltaic device includes the reinforced substrate, a back contact layer formed on the surface of the reinforced substrate, and a solar absorber layer formed on the back contact layer. A plurality of thin film photovoltaic devices may be formed on a common reinforced substrate. A process of producing a reinforced substrate includes combining a fluid base material and a fiber reinforcing structure to form an impregnated fiber reinforcement. The impregnated fiber reinforcement is cured to form the reinforced substrate, and the reinforced substrate is annealed.
US08207441B2 Photovoltaic apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
This photovoltaic apparatus comprises a second groove for electrically isolating first and second back electrodes from each other, a third groove formed on a region located between a first groove and the second groove to cut at least an intermediate layer from the upper surface of the second back electrode, a first insulating member embedded in the third groove to cover at least a cut portion of the intermediate layer and a conductive member electrically connected to the first substrate electrode on a region located between the second and third grooves and electrically connected to the second back electrode across the third groove.
US08207439B2 Musical tone signal-processing apparatus
A musical tone signal processing apparatus configured to extract musical tone signals that are signal processed for a plurality of localizations. Such an apparatus may be configured to carry out signal processing for signals that have been extracted by first retrieving processing (S100) and/or second retrieving processing (S200). The first retrieving processing (S100) and the second retrieving processing (S200) extracts a musical tone signal (e.g., the left channel signal and the right channel signal) that satisfies each of the conditions that have been set (e.g., frequency, localization, and maximum level) as the extraction signal. Accordingly, the extraction signal can be extracted to allow the musical tone signal processing apparatus to signal process the extraction signal for each of the plurality of conditions.
US08207435B2 Music teaching tool for steel pan and drum players and associated methods
A tool is provided for assisting in teaching music to a player of a steel pan/drum. The tool comprises a substantially circular base divided into twelve radial sectors, a central sector, and three concentric, radially spaced rings, thereby having 37 elements. Each element bears an indicium representative of a unitary, distinct note name in a range of three consecutive octaves plus a first note in a fourth consecutive octave. Each ring is arranged in so that a counter-clockwise-adjacent note name is separated by an interval of a fifth and a clockwise-adjacent note name is separated by an interval of a fourth.
US08207432B2 Acoustic and semi-acoustic stringed instruments having a neck-to-body junction
An instrument comprising a neck-to-body junction including a solid upper body portion to which the instrument's neck and fingerboard are attached forming a neck member. The neck member is then engaged with a hollow cavity representative of the lower body an acoustic or semi-acoustic stringed instruments. The upper body portion of the neck member extends into the hollow cavity of the lower body to create a uniform body structure. A carve-out feature is then formed in close proximity to the base of the neck and extends into the underside of the upper body portion. The carve-out comprises a smooth and continuous surface that enables a player's hand to comfortably access higher positions on the instrument's neck when the instrument is played in the normal playing position.
US08207427B2 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH762507
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH762507. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH762507, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH762507 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH762507.
US08207425B2 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH482099
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH482099. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH482099, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH482099 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH482099.
US08207423B2 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH279302
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH279302. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH279302, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH279302 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH279302.
US08207418B2 Cotton variety 09R619B2R2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 09R619B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 09R619B2R2. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 09R619B2R2 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 09R619B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08207415B1 Soybean cultivar 07021638
A soybean cultivar designated 07021638 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 07021638, to the plants of soybean cultivar 07021638, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 07021638, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 07021638. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07021638. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07021638, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 07021638 with another soybean cultivar.
US08207410B2 Soybean variety A1016317
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1016317. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1016317. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1016317 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1016317 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08207407B2 Soybean variety A1016238
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1016238. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1016238. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1016238 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1016238 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08207406B2 Soybean cultivar S080118
A soybean cultivar designated S080118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080118, to the plants of soybean S080118, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080118, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080118 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S080118, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080118, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S080118 with another soybean cultivar.
US08207405B2 Soybean variety D5234214
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5234214. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5234214. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5234214 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5234214 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08207402B2 Nucleotide sequences encoding enzymes in biosynthesis of dihydroartemisinic acid
Isolated nucleic acid molecules cloned from Artemisia annua encode artemisinic aldehyde double bond reductase and artemisinic/dihydroartemisinic aldehyde dehydrogenase. Artemisinic aldehyde double bond reductase enzymatically reduces artemisinic aldehyde to dihydroartemisinic aldehyde. Artemisinic/dihydroartemisinic aldehyde dehydrogenase enzymatically oxidizes dihydroartemisinic aldehyde to dihydroartemisinic acid and artemisinic aldehyde to artemisinic acid. The nucleic acid molecules, and the enzymes encoded thereby, may be used in processes to produce dihydroartemsinic aldehyde, dihydroartemisinic acid or artemisinic acid in a host cell. Dihydroartemisinic acid is a late precursor to the a antimalarial compound artemisinin.
US08207400B2 Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08207398B2 Plants having an enhanced resistance to necrotrophic pathogens and method of making same
A method for enhancing resistance to necrotrophic and/or hemibiotrophic pathogens by overexpressing glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase using an expression vector in a plant species. For example, the present method can be used to enhance resistance to C. higginsianum by overexpressing glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in a plant such as Arabidopsis plant, using an expression vector in a plant.
US08207394B2 Induction coil wetness sensor for an absorbent article
A signaling device is provided for sensing and indicating the presence of a body exudate in an absorbent article, the device including a housing and a detection circuit disposed within the housing, the detection circuit including an induction coil and a marginal oscillator. A body exudate collection and detection system is also provided including an absorbent article and a signaling device adapted to be used in conjunction with the absorbent article, the signaling device including a housing and a detection circuit disposed within the housing, the detection circuit including an induction coil and a marginal oscillator. The signaling device can also include an attachment mechanism for removably attaching the housing to the absorbent article. The detection circuit can also include an electrical common and a conductor in electrical communication with the electrical common and with the body exudate.
US08207393B2 Foamed pressure sensitive adhesive body comprising hydrocolloids
The invention relates to an absorbent adhesive body of a foamed pressure sensitive hydrocolloid adhesive comprising one or more water soluble or water swellable hydrocolloids and having gas bubbles incorporated therein, where the gas in the gas bubbles are in direct contact with the pressure sensitive hydrocolloid adhesive and where tan δ for the adhesive in un-foamed form is below 0.35 at 40° C. and 0.001 rad/sec.
US08207390B2 Process to produce low viscosity poly-alpha-olefins
A low viscosity poly(alpha-olefin) (PAO) is produced by contacting one or more C3 to C24 alpha-olefins with an unbridged, substituted bis-cyclopentadienyl transition metal compound, a non-coordinating anion activator, and an alkyl-aluminum compound. The molar ratio of transition metal compound to activator is 10:1 to 0.1:1 and the molar ratio of alkyl aluminum compound to transition metal compound is 1:4 to 4000:1. The transition metal compound has either (a) at least one non-isoolefin substitution on both cyclopentadienyl rings, or (b) at least two substitutions on at least one cyclopentadienyl ring. The PAO is comprised of at least 50 mole % of C3 to C24 alpha-olefins, has a Mw/Mn between 1 and 1.4, and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 20 cSt or less.
US08207389B2 Oligomerization of olefin feed comprising propylene and propane to produce base oil
We provide a process for making a base oil, comprising: oligomerizing an olefin feed comprising propylene and propane with an ionic liquid catalyst at a temperature from 0° C. to 150° C. to make a base oil having: i. from 45 to 70 wt % hydrocarbons boiling at 482° C. (900° F.) or higher, ii. a viscosity index from 25 to 90, and iii. a cloud point less than −25° C.
US08207384B2 Catalytic gas phase fluorination of 243db to 1234yf
The invention provides a process for preparing 1234yf, comprising: (i) contacting 243db with hydrogen fluoride HF in gas phase in the presence of a fluorination catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce a reaction mixture; (ii) separating the reaction mixture into a first stream comprising HCl, 1234yf and a second stream comprising HF, 1233xf and 245cb; (iii) recycling at least a part of the second stream at least in part back to step (i). The invention also provides a process for preparing 1234yf, comprising: (i) contacting 243db with hydrogen fluoride HF in gas phase in the presence of a fluorination catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce a reaction mixture; (ii) separating the reaction mixture into HCl and a stream containing the fluorinated products; (iii) separating said stream containing the fluorinated products into a first stream comprising 1234yf and a second stream comprising HF, 1233xf and 245cb; (iv) recycling at least a part of the second stream at least in part back to step (i).
US08207382B2 Method for eliminating color forming impurities from nitro compounds
A method for stabilizing nitro compounds against discoloration. The method comprises reacting nitro compounds containing color-forming impurities with nitric acid, neutralizing and washing the product, and distilling therefrom purified nitro compounds.
US08207381B2 Therapeutic compounds
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 have any of the values or specific values defined herein, as well as compositions comprising such compounds and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of such compounds.
US08207380B2 Alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound substantially free of endocrine disruptive chemicals and method of making the same
An alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound prepared by reacting at least one hydroxyaromatic compound with a branched olefinic oligomer having from about 20 to about 80 carbon atoms in the presence of a acid catalyst. The alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound has been determined to be substantially free of endocrine disruptive chemicals when the effects were quantified on pubertal development and thyroid function in the intact juvenile female rat.
US08207379B2 Ruthenium compound and method for producing optically active aminoalcohol compound
A novel ruthenium compound that is useful as an asymmetric reduction catalyst for carbonyl compounds. The ruthenium compound of the present invention is represented by a formula (I): (Ru(X)2(Pxx)[R1R2C(NH2)—R3R4C(NH2)] (I)), and when this compound is used as an asymmetric reduction catalyst, an optically active aminoalcohol compound can be produced from an α-aminoketone, and particularly a compound represented by formula (IV), with high stereoselectivity and high yield.
US08207372B2 Process for the production of acrylic and methacrylic esters of poly(trimethylene ether) glycol
Processes are provided for producing novel (meth)acrylic esters of poly(trimethylene ether) glycol. The processes include reacting poly(trimethylene ether) glycol with (meth)acrylic acid or equivalents thereof.
US08207365B2 Polymeric salen compounds and methods thereof
The present disclosure provides a polymerizable compound of the formula (I) where the R1, R2, R′1, R′2, X1 to X8, Y1, Y2, M and L have any of values as defined in the specification. The disclosure also provides an oligomer, a homo-polymer, or a co-polymer of compound of the formula (I). The disclosure also provides methods for preparing the compound of the formula (I) and methods for preparing polymers of the compound of the formula (I), and to methods and intermediates useful for preparing them. The disclosure also provides methods for the use of the polymers of formula (I) as chiral catalysts in enantioselective preparative processes.
US08207362B2 Bio-fuel and process for making bio-fuel
A method of producing biodiesel from a source of triglycerides. The source of triglycerides is reacted with a blended alcohol composition in the presence of a catalyst to form a mixture of at least one fatty acid alcohol ester and glycerin. The fatty acid alcohol ester is then separated from the glycerin and is purified to produce a biofuel. The blended alcohol composition comprises at least one lower alcohol, a ketone and ethyl acetate. The use of the blended alcohol composition allows the transesterification process to proceed under ambient temperature and pressure conditions within a relatively short reaction time.
US08207361B2 Tigecycline crystalline forms and processes for preparation thereof
The present invention relates to solid crystalline Tigecycline, and crystalline forms thereof.
US08207360B2 Propylene oxide process
A process for producing propylene oxide from propylene is disclosed. The process comprises reacting propylene and an oxidant selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and oxygen in a slurry comprising a catalyst and a solvent having a boiling point of 110° C. or lower to produce a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture including the catalyst is distilled to produce a vapor stream comprising propylene, propylene oxide, and at least a portion of the solvent, and a slurry stream comprising the solvent and the catalyst. At least a portion of the slurry stream is recycled to the reaction step.
US08207355B2 Method for preparing azetidine derivatives
This invention discloses and claims an industrial method for the production of azetidine derivatives, such as, N-(1-benzhydrylazetidin-3-yl)-N-phenylmethylsulphonamide.
US08207348B2 Thiazolothiazole compound and thiazolothiazole polymer
The invention provides a thiazolothiazole compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; and n represents an integer of 0 or 1. The invention further provides a thiazolothiazole polymer having the thiazolothiazole compound as a polymerization unit thereof.
US08207347B2 Pyridone derivatives as NK3 antagonists
The present invention relates to compounds useful in therapy, in particular in the treatment of psychosis, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods of treating diseases comprising the administration of said compounds.
US08207344B2 GPR119 agonists
GPR119 agonist compounds of the formula: and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diabetes and obesity.
US08207343B2 Process for preparing montelukast and salts thereof
A method for the preparation of montelukast and salts thereof has been described. The method comprises of following steps: (a) (S)-1-(3-((E)-2-(7-chloroquinolin-2-yl)vinyl)phenyl)-3-(2-isopropenylphenyl)propyl methane sulphonate (styrene mesylate salt) (b) coupling with 1-(mercapto methyl)cyclopropane acetic acid followed by salification with an amine gives styrene amine salt (c) Converting styrene amine salt to Montelukast amine salt (d) Converting Montelukast amine salt to Montelukast free acid and or its required alkali/alkaline salt.
US08207342B2 Substituted 3-amino-2-mercaptoquinolines as KCNQ2/3 modulators
The invention relates to substituted 3-amino-2-mercaptoquinolines, to processes for their preparation, to medicaments containing these compounds and to the use of these compounds in the preparation of medicaments.
US08207339B2 Process for preparing Moxifloxacin and salts thereof
The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of Moxifloxacin of Formula (I) and salts thereof by means of a process providing the coupling reaction of 1-cyclopropril-6,7-difluoro-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo -3-quinolinic acid or ester thereof with (4aS, 7aS) -octahydro-1H-pyrrole[3,4-b]pyridine using a magnesium salt.
US08207338B2 Phosphonic acid compounds as inhibitors of serine proteases
The present invention is directed to phosphonic acid compounds useful as serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders.
US08207337B2 Reagent for organic synthesis reaction containing organic triol borate salt
[Problem]To provide an organoboron compound-containing reagent for organic synthesis reactions which undergoes no trimerization with dehydration, does not necessitate activation with a base, and is stable and highly active.[Means for Solving Problems]The reagent for organic synthesis reactions contains an organic triol borate salt represented by any of the general formulae (I) to (III) and general formula (XVI): (wherein R1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, etc.; R2 represents optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, etc. or represents hydrogen; m+ represents an alkaline metal ion, phosphonium ion, or given ammonium ion; M2+ represents an alkaline earth metal; X represents halogen or alkoxide; Y represents an alkali metal ion, etc.; A represents optionally substituted methylene; and n represents an integer).
US08207336B2 Osmium compound useful as redox mediator
Bis-(4,4′dimethyl-2,2′bipyridyl) picolinate osmium complexes are useful as mediators in the electrochemical test strips, such as those used in the detection of glucose.
US08207332B2 Methods of attaching biological compounds to solid supports using triazine
Disclosed are methods of attaching biologically active compounds to a solid surface, comprising modifying the solid surface using triazine chloride and attaching the biologically active compound to the triazine moiety.
US08207331B2 Benzazepine derivatives for the treatment of neurological disorders
The present invention relates to novel benzazepine derivatives having pharmacological activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
US08207330B2 Two-photon absorption material and application thereof
A two-photon absorption material represented by the following General Formula (I): where R1 to R8 each represent hydrogen, halogen, a carboxyl group, a carboxylic acid ester group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; one to three of X1 to X4 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aminophenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dialkylaminophenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted N,N-diphenyl-aminophenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted indolyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted azulenyl group, and the other represents or the others each represent hydrogen, halogen, a carboxyl group, a carboxylic acid ester group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a perhalogenoalkyl group; and M represents two hydrogen atoms or a divalent, trivalent or tetravalent metal atom which may have oxygen or halogen.
US08207329B2 Synthesis of chlorins and phorbines with enhanced red spectral features
The present invention provides compounds of the general Formula DI: along with methods of making such compounds, formulations containing the same, and methods of using the same (e.g., in photodynamic therapy, for the production of solar cells, etc.).
US08207327B2 Catalyst and process for hydrogenating organic compounds comprising hydrogenatable groups
The invention relates to a shell catalyst containing ruthenium as an active metal, alone or together with at least one other metal of the auxiliary group IB, VIIB or VIII of the periodical system of the elements (CAS version), and applied to a carrier containing silicon dioxide as a carrier material. The invention also relates to a method for producing said shell catalyst, and to a method for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols, using the inventive shell catalyst. The invention further relates to the use of the inventive shell catalyst for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols.
US08207325B2 MicroRNA biomarkers for human breast and lung cancer
The present invention relates to novel molecular markers for diagnosis and classification of human breast cancer and lung cancer.
US08207323B2 Polarization-enhanced detector with gold nanorods for detecting nanoscale rotational motion and method therefor
A nanoscale motion detector attaches a gold nanorod (30) to the rotating arm (26) of a molecular structure (10) to cause the nanoparticle to rotate. The molecular structure is an F1-ATPase enzyme. The gold nanorod is exposed to a light source. The long axis of the gold nanorod scatters red light when the nanorod is in a first position. The short axis of the gold nanorod scatters green light when the nanorod is in a second position. A polarizing filter filters the red and green light to detect the rotational motion by observing alternating red and green lights. A detection DNA stand (50) is coupled between the gold nanorod and the molecular structure. The detection DNA strand hybridizes with a target DNA strand (58) if the target DNA strand matches the detection DNA strand to form a structural link between the molecular structure and gold nanorod.
US08207316B1 HCMV-related nucleic acids and microRNA
The present invention relates to a group of noel viral RNA regulatory genes, here identified as “viral genomic address messenger genes”or “VGAM genes”, and as “Viral genomic record”or “VGR genes”. VGAM genes selectively inhibit translation of known host target genes, and are believed to represent a pervasive viral attack mechanism. VGR genes encode an “operon”-like cluster of VGAM genes. VGAM and viral VGR genes may therefore be useful in diagnosing, preventing and treating viral disease. Several nucleic acid molecules are provided respectively encoding several VGAM genes, as are vectors and probes, both comprising the nucleic acid molecules, and methods and systems for detecting VGAM genes, and for counteracting their activity.
US08207313B2 Natural products from Vinca
New and useful compounds C. roseus cultured hairy roots are provided, by Isolating flavone glycosides together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This is accomplished by immersing powdered the hairy roots in methanol to produce an extract, concentrating the extract, resuspending the extract in water, extracting the compound with organic solvent, and isolating the compound from the organic solvent.
US08207306B2 Targeted binding agents directed to sonic hedgehog homolog and uses thereof
The invention relates to targeted binding agents against human sonic hedgehog homolog (Shh) and uses of such agents. More specifically, the invention relates to fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to Shh. The described targeted binding agents are useful in the treatment of diseases associated with the activity and/or overproduction of Shh and as diagnostics.
US08207303B2 Monoclonal antibodies against CD30 lacking in fucosyl residues
The invention pertains to anti-CD30 antibodies that lack fucosyl residues. The antibodies of the invention exhibit increased antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity, including the ability to lyse CD30-expressing cell lines that are not lysed by the fucosylated form of the antibodies. The invention also provides host cells that express the anti-CD30 antibodies that lack fucosyl residues, wherein the host cells are deficient for a fucosyl transferase. Methods of using the antibodies to inhibit the growth of CD30+ cells, such as tumor cells, are also provided.
US08207301B2 Hepatocellular carcinoma protein marker
Provided are: a method of assessing hepatocellular carcinoma by using a protein with a different phosphorylated state in hepatocellular carcinoma cells compared with non-hepatocellular carcinoma cells; and a hepatocellular carcinoma protein marker for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma formed of the protein. The hepatocellular carcinoma protein marker for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma includes tumor rejection antigen gp96 formed of the amino acid represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and is measured for its phosphorylated state to detect the presence or absence of hepatocellular carcinoma.
US08207300B2 CTSP cancer-testis antigens
The invention relates to CTSP polypeptides and the nucleic acid molecules that encode them. The invention further relates to the use of the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides and fragments thereof in methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of diseases, such as cancer. More specifically, the invention relates to the discovery of a novel cancer/testis (CT) antigen, CTSP-1.
US08207298B2 Methods of separating biopolymer conjugated molecules from unconjugated molecules
The invention relates to methods for separating or purifying biopolymer conjugated molecules from unconjugated molecules. In particular, methods are described for purifying a PEGylated protein or oligonucleotide from an unPEGylated protein or oligonucleotide, respectively. The methods are quick and efficient separation methods because they do not require gradient chromatography, fractionation of an eluent or analysis of the eluted fractions. Further, the methods increase yield and purity of the biopolymer conjugated molecule.
US08207297B2 Compounds for enzyme inhibition
Peptide-based compounds including heteroatom-containing, three-membered rings efficiently and selectively inhibit specific activities of N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolases. The activities of those Ntn having multiple activities can be differentially inhibited by the compounds described. For example, the chymotrypsin-like activity of the 20S proteasome may be selectively inhibited with the inventive compounds. The peptide-based compounds include at least three peptide units, an epoxide or aziridine, and functionalization at the N-terminus. Among other therapeutic utilities, the peptide-based compounds are expected to display anti-inflammatory properties and inhibition of cell proliferation.
US08207293B2 Peptides derived from maurocalcine used as vectors for intracellular addressing of molecules of interest
A method of intracellular delivery of a substance of interest, including the step of using a maurocalcine-derived peptide vector for transporting said substance of interest into cells is described. The vector including a maurocalcine-derived peptide of sequence (I): Z-X1-X2-X3-X4-X5-X6-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13-X14-X15-X16-X17-X18-X19-X20-X21-X22-X23-X24-X25-X26-Z′, wherein X1 and X26 each represent a cysteine, X2 to X25 each represent an amino acid or are absent, X7, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14, X15 and X16 are always present, and X10, X11, X13 and X14, each represent a lysine or an arginine, and Z and/or Z′ are absent or each represent a sequence of 1 to 35 amino acids, with the exception of the peptide having the sequence SEQ ID NO:1 in the sequence listing attached in the annex.
US08207291B2 Process for devolatilization of polymer of an aromatic alkylene
Process for devolatilization of a polymer of an aromatic alkylene, such as styrene and, in particular, an improved process using water as a stripping agent (i) in which the total amount of water to be disposed of can be reduced, (ii) which allows at least a portion of the water to be recycled as stripping agent, reducing make-up requirements for the stripping agent, and (iii) which allows at least a portion of the aromatic alkylene monomer in the water to be recycled to the polymerization process (via the devolatilization steps) rather than being disposed.
US08207290B2 Methods and systems for generating nanoparticles
In one aspect, the present invention provides a process for forming polymeric nanoparticles, which comprises using a static mixer to create a mixed flowing stream of an anti-solvent, e.g., by introducing a liquid anti-solvent into a static mixer, and introducing a polymer solution into the mixed flowing anti-solvent stream such that controlled precipitation of polymeric nanoparticles occurs. The nanoparticles can then be separated from the anti-solvent stream.
US08207289B2 High molecular weight polyester polymers with reduced acetaldehyde
Polyester compositions, especially polyethylene terephthalate homopolymer and copolymers, are disclosed containing titanium catalysts and catalyst deactivator added late in the manufacturing processing having reduced acetaldehyde generation rates. The polyester compositions are low in free acetaldehyde, making them suitable for fabrication into beverage containers for relatively tasteless beverages such as bottle water. Furthermore, the polyesters are polymerized to a high inherent viscosity in reduced processing time, without the necessity of further polymerization in the solid state, and in the absence of acetaldehyde scavengers leading to polyester polymers having reduced color.
US08207286B2 Methods for preparing polyurethanes
The present invention provides methods for preparing polyurethanes from reaction components including: (a) reacting about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; and about 0.1 to about 0.5 equivalents of at least one polyol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms to form an isocyanate functional urethane prepolymer; and (b) reacting the isocyanate functional urethane prepolymer, about 0.05 to about 1.0 equivalents of at least one branched polyol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and up to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one polyol different from the branched polyol and having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein the reaction components are essentially free of polyester polyol and polyether polyol, as well as methods for preparing polyurethanes using a one pot process.
US08207282B2 Bifunctional organolithium initiator and conjugated diene copolymers prepared using the same
A novel polymeric compound is provided. The polymeric compound is highly compatible with reinforcing materials. Particularly, the polymeric compound is highly miscible with inorganic reinforcing materials in the manufacture of a tire. Further provided is a novel bifunctional initiator necessary to prepare the polymeric compound. The bifunctional initiator contains amine moieties. Active ends of the polymer are modified with an alkoxysilane compound. The polymer has an improved affinity for carbon black and silica as reinforcing materials in the manufacture of a tire. Therefore, the use of the polymer can achieve desired physical properties required in a tire, e.g., high wet traction, low rolling resistance and high tread wear.
US08207276B2 DIP forming latex composition and DIP formed article
A dip-forming latex composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein the residual effective activity of organic peroxide defined as the ratio of organic peroxide retaining reactivity to the whole organic peroxide contained in the latex composition is 35% or higher. The invention provides a dip-formed article, which exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness and excellent in tensile strength and resistance to flexing fatigue; which itself hardly suffers coloration especially when the article thereof is worn as a glove for continuous operation for a long time and is hard to reduce adhesiveness and following characteristics to hand while wearing it; and a dip-forming latex composition capable to give such an article by dip-forming thereof.
US08207274B2 Solvent-free process for synthesis of a curable wax
The methods of manufacturing a curable wax, such as an acrylate of a hydroxyl-terminated polyethylene wax having the structure CH3—(CH2)n—CH2OH, where n=22-24, and removing a fouled material in a reactor are disclosed. The methods may include reacting a wax having a transformable functional group and a curable compound in the absence of an organic solvent to form an acrylate. The methods may further include removing excess curable compound using hot water having a temperature of more than about 85° C., solidifying the acrylate, removing the acrylate, and removing a fouled material in the reactor by emulsification.
US08207273B2 Block copolymers useful as tensioning agents
Novel linear block copolymers, for example containing styrene blocks and ethyl(meth)acrylate blocks, and non-cosmetic compositions comprised thereof, are useful tensioning agents for a variety of surface substrates.
US08207271B2 Process for the manufacture of heterophasic propylene copolymer
The invention is directed to a process for the manufacture of heterophasic propylene copolymer compositions comprising the steps of forming a propylene polymer matrix in at least one slurry reactor and optionally in at least one gas phase reactor and subsequently forming in at least one gas phase reactor an elastomeric copolymer by copolymerizing propylene with ethylene and/or with another alpha-olefin in the presence of said matrix, wherein the polymerization is carried out in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a catalyst in form of solid particles, said particles (a) have a surface area of less than 20 m2/g, (b) comprise a transition metal compound of groups 4 to 10 of the periodic table or a compound of actinide or lanthanide, (c) comprise a metal compound of groups 1 to 3 of the periodic table, and (d) comprise inclusions not comprising catalytically active sites.
US08207265B2 Adhesives films
This invention comprises a film useful as an adhesive, a composition useful to make the film, and a laminate comprising the film contiguous with at least one metal substrate, at least one foam substrate or combination thereof. The composition comprises (a) at least one anhydride grafted olefin polymer, (b) at least one high density polyethylene, and (c) at least one elastomer which preferably has a tensile elongation at break of at least about 585%, a density of at most about 0.900 g/cm3 or a combination thereof. The anhydride grafted olefin polymer or combination thereof is preferably present in an amount of from about 20 to about 40 weight percent, the high density polyethylene or combination thereof is preferably present in an amount of from about 40 to about 60 weight percent, and the elastomer or combination thereof is preferably present in an amount of from about 17 to about 30 weight percent. Each anhydride grafted olefin polymer is independently most preferably a maleic anhydride grafted high density polyethylene. The high density polyethylene preferably has a melt index at most about 30 dg/min. The elastomer is preferably a substantially linear ethylene polymer or olefin block copolymer.
US08207263B2 Immobilization of membrane proteins onto supports via an amphiphile
The invention pertains to the field of membrane protein immobilization onto supports. It relates to a product comprising a support and at least one membrane protein attached to the surface thereof, characterized in that said membrane protein is attached to said support using an amphiphilic molecule with which said membrane protein is complexed. It also relates to a process for preparing such product, as well as to various applications in the fields of diagnosis, drug design and biotechnologies. It further relates to a kit, together with a functionalized amphiphilic molecule, for preparing a product according to the invention comprising a support and an amphiphilic molecule, wherein the amphiphilic molecule and the support interact through a hydrophobic bond, an ionic bond, a specific bond or a covalent bond.
US08207261B2 Plastic articles, optionally with partial metal coating
Disclosed herein is a type of two-shot molded article, comprising a metallizable composition and a less-metallizable composition, that can be partially coated with metal, as well as methods of making the articles.
US08207256B2 Organic/inorganic hybrid material and fabrication method thereof
An organic/inorganic hybrid material is provided, which includes an organic polymer and a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles, wherein the inorganic nanoparticles are self-connected or connected via a linker to constitute an inorganic network structure. By forming the inorganic network structure through interconnection of inorganic nanoparticles, the inorganic content in the hybrid materials can be drastically increased to improve the properties thereof. A method for fabricating the organic/inorganic hybrid material is also provided.
US08207248B2 Polyethylene composition having reduced warpage in molded articles
Disclosed is a colored high density polyethylene composition. The composition comprises a high density polyethylene, phthalocyanine blue, and talc. The composition exhibits reduced warpage in molded articles compared to those which do not contain talc. The composition is useful for injection molding and many other applications where a blue color is needed and low warpage is desired.
US08207242B2 Process for producing photocurable material, photocurable material and article
To provide a photocurable material which can form a cured product having a high transparency and a high refractive index, a process for producing the material easily, and an article having a high transparency and a high refractive index.The photocurable material is obtained by a production process comprising (i) a step of reacting a polymerizable component (A) comprised of at least one type of a compound (a) having a (meth)acryloyloxy group, and a compound (B) having a mercapto group and a carboxy group to obtain a surface modifier (C) which has the carboxy group derived from the compound (B) at a terminal, (ii) a step of modifying the surface of inorganic fine particles (D) with the surface modifier (C) to obtain surface-modified inorganic fine particles (E), and (iii) a step of obtaining a photocurable material which contains the surface-modified inorganic fine particles (E), a polymerizable component (F) comprised of at least one type of a compound (f) having a (meth)acryloyloxy group, and a photopolymerization initiator (G).
US08207239B2 Radioactive ray-curable liquid resin composition for use in optical stereolithography, and optically shaped article produced by curing the composition
The present invention aims to provide a radiation-curing liquid resin composition for optical tridimensional modeling having good storage stability. The suitable radiation-curing liquid resin composition for optical tridimensional modeling of the present invention includes a compound represented by the below general formula (1), a compound having phenolic hydroxyl group, a cationic polymerizable compound, a radical polymerization initiator, a radical polymerizable compound, one or more sulfur compound selected from the group consisting of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, 2-(4-morpholinodithiobenzothiazole, diisopropylxantogendisulfide and diphenyldisulfide, a polyether polyol compound.
US08207238B2 Dental compositions and initiator systems with color-stable amine electron donors
The invention features a hardenable dental composition, e.g., polymerizable dental restoratives, adhesives, etc., that contain a color-stable amine electron donor in an initiation system for initiating polymerization of the composition.
US08207236B2 Method for the production of porous particles
The present invention provides a method for the production of porous particles that involves extracting an organic solvent from a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion. In accordance with the method of the invention, a first aqueous solution including a porosity-promoting agent is emulsified into an organic solution including a therapeutic constituent and, optionally, a matrix material to form a water-in-oil emulsion. The water-in-oil emulsion is then emulsified into a second aqueous solution including a surfactant to form the water-in-oil-in-water emulsion. Extraction of the organic solvent from the water-in-oil-in-water emulsion, such as by supercritical fluid extraction, causes the therapeutic constituent and optional matrix material to precipitate and thus form an aqueous suspension of porous particles. The aqueous suspension can be centrifuged, filtered and lyophilized to obtain dry porous particles suitable for use in the deep lung delivery of drugs and other therapeutic agents.
US08207234B1 Methods for treating diabetic foot ulcers
The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical formulations for treating diabetic foot ulcers.
US08207233B1 Methods for treating diabetic foot ulcers
The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical formulations for treating diabetic foot ulcers.
US08207231B2 Hepatitis A virucide
The invention relates to agents which combat the hepatitus A virus, containing only minimal amounts of chlorine-containing and/or chlorine cleaving active ingredients, or none of said substances. The inventions also relates to the use of these agents and to a method for their production.
US08207228B2 Calixarene-based peptide conformation mimetics, methods of use, and methods of making
A class of topomimetic calixarene-based peptide mimetics is described. Calixarene-based peptide mimetics have various biological activities such as, for example, bactericidal activity, antiangiogenic activity, and/or antitumor activity. Methods of use and methods of designing calixarene-based peptide mimetics are described.
US08207224B2 Preservatives based on carboxylic anhydrides
Carboxylic anhydrides are highly suitable as additive for industrial materials, cosmetics, pharmaceutics and foodstuffs, in particular beverages, for protecting them against attack and/or destruction by microorganisms.
US08207217B2 Crystalline forms of the mono-sodium salt of D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of the mono-sodium salt of D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, their use in the treatment of various diseases and conditions, and processes for their preparation. In particular, the present invention relates the crystal modification 1 (polymorphic form F), the crystal modification 2 (polymorphic form I), and the crystal modification 3 (polymorphic form X) of the mono-sodium salt of D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan.
US08207216B2 Benzofuran-3-yl(indol-3-yl) maleimides as potent GSK3 inhibitors
Compounds of formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof, where variables are defined in the specification, useful generally as inhibitors of protein kinases and particularly useful for inhibition of GSK-3. Pharmaceutically compositions and medicaments containing a compound of the invention are provided. The invention provides methods of treatment of protein kinase-related disease, disorders or conditions. The invention provides methods of treatment of GSK-3-related diseases, disorders or conditions. More specifically, methods of treatment of bipolar disorder, including mania, schizophrenia, stroke, epilepsy, motor neuron disease, cranial or spinal trauma, neurodegenerative disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's disease, Fragile X syndrome, autism, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, amylotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), AIDS-associated dementia, diabetes, particularly type II diabetes, cardiomycete hypertrophy, reperfusion/ischemia, cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, allergies and/or asthma and hair loss or baldness.
US08207211B2 Photosensitizers for targeted photodynamic therapy
The present invention relates to photosensitizer compounds based on functionalized fullerenes useful in targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT), and methods of use thereof.
US08207210B2 Aminoindazolylurea derivatives
Novel aminoindazolylurea derivatives of the formula I (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X and Y have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are SGK inhibitors and can be used for the treatment of SGK-induced diseases and complaints, such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia), systemic and pulmonary hypertonia, cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases, generally in fibroses and inflammatory processes of any type.
US08207205B2 Compounds, compositions and methods comprising oxadiazole derivatives
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to inhibiting of functional cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound defined herein (including those compounds set forth in Tables 1-2 or encompassed by formulas I-IV) or compositions thereof, thereby treating the disease. The present invention particularly, relates to a method of treating diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease.
US08207203B2 Pyridylisoxazole derivatives
This invention offers isoxazole derivatives represented by the following formula (I) in which R1 and R2 each stands for hydrogen, lower alkyl, amino and the like; R3 stands for substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetero aryl; R4 stands for hydrogen or lower alkyl; R5 stands for substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, furyl and the like; and Y stands for —CH2—, —CO—, —O—, —NH— and the like, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which exhibit excellent p38MAPkinase-inhibiting action with reduced side-effects, and are useful for treating such diseases as chronic rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and the like.
US08207198B2 Substituted triazole derivatives as oxytocin antagonists
The present invention relates to substituted triazoles of formula (I), uses thereof, processes for the preparation thereof and compositions containing said compounds. These inhibitors have utility in a variety of therapeutic areas including sexual dysfunction.
US08207196B2 Compositions and methods for the treatment of metabolic disorders
The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example.
US08207192B2 Quinuclidine compounds having quaternary ammonium group, its preparation method and use as blocking agents of acetylcholine
The invention relates to the quinuclidine compounds of formula I having quaternary ammonium group, its preparation, and the pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of the compound of formula I. The compound and the composition are used to prevent and treat the diseases by blocking acetylcholine receptor. Wherein: R1 is selected from C1-12 saturated straight-chain alkyl and cycloalkyl; R2 is selected from C1-12 saturated straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkyl; and X is selected from halogen ion, organic and inorganic acid radical.
US08207189B2 Compound having affinity for amyloid
A compound represented by the following formula or a salt thereof: wherein each of A1, A2, A3 and A4 independently represents a carbon or nitrogen, R1 is a radioactive halogen substituent, R2 is a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, an N-methylamino group, an N,N-dimethylamino group and a cyano group, and p is an integer of 0 to 2, provided at least one of A1, A2, A3 and A4 represents a carbon, and R1 binds to a carbon represented by A1, A2, A3 or A4, is effective as an image diagnosis probe targeting amyloid. A diagnostic agent for Alzheimer's disease contains the compound.
US08207186B2 Benzocycloheptapyridines as inhibitors of the receptor tyrosine kinase MET
The present invention relates to 5H-benzo[4,5]cyclohepta[1,2-b]pyridine compounds, that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with MET activity, and for inhibiting the receptor tyrosine kinase MET. The invention also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.
US08207181B2 Substituted dihydro, trihydro and tetrahydro cycloalkyloxazolopyrimidinones, preparation and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to a series of 2-substituted-di- tri or tetra-hydro-8H-cyclopentaoxazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-8-ones and 2-substituted-di-, tetra-, or hexa-hydro-cyclohexaoxazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-9-ones of formula (I): wherein p, n, A, B, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein. This invention also relates to methods of making these compounds including novel intermediates. The compounds of this invention are modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR), particularly, mGluR2 receptor. Therefore, the compounds of this invention are useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of central nervous system disorders (CNS), including but not limited to acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions, psychoses, convulsions, anxiety, depression, migraine, pain, sleep disorders and emesis.
US08207164B2 Oxazine derivatives and their use in the treatment of neurological disorders
The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, in free form or in salt form, to their preparation, to their medical use and to medicaments comprising them.
US08207161B2 Tetrahydro-imidazo[1,5-α]pyrazine derivatives, preparation process and medicinal use thereof
Tetrahydro-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine derivatives of formula (I), their preparation methods, pharmaceutical compositions containing the derivatives and uses thereof as medicaments, especially as dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors, wherein the substituents of formula (I) are defined as same as the description.
US08207158B2 5HT2c receptor modulators
The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I): which act as 5HT2C receptor modulators. These compounds are useful in pharmaceutical compositions whose use includes the treatment of obesity.
US08207156B2 Substituted pyrazoline compounds, their preparation and use as medicaments
The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoline compounds, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
US08207153B2 Quinazolinones as inhibitors of human phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta
Compounds that inhibit P13Kδ activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit P13Kδ activity, are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (P13Kδ) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation in which P13Kδ plays a role in leukocyte function, using the compounds also are disclosed.
US08207148B2 Compositions containing zinc salts for coating medical articles
The present invention relates to methods and compositions which employ low concentrations of combinations of zinc salts and antimicrobial agents in coatings for medical articles. The coatings have an anti-irritant effect and inhibit transmission of infectious disease.
US08207147B2 Heterocyclic derivatives as GPCR receptor agonists
Compounds of Formula (I), R1-A-V—B—R2; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of GPR116 and are useful as regulators of satiety, e.g. for the treatment of obesity, and for the treatment of diabetes.
US08207146B2 Phenothiazine derivative having a double bond, method for the production thereof, and use thereof as a pharmaceutical
The present invention relates to substituted phenothiazines with a double bond and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and their use as a medicament.
US08207143B2 Methods of treating cancer and other conditions or disease states using LFMAU and LDT
The present invention relates to the use of the compound according to formula (I), below for the treatment of tumors, cancer and hyperproliferative diseases, among other conditions or disease states: Where X is H or F; R1 and R2 are independently H, an acyl group, a C1-C20 alkyl or ether group, a phosphate, diphosphate, triphosphate or a phosphodiester group, a (A) or (B) group; Where Nu is a radical of a biologically active compound such as an anticancer, antiviral or antihyperproliferative compound such that an amino group or hydroxyl group from said biologically active agent forms a phosphate, phosphoramidate, carbonate or urethane group with the adjacent moiety; each R8 is independently H, or a C1-C20 alkyl or ether group, preferably a C1-C12 alkyl group; k is 0-12, preferably, 0-2; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US08207142B2 Inhibitor of DNA methylation
Zebularine has hypomethylating activity, and can be used to inhibit, reverse, and/or reduce DNA methylation in vivo and in vitro. Methods are provided for treating methylation-linked conditions through the application of 2-pyrimidinone derivatives, such as Zebularine. Compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising such derivatives are also provided. Also provided are kits for use in inhibiting DNA methylation, which kits include an amount of a 2-pyrimidinone derivative.
US08207140B2 Oligomeric compounds for the modulation of HIF-1α expression
Oligonucleotides directed against the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) gene are provided for modulating the expression of HIF-1α. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding the HIF-1α. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of HIF-1α expression and for the treatment of diseases associated with the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α are provided. Examples of diseases are cancer and pre-eclampsia. The oligonucleotides may be composed of deoxyribonucleosides, a nucleic acid analogue, or Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) or a combination thereof.
US08207139B2 Function of GPR4 in vascular inflammatory response to acidosis and related methods
The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of inflammation. Specifically, disclosed herein are methods to inhibit vascular inflammatory responses by inhibiting the proton-sensing GPR4 receptor. Such methods can be utilized, most preferably, in pharmaceutical compositions to modulate inflammation in acidosis-related diseases.
US08207134B2 Fused ring spiroketal derivative and use thereof as anti-diabetic drug
Provided are a compound represented by Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted, a C7-14 aralkyl group which may be substituted and —C(═O)Rx; n denotes an integer selected from 1 and 2; and ring Ar is selected from the groups represented by the following Formula (a) to (f). or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as well as a pharmaceutical agent and a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08207132B2 Recombinant vaccines against caligid copepods (sea lice) and antigen sequences thereof
Molecular targets and vaccines against them in the treatment of sea lice infection of fish are provided, particularly caligid copepods. Vaccines targeted to L. salmonis trypsin are shown to reduce the quantity of sea lice present in challenged salmon from day 14 p.i. onward. Additional and novel molecular targets for vaccines are also provided.
US08207131B2 Peptide
The present invention relates to a peptide that is derived from a milk protein and has an antioxidative effect, an antioxidant that includes the peptide as an active ingredient, and an antioxidative food, drink, or feed that includes the peptide. The present invention also relates to a peptide that is derived from a milk protein and has an adiponectin production promotion effect, an adiponectin production promoter that includes the peptide as an active ingredient, and an adiponectin production promotion food, drink, or feed that includes the peptide. The present invention further relates to a blood adiponectin level increase promotion and/or decrease inhibition agent that includes a component contained in cheese as an active ingredient, and a blood adiponectin level increase promotion and/or decrease inhibition food or drink that includes a component contained in cheese. The present invention to the peptide that consists of an amino acid sequence shown by His-Pro-Ile-Lys-His-Gln-Gly-Leu-Pro-Gln (1), His-Pro-Ile-Lys (2) or His-Gln-Gly-Leu-Pro-Gln (3), and has an antioxidative effect.
US08207130B2 Combination cancer immunotherapy with co-stimulatory molecules
Provided are methods of reducing the size of a tumor or inhibiting the growth of cancer cells in an individual or inhibiting the development of metastatic cancer by administering an effective amount of a soluble form of a co-stimulatory molecule from an antigen presenting cell and by reducing the activity of immunoregulatory T cells in the individual. Methods of reduction in the activity of immunoregulatory T cells involve removing them ex vivo or depleting or inactivating them in vivo. Also provided are cancer therapeutic compositions comprising a soluble form of a co-stimulatory molecule from an antigen presenting cell and an antibody specific for an intracellular antigen.
US08207129B2 Treatment with cyclosporin A
Disclosed herein is a method comprising administering cyclosporin A topically to an eye of a person for the purpose of treating or preventing loss of vision from keratoconus.
US08207128B2 Polypeptide inhibiting transmigration of leukocytes or growth and/or metastasis of cancer cells, and fusion protein thereof
Described is a polypeptide inhibiting the transmigration of leukocytes or the growth and/or metastasis of cancer cells, a fusion protein thereof, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector including the polynucleotide, and a transformant transformed with the vector. Described is also a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of inflammatory diseases, or the inhibition of the growth and/or metastasis of cancer cells including the polypeptide or a fusion protein thereof.
US08207126B2 Compounds for enzyme inhibition
Peptide-based compounds including heteroatom-containing, three-membered rings efficiently and selectively inhibit specific activities of N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolases. The activities of those Ntn having multiple activities can be differentially inhibited by the compounds described. For example, the chymotrypsin-like activity of the 20S proteasome may be selectively inhibited with the inventive compounds. The peptide-based compounds include at least three peptide units, an epoxide or aziridine, and functionalization at the N-terminus. Among other therapeutic utilities, the peptide-based compounds are expected to display anti-inflammatory properties and inhibition of cell proliferation.
US08207124B2 Compounds for enzyme inhibition
Peptide-based compounds including heteroatom-containing, three-membered rings efficiently and selectively inhibit specific activities of N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolases. The activities of those Ntn having multiple activities can be differentially inhibited by the compounds described. For example, the chymotrypsin-like activity of the 20S proteasome may be selectively inhibited with the inventive compounds. The peptide-based compounds include at least three peptide units, an epoxide or aziridine, and functionalization at the N-terminus. Among other therapeutic utilities, the peptide-based compounds are expected to display anti-inflammatory properties and inhibition of cell proliferation.
US08207122B2 Anti-cancer bioactive peptides isolated from crude venom of Xinjiang Lycosa singoriensis
An anti-cancer bioactive peptide having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.1, or a functional analogue thereof prepared by substitution, insertion, or deletion of one or more amino acids of SEQ ID NO. 1, or a peptide having 90% homology in amino acid sequence with that of SEQ ID NO. 1. The anti-cancer bioactive peptide of the invention can selectively kill cancer cells and exhibit low cytotoxicity against normal cells.
US08207121B2 Sensitization to another anticancer therapy and/or amelioration of a side effect of another anticancer therapy by treatment with a GST-activated anticancer compound
A method of sensitizing a mammal, especially a human, to another anticancer therapy by administering a sensitizing effective amount of a GST-activated anticancer compound. A method of ameliorating a side effect of another anticancer therapy in a mammal, especially a human, by administering an ameliorating effective amount of a GST-activated anticancer compound. Pharmaceutical compositions for the methods. The GST-activated anticancer compound is preferably a compound of U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,942, and more preferably canfosfamide, especially as the hydrochloride salt.
US08207119B2 Ophthalmological composition
An object is to find the minimum activity expression site of fibronectin, clarify the actions of this minimum unit in relation to opthalmological fields, and provide an opthalmological composition having this minimum unit as an effective component. This invention provides an opthalmological composition, in particular, a corneal disorder treatment agent containing the peptide, PHSRN (SEQ ID NO: 1) (Pro-His-Ser-Arg-Asn (SEQ ID NO: 1)), or Ac-Pro-His-Ser-Arg-Asn-NH2, which is a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof that is allowable as a medical drug as an effective component. The preferred dosage form is an ophthalmic formulation.
US08207117B2 Methods of reducing hemorrhage due to surgical procedure
The invention concerns glycosylated proteins having human factor VIII activity. In a preferred embodiment, the protein is glycosylated with oligosaccharides that include an alpha-(2,6)-linked sialic acid and a bisecting GlcNAc linked to a core beta-mannose.
US08207116B2 Remedies for ischemia
The present invention relates to uses and methods of parathyroid hormone (PTH), preferably PTH (1-34), and/or parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP), preferably PTHrP (1-34), for recruiting stem cells into tissue suffering from ischemia, wherein said stem cells are preferably capable of repairing and/or regenerating said tissue suffering from ischemia. Accordingly, the uses and methods of the present invention are preferably suitable for the prevention and/or treatment of ischemia. Moreover, the present invention relates to a composition comprising parathyroid hormone (PTH), preferably PTH (1-34), and/or parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP), preferably PTHrP (1-34), and/or G-CSF or a G-CSF fragment for use as a pharmaceutical composition. In a particular aspect, a DPP IV antagonist is applied in the uses, methods and/or compositions of the present invention.
US08207114B2 Targeted therapeutic proteins
Targeted therapeutics that localize to a specific subcellular compartment such as the lysosome are provided. The targeted therapeutics include a therapeutic agent and a targeting moiety that binds a receptor on an exterior surface of the cell, permitting proper subcellular localization of the targeted therapeutic upon internalization of the receptor. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods relating to the practice of the invention are also provided.
US08207112B2 Liquid formulation of G-CSF conjugate
The present invention relates to a liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising a granulocyte colony stimulating factor polypeptide conjugated with a polymer. In various embodiments, the composition has a pH value in the range of 4.5 to 5.5. Exemplary compositions further comprise a surfactant and optionally one or more other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The invention provides, inter alia, formulations free from tartaric acid or salts thereof and/or from succinic acid and salts thereof as buffering agents. Exemplary formulations are essentially devoid of not amino acids as stabilizers. The composition has good storage stability and is especially useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of disorders and medical indications where granulocyte colony stimulating factor preparations are considered as useful remedies.
US08207110B2 ITL3 polypeptides and uses thereof
This invention provides a first polypeptide comprising all or a portion of the extracellular domain of ILT3, wherein the polypeptide is water-soluble and does not comprise the Fc portion of an immunoglobulin. This invention also provides a second polypeptide comprising (i) all or a portion of the extracellular domain of ILT3 operable affixed to (ii) the Fc portion of an immunoglobulin, wherein the Fc portion of the immunoglobulin comprises a function-enhancing mutation, and wherein the polypeptide is water-soluble. This invention further provides a third polypeptide comprising (i) all or a portion of the extracellular domain of ILT3 operable affixed to (ii) a transmembrane domain. This invention further provides related nucleic acids, expression vectors, host vector systems, compositions, and articles of manufacture and therapeutic and prophylactic methods using the polypeptides of the invention.
US08207108B2 Stabilizing composition
The present invention relates to compositions of UV absorbers and optionally additional antioxidants. The compositions are useful for the protection and stabilization of photosensitive ingredients such as colorants, dyes, scents, fragrances and active ingredients in body care products, household products or inks against the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation and oxygen.
US08207107B2 Di-amido gellant for use in consumer product compositions
The invention is to di-amido gellant that are suitable for use in consumer product compositions.
US08207106B2 Method for producing anion surfactant granules
Disclosed is a method for producing an anionic surfactant powder, which comprises a step wherein an aqueous anionic surfactant solution having an anionic surfactant concentration of 0.01-40% by weight is introduced into a granulating machine or a drying machine having a mixing blade under a reduced pressure for granulation and drying.
US08207105B2 Aminosilicone containing detergent compositions and methods of using same
The instant disclosure relates to cleaning and/or treatment compositions, such as fabric care, hair care and skin care compositions, containing an aminosilicone, one or more anionic surfactants and one or more deposition aids. The disclosed compositions have improved rheology and performance. The disclosed compositions may provide one or more fabric care benefits including, for example, fabric softness and/or an anti-wrinkle benefit. Methods of making and using the compositions are also disclosed.
US08207103B2 Printing press cleaning compositions
Disclose herein is a composition comprising a hydrocarbon solvent; an aromatic solvent; a methylated siloxane; and a surfactant. Also disclosed is a method of preparing an emulsion for cleaning purposes comprising mixing a solution at a rate of greater than 500 rpm for at least two hours, wherein the solution comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, an aromatic solvent, a methylated siloxane, and a surfactant. In addition, disclosed herein is a method of cleaning rollers, plates, or blankets of a printing machine with a cleaning mixture, the method comprising contacting the rollers or blankets with the cleaning mixture, wherein the cleaning mixture comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, an aromatic solvent, a methylated siloxane, and a surfactant.
US08207100B1 Specific perfumes having enhanced efficacy when used in specific liquid concentrate compositions
The invention relates to specific synergistic combinations (providing perfume delivery in both diluted and undiluted compositions) between specific soap-based liquid concentrates and particularly defined perfumes. The invention further relates to a method of delivering enhanced smell and/or enhanced fragrance intensity in use using such combinations.
US08207097B2 Degradable gels in zonal isolation applications
A method of treating a formation that includes emplacing an oxidizing breaker fluid into a region of the formation occupied by a gel; and allowing sufficient time for the oxidizing breaker fluid to degrade the gel is disclosed.
US08207096B2 Compressible packer fluids and methods of making and using same
A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing a composition comprising a surfactant, brine, an oleaginous fluid, and optionally a co-surfactant in an annular space of the wellbore, wherein the composition forms a microemulsion under low shear conditions.
US08207094B2 Wellbore treatment compositions containing foam extenders and methods of use thereof
This invention relates to fluid compositions used in treating a subterranean formation. In particular, the invention is aqueous wellbore treatment compositions which are foams containing a viscosifying agent, a foam extender, a gas component, and a surfactant, as well as methods of forming such fluids, and uses thereof. The viscosifying agent may be a hydratable polymer, viscoelastic surfactant, or heteropolysaccharide. The foam extender may be a material such as a polyoxyalkyleneamines, ethylenepolyamines, tertiary polyamines, bicarbonate, carbonate, phosphate, or sesquicarbonate.
US08207093B2 Selection of proteins using RNA-protein fusions
Described herein are RNA-protein fusion production methods which involve a high salt post-translational incubation step.
US08207092B2 Methods and compositions for improving plant health
The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving plant health. In particular, application of dicamba or another substrate of DMO, or metabolites thereof including DCSA, to a plant confers tolerance to, or defense against, abiotic or biotic stresses such as oxidative stress including herbicide application, and plant disease, and enhances crop yield. Such application may be in combination with the application of another herbicide such as glyphosate.
US08207084B2 Urea-resistant catalytic units and methods of using the same
According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a urea-resistant catalytic unit is provided. In at least one embodiment, the catalytic unit includes a catalyst having a catalyst surface, and a urea-resistant coating in contact with at least a portion of the catalyst surface, wherein the urea-resistant coating effectively reduces urea-induced deactivation of the catalyst. In at least another embodiment, the urea-resistant coating includes at least one oxide from the group consisting of titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, zirconium oxide, molybdenum oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, sulfur oxide, niobium oxide, molybdenum oxide, yttrium oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, and combinations thereof.
US08207083B2 Nickel catalyst for hydrogenation reactions
The present invention relates to a catalyst nickel, silica, alumina and magnesium, wherein the nickel to magnesium atomic ratio is 5-75. In particular the present invention relates to a catalyst comprising nickel, silica, alumina and magnesium, wherein the nickel to silicium atomic ratio (Ni/Si) is 2 to 30 to nickel to aluminum atomic ratio (Ni/Al) is 9 to 40 and the nickel to magnesium atomic ratio (Ni/Mg) is 5-75. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such a catalyst. The invention further relates to a process for hydrogenating unsaturated organic compounds.
US08207082B2 Method for making silica shaped bodies
This invention relates to a method for making shaped bodies having a silica content of at least 85 wt %, to shaped bodies made by such method, to catalyst compositions comprising shaped bodies made by such methods and to catalytic conversion processes using catalyst compositions comprising shaped bodies made by such methods. The method of making the shaped bodies comprises the steps of a) forming shaped bodies from a mixture obtained from at least one amorphous silica powder, at least one silica sol having a pH below 7, and at least one polymeric organic extrusion aid, optionally supplemental liquid medium and optionally crystallites of a zeolite or zeolite-type material; b) drying the shaped bodies obtained in step a); and c) heating the shaped bodies to a temperature ranging from about 500° C. to about 800° C.
US08207081B1 Nanocomposite for photocatalytic Hydrogen production and method for its preparation
A novel M—Pd—Cr2O3 (M═Pt, Ru, Rh, Os, Au and Ag) nanocomposite cocatalysts and its preparation method. The cocatalysts loaded on CdS photocatalyst enhances the photocatalytic activities toward H2 evolution from aqueous solutions (NH4)2SO3, a regenerable electron donor, under sunlight radiation. An embodiment provides a new and facile method and system for the preparation of M—Pd—Cr2O3 nanocomposite cocatalysts at room temperature. Pd—Cr2O3 loaded CdS photocatalyst has higher hydrogen evolution activity than that of a plain Pd metal loaded CdS and its performance is comparable to that of Pt/CdS photocatalyst. Formation of a Pd—Cr2O3 composite with reduced size of nanoparticles results in an increase in the photocatalyst activity for H2 evolution.
US08207077B2 Abrasion-resistant sintered body, sliding member, and pump
The present invention provides a dense, abrasion resistant ceramic. The ceramic of the invention includes alumina crystal particles and a grain boundary phase. The invention also includes an abrasion resistant sliding member and a pump comprising the same.
US08207076B2 Optical glass
A high-refractive index, low-dispersion optical glass which is small in a change of imaging properties due to a change in temperature of the use environment, specifically one capable of realizing an absolute value of multiplication (α×β) of an average coefficient of linear expansion (α) at from −30 to +70° C. and a photoelastic constant (β) at a wavelength of 546.1 nm of not more than 130×10−12° C.−1×nm×cm−1×Pa−1, is manufactured without using large qualities of components which are high in an environmental load and scarce mineral resources. The optical glass of the invention has an absolute value of multiplication (α×β) of an average coefficient of linear expansion (α) at from −30 to +70° C. and a photoelastic constant (β) at a wavelength of 546.1 nm of not more than 130×10−12° C.−1×nm×cm−1×Pa−1; and contains more than 0% of SiO2, B2O3 and La2O3, more than 13% and less than 20% of (ZrO2+Nb2O5) and less than 2.0% of ZnO in terms of % by mass on the oxide basis.
US08207074B2 Optical glass
The present invention relates to an optical glass containing, in terms of mass % on an oxide basis, P2O5: from 10 to 18%; Bi2O3: from 37 to 64%; Nb2O5: from 5 to 25%; Na2O: from more than 4.1 to 10%; K2O: from 0 to 2%; Li2O: from 0 to 0.2%; WO3: from 0 to less than 20%; TiO2: from 0 to 3%; and B2O3: from 0 to 2%, and having a refractive index nd of 1.98 or more and an Abbe's number νd of 20 or less.
US08207072B2 Adhesive resin composition and laminate
An adhesive resin composition excellent in adhesiveness and heat resistance thereof, film-forming properties, and film quality and a laminate having an adhesive resin layer made of this adhesive resin composition are provided.The Composition is an adhesive resin composition comprising 10-99.5% by weight resin ingredient (A), 0.5-30% by weight another resin ingredient (unsaturated-carboxylic-acid-modified polypropylene), and 0-89.5% by weight still another resin ingredient (olefin resin).Resin ingredient (A): a product of successive propylene polymerization comprising 10-60% by weight (propylene homopolymer) component and 40-90% by weight (propylene/ethylene copolymer) component. The contents of room-temperature-xylene solubles derived from (a2), room-temperature-xylene insolubles derived from (a2), and room-temperature-xylene solubles derived from the same are 1-20% by weight, lower than 20% by weight, and 10-60% by weight, respectively, based on resin ingredient (A). The room-temperature-xylene solubles derived from (a2) have a content of α-olefins excluding propylene of 20% by weight or higher.
US08207071B2 Vehicular upholstery polypropyleneterephthalate fiber woven fabric
The present invention teaches a vehicular upholstery PPT-fiber fabric that is formed from a double woven fabric in which a face weaving textile design has a number of intersections, called warp up intersections where a warp yarn passes over a weft yarn, and these are more than the number of intersections, called weft up intersection, where a weft yarn passes over a warp yarn. The warp yarn is formed by twisting an intermingled yarn composed of a PPT-multi-filament yarn and a high heat shrinkable PET-multifilament yarn whose shrinkage percentage in boiling water is more than 15%. An intermingle ratio of the PPT-multifilament yarn of the warp yarn is more than the intermingle ratio of the PET-multifilament yarn of the warp yarn. In the warp yarn, the PET-multifilament yarn is shrunk by heating, so that the substantial length of the PET-multifilament yarn becomes shorter than the substantial length of the PPT-multifilament yarn. The weft yarn is composed of PPT-multifilament yarn.
US08207070B2 Wettable polyolefin fibers and fabrics
Polyolefin woven and nonwoven fibers, filaments and fabrics made therefrom which comprise a melt blend which comprises (a) a polyolefin; and (b) at least one compound of the formula (I) R1—(hydrophilic oligomer)  (I) wherein R1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl of 22 to 40 carbon atoms and the hydrophilic oligomer is a homo- or co-oligomer consisting of monomer units derived from monomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, epichlorhydrin, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethylene imine, caprolactone, vinyl alcohol and vinyl acetate; and wherein the hydrophilic oligomer consists of between 2 and 10 monomer units, exhibit excellent durable wettability. The fabrics are useful in disposable diapers, training pants, feminine napkins, tampons, incontinence care products, wet and dry wipes, wound dressings, surgical capes, filter medial, battery separators and the like.
US08207066B2 Dry etching method
The invention provides a dry etching method capable of obtaining a good profile with little side etch without receiving the restriction of a micro loading effect. A dry etching method for etching a sample having formed on the surface thereof a pattern with an isolated portion and a dense portion using plasma comprises a first etching step using an etching gas containing a CF-based gas and a nitrogen gas in which an etching rate of a dense portion of the pattern is greater than the etching rate of the isolated portion of the mask pattern, and a second etching step in which the etching rate of the isolated portion of the pattern is greater than the etching rate of the dense portion of the pattern.
US08207064B2 3D polysilicon diode with low contact resistance and method for forming same
A semiconductor p-i-n diode and method for forming the same are described herein. In one aspect, a SiGe region is formed between a region doped to have one conductivity (either p+ or n+) and an electrical contact to the p-i-n diode. The SiGe region may serve to lower the contact resistance, which may increase the forward bias current. The doped region extends below the SiGe region such that it is between the SiGe region and an intrinsic region of the diode. The p-i-n diode may be formed from silicon. The doped region below the SiGe region may serve to keep the reverse bias current from increasing as result of the added SiGe region. In one embodiment, the SiGe is formed such that the forward bias current of an up-pointing p-i-n diode in a memory array substantially matches the forward bias current of a down-pointing p-i-n diode which may achieve better switching results when these diodes are used with the R/W material in a 3D memory array.
US08207063B2 Process for atomic layer deposition
The present invention relates to a process of making a zinc-oxide-based thin film semiconductor, for use in a transistor, comprising thin film deposition onto a substrate comprising providing a plurality of gaseous materials comprising at least first, second, and third gaseous materials, wherein the first gaseous material is a zinc-containing volatile material and the second gaseous material is reactive therewith such that when one of the first or second gaseous materials are on the surface of the substrate the other of the first or second gaseous materials will react to deposit a layer of material on the substrate and wherein the third gaseous material is inert with respect to reacting with the first or second gaseous materials.
US08207061B2 Semiconductor device manufacturing method using valve metal and nitride of valve metal
Provided is a semiconductor device which has excellent adhesiveness to a copper film and a base film thereof and has a small resistance between wirings. The semiconductor device includes a porous insulating layer (SIOC film 11) which absorbed water from the atmosphere, and a substrate (wafer W) having a trench 100 formed on such insulating film is placed in a processing chamber. The substrate is coated with a first base film (Ti film 13) made of a valve metal. The surface of the first film brought into contact with the insulating film is oxidized by the water discharged from the insulating layer, and a passivation film 13a is formed. The surface of the first base film is coated with a second base film made of nitride or carbide of the valve metal, and a copper film 15 is formed on the surface of the second base film by CVD by using a copper organic compound as a material.
US08207054B2 Group III nitride semiconductor substrate, substrate for group III nitride semiconductor device, and methods of making same
A III group nitride semiconductor substrate according to the present invention is fabricated by forming a metal film or metal nitride film 2′ with mesh structure in which micro voids are provided on a starting substrate 1, and growing a III group nitride semiconductor crystal layer 3 via the metal film or metal nitride film 2′.
US08207052B2 Method to prevent corrosion of bond pad structure
There is provided a method of fabrication an integrated circuit comprising providing a substrate with a bond pad formed thereover, the bond pad having a top surface for the formation of bonding connections. A passivation layer is provided over the bond pad followed by an overlying masking layer. The passivation layer is subsequently etched in accordance with the masking layer to form a patterned passivation layer with an opening that exposes a portion of the top surface of the bond pad. After etching the passivation layer, the mask layer is removed by a plasma resist strip followed by a wet solvent clean that removes etch residue from the passivation layer etch. Finally, a bond pad protective layer is grown over the surface of the bond pad. The bond pad may be composed of aluminum and the bond pad protective layer may be aluminum oxide.
US08207051B2 Semiconductor surface modification
Methods, systems, and devices associated with surface modifying a semiconductor material are taught. One such method includes providing a semiconductor material having a target region and providing a dopant fluid layer that is adjacent to the target region of the semiconductor material, where the dopant fluid layer includes at least one dopant. The target region of the semiconductor material is lased so as to incorporate the dopant or to surface modify the semiconductor material. During the surface modification, the dopant in the dopant fluid layer is actively replenished.
US08207050B2 Laser mask and crystallization method using the same
A crystallization method includes providing a substrate having a silicon thin film; positioning a laser mask having first to fourth blocks on the substrate, each block having a periodic pattern including a plurality of transmitting regions and a blocking region; and crystallizing the silicon thin film by irradiating a laser beam through the laser mask. A polycrystalline silicon film crystallized by this method is substantially free from a shot mark, and has uniform crystalline characteristics.
US08207049B1 Coplanar solar cell metal contact annealing in plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
A solar cell fabrication process is described that includes etching a cap layer into a front surface of a semiconductor structure, depositing an anti-reflective coating onto the front surface of the semiconductor structure, forming a front electrical contact on the front surface of the semiconductor structure, forming a first back metal contact on a back surface of the semiconductor structure, utilizing a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process to apply a dielectric layer to the first back metal contact, the PECVD process performed at within a temperature environment and for a duration that allows for the annealing of metal associated with the front electrical contact and the first back metal contact, and attaching at least one secondary electrical contact to the dielectric layer.
US08207047B2 Apparatus and method for simultaneous treatment of multiple workpieces
A system for simultaneously treating multiple workpieces is configured with treatment sites, configured to hold respective workpieces, fixed on a rotatable base. Treatment stations are equipped with respective active components operable simultaneously to treat respective workpieces identically on respective aligned treatment sites. For loading and unloading the treatment sites are rotated through distinct loading and unloading stations of the treatment stations which allow loading of a second batch while a first batch is being unloaded.
US08207046B2 Method for producing semiconductor device and semiconductor device produced by same method
To prevent bubbles from occurring along a transfer interface, the present method includes the steps of: forming a peeled layer 10 in a transferred member 6 by implanting a peeled-layer forming substance into the transferred member 6; forming a planar surface in the transferred member 6 by planarizing a surface of the transferred member 6; forming a composite including the transferred member 6 and a glass substrate 2 by directly combining the transferred member 6 via the planar surface with a surface of the glass substrate 2; and peeling a part of the transferred member 6 from the composite along the peeled layer 10 serving as an interface by heat-treating the composite.
US08207041B2 Semiconductor processing methods
Some embodiments include methods in which a pair of spaced-apart adjacent features is formed over a substrate. The features have silicon dioxide surfaces. Silicon nitride is deposited between the features. A first region of the silicon nitride is protected with a mask while a second region is not. The second region is removed to form an opening between the features. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions that contain a pair of spaced-apart adjacent features. The features are lines extending along a first direction, and are spaced from one another by a trench. Alternating plugs and intervening materials are within the trench, with the plugs and intervening materials alternating along the first direction. The intervening materials consist of silicon nitride, and the plugs have lateral peripheries that directly contact silicon dioxide of the features, and that directly contact silicon nitride of the intervening regions.
US08207038B2 Stressed Fin-FET devices with low contact resistance
A method for fabricating an FET device is disclosed. The method includes Fin-FET devices with fins that are composed of a first material, and then merged together by epitaxial deposition of a second material. The fins are vertically recesses using a selective etch. A continuous silicide layer is formed over the increased surface areas of the first material and the second material, leading to smaller resistance. A stress liner overlaying the FET device is afterwards deposited. An FET device is also disclosed, which FET device includes a plurality of Fin-FET devices, the fins of which are composed of a first material. The FET device includes a second material, which is epitaxially merging the fins. The fins are vertically recessed relative to an upper surface of the second material. The FET device furthermore includes a continuous silicide layer formed over the fins and over the second material, and a stress liner covering the device.
US08207035B2 Method of forming an integrated power device and structure
In one embodiment, a vertical power transistor is formed on a semiconductor substrate with other transistors. A portion of the semiconductor layer underlying the vertical power transistor is doped to provide a low on-resistance for the vertical power transistor.
US08207034B2 Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device is formed to include: a substrate; a floating gate formed on the substrate via a gate insulating film; a control gate formed on an adjacent position to the floating gate via a tunnel insulating film; a spacer insulating film formed on the floating gate; and a protection film formed between the spacer insulating film and the control gate. In such a semiconductor memory device (MC), the protection film functions as a stopper of a side surface of the spacer insulating film when a part other than the spacer insulating film is etched.
US08207031B2 Mask-saving production of complementary lateral high-voltage transistors with a RESURF structure
Methods of forming, on a substrate, a first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and a second lateral high-voltage MOS transistor complementary to said first one are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method includes (1) providing a substrate of a first conductivity type including a first active region for said first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and a second active region for said second lateral high-voltage MOS transistor and (2) forming at least one first doped region of the first conductivity type in the first active region and forming in the second active region a drain extension region of the second conductivity type extending from a substrate surface to an interior of the substrate, including a concurrent implantation of dopants through openings of one and the same mask into the first and second active regions. Forming of the at least one first doped region may be a sub step of a superior step of forming a double RESURF structure in the first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor, and forming the double RESURF structure may include forming doped RESURF regions as two first doped regions, one thereof above and one thereof below the drift region of the first lateral high-voltage MOS transistor, and as two further doped regions, one thereof above and one thereof below the drain extension regions of the second lateral high-voltage MOS transistor, wherein the first doped RESURF regions have an inverse conductivity type with respect to the drift region and the further doped regions have inverse conductivity type as compared to the drain extension region.
US08207030B2 Method for producing nMOS and pMOS devices in CMOS processing
A method for producing one or more nMOSFET devices and one or more pMOSFET devices on the same semiconductor substrate is disclosed. In one aspect, the method relates to the use of a single activation anneal that serves for both Si nMOS and Ge pMOS. By use of a solid phase epitaxial regrowth (SPER) process for the Si nMOS, the thermal budget for the Si nMOS can be lowered to be compatible with Ge pMOS.
US08207026B2 Manufacturing method of thin film transistor and manufacturing method of display device
To provide a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor and a display device using a small number of masks, a thin film transistor is manufactured in such a manner that a first conductive film, an insulating film, a semiconductor film, an impurity semiconductor film, and a second conductive film are stacked; then, a resist mask is formed thereover; first etching is performed to form a thin-film stack body; second etching in which the first conductive film is side-etched is performed by dry-etching to form a gate electrode layer; and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and the like are formed. Before the dry etching, it is preferred that at least a side surface of the etched semiconductor film be oxidized.
US08207022B1 Exposed die overmolded flip chip package method
An exposed die overmolded flip chip package includes a substrate. A die is flip chip mounted to an upper surface of the substrate. The package further includes a mold cap filling a space between an active surface of the die and the upper surface of the substrate. The mold cap includes a principal surface, sidewalls extending from the upper surface of the substrate to the principal surface, an annular surface coplanar with the inactive surface of the die and extending outward from a peripheral edge of the inactive surface of the die, and protruding surfaces extending between the principal surface and the annular surface. The mold cap does not cover the inactive surface of the die such that heat transfer from the die to the ambient environment is maximized and the package thickness is minimized.
US08207017B2 Stacked dual MOSFET package
A method of fabricating a stacked dual MOSFET die package is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) forming a first conductive tab, (b) stacking a high side MOSFET die on the first conductive tab such that a drain contact of the high side MOSFET die is coupled to the first conductive tab, (c) stacking a second conductive tab in overlaying relationship to the high side MOSFET die such that a source contact of the high side MOSFET die is coupled to the second conductive tab, and (d) stacking a low side MOSFET die on the second conductive tab such that a drain contact of the low side MOSFET die is coupled to the second conductive tab.
US08207014B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
An object is to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with stable electric characteristics. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region, heat treatment (for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor film and reduce impurities including moisture or the like. After that, slow cooling is performed under an oxygen atmosphere. Besides impurities including moisture or the like exiting in the oxide semiconductor film, heat treatment causes reduction of impurities including moisture or the like exiting in a gate insulating layer and those in interfaces between the oxide semiconductor film and films which are provided over and below the oxide semiconductor and in contact therewith.
US08207013B2 Method of fabricating silicon nanowire solar cell device having upgraded metallurgical grade silicon substrate
A simplified method for fabricating a solar cell device is provided. The solar cell device has silicon nanowires (SiNW) grown on an upgraded metallurgical grade (UMG) silicon (Si) substrate. Processes of textured surface process and anti-reflection thin film process can be left out for further saving costs on equipment and manufacture investment. Thus, a low-cost Si-based solar cell device can be easily fabricated for wide application.
US08207006B1 Vapor deposition apparatus and process for continuous deposition of a thin film layer on a substrate
An apparatus and related process are provided for vapor deposition of a sublimated source material as a thin film on a photovoltaic (PV) module substrate. A receptacle is disposed within a vacuum head chamber and is configured for receipt of a source material. A heated distribution manifold is disposed below the receptacle and includes a plurality of passages defined therethrough. The receptacle is indirectly heated by the distribution manifold to a degree sufficient to sublimate source material within the receptacle. A molybdenum distribution plate is disposed below the distribution manifold and at a defined distance above a horizontal plane of a substrate conveyed through the apparatus. The molybdenum distribution plate includes a pattern of holes therethrough that further distribute the sublimated source material passing through the distribution manifold onto the upper surface of the underlying substrate. The molybdenum distribution plate includes greater than about 75% by weight molybdenum.
US08207005B2 Forming solar cells using a patterned deposition process
Embodiments of the invention contemplate the formation of a high efficiency solar cell using novel methods to form the active doped region(s) and the metal contact structure of the solar cell device. In one embodiment, the methods include the steps of depositing a dielectric material that is used to define the boundaries of the active regions and/or contact structure of a solar cell device. Various techniques may be used to form the active regions of the solar cell and the metal contact structure.
US08207003B2 Method of manufacturing gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device, gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device, and lamp
Provided are a method of manufacturing a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device with a low driving voltage (Vf) and high light outcoupling efficiency, a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device, and a lamp. In the method of manufacturing the gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device, a transparent conductive oxide film 15 including a dopant is laminated on a p-type semiconductor layer 14 of a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor device 1. The transparent conductive oxide film 15 is subjected to a laser annealing process using a laser after the lamination of the transparent conductive oxide film 15.
US08207002B2 All-silicon raman amplifiers and laser based on micro ring resonators
Devices for generating a laser beam are disclosed. The devices include a silicon micro ring having at least one silicon optical waveguide disposed at a distance from the micro ring. The radius and the cross-sectional dimension of the micro ring, the cross-sectional dimension of the waveguide, and the distance between the micro ring and the waveguide are determined such that one or more pairs of whispering gallery mode resonant frequencies of the micro ring are separated by an optical phonon frequency of silicon. Methods of manufacturing a lasing device including a silicon micro ring coupled with a silicon waveguide are also disclosed.
US08207001B2 Manufacturing method for an axially symmetric light-emitting diode assembly
A manufacturing method for an axially symmetric light-emitting diode assembly disclosed herein includes steps of: providing a substrate; and forming a plurality of light-emitting areas on the substrate. The substrate has a central axis. The light-emitting areas are arranged with axial symmetry around the central axis while being insulated from each other. Each of the light-emitting areas has at least one light-emitting diode, and the light-emitting diodes are electrically connected to each other. Since the light-emitting areas are formed on the substrate with the axially symmetric arrangement, the axially symmetric light-emitting diode assembly can present a well symmetric light pattern.
US08207000B2 Manufacturing method of flat panel display
A manufacturing method of a flat panel display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: coating a first adhering member on a first supporting plate; disposing a first substrate on the first adhering member; using ultrasonic waves to adhere the first supporting plate and the first substrate; and forming a gate line, a data line, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor on the first substrate. According to the manufacturing method of the flat panel display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the first adhering member made of the plurality of adhering particles is melted by using the ultrasonic waves without an additional adhering film to adhere the flexible first substrate and the first supporting plate, thereby reducing the overall manufacturing cost.
US08206999B2 Chip-type LED and method for manufacturing the same
In a chip-type LED according to an embodiment of the present invention, a first recess hole for mounting an LED chip and a second recess hole for connecting a fine metal wire are formed in an insulating substrate, a metal sheet serving as a first wiring pattern is formed at a portion that includes the first recess hole, a metal sheet serving as a second wiring pattern is formed at a portion that includes the second recess hole, an LED chip is mounted on the metal sheet within the first recess hole, the LED chip is electrically connected to the metal sheet within the second recess hole via a fine metal wire, the LED chip including the first recess hole and the fine metal wire including the second recess hole are encapsulated in a first transparent resin that contains a fluorescent material, a surface of the insulating substrate including the first transparent resin is encapsulated in a second transparent resin.
US08206997B2 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing a thin film probe sheet for using the same
A probe having a sufficient height is manufactured by selectively depositing, over the main surface of a wafer, a copper film in a region in which a metal film is to be formed and a region which will be outside an adhesion ring when a probe card is fabricated; forming the metal film, polyimide film, interconnect, another polyimide film, another interconnect and a further polyimide film; and then removing the wafer and copper film. According to the present invention, when probe testing is performed using a prober (thin film probe) having the probe formed in the above-described manner while utilizing the manufacturing technology of semiconductor integrated circuit devices, it is possible to prevent breakage of the prober and a wafer to be tested.
US08206995B2 Method for manufacturing a resistive switching memory device and devices obtained thereof
A method for manufacturing a resistive switching memory device comprises providing a substrate comprising an electrical contact, providing on the substrate a dielectric layer comprising a trench exposing the electrical contact, and providing in the trench at least the bottom electrode and the resistive switching element of the resistive memory device. The method may furthermore comprise providing a top electrode at least on or in the trench, in contact with the resistive switching element. The present invention also provides corresponding resistive switching memory devices.
US08206994B2 Method for treating drops in a microfluid circuit
The invention relates to a method for treating drops in a microfluid circuit, comprising at least one microchannel (12) through which the drops flow, characterized in that a laser (26) is brought to bear on the interface of said drops in the transport liquid (F3), or on the interface of drops in contact, in order to carry out a sorting of the drops, to form nanodrops from a larger drop or to fuse drops (60, 64) in contact and initiate reactions between the fluids contained in said drops.
US08206991B2 Particle sensor
A particle sensor is provided having a first temperature sensing device having a sensing surface exposed to particles contained within a fluid. The sensing surface is at least partially coated with a catalyst for promoting an exothermic reaction with at least a portion of the particles. The particle sensor also has a second temperature sensing device positioned at a location substantially thermally isolated from thermal energy generated by the exothermic reaction.
US08206990B2 Methods and kit for isolating nucleic acids
The present invention is related to a method for isolating a target nucleic acid from a sample comprising said target nucleic acid, comprising the steps of mixing a sample containing said target nucleic acid with a binding solution and a nucleic acid binding matrix, binding at least part of said target nucleic acid to said nucleic acid binding matrix, wherein said nucleic acid binding matrix is treated simultaneously or has been previously treated with at least one compound comprising a metal substance selected from the group consisting of metals of the main groups 13 to 16, semimetals and transition metals for reducing non-target nucleic acid contaminations or wherein said nucleic acid binding matrix is modified with hydrophobic groups. Furthermore, respective kits and reagents are provided with the teaching of the present invention.
US08206985B2 Method of determining the effect of a spill on a marine environment
A method of determining the effect of a spill on a marine environment, in which physical and chemical sensors are arranged with living organisms (4, 6) fitted with instruments, at an appropriate distance and position from the object (1) which is to be monitored, wherein the response of the living organism (4, 6), measured online in real time, is compared with known patterns of response, and where upstream and downstream measurements are compared to determine whether a change in response may be caused by a spill from the object, the significance of the real time measurements being validated through sampling of the organisms on a regular basis or as required, in order to analyze the effects on the health of the organisms, biomarkers, for the purpose of assessing the significance of the environmental effect.
US08206983B2 In vitro methods for the induction and maintenance of plant cell lines as single suspension cells with intact cell walls
The subject invention provides simple and consistent methods to break suspension cell aggregates to single cells with intact primary cell walls. The subject invention relates in part to cell separation of suspension cell aggregates cultured in medium containing pectin-degrading enzymes or tubulin de-polymerizing compounds including colchicine. The subject invention also relates to novel uses of compounds for such purposes. Another aspect of the subject invention relates to transformation of the subject, isolated cells. Such processes simplify and integrate single-cell-based transformation and selection processes into transgenic and transplastomic event-generation work processes. The subject invention also removes technical constraints and produces marker-free and uniformly expressing transgenic lines in a high throughput fashion to support various needs of animal health, biopharma, and trait and crop protection platforms.
US08206978B2 Green fluorescent protein optimized for expression with self-cleaving polypeptides
The present invention provides a new fluorescent protein, engineered to facilitate release from self-cleaving peptides.
US08206971B2 Modified bacteriocins and methods for their use
Modified forms of naturally occurring bacteriocins, such as the R-type pyocins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, are disclosed as are methods for producing them in GRAS organisms. The bacteriocins are modified at the ends of their tail fibers in a region responsible for binding specificity and affinity to their cognate binding partners, or receptors, such as those on the surface of bacteria. Methods for the use of the modified bacteriocins, such as to bind receptors, including virulence or fitness factors, on the surfaces of bacteria, are also described.
US08206969B2 CALB muteins and their use
A protein having acrylation activity having a polypeptide sequence derived from SEQ ID NO: 1 or NO:2 by introducing at least one of the following amino acid substitutions: L278A, L278V, W104F, T42A, S47A.
US08206967B2 Method for production of recombinant human thrombin
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for producing recombinant human thrombin using recombinant ecarin.
US08206965B2 Hybrid and single chain meganucleases and use thereof
This patent application relates to hybrid and/or single-chain rare-cutting endonucleases, called meganucleases, which recognize and cleave a specific nucleotide sequence, to polynucleotide sequences encoding for said rare-cutting endonucleases, to a vector comprising one of said polynucleotide sequences, to a cell or animal comprising one of said polynucleotide sequences or said rare-cutting endonucleases, to a process for producing one of said rare-cutting endonucleases and any use of the disclosed products and methods. More particularly, this invention contemplates any use of such rare-cutting endonuclease for genetic engineering and gene therapy.
US08206960B1 Endoglucanases
The present invention relates to variant endoglucanases and particularly endoglucanases having improved properties over wild-type endoglucanase.
US08206956B2 Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors
The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.
US08206947B2 Human transmembrane proteins
The invention provides human transmembrane proteins (HTMPN) and polynucleotides which identify and encode HTMPN. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with expression of HTMPN.
US08206945B2 Biomaterial capable of successively performing a solution/gel transition and then a gel/solution transition
The invention relates to a biomaterial which can successively carry out a solution/gel transition then a gel/solution transition with given kinetics, said biomaterial comprising at least one monomer which may form polymers, at least one enzyme which may decompose said polymers and, optionally, an enzyme which may form covalent bonds between said monomers. The invention further relates to a method for the production of said biomaterial.
US08206939B2 Methods and compositions for risk stratification
The present invention provides an approach for the simultaneous determination of the activation states of a plurality of proteins in single cells. This approach permits the rapid detection of heterogeneity in a complex cell population based on activation states, and the identification of cellular subsets that exhibit correlated changes in activation within the cell population. Moreover, this approach allows the correlation of cellular activities or properties. In addition, the use of potentiators of cellular activation allows for characterization of such pathways and cell populations.
US08206938B2 In vitro methods of detecting cells sensitive to sweet tastants by detecting expression of hetero-oligomeric T1R2/T1R3 taste receptors
The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners.Also the present invention relates to the use of hetero-oligomeric taste receptors comprising T1R1/T1R3 and T1R2/T1R3 in assays to identify compounds that respectively respond to umami taste stimuli and sweet taste stimuli.Further, the invention relates to the constitutive of cell lines that stably or transiently co-express a combination of T1R1 and T1R3; or T1R2 and T1R3; under constitutive or inducible conditions. The use of these cells lines in cell-based assays to identify umami and sweet taste modulatory compounds is also provided, particularly high throughput screening assays that detect receptor activity by use of fluorometric imaging.Finally, the invention relates to the discovery that some compounds, e.g., lactisole, inhibit both the activities of human T1R2/T1R3 and T1R1/T1R3 receptors, and accordingly the sweet and umami taste, suggesting that these receptors may be the only sweet and umami receptors.
US08206934B2 Methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer
The present invention provides protein-based biomarkers and biomarker combinations that are useful in qualifying ovarian cancer status in a patient. In particular, the biomarkers of this invention are useful to classify a subject sample as ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer of low malignant potential, benign ovarian disease or other malignant condition. The biomarkers can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry, immunoassay, or other means.
US08206933B2 Boris isoforms and methods of detecting and treating disease
A method of detecting a proliferative disease, such as a disease associated with the abnormal expression of BORIS, in a mammal comprising testing for the expression of a BORIS isoform in the tissue of a mammal that does not express BORIS in the absence of disease, as well as a method of treating or preventing such a disease, isolated or purified BORIS isoform polypeptides and nucleic acids, and kits and arrays comprising same.
US08206931B2 Methods of identifying modulators of cellular glycosylation using GTRAP3-18
The present invention provides methods and compositions for identifying compounds which modulate cellular glycosylation. The invention further provides methods for treating subjects suffering from or at risk of developing a glycosylation associated disorder.
US08206927B2 Method for accurate assessment of DNA quality after bisulfite treatment
The present invention is directed to methods useful for determining DNA quality after bisulfite treatment. The methods include a PCR-based assay, which allows ab-initio assessment of the DNA quality after bisulfite treatment and can help to prevent inaccurate quantitative measurement resulting from poor bisulfite treatment.
US08206924B2 Trace mRNA amplification method and use thereof
A method for amplifying a trace amount of mRNA includes adding a dummy RNA to a solution containing the trace amount of mRNA, so as to prepare a mixed solution; synthesizing an anti-sense DNA by reverse transcription, which uses the mixed solution as a template; synthesizing a sense DNA which is complementary to the anti-sense DNA thus synthesized, so as to generate a double-strand DNA made of the sense DNA and the anti-sense DNA; ligating an RNA polymerase promoter sequence to the double-strand DNA thus generated, on a sense DNA 5′ end side of the double-strand DNA, so as to prepare a double-strand DNA for amplification; and amplifying, by using RNA polymerase, an RNA from the double-strand DNA for amplification.
US08206922B2 Methods of detecting charcot-marie tooth disease type 2A
Methods are described for screening a subject for risk of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A or for diagnosing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or a predisposition for developing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a subject, by detecting the presence or absence of a mutation in the mitofusin gene in a biological sample collected from the subject. Methods are also described for detecting the presence of a genetic polymorphism associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A in a sample of patient nucleic acid, by amplifying a mitofusin gene sequence in the patient nucleic acid to produce an amplification product; and identifying the presence of a Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A associated polymorphism in the amplification product.
US08206921B2 Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
This invention relates to the use of genetic probes for detection of the presence of the SCCmec cassette in Staphylococcus aureus. In one aspect, the invention allows specific detection and identification of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in a clinical sample without interference from the presence of other non-S. aureus methicillin-resistant staphylococci. In another aspect, the invention allows specific detection and identification of methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MRCNS) originating from a clinical sample without interference from the presence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
US08206907B2 SCD fingerprints
This invention relates to methods of testing, diagnosing, monitoring, prognostically stratifying and classifying disease, disorders and other medical conditions and physiological states through the detection and analysis of soluble CD antigens in a body fluid sample.
US08206905B2 Enzymatic time-resolved luminescent assay for nucleic acids quantitation
The objects of the present invention are to provide a new technology platform for quantitation number of copies of nucleic acid molecules of interest by lumonogenic (i.e., enzymatic luminescence) detection. The detection approach of the method of present invention is essentially employing time-resolved approach, e.g., based on detection transient parameters of luminescent signal. The various disclosed embodiments allow DNA and RNA quantification in a broad dynamic range; can be used for detection of DNA, as well as long (mRNA) and short (microRNA) RNA targets. The present invention provides methods, instruments, and kits for fast and highly sensitive identification and measurements of nucleic acids in various life science and biomedical applications.
US08206902B2 Method of amplifying nucleic acid and method of detecting mutated nucleic acid using the same
A primer set that allows a target nucleic acid to be amplified specifically and efficiently. The primer set of the present invention includes at least two primers that allow a target nucleic acid sequence to be amplified. A first primer included in the primer set contains, in its 3′ end portion, a sequence (Ac′) that hybridizes to a sequence (A) located in the 3′ end portion of the target nucleic acid sequence. The first primer also contains, on the 5′ side of the sequence (Ac′), a sequence (B′) that hybridizes to a complementary sequence (Bc) to a sequence (B) that is present on the 5′ side with respect to the sequence (A) in the target nucleic acid sequence. A second primer included in the primer set contains, in its 3′ end portion, a sequence (Cc′) that hybridizes to a sequence (C) located in the 3′ end portion of a complementary sequence to the target nucleic acid sequence. The second primer also contains, on the 5′ side of the sequence (Cc′), a folded sequence (D-Dc′) that contains, on the same strand, two nucleic acid sequences that hybridize to each other.
US08206901B2 Method for the synthesis of a bifunctional complex
Disclosed is a method for obtaining a bifunctional complex comprising a display molecule part and a coding part, wherein a nascent bifunctional complex comprising a chemical reaction site and a priming site for enzymatic addition of a tag is reacted at the chemical reaction site with one or more reactants, and provided with respective tag(s) identifying the reactants(s) at the priming site using one or more enzymes.
US08206899B2 Prostate cancer-related compositions, methods and kits based on DNA microarray proteomics platforms
The invention relates to novel nucleic acids encoding a mammalian PCADM-1 gene, and proteins encoded thereby, whose expression is increased in certain diseases, disorders, or conditions, including, but not limited to, prostate cancer. The invention further relates to methods of detecting and treating prostate cancer, comprising modulating or detecting PCADM-1 expression and/or production and activity of PCADM-1 polypeptide. Further, the invention relates to novel assays for the identification of DNA-binding proteins and the double-stranded oligonucleotide sequences that specifically bind with them. Finally, the invention relates to DNAZYMs or DNA enzymes which specifically bind PCADM-1 mRNA to inhibit PCADM-1 gene expression and thereby destroy tumor cells and tumor tissue.
US08206896B2 Detection of uterine leiomyosarcoma using LMP2
This invention provides a method for detecting the presence of uterine leiomyosarcoma using the transcription or expression level of LMP2 and/or cyclin E in uterine smooth muscle tissue as an indicator and a method for detecting uterine leiomyosarcoma using LMP2 and/or cyclin E as a marker.
US08206893B2 Photoimageable branched polymer
Novel, developer-soluble anti-reflective coating compositions and methods of using those compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a multi-functional acid reacted with a multi-functional vinyl ether to form a branched polymer or oligomer. In use, the compositions are applied to a substrate and thermally crosslinked. Upon exposure to light and post-exposure baking, the cured polymers/oligomers will decrosslink and depolymerize, rendering the layer soluble in typical photoresist developing solutions (e.g., alkaline developers).
US08206888B2 Radiation-sensitive resin composition
It is intended to provide a radiation-sensitive resin composition, which comprises a radiation-sensitive acid generator excellent in resolution performance, heat stability, and storage stability, suppresses fluctuations in line width and deterioration in pattern profile attributed to standing waves, and produces a resist pattern improved in nano edge roughness and LEF. The radiation-sensitive resin composition is characterized by (A) a radiation-sensitive acid generator comprising: a sulfonium salt compound typified by 2,4,6-trimethylphenyldiphenylsulfonium 2,4-difluorobenzenesulfonate, 2,4,6-trimethylphenyldiphenylsulfonium 4-trifluoromethylbenzenesulfonate, or the like; and a sulfonimide compound. It is preferred that the composition should further comprise (B) a resin typified by a 4-hydroxystyrene/4-t-butoxystyrene copolymer, a 4-hydroxystyrene/t-butyl (meth)acrylate, or the like.
US08206884B2 Method of preparing toner using micro-suspension particles and toner prepared using the method digital image data
A method of preparing a toner using a micro-suspension particle, includes preparing a mixture by mixing a resin having acidic groups, a master batch of coloring pigment, and at least one additive with an organic solvent, and then neutralizing the acid groups of the resin with a base; forming a micro-suspension by adding the prepared mixture to a dispersion medium; and forming a toner composition by removing the organic solvent from the prepared micro-suspension. Therefore, the method of preparing a toner using the disclosed micro-suspension particle and a toner prepared using the same can save manufacturing costs, and can improve charging ability and cleaning properties of the toner.
US08206882B2 Toner
The object aims to improve the reproducibility of color and the stability in density of a toner. Disclosed is a toner comprising at least a resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant comprises a compound represented by general formula (1) and a compound represented by general formula (2). [In general formula (1), R1 to R8 respectively denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkyl group containing a fluorine atom, provided that at least one of R1 to R8 denotes a chlorine atom]. [In general formula (2), R1 to R4 respectively denote a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R5 and R6 respectively denote a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms; R7 denotes a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; m denotes a number of 1 or 2; An− denotes a chlorine ion or a sulfonic acid compound ion; and n denotes a number of 1 or 2.
US08206879B2 Image forming method
To provide an image forming method for obtaining excellent image quality under high humidity. The image forming method including charging a surface of a latent electrostatic image bearing member, exposing the charged surface of the latent electrostatic image bearing member so as to form a latent electrostatic image, developing the latent electrostatic image using a developer so as to form a toner image, and transferring the toner image from the latent electrostatic image bearing member to a transfer medium, wherein in the developing step, a toner is used that has an interparticle adhesion force of 500 nN to 1,200 nN when pressed at 500 nN and a volume average particle diameter of 4 μm to 8 μm, and in the transferring step, the transfer pressure applied to the transfer medium is 20 N/m to 60 N/m, and wherein a tandem image forming apparatus is used in the image forming method.
US08206877B2 Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, fuel cell, and fuel cell system
A membrane electrode assembly includes an ion conducting membrane; an anode catalyst layer arranged on one side of the ion conducting membrane; a cathode catalyst layer arranged on the other side of the ion conducting membrane; an anode diffusion layer arranged on an outer side of the anode catalyst layer; and a cathode diffusion layer arranged on an outer side of the cathode catalyst layer. Only in the anode catalyst layer, the density of a first catalyst layer portion located close to the anode diffusion layer is smaller than the density of a second catalyst layer portion located close to the ion conducting membrane.
US08206875B2 Fuel cell and separator for the same
The contraction and deformation of a seal member are inhibited. To realize this, in a separator in which the shapes of projections and recesses forming at least fluid passages are inverted from each other on the front surface and the back surface of the separator and which is provided with a manifold for supplying and discharging a fluid, the separator, when a seal member for sealing the fluid is provided along the edge side of the separator forming the contour of the manifold, a projecting section capable of functioning as a spacer between the separator and another member adjacent to the separator is provided between the seal member and the edge side.
US08206870B2 Long-life membrane electrode assemblies with gasket and frame
A membrane electrode assembly comprising two electrode separated by a polymer electrolyte membrane wherein the surfaces of the membrane are in contact with the electrodes so that the first electrode partially or totally covers the front of the membrane and the second electrode partially or totally covers the back of the membrane; two gasket layers wherein the first gasket layer partially covers the front of the membrane and/or the first electrode and the second gasket layer partially covers the back of the membrane and/or the second electrode the assembly also comprises a second gasket material on the front of the first gasket layer and on the back of the second gasket layer; each of the gasket layers comprises at least one recess; the second gasket material on the front of the first gasket layer is in contact with the second gasket material on the back of the second gasket layer.
US08206869B2 Electrochemical fuel cell stack with integrated anode exhaust valves
An electrochemical fuel cell stack with integrated anode exhaust valves is disclosed, comprising a plurality of fuel cells, each fuel cell having an anode and at least one anode flow field channel, an anode exhaust manifold fluidly connected to the at least one anode flow field channel of each fuel cell, and a means for minimizing fluid backflow from the anode exhaust manifold into the anode flow field channels of the fuel cells. Methods for purging, and reducing fuel cell voltage variations within, the electrochemical fuel cell stack are also disclosed.
US08206860B2 Method to perform adaptive voltage suppression of a fuel cell stack based on stack parameters
A system and method for maintaining the voltage of fuel cells in the fuel cell stack below a predetermined maximum voltage. The method determines a desired voltage set-point value that defines a predetermined maximum fuel cell voltage value and uses the voltage set-point value and an average fuel cell voltage to generate an error value there-between. The method generates a minimum gross power prediction value using the modified voltage set-point value to prevent the fuel cell voltages from going above the predetermined maximum fuel cell voltage value and generating a supplemental power value based on the minimum gross power prediction value and the error value to determine how much power needs to be drawn from the stack to maintain the fuel cell voltage below the predetermined maximum voltage value. The method uses the supplemental power value to charge the battery or operate an auxiliary load coupled to the stack.
US08206855B2 Fuel cell system and liquid discharging method for the same
A fuel cell system capable of reliably and rapidly discharging liquid in a fuel cell stack to the outside is provided. In a fuel cell system having a discharge path (76) that allows discharge of at least liquid in a fuel cell stack (20), at the time of actuation of the fuel cell stack (20), reaction gas is supplied to the fuel cell stack (20) at a higher speed or in a greater amount than during normal operation of the fuel cell stack (20). By supplying the reaction gas at a high speed or in a great amount before actuation, residual liquid in the fuel cell stack (20) can be blown off and thus reliably and rapidly discharged to the outside. The residual liquid can be discharged more easily when a volume (30) is provided in the discharge path (76) or the pressure inside the fuel cell stack (20) is set to a negative level at the time of actuation thereof.
US08206853B2 Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte
The objective of the present invention is to prevent deterioration and expanding of anode active material and to improve charge-discharge cycle characteristics in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an anode of which current collector has thereon a thin layer of an anode active material containing a metal. To solve this problem, in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery wherein a thin layer of anode active material containing a metal which absorbs and discharges lithium is formed on a current collector and the thin layer of the anode active material is divided into columns by a gap formed along the thickness thereof, a compound represented by the following formula is contained in the non-aqueous electrolyte. A-N═C═O In the above formula, A represents an element or a group other than hydrogen.
US08206848B2 Secondary battery cell, stacked secondary battery and battery assembly
A secondary battery includes collector electrodes, a contact area of the collector electrode in contact with a cathode or a anode, a terminal portion formed in the collector electrode and not in contact with the cathode or anode, and a connecting portion to which a conductive member is connected. As compared with cross-sectional area of the terminal portion forming a first current path between the connecting portion and a first portion of the contact area closest to the connecting portion in the contact area, cross-sectional area of a terminal portion forming a second current path between the connecting portion and a second portion positioned in a region of the periphery of the contact area and extending along the terminal portion, of which length to the connection portion is longer than path length of said current path, is made larger.
US08206847B2 Battery pack having intercell connector and manufacturing method thereof
A battery pack couples first and second batteries mutually linearly via a connector of a metallic plate. The connector formed of a tube with a bottom is composed of a bottom portion and a side wall. Regarding the bottom portion, an outer periphery is welded to a bottom wall of a second battery casing, while an inner periphery inwardly of the outer periphery is welded to a sealing plate of the first battery. The side wall of the connector, protruded toward the first battery, has an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter at an end portion of the first battery. Regarding the battery pack, the end portion of the first battery is inserted inside the side wall of the connector in a non-contact state, and the bottom portion is welded to the first and second batteries, thus the first and second batteries being mutually coupled by the connector.
US08206846B2 Middle or large-sized battery module of improved safety
Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery module including a plurality of battery cells or unit modules, the middle- or large-sized battery module being configured to have a connection structure in which measured voltage and/or temperature signals of the battery cells or the unit modules are transmitted and received by a wire type connection member, wherein at least one end of the connection member is connected to a connection counterpart in a male and female engagement type mechanical coupling manner, the connection member has a downwardly bent region (a downwardly bent portion) formed at a region adjacent to a connection part such that the downwardly bent portion is bent downward to a height lower than the connection part for preventing moisture condensed on the connection member from being introduced to the connection part due to gravity.
US08206845B2 Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device
A battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device, the battery cover assembly includes a housing, a removable battery cover and a locking mechanism. The housing defines an opening and a receiving hole communicating each other. The removable battery cover includes a protrusion. The locking mechanism includes a latching member and an operating member. The latching member engages in the opening of the housing, the latching member forming a post engaging with the protrusion of the cover. The operating member engages in the receiving hole of the housing, and the operating member rotatably brings the latching member to releasably lock the post with the protrusion of the cover.
US08206842B2 Organic element for electroluminescent devices
An electroluminescent device including a cathode, an anode, and having therebetween a light-emitting layer including a boron complex represented by Formula (I), wherein: X represents hydrogen or a substituent; V1 through V8 represent hydrogen or an independently selected substituent, provided that adjacent substituents cannot join together to form an aromatic ring group and provided at least one of V2 and V3 represents a substituent; L1 and L2 represent independently selected substituents; and an anthracene compound containing an anthracene nucleus substituted in the 9- and 10-positions with independently selected aryl groups containing from 6 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the anthracene nucleus can be further substituted provided the anthracene nucleus does not contain an aromatic substituent in positions 1-8.
US08206838B2 Polymer matrix electroluminescent materials and devices
Photoluminescent and electroluminescent compositions are provided which comprise a matrix comprising aromatic repeat units covalently coordinated to a phosphorescent or luminescent metal ion or metal ion complexes. Methods for producing such compositions, and the electroluminescent devices formed therefrom, are also disclosed.
US08206837B2 Interventional medical device
According to one aspect, an interventional medical device includes a first wire disposed at a distal end and made of an alloy containing Ti and a transition metal other than Ti and Cr, and a second wire disposed at a proximal end of the first wire and made of an alloy containing Cr and a transition metal other than Cr and Ti. The device may include the first wire and the second wire being brazed to each other by a brazing material. The brazing material contains a metal whose ionization tendency is more basic than Ti and Cr. The brazing material is preferably an Ag—Mg alloy or an Ni—Mg alloy, and preferably has a composition near the eutectic point.
US08206835B2 Hanging ornament for color painting
A hanging ornament for color painting has a substrate, a first ridge area and a second ridge area. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface and a protrudent surface. The first and second surfaces are both sides of the substrate. The protrudent surface protrudes from a partial area of the first surface to the second surface and is formed on the second surface. The first ridge area and the second ridge area are integrally formed on the second surface and the protrudent surface and have different heights and the recesses delineated by the first and second ridge areas are available for users to paint. The present invention addresses a means being more convenient to paint and visually appealing to users, and a solution to manufacturers saving more material, simplifying the production procedures and requiring minimum mold.
US08206823B2 System and method for fabrication of integrated lightning strike protection material
The invention is directed to an integrated lightning strike protection system adapted for automated placement on a composite structure comprising a surfacing layer consisting of an organic polymer resin, a conductive layer of an expanded metal foil, an isolation/tack layer, and a carrier paper layer. In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided an integrated lightning strike protection system comprising an integrated lightning strike protection material consisting of an expanded metal foil encapsulated in organic polymer resin mounted on a carrier paper, and an automated placement machine suitable for placing the material on an aircraft composite part for protection of the composite part from lightning strikes. In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for fabricating a composite structure with lightning strike protection.
US08206819B2 Varnish, prepreg, and substrate thereof
A varnish includes an epoxy resin, a curing agent, an accelerator agent and fillers. The fillers include inorganic mineral powders. The inorganic mineral powders have composition of SiO2 in weight ratio of 55±5% and a composition of aluminum compound in weight above 35%. Glass fabric cloth is dipped into the varnish so as to form a prepreg with better machined-work capability.
US08206817B2 Window and door flashing, roofing underlayment, protection course, root block and sound control underlayment material products
A window or door flashing or roofing material, containing no asphalt, either mechanically fastened or self-adhering comprising a mixture of: one or more ethylene based elastomers having a melting point below 160° F., in an amount of 10-40% based on the total weight of the product; one or more semi-crystalline, non-elastomer alpha olefin-based polymers having a melting point above 160° F. in an amount of about 10-40% based on the total weight of the product; and a rubber fraction of ground, vulcanized rubber having a size up to about 18 mesh, US Sieve Series, in an amount of about 10% to about 75%, based on the total weight of the product.
US08206816B2 Polymer mechanical damping composites and methods of production
An article comprising a polyelectrolyte complex, the polyelectrolyte complex comprising an intermolecular blend of a predominantly positively-charged polyelectrolyte and a predominantly negatively charged polyelectrolyte and being free of salt crystals having a size greater than about 1 micrometer and free of voids having a size greater than about 100 nm, the article having no transverse dimension less than about 10,000 nm.
US08206811B2 Thermosetting composition
A material of cured film, a thermosetting film and a display device are provided. The thermosetting composition includes a solvent and at least one siloxane polymer selected from the group consisting of siloxane polymer (A) obtained by hydrolyzing or condensing a silane mixture containing a monofunctional silane represented by formula (1) and a trifunctional silane represented by formula (2), and siloxane polymer (B) obtained by hydrolyzing or condensing a silane mixture containing a bifunctional silane represented by formula (3) and a tetrafunctional silane represented by formula (4). R independently represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons whose arbitrary hydrogen can be replaced by a halogen, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbons whose arbitrary hydrogen can be replaced by a halogen, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbons whose arbitrary hydrogen can be replaced by a halogen. R′ independently represents a hydrolyzable group.
US08206809B2 Matte seal
A matte seal includes a seal body that extends along and about a width-wise axis. The seal body has a first surface and an opposite parallel second surface and an outer peripheral surface extending to and between the first and second surfaces. The seal body has an inner through hole surface defining a through hole extending along and about the width-wise axis and between and through the first and second surfaces. The seal body has at least one recess formed into the first surface. The at least one recess is disposed apart from and between the inner through hole surface and the outer peripheral surface. The at least one recess extends parallel to the width-wise axis and partially into the seal body.
US08206803B2 Information storage medium using nanocrystal particles, method of manufacturing the information storage medium, and information storage apparatus including the information storage medium
Provided is an information storage medium using nanocrystal particles, a method of manufacturing the information storage medium, and an information storage apparatus including the information storage medium. The information storage medium includes a conductive layer, a first insulating layer formed on the conductive layer, a nanocrystal layer that is formed on the first insulating layer and includes conductive nanocrystal particles that can trap charges, and a second insulating layer formed on the nanocrystal layer.
US08206800B2 Flocked adhesive article having multi-component adhesive film
A design and process are provided in which a fully activated thermosetting adhesive layer and multi-layered thermoplastic adhesive are positioned between a flock layer and a substrate.
US08206795B2 Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal composition is provided that satisfies at least one characteristic among the characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, negatively large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or is properly balanced regarding at least two characteristics. An AM device is provided that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth.The liquid crystal composition contains tetrahedropyrene-2,5-diyl as the first component, a specific compound having negatively large dielectric anisotropy as the second component, and a negatively dielectric anisotropy. The liquid crystal display device contains the liquid crystal composition.
US08206794B2 System and method for applying abrasion-resistant coatings
A method for applying an abrasion-resistant coating to a substrate including the steps of generating an atmospheric plasma, introducing a precursor to the atmospheric plasma, the precursor being selected to form the abrasion-resistant coating, and positioning the substrate relative to the atmospheric plasma such that the atmospheric plasma deposits the abrasion-resistant coating onto the substrate.
US08206786B1 Carpet tile curved channeling process
A method of producing a decorative carpet tile may include providing a carpet tile in accordance with the prior art techniques and then treating at least two carpet tiles in one of various manners to provide separations internal to side edges of the carpet tile. Specifically, two tiles can be treated simultaneously, in register and/or without moving the second tile after treating the first tile.
US08206782B2 Method for surface hardening substances by application of particularly transparent polymethacrylate layers
The present invention describes a process for the surface finishing of materials via application of specific polymethacrylate layers. The polymethacrylate layers are composed of blends of at least two (co)polymers of polymethacrylates, and specific “reactive monomers” are present here in a polymerized mixture which forms the polymethacrylate layer. At the application temperature established, these form a chemical and, where appropriate, also a physical bond to the substrate, and therefore have adhesion-promoting action.
US08206771B2 Process for preparing a dairy based sauce
A process for preparing a shelf-stable dairy-based sauce comprising oil/fat and a diary component (e.g. cheese or cream), which sauce is low in reducing sugars, and wherein the composition, prior to packing, is not subjected to temperatures above 50° C.
US08206768B2 Oxide material, patterning substrate, method of forming a pattern, method of producing an imprint transfer mold, method of producing a recording medium, imprint transfer mold, and recording medium
An oxide material (102) is used as masking for patterning by etching which is performed with respect to a substrate or a material laminated on the substrate (101). The oxide material is also used in a multi-step etching which is performed by using a resist (103) formed on the oxide material as a mask. The etching rate of the oxide material for a reaction gas containing an inert gas or hydrogen is higher than the etching rate of the resist for the reaction gas containing an inert gas or hydrogen, while the etching rate of the oxide material for a fluorine-containing gas is lower than the etching rate of the material, which is to be patterned by using the oxide material as a mask, for the fluorine-containing gas. In addition, the oxide material is soluble in a weak acid.
US08206767B2 Removal of acrylamide and/or melanoidin-forming cell content
The present invention relates to a process for removing acrylamide and/or melanoidin forming cellular ingredients from starchy plant material without enabling to remove a considerable amount of starch from the cells by washing, comprising the process steps of: providing the biological material, irreversible electroporation of the biological material, and obtaining plant material having a reduced amount of acrylamide and/or melanoidin forming cellular ingredients, the starch content of which is not enabled to be considerably reduced by washing as compared to the starting material. Furthermore, the present invention relates to plant material having a reduced of amount of acrylamide and/or melanoidin forming cellular ingredients producible by said process, to a nibble product, respectively a snack having a reduced content of acrylamide and/or melanoidins producible from said plant material, and to a device for producing the nibble product, respectively the snack comprising an electroporation reactor, a cutting equipment, optionally at least one dipping bath and a fryer or a drying device.
US08206765B2 Preparation of individually coated edible core products
A method and apparatus for producing individually coated, baked, edible core products is disclosed. Individual edible cores are coated with a farinaceous dough and baked. The coated cores are agitated as their coatings expand to prevent them from clumping or agglomerating during baking. The baked, coated cores are individual core pieces with an expanded, crispy coating.
US08206764B2 Black soybean hull extract, method for obtaining, and use thereof
Methods for preparing black soybean hull extracts and uses thereof. The methods can comprise: (1) extracting crushed black soybean hull with aqueous solution containing enzyme and filtering the extracted liquid; (2) ultrafiltration of the extract liquid with an ultrafiltration membrane; (3) absorbing the ultrafiltration liquid with an absorption resin or an ion exchange resin, and elution with ethanol to obtain purified extract liquid; (4) concentrating the purified extract liquid under vacuum; (5) spray drying the concentrated liquid. The extract can contain: 10-45% of cyanidin, 10-25% of catechin, and 40-80% of OPC, and with a total polyphenol content as high as 70-100%. The extract can be used for preparing drugs or food containing antioxidants, or used for improving metabolic syndrome or eyesight.
US08206760B2 Composition for inhibition of transplant rejection containing the cordyceps mycellia extract as an active ingredient
Disclosed is a composition for the inhibition of transplant rejection and the treatment of skin diseases, comprising a cordyceps mycellia extract as an active ingredient. The cordyceps mycellia extract significantly suppresses the production of antibodies to transplants without side effects, such as weight change. Based on natural material, the composition is non-toxic and harmless to the human body and thus can be used as an immunosuppressant for organ transplantation. Also, it stops oozing from sores and is useful in the treatment of skin diseases, including atopy, allergic reactions, decubitus ulcers, pemphigus and smallpox.
US08206757B2 Composition of ashwagandha and indian gooseberry
A therapeutic composition comprising extracts of the plant species ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) and Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica). A composition of ashwagandha and Indian gooseberry may: (1) lower cortisol and increase DHEA, (2) prevents free radical-induced photoaging, (3) inhibit collagenase activity in vitro, (4) inhibit hyaluronidase activity in vitro, (5) display superior cascading antioxidant activity, (6) reduce C-reactive protein, (7) enhance mood.
US08206756B2 Herbal composition for inflammatory disorders
This invention relates to a novel herbal composition comprising an extract of flowering and fruiting heads of the plant, Sphaeranthus indicus. The said extract of Sphaeranthus indicus contains a compound, 3a-hydroxy-5a,9-dimethyl-3-methylene-3a,4,5,5a,6,7,8,9b-octahydro-3H-naphtho[1,2-b]furan-2-one (7-Hydroxy-4,11(13)-eudesmadien-12,6-olide) (compound 1), as a bioactive marker. The invention also relates to a composition comprising 3a-hydroxy-5a,9-dimethyl-3-methylene-3a,4,5,5a,6,7,8,9b-octahydro-3H-naphtho[1,2-b]furan-2-one (compound 1) as an active ingredient. The invention also relates to methods of manufacture of the said compositions. The invention also relates to methods of administration of the said compositions to a subject in need of treatment for an inflammatory disorder. The invention also relates to tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL-1, IL-6, IL-8) inhibitory activity of the said compositions. The invention relates to inhibition of the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), vascular-cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), and E-Selectin by the said compositions. The said compositions may optionally contain at least one anti-inflammatory agent or can be used in combination with at least one anti-inflammatory agent.
US08206754B2 Personal care composition with cocoa butter and dihydroxypropyl ammonium salts
A personal care composition is provided that when the composition is applied to the skin provides improved translucency to reveal a healthy skin color. The composition is based upon a mixture of dihydroxypropyl quaternary ammonium salt and cocoa butter.
US08206753B2 Anti-inflammatory botanical products for the treatment of metabolic syndrome and diabetes
Disclosed are botanically based compositions and methods useful for the treatment of metabolic syndrome and diabetes type 2. Compositions, kits, and methods are additionally disclosed for means to augment the activity of identified glucose and insulin regulating drugs.
US08206751B2 Class of therapeutics that enhance small molecule diffusion
The subject invention relates to novel compositions containing a diffusion enhancing compound and their use in treating a variety of disorders.
US08206740B2 Once daily formulations of tetracyclines
Disclosed are once-daily formulations containing tetracyclines, especially doxycycline. Such formulations are useful, for instance, for the treatment of collagenase destructive enzyme-dependent diseases, such as periodontal disease and acne, and acute and chronic inflammatory disease states, such as rosacea and arthritis.
US08206737B2 Hypotensive lipid-containing biodegradable intraocular implants and related methods
Biocompatible intraocular implants include a prostamide component and a biodegradable polymer that is effective in facilitating release of the prostamide component into an eye for an extended period of time. The prostamide component may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. The implants may be placed in an eye to treat or reduce a at least one symptom of an ocular condition, such as glaucoma.
US08206735B2 Pharmaceutical compositions for sustained release delivery of peptides
The present invention provides methods of forming a solid, biodegradable implant in-situ in a body by administering a liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a biocompatible, water-insoluble, biodegradable polymer and an effective amount of a therapeutic peptide covalently modified with one or more lipophilic or amphiphilic moieties, which are dissolved or dispersed in a biocompatible, water-soluble organic solvent. This invention also provides related compositions and methods.
US08206728B2 Sunscreen compositions containing fluorinated alkyl ethers
Disclosed are sunscreen compositions containing at least one sunscreen agent, a volatile solvent comprising a cosmetically acceptable lower alkanol, and a fluorinated alkyl ether, and methods of making and using same.
US08206726B2 Zwitterionic polysaccharides for promotion of immune system maturation and health
Certain zwitterionic polysaccharides, including those naturally expressed by commensal B. fragilis in the gut, interact with cells of the immune system and affect the TH1/TH2 balance so as to promote health. Nutritional formulas and nutritional supplements containing isolated preparations of such zwitterionic polysaccharides, and methods for preparing the nutritional formulas and supplements, are provided. Also provided is a method of promoting immune system maturation in an infant involving enteral administration of a nutritional formula or nutritional supplement of the invention.
US08206722B2 Somatostatin receptor antagonists and glucose control or hypoglycemia
The present disclosure provides methods and uses for controlling tight blood glucose levels in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a somatostatin inhibitor. The present disclosure provides methods and uses for treating or preventing hypoglycemia in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a somatostatin inhibitor.
US08206721B2 Use of an extract from snow algae in cosmetic or dermatological formulations
The present invention relates to the use of an extract from snow algae, especially an extract from Chlamydocapsa sp (snow algae) in cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical products. More particularly, the invention relates to Chlamydocapsa sp. (snow algae) in cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical products employed to guard against extrinsic aging of the skin caused by negative environmental exposure, for instance, UV radiation or air pollution, but also to guard against intrinsic aging of the skin as influenced by aging-specific gene expression levels. The invention relates furthermore to a method for producing extracts from snow algae, suitable for topic applications.
US08206720B2 Fusion proteins comprising CD4 minimal modules and invasin polypeptides that are capable of binding to the HIV envelope and exposing cryptic neutraliziation epitopes
Fusion proteins comprising CD4 minimal modules that bind to HIV Env polypeptides in a non-CD4 backbone are described. Also described are complexes of these fusion proteins with Env as well as methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention using the polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided.
US08206719B2 KDR peptides and vaccines comprising the same
The present invention provides nonapeptides selected from peptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, 3, 5, 8, 11, or 12; nonapeptides or decapeptides selected from peptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:29, 30, 33, 34, 40, or 46; and peptides with cytotoxic T cell inducibility, in which one, two, or several amino acids are substituted or added to the above-mentioned amino acid sequences, as well as pharmaceuticals for treating or preventing tumors, where the pharmaceuticals comprise these peptides. The peptides of this invention can be used as vaccines.
US08206718B2 Expression and export of angiogenesis inhibitors as immunofusins
A homodimeric protein of the invention has angiogenesis inhibiting activity. The homodimeric protein consists of two identical fusion proteins bound together as a homodimer. Each fusion protein comprises an immunoglobulin Fc region and a first target protein linked to the immunoglobulin Fc region. The first target protein has an angiogenesis inhibiting activity of angiostatin or endostatin, and is selected from the group consisting of a plasminogen fragment and a collagen XVIII fragment. The immunoglobulin Fc region comprises a hinge region, a CH2 region, and a CH3 region.
US08206717B2 Antibodies against IL-25
The invention provides the antibody 2C3 and target binding members based on 2C3 which binds interleukin-25. These are useful in therapy, e.g. the treatment of asthma.
US08206715B2 Antibodies that bind colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R)
Antibodies that bind CSF1R are provided. Antibody heavy chains and light chains that are capable of forming antibodies that bind CSF1R are also provided. Polynucleotides encoding antibodies to CSF1R are provided. Polynucleotides encoding antibody heavy chains and lights chains are also provided. Methods of treatment using antibodies to CSF1R are provided. Such methods include, but are not limited to, methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis, bone loss, and multiple sclerosis.
US08206714B2 Methods for treating rheumatoid arthritis using human antibodies that bind human TNFa
Human antibodies, preferably recombinant human antibodies, that specifically bind to human tumor necrosis factor α (hTNFα) are disclosed. These antibodies have high affinity for hTNFα (e.g., Kd=10−8 M or less), a slow off rate for hTNFα dissociation (e.g., Koff=10−3 sec−1 or less) and neutralize hTNFα activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hTNFα and for inhibiting hTNFα activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hTNFα activity is detrimental. Nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expressing the recombinant human antibodies of the invention, and methods of synthesizing the recombinant human antibodies, are also encompassed by the invention.
US08206711B2 Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia using anti-CD20 antibodies
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) may be treated with antibodies directed against the CD20 antigen.
US08206710B2 Anti-mesothelin antibodies
This invention relates to the use of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that specifically bind to and become internalized by mesothelin-positive cells and also induce an immune effector activity such as antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The antibodies are useful in specific delivery of pharmacologic agents to mesothelin expressing cells as well as eliciting an immune-effector activity particularly on tumor cells and precursors. The invention is also related to cells expressing the monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, antibody derivatives, such as human, humanized, and chimeric monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, mammalian cells expressing the monoclonal antibodies, derivatives and fragments, and methods of treating cancer using the antibodies, derivatives and fragments.
US08206708B2 Vascular endothelial growth factor 2
Disclosed are human VEGF-2 antibodies, antibody fragments, or variants thereof. Also provided are processes for producing such antibodies. The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder comprising administering to an animal, preferably a human, an effective amount of one or more VEGF-2 antibodies or fragments or variants thereof.
US08206707B2 Combination therapy for the treatment of ocular neovascular disorders
The invention features methods for treating a patient diagnosed with, or at risk of developing, a neovascular disorder by administering a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist to the patient. The invention also features a pharmaceutical composition containing a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist for the treatment or prevention of a neovascular disorder.
US08206706B2 Method for enhancing or inhibiting insulin-like growth factor-I
The present invention provides αVβ3 integrin cysteine loop domain agonists and antagonists (including peptide agonists and antagonists and analogs thereof), along with methods of using the same.
US08206703B1 High activity mutants of butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis
Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) polypeptide variants of the presently-disclosed subject matter have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine, as compared to wild-type BChE. Pharmaceutical compositions of the presently-disclosed subject matter include a BChE polypeptide variant having an enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine. A method of the presently-disclosed subject matter for treating a cocaine-induced condition includes administering to an individual an effective amount of a BChE polypeptide variant, as disclosed herein, to lower blood cocaine concentration.
US08206702B2 Method for expansion of tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes for immunotherapy of patients with cancer
The present invention discloses an improved method for expansion and activation of tumor-reactive lymphocytes, in particular CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes, which may be used for treating and/or preventing cancer. The method provides high numbers of tumor-reactive T-lymphocytes within a short time span and the possibility of directing development of tumor-reactive CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes towards specific subpopulations. The method comprises a first phase of stimulating tumor-reactive CD4+ T helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes with tumor-derived antigen together with at least one substance having agonistic activity towards the IL-2 receptor to promote survival of tumor-reactive CD4+ T helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes; and a second phase of activating and promoting growth of tumor-reactive CD4+ T helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes, wherein the second phase is initiated when the CD25 cell surface marker (or IL-2R marker) is down-regulated on CD4+ T helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes.
US08206700B2 Methods and compositions for treating tularemia
The disclosure provides an antigenic composition useful for immunization against tularemia. The disclosure provides a method for producing a vaccine for preventing tularemia in humans and animals, a new vaccine against tularemia in humans and animals, and a new approach to producing vaccines against tularemia.
US08206698B2 Method of treating a cutaneous wound using a coiled coil chimeric molecule
The present application discloses a method of treating a disease that is treatable by therapeutic angiogenesis comprising administering to a needy subject an effective amount of a chimeric coiled coil molecule comprising a coiled-coil domain linked to a receptor binding domain of a ligand.
US08206697B1 Deer lure aerosol dispensing apparatus
A deer lure dispensing apparatus and method of use including a dispensing container containing a quantity of animal urine and a pressurized aerosol propellant. The contents are dispersed through an atomizing nozzle when a container valve is opened and locked. The lure dispensing apparatus is made to disperse its contents irrespective of its orientation. Therefore, the lure dispensing apparatus may be set to disperse, then dropped or thrown from a tree stand. It may also be inverted to spray a simulated scrape or to create a scent trail along the path a hunter walks.
US08206693B2 PMMA binding peptides
Peptides are provided that have binding affinity for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). The polymethyl methacrylate-binding peptides may be used to prepare peptide-based reagents suitable for use in a variety of applications. The peptide-based reagents may be used to couple benefit agents to a PMMA polymer surface or may be used to couple a benefit agent comprising a PMMA polymer surface to a target surface, such as a body surface.
US08206692B2 Inhibition of sweat malodor
The present invention relates to a method for screening compounds having the ability to prevent, treat or reduce malodor development on body surfaces. In particular, the method allows to efficiently screen for compound having the ability of preventing sweat malodor development caused by volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs). The present invention is based on the finding of the direct precursor of naturally VSCs, which is present in human sweat and which will be metabolized by Staphylococci to VSCs.
US08206691B2 Sunscreen composition with fatty acid alkanolamides
A cosmetic composition is provided including a water-insoluble UV-A sunscreen agent having a λmax at 330-380 nm, a water-insoluble UV-B sunscreen agent having a λmax between 280 and 320 nm, and a water-soluble sunscreen agent having a λmax between 280 and 400 nm, in combination with a photo protective enhancing agent which is a stearyl alkanolamide of structure R1C(O)NR2—R3OH wherein R1 is a C17 radical, R2 is hydrogen or a C1-C6 radical, and R3 is a C2-C8 radical, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier.
US08206689B2 Oral preparation and chewing gum
The invention provides an oral preparation or a chewing gum comprising an organic acid and/or inorganic acid and a fluoride ion supplying compound, wherein a light scattering layer is formed inside enamel of the teeth when the oral preparation or the chewing gum is applied to teeth. An internal tooth colored layer in the enamel is masked by the light scattering layer, and a white appearance is imparted to the teeth.
US08206687B2 Phospholipid-based inhalation system
The present invention includes a method for delivering medications deeper into the lungs and to the medications' pulmonary targets, which include bronchioles and alveoli. A first particularly preferred embodiment of the invention describes the use of two steps for delivery of a medication. In a first step, an aerosolized therapeutic composition or medication is administered into a patient's respiratory tract, wherein the patient may be any animal or human subject. Following the first step, an aerosolized surfactant is administered into the patient's respiratory tract that facilitates delivery of the aerosolized medication of the first step to the medication's pulmonary target. Another embodiment of the present invention contemplates an apparatus for the delivery of an aerosolized surfactant used that facilitates delivery of previously inhaled aerosolized medication.
US08206683B2 Method for synthesizing all-silica zeolite beta with small crystal size
A method for synthesizing the all-silica zeolite beta with small crystal size is disclosed. This method comprises the steps of: (a) forming a reaction mixture comprising (1) a source of silicon dioxide (SiO2), (2) a source of fluoride ions (F−), (3) a source of tetraethylammonium cations (TEA+), and (4) water (H2O), at predetermined mole ratios of the source of silicon dioxide, the source of fluoride ions, the source of tetraethylammonium cations, and water; (b) crystallizing the reaction mixture; and (c) recovering the crystalline material formed, wherein the pH of the mixture before crystallization has a value of 6 to 9, and the pH of the mixture after crystallization has a value of 6 to 8. This improved method gives a fast and efficient way of synthesis of all-silica zeolite beta with an average crystal size of less than 5 μm.
US08206682B2 Method for recovering catalytic elements from fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies
A method for recovering catalytic elements from a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is provided. The method includes converting the membrane electrode assembly into a particulate material, wetting the particulate material, forming a slurry comprising the wetted particulate material and an acid leachate adapted to dissolve at least one of the catalytic elements into a soluble catalytic element salt, separating the slurry into a depleted particulate material and a supernatant containing the catalytic element salt, and washing the depleted particulate material to remove any catalytic element salt retained within pores in the depleted particulate material.
US08206681B2 Process for producing red iron oxide
The present invention relates to a process for producing red iron oxide with only marginal goethite content, wherein a ferrous chloride feedstock is employed as starting material. The process comprises precipitating lepidocrocite seeds having a high BET surface area by mixing the ferrous chloride feedstock with an alkali and oxidizing the obtained mixture, and growing the lepidocrocite seeds, whereby the lepidocrocite converts into red iron oxide.
US08206679B2 Method for producing Ca-La-F based transparent ceramic, Ca-La-F based transparent ceramic, optical element, optical system, and ceramic-forming composition
A method of producing a Ca—La—F based transparent ceramic, including: mixing CaF2 particles and LaF3 particles that are prepared separately from the CaF2 particles to form a mixed body of particles, and sintering the mixed body of particles and making the mixed body transparent, thereby producing a transparent ceramic.
US08206678B2 Vapor grown carbon fiber, production method thereof and composite material containing the carbon fiber
The invention relates to a vapor grown carbon fiber having a mean fiber diameter of 80 to 500 nm, an aspect ratio of 100 to 200 and preferably a bulk density of 0.02 g/cm3 or less, wherein filaments having a diameter within ±20% of the mean fiber diameter occupies 65% (on a number basis) or more of the total. The production method involves thermal decomposition of a carbon source at 800 to 1,300° C. in the presence of, as a catalyst, a transition metal compound having a vapor pressure of 0.13 kPa (1 mmHg) or more at 150° C. and spraying of the carbon source and the transition metal compound in gas form toward the reactor inner wall to allow reaction to proceed. The vapor grown carbon fiber having a larger aspect ratio has excellent dispersibility, and when added in a resin, a smaller amount contributes to enhancement in electroconductivity and thermal conductivity, as compared with a case using conventional one.
US08206671B2 Porous composite oxide and production method thereof
The present invention provides a porous composite oxide comprising an aggregate of secondary particles in the form of aggregates of primary particles of a composite oxide containing two or more types of metal elements, and having mesopores having a pore diameter of 2-100 nm between the secondary particles; wherein, the percentage of the mesopores between the secondary particles having a diameter of 10 nm or more is 10% or more of the total mesopore volume after firing for 5 hours at 600° C. in an oxygen atmosphere.
US08206665B2 Cap for microtube for pharmaceutical development
A cap for a microtube, which can be automatically aligned by an alignment plate for insertion in a correct orientation into the open end of the microtube held in a micro tube rack. The plate has partitions in a grid which produces a matrix of cells having a pitch defined by the spacing between the partitions. The cap 100 has an plug portion 120, which is adapted to be inserted into the open end of the microtube which is held in a rack having a matrix of wells congruent with the matrix of cells in the alignment plate. A grip portion 110 of the cap has an outer circumferential diameter larger than an outer circumferential diameter of the plug portion 120, so that when the cap is inserted in the microtube, the grip portion protrudes from the open end of the microtube. The entire length of the cap 100 is longer than the pitch of the alignment plate and shorter than twice the pitch. An upper edge of the grip portion 110 of the cap 100 has a collar 130 with an outer circumferential diameter larger than the diameter of the cells of the alignment plate. The plug portion 120 of the cap 100 has a taper 122 which is tapered toward a front end, and the center of gravity of the cap 100 is in the plug portion, so that the plug portion of the cap gravitates into one of the open cells of the alignment plate.
US08206662B2 Collection device including a penetrable cap having an absorbent pile fabric
A cap including a penetrable material adapted to be pierced by a fluid transfer device and an absorbent material positioned above the penetrable material. The absorbent material permits passage of the fluid transfer device and absorbs fluid material present on an outer surface of the fluid transfer device as it is being removed from the cap. The cap is useful for accessing the contents of an associated fluid-holding vessel multiple times.
US08206656B2 Freezable-liquid dispenser for motor vehicles
A liquid dispenser includes an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface encloses a volume that tapers outwardly in a downward direction so that any horizontal cross-section of the volume fits inside each horizontal cross-section below it from a full to an empty level of the dispenser. The interior surface also includes a projection oriented opposite the exterior surface and configured to limit a motion of solids within the dispenser. The structure so provided enables the solid, e.g., a frozen liquid, to slide to the heated, bottom portion of the dispenser as liquid is drawn from the dispenser thus providing faster melting.
US08206650B2 Joint-diagnostic spectroscopic and biosensor meter
Some embodiments of the invention provide a system comprising a meter and a disposable cartridge for analyzing a fluid sample typically blood that is drawn into the cartridge by capillary action, negative pressure, positive pressure, or a combination thereof. The cartridge has at least one flow path, and includes at least one optical chamber for spectroscopic measurement, and at least one biosensor for biosensor measurement. The meter has a sample slot for receiving the disposable cartridge. The cartridges have electrical output contacts, and the meter slot has electrical input contacts. When the output contacts mate with the input contacts, the optical chamber becomes positioned for spectroscopic measurement. The present invention can provide joint-diagnostic spectroscopic and biosensor measurements.
US08206649B2 Component measuring apparatus
A component measuring apparatus is provided with a case having a cylindrical case main body and a cover arranged to cover the base end opening section of the case main body; a chip mounting section for mounting a chip; a light measuring section for detecting a prescribed component; a printed board whereupon a control section having a function of controlling the operation of the light measuring section is arranged; a liquid crystal display device; a battery arranging section for arranging a battery provided on the cover; an O-ring arranged between the case main body and the light measuring section on the leading end section of the case main body; and an O-ring arranged between the case main body and the cover on the base end opening section of the case main body. Sealing of inside the case is ensured by the O-ring.
US08206648B2 Liquid container with an extraction chimney
A liquid container with an upper opening and a tube-shaped withdrawal chimney is disclosed. The withdrawal chimney extends into the container through the upper opening which has a liquid-permeable zone in the form of a finely-porous flow resistance element in its lower end region such that liquid exchange can take place between the withdrawal chimney and the container inner space which surrounds it via the flow resistance element. A venting groove formed by a radial recess of the casing wall of the withdrawal chimney in its upper region may be provided to ensure adequate venting of the space above the liquid level.
US08206645B2 Preparation of filler-metal weld rod by injection molding of powder
A method for preparing a filler-metal weld rod of a filler-metal composition includes the steps of centerless grinding the filler metal weld rod of a forced mixture of a mass of titanium aluminide intermetallic alloy powder that was used to form the weld rod, and hot isostatic pressing the filler-metal weld rod at a temperature greater than 2150° F., at a pressure between about 15,000 pounds per square inch and about 25,000 pounds per square inch and for a time of about 1 to 5 hours, thereby increasing the relative density to between about 98% and about 99%.
US08206644B2 Method for the monobloc sizing for the tempering casings and device for implementing the method
A device for implementing a method of sizing a cylindrical part following shaping, by plastic deformation, of a metallic material that has maximum structural shrinkage at a maximum-shrinkage temperature between a first temperature and a second temperature, which is lower than the first temperature, is disclosed. The method includes placing the part in a shaft furnace, heating the part to the first temperature, lowering and fitting into the part an internal-sizing tool with an outer diameter greater than an inner diameter of the part at maximum structural shrinkage, transporting the assembly formed by the part and the sizing tool to a tempering vessel, cooling the part to a temperature below said second temperature, and extracting the internal-sizing tool. The method applies to the manufacture of turbomachine casings.
US08206643B2 Concentrate burner
A concentrate burner for feeding a pulverous concentrate mixture and reaction gas into a reaction shaft of a flash smelting furnace. The concentrate burner includes a feeder pipe for feeding a concentrate mixture into the reaction shaft and a dispersing device for directing dispersing gas to the concentrate mixture flowing around the dispersing device. For feeding the reaction gas into the reaction shaft, a gas supply device is provided which includes a reaction gas chamber for mixing the reaction gas with the concentrate mixture, and for directing the concentrate mixture to the side by the dispersing gas. The reaction gas chamber includes a turbulent flow chamber, to which an inlet channel opens tangentially for directing the reaction gas to the reaction gas chamber in a tangential direction. In the inlet channel, an adjusting member is arranged for adjusting the cross-sectional area of the reaction gas flow.
US08206641B2 Method for making ceramic-coloring clay bricks using waste batteries powder
Provided is a method for making a ceramic clay brick using waste battery powder. Valuables of the waste batteries are separated through a crushing, pyrolysis, pulverizing, and magnetic separation processes. The remaining waste battery powder is processed in order to utilize the remaining waste battery powder as a colorant in a brick making process. Clay powder is added to the processed waste battery powder to make a black-colored, dark red-colored, or dark brown-colored brick according to its contents. According to the present invention, since the waste battery powder mainly including manganese and zinc can be processed into the colorant and mixed with the clay powder to make the black-colored, dark red-colored, or dark brown-colored brick according to its contents, purchase costs MnO2 used as the colorant during the making process of the ceramic brick can be remarkably reduced. In addition, superior bricks can be made at low cost.
US08206639B2 Nanoimprint resist, nanoimprint mold and nanoimprint lithography
A nanoimprint resist that includes a hyperbranched polyurethane oligomer (HP), a perfluoropolyether (PFPE), a methylmethacrylate (MMA), a diluent solvent and a photo initiator. A method of a nanoimprint lithography is also provided.
US08206635B2 Stent fabrication via tubular casting processes
Tubular casting processes, such as dip-coating, may be used to form substrates from polymeric solutions which may be used to fabricate implantable devices such as stents. The polymeric substrates may have multiple layers which retain the inherent properties of their starting materials and which are sufficiently ductile to prevent brittle fracture. Parameters such as the number of times the mandrel is immersed, the duration of time of each immersion within the solution, as well as the delay time between each immersion or the drying or curing time between dips and withdrawal rates of the mandrel from the solution may each be controlled to result in the desired mechanical characteristics. Additional post-processing may also be utilized to further increase strength of the substrate or to alter its shape.
US08206632B2 Methods of making composite prosthetic devices having improved bond strength
A method of making a composite prosthetic device, such as a hernia repair device, includes providing a support layer, juxtaposing a layer of an absorbable material with the support layer, and disposing an absorbable adhesive between the support layer and the layer of an absorbable material. The method includes heating the layers for melting the absorbable adhesive so as to bond the support layer with the layer of the absorbable material. Before the heating step, the moisture content of at least one of the layers is increased for improving thermal conductivity between the layers so as to enhance the strength of the bonds formed between the layers. The moisture content may be increased by exposing at least one of the layers to an environment having elevated relative humidity. In one embodiment, the support layer is polypropylene mesh, the layer of the absorbable material is oxidized regenerated cellulose, and the absorbable adhesive is polydioxanone.
US08206629B2 Fence or decking materials with enhanced solar reflectance
A co-extrusion process enhances the durability of the ultimate product over previous systems which use relatively fragile paint coatings to limit heat absorption. By providing near-IR transmissive and reflective pigments within the co-extruded polymers, a highly durable finished product is obtained. The co-extruded layers are disclosed for use in fence and deck applications, but will also find application in a wide variety of building product applications, both exterior and interior.
US08206628B2 Process for making an embossed web
A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a compliant substrate. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete protruded elements and lands completely surrounding them. Pressure is provided between the compliant substrate and the forming structure to conform the precursor web to the forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements completely surrounded by land areas.