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US08860559B2	Power supply device There is provided a power supply apparatus capable of supplying information as a power line communication signal superimposed on a voltage of a commercial frequency, although currents of the commercial frequency are not supplied to power receiving side external equipment, and capable of supplying power to a specific external apparatus together with the power line communication signal, by controlling supply of the currents of the commercial frequency to the external apparatus. This apparatus includes at least a power receiving section that receives the supply of the power from a power line; a power line communicating section that superimposes the power line communication signal on the voltage, which is supplied to the power receiving section, and transmits the power line communication signal to the equipment; and a power supply limiting section which is installed between the power receiving section and the equipment, allows the power line communication signal to pass and limits the supply of the power to the equipment.
US08860556B2	Method and system for the secure detection of an RFID electronic tag The invention relates to a method and a system for the secure detection of an RFID electronic tag (ET1). This detection system comprises a read/write station (1), said station (1) comprising first processing means (12) and second processing means (13), the first processing means (12) and the second processing means (13) making it possible to read in parallel control data (CD) previously written in the RFID electronic tag (ET1) when the RFID electronic tag (ET1) is located within range of the station. The station controls the state of the machine according to the processing performed.
US08860552B2	Flexible straps having embedded RFID reader antenna modules The present invention relates to a strap device for a curtain or a flexible door, said straps having embedded RFID reader antenna modules and different MEMS and MOEMS sensors that make it possible to detect the direction of the objects passing through the gate and also detect the size of the objects so as to modulate the switching of the radiating elements of antennas on the basis of the position of the objects being read. The device also has embedded biosensors that measure in parallel the presence of toxic substances or materials. The device according to the invention has an LED or OLED and PHOLED display means embedded in the strap, more specifically, in a flexible material of the strap. The invention is particularly intended for the qualitative and quantitative traceability of materials passing through a logistical check gate. The device is intended for all places already having curtains with flexible straps, into which it is easily embedded. The device is suitable for all existing RFID readers.
US08860548B2	Methods and apparatus for art supply useage compliance Techniques are addressed for providing young children with an art experience in which opportunities to misuse art supplies, such as crayons, markers and the like are substantially reduced. To such ends, an art supply system is provided in which selectively enabled art supplies are automatically enabled so that they are useable only within a compliant usage zone, such as within a predetermined distance of an acceptable work surface.
US08860547B2	Control terminal A wearable control terminal for allowing a user to control a target object includes a contact detector, an impact detector, a motion detector, and a transmitter. The contact detector is mounted on a surface of a first portion of a user's body to detect whether the first portion is in contact with or separated from a second portion of the body based on whether a closed loop conducting path is formed with the first portion and the second portion. The impact detector detects an impact on the control terminal. The motion detector detects a motion of the user based on the results of detection by the contact detector and the impact detector. The transmitter transmits a control signal to the target object according to the detected motion.
US08860546B2	Magnetic device A magnetic device including a first magnetic core is disclosed. The first magnetic core includes a base having a first edge; a first contacting structure disposed on the base; and a second contacting structure disposed on the base, wherein a distance between an inner surface of the first contacting structure and the first edge is larger than a distance between an inner surface of the second contacting structure and the first edge.
US08860541B2	Electromagnetic coil assemblies having braided lead wires and methods for the manufacture thereof Embodiments of an electromagnetic coil assembly are provided, as are methods for the manufacture of an electromagnetic coil assembly. In one embodiment, the electromagnetic coil assembly includes a body of dielectric material, a coiled magnet wire at least partially embedded within the body of dielectric material, a braided lead wire extending into the body of dielectric material to the coiled magnet wire, and a joint buried within the body of dielectric material and mechanically and electrically coupling the braided lead wire and the coiled magnet wire.
US08860540B2	Stationary induction electric apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A stationary induction electric apparatus includes a porcelain tube, a connection conductor, a conductor, a casing, a lead, a terminal, a spacer, an electric connection member and a first and a second insulating medium. The connection conductor is disposed at one end of the porcelain tube. The conductor is disposed in the porcelain tube, and connected to the connection conductor. The casing covers a stationary induction electric apparatus main body, and has an opening part. The lead extends from the main body to the opening part. The terminal is disposed at an end part of the lead. The spacer seals the other end of the porcelain tube and the opening part. The member includes an electrode connected to the terminal and a joint part connected to the conductor, and penetrates the spacer. The first and second insulating media are respectively filled in the porcelain tube and the casing.
US08860527B2	Equalizer circuit and printed circuit board An equalizer circuit includes a passive equalizer having an inductor connected in parallel to a signal interconnection line, the inductor being made up of a conductor portion formed on a side face of a through-hole of a circuit board.
US08860524B2	Polar modulator A polar modulator of the present invention includes: a first function block which generates an amplitude signal and a phase signal; a second function block which adjusts the signal delay between the amplitude signal and the phase signal; a third function block which allows the low frequency component of the amplitude signal to pass therethrough; a fourth function block which modulates the phase of the phase signal; a fifth function block which outputs a modulation voltage, based on the amplitude signal; a sixth function block which modulates the amplitude of the phase signal, based on the modulation voltage; a seventh function block which measures the temperature of at least one function block; and an eighth function block which calculates a compensation amount for the signal delay, based on the measured temperature. The second function block adjusts the signal delay, based on the compensation amount.
US08860522B2	Phase and amplitude modulator A modulator for an electrical signal comprises a data input port and a clock frequency input port. The modulator also comprises a first phase shifter for subjecting input clock frequency signals to a phase shift and adapted to keep the phase of an input clock frequency signal aligned with the phase of a data stream which is input at the data input port. The modulator also comprises a first XOR gate with an output port, to which first XOR gate said input ports of the modulator are connected, by means of which a BPSK signal is created at the output port when a first data stream is connected to the data input port and a first clock frequency signal is connected to the clock frequency input port.
US08860516B2	Piezoelectric oscillator and transmitter A piezoelectric oscillator includes: a piezoelectric resonator element having a piezoelectric substrate and an excitation electrode formed on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate; a semiconductor circuit element provided with an oscillation circuit for oscillating the piezoelectric resonator element and having a first insulating film formed on a principal surface; a package for airtightly housing the semiconductor circuit element and the piezoelectric resonator element; and a protruding section having at least of a thin film circuit component formed on the first insulating film and connected to the oscillation circuit; and a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film and covering the thin film circuit component. In the oscillator, the piezoelectric resonator element is fixed to an upper surface of the protruding section.
US08860514B2	Time-interleaved digital-to-time converter A fractional-N divider supplies a divided clock signal. An adjusted divided clock signal is generated in a digital-to-time converter circuit having a delay linearly proportional to digital quantization errors of the fractional-N divider. The adjusted divided clock signal is generated based on first and second capacitors charging to a predetermined level. The charging of the first and second capacitors is interleaved in alternate periods of the divided clock. The charging of each capacitor with a current corresponding to respective digital quantization errors is interleaved with charging with a fixed current. A first edge of a first pulse of the adjusted divided clock signal is generated in response to the first capacitor charging to a predetermined voltage and a first edge of a next pulse of the adjusted divided clock signal is generated in response to the second capacitor charging to the predetermined voltage.
US08860512B2	Ring Oscillator, mobile communications device, and method A ring oscillator includes a ring of a plurality of delay elements and a start edge injector for injecting a start edge into the ring. The start edge injector varies an injection point for the start edge in the ring.
US08860511B2	Frequency divider and PLL circuit A frequency divider of an injection locked type capable of division by 2, division by 4, and further division by 8 with a simpler configuration is disclosed and the frequency divider includes a ring oscillator including M (M is an even number) delay elements, the tails of two delay elements M/2 delay elements apart from each other are connected to a differential pair and transistors, to the gates of which the input oscillation signal is applied, are connected to the differential pair, and the differential pair is caused to generate a differential signal of the input oscillation signal, which is a divide-by-2 signal of the input oscillation signal, and when dividing the frequency of the input oscillation signal by 8, the portion of the differential pair to be connected to the tail of the delay element is caused to have a two-stage configuration, which is a vertically stacked configuration.
US08860510B2	Bias control for push-pull amplifier arrangement An amplification stage comprising: a combiner to generate a sum input signal by combining a voltage signal with a DC bias voltage; a subtractor to generate a difference input signal by subtracting the voltage signal from the DC bias voltage; a first transistor for generating a first part of an amplifier output signal from the sum input signal; a second transistor for generating a second part of an amplifier output signal from the difference input signal; a combiner for combining the first and second parts of the amplifier output signal; a sensing circuit arranged to sense a current flowing in each of the first and second transistors; a control circuit arranged to determine the quiescent current of the first and second transistors in dependence on the sensed currents; and an adjustment circuit arranged to adjust the DC bias voltage in order to minimize variation in the quiescent current.
US08860509B2	Clipping circuit, differential amplifying circuit, and amplifying circuit A clipping circuit includes: a first input terminal which receives a first signal, a second input terminal which receives a second signal, and a first variable resistive element which has a control terminal electrically connected to the second input terminal and which has a threshold, wherein first and second ends of the first variable resistive element are connected to first input terminal and a reference voltage, respectively. The clipping circuit also includes a second variable resistive element which has a control terminal electrically connected to the first input terminal and which has a threshold, wherein first and second ends of the second variable resistive element are connected to a second input terminal and the reference voltage, respectively. In addition, a first bias applying unit applies a bias voltage lower than the threshold to the control terminal regarding the first variable resistive element, and a second bias applying unit applies a bias voltage lower than the threshold to the control terminal regarding the second variable resistive element.
US08860508B1	Digitally controlled wideband variable gain amplifier A variable gain amplifier having a stacked configuration of cascode connected groups of NPN transistors is arranged in a compact schematic design. A differential radio frequency input signal is received at input nodes which is directed to a fine gain control circuit which conducts at least a portion of the received RF signal to a coarse gain control circuit that is downstream of the fine gain control circuit. The coarse gain control circuit steers current to an output node. Gain control circuits include transistor pairs. The base electrodes of each transistor pair receive inverse control signals which cause only one of the transistors in the transistor pair to conduct current. Collector electrodes of each first transistor of the pair is coupled to a downstream node in the VGA circuit, while collector electrodes of each second transistor of the pair is shunted to the voltage rail.
US08860504B2	Method and apparatus for measuring biological signal An apparatus for measuring a biological signal of a body, the apparatus including; at least three interfaces which obtain signals from the body, a signal application unit which applies a signal having a frequency which is higher than one of a frequency of interest of the biological signal to one of a first interface from among the at least three interfaces, and one of a plurality of internal elements of the apparatus, a feedback signal generation unit which generates a feedback signal from component signals generated due to the applied signal, wherein the feedback signal generation unit generates the feedback signal using a signal obtained from at least one of a second interface and a third interface from among the at least three interfaces and an input control unit which receives the generated feedback signal and controls a signal input from at least one of the second interface and third interface to an amplifier.
US08860503B2	Floating bias generator In various embodiments a circuit is provided which may include a node at which a circuit potential may be provided; an alternating voltage providing circuit configured to provide a DC current free alternating voltage; a rectifier coupled to the alternating voltage providing circuit, the rectifier including a first rectifier terminal and a second rectifier terminal, wherein the first rectifier terminal or the second rectifier terminal may be coupled to the node; and a first output terminal and a second output terminal, wherein the first output terminal may be coupled to the first rectifier terminal to provide a first potential and wherein the second output terminal may be coupled to the second rectifier terminal to provide a second potential different from the first potential, the difference between the first potential and the second potential defining an output voltage, wherein the output voltage may be constant independent of the circuit potential.
US08860501B2	Charge pump with a power-controlled clock buffer to reduce power consumption and output voltage ripple A charge pump system includes a charge pump that receives its clock signals, generated by an oscillator circuit, though a clock buffer. The clock buffer is power-controlled to reduce power consumption and output voltage ripple. The buffer is formed of a series of inverter that are connected to the power supply level through a clamping element, such as a transistor whose gate is controlled by a regulation signal based on feedback from the pump's output.
US08860500B2	Charge transfer apparatus and method An apparatus for transferring charge has a first charge pump path with a plurality of stages having first capacitors, and a second charge pump path, also with a plurality of stage having second capacitors, in parallel with the first charge pump path. The first and second charge pump paths are coupled to share a common output node. The apparatus also has a timing circuit coupled with the first and second charge pump paths. Among other things, the timing circuit is configured to cause at least one of the first capacitors to periodically charge at least one of the second capacitors.
US08860494B2	Half-bridge circuits employing normally on switches and methods of preventing unintended current flow therein A method for rendering a half-bridge circuit containing normally on switches such as junction field effect transistors (JFETs) inherently safe from uncontrolled current flow is described. The switches can be made from silicon carbide or from silicon. The methods described herein allow for the use of better performing normally on switches in place of normally off switches in integrated power modules thereby improving the efficiency, size, weight, and cost of the integrated power modules. As described herein, a power supply can be added to the gate driver circuitry. The power supply can be self starting and self oscillating while being capable of deriving all of its source energy from the terminals supplying electrical potential to the normally on switch through the gate driver. The terminal characteristics of the normally on switch can then be coordinated to the input-to-output characteristics of the power supply.
US08860490B2	System and method of controlling devices operating within different voltage ranges Semiconductor devices, systems, and methods are disclosed to facilitate power management. A method includes operating a first voltage range island of a semiconductor device within a first voltage range. The first voltage range includes a first midpoint. The first voltage range is provided in part by a voltage source that includes a tracking voltage regulator. The method also includes operating a second voltage range island of the semiconductor device within a second voltage range. The second voltage range includes a second midpoint. The first voltage range is different than the second voltage range.
US08860489B2	Voltage level shift circuit for multiple voltage integrated circuits An over-driver, voltage level shift circuit for use with multiple voltage integrated circuits. The voltage level shift circuit includes a first pair of PMOS transistors, a second pair PMOS transistors and a third pair of PMOS transistors using a high supply voltage source VDDH and a low supply voltage source to voltage level shift input signals having a first voltage operating range to an output signal having a second voltage operating range higher then the first voltage operating range. Some embodiments include a fourth set of transistors and a fifth set of transistors to receive a medium supply voltage source VDDM between the high supply voltage source VDDH and a low supply voltage source and another set of input signals operating a voltage operating range different than the first operating range. The voltage level shift circuit selectably switches between a plurality of different voltage operating ranges for the second voltage operating range.
US08860485B2	Nonvolatile latch circuit and logic circuit, and semiconductor device using the same To provide a novel nonvolatile latch circuit and a semiconductor device using the nonvolatile latch circuit, a nonvolatile latch circuit includes a latch portion having a loop structure where an output of a first element is electrically connected to an input of a second element, and an output of the second element is electrically connected to an input of the first element; and a data holding portion for holding data of the latch portion. In the data holding portion, a transistor using an oxide semiconductor as a semiconductor material for forming a channel formation region is used as a switching element. In addition, an inverter electrically connected to a source electrode or a drain electrode of the transistor is included. With the transistor, data held in the latch portion can be written into a gate capacitor of the inverter or a capacitor which is separately provided.
US08860481B1	Reducing charge imbalance in a charge pump of a phase locked loop (PLL) through maintaining an output node thereof at a same voltage as a bypass node thereof A method includes providing an active circuit element in a feedback path between an output node and a bypass node of a charge pump of a Phase Locked Loop (PLL). The bypass node is a node to which a charge current or a discharge current is steered to by the charge pump when neither charging the output node nor discharging the output node is required. The method also includes servoing the bypass node to the output node through the active circuit element in the feedback path to maintain a same voltage at the output node and the bypass node when neither the charging of the output node nor the discharging of the output node is required.
US08860480B2	Circuit for clamping current in a charge pump A circuit for clamping current in a charge pump is disclosed. The charge pump includes switching circuitry having a number of switching circuitry transistors. Each of first and second pairs of transistors in the circuit can provide an additional path for current from its associated one of the switching circuitry transistors during off-switching of that transistor so that a spike in current from the switching circuitry transistor is only partially transmitted through a path extending between the switching circuitry transistor and a capacitor of the charge pump.
US08860476B2	Semiconductor device using multi-phase clock signal and information processing system including the same Disclosed herein is a device that includes a delay line that includes n delay circuits cascade-connected and delays an input clock signal by k cycles, and a routing circuit that generates multi-phase clock signals having different phases based on at least a part of n output clock signals output from the n delay circuits, respectively. The n and the k are both integers more than 1 and a greatest common divisor thereof is 1.
US08860473B2	Ringing suppression circuit A ringing suppression circuit for a communication circuit that performs communication through a transmission line includes a high side switch connected between a high potential reference point and a high side line of the transmission line, a low side switch connected between a low potential reference point and a low side line of the transmission line, and a ringing suppression section. The ringing suppression section turns on the high side switch based on a difference between a potential of the high side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the high side switch. The ringing suppression section turns on the low side switch based on a difference between a potential of the low side line and a potential applied to a control terminal of the low side switch.
US08860472B2	Power switch driving circuits and switching mode power supply circuits thereof In one embodiment, a power switch driving circuit can include: (i) a first circuit configured receiving a control signal, and controlling a first transistor gate, where a first transistor source is coupled to a power supply, and a first transistor drain is coupled to a driving signal configured to control a power switch; (ii) a second circuit configured to receive the control signal, and to control a second transistor gate, where a second transistor source is coupled to ground, and a second transistor drain is coupled to the driving signal; and (iii) a driving enhancement circuit having a third transistor and a first inverter that is configured to invert an output of the first circuit to control a third transistor gate, where a third transistor source is coupled to the driving signal, and a third transistor drain is coupled to the power supply.
US08860470B1	Input/output line driver circuit Input/output (I/O) line driving circuits are provided. The circuit includes a first I/O line driver and a second I/O line driver. The first I/O line driver receives a first input signal in response to an enable signal to generate a first control signal and drives a first I/O line in response to a second control signal. The second I/O line driver receives a second input signal in response to the enable signal to generate the second control signal and drives a second I/O line in response to the first control signal.
US08860469B1	Apparatus and methods for transmitter output swing calibration Disclosed are apparatus and methods to advantageously calibrate a transmitter output swing. One embodiment relates to a method for calibrating the output swing voltage of a transmitter. A fixed value is provided as the data input, and output swing calibration circuitry is connected to the transmitter buffer circuit. A transmitter current is set to an initial level, and the transmitter current is adjusted until the output swing of the transmitter buffer circuit is calibrated. Another embodiment relates to an integrated circuit which includes a transmitter buffer circuit, output swing calibration circuitry, and switches arranged to electrically connect the transmitter buffer circuit to the output swing calibration circuitry during an output swing calibration mode. Another embodiment relates to an output swing calibration circuit which includes comparison circuitry and logic and control circuitry.
US08860468B1	Clock multiplexer A clock multiplexer includes first and second input stages for outputting first and second clock signals, respectively. The first and second input stages each include a flip-flop, a latch and a first logic gate. Reset terminals of the flip-flops receive a select signal based on which the first and second input stages output the first and second clock signals. A second logic gate is connected to the first and second input stages for selectively providing the first and second clock signals as an output clock signal.
US08860467B2	Biased bang-bang phase detector for clock and data recovery An apparatus includes a plurality of phase detector circuits and a summing circuit. Each of the plurality of phase detector circuits may be configured to generate a phase up signal and a phase down signal in response to a respective pair of data samples and intervening transition sample. The summing circuit may be configured to generate an adjustment signal in response to the phase up and phase down signals of the plurality of phase detector circuits. A sum of the phase up signals and a sum of the phase down signals are weighted to provide a bias to a phase adjustment.
US08860466B2	Electronic device and methode for implementing logic functions and for guiding charged particles A device and method are presented for implementing one or more logic functions. The device comprises one or more basic blocks, each comprising a predetermined number of charged particle inputs, at least one interaction zone defining a function space, and at least one charged particle output at a certain distance from the interaction zone. The logic function is a result of an affected interaction between the charged particles.
US08860465B2	Protecting data from decryption from power signature analysis in secure applications Disclosed is a novel circuit able to generate any logic combination possible as a function of the input logic signals. The circuit is described as a 2 input logistic map circuit but may be expanded to 3 or more inputs as required. Further disclosed is a universal logic array with variable circuit topology. A metallization layer and/or a via interconnection between cells in the array elements produce a circuit topology that implements a Boolean function and/or chaotic function and/or a logic function. The novel circuit provides a circuit topology for secure applications with no obvious physical correspondence between control signal values and input to output mapping. Further disclosed is a network which has a power signature independent of input signal state and output transition. This provides a very useful circuit to protect data from decryption from power signature analysis in secure applications.
US08860460B1	Programmable integrated circuits with redundant circuitry Integrated circuits with repairable logic regions are provided. Each logic region may be organized into a predetermined number of rows of logic circuitry, one of which serves as a spare row. A repairable region may be operable in normal mode or redundant mode. In normal mode, the spare row is deactivated. When one of the logic region rows contains defective circuitry, that logic region is operated in redundant mode so that each row below the bad row is shifted down by one row and the spare row is engaged to serve as the last row to repair that region. Each row may include a multiplexer and an associated driver that drives a corresponding vertical routing segment from one row to the next. Each vertical routing segment has the option of being driven by its logically equivalent vertical wire in the immediate preceding row by configuring the corresponding multiplexer.
US08860455B2	Methods and systems to measure a signal on an integrated circuit die Methods and systems to measure a signal on an integrated circuit die. An on-die measurement circuit may measure an on-die signal relative to an off-die generated reference signal, which may include a series of increasing voltage steps. The on-die measurement circuit may continuously compare voltages of the on-die signal and the off-die generated reference signal, and may generate an indication when the off-die reference signal exceeds the on-die signal. The measurement circuit may generate the indication from a voltage source other than the on-die signal to be measured, and/or may generate the indication with a relatively large voltage swing. The indication may be output off-die for evaluation, such as for testing, debugging, characterization, and/or operational monitoring. A unity gain analog buffer may be provided to tap the on-die signal proximate to a node of interest, which may be implemented within the on-die measurement circuit.
US08860453B2	Test adapter configuration for testing a communication device The invention provides a base plate for a test adapter for use in testing devices in a production line. The base plate comprises a first interface configured to connect to a product-specific part configured to receive and test a specific type of device under test, and a second interface configured to connect to a common part comprising testing elements common to various devices under test. The base plate is a printed wiring board arranged to couple signals from the common part to the device under test.
US08860451B2	Jig for semiconductor test A jig for use in a semiconductor test includes: a base on which a probe pin and an insulating material are placed, the insulating material surrounding the probe pin in plan view; and a stage arranged to face a surface of the base on which the probe pin and the insulating material are placed. The stage is capable of holding a test object on a surface of the stage facing the base. When the base and the stage move in a direction in which they go closer to each other while the test object is placed on the stage, the probe pin comes into contact with an electrode formed on the test object and the insulating material comes into contact with the test object.
US08860446B2	Multiple contact test probe A probe apparatus may include a plurality of probe pins attached to a probe head portion. Each of the probe pins may be independently movable relative to the probe head portion.
US08860442B2	Method of determining a sensitivity of a biosensor arrangement, and biosensor sensitivity determining system According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of determining or adjusting the sensitivity of a biosensor arrangement comprising at least one field effect biosensor is provided, each of the at least one field effect biosensor comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a source region, a drain region and a channel region disposed between the source region and the drain region; a gate isolation layer covering the channel region; and a reference electrode disposed over the gate isolation layer such that a electrolytic solution to be sensed can be provided between the reference electrode and the gate isolation layer. The method comprises the following processes carried out for each field effect biosensor: providing an electrolytic solution between the reference electrode and the gate isolation layer; applying a source/drain voltage between the source region and the drain region; varying a reference voltage supplied to the reference electrode over a voltage range; measuring a resulting drain current while varying the reference voltage in order to obtain a corresponding drain current function; and determining the sensitivity of the field effect biosensor based on the reference voltage supplied to the reference electrode and the corresponding drain current function.
US08860440B2	Scheme to achieve robustness to electromagnetic interference in inertial sensors A capacitive sensor system and method resistant to electromagnetic interference is disclosed. The system includes a capacitive core, differential amplifier with inverting and non-inverting inputs, capacitive paths, and chopping system. Core can include inputs and outputs coupled to variable capacitors, and common nodes coupling variable capacitors. Capacitive paths couple core outputs to amplifier inputs. When chopping system is high, one polarity voltage is applied to core inputs, a first core output is coupled to the inverting input and a second core output is coupled to the non-inverting input. When the chopping system is low, opposite polarity voltage is applied to core inputs, and core output to amplifier input couplings are flipped. Capacitive paths can include bond wires. Chopping system can be varied between high and low at frequencies that smear noise away from a frequency band of interest, or that smear noise substantially evenly across a wide frequency range.
US08860437B2	Readout system for MEMS-based capacitive accelerometers and strain sensors, and method for reading A method and an electronic readout circuit for measuring a capacitance of a MEMS sensor are disclosed. In one aspect, the readout circuit includes: an input stage for receiving a first signal from the sensor and for presenting a second signal; a charge amplifier stage for amplifying and integrating the second signal; and a control logic for controlling the readout circuit according to a predefined timing relation synchronized to actuation voltages applied to the sensor for generating the first signal. The readout circuit may further includes a first switching unit for applying a first reference voltage to the sensor and a second switching unit for applying the second signal to the charge amplifier stage, wherein the first and the second switching units are controlled according to the predefined timing relation such that a plurality of the second signals are accumulated.
US08860434B2	Method of measuring scattering parameters of device under test A method of measuring scattering parameters (S-parameters) of a device under test (DUT) is provided in the present disclosure. The S-parameters of the DUT with two connectors of different standards may be obtained without performing a full two-port calibration using an adapter kit. Two one-port calibrations are performed in the present disclosure to build two error models, the first one of which includes the characteristics of one-port of a network analyzer and a cable, the second one of which further includes the characteristics of the DUT. Therefore, the characteristics of the DUT may be obtained by removing the characteristics of the first error model from the second error model.
US08860429B2	System and method for detecting sensor leakage A test system for testing a sensor system includes a high-impedance resistor for forming a voltage divider with any corrosion or foreign substance that might be present between a signal conductor and a ground conductor. While a voltage is applied across the voltage divider, the voltage can be measured across the high-impedance resistor for determining whether an undesirable amount of conductance exists between the signal wire and ground. The test system also includes switching means for switching between any number of signal wires of a system undergoing testing.
US08860428B2	Apparatus and method for recognizing an error in a power bridge circuit An apparatus and a method for recognizing an error in a power bridge circuit containing a load, a high-side branch and a low-side branch. Accordingly, a first switched current source is connected to the load and to a diagnosis connection for a high-potential of a diagnosis voltage, a second switched current source is connected to the load and to a diagnosis connection for a low-potential of the diagnosis voltage, and a control device for controlling the first switched current source and the second switched current source. The control device switches on one of the switched current sources when the high-side power switch and the low-side power switch are open, while the other switched current source is switched off. A testing device tests a voltage at the load when one of the switched current sources is switched on and the other of the switched current sources is switched off.
US08860425B2	Defect detection on characteristically capacitive circuit nodes A test circuit for detecting a leakage defect in a circuit under test includes a test stimulus circuit operative to drive an otherwise defect-free, characteristically capacitive node in the circuit under test to a prescribed voltage level, and an observation circuit having at least one threshold and adapted for connection with at least one node in the circuit under test. The observation circuit is operative to detect a voltage level of the node in the circuit under test and to generate an output signal indicative of whether the voltage level of the node is less than the threshold. The voltage level of the node being less than the threshold is indicative of a first type of leakage defect, and the voltage level of the node being greater than the threshold is indicative of a second type of leakage defect.
US08860422B2	Method for detecting the voltage in battery cells The invention relates to an evaluation circuit for detecting the voltage in battery cells of a battery system which are preferably connected in series. The evaluation circuit includes serially connected resistors, the number of which is equal to the number of battery cells for which the voltage is to be detected. One of the resistors is associated with each of the battery cells. The evaluation circuit further includes a power source for generating a current that is continuous in some sections and is applied to the serially connected resistors, a number of comparators equal to the number of resistors to compare a voltage released at a resistor associated with a battery cell to the voltage in the battery cell with which the resistor is associated, and output a respective output signal when the voltage released at a resistor associated with a battery cell is equal to, exceeds, or drops below the voltage in the battery cell, and an evaluation circuit for deriving the voltage in each battery cell on the basis of a point in time when the respective output signal is output and on the basis of the variation of the current that is continuous in some sections.
US08860418B2	Apparatus and method for measuring dielectric permitivity of cylindrical samples An open ended coaxial probe is disclosed that can be used to measure the dielectric properties of solids. According to some embodiments, the probe is specially designed to make good contact with solids having flat or non-flat surfaces. This design relies on forcing a good contact between the solid surface with both the center conductor and outer conductor of the coaxial probe. A method is also described in which the coaxial probe is used to monitor the dielectric permittivity of cylindrical samples such as rock cores drilled from a well. Also described are methods of using the coaxial probe to provide a continuous log of the dielectric permittivity of a rock core.
US08860394B2	Fast dynamic voltage response for voltage regulators with droop control A dynamic voltage response network for a switching regulator with droop control providing a droop control signal includes a voltage identification setting network, a pass and hold system, and a reset network. The voltage identification setting network initiates a hold condition and adjusts an output voltage reference in response to a change in a voltage identification input. The pass and hold system passes the droop control signal during a pass condition and holds the droop control signal during the hold condition. The reset network resets the pass and hold system to the pass condition in response to a reset signal. The reset signal may be provided in response to a variety of conditions, such as load transients, proximity between the developed droop control signal and the held droop control signal, timeout after the output voltage reference is adjusted, among other reset conditions.
US08860392B2	Semiconductor device including voltage generating circuit A semiconductor device includes a voltage generating circuit, a first switch, and a charging circuit. The voltage generating circuit generates a voltage for output and has a function to adjust a magnitude of the voltage to be generated. A first switch has a first conduction terminal and a second conduction terminal that are brought into conduction with each other in an ON state, and the first conduction terminal is connected to an output node of the voltage generating circuit via a first line. The charging circuit charges a second line connected to the second conduction terminal of the first switch.
US08860386B2	Converter circuit A converter circuit may include: a first node receiving an input voltage; a second node providing an output voltage; a first inductor between the first node and a third node; a capacitor between the third node and a first terminal of a diode, the other terminal of the diode providing said output voltage; a second inductor between the first terminal of the diode and common; an electronic switch acting between the third node and common; a first current generator acting between the first node and the switch to drive the switch to the conductive condition; and a second current generator sensitive to the current through the switch in the “on” condition and/or the output voltage on the second node, the second current generator to draw current from the first current generator to drive the switch to the non-conductive condition.
US08860385B2	Voltage controlled current source for voltage regulation A system and method for providing a voltage controlled current source for bus regulation is disclosed. A bus current delivered to an electrical bus from a current source is controlled using a synchronous switch according to a PWM duty cycle. Further, the PWM duty cycle is controlled to be proportional to an error signal based on a comparison of a voltage of the electrical bus to a reference voltage.
US08860381B2	Balancing vibrations at harmonic frequencies by injecting harmonic balancing signals into the armature of a linear motor/alternator coupled to a Stirling machine Vibrations at harmonic frequencies are reduced by injecting harmonic balancing signals into the armature of a linear motor/alternator coupled to a Stirling machine. The vibrations are sensed to provide a signal representing the mechanical vibrations. A harmonic balancing signal is generated for selected harmonics of the operating frequency by processing the sensed vibration signal with adaptive filter algorithms of adaptive filters for each harmonic. Reference inputs for each harmonic are applied to the adaptive filter algorithms at the frequency of the selected harmonic. The harmonic balancing signals for all of the harmonics are summed with a principal control signal. The harmonic balancing signals modify the principal electrical drive voltage and drive the motor/alternator with a drive voltage component in opposition to the vibration at each harmonic.
US08860379B2	Discharging a DC bus capacitor of an electrical converter system A system and method of discharging a bus capacitor of a bidirectional matrix converter of a vehicle are presented here. The method begins by electrically shorting the AC interface of the converter after an AC energy source is disconnected from the AC interface. The method continues by arranging a plurality of switching elements of a second energy conversion module into a discharge configuration to establish an electrical current path from a first terminal of an isolation module, through an inductive element, and to a second terminal of the isolation module. The method also modulates a plurality of switching elements of a first energy conversion module, while maintaining the discharge configuration of the second energy conversion module, to at least partially discharge a DC bus capacitor.
US08860377B2	Scalable intelligent power supply system and method A scalable intelligent power-supply system and method capable of powering a defined load for a specified period of time is disclosed and claimed. Multiple external AC and DC inputs supply power to the system if available and required. An internal DC input from a back-up energy source is on board. The back-up energy source is scalable by adding additional energy cartridges such as batteries in racks mounted within frames of the system. The AC and DC inputs (including the internal DC input) are controlled, measured, sensed, and converted by circuitry controlled by the microprocessor into multiple AC and/or DC outputs. A microprocessor manages power input to, within, and output from the system. The performance of a Lithium-ion batteries used to power an automobile can be determined on the basis individual battery packs or individual battery cells within the packs. This enables the clusters or groups of Lithium ion batteries to be used in a vehicle such that these clusters operate and function as a “gas” tank or more appropriately as an “energy” tank.
US08860375B2	Backup battery charger A backup battery charger charges a backup battery of a handheld electronic device. The handheld electronic device comprises a power supply unit and an electronic component. The power supply unit supplies a power to the electronic component. The backup battery charger is connected to the electronic component, such that the backup battery charger shares with the electronic component the power, uses the power as a charging power, and controllably determines via a control module whether to supply the charging power to the backup battery.
US08860374B2	Control circuit of secondary battery A control circuit for a secondary battery is disclosed. The control circuit comprising a measuring unit electrically connected with a single connection to a current carrying line for charging and discharging the battery, wherein the measuring unit is configured to generate a voltage value corresponding to current in the current carrying line.
US08860371B2	Series battery charger with the function of separate detection A series battery charger with the function of separate detection, and more particularly a series circuit for detecting the battery charging process and for conducting a series combined discharging process on the same battery charger. The present invention provides a circuit structure capable of selectively switching to an “separate detection charging and series combined discharging mode” and a “synchronous switching control charging and discharging mode” by a synchronous changeover switch module in conjunction with charging circuits. In this way, the stored electric energy can be released for use by the series-connected separate detection charging circuits. Moreover, the charger can deliver 5V power via the standard USB interface to the 3C electronic products for the charging purpose. Meanwhile, the problems of conventional AA or AAA battery chargers and lithium batteries designed as a portable power are overcome, thereby enhancing the effect and safety of the charger.
US08860370B2	Systems and methods of dynamic current limit Systems and methods of dynamic current limit are disclosed herein. A current is sensed a wireless charging circuit, for example. When the current sense reaches a reference current level while a communication is active, the current limit is enabled for the next packet. The current limit signal may be cleared for the next packet.
US08860366B2	Plug-in electric vehicle supply equipment A system for connecting an electric vehicle to a Level I or Level II power source. The system including an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) having an electrical plug compatible with a Level I or Level II power outlet, the plug connected to a power cord. The power cord is connected to a housing containing a number of electrical components configured to control the power flow to an electric vehicle to recharge the vehicle's batteries, via either Level I or Level II. The power cord extends from the housing and is connected to a standard electric vehicle connector compatible with battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The EVSE further includes safety measures, such as a relay that controls the flow of power to the vehicle connector and a ground fault interrupter, to protect users from high voltage electric shocks.
US08860364B2	Wireless power distribution among a plurality of receivers Exemplary embodiments are directed to power distribution among a plurality of receivers. A method may include requesting at least one receiver of a plurality of receivers within a charging region of a transmitter to modify an associated load resistance to achieve a desired power distribution among the plurality of receivers. The method may further include requesting each receiver of the plurality of receivers to modify an associated load resistance to achieve a desired total impedance as seen by the transmitter while maintaining the desired power distribution among the plurality of receivers.
US08860362B2	System for vehicle battery charging A system for charging a battery within an at least partially electric vehicle. The system includes a charging device wherein the charging device configured to electrically connect to the at least partially electric vehicle and charge at least one battery by a predetermined amount. The system also includes a network configured to determine the location of the charging device.
US08860361B2	Vehicle power supply system A vehicle power supply system includes a power monitor device that detects supply power from a battery and a generator to a home electrical appliance and a control unit that performs a supply power excess determination and a supply power variance determination using a detection value of the power monitor device when a driving of a vehicle is stopped to control a rotational speed of an engine according to determination results.
US08860359B2	Hybrid energy storage system A hybrid energy storage system for supplying power to an application with a fluctuating load profile, such as, for example, electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, wind energy harvesting equipment and solar energy harvesting equipment. The hybrid energy storage system includes an ultra-capacitor electrically connected to a DC bus and a power source electrically connected to the DC bus via a controlled switch. The hybrid energy storage system further including a DC/DC converter connected between the power source and the ultra-capacitor, the DC/DC converter boosting a voltage of the power source to charge the ultra-capacitor. The DC/DC converter is preferably controlled to maintain a voltage of the ultra-capacitor at a higher value than the voltage of the power source.
US08860357B1	Universal power generating system A universal power generating system, having a rechargeable battery bank with a plurality of rechargeable batteries; a computer; and an outside power source. The outside power source has a shaft, propellers are fixedly mounted onto the shaft. The shaft extends through electromagnetic generator systems. The universal power generating system also has at least one ultracapacitor and electrical circuitry. Fixedly mounted onto the shaft are hubs, each of the hubs have fan blades mounted thereon and permanent magnetic elements. The fan blades are shaped to cause the hubs, and therefore the shaft to rotate by wind force. The electromagnetic generator systems convert mechanical energy generated from rotation of the shaft to electrical energy that flows to a rotary alternative inverter, to a transformer and a power supply through electrical wiring and to the rechargeable battery bank. The at least one ultracapacitor provides power for electrical components of a vehicle.
US08860356B2	Variable magnetic flux motor drive system A variable magnetic flux motor drive system includes: a variable magnetic flux motor having a variable magnet which is a low-coercive permanent magnet; an inverter that drives the variable magnetic flux motor 1; an inverter as a magnetization unit which supplies a magnetization current for controlling a magnetic flux of the variable magnet; and a boosting unit boosting an input DC voltage to a predetermined target value to output it to the inverter. The variable magnetic flux motor drive system makes it possible to achieve size reduction and high efficiency, while securing a voltage required for supplying a magnetization current when controlling the magnetic flux of the variable magnet.
US08860355B2	Motor control device A motor-control-device main unit includes a pressure-command-signal generating section, a pressure control section, a speed control section, a current control section, and a parameter-adjusting section. With respect to a parameter for a control computation by the pressure control section, the parameter-adjusting section includes an information-acquiring section and a parameter-calculating section. The information-acquiring section acquires, from an exterior, each of pieces of information including an elastic constant of a pressurized target, a reaction-force constant indicating information of a reaction force, a transfer characteristic from a motor torque to a motor speed, and parameters of the speed control section. The information-acquiring section previously acquires information of a control law of the speed control unit. The parameter-calculating section calculates a parameter for the pressure control section based on the information acquired by the information-acquiring section.
US08860353B1	Protection for a network protector close motor Methods of intervening to protect a close motor for a network protector unit for a power distribution transformer are discussed. The close motor is protected from damage by intervening to prevent further attempts to energize the close motor after an abnormal condition is detected. The intervention may be cleared after a cooling off period or some other metric. In some implementations, the intervention remains in effect until an operator investigates and then clears the intervention so that the close motor may be energized to close the network protector breaker.
US08860351B2	Fan speed control circuit A fan speed control circuit is provided. The circuit includes a sensor, a control chip, a first integrated circuit, an integrated operational amplifier, a second integrated circuit, and a feedback comparator. The sensor senses a temperature of an electronic component. The control chip outputs a PWM signal corresponding to the temperature to a fan. The first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit respectively generate a first equivalent voltage and a second equivalent voltage. The integrated operational amplifier amplifies the first equivalent voltage to generate an upper limit voltage and reduces the first equivalent voltage to generate a lower limit voltage. The feedback comparator compares the second equivalent voltage with the upper limit voltage and the lower limit voltage to generate a comparison value. The control chip adjusts the duty cycle of the PWM signal according to the comparison value, and outputs the adjusted PWM signal to the fan.
US08860345B2	Sensorless safety system for determining rotation of an electric household appliance laundry drum powered by a three-phase asynchronous motor An electric household appliance (1) having a casing (2); a laundry drum (3) mounted inside the casing (2) to rotate about an axis of rotation; a three-phase asynchronous motor (6) for rotating the laundry drum (3); and a sensorless safety system (7) for determining rotation of the rotor (32), to determine rotation or no rotation of the laundry drum (3). The sensorless safety system (7) is designed to supply three direct currents (las, lbs, Ics) to the three stator power phases (31) during a predetermined time interval (ΔT), so as to magnetize the rotor (32); to cut off supply of the direct currents (las, lbs, Ics); to determine the time pattern of at least one of the three induced currents (Iar, Ibr, Icr) induced in the stator (30) in response to magnetizing the rotor (32); and to determine rotation or no rotation of the rotor (32) on the basis of the time pattern of at least one of the three induced currents (Iar, Ibr, Icr).
US08860344B2	Method for implementing bootstrap-supply charging in a motor controller at energized motor and motor controller using such a method The present invention relates to a motor controller employing bootstrap-capacitor supplies and in particular to the situation where the bootstrap supplies have to be charged, while the motor controller is connected to a spinning and energized motor. The present invention introduces a method of recharging based on choosing a recharging sequence from a set of recharging sequences, where the choice depends on the state of the connected motor and in particular on the back-EMF voltages of the motor.
US08860342B2	System and method for controlling a permanent magnet motor A system. The system includes a processor, a first module, a second module and a third module. The first module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured for calculating a q-axis voltage component and a d-axis voltage component. The second module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured for determining a voltage angle relative to the q-axis. The third module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured for (1) comparing the determined voltage angle to a predetermined value, (2) outputting the determined voltage angle if the determined voltage angle is less than the predetermined value, and (3) outputting the predetermined value if the predetermined value is less than the determined voltage angle.
US08860336B2	System and method for dynamic self-sensing of dielectric elastomer actuators A system and method is provided for determining the capacitance between electrodes of an artificial muscle or dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA). The method comprises measuring the voltage difference between the electrodes of the DEA, the first derivative of that voltage with respect to time, and the total instantaneous current through the DEA, then calculating the capacitance of the DEA as the difference between the total instantaneous current through the DEA and the product of the voltage between the electrodes and an error term, divided by the first derivative of the voltage between the electrodes with respect to time. The capacitance may then be used to derive estimates of the leakage current, charge upon the DEA, and/or the physical state of the DEA, thereby implementing self-sensing to allow closed-loop feedback control of DEA actuation.
US08860334B2	Device for remotely controlling multi-band antenna and multi-band antenna system The present invention relates to the antenna control field, and discloses a device for remotely controlling a multi-band antenna and a multi-band antenna system. The device for remotely controlling a multi-band antenna includes an antenna panel 100, where the antenna panel 100 is disposed with a control board 101 and at least two motor modules 102; each of the motor modules 102 includes a connector 1022, each of the motor modules 102 electrically connects, via its connector 1022, to the control board 101 to receive a control command sent by the control board 101. In the embodiments of the present invention, an adjustment to a downtilt of a multi-band antenna may be implemented, and an occupied space of the antenna panel and a cost for adjusting a downtilt may be reduced.
US08860331B2	Light emitting device for AC power operation Disclosed is an improved light-emitting device for an AC power operation. An AC light-emitting device according to the present invention employs a variety of means by which light emission time is prolonged during a ½ cycle in response to a phase change of an AC power source and a flicker effect can be reduced. For example, the means may be switching blocks respectively connected to nodes between the light emitting cells, switching blocks connected to a plurality of arrays, or a delay phosphor. Further, there is provided an AC light-emitting device, wherein a plurality of arrays having the different numbers of light emitting cells are employed to increase light emission time and to reduce a flicker effect.
US08860329B2	Control circuit with fast recovery The invention concerns a control circuit arranged to generate a control signal (Vc) for controlling at least one transistor of a switched mode power supply (SMPS, 102) during first, second and third successive time periods based on a feedback voltage (VF), wherein during the first and third time periods the control circuit is adapted to regulate the output voltage of the SMPS to a first voltage level, and during the second time period the control circuit is adapted to control the SMPS to output a low voltage, the control circuit having a memory (304) adapted to store an indication of the control signal generated by the control circuit at the end of the first time period, wherein the control circuit is adapted to output a control signal based on the stored indication at the start of the third time period.
US08860327B2	Wireless adaptation of lighting power supply Methods, systems, and apparatus, for wirelessly controlling a power supply device that controls a load. A wireless adapter includes a wireless communication device that receives transmissions from a wireless controller, a serial interface for a serial data connection to a power supply processing device integrated in the power supply device, an adapter processing device that receives the control signals the wireless communication device outputs, generates the control commands from the control signals, and outputs the control commands to the serial interface to cause the power supply processing device to control power provided to the load in a manner specified by the control commands, and an adapter power circuit that receives regulated direct current (DC) power from the power supply device and is powered from the regulated DC power received, and provides power to the wireless communication device and the adapter processing device.
US08860324B2	Selective light sensor and auto-commissioning A system and method for commissioning a lighting system is provided in which signals from light sensors are filtered in order to determine whether light is received from light fixtures in the lighting system or from external light sources. Alternatively or in addition, signals from light sensors may be filtered to determine the amount of light from external light sources. By filtering the signals from the light sensors, an identification of which light fixtures are colocated with which light sensors may be made even in the presence of light received from external light sources or light from multiple light fixtures in the lighting system. Physical locations of light fixtures and/or sensors may be determined based on detecting the amount of light received from external light sources.
US08860322B2	Piezoelectric resonator light-emitting-diode (LED) driving circuit A piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit, wherein a rectifier is used to rectify an AC voltage provided by the supply main into a DC voltage. Then, a quasi-resonant switching module performs resonance by means of the DC voltage to produce an induced current, to raise resonance frequency to operation frequency of a piezoelectric oscillator. Finally, the piezoelectric oscillator performs resonance and filtering using the induced current, to generate a sine wave current. Then, the sine wave current is rectified to output a DC current to drive an LED module.
US08860320B2	LED driver apparatus A Light Emitting Diode (LED) driver apparatus is provided. The LED driver apparatus includes: a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal generator configured to generate a PWM signal, a DC-DC converter configured to provide a driving voltage of a plurality of LED arrays by using the generated PWM signal, and a sensor configured to determine whether at least one LED array among the plurality of LED arrays is in an open state in response to the driving voltage being higher than or equal to a preset first reference voltage, and the preset first reference voltage is higher than the driving voltage applied when the plurality of LED arrays are each in a working state.
US08860317B2	Multi power supply apparatus for driving light emitting diodes There is provided a multi power supply apparatus for driving light emitting diodes that is synchronized with a frequency of one output power of multi output power to control a switching of the multi output power and simplifies power conversion in supplying power for driving light emitting diodes. The multi power supply apparatus for driving light emitting diodes includes a power converter that converts an input power into a first power according to a preset first conversion scheme and converts the input power into a second power according to a second conversion scheme set to be different from the first conversion scheme; first and second drivers that receive the first power and the second power from the power converter to drive light emitting diodes; a feedback unit that feedbacks detection signal from the first and second LED drivers; and a power conversion controller that controls a power conversion switching frequency of the first power of the power converter according to the detection signal from the feedback unit and is synchronized with the power conversion switching frequency to control a duty of the second power of the converter.
US08860316B2	Selective light sensor and daylight management A system and method for daylight harvesting and/or light management is provided in which a signal from a light sensor is filtered in order to determine the amount of light received from a light fixture in a lighting system and/or from an external light source, such as sunlight even if light is received from multiple light sources. By filtering the signals from the light sensor, an amount of light received from each light source may be determined, and correspondingly controlled to reach a target light level and/or a target balance of light from the multiple light sources.
US08860314B2	LED lamp The invention relates to an LED lamp (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″, 1″″) comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED, 2) arranged in a housing (3), and an isolation monitoring device (4) configured to determine a defect of the housing (3) and disconnect said at least one LED (2) from power in case said defect is detected, to enhance the safety of the LED lamp (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″, 1″″) and reduce the risk of electric shock for a user.
US08860312B2	Light emitting diodes driven by high intensity discharge ballast A method for using an electronic ballast circuit configured to operate a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp. Multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) are attached to the current output of the electronic ballast circuit, and current is driven from the current output to light said LEDs. Optionally, prior to driving current through the LEDs, the impedance of the current output is sensed; and the current is driven through the LEDs to light the LEDs upon detection of an impedance significantly lower than an impedance characteristic of the HID lamp. Ignition appropriate to ignite the high intensity discharge is not performed when LEDS are attached to the current output. Alternatively, a signal is provided to disconnect the LEDs during a high voltage output for ignition of the high intensity discharge (HID) lamp.
US08860304B2	Light emitting sheet and manufacturing method thereof A light-emitting sheet which does not cause failures such as a short circuit without causing dielectric breakdown at the end of element at applying a voltage and which is able to realize stable driving, and an efficient method for producing the light-emitting sheet, are provided. Specifically, a light-emitting sheet having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and the second electrodes, wherein a short circuit preventing member composed of an insulator is arranged on the periphery of the light-emitting layer in such a way that a part of the member is projected from the light-emitting layer, and an efficient method for producing the light-emitting sheet, are provided.
US08860302B2	Light-emitting apparatus, illumination apparatus, and display apparatus A light-emitting apparatus includes: light-emitting devices emitting light of different single colors in a visible wavelength region, wherein each of the light-emitting devices includes an organic layer which is interposed between first and second electrodes and in which a first or second light-emitting layer emitting light of different single colors is included at a first or second position separated from each other in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode; a first reflective interface which is provided on the side of the first electrode so as to reflect light emitted from the first or second light-emitting layer to be emitted from the side of the second electrode; and a second reflective interface and a third reflective interface which are provided on the side of the second electrode at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode.
US08860301B2	Dimming method of organic EL displaying apparatus and organic EL displaying apparatus A dimming method of an organic EL displaying apparatus having a displaying unit constructed by combining pixels each having a substrate, an organic EL element formed over the substrate, a power supply line for supplying a power source to the organic EL element, and at least one TFT provided on a wiring path from the power supply line to the organic EL element. The TFT has a semiconductor layer which is arranged between a source electrode and a drain electrode and is electrically connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode. A laser beam is irradiated from a downward direction of the substrate to a region which does not overlap a gate electrode, the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the wiring layer when seen as a plan view in a plane region where the semiconductor layer is provided.
US08860295B2	Display devices and methods of manufacturing display devices A display device includes a substrate having a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region, peripheral circuits disposed in the peripheral circuit region, an insulation layer covering the peripheral circuits, a first electrode disposed on the insulation layer in the pixel region, at least one protection structure disposed on the insulation layer in the peripheral circuit region, and a light emitting structure or a liquid crystal layer disposed on the first electrode. The protection structure can prevent damage to the peripheral circuits caused by static electricity generated in manufacturing processes, so that the display device can have improved reliability while reducing defects of pixels in the display device.
US08860290B2	Igniter for igniting a fuel/air mixture in an internal combustion engine using a corona discharge An igniter for igniting a fuel/air mixture using a corona discharge, generated by a high-frequency electric high voltage, in an internal combustion engine having one or more combustion chambers delimited by walls at ground potential, comprising an ignition electrode, which traverses in an electrically insulated manner one of the walls delimiting the particular combustion chamber and constitutes in cooperation with the walls of the combustion chamber, that are at ground potential, an electrical capacitance. Comprising a metallic or metallized outer member and an elongate passage extending through the outer member, through which extends the ignition electrode, and comprising an insulator which encloses the ignition electrode and insulates it electrically from the outer member, wherein the ignition electrode, the insulator, and the passage have a common longitudinal direction. The insulator is composed of a plurality of layers extending in the longitudinal direction, or is subdivided into a plurality of such layers.
US08860286B2	Piezoelectric thin film element, and piezoelectric thin film device Disclosed are a piezoelectric thin film element and a piezoelectric thin film device which have improved piezoelectric properties and high performance and can be produced in improved yields. The piezoelectric thin film element (1) comprises: a substrate (10), and a piezoelectric thin film (40) which is arranged on the substrate (10), has at least one crystal structure represented by general formula (NaxKyLiz)NbO3 (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦0.2, x+y+z=1) and selected from the group consisting of pseudo-cubic crystal, a hexagonal crystal, and an orthorhombic crystal, and contains an inert gas element at a ratio of 80 ppm or less by mass.
US08860279B2	Generator core A generator core that increases the amount of power generated by a generator is provided. A plurality of magnetic steel sheets including non-divided magnetic steel sheets and divided magnetic steel sheets are stacked on each other to form a plurality of divided cores. The divided magnetic steel sheets are disposed to form a gap portion that crosses a magnetic path in one magnetic steel sheet. Each gap portion is positioned and shaped such that magnetic resistances of magnetic pole portions of the plurality of divided cores are not different from each other.
US08860278B2	Stator assembly for belt alternator starter motor generator for hybrid vehicles A stator assembly comprises a stator defining S slots. First and second windings are arranged in each of the S slots. The two windings have a width in a radial direction and a thickness in a direction perpendicular to the radial direction. A ratio of the width to the thickness is between 3.0:1 and 4.5:1.
US08860276B2	Electromagnetic steel sheet formed body, rotor core, rotor, rotating electrical machine, and vehicle An electromagnetic steel sheet formed body to be used in a rotor core in which a forward rotational direction and a reverse rotational direction are assigned to a clockwise direction along a circumferential direction around an axial center when viewed from a visual line including the axial center, wherein a first hollow portion, a second hollow portion, and a rib partitioning the first hollow portion and the second hollow portion is formed at the electromagnetic steel sheet formed body such that permanent magnets constituting a plurality of poles are arranged substantially at regular intervals at predetermined pole pitch angles along the circumferential direction, and that the permanent magnet disposed at one pole is arranged in a segmented manner as the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet, when viewed from the visual line, and wherein the first hollow portion when viewed from the visual line is located closer to a side of the forward rotational direction than a centerline passing through a center angle of the pole pitch angle, and is arranged such that a longitudinal axis of the first hollow portion obliquely intersects in the clockwise direction with respect to a line perpendicular to the centerline.
US08860270B2	Transverse flux machine and vehicle A transverse flux machine includes: a winding wound in a rotational direction; a stationary component in which first ferromagnets and second ferromagnets surrounding a part of the winding are arranged in the rotational direction; a rotor capable of rotating around a rotational axis; and a rotary component opposing the stationary component and attached to the rotor, wherein the rotary component having: third ferromagnets opposing the first ferromagnets; fourth ferromagnets opposing the second ferromagnets; and first magnetic field generating sections and second magnetic field generating sections intervened between the third ferromagnets and the fourth ferromagnets, wherein the first magnetic field generating sections and the second magnetic field generating sections generate magnetic fields from an opposing surface of the rotary component toward an opposing surface of the stationary component, and directions of the magnetic fields are opposite of one another.
US08860268B2	Rotational vibration exciter Provided is an rotational vibration exciter, and more particularly to an rotational vibration exciter which can accurately generate angular vibration of a printed circuit board including a moving coil for rotational excitation and angular vibration of a rotational shaft integrated with the printed circuit board including the moving coil by replacing a conventional cable as an external current supply line with a vertical flexible PCB.
US08860267B2	Connector flange for an electric machine with stator windings An electric machine includes a stator magnetic circuit and a rotor. The magnetic circuit includes electrical conductors, which form windings of the machine. Coils formed by the windings are connected to an external unit via connection conductors, which open into an end face of the magnetic circuit. A frame sleeve envelopes the magnetic circuit and, on an output side of the connection conductors, the sleeve is extended by a lateral wall of a lid, which is pierced with a lateral exit opening through which the connection conductors can exit towards an external connector. On assembly, the connection conductors exiting the stator can be directly inserted into the exit opening of the lid before the lid is fixed to the sleeve by passing into a space provided between an internal lateral wall of the lid and a flange element of the lid.
US08860266B2	Alternator having a heat sink and method An alternator includes a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, a stationary field coil component fixedly mounted to the inner surface of the housing through one or more mechanical fasteners, and a heat sink component mounted to the outer surface of the housing. The heat sink component includes one or more openings that align with corresponding ones of the one or more mechanical fasteners.
US08860265B2	Electrical motor apparatus having improved cooling system An electric motor apparatus having an improved cooling system comprising a first compartment housing an electric motor mounted on a rotating shaft, a second compartment housing an electric circuit adapted to connect said electric motor to a power supply source, and a cooling system adapted to dissipate the heat generated by said electric motor apparatus. The cooling system comprises a fan mounted on said rotating shaft in a position adjacent to said second compartment and on the opposite side with respect to said first compartment and at least one finned heat exchanger adapted to dissipate the heat generated by said electric circuit inside said second compartment.
US08860262B2	Linear vibration motor having elastic member including bending part Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a magnet; a vibrator part including a coil disposed to face the magnet; and an elastic member connecting the stator part and the vibrator part to each other, wherein the elastic member includes bending parts formed in connection parts thereof connected to the stator part and the vibration part in a vibration direction of the vibrator part.
US08860257B2	Method and apparatus for the remote control of a power source connected to a manually actuated implement The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for operating a power source (1) connected to a manually actuated implement (4) by a user, wherein parameters of the power source (1) are set by way of operating elements (3) of an operating and display unit (2) and a movement of the implement (4) in the space is captured by way of an evaluation unit (9) disposed in the power source (1). In order to enable fast and rapid operation of the power source (1), even without removing a potentially present protective clothing of the user, it is provided for an operating function to be activated at the power source (1), whereupon the movement of the implement (4) in the space (6) is captured and a position of the implement (4) resulting from the movement is associated with the operating and display unit (2).
US08860247B2	Electric power system and uninterruptible power supply for important load To provide an electric power system capable of adequately controlling the power flow in an AC switch (120) constituting an interruptible power supply, an electric power system according to the present invention includes: an uninterruptible power supply (100) including an AC switch (120) provided between a commercial power supply (200) and an output part (102), a secondary battery (130), and an inverter (135) provided between the AC switch (120) and secondary battery (130); an important load (150) connected to the output part (102); a photovoltaic power supply (140) connected to the output part (102); an electric power detection section (181) that detects the power consumption of all loads including the important load (150); an electric power detection section (131) that detects charge/discharge power of the secondary battery (130); and a controller (110) that inputs thereto detection values from the electric power detection section (181) and electric power detection section (131) and outputs a control command value for controlling the secondary battery (130), in which the controller (110) determines the upper and lower limit values of the control command value for operating the secondary battery (130) based on the detection values from the electric power detection section (181) and electric power detection section (131).
US08860241B2	Systems and methods for using a power converter for transmission of data over the power feed Apparatuses and methods include a photovoltaic energy production unit to generate electricity. A local management unit is coupled between the photovoltaic energy production unit and a connection of energy production units forming a string bus. The local management unit includes a controller and switching circuitry. The controller provide a control for the switching circuitry to deliver electrical energy to the string bus. A communication transmission modulator is associated with the local management unit. The communication transmission modulator modulates the control with data to be transmitted from the local management unit over the string bus.
US08860237B2	System and method of selecting wind turbine generators in a wind park for curtailment of output power to provide a wind reserve In one aspect, a method of selecting wind turbine generators in a wind park for curtailment of output power to provide a wind reserve comprises providing a wind park comprised of a plurality n of wind turbines each having an individual possible power output and the wind park has a combined possible power output of X, where X comprises a summation of the individual possible power output of the n wind turbines; setting a power setpoint Y for the wind park, wherein Y≦X and X−Y comprises a wind reserve; selecting, on a non-spatial basis, n−1 or fewer wind turbines from the wind park for power output curtailment; and curtailing power output of one or more of the selected n−1 or fewer wind turbines such that a total power output of the wind park comprises Y.
US08860236B2	Wind energy power conversion system reducing gearbox stress and improving power stability A wind energy power conversion system includes a gearbox, a generator, an AC to DC power converter, a DC link, and a DC to AC power converter, and at least one ultracapacitor module connected in parallel on the DC link. A method of reducing stress on a wind turbine gearbox can be performed by obtaining an unwanted frequency of the wind energy power conversion system gearbox; determining an input torque value on the input shaft of the gearbox as a function of time; determining a frequency of the input torque value; and adjusting a torque on the output shaft of the gearbox based on the unwanted frequency.
US08860235B2	Starter machine system and method Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a motor that is coupled to a pinion. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit can be capable of being configured and arranged to circulate a priming current from a power source to the motor through at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding.
US08860232B2	Electronic device having electrodes bonded with each other According to this disclosure, a method of manufacturing an electronic device is provided, which includes exposing a top surface of a first electrode of a first electronic component to organic acid, irradiating the top surface of the first electrode exposed to the organic acid with ultraviolet light, and bonding the first electrode and a second electrode of a second electronic component by heating and pressing the first electrode and the second electrode each other.
US08860231B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit having multilayer structure A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked in a multi-layer structure; a correction circuit in each semiconductor chip configured to reflect a delay time corresponding to the position of the chip in the stack into an input signal to output to each semiconductor chip; and a plurality of through-chip vias formed vertically through each of the semiconductor chips and configured to transmit the input signal to the semiconductor chip.
US08860225B2	Devices formed with dual damascene process Structures and methods of forming metallization layers on a semiconductor component are disclosed. The method includes etching a metal line trench using a metal line mask, and etching a via trench using a via mask after etching the metal line trench. The via trench is etched only in regions common to both the metal line mask and the via mask.
US08860217B1	Electronic device package A chip package is disclosed. The package includes a carrier substrate, at least two semiconductor chips, a fill material layer, a protective layer, and a plurality of conductive bumps. The carrier substrate includes a grounding region. The semiconductor chips are disposed overlying the grounding region of the carrier substrate. Each semiconductor chip includes at least one signal pad and includes at least one grounding pad electrically connected to the grounding region. The fill material layer is formed overlying the carrier substrate and covers the semiconductor chips. The protective layer covers the fill material layer. The plurality of conductive bumps is disposed overlying the protective layer and is electrically connected to the semiconductor chips. A fabrication method of the chip package is also disclosed.
US08860216B1	Method and system for providing a laser submount for an energy assisted magnetic recording head A method and system for providing a laser diode submount for use in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive are described. A portion of a silicon substrate is removed, forming trenches therein. Each trench has sidewalls, surrounds a silicon island corresponding to a laser diode submount, and corresponds to a thickness of the laser diode submount. The silicon island has a top surface and a facets corresponding to the trench sidewalls. Insulator(s) for the top surface and facets of the silicon island are provided. Metallization is provided on the top surface and facets of the silicon island. A first portion of the metallization on the top surface corresponds to under bump metal (UBM) for solder pad(s). A second portion of the metallization corresponds to electrical traces. Solder pad(s) are provided on the UBM. The silicon island is released from the silicon substrate.
US08860211B2	Semiconductor device, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and electronic device A semiconductor device includes an insulation layer, a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element which are disposed within the insulation layer, a frame which has higher thermal conductivity than the insulation layer and surrounds the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element via the insulation layer, and a wiring layer which is disposed over the insulation layer and includes an electrode which electrically connects the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element.
US08860206B2	Multichip electronic packages and methods of manufacture A multi-chip electronic package and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes adjusting a piston position of one or more pistons with respect to one or more chips on a chip carrier. The adjusting includes placing a chip shim on the chips and placing a seal shim between a lid and the chip carrier. The seal shim is thicker than the chip shim. The adjusting further includes lowering the lid until the pistons contact the chip shim. The method further includes separating the lid and the chip carrier and removing the chip shim and the seal shim. The method further includes dispensing thermal interface material on the chips and lowering the lid until a gap filled with the thermal interface material is about a particle size of the thermal interface material. The method further includes sealing the lid to the chip carrier with sealant.
US08860204B2	Semiconductor device and package with bit cells and power supply electrodes There is provided a semiconductor device including: plural bit cells each including the same circuit; plural electrodes supplied with power from outside, wherein each of the respective plural electrodes is mounted above the same circuit within the plural bit cells. Further, there is provided a semiconductor package including: the semiconductor device; a substrate mounted with the semiconductor device; an external input terminal formed on the substrate; an external output terminal formed on the substrate; an input wiring pattern connecting the semiconductor device mounted above the substrate and the external input terminal; an output wiring pattern connecting the semiconductor device mounted above the substrate and the external output terminal; and plural power supply lines, arranged without contact with each other on the same face of the substrate, and connecting the plural electrodes mounted to the semiconductor device to the corresponding electrode from the plural external power input electrodes.
US08860200B2	Stacked electronic device and method of making such an electronic device This invention relates to a stacked electronic device composed of stacked electronic components (120, 130) distributed on one or several added-on levels (N2, N3) each added on the preceding level starting from a base level (N1) possibly containing at least one electronic component (110). At least one electrolytic connection pad of a first type (10.1) on an add-on level (N2) directly connects a conducting element (c1) placed on one face of an electronic component (120) on an add-on level (N2) to a conducting element (z1) placed on an opposite face of a neighboring level (N1) while at least one electrolytic connection pad of a second type (20.1) on the add-on level (N2) passes through a coating layer (220) coating the sides of the electronic component (120) on the add-on level (N2) and directly electrically connects two conducting elements (z1, z2) located on each side of said coating layer (220).
US08860199B2	Multi-die processor Disclosed are a multi-die processor apparatus and system. Processor logic to execute one or more instructions is allocated among two or more face-to-faces stacked dice. The processor includes a conductive interface between the stacked dice to facilitate die-to-die communication.
US08860194B2	Buck converter power package One exemplary disclosed embodiment comprises a semiconductor package including a vertical conduction control transistor and a vertical conduction sync transistor. The vertical conduction control transistor may include a control source, a control gate, and a control drain that are all accessible from a bottom surface, thereby enabling electrical and direct surface mounting to a support surface. The vertical conduction sync transistor may include a sync drain on a top surface, which may be connected to a conductive clip that is coupled to the support surface. The conductive clip may also be thermally coupled to the control transistor. Accordingly, all terminals of the transistors are readily accessible through the support surface, and a power circuit, such as a buck converter power phase, may be implemented through traces of the support surface. Optionally, a driver IC may be integrated into the package, and a heatsink may be attached to the conductive clip.
US08860192B2	Power device having high switching speed An electronic device includes at least one electronic component chip having a first conduction terminal and a control terminal on a first surface of the chip and a second conduction terminal on a second surface opposite the first surface of the chip. An insulating body embeds the chip. The insulating body includes a mounting surface and an electrically conductive heat-sink connected to the first conduction terminal on the first surface of the chip, but insulated from the control terminal. An opening in a first surface of the insulating body exposes a surface of the electrically conductive heat sink. The electrically conductive heat sink includes a perimeter cavity configured for alignment with an encircling configuration of the control terminal, wherein the perimeter cavity contains a material that insulates the control terminal from the heat sink.
US08860191B2	On-chip transmission line structures with balanced phase delay A transmission wiring structure, associated design structure and associated method for forming the same. A structure is disclosed having: a plurality of wiring levels formed on a semiconductor substrate; a pair of adjacent first and second signal lines located in the wiring levels, wherein the first signal line comprises a first portion formed on a first wiring level and a second portion formed on a second wiring level; a primary dielectric structure having a first dielectric constant located between the first portion and a ground shield; and a secondary dielectric structure having a second dielectric constant different than the first dielectric constant, the secondary dielectric structure located between the second portion and the ground shield, and the second dielectric layer extending co-planar with the second portion and having a length that is substantially the same as the second portion.
US08860187B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises a first external terminal having a first size, a plurality of second external terminals each having a second size smaller than the first size, an external terminal area in which the first external terminal and the second external terminals are arranged, and a plurality of wires connecting between the second external terminals and a plurality of circuits formed adjacent to the external terminal area and corresponding to the second external terminals. The second external terminals and the wires constitute a plurality of interfaces. Each of the interfaces includes at least one adjustment portion that adjusts a time constant of the wire so that the wires have the same time constant. At least part of the adjustment portions is located in a margin area produced in the external terminal area by a difference between the first size and the second size.
US08860185B2	Crack-arresting structure for through-silicon vias The subject matter disclosed herein relates to structures formed on semiconductor chips that are used for at least partially addressing the thermally induced stresses and metallization system cracking problems in a semiconductor chip that may be caused by the presence of through-silicon vias (TSV's), and which may be due primarily to the significant differences in thermal expansion between the materials of the TSV's and the semiconductor-based materials that generally make up the remainder of the semiconductor chip. One device disclosed herein includes a substrate and a crack-arresting structure positioned above the substrate, the crack-arresting structure comprising a plurality of crack-arresting elements and having a perimeter when viewed from above. The device also includes a conductive structure positioned at least partially within the perimeter of the crack-arresting structure, and a conductive element extending through an opening in the crack-arresting structure, wherein the conductive element is conductively coupled to the conductive structure.
US08860183B2	Semiconductor substrate, semiconductor device, and manufacturing methods thereof The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate that includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer arranged on the substrate, a metallic material layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, and a cavity formed in the first semiconductor layer under the metallic material layer.
US08860177B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same An antifuse of a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a device isolation layer and an active region, a gate structure extending across an interface between the device isolation layer and the active region, a contact coupled to at least a portion of a sidewall of the gate structure, and a metal interconnection provided on the contact and gate structure.
US08860176B2	Multi-doped silicon antifuse device for integrated circuit The present disclosure relates to an antifuse for preventing a flow of electrical current in an integrated circuit. One such antifuse includes a reactive material and a silicon region thermally coupled to the reactive material, where an electrical current to the reactive material causes the reactive material to release heat which transitions the silicon region from a high resistance state to a low resistance state. Another such antifuse includes a reactive material, at least one metal and a silicon region adjacent to the at least one metal and thermally coupled to the reactive material, where an electrical current to the reactive material causes the reactive material to release heat which transitions the silicon region from a high resistance state to a low resistance state.
US08860170B2	Power semiconductor with a Si chip and a wideband chip having matched loss and area ratios A power semiconductor apparatus which is provided with a first power semiconductor device using Si as a base substance and a second power semiconductor device using a semiconductor having an energy bandgap wider than the energy bandgap of Si as a base substance, and includes a first insulated metal substrate on which the first power semiconductor device is mounted, a first heat dissipation metal base on which the first insulated metal substrate is mounted, a second insulated metal substrate on which the second power semiconductor device is mounted, and a second heat dissipation metal base on which the second insulated metal substrate is mounted.
US08860166B2	Photo detector array of geiger mode avalanche photodiodes for computed tomography systems The photo detector array is configured to generate pulses with short rise and fall times because each Geiger mode avalanche photodiode includes an anode contact, a cathode contact, an output contact electrically insulated from the anode and cathode contacts, a semiconductor layer, and at least one shield or metal structure in the semiconductor layer capacitively coupled to the semiconductor layer and coupled to the output contact. The output contacts of all Geiger mode avalanche photodiodes are connected in common and are configured to provide for detection of spikes correlated to avalanche events on any avalanche photodiode of the array.
US08860164B2	Light receiving device A light receiving element includes a core configured to propagate a signal light, a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, the first semiconductor layer being configured to receive the signal light from the core along a first direction in which the core extends, an absorbing layer configured to absorb the signal light received by the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
US08860161B2	Neutron detection using GD-loaded oxide and nitride heterojunction diodes Solid state neutron detection utilizing gadolinium as a neutron absorber is described. The new class of narrow-gap neutron-absorbing semiconducting materials, including Gd-doped HfO2, Gd-doped EuO, Gd-doped GaN, Gd2O3 and GdN are included in three types of device structures: (1) a p-n heterostructure diode with a ˜30 μm Gd-loaded semiconductor grown on a conventional semiconductor (Si or B-doped Si); (2) a p-n junction or a p-i-n trilayer diode with a Gd-loaded semiconductoron one side and single-crystal semiconducting Li2B4O7 layer on the other side of the heterojunction; and (3) a p-n junction or a p-i-n trilayer diode with a Gd-loaded semiconductoron on one side and a boron nitride (BN) semiconductor layer on the other side of the heterojunction.
US08860160B2	Quantum tunneling devices and circuits with lattice-mismatched semiconductor structures Structures include a tunneling device disposed over first and second lattice-mismatched semiconductor materials. Process embodiments include forming tunneling devices over lattice-mismatched materials.
US08860156B2	Minimal thickness synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) structure with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for STT-MRAM A synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) structure for a spintronic device is disclosed and has an AP2/antiferromagnetic (AF) coupling/CoFeB configuration. The SAF structure is thinned to reduce the fringing (Ho) field while maintaining high coercivity. The AP2 reference layer has intrinsic perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) and induces PMA in a thin CoFeB layer through AF coupling. In one embodiment, AF coupling is improved by inserting a Co dusting layer on top and bottom surfaces of a Ru AF coupling layer. When AP2 is (Co/Ni)4, and CoFeB thickness is 7.5 Angstroms, Ho is reduced to 125 Oe, Hc is 1000 Oe, and a balanced saturation magnetization-thickness product (Mst)=0.99 is achieved. The SAF structure may also be represented as FL2/AF coupling/CoFeB where FL2 is a ferromagnetic layer with intrinsic PMA.
US08860155B2	Magnetic tunnel junction device and its fabricating method The present disclosure relates to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device and its fabricating method. Through forming MTJ through a damascene process, device damage due to the etching process and may be avoided. In some embodiments, a spacer is formed between a first portion and a second portion of the MTJ to prevent the tunnel insulating layer of the MTJ from being damaged in subsequent processes, greatly increasing product yield thereby. In other embodiments, signal quality may be improved and magnetic flux leakage may be reduced through the improved cup-shaped MTJ structure of this invention.
US08860152B2	Integrated chemical sensor A integrated circuit die includes a chemical sensor, a thermal sensor, and a humidity sensor formed therein. The chemical sensor, thermal sensor, and humidity sensor include electrodes formed in a passivation layer of the integrated circuit die. The integrated circuit die further includes transistors formed in a monocrystaline semiconductor layer.
US08860147B2	Semiconductor interconnect One embodiment relates to an integrated circuit that includes at least one semiconductor device. The integrated circuit includes a first contact associated with a first terminal of the semiconductor device. The first contact spans a dielectric layer and couples the first terminal to an interconnect line that communicates signals horizontally on the integrated circuit, where the interconnect line has a first composition. The integrated circuit further includes a second contact associated with a second terminal of the semiconductor device. The second contact spans the dielectric layer and couples the second terminal to a landing pad to which a via is coupled, where the landing pad has a second composition that differs from the first composition. Other circuits and methods are also disclosed.
US08860146B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device including a field-effect transistor, and a resistance element connected between a gate electrode of the field effect transistor and a connection point connected between a back gate electrode of the field effect transistor and one of source-drain regions of the field effect transistor, a voltage being applied between the other of the source-drain regions and the gate electrode.
US08860143B2	High-K gate dielectric with work function adjustment metal layer A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure comprises: a substrate; a gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate; a metal gate electrode layer formed on the gate dielectric layer; and at least one metal-containing adjusting layer for adjusting a work function of the semiconductor structure, in which an interfacial layer is formed between the substrate and the gate dielectric layer, and an energy of bond between a metal atom in the metal-containing adjusting layer and an oxygen atom is larger than that between an atom of materials forming the gate dielectric layer or the interfacial layer and an oxygen atom. Further, a method for forming the semiconductor structure is also provided.
US08860140B2	Tunneling field effect transistor and method for forming the same The present disclosure provides a TFET, which comprises: a substrate; a channel region formed in the substrate, and a source region and a drain region formed on two sides of the channel region; a gate stack formed on the channel region, wherein the gate stack comprises: a gate dielectric layer, and at least a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode distributed in a direction from the source region to the drain region and formed on the gate dielectric layer, and the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode have different work functions; and a first side wall and a second side wall formed on a side of the first gate electrode and on a side of the second gate electrode respectively.
US08860139B2	ESD protection element In an aspect of the present invention, an ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) protection element includes a bipolar transistor comprising a collector diffusion layer connected with a first terminal and an emitter diffusion layer; and current control resistances provided for a plurality of current paths from a second terminal to the collector diffusion layer through the emitter diffusion layer, respectively. The bipolar transistor further includes a base diffusion region connected with the second terminal through a first resistance which is different from the current control resistances.
US08860137B2	Radio frequency devices based on carbon nanomaterials RF transistors are fabricated at complete wafer scale using a nanotube deposition technique capable of forming high-density, uniform semiconducting nanotube thin films at complete wafer scale, and electrical characterization reveals that such devices exhibit gigahertz operation, linearity, and large transconductance and current drive.
US08860131B2	Method for manufacturing a power device being integrated on a semiconductor substrate, in particular having a field plate vertical structure and corresponding device An embodiment of a power device comprising and formation of at least one gate region, of at least one buried source region, of at least one body region and of at least one source region; at least one body/source contact and at least one buried source contact; and formation of a source contact region and of a gate contact region through deposition. An embodiment of the method also comprises formation of the at least one gate region and of the at least one buried source region, electrically insulated, through a single deposition of a conductive filling material on an epitaxial layer, on vertical walls of the trench and within the empty region; and through etching of the conductive filling material forming a first spacer and a second spacer, suitable for serving as a gate electrode and forming a buried source electrode within the empty region.
US08860128B2	Semiconductor device having a surround gate transistor A semiconductor device includes a first pillar, a second pillar underneath the first pillar, and a third pillar on a top of the first pillar. The second pillar has a second-conductive type region in a surface thereof except at least a part of a contact surface region with the first pillar, and a first-conductive type region therein and surrounded by the second-conductive type region. The third pillar has a second-conductive type region in a surface thereof except at least a part of a contact surface region with the first pillar, and a first-conductive type region therein and surrounded by the second-conductive type region. The first-conductive type region of each of the second pillar and the third pillar has a length greater than that of a depletion layer extending from a base portion of the second-conductive type region of a respective one of the second pillar and the third pillar.
US08860124B2	Depletion-mode charge-trapping flash device A memory device includes a plurality of semiconductor lines, such as body-tied fins, on a substrate. The lines including buried-channel regions doped for depletion mode operation. A storage structure lies on the plurality of lines, including tunnel insulating layer on the channel regions of the fins, a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulating layer, and a blocking insulating layer on the charge storage layer. A plurality of word lines overlie the storage structure and cross over the channel regions of the semiconductor lines, whereby memory cells lie at cross-points of the word lines and the semiconductor lines.
US08860120B2	Field modulating plate and circuit Consistent with various example embodiments, a field-controlling electrode applies a negative bias, relative to a source/drain electrode, increase voltage breakdown. The field-controlling electrode is located over a channel region and between source and drain electrodes, and adjacent a gate electrode. The field electrode shapes a field in a portion of the channel region laterally between the gate electrode and one of the source/drain electrodes, in response to a negative bias applied thereto.
US08860118B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same It is made possible to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that has a high-quality insulating film in which defects are not easily formed, and experiences less leakage current. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming an amorphous silicon layer on an insulating layer; introducing oxygen into the amorphous silicon layer; and forming a silicon oxynitride layer by nitriding the amorphous silicon layer having oxygen introduced thereinto.
US08860117B2	Semiconductor apparatus with multiple tiers of memory cells with peripheral transistors, and methods Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including an apparatus that includes a number of tiers of a first semiconductor material, each tier including at least one access line of at least one memory cell and at least one source, channel and/or drain of at least one peripheral transistor, such as one used in an access line decoder circuit or a data line multiplexing circuit. The apparatus can also include a number of pillars of a second semiconductor material extending through the tiers of the first semiconductor material, each pillar including either a source, channel and/or drain of at least one of the memory cells, or a gate of at least one of the peripheral transistors. Methods of forming such apparatus are also described, along with other embodiments.
US08860115B2	Capacitors and semiconductor devices including the same A capacitor includes a lower electrode having a curved surface, a first seed on a sidewall of the lower electrode, which the first seed includes a metal silicide and has a shape corresponding to the curved surface of the lower electrode, a dielectric layer on the lower electrode, the dielectric layer covering the first seed, and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer.
US08860113B2	Creating deep trenches on underlying substrate A semiconductor structure is disclosed in which, in an embodiment, a first substrate includes at least one buried plate disposed in an upper part of the first substrate. Each of the at least one buried plate includes at least one buried plate contact, and a plurality of deep trench capacitors disposed about the at least one buried plate contact. A first oxide layer is disposed over the first substrate. The deep trench capacitors and buried plate contacts in the first substrate may be accessed for use in a variety of memory and decoupling applications.
US08860110B2	Semiconductor devices including spacers on sidewalls of conductive lines and methods of manufacturing the same Semiconductor devices including spacers on sidewalls of conductive lines are provided. The semiconductor device includes bit lines on a semiconductor substrate, a storage node contact plug penetrating an insulation layer between the bit lines, triple-layered bit line spacers between the bit lines and the storage node contact plugs, and storage node electrodes on the storage node contact plugs. Each of the triple-layered bit line spacers includes a first spacer adjacent to one of the bit lines, a third spacer adjacent to the storage node contact plugs and a second spacer between the first and third spacers. The second spacer includes a lower portion having a lower dielectric constant than the first and third spacers and an upper portion having the same material as the first and third spacers. Related methods are also provided.
US08860106B2	Spin filter and driving method thereof A spin filter includes a first electrode configured to be formed with a zigzag graphene ribbon with an even number of rows extending in a first direction, and to have a magnetic moment in a second direction crossing with the first direction; a second electrode configured to be formed with a zigzag graphene ribbon with an even number of rows extending in the first direction, and to have a magnetic moment in the second direction; and a channel region configured to be placed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and to have an energy level allowing up-spin electrons or down-spin electrons to pass.
US08860099B2	Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing solid-state imaging device, and electronic device A solid-state imaging device includes a first-conductivity-type semiconductor well region, a plurality of pixels each of which is formed on the semiconductor well region and is composed of a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor, an element isolation region provided between the pixels and in the pixels, and an element isolation region being free from an insulation film and being provided between desired pixel transistors.
US08860097B2	Field effect transistor type biosensor Provided is a biosensor that makes it possible to detect the electrical properties of a bio-related material contained in an analyte fluid such as an aqueous solution placed on a sensitive membrane and to observe the bio-related material at a high magnification with an observation device such as a microscope. The biosensor comprises: a substrate 10, a transparent semiconductor film 20 laminated on the substrate 10, a source electrode 30a and a drain electrode 30b formed at both ends of the transparent semiconductor film 20, an insulating film 40 laminated so as to cover the transparent semiconductor film 20 and the source electrode 30a and the drain electrodes 30b, a sensitive membrane 50 laminated on the insulating film 40, and a partition 60 that is formed at both ends of the sensitive membrane 50 to retain an analyte fluid 100, such as an aqueous solution or liquid culture containing a sample, on the sensitive membrane 50 and to retain the analyte fluid 100 in a specific region so that the bio-related material 200 can be placed on the sensitive membrane 50.
US08860096B2	Semiconductor devices including SRAM cell and methods for fabricating the same An SRAM cell of a semiconductor device includes a load transistor, a driver transistor and an access transistor. First source/drains of the load, driver and access transistors are connected to a node. A power line, a ground line and a bit line are electrically connected to second source/drains of the load transistor, the driver transistor and the access transistor. The power line, the ground line and the bit line are disposed at substantially the same level to extend in a first direction. A word line is electrically connected to a gate of the access transistor to extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The word line is disposed at a different level from the level of the power line, the ground line and the bit line.
US08860094B2	Semiconductor device with power supply line system of reduced resistance A semiconductor device with a power wiring system. The device includes a multi-level wiring structure including a lower-level wiring layer and an upper-level wiring layer over the lower-level wiring layer, and the power wiring system includes a first power supply line and a second power supply line provided as the first-level wiring layer and extending in a first direction in substantially parallel to each other, a third power supply line provided as the upper-level wiring layer and extending in the first direction with overlapping the first power supply line, the first and third power supply lines conveying first and second power voltages, respectively, which are different from each other, and a fourth power supply line provided as the upper-level wiring layer and extending in the first direction with overlapping the second power supply line, the second and fourth power supply lines conveying the second and first power voltages, respectively.
US08860091B2	Group III-N HFET with a graded barrier layer A device and a method of making said wherein the device wherein the device has a group III-nitride buffer deposited on a substrate; and a group III-nitride heterostructure disposed on a surface of the group III-nitride buffer, wherein the group III-nitride heterostructure has a group III-nitride channel and a group III-nitride barrier layer disposed on a surface of the group III-nitride channel, the group III-nitride barrier layer including Al as one of its constituent group III elements, the Al having a mole fraction which varies at least throughout a portion of said group III-nitride barrier layer.
US08860090B2	Nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a conductive substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a control electrode. The second semiconductor layer is directly bonded to the first semiconductor layer. The conductive substrate is provided on and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. The first electrode and the second electrode are provided on and electrically connected to a surface of the second semiconductor layer on a side opposite to the first semiconductor layer. The control electrode is provided on the surface of the second semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode is electrically connected to a drain electrode of a MOSFET formed of Si. The control electrode is electrically connected to a source electrode of the MOSFET. The conductive substrate is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the MOSFET.
US08860086B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure comprises: a Si substrate (1100); a plurality of convex structures (1200) formed on the Si substrate (1100), in which every two adjacent convex structures (1200) are separated by a cavity in a predetermined pattern, and the cavity between every two adjacent convex structures (1200) is less than 50 nm in width; a first semiconductor film (1300), in which the first semiconductor film (1300) is formed between the every two adjacent convex structures (1200) and connected with tops of the every two adjacent convex structures (1200); a buffer layer (2100) formed on the first semiconductor film (1300); and a high-mobility III-V compound semiconductor layer (2000) formed on the buffer layer (2100).
US08860084B2	Epitaxial substrate for semiconductor device, semiconductor device, method of manufacturing epitaxial substrate for semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device of normally-off operation type having a low on-resistance. An epitaxial substrate for it includes: a base substrate; a channel layer made of a first group-III nitride having a composition of Inx1Aly1Gaz1N at least containing Al and Ga and x1=0 and 0≦y1≦0.3; and a barrier layer made of a second group-III nitride having a composition of Inx2Aly2Gaz2N at least containing In and Al. The composition of the second group-III nitride is, in a ternary phase diagram for InN, AlN, and GaN, in a certain range that is determined in accordance with the composition of the first group-III nitride. The barrier layer has a thickness of 3 nm or less. A low-crystallinity insulating layer is further formed on the barrier layer. The low-crystallinity insulating layer is made of silicon nitride and has a thickness of 3 nm or less.
US08860079B2	Semiconductor packages and methods of packaging semiconductor devices Semiconductor packages and methods of forming a semiconductor package are disclosed. The method includes providing at least one die having first and second surfaces. The second surface of the die includes a plurality of conductive pads. A permanent carrier is provided and the at least one die is attached to the permanent carrier. The first surface of the at least one die is facing the permanent carrier. A cap having first and second surfaces is formed to encapsulate the at least one die. The first surface of the cap contacts the permanent carrier and the second surface of the cap is disposed at a different plane than the second surface of the die.
US08860078B2	Simplified devices utilizing novel pn-semiconductor structures An electronic or electro-optic device includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer having a region of contact with the p-type semiconductor layer to provide a p-n junction, a first electrical lead in electrical connection with the p-type semiconductor layer, and a second electrical lead in electrical connection with the n-type semiconductor layer. At least one of the p-type and n-type semiconductor layers includes a doped topological-insulator material having an electrically conducting surface, and one of the first and second electrical leads is electrically connected to the electrically conducting surface of the topological-insulator material.
US08860074B2	Light emitting device, method of fabricating the same and lighting system having the same Disclosed is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a substrate including a plurality of lead electrodes; a mold member including a cavity on the substrate; a light emitting chip in the cavity and on at least one of the lead electrodes; a connecting member for electrically connecting at least one of the lead electrodes to the light emitting chip; a resin member in the cavity; a spacer part between the lead electrodes, the spacer part including a material different from materials of the mold member and the resin member; and an adhesive film between the mold member and the substrate.
US08860073B2	Light-emitting device package A light-emitting device package may include a pre-mold and a molding member. The pre-mold may include an upper body having a inclined (e.g., concavely) plane from which a plurality of vertical holes passing through the upper body are formed and a lower body having an upper surface that meets the inclined (e.g., concavely) plane under the upper body to form a concave unit. The molding member may fill the plurality of vertical holes and the concave unit.
US08860071B2	Electro-thermal cooling devices and methods of fabrication thereof In one embodiment, a semiconductor module includes a leadframe having a first side and an opposite second side. A semiconductor chip is disposed over the first side of the leadframe. A switching element is disposed under the second side of the leadframe. In another embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor module includes providing a semiconductor device having a leadframe. A semiconductor chip is disposed over a first side of the leadframe. A switching element is attached at an opposite second side of the leadframe.
US08860065B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor device An embodiment of the invention discloses an optoelectronic semiconductor device. The optoelectronic semiconductor comprises a unit having a plurality of electrical connectors with top surfaces; an insulating material surrounding each of the plurality of electrical connectors, wherein each of the top surfaces are exposed through the insulating material; a semiconductor system, having a side surface directly covered by the insulation material, electrically connected to the plurality of electrical connectors and being narrower in width than both of the unit and the insulating material; an electrode formed on the semiconductor system at a position not corresponding to the plurality of electrical connectors; and a layer provided on the semiconductor system at a side opposite to the electrode and configured to laterally exceed outside more than one outermost boundary of the plurality of electrical connectors.
US08860063B2	Light-emitting diode chip A light-emitting diode chip is specified, comprising an n-conducting region (1), a p-conducting region (2), an active region (3) between the n-conducting region (1) and the p-conducting region (2), a mirror layer (4) at that side of the p-conducting region (2) which is remote from the active region (3), an encapsulation layer (5) at that side of the mirror layer (4) which is remote from the p-conducting region (2), and a contact layer (6) at a side of the encapsulation layer (5) which is remote from the mirror layer (4), wherein the encapsulation layer (5) extends along a bottom area (43) of the mirror layer (4) which is remote from the p-conducting region (2) and a side area (42) of the mirror layer (4) which runs transversely with respect to the bottom area (43), and the contact layer (6) is freely accessible in places from its side facing the n-conducting region (1).
US08860060B1	Light emitting diode integrated cable and heat sink A high output light emitting diode (LED) based lighting module includes a plurality of LEDs support structures mounted on one or more electrical transfer structures, each said LED support structured securely holding a fiber bundle so that it mates to an LED so that each fiber bundle slightly overlaps the active area of its respective LED.
US08860059B2	Light emitting devices, systems, and methods of manufacturing A light emitting device includes: a substrate; an n layer; an active light emitting region, a p layer; and a support portion configured to provide both mechanical support and improve light transmission disposed over a light emitting side of the device.
US08860052B2	Light emitting device Provided is a light emitting device. The light emitting device comprises a body, a light emitting diode on the body, a resin layer on the light emitting diode, and a primer layer containing a metal material on the resin layer.
US08860045B2	LED light sheet An embodiment of the present invention provides a light emitting device including: a transparent substrate; a wiring layer disposed on the transparent substrate; a plurality of light emitting diode chips disposed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the wiring layer; and an opposite substrate disposed on the transparent substrate to sandwich the light emitting diode chips and the wiring layer, wherein no wiring layer is disposed on a surface of the opposite substrate facing the light emitting diode chips.
US08860043B2	Light emitting device packages, systems and methods Packages, systems and methods for light emitting devices are disclosed. An LED package in one aspect can be of various sizes and configurations and can include one or more LEDs of a size smaller than those typically provided. The LED package or packages can for example be used for backlighting or other lighting fixtures. Optimized materials and techniques can be used for the LED packages to provide energy efficiency and long lifetime.
US08860041B2	Method for producing nanowires using a porous template Disclosed herein is a method for producing nanowires. The method comprises the steps of providing a porous template with a plurality of holes in the form of tubes, filling the tubes with nanoparticles or nanoparticle precursors, and forming the filled nanoparticles or nanoparticle precursors into nanowires. According to the method, highly rectilinear and well-ordered nanowires can be produced in a simple manner.
US08860037B2	Thin-film transistor device A thin-film transistor device includes a gate electrode formed above a substrate, a gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode, a crystalline silicon thin film that is formed above the gate insulating film and has a channel region, an amorphous silicon thin film formed on the crystalline silicon thin film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are formed above the channel region, and the crystalline silicon thin film has a half-width of a Raman band corresponding to a phonon mode specific to the crystalline silicon thin film of 5.0 or more and less than 6.0 cm−1, and an average crystal grain size of about 50 nm or more and 300 nm or less.
US08860035B2	Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate including a display area configured to display an image and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; a plurality of pad wires at the peripheral area of the substrate; and an inspection wire having a zigzag form on the plurality of pad wires.
US08860033B2	Active matrix substrate The active-matrix substrate (100) of the present invention satisfies d2>d1 and d2+A1/2>d3+L1/2, where d1 is the length of the shortest line segment that connects together a channel region (134) and a gettering region (112) as measured by projecting the line segment onto a line that connects together the channel region (134) of a TFT (130) and a source contact portion, d2 is the distance from the channel region (134) to the source contact portion (132c), d3 is the distance from the channel region (134) to a first end portion (110a), L1 is the length of the first end portion (110a), and A1 is the length of the source contact portion (132c).
US08860029B2	Photoelectric converison element, photoelectric conversion circuit, and display device A photoelectric conversion element including a first gate electrode, a first gate insulating layer, a crystalline semiconductor layer, an amorphous semiconductor layer, an impurity semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the impurity semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer covering a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a second gate electrode over the second gate insulating layer. In the photoelectric conversion element, a light-receiving portion is provided in the region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the first gate electrode includes a light-shielding material and overlaps with the entire surface of the crystalline semiconductor layer and the amorphous semiconductor layer, the second gate electrode includes a light-transmitting material and overlaps with the light-receiving portion, and the first gate electrode is electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode is provided.
US08860028B2	Thin film transistor substrate and method of fabricating the same Disclosed are a thin film transistor substrate and a method of fabricating the same in which the number of processes is reduced. The method includes forming a first conductive pattern including gate electrodes and gate lines on a substrate through a first mask process, depositing a gate insulating film and forming a second conductive pattern including a semiconductor pattern, source and drain electrodes and data lines through a second mask process, depositing first and second passivation films and forming pixel contact holes passing through the first and second passivation films and exposing the drain electrodes through a third mask process, and forming a third conductive pattern including a common electrode and a common line and forming a third passivation film formed in an undercut structure with the common electrode through a fourth mask process, simultaneously, and forming a fourth conductive pattern including pixel electrodes through a lift-off process.
US08860026B2	Thin film transistor array and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor (TFT) array includes a substrate, a thin film transistor, a first wall, a transparent electrode and a color resist. The thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate. The first wall is disposed on the substrate and separates a first contact hole from a pixel region on the substrate, wherein the first contact hole exposes a drain electrode of the thin film transistor. The first wall has a first sidewall facing towards the first contact hole and a second sidewall facing towards the pixel region, wherein the slope of the first sidewall is gentler than the slope of the second sidewall. The transparent electrode is electrically connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor through the first contact hole. The pixel region is filled with the color resist.
US08860025B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor diode. The semiconductor diode includes a drift region and a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type formed in or on the drift region. The first semiconductor region is electrically coupled to a first terminal via a first surface of a semiconductor body. The semiconductor diode includes a channel region of a second conductivity type electrically coupled to the first terminal, wherein a bottom of the channel region adjoins the first semiconductor region. A first side of the channel region adjoins the first semiconductor region.
US08860023B2	Semiconductor device Reducing hydrogen concentration in a channel formation region of an oxide semiconductor is important in stabilizing threshold voltage of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor and improving reliability. Hence, hydrogen is attracted from the oxide semiconductor and trapped in a region of an insulating film which overlaps with a source region and a drain region of the oxide semiconductor. Impurities such as argon, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, or boron are added to the region of the insulating film which overlaps with the source region and the drain region of the oxide semiconductor, thereby generating a defect. Hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor is attracted to the defect in the insulating film. The defect in the insulating film is stabilized by the presence of hydrogen.
US08860021B2	Semiconductor element, method for manufacturing the semiconductor element, and semiconductor device including the semiconductor element A structure including an oxide semiconductor layer which is provided over an insulating surface and includes a channel formation region and a pair of low-resistance regions between which the channel formation region is positioned, a gate insulating film covering a top surface and a side surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate electrode covering a top surface and a side surface of the channel formation region with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween, and electrodes electrically connected to the low-resistance regions is employed. The electrodes are electrically connected to at least side surfaces of the low-resistance regions, so that contact resistance with the source electrode and the drain electrode is reduced.
US08860019B2	Light-emitting device comprising light-emitting layer including two layers The present invention provides a light-emitting element inducing an electron-transporting layer and a hole-transporting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a first layer and a second layer between the electron-transporting layer and the hole-transporting layer, wherein the first layer includes a first organic compound and an organic compound having a hole-transporting property, the second layer includes a second organic compound and an organic compound having an electron-transporting property, the first layer is formed in contact with the first electrode side of the second layer, the first organic compound and the second organic compound are the same compound, and a voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode, so that both of the first organic compound and the second organic compound emit light.
US08860017B2	Organic light emitting display device and manufacturing method thereof In an organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light-emitting display device includes: a silicon layer formed on a substrate; and a thin film transistor (TFT) and an organic light-emitting device that are formed on the silicon layer. The silicon layer comprises a conductive doping silicon portion for forming a part of an active layer included in the TFT and an insulating intrinsic silicon portion surrounding the doping silicon portion. According to the organic light-emitting display device of the present invention, manufacturing costs may be reduced due to a reduction in the number of masks, and the manufacturing process of the organic light-emitting display device may be simplified.
US08860016B2	Photoelectric conversion device and imaging device Provided is a solid-state imaging device using an organic photoelectric conversion device which functions as a photoelectric conversion device having high photoelectric conversion efficiency when applied to the photoelectric conversion device, having a small absolute value of a dark current, and exhibiting favorable characteristics at a room temperature to 60° C. The photoelectric conversion device includes a pair of electrodes, a photoelectric conversion layer interposed between the pair of electrodes, which is a bulk hetero layer where fullerene or a fullerene derivative and a p-type organic semiconductor material are mixed and having an ionization potential of from 5.2 eV to 5.6 eV, and at least one electron blocking layer between at least one electrode of the pair of electrodes and the photoelectric conversion layer, and the ionization potential of the electron blocking layer adjacent to the photoelectric conversion layer being higher than the ionization potential of the photoelectric conversion layer.
US08860012B2	Textile-type organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same A textile-type organic light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the textile-type organic light-emitting device are provided. The light-emitting device includes a textile-type first electrode; an organic light-emitting material layer formed on a surface of the textile-type first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the organic light-emitting material layer, the second electrode being transparent.
US08860006B2	Spin transistor having multiferroic gate dielectric A carrier-mediated magnetic phase change spin transistor is disclosed. In general, the spin transistor includes a Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor (DMS) channel and a gate stack formed on the DMS channel. The gate stack includes a multiferroic gate dielectric on the DMS channel, and a gate contact on a surface of the multiferroic gate dielectric opposite the DMS channel. The multiferroic gate dielectric is formed of a multiferroic material that exhibits a cross-coupling between magnetic and electric orders (i.e., magnetoelectric coupling), which in one embodiment is BiFeO3 (BFO). As a result, the multiferroic material layer enables an electrically modulated magnetic exchange bias that enhances paramagnetic to ferromagnetic switching of the DMS channel. The DMS channel is formed of a DMS material, which in one embodiment is Manganese Germanium (MnGe). In one embodiment, the DMS channel is a nanoscale DMS channel.
US08860001B2	ReRAM device structure A resistive random access memory (ReRAM) includes a first metal layer having a first metal and a metal-oxide layer on the first metal layer. The metal-oxide layer inlcudes the first metal. The ReRAM further includes a second metal layer over the metal-oxide layer and a first continuous conductive barrier layer in physical contact with sidewalls of the first metal layer and of the metal-oxide layer.
US08859996B2	Methods and systems for image data processing Embodiments of the computer-implemented methods, storage mediums, and systems may be configured to determine locations of particles within a first image of the particles. The particles may have fluorescence-material associated therewith. The embodiments may include calculating a transform parameter, and the transform parameter may define an estimated movement in the locations of the particles between the first image of the particles and a second image of the particles. The embodiments may further including applying the transform parameter to the locations of the particles within the first image to determine movement locations of the particles within the second image.
US08859995B2	End of service life indicator for organic vapor respirator filter cartridge Embodiments generally relate to detection of end of service life for respirator filter cartridges for organic vapor(s). Typically, detection of end of service life might use a competitive UV absorbance-fluorescence approach. Thus, a sensor that emits light upon application of UV may be placed within the cartridge, with a UV lamp and a light detector directed at the sensor. In some embodiments, a plurality of corresponding sensor and UV lamp and light detector might be used. Typically, the light level emitted by the sensor(s) might be used to estimate effective end of service life.
US08859990B2	Highly compact multi-optical-junction optical flowcell and flexibly deployable optical sensing assemblies and systems for in-situ real-time spectroscopic measurements A highly compact multi-optical-junction optical flowcell includes a housing having an internal channel, to which a plurality of source optical signal modules can be coupled, e.g., in a peripheral manner. The source optical signal modules can include a set of LEDs and/or semiconductor lasers, and can be coupled to the flowcell by way of a standard optical coupling such as an SMA-type optical connector. An excitation detection apparatus or subsystem can also be coupled to the flowcell to facilitate multiple types of optical measurements, including fluorescence spectroscopy, absorption spectroscopy, and turbidity measurements. A sensing apparatus or system that includes a multi-optical-junction optical flowcell, a plurality of source optical signal modules, and an excitation detection apparatus can be carried by or deployed on a wide variety of platforms, such as Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs), buoys, or other platforms, in a space efficient and power efficient manner.
US08859989B2	Fluid treatment system A fluid treatment system having an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid treatment zone therebetween. The zone has an array of rows of radiation source assemblies. Each radiation source assembly has a longitudinal axis disposed at an oblique angle with respect to a direction of fluid flow. Each row has a plurality of radiation source assemblies in spaced relation in a direction transverse to the direction of fluid flow, to define a gap through which fluid may flow between an adjacent pair of assemblies. Preferably, all rows in the array are staggered with respect to one another in a direction orthogonal to the direction of fluid flow, such that the gap between an adjacent pair of radiation source assemblies in an upstream row of assemblies is partially or completely obstructed in the direction of fluid flow by a serially disposed radiation source assembly in at least one downstream row.
US08859980B2	Device and method for online quality assurance in hadron therapy A device and method for on line dosimetry monitoring of a hadron beam generated from a source of radiation and delivered to a target, the device comprising a plurality of support plates arranged in parallel in a face-to-face relation, separated from each other by gas filled gaps and perpendicularly to the central axis of said hadron beam, and forming a plurality of ionization chambers, each support plate having on a first side one or more collecting electrodes and on a second side one or more high voltage electrode, arranged in such a way that each support plate has said first side substantially opposed to said second side of another support plate. Each support plate has an opening so as to form an inner cavity for allowing the undisturbed passage of a central portion of the hadron beam delivered to said target and a peripheral region for intercepting and measuring, by means of said plurality of ionization chambers, a peripheral portion of said hadron beam.
US08859979B2	Pixel matrix with compensation of ohmic drops on the power supplies A matrix microelectronic device includes elementary cells laid out according to a matrix. Each cell has a current source formed by a current source transistor. A source electrode of the transistor is connected to a source biasing conductor line of a plurality of source biasing conductor lines. A gate electrode of the transistor is connected to a gate biasing conductor line of a plurality of gate biasing conductor lines. A biasing device biases the gate biasing conductor lines and includes at least one first connection line that is connected to at least several of the gate biasing conductor lines. The biasing device includes a voltage generator or a current generator that causes a variation of potentials along the first connection line, thereby compensating a corresponding variation of potentials along the source biasing conductor lines. The device can include an addressing circuit for addressing horizontal lines or rows of the matrix.
US08859978B2	Radiation image pickup device A radiation image pickup device includes: an image pickup section having a plurality of pixels and generating an electric signal according to incident radiation, the plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and one or a plurality of transistors of a predetermined amplifier circuit; and a correction section subjecting signal data of the electric signal obtained in the image pickup section to predetermined correction process. The correction section makes a comparison between measurement data obtained by measuring an input-output characteristic of the amplifier circuit in each of the plurality of pixels and initial data on the input-output characteristic, and performs the correction process by the pixel individually, by using a result of the comparison.
US08859976B2	Radiation detector with multiple operating schemes A radiation detector includes a conversion element that converts an incoming radiation beam into electrical signals, which in turn can be used to generate data about the radiation beam. The conversion element may include, for example, a scintillator that converts the radiation beam into light, and a sensor that generates the signals in response to the light. The conversion element can be used in different schemes or data collection modes. For instance, the conversion element can be oriented normal to the radiation beam or transverse to the radiation beam. In either of these orientations, for example, the detector can be used in an integrating mode or in a counting mode.
US08859975B2	Radiation detector module A radiation detector module 10A includes a scintillator for converting radiation made incident from a predetermined direction to light, a two-dimensional PD array 12 for receiving light from the scintillator, a connection substrate 13 formed by stacking dielectric layers 130a to 130f, and mounted with the two-dimensional PD array 12 on one substrate surface thereof, and an integrated circuit device 14 mounted on the other substrate surface of the connection substrate 13, and for reading out electrical signals output from the two-dimensional PD array 12. The integrated circuit device 14 has a plurality of unit circuit regions 14b separated from each other. The connection substrate 13 has a plurality of through conductors 20 and a plurality of radiation shielding films 21a to 23a formed integrally with each of the plurality of through conductors 20 and separated from each other. Accordingly, the readout circuits of the integrated circuit device can be protected from radiation with a simple configuration.
US08859968B2	Method for manufacturing sensor apparatus and sensor apparatus A method for manufacturing a sensor apparatus including forming a first conductive section in the first region, forming a pyroelectric body above the first conductive section, forming a second conductive body above the pyroelectric body, forming a first insulating film both above the second conductive body and in the second region, forming a first opening section with the second conductive section as the bottom surface in the first region by removing a portion of the first insulating film and for forming a second opening section in the second region, filling a third conductive section into both the first opening section and the second opening section, forming a second insulating film which covers the pyroelectric body in the first region and covers the third conductive section in the second region, and forming a third opening section with the third conductive section as the bottom surface by removing a portion of the second insulating film.
US08859966B2	Simultaneous electron detection The invention provides multiple detectors that detect electrons that have passed through a sample. The detectors preferably detect electrons after the electrons have been passed through a prism that separates electrons according to their energies. Electrons in different energy ranges are then detected by different detectors, with preferably at least one of the detectors measuring the energy lost by the electrons as they pass through the sample. One embodiment of the invention provides EELS on core-loss electrons while simultaneously providing a bright-field STEM signal from low-loss electrons.
US08859962B2	Charged-particle microscope A charged-particle-beam device is characterized in having a control value for an aligner coil (29) being determined by: a coil current and an electrode applied-voltage at a control value for objectives (30, 31), which is an electromagnetic-field superposition lens; a control value for image-shift coils (27, 28); and the acceleration voltage of the charged-particle-beam. By doing this, it has become possible to avoid image disturbances that occur on images to be displayed at boundaries between charged areas and non-charged areas, and provide a charged-particle-beam device that obtains clear images without any unevenness in brightness.
US08859961B2	Radio frequency (RF) ion guide for improved performance in mass spectrometers Ion guides for use in mass spectrometry (MS) systems are described. The ion guides are configured to provide a reflective electrodynamic field and a direct current (DC or static) electric field to provide ion beams that are more spatially confined with a comparatively large mass range.
US08859958B2	Ion generation using wetted porous material The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of samples. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including at least one porous material connected to a high voltage source, in which the porous material is discrete from a flow of solvent.
US08859950B2	Complete optical encapsulation of particulates Methods enable the capture and manipulation of minute particles. One method includes locating a particle on a specimen stage; generating a finite-length open-ended hollow tube laser output around the particle; generating opposing end-cap laser outputs at either end of the hollow tube laser output to enclose the particle; and moving at least one of the specimen stage, hollow tube laser output and end cap laser outputs to re-position the particle. Another method includes locating a particle on a specimen stage; generating a first finite-length open-ended hollow tube laser output around the particle; generating a second finite-length open-ended hollow tube laser output around the particle, whereby the particle becomes enclosed at the intersection of the first and second hollow tube laser outputs; and pivoting at least one of the first and second hollow tube laser outputs such that the particle is re-positioned.
US08859948B2	Apparatus and method for producing a component and aircraft structure component An apparatus for producing a component includes a material storage tank for receiving a liquid material (M), a molding tool in which a filling region to be filled with material (M) from the material storage tank is formed, and a material supply line which connects the material storage tank to the filling region of the molding tool. In the region of the material supply line and/or the filling region of the molding tool an optical fiber has been arranged, into which at least one Fibre Bragg Grating sensor for detecting a parameter that is characteristic of the flow of material through the material supply line and/or the filling region of the molding tool is integrated.
US08859947B2	Display device comprising at least dual transistor electrically connected to dual parallel wiring The present invention provides a highly controllable device for exposure from the back side and an exposure method, and also provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same. The present invention involves exposure with the use of the back side exposure device of which a reflecting means is disposed on the front side of a substrate, apart from a photosensitive thin film surface by a distance X (X=0.1 μm to 1000 μm), and formation of a photosensitive thin film pattern in a self alignment manner, with good controllability, at a position a distance Y away from the end of a pattern. The invention fabricates a TFT using that method.
US08859945B2	Data processing circuit with an elementary processor, data processing assembly including an array of such circuits, and matrix sensor including such an assembly A data processing circuit includes a data processing unit including two signal-conversion circuits and controlled switches connected to inputs and outputs of the conversion circuits. The data processing unit further includes a binary signal inlet, a binary signal outlet, and a memory unit. The memory unit includes capacitors each storing a binary piece of data. The capacitors are connected to a memory bus via switches. The bus is connected to the processing unit. In response to control signals provided to the controlled switches, the data processing unit performs at least the following operations: writing a binary datum in a capacitor, reading from a capacitor a binary datum stored therein and applying the datum to an output, and logically combining binary data stored in at least two capacitors.
US08859942B2	Insulating blocks and methods for installation in insulated conductor heaters An insulated conductor heater may include an electrical conductor that produces heat when an electrical current is provided to the electrical conductor. An electrical insulator at least partially surrounds the electrical conductor. The electrical insulator comprises a resistivity that remains substantially constant, or increases, over time when the electrical conductor produces heat. An outer electrical conductor at least partially surrounds the electrical insulator.
US08859940B2	Image heating apparatus The image heating apparatus includes first and heat generation member, a connection state switching section switching the first and second heat generation members between a serial connection state and a parallel connection state, the connection state switching section having a first make-or-break-contact relay and a second transfer-contact relay, a drive element provided used for controlling power supplied to the first and second heat generation members, and a capacitor between a power supply path closer to the side of the first and second heat generation members rather than the first relay and a power supply path closer to the commercial power supply side rather than the drive element. The image heating apparatus can suppress an increase in noise level of a noise terminal voltage by performing power control on the heater.
US08859937B2	Engine driven welder-generator with chopper circuit An engine driven welder-generator including a chopper circuit and being adapted to produce an AC weld output, a DC weld output, and an auxiliary output is provided. The engine driven welder-generator is capable of selectively running at a low engine speed or a high engine speed based on operator inputs and may produce both AC and DC power outputs while utilizing the chopper circuit. The engine driven welder-generator is also adapted to provide an auxiliary output during an AC welding process and a DC welding process.
US08859936B2	Method of controlling welding A welding control method for a welding device having an output characteristic with a predetermined gradient showing a relation between a welding output voltage and a welding output current. By setting a set target welding voltage that is higher than the set initial welding voltage according to a difference between the set initial welding voltage and the welding output voltage, the welding output voltage is controlled to be the set target welding voltage. Thus, a proper arc length can be achieved early by correcting the change of the arc length due to, for example, motion of the hands of a welding operator.
US08859935B2	Method of preparing material for welding The present disclosure relates to methods of preparing a material for welding. The material is prepared by utilizing a laser to obliterate contaminants from the material surface.
US08859933B2	High throughput solar cell ablation system A solar cell is formed using a solar cell ablation system. The ablation system includes a single laser source and several laser scanners. The laser scanners include a master laser scanner, with the rest of the laser scanners being slaved to the master laser scanner. A laser beam from the laser source is split into several laser beams, with the laser beams being scanned onto corresponding wafers using the laser scanners in accordance with one or more patterns. The laser beams may be scanned on the wafers using the same or different power levels of the laser source.
US08859924B2	Gas circuit breaker Provided is a gas circuit breaker. The gas circuit breaker includes a fixed part, a movable part, a piston, and a double compression mechanism. The fixed part includes a fixed arc contact and a first fixed contact maker. The movable part includes a movable arc contact selectively making contact with the fixed arc contact, a cylinder in which the movable arc contact is disposed, and a second fixed contact maker guiding a movement of the cylinder. The piston is disposed in the second fixed contact maker. The double compression mechanism is configured to move the piston in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the movable part when the movable part is moved to separate the fixed arc contact and the movable arc contact for interrupting a fault current.
US08859921B2	Switch device A switch device including arm springs as movable contacts slide in accordance with a switching operation of a switch knob. The arm springs come into resilient contact and slide on movable contact slide parts. Root parts and mountain parts are formed in the movable contact slide parts and a fixed contact is formed with end edges of bus bars. The bus bars are mounted and fixed to an upper surface of a support part. A cut out part is provided on the upper surface of the support part. The arm springs are formed in the shapes of bars having mountain forms in section fitted to the root parts, and the arm springs are extended in the vertical direction to plate surfaces of the bus bars and arranged to be inclined so that outer side surfaces abut on upper side edges of the fixed contacts.
US08859919B2	Methods and apparatus for assembling a circuit breaker Circuit breaker assembly methods and apparatus are provided. Embodiments include side frames of a latching mechanism of a circuit breaker trip unit. Each side frame includes a location tab. Embodiments also include a housing adapted to contain the circuit breaker trip unit, the side frames and a latching mechanism. The housing includes at least two cutouts for recieving the location tabs of the side frames. Insertion of the location tabs into the cutouts in the housing operationally aligns a latching mechanism coupled to the side frames with a circuit breaker trip unit. Numerous additional features are shown.
US08859918B2	Circuit breaker terminal shield with position indicator A position indicator for a circuit breaker is provided. A circuit breaker housing assembly body has an alignment surface. The position indicator includes an indicator member having an alignment surface and an elongated spacer member. The indicator member is movably coupled to the circuit breaker housing assembly adjacent a terminal screw with the spacer member generally aligned with the terminal screw. The indicator member is structured to move between a first position, wherein the alignment surface is not aligned with the housing assembly body alignment surface, and a second position, wherein the alignment surface is aligned with the housing assembly body alignment surface. The spacer member engages the terminal screw and, if the terminal screw is in a terminal screw first position, the spacer member prevents the indicator member from moving into the indicator member second position.
US08859906B2	Wildlife guard assemblies, modular systems and methods for using the same A wildlife guard assembly for an electrical insulator body includes at least three guard members serially connected to one another such that at least one of the guard members is moveable relative to the others. Each of the guard members has a respective shell body. The guard members are selectively movable between an open position, wherein the guard members are configured to receive the insulator body, and a closed position, wherein the shell bodies of the at least three guard members collectively form an enclosure defining a chamber to receive the insulator body such that at least a portion of the insulator body is enclosed by the enclosure.
US08859903B2	Substantially flat fire-resistant safety cable A fire-resistant safety cable may include at least two electrical conductors, an insulating layer around each of the at least two electrical conductors in order to obtain at least two insulated elements, and an outer jacket surrounding the at least two insulated elements. The cable may have, in cross-section, an external outline including at least two substantially plane faces that are substantially parallel to each other. The insulating layer may be formed from at least one polymeric material being adapted to be converted, at least on a surface of the at least one polymeric material, into a ceramic state at high temperatures in a fire. The at least two insulated elements may be mutually adjacent, side by side, with axes of the at least two insulated elements lying in a plane between the at least two substantially plane faces.
US08859896B2	Protective shell holding a portable electronic device to provide optimized sound effects A protective shell holding a portable electronic device to provide optimized sound effects includes a sound release portion. The protective shell includes a body and a sound effect output portion located on at least one edge of the body. The sound effect output portion includes a curved wall surface and at least one rib located on the curved wall surface. The portable electronic device leans on the at least one rib to form at least one gap with the curved wall surface. Hence the sound release portion can release sound through the gap. The curved wall surface also can provide sound resonance to adjust output quality of the sound, thereby is achieved optimized sound effects.
US08859891B2	Socket assembly for a photovoltaic package A socket assembly includes a photovoltaic package having a substrate with a photovoltaic cell and contact pads electrically connected to the photovoltaic cell. A dielectric housing removably receives the photovoltaic package. The dielectric housing holds contacts in mating engagement with the contact pads. A metal shell receives the housing and the photovoltaic package, and the metal shell has a window providing access to the photovoltaic cell.
US08859889B2	Solar cell elements and solar cell module using same A solar cell element is disclosed. The solar cell element comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first wiring member and a second wiring member. The semiconductor substrate with a first surface and a second surface comprises a plurality of through-holes. The first electrode comprises a plurality of conduction portions and at least one first output extracting portion. The second electrode has a resistivity of less than 2.5×10-8 Ωm (ohm-meter). The first wiring member comprises a first end face in a long direction thereof. The second wiring member comprises a second end face in a long direction thereof facing the first end face.
US08859886B2	Method of fabricating a multijunction solar cell Methods of fabricating multijunction solar cells that may include providing a substrate, and depositing a nucleation first layer over and directly in contact with the substrate. The methods may also include depositing a second layer containing an arsenic dopant over the nucleation layer. The nucleation layer may serve as a diffusion barrier to the arsenic dopant such that diffusion of the arsenic dopant into the substrate is limited in depth by the nucleation layer. The methods may also include depositing a sequence of layers over the second layer forming at least one solar subcell.
US08859881B2	Solar battery module A solar battery module comprises a solar battery panel that includes a transparent substrate and is constituted by laying out solar battery cells, a reinforcement frame placed on a back surface of the solar battery panel, and a buffer material arranged between the solar battery panel and the reinforcement frame. A second main surface of the buffer material opposing to the reinforcement frame is a flat surface and a notch is provided at a central part of a side of each of ends in a longitudinal direction of the reinforcement frame on a first main surface side, which opposes to the solar battery panel.
US08859880B2	Method and structure for tiling industrial thin-film solar devices A method for integrating photovoltaic module includes providing a cover plate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface and supplying photovoltaic devices respectively formed on substrates. The photovoltaic devices include photovoltaic cells electrically coupled to each other, and each cell is characterized by a thin-film photovoltaic layer sandwiched between a first electrode material and a second electrode material. The first electrode material overlies the substrate and the second electrode material overlies the thin-film photovoltaic layer. The method further includes disposing the solar devices side by side to laminate with the cover plate by means of a first organic material filled between the second electrode material and the second surface. Each of the solar devices has a peripheral edge region being sealed by a second organic material. The method further includes electrically coupling the solar devices to each other.
US08859879B2	Energy harvesting using RF MEMS Described herein is an energy harvesting device and a method for its fabrication for the harvesting of solar energy. Solar energy is absorbed using a photosensitive material which is coated upon a flexible membrane, which is suspended over a metal signal line of an RF MEMS structure. By controlling the discharge sequence the stored electrical charge can be transferred as high voltage pulses to an external load or rechargeable batteries. The output voltage can be adjusted by controlling the on/off frequency of operation of the switch.
US08859875B2	Musical score display conversion system Methods, systems and computer readable media for musical score presentation conversion are described. For example, in some implementations the method can include receiving a musical notation file, and formatting the musical notation file according to predetermined parameters. The method can also include exporting formatted notation images, and importing the formatted notation images into a converter. The method can further include converting the formatted notation images into a presentation, and providing the presentation for display.
US08859873B2	System and apparatus for playing an angklung musical instrument A system and an apparatus to play an Angklung musical instrument automatically consisting of hardware and software. The hardware consists of Angklung, two vertical poles, horizontal pole to hang Angklungs, bottom supporting frame which is equipped with an actuator supporting frame, the actuator is in the form of electric motor mounted on the actuator supporting frame connected in a cross-sectional position with each Angklung, an eccentric disk which is equipped with eccentric shaft, vibrator sleeves for connecting the electric motor with an Angklung, controller device consisting of the controller driver and the flow controller as a track storage and regulator of pulses of electrical current that would flow to the electric motor. The software installed on the computer that consists of an interface program to download, remove, save or record the songs stored on the controller device, and other programs to write songs.
US08859872B2	Method for giving feedback on a musical performance A method is presented that allows feedback to be given on a musical performance without restrictions on the performance in terms of quality of intonation, tempo, or specific note order. Based on standard musical exercises, the ability to rate a performance is tolerant to repeated and/or omitted notes, to varying tempo and to systematic tuning errors. The method is suitable for use on mobile devices and may provide real-time feedback to allow the performer to adjust their performance or monitor their progress during the performance. Since a wide range of proficiency is able to be rated to give an indication of how well the performer executed a musical exercise this allows very inexperienced musicians to feel a sense of accomplishment when practicing outside the teaching environment as well as giving more accomplished musicians the feedback they need for continuous improvement.
US08859870B2	Pedal percussion instrument A pedal percussion instrument includes a base, a pedal, a connecting member, a rotating body, a shaft pivotally connecting the rotating body, a striking part rotating about the shaft and a stricken part. The shaft is located between an upper end and a lower end of the pedal part when the pedal part is not being operated. The striking part is disposed on a side opposite to the pedal part with the shaft interposed therebetween and is disposed on a side lower than the stricken part when the pedal part is not being operated. The pedal part rotates in one direction with respect to the base, the rotating body rotates via the connecting member in an other direction with respect to the base. The stricken part is struck by the striking part through a rotation of the rotating body in the other direction in a predetermined angle.
US08859865B2	Rice cultivar Calhikari-202 A rice cultivar designated Calhikari-202 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar Calhikari-202, to the plants of rice Calhikari-202 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar Calhikari-202 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar Calhikari-202 with another rice cultivar.
US08859850B2	Polynucleotide comprising sequences of wheat gliadins and use thereof for silencing by RNAi The present invention relates to the specific silencing of the α (alpha), β (beta), γ (gamma) and ω (omega)-gliadins of hard wheat for flour by RNA interference (RNAi) through employment of a polynucleotide which is transcribed into an hpRNA (hairpin RNA). Furthermore the present invention additionally relates to a vector, cell, plant or seed comprising the polynucleotide, the expression whereof is specifically directed in particular tissues of wheat seeds through gene expression-regulating sequences such as, for example, the promoter of a gene of γ-gliadins or the promoter of the gene encoding for a D-hordein.
US08859844B2	Sanitary napkin with a tow fiber assembly To provide a body fluid absorbent article having a face sheet 1, a body fluid permeable member 20 including an assembly of fibers in tows, a body fluid retainable absorbent element AB in this order, and a face-side second sheet 10, which is interposed between the above face sheet 1 and the above body fluid permeable member 20 with such a positional relation that the above face-side second sheet 10 is at least partly superposed on the above body fluid permeable member 20; and embossing is carried out integrally on the above face sheet 1 and the above face-side second sheet 10 while embossing is not carried out on the above body fluid permeable member 20.
US08859840B2	Multiple-use blood blotting devices for diabetics for use when monitoring blood glucose levels A multiple-use blotting device for blotting blood from a fingertip includes a substrate, and a blood absorbing pad secured to the substrate. The blood absorbing pad has a plurality of blood absorbing sections that are evenly spaced from one another. The blotting device includes a protective cover overlying the blood absorbing pad, the protective cover having a window formed therein for exposing the blood absorbing pad. The cover is coupled with the substrate and is adapted to rotate relative to the substrate and the blood absorbing pad for sequentially aligning the window of the cover with each of the blood absorbing sections for exposing, one at a time, each of the blood absorbing sections. After one section of the pad has been used to blot blood, the cover is rotated for exposing a clean, unused section of the pad, while covering the used, blood-soaked section of the pad.
US08859835B2	Regeneration of metal-containing catalysts In a process for the regeneration of a coked metal-containing catalyst, the coked catalyst is contacted in a regeneration zone with an atmosphere which contains carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide at a temperature of at least 400° C.
US08859829B2	Stabilizer and inhibitor for chloropropenes, such as tetrachloropropene 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (1230xa), used in the manufacture of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf) The present invention relates in part to a method of stabilizing chloropropenes, such as 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene, otherwise known to decompose and degrade, and to the resulting stabilized chloropropene, using a morpholine compound and/or a trialkyl phosphate compound as defined herein. Such stabilized chloropropenes are useful in the manufacture of hydrofluoroolefins such as 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene (1234yf).
US08859828B2	Conversion of sugar, sugar alcohol, or glycerol to valuable chemicals using a promoted zirconium oxide supported catalyst A process for converting a sugar, sugar alcohol, or glycerol to a valuable chemical is described. The process may use a support comprising zirconium oxide promoted by a polyacid or promoter material. A catalytically active metal may be impregnated on the polyacid-promoted zirconium oxide support and the catalyst may then be introduced the sugar, sugar alcohol, or glycerol a source of hydrogen under reaction conditions. At least 40 wt % of the sugar, sugar alcohol or glycerol may be converted to a polyol and/or a shorter carbon-chain alcohol that may include at least one of propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, glycerin, methanol, ethanol, propanol and butandiols. Specific processes for converting glycerin having a selectivity for propylene glycol and for converting sorbitol with a selectivity for propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and/or glycerin are also described.
US08859826B2	Production of alpha, omega-diols Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an α,ω-Cn-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Cn oxygenate. In some embodiments, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising metals M1, M2, and M3 and optionally a support, wherein: M1 is Mn, Cr, V, or Ti; M2 is Ni, Co, or Fe; and M3 is Cu, Ag, Pt, Pd or Au; or M1 is Pt or Rh; M2 is Cu, Ni or Pd; and M3 is Mo, Re or W. The Cn oxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.
US08859819B2	Sulphurated derivatives of resorcinol, preparation of same and cosmetic uses thereof The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I) where: X═S, SO or SO2; and one of the radicals R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom and the other is a radical: a C1 to C18 linear or branched alkyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); a C2 to C18 linear or branched alkenyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); an aralkyl, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy group(s); or a COR3 or CONHR3, but not simultaneously, where R3 is a radical: a C1 to C18 linear or branched alkyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); a C2 to C18 linear or branched alkenyl, optionally substituted by one or more halogen atom(s); an aralkyl, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy group(s); an aralkenyl, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy groups and/or one or more OH group(s); or an aryl radical, optionally substituted by one or more C1 to C6 alkoxy group(s).
US08859813B2	Ionic liquids having uronium cations and a process for making same The present invention relates to salts having uronium cations and to a process for preparing same comprising alkylating urea C(O)(NR2)2 using an ester ARo.
US08859808B2	Method for obtaining lactic acid with a high degree of purity from fermentative liquor The present invention describes a process for obtaining lactic acid with a high degree of purity from a fermentative liquor (1) containing sodium lactate, with a view to the production of polylactic acid. The process comprises the unitary operations of centrifugation (101), centrifugal decantation (102), microfiltration (103), ultrafiltration (104), primary filtration in an activated charcoal bed (105), conventional electrodialysis (201), ion exchange columns in a chelating resin bed (202), bipolar electrodialysis (203), ion exchange columns (204), primary evaporation under vacuum (302), secondary filtration in an activated charcoal bed (304), liquid-liquid extraction from the aqueous phase to the organic phase (305), back extraction from the organic phase to the aqueous phase (306), and secondary, atmospheric evaporation (402).
US08859807B2	Glutathione preparation and method for production thereof The present invention relates to a method of improving the preservation stability of glutathione, which is characterized by allowing glutathione to co-exist with an arginine-acidic amino acid salt. In addition, the present invention relates to a production method of a glutathione preparation, which is characterized by mixing glutathione and an arginine-acidic amino acid salt. By the production method, a glutathione preparation that resists quality deterioration can be provided. Moreover, the present invention relates to a preservation method of glutathione, which is characterized by allowing glutathione to co-exist with an arginine-acidic amino acid salt. By the preservation method, quality deterioration of glutathione during preservation can be suppressed.
US08859806B2	Process for purification of aryl carboxylic acids Disclosed herein is a process for purifying aryl carboxylic acids, in particular terephthalic acid, wherein the impure acid is dissolved or dispersed in an ionic liquid and a non-solvent is added to precipitate the purified acid. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising terephthalic acid and one or more ionic liquids.
US08859803B2	Process for production of ketomalonic acid compounds or hydrates thereof Disclosed is a process for the production of ketomalonic acid compounds or hydrates thereof by reacting a malonic acid compound with one or more chlorous acid compounds selected from among chlorous acid and chlorites and thus oxidizing the methylene group of the malonic acid compound. The process does not necessitate highly toxic reagents, lowly safe reagents, special reactants, special reaction equipment, expensive reagents, expensive catalysts, or transition metals such as noble metals, and permits the selection of mild reaction conditions and simple operation, thus enabling efficient and easy production of ketomalonic acid compounds such as ketomalonic diesters under simple and easy conditions suitable for industrialization.
US08859802B2	Compositions containing, methods involving, and uses of non-natural amino acids and polypeptides Disclosed herein are compounds useful in the preparation of non-natural amino acids and polypeptides that include at least one non-natural amino acid, and methods for making such non-natural amino acids and polypeptides. The non-natural amino acids, by themselves or as a part of a polypeptide, can include a wide range of possible functionalities, but typical have at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. Also disclosed herein are compounds useful in the preparation of non-natural amino acid polypeptides that are further modified post-translationally, methods for effecting such modifications, and methods for purifying such resultant polypeptides. Typically, the modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides include at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. Further disclosed are methods for using such non-natural amino acid polypeptides and modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and other biotechnology uses.
US08859799B1	Partially fluorinated phosphates The present invention relates to a compound of formula (1), or mixtures thereof: wherein Rf, X, Y, A, p, m, n, r, q, x, M, R1, R2, Z, a, and R6 are defined herein; wherein at least one of p or m is a positive integer; provided that, when q is 0, r is (3−x), and when q is 1, r and x are each 1; provided that, if n is greater than 2, then p is 1; provided that, if m is 0 then Y is a single bond, and if m is a positive integer then Y is 0; and provided that when R1 is greater than 8 carbons, the ratio of hetero atoms to carbon atoms is at least 1:2.
US08859794B2	Use of fatty acids as feed material in polyol process Methods to convert fatty acids to highly functionalized esters, ester polyols, amides, and amide polyols. The products can be used to make polyurethane and polyester films and foams.
US08859785B2	Volatile group 2 metal precursors A compound comprising one or more polyfunctionalized pyrrolyl anions coordinated to a metal selected from the group consisting of barium, strontium, magnesium, radium or calcium or mixtures thereof. Alternatively, one anion can be substituted with and a second non-pyrrolyl anion.Synthesis of the novel compounds and their use to form BST films is also contemplated.
US08859784B2	Stereomerically pure fused bicyclic proline compounds useful for preparing hepatitis C protease inhibitors The present disclosure provides substantially enantiomerically pure heterobicyclic compounds of the following structural formulas, wherein A, M, M′, and R5 are as described herein, and to biocatalytic processes for their preparation, and to the enzymes used in those processes.
US08859783B2	Indirubin-3′-oxime derivatives as potent cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors The present invention relates to an indirubin-3′-oxime derivative as potent cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor with anti-cancer activity. More particularly, this invention relates to an indirubin-3′-oxime derivative as potent cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor having excellent anti-cancer activity against human lung cancer cell, human fibro sarcoma cell, human colon cancer cell, human leukemia cell, human stomach cancer cell, human nasopharyngeal cancer cell and/or human breast cancer cell.
US08859780B2	Benzimidazole derivatives as selective blockers of persistent sodium current The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, m, and n are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compound, and to methods of treating diseases or conditions mediated by elevated persistent sodium current, such as an ocular disorder, multiple sclerosis, seizure disorder, and chronic pain.
US08859778B2	1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohol compounds as phosphodiesterase inhibitors 1-Phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohol compounds are effective as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and may be used to prevent and/or treat certain diseases or conditions.
US08859775B2	Pyrazolopyridinone derivatives as LPA receptor antagonists The present invention relates to novel pyrazolopyridinone derivatives according to formula (I) and a process of manufacturing thereof. These pyrazolopyridinone derivatives can be used as LPA receptor antagonists for the treatment of various herein disclosed diseases.
US08859772B2	Selective bromination of perylene diimides and derivatives thereof under mild conditions The present invention is directed to novel process for the preparation of regioselective perylenediimides derivatives, specifically mono and dibrominated derivatives.
US08859764B2	Methods and compositions for preparing noribogaine from voacangine Disclosed are methods and compositions for preparing and purifying the non-addictive alkaloid noribogaine.
US08859759B2	Particulate-soluble glucan preparation Particulate β-glucan is solubilized at elevated pressure and temperature to form particulate-soluble β-glucan. The particulate-soluble β-glucan is capable of being dried to a powder form and subsequently re-solubilized.
US08859758B2	Water-absorbing polymer The present invention relates to a process for producing a water-absorbent polysaccharide including the process steps of bringing into contact an uncrosslinked polysaccharide with a polyphosphate or a polyphosphoric acid as crosslinking agent in the presence of water to form a polysaccharide gel and crosslinking the polysaccharide gel. The invention further relates to a water-absorbent polysaccharide obtainable by this process, a water-absorbent polysaccharide, a composite, a process for producing a composite, a composite produced by this process, the use of the water-absorbent polysaccharides or of the composites as well as the use of polyphosphates.
US08859757B2	Separating agent for optical isomers A separating agent for optical isomers that uses a polysaccharide derivative provided by replacing all or a portion of the hydrogen atoms on the hydroxyl groups present in a polysaccharide with two specific atomic groups that act on optical isomers targeted for separation in an optical resolution, wherein the sum of the average introduction ratios of specific terminal substituents in these atomic groups is greater than 3.0 per monosaccharide unit.
US08859754B2	Synthesis of deuterated ribo nucleosides, N-protected phosphoramidites, and oligonucleotides The present invention is directed towards the synthesis of high purity deuterated sugars, deuterated phosphoramidites, deuterated nucleobases, deuterated nucleosides, deuterated oligonucleotides, and deuterated RNA's of defined sequences which can exhibit biochemically useful and biologically valuable properties, thus having potential for therapeutic uses.
US08859752B2	SIRNA-based therapy of Fibrodyplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) This invention is directed to mutated Activin A type I receptor proteins (ACVR1) and isolated nucleic acids encoding same. The invention also relates to compositions and methods for siRNA-based regulation of mutated ACVR1 expression in the treatment of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP).
US08859746B2	Genome wide identification and characterization of gene expression regulatory elements in Zea mays for use in plants The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the lipid transfer protein (LTP) gene of Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the Oryza sativa regulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same.
US08859744B2	Recombinant hydrogen-producing cyanobacterium and uses thereof A recombinant cyanobacterium comprising an oxygen-tolerant, hydrogen-evolving hydrogenase, kit, and methods of use.
US08859740B2	Anti-infective binding proteins that bind AIP2 There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-AIP2 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind AIP2, AIP2-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and AIP2-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having AIP2 related disorders or conditions. There is also disclosed a method to treat S. aureus infections by administering an anti-AIP2 antibody described herein.
US08859735B2	Gelatin alkyd peptides and uses thereof Polypeptides are provided, where the polypeptides include one or more groups of formula —R1—C(O)R2, where R1 is an amino acid side chain, R2 is a C8-C24 polyunsaturated alkenyl group, and the polypeptide is a gelatin.
US08859732B2	Benzylic compound The present invention provides a protecting reagent that can be removed in a high yield even under acidic conditions and can afford a resulting product at a high purity in an organic synthesis reaction such as peptide synthesis and the like. The inventive protecting reagent is particular benzylic compound having only one hydroxyl group substituted by an organic group having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of not less than 14.
US08859729B2	Growth hormone releasing peptides Disclosed are peptide and peptidomimetic compounds generally according to formula (I) that are useful as GHRP analogs: R1-A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-R2 (I) wherein: A1 is Aib, Apc or Inp; A2 is D-Bal, D-Bip, D-Bpa, D-Dip, D-1Nal, D-2Nal, D-Ser(Bzl), or D-Trp; A3 is D-Bal, D-Bip, D-Bpa, D-Dip, D-1Nal, D-2Nal, D-Ser(Bzl), or D-Trp; A4 is 2Fua, Orn, 2Pal, 3Pal, 4Pal, Pff, Phe, Pim, Taz, 2Thi, 3Thi, Thr(Bzl); A5 is Apc, Dab, Dap, Lys, Orn, or deleted; R1 is hydrogen, (C1-6)alkyl, (C5-14)aryl, (C1-6)alkyl(C5-14)aryl, (C3-8)cycloakyl, or (C2-10)acyl; and R2 is OH or NH2; and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof.
US08859724B2	Manufacture and use of modified polysaccharide chitosan bonds and a process to improve the preparation of HES-medicinal substance compounds The invention relates to a bonding product suitable as a carrier for medicinal substances and to the compound derived therefrom that carries medicinal substances. The invention further relates to a process and device for preparing such bonding products and compounds. Further, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing such bonding products and compounds, and to the use thereof for preparing an infusible medicament for treating a disease.
US08859722B2	Hemolysin and its protein fragments in sero-detection of anaplasma phagocytophilum Disclosed is the cloning, expression and purification of a hemolysin protein and its protein fragments in Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The recombinant hemolysin and its protein fragments are useful in the ELISA detection of anaplasma pathogen. The use of same as a kit for ELISA is also disclosed.
US08859721B2	Process for working up particulate crude polyoxymethylene The invention relates to a process for working up particulate crude polyoxymethylene, which comprises the following steps: (a) introduction of the particulate crude polyoxymethylene into an extraction column (13) operated at a pressure in the range from 1 to 6 bar, (b) introduction of a polar extractant into the extraction column (13) with a temperature in the range from 95 to 140° C. and a pressure in the range from 1 to 6 bar, wherein from 10 to 1000 ppm, based on the amount of polar extractant introduced, of a buffer substance which buffers in the pH range from 7.5 to 11.5 are introduced into the extraction column (13).
US08859719B2	Use of surfactant in the preparation of modified sulfur and sulfur cement Use of a non-ionic surfactant in the preparation of modified sulfur and/or modified sulfur cement that may or may not be modified sulfur concrete.
US08859718B2	Synthesis of conjugated polymers via oxidative polymerization and related compositions An improved polymerization method including a method comprising providing a reaction mixture comprising a first monomer, an organic oxidant, and at least one Lewis acid or Brönsted acid, wherein the first monomer comprises at least one optionally substituted heterocyclic ring, wherein the heterocyclic ring comprises at least one heteroatom; and reacting the reaction mixture to obtain a conjugated polymer. The method can reduce the content of undesirable entities in the polymer such as halogens and metals, which can be useful in organic electronic device applications. Purification methods also are adapted to remove organic and inorganic impurities.
US08859717B2	Nitrogen-containing fused ring compound, nitrogen-containing fused ring polymer, organic thin film, and organic thin film element Nitrogen-containing fused ring compound having at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the formula (1-1) and a structural unit represented by the formula (1-2).
US08859715B2	Polyimide polymer solution, polyimide polymer, transparent film, displaying device and solar cell A polyimide polymer solution, a polyimide polymer, a transparent film, a display device and a solar cell are provided. The polyimide polymer has at least one of a repeating unit of formula (D) and a repeating unit of formula (J) and at least one of a repeating unit of formula (Q) and a repeating unit of formula (T). One of B and B′ is cyclo-aliphatic compound, and the other is aromatic compound, a molar mass ratio of the cyclo-aliphatic compound to the aromatic compound is 1˜4, A and A′ are identical or different aromatic diamines, and at least one of A and A′ is aromatic diamine with ether groups, and A could be the same as or different from A′.
US08859714B1	Polymeric semiconductors and related devices Disclosed are new organic semiconductor materials prepared from polymers based on N-alkyl-2,2′-bithiophene-3,3′-dicarboximide (BTI) repeating units. Such polymers can exhibit desirable electronic properties and can possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
US08859710B2	Polysiloxane modified polyisocyanates for use in coatings The invention relates to an isocyanate-terminated polysiloxane material that can preferably be used as a curing agent, hardener or co-reactant in coatings. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing the isocyanate-terminated polysiloxane material by partially hydrolyzing a methoxy-functional polysiloxane such as a methyl phenyl polysiloxane, and reacting it with a polyisocyanate to yield the isocyanate-terminated polysiloxane hardener. The hardener can preferably be used with any isocyanate-reactive functional group of another component to form coating systems, including acrylics, polyesters, epoxies and urethanes.
US08859707B2	Two-component lignosulfonate adhesives and methods for their preparation Disclosed are two-component lignosulfonate adhesives, methods of synthesizing two-component lignosulfonate adhesives, kits comprising two-component lignosulfonate adhesives and methods of using two-component lignosulfonate adhesives.
US08859705B2	Hydrogel tissue adhesive having decreased gelation time and decreased degradation time A hydrogel tissue adhesive having decreased gelation time and decreased degradation time is described. The hydrogel tissue adhesive is formed by reacting an oxidized polysaccharide containing aldehyde groups with a water-dispersible, multi-arm amine in the presence of a thiol additive. The thiol additive accelerates the process to form the hydrogel and accelerates the degradation of the hydrogel formed. The hydrogel may be useful as a tissue adhesive or sealant for medical applications, such as a hemostat sealant or to prevent undesired tissue-to-tissue adhesions resulting from trauma or surgery.
US08859697B2	Process for preparing a (meth)acrylate copolymer containing tertiary amino groups by free-radical polymerization in solution The invention relates to a process for preparing a (meth)acrylate copolymer containing tertiary amino groups by free-radical polymerization in solution from a monomer mixture selected from a) 30 to 70% by weight of a C1-C4-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and b) 70 to 30% by weight of an alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a tertiary amino group in the alkyl radical and c) 0 to 10% of further copolymerizable vinyl monomers, whereby one or more polymerization initiators, optionally one or more molecular weight regulators and one or more solvents or of a solvent mixture are added to the monomer mixture to give a polymerization mixture, which is polymerized at temperatures from 30 to 120° C. over a period of 2 to 24 hours, where the polymerization mixture is finally polymerized to give a polymerization syrup with a conversion of the monomers to the copolymer of at least 99% by weight, where the polymerization syrup is subsequently degassed by distillation or by extrusion and the degassed polymerization syrup is further comminuted to a copolymer preparation in the form of a granulate or powder, where the copolymer preparation is characterized by a molecular weight (Mw) of 25.000 to 75.000 g/mol a polydispersity index of 2.1 to 2.9 and a residual solvent concentration of less than 1.000 ppm by weight.
US08859693B2	Curable silicone composition that provides a highly transparent cured silicone material A curable silicone composition comprises (A) (A-1) a dialkylpolysiloxane that has at least two alkenyl groups in each molecule and a viscosity of at least 1,000 mPa·s to not more than 50,000 mPa·s and (A-2) an alkenyl-containing, resin-form organopolysiloxane that comprises the SiO4/2 unit, R12R2SiO1/2 unit, and R13SiO1/2 unit wherein R1 is alkyl and R2 is alkenyl and that contains the alkenyl group in the range from at least 0.5 mass % to less than 3.5 mass %; (B) an organopolysiloxane that has at least three silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms; and (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The curable composition provides a highly transparent cured silicone material that has a hardness in the range from at least 30 to not more than 80, a parallel light transmittance at 25° C. of at least 90%, and a parallel light transmittance at 200° C. that is at least 99% of the parallel light transmittance at 25° C.
US08859690B2	Biodegradable composite, the preparation process thereof, and a disposable article made therefrom The present invention relates to a biodegradable composite and its preparation process, which composite is prepared by mixing feed stocks comprising a polylactic acid, an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester A, an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester B and an organic peroxide at a temperature between about 100 and about 200° C. The present invention also relates to a disposable article, which is prepared from said biodegradable composite.
US08859686B2	Polymethacrylic acid anhydride telomers The present invention provides compositions of phosphorus acid group and methacrylic anhydride group containing telomeric copolymers of methacrylic acid having an as yet never achieved amount of more than 70 wt. %, or, preferably, 72 wt. % or more, and up to 99 wt. %, of methacrylic anhydride groups based on the total weight of polymerized methacrylic acid and/or salt units. The compositions enjoy higher thermal stability than was previously achieved and enable easer processing that does not require the removal of liquids or solvents.
US08859684B2	Stabilizers for improved open time of aqueous coatings A stabilizer composition comprising an AB type polymer for use in increasing Open Time of aqueous coating compositions is disclosed. The stabilizers compositions are of utility in many aqueous compositions including paints, stains, varnishes, adhesives and inks. Of particular interest is the use of the stabilizer compositions for in increasing the Open Time of latex paints as well as alkyd emulsion paints.
US08859678B2	Thermoplastic composition comprising a thermoplastic matrix and a terpolymer of alkyl methacrylate, alkyl acrylate and a styrene monomer The invention relates to a thermoplastic composition comprising at least one thermoplastic matrix; and at least one copolymer obtained by copolymerization of C1-C4 alkyl methacrylate, a C1-C8 alkyl acrylate comonomer, and a styrene monomer. The invention also relates to molded bodies based on said thermoplastic composition.
US08859677B2	Dispersants The present invention provides a dispersant of formula (1): T-V-(A)n, -U-Z-W, Formula (1) wherein, T is a polymerization terminating group; V is a direct bond or divalent linking group; A is the residue of one or more different hydroxy carboxylic acids or lactones thereof, U is a direct bond or a divalent linkage; Z is the residue of a polyamine or polyimine; W is the residue of an oxide or urea; m is from 2 to 2000; and x is from 1 up to the maximum number of available amino and/or imino groups in Z which do not carry the group T-V-(A)n, -U-.
US08859675B2	Dispersants The present invention provides a non-aqueous composition containing a particulate solid, an organic medium and a polyurethane dispersant having laterally attached pendant groups with tertiary amine group(s), an essentially linear backbone and laterally attached solvent-solubilising side chains of a polyester or polyether including mixtures of such side chains.
US08859674B2	Moisture curable silylated polymer compositions with improved adhesion to concrete A moisture-curable resin composition comprising (a) at least one moisture-curable polymer having at least one hydrolysable silyl group; (b) at least one hydrocarbylalkoxysilane; and (c) at least one silane adhesion promoter containing a glycidoxy group. The composition may also contain additives including a catalyst for catalyzing the reaction between the moisture-curable polymer having at least one hydrolysable silyl group (a) with water under curing conditions, a filler, a plasticizer, and combinations thereof. The moisture-curable resin composition is useful in the production of adhesives, sealants and coatings for use in primerless concrete applications.
US08859672B2	Poly(arylene ether)-poly(hydroxy ether) block copolymer and method of making A poly(arylene ether)-poly(hydroxy ether) block copolymer includes at least one poly(hydroxy ether) block and at least one poly(arylene ether) block, and the mole ratio of poly(hydroxy ether) blocks to poly(arylene ether) blocks is 0.95:1 to about 1.00:1. The poly(arylene ether)-poly(hydroxy ether) block copolymer can be prepared by reacting a telechelic poly(arylene ether) having terminal hydroxyl groups with a telechelic poly(hydroxy ether) epoxy resin having terminal epoxy groups, wherein the mole ratio of the telechelic poly(hydroxy ether) to the telechelic poly(arylene ether) is 0.95:1 to 1.00:1. The poly(arylene ether)-poly(hydroxy ether) block copolymer can be shaped into an article by extrusion, thermoforming, or molding, and is a compatibilizing agent for non-polar and polar polymers.
US08859669B2	Process for producing relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving, relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving, process for making relief printing plate, and relief printing plate A process for producing a relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving is provided that comprises a layer forming step of forming a relief-forming layer formed from a resin composition for laser engraving containing (Component A) an isocyanate compound having an average number of isocyanato groups, fn, of greater than 2, and (Component B) a compound having a siloxane bond in the molecule and having two or more active hydrogen atoms; and a crosslinking step of thermally crosslinking the relief-forming layer, and thereby obtaining a relief printing plate precursor having a crosslinked relief-forming layer. Furthermore, there are also provided a relief printing plate obtained by the above process, a process for making a relief printing plate, and a relief printing plate.
US08859668B2	Resin composition A resin composition comprises a carbon-based nanofiller (A), a modified polyolefin-based polymer (B), and two or more resins (C) other than the modified polyolefin-based polymer (B), the resin composition comprising a dispersed phase formed from a resin (Caff) which has a highest affinity for the carbon-based nanofiller (A) among the two or more resins (C), and a continuous phase formed from the remaining one or more resins (C1), wherein at least part of the modified polyolefin-based polymer (B) is present at an interface between the dispersed phase and the continuous phase, and the carbon-based nanofiller (A) is present in the dispersed phase.
US08859667B2	Carbon nanotube filled polycarbonate anti-curl back coating with improved electrical and mechanical properties Transparent or semi-transparent, electrically conductive anti-curl back coating composite for electrophotographic imaging member comprising a carbon nanotube complex and a polycarbonate binder are described along with processes for preparing them.
US08859665B2	Polyamide housings for portable electronic devices Portable electronic device housings comprising polyamide compositions comprising fibrous reinforcing agents having non-circular cross sections.
US08859664B2	Laser-transparent polyesters with alkali metal nitrites Use of thermoplastic molding compositions comprising, as essential components, A) from 29 to 99.99% by weight of a polyester, B) from 0.01 to 3.0% by weight of alkali metal salts of nitrous acid, or a mixture of these, based on 100% by weight of A) and B), and also moreover C) from 0 to 70% by weight of further additives, where the total of the % by weight values for A) to C) is 100%, for producing laser-transparent moldings of any type.
US08859661B2	Coating composition, a coated article, and method of forming such articles The instant invention is a coating composition, a coated article, and method forming such coated articles. The coating composition comprises (a) a dispersion; and (b) a solution acrylic polymer, an emulsion polymer latex, or combinations thereof. The dispersion comprises at least one or more base polymers selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based thermoplastic polymer, a propylene-based thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof; at least one or more stabilizing agents; and a fluid medium. A coated article comprises a substrate comprising cellulosic materials; and at least one or more coating layers present on at least one or more surfaces of the substrate. The one or more coating layers may be derived from a coating composition comprising (a) a dispersion; and (b) a solution acrylic polymer, an emulsion polymer latex, or combinations thereof. The dispersion comprises at least one or more base polymers selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based thermoplastic polymer, a propylene-based thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof; at least one or more stabilizing agents; and a fluid medium. The method of forming a coated article comprises the steps of (1) selecting a substrate comprising cellulosic materials; (2) selecting a coating composition comprising (a) a dispersion comprising at least one or more base polymers selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based thermoplastic polymer, a propylene-based thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof; at least one or more stabilizing agents; and a fluid medium; and (b) a solution acrylic polymer, an emulsion polymer latex, or combinations thereof; (3) applying said coating composition to at least one or more surfaces of said substrate; (4) removing a at least a portion of the water; and (5) thereby forming said coated article.
US08859658B2	Plasticized compositions containing estolide compounds Provided herein are compounds of the formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 1; m is an integer equal to or greater than 1; R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R1, R3, and R4, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched, wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3, or R4 is sulfurized or epoxidized. Also provided are compositions containing the compounds and methods of making both the compounds and compositions thereof.
US08859657B2	Rubber composition for tires and pneumatic tire The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire in which the reaction rate between a silane coupling agent and silica is increased to enhance the fuel economy and the abrasion resistance, and a pneumatic tire comprising a component of any kind produced using the rubber composition for a tire. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire, comprising: silica; a silane coupling agent; and at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy acid, itaconic acid, and a salt thereof.
US08859656B2	Emulsion of an associative acrylic polymer polymerised in the presence of polyglycerols and its use as a thickening agent in an aqueous formulation Emulsions containing acrylic associative thickening agents which, when polymerized in the presence of particular polyglycerols, have a thickening power which is remarkably stable over time.
US08859655B2	Flame retardant resin composition and molded article thereof A flame retardant resin composition which has high flame retardancy, excellent heat resistance and physical properties and is obtained from a plant-derived raw material and a molded article thereof.The flame retardant resin composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of a polylactic acid and/or a lactic acid copolymer (component A); (B) 1 to 100 parts by weight of a styrene-based resin and/or a polycarbonate resin (component B); and (C) 1 to 100 parts by weight of an organic phosphorus compound represented by the following formula (1) (component C). (wherein X1 and X2 are the same or different and each an aromatic substituted alkyl group represented by the following formula (2)) ALAr)n (2) (wherein AL is a branched or linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, Ar is a phenyl group, naphthyl group or anthryl group all of which may have a substituent. n is an integer of 1 to 3, and Ar can be bonded to any carbon atom contained in AL.).
US08859652B2	Flame-retardant polyamide molding material and the use thereof Flame-retardant polyamide molding material for sheathing optical waveguides/cables, includes: (A) 40-71 wt.-% copolyamide MACMI/12; (B) 20-51 wt.-% of at least one aliphatic polyamide; (C) 6-20 wt.-% melamine cyanurate; (D) 3-10 wt.-% aryl phosphate; and (E) 0-6 wt.-% further additives. Components total 100 wt.-% of polyamide molding material. Copolyamide a MACMI/12 has laurin lactam content of 23-45 mol-% in relation to molar sum of monomers MACM, isophthalic acid, and laurin lactam of this copolyamide. Isophthalic acid in copolyamide MACMI/12 can be entirely/partially replaced by terephthalic acid. Test specimen produced from this polyamide molding material has Shore hardness D of at least 77, and buckling test using PA12 extrudate coated with this molding material is passed upon winding around metal rod having 12 mm diameter. PA12 extrudate for buckling test has diameter of 1.5 mm and coating 0.7 mm thick. Optical waveguides/cables sheaths made of this polyamide molding material have bite-inhibiting effect in relation to rodents.
US08859650B2	Rubber composition for tire and tire A rubber composition for tires which comprises at least one rubber component selected from natural rubber and synthetic rubbers and, based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 0.1 to 45 parts by mass of (A) a terpene phenol resin and 1 to 150 parts by mass of (B) a softener comprising a process oil which comprises polycyclic aromatic compounds (PCA) in an amount such that the content of extracts with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in accordance with the method of IP346 is controlled to a value smaller than 3%. A rubber composition for tires which overcomes problems arising due to the use of a highly aromatic oil having a content of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PCA) controlled to a value smaller than 3% as the process oil in place of conventional highly aromatic oils and exhibits excellent loss property and rigidity and a tire which uses the rubber composition and exhibits excellent steering stability on dry road surfaces and excellent braking property on wet road surfaces can be provided.
US08859646B2	Poly(phenylene ether) process A method of purifying a poly(phenylene ether) is described. The method includes mixing a poly(phenylene ether) solution comprising a poly(phenylene ether) and a poly(phenylene ether) solvent with first washing solvents including a C1-C4 alkanol and water to form a first liquid phase including poly(phenylene ether) and poly(phenylene ether) solvent, and a second liquid phase comprising C1-C4 alkanol and water, and separating the first liquid phase from the second liquid phase. The first and second liquid phases combined comprise about 60 to about 95 weight percent poly(phenylene ether) solvent, about 4 to about 32 weight percent C1-C4 alkanol, and about 1 to about 36 weight percent water. When optionally combined with evaporative removal of the poly(phenylene ether) solvent, the method reduces C1-C4 alkanol usage compared to the antisolvent precipitation method, and it produces poly(phenylene ether) having reduced catalyst metal ion residue and reduced color.
US08859644B2	Method of preparing encapsulated pigment dispersions with monomers which have a lower critical solution temperature Processes for encapsulating pigment dispersions is described and are used in inkjet inks providing stability with regard to heat aging test conditions and solvent challenges. Prints from these inks have better durability than prints made from dispersions that are not encapsulated.
US08859643B2	Encapsulated flame retardants for polymers The present invention relates to a process for producing particles which comprise at least one halogen-free flame retardant and which comprise at least one metal oxide or semimetal oxide, where the particle can be a core-shell particle with flame retardant in the core and metal oxide or semimetal oxide in the shell, or a particle in which the distribution of flame retardant and a metal oxide or semimetal oxide is in essence homogeneous. The present invention further relates to particles comprising at least one halogen-free flame retardant and comprising at least one metal oxide or semimetal oxide, to a polymer molding composition comprising said particles and comprising at least one thermoplastic or thermoset polymer, and also to the use of said particles in polymer molding compositions or for providing flame retardancy to polymer molding compositions.
US08859641B2	Particle in the shape of an encapsulated droplet and process for making such a particle Particle in the shape of an encapsulated droplet comprising a core material and a shell material surrounding the core material, the shell material containing maleimide groups, preferably a copolymer of maleimide groups. The shell material contains a copolymer of styrene and maleic anhydride derivatives, of which more than 75 mole %, preferably more than 90 mole % is maleimide, and the average particle size is smaller than 300 nm. The particles are obtained by a process comprising by heating between 80° C. and 195° C., more preferably between 120° C. and 190° C. an ammonium salt of a maleic anhydride containing polymer in the presence of the core material.
US08859639B2	Capsulated colorant, method of preparing the same, and ink composition including the capsulated colorant A capsulated colorant including a colorant and a polymer resin which is coated on the colorant and has a cross-linked structure, a method of preparing the capsulated colorant, and an ink composition including the capsulated colorant. By adjusting the extent of cross-linking of the colorant on which the polymer having a cross-linked structure is coated, a capsulated colorant having a cross-linking of larger extent and a capsulated colorant having a cross-linking of smaller extent are obtained. By using an ink composition including the capsulated colorant having a larger cross-linked extent, characteristics of excellent waterfastness, lighffastness, rubfastness and optical density can be realized. In addition, by using the ink composition including the capsulated colorant having a smaller cross-linked extent, images with excellent durability and printed gloss can be realized.
US08859636B2	Ink composition, ink set, and image forming method An ink composition includes: (Component a) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; (Component b) a polymerization initiator; (Component c) water; and (Component d) a polyhydric alcohol having an alkyleneoxy chain, wherein the (Component a) polymerizable compound includes a monofunctional polymerizable monomer having a (meth)acrylamide structure, and a content of the monofunctional polymerizable monomer is 5% by mass or more with respect to a total content of the (Component a) polymerizable compound.
US08859635B2	Cross-linkable silicone composition for the production of non-stick coatings for flexible supports and attachment promoting additive contained in this composition Silicone composites subject to reticulation or reticulated, particularly for creating a coating or water-repellent and anti-adhesive film for flexible substrates such as paper or similar in the form of natural or synthetic polymer films. These compounds contain reticulating polyorganosiloxanes that have SiH units and unsaturated polyorganosiloxanes, preferably vinylated, suitable for reacting with the reticulating agent in an addition reaction and in the presence of platinum to form the reticulated anti-adhesive coating on the flexible substrate, plus at least one additive (D) to promote adhesion to it. A new liquid silicone compound can be applied without using a solvent, which is beneficial, that can be reticulated instantly to produce an anti-adhesive and/or water-repellent coating for the flexible substrate, giving very high quality reticulated silicone coatings, particularly in terms of sticking/adhering to the substrate, being harder to rub off and the anti-adhesion profile (sufficiently increase detaching force at high speed.
US08859633B2	Adherent composition and method of temporarily fixing member therewith Provided are a temporal fixation method in processing of optical members and a resin composition suitable therefore, which uses a composition which is characterized by containing the following (A3), (B3) and (D3), wherein (A3) is a urethane(meth)acrylate; (B3) is one or more (meth)acrylic acid derivative monomers selected from the group consisting of n-(meth)acryloyloxyalkyl hexahydrophthalimides, carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylates and (meth)acrylic acid derivative monomers represented by the formula (C3): Z—O—(R2O)p—R1 Formula (C3): wherein Z represents a (meth)acryloyl group, R1 represents a phenyl group or a phenyl group having an alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2 represents —C2H4—, —C3H6—, —CH2CH(CH3)—, —CH2CH(OH)CH2—, —C4H8— or —C6H12—, and p represents an integer of from 1 to 10; and D(3) is a photopolymerization initiator, along with methods for temporarily fixing a member.
US08859632B2	Foamed resin product having shape-formable properties, method of using the same and cushion material to be worn by human body A foamed resin product having shape-formable properties, a method of using the same and a cushion material that is to be worn by the human body are provided. The foamed resin product (a flexible polyurethane foam, etc.) has a glass transition temperature, expressed as the temperature of the loss tangent peak, of 10° C. to 35° C., a loss tangent within this temperature range of 0.20 to 0.80, and, with respect to the storage elastic modulus (G′) within this temperature range, the ratio (G′max/G′min) of maximum value (G′max) to minimum value (G′min) of 3.0 to 30. The using method thereof has attaching a molded article made of the foamed resin product to the surface of the human body, and lowering the hardness of the molded article due to the heat transferred from the human body so as to deform the molded article by allowing to follow-up the shape of the body.
US08859631B2	Two stage process for the conversion of synthesis gas using a cobalt catalyst in the first stage and a supported ruthenium catalyst in the second stage A process is described for the conversion of synthesis gas into hydrocarbons including the steps of; (i) passing a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide over a cobalt catalyst at elevated temperature and pressure to produce a first reaction product mixture comprising hydrocarbons, steam, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, (ii) condensing and separating water from the first reaction product mixture to produce a de-watered first reaction product mixture, (iii) passing the de-watered first reaction product mixture over a supported ruthenium catalyst at elevated temperature and pressure to produce a second reaction product mixture containing hydrocarbons, and (iv) recovering the hydrocarbons from the second reaction product mixture.
US08859629B2	Fused cyclooctyne compounds and their use in metal-free click reactions The invention relates to fused cyclooctyne compounds, and to a method for their preparation. The invention also relates to a conjugate wherein a fused cyclooctyne compound according to the invention is conjugated to a label, and to the use of these conjugates in bioorthogonal labeling, imaging and/or modification, such as for example surface modification, of a target molecule. The invention further relates to a method for the modification of a target molecule, wherein a conjugate according to the invention is reacted with a compound comprising a 1,3-dipole or a 1,3-(hetero)diene.
US08859628B2	Method for preventing, treating and diagnosing disorders of protein aggregation Disclosed are methods of preventing, treating, or diagnosing in a subject a disorder in protein folding or aggregation, or amyloid formation, deposition, accumulation, or persistence consisting of administering to said subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of inositol stereoisomers, enantiomers or derivatives thereof.
US08859626B2	Anti-virulence compositions and methods A method of reducing the virulence of a bacterium that expresses accessory gene regulator A (AgrA) includes administering to the bacterium an amount of AgrA antagonist effective to inhibit the synthesis of one or more virulence factors by the bacterium.
US08859621B2	Pharmaceutical formulations of modafinil Compositions of modafinil and methods of treating neurologically related conditions with the administration of modafinil. Also compositions that include modafinil and one or more excipients such as diluents, disintegrants, binders and lubricants.
US08859620B2	Phthalanilate compounds and methods of use The invention provides antimicrobial compounds and compositions, and methods of using them. The compounds and compositions include, for example, a compound of any one of Formulas I-X. The invention further provides methods of preparing the compounds, and useful intermediates for their preparation. The compounds can possess highly specific and selective activity, such as antibacterial activity and/or enzymatic inhibitory activity. Accordingly, the compounds and compositions can be used to treat bacterial infections, or to inhibit or kill bacteria, either in vitro or in vivo.
US08859618B2	Silicone gel-based compositions for wound healing and scar reduction This invention is a composition comprising a cyclic siloxane, a silicone occlusive fluid, a silicone occlusive gel, and a silicone resin powder. The composition is useful for wound healing.
US08859614B2	Analogues of (−)-picropodophyllin, synthesis and uses thereof Analogs of (−)-Picropodophyllin, synthesis thereof, and uses in pharmaceuticals as inhibitors of IGF1RK.
US08859613B2	Compositions for the treatment of kidney disease The invention provides compositions for preventing or treating kidney disease and improving kidney function comprising at least two ingredients selected from the group consisting of antioxidants and mitochondrial cofactors in amounts sufficient for preventing or treating kidney disease or for improving kidney function and methods for preventing and treating kidney disease or improving kidney function comprising administering such compositions to an animal susceptible to or suffering from kidney disease or impaired kidney function. In a preferred embodiment, the composition is admixed with one or more food ingredients to produce a food composition useful for preventing or treating kidney disease and improving kidney function, particularly in senior animals.
US08859612B2	Use of hesperidin or one of its derivatives for making a medicine for bone formation stimulation The invention relates to the use of the compound hesperidin or of one of its derivatives for the manufacture of a composition designed to stimulate bone formation and/or inhibit bone resorption in man or animals.
US08859606B2	Compounds act at multiple prostaglandin receptors giving a general anti-inflammatory response The present invention provides a compound, that is a 1-[(2-{[(alkyl or aryl)methyl]oxy}halo or haloalkyl substituted-phenyl)alkyl]-5-hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl-1H-pyrazole carboxylic acid or alkylenylcarboxylic acid or a hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl sulfonamide of said carboxylic acid or said alkylenylcarboxylic acid, provided however said compound is not a 3-carboxylic acid, a sulfonamide thereof, or a 3-methylenylcarboxylic acid. The compound may be represented by the following formula Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, W, X and Y are as defined in the specification. The compounds may be administered to treat DP1, FP, EP1, TP and/or EP4 receptor mediated diseases or conditions.
US08859603B2	Method for solubilizing metronidazole Metronidazole is solubilized in an aqueous phase, by mixing same with niacinamide and at least two glycolic cosolvents; the resulting solutions and pharmaceutical compositions comprised thereof are useful for the treatment of dermatological conditions/afflictions, notably rosacea.
US08859598B2	1, 2, 4-oxadiazoles azetidine derivatives as sphingosine-1 phosphate receptors modulators The present invention relates to 1,2,4-oxadiazoles azetidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
US08859597B2	Compounds that enhance Atoh1 expression This invention generally provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for their use, which include methods that result in increased expression in an Atoh1 gene (e.g., Hath1) in a biological cell. More specifically, the invention relates to the treatment of diseases and/or disorders that would benefit from increased Atoh1 expression, e.g., a hearing impairment or imbalance disorder associated with a loss of auditory hair cells, or a disorder associated with abnormal cellular proliferation.
US08859594B2	Polymorphs of N-(6-(4-chlorophenoxy)hexyl)-N′-cyano-N″-(4-pyridyl)guanidine, and preparation thereof and use thereof Disclosed are a polymorphs I-VI of N-(6-(4-chlorophenoxy)hexyl)-N′-cyano-N″-(4-pyridyl)guanidine or of a solvate thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof as a biological active ingredient. The polymorphs are useful in treatment of cancers, and diseases or disorders caused by abnormal cell proliferation.
US08859593B2	Composition for improving cognition and memory The invention relates to a pharmacologically active combination, having utility in treating insomnia patients, which comprises: (a) at least one first active ingredient selected from melatonin, other melatonergic agents, melatonin agonists and melatonin antagonists; and (b) at least one second active ingredient selected from nicotine and nicotine receptor agonists; to use of a medicament containing component (a) with or without component (b) for alleviation of at least one adverse effect which occurs in a patient in the course of nicotine replacement therapy, or otherwise, selected from impairment of the quality of sleep, impairment of cognition and impairment of memory, as well as to a kit having utility in treating insomnia patients, which comprises components (a) and (b) in unit dosage form.
US08859592B2	Insecticidal compounds A compound of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, G1, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
US08859591B2	Glucagon receptor modulators The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, A3, A4, L, B1, B2, B3 and B4 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I have been found to act as glucagon antagonists or inverse agonists. Consequently, the compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions mediated by glucagon.
US08859589B2	Use of 4′-thio-2′-deoxynucleosides as anti orthopoxvirus agents Compound represented by the formulae: wherein each R individually is H or aliphatic acyl or aromatic acyl group; X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano, aryl and nitro; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof and mixtures thereof are used as inhibitors of orthopoxviruses and for treating patients suffering from an orthopoxvirus infection such as, but not limited to, smallpox, cowpox, monkeypox and camelpox.
US08859586B2	Cyclohexyl isoquinolinone compounds The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): as defined in the application. Such compounds are suitable for the treatment of a disorder or disease which is mediated by the activity of MDM2 and/or MDM4, or variants thereof.
US08859583B2	Bicyclic heterocyclic compounds as protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, A, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and R2 are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
US08859582B2	Bicyclic heterocyclic compounds as protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, q, A, B, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and R2 are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
US08859570B2	Maleate salts of a quinazoline derivative useful as an antiangiogenic agent The present invention relates to AZD2171 maleate salt, to particular crystalline forms of AZD2171 maleate salt, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them as active ingredient, to their use in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the production of antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effects in warm-blooded animals such as humans, and to their use in methods for the treatment of disease states associated with angiogenesis and/or increased vascular permeability.
US08859567B2	Hydrate of 1-{(2S)-2-amino-4-[2,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)-5,8-di-hydropyrido[3,4-D]pyrimidin-7(6H)-yl]-4-oxobutyl}-5,5-difluoro-piperidin-2-one tartrate The present invention relates to 1.5 hydrate of of 1-{(2S)-2-amino-4-[2,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)-5,8-dihydropyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-yl]-4-oxobutyl}-5,5-difluoropiperidin-2-one tartrate, a process for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting DPP-IV, which comprises said compound as the active component.
US08859560B2	Treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with NHE inhibitors The present invention relates to a method of treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a subject. This method includes selecting a subject with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and administering to the selected subject a sodium/hydrogen exchanger inhibitor under conditions effective to treat the subject for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Methods of identifying compounds suitable to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are also disclosed.
US08859556B2	TRPA1 receptor antagonist A compound of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, enantiomers, or mixtures thereof; pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, enantiomers or mixtures; processes for making said compounds, enantiomers or mixtures; the use of said compounds, enantiomers or mixtures; and medicaments containing the same for treatment of pain and other conditions; and methods of treating pain and other conditions with the same.
US08859552B2	Methods of utilizing arylpiperazine derivatives The present invention provides arylpiperazine derivatives which can be advantageously used for treating schizophrenia and related psychoses such as acute manic, bipolar disorder, autistic disorder, and depression.
US08859545B2	Tetrahydronaphthyridine and tetrahydropyrido[4,3-D]pyrimidine compounds and compositions thereof useful for the treatment of inflammatory and respiratory diseases Tetrahydronaphthyridine and tetrahydropyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine compounds are disclosed that have formula 1: where A, B, L, N, R1, R3, R4′, Y and Z are as defined herein. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, respiratory conditions, and others.
US08859543B2	Imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives and their use for the prevention or treatment of neurological, psychiatric and metabolic disorders and diseases The present invention relates to novel imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives which are inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 10 enzyme (PDE10) and which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological, psychiatric and metabolic disorders in which the PDE10 enzyme is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, to the use of such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of neurological, psychiatric and metabolic disorders and diseases.
US08859542B2	Triazine compounds as PI3 kinase and mTOR inhibitors Compounds of formula I wherein: R1 is and R2, R4, and R6-9 are defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PI3 kinase and mTOR, and may be used to treat diseases mediated by PI3 kinase and mTOR, such as a variety of cancers. Methods for making and using the compounds of this invention are disclosed. Various compositions containing the compounds of this invention are also disclosed.
US08859541B2	6-alkynylpyridines 6-Alkynylpyridines which are SMAC mimetics and are useful as medicaments for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation and associated conditions such as cancer. The following compounds are exemplary: methyl 5-[6-[[2-(methylamino)propanoyl]amino]-2-[2-(3-methylphenyl)ethynyl]pyridin-3-yl]-pyridine-3-carboxylate and 2-(methylamino)-N-[5-(2-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)-6-[2-(1-methyl-2-oxoquinolin-6-yl)-ethynyl]pyridin-2-yl]propanamid.
US08859540B2	Use of dihydroimidazolones for the treatment of dogs The present invention relates to the use of substituted dihydroimidazolones, particularly [1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-4-(4-morpholinyl)-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-one] (AWD 131-138) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of epilepsy in dogs.
US08859539B2	Compositions of dual thyrointegrin antagonists and use in vascular-associated disorders A dual thyrointegrin antagonist and a method for treating an angiogenesis-mediated disorder and/or a hyperthyroidism disorders by introducing the dual thyrointegrin antagonist into animals (e.g., mammals, human beings). The dual thyrointegrin antagonist includes a chemical structure having a thyroid hormone antagonist and αvβ3 integrin antagonist in the same molecule.
US08859538B2	Uses of substituted imidazoheterocycles The present invention provides a method of prophylaxis, treatment or inhibition of a cannabinoid receptor-associated disease, disorder or condition in a mammalian subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound having the structure of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, acid salt, hydrate or stereoisomer thereof, wherein the cannabinoid receptor-associated disease, disorder or condition is pain or an inflammatory disease, disorder or condition, and wherein formula I is as follows: wherein Rb, Rc, Z, Y and m are defined in the specification.
US08859536B2	Compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase inhibitors This invention relates to novel compounds which are inhibitors of acyl coenzymeA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT-1), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to their use in therapy for the prevention or treatment of diseases related to DGAT-1 dysfunction or where modulation of DGAT-1 activity may have therapeutic benefit including but not limited to obesity, obesity related disorders, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, chylomicronemia, dyslipidemia, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, hepatitis C virus infection and acne or other skin disorders.
US08859531B2	Pharmaceutical composition including mometasone furoate and azelastine hydrochloride for nasal administration The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for nasal administration comprising mometasone furoate and azelastine hydrochloride, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises thaumatin as an agent for reducing bitterness and irritation.
US08859526B2	Methods for treating bleeding disorders using sulfated polysaccharides Methods for treating bleeding disorders using non-anticoagulant sulfated polysaccharides (NASPs) as procoagulants are disclosed. NASPs can be administered as single agents, or in combination with one another, or with other medications (such as factors VII, VIII and IX) to promote hemostasis. In particular, the use of NASPs in treatment of bleeding disorders, including congenital coagulation disorders, acquired coagulation disorders, and trauma induced hemorrhagic conditions is described.
US08859521B2	Oligomeric compounds and compositions for use in modulation of small non-coding RNAs Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression and function of small non-coding RNAs. The compositions comprise oligomeric compounds, targeted to small non-coding RNAs. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of small non-coding RNAs as well as downstream targets of these RNAs and for diagnosis and treatment of disease associated with small non-coding RNAs are also provided.
US08859519B2	Methods targeting miR-33 microRNAs for regulating lipid metabolism Compositions comprising nucleic acid sequences that target MiR-33a/b microRNAs are described, together with uses of the same in the treatment of certain disorders related to elevated serum triglyceride levels and obesity.
US08859518B2	Modulators of coagulation factors The invention provides improved nucleic acid ligands that inhibit coagulation and improved modulators of the nucleic acid ligands to provide ideal modulators of coagulation. These improved nucleic acid ligands and modulators are particularly useful for inhibiting coagulation in a host undergoing a therapeutic regime such as surgery or coronary artery bypass.
US08859516B2	Lipid formulated compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of Eg5 and VEGF genes This invention relates to compositions containing double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) in a SNALP formulation, methods of using the compositions to inhibit the expression of the Eg5/KSP and VEGF, and methods of using the compositions to treat pathological processes mediated by Eg5/KSP and VEGF expression, such as cancer.
US08859515B2	Treatment of tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2) related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to TNFR2 The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 2 (TNFR2), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 2 (TNFR2). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of TNFR2.
US08859514B2	Modulation of C-reactive protein expression Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of C-reactive protein. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding C-reactive protein. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of C-reactive protein expression and for diagnosis and treatment of disease associated with expression of C-reactive protein are provided.
US08859513B2	Use of 1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide for the treatment of infectious salmon anemia The invention relates to the novel use of 1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide for the treatment of infectious salmon anaemia caused by the infectious salmon anaemia or ISA virus in salmonids.
US08859507B2	Protein complex for intracellular delivery and uses thereof A protein complex comprising an in vitro stabilization protein, a membrane translocation sequence domain, a biologically active molecule, and an in vivo stabilization protein, as well as methods for the use and production thereof.
US08859499B2	Method of enhancing efficacy of blood transfusions A method of improving the efficacy of a blood transfusion into a subject is provided comprising administering a composition comprising an EAF PEGylated-blood protein into the subject, prior to, during, or subsequent to the blood transfusion.
US08859495B2	Methods for stimulating or enhancing proliferation of non-tumorous cells expressing MUC1 receptors The present application discloses a method for stimulating or enhancing proliferation of a population of cells by activating MUC1 receptor on the cells.
US08859494B2	Spirocyclically substituted 1,3-propane dioxide derivatives, processes for preparation thereof and use thereof as a medicament The invention relates to spirocyclically substituted 1,3-propane dioxide derivatives, and to the physiologically compatible salts thereof.The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A and X are each defined as specified, and the physiologically compatible salts thereof. The compounds are suitable, for example, for treatment of diabetes.
US08859483B2	Cleaning compositions A liquid cleaning composition containing alkyl polyglycoside surfactants, alkyl esters derived from vegetable oil, water and a sodium-containing base provides excellent cleaning soil removal capabilities. The carbon materials from which it is manufactured are all renewable, and the composition is readily biodegradable.
US08859478B2	Cleaning composition/solutions and use thereof A a non-disinfectant formulated solution and a process for removal of soil and disease causing microorganisms from a surface/substrate. The process including contacting the surface/substrate with the formulated solution and applying a dry cloth to the surface/substrate thereafter. In one formulated cleaning solution there is at least two organic acids and sodium chloride mixed thereinto.
US08859475B2	Grease composition for bearing of wind power generator The invention provides a grease composition for bearings used in wind power generators, containing a base oil which has a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 70 mm2/s at 40° C. and a pour point of −40° C. or less, and a diurea compound as a thickener, for example, a diurea compound represented by formula (1) where R1 and R2 are both C8-alkyl group. The grease composition for bearings used in wind power generators according to the invention can meet the requirements in terms of the seizure life and the pumpability as well as the fatigue life (flaking life).
US08859470B2	Lubricating grease composition A lubricating grease composition comprising (A) a base oil, (B) 5 to 10 wt. % of a urea compound, (C) 0.5 to 20 wt. % of at least one phosphorous compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acid salt etc., and (D) 0.5 to 40 wt. % of a fatty acid metal salt. Aforementioned lubricating grease composition allows it to reduce the friction coefficient and prolong the endurance life significantly when it is applied onto surfaces of the sliding pair consisting of metal and plastic (especially glass-fiber-reinforced plastic) parts.
US08859469B2	Protein chip and production method thereof A protein chip including at least a substrate having a plurality of steps which are regularly arranged on one surface thereof; a plurality of metallic microstructures arranged in the steps; and a lipid vesicle in which an outer surface thereof is modified by a functional group and a protein is present in a lipid bilayer thereof. The metallic microstructures and the lipid vesicle are bound via the functional group to provide the protein on the substrate.
US08859467B2	Simultaneous, integrated selection and evolution of antibody/protein performance and expression in production hosts The present disclosure provides methods of integrating therapeutic protein and antibody generation and/or selection, evolution and expression in a eukaryotic host for manufacturing in a single system. Therapeutic proteins, including antibodies, are generated, optimized and manufactured in the same eukaryotic host system. The disclosed system of Comprehensive Integrated Antibody Optimization (CIAO!™) allows for simultaneous evolution of protein performance and expression optimization.
US08859465B2	Synergistic herbicidal composition containing penoxsulam and glufosinate-ammonium A synergistic mixture of penoxsulam and glufosinate-ammonium controls weeds in crops, e.g., vineyards, orchards, perennial plantation crops, rice, corn, cereals, sorghum, soybeans, cotton, sunflower, oilseed rape, vegetables, turf, range and pasture, industrial vegetation management (IVM), rights-of-way and in any glufosinate-ammonium and/or ALS (acetolactate synthase)-tolerant crops.
US08859443B2	Heat treatment method and heat treatment apparatus for heating substrate by irradiating substrate with flash of light The first flash irradiation is performed on a semiconductor wafer preheated to 500° C. to heat a front surface of the semiconductor wafer. Thereafter, the second flash irradiation is performed to reheat the front surface of the semiconductor wafer before the temperature of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer becomes equal to the temperature of a back surface of the semiconductor wafer. Thus, the second flash irradiation is performed before the temperature of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer falls. Even if less energy is consumable by the second flash irradiation, the efficiency of heating of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer resulting from each iteration of the flash irradiation is improved.
US08859441B2	Method and system for manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention provides a system and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a substrate and a high-κ dielectric layer on the substrate. The system comprises a modular track; a substrate-forming chamber connected with the modular track for forming the substrate; and an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber connected with the modular track for providing the high-κ dielectric layer.
US08859440B2	Method of formation of coherent wavy nanostructures (variants) The method for forming wavelike coherent nanostructures by irradiating a surface of a material by a homogeneous flow of ions is disclosed. The rate of coherency is increased by applying preliminary preprocessing steps.
US08859439B1	Solution-assisted carbon nanotube placement with graphene electrodes A semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one electrically insulating portion. A first graphene electrode is formed on a surface of the substrate such that the electrically insulating portion is interposed between a bulk portion of the substrate and the first graphene electrode. A second graphene electrode formed on the surface of the substrate. The electrically insulating portion of the substrate is interposed between the bulk portion of the substrate and the second graphene electrode. The second graphene electrode is disposed opposite the first graphene electrode to define an exposed substrate area therebetween.
US08859438B2	Vapor deposition method, vapor deposition device and organic EL display device A coating film (90) is formed by causing vapor deposition particles (91) to pass through a mask opening (71) of a vapor deposition mask and adhere to a substrate, the vapor deposition particles (91) being discharged from a vapor deposition source opening (61) of a vapor deposition source (60) while the substrate (10) is moved relative to the vapor deposition mask (70) in a state in which the substrate (10) and the vapor deposition mask (70) are spaced apart at a fixed interval. When a direction that is orthogonal to a normal line direction of the substrate and is orthogonal to a relative movement direction of the substrate is defined as a first direction, and the normal line direction of the substrate is defined as a second direction, a plurality of control plate columns are disposed in the first direction between the vapor deposition source opening and the vapor deposition mask, each control plate column including a plurality of control plates (80a and 80b) arranged along the second direction. With this configuration, a coating film in which blur at both edges of the coating film and variations in the blur are suppressed can be formed on a large-sized substrate.
US08859435B2	Process for removing material from substrates A method of removing materials, and preferably photoresist, from a substrate comprises dispensing a liquid sulfuric acid composition comprising sulfuric acid and/or its desiccating species and precursors and having a water/sulfuric acid molar ratio of no greater than 5:1 onto an material coated substrate in an amount effective to substantially uniformly coat the material coated substrate. The substrate is preferably heated to a temperature of at least about 90° C., either before, during or after dispensing of the liquid sulfuric acid composition. After the substrate is at a temperature of at least about 90° C., the liquid sulfuric acid composition is exposed to water vapor in an amount effective to increase the temperature of the liquid sulfuric acid composition above the temperature of the liquid sulfuric acid composition prior to exposure to the water vapor. The substrate is then preferably rinsed to remove the material.
US08859430B2	Sidewall protection of low-K material during etching and ashing A method for protecting an exposed low-k surface is described. The method includes providing a substrate having a low-k insulation layer formed thereon and one or more mask layers overlying the low-k insulation layer with a pattern formed therein. Additionally, the method includes transferring the pattern in the one or more mask layers to the low-k insulation layer using one or more etching processes to form a trench and/or via structure in the low-k insulation layer. The method further includes forming an insulation protection layer on exposed surfaces of the trench and/or via structure during and/or following the one or more etching processes by exposing the substrate to a film forming compound containing C, H, and N. Thereafter, the method includes removing at least a portion of the one or more mask layers using a mask removal process.
US08859429B2	Polishing agent for copper polishing and polishing method using same A polishing agent for copper polishing, comprising (A) an inorganic acid with divalent or greater valence, (B) an amino acid, (C) a protective film-forming agent, (D) an abrasive, (E) an oxidizing agent and (F) water, wherein the content of the component (A) is at least 0.08 mol/kg, the content of the component (B) is at least 0.20 mol/kg, the content of the component (C) is at least 0.02 mol/kg, and either or both of the following conditions (i) and (ii) are satisfied. (i): The proportion of the content of the component (A) with respect to the content of the component (C) is 2.00 or greater. (ii): It further comprises (G) at least one kind selected from among organic acids and their acid anhydrides.
US08859428B2	Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for shallow trench isolation (STI) applications and methods of making thereof Methods for removing, reducing or treating the trace metal contaminants and the smaller fine sized cerium oxide particles from cerium oxide particles, cerium oxide slurry or chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) process are applied. The treated chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions, or the CMP polishing compositions prepared by using the treated cerium oxide particles or the treated cerium oxide slurry are used to polish substrate that contains at lease a surface comprising silicon dioxide film for STI (Shallow trench isolation) processing and applications. The reduced nano-sized particle related defects have been observed due to the reduced trace metal ion contaminants and reduced very smaller fine cerium oxide particles in the Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) CMP polishing.
US08859426B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first recess formed in the first insulating film, a first barrier film formed on an inner surface of the first insulating film except a top peripheral region of the first trench, a first conductive film formed in the first trench, and a covering film formed on an upper surface and a top peripheral region of the first conductive film and an upper surface of the first barrier film. The first conductive film includes copper.
US08859422B2	Method of forming copper wiring and method and system for forming copper film A method of forming a Cu wiring in a trench or hole formed in a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a barrier film on the surface of the trench or hole, forming a Ru film on the barrier film, and embedding Cu in the trench or hole by forming a Cu film on the Ru film using PVD while annealing the substrate such that migration of copper into the trench or hole occurs.
US08859415B2	Method of forming wiring of a semiconductor device A method of forming wiring of a semiconductor device includes: forming an insulating resin on a main surface of a substrate such that an opening portion defining a wiring pattern is provided in the insulating resin; forming a first wiring layer made of a first metal on a bottom surface and side surfaces of the opening portion surrounding and a surface of the insulating resin opposite to the main surface of the substrate, the first wiring layer having a bottom portion formed on the bottom surface of the opening portion and side portions formed on the side surfaces, the bottom portion having a thickness greater than a thickness of at least one of the side portions; and cutting the insulating resin and the first wiring layer such that the insulating resin and the first wiring layer are exposed.
US08859412B2	Optoelectronic device containing at least one active device layer having a wurtzite crystal structure, and methods of making same Optoelectronic devices, such as light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, image sensors, optical detectors, etc., made by depositing (growing) one or more epitaxial semiconductor layers on a monocrystalline lamellar/layered substrate so that each layer has a wurtzite crystal structure. In some embodiments, the layers are deposited and then one or more lamellas of the starting substrate are removed from the rest of the substrate. In one subset of such embodiments, the removed lamella(s) is/are partially or entirely removed. In other embodiments, one or more lamellas of the starting substrate are removed prior to depositing the one or more wurtzite-crystal-structure-containing layer(s).
US08859410B2	Gate stack of boron semiconductor alloy, polysilicon and high-k gate dielectric for low voltage applications A method of forming a gate structure for a semiconductor device that includes forming a non-stoichiometric high-k gate dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, wherein an oxide containing interfacial layer can be present between the non-stoichiometric high-k gate dielectric layer and the semiconductor substrate. At least one gate conductor layer may be formed on the non-stoichiometric high-k gate dielectric layer. The at least one gate conductor layer comprises a boron semiconductor alloy layer. An anneal process is applied, wherein during the anneal process the non-stoichiometric high-k gate dielectric layer removes oxide material from the oxide containing interfacial layer. The oxide containing interfacial layer is thinned by removing the oxide material during the anneal process.
US08859403B2	Systems, methods and materials including crystallization of substrates via sub-melt laser anneal, as well as products produced by such processes Systems, methods, and products of processes consistent with the innovations herein relate to aspects involving crystallization of layers on substrates. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method of fabricating a device. Moreover, such method may include placing an amorphous/poly material on a substrate and heating the material via a sub-melt laser anneal process to transform the material into crystalline form.
US08859402B2	Method for making epitaxial structure A method for making epitaxial structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having an epitaxial growth surface, patterning the epitaxial growth surface; placing a graphene layer on the patterned epitaxial growth surface, and epitaxially growing an epitaxial layer on the epitaxial growth surface. The graphene layer includes a number of apertures to expose a part of the patterned epitaxial growth surface. The epitaxial layer is grown from the exposed part of the patterned epitaxial growth surface and through the aperture.
US08859398B2	Enhancing adhesion of interlayer dielectric materials of semiconductor devices by suppressing silicide formation at the substrate edge Adhesion of dielectric layer stacks to be formed after completing the basic configuration of transistor elements may be increased by avoiding the formation of a metal silicide in the edge region of the substrate. For this purpose, a dielectric protection layer may be selectively formed in the edge region prior to a corresponding pre-clean process or immediately prior to deposition of the refractory metal. Hence, non-reacted metal may be efficiently removed from the edge region without creating a non-desired metal silicide. Hence, the further processing may be continued on the basis of enhanced process conditions for forming interlayer dielectric materials.
US08859394B2	Vertical integration of CMOS electronics with photonic devices A method of fabricating a composite semiconductor structure includes providing an SOI substrate including a plurality of silicon-based devices, providing a compound semiconductor substrate including a plurality of photonic devices, and dicing the compound semiconductor substrate to provide a plurality of photonic dies. Each die includes one or more of the plurality of photonics devices. The method also includes providing an assembly substrate having a base layer and a device layer including a plurality of CMOS devices, mounting the plurality of photonic dies on predetermined portions of the assembly substrate, and aligning the SOI substrate and the assembly substrate. The method further includes joining the SOI substrate and the assembly substrate to form a composite substrate structure and removing at least the base layer of the assembly substrate from the composite substrate structure.
US08859392B1	Manufacturing method of power semiconductor A manufacturing method of a power semiconductor includes steps of providing a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate, forming a metal oxide semiconductor layer on a first surface of the first semiconductor substrate, grinding a second surface of the first semiconductor substrate, forming a N-type buffer layer and a P-type injection layer on a third surface of the second semiconductor substrate through ion implanting, grinding a fourth surface of the second semiconductor substrate, and combining the second surface of the first semiconductor substrate with the third surface of the second semiconductor substrate for forming a third semiconductor substrate. As a result, the present invention achieves the advantages of enhancing the process flexibility and un-limiting the characteristics of the power semiconductor.
US08859391B2	Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, method for laminating semiconductor wafers, and electronic device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including: forming a wiring layer on a surface side of a first semiconductor wafer; forming a buried film so as to fill in a level difference on the wiring layer, the level difference being formed at a boundary between a peripheral region of the first semiconductor wafer and an inside region being on an inside of the peripheral region, and the level difference being formed as a result of a surface over the wiring layer in the peripheral region being formed lower than a surface over the wiring layer in the inside region, and making the surfaces over the wiring layer in the peripheral region and the inside region substantially flush with each other; and opposing and laminating the surfaces over the wiring layer formed in the first semiconductor wafer to a desired surface of a second semiconductor wafer.
US08859388B2	Sealed shallow trench isolation region A method for formation of a sealed shallow trench isolation (STI) region for a semiconductor device includes forming a STI region in a substrate, the STI region comprising a STI fill; forming a sealing recess in the STI fill of the STI region; and forming a sealing layer in the sealing recess over the STI fill.
US08859386B2	Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacture thereof, and methods of forming resistors Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacture thereof, and methods of forming resistors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulating material over a workpiece, and forming a conductive chemical compound material over the first insulating material. The conductive chemical compound material is patterned to form a resistor. A second insulating material is formed over the resistor, and the second insulating material is patterned. The patterned second insulating material is filled with a conductive material to form a first contact coupled to a first end of the resistor and to form a second contact coupled to a second end of the resistor.
US08859376B2	Transistor with improved sigma-shaped embedded stressor and method of formation A method and structure of an embedded stressor in a semiconductor transistor device having a sigma-shaped channel sidewall and a vertical isolation sidewall. The embedded stressor structure is made by a first etch to form a recess in a substrate having a gate and first and second spacers. The second spacers are removed and a second etch creates a step in the recess on a channel sidewall. An anisotropic etch creates facets in the channel sidewall of the recess. Where the facets meet, a vertex is formed. The depth of the vertex is determined by the second etch depth (step depth). The lateral position of the vertex is determined by the thickness of the first spacers. A semiconductor material having a different lattice spacing than the substrate is formed in the recess to achieve the embedded stressor structure.
US08859374B1	Memory transistor with multiple charge storing layers and a high work function gate electrode Semiconductor devices including non-volatile memory transistors and methods of fabricating the same to improve performance thereof are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises: (i) forming an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) dielectric stack on a surface of a semiconductor substrate in at least a first region in which a non-volatile memory transistor is to be formed, the ONO dielectric stack including a multi-layer charge storage layer; (ii) forming an oxide layer on the surface of the substrate in a second region in which a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) logic transistor is to be formed; and (iii) forming a high work function gate electrode on a surface of the ONO dielectric stack. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08859372B2	Double channel doping in transistor formation A method includes performing a first well doping on a first active region and a second active region simultaneously, and forming a first and a second dummy gate covering a first middle portion of the first active region and a second middle portion of the second active region, respectively. The first and the second dummy gates are removed, and the second middle portion of the second active region is covered with a mask. A second well doping is performed on the first middle portion when the mask is on the second middle portion. After the second well doping, a first gate dielectric and a first gate electrode are formed on the first middle portion to form a first transistor, and a second gate dielectric and a second gate electrode are formed on the second middle portion to form a second transistor.
US08859369B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a semiconductor device having a vertical MOS transistor and a method of manufacturing the same. The vertical MOS transistor has a trench gate, a distance between a gate electrode and an N-type high concentration buried layer below the gate electrode is formed longer than that in the conventional structure, and a P-type trench bottom surface lower region (5) is formed therebetween. In this manner, when a high voltage is applied to a drain region and 0 V is applied to the gate electrode, the trench bottom surface lower region (5) is depleted, thereby increasing the breakdown voltage in the OFF state.
US08859367B2	Gate constructions of recessed access devices and methods of forming gate constructions of recessed access devices A method of forming a gate construction of a recessed access device includes forming a pair of sidewall spacers laterally over opposing sidewalls of a gate dielectric and elevationally over first conductive gate material. The gate dielectric, the first conductive gate material, and the sidewall spacers are received within a trench formed in semiconductive material. Second conductive gate material is deposited within the semiconductive material trench between the pair of sidewall spacers in electrical connection with the first conductive gate material. Other implementations are disclosed, including recessed access device gate constructions independent of method of manufacture.
US08859364B2	Manufacturing method of non-volatile memory The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory including forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a floating gate on the gate dielectric layer; forming a first charge blocking layer on the floating gate; forming a nitride layer on the first charge blocking layer; forming a second charge blocking layer on the nitride layer; forming a control gate on the second charge blocking layer; and performing a treatment to the nitride layer to get a higher dielectric constant.
US08859358B2	CMOS transistors, fin field-effect transistors and fabrication methods thereof A method is provided for fabricating a transistor. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; and configuring a channel region along a first direction. The method also includes forming trenches at both sides of the channel region along a second direction; and forming a magnetic material layer in each of the trenches. Further, the method includes magnetizing the magnetic material layers to form a magnetic field in the channel region between adjacent magnetic material layers; and forming source/drain regions at both ends of the channel region along the first direction.
US08859354B2	Transistors and fabrication method thereof A method is provided for fabricating a transistor. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, and forming a quantum well layer on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a potential energy barrier layer on the semiconductor substrate, and forming an isolation structure to isolate different transistor regions. Further, the method includes patterning the transistor region to form trenches by removing portions of the quantum well layer and the potential energy barrier layer corresponding to a source region and a drain region, and filling trenches with a semiconductor material to form a source and a drain. Further, the method also includes forming a gate structure on a portion of the quantum well layer and the potential energy barrier layer corresponding to a gate region.
US08859341B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device A semiconductor chip which is mounted on a wiring substrate and which is electrically connected to the wiring substrate is disposed in a sealing apparatus. A sealing resin material made of a thermosetting resin composition is supplied into the sealing apparatus. The sealing resin material contains a solid foreign matter having a cured product of a thermosetting resin, and includes particulates of the thermosetting resin composition pulverized with the solid foreign matter, a granulation powder of the particulates, or a preform of the particulates. The semiconductor chip is resin sealed by using the sealing resin material.
US08859333B2	Integrated circuit package and a method for dissipating heat in an integrated circuit package An IC package that is suitable for surface mounting arrangements includes a heat spreader device that is coupled to a bottom portion of the package below the IC die. Coupling the heat spreader device to the bottom portion of the package reduces or eliminates the possibility that placement of the heat spreader device will result in the molding compound bleeding on top of the heat spreader device, and delamination at the footings of the heat spreader device that can cause the package to delaminate, or “popcorn”.
US08859332B2	Process for producing indium oxide-containing layers The present invention relates to a liquid phase process for producing indium oxide-containing layers, in which a coating composition preparable from a mixture comprising at least one indium oxide precursor and at least one solvent and/or dispersion medium, in the sequence of points a) to d), a) is applied to a substrate, and b) the composition applied to the substrate is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation, c) optionally dried and d) converted thermally into an indium oxide-containing layer, where the indium oxide precursor is an indium halogen alkoxide of the generic formula InX(OR)2 where R is an alkyl radical and/or alkoxyalkyl radical and X is F, Cl, Br or I and the irradiation is carried out with electromagnetic radiation having significant fractions of radiation in the range of 170-210 nm and of 250-258 nm, to the indium oxide-containing layers producible with the process, and the use thereof.
US08859331B2	Compositions used in formation of oxide material layers, methods of forming an oxide material layer using the same, and methods of fabricating a thin film transistor using same Methods of forming an oxide material layer are provided. The method includes mixing a precursor material with a peroxide material to form a precursor solution, coating the precursor solution on a substrate, and baking the coated precursor solution.
US08859328B2	Multifunctional electrode A nonvolatile memory element is disclosed comprising a first electrode, a near-stoichiometric metal oxide memory layer having bistable resistance, and a second electrode in contact with the near-stoichiometric metal oxide memory layer. At least one electrode is a resistive electrode comprising a sub-stoichiometric transition metal nitride or oxynitride, and has a resistivity between 0.1 and 10 Ωcm. The resistive electrode provides the functionality of an embedded current-limiting resistor and also serves as a source and sink of oxygen vacancies for setting and resetting the resistance state of the metal oxide layer. Novel fabrication methods for the second electrode are also disclosed.
US08859327B2	Method for manufacturing a non-volatile semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines; and a plurality of non-volatile memory cells arranged at positions where the plurality of first lines intersect with the plurality of second lines, wherein each of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells includes a resistance change element and a rectifying element connected in series to the resistance change element, and a resistance change film continuously extending over the plurality of second lines is arranged between the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, and the resistance change element includes a portion where the first line intersect with the second line in the resistance change film.
US08859320B2	Method for producing solar cell and film-producing device Disclosed in a method that is for producing a solar cell and that is characterized by performing an annealing step on a semiconductor substrate before an electrode-forming step. By means of performing annealing in the above manner, it is possible to improve the electrical characteristics of the solar cell without negatively impacting reliability or outward appearance. As a result, the method can be widely used in methods for producing solar cells having high reliability and electrical characteristics.
US08859312B2	Distortion tolerant processing A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) for driving a flexible display includes depositing a pattern of spatially non-repetitive features in a first layer on a flexible substrate, said pattern of spatially non-repetitive features not substantially regularly repeating in both of two orthogonal directions (x,y) in the plane of the substrate; depositing a pattern of spatially repetitive features in a second layer on said first layer; aligning said second layer and said first layer so as to allow electrical coupling between said non-repetitive features and said repetitive features, wherein distortion compensation is applied during deposition of said repetitive features to enable said alignment.
US08859309B2	Organic light emitting diode and method of fabricating the same Provided are an organic light emitting diode and a method of fabricating the same. The organic light emitting diode may include a light-scattering layer, a first electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, which are sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the light-scattering layer may include uneven shaped nanostructures having irregular width and spacing. The method of fabricating the organic light emitting diode may include sequentially stacking a light-scattering medium layer and a metal alloy layer on a substrate, heat treating the metal alloy layer to form etching mask patterns, etching the light-scattering medium layer by using the etching mask patterns to form a light-scattering layer, removing the etching mask patterns, and forming a planarizing layer on the light-scattering layer.
US08859308B2	Method for making light emitting diode A method for making a light emitting diode is provided. In the method, a substrate having an epitaxial growth surface is provided. A first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer are grown on the epitaxial growth surface in series. The first semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second semiconductor layer constitute a source layer. A metallic plasma generating layer is then formed on a surface of the source layer away from the substrate. A first optical symmetric layer is then disposed on a surface of the metallic plasma generating layer. A first electrode is applied on an exposed surface of the first semiconductor layer. A second electrode is applied to electrically connect with the second semiconductor layer.
US08859299B2	HPC workflow for rapid screening of materials and stacks for STT-RAM In some embodiments, HPC techniques are applied to the screening and evaluating the materials, process parameters, process sequences, and post deposition treatment processes for the development of STT-RAM stacks. Simple test structures are employed for initial screening of basic materials properties of candidate materials for each layer within the stack. The use of multiple site-isolated regions on a single substrate allows many material and/or process conditions to be evaluated in a timely and cost effective manner. Interactions between the layers as well as interactions with the substrate can be investigated in a straightforward manner.
US08859296B2	System and method for the separation of analytes A separation module operates to fractionate or separate an analyte into fractions according to pI, i.e., pI bands, utilizing capillary isoelectric focusing (“CIEF”) within a first microchannel. The fractions are stacked to form plugs, the number of which is determined by a number of parallel second microchannels integrally connected to the first microchannel, into which the fractions are directed according to the buffer characteristics found in each of the individual microchannels. Within the microchannels the plugs are separated into proteins according to a different chemical property, i.e., “m/z,” utilizing capillary electrophoresis (“CE”).
US08859293B2	Method for determining whether a disposable, dry regent, electrochemical test strip is unsuitable for use A method of measuring an analyte in a biological fluid comprises applying an excitation signal having a DC component and an AC component. The AC and DC responses are measured; a corrected DC response is determined using the AC response; and a concentration of the analyte is determined based upon the corrected DC response. Other methods and devices are disclosed.
US08859290B2	Inhibitors of influenza endonuclease activity and tools for their discovery The invention provides inhibitors of influenza endonuclease activity and tools for their discovery.
US08859287B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of cancer using tissue-specific oncolytic adenoviruses The present invention includes the use of a nucleic acid sequence encoding an shRNA to target RNA interference against a cellular factor where such use can enhance oncolytic adenovius replication. The nucleic acid sequence encoding an shRNA can be introduced into an oncolytic adenovius construct via a recombination event, and such nucleic acid sequence encoding an shRNA can reside in either the E1 region or Fiber region of the oncolytic adenovius construct. In particular, the oncolytic adenovius construct optionally include a prostate specific promoter or prostate specific enhancer for issue specific expression in prostate cancer cells. The oncolytic adenovius constructs of the invention provides utility for the treatment of cancers, in particular prostate cancer.
US08859284B2	Delivery of nanoparticles to neurons A peptide attached to a nanoparticles (such as quantum dots) selectively directs the nanoparticles to neurons in a tissue or organism.
US08859280B2	Culture media for developmental cells containing elevated concentrations of lipoic acid A composition and method for in vitro fertilization is provided which uses culture media comprising elevated concentrations of lipoic acid. More specifically, the invention provides culture media for developmental cells having a lipoic acid concentration of 5 μM to 40 μM. Culture media that include lipoic acid at concentrations within the identified range are able to provide blastocysts with increased survival, increased cell numbers, increased inner cell masses and/or increased percentage of the total mass made up by the inner cell compared to blastocysts cultured in a control medium.
US08859276B2	Recombinant Novirhabdoviruses and uses thereof The invention relates to recombinant novirhabdoviruses having at least one sequence encoding a polypeptide of interest added to their genome. Said recombinant novirhabdoviruses are useful as gene vectors, for producing recombinant proteins, or for producing vaccines for fish or for higher vertebrates.
US08859266B2	Binary probe system for sensitive detection of target analytes The present disclosure encompasses systems, and their methods of use, for detecting a target analyte. The systems include a first and second oligonucleotide probe that associate together to form a complex that binds to a target analyte; a cleavable reporter molecule that binds to the complex; and cleaving agent.
US08859265B2	Lateral flow immunoassay device with a more rapid and accurate test result The present invention provides a lateral flow immunoassay device for qualitative or quantitative analysis of an analyte of interest in a whole blood sample with a more rapid and accurate result. This device includes a sample receiving pad, a conjugate pad, a flow delaying pad and a wicking membrane in this order. A polycation is provided within and bound to the sample receiving pad in order to separate the red blood cell from the whole blood sample. A relation between average pore size (P1) of the sample receiving pad, average pore size (P2) of the conjugate pad, and average pore size (P3) of the flow delaying pad is as follows: P1>P2>P3.
US08859261B2	Production of acetyl-coenzyme a derived isoprenoids Provided herein are compositions and methods for the heterologous production of acetyl-CoA-derived isoprenoids in a host cell. In some embodiments, the host cell is genetically modified to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, acetylating (ADA, E.C. 1.2.1.10) and an MEV pathway comprising an NADH-using HMG-CoA reductase. In some embodiments, the host cell is genetically modified to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding an ADA and an MEV pathway comprising an acetoacetyl-CoA synthase. In some embodiments, the genetically modified host cell further comprises one or more heterologous nucleotide sequences encoding a phosphoketolase and a phosphotransacetylase. In some embodiments, the genetically modified host cell further comprises a functional disruption of the native PDH-bypass. The compositions and methods described herein provide an energy-efficient yet redox balanced route for the heterologous production of acetyl-CoA-derived isoprenoids.
US08859259B2	Surfactant and cleaning compositions comprising microbially produced branched fatty alcohols The invention provides a surfactant and/or a cleaning composition comprising a microbially produced branched fatty alcohol or a derivative thereof. The invention also provides a household cleaning composition and a personal or pet care cleaning composition comprising a microbially produced branched fatty alcohol or a derivative thereof.
US08859252B1	Prostatic acid phosphatase, compositions comprising the same, and methods for producing and/or purifying the same The present invention relates generally to prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), compositions comprising the same, and methods for producing and/or purifying the same.
US08859248B2	Method for producing ethanol using recombinant yeast strain This invention provides a method for improving the xylose-metabolizing ability of a yeast strain having xylose-metabolizing ability. The method comprises steps of: soaking the yeast strain having xylose-metabolizing ability in an acetic-acid-containing solution; and then, culturing the yeast strain in a xylose-containing medium to perform ethanol fermentation.
US08859244B2	Method of L-lysine production The present invention relates to a method of microbial production of L-lysine from methanol and other substrates, and particularly improving the production of L-lysine from such substrates. The invention concerns a method for producing L-lysine in B. methanolicus, said method comprising overexpressing an aspartate kinase III (AKIII) enzyme in said B. methanolicus. In particular the method may concern introducing a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an AKIII enzyme into a B. methanolicus. The invention also relates to a B. methanolicus micro-organism which overexpresses an AKIII enzyme, nucleic acid molecules which encode polypeptides having AK activity, polypeptides which have AK activity and host cells and vector systems comprising the nucleic acid molecules or vector.
US08859243B2	Method for producing an L-amino acid The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid by fermentation by culturing a microorganism having an L-amino acid-producing ability in a liquid medium to precipitate the L-amino acid, wherein a polymer such as a water-soluble cellulose derivative, a water-soluble polyvinyl compound, a polar organic solvent-soluble polyvinyl compound, a water-soluble starch derivative, an alginic acid salt, and a polyacrylic acid salt is added to the medium.
US08859242B2	Method for producing basic substance A method for producing a basic substance by fermentation comprising culturing a microorganism having an ability to produce the basic substance in a liquid medium contained in a fermentation tank to produce and accumulate the basic substance in the medium, wherein amount of sulfate and/or chloride ions used as counter ions of the basic substance is reduced by adjusting total ammonia concentration in the medium to be within a specific concentration range during at least a part of the total period of culture process.
US08859238B2	Method for generating a double stranded nucleic acid with a single stranded overhang The present invention provides a method that combines the construction of double-stranded target amplification products with one or two single-stranded overhangs with improved production of such target amplification products. The single-stranded overhang(s) can be used for post-amplification capture and subsequent detection/manipulation. The single-stranded overhang(s) enable capture/detection/manipulation without interference from the complementary strand in the double-stranded target amplification product.
US08859237B2	Diguanylate cyclase method of producing the same and its use in the manufacture of cyclic-di-GMP and analogues thereof Described is a new stand-alone diguanylate cyclase polypeptide having a GGDEF motif and a mutated I-site that does not bind c-di-GMP. We demonstrate that the production yield of c-di-GMP and analogues was significantly increased by mutation of a conserved residue in the putative regulatory I-site.
US08859236B2	Microorganism with improved production of 5′-xanthosine monophosphate and 5′-guanine monophosphate, and production method of 5′-xanthosine monophosphate and 5′-guanine monophosphate using same The present invention relates to a microorganism with improved production of 5′-xanthosine monophosphate and 5′-guanine monophosphate, and more specifically, to a Corynebacterium sp. microorganism having increased proline dehydrogenase activity compared with an intrinsic activity thereof, a method for producing 5′-xanthosine monophosphate or 5′-guanine monophosphate from the culture medium obtained by culturing the transformed microorganism, and a use of the microorganism for production of 5′-xanthosine monophosphate or 5′-guanine monophosphate.
US08859233B2	Method for immunizing an avian species The present invention relates to a method for generating a plurality of different IgY antibodies, by immunizing each of a plurality of avian organisms of the same or different species with a composition comprising a plurality of different antigens, thereby generating a plurality of different IgY antibodies.
US08859232B2	Genetically encoded photomanipulation of protein and peptide activity The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising protein light switches and methods of photomanipulating the activity of the proteins. The invention further relates to polynucleotides and vectors encoding the fusion proteins, cells comprising the fusion proteins, and methods of using the fusion proteins to study protein function and analyze subcellular activity, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
US08859228B2	Method for the production of beta-carotene The invention relates to a novel method for the production of β-carotene from submerged cultures of mucoral fungi such as Blakeslea, Choanephora or Phycomyces by adding lectin to the culture medium and performing pH control once fermentation has started. The method involves β-carotene recovery stage that makes it possible to simplify the process, optimize yields and increase purification of the product.
US08859221B2	Method for measuring high density lipoprotein cholesterol An object to be attained by the present invention is to provide a method for conveniently, rapidly, and specifically measuring HDL-C in a specimen by use of inexpensive materials, and to provide a reagent kit for HDL-C detection and a dry analytical element for HDL-C detection. The present invention provides a method for measuring high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in a body fluid test sample, wherein cholesterol esterase derived from Schizophyllum commune or Pseudomonas sp. and cholesterol oxidase derived from Pseudomonas sp. are used to generate hydrogen peroxide from HDL-C, and thereby HDL-C is selectively measured.
US08859218B2	In situ detection of early stages and late stages HPV infection Embodiments of the invention provide methods, monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, assays, and kits for detecting HPV infection and HPV related cancer diagnosis, including infection by various HPV genotypes, early and/or late stage HPV-associated or HPV-specific cancers. The anti-HPV antibodies are used in performing immunological assays on clinical samples. Various immunological assays and kits for detecting HPV infection, cervical cancer, other HPV related cancers, early stage precancerous lesions as well as late stage cancer progression are also provided.
US08859214B1	PAS kinase assays The present invention is directed towards methods for measuring and assaying PAS Kinase activity. The methods are useful, for example, for detecting PASK activity in a cell, and for screening for small molecule regulators of PAS kinase activity, as well as characterizing endogenous factors and stimuli that modulate PAS kinase activity, and identifying and optimizing the activity of potential PAS kinase inhibitors.
US08859211B2	Immunodisplacement electrophoresis The disclosure teaches a method for the analysis of a sample by electrophoresis, making use of a binding partner for a target compound or group of target compounds which may be present in the sample. The disclosure further teaches a kit for use in an electrophoretic analysis, to a modified antibody or fragment thereof, and to specific uses of the kit or modified antibody or fragment thereof.
US08859208B2	System producing infectious recombinant influenza virus The invention provides compositions and methods useful to prepare segmented, negative strand RNA viruses, e.g., orthomyxoviruses such as influenza A viruses, entirely from cloned cDNAs and in the absence of helper virus.
US08859206B2	Digital amplification The identification of pre-defined mutations expected to be present in a minor fraction of a cell population is important for a variety of basic research and clinical applications. The exponential, analog nature of the polymerase chain reaction is transformed into a linear, digital signal suitable for this purpose. Single molecules can be isolated by dilution and individually amplified; each product is then separately analyzed for the presence of pre-defined mutations. The process provides a reliable and quantitative measure of the proportion of variant sequences within a DNA sample.
US08859205B2	Methods and compositions for improving efficiency of nucleic acids amplification reactions The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving the efficiency of nucleic acid amplification reactions. The invention encompasses hybrid polymerases that show increased processivity over wild type polymerases as well as decreased exonuclease activity. The invention also encompasses methods, compositions and kits for conducting nucleic acid synthesis and amplification reactions in which non-specific amplification of primers is reduced.
US08859200B2	Reagent and reagent kit for analysis of immature leukocyte The present invention provides a reagent for analysis of immature leukocytes comprising: a surfactant which can damage cell membranes of erythrocytes and mature leukocytes, a solubilizing agent which can shrink the damaged blood cells and at least one dye for staining nucleic acid selected from the dyes of the formulae (I) and (II), wherein X− is an anion.
US08859199B2	Use of an extraction control in a method of extracting nucleic acids The present invention relates to a method of ensuring the effectiveness of the extraction workup from a biological sample of nucleic acid. The inventive method is able to distinguish between possible defects in the extraction of nucleic acid from a sample and possible defects in a subsequent amplification step. The present invention also relates to a packaged array for extracting nucleic acid from a biological sample.
US08859198B2	Detection and use of antiviral resistance mutations The present invention relates generally to viral variants exhibiting reduced sensitivity to particular agents and/or reduced interactivity with immunological reagents. More particularly, the present invention is directed to hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants exhibiting complete or partial resistance to nucleoside or nucleotide analogs and/or reduced interactivity with antibodies to viral surface components including reduced sensitivity to these antibodies. Vaccines and diagnostic assays are also contemplated herein.
US08859196B2	Antireflective coatings for high-resolution photolithographic synthesis of DNA arrays The present invention provides an array of polymers and methods of forming arrays of polymers by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support and a second layer including a plurality of polymers disposed on the first layer. The invention also provides methods for forming an array of polymers on a substrate using light-directed synthesis by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support, derivatizing the first layer by contacting the first layer with a silanation reagent, and a second layer disposed on said first layer wherein the second layer includes functional groups protected with a photolabile protecting group.
US08859195B2	Methods of lithographically patterning a substrate A method of lithographically patterning a substrate that has photoresist having removal areas and non-removal areas includes first exposing at least the non-removal areas to radiation effective to increase outer surface roughness of the photoresist in the non-removal areas at least post-develop but ineffective to change photoresist solubility in a developer for the photoresist to be cleared from the non-removal areas upon develop with the developer. Second exposing of radiation to the removal areas is conducted to be effective to change photoresist solubility in the developer for the photoresist to be cleared from the removal areas upon develop with the developer. The photoresist is developed with the developer effective to clear photoresist from the removal areas and to leave photoresist in the non-removal areas that has outer surface roughness in the non-removal areas which is greater than that before the first exposing. Other implementations and embodiments are contemplated.
US08859192B2	Negative pattern forming method and resist pattern A negative pattern forming method, includes: (i) forming a film having a film thickness of 200 nm or more from a chemical amplification resist composition containing (A) a resin capable of increasing a polarity of the resin (A) by an action of an acid to decrease a solubility of the resin (A) for a developer containing one or more organic solvents, (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and (C) a solvent; (ii) exposing the film, so as to form an exposed film; and (iii) developing the exposed film with a developer containing one or more organic solvents.
US08859191B2	Pattern-forming method, and composition for forming resist underlayer film Providing a method for forming a pattern capable of forming a resist underlayer film that can be easily removed using an alkali liquid while maintaining etching resistance is objected to. Provided by the present invention is a method for forming a pattern, the method including: (1) forming a resist underlayer film on a substrate using a composition for forming a resist underlayer film containing a compound having an alkali-cleavable functional group; (2) forming a resist pattern on the resist underlayer film; (3) forming a pattern on the substrate by dry etching of the resist underlayer film and the substrate, using the resist pattern as a mask; and (4) removing the resist underlayer film with an alkali liquid.
US08859184B2	Write-once-read-many optical disk having low-to-high recording property accommodating short wavelength recording A write-only-read-many type optical recording medium includes a substrate, an organic material layer having a light absorption function that is sufficient for recording in the recording/reproduction wavelength range, the organic material layer being situated on the substrate, and a reflection layer being situated on the organic material layer. The recording medium is configured to have a Low-to-High recording property and record with a laser having a wavelength that is no greater than 500 nm.
US08859183B2	N-acyl-β-lactam derivative, macromolecular compound, and photoresist composition Provided are N-acyl-β-lactam derivatives represented by the following general formula, from which a photoresist composition capable of controlling an acid diffusion length to be short is obtained; a polymer obtained by polymerizing the N-acyl-β-lactam derivative represented by the following general formula as one of starting materials; and a photoresist composition containing the polymer, where the structural variables are as defined herein.
US08859180B2	Copolymer and composition for semiconductor lithography and process for producing the copolymer [Task to Be Achieved]To provide a chemically amplified type positive copolymer for semiconductor lithography, which has eliminated the problems of prior art, has a high development contrast, and has excellent resolution in fine-pattern formation; a composition for semiconductor lithography which contains the copolymer; and a process for producing the copolymer.[Means for Achievement]The copolymer for semiconductor lithography according to the present invention is a copolymer which has at least (A) a repeating unit having a structure which has an alkali-soluble group protected by an acid-labile, dissolution-suppressing group, (B) a repeating group having a lactone structure and (C) a repeating group having an alcoholic hydroxyl group and which is characterized by having an acid value of 0.01 mmol/g or less as determined by dissolving the copolymer in a solvent and subjecting the solution to neutralization titration with a solution of an alkali metal hydroxide using Bromothymol Blue as an indicator.
US08859177B2	Toner The present invention provides a toner showing an excellent fixing property even in high-speed image formation and inhibiting contamination of the inside of an apparatus and thereby being capable of stably forming high-quality images not having unevenness of gloss over a long period of time. In the toner including toner particles containing a binder resin, an ester wax, and a coloring agent, the ester wax is prescribed by, in GC/MS analysis of components volatilized by heating the wax at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a relationship in the components having carbon atoms in specific ranges.
US08859176B2	Toner, developer, toner cartridge, and image forming apparatus A toner contains a binder resin and a polyalkylene, wherein the following formula is satisfied: 2≦A/B≦100 where A represents a reflectance at a light-receiving angle of +30° and B represents a reflectance at a light-receiving angle of −30°, A and B being measured when a solid fixed image formed by the toner is irradiated with incident light at an incident angle of −45° using a goniophotometer.
US08859174B2	Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer that contains a urea compound having two or more urea moieties. Each of the urea moieties has a carbonyl group and two nitrogen atoms. Each of the two nitrogen atoms connects to an alkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group.
US08859170B2	Photosensitive modified polyimide resin composition and use thereof Disclosed are: a photosensitive modified polyimide resin composition having photo-fabrication property, which is excellent in the electric properties and adhesion as well as in the heat resistance, flexibility, bending property, low warping, chemical resistance and storage stability; a resin film formed from the composition; and a printed circuit board, flexible printed circuit board (FPC) and the like which comprises the film as an insulating protective film and/or interlayer insulation film. The photosensitive modified polyimide resin composition comprises a modified polyimide of a specific structure having a flexible structure such as polycarbonate; a photosensitizer; a curing agent; and a solvent.
US08859167B2	Pattern forming method, positional deviation measuring method and photomask According to one embodiment, a positional deviation measuring method includes measuring a positional deviation of a device pattern formed in a lower layer portion using an alignment mark of the lower layer portion as a reference; measuring a positional deviation of a device pattern formed in an upper layer portion above the lower layer portion using an alignment mark of the upper layer portion as a reference; measuring a positional deviation between the alignment mark of the lower layer portion and the alignment mark of the upper layer portion; and calculating a positional deviation between the device patterns based on the positional deviation between the alignment marks.
US08859165B2	Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell using the same A membrane electrode assembly includes a proton exchange membrane and at least one electrode. The at least one electrode includes a carbon nanotube composite structure. The carbon nanotube composite structure includes a carbon nanotube structure and a catalyst material. The carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes and the catalyst material is dispersed on the carbon nanotubes. A fuel cell using the membrane electrode assembly is also provided.
US08859163B2	PEM fuel cell stack inlet water regulation system A fuel cell assembly is provided that includes a fluid collection member disposed in a fluid inlet for a reactant, wherein the fluid collection member militates against liquid water on an inner surface of the fluid inlet from being received by a fuel cell of the fuel cell assembly.
US08859162B2	Fuel cell module Disclosed herein is a fuel cell module. The fuel cell module according to preferred embodiments of the present invention includes: a first support part including a first body part surrounding one side of an outer peripheral surface of a fuel cell and a first connection part formed on one side of the first body part in a longitudinal direction; a second support part including a second body part surrounding the other side of the outer peripheral surface of the fuel cell and the second connection part formed on one side of the second body part in a longitudinal direction; and a fixing part passing through the first connection part and the second connection part to connect and fix the first connection part and the second connection part to each other.
US08859159B2	Apparatus and method for generating virtual sound source for monitoring the operating state of a fuel cell stack The present invention provides an apparatus and method for generating a virtual sound source for monitoring the operating state of a fuel cell stack, which monitors in real time the deviation and deterioration of a plurality of cells in a fuel cell stack during operation, and expresses the results as a chord or different sounds, thus allowing a driver to easily recognize the operating state of the fuel cell stack.
US08859152B2	Air battery An air battery which is capable of detecting entering of water quickly. The air battery includes: a power section which includes an air electrode, an anode containing an alkali metal, and an electrolyte layer containing an electrolyte for conducting ion between the air electrode and the anode; and a housing configured to receive the power section, a pH-detecting means being provided inside the housing.
US08859150B2	Proton-conducting membrane and use thereof The present invention relates to a novel proton-conducting polymer membrane based on polyazoles which can, owing to its excellent chemical and thermal properties, be used for a variety of purposes and is particularly suitable as a polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) for the production of membrane electrode units for so-called PEM fuel cells.
US08859147B2	Non-aqueous secondary battery The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator, the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material containing Si and O as constituent elements, the composite has a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %, the composite has an intensity ratio I510/I1343 of a peak intensity I510 at 510 cm−1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I1343 at 1343 cm−1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and the half-width of the (111) diffraction peak of Si is less than 3.0° when the crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuKα radiation.
US08859146B2	High-capacity and high-reliability lithium iron disulfide cell designs and methods for making the same The invention relates to primary electrochemical cells, in addition to methods for manufacturing and discharging the same, having a jellyroll electrode assembly that includes a positive electrode with a coating comprising iron disulfide deposited on a current collector situated on the outermost circumference of the jellyroll, a lithium-based negative electrode and a polymeric separator. More particularly, the invention relates to a cell design which optimizes cell capacity and substantially eliminates premature voltage drop-off on intermittent service testing by eliminating the edge effect through, for example, deliberately relieving stack pressure and/or extending the distance lithium ions proximate to the terminal end of the positive electrode must travel to undergo an electrochemical reaction in that region.
US08859129B2	Smart battery separators A separator for an energy storage cell that is provided by a microporous web that includes an irreversible porosity-controlling agent a method for changing an operating characteristic of an energy storage cell.
US08859128B2	Enhanced thermal contact A battery module for enclosing at least one battery cell includes a cooling plate. At least one compressible pad is arranged on the cooling plate. The at least one compressible pad has a first surface in contact with the cooling plate and a second surface opposite the first surface arranged to contact the at least one battery cell. A compression limiting device is arranged adjacent to the at least one compressible pad. The compression limiting device has a first surface facing the cooling plate and a second surface opposite the first surface arranged to contact the at least one battery cell. A compressibility of the compression limiting device is less than a compressibility of the at least one compressible pad.
US08859126B2	Vehicular battery unit A vehicular battery unit includes a battery unit body, a hollow frame, and a drain pipe. The battery unit body includes a first floor face to support a first battery. The hollow frame is disposed along the first floor face of the battery unit body to reinforce the battery unit body and has a first drain hole connecting the first floor face of the battery unit body to an interior of the hollow frame. The drain pipe extends downward from the interior of the hollow frame through a bottom wall of the hollow frame.
US08859123B2	System and method for pressure determination in a Li-ion battery An electrochemical battery system in one embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, a separator positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, an active material within the second electrode, a pressure sensor in fluid connection with the second electrode, a memory in which command instructions are stored, and a processor configured to execute the command instructions to obtain a pressure signal from the pressure sensor associated with the pressure within the second electrode, and to identify a state of charge of the electrochemical battery system based upon the pressure signal.
US08859119B2	Heating system for a battery module and method of heating the battery module A heating system and a method for heating a battery module are provided. The method includes generating a temperature signal indicative of a temperature level of at least one of a first battery cell group and a second battery cell group. If a temperature level is less than the threshold temperature level, then the method further includes generating first and second control signals to induce first and second switches, respectively, to each have a first operational position to at least partially discharge the first and second battery cell groups, respectively, through first and second resistors, respectively, to generate heat energy in the first and second resistors.
US08859110B2	Cyclic phosphazene compounds and use thereof in organic light emitting diodes An organic light-emitting diode comprising at least one cyclic phosphazene compound, a light-emitting layer formed from at least one matrix material and at least one emitter material, wherein the at least one matrix material comprises at least one cyclic phosphazene compound, the use of cyclic phosphazene compounds in organic light-emitting diodes and a device selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units and illumination units comprising at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode, and selected cyclic phosphazene compounds and processes for preparing them.
US08859108B2	Benzoxazole derivative, and light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic device using the same An object is to provide a novel benzoxazole derivative. Another object is to reduce driving voltage of a light-emitting element. Still another object is to reduce power consumption of a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device. A benzoxazole derivative represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. The benzoxazole derivative represented by General Formula (G1) has an electron-injecting property and an electron-transporting property; accordingly, it can be favorably used for a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device.
US08859107B2	Formwork spacer and tie used as an anchor for concrete construction A device for use with formwork in concrete construction. The device comprising: a body having a bore for defining a first aperture; one or more sidewalls coupled to the body, the sidewalls extending upwardly outwardly with respect to the body; wherein, when the body is releasably coupled to the formwork, the bore is adapted to receive a formwork coupling element. The device can be incorporated into concrete structures within building.
US08859106B2	Use of polypeptides in the form of adhesive agents A multilayered composite or coated substrate, comprising compounds of which at least 40% by weight are composed of alpha-amino acids linked via peptide bonds as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate.
US08859105B2	Configuration for improving bonding and corrosion resistance of reinforcement material A coating for a reinforcing material, such as metal rebar, that increases the adhesion between the reinforcing material and a matrix, such as a cement-based mortar or concrete, in which the reinforcing material is embedded. The coating may comprise a glass frit mixed with a refractory material, such as dry Type I-II portland cement. The coating is bonded, typically by heat, to the surface of the reinforcing material. The reaction of the refractory component, e.g., portland cement, when the reinforcement, e.g., metal re-bar, is embedded in a matrix, e.g., fresh mortar or concrete, prevents the formation of soft precipitates at the interface of the matrix and its reinforcement. One coating comprises portland cement Type I-II combined with a commercial alkali-resistant glass frit. This coating is applied to a steel rebar and fired to bond to the rebar. The frit-refractory coating produces a strong bond between the metal rebar and concrete and may eliminate or significantly reduce the potential for corrosion of the rebar.
US08859103B2	Glass wafers for semiconductor fabrication processes and methods of making same The present disclosure is directed to the use of glass wafers as carriers, interposers, or in other selected applications in which electronic circuitry or operative elements, such as transistors, are formed in the creation of electronic devices. The glass wafers generally include a glass having a coefficient of thermal expansion equal to or substantially equal to a coefficient of thermal expansion of semiconductor silicon, an indexing feature, and a coating on at least a portion of one face of the glass.
US08859101B2	Multi-layer article The disclosure is directed to an article including a first layer, second layer, and third layer. The first layer includes a fluoropolymer having a first major surface and a second major surface. The second layer overlies the first major surface of the first layer and includes an adhesive layer. The third layer overlies the second layer and includes a polymeric material. The article has a burst performance greater than 200 N as measured by ASTM D751 and a chemical permeation breakthrough detection time greater than about one hour as measured by ASTM F739. The disclosure is further directed to a method of forming the aforementioned multi-layer article.
US08859098B2	Acrylic adhesion promoters Acrylic adhesion promoters having an improved property such as cohesive failure are produced from a monocyclic anhydride of phosphonic acid containing multiple carboxylic acids that is subsequently reacted with a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate. The adhesion promoters are useful in bonding to metal substrates including oily metal substrates.
US08859096B2	Granular pumice and method for producing granular pumice The invention relates to granular pumice, wherein the surface is covered with a hydrophobic coating.
US08859093B2	Low-emissivity coatings Embodiments of the present invention include low emissivity (low-E) coatings and methods for forming the coatings. The low-E coating comprises a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on a glass substrate, where one surface of the SAM is disposed in contact with and covalently bonded to the glass substrate, and one surface of the monolayer is disposed in contact with and covalently bonded to a metal layer. In some embodiments, the low-E coating comprises an assembly of one or more monomeric subunits of the following structure: Si—(CnHy)-(LM)m where n is from 1 to 20, y is from 2n−2 to 2n, m is 1 to 3, L is a Group VI element, and M is a metal, such as silver. In some embodiments, (CnHy) can be branched, crosslinked, or cyclic. The coating can further comprise an antireflection coating on the metal layer.
US08859090B2	Micro-structured surface having tailored wetting properties A micro-structured surface for immersing in a multiphase fluid mixture comprises a substrate having pores and a wetting liquid phase trapped in the pores. The wetting liquid phase is immiscible with all the phases of the multiphase fluid mixture. Alternatively, the wetting liquid phase is miscible with one of the phase of the multiphase fluid mixture.
US08859089B2	Reinforced hollow profiles A hollow lineal profile (16) formed from a continuous fiber reinforced ribbon (“CFRT”) that contains a plurality of continuous fibers embedded within a first thermoplastic polymer matrix (6). To enhance the tensile strength of the profile, the continuous fibers are aligned within the ribbon in a substantially longitudinal direction (e.g., the direction of pultrusion). In addition to continuous fibers, the hollow profile of the present invention also contains a plurality of long fibers that may be optionally embedded within a second thermoplastic matrix to form a long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (“LFRT”) (4). The long fibers may be incorporated into the continuous fiber ribbon or formed as a separate layer of the profile. Regardless, at least a portion of the long fibers are oriented at an angle (e.g., 90°) to the longitudinal direction to provide increased transverse strength to the profile.
US08859085B2	Non-vinyl resilient flooring product and methods of making same Described herein is a resilient floor covering made from non-vinyl materials. Also disclosed are related methods for manufacturing the resilient floor coverings described herein.
US08859078B2	Friction piece in a lubricated medium, working at contact pressures higher than 200 MPa Friction part in a lubricated medium working at contact pressures above 200 MPa and having a contact surface that is textured and subjected, before or after texturizing, to a case hardening treatment for a tribological function, wherein the surface is subjected to operations for producing a periodic network of micrometric cavities having predefined shapes and sizes and a period adapted to the width of the contact surface in order to promote passage to elastohydrodynamic lubrication regime.
US08859077B2	Method of manufacturing multilayer wiring substrate, and multilayer wiring substrate A plurality of openings are formed in a resin insulation layer on a bottom surface side of a wiring laminate portion which constitutes a multilayer wiring substrate. A plurality of motherboard connection terminals are disposed to correspond to the openings. The motherboard connection terminals are primarily comprised of a copper layer, and peripheral portions of terminal outer surfaces thereof are covered by the outermost resin insulation layer. A dissimilar metal layer made of at least one metal which is lower in etching rate than copper is formed between an inner main surface of the outermost resin insulation layer and peripheral portions of the terminal outer surfaces.
US08859074B2	Sandwich-type, generally planar, structural member having an attachment feature and assembly utilizing same A sandwich-type, generally planar, structural member having an attachment feature and an assembly utilizing same are provided. The member includes a first outer layer having an outer surface, a second outer layer and a core positioned between the outer layers and having a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. A portion of the member is locally crushed by the press molding to form a depression. The depression has bottom and side surfaces formed by the first outer layer. The member further includes a connector fixedly secured to the bottom surface of the depression to attach a second generally planar member to the first outer layer of the structural member.
US08859071B2	Curable composition for imprint, patterning method and pattern A curable composition for imprints, which is excellent in patternability and in line edge roughness, is provided. The curable composition for imprints comprises at least one kind of polymerizable monomer (A) and at least one kind of photopolymerization initiator (B). The polymerizable monomer (A) comprises at least two fluorine-containing groups selected from a fluoroalkyl group and a fluoroalkylether group and each of two of the fluorine-containing groups is connected with each other through a linking group having at least two carbon atoms.
US08859063B2	Systems and methods for a protective casing Systems and methods for a protective casing are provided. In at least one embodiment, a protective casing includes a flexible insulation layer configured to inhibit thermal energy from conducting from an external side of the flexible insulation layer to an internal side of the flexible insulation layer. The protective casing also includes a microlattice layer abutting the internal side of the flexible insulation layer, the microlattice layer configured to distribute thermal energy that passes through the flexible insulation layer substantially throughout the microlattice layer. Further, the protective casing includes a heat absorbing material that impregnates the microlattice layer, the heat absorbing material configured to absorb the thermal energy in the microlattice layer.
US08859060B2	Protective film of polarizer, polarizer and liquid crystal display device A protective film of polarizer comprising an organic acid that has a solubility in water at 25° C. of at most 0.1% by mass and has an acid dissociation constant in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran/water=6/4 by volume at 25° C. of from 2 to 7 can improve polarizer durability.
US08859059B2	Magnetic patterning method and system The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for patterning a substrate. The method comprises providing at least one magnetic pattern generator configured and operable to modulate the magnetic field to induce varying magnetic properties to a magnetic field according to a desired pattern; applying the modulated magnetic field in the vicinity of the substrate creating a certain pattern of regions of interaction to be obtained on top of the substrate; and; interacting the substrate with magnetic particles, while under the application of the modulated magnetic field, the magnetic particles being attracted to selected regions of interaction defined by the certain pattern while being substantially not attracted to regions outside the regions of interaction, thus creating on top of the substrate the certain pattern of regions interacted with the magnetic particles. The desired pattern corresponds to a certain pattern for a predetermined magnetic field profile and at a predetermined distance from the magnetic pattern generator, where the sample is to be located.
US08859057B2	Device for applying electromagnetic microwave radiation in a plasma inside a hollow glass substrate tube, and method for manufacturing an optical preform A device for applying electromagnetic microwave radiation in a plasma inside a substrate tube including inner and outer cylindrical walls defining an annular cavity therebetween, the inner wall having a circumferential applicator slit, an elongate microwave guide arranged with a first end in communication with the annular cavity and a second end in communication with a microwave generating means for supplying microwaves to the annular cavity, and means for supplying a cooling gas through the elongate microwave guide to a position near the applicator slit.
US08859056B2	Bonding an adherent to a substrate via a primer A method of bonding an adherent to a substrate, wherein a primer is applied to the substrate by plasma deposition and the adherent is bonded to the primer treated surface of the substrate, and the primer contains functional groups which chemically bond to functional groups in the adherent.
US08859055B2	Method for patterning flexible substrate The invention provides a method for patterning a flexible substrate. The method for patterning a flexible substrate includes providing a carrier substrate. A release layer is formed on the carrier substrate. A flexible substrate film is formed on the release layer. A plurality of UV blocking mask patterns is formed covering various portions of the flexible substrate film and the release layer. A UV lighting process is performed to expose the flexible substrate film and the release layer not covered by the UV blocking mask patterns, to a UV light. A debonding step is performed so that the various portions of the flexible substrate film directly above the various portions of the release layer, which were not exposed to the UV light, are separated from the carrier substrate.
US08859047B2	Use of ruthenium tetroxide as a precursor and reactant for thin film depositions Disclosed are atomic layer deposition methods using ruthenium-containing precursors to form ruthenium-containing films for use in the manufacture of semiconductor, photovoltaic, LCD-TFT, or flat panel type devices.
US08859045B2	Method for producing nickel-containing films Provided are precursors and methods of using same to deposit film consisting essentially of nickel. Certain methods comprise providing a substrate surface; exposing the substrate surface to a vapor comprising a precursor having a structure represented by formula (I): wherein R1 is t-butyl and each R2 is each independently any C1-C3 alkyl group; and exposing the substrate to a reducing gas to provide a film consisting essentially of nickel on the substrate surface.
US08859044B2	Method of preparing graphene layer Disclosed is a method of forming a graphene layer, including: putting a substrate in a chamber of an electron cyclotron resonance device, and then evacuating the chamber. Conducting a carbon-containing gas into the chamber, wherein the carbon-containing gas has a pressure of 10−2 torr to 10−4 torr in the chamber. Heating the substrate until the substrate has a temperature of 100° C. to 600° C., and using a microwave with an electron cyclotron resonance mechanism to excite the carbon-containing gas to deposit a graphene layer on the substrate.
US08859043B2	Organic layer deposition apparatus and method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display device by using the same An organic layer deposition apparatus for forming an organic layer on a substrate includes: a deposition source configured to discharge a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit arranged at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles; and a patterning slit sheet facing the deposition source nozzle unit and including a plurality of patterning slits and at least one spacer arranged between a pair of adjacent patterning slits of the plurality of patterning slits, the patterning slit sheet being smaller than the substrate in at least one of a first direction or a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the substrate is spaced apart from the organic layer deposition apparatus by a predetermined distance, and at least one of the substrate or the organic layer deposition apparatus is movable relative to the other.
US08859040B2	Method of applying atomic layer deposition coatings onto porous non-ceramic substrates A method of depositing a conformal coating on a porous non-ceramic substrate requires reactive gases to flow through the substrate so as to leave a conformal coating behind. The process can be used to leave a hydrophilic surface on the interior pores of the substrate, even when the substrate is of a naturally hydrophobic, e.g., olefinic material. The method can be used in a roll-to-roll process, or in a batch process. In some convenient embodiments of the latter case, the batch reactor and the conformally coated substrate or substrates can together go on to be come part of the end product, e.g., a filter body and the filter elements respectively.
US08859039B2	Method of forming lubricative plated layer on viscous liquid feed nozzle and viscous liquid feed nozzle In a viscous liquid feed nozzle having a nozzle body provided with a thin and long hole with a front end serving as a feed port, a lubricative plated layer is provided by immersing the liquid feed nozzle in a plating tank containing a lubricative plating solution and forming, by electroless plating, the lubricative plated layer at least on the inside and outside of the feed port.
US08859037B2	Method for manufacturing ceramic matrix composite structures Methods are disclosed herein to fabricate high-strength ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structures by combining, in one example, pre-impregnated (prepreg) material with a pre-ceramic polymer. The prepreg is processed to a first density, and the densification is completed with repeated polymer infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) cycles of the pre-ceramic polymer to fabricate a CMC structure. Advantageously, the present invention allows for fabrication of ceramic matrix composites more efficiently and to a larger scale than previously available.
US08859035B1	Powder treatment for enhanced flowability A method of enhancing the flowability of a powder. The powder is defined by a plurality of particles having an initial level of inter-particle forces between each particle. The method comprises: treating the powder, wherein the level of inter-particle forces between each particle is substantially decreased from the initial level; fluidizing the treated powder; flowing the treated powder into a plasma arc chamber; the plasma arc chamber generating a plasma arc; and the plasma arc chamber operating on the treated powder using the generated plasma arc. Preferably, the inter-particle forces are decreased by coating the particles with an organic surfactant.
US08859034B2	Ingot mold for silicon ingot and method for making the same A method for forming a mold comprises forming a body by kneading a ceramic powder comprising a silicon nitride powder and a first binder solution; forming a slurry by adding a second binder solution to the body; and forming a release layer by attaching the slurry to a surface of a mold base. A method for manufacturing a solar cell element comprises forming a silicon ingot by solidifying a silicon melt in the mold obtained by the above-described method for forming a mold; slicing the silicon ingot into substrates each having a predetermined thickness; forming a diffusion layer on each of the substrates; and forming an electrode on a surface of the diffusion layer.
US08859033B2	Method for producing magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording replaying device A production method of a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes: a step of forming a magnetic layer (2) on a non-magnetic substrate (1); a step of forming a dissoluble layer (3) on the magnetic layer (2); a step of forming a mask layer (4) on the dissoluble layer (3); a step of patterning the dissoluble layer (3) and the mask layer (4) to a shape corresponding to a magnetic recording pattern (2a); a step of performing a partial modification or removal of the magnetic layer (2) by use of the patterned mask layer (4); and a step of dissolving the dissoluble layer (3) with a chemical agent so as to remove the dissoluble layer (3) together with the mask layer (4) formed thereon from the top of the magnetic layer (2), wherein the magnetic recording medium has the magnetically-separated magnetic recording pattern (2a).
US08859025B2	Triple stream separation of fat, lean, and fluid from boneless beef A method for separating fat particles from lean particles. The method includes providing a mixture comprising a fluid, fat particles, and lean particles; introducing the mixture to an inlet of a chamber, wherein the chamber has an upper outlet and a lower outlet distal to the inlet; irradiating the mixture with UVc energy as the mixture is transferred through the chamber; allowing particles less dense than the fluid to be carried out from the chamber through the upper outlet; and allowing the particles more dense than the fluid to be carried out from the chamber through the lower outlet.
US08859023B2	Method of preparing a heat-treated product The formation of acrylamide during heat treatment in the production of a food product is reduced by treating the raw material with an enzyme before the heat treatment. The enzyme is capable of reacting on asparagine or glutamine (optionally substituted) as a substrate or is a laccase or a peroxidase.
US08859018B2	Delivery carrier for antimicrobial essential oils The present invention relates to a use of an emulsion comprising an antimicrobial essential oil, acacia gum and water for improving the antimicrobial effect of the essential oil in an aqueous composition, particularly in a food or beverage composition. Further, the invention relates to a process to improve the antimicrobial effect of an essential oil, and aqueous compositions comprising an emulsion of an antimicrobial essential oil, acacia gum and water.
US08859016B2	Sonically formed trichomic extract material A process, product, and product by process related to sonic welding, for quickly, compressing, shaping, and decarboxylating cannabinoids; preferably from Cannabis; for oral ingestion without using any liquids or solvents; such process breaks down the Cannabis plant's cellulosic structure; increasing oil extraction; while compaction decreases transportation and storage costs, making the end product desirable as an additional ingredient in other edibles.
US08859012B2	Composition comprising Xanthoceras sorbifolia extracts, compounds isolated from same, methods for preparing same and uses thereof This invention provides compositions, methods and process of producing extracts and pure compounds from Xanthoceras sorbifolia. The extract comprises saponins and other constituents including alkaloids, coumarins, saccharides, proteins, polysaccharides, glycosides, tannins, acid, flavonoids and others. The composition can be used for treating cancer and other conditions, such as arthritis, rheumatism, poor circulation, arteriosclerosis, Raynaud's syndrome, angina pectoris, cardiac disorder, coronary heart disease, headache, kidney disorder, and impotence; for improving cerebral functions; or for curing enuresis, frequent micturition, urinary incontinence, dementia, weak intelligence and Alzheimer's disease, autism, brain trauma, Parkinson's, cerebral dysfunctions, and treating arthritis, rheumatism, poor circulation, arteriosclerosis, Raynaud's syndrome, angina pectoris, cardiac disorder, headache, dizziness, kidney disorder. This invention provides compounds of oleanene triterpenoidal saponin in nature with the characteristics that at least one angeloyl group attache to Carbon 21 or/and 22, or/and linked to the sugar. The compounds of the present invention have various pharmaceutical and therapeutic applications.
US08859003B2	Preparation of an enteric release system Hydrophobic liquids are microencapsulated by an enteric matrix in an environment substantially free of organic solvents. The process includes forming an emulsion of the enteric material and hydrophobic liquid in water, titrating the emulsion with an acid to form a particulate precipitate and optionally coating the particulate with a combination of enteric material and plasticizer.
US08859002B2	Method for the dry dispersion of nanoparticles and the production of hierarchical structures and coatings The invention relates to a method for the dispersion of synthetic or natural nanoparticles and nanocomposite materials and to the use thereof in different sectors including those of ceramics, coatings, polymers, construction, paints, catalysis, pharmaceuticals and powdered materials in general.
US08859000B2	Synthesis of nanoparticles by an emulsion-gas contacting process The present invention is directed to a process for synthesizing nanoparticles. This process involves providing a stable emulsion containing a plurality of droplets suspended in a continuous phase. The droplets, which are encapsulated by an interfacially-active material, contain a first reactant dissolved in a dispersed phase. The process also involves contacting a gas phase containing a second reactant diluted in a carrier gas with the stable emulsion under conditions effective to permit the first reactant and second reactant to react and form nanoparticles. The present invention further relates to nanoparticle-loaded emulsions and their uses in formulations for various purposes.
US08858999B2	Method to produce hyaluronic acid functionalized derivatives and formation of hydrogels thereof In this invention a two steps procedure is described useful to insert functional groups to the hyaluronic acid (HA), through the formation, in organic solvent, of a particular active group on hydroxyl groups of HA and subsequent substitution, on the inserted active group, with a pendant portion containing at least in its terminal portion a nucleophilic functional group, NH2—R. The group inserted by nucleophilic substitution can contain in another its terminal portion a further nucleophilic functional group, in a way to be easily exploitable to further chemical functionalizations, such as an example to obtain the methacrylation of HA functional groups, to obtain photocrosslinkable derivatives. Both direct derivatives of the proposed process and those obtained by the further functionalization can be employed to produce hydrogels.

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