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US08901512B2	Particle detector There is provided a particle detector that can increase a detection sensitivity to fluorescence emitted from biogenic particles. A particle detector for detecting biogenic particles includes a substrate having a principal surface and configured to collect the biogenic particles on the principal surface, a light emitting element configured to irradiate particles collected on the principal surface with excitation light, and a light receiving element configured to receive fluorescence emitted from the particles when the particles are irradiated with the excitation light from the light emitting element. An optical axis of the Fresnel lens and a ray direction of the excitation light intersect with each other. The principal surface is a mirror surface.
US08901507B2	Radiation sensitive devices and systems for detection of radioactive materials and related methods Radiation sensitive devices include a substrate comprising a radiation sensitive material and a plurality of resonance elements coupled to the substrate. Each resonance element is configured to resonate responsive to non-ionizing incident radiation. Systems for detecting radiation from a special nuclear material include a radiation sensitive device and a sensor located remotely from the radiation sensitive device and configured to measure an output signal from the radiation sensitive device. In such systems, the radiation sensitive device includes a radiation sensitive material and a plurality of resonance elements positioned on the radiation sensitive material. Methods for detecting a presence of a special nuclear material include positioning a radiation sensitive device in a location where special nuclear materials are to be detected and remotely interrogating the radiation sensitive device with a sensor.
US08901506B2	Air ion measuring apparatus An air ion measuring apparatus (20) is used for measuring the amount of ions in ionized air generated by an ion generating apparatus (10) having a discharge electrode (11) and a nozzle (12) serving as a discharge electrode. The air ion measuring apparatus (20) has a cylindrical electrode (22), and when the length of the cylindrical electrode (22) is denoted by “l”, a flow rate of air which flows through the cylindrical electrode (22) is denoted by “U”, detection current which flows in the electrode 22 is denoted by “Im”, time constant is denoted by “τ”, and the detection current “Im” is denoted by a current detector (33), current generated by passage of ion is calculated by I 0 = U ⁢ ⁢ τ + l l ⁢ I m ⁡ [ A ] , it is possible to measure the amount of ions from the calculated carried ion current “I0”, and to measure the amount of ions while splaying the ionized air to an object required to be electrically neutralized.
US08901503B2	Radiation detector system and method A radiation detector system/method that simultaneously detects alpha/beta, beta/gamma, or alpha/beta/gamma radiation, within an integrated detector is disclosed. The system incorporates a photomultiplier tube with radiation scintillation materials to detect alpha/beta/gamma radiation. The photomultiplier tube output is then shape amplified and fed through discriminators to detect the individual radiation types. The discriminator outputs are fed to anti-coincidence and pulse width and timing analysis module that determines whether individual alpha/beta/gamma pulses are valid and should be counted by corresponding alpha/beta/gamma pulse radiation counters. The system may include a radiation detection method to affect alpha/beta/gamma radiation detection in a variety of contexts. The system/method may be implemented in a variety of applications, including but not limited to whole body radiation contamination detectors, laundry radiation scanners, tool/article radiation detectors, and the like.
US08901501B2	Scintillation detection device with an encapsulated scintillator A scintillation device is disclosed and can include a scintillator and a pliable encapsulating barrier completely surrounding the scintillator. The scintillation device can be used within a detector device. The detector device can include a housing and a photosensor within the housing. The scintillation device can be within the housing adjacent to the photosensor.
US08901496B2	Overhead occupancy sensor An overhead occupancy sensor assembly includes a housing, a lens disposed in the housing, a sensing element disposed behind the lens and configured to detect light, and a light blocking element, the light blocking element being configured to block light from reaching the sensing element. The light blocking element is a re-shapeable filter element or a rejection pattern of the lens. A continuous range of motion extension adapter may be included to allow optimal positioning of the sensor device for improved detection.
US08901492B1	Three-dimensional semiconductor image reconstruction apparatus and method A method comprises directing an electron beam toward a sidewall of a three-dimensional region of a semiconductor device with a tilting angle and a first azimuth angle, detecting a first projection distance of the sidewall through a detector placed over the semiconductor device, directing the electron beam toward the sidewall with the tilting angle and a second azimuth angle, detecting a second projection distance of the sidewall, calculating a height of the three-dimensional region using a first function, wherein the first function includes the first tilting angle, the first azimuth angle, the second azimuth angle and the projection distance of the sidewall and calculating a sidewall edge of the three-dimensional region using a second function, wherein the second function includes the first azimuth angle, the second azimuth angle and the projection distance of the sidewall.
US08901491B2	Ejection of ion clouds from 3D RF ion traps The invention proposes a method for the collective ejection of ions from a 3D RF ion trap with a ring electrode and two end cap electrodes, which comprises the following steps: (a) the RF voltage of a high-quality resonant circuit applied to the ring electrode is replaced with a second RF voltage at the two end cap electrodes which can be changed or switched faster than the high voltage at the ring electrode, keeping the ions stored, (b) the second RF voltage at the end cap electrodes is then switched down or off abruptly, releasing the ions, and (c) the released ions are ejected through an opening in one of the end cap electrodes by switching on a DC voltage on at least one of the end cap electrodes.
US08901490B1	Ion manipulation device with electrical breakdown protection An ion manipulation method and device is disclosed. The device includes a pair of substantially parallel surfaces. An array of inner electrodes is contained within, and extends substantially along the length of, each parallel surface. The device includes a first outer array of electrodes and a second outer array of electrodes. Each outer array of electrodes is positioned on either side of the inner electrodes, and is contained within and extends substantially along the length of each parallel surface. A DC voltage is applied to the first and second outer array of electrodes. A RF voltage, with a superimposed electric field, is applied to the inner electrodes by applying the DC voltages to each electrode. Ions either move between the parallel surfaces within an ion confinement area or along paths in the direction of the electric field, or can be trapped in the ion confinement area. The surfaces are housed in a chamber, and at least one electrically insulative shield is coupled to an inner surface of the chamber for increasing a mean-free-path between two adjacent electrodes in the chamber.
US08901482B2	Radiographic imaging apparatus, method and program At least one of conditions including that power is applied to a radiation detector, that a predetermined time period has elapsed from the application of power, and that the radiation detector is connected is detected. When at least one of the conditions is detected, determination is made as to whether or not calibration information of the currently used radiation detector is appropriate. If a negative determination is made, control is exerted to enable calibration.
US08901479B2	Sensor assembly for fluid detection and discrimination A light transmitting optical fiber shines light at a side edge portion of a hemispherical lens. The light is transmitted along the periphery of the lens to a second side edge portion located opposite the first side edge portion. A light sensitive component detects light at the second edge portion which light resulted from the light transmitted at the first side edge portion. The intensity of light detected at the second side edge portion is indicative of the fluid to which the lens is exposed, and can be evaluated and signaled by a microprocessor.
US08901478B2	Optical fiber assembly capable of detecting light intensity An optical fiber assembly includes a prism, a light emitting element, an optical fiber, and a light detector. The prism includes an incident surface, an emergent surface, a first reflecting surface, a second reflecting surface, and a third reflecting surface. A collimating portion is positioned on the incident surface. The light emitting element faces the collimating portion for emitting light beams. The optical fiber faces the emergent surface. The light detector faces the incident surface. The collimating portion collimates the light beams to parallel first and second light beams. The first light beams are projected to the first reflecting surface, reflected to the emergent surface, and are reflected to the fiber optical. The second light beams are projected to the second reflecting surface, reflected to the third reflecting surface, and reflected to the light detector.
US08901476B2	Temporal based motion sensor reporting Methods and systems may include a motion sensor and logic to sample an output signal of the motion sensor. The logic can also be configured to track an amount of time the motion sensor is triggered based on the output signal, and transmit the amount of time over a wireless link on a periodic basis.
US08901475B1	Avalanche photodiode biasing system including a current mirror, voltage-to-current converter circuit, and a feedback path sensing an avalanche photodiode voltage A system has a current mirror that has an input node and an output node and an avalanche photodiode (APD) coupled to the output node of the current mirror. The system also has a nonlinear voltage-to-current conversion element coupled to the input node of the current mirror that transmits current through the current mirror and the APD. Further, the system has a feedback path coupled between the output node of the current mirror and the voltage-to-current conversion element that senses a voltage across the APD and provides, based on the sensed voltage, an input signal to the voltage-to-current conversion element for controlling the element's output current, and the feedback path is arranged to limit a voltage of the input signal such that the output current is limited thereby preventing damage to the APD.
US08901470B2	Microwave heating apparatus In a microwave heating apparatus of the invention, microwaves from oscillation parts 1a, 1b are divided into a plurality of microwaves by power division parts 2a, 2b and inputted to amplification parts 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and desired microwave powers from the amplification parts are supplied from feeding parts 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d to a heating chamber 8. Reflected powers reflected from the heating chamber to the amplification parts via the feeding parts are detected by power detection parts 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d. Each of the feeding parts has a plurality of antennas for supplying the microwaves having different characteristics to the heating chamber, and a control part 7 extracts an oscillating frequency with which the reflected powers detected by the power detection parts are minimum, and causes the oscillation parts to oscillate at the extracted oscillating frequency so as to supply the microwaves having the different characteristics from the plurality of antennas to the heating chamber.
US08901464B2	Variable watt density layered heater A layered heater is provided that includes at least one resistive layer having a resistive circuit pattern, the resistive circuit pattern defining a length, a width, and a thickness, wherein the thickness varies along the length of the resistive circuit pattern and/or the width of the resistive circuit pattern for a variable watt density. The present disclosure also provides layered heaters having a resistive circuit pattern with a variable thickness along with a variable width and/or spacing of the resistive circuit pattern in order to produce a variable watt density.
US08901462B2	Heating unit and method of manufacturing the same A heating unit and a method of fabricating the heating unit are provided. The heating unit includes a heating member provided in a tube, with an outer surface of the heating member spaced apart from an inner surface of the tube. The heating member may be connected to an external power source by a metal piece, rod, and a connecting unit sequentially coupled to the heating member. The heating member, connecting unit and rod provide a stable positioning of the heating member in the tube during thermal expansion of the heating member, thus preventing contact therebetween.
US08901459B2	Substrate supporting units and substrate treating apparatuses including the same Provided is a substrate supporting unit, which includes a support plate on which a substrate is placed, and a heating member disposed within the support plate to heat the support plate. The heating member includes a plurality of first heating wires disposed in a first region of the support plate, and a plurality of second heating wires disposed in a second region of the support plate, which is different from the first region. The first heating wires are connected to each other through one of a series connection and a parallel connection, and the second heating wires are connected to each other through the other of the series connection and the parallel connection.
US08901449B2	Spot welding system and dressing determination method A spot welding system including a welding gun with an openable/closable electrode pair; and a dressing determination device determining a quality of a shaping process applied to an electrode of the electrode pair. The dressing determination device includes a visual sensor obtaining an image of the electrode, identifying a base and a tip of the electrode on the image and measuring a distance between the base and the tip on the image, by image processing; a visual sensor control section allowing the visual sensor to measure the distance immediately before and after the shaping process is performed; a cut amount calculation section calculating a difference between the distances measured by the visual sensor immediately before and after the shaping process is performed, as a cut amount of the electrode; and a cut amount judgment section judging whether the calculated cut amount is within a predetermined acceptable range.
US08901446B2	Limit stop apparatus, circuit breakers including limit stops, and methods of using same A limit stop apparatus for a multi-pole electrical contact assembly is disclosed. The limit stop apparatus interconnects crossbars of respective contact assemblies wherein one or more contact arms are pivotable relative to each crossbar. The limit stop apparatus is configured to engage the one or more contact arms on a same side of the one or more contact arms containing moveable electrical contacts. In one or more embodiments, the limit stop apparatus has a connecting bar with limit stops having arc shields molded to the connecting bar, wherein the arc shields can be phase-to-phase arc shields and contact-to-component arc shields. Circuit breakers and multi-pole electrical contact assemblies having a limit stop apparatus, and methods of operating the multi-pole electrical contact assembly are disclosed, as are other aspects.
US08901445B2	Magnetic contactor A magnetic contactor has a stationary contact including a first and second stationary contact pieces, each having a stationary contact portion and a stationary terminal portion, a third stationary contact piece disposed between the first stationary contact piece and the second stationary contact piece and having two stationary contact portions; a contact support casing supporting the stationary contact with the stationary terminal portions protruding out of the contact support casing; and a movable contact installed in the contact support casing, and including a first and second movable contact pieces contactable and separable from the stationary contact portions of the stationary contact pieces and the stationary contact portions of the third stationary contact piece accordingly, and an insulator fixing the first movable contact piece and the second movable contact piece. A driving mechanism drives the movable contact to contact and separate from the stationary contact.
US08901438B2	Electronic equipment cabinet structure An electronic equipment cabinet structure includes a frame having a plurality of vertical support posts and a plurality of cross members that connect the support posts together. In one aspect, the cabinet structure further includes at least one caster plate connected to one of the plurality of cross members. In another aspect, the cabinet structure further includes at least one bracket having a base and two sides extending in the same direction away from the base, the edges of the two sides being connected to one of the cross members and the base being connected to one of the vertical support posts. In still another aspect, the cabinet structure further includes at least one bracket connected to one of the vertical support posts, wherein the bracket includes a first embossed portion nested within a corresponding second embossed portion on the vertical support post to which the bracket is connected.
US08901437B2	Cable raceway A cable raceway having a first section adapted to be coupled with a first movable component. The cable raceway also includes a second section adapted to be coupled with a second movable component. The second section is configured to enclose a portion of the first section. The cable raceway further includes a seal member placed between the first section and the second section. The seal member is configured to isolate the first section and the second section.
US08901436B2	Wall-mount remote controller The wall-mount remote controller includes a base fixable to a wall W and a cover releasably attached to the base, having a box shape with an open rear, and covering a front surface of the base. The cover includes a bottom surface having an insertion opening therethrough. In a lower front of the base, a spring hook is disposed. The spring hook includes a support extending frontward from the front surface of the base and a hook section extending downward from an end of the support and then extending rearward. A hook protrusion is disposed on a lower surface of an extending rear portion of the hook section. The hook protrusion is engageable with the insertion opening of the cover. The hook protrusion is disengageable from the insertion opening by upward bending of the hook section caused by pressing of the hook protrusion by the tool inserted through the insertion opening.
US08901431B2	Printed wiring board and method for manufacturing printed wiring board A printed wiring board including an interlayer resin insulation layer, a pad formed on the interlayer resin insulation layer and for mounting an electronic component, a solder-resist layer formed on the interlayer resin insulation layer and the pad and having an opening portion over the pad, and a coating layer formed on the pad and exposed through the opening portion of the solder-resist layer. The solder-resist layer has a protruding portion protruding toward the inside of the opening portion in a bottom portion of the opening portion, and the protruding portion of the solder-resist layer has a flat surface in an end portion of the protruding portion.
US08901430B2	Cable termination for high-voltage cable application A cable termination includes a tubular body having an outer surface and a through aperture, and at least one shed extending from the outer surface. The shed includes an outer edge. A first support is coupled to the shed, extends between the outer surface of the tubular body and the outer edge of the shed, and is configured to increase the rigidity of the shed.
US08901422B2	Lid structure for flat-cable insertion opening A guide lug 3, lateral side temporarily fixing claws 4a, and slit side temporarily fixing claws 4b are hooked on a flat-cable insertion opening opened in a sheet metal casing to thereby temporarily fix a lid 1 with the lid half-opened. When the lid 1 in a half-opened state is adapted as a guide, a flat cable is inserted into a slit 5 from the inside of the casing and pulled out to the outside of the casing. The pulled out flat cable is pinched between a flange 8 of the lid 1 and the peripheral face of the flat-cable insertion opening to be screwed.
US08901420B2	Housing for a connecting unit A housing for a connecting unit, particularly an electronic unit, includes at least one plug connector having a plug axis. The housing also includes a strip. The longitudinal axis of the strip is in a spatial plane with the plug axis of the plug connector.
US08901418B2	Server cabinet A frame for a cabinet is provided. The frame includes a side-to-side beam, a front-to-back beam connected to the side-to-side beam, and a vertical post connected to the side-to-side beam. The front-to-back beam is inset relative to the vertical post to form a cable-routing area along a side of the frame.
US08901413B2	Photovoltaic device including flexible substrate and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed is a photovoltaic device. The photovoltaic device includes: a flexible substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode located over the flexible substrate; and at least one unit cell located between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode includes a transparent conductive oxide layer, wherein a texturing structure is formed on the transparent conductive oxide layer, and wherein a ratio of a root mean square (rms) roughness to an average pitch of the texturing structure is equal to or more than 0.05 and equal to or less than 0.13.
US08901412B2	Photovoltaic cell The disclosure relates to multiple quantum well (MQW) structures for intrinsic regions of monolithic photovoltaic junctions within solar cells which are substantially lattice matched to GaAs or Ge. The disclosed MQW structures incorporate quantum wells formed of quaternary InGaAsP, between barriers of InGaP.
US08901406B1	Selecting audio samples based on excitation state Systems and methods for selecting audio samples in response to musical stimuli are provided. In some embodiments, an audio sample can be selected based on the excitation state of an instrument. A musical stimulus can be received, and a current excitation level associated with previously received musical stimuli calculated. An audio sample can be selected for playback using the current excitation level. In some embodiments, audio samples having different velocity levels can be selected in response to repeated musical stimuli. A first instance of a musical stimulus having a first velocity level can be received, and a first audio sample corresponding to the first velocity level played back. A second instance of the musical stimulus having the first velocity level can be received, and a second audio sample corresponding to a second velocity level can be selected for playback. The first and second audio samples can have different audio characteristics.
US08901404B2	Sound adjusting system and electronic musical instrument An electronic keyboard musical instrument, including: a keyboard; a musical-sound signal generating circuit; at least one speaker for emitting sound in accordance with a generated signal; a speaker accommodating body accommodating the speaker in its inner space; and at least one resonator disposed in the accommodating body, wherein the accommodating body includes a sound emission path by which the sound emitted by the speaker is introduced to an exterior of the accommodating body via the inner space for sound propagation to the exterior, a control point of the resonator is located at a position corresponding to an antinode of a sound pressure in a natural vibration mode at a specific frequency generated in the inner space by driving of the speaker, and the resonator resonates at the specific frequency for adjusting the sound pressure, whereby the sound is emitted from the sound emission path to the exterior.
US08901402B1	Maize variety hybrid X18B703 A novel maize variety designated X18B703 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18B703 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18B703 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18B703, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18B703. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18B703.
US08901396B1	Soybean variety BG4277 A novel soybean variety, designated BG4277 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety BG4277, cells from soybean variety BG4277, plants of soybean BG4277, and plant parts of soybean variety BG4277. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety BG4277 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety BG4277, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety BG4277, and methods of characterizing soybean variety BG4277. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety BG4277 are further provided.
US08901394B1	Soybean variety 97R21 A novel soybean variety, designated 97R21 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 97R21, cells from soybean variety 97R21, plants of soybean 97R21, and plant parts of soybean variety 97R21. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 97R21 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 97R21, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 97R21, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 97R21. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 97R21 are further provided.
US08901391B2	Soybean variety A1037503 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037503. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037503. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037503 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037503 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08901390B2	Soybean variety A1037492 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037492. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037492. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037492 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037492 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08901388B2	Soybean variety A1037481 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037481. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037481. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037481 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037481 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08901387B2	Soybean variety A1037469 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037469. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037469. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037469 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037469 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08901386B2	Soybean variety A1037464 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037464. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037464. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037464 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037464 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08901379B2	Canola cultivars having high yield and stabilized fatty acid profiles According to the invention, there are provided novel canola cultivars, seeds of canola cultivars, to the plants, or plant parts, of novel canola cultivars and to methods for producing canola plants produced by crossing the novel canola cultivars with themselves or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of the canola cultivars. The novel canola cultivar(s) include canola plants having a desired trait that includes an oleic acid value of about 70%, an α-linolenic acid value of less than about 3%, and a yield greater than about 2100 kg/ha.
US08901373B2	Methods and compositions for root knot nematode control The present invention discloses gene targets, constructs and methods for the genetic control of plant disease caused by nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne (root knot nematodes). The present invention relates to achieving a plant protective effect through the identification of target coding sequences and the use of recombinant DNA technologies for post-transcriptionally repressing or inhibiting expression of the target coding sequences in the cells of plant-parasitic nematodes. The disclosed gene targets show significant conservation at the nucleotide level between orthologs from different Meloidogyne species, facilitating genus-wide targeting by RNA interference.
US08901367B2	End seal for an absorbent article The present invention relates to absorbent articles, such as diapers and sanitary napkins, and cores useful for such articles. More specifically, the invention relates to an absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline, the absorbent article comprising an absorbent core, the core comprising a storage layer and a wearer facing side oriented towards a wearer when the article is being worn and an opposed garment facing side, the absorbent article further comprising a liquid pervious topsheet on the wearer facing side of the core and a liquid pervious backsheet on the garment facing side of the core, the core further comprising a first core wrap sheet covering the wearer facing side of the storage layer and a second core wrap sheet covering the garment facing side of the storage layer the first core wrap sheet being joined to the second core wrap sheet along at least one transverse stripe of juncture, wherein the stripe of juncture covers a total area and the stripe of juncture provides a bond strength of at least 1 N/cm between the first core wrap sheet and a second core wrap sheet as measured as tensile strength in the longitudinal direction and wherein the stripe of juncture comprises an open area of at least 20% of the total area.
US08901366B2	Urine volume hydration test devices In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for quantitatively or semi-quantitatively determining the volume of a test sample of urine is provided. The method includes contacting the test sample with a fluidic medium of a lateral flow device having a volume indicator disposed thereon and determining the volume of urine in the test sample based on the distance traveled by the volume indicator along the fluidic medium, the distance traveled by the volume indicator corresponding to the volume of urine in the test sample.
US08901365B2	Catalytic Wittig and Mitsunobu reactions A catalytic Wittig method utilizing a phosphine including the steps of providing a phosphine oxide precatalyst and reducing the phosphine oxide precatalyst to produce the phosphine; forming a phosphonium ylide precursor from the phosphine and a reactant; generating a phosphonium ylide from the phosphonium ylide precursor; reacting the phosphonium ylide precursor with the aldehyde, ketone, or ester to form the olefin and the phosphine oxide which then reenters the cycle. The invention is also directed to a Mitsunobu reaction catalytic in phosphine.
US08901361B2	Method for synthesizing 3,5-dichloroanisole from 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene A method for synthesizing 3,5-dichloroanisole from 1,3,5-trichloro-benzene is proved. The method may comprises: a) the reaction between 1,3,5-trichloro-benzene and a methanolate of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal in a first solvent chosen from among dimethylsulfoxide and 1,1,3,3-tétramethylurea, b) the precipitation of the product resulting from step a) in a second solvent which is not included among substances considered carcinogenic, mutagenic and/or toxic for reproduction by Regulation (EC) no 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 Dec. 2008, then c) the recovery of the precipitate thus obtained. The method may be applied to synthesize 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene in which 3,5-dichloroanisole is an intermediate product.
US08901360B2	Process for cis 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene Disclosed is a process for preparing cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobutene comprising the steps of (a) reacting CCl4 with a compound having the formula CF3CX═CXH, where each X is independently halogen or hydrogen, to form a compound having the formula CF3CXClCXHCCl3; (b) fluorinating the compound formed in step (a) to form a compound having the formula CF3CXHCXHCF3; (c) converting the compound formed in step (b) by a reaction selected from the group consisting of dehydrohalogenation, dehalogenation and both reactions, to form a compound having the formula CF3C≡CCF3; and (d) catalytically reducing the compound formed in step (c) with hydrogen to form the compound having the formula:
US08901357B2	Dibenzoyl peroxide derivatives, preparation method thereof and cosmetic or dermatological compositions containing same The use of compounds in the treatment of skin disorders is described. In particular, compounds having the general formula (I): are described. A process for preparing such compounds and their cosmetic or dermatological use are also described.The described compounds can act as bactericides. As a result, they can be useful in the treatment of conditions associated with the presence of bacteria, more specifically of P. acnes.
US08901354B2	Method for producing N-substituted amine compounds through catalyzed alkylation The invention relates to a method for producing a N-substituted amine compound by catalyzed alkylation. The method uses amine and alcohol or two kinds of amines as the reaction materials, employs composite metal oxides catalyst at a reaction temperature of 80-180° C. to catalyze the reaction for 6-36 hours, so as to produce the N-substituted amine compound. The reaction condition of the method of the invention is relatively moderate, using a catalyst made of cheap non-noble metals, which is non-caustic and easy to be separated and reused. The reaction does not need any medium and has relatively high conversion rate and selectivity.
US08901353B2	Polyimide precursor, polyimide, and liquid crystal aligning agent To provide a novel diamine which is useful as the starting material of a novel polyimide precursor or polyimide which can provide a liquid crystal alignment film having a low volume resistivity, a liquid crystal aligning agent containing these polymers, and a liquid crystal alignment film. The novel diamine is a compound represented by any one of the following formulae (A) to (C):
US08901345B2	Process for preparation of optically active diamine derivative salt The problem to be solved is to produce, at high yields with high purity, anhydrous crystals of a compound represented by formula (1) that is an important intermediate for preparation of FXa inhibitor compound (X) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. The solution thereto is an industrial preparation process that provides, with high purity, anhydrous crystals of a compound represented by the following formula (1), which is an intermediate for the production of FXa inhibitor compound (X) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof, wherein Boc represents a tert-butoxycarbonyl group.
US08901344B2	Production of carboxylic acid esters by stripping with alcohol vapor The invention relates to a method for producing carboxylic acid esters by reacting a reaction mixture, comprising a carboxylic acid and/or a carboxylic acid anhydride, and an alcohol in a reaction system having one or more reactors, wherein reaction water is distilled off as an alcohol/water azeotrope with the exhaust vapor. In addition, the reaction mixture is treated with superheated alcohol vapor. The method allows the production of esters having a low acid number.
US08901341B2	Amino acid derivatives and absorbable polymers therefrom The present invention relates to the discovery of new class of hydrolysable amino acid derivatives and absorbable polyester amides, polyamides, polyepoxides, polyureas and polyurethanes prepared therefrom. The resultant absorbable polymers are useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering, tissue adhesives, adhesion prevention, bone wax formulations, medical device coatings, stents, stent coatings, highly porous foams, reticulated foams, wound care, cardiovascular applications, orthopedic devices, surface modifying agents and other implantable medical devices. In addition, these absorbable polymers should have a controlled degradation profile.
US08901338B2	Phosphonium salts and methods of their preparation Methods for preparing phosphonium salts by reacting a primary phosphine or a secondary phosphine with an ester compound selected from the group consisting of: a phosphate triester; a phosphonate diester; a sulfate diester; and a sulfonate ester; to form a phosphonium salt of formula VII wherein each of RQ, RX, RY, and RZ is independently hydrocarbyl and X− is a phosphate, phosphonate, sulfate, or sulfonate are provided herein. These phosphonium salts may find utility in a wide range of applications, including as surfactants, as polar solvents (ionic liquids), as antimicrobial agents, and as a component of spinning finish in polyamide fiber processing.
US08901334B2	Transition metal-phosphoranimide catalysts Phosphoranimide-metal catalysts are disclosed. The catalysts comprise first row transition metals such as nickel, cobalt or iron. The hydrocarbon-soluble catalysts have a metal to anionic phosphoranimide ratio of 1:1, have no inactive bulk phase and no dative ancillary ligands, and are active for a range of commercially important reductive transformations. A method of synthesis of these catalysts by reduction of a precursor of these catalysts is also disclosed.
US08901330B2	Method for production of biofuel Alkyl esters boiling largely within the specification range for jet fuel may be made from triglycerides without a water-washing step, by centrifugation in a timely manner and at a sufficiently high time/G-force/distance product so as to bring about separation of a transitory second phase containing the residual catalyst. The esters or fractions thereof may be combined with jet or diesel fuels to lower the freezing and cloud points respectively.
US08901322B2	Crystalline forms of cabazitaxel and process for preparation thereof The present invention provides Crystalline Forms of 4-acetoxy-2α-benzoyloxy-5β-20-epoxy-1-hydroxy-7β,10β-dimethoxy-9-oxotax-11-en-13α-yl(2R,3S)-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropionate, i.e Cabazitaxel. The present invention also discloses methods for the preparation of Crystalline Forms of Cabazitaxel and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US08901321B2	Process for recovery of maleic anhydride by using organic solvent A process for the recovery of maleic anhydride from the gas produced by the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbon, n-butane or benzene, is characterized by: a) High efficiency in maleic anhydride recovery b) Reduced formation of maleic acid and fumaric acid c) Reduced maintenance, thanks to the prevented formation of solid deposits in the absorber and in other related equipment.
US08901320B2	Process for controlling a gas phase oxidation reactor for preparation of phthalic anhydride In a process for controlling a gas phase oxidation reactor for preparation of phthalic anhydride, by passing a gas stream which comprises an aromatic hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen through a multitude of reaction tubes arranged in the gas phase oxidation reactor, each of which comprises a bed of at least one catalyst and the temperature of which can be controlled by means of a heat transfer medium, at least one control parameter is measured and correcting interventions for control of the control parameter are determined, the at least one control parameter comprising the phthalic anhydride yield and the correcting parameter used being the temperature of the heat carrier medium. Over at least 90% of the lifetime of the catalyst, the change in the correcting parameter is limited to a maximum of 0.5 K within a period of 30 days. In this way, the cumulated phthalic anhydride yield over the lifetime of the catalyst is maximized.
US08901311B2	Method for producing heterocyclic fluoroalkenyl sulfones The present invention relates to a process for preparing heterocyclic fluoroalkenyl sulfones and fluoroalkenyl sulfoxides by allowing the corresponding fluoroalkenyl thioethers to react with a salt of peroxomonosulfuric acid (H2SO5), optionally in the presence of a reaction assistant and optionally in the presence of a diluent.
US08901310B2	Tricyclic compounds, compositions, and methods The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or salt thereof, which are modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor. The compounds and salts of the invention are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by glucocorticoid receptor activity.
US08901309B2	Fused triazoles for the treatment or prophylaxis of mild cognitive impairment The present invention provides a heterocycle derivative having a superior amyloid β production inhibitory activity and/or a superior γ-secretase modulation activity, and use thereof. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a salt thereof.
US08901308B2	Triazole compounds that modulate Hsp90 activity The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
US08901307B2	Chemical compounds 251 The invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I), and salts thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to inhibitors or modulators of PIM-1 and/or PIM-2, and/or PIM-3 protein kinase activity or enzyme function. In still further embodiments, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein, and their use in the prevention and treatment of PIM kinase related conditions and diseases, preferably cancer.
US08901304B1	Benzo[D]imidazole derivatives of piperidine and piperazine The benzo[d]imidazole derivatives of piperidine and piperazine are 5-piperazinyl and 5-piperadinyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-ones that exhibit D2 and 5-HT1A receptor binding affinities, making them suitable for use as the active ingredient of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of schizophrenia. The derivatives have the general formula: where X is carbon or nitrogen and R is a selected biaryl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The piperidinyl compounds are prepared by removal of the Boc group from tert-Butyl-4-(2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-5-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate. Subsequent reductive amination with a selected biarylaldehyde completes the synthesis of the 5-piperazinyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-ones. The piperazinyl compounds are prepared by preparation of the intermediate tert-Butyl 4-(3,4-diaminophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate. Removal of the Boc group and subsequent reductive amination with a selected biarylaldehyde completes the synthesis of the 5-piperazinyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-ones.
US08901303B2	Low hygroscopic aripiprazole drug substance and processes for the preparation thereof The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous Aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
US08901300B2	Tetraazapyrene compounds and their use as N-type semiconductors Provided are tetraazapyrene compounds of formula (I) and their use as n-type semiconductors. In formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, at each occurrence, independently are selected from H, a C1-30 alkyl group, a C1-30 alkoxy group, a C1-30 alkylthio group, a C6-14 aryl group, a C6-14 aryloxy group, a C6-14 arylthio group, a C7-20 arylalkyl group, CI and Br; R5, R6, at each occurrence, independently are selected from H, a C1-30 alkyl group, a Cy1-30 haloalkyl group, a C6-14 aryl group and a C7-20 arylalkyl group, wherein aryl and arylalkyl can be optionally substituted with one or more halogen, C1-4 haloalkyl, —CN, —NO2, —CHO, —COOH, —CONH2, —CO(C1-14 alkyl), —COO(C1-14 alkyl), CONHC(C1-14 alkyl) and —CON(C1-14 alkyl)2 groups, with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 is a C6-14 aryloxy, a C6-14 arylthio I group, CI or Br. (I).
US08901296B2	Process for the preparation of substantially pure methylthionium chloride pentahydrate form A Substantially pure methylthioninium chloride pentahydrate form A is prepared from methylthioninium chloride by phase equilibration of suspensions, crystallization or solvent evaporation, whereby the water content of the solvent corresponds to a water activity of at least 0.4 at 25° C., and controlled drying of said methylthioninium chloride pentahydrate form A within its stability ranges of humidity, pressure and temperature.
US08901294B2	MRI contrast agent having gadolinium complex The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent including a gadolinium complex, more particularly to a DO3A-tranexamic acid or its ester compound, which is represented by the Chemical Formula 1. A DO3A-tranexamic acid or its ester compound may be prepared according to the present invention and a gadolinium complex may be prepared using the compound. An MRI contrast agent including the gadolinium complex prepared according to the present invention as an active ingredient has higher relaxivity as compared to the currently commercially available contrast agent. In addition, the MRI contrast agent according to the present invention has bifunctionality of liver-specific and blood-pool contrasting effect. Accordingly, since the MRI contrast agent including the gadolinium complex according to the present invention satisfies the key properties required for a contrast agent for MRI, it can be widely used as an MRI contrast agent and can provide enhanced contrasting effect as compared to the existing contrast agent.
US08901292B2	Method of mass production of tetrakis(p-nitrophenyl)porphyrins A method of mass production of tetrakis(p-nitrophenyl)porphyrins, by which successful isolation of the barely soluble product from meso-aryl nitration of tetraphenylporphyrin toward a remarkable yield of nearly 90% has been realized by means of a solid phase extraction technique. This is a simpler and more straight forward synthetic method, suitable production at an industrial scale with lower cost, shorter synthetic time and lower solvent consumption. A preferred species of tetrakis(p-nitrophenyl)porphyrin produced by a subject method is:
US08901290B2	Method to control the dispersibility and barrier properties of dried nanocrystalline cellulose in solutions of different pH and ionic strength A new method to control the dispersibility of dried nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) by controlling solution pH and ionic strength is provided; when stable, non-reswellable acid-form NCC (H-NCC) films are placed in concentrated sodium hydroxide solutions, they swell but do not disperse; while sodium-form NCC (Na-NCC) or other NCC films having neutral monovalent counterions readily disperse in pure water, Na-NCC films placed in hydrochloric acid and sodium chloride as well as sodium hydroxide solutions of sufficient ionic strength swell, but do not disperse; similar properties are observed for freeze-dried NCC products. The dispersibility of these NCC films is a function of the ionic strength and the identity of the electrolyte solutions to which they are exposed. NCC films are envisaged that have barrier properties in an electrolyte solution but that disintegrate or disperse when rinsed with pure water at the end of their useful lifespan.
US08901288B2	High throughput methods for functionally determining RNA interference efficiency Provided is a single construct combining a sequence encoding an RNAi molecule, a sequence encoding a reporter, and a target sequence specific for the RNAi molecule. The construct can be used to determine the potency of the encoded RNAi molecule in a direct and unbiased way. These results can be used to inform the design of potent RNAi molecules of various types and can be extended to several other applications, including: (1) generation of tiled libraries comprising every possible RNAi molecule-encoding sequence for a given gene target; (2) large-scale parallel validation of RNAi molecules targeting many genes to generate validated RNAi molecule-encoding libraries; (3) experimental comparison of design algorithms and strategies; and (4) investigation of RNAi biology in target site mutagenesis assays by screening pools containing single nucleotide changes in target sites and/or in the RNAi molecule to identify the most relevant sequence characteristics of potent RNAi-target site predictions.
US08901287B2	Detection of nucleic acids by target-specific hybrid capture method Target-specific hybrid capture (TSHC) provides a nucleic acid detection method that is not only rapid and sensitive, but is also highly specific and capable of discriminating highly homologous nucleic acid target sequences. The method produces DNA:RNA hybrids which can be detected by a variety of methods.
US08901278B2	Pharmaceutical antibody compositions with resistance to soluble CEA The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of an epithelial tumor in a human, said pharmaceutical composition comprising an IgG1 antibody specifically binding to human CEA, wherein the variable region of said IgG1 antibody comprises at least (i) a CDR-H1 having the amino acid sequence “SYWMH” (SEQ ID NO: 29) and a CDR-H2 having the amino acid sequence “FIRNKANGGTTEYAASVKG” (SEQ ID NO: 28) and a CDR-H3 having the amino acid sequence “DRGLRFYFDY” (SEQ ID NO: 27) or (ii) a CDR-H1 having the amino acid sequence “TYAMH” (SEQ ID NO: 31) and a CDR-H2 having the amino acid sequence “LISNDGSNKYYADSVKG” (SEQ ID NO: 30) and a CDR-H3 having the amino acid sequence “DRGLRFYFDY” (SEQ ID NO: 27). Furthermore, processes for the production of said pharmaceutical compositions as well as medical/pharmaceutical uses for the IgG1 antibody molecules bearing specificities for the human CEA antigen are disclosed.
US08901277B2	Interferon alpha mutant and its polyethylene glycol derivative IFN-alpha mutants are obtained by substituting Cys for Tyr at position 85 or 86 in existing IFN-alpha. Their polyethylene glycol derivatives with high in vitro antiviral activity and prolonged in vivo half-life are also provided, wherein a polyethylene glycol moiety is covalently bound to the free Cys residue of an IFN-alpha mutant. The preparation methods of PEG derivatives of IFN-alpha mutants and medical compositions comprising the derivatives are also provided. The test results showed that the IFN-alpha mutants of the present invention are ready to prepare and have high activity; their polyethylene glycol derivatives have extended lifetime in the body and low clearance rate.
US08901276B2	Peptide reagents and methods for detection of colon dysplasia The present invention is directed to peptide reagents, methods for detecting colon pre-cancer (dysplasia with non-polypoid or polypoid morphology) or cancer using the peptide reagents, and methods for targeting pre-cancerous or cancerous colon cells using the peptide reagents.
US08901269B2	Cross-linkable silicone composition for the production of non-stick coatings for flexible substrates and an attachment-promoting additive contained in said composition The invention relates to cross-linkable or cross-linked silicone compositions that can be used, in particular, to form a non-stick water-repellent coating for flexible substrates, for example paper or similar, in the form of natural or synthetic polymer films.
US08901267B2	Olefin-based polymer and preparation method thereof The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer which exhibits superior processability and superior adhesive properties and therefore is desirably applicable to a hot-melt adhesive (HMA) or the like, and a preparation method thereof. The olefin-based polymer has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn, PDI) of 2˜3, and a density of 0.85 to 0.88 g/cm3, and satisfies the relation of Tc−Tm>0, wherein Tc (° C.) is a crystallization temperature and Tm (° C.) is a melting point.
US08901265B2	Cationic (meth) acrylic silicone-based graft copolymer and cosmetic containing same The present invention provides a novel (meth)acrylic silicone-based graft copolymer that is preferably used for cosmetics and the like. The (meth)acrylic silicone-based graft copolymer of the present invention is a copolymer obtained by reacting the following radically polymerizable monomers (a) to (d): (a) a compound represented by the following general formula (I); (b) at least one selected from a compound represented by the following general formula (II) and a compound represented by the following formula (III); (c) a compound represented by the following general formula (IV); and (d) a compound represented by the following general formula (V), wherein the copolymer is dissolved at a level of 50 mass % or more in 99.5% ethanol at 25° C.
US08901264B2	Copolymer and method for producing the same To provide a copolymer which can impart sufficient dynamic water repellency, after air-drying water repellency and friction durability to a surface of an article, and which has low impact on the environment, a method for producing the same, a water repellent composition and an article excellent in dynamic water repellency, after air-drying water repellency and friction durability. A copolymer which is characterized in that it has structural units based on the following monomer (a) and structural units based on the following monomer (b), wherein the content of structural units based on the monomer (a) is from 5 to 95 mass % in the total structural units (100 mass %), the content of structural units based on the monomer (b) is from 5 to 60 mass % in the total structural units (100 mass %) and the sum of the contents of structural units based on the monomer (a) and structural units based on the monomer (b) is at least 65 mass % in the total structural units (100 mass %), and a water repellent composition which comprises the copolymer: Monomer (a): a (meth)acrylate having no Rf group and having a C20-30 alkyl group; Monomer (b): a halogenated olefin.
US08901262B2	Polymerization of isoprene from renewable resources This invention relates to compositions and methods for producing polymers of isoprene derived from renewable resources, such as isoprene produced from cultured cells that use renewable carbon sources. A starting isoprene composition, such as a bioisoprene composition, is distinguished from petroleum based isoprene by its purity profile (such as lower levels of certain C5 hydrocarbons other than isoprene, presence of certain compounds associated with the biological process for production) and the relative content of the carbon isotopes. Polymers obtained by polymerization of such starting isoprene composition according to this invention, such as a polyisoprene homopolymer or a copolymer having repeat units that are derived from isoprene, are distinguishable from isoprene containing polymers from petrochemical resources.
US08901261B2	Catalyst component The invention refers to a process for preparing a Group 2 metal/transition metal olefin polymerisation catalyst component in particulate form free of conventional phthalate electron donors and the use thereof in a process for polymerising olefins.
US08901260B2	Heterogeneous ethylene alpha-olefin interpolymers An interpolymer of ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin is claimed, wherein the ethylene interpolymer is characterized as having an average Mv and a valley temperature between the interpolymer and high crystalline fraction, Thc, such that the average Mv for a fraction above Thc from ATREF divided by average Mv of the whole polymer from ATREF (Mhc/Mp) is less then about 1.95 and wherein the interpolymer has a CDBI of less than 60%. The interpolymer of ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin can also be characterized as having a high density (HD) fraction and an overall density such that % HD fraction<−2733.3+2988.7x+144111.5 (x−0.92325)2 where x is the density in grams/cubic centimeter. Fabricated articles comprising the novel interpolymers are also disclosed.
US08901257B2	Endless flexible members for imaging devices Flexible members for use in imaging devices comprise a polyphenylsulfone and a polyetherimide; and optionally, a polysiloxane surfactant.
US08901255B2	Curable composition An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition that can be used as sealing materials, adhesives, and the like, has excellent curing properties, and gives a cured product excellent in elongation properties. The object can be attained by means of a curable composition comprising: a reactive silyl group-containing polyether polymer (A) that contains a reactive silyl group with high activity (e.g., (ClCH2)(CH3O)2Si—, (CH3OCH2)(CH3O)2Si—, or CH3(CH3O)2Si—CH2—NH—C(═O)—); and a reactive silyl group-containing polyether polymer (B) that contains a reactive silyl group (e.g., CH3(CH3O)2Si— or (CH3O)3Si—) different from that mentioned above and/or a (meth)acrylic polymer (C) containing a reactive silyl group that is not particularly limited.
US08901253B2	Polymer network with triple shape effect and associated programming method The invention relates to a polymer network with triple-shape-memory effect and an associated programming method. The invention also relates to a method for producing layer systems made of shape-memory materials comprising the polymer network. The polymer network includes A) a first crystalline switching segment made of a star polymer; and B) a second crystalline switching segment made of a linear polymer or a star polymer.
US08901251B2	Method for making electrode active material of lithium ion battery A method for making an electrode active material of a lithium ion battery is disclosed. In the method, elemental sulfur is mixed with a polyacrylonitrile to form a mixture. The mixture is heated in vacuum or a protective gas at a heating temperature of about 250° C. to about 500° C., to form a sulfur containing composite. The sulfur containing composite is reacted with a reducing agent for elemental sulfur in a liquid phase medium to remove part of the elemental sulfur from the sulfur containing composite.
US08901248B2	Medical devices having improved performance In accordance with various aspects of the invention, implantable and insertable medical devices are provided, which contain one or more polymeric regions. In one aspect, the polymeric regions comprise (a) a block copolymer that comprises a polyaromatic block and a polyalkene block admixed with (b) a sulfonated high Tg polymer. In another aspect, the polymeric regions comprise a block copolymer that comprises (a) a sulfonated polymer block and (b) fluorinated polymer block.
US08901243B2	Biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters, methods of manufacture, and articles thereof Biodegradable compositions containing an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester derived from aromatic polyesters. Methods of making the compositions and articles made from the compositions.
US08901235B2	Adhesive composition, film adhesive, and heat treatment method An adhesive composition of the present invention contains, as a main composition, a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer composition containing a monomer having a maleimide group, and further contains a thermal polymerization inhibitor. As a result, it is possible to provide an adhesive composition that allows forming an adhesive layer that is excellently dissolved after the adhesive layer has been subjected to a high-temperature process.
US08901223B2	Polymers derived from itaconic acid This invention relates to polymers containing structural units derived from itaconic acid which are useful as binders for fiberglass.
US08901220B2	Styrene-butadiene-based binders and methods of preparing and using same Styrene-butadiene-based aqueous dispersions and methods for their preparation are described herein. The aqueous dispersions include water and a binder comprising a styrene-butadiene-based copolymer and an epoxysilane. Further described herein are binder formulations and methods for their preparation and use.
US08901217B2	Multiple-acid-derived metal soaps incorporated in rubber compositions and method for incorporating such soaps in rubber compositions A composition includes a polymer matrix, a multiple-acid-derived metal soap, wherein the metal has an oxidation state of +3 or +4. An associated method for making a rubber composition includes the steps of: combining a solvent and a multiple carboxylic, phosphonic, phosphoric, sulfuric, or sulfonic acid, or mixtures thereof, and mixing to form solution A; adding a source of metal ions to solution A and mixing to form a product A, the metal being selected from the metals having an oxidation state of +3 or +4, whereby product A includes a multiple-acid-derived metal soap; and combining the multiple-acid-derived metal soap with a diene rubber. A method of making a tire component includes the steps of: combining a solvent and a multiple carboxylic, phosphonic, phosphoric, sulfuric, or sulfonic acid, or mixtures thereof, and mixing to form solution A; adding a source of metal ions to solution A and mixing to form a product A, the metal being selected from the metals having an oxidation state of +3 or +4, whereby product A includes a multiple-acid-derived metal soap; combining the multiple-acid-derived metal soap with a diene rubber; and molding and vulcanizing the rubber composition into a tire component.
US08901211B2	Preparation of industrial asphalt The present invention relates to a method for preparing an industrial asphalt comprising sparging an oxygen containing gas through an asphalt flux in the presence of 0.25 weight percent to about 12 weight percent of a highly saturated rubbery polymer at a temperature within the range of about 400° F. to about 550° F. for a period of time which is sufficient to increase the softening point of the asphalt flux to a value which is within the range of 185° F. to 250° F. and a penetration value of at least 15 dmm to produce the industrial asphalt. The highly saturated rubbery polymer can be a styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer rubber or a highly saturated styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene block copolymer rubber.
US08901208B2	Composite wood board In a stack of composite wood boards, the wood boards comprise wood particles and an organic binder.
US08901205B2	Electromagnetic wave-absorbing material Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave-absorbing composite. To make the electromagnetic wave-absorbing composite, barium ferrite (BaFe12O19) and barium titanate (BaTiO3) are added into aniline during polymerization of the aniline. Thus, a core-shell structure is formed. The core-shell structure includes a magnetic/dielectric core and a conductive shell for covering the magnetic/dielectric core.
US08901204B1	Cross-linked ethylene propylene diene terpolymer latex blend for improved coatings Latex blend formulations that include a high solids cross-linked ethylene propylene diene terpolymer latex with acrylics, polyurethane, epoxy, or alkyd resin usable as a waterproofing material for roofs or usable in paints and adhesives.
US08901202B2	Biocompatible material and prosthetic device made thereof for the replacement, repair and regeneration of meniscus Herein described is a biocompatible material comprising a polymer matrix based on hyaluronic acid derivatives and poly-εCaprolactone, the process for preparing this material, a prosthetic device constituted by this biocompatible material and a reinforcing material, the process for preparing the prosthetic device, and its use for the partial or total replacement of meniscus, and regeneration of the meniscal fibrocartilage.
US08901201B2	Method for making an ambient light curable ethylene propylene diene terpolymer rubber coating devoid of thermally activated accelerators A durable ambient light curable waterproof liquid rubber coating with volatile organic compound (VOC) content of less than 450 grams per liter made from ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) in a solvent, a photoinitiator, an additive, pigments, and fillers, and a co-agent and a method for making the formulation, wherein the formulation is devoid of thermally activated accelerators.
US08901197B2	Modified fluorocarbon resin composition and molded products A modified fluorocarbon resin composition and a modified molded product of fluorocarbon resin composition having an excellent abrasion resistivity and low friction property under high pressure, are provided. The modified fluorocarbon resin composition comprises a blend of fluorocarbon resin and aromatic engineering plastic, which is modified by irradiation of ionizing radiation.
US08901195B2	Method for making a high solids low volatile organic compounds content ethylene propylene diene terpolymer rubber coating A two part high solids low volatile organic compounds durable curable waterproof liquid rubber formulation with a solids content of at least 60 percent solids by volume based on the total coating formulation, wherein a first component has EPDM, a solvent, a curative, an additive, and a blend of a pigment and a filler. The second component contains solvent and a metal drier.
US08901194B2	Ambient light curable ethylene propylene diene terpolymer rubber coating devoid of thermally activated accelerators A durable ambient light curable waterproof liquid rubber coating with volatile organic compound (VOC) content of less than 450 grams per liter made from ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) in a solvent, a photoinitiator, an additive, pigments, and fillers, and a co-agent and a method for making the formulation, wherein the formulation is devoid of thermally activated accelerators.
US08901193B2	Method for making a dual curable ethylene propylene diene polymer rubber coating using a photoinitiator and a peroxide A durable ambient light curable waterproof liquid rubber coating with volatile organic compound (VOC) content of less than 450 grams per liter made from ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) in a solvent, a photoinitiator, an additive, pigments, and fillers, and a co-agent and a method for making the formulation, wherein the formulation is devoid of thermally activated accelerators.
US08901192B2	(Meth)acrylic resin composition Provided is an adhesive (meth)acrylic resin composition being high in adhesiveness and capable of affording an adhered body which can be used at high temperatures of 250° C. or higher, and possessing low outgassing property and heat resistance. A (meth)acrylic resin composition including (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator that exhibits a mass loss on heating of 15% by mass or less when increasing temperature from 30° C. to 250° C. at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./min. under nitrogen flow, wherein the glass transition temperature of a cured body obtained from the composition is 250° C. or higher.
US08901184B2	Foamed resin molded article, foam insulated wire, cable and method of manufacturing foamed resin molded article A foamed resin molded article that is obtained by kneading and foaming a pellet including one or more fluorine resins and a chemical blowing agent in an extrusion molding process. The pellet is formed by mixing powder of the one or more fluorine resins and powder of the chemical blowing agent without heating and melting, and solidifying and molding. A method of manufacturing a foamed resin molded article includes making pellets including one or more fluorine resins and a chemical blowing agent, and kneading and foaming the pellets in an extrusion molding process.
US08901178B2	Co-production of fuels, chemicals and electric power using turbochargers A method and system for co-production of electric power, fuel, and chemicals in which a synthesis gas at a first pressure is expanded using a turbo-expander, simultaneously producing electric power and an expanded synthesis gas at a second pressure after which the expanded synthesis gas is converted to a fuel and/or a chemical.
US08901176B2	Methods for treatment of Parkinson's disease New uses of safinamide, safinamide derivatives and MAO-B inhibitors in novel types of treatment for Parkinson's Disease are described. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for treating Parkinson's Disease through the administration of safinamide, a safinamide derivative, or a MAO-B inhibitor, in combination with other Parkinson's Disease agents or treatments, such as levodopa/PDI or dopamine agonists.
US08901175B2	Use of opioids or opioid mimetics for the treatment of resistant cancer patients The use of opioids or opioid mimetics is suggested for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of resistant cancer patients.
US08901168B2	Vitamin E supplementation to tetanus toxoid The invention relates to a formulation for supplementation on immune response to a biological substance. More particularly, the formulation consists of one or more forms of Vitamin E which provides a supplementation on immune response to tetanus toxoid. In addition, the present invention also relates on the effect of different types of Vitamin E such as tocotrienol rich fraction, delta tocotrienol and alpha-tocopherol supplementation on immune response to tetanus toxoid vaccination.
US08901163B2	Method of treating hyperesthesia, paresthesia, dolor, and pruritus caused by insect stings or noxious weeds or plants using avermectin compound A method of treating hyperesthesia, paresthesia, dolor, and pruritus caused by an insect or arthropod sting or bite, or a skin contact with a noxious weed or plant is disclosed. The method includes topically applying a dermatological composition containing an avermectin compound to an affected area immediately after said sting or bite, or said skin contact occurs. The method further includes moistening the affected area first prior to application of the dermatological composition.
US08901161B1	Therapeutic compositions comprising imidazole and imidazolium compounds Therapeutic compositions comprising at least two substituted imidazole or imidazolium compounds may be used for a number of medical purposes, such as treatment of undesirable conditions or diseases, including disease or conditions related to bone, cancer, and/or pain.
US08901160B2	Heparanase activity inhibitor A heparanase activity inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, a cyclic carboxamide derivative represented by formula (I): wherein n is an integer of 1 to 3, R1 is hydrogen or a C1-6 hydrocarbon group optionally substituted with hydroxyl, X is —CH2— or a group represented by —N(R2)—, and R2 is hydrogen or a C1-6 hydrocarbon group optionally substituted with hydroxyl, or a salt thereof.
US08901156B2	Compounds and methods Disclosed are compounds having the formula: wherein X1, X2, X3, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y, A, Z, L and n are as defined herein, and methods of making and using the same.
US08901150B2	1H-pyrazolo[3,4-B]pyridines and therapeutic uses thereof Provided herein are compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions comprising the same, for use in various methods, including treating cancers such as colon, ovarian, pancreatic, breast, liver, prostate and hematologic cancers:
US08901148B2	Large substituent, non-phenolic opioids and methods of use thereof 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications.
US08901146B2	Aminoalkylpyrimidine derivatives as histamine H4 receptor antagonists Aminoalkylpyrimidine derivatives of formula I, wherein the meaning of the different substituents are those indicated in the description. These compounds are useful as histamine H4 receptor antagonists.
US08901140B2	6-amino quinazoline or 3-cyano quinoline derivatives, preparation methods and pharmaceutical uses thereof 6-amino quinazoline or 3-cyano quinoline derivatives, preparation methods and pharmaceutical uses thereof are disclosed. Specifically, the present disclosure discloses novel 6-amino quinazoline or 3-cyano quinoline derivatives presented by general formula (I), or tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, racemates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or metabolites, metabolic precursors or prodrugs thereof, and their uses as treatment agents especially as protein kinase inhibitors, in which each substitutent group of general formula (I) is as defined in the specification.
US08901138B2	Sulfoximine substituted quinazolines for pharmaceutical compositions This invention relates to novel sulfoximine substituted quinazoline derivatives of formula I wherein Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein, and their use as MNK1 (MNK1a or MNK1b) and/or MNK2 (MNK2a or MNK2b) kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment or amelioration of MNK1 (MNK1a or MNK1b) and/or MNK2 (MNK2a or MNK2b) mediated disorders.
US08901134B2	Pyrazolo [3,4-D] pyrimidine derivatives useful to treat respiratory disorders The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, where R1-R3 and Y are defined in the description, and its use in the treatment of disorders in which pi3 kinase is implicated.
US08901132B2	Thiazolopyrimidine modulators as immunosuppressive agents The present invention relates to compound of formula I, II, III, or IV, and/or a pharmaceutical acceptable addition salt thereof and/or a stereoisomer thereof and/or a solvate thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, and R12 are as defined in the claim 1. The present invention also relates to a method for their preparation, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The present invention further relates to the use of said compounds as biologically active ingredients, more specifically as medicaments for the treatment of disorders and pathologic conditions such as, but not limited to, immune and auto-immune disorders, organ and cells transplant rejections.
US08901126B2	Substituted imidazo[1,5-A]quinoxalin-4-ones are useful for preventing or treating storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction and bladder/urethral diseases Substituted imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4-one compounds of formula (I) described herein exhibit PDE9-inhibitory action and is useful as an active ingredient for an agent for treating and/or preventing storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction, and bladder/urethral diseases, and the like.
US08901124B2	Pyridazine amide compounds useful as SYK inhibitors The present invention relates to the use of novel triazolopyridine derivatives of formula I: wherein all variable substituents are defined as described herein, which are SYK inhibitors and are useful for the treatment of auto-immune and inflammatory diseases.
US08901121B2	Metalloenzyme inhibitor compounds The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
US08901111B2	Aryl-substituted heterocyclic urea modulators of fatty acid amide hydrolase Certain aryl-substituted heterocyclic urea compounds are described, which are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity, such as anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, energy metabolism disorders, and movement disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis).
US08901109B2	Quercetin-containing compositions This invention relates to a composition containing quercetin, vitamin B3, vitamin C, and folic acid. Also disclosed is a method of using the composition for enhancing physical or mental performance or treating various diseases or disorders.
US08901107B2	Lipid-lowering antidiabetic agent A composition which includes a salt of metformin and the use of the composition for treatment of or use in prediabetes, diabetes, lowering triglycerides and/or other conditions in mammals.
US08901106B2	Imidazole prodrug LXR modulators Imidazole prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or isomers thereof, of the invention are disclosed, which are useful as modulators of the activity of liver X receptors (LXR). Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds are also disclosed.
US08901101B2	Membrane lytic poly(amido amine) polymers for the delivery of oligonucleotides The present invention provides membrane lytic poly(amido amine) polymers, polyconjugates, compositions and methods for the delivery of oligonucleotides for therapeutic purposes.
US08901097B2	Methods for delivery of siRNA to the spinal cord and therapies arising therefrom The present application relates at least in part to methods for the administration of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to the spinal cord of a human or animal patient and also to a method of treatment for spinal cord injury and other diseases and disorders of the CNS. In particular, the application discloses methods to deliver an siRNA compound locally, directly and without the need for transduction vehicles and formulations in effective doses to the injured spinal cord to promote recovery of CNS function and or attenuation of allodynia.
US08901093B2	Custom vectors for treating and preventing pancreatic cancer The present invention is directed to a system for treating individuals at risk of developing or suffering from pancreatic cancer. The system comprises administering to the individual a recombinant poxvirus, where the poxvirus contains a foreign nucleic acid encoding at least one pancreatic tumor associated antigen (PTAA).
US08901091B2	Method of treating herpes virus infection using macrocyclic lactone compound A method of treating herpes simplex virus infection or varicella zoster virus infection is disclosed. The method includes topically applying a composition containing an effective amount of one or more macrocyclic lactone compounds, including avermectin compounds or milbemycin compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the affected area of an individual suffering from herpes simplex virus infection or varicella zoster virus infection.
US08901090B2	Method of treating otitis externa using macrocyclic lactone compound A method of treating otitis externa is disclosed. The method includes topically applying an otic composition containing an effective amount of one or more macrocyclic lactone compounds, including avermectin compounds or milbemycin compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier into the external auditory canal and the auricle of an affected ear of an individual suffering from otitis externa.
US08901089B2	Composition comprising an amorphous non-crystalline glass form of roxithromycin The invention relates to an amorphous non-crystalline glass form (Form-II) of 3R,4S,5S,6R,7R,9R,11S,12R,13S,14R-6-[(2S,3R,4S,6R)-4-dimethylamino-3-hydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-14-ethyl-7,12,13-trihydroxy-4-[(2R,4R,5S,6S)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-4,6-dimethyloxan-2-yl]oxy-10-(2-methoxyethoxymethoxyimino)-3,5,7,9,11,13-hexamethyl-1-oxa-cyclotetradecan-2-one or roxithromycin having at least one characteristic infra-red spectrum peak at approximately 3580 to 3464 cm−1. The invention further relates to a preparation method of increasing the solubility of roxithromycin including the steps of selecting anhydrous roxithromycin or monohydrated roxithromycin; elevating the temperature of the roxithromycin to above the melting point thereof; and reducing the temperature of the melt sufficiently to allow it to set into an amorphous non-crystalline glass form (Form-II) of roxithromycin having relatively increased solubility without decreasing the stability of thereof.
US08901086B2	Compositions including triciribine and methods of use thereof This invention encompasses combination therapies including TCN, TCN-P, TCN-PM and/or related compounds and one or more additional anti-cancer agents, for example, taxanes a molecule that modulates the HER2/neu (erbB2) receptor, anthracyclin compounds, epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor compounds, one or more platinum compounds and bortezomib and derivatives thereof and compositions with reduced toxicity for the treatment and prevention of tumors, cancer, and other disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation.
US08901084B2	Self-assembling peptide incorporating modifications and methods of use thereof The invention provides a self-assembling peptide comprising (a) a first amino acid domain that mediates self-assembly, wherein the domain comprises alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids that are complementary and structurally compatible and self-assemble into a macroscopic structure when present in unmodified form; and (b) a second amino acid domain that does not self-assemble in isolated form. In certain embodiments of the invention the second amino acid domain comprises a biologically active peptide motif, e.g., a peptide motif found in a naturally occurring protein, or a target site for an interaction with a biomolecule. In certain embodiments of the invention the naturally occurring protein is a component of the extracellular matrix, e.g., a component of the basement membrane. The invention further provides scaffolds comprising the self-assembling peptides and methods of using the scaffolds including for cell culture, tissue engineering, and tissue repair.
US08901082B2	Immunity-inducing agent and method for detection of cancer An immunity-inducing agent comprising as an effective ingredient(s) at least one polypeptide selected from the following polypeptides, the polypeptide(s) having an immunity-inducing activity/activities, or as an effective ingredient(s) a recombinant vector(s) which comprise(s) a polynucleotide(s) encoding the polypeptide(s) and is/are capable of expressing the polypeptide(s) in vivo can be used for therapy and/or prophylaxis of cancer: (a) a polypeptide consisting essentially of not less than 7 consecutive amino acids in any one of the amino acid sequences shown in the odd number IDs of SEQ ID NOs:3 to 95 in SEQUENCE LISTING; (b) a polypeptide having a sequence identity of not less than 90% with the polypeptide (a) and consisting essentially of not less than 7 amino acids; and (c) a polypeptide comprising the polypeptide (a) or (b) as a partial sequence thereof. Further, since the above polypeptide(s) react(s) with antibodies existing specifically in serum of a cancer patient, it is possible to detect cancer in a living body by measuring the antibodies in a sample.
US08901081B2	Uses of GRS proteins or fragments thereof The present invention is related to a anticancer composition comprising full length GRS protein or a fragment thereof, a nucleic acid encoding the GRS protein or a fragment thereof. Since the GRS proteins or fragments thereof have activity to induce apoptosis of cancer cell specifically, a composition comprising the GRS proteins or fragments thereof or a nucleic acid encoding thereof may be useful to treatment of cancer.
US08901080B2	Conjugate of hyaluronic acid for cosmetic treatment and preparation method This invention discloses a new conjugate compound that comprises at least one HA oligomer derivatized through one thiolated linker, whereby it binds to at least one metal nanoparticle, such as, for example, a gold nanoparticle. Moreover, it discloses methods of obtaining it, as well as the use thereof in a cosmetic treatment, and cosmetic compositions that contain them.
US08901079B2	Treatment of parkinson's disease via administration of GLI-1 protein Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and/or to protect dopaminergic nigrostriatal neuronal cell bodies from 6-OHDA-induced neurotoxicity in a mammal. In various embodiments of the invention, the dopaminergic neuron differentiation factor sonic hedgehog (Shh) and/or its downstream transcription factor target Gli-1 are used in connection with gene therapeutic techniques or direct peptide injection for the aforementioned indications. Kits useful in practicing the inventive method are also disclosed, as are animal models useful for studying various neurodegenerative conditions.
US08901075B2	Agonists of guanylate cyclase useful for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, inflammation, cancer and other disorders The invention provides novel guanylate cyclase-C agonist peptides and their use in the treatment of human diseases including gastrointestinal disorders, inflammation or cancer (e.g., a gastrointestinal cancer). The peptides can be administered either alone or in combination with an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase. The gastrointestinal disorder may be classified as irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, or excessive acidity etc. The gastrointestinal disease may be classified as either inflammatory bowel disease or other GI condition, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and cancer.
US08901074B2	Methods of treating autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) and neurodegenerative diseases An insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) inhibitor for use in the treatment of a disease selected from the group consisting of an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system and a neurodegenerative disease is disclosed.
US08901073B2	Compounds and their effects on feeding behaviour Peptide analogs of peptide YY (PYY), compositions comprising them, and methods of using those analogs or compositions for the treatment and prevention of metabolic disorders, for example disorders of energy metabolism such as diabetes and obesity, and for reduction in appetite, reduction in food intake or reduction of calorie intake in a subject, are provided herein.
US08901072B2	Glycopeptide and lipoglycopeptide antibiotics with improved solubility The invention relates to derivatives of glycopeptide and lipoglycopeptide antibiotics possessing an altered ionization state with respect to the parent glycopeptide or lipoglycopeptide antibiotic, and having the ability to be regenerated as the parent glycopeptide or lipoglycopeptide antibiotic under physiological conditions. These compounds are useful as antibiotics for the prevention and/or the treatment of bacterial infections.
US08901070B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising pore-forming proaerolysin protein (PRX302) The present disclosure includes methods and compositions for treating any condition involving prostatitis and similar diseases and/or conditions. These methods and compositions involve the use of targeted modified pore-forming proteins, including variant proaerolysin proteins.
US08901068B2	Functional fragrance precursor The present invention relates to a class of fragrance precursor compounds comprising one or more of the compounds derived from the reaction of X—OH and an aldehyde or ketone, the fragrance precursor compounds being of the formula X—O—C(R)(R)(OR) wherein R is a C6-24 alkyl group, a C6-24 aralkyl group or a C6-24 alkaryl group; R is H or a C6-24 alkyl group, a C6-24 aralkyl group or a C6-24 alkaryl group; R** is H or X; X—O representing a moiety derived from X—OH, and wherein X—OH is a compound selected from the group consisting of surfactants, fabric softeners, softener precursor ester amines, softener precursor amido amines, hair conditioners, skin conditions, saccharides and polymers. In a second aspect it relates to a method of preparing such precusors. Further the invention relates to compositions, comprising the precursor of the invention.
US08901067B1	Fragrance composition A topical salve to mask unpleasant smells is disclosed that consists of a composition having beeswax, eucalyptus oil, and menthol. The composition is placed under the nose of a user. The salve masks unpleasant strong odors, thereby allowing the user to perform the task at hand.
US08901065B2	Spray-drying process The present invention is to a process for preparing a spray-dried detergent powder comprising: (a) forming an aqueous detergent slurry in a mixer; (b) transferring the aqueous detergent slurry from the mixer to a pipe leading through a first pump and then through a second pump to a spray nozzle; (c) contacting a liquid detergent ingredient having a viscosity of less than 2 Pa·s to the aqueous detergent slurry in the pipe after the first pump and before the second pump to form a mixture; (d) spraying the mixture through the spray nozzle into a spray-drying tower; and (e) spray-drying the mixture to form a spray-dried powder, wherein a nitrogen-rich gas is introduced between the first and second pumps.
US08901063B2	APE-free laundry emulsifier A detergent emulsifier for laundry and other hard surface cleaning using an APE-free surfactant blend is disclosed. The emulsifier system is efficacious for removal of oily soils and greasy food removal. The compositions according to the invention include linear and branched fatty alcohol ethoxylates and ethoxylate propoxylate block copolymers. Methods of using the same are disclosed.
US08901062B2	Process for making a crystalline structurant comprising a molten hydrogenated castor oil An oil-in-water emulsion comprising droplets of a molten hydrogenated castor oil, the droplets having a mean diameter of between 0.1 μm and 4 μm; and an anionic surfactant; and wherein the mean diameter is measured when the emulsion is at a temperature of between 85° C. and 95° C.
US08901061B2	Choline salt cleaning compositions A cleaning composition comprising a choline salt and a surfactant or solvent. Also, a method of cleaning using the cleaning composition.
US08901060B2	Use of thioglycol ethoxylate as a corrosion inhibitor The present invention relates to an acidic, aqueous composition which comprises a thiodiglycol alkoxylate for treating metallic surfaces. The invention furthermore relates to the use of one or more compound(s) of the general formula (I) as a corrosion inhibitor.
US08901056B2	Reducing viscosity utilizing glycerin short-chain aliphatic ether compounds A solvent or composition that includes a glycerin short-chain aliphatic ether may be used in a method for coupling, coalescing or adjusting viscosity of a composition.
US08901053B2	Aqueous cleaning composition for substrate for perpendicular magnetic recording hard disk An aqueous cleaning composition for a substrate for a perpendicular magnetic recording hard disk including a Ni—P containing layer contains at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of surfactants represented by Formulas (1) to (6) and has a pH at 25° C. of 5 or less. In Formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 10 to 16, and X is a halogen atom.
US08901049B2	Sliding mechanism and friction reduction method for the same The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a sliding member having a lubricating film formed on the sliding surface thereof, and capable of exhibiting friction-reducing performance; and a friction reduction method for the same. To that end, the present invention entails coating the sliding surface with a titanium nitride-based material (for example, titanium carbon nitride, titanium nitride, or titanium aluminum nitride), adding a molybdenum dithiocarbamate with molybdenum in the amount of 600-1000 ppm to diesel engine oil, setting the arithmetic mean roughness of the sliding member to 2-10 nm, and upon converting the Sommerfeld number viscosity to Pa·s, the speed to s−1, and the load to mean Hertzian stress (Pa), then the lubrication conditions for use are within the range of 2.12365×10−19 to 5.94509×10−19.
US08901046B2	Oligonucleotides related to lipid membrane attachment A method of forming a lipid membrane attached linker comprises contacting a lipid membrane with an oligonucleotide having a first strand and a second strand of nucleic acid and two or more hydrophobic anchoring moieties located in its terminal ends. The two strands are hybridized to each other in a duplex section in a manner that the first strand terminal end is not a part of the duplex section and free from a hydrophobic anchoring moiety and the two or more hydrophobic anchoring moieties are covalently attached to the adjacent terminal ends of the first strand and the second strand of said oligonucleotide, thereby accomplishing a direct attachment of the oligonucleotide by the moieties on the same membrane.
US08901045B2	Methods of constructing libraries comprising displayed and/or expressed members of a diverse family of peptides, polypeptides or proteins and the novel libraries Methods useful in constructing libraries that collectively display and/or express members of diverse families of peptides, polypeptides or proteins and the libraries produced using those methods are disclose. Methods of screening those libraries and the peptides, polypeptides or proteins identified by such screens are also disclosed.
US08901044B2	Method to prepare magnetic beads conjugated with small compounds It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for stably and efficiently binding a compound to magnetic beads. The present invention relates to a method for producing compound-bound magnetic beads, which comprises: allowing a compound to come into contact with magnetic beads, on the surface of each of which a photoreactive compound has bound; extending the magnetic beads together with the compound on a support; and applying light to the magnetic beads to form a covalent bond between the photoreactive compound and the compound.
US08901036B2	Combinations of phenylsulfonylurea herbicides and safeners The invention relates to combinations of sulfonylurea herbicides (A) and their salts in which R2 is H, OH, aliphatic hydrocarbon radical or hydrocarbon-oxy radical, and R1 is an acyl radical, and the other symbols are as defined in claim 1, and safeners of type (B1) and (B2) in which the symbols are as defined in claim 1.
US08901029B2	Polycondensation catalyst for producing polyester and method for producing polyester using the same The invention provides a polycondensation catalyst for producing polyester by an esterification reaction or a transesterification reaction between a dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof and a glycol, the polycondensation catalyst being obtained by hydrolyzing a water soluble titanium compound in the absence of a water soluble alkali in an aqueous slurry in which particles of a solid base are dispersed thereby to form on the surface of the particles of the solid base a coat layer of titanic acid in a content of from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight in terms of TiO2 per 100 parts by weight of the solid base. The invention further provides a method for producing the polycondensation catalyst, and polyester obtained using the polycondensation catalyst.
US08901028B2	Selective hydrocarbon oxidation using heterogenous catalysts A process for the complete or partial oxidation of hydrocarbons comprises contacting a C1-C8 hydrocarbon and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst under conditions suitable to convert the C1-C8 hydrocarbon to at least one corresponding C1-C8 oxygenate product, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst provides confinement and contains both Brønsted-Lowry and Lewis acid centers. Particularly useful catalysts may include, for example, metal-modified ZSM-5 and other zeolites.
US08901023B2	Synthesized hybrid rock composition, method, and article formed by the method The invention relates to synthetic hybrid rock compositions, articles of manufacture and related processes employing mineral waste starting materials such as mine tailings, mine development rock, ash, slag, quarry fines, and slimes, to produce valuable articles of manufacture and products, which are characterized by superior physical and structural characteristics, including low porosity, low absorption, increased strength and durability, and retained plasticity. The resulting materials are compositionally and chemically distinct from conventional synthetic rock materials as demonstrated by scanning electron microprobe analysis, and are useful in a wide variety of applications, particularly with respect to commercial and residential construction.
US08901020B2	Glass compositions and fibers made therefrom Embodiments of the present invention relate to glass compositions, glass fibers formed from such compositions, and related products. In one embodiment, a glass composition comprises 58-62 weight percent SiO2, 14-17 weight percent Al2O3, 14-17.5 weight percent CaO, and 6-9 weight percent MgO, wherein the amount of Na2O is 0.09 weight percent or less.
US08901017B2	Formaldehyde-free proteinaceous binder compositions Binder compositions are described, where the compositions include a protein, a first crosslinking compound that includes a carbohydrate, and a second crosslinking compound that includes two or more primary amine groups. The first and second crosslinking compounds may be individually crosslinkable with each other and with the protein. Also described are fiber products that may include inorganic or organic fibers and a cured thermoset binder prepared from a protein and at least two crosslinking compounds. Additionally, methods of making fiber products are described that include providing inorganic or organic fibers, and applying a liquid binder composition to the fibers to form a fiber-binder amalgam. The liquid binder composition may include a protein and at least two crosslinking compounds that include a carbohydrate and an organic amine with two or more primary amines. The amalgam may be heated to a curing temperature to form the fiber product.
US08901016B2	Method of forming metal oxide hardmask A method of forming a metal oxide hardmask on a template includes: providing a template constituted by a photoresist or amorphous carbon formed on a substrate; and depositing by atomic layer deposition (ALD) a metal oxide hardmask on the template constituted by a material having a formula SixM(1-x)Oy wherein M represents at least one metal element, x is less than one including zero, and y is approximately two or a stoichiometrically-determined number.
US08901011B2	Substrate processing apparatus and semiconductor device producing method Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus, including: a processing chamber for processing a substrate; a substrate rotating mechanism for rotating the substrate; a gas supply unit for supplying gas to the substrate, at least two kinds of gases A and B being alternately supplied a plurality of times to form a desired film on the substrate; and a controller for controlling a rotation period of the substrate or a gas supply period defined as a time period between an instant when the gas A is made to flow and an instant when the gas A is made to flow next time such that the rotation period and the gas supply period are not brought into synchronization with each other at least while the alternate gas supply is carried out predetermined times.
US08901010B2	Methods for improving solar cell lifetime and efficiency Methods for protecting a texturized region and a lightly doped diffusion region of a solar cell to improve solar cell lifetime and efficiency are disclosed. In an embodiment, an example method includes providing a solar cell having a front side which faces the sun during normal operation and a back side opposite the front side, a silicon substrate and where the silicon substrate includes a texturized region and a lightly doped diffusion region. The method includes placing the solar cell on a receiving medium with the front side of the solar cell placed on an upper surface of the receiving medium, where the upper surface of the receiving medium prevents damage to the to the lightly doped diffusion region and damage to the texturized region on the front side of the solar cell during a contact printing process or transferring. In an embodiment, the lightly doped diffusion region has a doping concentration below 1×1019 cm−3 and the receiving medium includes a material having a moh's hardness in the range of 5-10.
US08901009B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices A memory device includes a lower interconnection in a semiconductor substrate, the lower interconnection being made of a material different from the semiconductor substrate, a selection element on the lower interconnection, and a memory element on the selection element.
US08901007B2	Addition of carboxyl groups plasma during etching for interconnect reliability enhancement The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure in which a low-k dielectric layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate. Features can be formed proximate to the low-k dielectric layer by plasma etching with a plasma formed of a mixture of a CO2, CO, or carboxyl-containing source gas and a fluorine-containing source gas. The method allows for formation of damascene structures without encountering the problems associated with damage to a low-K dielectric layer.
US08901006B2	ARC residue-free etching Antireflective residues during pattern transfer and consequential short circuiting are eliminated by employing an underlying sacrificial layer to ensure complete removal of the antireflective layer. Embodiments include forming a hard mask layer over a conductive layer, e.g., a silicon substrate, forming the sacrificial layer over the hard mask layer, forming an optical dispersive layer over the sacrificial layer, forming a silicon anti-reflective coating layer over the optical dispersive layer, forming a photoresist layer over the silicon anti-reflective coating layer, where the photoresist layer defines a pattern, etching to transfer the pattern to the hard mask layer, and stripping at least the optical dispersive layer and the sacrificial layer.
US08901003B1	Polishing method of semiconductor structure A polishing method of a semiconductor device is disclosed. A substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side is provided. The substrate has a device layer formed on the first side and a plurality of trench isolation structures therein extending from the first side to the second side. A main polishing step is performed to the second side of the substrate until a surface of at least one of the trench isolation structures is exposed. An auxiliary polishing step is then performed to the second side of the substrate. Besides, a silicon-to-oxide selectivity of the main polishing step is different from a silicon-to-oxide selectivity of the auxiliary step.
US08900998B2	Process for electroless deposition of gold and gold alloys on silicon A plating bath for electroless deposition of gold and gold alloy layers on such silicon-based substrates, includes Na(AuCl4) and/or other gold (III) chloride salts as a gold ion source. The bath is formed as a binary bath solution formed from mixing first and second bath components. The first bath component includes gold salts in concentrations up to 40 g/L, boric acid, in amounts of up to 30 g/L, and a metal hydroxide in amounts up to 20 g/L. The second bath component includes an acid salt, in amounts up to 25 g/L, sodium thiosulfate in amounts up to 30 g/L, and suitable acid, such as boric acid in amounts up to 20 g/L.
US08900995B1	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. In one embodiment of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device, a through electrode is formed on a semiconductor die, and a dielectric layer such as a photopolymer is coated on the through electrode to cover the through electrode. Under exposure is performed on the dielectric layer, thereby partially removing the dielectric layer by development. As a result, a top end of the through electrode is exposed to the outside or protrudes through the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer remaining on the top end of the through electrode may be removed by performing a plasma descum process, if needed.
US08900987B1	Method for removing bumps from incomplete and defective interposer dies for stacked silicon interconnect technology (SSIT) devices A method for removing bumps from incomplete interposer die(s) and/or defective interposer die(s) of an interposer wafer is described. The method includes forming bumps on an interposer wafer; identifying at least one incomplete interposer die and/or at least one defective interposer die of the interposer wafer; and removing bumps from the at least one incomplete interposer die and/or the at least one defective interposer die of the interposer wafer.
US08900985B2	Self-doped ohmic contacts for compound semiconductor devices A compound semiconductor device is manufactured by forming an III-nitride compound semiconductor device structure on a silicon-containing semiconductor substrate, the III-nitride compound semiconductor device structure including a GaN alloy on GaN and a channel region arising near an interface between the GaN alloy and the GaN. One or more silicon-containing insulating layers are formed on a surface of the III-nitride compound semiconductor device structure adjacent the GaN alloy, and a contact opening is formed which extends through the one or more silicon-containing insulating layers to at least the GaN alloy. A region of GaN is regrown in the contact opening, and the regrown region of GaN is doped exclusively with Si out-diffused from the one or more silicon-containing insulating layers to form an ohmic contact which is doped only with the Si out-diffused from the one or more silicon-containing insulating layers.
US08900981B2	Method for doping a semiconductor material A feedstock of semiconductor material is placed in a crucible. A closed sacrificial recipient containing a dopant material is placed in the crucible. The content of the crucible is melted resulting in incorporation of the dopant in the molten material bath. The temperature increase is performed under a reduced pressure.
US08900979B2	Pretreatment method for reduction and/or elimination of basal plane dislocations close to epilayer/substrate interface in growth of SiC epitaxial films Non-destructive pretreatment methods are generally provided for a surface of a SiC substrate with substantially no degradation of surface morphology thereon. In one particular embodiment, a molten mixture (e.g., including KOH and a buffering agent) is applied directly onto the surface of the SiC substrate to form a treated surface thereon. An epitaxial film (e.g., SiC) can then be grown on the treated surface to achieve very high (e.g., up to and including 100%) BPD to TED conversion rate close to the epilayer/substrate interface.
US08900978B1	Methods for making a semiconductor device with shaped source and drain recesses and related devices A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming at least one gate stack on a layer comprising a first semiconductor material and etching source and drain recesses adjacent the at least one gate stack. The method further includes shaping the source and drain recesses to have a vertical side extending upwardly from a bottom to an inclined extension adjacent the at least one gate stack.
US08900976B2	Organic layer deposition apparatus, organic light-emitting display apparatus, and method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display apparatus An organic layer deposition apparatus includes a transfer unit; a first conveyer unit including a guide member having accommodation grooves, a first accommodation part, a second accommodation part, and a connection part that connects the first accommodation part to the second accommodation part; a second conveyer unit for moving the transfer unit without the substrate; a loading unit for fixing the substrate on the transfer unit; a deposition unit including a chamber and an organic layer deposition assembly; and an unloading unit for separating the substrate, wherein the first accommodation part of the guide member is located close to ground compared to the second accommodation part, and includes a lower member, an upper member, elastic members located between the lower and upper members. The substrate fixed on the transfer unit is spaced from the organic layer deposition assembly while being transferred by the first conveyer unit.
US08900971B2	Bonded substrate and manufacturing method thereof The invention provides a method for manufacturing a bonded substrate by bonding a base substrate to a bond substrate through an insulator film, including: a porous layer forming step of partially forming a porous layer or forming a porous layer whose thickness partially varies on a bonding surface of the base substrate; an insulator film forming step of changing the porous layer into the insulator film, and thereby forming the insulator film whose thickness partially varies on the bonding surface of the base substrate; a bonding step of bonding the base substrate to the bond substrate through the insulator film; and a film thickness reducing step of reducing a film thickness of the bonded bond substrate to form a thin-film layer. As a result, there is provided the method for manufacturing a bonded substrate that enables obtaining an insulator film whose thickness partially varies with use of a simple method.
US08900968B2	Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device A semiconductor device may include, but is not limited to, a semiconductor substrate having a device isolation groove defining first to fourth device formation portions. The second device formation portion is separated from the first device formation portion. The third device formation portion extends from the first device formation portion. The third device formation portion is separated from the second device formation portion. The fourth device formation portion extends from the second device formation portion. The fourth device formation portion is separated from the first and third device formation portions. The third and fourth device formation portions are positioned between the first and second device formation portions.
US08900964B2	Inductors and wiring structures fabricated with limited wiring material Back-end-of-line (BEOL) wiring structures and inductors, methods for fabricating BEOL wiring structures and inductors, and design structures for a BEOL wiring structure or an inductor. A feature, which may be a trench or a wire, is formed that includes a sidewall intersecting a top surface of a dielectric layer. A surface layer is formed on the sidewall of the feature. The surface layer is comprised of a conductor and has a thickness selected to provide a low resistance path for the conduction of a high frequency signal.
US08900962B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method can include forming a base region and an emitter region in a front surface of a semiconductor layer. The method can include forming a first impurity implantation region by implanting first impurity of a first conductivity type into a back surface of the semiconductor layer. The method can include selectively forming a second impurity implantation region by selectively implanting second impurity of a second conductivity type into the first impurity implantation region. In addition, the method can include irradiating the first impurity implantation region and the second impurity implantation region with laser light. A peak of impurity concentration profile in a depth direction of at least one of the first impurity implantation region and the second impurity implantation region before irradiation with the laser light is adjusted to a depth of 0.05 μm or more and 0.3 μm or less from the back surface of the semiconductor layer.
US08900954B2	Blanket short channel roll-up implant with non-angled long channel compensating implant through patterned opening A method that forms a structure implants a well implant into a substrate, patterns a mask on the substrate (to have at least one opening that exposes a channel region of the substrate) and forms a conformal dielectric layer on the mask and to line the opening. The conformal dielectric layer covers the channel region of the substrate. The method also forms a conformal gate metal layer on the conformal dielectric layer, implants a compensating implant through the conformal gate metal layer and the conformal dielectric layer into the channel region of the substrate, and forms a gate conductor on the conformal gate metal layer. Additionally, the method removes the mask to leave a gate stack on the substrate, forms sidewall spacers on the gate stack, and then forms source/drain regions in the substrate partially below the sidewall spacers.
US08900952B2	Gate stack including a high-k gate dielectric that is optimized for low voltage applications A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, wherein an oxide containing interfacial layer can be present between the high-k gate dielectric layer and the semiconductor substrate. A scavenging metal stack may be formed on the high-k gate dielectric layer. An annealing process may be applied to the scavenging metal stack during which the scavenging metal stack removes oxide material from the oxide containing interfacial layer, wherein the oxide containing interfacial layer is thinned by removing of the oxide material. A gate conductor layer is formed on the high-k gate dielectric layer. The gate conductor layer and the high-k gate dielectric layer are then patterned to provide a gate structure. A source region and a drain region are then formed on opposing sides of the gate structure.
US08900950B2	Trench power MOSFET structure with high cell density and fabrication method thereof A fabrication method of a high cell density trench power MOSFET structure is provided. Form at least a gate trench in a silicon substrate and a gate dielectric layer on the silicon substrate. Form a gate polysilicon structure in the gate trench and cover by a passivation layer. Form a first-conductive-type body region in the silicon substrate and implant impurities with a second conductive type thereof to form a source doped region. Expose the gate polysilicon structure and the source doped region. Form a dielectric spacer having a predetermined thickness on a sidewall of the gate trench. Deposit metal on the gate polysilicon structure and the source doped region. A first and a second self-aligned silicide layer are respectively formed on the gate polysilicon structure and the source doped region. The dielectric spacer forms an appropriate distance between the first and the second self-aligned silicide layer.
US08900947B2	Semiconductor devices including conductive plugs and methods of manufacturing the same Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes forming an isolation region in a substrate to define active regions extending in a single direction and being spaced apart from each other by the isolation region, forming a conductive layer in the isolation region and the active regions, etching the conductive layer to form bit line trenches extending in a first direction that is non-perpendicular to the single direction, forming bit line patterns in respective ones of the bit line trenches, etching the conductive layer to form a plurality of plug trenches two dimensionally arrayed along the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and filling the plug trenches with an insulation material to define conductive plug patterns in portions of the active regions. Related semiconductor devices are also provided.
US08900946B2	Method of forming layers using atomic layer deposition Nanocrystal structures formed using atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes are useful in the formation of integrated circuits such as memory devices. Rather than continuing the ALD process until a continuous layer is formed, the ALD process is halted prematurely to leave a discontinuous formation of nanocrystals which are then capped by a different material, thus forming a layer with a discontinuous portion and a bulk portion. Such nanocrystals can serve as charge-storage sites within the bulk portion, and the resulting structure can serve as a floating gate of a floating-gate memory cell. A floating gate may contain one or more layers of such nanocrystal structures.
US08900945B2	Method of forming a memory device A front-end method of fabricating nickel plated caps over copper bond pads used in a memory device. The method provides protection of the bond pads from an oxidizing atmosphere without exposing sensitive structures in the memory device to the copper during fabrication.
US08900942B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same A method of fabricating one or more semiconductor devices includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate, performing a cycling process to remove contaminants from the trench, and forming an epitaxial layer on the trench. The cycling process includes sequentially supplying a first reaction gas containing germane, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen and a second reaction gas containing hydrogen chloride and hydrogen onto the semiconductor substrate.
US08900940B2	Reducing gate height variance during semiconductor device formation In general, aspects of the present invention relate to approaches for forming a semiconductor device such as a FET with reduced gate stack height variance. Specifically, when a gate stack height variance is detected/identified between a set of gate stacks, a hard mask layer and sets of spacers are removed from the uneven gate stacks leaving behind (among other things) a set of dummy gates. A liner layer and an inter-layer dielectric are formed over the set of dummy gates. The liner layer is then removed from a top surface (or at least a portion thereof) of the set of dummy gates, and the set of dummy gates are then removed. The result is a set of gate regions having less height variance/disparity.
US08900938B2	Manufacturing method of array substrate, array substrate and LCD device A manufacturing method of the array substrate includes the steps: A. A first mask manufacturing process is adopted to from scan lines and thin film transistor (TFT) gates on a surface of a substrate. B. A second mask manufacturing process is adopted to form scan lines and data lines of the array substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode of TFT and a conducting channel positioned between the source electrode and the drain electrode. C. A photoresistor formed in the second mask manufacturing process is incinerated, and then, an a-Si film is paved on the surface of the array substrate. D. The photoresistor is stripped to form an undoped active layer. E. A third mask manufacturing process is adopted to form a transparent conducting layer on the surface of the drain electrode of the TFT. Only three mask manufacturing process in the present disclosure are needed to manufacture the entire array substrate.
US08900937B2	FinFET device structure and methods of making same Embodiments of the present disclosure are a method of forming a semiconductor device and a method of forming a FinFET device. An embodiment is a method of forming a semiconductor device, the method including forming a first dielectric layer over a substrate, forming a first hardmask layer on the first dielectric layer, and patterning the first hardmask layer to form a first hardmask portion with a first width. The method further includes forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and the first hardmask portion, forming a third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer, and etching the third dielectric layer and a portion of the second dielectric layer to form a first and second spacer on opposite sides of the first hardmask portion.
US08900936B2	FinFET device having reduce capacitance, access resistance, and contact resistance A fin field-effect transistor (finFET) device having reduced capacitance, access resistance, and contact resistance is formed. A buried oxide, a fin, a gate, and first spacers are provided. The fin is doped to form extension junctions extending under the gate. Second spacers are formed on top of the extension junctions. Each second spacer is adjacent to one of the first spacers to either side of the gate. The extension junctions and the buried oxide not protected by the gate, the first spacers, and the second spacers are etched back to create voids. The voids are filled with a semiconductor material such that a top surface of the semiconductor material extending below top surfaces of the extension junctions, to form recessed source-drain regions. A silicide layer is formed on the recessed source-drain regions, the extension junctions, and the gate not protected by the first spacers and the second spacers.
US08900933B2	Semiconductor module, molding apparatus, and molding method A semiconductor module includes a plurality of semiconductor elements, a first tabular electrode coupled to one face side of the plurality of semiconductor elements, a second tabular electrode coupled to the other face side of the plurality of semiconductor elements, and a molding material that encapsulates the plurality of semiconductor elements between the first electrode and the second electrode. A protrusion extending toward the second electrode is provided in a circumferential edge portion of the first electrode, and the protrusion surrounds the molding material.
US08900932B2	Thermal enhanced package A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit package. The method includes attaching a first surface of a semiconductor die to a thermally and/or electrically conductive substrate, forming a plurality of die connectors on a second surface of the semiconductor die, and encapsulating the semiconductor die and the plurality of die connectors in an encapsulant material. The method also includes removing a portion of the encapsulant material to expose one or more of the plurality of die connectors, thereby forming a routing surface. The method further includes forming a plurality of conductive traces on the routing surface. Each of the plurality of conductive traces is characterized by a first portion in electrical communication with one of the plurality of die connectors and a second portion in electrical communication with a package connector.
US08900922B2	Fine-pitch package-on-package structures and methods for forming the same A method includes laminating a Non-Conductive Film (NCF) over a first package component, and bonding a second package component on the first package component. The NCF and the second package component are on a same side of the first package component. Pillars of a mold tool are then forced into the NCF to form openings in the NCF. The connectors of the first package component are exposed through the openings.
US08900917B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same An embodiment is to include a staggered (top gate structure) thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film containing In, Ga, and Zn is used as a semiconductor layer and a buffer layer is provided between the semiconductor layer and a source and drain electrode layers. A metal oxide layer having higher carrier concentration than the semiconductor layer is provided intentionally as the buffer layer between the source and drain electrode layers and the semiconductor layer, whereby an ohmic contact is formed.
US08900913B2	Chip package and method for forming the same An embodiment of the invention provides a method for forming a chip package which includes: providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, wherein at least one optoelectronic device is formed in the substrate; forming an insulating layer on the substrate; forming a conducting layer on the insulating layer on the substrate, wherein the conducting layer is electrically connected to the at least one optoelectronic device; and spraying a solution of light shielding material on the second surface of the substrate to form a light shielding layer on the second surface of the substrate.
US08900911B2	Frame holder A method of assembling an optical element on top of an active component in a substrate, by providing a substrate with active component and an optical element with a base and lateral base walls, fixating a bottom surface of a frame holder with opening and lateral frame walls arranged in a polygonal structure to the substrate so that the opening is positioned over the active component, and mounting the optical element in the opening so the lateral frame walls apply lateral confining mechanical force on the lateral base walls.
US08900908B2	Method for local high-doping and contacting of a semiconductor structure which comprises a solar cell or a precursor of a solar cell The invention relates to a method for local high-doping and contacting of a semiconductor structure which is a solar cell or a precursor of a solar cell and has a silicon semiconductor substrate (1) of a base doping type. The high-doping and contacting is effected by producing a plurality of local high-doping regions of the base doping type in the semiconductor substrate (1) on a contacting side (1a) of the semiconductor substrate and applying a metal contacting layer (7) to the contacting side (1a) or, if applicable, one or more intermediate layers wholly or partially covering the contacting side (1a), to form electrically conductive connections between the metal contacting layer (7) and the semiconductor substrate (1) at the high doping regions. It is important that the method comprises the following steps: A) producing a layer structure covering the contacting side (1 a) of the semiconductor substrate, comprising a doping layer (3), which contains a dopant of the base doping type and is in the form of a layer of amorphous silicon or a layer of amorphous silicon carbide having a carbon content less than 10 at. % and a reflective layer (4), which at least in the wavelength range between 800 nm and 1200 nm is constructed with a refractive index nR smaller than the refractive index nHs of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the doping layer (3) lying in the layer sequence closer to the contacting side (1 a) is constructed as the reflective layer (4); B) local heating of layer structure and the surface lying thereunder of the semiconductor substrate at a plurality of zones to form local high-doping regions, wherein the local heating is effected such that at each of the locally heated regions a melt mixture of at least the doping layer (3) and a portion of the semiconductor substrate is formed locally on the contacting side (1 a), and on solidification of the melt mixture a high doping region (6) more strongly doped by at least the dopant of the doping layer (3) is formed in the semiconductor substrate (1) on the contacting side (1 a), and applying a metal contacting layer (7) to form an electrically conductive connection between semiconductor substrate (1) and contacting layer (7) at the high-doping regions.
US08900906B2	Atomic layer deposition strengthening members and method of manufacture In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer above the substrate layer, forming a first trench in the sacrificial layer, forming a first sidewall layer with a thickness of less than about 50 nm on a first sidewall of the first trench using atomic layer deposition (ALD), and removing the sacrificial layer.
US08900904B2	Method of manufacturing a multitude of micro-optoelectronic devices, and micro-optoelectronic device A wafer stack that is diced to produce a multitude of micro-optoelectronic devices includes a first wafer including a semiconductor material; a second wafer including an optically transparent material; a multitude of light sensor arrangements in the semiconductor material of the first wafer for each of the micro-optical devices; the second wafer structured to form a multitude of micro-optical elements therein for each of the micro-optoelectronic devices; and a wafer stack produced wafer bonding, the wafer stack including the first wafer and the second wafer arranged above same, each of the micro-optical elements arranged and structured such that different portions of light incident on the micro-optical element are directed onto different light sensor elements of a light sensor arrangement at least partly arranged below the micro-optical element.
US08900900B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method of an array substrate includes the following steps. A substrate having pixel region and a peripheral region is provided. A plurality of pixel structures are formed in the pixel region, wherein at least one of the pixel structures is formed by the following steps. A gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed. A patterned semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor pattern and a second semiconductor pattern is formed. The second semiconductor pattern covers a portion of the drain electrode. A first passivation layer is formed. The first passivation layer has a first opening exposing a portion of the second semiconductor pattern. A transparent conductive pattern is formed on the first passivation layer, and the transparent conductive pattern is electrically connected to the second semiconductor pattern through the first opening.
US08900898B2	Organic light-emitting display having light blocking layer formed over pixel defining layer An organic light-emitting display includes a substrate including a pixel region and a transistor region; a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode formed over the pixel region and the transistor region of the substrate, respectively; a gate electrode formed over the second transparent electrode; a gate insulating film formed over the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer formed over the gate insulating film; a source and drain electrode having an end connected to the semiconductor layer and the other end connected to the first transparent electrode; a pixel defining layer disposed over the source and drain electrode to cover the source and drain electrode and having an opening disposed over the first transparent electrode; a light-blocking layer formed over the pixel defining layer; and an organic light-emitting layer formed over the first transparent electrode.
US08900897B2	Material with tunable index of refraction Devices are described including a component comprising an alloy of AlN and AlSb. The component has an index of refraction substantially the same as that of a semiconductor in the optoelectronic device, and has high transparency at wavelengths of light used in the optoelectronic device. The component is in contact with the semiconductor in the optoelectronic device. The alloy comprises between 0% and 100% AlN by weight and between 0% and 100% AlSb by weight. The semiconductor can be a III-V semiconductor such as GaAs or AlGaInP. The component can be used as a transparent insulator. The alloy can also be doped to form either a p-type conductor or an n-type conductor, and the component can be used as a transparent conductor. Methods of making and devices utilizing the alloy are also disclosed.
US08900896B1	Implantation before epitaxial growth for photonic integrated circuits Fabrication of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) including active elements such as a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and passive elements such as a floating rib waveguide. Selective area doping through ion implantation or thermal diffusion before semiconductor epitaxial growth is used in order to define the contact and lateral current transport layers for each active device, while leaving areas corresponding to the passive devices undoped. InP wafers are used as the substrate which may be selectively doped with silicon.
US08900894B2	Method of producing a radiation-emitting optoelectronic component In a method for producing a radiation-emitting optoelectronic component, a semiconductor chip is mounted by a first main area onto a carrier body and is electrically conductively connected at a first contact area to a first connection region, and a transparent electrically insulating encapsulation layer is applied to the chip and the carrier body. A first cutout in the encapsulation layer for at least partly uncovering a second contact area of the chip is produced, and a second cutout in the encapsulation layer for at least partly uncovering a second connection region of the carrier body is produced. Finally, an electrically conductive layer, which electrically conductively connects the second contact area of the semiconductor chip and the second connection region of the carrier body, is applied.
US08900887B2	Method for etching polysilicon gate A method for etching a polysilicon gate is disclosed, wherein the polysilicon gate includes an undoped polysilicon portion and a doped polysilicon portion that is situated on the undoped polysilicon portion. The method includes: obtaining a thickness of the undoped polysilicon portion and a thickness of the doped polysilicon portion by using an optical linewidth measurement device; and etching the undoped polysilicon portion and the doped polysilicon portion by using two respective steps with different parameters, respective etching time for the undoped polysilicon portion and the doped polysilicon portion of every wafer being adjusted in real time by using an advanced process control system. This method enables the doped and undoped polysilicon portions of each polysilicon gate on every wafer to have substantially consistent profiles between each other.
US08900878B2	Pipetting device, modular pipetting unit, pipetting system and method for pipetting of fluid samples A pipetting device having a modular pipetting unit including a pipetting tip for pipetting of fluid samples and a pump conduit for transferring a negative or positive pressure to the pipetting tip is disclosed. The pipetting tip and a portion of the pump conduit adjoining the pipetting tip mutually define a fluid sample conduit for receiving the fluid samples. The modular pipetting unit is detachably attached to an automated positioning device for positioning the modular pipetting unit. A system and method for pipetting of fluid samples using such a pipetting device are also disclosed wherein pipetting of the fluid samples is performed in such a manner that each pipetted fluid sample volume is smaller than a volume of the fluid sample conduit.
US08900877B2	Instrument for cassette for sample preparation A parallel processing system for processing samples is described. In one embodiment, the parallel processing system includes an instrument interface parallel controller to control a tray motor driving system, a close-loop heater control and detection system, a magnetic particle transfer system, a reagent release system, a reagent pre-mix pumping system and a wash buffer pumping system.
US08900875B2	Device for evaluating a heat exchange fluid A method for assessing a corrosion inhibitor in a coolant, comprises providing a test kit comprising a first chamber containing an acid buffer and a solvent immiscible therein and a second chamber containing an indicator, the second chamber being in fluid communication with the first chamber and being configured such that retraction of the second chamber draws fluid into the first chamber and advancement forces fluid into the second chamber; drawing a coolant sample into the first chamber; contacting the coolant sample with the acid buffer and solvent in the first chamber and extracting the corrosion inhibitor into the solvent; allowing the solvent and buffer to separate in the first chamber; forcing a portion of the separated solvent into the second chamber; contacting the separated solvent with the indicator in the second chamber, and obtaining a visual indication of the presence of corrosion inhibitor in the coolant sample.
US08900874B2	Method and device for analyzing sulfur in metal sample An analyzing method which enables highly precise and rapid quantitative analysis of sulfur contained in a metal sample, includes: combusting a metal sample containing a sulfur component under pure oxygen gas atmosphere to oxidize the sulfur component into sulfur dioxide; and quantitatively analyzing sulfur in the metal sample through analysis, according to a UV fluorescence method, of a sulfur dioxide containing gas containing the sulfur dioxide generated by combustion of the metal sample.
US08900870B2	Methods for fusing cells using acoustic radiation pressure A method of forming a hybridoma cell includes acoustically focusing antibody producing cells in a first channel having a first acoustic field so as to produce a single file line of antibody producing cells; acoustically focusing immortal cells in a second channel having a second acoustic field so as to produce a single file line of immortal cells; flowing the acoustically focused single file lines of antibody producing cells and immortal cells to a third channel having a third acoustic field configured to bring at least one antibody cell and at least one immortal cell into close enough proximity to permit them to fuse; and fusing the antibody producing cell and the immortal cell together by at least one of a chemical and an electrical means to form at least one hybridoma cell.
US08900867B2	Method for forming culture medium A method for forming a culture medium includes the following steps. A carbon nanotube structure is provided. A hydrophilic layer is formed on a surface of the carbon nanotube structure. The hydrophilic layer is polarized to form a polar surface on the hydrophilic layer. A number of neurons are formed on the polar surface of the hydrophilic layer.
US08900866B2	Method for forming nerve graft A method for forming a nerve graft includes the following steps. A carbon nanotube structure is provided. A hydrophilic layer is formed on a surface of the carbon nanotube structure. The hydrophilic layer is polarized to form a polar surface on the hydrophilic layer. A number of neurons are formed on the polar surface of the hydrophilic layer to form a nerve network. The neurons connect with each other.
US08900865B2	Blood brain barrier device Bone cages are disclosed including devices for biocompatible implantation. The structures of bone are useful for providing living cells and tissues as well as biologically active molecules to subjects.
US08900864B2	Stabilized leukocytes and their use A method of producing extremely stable leukocytes from human blood samples which are stable for long period of time under extraordinary temperature conditions. The method also relates to producing and stabilizing the leukocytes with formaldehyde release agents. The method is directed at the use of the stabilized leukocytes as a control in assays for determining CD4+ and HIV diagnosis and therapy.
US08900858B2	Methods and compositions relating to improved lentiviral vector production systems The present invention provides HIV-derived lentivectors which are multiply modified to create highly safe, efficient, and potent vectors for expressing transgenes for gene therapy. The lentiviral vectors comprise various combinations of an inactive central polypurine tract, a stuffer sequence, which may encode drug susceptibility genes, and a mutated hairpin in the 5′ leader sequence that substantially abolishes replication. These elements are provided in conjunction with other features of lentiviral vectors, such as a self-inactivating configuration for biosaftey and promoters such as the EF1α promoter as one example. Additional promoters are also described. The vectors can also comprise additional transcription enhancing elements such as the wood chuck hepatitis virus post-transcriptional regulatory element. These vectors therefore provide useful tools for genetic treatments for inherited and acquired disorders, gene-therapies for cancers and other disease, the creation of industrial and experimental production systems utilizing transformed cells, as well as for the study of basic cellular and genetic processes.
US08900857B2	Devices and methods for tissue handling and embedding A mould and tissue cassette for automated embedding of tissue, and a method of operation are disclosed. The mould attaches to the cassette prior to embedding, and fits into a rack. The rack supports the mould holding the tissue cassette when the mould and cassette are in a first position. When the mould and cassette are moved to a second position, a projection on the rack separates the mould from the cassette, to facilitate easy removal. Also disclosed is a mould for a tissue cassette having projections for holding the mould to a rack, so that the tissue cassette is not in contact with the mould.
US08900855B2	pH sensor integration to single use bioreactor/mixer A pH sensing bioreaction system is provided. The system includes a bioreaction container having a plastic wall and a pH sensor attached to the plastic wall. The pH sensor includes a sensor body having a flange that is sealingly attached to the plastic wall. The sensor body has a reference electrolyte therein and a first sensing element disposed in the reference electrolyte. The first sensing element is configured to contact both the reference electrolyte and a sample solution inside the bioreaction container. A second sensing element is positionable into an interior of the bioreaction container. The pH sensor has a plurality of configurations that include a booted configuration in which at least one sensing element is isolated from the interior of the bioreaction container, and a service configuration in which the at least one sensing element is fluidically coupled to the interior of the bioreaction container.
US08900849B2	Oxygen-regulated microorganisms The present invention relates to novel strains of microorganisms with oxygen-regulated metabolism. The microorganisms have higher growth rates and are more efficient than parental strains. The microorganisms may be used to produce a variety of products of interests, such as recombinant proteins, nucleic acids, such as DNA, amino acids, and chemicals.
US08900847B2	Polynucleotides encoding recombinant C1 beta-glucosidase for production of sugars from cellulosic biomass The invention relates to expression of a recombinant C1 β-glucosidase. The invention also provides methods for producing a fermentable sugar from cellobiose by contacting celiobiose with a recombinant host cell comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding C1 β-glucosidase, operably linked to heterologous promoter, under conditions in which β-glucosidase is expressed and secreted by the cell and the cellobiose is enzymatically converted by said β-glucosidase to glucose. Methods of the invention may be used for conversion of a biomass substrate to a fermentable sugar, and ultimately to ethanol or other biofuel.
US08900846B2	Nucleic acid modifying enzymes This invention provides for an improved generation of novel nucleic acid modifying enzymes. The improvement is the fusion of a sequence-non-specific nucleic-acid-binding domain to the enzyme in a manner that enhances the ability of the enzyme to bind and catalytically modify the nucleic acid.
US08900844B2	Glucose dehydrogenase A modified pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase that exhibits a high selectivity for glucose is provided. A modified pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase is disclosed in which the amino acid residue G at Position 99 of a pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or the amino acid residue G at Position 100 of the pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) represented by SEQ ID NO: 3, is substituted by the amino acid sequence TGZN (where Z is SX, S, or N and X is any amino acid residue). The modified PQQGDH of the present invention may additionally comprise one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of Q192G, Q192A, or Q192S; L193X; E277X; A318X; Y367A, Y367F, or Y367W; G451C; and N452X (where X is any amino acid residue).
US08900842B2	Method of storing and/or transporting in vitro cell cultures The invention relates to a method of storing and/or transporting in vitro two-dimensional cell cultures. The inventive method comprises the following steps consisting in: a) coating a cell culture that is immobilized on an asymmetric support with a gelatine solution in culture medium at a concentration of between 1 and 5%; b) solidifying the gelatine added to the support at a temperature of between 15 and 25° C.; and c) storing and/or transporting the cell culture at a temperature of between 15 and 25° C. for a period of up to 96 hours. The invention also relates to a kit which is used to store and/or transport the in vitro two-dimensional cell cultures according to the inventive method, said kit comprising: i) an asymmetric support, and (ii) a gelatine solution in culture medium at a concentration of between 1 and 5%.
US08900837B2	Microorganisms for the production of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid, 3-hydroxyisobutyric acid or methacrylic acid pathway. The microbial organism contains at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in a 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid, 3-hydroxyisobutyric acid or methacrylic acid pathway. The invention additionally provides a method for producing 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid, 3-hydroxyisobutyric acid or methacrylic acid. The method can include culturing a 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid, 3-hydroxyisobutyric acid or methacrylic acid producing microbial organism expressing at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid, 3-hydroxyisobutyric acid or methacrylic acid pathway enzyme in a sufficient amount and culturing under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid, 3-hydroxyisobutyric acid or methacrylic acid.
US08900836B2	Acid production by fermentation The invention provides methods for producing Lactate by anaerobic Fermentation. According to particular methods of the invention, Lactate is produced by anaerobic fermentation of a substrate comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
US08900833B2	Method of recovering lipids from microbial biomass A method of obtaining lipids from microbial biomass such as algae is provided by treating microbial biomass with a solution containing at least one α-hydroxysulfonic acid to extract and recover liposoluble components. The α-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product containing liposoluble components and recycled.
US08900830B2	Process for producing optically active succinimide derivatives A process for efficiently producing optically active succinimide derivatives as key intermediates of (3R)-2′-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)spiro{pyrrolidine-3,4′(1′H)-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine}-1′,2,3′,5(2′H)-tetraone, which comprises the following reaction steps, and the step 2 is performed by using a non-animal-derived enzyme.
US08900829B2	Methods and nucleic acids for analyses of cellular proliferative disorders Aspects of the invention provide methods, nucleic acids and kits for detecting, or for detecting and distinguishing between or among liver cell proliferative disorders or for detecting, or for detecting and distinguishing between or among colorectal cell proliferative disorders. Particular aspects disclose and provide genomic sequences the methylation patterns of which have substantial utility for the improved detection of and differentiation between said class of disorders, thereby enabling the improved diagnosis and treatment of patients.
US08900824B1	High-affinity monoclonal antibodies for botulinum toxin type B High affinity antibodies for binding epitopes of BoNT/B and hybridomas that produce such antibodies are described. The antibodies may be used in a kit for detecting BoNT/B in a sample.
US08900821B2	Identification of tissue for debridement Provided are methods of determining whether a cell in a tissue site is viable or nonviable. Also provided are methods of debriding tissue from a tissue site. Further provided are kits comprising a compound that distinguishes between viable and nonviable cells and instructions for using the compound on a tissue site. Additionally, the use of a compound that distinguishes between viable and nonviable cells is provided, where the use is to determine whether a cell in a tissue site is viable or nonviable. Also provided is a use of a compound that distinguishes between viable and nonviable cells, where the use is for the manufacture of the above-described kit.
US08900816B2	Assay for anti-EGFRvIII antibodies Detection of human antibodies directed against the tumor-specific protein Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor variant Class III (EGFRvIII) provide information on tumor burden and vaccine response. The methods of the invention permit the specific identification of antibodies that are able to bind to EGFRvIII. The methods are useful in determining the presence of an EGFRvIII-expressing tumor and in detecting immune responses following immunization with EGFRvIII-derived peptide as part of a cancer immunotherapy regimen.
US08900811B2	Method and apparatus for generating thermal melting curves in a microfluidic device The present invention provides novel methods and devices that employ microfluidic technology to generate molecular melt curves. In particular, the devices and methods in accordance with the invention are useful in providing for the analysis of PCR amplification products.
US08900801B2	Method for producing a LED device A method is provided for producing a LED device, comprising a stack of layers comprising a light producing layer the light producing layer not being the top or bottom layer of the stack, wherein a layer at the top or bottom of the stack is subjected to a texturization aimed at enhancing the light extraction efficiency of the LED, wherein the texturization comprises the step of producing on the top or bottom surface a plurality of surface features, the surface features being arranged according to a pattern defined by starting from a regular pattern of features and subjecting each feature of the regular pattern to a deviation from the location in the regular pattern, the deviation being in a random direction and/or having a random amplitude. According to another embodiment, a random deviation is applied to one or more dimensions of the features in the regular pattern.
US08900799B2	Thin film patterning method and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the thin film patterning method A thin film patterning method may include forming a thin film by coating a precursor solution containing a precursor of metal oxide onto a substrate, soft baking the thin film, exposing the thin film to light by using a photomask, developing the thin film, and hard baking the developed thin film. The precursor may include metal acetate, for example, a zinc acetate-based material, and the metal oxide thin film may include zinc oxide (ZnO).
US08900798B2	On-press developable lithographic printing plate precursors On-press developable, negative-working, infrared radiation-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursors have an imageable layer on a substrate. The imageable layer includes a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition capable of generating free radicals upon exposure to infrared radiation, a polymeric binder, a first infrared radiation absorbing compound that has a tetraaryl pentadiene chromophore, and a second infrared radiation absorbing compound that is different than the first infrared radiation absorbing compound. The first IR absorbing compound absorbs in both the IR and visible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum and provides coloration for visual inspection of the lithographic printing plates.
US08900797B2	Developable bottom anti-reflective coating The present invention provides a cross-linking agent capable of preventing formation of scum from a bottom anti-reflective coating, and also provides a composition for forming a bottom anti-reflection coating containing the agent. The cross-linking agent is a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound having at least one vinyloxy group or N-methoxymethylamide group, and the composition contains the cross-linking agent. The cross-linking agent of the formula (1) can be produced by reaction of a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound, a halogen compound having a vinyloxy group or N-methoxymethylamide group and a basic compound.
US08900796B2	Acid generator, chemically amplified resist composition, and patterning process The present invention provides an acid generator generates a sulfonic acid represented by the following general formula (1) in response to high-energy beam or heat:To provide a novel acid generator which is suitably used as an acid generator for a resist composition, which solves the problems of LER and a depth of focus and can be effectively and widely used particularly without degradation of a resolution, a chemically amplified resist composition using the same, and a patterning process.
US08900795B2	Resist composition, method of forming resist pattern and novel compound A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution, and an acidic compound component (J) which is decomposed by exposure to exhibit decreased acidity, wherein the acidic compound component (J) contains a compound represented by formula (J1) [in the formula, R1 represents H, OH, halogen atom, alkoxy group, hydrocarbon group or nitro group; m represents 0-4; n represents 0-3; Rx represents H or hydrocarbon group; X1 represents divalent linking group; X2 represents H or hydrocarbon group; Y represents single bond or C(O); A represents alkylene group which may be substituted with oxygen atom, carbonyl group or alkylene group which may have fluorine atom; Q1 and Q2 represents F or fluorinated alkyl group; and W+ represents primary, secondary or tertiary ammonium coutercation which exhibits pKa smaller than pKa of H2N+(X2)—X1—Y—O-A-C(Q1)(Q2)—SO3− generated by decomposition upon exposure].
US08900793B2	Polymer, chemically amplified resist composition, and patterning process using said chemically amplified resist composition There is disclosed a polymer having a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (1). There can be, in a photolithography using a high energy beam such as an ArF excimer laser beam and an EUV as a light source, (1) a polymer that gives a resist composition having an appropriate adhesion with a substrate and being capable of forming a pattern having excellent resolution, especially an excellent rectangular pattern profile, (2) a chemically amplified resist composition containing the said polymer, and (3) a patterning process using the said chemically amplified resist composition.
US08900790B2	Photoresist composition A photoresist composition comprising a resin, an acid generator and a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a C2-C12 alkyl group which can have one or more hydroxyl groups, etc., R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, etc., R4, R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, etc., A1 represents a single bond or a C1-C2 alkylene group in which one or more —CH2— can be replaced by —O—.
US08900789B2	Actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition and method of forming pattern using the composition An actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises (A) a resin that when acted on by an acid, exhibits an increased solubility in an alkali developer, (B) a compound that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, generates an acid, (C) a resin containing two or more resins (c) each having at least either a fluorine atom or a silicon atom, and (D) a solvent.
US08900785B2	Charge control agent and toner using the same A charge control agent comprises a barbituric acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 to R8 are alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups or aryl groups, V, W, X, Y and Z are carbon atoms or nitrogen atoms, at least two of which being carbon atoms, and p, q, r, s and t are the numbers of 0 or 1.
US08900784B2	Toner, developer, toner container, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and process cartridge To provide a toner which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and capsules, wherein the binder resin contains a thermoplastic elastomer, and wherein the capsules each encapsulate a plasticizer capable of softening the thermoplastic elastomer and the capsules are fractured upon application of predetermined pressure.
US08900780B2	Photosensitive resin composition for color filter and color filter using the same Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter and a color filter using the same. The photosensitive resin composition for a color filter includes (A) a dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, (B) an alkali soluble resin, (C) a photopolymerizable monomer, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, and (E) a solvent.
US08900776B2	Mask plate, fattening method and method for manufacturing array substrate An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides a mask plate for photolithography process comprising a first pattern region, a second pattern region having a different exposure level from that of the first pattern region, and a redundant pattern provided between the first pattern region and the second pattern region, wherein the redundant pattern is configured for forming a redundant photoresist pattern so as to prevent developer diffusion at different concentrations across the photoresist redundant pattern.
US08900775B2	Hologram recording material and hologram recording medium A hologram recording material includes a polymerizable monomer (A) that is active in radical polymerization but is substantially inactive in cationic polymerization, a polymerizable monomer (B) that is active in cationic polymerization but is substantially inactive in radical polymerization, and an initiator system (C) that polymerizes at least one of the polymerizable monomer (A) and the polymerizable monomer (B) through irradiation with light. The polymerizable monomer (A) and the polymerizable monomer (B) each have, in its structure, a moiety selected from the group consisting of aromatic rings, halogen atoms other than a fluorine atom, and sulfur atoms not derived from a cyclic sulfide or a mercapto group. A hologram recording medium includes a recording layer composed of the hologram recording material.
US08900770B2	Fuel cell system and operation method thereof A fuel cell system and a method for controlling the same. The system and method employ a fuel cell stack that generates electrical power by electrochemical reaction of a fuel gas and an oxidant gas, a total generated electrical energy computation device that computes a value pertaining to the total generated electrical energy as the sum of the electrical energy generated by said fuel cell stack from start-up of the fuel cell system, and a residual water volume estimation device that estimates the residual water volume left in the fuel cell stack based on said value pertaining to said total generated electrical energy computed by said total generated electrical energy computation device.
US08900766B2	Automated cold storage protection for a fuel cell system A system and method for selectively determining whether a freeze purge should be performed at shut-down of a fuel cell stack. The method includes identifying that the vehicle has been keyed off and then determining whether a stack membrane humidification value is less than a predetermined humidification value that identifies the humidification of membranes in fuel cells in the fuel cell stack. If the stack membrane humidification value is not less than the predetermined humidification value, then the method determines if the ambient temperature is below a predetermined ambient temperature, and if so, performs the freeze purge. If the ambient temperature is not below the predetermined ambient temperature, then the method performs a short non-freeze purge of the flow channels in the fuel cell stack. The method determines a wake-up time for a controller for a next time to determine whether a freeze purge should be performed.
US08900764B2	Solid oxide fuel cell device To provide a solid oxide fuel cell device capable of smooth transition from a startup state to an electrical generating state. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell device (1) for generating electricity, having a fuel cell module (2); a reformer (20), a fuel supply device (38); a water supply device (28), a generating oxidant gas supply device (45), and a controller (110) for controlling the fuel supply device and water supply device at the time of startup when the fuel cell module solid oxide fuel cell unit is raised to a temperature at which electrical generation is possible, inducing in the reformer a SR in which only a steam reforming reaction occurs; wherein the control section maintains the fuel supply flow rate in the SR immediately prior to electrical generation at an electrical generation standby fuel supply flow rate determined according to solid oxide fuel module usage conditions and smaller than the fuel supply flow rate at the time of SR startup.
US08900752B2	Lead manganese-based cathode material for lithium electrochemical systems A lead manganese-based cathode material is provided. Furthermore, a lithium or lithium ion rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided incorporating lead manganese-based cathode material in a positive electrode. In addition, a process for preparing a stable lead manganese-based cathode material is provided.
US08900751B2	Electrode powder and electrode plate for lithium ion battery Provided is an electrode powder and an electrode plate for a lithium ion battery. The electrode powder includes a core and a nano-coating layer. The core contains a lithium compound. The nano-coating layer is disposed on a surface of the core and consists of a plurality of nanosheets.
US08900750B2	Porous clusters of silver powder promoted by zirconium oxide for use as a catalyst in gas diffusion electrodes, and method for the production thereof A catalyst including: a plurality of porous clusters of silver particles, each cluster of the clusters including: (a) a plurality of primary particles of silver, and (b) crystalline particles of zirconium oxide (ZrO2), wherein at least a portion of the crystalline particles of ZrO2 is located in pores formed by a surface of the plurality of primary particles of silver.
US08900749B2	Negative electrode material powder for lithium ion secondary battery, negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, negative electrode for capacitor, lithium ion secondary battery, and capacitor A negative electrode material powder for a lithium ion secondary battery having a conductive carbon film on the surface of a lower-silicon-oxide powder; wherein a specific surface area in BET measurement ranges from more than 0.3 m2/g to 40 m2/g, and no SiC peak appears at 2θ=35.6°±0.01° or the half-value width of the appeared peak is 2° or more in XRD measurement using CuKα rays. The proportion of said carbon film preferably ranges from 0.2% to 2.5% by mass. Said powder preferably has 100000 Ωcm or less of specific resistance. In XRD, P2/P1<0.01 is preferably satisfied between the highest value P1 of halo of SiOx and a value P2 of the strongest linear peak of Si (111) above the halo.Accordingly, said powder can be used in the secondary battery with a large discharge capacity and a preferable cycle characteristics for practical use.
US08900747B2	Method for producing battery electrode A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a battery electrode that has excellent adhesion between a collector and an active material layer by suppressing a migration phenomenon. The method for producing a battery electrode of the present invention is a method for producing a battery electrode 30 that has a structure in which an active material layer 20 that includes an active material 22 is held on a collector 10. The method includes a step of applying, onto the collector 10, an active material layer forming paste that contains the active material 22 and polymer materials 24, 26 in a solvent; and a step of drying the applied paste coat material, to form thereby the active material layer 20 on the collector 10. Fibrillated polymer fibers 26 are used as at least one of the polymer materials 24, 26.
US08900745B2	Polyamide packing seal for alkaline batteries Packing seals made from a polyamide composition including at least polyamide 66 and polyamide 610 for alkaline batteries, optionally fillers and/or additives are described. The packing seals can be used in particular for standard “AAA” (LR03) and “AA” (LR6) batteries.
US08900743B2	Barrier for thin film lithium batteries made on flexible substrates and related methods A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.
US08900737B2	Energy storage system An energy storage system including a battery cell, a tray for receiving the battery cell, and a rack for receiving the tray. The rack includes a connector unit. The connector unit is configured to connect to the tray inserted into the rack and to vibrate together with the tray when the tray vibrates due to, for example, an earth quake or external impact applied to the rack, thereby preventing an electric connection between the tray and the connector unit from being broken.
US08900735B2	Device for adjusting deviation of height and horizontality Disclosed herein is a device for simultaneously adjusting vertical height and horizontal deflection including a lower plate fixed to a floor, an upper plate, vertical height and horizontal deflection of which are adjusted, one or more variable posts connected to an upper end of the lower plate and a lower end of the upper plate, and a height adjustment unit, a lower end of which is fixedly disposed above the lower plate and an upper end of which is disposed at the lower end of the upper plate in a line contact fashion, the height adjustment unit adjusting vertical height and horizontal deflection of the upper plate at the line contact portion.
US08900732B2	Apparatus and method for controlling temperature of battery According to some aspects, an apparatus and a method for controlling a temperature of a battery are disclosed. A cooling fan may be controlled according to a temperature of the battery, thereby preventing a reduction in performance of the battery. According to one aspect, the apparatus includes a temperature sensor configured to output an analog resistance value as a temperature of batteries of a battery pack. The apparatus further includes a battery temperature control part configured to convert the analog resistance value of the temperature sensor into a digital signal to control the temperature of the battery pack, and a cooling fan that is operated by a signal from the battery temperature control part. The battery temperature control part may include a defect discrimination part that senses a defective operation of the cooling fan.
US08900731B2	Charger system for communication devices using a charger circuit to communicate a charge status to a portable host device A charger system (100) for charging a battery power source for a portable host device (102) is provided. The charger system includes a charger circuit (202). The charger circuit operates to communicate a charge status. The charge status can be selected from a charge status group including a charging status and a charge completed status. Further, the charger system includes a battery (108) coupled between the portable host device and the charger circuit. The battery includes a switch circuit (206) operating to switch communication to the portable host device in response to the charge status communicated from the charge circuit. The charger system also includes the portable host device.
US08900727B2	Condensed polycyclic compound, organic light-emitting device having the same, display device, image information processing device, lighting device, image formation device, and exposure light source A condensed polycyclic compound represented by the following general formula [1], wherein, in General Formula [1], R1, R6, R7, and R12 each are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, the aryl group may have an alkyl group and a fluorine atom as a substituent, and R2 to R5 and R8 to R11 each are independently selected from a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group.
US08900724B2	Monobenzochrysene derivative, a material for an organic electroluminescence device containing the same, and an organic electroluminescence device using the material A monobenzochrysene derivative shown by the following formula (1): wherein R1 to R14 are independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R1 to R14 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms which does not contain an anthracene skeleton and a benzo[g]chrysene skeleton or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms which does not contain an anthracene skeleton and a benzo[g]chrysene skeleton, excluding the case where R8 and R9 are unsubstituted phenyl groups and R1 to R7 and R10 to R14 are hydrogen atoms and the case where R9 is an unsubstituted phenyl group and R1 to R8 and R10 to R14 are hydrogen atoms.
US08900722B2	OLED device employing alkali metal cluster compounds The invention provides an OLED device containing certain alkali metal cluster compounds with mixed ligands, such compounds, and methods of making them. In particular, the cluster compound is a neutrally charged mixed cluster compound comprising first and second subunits with the first subunit comprising an alkali metal salt of a nitrogen containing a heterocyclic ligand bearing a anionic hydroxy group and the second subunit consisting of an organic alkali metal salt different than the first subunit.
US08900717B2	Methods for producing synthetic surfaces that mimic collagen coated surfaces for cell culture The present invention discloses methods for producing synthetic surfaces that mimic collagen coated surfaces for cell culture comprising: providing a monomer source comprising one or more organic compounds which are capable of polymerization, wherein at least one organic compound is prolinol; creating a plasma of said monomer source; and contacting at least a portion of a surface with the plasma to provide a plasma polymer coated surface. Advantageously, such methods provide an animal-free, synthetic, chemically defined surface that mimics a collagen coated surface for cell culture. Advantageously, such methods not only reduce the cost and/or issues associated with animal-derived collagen but are also amenable to large scale manufacturing.
US08900702B2	Artificial hair and wig using the same An artificial hair and a wig using the same are provided which have the property of thermal deformation expanding upon heating by a hair drier or others used for hair styling.The artificial hair 1 is made by mixing at the pre-determined ratio a semi-aromatic polyamide having a glass transition temperature between 60-120° C. and a resin not expanding in said temperature range. The artificial hair may have a sheath/core structure comprising a core portion 5B and a sheath portion covering the core portion. As the resin not expanding in said temperature range, polyethylene terephthalate or others can be used, and as the sheath, nylon 6 or nylon 66 can be used. Said artificial hair 1 can maintain its shape at room temperature or after shampooing due to thermal deformation by heating in steam atmosphere at temperature of glass transition or higher or about 80-100° C.
US08900701B2	Fibrous columnar structure aggregate and pressure-sensitive adhesive member using the aggregate A fibrous columnar structure aggregate having excellent mechanical properties, a high specific surface area, excellent heat resistance, excellent pressure-sensitive adhesive properties under temperature conditions ranging from room temperature to a high temperature, and such pressure-sensitive adhesive property that its adhesive strength for adherends different from each other in surface free energy does not change (the aggregate is free of adherend selectivity). The fibrous columnar structure aggregate (1) includes fibrous columnar structures having a plurality of diameters, in which the distribution width of the diameter distribution of the fibrous columnar structures having the plurality of diameters is 10 nm or more, and the relative frequency of the mode of the diameter distribution is 30% or less.
US08900699B2	Terpolymer blends and their use as pressure-sensitive adhesives Disclosed herein are blends prepared from polyester terpolymers that function as pressure-sensitive adhesives. The disclosed articles comprise the terpolymer blends adhered to a release liner. The disclosed implant devices comprise the pressure-sensitive adhesive blend adhered to a surface thereof. The pressure-sensitive adhesive blend can promote adhesion of the implant device to a location in a subject.
US08900691B2	Method for selecting an interlayer for vibroacoustic damping, interlayer for vibroacoustic damping and glazing unit comprising such an interlayer A method for selecting a viscoelastic plastic interlayer including two outer layers and a central layer. The interlayer is for incorporation between two glass sheets of a glazing unit. The method of selection includes providing first and second components respectively as the central layer and the outer layers, and measuring the shear modulus G′ of the first and second components. The material of the second component is selected only if G′ is a certain value at a specific temperature and frequency range. The thickness h of the first component is set so that h is a specific value and so that g=G′/h is within a specific range of values at a specific temperature and frequency range. The method optimizes the damping of the second and third natural frequencies of a vehicle windshield without weighing down the windshield.
US08900689B2	Method for producing resin plated product and resin molded product to be plated used therefor A method for producing a resin plated product includes: a molding step of forming a resin molded product as a resin molded product to be plated that includes integrally a main body part with a form of a molding and a sacrifice part arranged in the vicinity of an edge part not to come into contact with the edge part; an electro-less plating step of applying an electro-less plating process to the resin molded product, an electroplating step of immersing the resin molded product in an electroplating bath provided with an anode electrode, applying an anode voltage to the anode electrode and applying a cathode voltage to the resin molded product to carry out an electroplating process; and a removing step of removing the sacrifice part from the resin molded product. The sacrifice part is preferably extended from a non-designed surface of the main body part.
US08900684B2	Vapour barrier collar The invention relates to a vapour barrier collar (1) comprising a number of sheet elements (2, 3, 4, 5) including side sheet elements (2, 3), which extend substantially along a longitudinal axis (L), and top (4) and bottom (5) sheet elements, respectively, which extend substantially along a lateral axis (A), which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L). Each sheet element (2, 3, 4, 5) has two end edges (6) adjacent to a first edge (7) of the sheet element (2, 3, 4, 5). The sheet elements (2, 3, 4, 5) are mutually joined together in joints (8) extending along the end edges (6), and mounting means (9) are provided along the first edges (7) of the sheet elements (2, 3, 4, 5). The mounting means (9) extend uninterruptedly along the entire length of the first edge (7) of each sheet element (2, 3, 4, 5).
US08900682B2	Decorative can body and process for producing the same The present invention is an invention made to provide decoration with excellent brilliant specular gloss on the outer surface of the barrel portion of the can body in a seamless can or the like heavily used as a storage container for food, drink or the like, to increase the commercial product value of the seamless can or the like. The present invention is a decorative can body having excellent specular gloss, having a metal foil or a vapor-deposited metal layer provided on the outer surface of a can barrel via an adhesive layer and having a printed film further laminated, wherein a thermosetting resin adhesive with an internally blocked curing agent that generates no by-product gas in heat curing is used for the adhesive layer.
US08900678B2	Coated medium for inkjet printing and method of fabricating the same A coated medium for inkjet printing is disclosed. The coated medium includes a coating layer formed on at least one side of a supporting substrate. The coating layer includes precipitated calcium carbonate with an average particle size of less than about 1 micron, silica with a surface area of greater than 100 m2/g, a third inorganic pigment with an average particle size greater than that of precipitated calcium carbonate and selected from the group consisting of ground calcium carbonate (GCC) and clays, and at least one binder, wherein silica is present in an amount of at least 15 parts based on 100 parts of inorganic pigments in total.
US08900676B2	Polarizing plate protective film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display A polarizing plate protective film forming a polarizing plate by sandwiching a polarizer with two of the polarizing plate protective films, wherein at least one of the two polarizing plate protective films exhibits Ro defined by Expression (I) of 0 to 10 mm and Rt defined by Expression (II) of −20 to 20 mm, and also at least one of the polarizing plate protective films has a hard coat layer: Expression (I): Ro=(nx−ny)×d; Expression (II): Rt={(nx+ny)/2−nz}×d; wherein nx is a refractive index in a delayed phase axis direction in a plane of the polarizing plate protective film, ny is a refractive index in a direction at right angles to the delayed phase axis in the plane, nz is a refractive index in a film thickness direction, and d is a film thickness (nm).
US08900671B2	Method for manufacture of an infused spar cap using a low viscosity matrix material Embodiments of the present application generally provide for wind turbine blade spar caps comprising composite materials prepared using a low viscosity resin system and a high density fabric and methods for their manufacture. In particular embodiment, the low viscosity resin system has a viscosity in the range of about 1 to about 100 centipoises at a temperature in the range of about 0° C. to about 125° C. during the preparation of the composite material. By using low viscosity resin systems, composite materials have been prepared having a fiber volume fraction of greater than about 65% and a composite modulus of greater than 48000 MPa.
US08900670B2	Anti-corrosive hybrid sol-gel film on metallic substrates and method of producing the same This invention relates to a method of preparing anti-corrosive hybrid sol-gel film coating on zinc or zinc alloy coated metallic substrates comprising the steps of preparing a mixture of sol-gel from hydrolisable silicon alkoxides, sodium venadate solution combined with colloidal silica in a beaker and vigorously stirred; adding within 20 seconds of two separated phase formation between silica precursors and colloidal silica acetic acid or dilute nitric acid as a catalizer to initiate hydrolysis reaction of silicon alkoxides and condensation reaction in the sol gel composition, continuously stirring the mixture for about 24 hours to form a single phase solution, applying the solution on cleaned zinc or zinc alloy coated metal substrates to form a transparent sol-gel coating film and drying the coated substrates at 50° to 200° C. for 10 to 60 minutes.
US08900669B2	Clear matte coating A clear polymeric matte coating including from 10% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of the coating, of a first polymer having a calculated Tg of from −60° C. to 100° C.; from 10% to 80% by weight, based on the weight of the coating, of a second particulate polymer having an average particle diameter of from 0.5 microns to 30 microns; and from 0.1% to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the coating, of an aminosilane is provided. Also provided is an aqueous polymeric coating composition form which the clear matte coating may be formed and a method for improving the matting efficiency of an emulsion polymer having a calculated Tg of from −60° C. to 150° C. and an average particle diameter of from 0.5 microns to 30 microns in a coating.
US08900666B2	Stable nanoparticles for electroless plating Stable tin-free palladium catalysts are used to metalize through-holes of printed circuit boards. A stabilizer is included in the catalyst formulation which prevents precipitation and agglomeration of the palladium.
US08900664B2	Method of fabricating high efficiency CIGS solar cells A method is disclosed for fabricating high efficiency CIGS solar cells including the deposition of a multi-component metal precursor film on a substrate. The substrate is then inserted into a system suitable for exposing the precursor to a chalcogen to form a chalcogenide TFPV absorber. One or more Na precursors are used to deposit a Na-containing layer on the precursor film in the system. This method eliminates the use of dedicated equipment and processes for introducing Na to the TFPV absorber.
US08900662B2	Thin film depositing apparatus and thin film depositing method used by the same A thin film depositing apparatus and a thin film depositing method used by the thin film depositing apparatus. The thin film depositing apparatus includes a deposition chamber through which a process gas outlet of a deposition source is arranged; a transfer shuttle disposed in the deposition chamber, the transfer shuttle comprising a mounting plate for loading a substrate, the transfer shuttle being reciprocal with respect to the process gas outlet; and at least one bendable auxiliary plate installed at one side of the transfer shuttle, the bendable auxiliary plate closing the process gas outlet when opposite the process gas outlet, the bendable auxiliary plate comprising a folding member for placing the bendable auxiliary plate in each of an unbent state and bent state dependent upon the position of the transfer shuttle.
US08900660B2	Silver coating pigment, and method for producing same Disclosed is a method for producing a silver (Ag) coating pigment. The method for producing a silver coating pigment according to the present invention comprises: a step of forming a tin compound pretreatment layer on the matrix surface; and a step of forming a silver coating layer on the lower portion of the tin compound pretreatment layer through a reflux and electroless plating process using a diluted solution of silver nitrate, ammonia water, a citric acid solution, and a diluted solution of potassium hydroxide.
US08900653B2	Method of producing electrode for electricity storage device A method of producing an electrode for an electricity storage device includes producing a paste to form an electrode active material layer, in which aggregates of a solids fraction material that contains at least an electrode active material and a binder are dispersed in a solvent, coating the paste on a surface of a current collector, and drying the current collector coated with the paste, to form the electrode active material layer formed of the solids fraction material. The paste is produced in such a manner that a content ratio of the solids fraction material in the paste is 60 to 80 mass %, an abundance ratio for the aggregates with a particle size that is equal to or smaller than 20 μm is at least 99%, and a viscosity at 25° C. and a shear rate of 40 s−1 is 200 to 5,000 mPa·s.
US08900649B1	Edible pet chew with gluten free outer layers A pet chew includes an outer layer; and an inner layer, the outer and inner layers being laminated and rolled into a cylindrical shape having knots at both ends, the outer layer including at least one of potato and sweet potato.
US08900643B2	Method of treatment using a therapeutic agent for intranasal administration The present invention provides a composition suitable for intranasal administration comprising capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, and nordihydrocapsaicin in the form of capsicum used as a therapeutic agent.
US08900641B2	Antimicrobial composition An antimicrobial composition prepared by mixing a polymer-ammonium salt formulation comprising one or more polymers and one or more ammonium salts with alkali and a chlorine source in a molar ratio of chlorine (as Cl2) to ammonium ion of about 1:10 to about 10:1 and methods of using the composition to control biofouling of aqueous systems.
US08900636B2	Controlled release compositions The compositions disclosed herein are for use as controlled release therapeutics for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. In particular, the compositions provide water soluble bioactive agents, organic ions and polymers where the bioactive agent is efficiently released over time with minimal degradation products. The resulting controlled release composition is capable of administration in a decreased dose volume due to the high drug content and predominance of non-degraded bioactive agent after release. Additionally, the compositions, of the present invention are capable of long term, sustained releases.
US08900634B2	Diethylstilbestrol dosage form and methods of treatment using thereof Oral dosage forms as a biodegradable, water soluble film for delivering pharmaceutically active agents, particularly diethylstilbestrol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to patients through insertion into the mouth of patient and methods for administering pharmaceutically active agents to patients by insertion into the mouth to provide selective uptake of said agents through the mucosa and thus avoiding the gastrointestinal tract.
US08900632B2	Rapidly disintegrating coated tablets Coated dosage forms comprising a tablet core, preferably in compressed form, that has a coating over its exterior surface and one or more patterns debossed in the tablet surface are disclosed. Methods for manufacturing such dosage forms are also disclosed.
US08900626B2	Transdermal drug delivery system and method of using the same A transdermal drug delivery system comprising a steroid as an active agent, wherein the steroid may be clobetasol propionate, betamethasone dipropionate, amcinonide, or loteprednol etabonate. The transdermal drug delivery system also comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a support, wherein the steroid is present in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a support. The transdermal drug delivery system may be applied onto the eyelid of a patient in need thereof, in order to treat a disease of the eyelid, such as chalazion, blepharitis or meibomian gland dysfunction.
US08900619B2	Medical devices for the release of therapeutic agents According to one aspect of the invention, medical devices are provided which contain the following: (a) an interior region that contains at least one degradation promoting agent and (b) an exterior region disposed over the interior region that contains at least one biodegradable polymer and at least one therapeutic agent.
US08900618B2	Liquid and low melting coatings for stents Stents with coatings comprising a combination of a restenosis inhibitor comprising an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a carrier. Also provided are methods of coating stents with a combination of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a carrier. A preferred example of a restenosis inhibitor is cerivastatin. The stent coatings have been shown to release restenosis inhibitors in their active forms.
US08900614B2	Intra-oral device for treating obesity The present invention relates to an intra-oral device including a carrier that has an outside wall, an inside wall and an occlusal wall connecting the outside wall to the inside wall. The carrier has at least one inset and at least one insert carrying a beneficial agent that is adapted to fit the inset, and the beneficial agent is capable of promoting weight loss. The intra-oral device is positioned in a user's mouth so that the intra-oral device is in contact with the user's cheeks, lips and/or tongue and the beneficial agent passes through the mucosal membrane of the user's mouth.
US08900611B2	Sustained releaser comprising sex pheromone substances Provided are a sustained releaser of sex pheromone substances and a method for controlling insect pest by using the releaser, each enabling to control the simultaneous release of a mixture of sex pheromone substances having different chemical structures of one insect pest or a mixture of sex pheromone substances of insect pests, and each enabling to release the sex pheromone substances at a fixed rate or greater during the infestation period or periods of the respective insect pest or pests. More specifically, provided is a sustained releaser of sex pheromone substances comprising one or more first sex pheromone substances selected from linear aliphatic aldehyde having 10 to 18 carbon atoms, one or more second sex pheromone substances selected from aldehyde-free aliphatic derivatives having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, and first and second chambers each made of polymer material, wherein all of the first sex pheromone substances or all of the first sex pheromone substances and some of the second sex pheromone substances are enclosed in the first chamber and the remainder of the sex pheromone substances is enclosed in the second chamber.
US08900605B2	Solid ivabradine-containing composition The present invention relates to a solid composition containing ivabradine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Further, the invention relates to a method for the preparation of such a composition as well as a pharmaceutical product comprising such a composition.
US08900603B2	Local delivery of drugs from self assembled coatings The invention relates to oligofluorinated coatings and their use in drag delivery The oligofluorinated coatings are compositions comprising formula (XVII). These coatings are used in a method of delivering a biologically active agent to a tissue surface in a mammalian tissue This method occurs by contacting the surface with the coating including an oligofluorinated oligomer and a biologically active agent wherein the coating resides on the tissue surface and release the biologically active agent to the tissue surface.
US08900602B2	Disintegrating particle composition and orally rapidly disintegrating tablet Disclosed is an orally rapidly disintegrating tablet which has a good texture and taste in the oral cavity, such a sufficient hardness as not giving any worry of being chipped or dusted during production or transportation and good disintegrating properties in the oral cavity. The orally rapidly disintegrating tablet, which has a good texture and taste, an appropriate hardness, and good disintegrating properties, can be produced by using a composition, which is prepared by dispersing, by spray-drying, an inorganic excipient and starch(es) in complex particles composed of mannitol and xylitol, in an orally rapidly disintegrating tablet.
US08900598B2	Multicomponent or monocomponent vaccine to be used against Chagas disease, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, procedure for the obtention of immunogen of said vaccines, and nucleic acid used in said procedure A vaccine against the Chagas disease, capable of stimulating the immune response against the trans-sialidase virulence factor of the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, which is a multicomponent vaccine comprising: (a) an immunogenic portion formed by one or more recombinant or synthetic polypeptides or fractions of thereof and (b) one or more polynucleotides including the regions codifying one or more immunogenic polypeptides, or a monocomponent vaccine comprising at least one component selected among an immunogenic portion formed by one or more recombinant or synthetic polypeptides or fractions of them and a group of polynucleotides including the regions codifying one or more immunogenic polypeptides derived from Trypanosoma cruzi and pharmaceutical compositions containing said multicomponent and monocomponent vaccines, the procedures for obtaining the immunogen portion of said vaccines and the nucleic acid used in the procedure.
US08900597B2	Compositions relating to a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin and methods thereof In one aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition that includes a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin A and/or a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin B. Each mutant toxin includes a glucosyltransferase domain having at least one mutation and a cysteine protease domain having at least one mutation, relative to the corresponding wild-type C. difficile toxin. The mutant toxins may further include at least one amino acid that is chemically crosslinked. In another aspect, the invention relates to antibodies or binding fragments thereof that binds to said immunogenic compositions. In further aspects, the invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences that encode any of the foregoing, and methods of use of any of the foregoing compositions.
US08900593B2	Glucagon/GLP-1 receptor co-agonists Modified glucagon peptides are disclosed having enhanced potency at the glucagon receptor relative to native glucagon. Further modification of the glucagon peptides by forming lactam bridges or the substitution of the terminal carboxylic acid with an amide group produces peptides exhibiting glucagon/GLP-1 receptor co-agonist activity. The solubility and stability of these high potency glucagon analogs can be further improved by modification of the polypeptides by pegylation, substitution of carboxy terminal amino acids, or the addition of a carboxy terminal peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 26 (GPSSGAPPPS), SEQ ID NO: 27 (KRNRNNIA) and SEQ ID NO: 28 (KRNR).
US08900592B2	Protein constructs designed for targeting and lysis of cells The invention relates to a protein construct, comprising (i) a targeting moiety that is capable of binding to a target cell, and (ii) an effector immunogenic moiety that is capable of triggering an existing, vaccine-induced or natural, immune response. The protein construct, that is preferably in the form of a heteromultimeric protein, is useful for redirecting an immune response that was pre-existing in a patient, toward an undesired target cell.
US08900588B2	Methods for treating breast cancer The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating and preventing breast cancer or recurrence of breast cancer with compositions comprising anti-progastrin antibodies.
US08900586B2	Antibody that binds domain 2 of ICAM-1 and methods of treatment The present invention relates to an antibody binding to the domain 2 of human intercellular adhesion molecules-1 (ICAM-1) where the antibody is able to modulate the differentiation status of dendritic cells and induce antigen-specific T cell tolerance, thereby be effective in the prevention and/or treatment of T cell-mediated immune disorders such as transplantation rejection, graft-versus-host disease, and autoimmune disease. In addition, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, and method of using them for the treatment of disease.
US08900581B2	Antibodies against human CSF-1R and uses thereof The present invention relates to antibodies against human CSF-1R (anti-CSF-1R antibody), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US08900579B2	Siglec-15 antibodies in treating bone loss-related disease Novel antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically binds to Siglec-15 are described herein In some embodiments, the antibodies or antigen binding fragments may block the biological activity of Siglec-15 and are useful in composition for the treatment of bone loss, more particularly in bone diseases that have increased cell surface expression of Siglec-15, such as conditions where there is an increase in the bone degradative activity of osteoclasts The invention also relates to cells expressing the antibodies or antigen binding fragments such as monoclonal, humanized or chimeric antibodies Additionally, methods of detecting and treating bone loss, bone-related diseases or cancer using the antibodies and fragments are also disclosed.
US08900578B2	Anti-IL-TIF antibodies The present invention relates to blocking the activity of IL-TIF polypeptide molecules. IL-TIF is a cytokine involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. The present invention includes anti-IL-TIF antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-TIF using such antibodies and binding partners in IL-TIF-related human inflammatory diseases, amongst other uses disclosed.
US08900576B2	Pharmaceutical compositions containing hyaluronic acid and collagenase for the topical treatment of wounds, burns and ulcers The present invention concerns new compositions containing hyaluronic acid or the derivatives thereof in association with the proteolytic enzyme collagenase (and relative pharmaceutical formulations) for the preparation of a dressing for topical treatment of various kinds of wounds, burns of varying depth, pressure sores, vascular ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers as well as for the treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars.
US08900574B2	Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of CNS diseases An isolated human cell is disclosed comprising at least one mesenchymal stem cell phenotype and secreting brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), wherein a basal secretion of the BDNF is at least five times greater than a basal secretion of the BDNF in a mesenchymal stem cell. Methods of generating same and uses of same are also disclosed.
US08900569B2	Method of treating diarrhea in a canine According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the species Bifidobacteria globosum obtainable by isolation from resected and washed canine gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Bifidobacteria globosum of the present invention are also provided.
US08900568B2	Method of treating diarrhea in a canine According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the species Bifidobacteria pseudolongum obtainable by isolation from resected and washed canine gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Bifidobacteria pseudolongum of the present invention are also provided.
US08900566B2	Hepatitis C virus inhibitors The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
US08900565B2	Indole derivatives as inhibitors of histone deacetylase Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8). Also described herein are methods of using such HDAC8 inhibitors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of HDAC8 activity.
US08900554B2	Foamable composition and uses thereof The present invention provides a safe and effective insecticide composition suitable for treating a subject infested with a parasitic anthropode or to prevent infestation by an arthropod. The insecticide composition is a foamable composition, including a first insecticide; at least one organic carrier selected from a hydrophobic organic carrier, a polar solvent, an emollient and mixtures thereof, at a concentration of about 2% to about 5%, or about 5% to about 10%; or about 10% to about 20%; or about 20% to about 50% by weight; about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of a surface-active agent; about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of at least one polymeric agent selected from a bioadhesive agent, a gelling agent, a film forming agent and a phase change agent; and (5) a liquefied or compressed gas propellant at a concentration of about 3% to about 25% by weight of the total composition.
US08900551B2	Peptide which passes through blood-brain barrier and targets apoptosis of neurodegenerative brain disease site and uses thereof The present invention relates to a peptide that passes through a blood-brain barrier and binds specifically to apoptotic cells in neurodegenerative brain disease-affected sites, and uses thereof. Therefore, the peptide of the present invention can be used for detecting and imaging apoptotic cells in neurodegenerative brain disease-affected sites, and for targeted drug delivery and theranosis of neurodegenerative brain diseases.
US08900547B2	Synthesis of high activity large crystal ZSM-5 In a process for preparing a high activity, large crystal ZSM-5 type zeolite in the absence of a template, a reaction mixture can be prepared comprising water, a silica source having a surface area less than 150 m2/g, an alumina source, seeds, a source of an oxide of an alkali metal, M, and a source of gluconic acid or salt thereof, Q, wherein the mixture has a SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio≦40. The reaction mixture can be heated to a crystallization temperature from about 100° C. to 200° C. for a time sufficient for crystals of ZSM-5 to form Crystals of ZSM-5 can then be recovered from the reaction mixture which crystals can have a SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio≦40 and a majority of which crystals can have at least one crystalline dimension of at least about 2 μm.
US08900545B2	Process for the production of high purity magnesium hydroxide This invention refers to a novel process for obtaining high purity magnesium hydroxide from a solid starting material containing magnesium in the form of, and/or combined with, carbonates, oxides and/or hydroxides, either natural or synthetic. The process comprises leaching the starting material to dissolve the magnesium; the solution is treated with alkali to precipitate the high purity magnesium hydroxide, and the remaining mother liquor is fed to a regeneration step of both the alkali used in the precipitation of high purity magnesium hydroxide, and the acid for leaching. The process of the invention is characterized by recycling reactants (acid and alkali) regenerated in the same process.
US08900541B2	Apparatus for manufacturing carbon nanotube heat sink An apparatus for manufacturing a carbon nanotube heat sink includes a board, and a number of first and second carbon nanotubes formed on the board. The first carbon nanotubes and the second nanotubes are grown along a substantially same direction from the board. A height difference exists between a common free end of the first carbon nanotubes and a common free end of the second carbon nanotubes.
US08900539B2	Preventing or reducing scale in wet-process phosphoric acid production Methods for preventing or reducing the formation of scale in a wet-process phosphoric acid production process by intermixing a scale inhibiting reagent at one or more step of the phosphoric acid production process in an amount sufficient to prevent or reduce scale are provided.
US08900535B2	Production of zinc sulphate concentrates from a dilute zinc sulphate solution In an embodiment, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for producing a concentrated form of basic zinc sulphate from a, typically dilute, acidic zinc sulphate-bearing solution. The process embodiment comprises the steps of precipitating the zinc, preferably primarily as basic zinc sulphate, from the acidic zinc sulphate solution, preferably using calcium oxide, in such a way as to promote the formation of separate gypsum crystals and basic zinc sulphate particles, and upgrading the zinc content in the precipitates by separating the basic zinc sulphate from the gypsum using size separation techniques.
US08900532B2	Apparatus and method for separating plasma from blood and delayed wetting Devices and methods are disclosed herein for separating a supernate from a suspension. The apparatus consists of a sample zone, a controllable gate, and an analysis zone. The sample zone holds the suspension. The analysis zone passively transports a supernate formed from the suspension by capillary transport. A controllable gate prevents the suspension in the sample zone from flowing into the analysis zone. The controllable gate can be triggered after the supernate has separated from the suspension to allow the supernate to flow into the analysis zone.
US08900530B2	Micro-volume liquid ejection system The present invention relates to a micro-volume liquid ejection system, including an air pressure module, a micro-ejection unit which is connected with the air pressure module by a conduit, and a control circuit which is connected with the air pressure module and the micro-ejection unit respectively. The air is used as the pressure medium, resulting in improved cleaning process and reduced sample waste. The present invention includes an electric control circuit to pick up sample, eject sample and clean the conduits automatically, and enables handling of a multiplicity of samples. The present invention can be used for transferring or dispensing micro volume liquid including biological liquid on a nL and μL scale.
US08900528B2	Disc-shaped analysis chip A disc-shaped analysis chip has an internal space. The internal space includes: a first reservoir for accommodating a first liquid; a second reservoir and a third reservoir arranged nearer to an outer peripheral portion of the analysis chip than the first reservoir; a fourth reservoir, a fifth reservoir and a sixth reservoir for accommodating a second liquid, a third liquid and a fourth liquid, respectively, and being arranged nearer to the outer peripheral portion of the analysis chip than the second and the third reservoir; a seventh reservoir arranged nearer to the outer peripheral portion of the analysis chip than the fourth to the sixth reservoir; an eighth reservoir arranged nearer to the outer peripheral portion of the analysis chip than the seventh reservoir; and a first to an eighth flow path for appropriately interconnecting the first to the eighth reservoir.
US08900527B2	Pipetting device with independently movable pipette units A pipetting device is described comprising more than one pipetting unit, wherein said pipetting units are independently movable in Y and Z direction and comprise at least one module arranged in a staggered manner compared to the adjacent pipetting unit.
US08900524B2	Optical sensor There is provided a novel optical sensor utilizing a surface plasmon resonance technique which is capable of detecting a substance to be detected with high sensitivity independently of a wavelength of irradiated light and is capable of obtaining information, other than a refraction index, on the substance to be detected. At the center of a surface of a metallic film 2 which is formed on a substrate and has no aperture, a circular depression 4 with a diameter of 0.1 to 250 nm is formed and with the depression 4 defined as a center, a plurality of depressions 3 are concentrically formed at intervals of 450 to 530 nm.
US08900523B2	Hydrogen transport membranes for dehydrogenation reactions A method of converting C2 and/or higher alkanes to olefins by contacting a feedstock containing C2 and/or higher alkanes with a first surface of a metal composite membrane of a sintered homogenous mixture of an Al oxide or stabilized or partially stabilized Zr oxide ceramic powder and a metal powder of one or more of Pd, Nb, V, Zr, Ta and/or alloys or mixtures thereof. The alkanes dehydrogenate to olefins by contact with the first surface with substantially only atomic hydrogen from the dehydrogenation of the alkanes passing through the metal composite membrane. Apparatus for effecting the conversion and separation is also disclosed.
US08900521B2	Microwave plasma sterilisation system and applicators therefor A sterilization system having a controllable non-ironismg microwave radiation source for providing microwave energy for combining with a gas to produce atmospheric low temperature plasma for sterilizing biological tissue surfaces or the like. A plasma generating region may be contained in a hand held plasma applicator. The system may include an impedance adjustor e.g. integrated in the plasma applicator arranged to set a plasma strike condition and plasma sustain condition. The gas and microwave energy may be transported to a plasma generating region along an integrated cable assembly. The integrated cable assembly may provide a two way gas flow arrangement to permit residual gas to be removed from the surface. Invasive surface plasma treatment is therefore possible. The plasma applicator may have multiple plasma emitters to produce a line or blanket of plasma.
US08900520B2	Apparatus for treating exhaust particulate matter An apparatus treats harmful particulate matter generated through combustion. The apparatus includes a concentrator concentrating the harmful particulate matter and a plasma generator burning the concentrated harmful particulate matter. Thereby, the harmful particulate matter can be efficiently removed.
US08900519B2	Air sterilization and disinfection apparatus and method An apparatus (100 and/or 200) and corresponding method (500) for air sterilization and disinfection can include an electronics and control module (110 and/or 210), a means for drawing air from the surrounding environment into the apparatus (120 and/or 220), an air management chamber (130 and/or 230), and a housing (170 and/or 270). The means for drawing air from the surrounding environment into the apparatus (120 and/or 220) mobilizes latent pathogens in the environment and draws them into the apparatus (100 and/or 200) for sterilization and disinfection. The air management chamber (130 and/or 230) provides for exposure of the airborne pathogens to UV radiation, via UV LEDs (150 and/or 250), with a dosage sufficient to penetrate the cell walls and destroy the pathogens. The electronics and control module (110 and/or 210) powers the apparatus (100 and/or 200) and interfaces with the electronic components. The housing (170) forms the outer shell of the apparatus (100).
US08900518B2	Healthcare cum optimal illumination device This invention provides a healthcare cum optimal illumination device. The inventive device includes at least one frame, at least one light source, and at least one layer of treated filter cover. The light source is disposed in the frame. The light source emits infrared radiation, visible light radiation, and ultraviolet radiation. The visible radiation is used for illumination, and the invisible infrared and ultraviolet radiation is harnessed to improve indoor air quality. The layer of the filter cover is treated with substances of air cleaning properties and encloses the frame. The treated filter cover has at least one opening where air in the frame heated by the infrared radiation flows out from the device and cooler ambient air surrounding the device is drawn through the filter cover into the frame replacing the heated air that has flown out of the device to form air circulation and to perform air purification.
US08900515B2	Biosensing device The present invention provides a biosensing device, comprising an input unit, an analysis unit, a process unit, and a set unit for storing resulting data values as the basis for calibrating the biosensing device, to set up the calibration parameters of a strip of the biosensing device.
US08900511B2	High-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel, and high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel part and process for producing the same The present invention relates a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel, containing, by weight percent, 0.01 to 0.06% of C, 0.10 to 0.50% of Si, 20.5 to 24.5% of Mn, 0.040% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 3.1 to 6.0% of Ni, 0.10 to 0.80% of Cu, 20.5 to 24.5% of Cr, 0.10 to 1.50% of Mo, 0.0010 to 0.0050% of B, 0.010% or less of O, 0.65 to 0.90% of N, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities; the steel satisfying the following formulae (1) to (4): [Cr]+3.3×[Mo]+16×[N]≧30 (1), {Ni}/{Cr}≧0.15 (2), 2.0≦[Ni]/[Mo]≦30.0 (3), and [C]×1000/[Cr]≦2.5 (4), wherein [Cr], [Mo], [N], [Ni], [Mo] and [C] represent the content of Cr, the content of Mo, the content of N, the content of Ni, the content of Mo and the content of C in the steel, respectively, and {Ni} represents the sum of [Ni], [Cu] and [N], and {Cr} represents the sum of [Cr] and [Mo]. The present invention further relates to a high-strength nonmagnetic stainless steel part containing the steel and a process for producing the same.
US08900506B2	Plasticizing screw for injection molding and injection molding method using same A plasticizing screw for injection molding according to the present invention is installed in an injection molding machine that performs injection molding by plasticizing thermoplastic resin feedstock containing reinforcement fibers, and includes a shaft, a main flight, and a sub-flight. The protrusion height of the main flight from the circumferential surface of the shaft is formed to be constant in at least an area in which the sub-flight is provided. The sub-flight includes a flat surface portion which is provided on the rear end side in a winding direction and in which a protrusion height from the circumferential surface of the shaft is lower than that of the main flight and is constant, and an inclined surface portion which is provided to extend continuously from a leading end in the winding direction of the flat surface portion and in which a protrusion height from the circumferential surface of the shaft gradually increases toward the leading end side in the winding direction and is less than the protrusion height of the main flight.
US08900504B2	Method for manufacturing a mandrel A method of manufacturing a mandrel for use in the internal coating of a pipe elbow or bend comprises the steps of: (i) adjustably positioning a bendable elongate member in a hollow template for the pipe elbow or bend, whereby the elongate member is bent so as to extend generally centrally through the template; and (ii) introducing a flexible material into, and allowing the material to cure in a space between the elongate member and an internal surface of the template.
US08900503B2	Method of forming an overmolded dual in-line memory module cooling structure Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for forming an overmolded dual in-line memory module (DIMM) cooling structure are provided. Embodiments include identifying, by a tagging module, contextual information indicating circumstances in which the photograph was taken; based on the contextual information, selecting, by the tagging module, candidate profiles from a plurality of friend profiles associated with a profile of a user; and suggesting, by the tagging module to the user, the selected candidate profiles as potential friends to tag in the photograph.
US08900502B2	Method for manufacturing shaped product with maintained isotropy The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a shaped product constituted by a fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, the shaped product with maintained isotropy of the fibers to the end thereof even if press-molded under conditions in which charge ratio of a prepreg to a die is low. Specifically, the method includes using a specific prepreg obtained by impregnating the reinforcing fibers with thermoplastic resin, and molding-processing the prepreg under specific conditions.
US08900492B2	Process for preparing insulation sheets from unseparated mixtures of post-consumer plastic articles A process for the preparation of thermal insulation sheets fashioned from certain unseparated mixtures of post-consumer plastic articles and the article, itself, is disclosed. The mixtures of such articles contain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polystyrene (PS) and optionally also articles made of high density polyethylene (HDPE). An unseparated mixture of such articles is provided. This mixture is crushed and shredded to form plastic flakes, and these plastic flakes are then homogenized. Homogenization of the flakes can be carried out either by melt-blending them or by further comminution to produce very fine particles of the mixed plastics. The resulting homogenized mixture of plastic types is then compression molded into sheets ranging in thickness from about 3 to 10 mm.
US08900488B2	Conductive paste composition and semiconductor devices made therewith A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
US08900487B2	Conductive paste composition and semiconductor devices made therefrom A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a lead-tellurium-based oxide, a discrete oxide of an adhesion promoting element, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and lead-tellurium-based oxide.
US08900485B2	Carbon nanotube slurry, method for making the same, and method for making cathod emitter using the same A kind of photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry is disclosed. The photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry includes a first mixture and a second mixture. The first mixture includes carbon nanotubes, conducting particles, and a first organic carrier. The second mixture includes a photo polymerization monomer, a photo initiator, and a second organic carrier. The weight percentage of the first mixture and the second mixture ranges from about 50% to about 80% and about 20% to about 50%, respectively. Methods for making the photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry and methods for making cathode emitters using the photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry are also disclosed.
US08900482B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device is disclosed. The light emitting device may include a light emitting diode (LED) for emitting light and phosphor adjacent to the LED. The phosphor may be excitable by light emitted by the LED and may include a first compound having a host lattice comprising first ions and oxygen. In one embodiment, the host lattice may include silicon, the copper ions may be divalent copper ions and first compound may have an Olivin crystal structure, a β-K2SO4 crystal structure, a trigonal Glaserite (K3Na(SO4)2) or monoclinic Merwinite crystal structure, a tetragonal Ackermanite crystal structure, a tetragonal crystal structure or an orthorhombic crystal structure. In another embodiment, the copper ions do not act as luminescent ions upon excitation with the light emitted by the LED.
US08900480B2	Ceramic composite material for light conversion and use thereof A ceramic composite material for light conversion, which is a solidified body comprising two or more matrix phases with respective components being two or more oxides selected from the group consisting of metal oxides and complex oxides each produced from two or more metal oxides, wherein at least one of the matrix phases is a phosphor phase containing an activated oxide. The solidified body is preferably obtained by the unidirectional solidification method. The ceramic composite material for light conversion is excellent in brightness, light-mixing property, heat resistance and ultraviolet light resistance.
US08900476B2	Colloidal dispersion of aluminum oxide The invention relates to a heat-transporting fluid and to the use thereof. The heat-transporting fluid of the invention is formed of an aqueous colloidal sol including water and up to 58.8 wt %, relative to the total fluid weight, in a-Al2O3 particles, the thickness of which is the smallest dimension and less than or equal to 30 nm 90% to 95% of said a-Al2O3 particles have a size less than or equal to 210 nm, among which 50% have a size less than or equal to 160 nm. The invention is of use in the field of cooling, in particular nuclear reactor backup cooling.
US08900473B2	Polishing solution for CMP, and method for polishing substrate using the polishing solution for CMP The CMP polishing liquid of the present invention contains 1,2,4-triazole, a phosphoric acid, an oxidant, and abrasive particles. The polishing method of the present invention is a substrate polishing method for polishing a substrate with a polishing cloth while supplying a CMP polishing liquid between the substrate and the polishing cloth, in which the substrate is a substrate having a palladium layer, and the CMP polishing liquid is a CMP polishing liquid containing 1,2,4-triazole, a phosphoric acid, an oxidant, and abrasive particles.
US08900471B2	In situ plasma clean for removal of residue from pedestal surface without breaking vacuum Methods and apparatus for in-situ plasma cleaning of a deposition chamber are provided. In one embodiment a method for plasma cleaning a deposition chamber without breaking vacuum is provided. The method comprises positioning a substrate on a susceptor disposed in the chamber and circumscribed by an electrically floating deposition ring, depositing a metal film on the substrate and the deposition ring in the chamber, grounding the metal film deposited on the deposition ring without breaking vacuum, and removing contaminants from the chamber with a plasma formed in the chamber without resputtering the metal film on the grounded deposition ring and without breaking vacuum.
US08900470B2	Differential measurements for endpoint signal enhancement A method for etching a layer is provided. A substrate is provided in a chamber. An etch plasma for etching a layer on the substrate is generated. Light from a first region of the chamber is measured to provide a first signal. Light from a second region of the chamber is measured to provide a second signal. The first signal with the second signal are compared to determine an etch endpoint.
US08900469B2	Etch rate detection for anti-reflective coating layer and absorber layer etching A method and apparatus for etching a photomask substrate with enhanced process monitoring is provided. In one embodiment, a method of determining an etching endpoint includes performing an etching process on a first tantalum containing layer through a patterned mask layer, directing a radiation source having a first wavelength from about 200 nm and about 800 nm to an area uncovered by the patterned mask layer, collecting an optical signal reflected from the area covered by the patterned mask layer, analyzing a waveform obtained the reflected optical signal reflected from the substrate from a first time point to a second time point, and determining a first endpoint of the etching process when a slope of the waveform is changed about 5 percent from the first time point to the second time point.
US08900466B2	Method of manufacturing a near-field light generator including a waveguide and a plasmon generator In a method of manufacturing a near-field light generator, a structure including a core and a polishing stopper layer disposed on the top surface of the core is formed on a first cladding layer. Next, a cladding material layer is formed to cover the first cladding layer and the structure. The cladding material layer is then polished until the polishing stopper layer is exposed. Next, the polishing stopper layer is removed so that the cladding material layer has a protruding portion protruding upward to a higher level than the top surface of the core. The cladding material layer is then polished so as to remove the protruding portion and thereby make the cladding material layer into a second cladding layer. Then, a third cladding layer and a plasmon generator are formed.
US08900461B2	Apparatus and method for treating ship ballast water using electron beams Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for treating ship ballast water, wherein electron beams are irradiated into the ballast water to induce radiolysis of the water, and harmful marine organisms present in the ballast water are killed by radicals produced by the radiolysis. The electron beams are continuously irradiated into the ballast water under operating conditions of an energy of 0.5-5 MeV, an electron beam irradiation dose of 0.1-30 kGy and a flow rate of 1-200 m3/hr.
US08900456B2	Method of treating a plant wastewater and treatment system therefor A method of treating wastewater containing an organic compound includes feeding wastewater to an anoxic tank, adding compounds containing nitrogen and phosphorus components to wastewater, performing anaerobic treatment on wastewater, and discharging treated wastewater as pre-treated water; introducing pre-treated water into an anaerobic treatment tank, performing anaerobic treatment on pre-treated water, thereby decomposing the organic compound into organic compounds of smaller molecular size and a mixture gas containing methane and carbon dioxide, and discharging treated water as primary water; introducing primary water into an aerobic treatment tank, performing aerobic treatment on primary water, and discharging treated water through a solid-liquid separator as secondary water; and introducing at least a part of secondary water into a reverse osmosis membrane separation unit, and separating part of secondary water into RO permeated water and RO concentrated brine, wherein at least a part of RO concentrated brine is recycled to the anoxic tank.
US08900454B2	Device for a biological liquid treatment installation The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20).
US08900451B2	Device and method for removing solids and liquids from a pot A device and a method for removing a liquid, foam, fat or other solid or liquid material or anything else that a user wants to remove or separate from a remaining liquid or solid that is left in a container.
US08900448B2	Treatment device A treatment device for stormwater is provided that comprises a container which in use contains a growing medium and a hydrodynamic separator located within the container. The hydrodynamic separator comprises a separation chamber, an inlet duct extending from the outside of the container to the separation chamber, a solids outlet; and a liquid outlet that opens into the container. In use, liquid flow containing solids enters the separation chamber through the inlet duct and is caused to swirl within the separation chamber, thereby causing solids to exit the separation chamber through the solids outlet and liquid to exit the separation chamber through the liquid outlet and to flow into the growing medium.
US08900446B2	Hydrocarbon treatment process In a catalytic treatment process, mercaptans in sour hydrocarbon are oxidized to disulfide oils using an aqueous treatment solution containing a chelated polyvalent metal catalyst, alkali metal hydroxide, and the alkali metal salt of at least one alcohol in a non-dispersive mixing apparatus wherein an upgraded hydrocarbon containing the disulfide oils is produced.
US08900445B2	Process for the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons A process for the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons to convert petroleum hydrocarbons in a higher yield for light olefins, particularly propylene is disclosed, the process involving a hydrocarbon-converting catalyst comprising zeolite, phosphorous and a transition metal, as defined herein.
US08900434B2	Three dimensional microelectrode system for dielectrophoresis A dielectrophoresis method for separating particles from a sample, including a dielectrophoresis channel, the dielectrophoresis channel having a central axis, a bottom, a top, a first side, and a second side; a first mesa projecting into the dielectrophoresis channel from the bottom and extending from the first side across the dielectrophoresis channel to the second side, the first mesa extending at an angle to the central axis of the dielectrophoresis channel; a second mesa projecting into the dielectrophoresis channel from the bottom and extending from the first side across the dielectrophoresis channel to the second side, the second mesa parallel to said first mesa; a space between at least one of the first electrode and the second side or the second electrode and the second side; and a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode, and pumping a recovery fluid through said gap between said first electrode and into said space between at least one of said first mesa and said second side or said second mesa and said second side.
US08900432B2	Sensor element having an inner anode A sensor element, which may be used as Lambda probe and/or inside a Lambda probe, for example, is provided for determining at least one physical property of a gas mixture in at least one gas chamber. The sensor element has at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode and at least one solid state electrolyte, which connects the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode. The at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode are situated inside the sensor element. The at least one second electrode is connected to at least one reference gas chamber via at least one discharge air channel.
US08900431B2	Analyte sensor Electrochemical sensors for measuring an analyte in a subject are described. More particularly, devices for measurement of an analyte incorporating a sensor comprising a hydrophilic polymer-enzyme composition covering an electroactive surface providing rapid and accurate analyte levels upon deployment are disclosed.
US08900425B2	Contact ring for an electrochemical processor An electro-processing apparatus includes a rotor in a head, and a contact ring assembly on the rotor. The contact ring assembly may have one or more strips of contact fingers on a ring base, with contact fingers clamped into position on the ring base. The strips may have spaced apart projection openings, with the projections on the ring base extending into or through the projection openings. A shield ring may be attached to the ring base, to clamp the contact fingers in place, and/or to provide an electric field shield over at least part of the contact fingers. The contact fingers may be provided as a plurality of adjoining forks, with substantially each fork including at least two contact fingers.
US08900424B2	Electrode and electrochemical machining process for forming non-circular holes An electrode for an electrochemical machining process is provided. The electrode includes an electrically conductive member defining at least one passage and an insulating coating partially covering a side surface of the electrically conductive member. The insulating coating does not cover at least one of first and second exposed sections of the electrically conductive member, where the first and second exposed sections are separated by approximately 180 degrees and extend substantially along a longitudinal axis of the electrically conductive member. The insulating coating also does not cover an exposed front end of the electrically conductive member. An electrochemical machining method is also provided, for forming a non-circular hole in a workpiece using the electrode.
US08900423B2	Low refractive index material by sputtering deposition method A method for forming boron oxide films formed using reactive sputtering. The boron oxide films are candidates as an anti-reflection coating. Boron oxide films with a refractive index of about 1.38 can be formed. The boron oxide films can be formed using power densities between 2 W/cm2 and 11 W/cm2 applied to the target. The oxygen in the reactive sputtering atmosphere can be between 40 volume % and 90 volume %.
US08900422B2	Yttrium and titanium high-K dielectric film This disclosure provides (a) methods of making an oxide layer (e.g., a dielectric layer) based on yttrium and titanium, to have a high dielectric constant and low leakage characteristic and (b) related devices and structures. An oxide layer having both yttrium and titanium may be fabricated either as an amorphous oxide or as an alternating series of monolayers. In several embodiments, the oxide is characterized by a yttrium contribution to total metal that is specifically controlled. The oxide layer can be produced as the result of a reactive process, if desired, via either a PVD process or, alternatively, via an atomic layer deposition process that employs specific precursor materials to allow for a common process temperature window for both titanium and yttrium reactions.
US08900418B2	Yttrium and titanium high-k dielectric films This disclosure provides (a) methods of making an oxide layer (e.g., a dielectric layer) based on yttrium and titanium, to have a high dielectric constant and low leakage characteristic and (b) related devices and structures. An oxide layer having both yttrium and titanium may be fabricated either as an amorphous oxide or as an alternating series of monolayers. In several embodiments, the oxide is characterized by a yttrium contribution to total metal that is specifically controlled. The oxide layer can be produced as the result of a reactive process, if desired, via either a PVD process or, alternatively, via an atomic layer deposition process that employs specific precursor materials to allow for a common process temperature window for both titanium and yttrium reactions.
US08900417B2	Purification method of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene This invention provides a method for purifying HFO-1234yf by removing HF from a mixture of HFO-1234yf and HF under simple and economically advantageous conditions. According to the present invention, this is a purification method for 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, (1) the purification method comprising the step of subjecting a mixture comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride to extractive distillation in a distillation column A using an extractant, thereby obtaining a fraction I that contains 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and has a lower ratio of hydrogen fluoride to 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene than that of the mixture, while obtaining a fraction II that contains hydrogen fluoride and has a lower ratio of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene to hydrogen fluoride than that of the mixture; (2) the extractant comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of: (i) alcohols represented by ROH, wherein R is a C1-5 alkyl group, (ii) ethers represented by ROR′, wherein R and R′ are the same or different, and each is a C1-4 alkyl group, (iii) fluorinated alcohols represented by RfOH, wherein Rf is a C1-3 fluoroalkyl group, (iv) ketones represented by RCOR′, wherein R and R′ are the same or different, and each is a C1-4 alkyl group, (v) esters represented by RCOOR′, wherein R and R′ are the same or different, and each is a C1-4 alkyl group, (vi) polyols represented by R(OH)n, wherein R is a C1-4 alkyl group, and n is an integer of 2 to 3, and (vii) ethylene glycols represented by R1O(CH2CH2O)nR2, wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, and each is hydrogen or a C1-4 alkyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
US08900414B2	Fiber products Fiber products, comprising in their body at least 20% by weight of cellulose fibers, and adequate amounts of an acid and a cationic retention aid for the acid, can be marked by means of a laser beam.
US08900406B2	Procedure for obtaining nanofibrillated cellulose from recovered paper A procedure for obtaining nanofibrillated cellulose starting from a raw material including recycled or recovered paper, or recovered paper pulp or recovered cellulose comprises the stages of: immersing the raw material in an acetic acid dilution, in a concentration of 10% to 50% by volume, during a time inverse to the concentration of acetic acid; stirring the raw material immersed in the acetic acid dilution; and subsequently subjecting the cellulosic material to a mechanical process of longitudinal separation of fibers, by shear forces applied through a mixer or similar equipment capable of creating enough shearing on cellulose pulp. Thanks to the above procedure nanofibrillated cellulose from recycled paper is obtained with similar features to the nanofibrillated cellulose obtained from virgin cellulose.
US08900405B2	Plasma immersion ion implantation reactor with extended cathode process ring The disclosure concerns a process ring for the wafer support pedestal of a toroidal source plasma immersion ion implantation reactor. The process ring improves edge uniformity by providing a continuous surface extending beyond the wafer edge, in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the process ring includes a floating electrode that functions as an extension of the wafer support electrode by RF coupling at the bias frequency.
US08900404B2	Plasma processing systems with mechanisms for controlling temperatures of components A plasma processing system with improved component temperature control is disclosed. The system may include a plasma processing chamber having a chamber wall. The system may also include an electrode disposed inside the plasma processing chamber. The system may also include a support member disposed inside the plasma processing chamber for supporting the electrode. The system may also include a support plate disposed outside the chamber wall. The system may also include a cantilever disposed through the chamber wall for coupling the support member with the support plate. The system may also include a lift plate disposed between the chamber wall and the support plate. The system may also include thermally resistive coupling mechanisms for mechanically coupling the lift plate with the support plate.
US08900400B2	Proximity head having a fluid resistor A proximity head defined by a body having a length. The body includes a main bore defined therein and extending along the length. A resistor bore is defined in the body and extends along the length. The resistor bore defined below the main bore. A first plurality of bores defined between the main bore and the resistor bore and a second plurality of bores defined between the resistor bore and an exterior surface of the body. The exterior surface of the body defining a proximity surface of the proximity head.
US08900399B2	Integrated method and system for manufacturing monolithic panels of crystalline solar cells An anodic etching system for simultaneously etching a multiplicity of substrates comprises: an etching tank for containing therein an etchant solution; a power supply connected between a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being immersible in the etchant solution and positioned at opposite ends of the tank; and a plurality of support plates serially arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode and sealed to walls of the tank, wherein each of the plurality of support plates is configured to support at least one of the multiplicity of substrates, and wherein any consecutive pair of the plurality of support plates defines an isolated volume of the tank for containing a portion of the etchant solution. The plurality of support plates may be susceptors configured for holding the multiplicity of substrates in a chemical vapor deposition tool.
US08900396B2	Method for forming a vent port in a glass panel, and glass panel product manufactured using the same A method for forming a vent port in a glass panel and a glass panel product manufactured using the same. The vent port has no protruding vent pipe, such that the vent port discharging gas from a sealed space to the outside is formed in either one of a pair of plate glasses separated in a thickness-direction to form the sealed space therebetween, produced by: forming an exhaust hole in either one of the plate glasses; vertically inserting a vent-pipe-type sealing material into the upper portion of the exhaust hole; discharging gas from a space between the plate glasses to the outside; heating the sealant member such that the sealing material is converted into fluid and the exhaust hole is closed by the sealing material having collapsed after being heated; and solidifying the sealing material remaining in the exhaust hole, ensuring good sealing properties without using a protruding vent pipe.
US08900390B2	Method for making graphene/carbon nanotube composite structure The present disclosure relates to a method for making a graphene/carbon nanotube composite structure. In the method, at least one graphene film is located on a substrate. At least one carbon nanotube layer is combined with the at least one graphene film located on the substrate to form a substrate/graphene/carbon nanotube composite structure. The at least one graphene film is in contact with the at least one carbon nanotube layer in the substrate/graphene/carbon nanotube composite structure. The substrate is removed from the substrate/graphene/carbon nanotube composite structure, thereby forming a graphene/carbon nanotube composite structure.
US08900381B2	Spring steel and spring superior in fatigue properties Disclosed is a spring steel which contains, by mass, 1.2% or less C; 0.1% to 2% Mn; 0.2% to 3% Si; 0.0003% to 0.005% Al; to 8 ppm Li; 30 ppm or less (excluding 0 ppm) Ca; and 10 ppm or less (excluding 0 ppm) Mg. The steel contains oxide inclusions satisfying the following conditions (1) to (3) in a number of 1×10−4 or more per square millimeter: (1) containing a total of 80 percent by mass or more of Al2O3 and SiO2 based on the inclusion composition excluding Li2O; (2) having a ratio by mass of Al2O3 to SiO2 of from 1:4 to 2:3; and (3) containing lithium (Li). The spring steel gives a spring that exhibits superior fatigue properties without strict control of the average composition of inclusions.
US08900380B2	Low-chromium stainless steel excellent in corrosion resistance of weld The present invention provides an optimum low-chromium stainless steel which prevents corrosion resistance degradation of a weld in the case of welding a low-chromium stainless steel utilizing martensite transformation in multiple passes (multipass), is excellent in weld intergranular corrosion resistance even in a severe corrosion environment, simultaneously avoids occurrence of preferential corrosion at the bond-bordering region of the weld heat-affected zone, and is also excellent in productivity, which low-chromium stainless steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.015 to 0.025%, N: 0.008 to 0.014%, Si: 0.2 to 1.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 1.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: 10 to 13%, Ni 0.2 to 1.5%, and Al: 0.005 to 0.1% or less, and further comprises Ti: 6×(C %+N %) or greater and 0.25% or less, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the contents of the elements satisfy specified expressions.
US08900373B2	Method of cleaning bottles in a bottle cleaning machine, and an arrangement for performing the method, and a bottle cleaning machine A method of cleaning containers in a container cleaning machine, in which the containers are moved in receptacles to a cleaning area, where both the containers and the receptacles are at least partially submerged in a dipping bath of liquid cleaning medium. The containers are positioned such that closed portions of the containers are at an equivalent or higher vertical position than mouth portions of the containers. A nozzle arrangement is used to produce a jet of a cleaning medium which impinges the interior of a corresponding container. The jet has a force which is insufficient to move the container from its resting position in its corresponding container receptacle.
US08900372B2	Cryogenic cleaning methods for reclaiming and reprocessing oilfield tools The disclosure relates to the cleaning of rods made of metal, particularly to the method of reclamation of used standard length rods, such as pump rods already used in the mechanical deep-pumping extraction of oil, as well as to the product made with the help of the mentioned method. The method of remanufacturing of standard length rods includes cleaning the rod with cryogenic liquids to eliminate environmental contamination and to assist in workplace safety.
US08900367B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing large-area carbon nanotube films An apparatus for manufacturing a large-area carbon nanotube film is provided. The apparatus includes a reactor chamber, a substrate having a curved, three-dimensional surface and a supporter received in the reactor chamber. The curved, three-dimensional curve surface of the substrate is provided for growing the carbon nanotube film thereon. The supporter is provided for fixing the substrate in the reactor chamber. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing a large-area carbon nanotube film employing this apparatus.
US08900362B2	Manufacturing method of gallium oxide single crystal A method of growing a single crystal of gallium oxide at a lower temperature than the melting point (1900° C.) of gallium oxide is provided. A compound film (hereinafter referred to as “gallium oxide compound film”) containing Ga atoms, O atoms, and atoms or molecules that easily sublimate, is heated to sublimate the atoms or molecules that easily sublimate from inside the gallium oxide compound film, thereby growing a single crystal of gallium oxide with a heat energy that is lower than a binding energy of gallium oxide.
US08900359B2	Ink, ink cartridge, ink-jet recording method, and method for preparing ink An ink containing a plurality of organic pigments having hues forming an angle of 10 degrees or more with one another, wherein the bronze value B calculated by Formula 1 is 0.0 or more, and 12.0 or less, the saturation value C calculated by Formula 2 is 65.0 or more, and the 20-degree gloss value GB is 30.0 or more with respect to a predetermined recorded image recorded by the ink.
US08900354B2	Boosted no-lance injection systems and methods A boosted no-lance injection system (BNLS) and methods of operating a combustion system to reduce acid gas or metal emissions in the flue gas is shown and described. In one embodiment, a BNLS includes an injection device, a high volumetric flow air mover, a transport air mover, a sorbent hopper and a mounting apparatus. In other embodiments, a method of operating a combustion system includes positioning the BNLS to inject into the ductwork, applying transport air and sorbent into the ductwork, and applying the high volumetric flow air into the ductwork. The result is methods and systems for reducing acid or metal emissions in the flue gas.
US08900350B2	Separation membrane module and fuel vapor processing apparatus incorporating the same One aspect of the present teachings includes a separation membrane arranged in a hollow case. A particular component concentration chamber and a particular component dilution chamber are arranged in series in the hollow case. The particular component concentration chamber is capable of increasing concentration of the particular component by allowing permeation of the particular gas through the separation membrane. The particular component dilution chamber is capable of increasing concentration of the particular component by not allowing permeation of the particular gas through the separation membrane. The particular component concentration chamber and the particular component dilution chamber are configured such that only a gas containing the particular component and permeated through the separation membrane or only a gas containing the particular component not permeated through the separation membrane in one of the chambers disposed on an upstream side (i.e., the side of the inlet port) can flow into the other of the chambers.
US08900346B2	Self-ignition resistant thermally-activated carbon Thermally-activated cellulosic-based carbon is rendered more thermally stable by exposure to a halogen and/or a halogen-containing compound. Such treated cellulosic-based carbon is suitable for use in mitigating the content of hazardous substances in flue gases, especially flue gases having a temperature within the range of from about 100° C. to about 420° C.
US08900343B1	Liquid hydrocarbon slug containing vapor recovery system A liquid hydrocarbon slug-containing vessel for incorporation into a system integrating a low-pressure separator with a vapor recovery process system, and a method for regulating the temperature of a gas to be compressed by a two stage compressor so as to prevent liquification of the gas and to prevent over-heating of the compressor.
US08900341B2	Method and system for producing an aluminum—silicon alloy A method and system for producing an aluminum-silicon alloy are provided and include preheating silica to a predetermined temperature and combining aluminum with the preheated silica to melt the aluminum and produce an aluminum-silicon alloy.
US08900336B2	Cutting tool A cutting tool in which wear resistance is improved by suppressing sudden chipping on the flank face while suppressing oxidation of the coating layer on the rake face, and thereby has a long lifespan even under cutting conditions in which deposition and edge damage easily occur. In the cutting tool, a coating layer represented by Ti1-a-b-cAlaWbMc(C1-xNx), with M selected as at least one of silicon, yttrium, and a metal belonging to group 4, 5, or 6 on the periodic table, excluding titanium and tungsten, and 0.3≦a≦0.6, 0.01≦b≦0.2, 0≦c≦0.2, and 0≦x≦1, being provided on the surface of a main cutting tool body having a flank face and a rake face, and the content ratio of tungsten on the flank face is higher than the content ratio of tungsten on the rake face.
US08900335B2	CMP polishing slurry and method of polishing substrate A CMP polishing slurry of the present invention contains cerium oxide particles, water, and a polymer of at least one of a methacrylic acid and the salt thereof, and/or a polymer of at least one of a methacrylic acid and the salt thereof and a monomer having an unsaturated double bond, preferably contains furthermore a dispersant or a polymer of monomers containing at least one of an acrylic acid and the salt thereof. The present invention provides a CMP polishing slurry and a polishing method that, after polishing, give a polished film having a smaller difference in residual film thickness due to a pattern density difference.
US08900333B2	Biodiesel cold flow improver The present invention is directed to the use of alkyl(meth)acrylate polymers or copolymers of the formula (I) In-Poly-(E)y (I) as cold flow improvers in biodiesel fuel (or bio-fuel) and biodiesel compositions incorporating said polymers or copolymers, obtained by nitroxyl mediated controlled free radical polymerization, wherein In is the initiator fragment starting the polymerization reaction; E is an end group bearing at least one stable free nitroxyl radical, which is bound via an oxygen atom to the polymer or copolymer; or a group which results from a substitution or elimination reaction of the attached stable free nitroxyl radical; Poly is any polymer or copolymer formed from ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s); and y is a number 1 or greater than 1 indicating the average number of end groups E attached to Poly.
US08900332B2	Fuel additive for heavy oil, and fuel oil comprising same Provided in a fuel additive for heavy oil, made using a composition comprising: an oil-soluble metallic compound containing any one metal selected from calcium, barium, manganese, and iron; alcohol; hydrotreated light distillate; paraffin (kerosene); mineral oil; and a nonionic surfactant. The fuel additive for heavy oil, when added in a small amount to a heavy oil, can lower the kinematic viscosity and the flash point of the heavy oil, minimize the occurrence of a residual carbon fraction, dust, a sulfur fraction, or the like, increase the caloric value of the heavy oil, and improve the combustion efficiency during the combustion of the heavy oil.
US08900329B2	Pretreatment agents for keratin fibers comprising 4-morpholino-methyl-substituted silicone(s) The invention relates to pretreatment agents for keratin fibers, which include, based on its weight, 0.00001 to 10 wt. % of at least one 4-morpholino-methyl-substituted silicone, which includes in each case at least one of the structural units of the formulae (I), (II) and (III) described herein, wherein * represents a bond to one of the structural units (I), (II) or (III) or an end group B (Si-bound) or D (O-bound); B represents a group —OH, —O—Si(CH3)3, —O—Si(CH3)2OH, —O—Si(CH3)2OCH3; D represents a group —H; —Si(CH3)3, —Si(CH3)2OH, —Si(CH3)2OCH3; A represents an O-bound structural unit (I), (II) or (III) or a O-bound oligomeric or polymeric radical including structural units of the formulae (I), (II) or (III) or half of a connecting O atom to a structural unit (III) or represents —OH; n, m and o represent whole numbers between 1 and 1000 and include at least 50 wt. % of water.
US08900326B2	Prosthetic foot A stable shock absorbing prosthetic foot that transfers energy between heel strike and toe-off. A toe plate is separated from one or more other plates by a bumper assembly located at each of the toe end and heel end of the foot. Certain embodiments of the shock absorbing foot of the present invention are designed for use with a prosthetic ankle. A torsion adapter may also be used to attach a prosthetic foot of the present invention to the remainder of a prosthesis.
US08900325B2	Hybrid terrain-adaptive lower-extremity systems Hybrid terrain-adaptive lower-extremity apparatus and methods that perform in a variety of different situations by detecting the terrain that is being traversed, and adapting to the detected terrain. In some embodiments, the ability to control the apparatus for each of these situations builds upon five basic capabilities: (1) determining the activity being performed; (2) dynamically controlling the characteristics of the apparatus based on the activity that is being performed; (3) dynamically driving the apparatus based on the activity that is being performed; (4) determining terrain texture irregularities (e.g., how sticky is the terrain, how slippery is the terrain, is the terrain coarse or smooth, does the terrain have any obstructions, such as rocks) and (5) a mechanical design of the apparatus that can respond to the dynamic control and dynamic drive.
US08900323B2	Antibiotic delivery system for treating an infected synovial joint during re-implantation of an orthopedic prosthesis An antibiotic delivery system including an intramedullary stem that is adapted to be removably mounted into a medullary canal of a bone. The stem includes a body having an inlet adapted to be in fluid communication with a source of liquid-borne antibiotic and a plurality of outlets disposed along the stem. A channel extends between the inlet and the plurality of outlets for delivering a fluid-borne antibiotic from the inlet to the plurality of outlets so as to distribute the antibiotic along the medullary canal in a controlled fashion.
US08900321B2	Implant anchoring device An anchor for securing an implant within bone. In one embodiment, the anchor is used to aid in securing an acetabular cup within an acetabulum. The anchor may be implanted within an ischial defect of the pelvis, and is attached to an outer surface of the acetabular cup shell. The anchor is made at least in part of, and may be made entirely of, a porous metal material to facilitate the ingrowth of surrounding bone into the anchor for osseointegrating the anchor into the surrounding bone. The anchor may be secured to the acetabular shell by a screw fastener or by cement, for example. The anchor may be secured to the acetabular shell before the anchor and the acetabular shell are together implanted into the acetabulum, or the anchor may be implanted into the ischial defect, followed by seating the acetabular shell in the acetabulum and then securing the acetabular shell to the anchor.
US08900319B2	Acetabular cup prosthesis Provided are acetabular cup implant assemblies that can be used in hip replacement surgery. Example assemblies comprise a shell and a liner. The liner can be positioned within a shell. Optionally, the liner can be rotated relative to the shell until the liner is seated in the shell in a position where the liner and shell can be secured to one another. Waveform-shaped features of the shell and liner can guide the relative rotation of the liner and shell. Also provided are methods of seating a liner in shell of an acetabular cup implant assembly.
US08900315B2	Constrained condylar knee device A knee joint prosthesis includes a femoral component having a first condylar bearing surface and a second condylar bearing surface. Each of the first and second condylar bearing surfaces has a cross-section in a coronal plane that exhibits at least two different radii. The prosthesis also includes a tibial component and an insert component associated with the tibial component. The insert component has bearing surfaces that are complementary to the first and second condylar bearing surfaces, wherein a contact point is established between the bearing surfaces of the insert component and the first and second condylar bearing surface. In accordance with the present invention and as a result of the above construction, varus and valgus rotation of the femoral component relative to the insert component causes the contact point to move laterally as the knee is rotated. By shifting the contact pointy laterally/outwardly, the knee stability (i.e., stiffness) gradually increased.
US08900302B2	Tendon crimp for passage into a bone tunnel and method for use thereof A surgical device and method is used in attaching a tendon or a ligament to bone. In a preferred form, the device is a crimp configured to reduce the thickness of the free end of the tendon or the ligament to facilitate insertion of the tendon or the ligament into an opening formed in the bone.
US08900290B2	Implant with attached element and method of making such an implant A tubular implant having an axial end to which is attached a ring of spoons of a material different from that of the implant. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of attaching elements to an axial end of a tubular implant comprising the steps of providing said elements on one end of a support tube having a radius substantially that of the implant in its unexpanded configuration, abutting the implant and elements end-to-end, fixing the elements to the implant, and parting the elements from the support tube. In a third aspect, the invention provides an implant carrying an element of another material, the element and implant having complementary tapered mating surfaces for achieving a taper form-fit of the element onto the implant.
US08900289B2	Stent with dual support structure A intraluminal stent comprises a reticulated tube having an un-deployed diameter and expandable to an enlarged diameter. The tube includes a structural beam extending between first and second ends. The structural beam changes from a first geometry to a second geometry when the tube changes from the un-deployed diameter to the enlarged diameter. The structural beam includes first and second longitudinal elements each extending at least partially between the first and second ends and with a spacing between the first and second elements. Each of said first and second elements changes from the first geometry to the second geometry when the tube changes from the un-deployed diameter to the enlarged diameter for the spacing to remain substantially unchanged as the tube changes from the un-deployed diameter to the enlarged diameter.
US08900285B2	Covering electrolytic restraint implant delivery systems Medical devices and methods for delivery or implantation of prostheses within hollow body organs and vessels or other luminal anatomy are disclosed. The subject technologies may be used in the treatment of atherosclerosis in stenting procedures or be used in variety of other procedures. The systems may employ a self expanding stent restrained by one or more members released by an electrolytically erodable latch. Such release means do not connect directly to the implant, though one or more portions may contact it.
US08900282B2	Light therapy apparatus and methods An extra-oral light therapy device comprises a support that registers against features of a patient's head. A light source is mounted to the support. The light source may comprise an array of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). A controller controls the extra-oral light therapy device. The support may comprise a tray fitted to the patient's teeth or a head-set fitted to the patient's ears and the bridge of the patient's nose. An external light therapy device has a thin, molded substrate, at least one array of light emitters mounted onto the thin, molded substrate, an attaching means for removably attaching the device to an area of treatment, and a controller for controlling the external light therapy device. Methods for supporting light sources adjacent desired treatment locations and for treating jaw bone disorders and jaw osteonecrosis and biostimulating bone and soft tissue are also disclosed.
US08900280B2	Surgical instrument A surgical instrument for seating a pedicle screw may comprise a driver head, a pressure ring, or at least one guide element. The driver head may be configured for removably connecting to the pressure ring or the at least one guide element, or a pressure ring and at least one guide element. The removable connection of the pressure ring or the at least one guide element from the driver head may be twistable or slidable for purposes of exchanging the pressure ring or the at least one guide element from the driver head. The pressure ring or at least one guide element is configured to operatively engage the pedicle screw and transfer motion of the surgical instrument to the pedicle screw.
US08900276B2	Adjustable occipital plate Embodiments of an adjustable occipital plate is provided. The plate includes a fixation plate, at least one lateral rod configured to be coupled to the fixation plate, at least one sliding link configured to be coupled to the at least one lateral rod, and at least one posterior cervical rod configured to be coupled to the at least one sliding link using at least one rod connector.
US08900273B2	Taper-locking fixation system A fixation system is designed to lock an elongated member within a housing member, permitting positional and/or orientational adjustment of the elongated member prior to locking. The system includes a housing member, a slotted spherical collet, an elongated member, and may include a tapered wedge, which may be a discrete component or formed as part of the elongated member. The housing member and/or elongated member may be implantable. The elongated member may be positioned in the wedge, the wedge in the collet, and the collet in the housing such that when compression force is applied to the wedge and the collet, the wedge contracts about the elongated member and the collet expands to engage the housing, thus locking the elongated member relative to the housing. The collet may have a tapered channel with a degree of taper equal to the tapered wedge. The collet may have multiple slots to allow uniform radial expansion and compression.
US08900272B2	Dynamic fixation assemblies with inner core and outer coil-like member A dynamic fixation medical implant includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having an elongate coil-like outer member and an inner cylindrical core attached to the outer member at only one end thereof. Some assemblies include a second longitudinal connecting member in the form of a rod that is fixed to the inner core and extends outwardly from the assembly. Certain assemblies include a threaded core or threaded inserts that cooperate with a helical slit of the coil-like outer member. Two or more cooperating bone screw assemblies attach to the connecting member assembly. The bone screw assemblies may include upper and lower compression members for affixing to and cradling the coil-like outer member only, allowing relative movement between the outer member and the inner cylindrical core. Press fit or snap-on features attach one end of the coil-like outer member to one end of the inner cylindrical core.
US08900267B2	Articulable surgical instrument An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router having a proximal knuckle assembly having a proximal segment knuckle affixed to the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment, a lumen knuckle affixed to the distal end of the lumen, and a proximal hinge pin knuckle positioned about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is bent against the proximal segment knuckle, the lumen knuckle and the proximal hinge pin knuckle when the proximal articulable segment is generally parallel with the lumen.
US08900265B1	Clot retrieval system The present invention relates to a system for removing obstructions and other objects within a blood vessel or other interior lumen of an animal. The system may be deployed in the lumen from a catheter and includes a pull wire having a proximal end and a distal end, and a distal body. Optionally, the distal body includes a plurality of memory metal strips that form a closeable claw that is used to capture the obstruction. Optionally, the memory metal strips are connected to a proximal hub that is slideable along at least a segment of the pull wire and the memory metal strips are moved towards each other and towards the pull wire by moving the proximal hub distally towards a stationary distal hub, which in turn, causes the claw to close and capture the obstruction. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such systems.
US08900263B2	Slotted introducer needle and method for accessing a body lumen An introducer needle for accessing a body lumen includes an annular-shaped body having a distal end and a proximal end, a leading edge formed on the distal end, and a slot defined in the leading edge and extending proximally from the distal end. In at least one example, the slot can include a first edge and a second edge, the first edge and the second edge each extending proximally from the leading edge and being separated by a central angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 360 degrees. The first end and the second edge are in continuous communication with the leading edge.
US08900262B2	Device for dissection of subcutaneous tissue A dermatological skin treatment device is provided. The device comprises a handpiece and a cutting tool, wherein the tool is inserted through the conduit and percutaneously inserted into a tissue disposed within a recessed area of the handpiece. The device and method cut the fibrous structures under the skin that cause cellulite at an angle substantially parallel to the surface of the skin and replace these structures with a non-cellulite forming structure by deploying a highly fibrous mesh through a single needle hole to create a highly fibrous layer directly or through wound healing processes.
US08900258B2	Debridement device The preferred embodiment of this invention will allow a medical practitioner to more easily, quickly, and specifically remove unwanted tissue from a patient. The curved blade with a specialized surface for cutting and scraping is better suited than current options for performing this task.
US08900257B2	Catheter comprising a protection system for aspirating, fragmenting and extracting removable material from hollow bodies or vessels of a human or animal body Systems, devices, and processes for aspirating, fragmenting and extracting removable material from hollow bodies. A guide wire (11) is inserted into the hollow body (1) via an opening. Material is removed by means of a reducing catheter (3) having a working head (6) with stator (8) and rotor (9) that is connected to a feed screw (10). The stator (8) has a lateral inlet opening (8a) which is formed as two circular holes arranged in axial succession. Material forced into the inlet openings (8a) is sheared and/or fragmented. A flexible sleeve (7) serves to discharge the ablated material. Prior to this, a sheathing catheter (4) is inserted into the hollow body (1) until in front of the material to be removed. The cross-section of the hollow body (1) is occluded by the sheathing catheter (4), preventing detached fragments from being accidentally washed away.
US08900255B2	Anastomotic tissue connection device An anastomotic tissue connection device has a head side end and a handle side end, with a head part arranged at the head side end. The head part has a reception means for receiving at least one connection member and which is, furthermore, provided with a counter-pressure plate being firmly arranged at a counter-pressure plate holding device and facing the head part. The head part and the counter-pressure plate holding device are relatively movable towards each other. For the support of the counter-pressure plate, the counter-pressure plate holding device forms at least one column so that a space directly behind the counter-pressure plate is freely accessible radially to a circumference of the counter-pressure plate.
US08900249B2	Method of delivering temperature controlled intraocular lens A method of delivering an intraocular lens into an eye is disclosed. The intraocular lens is heated. The intraocular lens is maintained within a desired temperature range. The intraocular lens is injected into the eye when the intraocular lens is within the desired temperature range.
US08900248B2	Insertion assembly for minimally invasive spinal surgery A telescopic insertion assembly is configured to insert a pedicle screw into a vertebral body. The insertion assembly includes an attachment fixture having one end configured to mate with the pedicle screw and another end having a ridged portion. A center tube is provided having one end slidably attached to the attachment fixture and another end having an internally ridged portion. A telescoping member has one ridged end configured to slidably attach to the center tube and another end having a yoke. The telescoping member is configured to extend the yoke to different distances from the center tube. An alignment member is configured to hingeably attach to the yoke of the telescoping member. The alignment member is configured to rotate from a first position to a second position. The second position of the alignment member is above a top surface of a patient's skin.
US08900245B2	Glenosphere inserter and impactor An impactor for connection to a concave surface of an implant has a shaft extending along a first axis from a first end to a second end. The shaft first end includes a pivot surface surrounding an internal shaft bore. The internal bore extends along the first axis and is open at the first end and extends towards the second end about the first axis. The internal bore has a pin extending through the shaft and intersecting the bore. A resilient element is mounted in the shaft bore spaced towards the shaft second end. A post is mounted in the shaft bore along the first axis. The post has a first end engaging a threaded bore in the concave surface of the implant. The post has a second end engaging the resilient element and a slot therein slidably engaging the pin and a collar pivotally mounted on the shaft.
US08900244B2	Patient-specific acetabular guide and method A method for inserting an acetabular cup into an acetabulum of a patient includes inspecting a preoperative plan including a three-dimensional image of a patient's acetabulum, selecting at least one of a patient-specific anteversion angle and a patient-specific abduction angle, and approving the preoperative plan. The method also includes preparing the patient's acetabulum for implantation, positioning a patient-specific first surface of an acetabular guide around a matched acetabular rim surface of the patient, and inserting an acetabular cup through an opening of the acetabular guide, the opening having a cylindrical inner surface oriented at the selected at least one of the patient-specific anteversion angle and patient-specific abduction angle.
US08900242B2	Stylus assembly A stylus assembly is adapted to be attached to a surgical jig. The stylus assembly comprises a body having first and second arms with a space therebetween for receiving a portion of the surgical jig, a stylus adjustably mounted relative to the body, and a locking member in use, actuation of the locking member from an unlocked to a locked position enables locking of the body to the surgical jig and locking of the stylus relative to the body.
US08900239B2	Internal joint stabilizer for a multi-axis joint, such as a carpo-metacarpal joint or the like, and method of use An internal device is provided for stabilizing a joint having multiple axes of rotation. The device includes two axles, separated by a body portion. The two axles are maintained by the body portion in a geometric relationship that replicates the geometric relationship of the rotational axes of the joint. The axles are installed into the bones of the joint to stabilize the joint.
US08900237B2	Minimally invasive guide system A minimally invasive fixation system and installation method is provided. The system includes a rod having an anchor fixation head, an anchor system for anchoring the rod using the anchor fixation head, and a guide system configured to attach to the anchor fixation head of the rod for the insertion of the additional anchor systems. In one embodiment, a method for placing a spinal fixation element relative to a vertebra is provided. The method includes inserting the spinal fixation element relative to the vertebra; connecting the spinal fixation element to a first vertebra with a first anchor; manipulating the spinal fixation element relative to the first anchor to align the spinal fixation element with a second vertebra; fixing the position of the spinal fixation element relative to the first bone anchor; determining an anchor site on a second vertebra using a guide system connected to the spinal fixation element; inserting a second anchor at an anchor site on second vertebra; and connecting the second anchor to the spinal fixation element to fix the spinal fixation element relative to the first vertebra and second vertebra.
US08900236B2	Internal pedicle insulator implants assemblies and methods of use Internal pedicle insulator implants, assemblies and related methods are provided. A representative method includes: placing an implant at least partially about an intermediate portion of the fixture, the implant having an inner surface; driving a distal end of the implant into tissue into which the fixture is inserted; and dispensing cement such that the cement is located between the inner surface of the implant and an exterior of the fixture.
US08900233B2	Flexible intramedullary rod An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.
US08900231B2	Method and system for invasive skin treatment A system and method for simultaneously heating a plurality of discrete skin volumes to a coagulation temperature. The system comprises an applicator containing an electrode having a plurality of spaced apart protruding conducting elements configured to contact the skin surface at a plurality of discrete locations. A controller applies a voltage to the electrode so as to simultaneously heat a plurality of skin volumes to a coagulation temperature when the applicator is applied to the skin surface.
US08900227B2	Sinus ablation devices, methods, and systems An embodiment of the invention concerns systems, devices, and methods for minimally invasive sinus mucosal restorative techniques. Such an embodiment may remove persistent mucosal disease while protecting bony structures of sinus cavities from damage. For example, guard members may keep ablation electrodes a set distance away from sinus bone. This may preserve healthy tissue over the bone to thereby facilitate healing while ablating the disease tissue.
US08900224B2	Kit for penetrating the cardiac septum and for implantation of a transeptal lead, including a lead for detection/stimulation of a left heart cavity A kit for penetrating the cardiac septum and for implanting a transeptal lead, including a lead for the detection/stimulation of a left heart cavity. This kit includes a screw lead (16) and a radio-frequency puncture generator (32). The lead includes: a lead body with a deformable sheath (18); a proximal end having an electrical connector (20) for coupling to an implanted medical device housing; a distal end having a lead head (22) with an electrode including a projecting conductive helical screw (24) for penetrating into the septum (10) due to a screw movement applied from the proximal end of the lead, and a conductor (26) connecting the electrode to the electrical connector, the electrode including the screw. The radio-frequency puncture generator (32) is connected to the electrical connector to provide a controlled application by the helical screw of a radio-frequency energy on the septal wall and, in conjunction with the screw motion applied to the lead head, punctures through and results in the lead head crossing through the septum wall.
US08900222B2	Method and apparatus for inflating and deflating balloon catheters A system and method for controlling the inflation, ablation, and deflation of a balloon catheter. The system includes a balloon catheter, a console, a pressurized gas or liquid inflation source, and an umbilical system to deliver pressurized coolant to the balloon catheter. The system may include controller that monitors the amount of pressure and volume within the balloon catheter. During inflation, the pressure and/or volume of fluid within the balloon is maintained at a target amount in order to provide sufficient mechanized pressure against the desired target region. The system limits the inflation pressure such that a safe quantity of gas would be released should a leak occur. If the amount falls below a certain threshold level, gas or fluid egress is presumed and the inflation process is halted.
US08900216B2	Facilitation of antegrade insertion of a guidewire into the superficial femoral artery A guidewire for antegrade guidance of vascular interventions of a lower limb artery via a common femoral artery into a superficial femoral artery of a human patient. When in unloaded condition, the guidewire has, at its distal end, a rounded or floppy tip (4). A curved deflection section (5) is located closely proximal of the tip (4) and extends over an angle of curvature such that the rounded tip (4) is spaced from a continuation of an axis of a section proximally neighboring the curved deflection section (5). The curved deflection section (5) has a flexibility causing the curved deflection section (5) to spring back to substantially its original shape after elastic deformation to a straightened condition. A rotation preventer, a kit and a method for facilitating insertion of a guidewire into the superficial femoral artery are also described.
US08900213B2	Syringe pump rapid occlusion detection system An apparatus and method for detecting an occlusion in a downstream fluid line of a medical pump in relation to increased pressure in the downstream fluid line between the beginning and the end of each interval of a series of intervals of operation of the pump even if one or more intervals between the first and last intervals does not reflect such an increase in pressure in the downstream fluid line.
US08900211B2	Disposable wearing article The present invention provides a disposable wearing article adapted to inhibit sweating and an uncomfortable stuffiness. Front and rear waist regions of a disposable wearing article have inner surfaces thereof at least partially formed of elastic sheets. The elastic sheets are made of a mixture of elastic fibers and inelastic fibers and formed with ridges and grooves. The elastic sheets have a thickness in the ridges repetitively reduced and restored as the elastic sheets repeat elastic stretch and contraction in the waist circumferential direction.
US08900204B2	Gearing mechanism for an injection device An injection device comprising: a base member (102); a plunger (104) for driving a piston in a distal direction; a driving member (106); and a gear mechanism (108) providing a gearing between the driving member (106) and the plunger (104) such that then the driving member (106) is moved at a first speed relative to the base member (102), the plunger (104) is moved at a second speed relative to the base member (102); wherein at least two of the base member (102), the plunger (104) and the driving member (106) are pivotally connected to the gear mechanism (108).
US08900200B2	Syringe with needle guard injection device The present invention provides for an injection device including a syringe with a proximal end, a distal end, a needle extending from the distal end, and a plunger inserted into the proximal end. A guard is slidable on the syringe, has a proximal end, a distal end, and is biased from a first position wherein the needle is exposed towards a second position wherein the guard covers the needle. The injection device includes first and second sets of cooperating detents for retaining the guard and syringe in the first and second positions, respectively. A latch member extends proximally from the guard that is engageable by the plunger as the plunger is depressed to release the first set of cooperating detents. Upon release, a spring element biases the guard towards the second position until the second set of cooperating detents engage and secure the guard in the second position.
US08900199B2	Needle tip protector and indwelling needle assembly A needle tip protector is configured in such a manner that a flexible plate is provided to a protector main body over which an action ring is mounted and that the flexible plate undergoes flexural deformation when the action ring is moved to a predetermined position relative to the protector main body. When the flexible plate undergoes flexural deformation, a needle tip of an inner needle to which the protector main body is mounted is protected by a protection part placed at a distal end of the flexible plate. The needle tip protector is also provided with a slip-stop mechanism for preventing the action ring from slipping out of the protector main body in an axial direction of the needle.
US08900198B2	Device for protecting an injection apparatus, in particular an injection apparatus for medical use, such as a syringe A device comprising a body, a sleeve mobile in relation to the body, and a lock enabling locking of the sleeve in a protective position; the sleeve can be moved between a non-protective position, in which an injection member is exposed, and the protective position; the lock comprising at least one flexible proximal leg. According to the invention, the at least one leg comprises at least one bearing surface and the device comprises at least one corresponding bearing surface, these respective bearing surfaces being able to bear against each other when a stress is exerted on the sleeve in a direction tending to return the sleeve toward the non-protective position.
US08900195B2	External bolster An external bolster having a main body, a curved portion and a hinge. The bolster also includes a base fixably attached to the main body, the base including a spoke configured to allow air through the base and a cap removably attached to the main body at the hinge, wherein the cap is configured to position a tube along the curved portion of the main body when the cap is in a closed position.
US08900188B2	Split ring resonator antenna adapted for use in wirelessly controlled medical device An infusion pump assembly is disclosed. The infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid, a pump assembly for pumping a quantity of infusible fluid from the reservoir to an exit, a first valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the pump assembly from the reservoir, a second valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the exit from the pumping assembly, and a split ring resonator antenna having a resonant frequency comprising a plurality of planar metallic layers.
US08900187B2	Powerhead control in a power injection system A dual head contrast media injection system performs a patency check or test injection, determining flow rate and/or flow volume from the programmed protocol. The tubing that connects syringes to a patient shares only a short common section near to the patient. Appropriate injection steps are taken to compensate for tubing elasticity. A wireless remote control and a touch screen control are provided, improving functionality and information delivery. The display brightness is controlled based on the ambient light, and the display panel includes a double swivel permitting re-orientation. The orientation of the display may also be controlled based on, e.g., the current step, the tilt angle of the powerhead, or a manual control. Furthermore, the display is customizable to identify the type of fluid (contrast, saline, etc.) on either side of the injector, to provide matched color coding, and to provide a folder/tab analogy for retrieving injection protocol parameters.
US08900183B2	Medical device and guide device therefor A guide device including a polymer and/or plastic tube, in particular a tube containing a polysiloxane, through the continuous opening of which a cable which is moveable in the continuous opening has been routed. To markedly reduce the wear caused by the cable rubbing in the continuous opening of the tube, a coating is provided on the outer surface of the cable and/or the inner surface of the continuous opening, which includes mainly particles that are substantially spherical and/or cylindrical and can move freely at least on the particular surface (e.g., outer surface of the cable and/or inner surface of the continuous opening). Furthermore, a medical device containing such a guide device, and a method for manufacturing the guide device or the medical device are described.
US08900182B2	Breast pump and method of use A breast pump convertible between a single breast pump mode and a double breast pump mode. The breast pump includes a pump and a conduit assembly coupled to the pump and at least one breast shield. The breast pump is operable to convert between the single breast pump mode and the double breast pump mode while maintaining substantially the same vacuum level applied to one of the breasts.
US08900181B2	Skin treatment and drug delivery device A new minimally invasive surgical approach is proposed that contemplates a method and apparatus for tightening lax skin without visible scarring via a device in various surgical procedures such as plastic surgery procedures. In some embodiments, the device is a single use disposable instrument. This approach circumvents surgically related scarring and the clinical variability of electromagnetic heating of the skin and performs small multiple pixilated resections of skin as a minimally invasive alternative to large Plastic surgical resections of skin. This approach can also be employed in areas of the body that are currently off limits to plastic surgery due to the visibility of the surgical scar. In addition, the approach can perform a skin grafting operation by harvesting the transected incisions of skin from a tissue site of a donor onto a skin defect site of a recipient with reduced scarring of the patient's donor site.
US08900180B2	Coatable compositions, coatings derived therefrom and microarrays having such coatings Coatable compositions and coatings derived from the coatable compositions, and microarrays comprising such coatings are described. In one aspect, the invention provides a microarray comprising: a plurality of microneedles extending from a support substrate; a coating deposited on at least one of the plurality of microneedles, the coating comprising an active agent and a biological salt. In another aspect, the invention provides a coatable composition, comprising: active agent; a biological salt; and solvent. In still another aspect, the invention provides a dried coating coated on a microneedle, the coating comprising: an active agent; and a biological salt.
US08900179B2	Thrombectomy apparatus and method A thrombectomy system may include an elongate shaft that defines a high pressure lumen and a low pressure lumen. The high pressure lumen may terminate near an end of the low pressure lumen. An expandable capture basket may be disposed near the end of the low pressure lumen. A thrombectomy apparatus may include an elongate shaft, an evacuation lumen extending within the elongate shaft and a high pressure lumen extending within the elongate shaft. A capture apparatus may be disposed within a wire lumen that extends within the elongate shaft such that the capture apparatus extends distally from the wire lumen.
US08900177B2	Self adjusting venous equalizing graft A self adjusting venous equalizing graft (SAVE graft) which provides a self regulating stenosis is provided herein. The SAVE graft responds to increases or decreases in blood pressure which allows a higher pressure at the graft's arterial end and a lower pressure at the graft's venous end. This is ideal in that it mimics the natural pressure of a patient's circulatory system. A dialysis machine may draw blood at the arterial end, dialyze the blood, and return the blood to the patient at the graft's venous end. The lower pressure at the venous end prevents damage to the patient's vein. The SAVE graft may comprise a deformable stenosis control diaphragm or a venous controlled pressure nozzle which may expand or contract in response to blood pressure to self regulate the stenosis provided by the SAVE graft.
US08900176B2	Chronic hemodialysis catheter with balloon An indwelling catheter device and a method of treatment using the indwelling catheter device are provided. The indwelling catheter device includes an elongate shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a first lumen extending longitudinally therethrough and an inflation lumen extending at least partially through the shaft. The distal portion of the shaft includes a first opening connected to the first lumen. The catheter device further includes a balloon operably connected to an outer surface of the shaft proximal to the first opening wherein the balloon at least partially surrounds the shaft. The inflation lumen is connected to the balloon for selective inflation and deflation of the balloon for disrupting migration of the occluding material and inhibiting the material from occluding the first opening when the catheter device is indwelling.
US08900175B2	Device for medical use for collecting and transit of blood, blood derivatives and/or filler fluids, and an extracorporeal circuit comprising the device A collecting device for fluids for medical use may include a rigid container internally defining a first chamber having a fixed volume, an auxiliary container having a deformable portion defining internally thereof a second chamber having a variable volume as a function of a deformable portion thereof, a passage able to set the first and the second chamber in fluid communication, an inlet port connected to at least one of the containers, and an outlet port connected to at least one of the containers, as well as a bypass line for bypassing the device.
US08900171B2	Adjustable splinting device A splinting device includes a first part for contacting a lower leg and a second part for contacting a foot hingedly connected to the first part. An adjustable attachment includes an elastic part and interconnects the first part and the second part. A method of treating plantar fasciitis includes securing the first part of the splint device to the lower leg, and securing the second part to a foot. The first part is rotated relative to the second part to establish a predetermined angle between the first part and the second part. The elastic part of the adjustable attachment, which is attached to one of the first and second parts, is stretched and attached to the other of the first part of the second part at a position based on the predetermined angle to limit movement of the first part relative to the second part beyond the predetermined angle.
US08900170B1	Temperature control headliner A headliner is provided for controlling a temperature of a head of a patient. A cap is provided which fits securely over the head of the patient. A fluid pathway is routed through the cap with a fluid space adapted to receive heat transfer fluid therein and route the heat transfer fluid between an inlet and an outlet on the cap. The inlet and outlet are each coupled to a cooler for the heat transfer fluid and the heat transfer fluid is circulated through the cap and the cooler such that heat is drawn from the head of the patient. An air bladder is optionally provided outboard of the fluid space which is filled with pressurized gas to increase contact between the fluid space and the head of the patient. A neck brace is integrated with the cap portion of the headliner, particularly for treatment of head trauma.
US08900167B2	Passive swing assist leg exoskeleton Gait training apparatus and method for use thereof for providing leg swing assistance to a patient. The apparatus comprises a support structure and one or more leg orthoses attached to the support structure, each leg orthosis comprising a thigh member attached to the support structure at a hip joint, and a shank member attached to the thigh member at a knee joint. Both members have respective connectors for securing them to the corresponding body parts of the patient. The hip joint and knee joint are each biased by biasing members. The support structure may comprise a frame defining a patient activity region, including a base, a back support, a pair of support handles, and a weight support member mounted above the activity region. A method of using the device comprises selecting parameters for the biasing members using information about the patient.
US08900157B2	Electronic sphygmomanometer and blood pressure measurement control method A blood pressure measurement control method for controlling the measurement of a blood pressure according to an oscillometric method has the steps of determining whether to employ a depressurization measurement method or a pressurization measurement method to measure the blood pressure according to a person to be measured, performing a measurement process of the blood pressure in a depressurization process when determined to measure the blood pressure with the depressurization measurement method, performing a measurement process of the blood pressure in a pressurization process when determined to measure the blood pressure with the pressurization measurement method, and outputting the measured blood pressure value.
US08900154B2	Prediction of thoracic fluid accumulation This patent document discusses, among other things, systems, devices, and methods for predicting an occurrence of impending thoracic fluid accumulation and in one example, invoking a responsive therapy, such as to prevent or minimize the consequences of the impending thoracic fluid accumulation. One example of the present systems, devices, and methods senses or receives at least one parameter that is statistically associated with impending thoracic fluid accumulation from a subject. Using such parameter(s), a probability of impending thoracic fluid accumulation is estimated. A list of parameters determines which values are recurrently sensed or received at various desired time intervals. Another example of the present systems, devices, and methods weights the sensed or received parameter value(s) to compute the probability estimate of impending thoracic fluid accumulation. A responsive preventive thoracic fluid accumulation therapy or other therapy is selected and activated using the probability estimate of impending thoracic fluid accumulation.
US08900153B2	Ambulatory patient monitoring apparatus, system and method A patient monitoring device that combines physiological data collection with actigraphy data collection and associates the physiological data with synchronous actigraphy data. A method for processing actigraphy data by calculating absolute difference vectors of actigraphy signal vectors.
US08900149B2	Wall motion analyzer A system and method for real-time quantitative analysis of heart wall motion is provided. A Doppler imaging system is used to monitor the movement of a heart, or other organ. A B-mode reference image of the target organ is made and then a region-of-interest is defined through the use of a gate. Then pulsed wave spectral tissue Doppler data of the region-of-interest is formed and used to determine the velocity of a region of the target organ. The system may be used for determining appropriate biventricular pacemaker settings for patients suffering from heart disease.
US08900147B2	Performing image process and size measurement upon a three-dimensional ultrasound image in an ultrasound system Embodiments for performing an image process and a size measurement upon a three-dimensional ultrasound image are disclosed. In one embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, an ultrasound system comprises: a user input unit configured to receive input information for setting at least one seed point on a two-dimensional ultrasound image from a user; an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a target object including a plurality of objects of interest and output ultrasound data; and a processing unit configured to form volume data based on the ultrasound data, form the two-dimensional ultrasound image and a three-dimensional ultrasound image based on volume data, detect at least one object of interest corresponding to the input information from the three-dimensional ultrasound image, and perform an image process and a size measurement of the detected object of interest upon the three-dimensional ultrasound image.
US08900146B2	Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging system for assessing scoliosis A three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging system (10) for assessing scoliosis, the system (10) comprising: an ultrasound scanner (11) to capture ultrasound images; a spatial sensor (13) to record the position and orientation of the captured ultrasound images; and a software module (21) to mark features of vertebra in the captured ultrasound images, and the marked features (41) are connected with lines (42) in order to calculate angles and distances between the marked features (41) for the calculation of the Cobb angle and spinal rotation angle based on the calculated angles and distances; wherein the marked features (41) are a reflection of the surfaces of the vertebra.
US08900144B2	Diagnosis apparatus and method of operating the same A diagnosis apparatus and a method of operating the diagnosis apparatus. The diagnosis apparatus includes a probe for transmitting an ultrasonic wave signal to a subject and receiving a response signal; a data generating unit for generating image data of a plurality of frames, based on the response signal; a reliability determining unit for determining whether the image data is reliable by estimating a motion of the probe, based on the image data; a diagnosis unit for generating diagnosis data about the subject by using elastography, based on the image data; and a display device for displaying an image, based on the image data.
US08900142B2	System and methods for locating a radiofrequency transceiver in the human body Systems and methods described herein use near field communications to locate a radiating transponder, such as a pill swallowed by a patient. The system can be triggered to turn on and transmit an amplitude shift keyed waveform (or other type of waveform) to a set of antennas attached to, coupled with, or near the patient at roughly known locations. The magnetic field emitted by the transponder can be measured by the receiving antennas, for example, using principles of mutual inductance. The differential phase and/or time shifts between the antennas can contain sufficient information to find the location of the transponder and optionally its orientation relative to body coordinates. The system can display the location and/or orientation of the transponder and may optionally provide other information about the movement, flow, or other characteristics of pill to assist clinicians with diagnosis.
US08900136B2	Iris expander In a first aspect of the subject invention, an iris expander is provided which includes a non-metallic, unitary, multi-segmented body which is expandable from a first state to a second state. The second state defines a larger footprint than the first state with the body being defined by a plurality of segments connected by living hinges. In a further aspect, an iris expander is provided which includes a multi-segmented body that is expandable from a first state to a larger-footprint second state. At least one aperture is formed in the body with a channel extending therefrom embedded in the body such that no portion thereof is exposed externally of the body. The channel is formed to accommodate a portion of an instrument for causing adjustment of the body with avoidance of direct contact of the instrument with the tissue of the iris.
US08900131B2	Medical system providing dynamic registration of a model of an anatomical structure for image-guided surgery A medical system provides navigation assistance to a surgeon so that the surgeon may navigate a flexible medical device through linked passages of an anatomical structure to a target in or adjacent to the anatomical structure. As the medical device moves through the linked passages, images are captured by an image capturing element at its distal end and pose and shape information for the medical device are received from sensors disposed in the medical device. A 4-D computer model of the anatomical structure is registered to the medical device using one or both of 4-D shape registration and virtual camera registration so that the captured image and a virtual image generated from the perspective of a virtual camera are registered to each other and displayed while providing an indication of a navigational path to the target.
US08900126B2	Optical scanning device A device for scanning a body orifice or surface including a light source and a wide angle lens. The light from the light source is projected in a pattern distal or adjacent to the wide angle lens. Preferably, the pattern is within a focal surface of the wide angle lens. The pattern intersects a surface of the body orifice, such as an ear canal, and defines a partial lateral portion of the pattern extending along the surface. A processor is configured to receive an image of the lateral portion from the wide angle lens and determine a position of the lateral portion in a coordinate system using a known focal surface of the wide angle lens. Multiple lateral portions are reconstructed by the processor to build a three-dimensional shape. This three-dimensional shape may be used for purposes such as diagnostic, navigation, or custom-fitting of medical devices, such as hearing aids.
US08900121B2	Correction apparatus for male penis The present invention deals with a correction apparatus for a male penis and more specifically with a correction apparatus for a male penis, that enables the prevention and treatment of deviation whereby tissue stretching and bending correction and stimuli to sensitive areas has resulted in abnormal shapes including warped or bent shapes, impotence related to sexual function, glans enlargement, premature ejaculation and other sexual dysfunctions, and prostatitis.
US08900118B2	Dome and screw valves for remotely adjustable gastric banding systems An implantable device controls the movement of fluid to an inflatable portion of a gastric band. The implantable device includes a body. The body has an inlet, an outlet and a valve seat positioned between the inlet and the outlet. The body defines a fluid passage from the inlet to the outlet. The implantable device also includes a diaphragm. The diaphragm has one or more edges coupled to the body. The diaphragm is made of an elastomeric material and capable of being moved between a closed position that blocks the valve seat and does not allow the fluid to move from the inlet to the outlet and an open position that does not block the valve seat and allows the fluid to move from the inlet to the outlet.
US08900117B2	Releasably-securable one-piece adjustable gastric band A releasably-securable gastric band (12) having a tail end (10a) and a head end (10b) for receiving the tail end (10a) is disclosed. The gastric band (12) also includes a releasable locking means (20) that releasably secures the head (10b) and tail ends (10a) together. The tail end (10a) may include a tooth (14) and the head end (10b) may include a notch (22) for engaging the tooth (14). Upon insertion of the tail end (10a) into the head end (10b), the tooth (14) mates with the notch (22) and releasably locks the tail end (10a) in the head end (10b). The releasably-securable gastric band (12) includes a release tab (24). When force is applied to the release tab (24) in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the gastric band (12), the tooth (14) is disengaged from the notch (22) to allow the gastric band (12) to be released.
US08900114B2	Pulsatile blood pump There is provided a pulsatile blood pump (10) for implantation into a patient. The pulsatile blood pump comprises a substantially tubular body (12) a flexible membrane (14) and a port (16). The substantially tubular body is for replacing a resected portion of a blood vessel of the patient. The substantially tubular body has first and second ends with a blood passageway extending therebetween for the passage of blood. The flexible membrane is attached to the tubular body so as to form a fluid chamber between the flexible membrane and an inner surface of the tubular body. The flexible membrane thereby separates the fluid chamber from the blood passageway. The tubular body comprises the port. The port is arranged to allow fluid to flow into and out of the fluid chamber such that the volume of the fluid chamber increases and the volume of the blood passageway decreases when fluid flows into the fluid chamber via the port, and such that the volume of the fluid chamber decreases and the volume of the blood passageway increases when fluid flows out of the fluid chamber via the port. The blood pump is thereby enabled to pump blood along the blood passageway.
US08900113B2	Tracking of tumor location for targeted radiation treatment Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for targeting diseased tissue with a radiation beam. Functional models can be used to accurately obtain a location of specific tissue using sensors at identifiable locations of the patient's body. Using the relative distances between the identifiable sensor locations can allow a patient to be in various positions. The functional models can be prepared using accurate pre-treatment scans, which can be taken at various body positions (e.g., rotations and/or translations). The trajectory of the beam can be measured efficiently and accurately using beam sensors attached to a beam assembly, where a model maps the beam sensor locations to a trajectory of the beam. Further, a motion model can use measurements made during treatment to obtain a time-dependent functions of the movement of the specific tissue, the change of an optimal beam trajectory over time, or the change in input commands to a beam positioner.
US08900111B2	Sheet-fed dunnage apparatus The preferred embodiment of a dunnage apparatus includes a crumpling device configured for crumpling sheets of paper to produce low-density packaging dunnage. A paper feeder is provided to feed feeding sheets of paper into the crumpling device for crumpling.
US08900110B2	Paper folding apparatus for binding machine A paper folding apparatus for a binding machine, capable of discharging paper sheets by folding the paper sheets twice, includes a first knife unit and a second knife unit. The first knife unit has a first feeding path and a pair of first paper folding rollers. The second knife unit has a second feeding path and a pair of second paper folding rollers. A paper arranging guide is installed in front of the pair of first paper folding rollers, and the second knife unit includes a pinion, a rack selectively engaged with the pinion, a rack guide configured to provide a path on which the rack is moved, a resilient member resiliently supporting the rack, and a second paper folding knife configured to move back and forth between the second paper folding rollers in association with a moving direction of the rack.
US08900104B2	Bullet-pocket dumbbell exercise apparatus An improved dumbbell exercise apparatus includes at least a pair of novel bullet-pocket configured weight plate members to be mounted in spaced end-wise relationship on a dumbbell bar, wherein each weight plate member is configured to include at least a pair of cylindrical pocket-like openings extending axially through the thickness dimension of the weight plates, respectively, in parallel and axially offset extension to each other, and at least a singular bullet-weight cylinder of conforming cylindrical dimension to the radius of an aligned singular cylindrical pocket opening in the weight plate, is selectively axially inserted into an aligned cylindrical pocket opening, in order to add or adjust weight to the weight plate, and novel locking means are provided to mount on the weight plate to prevent dislodging of the weight cylinder from the cylindrical opening during use of the dumbbell exercise apparatus.
US08900103B1	Exercise mechanism An exercise mechanism that includes a speed ball-type punching bag that is mounted onto a support via a D-shackle that is attached to a loop on the support. The support also has a ball end which is connected to a ceiling mount, with the ball end being supported by a number of ball bearings within the mount and also by the use of a retention washer within the mount. In use, the punching bag provides very liberal movement in all directions while in use due to the presence of the ball end in combination with the ball bearings and the retention washer.
US08900100B2	System and method for promoting and tracking physical activity among a participating group of individuals A system and method of tracking physical activity of a person in order to help motivate that person to add more exercise to their lives. Each participant is provided a motion sensor that detects forces incurred by the participant. The motion sensor creates electronic data that corresponds to the forces detected. The data is analyzed to determine whether or not exercise has been performed. The analysis can also determine the type of exercise performed, when the exercise was performed, and the duration of the exercise performed.
US08900098B2	Exercise device This invention relates to an exercise device and more particularly to an exercise device of the type that allows the user of the exercise device to exercise with part of their body in a negative pressure environment. These devices are becoming increasingly popular however the known devices are prone to frequent failure. The present invention provides a construction of exercise device that reduces the incidences of failure caused by failure of the electronics panel. The electronics panel being mounted in a separate dedicated enclosure internal the chamber with the negative pressure environment, the interior of the dedicated enclosure is isolated from the negative pressure conditions and atmosphere in the remainder of the chamber. The exercise device will be more reliable and cost effective to run. Furthermore, the construction of the present invention permits easier access to the interior of the casing for maintenance when maintenance is required.
US08900094B2	Engine damper bypass for hybrid powertrains A powertrain includes an engine having a crankshaft, a transmission having an input member, and a damper operatively interconnecting the input member and the crankshaft to transmit torque from the crankshaft to the input member. An electric motor/generator is operatively connected to the transmission input member to selectively transmit torque thereto. A damper bypass system is operatively connected to the crankshaft and the input member. The damper bypass system is configured not to transfer torque from the crankshaft to the input member, but transmits torque from the input member to the crankshaft in response to input member torque exceeding crankshaft torque.
US08900092B2	Planetary gear mechanism A planetary gear mechanism converts rotational movement of a drive shaft into rotational movement of an output shaft. The mechanism includes a planetary gear carrier, a planetary gear, and a bearing arrangement. The bearing arrangement includes roller bearings spaced apart between the planetary gear and planetary gear carrier. Each roller bearing has an inner ring and outer ring. The bearing arrangement includes a ring to position the roller bearings on the planetary gear carrier and a collar to secure the planetary gear. The ring is on an outer face of the planetary gear carrier between the inner rings. The collar is on an inner face of the planetary gear between the outer rings. An intermediate ring on the inner face of the planetary gear positions the roller bearings. The intermediate ring has a cutout directed to the collar which corresponds to an axial length of the collar.
US08900088B2	Clutch mechanism and image forming apparatus including same A clutch mechanism includes a transmission element rotatable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, integrally including a plurality of projections including a first planar surface and a second planar surface at each side of the projections in the direction of rotation of the transmission element, a rotation restriction device including a first restriction surface and a second restriction surface to contact the first planar surface and the second planar surface, to lock rotation of the transmission element, and a moving device including an actuator to move the rotation restriction device to contact and separate from the transmission element. The first restriction surface contacts the first planar surface while the transmission element rotates in the first direction, and the second restriction surface contacts the second planar surface while the transmission element rotates in the second direction.
US08900086B2	Hydraulic vehicle clutch system, drivetrain for a vehicle including same, and method A hydraulic system for a vehicle clutch assembly can include an on-demand variable displacement pump and a purge valve for regulating hydraulic pressure supplied to the clutch(es). The hydraulic pressure at the pump can have multiple displacement settings to compensate for variable changes in clutch pressure requirements. The purge valve can be configured to purge hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic system so that an optimum, controllable, and/or pre-determined operating pressure can be supplied to the clutch(es). The system can be configured to provide accurate control of clutch(es) when a drivetrain is being automatically controlled to switch between a low gear ratio and a high gear ratio.
US08900078B2	Bicycle derailleur A bicycle derailleur basically includes a base member, a movable member, a chain guide, a friction element and a motor. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle. The movable member is movably coupled to the base member. The chain guide is coupled to the movable member to rotate around a rotational axis with respect to the movable member. The friction element is operatively arranged between the movable member and the chain guide to frictionally provide rotational resistance in a first rotational direction of the chain guide. The motor is operatively coupled to the movable member to move the movable member with respect to the base member.
US08900076B1	Quarterback training apparatus The quarterback training apparatus is comprised of an array of tracks that extend laterally, diagonally, or longitudinally, and which accommodates at least one movable target thereon. Each movable target includes a track-engaging member from which a pivoting member extends vertically therefrom, and atop of which is a basket. Each basket includes a flexible net that extends from a back opening in order to collect a football that is thrown therein. The baskets may have varying diameters, and may be tilted to a multitude of orientations via the pivoting member. The track-engaging member enables the basket to be moved along the respective track while the pivoting member enables the basket to be adjusted at varying orientations. When fully constructed, an end user is able to throw a plurality of footballs at the various targets in order to practice different types of football throws.
US08900075B2	Method and apparatus for hitting a ball A hitting apparatus is provided, including a supporting unit, at least a linking unit, and an attaching device. The apparatus includes foldable supporting legs, an adjustable supporting rod, an adjustable hanging arm, an adjustable extension arm, connection elements, attaching elements and attaching ball. The adjustable extension arm is flexible, which can be adjusted at any direction by hand, or foreign force. The connections between connection elements are detachable and releasable upon hit by bat or other subjects. The hanging arm is engaged to the top of supporting rod, and adjustable in length and angles and easy to be detached from the support rod to become a hand held hitting training apparatus. The attaching parts of hook/loop, magnets, adhesive or rubbers holding the ball with minimum detaching releasable force required, The present invention can enhance the focus of the batter on the ball and have a clear hit on the ball.
US08900069B2	Fairway wood center of gravity projection A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The club head includes a face positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face defines a striking surface having an ideal impact location at a golf club head origin. Embodiments include club heads for a fairway wood that at least one of a high moment of inertia, a low center-of-gravity, a thin crown and a high coefficient of restitution.
US08900062B2	Driveshaft assembly for a downhole motor A driveshaft for a downhole motor has a longitudinal axis and includes a first end. In addition, the driveshaft includes a second end opposite the first end. The first end has a radially outer surface including a first connection lug. The outer surface also includes a second connection lug uniformly circumferentially-spaced from the first connection lug. The first connection lug and the second connection lug each include a cylindrical surface concentrically disposed about a first pivot axis oriented orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.
US08900058B2	Operating apparatus for game machine An operating apparatus for game machine includes a depressing member. A main body of the depressing member is provided with three engaging protrusions and two depressing protrusions that downwardly protrude. For example, the two depressing protrusions are provided between the three engaging protrusions. In response to a beating operation, the right side of the depressing member is depressed, and an engaging portion of the engaging protrusion at the left side is engaged with a rear surface of an upper surface panel. Accordingly, the depressing member depressed at the right side without being upwardly actuated, and a rubber switch depressed by the depressing protrusion is brought into contact with a board. At this time, a contact provided on the board and a contact provided on the rubber switch are brought into contact with each other, and an operation signal according to the beating operation is output to the game machine.
US08900056B2	System, method, and apparatus for the electronic operation, management, sponsorship, advertising, promotion, marketing, and regulation of games of chance on a network A computer network system allows a user to register for games of chances in accordance with national, state and local laws and ordinances. This system analysis the geographical location and residency information of a user in relation to the geographical access and participation areas. If the user is not located within a permitted area or falls within an excluded or restricted area, the user will not be allowed to access or participate in the game of chance.
US08900053B2	Gaming system and method for providing different bonus awards based on different types of triggered events A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming devices. The central server tracks the occurrences of one or more suitable events occurring at or in association with one or more gaming devices in the gaming system. Upon the central server determining that the quantity of occurred events tracked has reached a designated quantity or threshold, (i.e., a triggering event has occurred), the gaming system provides a progressive award to one of the players at one of the gaming devices in the gaming system.
US08900052B2	Gaming system and method for normalizing average expected payouts to players The gaming system disclosed herein accounts for game play over a gaming session in determining a bonus game attribute for a triggered bonus game. The gaming system maintains a plurality of different bonus game attributes. Each different bonus game attribute is associated with a different bonus game attribute modification event and an initial probability of that bonus game attribute being selected for a play of a bonus game. For each bonus game attribute modification event that occurs, the gaming system modifies the probability that the associated bonus game attribute will be selected for a play of a bonus game. Upon an occurrence of a bonus game triggering event, the gaming system randomly selects one of the maintained bonus game attributes. The gaming system then displays a bonus game and determines a bonus game award utilizing the selected bonus game attribute.
US08900050B2	Gaming machine for executing battle game between gaming terminals The present invention makes players willing to play games next to each other, so as to increase the use ratio. When a game result of a basic game corresponding to a payout occurs, a gaming machine determines whether a battle game condition related to the payout is at least satisfied, and when it is determined that the battle game condition is satisfied, adjacent gaming terminals are set as battle opponents. When battle opponents join the battle game, the battle game in which the battle opponents compete to win is executed, and the battle opponent winning the battle game obtains some profits.
US08900049B2	Gaming system and a method of gaming The present invention relates to a gaming system and a method of gaming that includes a wheel game.A displayed representation of the wheel game is a wheel having a number of segments. Each segment is associated with a particular game outcome and an indicator indicates the segment with the selected game outcome for a particular game. At least one of the segments is associated with a game outcome which requires a further play of the wheel game. Outcomes of the wheel game are adjusted before play of the further game, which is then played including the adjusted available game outcomes.In an embodiment, the game outcomes are adjusted by multiplication factor, which is determined by a further selector, in an embodiment represented as a die at the center of the wheel.
US08900046B2	Method for play of a digital gate enabled lottery ticket-based game A method is provided for implementing a Digital Gate enabled lottery game wherein players are offered the chance to increase the prize value of a ticket by linking subsequently purchased tickets in a chain. Lottery tickets are provided for players, wherein each lottery ticket includes a unique validation code and play of the game enabled by the lottery ticket may result in a prize within a given prize structure. For winning plays of one of the lottery tickets, consumers are provided an option to redeem the ticket for the prize or to register and designate the winning lottery ticket as part of a chain. The player may enhance the prize associated with the first ticket in the chain by subsequent registration of an additional lottery ticket wherein, upon being registered, the additionally registered tickets in the chain may or may-not be individually redeemed. In the event that the first additional ticket in a chain enhances the prize of the original ticket, the consumer is provided with the option to redeem the original ticket for the enhanced prize or to register additional lottery tickets in a chain. The Digital Gate enabled games also provide for calculating the Expected Value (EV) of games with dynamic prize values.
US08900045B2	Wagering game with symbol selection gamepiece A gaming system, apparatus, and method are disclosed including a game feature with one or more symbol selection gamepieces, preferably presented as a graphical “Eye of the Pharaoh,” which, when activated, causes a moving graphical effect to sequentially select various symbols in the gaming array. An interactive player input or a timeout may end the sequential selections, after which the symbol selection gamepiece selects a final selected symbol, on which is based a special award. Perceived-skill and actual-skill versions are disclosed.
US08900040B2	System and method to redirect and/or reduce airflow using actuators The invention generally relates to ventilation systems and methods, and more particularly to selectively configurable climate control systems and methods for use in data centers and the like. A device includes a support element and a plurality of ducts connected to the support element. The device also includes a manifold in fluid communication with each one of the plurality of ducts and a plurality of valves. Each respective one of the plurality of valves is associated with a respective one of the plurality of ducts. Moreover, there is at least one actuator operatively connected to the plurality of valves, which is structured and arranged to individually actuate each one of the plurality of valves.
US08900038B2	Sanding apparatus for removing runs and drips A sanding apparatus for removing runs and drips in paint includes a base member, an oscillating member, and a connector bolt. The oscillating member is positioned within the base member where the base member and the oscillating member are movably connected to each other by the connector bolt. A sanding paper can be securely positioned with the oscillating member in order to sand down the runs and drips. The connector bolt allows users of the sanding apparatus to move the oscillating member up and down so that different size runs and drips can be removed from the paint without damaging the surrounding areas of the paint.
US08900036B2	Polishing pad having micro-grooves on the pad surface A polishing pad is provided herein, which may include a plurality of soluble fibers having a diameter in the range of about 5 to 80 micrometers, and an insoluble component. The pad may also pad include a first surface having a plurality of micro-grooves, wherein the soluble fibers form the micro-grooves in the pad. The micro-grooves may have a width and/or depth up to about 150 micrometers. In addition, a method of forming the polishing pad and a method of polishing a surface with the polishing pad is disclosed.
US08900034B2	Machine tool and machining method A control unit that relatively moves a headstock and tailstock and a tool to thereby machine a peripheral surface of a workpiece in a radial direction executes control such that a relative feed speed of the tool in the radial direction in a transitional state where an amount of warpage of the workpiece in the radial direction at a machining position increases is faster than a relative feed speed of the tool in the radial direction in a steady state where an amount of warpage of the workpiece in the radial direction at the machining position is constant. By so doing, it is possible to reduce a machining time at the time of the start of machining.
US08900032B2	Athletic support brassiere An athletic brassiere with breast band, having the general form of a brassiere, for use when engaging in vigorous physical exercise or activities, such as running, tennis, and the like. An embodiment comprises an inner liner and outer panel, an internal breast band sleeve, and a breast band slidably retained within the sleeve. The breast band has a fastener enabling the breast band length to be adjusted; the breast band is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Embodiments hold the breasts down with the breast band slidably retained within the garment, providing support and protecting the wearer from discomfort or injury from excessive upward and downward breast movement. The breast band alleviates upward and downward movement of the breasts and does not cinch, flatten or compress the wearer's breasts against the chest wall, nor lift and bold the breasts. The garment is attractive and can be worn alone or under another garment.
US08900031B2	Toy vehicle with flipping mechanism A toy vehicle includes a vehicle body configured for moving along a support surface when disposed in a first orientation. A platform is rotatably coupled to an underside of the vehicle body, and a lever is pivotally coupled to the platform. The lever is movable between a first position disengaged from the support surface and a second position engageable with the support surface when the vehicle is disposed in its first orientation. The lever causes the vehicle to be overturned from its first orientation when the lever is moved from its first position to its second position.
US08900029B2	Method for making carbon nanotube field emitter The present application relates to a method for making a carbon nanotube field emitter. A carbon nanotube film is drawn from the carbon nanotube array by a drawing tool. The carbon nanotube film includes a triangle region. A portion of the carbon nanotube film closed to the drawing tool is treated into a carbon nanotube wire including a vertex of the triangle region. The triangle region is cut from the carbon nanotube film by a laser beam along a cutting line. A distance between the vertex of the triangle region and the cutting line can be in a range from about 10 microns to about 5 millimeters.
US08900024B2	Inflatable bathing suit system Pants have top and bottom and intermediate extents, a front and a rear, and left and right sides. The top extent has a small torus and a large torus. Left and right fasteners are in the large torus. First and second bladders are in the large torus adjacent to the left side. Third and fourth bladders are in the large torus adjacent to the right side. A left tube is operatively coupled the first and second bladder. A right tube is operatively coupled to the third and fourth bladder.
US08900020B2	Crimping terminal, and crimping structure of crimping terminal against electric wire The upper surface panel 15 and the lower surface 14 of the electric wire connection portion of the crimping terminal 10 are formed in such a cross-sectional shape that when placed and joined together an internal space is formed therein to house the end portion of an electric wire W and also such that when the interior is compressed and sealed by receiving crimping force from an vertical direction the end portion of the electrical connection is crimped thereby. Further, an electric wire insertion aperture 17 is provided in the junction 16 between the lower surface panel 14 and the upper surface panel 15 to allow the end portion of the electric wire W to be inserted therebetween.
US08900017B2	USB connector assembly A USB connector assembly, configured with a combination structure of a base, a main structure and a plural of pins, to prevent the bending ends of the pins from a loose contact with the conducting pads due to the combination of main structure configured over the base. And, the present invention can be applied in various USB connectors or similar connecting structure.
US08900014B2	Plug, jack, and connector A plug includes a connection part to be connected to a board, a contact, and a conductor part that connects the contact and the connection part. The connection part and the contact are perpendicular to each other. The contact is turned 45 degrees relative to the conductor part about a direction in which the contact extends from the conductor part.
US08900006B2	Charging cable plug for electric vehicles Charging cable plug 1 for electric vehicles, with a housing 2 and electrical contacts 6, arranged in the housing 2, for connection to a charging station 4. For simple identification before a charging procedure, an identification means 8 is proposed, arranged in the housing 2 and communicating with the charging station 4 via the electrical contacts 6.
US08900003B2	Connector A connector includes a pair of male and female connector housings to be fitted and connected with each other, and one of the pair of male and female connector housings includes a protrusion protruding in the fitting direction such that a distal end thereof is protruded more toward a rear side of other of the pair of male and female connector housings than a rear end of the other connector housing when the one connector housing is positioned at a fitting start position with the other connector housing, and a rod supporting hole as defined herein; the other connector housing includes a raised portion as defined herein and an inclined surface as defined herein; and after the connector housings are positioned at the fitting start positions, the rod-shaped member is pressed from the rod supporting hole onto the inclined surface, thereby fitting and connecting the connector housings.
US08900002B2	Adjustable electrical busway joint An adjustable busway joint for coupling two longitudinally aligned busway sections is disclosed. The adjustable joint has a first plurality of electrically conductive splice plates defining a splice plate adjustment slot, and a second plurality of electrically conductive splice plates defining an aperture, wherein each splice plate of the second plurality of splice plates is disposed to overlap a portion of a corresponding splice plate of the first plurality of splice plates to form an electrical joint, and wherein the aperture is sized and disposed to overlap at least a portion of the first splice plate adjustment slot. The joint additionally has a first clamping member disposed through the splice plate adjustment slot and the aperture such that the first and said second pluralities of splice plates are operably movable with respect each other between a first compressed position and a second extended position.
US08899989B2	Simulated cardiovascular vessel A self-contained medical needle insertion training system is provided. In various embodiments, the system includes a hollow body having at least one sidewall, a closed end, an opposing open end and an interior chamber. The system additionally includes a closure device structured and operable to mate with the open end to close the interior chamber and a simulated cardiovascular vein disposed along an outer surface of the at least one sidewall, wherein the interior chamber provides a storage space for medical devices to be used in association with the training system. The system also includes a simulated cardiovascular vein having a plurality of fluid reservoirs.
US08899988B2	Lung compliance simulation system and associated methods A patient simulator system for teaching patient care is provided. The system includes a patient simulator. The patient simulator includes a patient body comprising one or more simulated body portions. The one or more simulated body portions include a lung compliance simulation system in some instances. In that regard, the lung compliance system is configured to be used with an external ventilator, including positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and assisted-control ventilation. In some instances, the lung compliance system includes a lung compartment, a simulated lung positioned within the lung compartment, where the lung compartment defines an available volume for the simulated lung to expand into and where the available volume for the simulated lung to expand into is adjustable to control a compliance of the simulated lung.

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