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US08907155B2	Biodegradable and flushable multi-layered film A film that is both biodegradable and flushable, and yet can still act as a barrier to water or other fluids during use, is provided. More particularly, the film contains a water-dispersible core layer that helps the film to lose its integrity after being flushed, as well as a water-barrier skin layer that helps maintain the integrity of the film during use. The nature and relative concentration of the components in the water-barrier layer are selectively controlled to achieve a combination of different functions. That is, the majority of the polymers employed in the water-barrier layer are biodegradable polymers that can be degraded by microorganisms while in an aqueous environment (e.g., septic tank, water treatment facility, etc.). To even further enhance the overall renewability of the layer, a relatively high amount of the biodegradable polymers are starch polymers, which are also renewable. The starch polymers can also minimize the degree of stickiness in the film, which can sometimes result from certain types of synthetic polymers. Even at a high starch content, the present inventors have discovered that films may still be readily formed by using synthetic biodegradable polyesters in combination with the starch to facilitate melt processing.
US08907152B2	Process and apparatus for para-xylene production A process of producing PX comprising providing a C8+ feedstock, the C8+ feedstock has C8 hydrocarbons and C9+ hydrocarbons, to a crystallization unit under crystallization conditions to produce a PX enriched stream having a PX concentration of at least 99.5 wt % based on the weight of the PX enriched stream, wherein the C8+ feedstock has a PX concentration of at least 70 wt % based on total weight of xylenes in the C8+ feedstock, which the C8+ feedstock having a C9+ hydrocarbons concentration in a range from 1 wppm to 10 wt % based on the total weight of the C8+ feedstock.
US08907151B2	Conversion of methane to aromatic compounds using UZM-39 aluminosilicate zeolite A new family of coherently grown composites of TUN and IMF zeotypes has been synthesized and shown to be effective catalysts in processes for converting at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms in a feedstream to provide at least one aromatic hydrocarbon. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where M represents zinc or a metal or metals from Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents and E is a framework element such as gallium. The process involves contacting a low carbon number aliphatic hydrocarbon with the coherently grown composite of TUN and IMF zeotypes to produce at least an aromatic.
US08907147B2	Synthesis of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene The present invention provides an improved process for producing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene. By using a first reactive distillation column for HCC-250fb dehydrochlorination, and a second reactive distillation column for HCC-240db dehydrochlorination/HCC-1230xf isomerization, the 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene manufacturing process can be greatly simplified, resulting in reduced equipment use, energy use, as well as increased productivity.
US08907144B2	Process for adiabatic production of mononitrotoluene A process for continuous adiabatic nitration of toluene to mononitrotoluene (MNT). The process yields a product quality of MNT that is comparable to that obtained by isothermal production. The process uses excess toluene, with the reaction rate being controlled to maintain a residual of 0.003-0.102 wt % nitric acid in the spent acid and an orange to red color of the spent acid. Further process conditions include re-concentrated sulfuric acid at 83 to 99 degrees C. with a concentration of sulfuric acid from 66 to 70.5 wt %. This is mixed with nitric acid to generate a mixed acid with 1.0 to 3.8 wt % nitric acid and toluene is added at a rate of 1.1 to 1.71 moles toluene/mole nitric acid. The reactants are mixed in a reactor with an overall average mixing intensity of 5.8 to 19 W/kg of contained solution.
US08907143B2	Process for producing ethanol by hydrogenating mixed feeds comprising water The processes of the current invention relate to the production of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid and ethyl acetate. Conversion of ethyl acetate may be improved by controlling the water content that may be fed to the vaporizer to form a feed stream that may be fed to the hydrogenation reactor. At least 0.01 wt. % water is fed to the vaporizer. The crude ethanol product is separated two or more columns to yield an ethanol product.
US08907142B2	Process for promoting catalyst activity for ethyl acetate conversion The process of the current invention relates to the production of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid and ethyl acetate in the presence of a catalyst. Conversion of ethyl acetate may be improved by adding water to the reactor. At least 0.01 wt. % water may be added to the reactor. The crude ethanol product is separated in one or more columns to yield an ethanol product.
US08907141B2	Process to recover alcohol with secondary reactors for esterification of acid A process for recovering ethanol obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. The crude ethanol product is separated in a column to produce a distillate stream comprising acetaldehyde and ethyl acetate and a residue stream comprising ethanol, acetic acid, ethyl acetate and water. Unreacted acetic acid can be reduced or removed through configurations of esterification secondary reactors. The ethanol product is recovered from the residue stream.
US08907140B2	Process for the production of alcohol from a carbonaceous feedstock The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of ethanol from a carbonaceous feedstock; wherein the carbonaceous feedstock is first converted to synthesis gas which is then converted to ethanoic acid, which is then esterified and which is then hydrogenated to produce ethanol.
US08907138B1	Use of a treated, promoted ion exchange resin catalyst The present invention relates to the use of an antioxidant treated promoted strong acid ion exchange resin as an acid catalyst.
US08907136B2	Catalysts and methods for alcohol dehydration Provided is a method for preparing a diaryl ether compound through the dehydration of an aromatic alcohol compound in the presence of a dehydration catalyst. The dehydration catalyst comprises an oxide of yttrium.
US08907135B2	Multihydric compound dehydration systems, catalyst compositions, and methods The present disclosure relates to facilities, systems, methods and/or catalysts for use in chemical production. In particular, the disclosure provides innovations relating to dehydration of multihydric compounds such as glycerol to form acrolein. Some of these innovations include continuous reaction systems as well as system parameters that allow for long term production.
US08907131B2	Compounds for treating proliferative disorders Disclosed are compounds and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08907130B2	Beta-hydroxyalkylamides, method for their production and use thereof The invention relates to novel β-hydroxyalkylamides, to a method for their production and to the use thereof.
US08907128B2	Boron compound with amino acid skeleton containing cyclo ring-type ring The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel boron-containing compound utilizable in BNCT and so on and a process for preparing same. According to the process, a boron compounds having an amino acid skeleton containing cyclo-type rings or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is prepared, said boron compound being represented by general formula (I) [wherein l is an integer of 1 to 6; m is 0, 1, or 2; and n is 0, 1 or 2].
US08907127B2	Preparation method of 4-aminomethylbenzoic acid The present invention relates to a preparation method of 4-aminomethylbenzoic acid comprising the following steps: preparing 4-carboxylbenzaldehyde or an alkyl ester thereof (methyl 4-formyl benzoate); reacting the 4-carboxylbenzaldehyde or an alkyl ester thereof (methyl 4-formyl benzoate) with hydroxyamine to oximate the same; and contact reducing 4-carboxylbenzaldehyde oxime or an alkyl ester oxime thereof obtained by the oximation, through hydrogen in a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution. Since methyl 4-hydroxyiminomethylbenzoate is reacted as a raw material in the presence of an alkali, hydrogen of a relatively low pressure can be used and a purification process is also simple, thereby enabling preparation of 4-aminomethylbenzoic acid with a low cost and high yield.
US08907125B2	Preparation of perfluorovinyl ether sulfinic acids and their salts There is provided a process for preparing a perfluorovinyl ether sulfinate, comprising: a) providing a perfluorovinyl ether sulfonyl halide; and (b) reducing the perfluorovinyl ether sulfonyl halide with a reducing agent in an organic protic solvent.
US08907124B2	Process for preparing methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate) The invention relates to a process for preparing methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate), which comprises (a) the phosgenation of two-ring and/or multiring methylenedi(phenylamine), (b) the fractionation of the crude methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate) obtained to give two-ring and multiring isomers, (c) the purification and/or fractionation of the resulting mixture of two-ring isomers of methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate) and (d) the storage of the mixtures obtained in step (c) or in step (b), wherein part of the stored mixtures is reused by means of recirculation in at least one of steps (b) or (c).
US08907118B2	Method for producing acyloxy benzoic acids The invention relates to a method for producing acyloxy benzoic acids of the formula (I), in which R1 is a linear or branched saturated alkyl group with 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a linear or branched mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl group with 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or an aryl group with 6 to 30 carbon atoms. The acyloxy benzoic acids of the formula (I) are produced from para-hydroxy benzoic acid and a corresponding carboxylic acid halide in the presence of an alkali hydroxide.
US08907114B2	Method for preparing metal-organic framework crystallised and porous aluminium aromatic azocarboxylates The present invention relates to a method for preparing an MOF solid of a crystallised and porous aluminium aromatic azocarboxylate, in a non-aqueous organic medium. The invention also relates to solids made up of metal-organic frameworks (MOF) of aluminium aromatic azocarboxylates capable of being obtained by the method of the invention, as well as to the uses thereof for the storage of liquid or gaseous molecules, for selective separation of gas and for catalysis.
US08907113B2	Enhanced biodiesel process A process for separating glycerin from methyl ester at an enhanced rate is disclosed. The improved process results from carrying out the transesterification reaction in a substantially non-polar and water free environment. A polymer selected from a group of polymers shown to be effective in such an environment is added to the product mixture which greatly improves the rate of separation between the methyl ester and the glycerin and reduces the number of required steps to accomplish the separation.
US08907110B2	Benzodioxepin-3-one compounds as dyes or as fluorescent emitters The invention relates to specific benzodioxepin-3-one compounds, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as dyes or as fluorescent emitters for organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs) or for organic light-emitting electrochemical cells (OLECs), and to corresponding electronic devices.
US08907109B2	Methods and systems for treating cell proliferation disorders with psoralen derivatives Psoralen compounds of Formula (I): wherein (N+ Aryl) is a member selected from the group consisting of nitrogen containing aromatic heterocycles of formulae (i)-(iii): wherein Z is a group of formula: wherein R is C1-C30 hydrocarbyl, which may be linear, branched or cyclic and contains from 1 to 15 carbon-carbon double bonds, which may be conjugated or unconjugated with one another or may include an aryl ring, and may contain one or more substituents; R1 is hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkene-aryl, alkene-heteroaryl, alkene-heterocyclyl, alkene-cycloalkyl, fused cycloalkylaryl, fused cycloalkylheteroaryl, fused heterocyclylaryl, fused heterocyclyheteroaryl, alkylene-fused cycloalkylaryl, alkylene-fused cycloalkylheteroaryl, alkylene-fused heterocyclylaryl, alkylene-fused heterocyclyheteroaryl; n is an integer from 1 to 8 and X is a pharmaceutically acceptable counter ion; and their use in methods for the treatment of a cell proliferation disorder in a subject, pharmaceutical compositions containing the psoralen derivatives, a kit for performing the method, and a method for causing an autovaccine effect in a subject using the method.
US08907107B2	Fluorescent near infra-red (NIR) dyes A compound of formula (I) is described in which each A, which may be the same or different, is a halide selected from fluoride, chloride, bromide and iodide, or is O—Y, wherein Y is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched chain alkyl moiety. R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, and R8 are each independently H, OH, NO2 or O-L-X, wherein L is a spacer group, and X is a conjugation group or a water-solubilizing group. At least one of R1, R2, R3 is OH or O-L-X and at least one of R6, R7, and R8 is OH or O-L-X. R4 and R5, which may be the same or different, are each independently H; or are a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, cyclic moiety; a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic moiety; or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched chain alkyl moiety. Also described are dye conjugates comprising a compound of the invention.
US08907102B2	EMM19 novel zeolitic imidazolate framework material, methods for making same, and uses thereof A method is provided for forming a zeolitic imidazolate framework composition using at least one reactant that is relatively insoluble in the reaction medium. Also provided herein is a material made according to the method, designated as EMM-19, and a method of using EMM-19 to adsorb gases, such as carbon dioxide.
US08907098B2	Inhibitors of sphingosine kinase The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, M1, M2, M3, Y1, Y2, V, W, n, m and o have the meanings given herein, and physiologically acceptable salts, derivatives, prodrugs, solvates, tautomers and stereoisomers thereof, including mixtures thereof in all ratios, for use in the treatment of diseases which are influenced by inhibition of Sph kinase 1.
US08907096B2	N-adamantyl benzamides as inhibitors of 11-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Novel substituted benzamide based inhibitors, their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, the use of said compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of said compounds are described. The present compounds modulate the activity of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11βHSD1) and are accordingly useful in the treatment of diseases in which such a modulation is beneficial, such as the metabolic syndrome.
US08907094B2	Kinase inhibitors Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R2, W, A, Y and R1 are as defined in the specification, are p38 MAPK inhibitors, and are useful as anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of, inter alia, diseases of the respiratory tract.
US08907093B2	Carboxylic acid derivatives having an oxazolo[4,5-c]pyridine ring Carboxylic acid derivatives having an oxazolo[4,5-c]pyridine ringThe invention therefore relates to compounds of the formula I in which X, Y, R1, R2 and R3 have the given meanings. The compounds of the formula I are suitable, for example, for wound healing.
US08907092B2	Inhibitors of IAP The invention provides novel inhibitors of IAP that are useful as therapeutic agents for treating malignancies where the compounds having the general formula U1-M-U2 wherein M is a linking group covalently joining R2, R3, R4 or R5 of U1 to an R2, R3, R4 or R5 group of U2; U1 and U2 have the general formula (I) and G, X1, X2, R2, R3, R3′, R4, R4′ and R5, are as described herein.
US08907087B2	Substituted pyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazines as mTOR kinase inhibitors Provided herein are Heteroaryl Compounds having the following structure: wherein R1-R4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, inflammatory conditions, immunological conditions, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, obesity, neurological disorders, age-related diseases, or cardiovascular conditions, comprising administering an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound to a patient in need thereof. Furthermore, provided are methods of preparing a compound of formula (III), Furthermore, provided are methods of preparing a compound of formula (VI),
US08907083B2	Process for the preparation, of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-benz [1, 3] oxazin-4-one and its use for preparation of 4-[3, 5-bis (2-hydroxyphenyl)-IH-I, 2, 4-triazolTI-yl] benzoic acid The invention provides a novel process for the synthesis of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-benz[1,3]oxazin-4-one, the process comprising of reacting the salicylic acid with salicylamide in the presence of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride, base and solvent. The use of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-benz[1,3]oxazin-4-one in the preparation of Deferasirox is also disclosed in the invention.
US08907078B2	Antisense oligonucleotides (ODN) against SMAD7 and uses thereof in medical field The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotidic sequences (ODN) against Smad7 suitably modified, and their uses in medical field as therapeutic biological agents, in particular in the treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
US08907076B2	Mycobacterial peptide deformylase The present invention relates to the design of the Antisense-oligonucleotide complementary to the specific region of peptide deformylase gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The use of this Antisense-oligonucleotide on mycobacterial culture inhibits the production of the peptide deformylase enzyme by hybridizing within the region, which is found to be responsible for maintaining stability as well as retaining the functionality of the enzyme and thus in turn affecting the growth of the cells. This invention also establishes the essentiality of the peptide deformylase enzyme in mycobacteria and claims it as a drug target in this microorganism.
US08907072B2	Nucleic acids encoding antibody 137-26 which binds C5 and C5a The invention relates to inhibitors that bind to C5 and C5a, but which do not prevent the activation of C5 and do not prevent formation of or inhibit the activity of C5b. One example of such an inhibitor molecule is the monoclonal antibody designated MAb137-26, which binds to a shared epitope of human C5 and C5a. These inhibitors may be used to inhibit the activity of C5a in treating diseases and conditions mediated by excessive or uncontrolled production of C5a. The inhibitor molecules are also useful for diagnostic detection of the presence/absence or amount of C5 or C5a.
US08907067B2	Nucleotide and amino acid sequences relating to respiratory diseases and obesity This invention relates to genes identified from human chromosome 12q23-qter, which are associated with various diseases, including asthma. The invention also relates to the nucleotide sequences of these genes, isolated nucleic acids comprising these nucleotide sequences, and isolated polypeptides or peptides encoded thereby. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells comprising the disclosed nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies that bind to the encoded polypeptides or peptides. Also related are ligands that modulate the activity of the disclosed genes or gene products. In addition, the invention relates to methods and compositions employing the disclosed nucleic acids, polypeptides or peptides, antibodies, and/or ligands for use in diagnostics and therapeutics for asthma and other diseases.
US08907063B2	TNF superfamily collectin fusion proteins and encoding nucleic acids The present invention refers to a fusion protein comprising a TNF-superfamily (TNFSF) cytokine or a receptor binding domain thereof fused to a collectin trimerization domain, to a nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein, and to a cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule. The fusion protein is present as a trimeric complex or as an oligomer thereof. The fusion protein, the nucleic acid, and the cell is suitable as pharmaceutical composition or for therapeutic, diagnostic and/or research applications.
US08907056B2	Mucin hypersecretion inhibitors and methods of use Peptides are provided that comprise less than 24 amino acids. The peptides have an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) an amino acid sequence having from 4 to 6 contiguous amino acids of a reference sequence PEPTIDE 1; (b) an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the sequence defined in (a); and (c) a variant of the amino acid sequence defined in (a). Also provided is a non-myristoylated MANS peptide. Various methods of using the peptides are also provided.
US08907053B2	Immunosuppression modulating compounds The present invention provides immunosuppression compounds capable of inhibiting the programmed cell death 1 (PD1) signalling pathway. The present invention further provides peptide based compositions for treatment of cancer or treatment of infections via immunopotentiation caused by inhibition of immunosuppressive signaling induced by PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 and therapies using them, immunopotentiative substrates included as the active ingredient. Further, the invention provides an application of the compositions containing the peptide moieties for preventive and/or therapeutic agents for cancer, cancer metastasis, immunodeficiency, an infectious disease or the like and an application of peptide moieties as a testing or diagnostic agent or a research agent for such a disease.
US08907052B2	Process of forming an aramid copolymer The invention concerns processes for forming a polymer comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5(6)amino benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine (PPD), and terephthaloyl dichloride, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a slurry of DAPBI in a solvent system comprising an organic solvent and an inorganic salt; (b) adding less than a stoichiometric amount, relative to the amount of DAPBI, of terephthaloyl dichloride to the slurry; (c) agitating the slurry to react the DAPBI and terephthaloyl dichloride to form an oligomeric solution; (d) adding PPD to the oligomeric solution and agitating until essentially all of the PPD is dissolved, followed by the addition of terephthaloyl dichloride to form a prepolymer solution; and (e) allowing the prepolymer solution to form a polymer.
US08907046B2	Copolymers with perfluoropolyether segment and multiple aminooxalylamino groups Copolymers containing at least one perfluoropolyether segment and multiple aminooxalylamino groups are described. Methods of making the copolymers are also described. The copolymers can be prepared by reacting an oxalylamino-containing compound and an amine compound having at least two primary amino groups, at least two secondary amino groups, or at least one primary amino group plus at least one secondary amino group.
US08907041B2	Granular polyurethane resin composition and molded article of the same Disclosed is a granular polyurethane resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyurethane resin which contains a hard segment obtained by a reaction between a polyisocyanate and a chain extender. The polyisocyanate contains isocyanate groups of 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane in an amount of not less than 50% by more relative to the total mole number of isocyanate groups.
US08907040B2	Golf equipment formed from castable formulation with unconventionally low hardness and increased shear resistance Golf equipment including compositions including castable formulations that have low material hardness and increased shear resistance. The compositions may be used in any layer of a golf ball including cores, intermediate layers, and covers and result in high spin rates.
US08907031B2	Imino carbene compounds and derivatives, and catalyst compositions made therefrom The present invention provides imino carbene compounds and their derivatives, catalyst compositions containing these compounds in combination with an activator, and polymerization processes using these catalyst compositions to polymerize one or more olefins.
US08907030B2	Ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer suitable for use in fiber applications, and fibers made therefrom The instant invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer suitable for use in fiber applications, and fibers made therefrom. The ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer according to the present invention has a CDBI of less than 60%, and comprises at least two fractions in crossfractionation of the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer, eluting from 85° C. to 90° C. and from 90° C. to 95° C., comprising a weight fraction ratio of >0.68 and a molecular weight homogeneity index of greater than 0.65; wherein the weight fraction ratio is the ratio of the weight of polymer in each fraction divided by the weight of polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C. and the molecular weight homogeneity index is the ratio of the weight average molecular weight of the polymer in the fraction divided by the weight average molecular weight of the polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C., and wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer has a density in the range of from 0.920 to 0.965 g/cm3, and a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.5 to 100 g/10 minutes, and melt flow ratio (I10/I2) in the range of from 5.8 to 8.
US08907029B2	Catalyst for high temperature olefin polymerization An olefin polymerization catalyst is prepared by (a) in a diluent, combining a diorganomagnesium compound with less than 2 molar equivalents of a first source of chloride to produce a “chloride deficient” magnesium chloride support; (b) without isolating any solids, adding a second source of chloride which reduces the amount of soluble un-reacted diorganomagnesium compound present; (c) without isolating any solids present, adding a tetravalent titanium species and; (d) adding an activator. The catalyst is active for solution polymerization of olefins.
US08907027B2	Cross-linkable materials based on organyl oxysilane-terminated polymers Moisture curable adhesives of high tensile shear strength contain an alkoxysilyl-terminated polymer and an alkoxy-functional silicone resin.
US08907025B2	Adhesive agent composition and laminated body The present invention is to provide an adhesive agent composition, including: a main agent containing a polyether polyurethane polyol and a bisphenol A-type epoxy resin; and a curing agent, wherein the polyether polyurethane polyol is obtained by reacting a polyalkylene glycol including repeating units each having a carbon number of 3 or 4 and an alkane diol monomer with an organic diisocyanate at an equivalent ratio (NCO/OH) of 0.7 or more but less than 1, a weight average molecular weight thereof is in the range of 20,000 to 70,000, and an urethane bond equivalent thereof is in the range of 320 to 600 g/eq, and wherein a number average molecular weight of the bisphenol A-type epoxy resin is in the range of 400 to 5,000, and the bisphenol A-type epoxy resin is of a solid state or a semisolid state at normal temperature.
US08907023B2	Polysiloxane compound, modified conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer and preparing method thereof The present invention relates to a polysiloxane compound having a structure represented by formula 1: wherein each of F1, F2, F3 and F4 is individually selected from one of a first group, a second group, a third group and a fourth group, the first group is selected from a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having amino group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having epoxy group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having carbonyl group(s) or a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having alkoxy group(s), the second group is a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having amino group(s), the third group is selected from a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having epoxy group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having carbonyl group(s), a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having SiCl group(s) or a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having alkoxy group(s), the fourth group is selected from a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having aryl group(s) or a C2˜C10 hydrocarbon group having alkoxy group(s).
US08907012B2	Production method for particle board and fiber board Provided is a production method for particle boards or fiber boards which achieves production efficiency greater than that of conventional production methods. A production method for a particle board or a fiber board, comprising the step of adding polycarboxylic acid into a plant-derived product that has been segmented or formed into fibers, and further comprising the step of adding a small amount a compound having one or more types of an isocyanate group to the plant-derived product and/or the polycarboxylic acid.
US08907011B2	Aqueous dispersions of organosilicon compounds Stable aqueous organosilicon dispersions particularly useful for the hydrophobing of construction materials are prepared by first preparing a homogenous mixture of organopolysiloxanes and hydrophobic silica filler, and dispersing this mixture together with an alkylalkoxysilane bearing at least one C4 or greater alkyl group into water.
US08907008B2	Rheology modifier The present invention relates to a composition comprising a hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide polyurethane characterized by having a Mw of from 50,000 to about 150,000 Daltons and a polydispersity of 2.5 to about 5.0. The present invention further relates to a multi-step process for the preparation of the hydrophobically modified polymer.
US08907003B2	Flame retardant, flame-retardant resin composition, and insulated wire Provided are a flame retardant, a flame-retardant resin composition and an insulated wire that have favorable low-temperature characteristics, excellent cold resistance and high productivity. The insulated wire includes a conductor that is insulation-coated with the flame-retardant resin composition that contains the flame retardant that contains magnesium hydroxide and a surface treatment agent with which the magnesium hydroxide is surface-treated, wherein the surface treatment agent has a degree of crystallization of 60% or more, and at least a base resin.
US08907002B2	Coatings for use in high humidity conditions The present invention is directed to a coating composition comprising a vinyl acrylic copolymer latex wherein said copolymer latex has a water contact angle of about 60° or higher on the dried latex film surface, wherein said copolymer latex further has a specific water vapor permeability of about 0.5 mg/cm2/mm/24 hr. The invention is also directed to the copolymer latex itself. Further, the invention is a method of improving a coating's ability to withstand a high humidity environment comprising adding a vinyl acrylic copolymer latex to the coating composition wherein said copolymer latex has a water contact angle of about 60° or higher on the dried latex film surface, and wherein said copolymer latex further has a specific water vapor permeability of about 0.5 mg/cm2/mm/24 hr.
US08907001B2	Use of a pretreated precipitated silica as a reinforcing filler for silicon elastomer and the curable silicone elastomer compositions thus obtained by cold mixing The invention relates to the use of a precipitated silica, pretreated by at least one organosilane hydrophobic compound or one hydrophobic silicone oil, as a reinforcing filler for silicone elastomer, the pretreated silica being incorporated in the silicone elastomer by cold mixing and having the following features: —a BET specific surface ranging from 50 to 450 m2/g, —a water wettability lower than 80, —a sulfur content lower than 0.1% by weight. The invention is directed to the curable silicone elastomer composition thus obtained.
US08906999B2	Styrene-free unsaturated polyester A thermosetting unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) composition comprising an unsaturated polyester polymer having at least two strained cycloolefinic double bonds and optional unstrained cycloolefinic double bonds, which can be cross-linked through a ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) or combination of ROMP and cationic or free radical polymerization is provided. No styrene is used in the resin composition. The thermosetting unsaturated polyester resin composition also comprises a catalyst system for the ring-opening metathesis polymerization, and in embodiments, can further comprise one or more optional unsubstituted or substituted cycloolefin monomer containing unsaturation, an optional co-catalyst selected from a cationic initiator or free radical initiator, and optional additives. The cured resin properties can be controlled through adjusting the structure and properties of the unsaturated polyester resin.
US08906998B2	White reflective polymer particles This invention relates to white reflective polymer particles prepared by a reverse emulsion solvent removal process, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
US08906994B2	Coating systems comprising dioxolane film-forming agents Dioxolane compound film-forming agents are formulated into surface coating compositions such as paints and varnishes, in particular industrial, graphic and architectural paints, and serve as coalescence agents and/or drying retardants.
US08906992B2	Molding compositions comprising polyaryl ether with improved surface quality A thermoplastic molding composition, comprising: A) from 40 to 97.9% by weight of at least one polyether sulfone, B) from 2 to 59.9% by weight of at least one polysulfone, C) from 0.1 to 2% by weight of stearic acid, and also, if appropriate, further additives and auxiliaries, has improved flowability, surface quality, and notched impact resistance, and can be used for the construction of headlamps.
US08906989B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a base polymer and has properties of (1) and (2) below: in a case where a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet A is laminated to an adherend X surface, they are left to stand at a temperature of 23° C. and a humidity of 30% for 12 hours, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet A is then separated, (1) a water contact angle A on the adherend X surface from which the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet A has been separated is 70° or less, and (2) a pressure-sensitive adhesive strength of a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape B with respect to the adherend X surface from which the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet A has been separated is higher than that of the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape B with respect to the adherend X surface not subjected to any treatment.
US08906988B2	Integrated molded product Provided is an integrated molded product in which a molded resin product containing a phosphorus compound is used and an addition-reactive silicone adhesive agent is used to achieve strong bonding. The integrated molded product comprises a thermoplastic resin molded product made of a thermoplastic resin composition comprising a polybutylene terephthalate resin and a phosphorus compound, the content of the phosphorus compound being 0.5% by mass or less; an addition-reactive silicone composition; and a member; and the thermoplastic resin molded product and the addition-reactive silicone composition are brought into contact with each other. The phosphorus compound to be used is preferably a trivalent phosphorous compound.
US08906983B2	Iron-silicon oxide particles having an improved heating rate in an alternating magnetic and electromagnetic field Iron-silicon oxide particles with a core and an outer shell have improved heating rates in a magnetic field. The core contains maghemite, magnetite, and haematite. The outer shell is essentially or exclusively silicon dioxide. The crystallite diameter of the haematite determined by X-ray diffraction is greater than 120 nm. A ratio of the brightness of the Debye-Scherrer diffraction ring by electron diffraction at a lattice plane spacing of 0.20+/−0.02 nm, comprising maghemite and magnetite, to the brightness of the Debye-Scherrer diffraction ring by electron diffraction at a lattice plane spacing of 0.25+/−0.02 nm, comprising maghemite, magnetite and haematite, is no more than 0.2.
US08906981B2	Dental compositions comprising semi-crystalline resin and nanocluster filler Curable dental compositions, dental articles, and methods of making or using such compositions or articles are described. In one embodiment, the curable dental restoration composition comprises a resin system comprising a free-radically polymerizable semi-crystalline resin having a molecular weight no greater than 3000 g/mole and at least 50 wt-% of nanocluster filler.
US08906979B2	Macrophotoinitiators The invention pertains to high-molecular photoinitiator compounds comprising a photoactive moiety Q and an amine functionality, preferably a tertiary amino group, where the photoactive moiety Q is a benzoyl photoactive moiety.
US08906978B2	Manufacturing methods for the production of carbon materials The present application is generally directed to activated carbon materials and methods for making the same. The disclosed methods comprise rapidly freezing synthetically prepared polymer gel particles. The methods further comprise drying, pyrolyzing, and activating steps to obtain an activated carbon material of high porosity. The disclosed methods represent viable manufacturing processes for the preparation of activated carbon materials.
US08906977B2	Polyether polyol based-premix composition and foaming composition containing the premix composition A premix composition includes polyether polyol and a blowing agent, wherein the polyether polyol is a copolymer of propylene oxide and trimethylolpropane, a copolymer of propylene oxide, ethylene oxide and trimethylolpropane, a copolymer of propylene oxide, ethylene oxide and glycerol, or combinations thereof. A foaming composition which is obtained by mixing the premix composition with diisocyanate.
US08906976B2	Polyurethane compositions for an automotive seat Disclosed is a polyurethane composition including a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a curing catalyst, a crosslinking agent, a foam stabilizer and a blowing agent. The polyurethane composition may be used to manufacture automotive components, and in particular, an automotive seat. An automotive seat manufactured with the disclosed composition provides increased comfort to an occupant, as well as increased reduction of road vibration, thereby improving overall ride comfort.
US08906973B2	Modified hybrid silica aerogels Disclosed and claimed herein are hybrid silica aerogels containing non-polymeric, functional organic materials covalently bonded at one or both ends to the silica network of the aerogels through a C—Si bond between a carbon atom of the organic material and a silicon atom of the aerogel network. Methods of their preparation are also disclosed.
US08906969B2	Process for producing hydrocarbon oil and system for producing hydrocarbon oil Hydrocarbon oil obtained by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction using a slurry bed reactor holding a slurry of a liquid hydrocarbon in which a catalyst is suspended; the hydrocarbon oil is fractionated into a distilled oil and a column bottom oil containing the catalyst fine powder by a rectifying column; at least part of the column bottom oil is transferred to a storage tank, and the catalyst fine powder is sedimented to the bottom of the storage tank to capture the catalyst fine powder; a residue of the column bottom oil is transferred from the rectifying column to a hydrocracker, and/or the supernatant of the column bottom oil from which the catalyst fine powder is captured by the storage tank is transferred from the storage tank to the hydrocracker; and using the hydrocracker, the residue of the column bottom oil and/or the supernatant of the column bottom oil is hydrocracked.
US08906967B2	Sesquiterpenes and derivatives thereof for use as feed additives The present invention relates to the use of sesquiterpenes and derivatives thereof as components of animal feed or feed additives for the improvement of animal performance as well as to the corresponding animal feed or feed additives containing them.
US08906966B2	Medicaments containing panthenol This invention relates to medicaments and their use in the alleviation of inflammation and pain in joints.
US08906964B2	Methods of administering compositions comprising docosapentaenoic acid The present invention relates to compositions comprising docosapentaenoic acid and methods of reducing lipid parameters, such as triglycerides, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, free fatty acids, and other lipids, comprising administration of omega-3 docosapentaenoic acid.
US08906962B2	Compositions and methods for treating hair loss using non-naturally occurring prostaglandins A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandin F analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
US08906961B2	Glycerol levulinate ketals and their use in the manufacture of polyurethanes, and polyurethanes formed therefrom The present disclosure relates to the preparation of ketal compounds from glycerol and levulinic acid and esters, and uses thereof, in particular the manufacture of polyurethanes.
US08906951B1	Use of NK-1 receptor antagonists in pruritus The invention relates to methods for treating pruritus with an NK-1 receptor antagonist. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising NK-1 receptor antagonist.
US08906946B2	TRPM8 receptor antagonists Compounds acting as selective antagonists of Transient Receptor Potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (hereinafter referred to as TRPM8), having formula: Wherein R is selected from: H, Br, CN, NO2, SO2NH2, SO2NHR′ and SO2NR′2, where R′ is selected from linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; X is selected from: F, Cl, C1-C3 alkyl, NH2 and OH Y is selected from: O, CH2, NH and SO2 R1 and R2, independently one from the other, are selected from H, F and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; R3 and R4, independently one from the other, are selected from H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; Z is selected from: NR6 and R6R7N+, where R6 and R7 independently one from the other, are selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl R5 is a residue selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl Het is a heteroaryl group selected from a substituted or not substituted pyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted N-methylpyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted thiophenyl, a substituted or not substituted furyl and a substituted or not substituted pyridinyl. Said compounds are useful in the prevention and treatment of pathologies depending on TRPM8 activity such as pain, inflammation, ischaemia, neurodegeneration, stroke, psychiatric disorders, inflammatory conditions and urological disorders.
US08906941B2	Carboxamide compounds and their use as calpain inhibitors The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use as a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity and to a method for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment by administering an effective amount of at least one of these carboxamide compounds.The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which W—R2 is selected from and R1, R2, R3a, R3b, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, X, Q, m, k, Rw and Rw* have the meanings mentioned in the claims, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. Of these compounds those are preferred wherein Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are CRy, or one or two of the variables Y1 to Y4 are a nitrogen atom and the remaining variables are CRy, wherein the radicals Ry may be identical or different and have the meanings mentionend in the claims.
US08906937B2	Flavivirus inhibitors and methods of their use Methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating a Flavivirus infection in a subject are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a Flavivirus inhibitor, e.g., a Flavivirus serine protease inhibitor. These methods are useful in treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating Flavivirus infections such as, for example, West Nile Virus, Dengue Virus, and Japanese Encephalitis Virus.
US08906932B2	Methods of treating cancer using 3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-4Hquinazolin-3-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione Provided herein are methods of treating, preventing and/or managing cancers, which comprise administering to a patient 3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione, or an enantiomer or a mixture of enantiomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, co-crystal, clathrate, or polymorph thereof.
US08906931B1	9-[4-(3-chloro-2-fluoro-phenylamino-7-methoxy-quinazoline-6-yloxy]-1,4-diaza-spiro[5.5]undecane-5-one dimaleate, use thereof as a medicament and method for the production thereof The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), which has valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibiting effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, processes for stereoselectively preparing these compounds, particularly pharmaceutical formulations suitable for inhalation and their use for the treatment of diseases, particularly tumoral diseases, benign prostatic hyperplasia and diseases of the lungs and airways.
US08906925B2	Pyrido[4,3-B]indoles containing rigid moieties This disclosure is directed to pyrido[4,3-b]indoles having rigid moieties. The compounds in one embodiment are pyrido[4,3-b]indoles having an unsaturated hydrocarbon moiety. The compounds in another embodiment are pyrido[4,3-b]indoles having a cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or heterocyclyl moiety. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are also provided, as are methods of using the compounds in a variety of therapeutic applications, including the treatment of a cognitive disorder, psychotic disorder, neurotransmitter-mediated disorder and/or a neuronal disorder.
US08906918B1	Compositions, methods of use, and methods of treatment Embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to a 2,4-diaminoquinazoline compound, pharmaceutical compositions including a 2,4-diaminoquinazoline compound, methods of treatment of a condition (e.g., infection) or disease, methods of treatment using compositions or pharmaceutical compositions, and the like.
US08906912B2	Anxiolytic compounds The present invention relates to chemical compounds of general formula (I) which may possess useful therapeutic activity in a range of central nervous system disorders, and in particular, anxiety disorders.
US08906907B2	Hypotensive lipid and timolol compositions and methods of using same New compositions for and methods of treating ocular hypertension provide for effective treatment of ocular hypertension often using reduced concentrations of active components. Such compositions include a timolol component and a hypotensive lipid component. The present compositions and methods are relatively straightforward, can be easily produced, for example, using conventional manufacturing techniques, and can be easily and conveniently practiced, for example, using application or administration techniques or methodologies which are substantially similar to those employed with prior compositions used to treat ocular hypertension.
US08906904B2	Alkoxy pyrazoles as soluble guanylate cyclase activators The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
US08906901B2	Administration of dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors Pharmaceutical compositions and methods comprising 2-[6-(3-Amino-piperidin-1-yl)-3-methyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-ylmethyl]-4-fluoro-benzonitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof administered once weekly.
US08906899B2	Azetidine derivatives as sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulators The present invention relates to novel azetidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
US08906892B2	4-pregenen-11β-17-21-triol-3,20-dione derivatives The present invention relates to novel 4-pregenen-11β-17-21-triol-3,20-dione derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals, as modulators of glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid receptors. The invention relates specifically to the use of these compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions to treat disorders associated with glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid receptor modulation.
US08906885B2	Treating cancer with HSP90 inhibitory compounds Methods of treating cancer with a compound of formulae (I) or (1a) are disclosed. Also provided are methods of treating a cancer with a mutation in ALK or a c-MET mutation with a compound of formulae (I) or (1a). Further provided are methods of treating non-small cell lung cancer with a mutation in ALK with a compound of formulae (I) or (1a); a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables structural formulae are defined herein.
US08906884B2	Method of treating graft-rejection using dextran sulfate The present invention refers to use of dextran sulfate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivate thereof, for manufacturing of a medicament for treatment of Instant Blood-Mediated Inflammatory Reaction (IBMIR). In addition, the invention refers to the use of dextran sulfate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivate thereof, for manufacturing of a medicament for treatment of morphological disruption of cell transplants and graft-rejection of cell transplants caused by IBMIR. The invention may be applied to patients suffering from type I diabetes, in which porcine islets of Langerhans are transplanted in their portal vein. Administration of dextran sulfate according to the invention inhibits and prevents rejection and destruction of the transplanted islets and makes normoglycemia in the patients possible.
US08906883B2	Treatment of oral mucositis by administering an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide selected from heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate A composition having an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide, selected from the group consisting of heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate, for use in the treatment of mucositis in a mammalian subject, to a method of preventing or treating mucositis in a mammalian subject, by applying topically a composition having an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide, selected from the group consisting of heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate. The composition further relates to a pharmaceutical composition for topical administration of an ionic complex of chitosan and heparin.
US08906881B2	Use of chitosans for the treatment of nail inflammatory diseases Chitosan-based nail formulations are useful to treat nail inflammatory diseases like psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and lichen planus. The chitosan is normally in the form of an amino-polysaccharide derivative, preferably water soluble, such as hydroxypropyl chitosan. The formulation may be a nail lacquer, a spray, a cream, an ointment, a gel, a lotion or a foam and may have a content in chitosan, chitosan derivative or a salt thereof from 0.1 to 25 wt. % with respect to the total weight of the formulation.
US08906880B2	Nucleoside phosphoramidate prodrugs Disclosed herein are phosphoramidate prodrugs of nucleoside derivatives for the treatment of viral infections in mammals, which is a compound, its stereoisomer, salt (acid or basic addition salt), hydrate, solvate, or crystalline form thereof, represented by the following structure: Also disclosed are methods of treatment, uses, and processes for preparing each of which utilize the compound represented by formula I.
US08906876B2	Methods for controlling pests using RNAi The present invention concerns methods for controlling insect infestation via RNAi-mediated gene silencing, whereby the intact insect cell(s) are contacted with a double-stranded RNA from outside the insect cell(s) and whereby the double-stranded RNA is taken up by the intact insect cell(s). In one particular embodiment, the methods of the invention are used to alleviate plants from insect pests. Alternatively, the methods are used for treating and/or preventing insect infestation on a substrate or a subject in need of such treatment and/or prevention. Suitable insect target genes and fragments thereof, dsRNA constructs, recombinant constructs and compositions are disclosed.
US08906875B2	Methods of treating vascular inflammatory disorders Provided are methods of treating or delaying the onset of a vascular inflammatory disease (e.g., acute lung injury) in a subject including administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a nucleic acid containing all or a part of the sequence of mature miR-181b (SEQ ID NO: 1). Also provided are methods of decreasing nuclear factor-R? (NF-R?) signaling in an endothelial cell including administering to the subject a nucleic acid containing all or a part of the sequence of mature miR-181b (SEQ ID NO: 1).
US08906869B2	Effective treatment of ovarian cancer using triciribine and related compounds The inventors have determined, contrary to the prior art and experience, how to successfully use triciribine to treat ovarian cancer by one or a combination of (i) administering triciribine only to patients which according to a diagnostic test described below, exhibit enhanced sensitivity to the drug; (ii) use of a described dosage level that minimizes the toxicity of the drug but yet still exhibits efficacy; or (iii) use of a described dosage regimen that minimizes the toxicity of the drug. The invention further encompasses a number of miRNAs, which are altered in human ovarian cancer, with the most significantly deregulated miRNAs being miR-214, -199a, -200a, -100, -12Sb, and let-7 cluster. Further, the invention illustrates that frequent deregulation of miR-214, -199a, -200a and -100 in ovarian cancers and their alterations are associated with high grade and late stage tumor.
US08906866B2	Antibiotic compositions for the treatment of gram negative infections Provided herein are novel compounds and novel protected compounds that can be derived from polymyxin, including, e.g., polymyxin A. The novel compounds have antibacterial properties against a diverse range of Gram negative bacteria and reduced toxicity compared to polymyxins such as polymyxin A. Also provided are antibacterial pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel compounds and novel protected compounds, as well as methods for preparing the antibacterial compounds and protected compounds.
US08906865B2	Treatment of inflammation and/or endotoxic shock This invention provides the use of one or more peptides derived from the C-terminal end of a Chemerin protein, or analogs, or derivatives thereof for treatment of inflammation and/or endotoxic shock and/or treatment of wounds and/or reduction of levels of inflammatory chemokines in a subject, and one or more peptides derived from the C-terminal end of a Chemerin protein, or analogs or derivatives thereof for use in the treatment of inflammation and/or endotoxic shock, and/or wounds, or for the reduction or levels of inflammatory mediators.
US08906863B2	Proteolysis-resistant capsid of chimeric hepatitis E virus as an oral delivery vector This invention provides a peptide/nucleic acid composition for oral/mucosal, dual-modal activation of immune protection systems.
US08906860B2	Methods and compositions inhibiting tumor cell proliferation The invention provides agents, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions and method for inhibiting tumor cell proliferation by inhibiting FoxM1B activity, expression, or nuclear localization in a tumor cell.
US08906859B2	Uses of kappa opioid synthetic peptide amides The invention relates to methods of use of synthetic peptide amides that are ligands of the kappa opioid receptor in the treatment and prevention of kappa opioid receptor-associated diseases and conditions; and particularly to uses of these agonists in the prophylaxis, inhibition and treatment of pain, inflammation and pruritis associated with a variety of diseases, disorders and conditions. Inflammatory conditions preventable or treatable by the methods of the invention include diseases and conditions associated with elevated levels of a proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF-α, IL-β, IL-6, MMP-1 and MMP-3. Such diseases and conditions include cardiovascular inflammation, neurological inflammation, skeletal inflammation, muscular inflammation, gastrointestinal inflammation, ocular inflammation, otic inflammation, inflammation due to insect bites and inflammation due to wound healing; atherosclerosis, ischemia, restenosis and vasculitis; of asthma, Sjogren's syndrome, pulmonary inflammation, chronic airway inflammation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), allergy, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, eczema, scleroderma, atopic dermatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus, arthritis, synovitis, osteomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis; septicemia and septic shock, diabetes, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and obesity, colitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, IBD and IBS, and the inflammatory diseases and conditions due to tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis or transplantation rejection.
US08906858B2	Method for the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis The present invention relates to a method for the prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis comprising maintaining or restoring AP-1 activity or AP-1-mediated effects, for example by LIF treatment. The method may additionally comprise a method for the treatment of a medical condition associated with inflammation comprising inhibition of NF-KB activity, for example by glucocorticoid (GC) treatment. The present invention therefore also relates to a method for the treatment and/or prevention of glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis comprising the administration of an effective amount of LIF to a subject, preferably in combination with GC treatment.
US08906851B2	Method for treating diabetes Methods for reducing body weight, altering body composition, treating diabetes, reducing HbA1c and reducing average daily blood glucose by the use of exendins, exendin agonists or exendin analog agonists are provided.
US08906850B2	Crystalline insulin-conjugates The present disclosure provides crystalline insulin-conjugates. The present disclosure also provides formulations, methods of treatment, methods of administering, and methods of making that encompass these crystalline insulin-conjugates.
US08906849B2	Pancreatic polypeptide family motifs, polypeptides and methods comprising the same The present invention provides novel Pancreatic Polypeptide Family (“PPF”) polypeptides and methods for their use.
US08906845B2	Peptide compounds to regulate the complement system The disclosure provides peptide compounds that regulate the complement system and methods of using these compounds. Specifically the disclosure provides an isolated, purified peptide of 30 amino acids derived from human astrovirus protein, called CP1. The peptide compounds disclosed include peptide mimetics, peptide analogs and/or synthetic derivatives of CP1 having, for example, internal peptide deletions and/or substitutions, deletions and/or substitutions at the N-terminus and C-terminus, and that are able to regulate complement activation. The disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of the peptide compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient for treating a disease or condition associated with complement-mediated tissue damage.
US08906842B2	Spray-dried detergent powder The present invention is a spray-dried powder comprising: (i) from 20 to 80 wt % of a first spray-dried particle comprising less than 5 wt % sulphate, anionic detersive surfactant and having a bulk density of from 300 g/l to 450 g/l: and (ii) from 20 to 80 wt % of a second spray-dried particle comprising at least 45 wt % sulphate, 0 wt % to 15 wt % anionic detersive surfactant, and having a bulk density of from 350 g/l to 700 g/l.
US08906838B2	Microelectronic cleaning and arc remover compositions Cleaning compositions suitable for cleaning microelectronic structures having silicon dioxide, low-k or high-k di-electrics and copper or aluminum metallizations contain a polar organic solvent selected from amides, sulfones, sulfolenes, selenones and saturated alcohols and a strong alkaline base.
US08906834B2	Metal treatment composition and method of treating rubbing surfaces A durable anti-wear coating for friction assemblies, a method of making the same and a method of using the same is provided. The method of use results in the formation of an anti-wear coating and selective carbonization of any ferrous surfaces by impregnating the surface layer with carbon, and makes it possible to selectively optimize the clearances between any bearing surface (ferrous or nonferrous). The method may take place during the standard operating process of the mechanism, without disassembly or with only partial disassembly.
US08906831B2	Single molecule loading methods and compositions Methods for non-random loading of single analyte molecules into array structures are provided. The methods allow for distribution of a population of target molecules into a plurality of size confined regions such as wells. Sizing moieties are linked to individual target molecules. The sizing moieties are of sufficient size, relative to the size-confined reaction or observation regions, such that only a selected number of sizing moieties will fit into the size confined regions. The confined regions and the sizing moieties or target molecules comprise a selected charge that allow for controlling the loading of the sizing moities.
US08906827B2	Compositions and methods for residual weed control with flumioxazin and gibberellic acid The invention relates to compositions and methods for controlling amaranth by application of flumioxazin and gibberellic acid to an area in need of weed control.
US08906825B2	Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl) pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and triazolopyrimidine sulfonamides Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) triazolopyrimidine sulfonamides, including, but not limited to, cloransulam-methyl, diclosulam, florasulam, flumetsulam, metosulam, penoxsulam, and pyroxsulam. The compositions provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
US08906823B2	Pollutant emission control sorbents and methods of manufacture and use Sorbents for removal of mercury and other pollutants from gas streams, such as a flue gas stream from coal-fired utility plants, and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. Embodiments include brominated sorbent substrate particles having a carbon content of less than about 10%. Other embodiments include one or more oxidatively active halides of a nonoxidative metal dispersed on sorbent substrate particles mixed with activated carbon in an amount up to 30% by weight.
US08906821B2	Curing compositions for fluoropolymers A catalyst composition comprising a cation and an anion of the formula Anq−Qpm+, wherein m, n, p, and q are positive integers, wherein mp=nq, wherein Qm+is an organo onium, and Aq−is an anion, provided that at least one Aq−is selected from the formula (I) wherein each R independently is H, halo, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, or cycloalkyl, and which also may be halogenated, fluorinated, or perfluorinated, wherein two or more of R and R′ groups may together form a ring, wherein each R group independently may contain one or more heteroatom(s), wherein R′ can be the same as R, with the proviso that R′ cannot be halo, and wherein the catalyst composition is essentially free of hydrocarbon containing alcohol. Also provided are a fluoropolymer composition including this curative, a method of making a fluoropolymer, and fluoropolymer articles containing curable or cured fluoropolymer compositions.
US08906814B2	Highly reactive multilayer assembled coating of metal oxides on organic and inorganic substrates One aspect of the invention relates to a method of preparing metal oxide coated substrates for various potential applications, and the coated substrate formed thereby.
US08906813B2	SiOx process chemistry development using microwave plasma CVD Methods for processing a substrate are described herein. Methods can include positioning a substrate in a processing chamber, maintaining the processing chamber at a temperature below 400° C., flowing a reactant gas comprising either a silicon hydride or a silicon halide and an oxidizing precursor into the process chamber, applying a microwave power to create a microwave plasma from the reactant gas, and depositing a silicon oxide layer on at least a portion of the exposed surface of a substrate.
US08906809B2	Multichip electronic packages and methods of manufacture A multi-chip electronic package and methods of manufacture are provided. The structure includes a lid encapsulating at least one chip mounted on a chip carrier; at least one seal shim fixed between the lid and the chip carrier, the at least one seal shim forming a gap between pistons of the lid and respective ones of the chips; and thermal interface material within the gap and contacting the pistons of the lid and respective ones of the chips.
US08906807B2	Single fin cut employing angled processing methods Fin-defining spacers are formed on an array of mandrel structure. Mask material portions can be directionally deposited on fin-defining spacers located on one side of each mandrel structure, while not deposited on the other side. A photoresist layer is subsequently applied and patterned to form an opening, of which the overlay tolerance increases by a pitch of fin-defining spacers due to the mask material portions. Alternately, a conformal silicon oxide layer can be deposited on fin-defining spacers and structure-damaging ion implantation is performed only on fin-defining spacers located on one side of each mandrel structure. A photoresist layer is subsequently applied and patterned to form an opening, from which a damaged silicon oxide portion and an underlying fin-defining spacer are removed, while undamaged silicon oxide portions are not removed. An array of semiconductor fins including a vacancy can be formed by transferring the pattern into a semiconductor layer.
US08906804B2	Composition including material, methods of depositing material, articles including same and systems for depositing materials Methods for depositing nanomaterial onto a substrate are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions useful for depositing nanomaterial, methods of making devices including nanomaterials, and a system and devices useful for depositing nanomaterials.
US08906803B2	Method of forming through substrate vias (TSVs) and singulating and releasing die having the TSVs from a mechanical support substrate Accessing a workpiece object in semiconductor processing is disclosed. The workpiece object includes a mechanical support substrate, a release layer over the mechanical support substrate, and an integrated circuit substrate coupled over the release layer. The integrated circuit substrate includes a device layer having semiconductor devices. The method also includes etching through-substrate via (TSV) openings through the integrated circuit substrate that have buried ends at or within the release layer including using the release layer as an etch stop. TSVs are formed by introducing one or more conductive materials into the TSV openings. A die singulation trench is etched at least substantially through the integrated circuit substrate around a perimeter of an integrated circuit die. The integrated circuit die is at least substantially released from the mechanical support substrate.
US08906802B2	Methods of forming trench/via features in an underlying structure using a process that includes a masking layer formed by a directed self-assembly process One illustrative method disclosed herein includes the steps of performing a directed self-assembly process to form a DSA masking layer, performing at least one process operation to remove at least one of the features of the DSA masking layer so as to thereby define a patterned DSA masking layer with a DSA masking pattern, performing at least one process operation to form a patterned transfer masking layer having a transfer masking pattern comprised of a plurality of features that define a plurality of openings in the transfer masking layer, wherein the transfer masking pattern is the inverse of the DSA masking pattern, and performing at least one etching process through the patterned transfer masking layer on a layer of material to form a plurality of trench/via features in the layer of material.
US08906800B2	Stacked digital/RF system-on-chip with integral isolation layer An apparatus includes a device package, a first Integrated Circuit (IC) that is packaged in the device package, and a second IC, which is packaged in the device package and is fabricated on a multi-layer interconnection circuit including a plurality of interconnection layers for interconnecting components of the second IC, wherein a selected layer in the plurality is configured to serve as a conductive shield for reducing interference between the first and second ICs.
US08906795B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method A semiconductor device manufacturing method allows stably forming a plating layer at low cost on one main surface side of a substrate, while preventing unintended plating layer deposition on the other main surface side. Emitter and collector electrodes are respectively formed on the front and back surfaces of a semiconductor substrate. A first film is attached to the back surface. A notch portion of the substrate is filled with a resin member. A second film is attached to an outer peripheral portion of the substrate, straddling the substrate from the front surface to the back surface. The first and second films push out air remaining between the first and second films and the substrate. An electroless plating process is carried out while the first and second films are attached to the substrate, thereby sequentially forming a nickel plating layer and a gold plating layer on the front surface side.
US08906791B2	Method of improving film non-uniformity and throughput Methods, apparatus, and systems for depositing materials with gaseous precursors are provided. In certain implementations, the methods involve providing a wafer substrate to a chamber of an apparatus. The apparatus includes a showerhead to deliver a gas to the chamber, a volume, and an isolation valve between the volume and the showerhead. A gas is delivered the volume when the isolation valve is closed, pressurizing the volume. The isolation valve is opened to allow the gas to flow to the showerhead when the gas is being delivered to the volume. A material is formed on the wafer substrate using the gas. In some implementations, releasing the pressurized gas from the volume reduces the duration of time to develop a spatially uniform gas flow across the showerhead.
US08906790B2	Combinatorial approach for screening of ALD film stacks In some embodiments of the present invention, methods of using one or more small spot showerhead apparatus to deposit materials using CVD, PECVD, ALD, or PEALD on small spots in a site isolated, combinatorial manner are described. The small spot showerheads may be configured within a larger combinatorial showerhead to allow multi-layer film stacks to be deposited in a combinatorial manner.
US08906784B2	Graphene epitaxied on SiC, with an open band gap and mobility comparable to standard graphene with zero band gap A method of manufacturing a modified structure comprising a semiconducting modified graphene layer on a substrate, comprising the subsequent following steps: supply of an initial structure comprising at least one substrate, formation of a graphene layer on the substrate, hydrogenation of the initial structure by exposure to atomic hydrogen, characterized in that the hydrogenation step of the graphene layer is done with an exposure dose between 100 and 4000 Langmuirs, and forms a modified graphene layer.
US08906781B2	Method for electrically connecting wafers using butting contact structure and semiconductor device fabricated through the same The present invention relates to a method for electrically connecting wafers, which physically bonds two wafers through an oxide-to-oxide bonding method and then electrically connects the two wafers through a butting contact structure. The wafers are physically bonded to each other through a relatively simple method, and then electrically connected to through TSVs or butting contact holes. Therefore, since the fabrication process may be simplified, a process error may be reduced, and the product yield may be improved.
US08906777B2	Methods for evaluating and manufacturing semiconductor wafer A method for evaluating a shape change of a semiconductor wafer is provided. The method comprises acquiring unconstrained shape data of shape data of the semiconductor wafer being placed on a reference surface in a unconstrained state; acquiring constrained shape data of shape data of the semiconductor wafer being constrained along the reference surface in a constrained state; and comparing the unconstrained shape data and the constrained shape data. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor wafer utilizing a result of the evaluation of the wafer is also provided.
US08906776B2	Method for forming integrated circuits on a strained semiconductor substrate A method for forming an electronic circuit on a strained semiconductor substrate, including the steps of: forming, on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate, electronic components defining electronic chips to be sawn; and forming at least portions of a layer of a porous semiconductor material on the side of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate, opposite to the first surface, to bend the semiconductor substrate.
US08906775B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first semiconductor wafer, in which a circuit part and a first bonding layer are stacked, on a first semiconductor substrate, forming a second semiconductor wafer, which includes structures and an insulating layer for gap-filling between the structures, on a second semiconductor substrate, the structures including a pillar and bit lines stacked therein, bonding the first semiconductor wafer with the second semiconductor wafer so that the first bonding layer faces the insulating layer, and separating the second semiconductor substrate from the bonded second semiconductor wafer.
US08906772B2	Graphene layer formation at low substrate temperature on a metal and carbon based substrate A system and method for forming graphene layers on a substrate. The system and methods include direct growth of graphene on diamond and low temperature growth of graphene using a solid carbon source.
US08906771B2	Semiconductor processing methods, and methods of forming isolation structures Some embodiments include methods of forming isolation structures. A semiconductor base may be provided to have a crystalline semiconductor material projection between a pair of openings. SOD material (such as, for example, polysilazane) may be flowed within said openings to fill the openings. After the openings are filled with the SOD material, one or more dopant species may be implanted into the projection to amorphize the crystalline semiconductor material within an upper portion of said projection. The SOD material may then be annealed at a temperature of at least about 400° C. to form isolation structures. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions that include a semiconductor material base having a projection between a pair of openings. The projection may have an upper region over a lower region, with the upper region being at least 75% amorphous, and with the lower region being entirely crystalline.
US08906765B2	Method of making a non-volatile double gate memory cell A method of making a non-volatile double-gate memory cell. A gate of the control transistor is formed with a relief on a substrate. A control gate of the memory transistor is formed with a layer of a semiconductor material covering relief. The method includes chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) so as to strip, above the relief another layer and part of the layer of a semiconductor material; stripping of the remaining other layer on both sides of the relief, etching of the layer of a semiconductor material so as to strip this material above the relief and to leave only a pattern on at least one sidewall of the relief.
US08906758B2	Regrown heterojunction bipolar transistors for multi-function integrated devices and method for fabricating the same The present invention may provide an integrated device, which may include a substrate having first and second regions, the first region spaced apart from the second region, a first heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) device formed on the first region of the substrate, the first HBT device having a first collector layer formed above the first region of the substrate, the first collector layer having a first collector thickness and a first collector doping level, and a second HBT device formed on the second region of the substrate, the second HBT device having a second collector layer formed above the second region of the substrate, the second collector layer having a second collector thickness and a second collector doping level, the second collector thickness substantially greater than the first collector thickness, the second collector doping level lower than the first collector doping level.
US08906754B2	Methods of forming a semiconductor device with a protected gate cap layer and the resulting device One method disclosed herein includes forming first and second gate cap protection layers that encapsulate and protect a gate cap layer. A novel transistor device disclosed herein includes a gate structure positioned above a semiconductor substrate, a spacer structure positioned adjacent the gate structure, a layer of insulating material positioned above the substrate and around the spacer structure, a gate cap layer positioned above the gate structure and the spacer structure, and a gate cap protection material that encapsulates the gate cap layer, wherein portions of the gate cap protection material are positioned between the gate cap layer and the gate structure, the spacer structure and the layer of insulating material.
US08906749B2	Method for fabricating a semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method for making a semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip and a fiber reinforced encapsulation layer at least partly covering the semiconductor chip.
US08906748B2	Method for packaging a semiconductor structure The present application provides a method and semiconductor packaging structure comprising a conductive substrate having a first surface, a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface adjacent to the first surface. A first electrode line with two ends are provided on the first surface and the first lateral surface, and a second electrode line with two ends are provided on the first surface and a second lateral surface respectively. A semiconductor device is provided on the first surface of the conductive substrate which electrically connected to the first electrode line and the second electrode line, a protective plate with through holes covers the first surface, and a sheathing overlays the semiconductor device.
US08906747B2	Cavity-type semiconductor package and method of packaging same A method (30) of forming a semiconductor package (20) entails applying (56) an adhesive (64) to a portion (66) of a bonding perimeter (50) of a base (22), with a section (68) of the perimeter (50) being without the adhesive (64). A lid (24) is placed on the base (22) so that a bonding perimeter (62) of the lid (24) abuts the bonding perimeter (50) of the base (22). The lid (24) includes a cavity (25) in which dies (38) mounted to the base (22) are located. A gap (70) is formed without the adhesive (64) at the section (68) between the base (22) and the lid (24). The structure vents from the gap (70) as air inside the cavity (25) expands during heat curing (72). Following heat curing (72), another adhesive (80) is dispensed in the section (68) to close the gap (70) and seal the cavity (25).
US08906746B2	Method for producing semiconductor device A method for producing a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip, for improving production efficiency and the flexibility of production design is provided. The method comprises: preparing a semiconductor chip having a first main surface on which an electroconductive member is formed; preparing a supporting structure in which, over a support configured to transmit radiation, a radiation curable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a first thermosetting resin layer are laminated in this order; arranging the semiconductor chips on the first thermosetting resin layer to face the first thermosetting resin layer to a second main surface of the semiconductor chips opposite to the first main surface; laminating a second thermosetting resin layer over the first thermosetting resin layer to cover the semiconductor chips; and curing the radiation curable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by irradiating from the support side to peel the radiation curable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer from the first thermosetting resin layer.
US08906744B2	Microelectronic die packages with metal leads, including metal leads for stacked die packages, and associated systems and methods Microelectronic die packages, stacked systems of die packages, and methods of manufacturing them are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system of stacked packages includes a first die package having a bottom side, a first dielectric casing, and first metal leads; a second die package having a top side attached to the bottom side of the first package, a dielectric casing with a lateral side, and second metal leads aligned with and projecting towards the first metal leads and including an exterior surface and an interior surface region that generally faces the lateral side; and metal solder connectors coupling individual first leads to individual second leads. In a further embodiment, the individual second leads have an “L” shape and physically contact corresponding individual first leads. In another embodiment, the individual second leads have a “C” shape and include a tiered portion that projects towards the lateral side of the second casing.
US08906740B2	Integrated circuit packaging system having dual sided connection and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: mounting an integrated circuit, having a device through via and a device interconnect, over a substrate with the device through via traversing the integrated circuit and the device interconnect attached to the device through via; attaching a conductive support over the substrate with the conductive support adjacent to the integrated circuit; providing a pre-formed interposer, having an interposer through via and a pre-attached interconnect, with the pre-attached interconnect attached to the interposer through via; mounting the pre-formed interposer over the integrated circuit and the conductive support with the pre-attached interconnect over the device through via; and forming an encapsulation over the substrate covering the integrated circuit, the conductive support, and partially covering the pre-formed interposer.
US08906737B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor and having improved electric characteristics. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. The method includes the steps of forming a first insulating film including gallium oxide over and in contact with the oxide semiconductor film; forming a second insulating film over and in contact with the first insulating film; forming a resist mask over the second insulating film; forming a contact hole by performing dry etching on the first insulating film and the second insulating film; removing the resist mask by ashing using oxygen plasma; and forming a wiring electrically connected to at least one of the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode through the contact hole.
US08906734B2	Embedded junction in hetero-structured back-surface field for photovoltaic devices A photovoltaic device and method include a crystalline substrate and an emitter contact portion formed in contact with the substrate. A back-surface-field junction includes a homogeneous junction layer formed in contact with the crystalline substrate and having a same conductivity type and a higher active doping density than that of the substrate. The homogeneous junction layer includes a thickness less than a diffusion length of minority carriers in the homogeneous junction layer. A passivation layer is formed in contact with the homogeneous junction layer opposite the substrate, which is either undoped or has the same conductivity type as that of the substrate.
US08906732B2	Method and device for cadmium-free solar cells A method for fabricating a thin film photovoltaic device is provided. The method includes providing a substrate comprising a surface region made of a thin-film photovoltaic absorber including copper, indium, gallium, selenium, and sulfur species. Additionally, the method includes applying a dip-in chemical bath deposition process for forming a buffer layer containing at least zinc-ogygen-sulfide material but substantially free of cadmium species. Furthermore, the method includes producing a chemical bath including steps of heating a bath of water to about 75° C., adding aqueous ammonia to mix with the bath of water, adding a solution of sodium hydroxide, adding zinc salt solution, and adding a solution of thiourea. The dip-in chemical bath deposition process includes immersing a plurality of substrates formed with the thin-film photovoltaic absorber substantially vertically in the chemical bath for 30 minutes to form the zinc-oxygen-sulfide buffer layer followed by a cleaning and drying process.
US08906731B2	Patterning slit sheet assembly, organic layer deposition apparatus, method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display apparatus, and the organic light-emitting display apparatus A patterning slit sheet assembly to perform a deposition process to deposit a thin film on a substrate in a fine pattern. A patterning slit sheet assembly includes a patterning slit sheet including a slit unit, and a non-slit region that is located along edges of the slit unit, the patterning slit sheet being smaller than the substrate in at least one of a first direction or a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a frame combined with the patterning slit sheet to support the patterning slit sheet; and a shielding unit extending on at least one inner side of the frame and overlapping an area including the edges of the slit unit.
US08906730B2	Method of forming membranes with modified stress characteristics A method of modifying stress characteristics of a membrane in one embodiment includes providing a membrane layer, determining a desired stress modification, and forming at least one trough in the membrane layer based upon the determined desired stress modification.
US08906729B2	Method of manufacturing a device with a cavity The invention relates to a micro-device with a cavity, the micro-device comprising a substrate, the method comprising steps of: A) providing the substrate, having a surface and comprising a sacrificial oxide region at the surface; B) covering the sacrificial oxide region with a porous layer being permeable to a vapor HF etchant, and C) selectively etching the sacrificial oxide region through the porous layer using the vapor HF etchant to obtain the cavity. This method may be used in the manufacture of various micro-devices with a cavity, i.e. MEMS devices, and in particular in the encapsulation part thereof, and semiconductor devices, and in particular the BEOL-part thereof.
US08906727B2	Heteroepitaxial growth using ion implantation In one embodiment, a method of growing a heteroepitaxial layer comprises providing a patterned substrate containing patterned features having sidewalls. The method also includes directing ions toward the sidewalls in an exposure, wherein altered sidewall regions are formed, and depositing the heteroepitaxial layer under a set of deposition conditions effective to preferentially promote epitaxial growth on the sidewalls in comparison to other surfaces of the patterned features.
US08906723B1	Donor substrate, method for fabricating the donor substrate, and method for forming transfer pattern using the donor substrate A donor substrate may include a base layer, a light-to-heat conversion layer disposed on the base layer, a buffer layer disposed on the light-to-heat conversion layer and including a composite layer of titanium dioxide and polytetrafluoroethylene, and a transfer layer disposed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer may be disposed between the transfer layer and the light-to-heat conversion layer. The buffer layer may be cleaned by incident light to preserve or improve its hydrophobicity. Accordingly, the buffer layer can be easily separated from the transfer layer. Advantageously, when (a portion of) the transfer layer is transferred onto a target substrate, unwanted material transfer may be prevented.
US08906722B2	Printing method for use in fabrication of an electronic unit A printing method for use in fabrication of an electronic unit comprising one or more lines of a regularly repeating structural feature formed over a substrate, the structural feature repeating over a regular interval along each line. The method comprises: using a first print-head arrangement to print portions of a composition at a first pitch along each of the lines; and using a second print-head arrangement to print portions of the composition at a second pitch along each of the lines; such that the first and second pitches together produce a beating pattern along each of the lines, having a beating wavelength matched to the interval of the regularly repeating structural feature.
US08906720B1	Device having an optical element and an ambient light sensor integrated on a single substrate and a process for making same A device having one or more optical elements and an ambient light sensor integrated on a single substrate (e.g., wafer) and a method (e.g., process) for making same is described herein. The process includes the step of forming the ambient light sensor on a first surface of the substrate. The process further includes the step of forming a plurality of recesses in a second surface of the substrate, the second surface being located opposite the first surface. The process further includes depositing silicon dioxide into the plurality of recesses. The process further includes etching a pattern into the silicon dioxide (e.g., glass) to form the optical elements.
US08906719B2	Thin film transistor and display device using the same and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor according to an example embodiment includes: a substrate body; a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate body and comprising a polycrystalline silicon film having a surface resistance from about 2000 ohm/sq to about 8000 ohm/sq; and a source electrode and a drain electrode each contacted with the semiconductor layer and comprising a metallic material having a resistance from about 350 to about 2000 ohm.
US08906718B2	Method for forming vapor deposition film, and method for producing display device On a surface of a substrate (3) on which surface a vapor-deposited film is to be formed, a photoresist (13) is formed so as to have an opening in a sealing region including a display region (R1) which sealing region is formed by a sealing resin (11) of a frame shape. Then, luminescent layers (8R, 8G, and 8B) having a striped pattern are formed. Subsequently, the photoresist (13) is removed with the use of an exfoliative solution so as to form the luminescent layers (8R, 8G, and 8B) patterned with high definition.
US08906716B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same Provided is an optical semiconductor device includes: a light-emitting layer having a first main surface, a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, a first electrode and a second electrode which are formed on the second main surface; a fluorescent layer provided on the first main surface; a light-transmissive layer provided on the fluorescent layer and made of a light-transmissive inorganic material; a first metal post provided on the first electrode; a second metal post provided on the second electrode; a sealing layer provided on the second main surface so as to seal in the first and second metal posts with one ends of the respective first and second metal posts exposed; a first metal layer provided on the exposed end of the first metal post; and a second metal layer provided on the exposed end of the second metal post.
US08906715B2	Light emitting diode package having fluorescent film directly coated on light emitting diode die and method for manufacturing the same A method for packaging an LED, includes steps: providing a supporting board and then dripping a gel mixed with fluorescent therein on the supporting board; scraping the gel over the supporting board with a scraper form a gelatinous fluorescent film on the supporting board, and solidifying the gelatinous fluorescent film pieces to form a solidified fluorescent film; cutting the solidified fluorescent film into individual pieces, and peeling the solid fluorescent films from the supporting board; attaching one piece of the fluorescent film on a light outputting surface of an LED die; mounting the LED die on a substrate, and electrically connecting the LED die to the circuit structure; and forming an encapsulation on the substrate to cover the LED die.
US08906707B2	Device having a multilayered structure and method of fabricating thereof The invention provides a multilayered device and the method for fabricating the same. The multilayered device comprises a substrate, a first layer deposited on the substrate, a second layer deposited on the first layer, and a third layer deposited on the second layer. The coverage of the second layer is determined by a rate of crystallization of the third layer. The rate of crystallization of the third layer is determined by measuring X-ray diffraction of the device.
US08906703B2	Surface-bound fluorinated esters for amine capture A method for immobilizing an amino-containing material to a substrate is described. The method involves providing a tethering compound with two reactive groups: a substrate reactive group and a fluoroalkoxycarbonyl group. The method further involves preparing a substrate-attached tethering group by reacting the substrate reactive group of the tethering compound with a complementary functional group on the surface of a substrate. The substrate-attached tethering group has a fluoroalkoxycarbonyl group that can be reacted with an amino-containing material to form an immobilization group that connects the amino-containing material to the substrate.
US08906702B2	Methods and related devices for continuous sensing utilizing magnetic beads A fluidic device including a main channel, wherein a first inlet fluidly connects to an upstream end of the main channel and introduces magnetic beads into a first side of the main channel A second inlet is fluidly connected to the upstream end of the main channel and introduces a sample stream into a second side of the main channel A first magnet disposed adjacent to the second side of the main channel pulls the magnetic beads towards a sidewall of the second side, and thus into the sample stream A second magnet disposed downstream from the first magnet and adjacent to a first side of the main channel subsequently pulls the magnetic beads towards a sidewall of the first side, and thus out of the sample stream A detection region is disposed at or downstream from the second magnet and in the first side of the main channel.
US08906701B2	Sonication-assisted metal-enhanced fluorescence (SAMEF)-based bioassays The present invention provides for sonication-assisted metal-enhanced fluorescence, luminescence, and/or chemiluminescence assay systems using low-intensity ultrasound waves to significantly reduce the assay time by increasing the kinetic movement of molecules within the system.
US08906700B2	Methods and compositions for phototransfer Methods are described for phototransferring a compound from a first surface to a second surface. Compounds are described with photocleavable linkers. Compounds attached to a first surface through a photocleavable linker are put in proximity (or contact) with a second surface, and then phototransferred to the second surface upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Illuminating the compound with radiation photocleaves the compound from the first surface and transfers the compound to the second surface.
US08906692B2	Instrument and method for analysis of mannose 6-phosphate Disclosed are an apparatus and method for separation analysis of mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) by post-column fluorescence detection method. The apparatus is based on chromatography, and includes a column with a solid phase having affinity for phosphate, a flow path for the eluate, a heater installed on the flow path for M6P and a basic amino acid to react by heating the eluate in the flow path, and a fluorescence detector installed downstream of the heater for continuously irradiating the eluate with excitation light and measuring the intensity of the emission, and may include in the flow path a supply channel for addition of a basic amino acid between the column and the heater. The method is characterized in that it uses the apparatus and a second mobile phase consisting of a second buffer containing phosphate of predetermined concentration and adjusted to a predetermined pH.
US08906691B2	Magnetic platforms for biomolecule trappings, manipulations, and sorting A magnetic platform is provided and includes a patterned array of discrete magnetic elements positioned on a substrate, a plurality of first electromagnets for creating a first magnetic field substantially in the plane of the substrate, an electromagnetic coil for creating a second magnetic field substantially perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, and a control device for controlling the application of the magnetic fields. Processes for manipulating, transporting, separating and sorting micro-or nano-scale particles and biomolecules are also described.
US08906688B2	Cell expansion system and methods of use Cell expansion systems are provided. The cell expansion systems generally include a hollow fiber cell growth chamber, and first and second fluid flow paths associated with the interior of the hollow fibers and exterior of the hollow fibers, respectively. The hollow fibers have a hydrophilic interior surface and a hydrophobic exterior surface. Detachable flow circuits are also provided.
US08906681B2	Reliable stabilization of N-linked polypeptide native states with enhanced aromatic sequons located in polypeptide tight turns A chimeric therapeutic polypeptide of a pre-existing therapeutic polypeptide is disclosed, as are a method of enhancing folded stabilization and a pharmaceutical composition of the glycosylated chimer. The pre-existing and chimeric polypeptides have substantially the same length, substantially the same amino acid residue sequence, and exhibit at least one tight turn containing a sequence of four to about seven amino acid residues in which at least two amino acid side chains extend on the same side of the tight turn and are within less than about 7 Å of each other. The chimeric therapeutic polypeptide has the sequon Aro-(Xxx)n-(Zzz)p-Asn-Yyy-Thr/Ser (SEQ ID NO:001) within that tight turn sequence such that the side chains of the Aro, Asn and Thr/Ser amino acid residues project on the same side of the turn and are within less than about 7 Å of each other. That sequon is absent from the pre-existing therapeutic polypeptide.
US08906675B2	Adeno-associated virus (AAV) sequences and isolating novel sequences identified thereby Adeno-associated virus 7 sequences, vectors containing same, and methods of use are provided.
US08906672B2	Gradient injection for biosensing A single injection gradient with a biosensor, both structural and methodological, achieves the binding of analyte to immobilized ligand over a wide concentration range without the necessity of regeneration of the sensing area. A gradient of concentrations adjacent to or within a flow cell facilitates kinetic analysis of interactions without requiring multiple discrete volumes or injections to achieve a range of concentrations. A continuous gradient fluid is preferably formed directly adjacent to the flow cell inlet or a region of sample/buffer dispersion at an injection point into a flow channel of a flow cell. The analyte gradient may be flowed through the flow cell from a low analyte concentration. Multiple component gradients are also provided.
US08906664B2	Methods for constructing antibiotic resistance free vaccines The present invention provides Listeria vaccine strains that express a heterologous antigen and a metabolic enzyme, and methods of generating same.
US08906662B2	Compositions and methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease and airway inflammation Provided are compositions and methods for treating inflammation due to an immune response. Non-limiting example compositions include class-2 SPATE proteins that are capable of cleaving proteins involved in an inflammatory immune response in a patient. Example compositions include at least one mucin-cleaving class-2 SPATE protein. Further example compositions include protein involved in intestinal colonization (Pic). Non-limiting example methods include methods of decreasing inflammation in a patient having inflammation and methods of perturbing immune response in a patient having a disease or condition in which an active immune response is attributable to a cause of the disease or condition, by administering to the patient a composition including at least one class-2 SPATE protein capable of cleaving proteins involved in an inflammatory immune response.
US08906660B2	Recombinant polymerases with increased phototolerance Provided are compositions comprising recombinant DNA polymerases that include amino acid substitutions, insertions, deletions, and/or exogenous features that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for enhanced single molecule sequencing. Such properties include increased resistance to photodamage, and can also include enhanced metal ion coordination, reduced exonuclease activity, reduced reaction rates at one or more steps of the polymerase kinetic cycle, decreased branching fraction, altered cofactor selectivity, increased yield, increased thermostability, increased accuracy, increased speed, increased readlength, and the like. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes, as well as methods of using such polymerases to make a DNA or to sequence a DNA template.
US08906656B2	Cow rumen xylose isomerases active in yeast cells Polypeptides were identified among translated coding sequences from a metagenomic cow rumen database, that were shown to provide xylose isomerase activity in yeast cells. The xylose isomerase activity can complete a xylose utilization pathway so that yeast can use xylose in fermentation, such as xylose in biomass hydrolysate.
US08906655B2	Alcohol production process The invention relates to a process for optimizing the production of ethanol by microbial fermentation, particularly microbial fermentation of substrates comprising CO. The process involves monitoring the hydrogen production by the microorganism, determining an optimum hydrogen production and adjusting the substrate supply rate in response to a change in the hydrogen production thereby keeping the hydrogen production within a desired range.
US08906653B2	Method for fermentatively producing 1,5-diaminopentane The invention relates to a method for isolating 1,5-diaminopentane (DAP) from DAP-containing fermentation broths, to a method for the fermentative production of DAP using said isolating method and to a method for producing DAP-comprising polymers by using the DAP isolated or fermatively produced DAPs according to said methods.
US08906649B2	Antibodies binding human collagen II The present invention relates to antibodies against human collagen II, polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding human collagen II antibodies or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US08906646B2	Fed-batch method of making human anti-TNF-alpha antibody The invention describes improved methods and compositions for producing a recombinant protein, e.g., an antibody, in mammalian cell culture. In addition, the invention provides improved cell culture media, including improved production media, feed solutions, and combination feeds, which may be used to improve protein productivity in mammalian cell culture.
US08906645B2	Microbial detection article having a water-absorbent filter assembly A microbial detection article and methods of using the same, the article comprising: a base member comprising a self-supporting water impervious substrate with first and second generally opposed major surfaces; a filter assembly defining a filter assembly aperture therein, and having a composite filter body mounted across the filter assembly aperture; wherein the composite filter body comprises: a microporous membrane, and a water-absorbent layer in fluid communication with the microporous membrane; and a cover sheet.
US08906642B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment and diagnosis of haemorrhagic conversion The invention provides a method for predicting a hemorrhagic disorder in a patient consisting determining amine oxidase and, particularly, VAP-1 in a sample from said patient. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inhibitor of amine oxidase and an antithrombotic agent as well as the use of an inhibitor of amine oxidase for treatment of hemorrhagic disorders.
US08906636B2	High level expression of recombinant toxin proteins The present invention relates to the field of recombinant toxin protein production in bacterial hosts. In particular, the present invention relates to production processes for obtaining high levels of a recombinant CRM197, Diphtheria Toxin, Pertussis Toxin, Tetanus Toxoid Fragment C, Cholera Toxin B, Cholera holotoxin, and Pseudomonas Exotoxin A, from a bacterial host.
US08906629B2	Method for screening ameliorants of dry skin caused by atopic dermatitis using bleomycin hydrolase activity as indicator The present invention provides a method for screening and evaluating ameliorants of dry skin caused by atopic dermatitis, comprising: evaluating a candidate drug as being an ameliorant of dry skin caused by atopic dermatitis in the case the candidate drug significantly increases expression and/or activity of bleomycin hydrolase in comparison with a control drug.
US08906626B2	Multiplex nucleic acid reactions A method for detecting nucleic acids by (a) providing a sample having target nucleic acids, each nucleic acid having contiguous first, second, and third domains; (b) contacting the sample with probe sets to form hybridization complexes, wherein each probe set includes (i) a first probe having a sequence that is complementary to the first domain; and (ii) a second probe having a sequence substantially complementary to the third domain; (c) extending the first probes along the second domains of the complexes while the complexes are immobilized on a solid support; (d) ligating the extended first probes to the second probes to form templates; (e) amplifying the templates with primers that are complementary to the first and second priming sequences to produce amplicons; and (f) detecting the amplicons on the surface of a nucleic acid array.
US08906620B2	Exon grouping analysis This invention pertains to the identification of specific disease-causing DNA sequences in a subject. The methods of the present invention can be used to identify genetic alterations, to determine the molecular basis for genetic diseases, and to provide carrier and prenatal diagnosis for genetic counseling.
US08906616B2	Engineering of systems, methods and optimized guide compositions for sequence manipulation The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system.
US08906615B2	2′-arabino-fluorooligonucleotide N3′→P5′ phosphoramidates: their synthesis and use Oligonucleotides with a novel sugar-phosphate backbone containing at least one 2′-arabino-fluoronucleoside and an internucleoside 3′-NH—P(═O)(OR)—O-5′ linkage, where R is a positively charged counter ion or hydrogen, and methods of synthesizing and using the inventive oligonucleotides are provided. The inventive phosphoramidate 2′-aribino-fluorooligonucleotides have a high RNA binding affinity to complementary nucleic acids and are base and acid stable.
US08906614B2	Labeled reactants and their uses Labeled reactant compositions, and particularly labeled nucleic acid reaction compositions, that include structural components that maintain potentially damaging labeling components sufficiently distal from the reactant portion of the molecule such that damaging effects of the label group on other reaction components, such as enzymes, are reduced, minimized and/or eliminated.
US08906610B2	Using phylogenetic probes for quantification of stable isotope labeling and microbial community analysis Herein is described methods for a high-sensitivity means to measure the incorporation of stable isotope labeled substrates into RNA following stable isotope probing experiments (SIP). RNA is hybridized to a set of probes such as phylogenetic microarrays and isotope incorporation is quantified such as by secondary ion mass spectrometer imaging (NanoSIMS).
US08906606B2	Method of predicting and reducing risk of metastasis of breast cancer to lung A signature for breast cancer tissue derived from a patient is established that is indicative of the virulence and risk of lung metastasis by determining the expression levels to define a sample signature, and comparing this sample signature to a reference signature. This determination is used to define appropriate treatment and monitoring options for the patient. Risk of metastasis to the lung can be reduced by treatment with a therapeutic combination that either (1) contains a first agent effective to inhibit epiregulin activity and a second agent effective to inhibit activity of a protein selected from the group consisting of MMP1, MMP2 and PTGS2, or (2) contains a therapeutic agent or combination of agents effective to inhibit activity MMP1, MMP2 and PTGS2. Agents that inhibit the CXCL1 pathway also can be used individually or in combination with these combinations.
US08906605B2	Analytical method of post-translational modifications in hemoglobin An analytical method of post-translational modifications in hemoglobin is disclosed. The analytical method comprises the steps of providing a blood comprising the hemoglobin with post-translational modification of nitration, nitrosylation, or oxidation; performing an extraction process to the blood by an organic solvent; quantifying the hemoglobin by a fluorescent spectrometry; hydrolyzing the hemoglobin into a plurality of peptides by an enzyme; and using a nanoflow liquid chromatography-nanospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry to characterize and quantify the post-translational modifications of the hemoglobin.
US08906604B2	Store-operated calcium cellular assay The present technology provides a cell based assay for identifying compounds that modulate store-operated ionic calcium levels using itpr mutant cell lines, such as itpr-ku cells, which have abnormal ionic calcium levels.
US08906602B2	Methods for identifying candidate compounds for treating, reducing, or preventing pathogenic infections Disclosed are methods for identifying candidate compounds for treating, reducing, or preventing a pathogenic infection, the methods including: (a) contacting a pathogenic cell with a candidate compound; and (b) measuring the production of a molecule selected from the group consisting of an 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinoline (HAQ) molecule, 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline (HHQ) molecule, or a derivative or precursor thereof in the cell, a candidate compound that reduces the production relative to production of the molecule by a cell not contacted with the candidate compound, identifying a candidate compound useful for treating, reducing, or preventing a pathogenic infection.
US08906600B2	Resist pattern forming method, resist pattern, positive resist composition, nanoimprint mold and photomask A resist pattern forming method includes: in the following order, (1) a step of forming a film on a substrate by using a positive resist composition; (2) a step of exposing the film; and (4) a step of performing development by using an alkali developer after the exposing, wherein the positive resist composition contains (A) a polymer compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I) as defined in the specification, a thickness of the film formed in the step (1) is from 15 to 40 nm, and an alkali component concentration in the alkali developer is from 0.5 to 1.1 mass %.
US08906597B2	Layered radiation-sensitive materials with varying sensitivity A method for fabricating a radiation-cured structure is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a first radiation-sensitive material and applying a second radiation-sensitive material to the first radiation-sensitive material. The first radiation-sensitive material has a first sensitivity. The second radiation-sensitive material has a second sensitivity different from the first sensitivity. At least one mask is placed between at least one radiation source and the first and second radiation-sensitive materials. The mask has a plurality of substantially radiation-transparent apertures. The first and second radiation-sensitive materials are then exposed to a plurality of radiation beams through the radiation-transparent apertures in the mask to form a first construct in the first radiation-sensitive material and a second construct in the second radiation-sensitive material. The first construct and the second construct cooperate to form the radiation-cured structure.
US08906593B1	Unsaturated monomeric formulations for the fabrication of polymeric waveguides Monomeric formulations appropriate for creating self-propagating polymer optical waveguides, and methods for their fabrication, are disclosed. Multiple polymer waveguides can be fabricated simultaneously into a three-dimensional micro-truss structure, while avoiding significant polymerization outside the confines of the illuminated region. The formulations described to accomplish this controlled polymerization include species containing one or more unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds capable of being free-radical polymerized in the presence of photoinitiator and either a radical inhibitor species or a solvent, or both. The radical inhibitor and/or solvent are included to minimize heat buildup and thermal decomposition of initiator. This invention enhances the versatility of the chemistry by significantly increasing the number of chemical building blocks available for micro-truss fabrication.
US08906591B2	Fluorine-free fused ring heteroaromatic photoacid generators and resist compositions containing the same The present invention relates to a fluorine-free photoacid generator (PAG) and a photoresist composition containing the same. The PAG is characterized by the presence of an onium cationic component and a fluorine-free fused ring heteroaromatic sulfonate anionic component containing one or more electron withdrawing substituents. The onium cationic component of the PAG is preferably a sulfonium or an iodonium cation. The photoresist composition further contains an acid sensitive imaging polymer. The photoresist composition is especially useful for forming material patterns on a semiconductor substrate using 193 nm (ArF) lithography.
US08906589B2	Salt and photoresist composition comprising the same The present invention provides a salt represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, X1 represents a C1-C17 divalent saturated hydrocarbon group in which one or more —CH2— can be replaced by —O— or —CO— and which can have one or more fluorine atoms, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and Z1+ represents an organic counter cation, and a photoresist composition containing the same.
US08906588B2	Electrostatic charge image developing toner, method of manufacturing electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming method An electrostatic charge image developing toner is provided which includes a core particle that contains an amorphous polyester resin and a colorant; and a shell layer that covers the core particle and contains a polystyrene resin, wherein a softening temperature Ma of the shell layer and a softening temperature Mb of the core particle satisfy a relationship of 10° C.≦Ma-Mb≦45° C.
US08906586B2	Coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation, process for producing the same, photoreceptor produced with the coating fluid, image-forming apparatus employing the photoreceptor, and electrophotographic cartridge employing the photoreceptor A coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation having high productivity and stability and a process thereof are provided. Also provided are a high-performance electrophotographic photoreceptor and an image-forming apparatus which are capable of forming high-quality images even in various use environments and are less apt to cause image defects such as black spots or color spots. The objects are accomplished with a process for producing a coating fluid which is for forming a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor and comprises a charge-generating material and a binder resin, wherein a dispersing medium having an average particle diameter in the range of from 1.0 μm to 350 μm is used as a dispersing medium for dispersing the charge-generating material in the coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation. The coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation produced by this process is preferable as a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor. The charge-generating material preferably comprises a phthalocyanine pigment and the phthalocyanine pigment in the coating fluid preferably has a 50% cumulative particle diameter (D50) of 0.13 μm or smaller as determined by a dynamic light scattering method.
US08906583B2	Stacked mask The present disclosure describes a mask. The mask includes a low thermal expansion material (LTEM) substrate, at least two absorber layers, and a spacer layer separating the two absorber layers. The first absorber layer is deposited over the LTEM substrate. The mask further includes a topcoat layer over the absorber layer. A thickness of the spacer layer is approximately equal to a height of a topography feature on a wafer substrate multiplied by the square of a demagnification of an objective lens. The absorber layers include staged patterns.
US08906582B2	Blank masks for extreme ultra violet lithography, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of correcting registration errors thereof Blank masks for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography are provided. The blank mask includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, a reflection layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate to reflect extreme ultraviolet (EUV) rays, an absorption layer disposed on the reflection layer opposite to the substrate to absorb extreme ultraviolet (EUV) rays, and a conductive layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate to expose portions of the substrate. Related methods are also provided.
US08906581B2	Process for producing fuel cell electrode by applying a sugar to a precursor supporting a metal oxide and conductive substance and carbonizing the sugar The invention provides catalysts that are not corroded in acidic electrolytes or at high potential, have excellent durability and show high oxygen reducing ability. In a process of producing fuel cell electrodes containing a metal oxide and an electron conductive substance, the process includes steps in which a sugar is applied and carbonized on a support layer supporting the metal oxide and the electron conductive substance.
US08906576B2	Material engineering for high performance Li-ion battery electrodes A method of treating an electrode for a battery to enhance its performance is disclosed. By depositing a layer of porous carbon onto the electrode, its charging and discharging characteristics, as well as chemical stability may be improved. The method includes creating a plasma that includes carbon and attracting the plasma toward the electrode, such as by biasing a platen on which the electrode is disposed. In some embodiments, an etching process is also performed on the deposited porous carbon to increase its surface area. The electrode may also be exposed to a hydrophilic treatment to improve its interaction with the electrolyte. In addition, a battery which includes at least one electrode treated according to this process is disclosed.
US08906574B2	Fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly and production method therefor A fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly having a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode has a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter that is not supported on a support, and an electrochemically active surface area of the metal catalyst nanoparticle is 10 m2/g to 150 m2/g, and a layer thickness of the non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer is less than or equal to 10 μm.
US08906573B2	Reinforced solid polymer electrolyte composite membrane, membrane electrode assembly for solid polymer fuel cell, and solid polymer fuel cell The invention provides a solid polymer fuel cell whose operational stability over time has been enhanced. A reinforced solid polymer electrolyte composite membrane for a solid polymer fuel cell according to the present invention comprises two or more polymer electrolyte membranes and one or more layers of a sheet-like porous reinforcing member, wherein the polymer electrolyte membranes provide both the upper and lower surfaces of the composite membrane, and pores in the sheet-like porous reinforcing member are substantially filled with the electrolyte from the polymer electrolyte membranes, and wherein the sheet-like porous reinforcing member contains a peroxide decomposition catalyst.
US08906571B2	Fuel cell separator, manufacturing method of the fuel cell separator, and fuel cell Provided is a fuel cell separator having a coating layer on a metal substrate. The coating layer is provided with an amorphous carbon layer and a conductive section. The conductive section is composed of graphite particles, which are preferably dispersed in the manner of islands each of which has at least a part exposed from the surface of the amorphous carbon layer.
US08906563B2	Internal convection cell An electrochemical cell includes a permeable fuel electrode configured to support a metal fuel thereon, and an oxidant reduction electrode spaced from the fuel electrode. An ionically conductive medium is provided for conducting ions between the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes, to support electrochemical reactions at the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes. A charging electrode is also included, selected from the group consisting of (a) the oxidant reduction electrode, (b) a separate charging electrode spaced from the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes, and (c) a portion of the permeable fuel electrode. The charging electrode is configured to evolve gaseous oxygen bubbles that generate a flow of the ionically conductive medium. One or more flow diverters are also provided in the electrochemical cell, and configured to direct the flow of the ionically conductive medium at least partially through the permeable fuel electrode.
US08906560B2	Organic/inorganic complex proton conductor, electrode for fuel cell including organic/inorganic complex proton conductor, electrolyte membrane for fuel cell including organic/inorganic complex proton conductor, and fuel cell including organic/inorganic complex proton conductor Organic/inorganic complex proton conductors are provided which display high proton conductivity over a wide temperature range. Electrodes for fuel cells which include the organic/inorganic complex proton conductors are also provided. The invention also advantageously provides electrolyte membranes for fuel cells including the organic/inorganic complex proton conductors, and fuel cells including the organic/inorganic complex proton conductors.
US08906558B2	Collection structure in batteries An electrode in a battery, e.g., a lithium-ion battery, has an electrically conductive carrier foil including (i) a terminal region for connection to an electrical circuit and (ii) at least one electrically conductive structure element configured to reduce the electrical resistance between the terminal region and a point on the carrier foil in order to improve electrical collection via the terminal region.
US08906556B2	Rechargeable electro chemical battery cell The invention relates to a rechargeable electrochemical battery cell having a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a positive electrode. The negative electrode comprises an electronically conductive substrate (12) at which an active metal (24) of the negative electrode is deposited by electrolysis during the charging of the cell. A porous structure (13) that contains the active mass (17) of the positive electrode is arranged in the vicinity of the substrate (12) of the negative electrode (5) in such a manner that the active metal (17) of the negative electrode that is deposited during the charging of the cell (3) penetrates into the pores (14) of the porous structure (13) comprising the active mass of the positive electrode and is deposited further therein, at least in part, in metallic form.
US08906555B2	Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery comprising same A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: a crystalline carbon core including pores; an amorphous carbon shell positioned on the core surface; metal nanoparticles dispersed inside the pores; and amorphous carbon inside the pores, wherein a first particle diameter difference (D50−D10) of the nanoparticles is from about 70 to about 150 nm and the second particle diameter difference (D90−D50) of the nanoparticles is from about 440 to about 520 nm.
US08906554B2	Composite anode active material, anode including the same and lithium battery using the anode A composite anode active material includes a composite of a carbon-based anode active material, a metal-based anode active material and polymer particles. By increasing the conductivity of the composite anode active material, a lithium battery having a large capacity, high initial efficiency, high rate capability and improved cycle life performance can be obtained. An anode includes the composite anode active material and a lithium battery includes the anode.
US08906553B1	High voltage cathode material for Li-ion batteries A cathode electrode material for use in rechargeable Li-ion batteries, based on the integration of two Li-based materials of NASICON- and Spinel-type structures, is described in the present invention. The structure and composition of the cathode can be described by a core material and a surface coating surrounding the core material, wherein the core of the cathode particle is of the formula LiMn2-xNixO4−δ (0.5≦x≦0 & 0≦δ≦1) and having a spinel crystal structure, the surface coating is of the formula Li1+xMxTi2-x(PO4)3 (M: is a trivalent cation, 0.5≧x≧0) having a NASICON-type crystal structure.
US08906551B2	Alloys of clathrate allotropes for rechargeable batteries The present disclosure is directed at an electrode for a battery wherein the electrode comprises clathrate alloys of silicon, germanium or tin. In method form, the present disclosure is directed at methods of forming clathrate alloys of silicon, germanium or tin which methods lead to the formation of empty cage structures suitable for use as electrodes in rechargeable type batteries.
US08906544B2	Terminal section for storage battery, nut for terminal of the same terminal section for storage battery, lid for storage battery with the same terminal section for storage battery, and storage battery An object of the invention is to provide a terminal section for storage battery that allows external leading wires to be simultaneously attached thereto at two or more locations, a nut for terminal of the terminal section for storage battery, a lid for storage battery with the terminal section for storage battery, and a storage battery.There is provided a terminal section for storage battery 8 which is made up of a terminal 4 having a cavity portion into which a nut is inserted, a bushing 6, and a conductive portion 7 joining both, wherein the terminal 4 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and through-holes 4K1, 4K2 of the terminal 4 are formed at least at two locations of a rectangular upper surface plate portion and a rectangular front surface plate portion, and at positions where screw holes of the nut communicating with the through-holes 4K1, 4K2 of the terminal 4 do not intersect with each other, when the nut is inserted into the cavity portion of the terminal 4. Moreover, the nut for terminal to be inserted into the cavity portion of the terminal 4 of the terminal section for storage battery 8, and a lid for storage battery with the terminal section for storage battery 8, and a storage battery are provided.
US08906540B2	Micro-porous multi-layer membrane film based on polypropylene for batteries with a cut-off function The invention relates to a biaxially oriented microporous film composed of at least three coextruded layers encompassing an internal cut-off layer and two external layers, wherein all three layers contain a mixture of propylene homopolymer and propylene block copolymer and β-nucleation agent. The propylene block copolymer I of the external layers has a melting point exceeding 140° C. and the propylene block copolymer II of the internal layer has a melting range starting at a temperature ranging from 50 to 120° C. and the melting point of the propylene block copolymer I is greater than the melting point of the propylene block copolymer II.
US08906537B2	Separator for non-aqueous secondary battery, process for producing same, and non-aqueous secondary battery separator for non-aqueous secondary battery, process for producing same, and non-aqueous secondary battery A first object of the present invention is to provide a separator including a polyethylene microporous membrane and a heat-resistant porous layer, and that has a sufficient shutdown function and a sufficient heat resistance, and can be formed with a reduced thickness and can overcome the problem of slidability. A first aspect of the present invention is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery. The separator includes a microporous membrane of primarily polyethylene, and a heat-resistant porous layer of a primarily heat-resistant polymer formed on at least one surface of the microporous membrane. (1) The microporous membrane has a Gurley number of 25 to 35 sec/100 cc·μm per unit thickness. (2) The heat-resistant porous layer contains inorganic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 μm. (3) The inorganic fine particles are 40% to 80% in volume with respect to a total volume of the heat-resistant polymer and the inorganic fine particles. (4) The heat-resistant porous layer has a total thickness of 3 to 12 μm.
US08906535B2	Cable-type secondary battery The present invention relates to a cable-type secondary battery having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending longitudinally, comprising: a core for supplying lithium ions; an inner electrode, comprising a spiral electrode formed by spirally twisting two or more wire-type inner current collectors coated with an inner electrode active material on the surface thereof; a separation layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and an outer electrode surrounding the outer surface of the separation layer, and comprising an outer electrode active material layer and an outer current collector.The core for supplying lithium ions is disposed in the inner electrode, from which the electrolyte of the core for supplying lithium ions can be easily penetrated into an electrode active material, thereby facilitating the supply and exchange of lithium ions.
US08906533B2	Battery module A battery module includes; a plurality of battery cell packs; a plurality of heat dissipation plates and a cooler that absorbs heat radiated from the battery cell packs and absorbed by the heat dissipation plates. The battery cell packs and the heat dissipation plates being alternately stacked. Each of the heat dissipation plates has an interlayer plate portion that is in contact with corresponding two of the battery cell packs and side wall plate portions that extend in the stacking direction with respect to the interlayer plate portion on both end sides of the interlayer plate portion and that are in contact with the cooler at outer faces thereof, and each of the heat dissipation plates has a low thermal resistance region between the interlayer plate portion and each side wall plate portion, the low thermal resistance region having a lower thermal resistance than the interlayer plate portion.
US08906531B2	Module for electric energy storage assemblies for ageing detection of said assemblies Module including a casing (10) in which a plurality of electric energy storage assemblies (20) are arranged so that their longitudinal axis are parallel to one another and perpendicular to an upper wall and a lower wall of the casing. Each electric storage assembly has a first face in thermal contact with and electrically insulated from the lower wall of the casing, and a second face opposite the first face. The second face is capped with a cover electrically connected to the energy storage assembly (20). The upper wall of the casing includes a holder for holding the storage assemblies against the lower wall of the casing which also allows swelling of the covers capping the second faces.
US08906529B2	Redox flow battery system for distributed energy storage A large stack redox flow battery system provides a solution to the energy storage challenge of many types of renewable energy systems. Independent reaction cells arranged in a cascade configuration are configured according to state of charge conditions expected in each cell. The large stack redox flow battery system can support multi-megawatt implementations suitable for use with power grid applications. Thermal integration with energy generating systems, such as fuel cell, wind and solar systems, further maximize total energy efficiency. The redox flow battery system can also be scaled down to smaller applications, such as a gravity feed system suitable for small and remote site applications.
US08906526B2	Electrolyte composition, solid electrolyte membrane, solid polymer fuel cell and manufacturing method for solid electrolyte membrane An electrolyte composition that shows low methanol cross-over and exhibits high proton conductivity when used as a solid electrolyte for solid polymer fuel cells or the like, and a solid electrolyte membrane and a solid polymer fuel cell that use the electrolyte composition are provided. This electrolyte composition comprises a perfluorocyclobutane-containing polymer having a specific structure. High proton conductivity is provided by sulfonic acid groups connected to the benzene rings. Reduction of methanol crossover is realized by introduction of a rigid structure with aromatic rings, or a combination o a rigid structure with aromatic rings and a three-dimensional cross-linked structure.
US08906521B2	Organic electroluminescent device having triptycene derivative material Disclosed is a useful organic EL device which comprises a phosphorescent light-emitting layer and is endowed with improved luminous efficiency and high driving stability. Also disclosed is a hole-transporting material suitable for use in the phosphorescent light-emitting device. The hole-transporting material is a triptycene derivative which has substituents at the 9- and 10-positions and is substituted with an aromatic group containing at least one diarylamino group (—ArNAr2). The organic EL device contains the triptycene derivative in at least one organic layer selected from the group of a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-blocking layer, and an exciton-blocking layer. The diarylamino group (—NAr2) may be fused to form an aromatic heterocyclic group such as a carbazolyl group.
US08906512B2	Metal material having excellent corrosion resistance A metal material of the present invention is composed of an underlying metal and a phosphate compound-based film which is disposed on the surface of the underlying metal and has a surface part, in which the surface part of the phosphate compound-based film contains Zr.
US08906506B2	Glass article A noble glass composition which is based on a known potassium-zinc crystal glass composition suitable for chemical strengthening, in which most of contained ZnO component is replaced with a combination of less expensive oxides. The noble glass composition is easily melted in a tank and formed by machine into table wares, and provides a chemical strengthened crystal glass article which has high practical strength as tableware and can be subjected to washing with an alkali.
US08906504B2	Pigments The present invention relates to pigments comprising a substrate and, applied thereto, an iron-containing coating comprising metallic iron, process for the preparation of the pigments according to the invention, and the use thereof.
US08906501B2	RuO2 coatings Disclosed herein is an article having: a substrate and a RuO2 coating having nanoparticles of RuO2. Also disclosed herein is an article having: a substrate and a RuO2 coating. The coating is made by: immersing the substrate in a solution of RuO4 and a nonpolar solvent at a temperature that is below the temperature at which RuO4 decomposes to RuO2 and warming the substrate and solution to ambient temperature under ambient conditions to cause the formation of the coating.
US08906499B2	Passivated aluminum nitride for enhanced thermal conductivity composite materials for fuser belts In accordance with the present teachings, there are composite materials, fuser members comprising the composite materials, and methods of making the composite materials. In various embodiments, the composite material can include a polyimide resin having a thermal conductivity and a plurality of passivated aluminum nitride particles substantially uniformly dispersed in the polyimide resin to provide the composite material with a thermal conductivity of about 0.4 W/mK to about 2.5 W/mK, and wherein each of the plurality of passivated aluminum nitride particles can include a passivation layer disposed over an aluminum nitride particle core to inhibit oxidation and thermal degradation of a surface of the aluminum nitride particle core.
US08906498B1	Sandwich of impact resistant material A method of making a sandwich of impact resistant material, the method comprising: providing a powder; performing a spark plasma sintering process on powder to form a tile; and coupling a ductile backing layer to the tile. In some embodiments, the powder comprises micron-sized particles. In some embodiments, the powder comprises nano-particles. In some embodiments, the powder comprises silicon carbide particles. In some embodiments, the powder comprises boron carbide particles. In some embodiments, the ductile backing layer comprises an adhesive layer. In some embodiments, the ductile backing layer comprises: a layer of polyethylene fibers; and an adhesive layer coupling the layer of polyethylene fibers to the tile, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a thickness of 1 to 3 millimeters.
US08906484B1	System of composite armor including release layers The present disclosure is directed to a composite armor system and method of manufacturing the same including a composite armor system that includes a first bulk bonded fibrous layer, a second bonded fibrous layer bonded to the first bulk bonded fibrous layer and a third bonded fibrous layer. At least one release layer is disposed between the second bonded fibrous layer and the third bonded fibrous layer and a joining mechanism that joins the second bonded fibrous layer to the third bonded fibrous layer through apertures in the release layer into a joined bonded substratum layer. The release layer prevents bonding between the second bonded fibrous layer and the third bonded fibrous layer at opposite portions of the release layer contacting both the second bonded fibrous layer and the third bonded fibrous layer.
US08906483B2	Flat textile article with magnet in edge An article has a panel of textile having an outer edge formed with a cutout. A permanent magnet is held in the cutout between a pair of flaps of a flexible material significantly more durable than the textile of the panel. The flaps flank the magnet, close the cutout, and overlapping the panel around the cutout. These flaps are secured by stitching or the like to the panel around the cutout to form the flaps into a pocket containing the magnet.
US08906482B2	Stackable weights for lighter-than-air balloons An adjustable weight for tethering lighter-than-air balloons that may include a plurality of individual weights secured together by a friction fit. The weights each have a top wall and a side wall extending from a periphery of the top wall. The side wall includes a top tier adjacent to the top wall and a base tier extending from the top tier. The base tier is larger in size than the top tier to facilitate nesting of adjacent weights, and a step is formed at the intersection of the top tier and the base tier. An attachment member extends from the weight and provides a tethering point for lighter-than-air balloons.
US08906481B2	Composite materials A prepreg assembly comprising resin and fibers and comprising an uppermost curable resin surface layer such that when the assembly is cured, the uppermost surface layer has a sandability of at least 0.30 mg/cycle over 200 cycles, as measured according to ASTM D4060 using a Taber 5151 Abrasion Tester fitted with H18 wheels and a 1.0 kg weight is provided.
US08906480B2	Reinforced laminated support mat A support mat includes a plurality of vertically oriented individual wood members adhesively bonded to each other, each of the individual wood members having wide faces oriented parallel to a direction of a load applied to the support mat, the support mat having outboard wood members, the outwardly facing wide faces of the outboard wood members defining a wide face of the support mat. The support mat also includes least two protective edge members, each protective edge member having an inboard wide face, each of the at least two protective edge members positioned against one the wide faces of the support mat. At least two substantially rigid fasteners extend through and connect each of the protective edge members and adjacent wood members. The wood members, protective edge members, and fasteners define a substantially rigid support mat having a substantially planar wide face.
US08906477B2	Recording medium A recording medium includes a substrate and ink receiving layers including a first ink receiving layer and a second ink receiving layer in that order. The first ink receiving layer contains first inorganic particles including alumina and silica particles, and a first binder. In the first ink receiving layer, the mass ratio of the first binder to the first inorganic particles is from 0.13 to 0.33, and the mass ratio of the alumina particles to the silica particles is from 0.43 to 2.33. The second ink receiving layer contains second inorganic particles and a second binder. The mass ratio of the second binder to the second inorganic particles is from 0.05 to 0.30. The second ink receiving layer has a thickness from 2 μm to 10 μm, and the total thickness of ink receiving layers is from 10 μm to 30 μm.
US08906475B2	Cellulose acylate film, retardation film, polarizer and liquid-crystal display device Provide is a cellulose acylate film, of which the environmental humidity-dependent retardation change is small and which, when stuck to a polarizer and used in high-temperature and high-humidity environments, is effective for preventing the polarizing element from being deteriorated. A cellulose acylate film, which contains a hydrogen-bonding compound satisfying the following requirements (A) to (C), and at least one hydrophobizing agent selected from a polyalcohol ester-base hydrophobizing agent, a polycondensate ester-base hydrophobizing agent and a carbohydrate derivative-base hydrophobizing agent: (A) the compound has both a hydrogen-bonding donor part and a hydrogen-bonding acceptor part in one molecule, (B) the value computed by dividing the molecular weight of the compound by the total number of the hydrogen-bonding donor number and the hydrogen-bonding acceptor number in the compound is from 30 to 65, and (C) the total number of the aromatic ring structures in the compound is from 1 to 3.
US08906474B2	Alignment film, composition for forming alignment film and liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate and a second substrate, one of which is transparent; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a group of electrodes for applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, which is formed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of active elements connected to the group of electrodes; and an alignment film disposed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the alignment film contains a polyimide and a precursor of the polyimide, each of which is formed from a diamine and an acid anhydride, and the diamine contains a first diamine having an acidic group and a second diamine having a nitrogen atom-containing functional group other than two amino groups.
US08906472B2	Nematic liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display element using the same The nematic liquid crystal composition exhibits a negative dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈), the liquid crystal composition being useful as a liquid crystal display material, and a liquid crystal display element using the same. The liquid crystal composition of the present invention has a large absolute value of the dielectric anisotropy thereof and a low viscosity. By using this liquid crystal composition, it is possible to provide a liquid crystal display element which has a high contrast, high-speed responsiveness, and good display quality in which image sticking and display defects are not generated. The liquid crystal display element using the liquid crystal composition is a useful display element which realizes both high-speed response and suppression of display defects. In particular, the liquid crystal display element is useful as a liquid crystal display element for active-matrix driving, and can be applied to, for example, a VA-type or PSVA-type liquid crystal display element.
US08906471B2	Method of depositing metallic film by plasma CVD and storage medium For depositing a metallic film, the following steps are repeatedly conducted: a step in which a precoat film is formed on the inside of a chamber; a step in which two or more substrates to be treated are subjected to the deposition of a metallic film thereon by introducing each substrate into the precoated chamber, placing the substrate on the stage, feeding a treating gas while heating the substrate to generate a plasma of the treating gas, and depositing a metallic film on the substrate by plasma CVD; and a step in which after the film deposition on the substrates has been completed, a cleaning gas is introduced into the chamber to conduct dry cleaning. In the step in which two or more substrates to be treated are subjected to the deposition of a metallic film thereon, a conductive film is formed on the stage one or more times in the course of the step.
US08906458B2	Topologically structured polymer coating Sub-micron-structured (nanostructured) polymer film or coatings are made by coating a substrate with a mixture of materials. One of the materials is removed using a selective solvent, leaving pores or other nanostructure. The substrate may be grooved, providing a competing nanostructure. The coating may act as an antireflective coating, optical retarder, optical diffuser, or orientation layer.
US08906456B2	Apparatus and method for high-throughput chemical vapor deposition A device for depositing at least one especially thin layer onto at least one substrate includes a process chamber housed in a reactor housing and includes a movable susceptor which carries the at least one substrate. A plurality of gas feed lines run into said process chamber and feed different process gases which comprise layer-forming components. Said process gases can be fed to the process chamber in subsequent process steps, thereby depositing the layer-forming components onto the substrate. In order to increase throughput, the process chamber is provided with a plurality of separate deposition chambers into which different gas feed lines run, thereby feeding individual gas compositions. The substrate can be fed to said chambers one after the other by moving the susceptor and depositing different layers or layer components.
US08906454B2	Methods for depositing metal-polymer composite materials atop a substrate Methods for depositing metal-polymer composite materials atop a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of depositing a metal-polymer composite material atop a substrate disposed in a hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) chamber may include flowing a current through a plurality of filaments disposed in the HWCVD chamber, the filaments comprising a metal to be deposited atop a substrate; providing a process gas comprising an initiator and a monomer to the HWCVD chamber; and depositing a metal-polymer composite material on the substrate using species decomposed from the process gas and metal atoms ejected from the plurality of filaments.
US08906452B1	Rapid coating of wafers An improved technique achieves a uniform photoresist film on a wafer by controlling the volatility of the solvent in a photoresist solution during the bake process step. Because film formation takes place in the bake rather than the spin steps of the process, the improved technique involves using less viscous and therefore less costly and easier to use resists to cast relatively thick photoresist films. Such control is achieved in an enclosed chamber into which a carrier gas is introduced; the carrier gas mixes with gaseous solvent to create a saturating atmosphere in which the rate of evaporation of solvent decreases. This enables the heating of the wafer without the reduction of solvent in the film so that the photoresist can self-level. When the film has self-leveled, the solvent is then baked off as usual.
US08906448B2	Method of treating a material to achieve sufficient hydrophilicity for making hydrophilic articles An exemplary method of treating a material such as carbon or graphite to render at least some surfaces of the material hydrophilic includes coating at least a portion of the at least some surfaces with an oxygenated element and controlling a rate of a breakdown of the oxygenated element to leave a corresponding elemental oxide on the surfaces. In one example, the material is treated before being incorporated into an article comprising the material. Another example method includes treating an article comprising the material. Disclosed examples include precipitation or decomposition as the breakdown of the oxygenated element.
US08906442B2	Process for producing dark chocolate A process and a plant are proposed for producing dark chocolate which make it possible to produce dark chocolate, in particular also single-variety dark chocolate, having a high cocoa content without cocoa powder needing to be produced and/or added. By means of a partial defatting of the cocoa mass in a process step which is connected upstream of the mixing, grinding and/or conching, the fat content in the cocoa mass is reduced to the extent that dark chocolates can be produced having a high cocoa content without cocoa powder needing to be added. The partial defatting of the cocoa mass is preferably carried out using a decanter (50). The cocoa butter fraction (2) according to the invention occurs on decanting as a high-fat fraction which still contains a fraction of 17 to 21% by weight, a maximum of 30% by weight, of fat-free cocoa dry matter. In the novel process according to the present invention, the expenditure for producing a highly defatted cocoa powder is avoided, since the cocoa mass (11) is only defatted to the point that the mass produced therefrom can be comminuted without problem using rollers (30) and can subsequently be conched. The cocoa butter fraction is added during conching after the comminution in a ball mill.
US08906440B2	Coffee filter basket A coffee filter basket includes a filter retainer having an outer shell with an upper end having open top and a bottom including an opening, an insert having an upper collar of a less than the diameter than the upper end of the retainer to fit therein and having a lower extension which when a filter is disposed within the retainer and the insert is disposed within the filter, the insert press-fits within the retainer to retain the filter adjacent the retainer shell, and a removable top having an outer perimeter lip portion of at least that of the diameter of the upper end of the retainer and a lower collar portion of a diameter less than the diameter of the upper collar and configured to press-fit therein to secure the insert in the retainer, wherein the removable top has an opening. A method of use is provided.
US08906439B2	Process for spraying a layer containing fat and sugar on a surface of an edible product The invention relates to a process for applying a layer of a composition comprising at least fat and sugar on a surface of an edible product, characterized in that it comprises submitting the product to at least two spraying stages, each involving generating by at least one nozzle a conical jet having an angle α and a vertical axis, said nozzle being disposed above the product at a height H between 200 mm and 800 mm and preferably between 300 mm and 650 mm so that, upon impinging on the product, the jet has become a vertically oriented drizzle with a substantially cylindrical cross-section.
US08906433B2	Cosmetic composition for skin moisturisation comprising pine-resin extract, Pinus densiflora needle extract and Pinus densiflora root extract The present invention relates to a skin moisturizing cosmetic composition that includes a pine resin extract, a Pinus Densiflora needle extract, and a Pinus Densiflora root extract, as active ingredients. More specifically, the present invention includes a pine resin extract, a Pinus Densiflora needle extract, and a Pinus Densiflora root extract, as active ingredients, and has advantageous effects of improving moisturizing activity on the skin and enhancing skin texture, skin clearness and skin contour.
US08906432B2	Compositions comprising an NFκB-inhibitor and a non-retinoid collagen promoter The present invention relates to a composition comprising an NFκB-inhibitor and a non-retinoid collagen promoter.
US08906431B2	Water dispersible compositions and methods of using the water dispersible compositions Described herein are compositions comprising a nematicide intermixed with lecithin and a co-surfactant that form stable dispersions in water. Also disclosed are methods of controlling nematodes in soil by application of such compositions.
US08906427B2	Treatment for meibomian gland dysfunction or obstruction A jojoba formulation has been developed for administration to the meibomian gland, for treatment of the symptoms of dry eye, and/or for drug delivery to the meibomian gland. The formulation incorporates the natural product jojoba wax, or components thereof, to enhance the spreading of the artificial tear as well as stabilize the tear film. The jojoba wax tear relieves irritation and discomfort as well as sharpens the blurred vision. Jojoba, because of its close chemical and physical properties to meibomian gland secretions, is effective upon topical application to penetrate the lid margin to reach the gland tissues where it may exert a therapeutic effect with or without an adjunctive agent.
US08906424B2	Licorice polyphenol preparation This invention provides a highly concentrated licorice polyphenol preparation with high bioavailability. Further, this invention is intended to maintain high transparency of a composition without deterioration of the indigenous properties of an aqueous substance, even when such composition is added thereto. Such licorice polyphenol preparation comprises a hydrophobic licorice extract comprising licorice polyphenol as a primary component, medium-chain fatty acid triglyceride, and polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, and the ratio of the total weight of the hydrophobic licorice extract and medium-chain fatty acid triglyceride to the weight of polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester is between 1:1 and 1:10.
US08906421B2	Methods of dissolving blood clots and the like The present invention provides an aqueous composition and its use for dissolving blood clots in vivo or in clinical or research samples in vitro, said composition comprising at least one chaotropic agent, at least one chelating agent that complexes iron if the chaotropic agent does not complex iron and at least one surface-active emulsifier, the composition being buffered near pH 7.4. The process of dissolving the clot with the aqueous composition is advantageous because it is simple, inexpensive, rapid and can be applied in a variety of contexts, including basic research and clinical situations.
US08906416B2	Xanthenedione derivatives for the treatment of pigmentation and skin ageing disorders The invention relates to compound of generic formula (I) in which: R1 and R2 represent: OH, a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl radical a C1-C6 alkoxy radical, a halogen, or OCOR3; R3 represents: a C1-C24 alkyl radical a C12-C24 alkenyl radical comprising at least one unsaturation; R4 represents: COR5, a glucide substituted or not by one or more acetyl radical(s); R5 represents: a C10-C24 alkyl radical or a C12-C24 alkenyl radical comprising at least one unsaturation; R6 and R7 represent:—simultaneously a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical, or—when R6 represents a hydrogen atom, R7 represents a C1-C6 alkyl radical or a phenyl substituted or not by one or more C1-C3 alkoxy radical(s) or one or more halogen(s) or—R6 and R7 are bonded together and form a C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable salts.
US08906410B2	Oral dosage form of 25-hydroxyvitamin D Methods and compositions for treating 25-hydroxyvitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in a patient are described herein. The method includes orally administering to the patient a delayed, sustained release formulation including a first ingredient selected from the group consisting of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, or a combination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, or it includes gradually administering to the patient a sterile intravenous formulation including a first ingredient selected from the group consisting of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, or a combination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.
US08906408B2	Octenidine composition The invention relates to octenidine or a pharmaceutical salt thereof, in particular octenidine dihydrochloride, which is intended for mutual therapeutic administration of the octenidine in solution with a polyalcohol of formula 1: (H—C—OH)a(HO—C—OH)b(H—C—H)c, where a, b, c are whole numbers, where a+b is at least 2, preferably at least 3, c is selected from 0, 1 or a number from 2 to a+b, optionally in addition to one or more aldehyde groups provided that they form (cyclic) acetals with one of the hydroxy groups or one or more keto groups optionally as acetal with one of the hydroxy groups, optionally in addition to one or more carboxylic acid groups if the polyalcohol is a cyclic acetal or acetal, preferably with ring sizes of 5 to 7 atoms, or a polymer, polyether or polyester thereof, provided that the polyalcohol exists as a polymer, polyether or polyester with at least two units of formula 1 if a+b is 2 or 3. The invention also relates to kits containing these ingredients, and use thereof for treating infections and wounds.
US08906406B2	Mucoadhesive dispersible pharmaceutical preparation for active-agent dosing in veterinary and human medicine The invention relates to a mucoadhesive medicinal preparation for administering active substances in veterinary or humane medicine, containing at least one active substance, which preparation is characterized in that it is a mucoadhesive matrix disintegratable in aqueous media, which matrix contains at least one matrix-forming polymer and wherein at least one active substance is dissolved or dispersed, and in that the said preparation disintegrates or erodes within maximally 15 minutes after introduction in an aqueous medium or in body fluids, or in that the preparation initially gels within maximally 15 min after its introduction in an aqueous medium or in body fluids, and disintegrates or erodes within maximally 30 min after said introduction.
US08906404B2	Three dimensional porous polymeric structure having a pore-size range of 1/10 to 10 times the average pore size Provided herein is a three dimensional porous structure formed around an array of particles, where the particles define pores in the structure. The structure retreats away from the surface of the particles during formation, such that the particles optionally remain within the pores in the structure.
US08906403B2	Biomaterials carrying cyclodextrins having improved absorption properties and used for the progressive and delayed release of therapeutic molecules A method for preparing a biomaterial containing at least one bioactive molecule from a base biomaterial, comprising the following successive operations carried out on the base biomaterial: a) application of a solid mixture of: cyclodextrin(s) and/or cyclodextrin derivative(s) and/or cyclodextrin inclusion complex(es) and/or cyclodextrin derivative inclusion complex(es), at least one poly(carboxylic) acid, and optionally a catalyst; b) heating at a temperature between 100° C. and 200° C. for a period of 1 to 60 minutes; c) washing with water; d) drying, wherein at least one bioactive agent is incorporated in the biomaterial by impregnation of the biomaterial after the drying step in a concentrated solution of the bioactive agent.
US08906387B2	In vivo transduction with a chimeric AAV capsid protein Recombinant adeno-associated viral (AAV) capsid proteins are provided. Methods for generating a library of recombinant adeno-associated viral capsid proteins are also provided.
US08906382B2	Method for treating amyloid disease The invention relates to methods for treating human amyloid disease by administration of modified Aβ peptide immunogens.
US08906381B2	Immunonanotherapeutics that provide IGG humoral response without T-cell antigen The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides synthetic nanocarriers capable of eliciting an immune system response in the form of antibody production, wherein the nanocarriers lack any T cell antigens. In some embodiments, the invention provides nanocarriers that comprise an immunofeature surface, which provides high avidity binding of the nanocarriers to antigen presenting cells. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using such nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US08906379B2	Targeting of glycoprotein therapeutics Methods of making ligand-decorated polymer conjugates of therapeutic glycoproteins are described. Improved targeting of glycoproteins to specific tissues is achieved by masking the natural carbohydrate and other surface determinants with high molecular weight polymers, such as, e.g., PEG, polysialic acid, etc., which in turn are decorated with target-specific ligands. In some embodiments, acid-labile linkages in such conjugates or rapidly degradable masking groups allow for the intracellular release of the polymer from the glycoprotein, for example, under conditions found in lysosomes.
US08906378B2	Combination therapy with anti-CD74 antibodies provides enhanced toxicity to malignancies, autoimmune disease and other diseases Disclosed are compositions and methods comprising combinations of anti-CD74 antibodies with a therapeutic agent that is attached to the anti-CD74 antibody or separately administered. Preferably, the therapeutic agent is an antibody that binds to an antigen different from CD74, such as CD19, CD20, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD37, CD40, CD40L, CD52, CD80, IL-6, CXCR4 or HLA-DR. However, the therapeutic agent may be an immunomodulator, a cytokine, a toxin or other known therapeutic agent. Preferably, the anti-CD74 antibody is part of a DNL complex. More preferably, combination therapy with the anti-CD74 antibody and therapeutic agent is more effective than antibody alone, therapeutic agent alone, or the combination of unconjugated anti-CD74 antibody and therapeutic agent. Administration of combination induces apoptosis of target cells in diseases in which CD74 is overexpressed, such as solid tumors, B-cell lymphomas or leukemias, autoimmune disease, immune dysfunction disease or diabetes.
US08906376B2	Drug conjugates and their use for treating cancer, an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease Drug-Linker-Ligand Conjugates are disclosed in which a Drug is linked to a Ligand via a peptide-based Linker unit. In one embodiment, the Ligand is an Antibody. Drug-Linker compounds and Drug compounds are also disclosed. Methods for treating cancer, an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease using the compounds and compositions of the invention are also disclosed.
US08906375B2	Methods of using antibodies against human IL-22 The present application provides human antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to the human interleukin-22 (IL-22) and methods of using those antibodies, for example, in diagnosing, treating or preventing inflammatory disorders, autoimmune diseases, allergies, septic shock, infectious disorders, transplant rejection, cancer, and other immune system disorders.
US08906368B2	Immunoglobulin preparations having increased stability The present invention relates to a protein preparation having increased stability, comprising a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of non-polar and basic amino acids and having a pH of 4.0 to 5.2. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a method of stabilizing protein preparations.
US08906366B2	Methods for preparing factor X, activated factor X, inactivated factor X and inactivated factor Xa, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same Methods for preparing Factor X, activated Factor X, inactivated factor X and inactivated factor Xa, compositions comprising Factor X and Factor Xa, inactivated Factor X and inactivated Factor Xa and methods of medical treatment using Factor X, Factor Xa, activated Factor X and inactivated Factor Xa are disclosed. The preparation methods comprise a chromatography step using an immobilised metal ion affinity chromatography substrate.
US08906362B2	Tissue engineered meniscus scaffolds and methods of use Provided herein are methods of producing a meniscus scaffold to remove material and increase the pore size and porosity therein. In some embodiments, methods include seeding the tissue with allogeneic or autogeneic cells. Bioscaffolds produced by the processes described herein are also provided, as are methods of treating a subject in need of a bioscaffold implant.
US08906361B2	Anti-aging formulations A dietary supplement based on blue green algae, phycocyanin and phenylethylamine is fortified with one or more of curcumin, silymarin, resveratrol, astragalus root extract, astragoloside IV, vitamin D3, vitamin C, anhydrous trimethylglycine and brewer's yeast to stimulate stem cell production and reduce the rate of telomere reduction or shortening. This can result in the repair of existing body cells and enhance longevity by stimulating the production of new stem cells and maintaining the telomeres on new stem cells as well as existing cells. The dietary supplement supports an increased life span by enhancing metabolic function, activating SIRT-1 anti-aging genes, and encouraging the production of new cells with longer telomeres.
US08906359B2	Recombinant retrovirus pseudotyped with a E2 alphavirus glycoprotein Methods and compositions are provided for delivery of a polynucleotide encoding a gene of interest, typically an antigen, to a dendritic cell (DC). The virus envelope comprises a DC-SIGN specific targeting molecule. The methods and related compositions can be used to treat patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including infection, such as HIV/AIDS, and various types of cancers.
US08906357B2	Treatment of multiple sclerosis with masitinib The present invention relates to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor or a mast cell inhibitor, and in particular masitinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of human multiple sclerosis.
US08906354B2	Loaded latex optical molecular imaging probes containing lipophilic large stokes shift dyes The present invention relates to a loaded particle comprising at least one fluorescent dye, and in particular, a fluorescent dye with a large Stokes shift. The invention further relates to a method for producing an loaded latex particle, loaded with a fluorescent dye having a large stokes shift. In addition, the present invention relates to latex particles loaded with fluorescent dyes that are organic solvent soluble and insoluble in water. In a preferred embodiment, when the dyes are loaded into the water soluble latex particle, an increase is observed in quantum yield of fluorescence as compared to the quantum yield of the dye in aqueous solvent.
US08906352B2	Method for straightening human hair fibers using heating means and an α-hydroxy acid derivative The invention concerns a method for straightening keratinous fibers including: (i) a step of applying on the keratinous fibers a hair straightening composition containing at least one alpha-hydroxy and/or keto acid derivative, the pH of said composition being not more than 9 (ii) a step of increasing the temperature of the keratinous fibers, using heating means, to a temperature ranging between 110 and 250° C.
US08906345B2	Multimeric particles The invention provides multimeric particle comprising metal-containing particles covalently bonded to one another by linker groups wherein at least some of said linker groups are cleavable. The invention further provides a contrast agent comprising said multimeric particles, along with a method of improving contrast of an image using said contrast agent.
US08906344B2	F-18 radiolabeled compounds for diagnosing and monitoring kidney function The invention relates to 18F-labeled compounds of formula (I), hydrates, isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions. The invention relates to the methods of diagnosing kidney function in humans by PET imaging.
US08906343B2	PAA nanoplatforms containing fluorophores and targeted moieties covalently linked and photosensitizer post-loaded A PAA nanoparticle containing a covalently linked fluorescent dye and a post-loaded tetrapyrrolic photosensitizer.
US08906332B2	Gaseous ammonia removal system A system and method for passive capture of ammonia in an enclosure containing material that gives off ammonia. The invention allows for the passage of gaseous NH3 through microporous hydrophobic gas-permeable membranes and its capture in a circulated acidic solution with concomitant production of a concentrated non-volatile ammonium salt.
US08906327B2	Pipette tip stacking tray A stackable pipette tip tray is described. The pipette tip tray includes a deck having first and second opposing longitudinal side edges. A plurality of shaft apertures is arranged into a plurality of longitudinal rows on the deck. Each of the shaft apertures has a first size or shape configured to receive a shaft of a pipette tip. The deck also includes a plurality of tip apertures that is also arranged into a plurality of longitudinal rows such that at least one of the longitudinal rows of tip apertures is located between an adjacent pair of longitudinal rows of shaft apertures. Each of the plurality of tip apertures has a second size or shape, different from the first size or shape, and is configured to receive a distal tip end of a pipette tip when one tray of pipette tips is stacked above another tray of pipette tips. The plurality of longitudinal rows of shaft apertures is further arranged such that an outer one of the plurality of longitudinal rows of shaft apertures adjacent the first side edge of the deck is positioned closer to the first side edge than an outer one of the plurality of longitudinal rows of shaft apertures adjacent the second side edge of the deck is positioned relative to the second side edge.
US08906324B2	Automatic inoculating system and method for depositing a sample on a substrate in a pattern An automatic inoculating system for depositing a sample on a substrate in a predetermined pattern. A turret is rotatable about a vertical axis, and an arm retained by the turret is pivotable about a horizontal axis. A stylus retained at a distal portion of the arm sucks up and dispenses the sample, such as by use of a pumping system in fluidic communication with the stylus. A support rotatably retains the substrate. The arm can be raised and lowered, such as by a cylinder on which the arm rests without a retaining mechanical connection therebetween. The arm can thus freely lift off the cylinder as when the stylus contacts the surface of the substrate. The sample can thus be deposited on the substrate in a predetermined pattern by a dispensing from the stylus in combination with rotation of the turret and the substrate and a pivoting of the arm.
US08906323B2	Microchip A microchip having a fluid circuit therein for passing a liquid is provided, wherein the fluid circuit has a first reservoir and a second reservoir for storing at least a part of the liquid, a first path connecting the first reservoir and the second reservoir, and a second path connecting the first reservoir and the second reservoir at a position different from the first path, and the first reservoir, the second reservoir, the first path, and the second path constitute a circular path capable of circulating the liquid.
US08906320B1	Biosensors for biological or chemical analysis and systems and methods for same A biosensor is provided including a detection device and a flow cell mounted to the detection device. The detection device has a detector surface with a plurality of reaction sites. The detection device also includes a filter layer that is configured to at least one of (a) filter unwanted excitation light signals; (b) direct emission signals from a designated reaction site toward one or more associated light detectors that are configured to detect the emission signals from the designated reaction site; or (c) block or prevent detection of crosstalk emission signals from adjacent reaction sites.
US08906319B2	Distributor plate for the distribution of a polyphase mixture with periphery-truncated shafts A plate that allows the distribution of a polyphase mixture in a reactor that operates in the trickle mode and that consists of at least one gaseous phase and at least one liquid phase, with the plate (10) being located above a catalytic particle bed, comprising a number of shafts (3), and a portion of the shafts of the plate, located close to the wall of the reactor chamber, called peripheral shafts, are truncated. The plate is used in a reactor for the purpose of carrying out hydrotreatment, hydrogenation, or oxidation.
US08906317B2	Production apparatus of composite silver nanoparticle A production apparatus of composite silver nanoparticle including: a device for arranging a silver salt microparticle and at least an alcohol solvent selected from alcohols having a carbon number of 1 to 12; a raw material mixer for preparing an alcohol solution by mixing the silver salt microparticle into the alcohol solvent added more excessively than the mol number of the silver salt microparticle to make an excess alcohol solution; a reactor for generating a composite silver nanoparticle by heating the excess alcohol solution at a generation temperature PT generating an aldehyde for a generation time with a heater, in which a silver core is formed by reducing the silver salt microparticle by the alcohol solvent and/or the aldehyde and the composite silver nanoparticle having an organic coating layer originated from the alcohol solvent around the silver core is formed, and a chiller for cooling the alcohol solution.
US08906316B2	Fluid recirculation system for use in vapor phase particle production system A method of and system for recirculating a fluid in a particle production system. A reactor produces a reactive particle-gas mixture. A quench chamber mixes a conditioning fluid with the reactive particle-gas mixture, producing a cooled particle-gas mixture that comprises a plurality of precursor material particles and an output fluid. A filter element filters the output fluid, producing a filtered output. A temperature control module controls the temperature of the filtered output, producing a temperature-controlled, filtered output. A content ratio control module modulates the content of the temperature-controlled, filtered output, thereby producing a content-controlled, temperature-controlled, filtered output. A channeling element supplies the content-controlled, temperature-controlled, filtered output to the quench chamber, wherein the content-controlled, filtered output is provided to the quench chamber as the conditioning fluid to be used in cooling the reactive particle-gas mixture.
US08906315B2	Device for treating exhaust gas containing soot particles A device for treating exhaust gas containing soot particles includes at least one ionization element for ionizing soot particles, at least one filter element having at least one section to which an electrical potential can be applied, and at least one flow-directing device. The flow-directing device can influence a flow of the exhaust gases in such a way that the soot particles can be prevented from being deposited on at least one electric insulation of the ionization element or of the filter element or can be removed therefrom. Soot particles are therefore effectively prevented from being deposited on electric insulation of exhaust gas cleaning components, thereby preventing short-circuits from being produced and permitting exhaust gas systems to be safely operated.
US08906314B2	Bubble column reactor and method of controlling bubble column reactor A bubble column reactor includes a reactor body which contains a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, an inflow port which is provided at the bottom of the reactor body and allows a synthesis gas including a carbon monoxide gas and a hydrogen gas as the main components to flow into the slurry therethrough, and an outflow port which is provided at the top of the reactor body and allows gaseous hydrocarbons synthesized by a chemical reaction between the synthesis gas and the slurry, an unreacted synthesis gas, and the like to flow out therethrough. The distance in a vertical direction between the liquid surface of the slurry and the outflow port is 1.4 m or more and 10 m or less.
US08906313B2	Fluidized bed reactor systems Gas distribution units of fluidized bed reactors are configured to direct thermally decomposable compounds to the center portion of the reactor and away from the reactor wall to prevent deposition of material on the reactor wall and process for producing polycrystalline silicon product in a reactor that reduce the amount of silicon which deposits on the reactor wall.
US08906311B2	Process unit for flexible production of alkylate gasoline and distillate A process unit, comprising: a) an alkylation reactor; and b) a control system that enables the alkylation reactor to be operated in an alkylate mode and in a distillate mode; wherein the alkylation reactor can switch back and forth from operating in the alkylate mode to the distillate mode.
US08906308B2	Method for determining volume and hemoglobin content of individual red blood cells A method for determining the volume or hemoglobin content of an individual red blood cell in a sample containing a population of red blood cells. The method may be performed on a hematology analyzer. Also provided are a hematology analyzer for performing the method and a computer-readable medium containing programming for performing the method.
US08906306B2	Fluid transfer control for real-time PCR The present invention provides a fluid transfer control method, the method based on measurements of intensities of dyes within the fluid to be transferred. In more detail, the present invention makes use of control dyes and quencher molecules for the fluid transfer controls.
US08906305B2	Analyte-testing instruments An instrument adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor is disclosed. The instrument comprises a display adapted to display information to a user, a user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the instrument, a first test-sensor cartridge, and a body portion including at least a first opening and a second opening formed therein. The first opening is adapted to receive a test sensor from the first test-sensor cartridge. The second opening is adapted to store at least one additional test-sensor cartridge.
US08906303B2	Assays A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte. Capillary structures of the devices or used in the methods may comprise a matrix and the devices may comprise control elements and methods for assaying of sample may use corresponding controlling activities.
US08906299B2	Scavenging oxygen A container (22) includes a shell (24) made from a polymer, for example PET, and incorporating a catalyst, for example a palladium catalyst. A closure (40) incorporates a plug which includes a source of hydrogen, for example a hydride. In use, with container (22) including a beverage and closure (40) in position, the headspace in the container will be saturated with water vapor. This vapor contacts the hydride associated with plug (42) and as a result the hydride produces molecular hydrogen which migrates into the polymer matrix of shell (24) and combines with oxygen which may have entered the container through its permeable walls. A reaction between the hydrogen and oxygen takes place, catalyzed by the catalyst, and water is produced. Thus, oxygen which may ingress the container is scavenged and the contents of the container are protected from oxidation.
US08906289B2	Method for manufacturing friction disks with ceramic materials with improved friction layer Method for manufacturing a friction disk including preparing a mixture including a carbide-forming element having an average particle size ≦2,000 μm, a resin, optionally a binder, and optionally fine carbon, and/or short carbon fibers; forming the mixture at ≦ to 280° C. to produce a molded body; heating the molded body to approximately 750° C. to approximately 1300° C. to form a porous carbon body including a carbon residue; heating the porous carbon body to a temperature above the melting point of the carbide-forming element thereby reacting the carbide-forming element with at least a portion of the carbon residue to yield an alveolar structure; infiltrating the alveolar structure with silicon at a temperature above the melting point of silicon thereby filling at least one pore of the alveolar structure with silicon and reacting the silicon with an amount of unreacted carbon residue to form silicon carbide; and obtaining a friction disk.
US08906287B2	Gas tank and method of manufacturing liner for gas tank A gas tank, includes: a liner; and a fiber reinforced plastic layer. A hollow portion is formed within a thickness of the liner along an axial direction of the tank.
US08906280B2	Method of manufacturing sole assembly for article of footwear A method of forming a midsole includes the steps of placing a first mold member and a second mold member in contact with one another, injecting a first material into the first mold member to form first and second portions of a midsole preform, positioning the first and second portions in a third mold member of a second mold assembly; placing a second material in the third mold member; placing the third mold member and a fourth mold member in contact with one another, subjecting the second material and the first and second portions to heat to form a midsole preform, placing the midsole preform in a fifth mold member, placing the fifth mold member and a sixth mold member in contact with one another; and subjecting the midsole preform to heat and pressure to form a midsole.
US08906277B2	Process for manufacturing a resulting pharmaceutical film The invention relates to film products containing desired levels of active components and methods of their preparation. Desirably, the films disintegrate in water and may be formed by a controlled drying process, or other process that maintains the required uniformity of the film. Desirably, the films may be exposed to temperatures above that at which the active components typically degrade without concern for loss of the desired activity.
US08906273B2	Method of making poly(arylene ether) compositions A method of making a thermoplastic composition comprises melt extruding a poly(arylene ether) powder to form a first pelletized poly(arylene ether); and melt extruding the first pelletized poly(arylene ether) to form a second pelletized poly(arylene ether), wherein the second pelletized poly(arylene ether) has a level of butyraldehyde less than the first pelletized poly(arylene ether) and the second pelletized poly(arylene ether) has a level of trimethylanisole less than the first pelletized poly(arylene ether).
US08906270B2	Acidic ion exchange membrane and method for making and using the same The invention relates generally to a polymeric composition and a method for making and using the polymeric composition, more specifically to a polymeric composition and a method for making and using the polymeric composition in the form of a membrane.
US08906266B2	Process for the preparation of hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas Process for the preparation of hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas from a gaseous carbonaceous feedstock by performing the following steps: (a) auto-thermal reforming of a gaseous feedstock thereby obtaining a first gaseous mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, (b) catalytic steam reforming of the gaseous carbonaceous feedstock to obtain a second gaseous mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide by feeding steam and the gaseous carbonaceous feedstock through a first set of numerous microchannels provided with a steam reforming catalyst and feeding the first gaseous mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide through a second set of numerous microchannels, wherein the first and second set of microchannels are oriented such that the required heat for the steam reforming reaction in the first set of microchannels is provided by convective heat exchange from the second set of microchannels, thereby obtaining the hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas as the effluent of the second set of microchannels.
US08906265B2	Blue emitting semiconductor nanocrystals and compositions and devices including same A semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting blue light upon excitation. Also disclosed are devices, populations of semiconductor nanocrystals, and compositions including a semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting blue light upon excitation. In one embodiment, a semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting blue light including a maximum peak emission at a wavelength not greater than about 470 nm with a photoluminescence quantum efficiency greater than about 65% upon excitation. In another embodiment, a semiconductor nanocrystal includes a core comprising a first semiconductor material comprising at least three chemical elements and a shell disposed over at least a portion of the core, the shell comprising a second semiconductor material, wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal is capable of emitting blue light with a photoluminescence quantum efficiency greater than about 65% upon excitation. In a further embodiment, a semiconductor nanocrystal includes a core comprising a first semiconductor material comprising at least three chemical elements and a shell disposed over at least a portion of the core, the shell comprising a second semiconductor material comprising at least three chemical elements, wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal is capable of emitting light including a maximum peak emission in the blue region of the spectrum upon excitation.
US08906264B2	Silicate phosphors The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) EA2-xEuxSiO4.aM2B4O7 (I) where EA stands for two or more elements selected from Ca, Sr, Zn and Ba, M stands for Li, Na or K, and a stands for a value from the range 0.01≦a≦0.08, and x stands for a value from the range 0.01≦x≦0.25.
US08906262B2	Metal silicate halide phosphors and LED lighting devices using the same The present invention relates to certain metal silicate halide (halosilicate) phosphors, the phosphors with an oxide coating, methods of making the phosphors, and light emitting diode- (LED-) based lighting devices modified with the phosphors.
US08906253B2	Gap embedding composition, method of embedding gap and method of producing semiconductor device by using the composition A gap embedding composition used for embedding a patterned gap formed between photosensitive resin film portions on a semiconductor substrate surface, the gap embedding composition, at least having: a hydrolysis condensate of an aryloxysilane raw material; and an aromatic compound, as a solvent.
US08906247B2	Patterning process for oxide film The present disclosure provides a patterning process for an oxide film, including: covering a barrier layer composition on a substrate to form a patterned barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer composition includes an inorganic component and an organic binder with a weight ratio of 50-98:2-50; forming an oxide film on the patterned barrier layer and the substrate, wherein a thickness ratio (D1/D2) of the barrier layer (D1) to the oxide film (D2) is about 5-2000; and lifting off the barrier layer and the oxide film thereon, while leaving portions of the oxide film on the substrate.
US08906242B2	Transportable reactor tank Disclosed is an improved water treatment apparatus. The treatment apparatus is pressurized and operates on a continuous flow of fluids which are subjected to hydrodynamic waves, acoustic ultrasonic waves in combination with injected ozone. The treatment tank includes a tangential inlet that induces a rotating flow into the tank thereby increasing the mixing of the ozone within the effluent. The ozonated fluid is further electro chemically treated with DC current. The treatment tank provides a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling fluids as contaminated as frac water, used to stimulate gas production from shale formations, as well as other types of fluids having various levels of contaminants such as aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and suspended solids. The calcium carbonate scaling tendency is reduced to an acceptable level without the use of acids, ion exchange materials, or anti scaling chemicals which is of economical and environmental significance and benefit. The treatment apparatus is modular in construction and compact in overall configuration. The modular design makes the treatment apparatus easy to install, maintain, repair, replace and transport. The treatment apparatus and associated equipment is sized and configured to be mounted within a truck trailer body.
US08906241B2	Enhanced reactive ozone Disclosed is a new form of reactive ozone and techniques for producing nanobubble suspensions of the reactive ozone. The bubbles entrap a high concentration of ozone, with the ozone orienting a net negative charge outwards and a net positive charge inwards.
US08906240B2	Early detection of low bicarbonate level This disclosure relates to early detection of low bicarbonate level. In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a first signal from a conductivity detector connected to a line through which a solution of salt concentrate and fluid flows and determining a first conductivity of the solution based on the first signal. The method also includes receiving a second signal from the conductivity detector at a time after receiving the first signal, determining a second conductivity of the solution based on the second signal, and determining whether the second conductivity is less than the first conductivity by at least a threshold amount.
US08906239B2	Use of silicon-containing polymers to improve red mud flocculation in the bayer process The suspended solids content of a Bayer process stream is reduced by contacting the stream with silicon-containing polymers.
US08906237B2	Water treatment and reuse system System and methods are disclosed for filtering wastewater. In one embodiment, a water filtering system comprises a first filtering stage and a second filtering stage. The first filtering stage receives a flow of wastewater, and uses electrocoagulation to separate suspended particles from the wastewater and produce filtered wastewater. The second filtering stage receives the filtered wastewater from the first filtering stage, and uses mechanical filtering to remove suspended particles from the filtered wastewater and produce filtered water that is substantially free from suspended particles.
US08906235B2	Process for liquid/solid separation of lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate fermentation broth When lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate is included in fermentation medium, the broth resulting from biocatalyst production is complex with low filterability. A heat treatment was found to increase filterability, allowing efficient separation of a liquid fraction from a solid fraction, which is further processed for water recycle and syrup production.
US08906231B2	Method and system for polypeptide purification The present invention provides a method and automated system for the purification of polypeptides including the direct filtration of solutions containing the polypeptides after purification.
US08906229B2	Device for a biological liquid treatment installation The invention concerns a device comprising: a base (2); a moveable or removable door (20), said device having a closed door position; and in the closed door position, a circuit (8) comprising a bag comprising two flexible films and conveying network connectors, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on said front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); said bag being clamped between said first shell (16) and said second shell (17) in a state in which conduits of said network for conveying liquid are formed between said films.
US08906224B2	Sweet or sour service catalytic dewaxing in block mode configuration Sweet and sour lubricant feeds are block and continuous processed to produce lubricant basestocks. Total liquid product yields at a desired pour point are maintained for catalytic dewaxing of both sweet and sour conditions. The desired pour point is achieved for both the sweet and sour feeds by varying the catalytic dewaxing reaction temperature as a function of sulfur content entering the reactor.
US08906216B2	Method for producing alloy deposits and controlling the nanostructure thereof using electro-deposition with controlled polarity ratio Bipolar current electrodeposits a nanocrystalline grain size. Polarity Ratio relates the absolute value of time integrated amplitude of negative polarity and positive polarity current. Grain size can be controlled in alloys of two or more components, one of which being a metal, and one of which being most electro-active. Typically the more electro-active material is preferentially lessened in the deposit during negative current. The deposit is relatively crack and void free. Grain size is typically a function of deposit composition, which is typically a function of Polarity Ratio. Specified grain size can be achieved by selecting a corresponding Polarity Ratio. Coatings can be in layers, each having a grain size, which can vary layer to layer and also in a graded fashion. A finished article may be built upon a substrate of electro-conductive plastic, or metal, including steels, aluminum, brass. The substrate may remain, or be removed.
US08906214B2	Contamination-resistant gas sensor element A sensor element that may include a contamination-resistant coating on at least a portion thereof. The coating may include gamma alumina and a high temperature binder such as magnesium titanate. A sensor element that may include a contamination-resistant coating on at least a portion thereof. The coating may include gamma alumina, a high temperature binder such as magnesium titanate, and boehmite alumina. A method of making a contamination-resistant sensor element that may include mixing gamma alumina and a high temperature binder such as magnesium titanate to form a mixture, applying the mixture to at least a portion of a sensor element, and temperature treating the mixture to form a contamination-resistant coating on the sensor element.
US08906207B2	Control of film composition in co-sputter deposition by using collimators The present disclosure includes a method for control of a film composition with co-sputter physical vapor deposition. In one implementation, the method includes: positioning first and second PVD guns above a substrate, selecting first and second collimators having first and second sets of physical characteristics, positioning the first and second collimators between the first and second PVD guns and the substrate, sputtering at least one material from the first and second PVD guns through the first and second collimators upon application of a first power and second power, wherein the first PVD gun has a first deposition rate from the first collimator at the first power, and the second PVD gun has a second deposition rate from the second collimator at the second power.
US08906206B2	Vertical-offset coater and methods of use The invention provides a coater, and methods of using the coater, for depositing thin films onto generally-opposed major surfaces of a sheet-like substrate. The coater has a substrate transport system adapted for supporting the substrate in a vertical-offset configuration wherein the substrate is not in a perfectly vertical position but rather is offset from vertical by an acute angle. The transport system defines a path of substrate travel extending through the coater. The transport system is adapted for conveying the substrate along the path of substrate travel. Preferably, the transport system includes a side support for supporting a rear major surface of the substrate. The preferred side support bounds at least one passage through which coating material passes when such coating material is deposited onto the substrate's rear major surface. Preferably, the coater includes at least one coating apparatus (e.g., which is adapted for delivering coating material) on each of two sides of the path of substrate travel. The coating apparatuses preferably are adapted for depositing coatings onto both of the generally-opposed major surfaces of the substrate in a single pass of the substrate along the path of substrate travel.
US08906205B2	Process for separating ethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol A process for separating ethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol. A material flow containing ethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol gets into the lower-middle part of the azeotropic rectification column C3 after the light components are removed by the separating columns C1 and C2, wherein the ethylene glycol and the azeotropic agent added from the top of the column form azeotrope which is distilled out from the top of the column and gets into the phase separator D1 after being condensed, the upper phase enriched with azeotropic agent after the phase was separated returns to the top of the column to continue to participate in azeotropy, and the lower phase enriched with ethylene glycol gets into the fourth separating column C4 to be refined to obtain the ethylene glycol product.
US08906204B2	Methods for alcohol recovery and concentration of stillage by-products Systems and methods for separating an alcohol, and in particular butanol, from a fermented feed and concentrating thin stillage into syrup includes operation of one or more alcohol recovery distillation columns using the heat supplied by steam generated from concentration of the thin stillage in a multi-train, multi-effect evaporation system.
US08906199B2	Process for bleaching pulp A process for the bleaching of wood pulp using one or more peroxide oxidising agents wherein the process includes treatment of the pulp with a mixture of chelating agents comprising: (a) a first chelating agent selected from the group consisting of: ethylenediamine N,N-disuccinic acid, methylglycinediacetic acid, glutamic acid N,N-diacetic acid, imino disuccinic acid and anions and mixtures thereof; and (b) a second chelating agent selected from the group consisting of: diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, diethylenetriamine penta methylene phosphonic acid and anions and mixtures thereof.
US08906198B2	Method for production of micro fibrillated cellulose A method for producing micro fibrillated cellulosic material from pulp where multiple passes through a medium consistency refiner are made either singularly or in combination with low consistency refiners and high consistency refiners.
US08906196B2	Plasma processing apparatus and method for controlling the same A plasma processing apparatus includes a vacuum vessel, first, second and third power supplies which supply first, second and third RF voltages, a first electrode disposed within the vacuum vessel, a second electrode disposed inside or outside the vacuum vessel, a phase control unit for controlling the phase difference of the second and third RF voltages, wherein the second and third RF voltages are of the same frequency, and a RF radiation unit which is supplied with the third RF voltage. The apparatus further comprises a voltage detector, and the phase control unit computes a phase difference between the second and third RF voltages based upon an output of the voltage detector.
US08906195B2	Tuning hardware for plasma ashing apparatus and methods of use thereof A continuously variable microwave circuit capable of being tuned to operate under a plurality of distinct operating conditions, comprising: a waveguide comprising an adjustable tuning element having a core configured to protrude into the waveguide; an actuator in operative communication with the adjustable tuning element, wherein the actuator is operable to selectively vary a length of the core that is protruding into the waveguide so as to minimize reflected microwave power in the plasma asher; and a controller in operative communication with the actuator, wherein the controller is configured to selectively activate the actuator upon a change in the plurality of operating conditions.
US08906194B2	Ultra-high aspect ratio dielectric etch A method for etching an ultra high aspect ratio feature in a dielectric layer through a carbon based mask is provided. The dielectric layer is selectively etched with respect to the carbon based mask, wherein the selective etching provides a net deposition of a fluorocarbon based polymer on the carbon based mask. The selective etch is stopped. The fluorocarbon polymer is selectively removed with respect to the carbon based mask, so that the carbon based mask remains, using a trimming. The selectively removing the fluorocarbon polymer is stopped. The dielectric layer is again selectively etched with respect to the carbon based mask, wherein the second selectively etching provides a net deposition of a fluorocarbon based polymer on the carbon based mask.
US08906192B2	Polyurethane with polyether and polyester blocks and alkoxysilane end group Preparing a polyurethane with polyurethane-polyether and polyurethane-polyester blocks with at least 2 polyurethane-polyester end blocks joined to an alkoxysilane end group, by reaction of a polyether polyol (A) with a stoichiometric excess of an aliphatic diisocyanate (B), then reaction of the polyurethane formed with a stoichiometric excess of a polyester polyol, then reaction of the polyurethane formed with a stoichiometric amount of an isocyanatosilane (D); polyurethane formed by said method; corresponding adhesive composition, further comprising a crosslinking catalyst method of assembly of 2 substrates employing the composition.
US08906186B2	Method for manufacturing filtration units and associated apparatus A method for manufacturing filtration units (2), for example for biomedical use and the like, constituted by a box-like enclosure (3) and a filtration element (4) which can be mutually assembled, comprising a step of injecting a retention element (6) in the fluid state in a seat (5), which is associated with the box-like enclosure, for accommodating the filtration element (4); a step of embedding an end of the filtration element (4) in a portion of the retention element (6) kept in the fluid state; and a step of consolidation of the retention element (6) in order to lock the filtration element (4) in the seat (5), the retention element (6) being a thermoplastic polymeric material which can be applied by hot injection in a preset closed volume of the seat (5).
US08906185B2	Laminate A method is provided for producing a primary laminate including a tabstock in which a seal laminate including a foil layer and a top foam layer, a tabstock and a plastic film stock are fed to a laminating station. At the lamination station, a curtain of polymeric adhesive is extruded between the plastics film stock and the top face of the primary substrate, which is partly comprised of the top face of the tabstock and partly comprised of the top foam layer of the seal laminate. Use of primary laminates obtained by such a process to form seals for sealing a container, for food or drink stored at low temperatures, is also described.
US08906184B2	Method for producing a micro-optical display arrangement The present invention relates to a method for producing, for the depiction of a specified motif, a micro-optical depiction arrangement that exhibits a colored motif grid, composed of a plurality of micromotif elements, and a focusing element grid, composed of a plurality of microfocusing elements that reconstructs the specified motif when the micromotif elements are viewed.
US08906183B2	Photochromic polyurethane laminate A photochromic polyurethane laminate that is constructed to solve certain manufacturing difficulties involved in the production of plastic photochromic lenses is disclosed. The photochromic laminate includes at least two layers of a resinous material and a photochromic polyurethane layer that is interspersed between the two resinous layers and which contains photochromic compounds. The polyurethane layer is formed by curing a mixture of a solid thermoplastic polyurethane, at least one isocyanate prepolymer, at least one photochromic compound, and a stabilizing system.
US08906181B2	Fan blade finishing A method of finishing a fan blade includes bonding a sheath and a cover to an aluminum fan blade with an airfoil, a root, a leading edge and a tip; imparting residual stresses onto the blade; coating the blade to protect exposed areas of the blade; and curing the blade in low-temperature cure cycles to preserve residual stresses imparted.
US08906180B2	Decorative stainless steel rolled sheet with embossed patterns and method of manufacturing the same A decorative stainless steel rolled sheet has an embossed pattern, suitable for use as a surface finish or an interior surface finish of products, wherein a thin stainless steel sheet subjected to surface treatment including nanoceramic coating or PVD ionic coating resulting in various colors and a release sheet alone or with a nonwoven fabric layer bonded thereto by means of a hot melt adhesive layer are embossed together and bonded to each other with the embossed pattern, thus exhibiting superior bonding strength, heat resistance, fire resistance, scratch resistance, shape stability, flexibility and wrinkling resistance. In the method of manufacturing such a decorative stainless steel rolled sheet, the rolled sheet can be mass produced at uniform quality using a continuous process.
US08906177B2	Method for controlling glue flow A method for controlling a contact angle between a glue and a surface of a substrate during manufacture of microchip packages is disclosed. The method includes applying a glue to a surface of a substrate, and placing an electrode in electrical connection with the glue. A potential difference is applied between the electrode and the substrate. The potential difference is applied across the glue and causes a contact angle between the glue and the surface of the substrate to be altered.
US08906175B2	Room temperature bonding apparatus A room temperature bonding apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a load lock chamber having an internal space which is pressure-reduced; and a cartridge arranged in the load lock chamber. The cartridge includes an island portion formed to contact a substrate when the substrate is put on the cartridge. A flow passage is formed for the island portion to connect a space between the cartridge and the substrate to outside when the substrate is put on the cartridge. Therefore, in the room temperature bonding apparatus can prevent making the substrate is moved to the cartridge due to gas when the internal space is pressure-reduced.
US08906174B2	Ni-base alloy and method of producing the same Disclosed are a high-strength Ni-base alloy, a method of producing the Ni-base alloy, and a method of recovering a member made of a degraded Ni-base alloy. It contains not more than 0.1 wt % C, not more than 50 wt % Fe, not more than 30 wt % Cr, Ti, and at least one of Nb and Al. It has been strengthened by precipitates of a γ′ phase (Ni3Al) and/or a γ″ phase (Ni3Nb). It contains also a η phase (Ni3Ti) which is thermodynamically stable in a temperature range of 800° C. to 900° C. When observed a cross-section of the Ni-base alloy, a plurality of nodes exist along each segment connecting two meeting points each of which point is defined by adjacent three crystal grains, and precipitates of the γ′ phase and/or the γ″ phase in each of crystal grains of the Ni-base alloy have an average particle size of not more than 100 nm.
US08906173B2	Hot-rolled high-strength steel truck frame rail Hot-rolled high-strength steel elongated structural members and method of making same are disclosed by hot-rolling high-strength steel having a specific chemical composition to provide the members of desired geometrical configuration including a thin web with opposed thicker flanges extending therefrom to increase the load bearing capacity of the members.
US08906171B2	TWIP and nano-twinned austenitic stainless steel and method of producing the same The invention relates to a method of producing a TWIP and nano twinned austenitic stainless steel. The austenitic steel should not contain more than 0.018 wt % C, 0.25-0.75 wt % Si, 1.5-2 wt % Mn, 17.80-19.60 wt % Cr, 24.00-25.25 wt % Ni, 3.75-4.85 wt % Mo, 1.26-2.78 wt % Cu, 0.04-0.15 wt % N, and the balance of Fe. In order to form nano twins in the material the austenitic stainless steel should be brought to a temperature below 0° C., and imparted a plastic deformation to such a degree that the desired nano twins are formed, e.g. to a plastic deformation of around 30%. The invention also relates to the thus produced austenitic stainless steel.
US08906167B2	Slide assembly for a dishwasher rack A dishwasher includes a tub having a retractable upper dish rack secured to the tub by a slide assembly. The slide assembly includes a pair of telescoping cylinder assemblies, each of which includes a number of hollow, cylindrical, metal rods.
US08906166B2	Process and apparatus for performing forced immersion oscillatory cleaning An open top tank assembly and process for performing forced immersion oscillatory cleaning of products, parts, assemblies or other materials with or without non-line of sight (NLOS) features, wherein the process is repeated during application of pressure gradients to the fluid in the tank to develop a consistent rhythmic oscillation that creates movement of product in a center cavity of the tank to repeatedly transfer the fluid through the product to clean the product.
US08906164B2	Methods for stabilizing contact surfaces of electrostatic chucks Methods for stabilizing a ceramic contact surface of an electrostatic chuck, wherein the electrostatic chuck can be disposed within a reaction chamber of a semiconductor wafer processing assembly including a radio frequency source and a coolant gas supply are described herein. The method may include: clamping electrostatically a conditioning wafer to the ceramic contact surface of the electrostatic chuck; and cycling an output power of the radio frequency source and an output pressure of the coolant gas supply for multiple hot/cold cycles. Each of the hot/cold cycles includes a hot abrasion state and a cold abrasion state. At the hot abrasion state, the output power of the radio frequency source is relatively high and the output pressure of the coolant gas supply is relatively low to yield a relatively hot conditioning wafer. At the cold abrasion state, the output power of the radio frequency source is relatively low and the output pressure of the coolant gas supply is relatively high to yield a relatively cool conditioning wafer.
US08906159B2	(Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor and method of fabricating the same Disclosed are a (Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The (Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor device of the present invention comprises a substrate; a (Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor layer grown on the substrate; and an electrode formed of at least one material or an alloy thereof selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd and Au on the (Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor layer. Further, the method of fabricating the (Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor device comprises the steps of growing a P layer including P type impurities in a growth chamber; discharging hydrogen and a hydrogen source gas in the growth chamber; lowering the temperature of the (Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor with the P layer formed thereon to such an extent that it can be withdrawn to the outside from the growth chamber; withdrawing the (Al, Ga, In)N-based compound semiconductor from the growth chamber; and forming an electrode of at least one material or an alloy thereof selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd and Au on the p layer. According to the present invention, it is possible to sufficiently secure P type conductivity and obtain good ohmic contact characteristics without performing an annealing process. And, no further annealing is necessary when Pt, Pd, Au electrode are used.
US08906157B2	Method for pulling a single crystal composed of silicon with a section having a diameter that remains constant Single crystal composed of silicon with a section having a diameter that remains constant, are pulled by a method wherein the single crystal is pulled with a predefined pulling rate vp having the units [mm/min]; and the diameter of the single crystal in the section having a diameter that remains constant is regulated to the predefined diameter by regulating the heating power of a first heating source which supplies heat to the single crystal and to a region of the melt that adjoins the single crystal and is arranged above the melt, such that diameter fluctuations are corrected with a period duration T that is not longer than (2·18 mm)/vp.
US08906154B2	Coating, ink, or article comprising multi-colored lustrous pearlescent pigments A coating, ink, or article containing a pearlescent pigment comprising a substrate and a first layer, wherein the first layer comprises iron oxide, wherein the iron has from about 1% to about 30% Fe(II) and from about 70% to about 99% Fe(III).
US08906153B2	Product of polysiloxane condensation Provided is a condensation reaction product solution which is particularly suitable for filling a trench formed on a substrate having a narrow width and a high aspect ratio. The condensation reaction product solution has a long pot life, superior trench-filling when used for trench-filling, and a low cure shrinkage, an excellent crack resistance and a HF resistance when cured and converted into silicon oxide. The condensation reaction product solution comprises (I) a condensation reaction product obtained by condensation reaction from a condensation component comprising (i) 40% by mass or more and 99% by mass or less in equivalent of condensate of polysiloxane compound derived from silane compounds represented by the general formula (1): R1nSiX14-n (wherein n is an integer of 0 to 3, R1 is hydrogen atom or a C1-10 hydrocarbon group, and X1 is a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkoxy group or acetoxy group) and (ii) 1% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less of silica particles, and (II) a solvent, wherein the silane compounds represented by the general formula (1) are two or more types of silane compounds comprising a tetrafunctional silane compound which corresponds to the case of n=0 in the general formula (1) and a trifunctional silane compound which corresponds to the case of n=1 in the general formula (1).
US08906144B2	Compact adsorption dryer An adsorption dryer (20) for processing gases, in particular compressed air, having a control head (24) with valves (28), pipe connections (26) and means for receiving cartridges, and at least two cartridges (22) which can be connected to the control head (24) and are filled with adsorption means and to which a stream of fluid can be supplied, as required, via the control head (24). The cartridges (22) each have a cover (30), a cartridge casing (32), a base (34) and a central pipe (36) which extends through the cover (30) into an interior space (46) of the cartridge (22). The adsorption dryer (20) is characterized in that the cover (30), the cartridge casing (32) and the base (34) of the cartridges (22) can each be secured in place with respect to one another via the central pipe (36), the central pipe (36) in each case projects out of the cartridge (22) and serves as a connecting means for the control head (24), and the cartridge (22) itself is of compression-resistant design. The ends of the cartridges (22) are free from any connecting and valve technology.
US08906141B2	Carbon dioxide recovery apparatus and method An apparatus for separating and recovering CO2 from a CO2 absorbent, includes: a regeneration tower for regenerating the absorbent that has absorbed CO2 by heating it to separate and remove CO2 therefrom and to exhaust CO2 gas; a compressor for compressing the CO2 gas exhausted from the tower; and a heat exchanger for heating the absorbent in the tower by exchanging heat with a part of the compressed CO2 by the compressor which is introduced into the tower. The apparatus may include a plurality of the compressors and a plurality of the heat exchangers. The plurality of compressors is arranged in series to sequentially compress the CO2 gas exhausted from the tower. The plurality of heat exchangers is configured so that each part of the CO2 compressed by the plurality of compressors is introduced to the tower in parallel to exchange heat with the absorbent in the tower.
US08906137B2	Arrangement and method for separating oxygen The present invention relates to an arrangement for separating oxygen from an oxygen containing gas. It comprises a membrane unit (12), and an electrode unit (24). The membrane unit (12) comprises a porous substrate (20), a dense membrane (14) and at least one electrode (18), wherein the porous substrate (20) is directed towards the electrode unit (24), and wherein the electrode unit (24) comprises at least one electrode comprising at least one rotatable electrode wing (26) being at least partially electrically conductive. An arrangement according to the invention allows to separate oxygen with improved efficiency and improved convenience with respect to maintenance and noise.
US08906132B2	Surface-modified biomass, preparation method thereof, and method for recovering valuable metals using the same The present invention relates to a surface-modified biomass which is crosslinked with an amine group-containing cationic polymer on the surface of a cell biomass, its preparation method, and a method for recovering valuable metals using the same. The surface-modified biomass of the present invention has an advantage of improving adsorption of and affinity with anionic pollutants as a result of further introducing a cationic functional group by crosslinking of the amine group-containing cationic polymer on the surface of the biomass. In addition, the method for recovering valuable metals with the present invention is environment-friendly, economical, and harmless to the human body.
US08906127B2	Non-return valve and filter arrangement A motor vehicle non-return valve (10) for protecting a filter from hot exhaust gases, comprises a valve body (65), a valve plate (76), an elastic element (70), and a guide pin (72). The valve plate (76) comprises a sleeve (68) that surrounds the guide pin (72) and the valve plate (76) is slideably guided along the guide pin (72) and prevents a fluid flow through the valve body (65) in a blocking direction (91) and otherwise releases the fluid flow through the valve body (65). The elastic element (70) loads the valve plate (76) with a force that is acting to effect closing, wherein the sleeve (68) in a first sleeve section (71) is movably guided on a guide surface (75) of the guide pin (72) and wherein a second sleeve section (69) surrounds the guide pin (72) and the elastic element (70) in radial direction.
US08906124B2	Dust collecting device A dust collecting device is provided which is capable of preventing static charge while rationally collecting dust generated during operation. A dust collecting device is removably attached to a power tool and can be carried together with the power tool, and collects dust generated when a predetermined operation is performed on a workpiece by driving a tool bit coupled to the power tool. Further, the dust collecting device has a dust suction region that sucks dust generated during operation in response to the operation of the tool bit, a dust transfer region that transfers the dust sucked in the dust suction region, and a dust storage region that communicates with the dust transfer region and stores the dust. Furthermore, the dust collecting device has a grounding member through which static charge on the dust is dissipated.
US08906123B2	CMP slurry/method for polishing ruthenium and other films A method and associated composition for CMP processing of noble metal-containing substrates (such as ruthenium-containing substrates) afford both high removal rates of the noble metal and are tunable with respect to rate of noble metal removal in relation to removal of other films. Low levels of an oxidizing agent containing one or more peroxy-functional group(s) can be used along with a novel ligand to effectively polish noble metal substrates.
US08906120B2	Fuel enrichment process A process for reducing the carbon content of ash from a burner comprises heating a carbon-based fuel in the presence of a fuel improver in a burner. The fuel improver comprises at least one metal oxide selected from the group comprising: iron oxide, calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide and aluminum oxide. The average particle size of the fuel improver is reduced to give a particle size in the range 1 to 100 micron.
US08906117B2	Process for the combined regeneration of soluble salts contained in a residue of an industrial process Process for the combined regeneration of at least two soluble salts contained in a residue of an industrial process comprising heavy metals, comprising: adding an amount of reactive aqueous solution needed to completely dissolve the salts which are desired to be regenerated to the residue; subjecting the resulting aqueous suspension to a separation to obtain an aqueous production solution on the one hand and insoluble impurities on the other hand, which are removed; successively subjected the aqueous production solution to at least two selective crystallization steps intended to crystallize, separately, the at least two soluble salts which are desired to be regenerated, which are washed, dried and regenerated separately; and adjusting the concentration of at least one of the soluble salts to be regenerated in the aqueous production solution, at the moment when such solution is subjected to the step of crystallization of this salt, to give rise to the selective crystallization of this salt, by addition of a controlled amount of this salt to the aqueous production solution upstream of the crystallization step.
US08906114B2	Method and apparatus for protecting a device connected to a network A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting the removal of a device connected to a network. The present invention generates an alarm on a protected device when an unauthorized user disconnects the device from a network connection. The network connection is monitored and an alarm is generated if the protected device is disconnected from the network connection without proper notification to the theft protection utility. A number of fail-safe features can optionally be employed to ensure that the theft protection aspects of the present invention are not bypassed. For example, the theft protection utility process can employ speaker, volume and/or power control features to ensure that the alarms generated by the present invention, or the theft protection feature itself, cannot be bypassed.
US08906112B2	Prosthesis socket and system comprising a prosthesis socket and prosthesis device A prosthesis socket for receiving an amputation stump has at least one shell which has an arched, open cross-section, where the shell ends in the applied state overlap each other at least partially. At least one tensioning means is disposed on the shell to act in a circumferential direction for tensioning the shell ends relative to each other. The shell is being made of a dimensionally stable plastic having regions with varying elasticity. The proximal end of the socket is relatively more flexible. The inner surface of the socket includes a direction dependent surface to aid in holding the amputation stump. A connector for the distal prosthesis is preferentially positioned adjacent the patient's greater trochanter and is configured for pivotable bearing of the prosthesis with fixing devices to secure the orientation of the prosthesis relative to the socket.
US08906111B2	Artificial bone material having controlled calcium ion elution Disclosed is an artificial bone material having controlled calcium ion elution, which does not induce cytotoxicity or any inflammatory response. It is found that the elution of a calcium ion from an artificial bone material for transplantation which contains a calcium-containing substance can be prevented effectively by subjecting the carrier to a surface treatment or adding a surface-treating agent to the carrier. It is also found that the induction of cytotoxicity can be prevented and the induction of an inflammatory response can also be prevented by using the above-mentioned carrier having controlled calcium ion elution.
US08906108B2	Dual modulus hip stem and method of making the same An orthopaedic prosthesis for use in a hip replacement surgery. The orthopaedic prosthesis includes a metallic foam shell and a metallic core. The metallic core includes a neck configured to receive a femoral head component and a stem extending through the metallic foam shell.
US08906107B2	Patient-adapted and improved orthopedic implants, designs and related tools Methods and devices are disclosed relating improved articular models, implant components, and related guide tools and procedures. In addition, methods and devices are disclosed relating articular models, implant components, and/or related guide tools and procedures that include one or more features derived from patient-data, for example, images of the patient's joint. The data can be used to create a model for analyzing a patient's joint and to devise and evaluate a course of corrective action. The data also can be used to create patient-adapted implant components and related tools and procedures.
US08906105B2	Systems and methods for mobile bearing prosthetic knee A knee prosthesis including a femoral implant, a tibial implant, a tibial insert and a cam post. The femoral implant is secured to a femur and has a cam feature and condyles. The tibial implant is secured to a tibia. The tibial insert comprises a medial cavity with a rotational axis. The tibial insert has articulating surfaces that match the contours of the condyles of the femoral implant. The tibial insert has a medial boss that aligns with the medial cavity allowing it to rotate about the rotational axis. A cam post is secured to the tibial implant and passes through a channel of the tibial insert providing anterior and posterior stops for the rotation of the tibial insert about the rotational axis. The cam post interacts with the femoral implant cam feature and, with the tibial insert, allows more anatomically correct rollback and femoral external rotation during knee flexion.
US08906102B2	Lateral entry insert for cup trial Trials for a reverse shoulder system are described. The trials generally include an insert housed within a humeral cup. The insert has a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having a concave recess therein adapted to receive a glenosphere prosthesis. The distal end of the insert includes a shaft, the shaft is substantially housed within the confines of the humeral cup. A distal end of the humeral cup is inserted in a humeral stem.
US08906099B2	Expandable interbody implant and method An intervertebral implant that can be surgically introduced between adjacent vertebrae and expanded in situ to occupy an optimal space between the vertebrae. The implant is inserted into the evacuated disc space obliquely and then oriented so as to extend laterally across the anterior adjacent vertebrae with its outer ends of the implant supported by the cortical rims on the opposite sides of the vertebrae. The implant has two body members with a space therebetween so the implant may be then distracted and a spacer of predetermined thickness that may be inserted within the space between the body members so as to maintain a desired amount of distraction. The upper and lower surfaces of the implant may have a desired lordotic angle. A method of using an implant is disclosed which permits endoscopic visualization of the disc space.
US08906094B2	System and method for performing percutaneous spinal interbody fusion A method of performing percutaneous interbody spinal fusion on adjacent vertebrae in a patient including the steps of: creating an access opening on the patient, the access opening being less than 10 mm wide, using indirect visualization: establishing a surgical path through the access opening via neural monitoring, creating a cavity in a disc space between the adjacent vertebra, evaluating the created cavity, inserting a container sized and configured to fit through the less than 10 mm access opening into the cavity and filling the container with fill material.
US08906092B2	Spinous process fixation devices and methods of use Devices and methods for the treatment of abnormal spinal stability and stenosis of the spinal canal by the implantation of orthopedic devices between skeletal segments. In one embodiment, a device is disclosed to rigidly fixate the spinous processes of two vertebral bones relative one another. A first member of the device is advanced across an interspinous space, rotated, and/or advanced onto the contralateral side of the spinous processes. A second member of the device is also advanced onto the ipsilateral side of the spinous processes and forcibly captures the spinous processes between the first and second members. A protrusion extends from the first and/or second devices configured to embed into the bone of the spinous processes thereby increasing the immobilization strength of the device. The implant may be further configured to contain a bone forming material to form a fusion between the first and the second vertebral bones.
US08906077B2	Cervical plate with a feedback device for selective association with bone screw blocking mechanism A bone plate having at least one screw hole adapted to receive a bone screw, a blocker having a blocking end for blocking a bone screw from further backout of bone the blocker being predisposed in a blocking position wherein the blocking end at least partially overlaps a portion of the screw hole, the blocker being moveable from the blocking position by contact with the bone screw during insertion of the bone screw into the screw hole, and a blocker fixation element having an open orientation at which the blocker can move from the blocking position and a closed orientation preventing substantial movement of the blocker from the blocking position. The blocker fixation element cannot be moved to the closed orientation unless the screw head passes the blocker, thereby revealing that the blocker fixation element is in position to prevent substantial movement of the blocker.
US08906066B2	Non-pedicle based interspinous spacer methods Methods for non-pedicle spinal fixation. In some implementations, at least one plate member may be placed between an upper spinous process and a lower spinous process of a spine. At least one scissoring element coupled to the at least one plate member may then be positioned to contact opposing lateral surfaces of the upper spinous process and to contact opposing lateral surfaces of the lower spinous process. The at least one scissoring element may then be locked into place to stabilize the spinous processes.
US08906064B2	Interspinous process device and method A system for surgically coupling the spinous processes includes a first plate, a second plate, a pair of semi-rigid guide members, and a coupler. The first plate engages with a first lateral side of the spinous processes. The pair of semi-rigid guide members attaches to the first plate for inserting the first plate between the spinous processes. The second plate includes a pair of apertures that slide over the pair of semi-rigid guide members engage a second lateral side of the spinous processes. The coupler couples the first plate and the second plate together.
US08906058B2	Tethered coil for treatment of body lumens Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for removable of undesired material from body lumens. The apparatus may be used for fragmenting or removing a thrombus or occlusion from a blood vessel. The apparatus includes first shape segments and second shape segments connected to form a coiled member. A longitudinally extending tether is positioned inside the first shape segments and outside the second shape segments along the length of the coil. Applying a proximal force on the tether produces a change in the shape of at least a portion of the coil from a first generally linear configuration to a second complex three dimensional shape. A method of using the apparatus to engage and remove, or fragment, the thrombus or occlusion is disclosed.
US08906050B2	Interventional medical closure device A medical device for creating and closing an opening through a vessel wall is described. The device includes a guiding engagement element positioned in a vessel wall; an incising member positionable over the engagement element; and a cutting element, with a recessed notch, at a distal end of the incising member. The cutting element forms a flap on a first portion of a vessel wall, the flap having a first portion attached to the wall and second portion having a first diameter cut and a second diameter cut larger than the first diameter cut. The engagement element includes a retaining element engaging a portion of the flap; and an anchoring element engaging an external surface of the vessel, wherein the retaining element and the anchoring element exert a compressive force on the vessel wall for assisting closure of the cut.
US08906046B2	Apparatus and method for tissue adhesion An array of a plurality of shape memory material microposts (12) have a proximal end (10) configured to be secured to a substrate (14) with a tissue penetrating distal end (18). The microposts further have a deployment state with the microposts (12) in a substantially straightened configuration with a substantially smooth and continuous outer surface which is substantially parallel to adjacent microposts and an engaged state wherein at least a section of the microposts (12′) assume a configuration that is not substantially parallel to adjacent microposts or is not substantially straight with a substantially smooth and continuous outer surface so as to mechanically capture tissue adjacent thereto.
US08906045B2	Articulating patch deployment device and method of use The invention generally relates to devices and methods for repairing an aperture in biological tissue. In certain embodiments, the invention provides devices and methods for deploying an implant to interact with biological tissue during a surgery.
US08906041B2	Placing sutures A suturing instrument is configured for to apply sutures to approximate, ligate, or fixate tissue in, for example, open, mini incision, trans-vaginal, or endoscopic surgical procedures. The suturing instrument includes an elongate body member, a needle exit port, a needle receiving port, and a needle deployment mechanism. The suturing instrument eliminates the need for a preassembled needle and suture and reduces or eliminates the possibility of needle loss during suturing.
US08906040B2	Systems and techniques for minimally invasive gastrointestinal procedures A surgical system for performing gastrointestinal procedures is disclosed. The system includes an elongated body defining an endoscope lumen. The body is adapted to be inserted into the esophagus with a proximal end extending from a body orifice. A working member includes at least one side disposed suction cavity and a cutting device configured to excise a surface layer from the tissue that is captured in the suction cavity. One or more needles are also provided in the working portion, which can be used to apply suture to the captured tissue and/or to inject fluid into the captured tissue prior to excision. Particular applications may be to treat Barrett's esophagus, to treat GERD, or for performing gastroplasty in the stomach.
US08906027B2	System and method for orthopedic distraction and stabilization At least one embodiment is directed to a dynamic distractor (1 00) for distracting bones of a muscular-skeletal system. The dynamic distractor (100) includes at least one sensor (108, 110) which can provide loading, loading differential and position information as well as other measured parameters, a handle (112, 804), a lift mechanism (302), and one or more alignment aid (502, 802). The position and measurement sensors (108, 110) communicate with the processing unit (406) to display, process, and store measured data. A rod (604) couples a cutting block (602) to the distractor (100). The rod (604) also fixes a position of a cutting block (602) in relation to the distractor (100). The cutting block (602) is coupled to the distractor (100) to stabilize and align the muscular-skeletal system while shaping a bone.
US08906023B2	Intramedullary rod for pivoting a fastener An intramedullary rod for use with a fastener to repair a femur includes an elongate nail extending along a longitudinal axis and having a stem and a head. The head is provided with an aperture extending along an axis at an angle to the longitudinal axis for receiving the fastener. A mechanism is carried by the head for pivoting the axis of the aperture from a first angled position relative to the head to a second angled position relative to the head. A method for using the rod and fastener is provided.
US08906022B2	Apparatus and methods for securing a bone implant Apparatus and methods for securing a bone implant are provided. The implant may be an expandable implant. The implant may be a non-expandable implant. The implant may be for repairing a bone fracture. The implant may be secured to a bone by anchors. The implant may include anchor receiving features. The anchor receiving features may be configured to direct an anchor into cortical bone. The anchor receiving features may be configured to receive an anchor driven through cortical bone. The implant may include bone engaging members configured to engage cancellous bone. An implant may include different profiles. The different profiles may be configured to secure the implant. The profiles may be configured to support the bone. The implant may have different flexing properties configured to position the implant in the bone. The implant may be positioned to receive an anchor driven through an outside of the bone.
US08906021B1	Telescopic strut for an external fixator A telescopic strut has an axially extending rod and a tube receiving the rod for varying the length of the strut along a longitudinal axis. The tube has first and second ends, the second end has a pin extending therethrough. A locking system is mounted on the tube first end for adjusting the position of the rod in the tube and fixing the length of the strut. A coupling element having a tubular sleeve with a threaded outer surface is mounted on an outer surface of the second end of the tube. The sleeve has two diametrically opposed slots receiving the pin and an adjustment element mounted on the sleeve outer surface for axial movement along the axis. The adjustment element has a surface contacting the pin to limit the movement of the pin in the slots.
US08906019B2	Ferrofluidic lock A surgical instrument includes a housing and an elongated shaft extending distally therefrom. The elongated shaft includes a proximal portion, a distal portion and a flexible portion supported therebetween. The flexible portion permits pivotal movement of the distal portion of the elongated shaft and an end effector supported thereon. A locking mechanism is operatively associated with the flexible portion of the elongated shaft to selectively impede pivotal motion of the distal portion. The locking mechanism includes a fluid chamber defined within the flexible portion in which a variable viscosity fluid disposed. The variable viscosity fluid is responsive to the application of an electromagnetic field to exhibit increased rigidity in the presence of the electromagnetic field and reduced rigidity in the absence of the electromagnetic field. An electrical coil is arranged such that the electromagnetic field may be selectively induced by the delivery of electrical energy from a power source.
US08906006B2	Method of destroying tissue cells by electroporation An apparatus and method for performing non-invasive treatment of the human face and body by electroporation in lieu of cosmetic surgery is provided. The apparatus comprises a high voltage pulse generator and an applicator having two or more electrodes in close mechanical and electrical contact with the patient's skin for applying the pulses to the patient's skin. The applicator may consist of two pieces with one electrode having a sharp tip and another having a flat surface. High voltage pulses delivered to the electrodes create at the tip of the sharp electrode an electric field high enough to cause death of relatively large subcutaneous fat cells by electroporation. Moving the electrode tip along the skin creates a line of necrotic subcutaneous fat cells, which later are metabolized by the body. Multiple applications of the electrode along predetermined lines on the face or neck create shrinkage of the skin and the subcutaneous fat volume underlying the treated area.
US08906005B2	Cryo-surgical systems and methods of using the same A cryo-surgical system may comprise a container containing a refrigerant, a delivery tube having a first end configured to be in flow communication with the container and a second end opposite the first end. The system may further include a plurality of flexible finger portions disposed proximate a second end of the delivery tube opposite the first end, an applicator bud having a body portion disposed within the plurality of flexible finger portions and a contact surface extending from the plurality of flexible finger portions. An adjustment ring may be disposed along the delivery tube adjacent to the plurality of flexible finger portions. The contact surface of the bud may be changeable by adjustment of the adjustment ring.
US08906000B2	Injectable controlled release fluid delivery system Embodiments of a material delivery device including a deformable reservoir and associated controllable output mechanism are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, a material delivery device may be placed in an animal in order to controllably dispense at least one material into the animal. The material delivery device may include a programmable mechanism to control the release of the material into the animal. In selected embodiments, a remote controller may be used to program or to control the material delivery device. Some embodiments are described wherein a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
US08905999B2	Method and apparatus for endolymphatic drug delivery Described herein are a method and apparatus for introducing instrumentation into the lymphatic system that can be used for physiological monitoring and/or delivery of therapy. Such instrumentation, for example, may include one or more sensors for measuring physiological variables and/or one or more instruments for delivering therapy that is adapted to be disposed within a lymphatic vessel.
US08905998B2	Catheter tunneler adapter and methods of assembly to a catheter and use A catheter tunneling adapter including a generally elongated body having a proximal end, a distal end and a through passageway. The proximal end of the adapter is connectable both to a proximal hub of a stylet and subsequently to the distal end of a tunneler. The distal end of the adapter comprises a connector for connecting a plurality of proximal catheter tubes thereto, wherein the proximal end of one tube is affixed within the passageway at the adapter's distal end and the proximal end of the second tube is plugged by a plug extending distally from a free end of an elongate flexible arm that also extends distally of the adapter's distal end, such that the plug is offset laterally therefrom. The flexible arm and the affixed second tube end are deflectable toward the first tube to reduce the profile of the assembly during tunneling.
US08905997B2	Therapeutic particles suitable for parenteral administration and methods of making and using same Disclosed herein are therapeutic compositions for treating and preventing diseases such as neointimal hyperplasia (NIH), where the compositions comprise a therapeutic particle that has a localized association with a blood vessel and a therapeutic agent, such as an anti-NIH agent. Methods of use of the therapeutic compositions are also disclosed.
US08905995B2	Medicine dispensing device Some embodiments of a wearable, disposable medicine dispensing device may include a piston rod that is advanced to dispense medicine from the device. A rotational motor may be coupled to a drive mechanism so as to carry out a certain number of revolutions and thereby displace the piston rod by a desired distance. Such a device can be used in a method of dispensing liquid medicine.
US08905970B2	Dual chamber and gear pump assembly for a high pressure delivery system A high pressure delivery device for delivering a medicament includes a first chamber for storing a supply of the medicament and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. A fluid connection path is in fluid communication with the second chamber for administering the medicament. A valving system is in fluid communication with the first chamber, the second chamber and the fluid connection path. The valving system allows a dose of the medicament to be injected from the first chamber into the second chamber while substantially preventing backflow of the dose into the first chamber and substantially preventing leakage through the fluid connection path. The valving system also allows the dose in the second chamber to be administered through the fluid connection path while substantially preventing the dose from flowing back into the first chamber.
US08905967B2	Catheter having a readily bondable multilayer soft tip A balloon catheter having a soft distal tip member having a non-tacky inner (liner) layer material and a soft flexible outer layer material, with both materials being readily thermally bondable to the catheter balloon.
US08905966B2	Microjet drug delivery system The present invention relates to a novel type of a needle-free drug delivery system in which strong energy such as a laser beam is focused inside liquid contained in a sealed pressure chamber to cause bubble growth and the volume expansion in the sealed pressure chamber due to the bubble growth so as to elongate an elastic membrane, so that an instantaneous pressure is applied to a drug solution contained in a drug microchamber adjacent to the elastic membrane to allow the drug solution to be injected in the form of a liquid microjet, thereby enabling the drug solution to rapidly and accurately penetrate into the bodily tissues of the patient.
US08905965B2	Infusion pump methods and systems A medical remote controller device is disclosed. The device includes a display and at least one input switch dedicated to bolus delivery wherein a bolus delivery is programmed when the input switch receives an input and wherein the number of inputs received by the input switch determines the amount of bolus to be delivered.
US08905962B2	Artificial blood vessel and access port of artificial blood vessel An artificial blood has a trunk portion with both ends connected to blood vessels, and access branch portions and a shunt branch portion branched from the trunk portion. The access branch portions are disposed with a solid column-shaped access port that plugs these branch portions. The access port has a solid center portion and a tube-shaped peripheral portion disposed to surround the center portion. The peripheral portion is harder than the center portion and prevents the needle from deviating from the inside of the center portion. This enables a puncture to be easily made in a therapy in which a puncture is highly frequently made in a blood vessel.
US08905961B2	Systems, apparatuses, and methods for cardiovascular conduits and connectors A cardiovascular conduit system may comprise a connector. The connector may comprise a proximal end adapted to attach to a cardiovascular organ. The proximal end may comprise a first plurality of expandable members, and each member in the first plurality of expandable members may be deployable from a delivery position to a deployed position. The first plurality of expandable members may be dimensioned to deploy inside the cardiovascular organ to secure the connector to the cardiovascular organ. The connector may comprise a distal end adapted to attach to a conduit and an opening extending through the connector. Connectors for cardiovascular conduit systems may also include expandable stents. Connectors may be rotatably secured to a conduit, and the conduit may be reinforced. Methods for forming and using cardiovascular conduit systems are also disclosed.
US08905959B2	Medical apparatus comprising a machine for treatment of fluids A medical apparatus comprises a machine for treatment of fluids provided with means (3) for treating a patient's blood which exhibit a control unit (4) for sending command signals and receiving information relating to the treatment under way on the patient. A remote unit (7) is included which enable the remote unit (7) to selectively take control of a predetermined number of functions of the medical machine. The control unit (4) of the medical machine is predisposed to selectively inhibit the remote control means (10) from taking or maintaining control of the functions of the medical machine in consequence of the operating configuration of the machine.
US08905957B1	Adjustable orthotic brace The present invention includes an orthotic brace which offers advantages in being able to be adjusted to fit the small of the back of a specific wearer, and may attain an infinite number of positions within its range of motion, while providing effective reinforced lumbar support.
US08905956B2	Thoracic lumbar sacral posture garment device High friction scapular retraction straps for application directly to the tops of the respective shoulders of a patient and connected with tension straps to draw the gripper straps and, consequently, the shoulders rearwardly, and including fasteners to fasten to a garment worn by the patient to hold the shoulders rearward.
US08905953B2	Hemodialysis vein preparation apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for applying focused pressure to a target vessel to dilate the target vessel for hemodialysis.
US08905950B2	Shoulder ROM orthosis Therapeutic abduction of the shoulder joint is achieved using a hinged device, the hinge activated by a cable passed between pulleys to increase mechanical advantage. The cable is wound on a spool mounted on a ratcheting mechanism, whereby tension is maintained as the spool is wound via a knob or computer controlled motor. A rotation control device enables rotation of the spool by a user, but prevents rotation due to a load. Mating shackles pivot in connection with the hinge, and are activated by the cable to increase the angle of the hinge. The hinge is connected to the body, one portion affixed relative to the body, the other affixed relative to the upper arm. As the hinge angle is expanded, the shoulder joint is abducted, stretching the tissue of the joint. If resilient, the cable imparts a dynamic tensioning force to the shoulder joint. Medial or lateral rotation is accomplished by a second device disposed at the elbow, wherein the pivot point of internal/external rotation is along the axis of the upper arm.
US08905949B2	Device for ocular ultrasound therapy having a reflector The present invention relates to a device for treating an ocular pathology, including a ring (1) comprising a proximal end intended to be in contact with an eye of a patient, and a distal end intended to receive ultrasound generating means (2), wherein the device additionally includes at least one reflector (3) for reflecting and focusing ultrasound generated by the generation means.
US08905948B2	Generation of proportional posture information over multiple time intervals The disclosure describes techniques for generation of proportional posture information over multiple time intervals. The techniques may include obtaining posture state data sensed by a medical device for a patient during delivery of therapy by the medical device, determining durations for which the patient occupied each of a plurality of posture states based on the posture state data, generating proportional posture information for a plurality of different time intervals based on the durations, wherein the proportional posture information for each of the time intervals indicates proportional amounts of the respective time interval in which the patient occupied the posture states, and presenting the proportional posture information to a user via a user interface.
US08905946B2	Nickel—titanium core guide wire A guide wire for use in a medical procedure having a shapeable tip integral with and made from the distal end of a superelastic nitinol distal section of the guide wire, wherein the shapeable tip can be finger kinked. Such a guide wire includes an elongated core made from a superelastic nitinol alloy at the distal end, the distal end of the elongated core having a tapered section leading to a shapeable distal tip. The shapeable tip is an extension of the distal end of the nitinol distal section, and includes permanent strain hardening from at least two different radial directions imparting crystallographic texture in the radial directions that eliminate superelasticity so that permanent deformation can be achieved with finger pressure.
US08905940B2	Flow rate control valve and blood pressure information measurement device including the same A flow rate control valve includes a casing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port through which a fluid, the flow rate of which should be controlled, flows in and out, a diaphragm that partitions a space inside the casing into a flow space in which the fluid flows and a working space in which a working medium is present, and a valve body provided on a portion of the diaphragm that opposes the inlet port. The diaphragm is displaced in accordance with a change in the internal pressure of the working space, and the valve body is accordingly moved. This results in a change in the distance between the valve body and the inlet port, and thus the flow rate of the fluid flowing into the flow space through the inlet port is adjusted. Therefore, the flow rate of the fluid flowing out through the outlet port is variably controlled.
US08905935B2	Ultrasonic surgical apparatus A treatment portion includes a treatment region which treats a treatment part with a liquid which has flowed out from a distal end opening portion and with ultrasonic vibrations while the treatment region is in abutment with the treatment part. The treatment portion further includes a hydrophilic region which is formed by the application of a hydrophilic coat and which is provided in part of the circumferential surface of the treatment portion to be provided from the treatment region to an end portion of the treatment portion located in the distal end opening portion in a longitudinal axis direction.
US08905932B2	Non-invasive characterization of human vasculature Vascular conditions are detected non-invasively in the human body using a collection of information from small local regions of the vasculature. An array of accelerometers or other sensors are attached to the head or other points of interest of a patient and blood flow sounds are recorded. Vibration signatures of vessel structures such as branches, aneurysms, stenosis, etc. using random, periodic, band limited or transient analysis provides a library for further processing. The signature library is used to localize the origin of the recognized vascular feature, and the localized feature is presented to the physician in a clinically relevant manner.
US08905931B2	Subject information processing apparatus Generally, a photoacoustic signal has a wavelength longer than a general ultrasonic signal. That is, it does not matter even if at the time of acquisition of the photoacoustic signal, an element pitch of a probe is several times as large as at the time of acquisition of the ultrasonic signal. Thus, at the time of acquisition of the photoacoustic signal, a plurality of neighboring elements in a receiving element array are collectively considered as one element, and a phasing process is performed. As a result, the same effect as a plurality of phasing addition circuits are disposed in parallel is obtained, and not only a phasing addition process of the photoacoustic signal but also image reconstruction can be performed in real time at a high speed.
US08905929B2	Remote sleep quality detecting method A remote sleep quality detecting system and its method provide a portable detecting device for detecting an examinee's physical activity while the examinee is sleeping, analyzing a detected activity signal by a signal processing module to generate a statistical value, and comparing a result of the computed statistical value with a sleep state index to obtain sleep quality information, and then storing the activity signal and the sleep quality information in a storage unit. The system and method also provide a remote monitoring device including a sleep information reading module for providing a user interface, connecting the portable detecting device via the Internet and receiving the sleep quality information produced by the portable detecting device after a command from the portable detecting device is received, such that the examinee's sleep quality information can be examined from a remote location for a long term without disturbing the examinee's sleep.
US08905928B2	Method and apparatus for assessment of sleep disorders Embodiments provide systems, methods and apparatuses for monitoring the sleep of a subject in a home environment. In embodiments, load cells placed under bed supports may be coupled to a computing device that may process the load cell data to detect disordered breathing. In some embodiments, a computing device may apply a pattern recognition algorithm to load cell data to distinguish between normal movements and movements associated with a sleep disorder. In an embodiment, apparatuses and methods for monitoring sleep may perform functions associated with detection of sleep disturbances and/or identify a sleep disorder.
US08905926B2	Rehabilitation system for neurological disorders A rehabilitation system for neurological disorders, especially for the rehabilitation of patients being in a vegetative state or minimal conscious state, comprises at least two sensors adapted to measure two different physiological values of the patient and a stimulation generator. Initially predefined target signals determined and based on parameters relating to the injury are generated and, during a rehabilitation session, compared with the measurement signals to drive the stimulation generators delivering sensory stimulation to the patient as feedback. The controlling processor is adapted to change the predefined target signals during a rehabilitation session based on the development or changes of the measurement signals of the different physiological values, to enable a faster and better improvement of the alertness of the patient.
US08905925B2	Cardiac rehabilitation using patient monitoring devices Systems and methods permit remotely-monitored rehabilitation of a patient. A system can comprise a patient monitor configured to monitor a patient's physiological data. The patient monitor can monitor using a first monitoring mode. A patient communication device can be configured to present, to the patient, an option to perform an exercise regimen, and to receive a response indicating whether the patient will perform the exercise regimen. A configuration module coupled to the patient communication device can be configured to activate a second monitoring mode when the response indicates that the patient will perform the exercise regimen. When the exercise regimen is complete, the first monitoring mode can be re-established. When the response indicates that the patient will not perform the exercise regimen, the response can be recorded as a negative response, and the option to perform the exercise regimen can be presented again.
US08905920B2	Bronchoscope adapter and method A bronchoscope adapter is configured for one hand operation by providing a slide lock that is captured within a housing and a retaining nut that can be operated with a single finger or thumb. Rotation of the retaining nut is eased by isolating rotational force from a compression block with a spacer ring.
US08905918B2	Endoscope system An image pickup portion picks up an image of a suspected substance and produces a video signal. Optical fibers transmit the video signal output from the image pickup portion. A video signal processing portion processes the video signals transmitted by the optical fibers and then outputs the processed video signals to a monitor. A trouble detection portion detects trouble in a transmission state of the optical fibers. The video signal processing portion outputs to the monitor only the video signal transmitted by the optical fiber in which the trouble detection portion has not detected trouble.
US08905916B2	Implantable access port system An implantable injection port for use with a gastric band for treating obesity and for attaching to a tissue of a patient is disclosed. The implantable injection port includes a base having an anchor opening, a gear coupled to the base and rotatable about a central axis, the gear having a plurality of gear teeth, an anchor coupled to the gear, and a top portion spaced apart from the base and having a plurality of top teeth that engage with the plurality of gear teeth. The top portion is rotatable causing rotation of the gear such that the rotation of the gear causes movement of the anchor through the anchor opening of the base and into the tissue of the patient.
US08905913B2	Method and composition for synchronizing time of insemination Methods and compositions for synchronizing the time of insemination in swine are described. More particularly, methods are described for synchronizing the time of insemination by administration of a composition comprising a hormone, wherein the swine is inseminated only one time after administration of the hormone, and wherein there is no heat detection.
US08905912B2	Implantable article and method An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolapse. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.
US08905904B2	Adjustable resistance exercise apparatus An apparatus includes adjustable resistance exercise assisting devices, including a hand grip and a bar grip, each having a length of cable wound about and fixed at one end to a cable spool and an opposite end with a quick connect fitting for removable attachment to an anchor point, whereupon forced movement of the exercise assisting device away from the anchor point, by pulling, pressing or pushing in the performance of various exercise movements, causes the cable spool to rotate against resistance imparted by a resistance adjustment mechanism. In one embodiment, the resistance adjusting mechanism includes a piston that moves against pressure within a variable volume airtight chamber as the cable spool rotates. The apparatus may also include a rigid garment that is worn about the human torso and which includes multiple anchor points for attachment of the cable quick connect fitting thereto.
US08905901B2	Power drive exercise apparatus A device allows an individual the ability to easily adjust the resistance to perform pushing and pulling exercises in multiple directions. The device allows the individual the ability to exercise at variable levels of intensity with a simple adjustment. The amount of ballast weight may be adjusted to offer additional levels of rolling resistance. The device may be set to operate either in a straight line, or in multiple directions. The device may use pneumatic tires, in a three-wheel design, which permit the device to be used on multiple surfaces and allows for ease of maneuverability during use. Unlike current systems, which do not allow for pushing or pulling at varied heights, the device has a handle bar that may change its height with a simple adjustable locking mechanism that incorporates a counterbalance system to allow for ease of movement of a force arm.
US08905900B1	Exerciser mower A manually powered, pedal-powered exerciser mower includes a frame, a mower assembly mounted to the front of the frame, and a pedal-operated chain drive that drives the mower in both forward and rear directions. A movable kickstand raises the rear of the mower so that the mower may also be used as a stationary exercise bicycle. A brake enables the user to selectively vary pedaling resistance when the mower is used as a stationary exercise bicycle but the brake can also be applied while mowing.
US08905898B2	Trampoline enclosure net A trampoline includes a trampoline bed secured to a frame. The trampoline bed is made of trampoline bed material. An enclosure includes an enclosure net made of enclosure net material, a net hem formed on the enclosure net, a plurality of net hem openings formed on the net hem, and a bed hem attached to a periphery of the trampoline bed. The bed hem is made of enclosure net material. A plurality of bed hem openings are formed on the bed hem. A securing cord is sized to weave the plurality of net hem openings to the plurality of bed hem openings.
US08905896B2	Methods and systems for assisted direct start control Methods and systems are provided for controlling a vehicle system including a selectively shut-down engine, a torque converter and a torque converter lock-up clutch. One example method comprises, during an idle-stop engine shut-down, restricting flow of transmission fluid out of the torque converter, and adjusting engagement of the torque converter lock-up clutch to adjust a drag torque on the engine to stop the engine.
US08905891B2	Hand-held electric tool having a transmission A hand-held electric tool has a transmission that is situated in a transmission housing, which transmission is able to be switched over, via an operable switching device, at least between a first gear having a high torque and a second gear having a low torque. At least one intermediate gear is assigned to the transmission for the gear switchover, in which the electric tool is not durably operable, the operable switching device being developed to enable a gear switchover between the first and the second gear via the at least one intermediate gear.
US08905888B2	Transfer mechanism for four-wheel drive vehicle A simpler configuration for a power transmission element for realizing gear shift functionality and center differential functionality is achieved in a transfer mechanism (3) for a four-wheel drive vehicle by which rotative power input to an input shaft (11) is transmitted to a rear-wheel output shaft (12) and a front-wheel output shaft (13). The power transmission element includes one planetary gear mechanism (20) configured having a group of gears (21 to 23) that are arranged in a single line in the axial direction and are not moved in the axial direction.
US08905883B2	Torque split type automatic transmission A torque split type automatic transmission which transmits the torque output from an engine through two paths, adds the torque passing through and increased in each path, and outputs a final torque, wherein the torque of the engine is divided into two portions by a torque split device and each portion of the torque is transmitted respectively to first and second power delivery paths and wherein the first power delivery path is connected to a launching device, the second power delivery path is connected to a transmission device, and outputs of the launching device and the transmission device meet such that the torques increased at each power delivery path is added to each other and the final torque is output.
US08905882B2	Power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle may include a first shaft and a second shaft. A first planetary gear set includes a first rotation element connected to a first motor/generator, a second rotation element operated as an output element, and a third rotation element connected to the first shaft. A second planetary gear set includes a fourth rotation element connected to the third rotation element and a second motor/generator, a fifth rotation element connected to the second rotation element and an output gear, and a sixth rotation element connected to a transmission housing. A direct-coupling device connects two rotation elements among the fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements of the second planetary gear set. Transfer gears form the externally-meshing gears, and friction elements connect a selected rotation element to a selected transfer gear or to the transmission housing.
US08905879B2	Deflected bearing shield as a bearing seal for a pulley assembly and method of assembly Disclosed is a pulley assembly including a pulley having an axis of rotation a pulley shell, and a bearing; a shaft having a pulley-receiving end that receives the pulley; and a first bearing shield disposed at the pulley-receiving end of the shaft. The pulley shell includes an annular wall that defines an opening for housing the bearing. The bearing is housed therein and has an inner race, outer race, and a rolling element. The first bearing shield includes a deflected sealing member biases against at least one of the outer race of the bearing and the pulley shell as a first contact seal to protect the bearing from contaminants.
US08905877B2	Tensioning device with a cylindrical latching system A tensioning device for an endless traction element in an engine. The tensioning device has a housing, a plunger, which can he moved in the housing, a compression spring arranged in the plunger, a nonreturn valve arranged between the plunger and the housing, a cylinder arranged in the plunger, and an engagement element. The plunger and the cylinder are connected to one another by a latching system via engagement of the engagement element, and the cylinder is connected materially to the nonreturn valve.
US08905874B2	Broadhead arrowhead with two-stage expansion Improvements in a broadhead arrow is disclosed where the arrowhead opens in two stages. This provides a broadhead arrow that can be launched with a traditional bow or a compound bow to allow a hunter to bring down large game in an efficient manner. When an arrow is launched the arrow receives a thrust of energy from the string that launches the arrow. The initial thrust partially opens the arrowhead in a first stage of opening to provide a low fight profile that reduces flight air resistance. Regardless of how hard the initial thrust that is imparted onto the back of the arrow the blades will not open. Because the initial forward launch has no effect on the final opening of the arrow the only minimal impact forces are needed to completely open the broadhead arrow.
US08905870B1	Baseball strike zone training aid A portable baseball practice device for training hitting and pitching which comprises a pair of opposing upright posts that support a centrally located strike zone that is formed by interconnecting horizontal and vertical cords. The cords create a strike zone for the pitcher to target to and the hitter to practice hitting.
US08905869B2	Basketball shooting training device and method The disclosure relates to a device for training proper finger spacing on a basketball ball at the time of releasing the ball. The basketball training devices provided herein maintain two adjacent fingers in comfortably spaced relation to enable the player to support and release the ball from those two fingers, thereby increasing the player's control of the ball and improving the accuracy of the basketball shot. A method for maintaining two adjacent fingers of a basketball player's hand in spaced and angled relation when shooting a basketball is provided. A method for making the training device is also provided.
US08905860B2	Ball incorporating cover separation element A ball includes a core, a cover, and an intermediate layer between the core and the cover. The intermediate layer may be deformed or actuated to create discontinuities in the cover. The creation of discontinuities allows for easier recycling of the ball parts. The intermediate layer may include one of a bladder or a hydrophilic material that expand upon the introduction of a fluid, a shape memory polymer that deforms upon application of a stimulus, or two materials that react chemically to form a gas.
US08905855B2	System and method for utilizing motion capture data System and method for utilizing motion capture data for healthcare compliance, sporting, gaming, military, virtual reality, industrial, retail loss tracking, security, baby and elderly monitoring and other applications for example obtained from a motion capture element and relayed to a database via a mobile phone. System obtains data from motion capture elements, analyzes data and stores data in database for use in these applications and/or data mining, which may be charged for. Enables unique displays associated with the user, such as 3D overlays onto images of the user to visually depict the captured motion data. Ratings, compliance, ball flight path data can be calculated and displayed, for example on a map or timeline or both. Enables performance related equipment fitting and purchase. Includes active and passive identifier capabilities.
US08905852B2	Roadside personalized entertainment system and method A roadside personalized entertainment system will be inside a building that may be positioned on major highways or Interstates, or other areas of high vehicular traffic. The system will provide short audio-visual entertainment for travelers while they remain in their vehicle.
US08905848B2	Server system, game device, control method, program, and information storage medium A server system that is communicably connected to a game device that is installed in a game operating entity includes a game data storage section, a read section that reads user data about a player, a transmission section that transmits the user data to the game device before the player starts playing the game, a reception section that receives game result data from the game device after the player has finished playing the game, a write section that writes the game result data into the game data storage section, and a charging section that performs a charging process that charges the game operating entity for at least one of a load process and a save process, the load process reading the user data and transmitting the user data to the game device, and the save process receiving the game result data from the game device and writing the game result data into the game data storage section.
US08905847B2	Input device with membrane to impede entrance of foreign contaminates into an electronic gaming machine Methods, systems, or apparatuses for impeding the entrance of foreign contaminates into a housing of a gaming machine may include a gaming controller, a panel, and an input device mounted to the panel. The input device may include a housing. The housing of the input device may include a first section, a second section, and a member moveable with respect to the first and the second sections, wherein the moveable member is configured to be actuated by a player to provide input to the gaming controller; and a membrane disposed between the first section and the panel, wherein the membrane impedes the entrance of foreign contaminates into the housing.
US08905845B2	Gaming controller system A tablet computer interface with additional motion based sensors and tactile controls.
US08905844B2	Storage medium storing load detecting program and load detecting apparatus A load detecting apparatus includes a load controller, and judges a motion of a player on the basis of detected load values. Judgment timing for a motion of putting the feet on and down from the controller is decided on the basis of an elapsed time from an instruction of a motion. In a case that a step-up-and-down exercise is performed, a judgment timing of a motion for bringing about a state both of the feet are put down on a ground at a fourth step is decided on the basis of a judgment timing of a motion of putting a third step down.
US08905841B2	Convertible in-revenue and out-of-revenue gaming system and method with a real-time player dashboard display A convertible in-revenue and out-of-revenue gaming system is disclosed that includes a server connected to automatically convert operating modes and control in-revenue and out-of-revenue operation of one or more banks of gaming machines wherein each of the gaming machines includes a video camera connected to capture live player video feed during competition or tournament operating mode, and each of the gaming machines is operable to display a tournament game presentation simultaneously with a player dashboard. The player dashboard includes a display of the live player video, the player position, the player score, and remaining time in the competition or tournament.
US08905839B1	Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing game program, and information processing device A program causes a computer to execute a process of, upon receiving a content request from a player, consuming the lottery point associated with the player, and executing a lottery game for the player, upon receiving a support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player without consuming a play point of the second player, upon receiving a special support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, consuming a play point of the second player and giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player, and limiting the number of executions of the support process to a predetermined number or smaller and permitting execution of the special support process a number of times larger than the predetermined number.
US08905828B2	Meat tenderization methods and systems Methods and systems for extending or stretching muscles on an animal carcass by separating a hip joint of the carcass. Hip joint separation may be carried out while the carcass is suspended from a conveyor system as part of a commercial meat processing operation.
US08905827B1	Dehider tool and blade therefor A dehider tool has first and second blades arranged in contact with each other that rotate in opposite directions on a common blade axis. A drive assembly having a pneumatic motor and respective drive belts drives the blades in opposite directions about the common blade axis. The blades each have an outer cutting edge in the shape of a regular convex polygon, such as a decagon. The blades have an inner opening for coupling with a blade holder of the drive assembly. The inner opening has the shape of a regular convex polygon, such as a pentagon. The blades are covered with a hard surface coating to extend their service life.
US08905826B2	Method for debristling animal skin A variety of compositions and methods for removing hair from animal skin are disclosed. The methods can include heating the skin and applying force to the skin to remove hair. The methods can further include applying an adhesive comprising a wax and a resin to the skin, allowing the adhesive to solidify, and applying force to the adhesive.
US08905824B2	Shield assembly for a power tool The present invention is directed toward a shield assembly for a handheld tool device such as an angle grinder. The shield assembly is selectively repositionable with respect to the cutting tool. A lock mechanism secures the shield assembly in discrete rotational positions relative to the cutting tool. The shield assembly includes a guard member and a bumper member, and an alignment feature configured to align the relative positions of guard member and the bumper member, thereby positing the members in a predetermined relative orientation. With this configuration, the shield assembly is selectively repositionable via a “hands-free” mechanism that permits a user to adjust the position of the shield assembly by simply contacting the shield assembly against a work surface.
US08905823B2	Corrosion-resistant CMP conditioning tools and methods for making and using same An abrasive tool for conditioning CMP pads includes abrasive grains coupled to a substrate through a metal bond and a coating, e.g., a fluorine-doped nanocomposite coating. The abrasive grains can be arranged in a self-avoiding random distribution. In one implementation, an abrasive tool includes a coated plate and a coated abrasive article that has two abrading surfaces. Other implementations related to a process for producing an abrasive tool that includes a coating at one or more of its surfaces. Also described are methods for dressing a CMP pad.
US08905819B2	Internal gear machining method Provided is an internal gear machining method capable of achieving improvement of machining accuracy and extension of the tool life by increasing a slip velocity. For this purpose, internal gear machining is performed on a workpiece (W) by synchronously rotating the workpiece (W) and a barrel-shaped threaded grinding wheel (11) in mesh with each other. The workpiece (W) is rotatable about a workpiece rotation axis (C1), and the barrel-shaped threaded grinding wheel (11) is rotatable about a grinding wheel rotation axis (B1) having a predetermined shaft angle (Σ) to the workpiece rotation axis (C1). In the internal gear machining method, the shaft angle (Σ) is set large based on the amount of change in a grinding pitch wheel pitch radius of the threaded grinding wheel (11).
US08905817B2	Clamping assembly for a waterjet An air-actuated clamping assembly that is quickly actuated to secure a workpiece in place during machining operations, such as on a waterjet machine. The clamping operation is completed within seconds after a workpiece is placed (for example, when used in conjunction with a waterjet machine) onto the waterjet machine slats. The system greatly minimizes set-up time, allows for an adjustable clamping force, allows for one operator to set up workpieces, keeps the workpiece firmly in place and prevents movement during the machining process, is adaptable to various waterjet brands and models, and is air-actuated so that typical “house air” can be utilized.
US08905812B2	Toy block A toy block, configured to be assembled with a mating block, has four sidewalls. The toy block includes, where applicable, at least one stud, at least one recessed portion, bottom posts, semi-circle posts, rib pairs, a plurality of edge stoppers, and a plurality of corner stoppers. The studs and the recessed portion are provided at the top side and at the bottom side of the toy block respectively. When one of the studs of the mating toy block is inserted in one of the recessed portions of the toy block, each one of the engaged studs of the mating toy block has its sidewall abutting against eight abutment points in its corresponding recessed portions of the toy block. Thus, the toy block is grasped with the mating toy block at the engaged studs of the mating toy block.
US08905811B2	Flying disk with removable trampoline portion A flying disk toy includes an annular inner ring centered on the axis and connected with an outer ring, and a flexible material secured to the inner ring and creating a trampoline surface. The inner ring is detachably received in a groove in the outer ring. The groove has an undercut, and the inner ring has a portion including relatively movable flanges that engage in the undercut in the groove to resist removal of the inner ring from the groove.
US08905808B2	Devices including, methods using, and compositions of reflowable getters Methods for protecting circuit device materials, optoelectronic devices, and caps using a reflowable getter are described. The methods, devices and caps provide advantages because they enable modification of the shape and activity of the getter after sealing of the device. Some embodiments of the invention provide a solid composition comprising a reactive material and a phase changing material. The combination of the reactive material and phase changing material is placed in the cavity of an electronic device. After sealing the device by conventional means (epoxy seal for example), the device is subjected to thermal or electromagnetic energy so that the phase changing material becomes liquid, and consequently: exposes the reactive material to the atmosphere of the cavity, distributes the getter more equally within the cavity, and provides enhanced protection of sensitive parts of the device by flowing onto and covering these parts, with a thin layer of material.
US08905806B2	Methods of manufacturing optical sheets and methods of manufacturing organic light emitting display devices having optical sheets A method of manufacturing an optical sheet includes providing a first stacked structure comprising a plurality of first light shielding layers and a plurality of color filter layers which are alternately stacked, and cutting the first stacked structure to form a plurality of optical films. Each optical film includes first and second cut faces, the second cut face being parallel to the first cut face, each optical film comprising a plurality of light shielding layer sections and a plurality of color filter layer sections extending in a first direction. The method further includes forming a second stacked structure comprising a plurality of second light shielding layers and the plurality of optical films which are alternately stacked; and cutting the second stacked structure to form an optical sheet which comprises third and fourth cut faces, the fourth cut face being parallel to the third cut face.
US08905802B2	Buoyant board An extendable buoyant board with pairs of telescoping sections which are secured in an extended relation to one another by internal pressure from an inflatable pneumatic bladder enclosed within the sections. By retaining each of the inboard ends of successively smaller pairs of extension sections within the adjacent next larger section, the multisection board, when extended, provides substantial rigidity and strength. The telescoping arrangement is preferably provided by a central tubular section with an opening at each end, and an internal cross-sectional area which diminishes from the center to each opening. A first pair of opposed telescoping tubular extension sections is slidably and non-removably engaged within the outboard end of the interior of the central section.
US08905799B2	Press bond terminal An object of the invention is to provide a press bond terminal capable of easily ensuring compatibility between electrical connection performance and mechanical connection performance in the case of connecting a terminal to an electric wire. In a press bond terminal (10) having a conductor press bond part (13) connected by being pressed and bonded to a distal end of a conductor (Wa) of an electric wire, the conductor press bond part (13) being formed in substantially a U-shaped cross section by a base plate (13A) and a pair of conductor crimp pieces (13B) which is extended upward from both right and left lateral edges of the base plate (13A) and is crimped so as to wrap the conductor (Wa) disposed on an inner surface of the base plate (13A), an inner surface of the base plate (13A) of the conductor press bond part (13) is provided with a projecting bar (22).
US08905795B2	Spring-loaded contacts Spring-loaded contacts having an improved reliability. One example may provide spring-loaded contacts having a reduced likelihood of entanglement between a spring and a plunger. For example, a piston may be placed between a plunger and a spring. The piston may have a head portion that is wider than the diameter of the spring and located between the spring and the plunger to isolate the spring and the plunger. In these and other examples, an additional object, such as a sphere, may be placed between the plunger and spring. In another example, two additional objects, such as two spheres, may be placed between a plunger and piston.
US08905790B2	Connectors with power and signal contact structures This disclosure generally pertains to connectors having a signal contact assembly containing a plurality of rod-shaped signal contact members, generally cylindrical dielectric material encasing the sides of the signal contact members and a generally cylindrical conductive shield in contact with the dielectric material. The signal contact assembly along with rod-shaped power contact members are placed in the connector. This combination can be considered to be in the nature of a connector within a connector. The connector can transmit data at 100 Mbps or greater along with power while minimizing the space required for the contacts. The connectors may be generally circular in cross-section.
US08905789B2	Electronic device package box having a base unit and a cover unit with electronic components An electronic device package box includes a base having a pin-protruding face and a first mounting face for mounting a plurality of electronic components thereto, a plurality of first pins mounted to the base for electrical connection with the electronic components and each including a first connection section protruding from the pin-protruding face, a cover connected to and cooperating with the base to define a packaging space, and a plurality of second pins mounted to the cover for electrical connection with a plurality of electronic components. The cover has a second mounting face for mounting the electronic components thereto. Each second pin includes a second connection section protruding from one of the base and the cover.
US08905788B2	Connector and semiconductor testing device including the connector Each of the signal terminal and the ground terminal includes a first extending portion extending toward its tip end, and a second extending portion extending in a direction opposite to the first extending portion. The first extending portion is formed such that a width thereof is smaller than a width of the second extending portion. The housing includes a first housing into which the first extending portions are inserted, and a second housing into which the second extending portions are inserted. The second housing is formed separately from the first housing, and the first housing includes a wall portion located between the first extending portion of the signal terminal and the first extending portion of the ground terminal.
US08905785B2	Electrical connector having conductive housing An electrical connector includes a conductive connector housing that supports a plurality of contact modules that includes electrical ground contacts and electrical signal contacts electrically isolated from each other in the respective contact modules. The electrical ground contacts are in electrical communication with the connector housing so as to electrically common the ground contacts together.
US08905784B2	Device for producing a sealed electrical connection through a wall The invention relates to a device for producing a sealed electrical connection through an engine block crankcase wall in order to connect a sensor or actuating unit contained in the engine block to a central unit comprising a connector provided with at least one bore, which is intended to be arranged in an opening of said wall, at least one electrical contact connected to a wiring harness, said electric contact being surrounded by at least one O-ring seal and arranged in the bore of the connector, said device also comprising an over-moulded part on the wiring harness, an end of the electrical contact connected to the wiring harness and an end of the connector, such that, after the device has been mounted in the opening, the junction between said over-moulded part and the connector is situated on one side of the wall.
US08905779B2	Electrical connector having a plurality of detecting pins An electrical connector includes an insulative housing formed with a rear base and a front mating tongue, a metallic shell covering the insulative housing thereby defining a mating cavity, contacts, and a first and a second detecting pin. The mating tongue defines a first and a second face and two lateral sides between the first and second faces. The contacts include contacting portions located on the first face. Each of the first and the second detecting pins forwardly protrude and has a contacting portion located in the mating cavity. The contacting portion of the first detecting pin is located behind that of the second detecting pin in the insertion direction. The contacting portion of the first detecting pin is located along and space from one of the lateral sides, the contacting portion of the second detecting pin is located in the second face of the mating tongue.
US08905778B2	Contacting assembly for conductors present on flat structures, in particular glass panels The present invention relates to a contacting assembly for conductors that are present on flat structures, in particular glass panels, and have a contact point in the connection section. According to the invention, an end of a connecting cable or of another connecting means, for example, a connecting plug, is connected electrically and mechanically to a pad made of a conductive nonwoven fabric. The connecting cable thus assembled is introduced into a casting block which is open on one side and which has a frame that is provided with adhesive and encloses the nonwoven fabric. The surface of the conductive nonwoven fabric which is delimited laterally by the frame is matched to the area of the contact point, in order to produce, via an adhesive bond between the frame and the flat structure, a contacting connection created by surface pressing between the contact point and the nonwoven fabric surface, wherein the frame together with the casting body seals the contact point with respect to the surrounding area.
US08905775B2	Electrical connector assembly and retaining device thereof An retaining device of an electrical connector assembly for use with a heat dissipating device, includes a first retainer, a fixing lever, and a second retainer. The fixing lever has one end pivotally mounted to the first retainer and another end capable of locked by the first retainer. The second retainer is integral formed with an elastic plate. The first retainer and the second retainer are two separated members, and the fixing lever and the elastic plate are used for pressing two opposite ends of the heat dissipating device.
US08905772B2	Stretchable and foldable electronic devices Disclosed herein are stretchable, foldable and optionally printable, processes for making devices and devices such as semiconductors, electronic circuits and components thereof that are capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Strain isolation layers provide good strain isolation to functional device layers. Multilayer devices are constructed to position a neutral mechanical surface coincident or proximate to a functional layer having a material that is susceptible to strain-induced failure. Neutral mechanical surfaces are positioned by one or more layers having a property that is spatially inhomogeneous, such as by patterning any of the layers of the multilayer device.
US08905771B2	Structure of tree-shaped lighting decoration A structure of tree-shaped lighting decoration includes an extension cable assembly, which is a modularized assembly adapted to carry a regular voltage supplied from an electric main and has an end forming a cylindrical socket and an opposite end forming a cylindrical plug, a tree-segment tube having an end section forming a retention tubular section that has a reduced portion for positioning and retaining the cylindrical socket, an ancillary component including a conical body that forms therein a stepped bore that has a side opening. The stepped bore of the ancillary component and the cylindrical plug are respectively provided with mated dimple and bump for engaging each other. The ancillary component receiving the cylindrical plug therein is fit into an opposite end of the tree-segment tube to form a tree segment. Alternatively, the extension cable assembly can be used as a stand-alone device.
US08905769B2	Housing for a computer system and a computer system with such a housing A housing for a computer system which can be opened at at least one first housing wall for access into the housing and an opening for an external connecting plug is disposed at a second housing wall and where 1) the housing has a locking device to lock the first housing wall and prevent opening of the housing, the locking device is disposed at the opening for an external connecting plug and is actuatable via an external connecting plug so that the first housing wall is locked when an external connecting plug is inserted into the opening and the first housing wall is unlocked if no external connecting plug is inserted into the opening.
US08905765B2	Self loading electrical connector and the assembing method thereof An electrical connector for use with an electronic package, includes a base having two posts. A plurality of contacts is received in the base. A carrier defines a center opening to receive the electronic package and two holes corresponding to the posts. The holes of the carrier cooperate with the posts of the base to guide the carrier loading the electronic package mount to the base.
US08905764B2	Rotary plug A rotary plug includes a base, a plurality of annular slot structures, a plurality of conductive components, a bridging component and a plurality of terminals. An accommodating space is formed on the base. The annular slot structures are respectively disposed on an inner wall of the accommodating space. Each conductive component is disposed inside the corresponding annular slot structure. A protrusion of the conductive component inserts into a hole formed on the annular slot structure. The bridging component is rotatably disposed inside the accommodating space. A first end of the terminal protrudes from a bottom of the bridging component. A second end of the terminal protrudes from a lateral surface of the bridging component and movably inserts into the annular slot structure to electrically contact the conductive component.
US08905763B1	Managing demonstration sessions by a network connected demonstration device and system A demonstration device that provides interactive demonstrations receives user input during a demonstration session. The demonstration device causes a demonstration account or demonstration credential to be generated for a user based on the user input, the demonstration account or demonstration credential being associated with the demonstration session. The demonstration device transmits demonstration session information for the demonstration session to a demonstration server. The user is able to continue the demonstration session from another demonstration-capable device based on the demonstration account or demonstration credential.
US08905762B1	Team-based fitness challenge system and method A fitness challenge program designed to encourage physical activity as well as to entertain and engage participants. Individuals are organized into teams and compete individually as well as against other teams. The program incorporates the use of computer technology to record physical activity and track progress for individuals as well as their teams. The individual and team activity information is posted to a web site accessible to the participants. Each participant has an account and can access his or her activity data through the web site. Team progress can also be viewed in the form of activity level data as well as movement to various locations associated with activity levels. The program incorporates educational content that is tied to team progress in the challenge. The program may be organized and administered through the middle schools that student participants attend.
US08905761B2	Training system, training device, and program recording medium and playback control method Disclosed is a training system that enables a player to take a lesson with smooth and correct breathing and continuously take a lesson while overcoming frustration. An instructor image related to a yoga pose and a breathing timing are displayed on a display. A training device is a portable type, such that the player can hold the training device in one hand, and take a lesson while watching the display. In addition, the player can take the lesson with correct breathing by watching the displayed breathing timing. When it is difficult to take the same pose as the instructor image related to the yoga pose, the player selects ‘SIMPLE POSE’. Then, a simple pose is displayed on the basis of simple pose data. The simple pose has lower difficulty level than an elementary pose, and thus even a player who is lacking in limberness can take the corresponding pose.
US08905755B2	Orthodontic appliance for bite correction A bite-correcting orthodontic appliance attaches directly to the elements of braces (i.e., brackets and archwires); flexes in its distal 25-45% to stay away from the food bolus; has a smooth rectangular profile for patient comfort; and introduces gentle force vectors to the patient's upper and lower teeth that sweep in an arch to lift up on the front of the molar and down on the lower front teeth as the appliance tries to return to its preinstalled (passive) state, resulting in rapid, yet gentle changes unseen in the orthodontic industry. A lock-and-key attachment member is disclosed allowing for ease of installment in the patient's mouth.
US08905750B2	Machines for blowing or stretch blow moulding of bottles Machines are provided for the blowing or stretch blow moulding of bottles or containers having a plurality of moulding units, each moulding unit having a first half-shell and a second half-shell, laterally hinged around a hinge pin having a hinge axis, and a bottom suitable for cooperating to cyclically form a closed cavity suitable for receiving a pre-heated pre-form and for allowing the expansion by stretch blow moulding of the preform inside the cavity so as to obtain a bottle, said moulding unit being arranged to cyclically assume a closed mould configuration and an open mould configuration by means of opening and closing elements of the half-shells towards and away from a closure plane X-X passing through said hinge axis, and movement elements of the bottom, wherein said half-shells and said bottom are actuated in a synchronized manner stating from a single motion inlet comprising a single cam coupling.
US08905742B2	Compact rotary platen 3D printer A three-dimensional printer to fabricate three dimensional objects using a rotary build surface platen. This architecture achieves high space efficiency, and rigidity for precision. The apparatus size can be very small relative to the objects it can build. The 3D printer can also actively shape the side profile of a layer for greater fidelity with the ideal input geometry. The profile can be shaped through subtraction of material, or by constraining the material while it is deposited.
US08905740B2	Mobile production system for cement panel The invention relates to an automated mobile production system for fabricating a cement panel or composite cement panel. The system includes a movable container and a conveyor system inside the container aligned along a longitudinal axis of the container. The system further includes a plurality of independent manufacturing stations inside the container and aligned along the conveyor system. The container is preferably an international standard shipping container so that being compact and movable from place to place. Further, the system includes a removable mortar mixing station affixed to the outer top side of the container when the system is in operation, and is removed and stored inside the container during transport of the system.
US08905737B2	Revolving vane compressor and method for its manufacture A revolving vane compressor comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder longitudinal axis of rotation, a rotor mounted within the cylinder and having a rotor longitudinal axis of rotation, the rotor longitudinal axis and the cylinder longitudinal axis being spaced from each other for relative movement between the rotor and the cylinder; a vane operatively engaged in a slot for causing the cylinder and the rotor to rotate together, the vane being mounted in the slot with a two degree-of-freedom motion relative to the slot for enabling the rotor and the cylinder to rotate with each other.
US08905735B2	Gerotor apparatus for a quasi-isothermal Brayton cycle engine According to one embodiment of the invention, an engine system comprises a housing, an outer gerotor, an inner gerotor, a tip inlet port, a face inlet port, and a tip outlet port. The housing has a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first endwall, and a second endwall. The outer gerotor is at least partially disposed in the housing and at least partially defines an outer gerotor chamber. The inner gerotor is at least partially disposed within the outer gerotor chamber. The tip inlet port is formed in the first sidewall and allows fluid to enter the outer gerotor chamber. The face inlet port is formed in the first endwall and allows fluid to enter the outer gerotor chamber. The tip outlet port is formed in the second sidewall and allows fluid to exit the outer gerotor chamber.
US08905734B2	Compressor A compressor is provided having an accumulator that may form an accumulating chamber at an internal space of a shell, thereby reducing a size of the compressor, and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. Further, a center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration noise of the compressor caused by the accumulator. Furthermore, an oil collecting plate may be installed at an upper end of an upper bearing to supply oil between a vein and vein slot, thereby preventing compression loss. Also, an installation area of the compressor including the accumulator may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components, thereby facilitating installation of the outdoor device.
US08905733B2	Progressing cavity pump/motor A progressing cavity pump/motor includes a stator (12) having a metal interior surface (14) and one or more spiraling internal lobes (16). The rotor (18) has a metal exterior surface (20) and one or more spiraling external lobes (22) for cooperating with the stator to form progressing cavities between the stator and the rotor during rotation of the rotor. At least one of the stator interior surface and the rotor exterior surface include a plurality of spaced grooves (30) in the respective surface, such that fluid flowing to a gap between the stator and the rotor is disrupted by the spaced grooves to reduce fluid leakage between the stator and the rotor.
US08905732B2	Fluid working machine In usual hydraulic pumps, a separate assembly opening is provided for every valve of the hydraulic pump. This design causes sealing problems. It is proposed, that the fluid inlet valve and the fluid outlet valve can be assembled through a common assembly access port. Further, the fluid inlet valve and the fluid outlet valve can be arranged around a common cavity, or even within the same cavity, via the common assembly access port in the fluid working machine's body.
US08905729B2	Rotodynamic pump with electro-magnet coupling inside the impeller Rotodynamic pumps having an inner drive permanent magnet coupling disposed inside an impeller are provided. The impeller has a casing having a pumping region generally in a pumping plane that is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the impeller and aligned with a permanent magnet coupling that includes outer magnets that are connected to the impeller and at least partially aligned with the pumping region of the impeller, and inner magnets that are connected to an inner magnet ring and are axially aligned with the outer magnets. A canister is sealed to the casing and separates the outer magnets from the inner magnets.
US08905728B2	Rotodynamic pump with permanent magnet coupling inside the impeller Rotodynamic pumps having an inner drive permanent magnet coupling disposed inside an impeller are provided. The impeller has a casing having a pumping region generally in a pumping plane that is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the impeller and aligned with a permanent magnet coupling that includes outer magnets that are connected to the impeller and at least partially aligned with the pumping region of the impeller, and inner magnets that are connected to an inner magnet ring and are axially aligned with the outer magnets. A canister is sealed to the casing and separates the outer magnets from the inner magnets.
US08905719B2	Composite rotor and vane assemblies with integral airfoils A composite gas turbine engine structure includes a retention ring with airfoils mounted on, integral with, and extending radially away from retention ring. Retention ring includes annular composite plies, a circumferentially segmented airfoil ring including airfoil ring segments disposed around one of outer and inner circumferences of retention ring. Airfoil ring segments include annular bases and radially extending clockwise and counter-clockwise airfoil segments at clockwise and counter-clockwise ends of annular base. Composite airfoils include circumferentially adjacent ones of the clockwise and counter-clockwise airfoil segments. A flowpath shell circumferentially disposed around segmented airfoil ring traps annular bases between flowpath shell and retention ring. Composite airfoils airfoils extend through slots in flowpath shell. Plies may be wrapped in a single spiral made from a continuous composite tape. Slots may be circumferentially angled. Circumferentially adjacent ones of clockwise and counter-clockwise airfoil segments may be stitched together.
US08905718B2	Modular structural composite beam A modular fiber reinforced plastic flange for a structural composite beam which comprises a body formed of a plurality of elongate elements arranged in an array, wherein the dimensions of the body are substantially determined by the number and arrangement of the elongate elements in the array, and a skin member at least partially surrounding the array. Also, a structural composite beam comprising the modular fiber reinforced plastic flange and a shear web connected to the skin member of the modular flange. A method of making the modular flange and beams, and a kit of parts for making the modular flange are also disclosed.
US08905712B2	Support bar for steam turbine nozzle assembly A support bar for a steam turbine nozzle assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, the support bar includes a hook-shaped portion for engaging a lip portion of a steam turbine diaphragm, wherein the steam turbine support bar is configured to non-affixedly join a steam turbine casing to the steam turbine diaphragm.
US08905709B2	Low-ductility open channel turbine shroud A turbine shroud apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: a plurality of arcuate shroud segments arranged as an annular shroud, each of the shroud segments comprising low-ductility material and having a cross-sectional shape defined by opposed forward and aft walls, and opposed inner and outer walls, the walls extending between opposed first and second end faces, wherein an open channel is formed through the outer wall of each shroud segment; an annular stationary structure surrounding the shroud segments; and a hanger received in the open channel of each shroud segment and mechanically coupled to the stationary structure, each of the hangers passing through the respective open channel and including an enlarged portion having greater cross-sectional area than the open channel, the enlarged portion engaging the outer wall of the respective shroud segment, so as to retain the shroud segment radially relative to the stationary structure.
US08905707B2	Bearing cooling control in an air cycle machine An air cycle machine has a housing which holds a compressor section, and a turbine section having an expansion area, and a fan section disposed outside of the housing. A shaft, which attaches to and is coaxial with the compressor section, the turbine section and the fan section, is supported by an air journal bearing and an air thrust bearing. The shaft has a hollow core for porting cooling air from the air journal bearing and the air thrust bearing, and a tube that extends into said expansion area and communicates cooling air from the turbine expansion area to the thrust bearing.
US08905706B2	Vortex propeller The invention discloses at least one blade extending away from a beginning point and longitudinally along a central axis and approximating the shape of a spiral about said central axis. The blade comprises a beginning point disposed a first lateral distance away from the central axis and a terminating point disposed a second lateral distance away from the central axis, the second distance being greater than the first distance.
US08905703B2	Lift gate assembly with pedal opener A lift gate assembly for a vehicle that includes a platform assembly with a platform member. The assembly also includes a linkage assembly pivotally connected to the platform member and operably coupled to a vehicle, such that the platform member is pivotally moveable between a storage position and an in-use position. The assembly further includes a pedal opener coupled to the platform member at a location above the first pivot point when the platform member is in the storage position. The pedal opener also has a rearwardly disposed, upwardly facing surface configured to receive a generally downward applied force that assists pivotal movement of the platform member from the storage position to the in-use position.
US08905702B1	Cable-driven trailer loading system for liner A cable-driven liner loading system for loading of an invertible liner onto a trailer bed and unloading the invertible liner from the trailer bed. A movable trolley is supported between a pair of tracks defined by C-shaped members. The movable trolley is actuated by a cable system that is driven by a winch and a set of pulleys, permitting the movable trolley to move along an axis of the trailer bed to facilitate loading of the invertible liner in a serpentine-like manner.
US08905700B2	Transfer and inspection devices of object to be inspected An inspection apparatus includes an inspection chamber in which low-temperature inspection of an inspection object is performed; and a transfer chamber including therein a transfer device. The transfer device includes a transfer arm for transferring the inspection object to the inspection chamber; an arm-receiving compartment having a gateway via which the transfer arm is moved into or out of the arm-receiving compartment; and a gas supply means having a first and a second supply part for supplying a low-dew-point gas to the arm-receiving compartment from different locations. Herein, the first supply part is configured to supply the low-dew-point gas toward the inspection object introduced into the arm-receiving compartment by the transfer arm.
US08905698B2	Retaining ring A retaining clip (4) comprising a substantially planar annular sector portion (14) with a sector angle of over 180° and having a recess (15) at each end of the sector arc. Also, a retaining ring comprising a pair of the retaining clip (13), wherein the recessed ends cooperate such that the pair of clips form a complete annulus. Also, a method of installing a retaining ring in a groove formed in a component, comprising inserting a first retaining clip into the groove in a substantially radial direction from a first side of the groove, an inserting a second retaining clip into the groove in a substantially radial direction from a second side of the groove opposite the first.
US08905697B2	Thermal break fastener A thermal break fastener includes a head that has a top side and an underside. The head has diameter. A shank depends from the underside of the head and has an end that has a longitudinal bore therein, opposite the head. The shank is formed from a thermally non-transmissive material. The shank has a diameter less than the diameter of the head. A seal is positioned on the shank. A driving/boring element has a driving point and a self-counter-bore cutter spaced from the driving point. The self-counter-bore cutter has a diameter about equal to the diameter of the shank. The driving/boring element is mounted to the shank with the self-counter-bore cutter disposed at about the end of the shank opposite the head. A two-piece configuration includes a driving/boring element including a self-counter-bore cutter and a separate a sealing head with a seal positioned on the sealing head.
US08905696B2	Extension fastener for portable tool An extension fastener for a portable light and compact tool is described. The housing of the tool, or the useful part of it encompasses a self-taping screw. The termination of the self-taping screw is secured to a base plate and extends perpendicular thereto to provide a firm support. The tool is fasten to a support taken from surrounding vegetation, such as a branch from a tree and of any diameter, or a machined wood extension member in order to increase the tool reach.
US08905693B2	Hardware retention clip A retention clip for hardware may include a support surface having an aperture extending through the support surface. The support surface may surround an entire perimeter of the aperture. The clip may further include at least one anti-rotation surface extending from the support surface in a non-parallel direction, and a plurality of angled tabs extending from the support surface in non-parallel directions towards the aperture. At least a portion of each angled tab may be disposed directly below the aperture. The tabs may be elastic below a preset load placed on the tabs, and the tabs may deform and lose their elasticity above the preset load.
US08905690B2	SCEM for heat-resistant materials (star mill) A milling cutter for milling a groove into a blade footing of a turbine blade made from a superalloy. The milling cutter comprises a shaft part and a cutting part connected to the shaft part in the longitudinal direction. The cutting part has flutes and, when viewed in cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, has several cutting teeth distributed about the periphery. The cutting teeth are designed as scraping teeth with negative cutting geometry.
US08905689B2	Ultrasonic machining assembly for use with portable devices A machining system that includes an ultrasonic machining assembly, wherein the ultrasonic machining assembly further includes a machining tool; a collet adapted to receive the machining tool; and an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is operative to transmit acoustical vibrations to the machining tool; and a machining apparatus, wherein the machining apparatus is adapted to receive and secure the ultrasonic machining assembly, and wherein the machining apparatus is operative to transmit torque to the machining tool by applying rotary motion to the ultrasonic machining assembly.
US08905684B2	Slotting cutter, cutting insert and tool therefor A slotting cutter includes a disc-like cutter body rotatable in a predetermined direction on a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the cutter body. The cutter body includes a stop slot, an upper cam slot and a lower slot. A plurality of pockets adapted to receive a cutting inset are formed about a perimeter of the body. A cantilevered clamping member includes a bottom surface with a pair of clamping surfaces that engage a pair of angled clamping surfaces on a top surface of the cutting insert during operation. A wrench is provided to lift the cantilevered clamping member for inserting, indexing or removing the cutting insert from the slotting cutter. The wrench includes two fixed pins and a floating pin that prevents the cantilevered clamping member from bending too far and limiting the useful life of the slotting cutter.
US08905682B2	Multi-edge cutting head and an insert used therein A cutting portion of an integral cutting tool or of a cutting insert adapted for mounting onto a cutting tool holder to form a cutting tool, which comprises a plurality n of cutting edges. The cutting portion extends along a cutting path about a central axis. The cutting path (CP) passes through a point of each of the cutting edges which is at a maximal radial space R from the central axis, such that (formula I), where D=2R and θ is the angular extension of the cutting path about the central axis (X). At any given point along the cutting portion, (formula II), where L is one of the following: i. the extension of the cutting portion in a direction perpendicular to the cutting path; and ii. the extension of the cutting edges in a direction perpendicular to the cutting path.
US08905680B2	Ultrathin wafer transport systems An improved silicon wafer transport system. More particularly, this invention relates to providing new wafer-transport apparatus having geometries configured to minimize damage to the wafer while assisting in maintaining multi-orientation positioning of the wafer during transport by the tool.
US08905676B2	Marine pipeline installation system and methods A marine pipeline installation system is provided for laying a pipeline and/or installing a subsea riser. The system includes a pipeline guide supported at an elevated position by the tower for guiding the pipeline from a first trajectory extending between the reel and the pipeline guide to the firing line along said tower. The pipeline guide is supported by the tower via an associated guide support frame, the support frame being adapted to allow for displacement of the pipeline guide between a pipelaying position, wherein one end of the pipeline guide is positioned in the firing line, and a retracted, non-operable position. The guide support frame allows movement of the pipeline guide in a combined upward direction and direction towards the reel, such that in the retracted position of the guide support frame the length of the first trajectory is essentially the same as in the pipelaying position.
US08905670B1	Snap-fit joint for plastic frame elements and frames formed thereby A snap-fit joint comprises plastic male and female members. The male member has a flexible wall shaped along its length to define a terminal anchor portion and a relatively narrower neck portion defined by opposing curved indentations of the wall. The opposing curved indentations taper inwardly from a top to a bottom, such that the distance between opposing curved indentations of the wall is least at the bottom of the wall and greatest at the top. The female member comprises a socket corresponding in shape to that of the male member. As the male member is inserted into the socket, the curved indentations of the male member are flexed inwardly until the male member is seated in the socket.
US08905668B2	Rotatable cosmetic applicator A cosmetic applicator comprises a body defining a handle, the body being arranged to receive the cosmetic product, a rotatable applicator element attached to a distal end of the body, the applicator element extending transversely relative to the body and being located proximate the cosmetic product, and a driving arrangement to rotate the applicator element, thereby loading the cosmetic product for subsequent application. In an embodiment, the body is elongate so as to define a longitudinal axis, with the applicator element extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body. In an embodiment, the cosmetic applicator comprises an actuating arrangement to allow a user to selectively control the position of the cosmetic product with respect to the applicator element, thereby allowing a controlled quantity of cosmetic product to be loaded onto the applicator element.
US08905666B2	Liquid applicator When the cap is released, the application body that is urged to the applicator front end side slides to the applicator front end side, and in this condition, the click button is actuated in linkage by the inclined part of the click button being pushed by the application body projection so that the click button moves up and juts out from the peripheral side of the front barrel and the valve set opens at approximately the same time. Upon usage, when the jutting click button is pushed and released, the application body is slid in the axial direction by the abutment between the inclined part of the click button and the applicator body projection so as to be able to open and close the valve set.
US08905665B2	Retractable writing and erasing piece against sliding back A retractable writing/erasing piece against sliding back includes a holding pipe, an internal pipe, a sleeve pipe, a slide base and a writing/erasing piece. At least a pair of stepped guide grooves is disposed on a pipe wall of the internal pipe and the stepped guide grooves have multiple guide groove windows. At least a pair of spiral guide slots is disposed on an internal wall of the sleeve pipe. At least a pair of guide protrusions is disposed on the slide base. The pair of guide protrusions is contained in the pair of spiral guide slots. The guide protrusions are abutted against a blocking wall of a guide groove window therein, so that an accident sliding back of the writing/erasing piece and the slide base can be avoided.
US08905652B2	Circuit board assembly having optical connectors for signal transmission A circuit board assembly includes a substrate, a first optical connector, a second optical connector, and at least two planar light wave circuits. The first optical connector includes a first circuit board electrically connected to the substrate, at least one first laser diode, at least one first photodiode, and a first transparent shell. The second optical connector includes a second circuit board connected to the substrate, at least one second laser diode, at least one second photodiode, and a second transparent shell. The planar light wave circuits are arranged between the first and second transparent shells. Each first laser diode is optically coupled with a second photodiode through a first transparent shell, a planar light wave circuit, and a second transparent shell. Each second laser diode is optically coupled with a first photodiode through a second transparent shell, a planar light wave circuit, and a first transparent shell.
US08905650B2	Fiber-optic cable with fitting A fiber-optic cable with a fitting capable of increasing connection strength between a fiber-optic cable and an optical connector, which includes a fiber-optic cable including a sheath and a tensile member, an inner ring mounted on a circumference of the sheath from a position where the tensile member is drawn out of the sheath through a slit to a front end of the sheath, and a fitting mounted on the circumference and including a first portion mounted from the position where the tensile member is drawn out of the sheath to a position of the sheath on a side opposite to the ring side, and a second portion mounted while covering a circumference of the ring, wherein the first portion connects with the sheath, and the end portion of the tensile member is sandwiched by the ring and the second portion.
US08905647B2	Connector system with physical security feature A receptacle for optically coupling with a plug from a set of plugs, each of the plugs in the set of plugs having a plug housing with a unique front face geometry and a ferrule disposed within the plug housing, the receptacle comprising: a tub having a plurality of walls that define an interior for receiving a plug, said tub interior having a tub interior geometry corresponding to one and only one unique front face geometry and defining by a ferrule guiding portion in the tub, wherein said ferrule guiding portion projects from one or more of the plurality of walls into the tub interior and includes a keying element in a predefined position within said receptacle interior, the keying element preventing mating engagement between the receptacle and the plugs of the set of plugs except for the plug having said corresponding unique front face geometry.
US08905644B2	Shaft bearing device for a hand-held power tool A shaft bearing device for a hand-held power tool, in particular for an angle grinder and/or a circular saw, includes at least one first support unit and at least one second support unit which are intended to axially and/or radially support a bearing element of a shaft. At least one of the at least two support units is formed at least partially by a plate element that has at least one axial and/or radial bend.
US08905641B2	Hub bearing assembly with a sealing device A hub bearing assembly (10) is provided with a stationary outer ring (20), an inner ring (30) with a flange (32) for mounting of a wheel, the flange (32) forming an annular relief (36) that protrudes in an axially inner direction and has an inner cylindrical surface (37); a sealing device (50), mounted on the outer ring (20), has a non-contacting axial lip (61) which extends towards the flange (32) and has a free end portion (62) which provides a labyrinth seal with the cylindrical surface (37) of the annular relief (36).

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