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US07729825B2	System and method of intelligent agent management using an agent interface for use in vehicle diagnostics A system and method of intelligent agent management using an agent interface within a vehicle intelligent agent system is provided. The system includes a host system, and a local system in communication with the host system via a communications means. The system includes an intelligent agent that carries instructions or information regarding a task to be performed by the agent. The system further includes an interface having a processor and memory. The methodology includes the steps of the interface facilitating the transfer of instructions carried by the agent to the interface, copying predetermined information from the host system database into the interface memory, and assembling, by the interface processor, the agent instructions and stored information. The methodology further includes the steps of transferring the assembled instructions from the interface to the local processor, and transferring the assembled instructions from the local processor to the agent for execution.
US07729823B2	Method and system for monitoring tyres A method for monitoring a tire fitted to a vehicle includes detecting data from the tire, sending the data to a central processing unit using a predetermined telecommunications protocol, causing automatic processing of the data by the central processing unit to obtain at least one value for an index characterizing the tire during use of the tire, and sending the at least one value to a receiving unit. The data from the tire includes a code identifying the tire and at least one item of data regarding a state of the tire. A system for monitoring a tire includes a device for detecting data from the tire and a central processing unit. The central processing unit causes automatic processing of the detected data and generates at least one value for an index characterizing the tire during use of the tire.
US07729820B1	System AMD method for maneuvering a mobile platform with an on-board obstruction A plurality of targets in a mobile platform's obstructed zone can be cleared from the obstructed zone and engaged in the most time-efficient manner by maneuvering the platform to clear and engage each target having the minimum clearance displacement in turn as measured from the platform's position following each maneuver.
US07729804B2	Robot controller and robot control method for synchronous operation and adjusting robot movement based on two movement times A controller calculates first movement times when moving each robot hand from a movement start position to a synchronous operation position in a shortest time and decides the longest first movement time as a second movement time. The controller generates, for each robot, a robot operation plan for moving each robot hand without stopping from the movement start position to the synchronous operation position in the second movement time. The robot hand of each robot moves from the movement start position to the synchronous operation position without stopping and simultaneously reach the synchronous operation positions.
US07729802B2	Automated support member installation station Method and apparatus for installing a support member to support a flexible element, such as a shipping comb used to support a flexible suspension assembly of a head-stack assembly (HSA). A robotic end effector configured to insert the support member to bias the flexible element. Prior to said insertion, an inspection assembly verifies at least one physical parameter of the member while the member is supported by the end effector. One or more computerized video images along at least one axis are preferably obtained by the inspection assembly, and machine readable code on the member is preferably decoded from said image(s). The end effector preferably includes a pair of opposing gripper fingers which engage the support member with variable compressive force during insertion. A cleaning assembly preferably cleans the support member prior to insertion, and a subsequent video image is preferably obtained after insertion to verify installation of the member.
US07729796B2	Robot hand and method for automatically placing an element The invention concerns an industrial robot (4) comprising a machining tool (2) attached to one hand (3) of the robot, designed to perform a hydraulic-driven movement relative to the hand (3) and connected therefor to a hydraulic unit (10). The hydraulic unit (10) is placed directly on a mobile part of the robot, in particular directly on the robot hand (3). Therefore there is no more need for hydraulic supply lines along the arm of the robot. Further, when the robot hand (3) changes tool, no separation of hydraulic lines is required. The machining tool (2) is in particular a device for placing blind rivets, thereby enabling an entirely automated process for placing blind rivets.
US07729792B2	Version control for objects in a process plant configuration system A version control system helps to keep track of versions of process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant. These module objects may be created from module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant. Version data is stored and associated with a module object. The version data may comprise data indicative of a version of a module class object that was used to create the module object. The version data may also comprise data indicative of a version of the module object. Configuration systems, version control systems, viewing systems, debugging systems, run-time monitoring systems, asset management systems, etc., may examine or permit viewing of the version control data associated with an item.
US07729789B2	Process plant monitoring based on multivariate statistical analysis and on-line process simulation Disclosed are systems and methods for on-line monitoring of operation of a process in connection with process measurements indicative of the operation of the process. In some cases, the operation of the process is simulated to generate model data indicative of a simulated representation of the operation of the process and based on the process measurements. A multivariate statistical analysis of the operation of the process is implemented based on the model data and the process measurements. The output data from the multivariate statistical analysis may then be evaluated during the operation of the process to enable the on-line monitoring of the process involving, for instance, fault detection via classification analysis of the output data.
US07729781B2	High efficiency neurostimulation lead Devices and methods for stimulating nerves, such as peripheral nerves are described. Some devices can include small cross-section lead bodies having one or more electrodes in the round distal portion, the electrodes having a substantially planar surface within the distal portion of the lead which is suitable for placement through a cylindrical needle intended to access a spinal region of a patient. Some lead electrodes are covered with a hydrophilic coating at least about 0.001 inches thick. The hydrophilic coating may include a steroid and/or a GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) agonist which can elute or diffuse over time, away from the electrode.
US07729777B2	Magnetic resonance imaging interference immune device A voltage compensation unit reduces the effects of induced voltages upon a device having a single wire line. The single wire line has balanced characteristic impedance. The voltage compensation unit includes a tunable compensation circuit connected to the wire line. The tunable compensation circuit applies supplemental impedance to the wire line. The supplemental impedance causes the characteristic impedance of the wire line to become unbalanced, thereby reducing the effects of induced voltages caused by changing magnetic fields.
US07729773B2	Neural stimulation and optical monitoring systems and methods Neural stimulation and optical monitoring systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for treating a neural condition includes a signal delivery device configured to be implanted into a patient proximate to a skull of the patient and positioned to apply electromagnetic signals to one or more target sites within the patient. The apparatus also includes an implantable optical monitoring assembly configured to monitor optical properties at one or more optical monitoring sites within the patient. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to be implanted into the patient. The controller is operatively coupled to the signal delivery device and the optical monitoring assembly and programmed to control both the signal delivery device and the optical monitoring assembly. The controller also includes a power source to power both the signal delivery device and the optical monitoring assembly.
US07729767B2	Implantable generating system An implantable generating system includes a generator assembly configured to be positioned within a living organism for converting mechanical motion into electrical energy. A linkage assembly is configured to be positioned within the living organism for mechanically coupling the generator assembly with one or more body parts displaceable during respiratory-based diaphragm motion.
US07729763B2	Post long pause overdrive pacing in response to atrial tachyarrythmia episode This disclosure provides for methods and apparatus for preventing an early recurring atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF) episode (herein “ERAF”). Some aspects of the foregoing involve commencing atrial overdrive pacing therapy delivery at an overdrive pacing rate upon detection of one of: (i) an AF episode and (ii) a relatively long pause between successive sensed P-waves during an AF episode. The AF episode typically has a cycle length interval of between about 100 ms and 300 ms, and the relatively long pause has a duration of between about 40 ms and 100 ms longer than the cycle length of the AF episode. Atrial overdrive pacing is delivered for a relatively short period of time after successful termination of the AF episode. Subsequently, the atrial pacing rate is rapidly decreased until either normal sinus rhythm or a lower programmed pacing rate is reached.
US07729761B2	Method and apparatus for controlled gene or protein delivery An implantable system which includes a gene/protein delivery device and a pulse generator, as well as method of preparing the gene/protein delivery device and using the system, are provided. In one embodiment, the implantable system detects a predetermined condition or event and, in response, delivers gene(s) and/or protein(s) in conjunction with delivering pacing and/or defibrillation pulses.
US07729757B2	Corrective voice prompts for caregiving device A medical device such as a defibrillator that incorporates corrective voice prompts that navigate users around operator errors. The voice prompts may, for example, address errors of readiness (e.g., failing to connect the defibrillator to an AC power source, failing to pre-connect electrodes, etc.), errors of omission (i.e., forgetting to do something, such as attempting to deliver a shock before the defibrillator is charged), and errors of commission (i.e., doing the wrong thing, such as attempting to shock VF when in the synchronization mode). The voice prompts may address errors in the delivery of therapy (e.g., attempting to shock VF when in the synchronization mode) or they may address errors other than in the delivery of therapy (e.g., failing to connect to an AC power source).
US07729754B2	System and method for arrhythmia discrimination with atrial-ventricular dissociation Ventricular arrhythmias are monitored and classified based upon various criteria. One criterion is PR dissociation which is determined by comparing the PR interval in a current RR cycle to a median PR value. If the current PR interval varies too far from the median, then dissociation is indicated. Often, there are multiple atrial events in a given RR interval and the PR value has been based upon the last atrial event in the cycle. An algorithm determines whether to use the last atrial event in a cycle or whether an earlier atrial event occurred and would provide a more accurate PR value.
US07729750B2	Method and apparatus for high resolution spatially modulated fluorescence imaging and tomography An improvement in a method for quantitative modulated imaging to perform depth sectioned reflectance or transmission imaging in a turbid medium, such as human or animal tissue is directed to the steps of encoding periodic pattern of illumination preferably with a fluorescent excitation wavelength when exposing a turbid medium to the periodic pattern to provide depth-resolved discrimination of structures within the turbid medium; and reconstructing a non-contact three dimensional image of the structure within a turbid medium. As a result, wide field imaging, separation of the average background optical properties from the heterogeneity components from a single image, separation of superficial features from deep features based on selection of spatial frequency of illumination, or qualitative and quantitative structure, function and composition information is extracted from spatially encoded data.
US07729745B2	Device for carrying out rotablation Device for carrying out rotablation, comprising a rotablation catheter, an OCT sensor, an IVUS sensor, position sensors and also an image processing unit, which is embodied for the creation of combined 2D or 3D images based on the data of the sensors.
US07729739B2	Heat diffusion based detection of structures of interest in medical images A method for detecting and identifying structures of interest such as colonic polyps or similar structures like lung nodules in volumetric (medical) images data is provided. The method includes obtaining a heat diffusion field (HDF) by applying a heat diffusion scheme to a volume of interest that includes structures. The obtained heat diffusion field is then used for identifying a structure of interest from the structures in the volume of interest using a geometrical analysis of the heat diffusion field. The heat diffusion scheme is, at least partly, governed by non-linear diffusion parameters. The identification includes two parts: (i) the computation of a spherical symmetry parameter, and (ii) the performance of a local analysis of the volume of interest and computation of a triangulization parameter.
US07729733B2	Configurable physiological measurement system A physiological measurement system has a sensor, a processor, a communications link and information elements. The sensor is configured to transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths into a tissue site and to generate a sensor signal responsive to the transmitted light after tissue attenuation. The processor is configured to operate on the sensor signal so as to derive at least one physiological parameter. The communications link is adapted to provide communications between the sensor and the processor. The information elements are distributed across at least one of the sensor, the processor and the communications link and provide operational information corresponding to at least one of the sensor, the processor and the communications link.
US07729731B2	Terminal structure of superconducting cable A terminal structure of a superconducting cable is provided that is capable of preventing degradation in airtightness of a seal provided on the boundary between a room-temperature side and a cryogenic side for a long-term use. The terminal structure includes a terminal of a superconducting cable, a bushing providing electrical conduction with a superconducting conductor of the cable, and a refrigerant bath housing the terminal and the bushing. The refrigerant bath includes a liquid nitrogen layer in its cryogenic side and a nitrogen gas layer in its room-temperature side that are adjacent to each other. In the nitrogen gas layer, distance t between an inner surface of the refrigerant bath and an outer periphery of the bushing is dimensioned such that nitrogen gas is kept in a gaseous state without being pressurized by a pressurizer and respective pressures of nitrogen gas and liquid nitrogen counterbalance each other.
US07729727B2	Aligning radio base station node transmission timing on multiple transmit paths A radio base station node (20) of a telecommunications network comprises a baseband transmitter (22) and plural radio frequency (RF) paths (24) between the baseband transmitter (22) and an antenna system (30). A measurement entity (32) is provided, preferably near the antenna system (30), for making a measurement or comparison of a time of detecting of a power modulation for each of plural RF transmission paths (24), e.g., a time of detecting of a power modulation for a first of the plural RF transmission paths and a time of detection of a power modulation for a second of the plural RF transmission paths. A transmission timing adjustment unit (34) uses the power modulation measurement or comparison for adjusting timing of transmission of signals for the plural RF transmission paths for obtaining a desired time alignment for the plural RF transmission paths.
US07729718B2	Outer loop power control for F-DPCH A method and arrangement are described herein for power control for the F-DPCH (Fractional-Dedicated Physical Control Channel) for a 3rd generation mobile telecommunication system applying HSDPA, in particular for a user equipment in soft handover.
US07729712B2	Walkie-talkie with screen to show a list of other walkie-talkies within communication range A device, method, and computer program product for identifying and communicating with digital communication devices within a communication range that includes a transmitter configured to transmit a control signal and a voice signal, a receiver configured to receive the control signal and the voice signal, a user interface unit having a display area, and a computational unit configured to control the transmitter to periodically transmit identifying information as the control signal. The control signal is received as remote identifying information by the other digital communication devices within the communication range. The remote identifying information is displayed on the display area of each of the digital communication devices receiving the control signal.
US07729711B2	Reducing interference from closely proximate wireless units A wireless device may include two or more wireless interfaces capable of transmitting and/or receiving signals over separate wireless networks. To reduce the likelihood of interference, a processing unit may determine whether to permit a transmission under one wireless network when a reception under another wireless network is already in progress.
US07729704B2	Power load balancing in cellular networks employing shadow prices of base stations A wireless mobile device is configured to set up communications via wireless links with wireless base stations of a cellular communication system and to obtain information indicative of shadow prices of said wireless base stations via wireless transmissions. Each of the wireless base stations has a corresponding shadow price. The wireless mobile device is configured to make a select one of the wireless base stations for a wireless link with the wireless mobile device based on the information indicative of the shadow prices.
US07729699B2	Switching center for mobile handover In a mobile communication system having an ATM-processed transfer path, a non-instantaneous interrupt handover can be realized. In a mobile communication network including an ATM-processed transfer path, when a mobile station is moved between cells during communication, frames are received to be identified by a mobile switching center. The frames contain the same data received from both base stations covering the cell range at asynchronous timing different from each other. A selection is made of header information with the lowest error rate from the header information of these frames. The frames are connected at instructed timing. Also, the frames to be transmitted to a plurality of base stations are duplicated, and then transmission timing is specified from these header information. These duplicated frames are transmitted at the specified transmission timing, so that the non-instantaneous interrupt handover is carried out.
US07729698B2	Communication system receiver and method for concurrent receiving of multiple channels A method and apparatus in a communication system provide for concurrent processings of signals at the different frequencies. A received signal is down converted in a RF/IF system to produce on-channel and out-of-channel received samples. The on-channel received samples are processed in a back-end portion to decode on-channel information. The out-of-channel received samples are processed to determine at least one of a link quality and global positioning system originated information in the back-end portion. The processings of the on-channel received samples and the out-of-channel received samples are performed essentially at the same time by the receiver back-end.
US07729673B2	Method and apparatus for multichannel signal limiting A method and apparatus provide multichannel signal limiting to prevent any channel signal within a multichannel signal from exceeding defined limits, while still preserving the gain and/or amplitude relationships among the individual channel signals. A limiter is configured to calculate a limiting factor as the value needed to prevent a limit violation on the worst-case one of the channel signals, and then commonly apply that limiting factor to the gain control of all channel signals. Thus, the limiter may generate an actual gain value for each channel signal as the product of that channel signal's desired gain value and the current value of the limiting factor. Notably, in multichannel audio signal applications, coordinating gain control across the individual audio channels by use of the commonly applied limiting factor prevents undesirable spatial shifting of the soundstage, e.g., shifting of the stereo image.
US07729671B2	Method and system for enhancing efficiency by modulating power amplifier gain Aspects of a method and system for enhancing efficiency by modulating power amplifier (PA) gain are presented. Aspects of the system may comprise a PA gain modulator that enables modification of an amplitude of a digital baseband signal. A baseband processor may enable computation of a first gain value based on the modification. The baseband processor may enable computation of a second gain value based on the first gain value. A PA may enable generation of an RF output signal based on the modified digital baseband signal and the second gain value.
US07729668B2	Independence between paths that predistort for memory and memory-less distortion in power amplifiers A predistorter for reducing spurious emissions in an amplified signal including a first path configured to generated memory-less distortion correction and one or more second paths configured to generate memory distortion correction. The paths contain one or more dynamically controllable delay circuits that are configured such that the memory-less and memory distortion correction remains independent irrespective of frequency of use of the predistorter.
US07729667B2	System and method for intermodulation distortion cancellation A linearizer for reducing intermodulation distortion in a non-linear device. The novel linearizer includes an input port for receiving a signal from the device and a circuit for effecting gain expansion on the signal that counteracts a gain compression of the device. In an illustrative embodiment, the circuit includes a starved limiter in shunt with the device, implemented using a pair of biased diodes D1 and D2. The first diode D1 is connected to ground and the second diode D2 is coupled to the signal. In an alternate embodiment, the linearizer also includes a second pair of biased diodes D3 and D4, D3 connected to ground and D4 coupled to the signal, and a plurality of reactive elements for increasing the operational bandwidth of the linearizer.
US07729657B1	Noise reduction system and method thereof The reduction of echo noise in satellite communications includes receiving an aggregate signal from multiple remote stations, where the aggregate signal includes a transmit signal, whose bandwidth is in the range of 0.1 MHz to 66 MHz, is previously sent from a hub to the multiple receiving stations, computing a scaled, delayed and distorted replica of the transmit signal and using the replica to compensate for satellite transponder nonlinearities and reduce echo noise interference from a received aggregate signal received by the hub from the multiple remote stations.
US07729653B2	Image forming apparatus capable of cleaning a photoreceptor, method for cleaning a photoreceptor, and computer program for causing an image forming apparatus to clean a photoreceptor An image forming apparatus and a method for cleaning a photoreceptor are realized that allow cleaning a surface of the photoreceptor to eliminate foreign substances adhering thereto, without using a special abrasive sheet. A recording sheet is fed and brought into contact with photoreceptors of all photoreceptor drums. The recording sheet is stopped by causing the vicinity of a rear end of the recording sheet to be sandwiched between a pair of registration rollers. Then, the photoreceptor drums are rotated. By this way, the cleaning is carried out to the photoreceptor.
US07729648B2	Developing roller having specific surface layer, developing device provided with the developing roller and image-forming apparatus provided with developing device equipped with the developing roller A developing roller has a surface layer composed of a binder resin having an SP value in the range of 7.5 to 9.0, and roughness-imparting particles made from a resin having an SP value that has a difference from the SP value of the resin of 2 or less in the absolute value thereof. The roughness-imparting particles are dispersed in the binder resin. A developing device is provided with the developing roller. An image-forming apparatus is provided with the developing device equipped with the developing roller.
US07729641B2	Imaging forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a development container, a developer bearing member, first and second carrying members that carry developer, a supply device that supplies developer for replenishment, a discharge opening that discharges the developer contained in the development container, a controller that selectively performs one of a first mode and a second mode, a drive device that changes speeds for driving the first and second carrying members, and a counter that measures the number of sheets in the second mode. The controller sets the speed of the drive device in the second mode to be slower than in the first mode, and suspends the second mode and executes a mode for changing the speed of the drive device to a speed faster than in the second mode and driving the first and second carrying members for a predetermined time if a measurement result reaches a reference value.
US07729635B2	Image forming apparatus including movement mechanism An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body, a first unit detachably attached to the image forming apparatus body, a second unit detachably attached to the image forming apparatus body; and a movement mechanism that moves at least one of the first unit and the second unit to satisfy the condition that each of the first unit and the second unit is disposed not to hinder the other from being attached to and detached from the image forming apparatus body.
US07729632B2	High voltage power supply and a high voltage power control method thereof A high voltage power supply and a high voltage power control method thereof. The high voltage power supply includes a high voltage generation part to generate a high voltage, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) generation part to generate a pulse width modulation signal according to an output control value and to control the high voltage generation part to generate the high voltage using the generated pulse width modulation signal, when a high voltage output setting signal having the output control value is received by the PWM generation part to indicate the high voltage to be generated. Therefore, it is possible to automatically output a high voltage as desired without requiring an offline setting. In addition, although a voltage set and/or an output load are changed, the changed voltage set and/or the output load are automatically compensated so that a constant high voltage output can be output with a variety of different devices having different loads and power requirements.
US07729627B2	Image forming apparatus that detects concentration of liquid toner using light reflected through liquid toner A first container is operable to accommodate a liquid toner, and provided with a window. A reflector is disposed in the first container. A light emitter is operable to emit light to the reflector through the window and the liquid toner. A light receiver is operable to receive the light reflected by the reflector through the liquid toner and the window. A detector is operable to detect a concentration of the liquid toner based on the light received by the light receiver.
US07729625B2	Image forming device, image processing device, image forming method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal An image forming device has an imaging unit including: a rotating body; an exposure unit forming an electrostatic latent image on the rotating body; a developing unit developing the latent image using developer to form an image; and a transfer unit transferring the image to a recording medium, a memory storing data on correspondence between first image data, second image data and a first correction amount, the first image data representing a first latent image formed by a first turn of the rotating body, the second image data representing a second latent image formed by a second turn of the rotating body, and the first correction amount used for correcting the second image data so that density of the image on the recording medium closer to density of the second latent image; a correction amount determining unit determining the first correction amount corresponding to the first and second image data based on the data stored in the memory; and a correcting unit correcting the second image data based on the first correction amount.
US07729621B2	Controlling a bias voltage for a Mach-Zehnder modulator In one embodiment, the present invention includes a controller coupled to an optical modulator to receive a dither signal, determine a difference between the dither signal and a previous dither signal, determine a derivative of the difference with respect to a bias voltage difference between first and second bias voltages, and control a bias voltage for the optical modulator based on the derivative. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07729612B2	Method and system for maintenance of a passive optical network The present disclosure relates to a passive optical network (PON) and discloses a method and system for maintaining the PON where the optical line terminal (OLT) is provided with an optical power detection module for measuring the total power of optical signals received by the PON, and the optical network units (ONUs) are provided with an optical transmitter power supply module.
US07729602B2	Camera using multiple lenses and image sensors operable in a default imaging mode An electronic camera includes first and second imaging stages for capturing separate images of a scene, one of the stages being designated as a default imaging stage. A processor enables capture and display of the separate images, and further responds to an operator selection of one of the imaging stages as a primary capture unit which is to be primarily used for capturing an image of the scene that is stored by the digital camera. If the operator selection does not occur within a predetermined time period, or if the camera is actuated before the time has run out, the processor automatically selects the default imaging stage as the primary capture unit.
US07729589B2	Back light unit mold frame construction A mold frame contains a lamp shade and a light source, a light guide being erected at the open end and secured in place on one side of the lamp shade; streams of light from the light source entering into from one side of the light guide plate to project in the direction as expected; and a mask device being disposed on the mold frame at where close to the joint edge of the light guide plate so to weaken the reflection rate of the light that leaves the light guide plate, to reduce the interference of the light in the light guide plate, and to diminish the phenomenon of ripples.
US07729588B2	Optical fiber, manufacturing method of the same, and optical amplifier An optical fiber includes: a first core portion doped with rare earth ions; a second core portion having a lower refractive index than that of the first core portion, provided along an outer circumference of the first core portion, and doped with the rare earth ions; and a clad portion having a lower refractive index than that of the second core portion and provided along an outer circumference of the second core portion, and is configured such that a concentration of the rare earth ions added to the second core portion is higher than that to the first core portion. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress an amount of FWM crosstalk in an optical amplification by decreasing the length of a fiber while alleviating efficiency deterioration due to concentration quenching.
US07729587B2	Method of producing planar multimode optical waveguide using direct photopatterning Disclosed is a method of producing a planar multimode optical waveguide by direct photo-patterning and, more particularly, to an optical waveguide material and a method of producing the same. It is possible to control the refractive index of the optical waveguide, and the optical waveguide has a desirable refractive index distribution throughout different dielectric regions. In the method, it is unnecessary to conduct processes of forming a clad layer and of etching a core layer, thus a production process is simplified. The method comprises coating a photosensitive hybrid material having a refractive index or a volume changed by light radiation, in a thickness of 10 microns or more, and radiating light having a predetermined wavelength onto the coated photosensitive hybrid material to form the multimode optical waveguide due to a change in refractive index of a portion onto which light is radiated.
US07729582B2	Fibre optic cable and method for producing the same The present technology relates generally to fibre optic cables their manufacture and uses in the field of optical measurements including biochemical laboratory instrumentation for measuring properties of samples on microtitration plates and corresponding sample supports. The technology has also applications in various laser technologies. A fibre optic cable has an active surface with a determined form provided at a first optical interface at the first end of the cable. The first end of the cable is fused into an exemplary circular form, the fused cable end including fibre ends both within the active surface and outside the active surface. At the opposite, second end of the cable, those fibres which have their first ends at the determined active surface area, are used for forming a second optical interface. It is possible to have high transmission efficiency in optical interfaces where other than circular cross section of the light beam exists.
US07729580B2	Waveguide type optical device and manufacturing method of the waveguide type optical device A waveguide type optical device includes a substrate where a waveguide is formed; a supplemental plate connected on the substrate by using an adhesive; and a groove forming part formed by cutting through the supplemental plate so as to reach the substrate and cut the waveguide, the groove forming part being where a functional thin film is inserted. The supplemental plate and the waveguide adhere to each other or come close to each other in a range not influencing a mode of light.
US07729571B2	Multi-channel optical rotary coupling of low reflectance An optical rotary joint comprises a first collimator arrangement for coupling-on first light-waveguides, and a second collimator arrangement for coupling-on second light waveguides, with the second collimator arrangement being supported to be rotatable relative to the first collimator arrangement about a rotation axis. At least one derotating optical element is provided in the light path between the first collimator arrangement and the second collimator arrangement. At least one collimator arrangement comprises a rod-shaped lens that is fastened on a support plate so that the axis of the lens is tilted at a given angle relative to the rotation axis of the rotary joint.
US07729567B2	Fiber optic transducer for simultaneous pressure and temperature measurement in fluid flow The present invention relates a fiber optic transducer (FOT) and methods for measuring the pressure and temperature of a flowing fluid using such FOT, wherein such FOT contains a fiber optic having fiber Bragg gratings. The fiber Bragg gratings are measured during a flowing fluid to determine the difference in the change in wavelength exhibited by a reflected optical signal from the gratings.
US07729564B2	Optical fiber provided with reliable coating layers An optical fiber is provided, which is unlikely to cause interlayer delamination between a glass optical fiber and a primary coating layer even when it is immersed in water. The optical fiber of the present invention includes a glass optical fiber 1 consisting of a core and a cladding, a primary coating layer 2 overlaid on the glass optical fiber, and a secondary coating layer 3 overlaid on the primary coating layer, wherein the relaxation modulus of the secondary coating layer is set at 400 MPa or less.
US07729563B2	Method and device for video image processing, calculating the similarity between video frames, and acquiring a synthesized frame by synthesizing a plurality of contiguous sampled frames To acquire a high-resolution frame from a plurality of frames sampled from a video image, it is necessary to obtain a high-resolution frame with reduced picture quality degradation regardless of motion of a subject included in the frame. Because of this, between a plurality of contiguous frames FrN and FrN+1, there is estimated a correspondent relationship. Based on the correspondent relationship, the frames FrN+1 and FrN are interposed to obtain first and second interpolated frames FrH1 and FrH2. Based on the correspondent relationship, the coordinates of the frame FrN+1 are transformed, and from a correlation value with the frame FrN, there is obtained a weighting coefficient α(x°, y°) that makes the weight of the first interpolated frame FrH1 greater as a correlation becomes greater. With the weighting coefficient, the first and second interpolated frames are weighted and added to acquire a synthesized frame FrG.
US07729562B2	Method of detecting alignment error of lenses and compensating for image distortion in 3D lenticular display A method of detecting the alignment error of lenses and reducing image distortion attributable to the alignment error in a lens-type 3-dimensional liquid crystal display monitor. A method of detecting the alignment error of lenses in a 3D display using a purpose-built test pattern image, which predicts the alignment error in such a way as to calculate variation in view indices of pixels in a lateral direction, observed by an eye of an observer, if there is alignment error in the lenses. A method of compensating for image distortion in a 3D monitor, including the steps of finding the relationship between the pixels of a Liquid Crystal Display (LDC) panel and the pixels of observed images, which are determined depending on the location of an observer; and compensating for image distortion attributable to the rotational and translational alignment error of the lenses based on the found relationship.
US07729561B1	Search in time A method for examining images on a computer display comprising the steps of: a) defining a geographic area of interest for a plurality of images; b) selecting a set of images from the plurality of images within the geographic area of interest for display; c) ordering the set of images according to their acquisition date and/or acquisition time; d) examining the set of images across a spatial domain; and e) examining the set of images across one or more time domains.
US07729554B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus comprises a user input unit; an image processor operating in one of a first image processing mode performing a first image processing operation and at least one second image processing operation on an input image signal, and a second image processing mode not performing at least one second image processing operation on the input image signal. A controller controls the image processor to operate in one of the first image processing mode and the second image processing mode, according to a manipulation of the user input unit. Accordingly, a display apparatus performs in an image processing mode in which an image processing time is reduced, according to a user's selection.
US07729549B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit to extract layer levels of each packet included in partial encoded data, an estimation unit to calculate the number of layer levels of each packet based on the extracted layer levels of each packet and estimates a greatest layer level of each packet, a writing unit to write the greatest layer level of each packet in a management table, and a formation unit to form a layer data table in which each layer has the greatest layer level. The writing unit changes the layer levels of each layer written in the management table to the layer levels of each layer included in newly received partial encoded data when the layer levels included in the newly received partial encoded data are larger than the layer levels written in the management table.
US07729548B2	System for high bandwidth imaging across PC chipsets and custom ASIC's An image processing system includes at least one processor having a plurality of PCI Express channels and at least two application specific integrated circuits. The application specific integrated circuits are communicatively coupled to the at least one processor by a first of the plurality of PCI Express channels and a second of the plurality of PCI Express channels. Multiple threads of execution are split between the at least two application specific integrated circuits.
US07729542B2	Using edges and corners for character input A new unistroke text entry method for handheld or wearable devices is designed to provide high accuracy and stability of motion. The user makes characters by traversing the edges and diagonals of a geometric pattern, e.g. a square, imposed over the usual text input area. Gesture recognition is accomplished not through pattern recognition but through the sequence of corners that are hit. This means that the full stroke path is unimportant and the recognition is highly deterministic, enabling better accuracy than other gestural alphabets. This input technique works well using a template with a square hole placed over a touch-sensitive surface, such as on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and with a square boundary surrounding a joystick, which might be used on a cell-phone or game controller. Another feature of the input technique is that capital letters are made by ending the stroke in a particular corner, rather than through a mode change as in other gestural input techniques. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.
US07729532B2	System for image analysis in a network that is structured with multiple layers and differentially weighted neurons Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating the usage of an online workforce to remotely monitor security-sensitive sites and report potential security breaches.In some embodiments, cameras are configured to monitor critical civilian infrastructure, such as water supplies and nuclear reactors. The cameras are operatively connected to a central computer or series of computers, and images captured by the cameras are transmitted to the central computer. After initially registering with the central computer, Guardians “log on” to a central website hosted by the central computer and monitor the images, thereby earning compensation. In one embodiment, images of “no-man” zones—areas where no humans or vehicles should be present or monitored—are sent to Guardians for a simple determination of whether or not a human exists in the picture. Site owners compensate the operator of the computer system for this monitoring service, and the operator in turn compensates Guardians based on, for example, (i) the amount of time spent monitoring, and/or (ii) the degree of a given Guardian's responsiveness to real or fabricated security breaches.Among other things, systems and methods are disclosed herein for facilitating (a) the registration of monitored sites, (b) the registration of Guardians, and (c) the management of monitoring sessions, including the routing of real and fabricated images to Guardians, the rating of Guardians, and the compensation of Guardians. Many additional and alternative embodiments are contemplated, including the following example of one embodiment.
US07729528B2	Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection An automated defect inspection system has been invented and is used on patterned wafers, whole wafers, broken wafers, partial wafers, sawn wafers such as on film frames, JEDEC trays, Auer boats, die in gel or waffle packs, MCMs, etc. and is specifically intended and designed for second optical wafer inspection for such defects as metalization defects (such as scratches, voids, corrosion, and bridging), diffusion defects, passivation layer defects, scribing defects, glassivation defects, chips and cracks from sawing, solder bump defects, and bond pad area defects.
US07729527B2	Method for correcting an image data set, and method for generating an image corrected thereby In a method for correction of an image data set that was acquired with a planar image detector using at least two calibration images that were acquired in a preliminary procedure, as well as a method for generation of an image from a raw image data set that was acquired with a planar image detector with a high-sensitivity dynamic range and with a low-sensitivity dynamic range and which is composed of two image data sets, of which one was acquired in the high-sensitivity dynamic range and the other was acquired in the low-sensitivity dynamic range, at least two calibration images are generated in each dynamic range in a preliminary process. These calibration images are used in a correction procedure for the correction of the individual image data sets, as well as in a combination procedure to merge the two corrected image data sets into one image. In the combination procedure the two image data sets are conformed to one another using a comparison of the calibration images of the high-sensitivity dynamic range with the calibration images of the low-sensitivity dynamic range. The adjusted, corrected image data sets are added with weighting in a second step.
US07729521B2	Method for comparison of a test fingerprint, which is in the form of an image strip sequence, with a stored reference fingerprint, and a suitable apparatus for carrying out the method Method of comparing a test fingerprint with a stored reference fingerprint. The stored reference fingerprint and an image strip sequence of the test fingerprint are produced, wherein image strips of the image strip sequence represent different areas of the test fingerprint. Individual distance values between each image strip of the test fingerprint and at least one section of the reference fingerprint using a distance function are determined. An overall distance value from the individual distance values are determined, the overall distance value being a measure of similarity between the test fingerprint and the reference fingerprint.
US07729515B2	Optical navigation apparatus using fixed beacons and a centroid sensing device The present invention relates to an optical navigation system for determining a pose, which includes the position and orientation of an object in an environment. The optical navigation system uses a number of beacons affixed at known locations in the environment to provide electromagnetic radiation in a sequenced pattern. An on-board optic images the radiation from the beacons onto an on-board centroid sensing device to obtain an imaged distribution of the radiation on the on-board centroid sensing device. The centroid sensing device determines the centroid of the imaged distribution and provides centroid information to a navigation unit for determining the pose of the object from the centroid. The navigation system is particularly well-suited for navigating hand-held objects.
US07729507B1	System and method for stabilizing a rear view image Embodiments of the present invention include a system for stabilizing a rear view image. The system comprises a camera for capturing a rear view image, wherein the rear view image comprises elements located outside of a passenger vehicle and located behind the passenger vehicle. The system further comprises a motion detector for determining a relative movement between two or more objects e.g., the driver's head and an object within the vehicle. The system further includes an electronic image stabilizer for adjusting the rear view image according to the relative movement and a display device for displaying a stabilized rear view image.
US07729506B2	Apparatus and method for creating three dimensional relief tiles An electronic file containing height field mapping data is output to a specialized printer and used to create one or more three dimensional molds. The molds, in turn, may be used to fabricate bas-relief tiles and similar three-dimensional objects from various materials. The process allows for rapid deployment of customized design elements in many construction applications and environments.
US07729503B2	Armored voice coil assembly for use in high power loudspeaker applications An armored voice coil assembly comprises a former that is impregnated with a curable resin, preferably polyimide resin. Voice coil wire is wound around the outside surface of the former and is then preferably encased with an outer layer of resin impregnated glass fabric wrapped around the voice coil windings, effectively enveloping the voice coil within inner and outer layers of fabric and resin. The armored voice coil assembly is then cured into a solid shape.
US07729500B2	Microphone array with electromagnetic interference shielding means A microphone array comprises a circuit board, a first microphone, and a second microphone. The circuit board comprises a first layer, a third layer, and a second layer sandwiched between the first and third layers. The first layer comprises a first shielding part with a fixed electric potential. The third layer comprises a second shielding part with the fixed electric potential. The second layer comprises an electrically conductive part running between the first and second shielding parts. The first microphone is attached to the first layer of the circuit board. The second microphone is attached to the first layer of the circuit board and electrically connected to the first microphone through the electrically conductive part of the second layer of the circuit board.
US07729499B2	Speaker apparatus and reproducing apparatus The present invention provides a speaker apparatus and reproducing apparatus with no limitation on their listening areas. The apparatus includes; the housing 2 substantially in the shape of a spheroid; the left speaker 5A, which is attached to the left end of the long side of the housing 2 such that the left speaker 5A faces outwardly of the housing 2; and the right speaker 5B, which is attached to the right end of the long side of the housing 2 such that the right speaker 5B faces outwardly of the housing 2. Therefore, the left speaker 5A and the right speaker 5B are approximately equivalent to a point sound source, and the sound from the left speaker 5A and the right speaker 5B smoothly radiates from the housing 2 in every direction. Thus, a listener can have good quality of sound from anywhere around the housing.
US07729487B2	Custom ringtones for wireline telephones Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for selecting a ringtone to accompany an incoming call to a wireline telephone. The incoming call is received at a switch, the ringtone is selected, and a data message is sent to the called station. The data message includes information representing the selected ringtone. The incoming call is connected to the called station via a wireline connection. Another embodiment allows a user to select the ringtone, and the selected ringtone is communicated to an intelligent telecommunications switch. The user's selected ringtone is then presented during the incoming call to the wireline telephone.
US07729481B2	User interface for integrating diverse methods of communication An integrated communication interface is provided for composing and sending messages. The interface is multi-configurable to seamlessly switch between different communication methods, e.g., electronic mail, instant messaging, SMS, chat, voice, and the like, without loss of message content. The interface allows a user to begin composing a message to be sent using one communication method, such as electronic mail, and subsequently change the communication method and send the message via a second communication method, such as instant messaging. When the communication method is changed, the user interface may also change to include elements specific to a particular communication method. The integrated communication interface may display information about participants in the communication, such as the participants' presence, i.e., whether they are online and available for communication, and may automatically choose the best method of communication based on the preferences and online presence of the participants.
US07729473B2	Image-guided multi-source radiotherapy A highly compact, high-performance volumetric imaging system is proposed, that is integrated with a multi-source Cobalt-60 gamma irradiator for high throughput, high accuracy and minimally invasive fractioned treatments of intracranial, orbital and head-and-neck targets.
US07729472B2	System for analyzing the geometry of a radiation treatment apparatus, software and related methods A system to analyze the geometry of a radiation treatment apparatus, software, and methods are provided. The system includes an apparatus having a rotating assembly and a trackable body or plurality of trackable bodies, to mark a location of a preselected portion of the rotating assembly. The system also includes a trackable reference fixture and can include a constant orientation trackable body. A determiner determines the position and/or orientation of the trackable bodies, the trackable reference fixture, and constant orientation trackable body. The determiner then determines the geometry of the treatment apparatus to analyze a coordinate system used by an operator. The determiner can have a memory and geometry analyzing software stored in the memory to analyze the treatment apparatus geometry.
US07729471B2	Pre-filmed precision sample cell for x-ray analyzer A sample cell for an analysis instrument, having an outer body forming a sample reservoir therein; a directional fill valve disposed in an upper end of the outer body and forming an upper end of the sample reservoir, the fill valve for accepting a sample during filling, and preventing sample leakage while providing venting after filling; and a film covering a lower end of the outer body, and forming a bottom end of the sample reservoir, the film for presenting the sample to an analysis focal spot of the analysis instrument. The disclosed sample cell is especially suited for an x-ray analysis engine having a focal spot requiring alignment with the sample in the sample cell. At least one x-ray optic may be disposed in an excitation and/or detection path, requiring alignment to the focal spot, in e.g., a WDXRF or EDXRF system.
US07729468B2	X-ray tomograph and stereoradioscopic image construction equipment An X-ray tomograph comprises an X-ray generator having a function of moving the focal position and radiating X-rays toward a subject, an X-ray image receiving element for receiving transmission images created by X-rays radiated from the X-ray generator, and an image processing section for creating a tomographic image by processing the transmission images of the subject received by the X-ray image receiving element. A stereoradioscopic image constructing equipment comprises the X-ray tomograph and a stereoradioscopic image constructing section for creating a stereoradioscopic image by subjecting the created tomographic images to image processing. By using the X-ray tomograph, a tomographic image can be created without providing any high-precision movable mechanism, and a tomographic image of even a soft subject can be correctly created.
US07729451B2	Calibration source for a receiver A receiver having a circuit configurable to function as a low-noise amplifier or a calibration source and having at least one circuit element that is shared between these two circuit functions. Advantageously, the shared circuit element saves at least the amount of die area that would have been taken by a second instance of that circuit element.
US07729438B2	Interleaver design for IEEE 802.11n standard A MIMO wireless system includes a transmitter having a parser that parses a bit stream into multiple spatial data streams and multiple interleavers corresponding to the multiple spatial data streams, where each interleaver interleaves the bits in the corresponding spatial data stream by performing multiple column rotations and row rotation, to increase diversity of the wireless system. The MIMO wireless system also includes a receiver that has deinterleavers that deinterleaves spatial bit streams transmitted by the transmitter.
US07729437B2	Method and apparatus for space-time coding using lifting low density parity check codes in a wireless communication system A mobile communication system and method for transmitting signals through a plurality of transmission antennas by space-time coding the signals. The signals are transmitted using a low density parity check code. A lifting low density parity check matrix is formed by expanding values of elements in a low density parity check matrix with a sub-matrix corresponding to a number of the transmission antennas. The signals to be transmitted are coded using the lifting low density parity check matrix. Thereafter, the coded signals are serial/parallel converted and transmitted through the transmission antennas.
US07729432B2	System and method for enhancing the performance of wireless communication systems A system and method for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication system are disclosed. For example, a method for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication system is disclosed, which includes the steps of receiving a signal including a first plurality of sub-bands, calculating a plurality of channel quality values, each channel quality value associated with a respective sub-band of the first plurality of sub-bands, conveying the plurality of channel quality values to a processing unit associated with a transmitter unit that transmitted the signal, determining the highest channel quality value from the conveyed plurality of channel quality values, determining a cyclic delay value associated with the highest channel quality value, and applying the cyclic delay value to a second plurality of sub-bands.
US07729427B2	Pseudo-synchronous one wire bidirectional bus interface A system and method for transferring data between a transmitter and a receiver over a single conductor is disclosed. During a data transfer operation of bit of information, the voltage level on the conductor is changed from a first voltage level to a second voltage level and maintained at the second voltage level for a predetermined duration of time. The predetermined duration of time is determined by the logical state of the data bit being transmitted. Upon expiration of the predetermined duration of time the voltage level on the conductor is driven back to substantially the first voltage level.
US07729426B2	Video deblocking filter Deblocking filters are disclosed, where the nature of the filter is determined based upon the level of detail of a reconstructed video frame in the region in which the block boundary is located. One embodiment of the method of the invention includes identifying a boundary between two blocks of the reconstructed video frame, determining the level of detail of the reconstructed video frame in a region in which the block boundary is located, wherein the region includes pixels from multiple rows and multiple columns of the reconstructed video frame and includes at least one pixel that is not immediately adjacent the block boundary and selecting a filter to apply to predetermined pixels on either side of the block boundary based upon the determined level of detail.
US07729424B2	Apparatus and method for judging lost block characteristic in video processing system A method for judging a lost block characteristic in a video processing system including certifying whether a lost block exists among transmitted video blocks, calculating a temporal difference cost1 between neighborhood pixels of the lost block in a present frame and a previous frame, and calculating a motion vector distribution value cost2 of peripheral blocks of the lost video block. The method also includes comparing the temporal difference cost1 and the motion vector distribution value cost2 with preset threshold values, and determining a characteristic of the lost block based on a result of the comparison. The automatically judged characteristic of the lost block is utilized as information for recovering the lost block to thereby reproduce a recovery video close to the original video.
US07729423B2	Fixed bit rate, intraframe compression and decompression of video High quality intraframe-only compression of video can be achieved using rate distortion optimization and without resizing or bit depth modification. The compression process involves transforming portions of the image to generate frequency domain coefficients for each portion. A bit rate for each transformed portion using a plurality of scale factors is determined. Distortion for each portion is estimated according to the plurality of scale factors. A scale factor is selected for each portion to minimize the total distortion in the image to achieve a desired bit rate. A quantization matrix is selected according to the desired bit rate. The frequency domain coefficients for each portion are quantized using the selected plurality of quantizers as scaled by the selected scale factor for the portion. The quantized frequency domain coefficients are encoded using a variable length encoding to provide compressed data for each of the defined portions. The compressed data is output for each of the defined portions to provide a compressed bitstream at the desired bit rate.
US07729416B2	1000Base-T transmission over 2-pair A method, an apparatus and a system for gigabit Ethernet (GbE) using only 2 pairs of wires for a single communications link are described. This network communication may be referred to as 2-pair 1000Base-T. GbE using only 2 wire pairs per link may offer increased port density over a conventional 1000Base-T link. As an alternative, 2-pair 1000Base-T may also provide increased link bandwidth over the existing 1000Base-T standard. When a given number of conventional links in a system are replaced by the same number of 2-pair 1000Base-T links, the system bandwidth may also be consequently increased. Transformers and power supplies may be combined with GbE utilizing only two wire pairs to provide power over Ethernet (PoE) solutions.
US07729405B2	Communication device and communication method A communication device performs a radio communication in an ultra wideband with the use of the impulse radio system. The communication device includes a receiver. The receiver is equipped with antennas, a correlation circuit, and a CPU. The antennas receive send signals from a transmitter. The correlation circuit detects a synchronization pulse having a longer cycle than a highly redundant data pulse among received signals. The CPU performs a synchronization process based on the synchronization pulse. The CPU establishes a channel based on the synchronization pulse, and selectively changes the antennas according to the received signal. In the case where the receive signal has not been received for a given period of time after the synchronization is established correlation signals is stopped outputting to start a polling signal. The correlation signals are output to obtain correlation of the receive signals.
US07729395B2	Wavelength conversion module A wavelength conversion module according to the present invention includes an external resonator, a semiconductor laser module and a wavelength conversion device for converting a wavelength of light output from the semiconductor laser module into a shorter wavelength. This wavelength conversion device includes at least one of a nonlinear crystal for generating SFG (Sum-frequency Generation) light and a nonlinear crystal for generating SHG (Second Harmonic Generation) light. Each of the SFG generating element and the SHG generating element of the wavelength conversion device may have a periodically-poled ridge-waveguide structure or a periodically-poled proton-exchanged-waveguide structure.
US07729389B1	8/10 and 64/66 aggregation A network interface includes N input lanes that receive data symbols and idle symbols. A substitutor module periodically replaces an idle symbol on each input lane with a corresponding alignment symbol to form an alignment group. M interleaver modules each interleave a portion of the data symbols and alignment symbols onto a corresponding transmit lane based on an interleaving pattern that provides each transmit lane with N/M alignment symbols from the alignment group. M is an integer greater than 1 and N is greater than M. In some features the substitutor module periodically replaces successive idle symbols on each lane with alignment symbols to form corresponding alignment groups. An interleaver module interleaves the data symbols and alignment groups onto M transmit lanes according to an interleaving pattern that provides each transmit lane with one of the alignment groups.
US07729388B2	Processor having split transmit and receive media access controller with reduced complexity interface A processor includes at least a portion of a first split transmit and receive media access controller (MAC), the split transmit and receive MAC having a transmit unit and a receive unit physically separated from one another. An interface for directing signals between the transmit unit and the receive unit of the first split transmit and receive MAC is configurable to multiplex the signals with other signals directed between a transmit unit and a receive unit of at least a second split transmit and receive MAC. The interface may comprise a plurality of channels, each having one or more ports associated therewith, wherein a given signal to be directed between transmit and receive units of a given split transmit and receive MAC is assigned to a particular channel and port of the interface.
US07729387B2	Methods and apparatus for controlling latency variation in a packet transfer network Methods and apparatus for controlling latency variation of packets received in a packet transfer network are provided. A plurality of packets is received at a network element of a receive node of the packet transfer network. A time-stamp is provided for each of the plurality of packets. An egress delay time is computed at a scheduler of the network element for each of the plurality of packets in accordance with each corresponding time-stamp to provide a substantially constant latency for the plurality of packets upon egression from the network element.
US07729380B2	Method and device for selectively transmitting voice bursts and regenerated header bursts A computer-readable storage element has code stored thereon that programs a processing device within a communication device to implement a method. The method includes: receiving a plurality of bursts and detecting a failure to receive a preceding header burst; extracting embedded data from the plurality of bursts; determining from the embedded data whether the plurality of bursts comprises valid voice bursts; and when the plurality of bursts comprises valid voice bursts, generating at least one header burst using the embedded data, and transmitting the at least one header burst and the voice bursts.
US07729374B2	Fibre channel interface apparatus and methods Fibre channel interface apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes at least one input interface adapted to receive one or more frames of data, the frames of data being at least one of transmitted and received at a node of a fibre channel network, and an output interface adapted to provide the received one or more frames of data to a device. The device may comprise a radar system, such as an electronically-scanned radar system. In a further embodiment, the system is adapted to combine multiple data streams of the fibre channel network by a method including encoding the first and second data streams of the fibre channel network, and merging the encoded first and second data streams into a plurality of frames.
US07729355B2	Handling a request to establish a packet switched session The invention relates to a method for handling a request by a first communication device 11 connected to a network of a communication system to establish a packet switched session with a second, wireless communication device 12, which session requires the second communication device 12 to be connected to a network which enables the establishment of the session. In order to enable an enhanced handling of such a request, it is proposed that it is first determined whether the second communication device 12 is currently connected to such a network. In case it is determined that the second device 12 is not connected to such a network, a corresponding indication is transmitted to the first device 11. The user of the first device 11 is then informed via the first device 11 that the requested session cannot be established. The invention relates equally to a communication system enabling such a method and to corresponding elements 11, 13 of such a system.
US07729344B2	Methods and apparatus for controlling signaling associated with a private branch exchange within a session over internet protocol network A method includes receiving a media signal at an interface device in communication with and disposed between an Internet Protocol private branch exchange (IP-PBX) and a first endpoint. The media signal is associated with the first endpoint and is associated with a session established between the first endpoint and a second endpoint within a session over internet protocol network. The session is established at least in part by the IP-PBX based on a session control signal received at the interface device from the first endpoint and sent from the interface device to the IP-PBX. The method also includes modifying the media signal at the interface device based on a per-device service associated with at least one of the first endpoint or the second endpoint.
US07729339B2	Audio watermarking for call identification in a telecommunications network A method of processing half-calls each having opposing first and second ends is provided within a telecommunications network. Each of the half-calls is either an originating half-call terminated at the first end thereof by calling consumer premises equipment (CPE) or a terminating half-call terminated at the first end thereof by called CPE, wherein an associated pair of half-calls connected at their second ends including both an originating and terminating half-call completes a call connecting the CPE terminating the respective first ends of the half-calls that form the pair. The method includes: applying identifiers to originating half-calls such that the originating half-calls are distinctly identifiable thereby with respect to one another, the identifiers thereafter accompanying terminating half-calls that form associated pairs of half-calls together with the originating half-calls to which the identifiers were applied; and, examining terminating half-calls to detect the identifiers such that upon detection of the identifiers the terminating half-calls accompanying the detected identifiers and the originating half-calls to which the identifier were applied are recognized as associated pairs of half-calls.
US07729338B1	Telecommunications provider agent The invention is a provider agent product and method that operates as a software interface between a telephony card and a session manager in an advanced communications network. The provider agent receives event messages from the telephony card indicating on-hook events, off-hook events, and digit events. The provider agent instructs the telephony card to provide dial tone, ring current, ringback, and busy signals to the telephones. The provider agent also exchanges messages with a session manager in the network. These messages include: invite messages, reply messages, join messages, and terminate messages. In response to the above processing, the provider agent instructs the telephony card to interwork telephony signals on a telephony channel with ATM signals on an ATM virtual channel. The provider agent is comprised of a plurality of software objects that are stored on a software storage medium and that include: a controller object, port objects, and event objects. The provider agent objects are executed by a multithreaded processing system and each object has a separate processing thread. The provider agent and the telephony card communicate through an application programming interface that is specified in an Interface Definition Language (IDL) of a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
US07729337B2	Protocol for the determination of network topology A method of operating a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes connected by a number of links. A method according to the present invention provisions a virtual path between a first and a second one of the plurality of nodes by: identifying the first and the second nodes, discovering a physical path from the first node to the second node, and establishing the virtual path. The method discovers a physical path from the first node to the second node by automatically identifying nodes forming the physical path. The method establishes the virtual path by configuring a set of connections between the nodes forming the physical path.
US07729324B2	Method of limiting communication access between wireless LAN terminals Different subnets are allocated to respective wireless LAN terminals. It is assumed that when the setting of IP addresses is completed, a packet is to be sent from wireless LAN terminal 1 to wireless LAN terminal 2. Since the different subnets are allocated to respective wireless LAN terminals 1, 2, wireless LAN terminals 1, 2 are unable to communicate directly with each other. Wireless LAN terminal 1 sends a packet destined for wireless LAN terminal 2 to a default gateway (=access limiter). Since the packet received by the access limiter is destined for wireless LAN terminal 2, the access limiter transfers the packet to wireless LAN terminal 2.
US07729318B2	Radio communication system and base station employing CDMA A base station controller selects codes corresponding to rate information included in a new starting call message from a mobile station, and further selects codes assignable to the mobile station from the selected codes as candidate codes. Then, the base station controller detects codes which meet both the characteristics of being at a higher level of the candidate codes in the tree structure and being assignable to other mobile stations, and further detects levels of the detected codes. Detected levels for all the candidate codes are compared to find a candidate code whose level is the lowest and to assign the candidate code to the mobile station sending the new staffing call message.
US07729313B2	Handover method for OFDM wireless communication system An OFDM mobile communication system includes a system controller for dividing an OFDM symbol into a control channel and a data channel, multiplexing the control channel to control subchannels, and allocating the multiplexed control subchannels to base stations. The base stations simultaneously transmit control signals on the control allocated subchannels and data on the data channel. Mobile nodes receive an OFDM symbols with the multiplexed control channels for them and a data channel for selecting a base station according to information in the control subchannels. The mobile node simultaneously processes control subchannels received from two base stations using one physical layer module.
US07729308B2	Optimal allocation of resources in a wireless communication system Optimal allocation of a number of sub carriers to applications having diverse QoS requirements and executing on terminal devices (e.g., mobile stations). A base station (BS) considers the QoS requirements and the observed QoS for each of the applications in computing the number of sub carriers allocated to each terminal device in the forward link direction in a given time slot. For allocation in the reverse link direction, the terminal device transmits a first bit indicating whether the aggregate queue lengths (of all applications) exceeds a pre-specified threshold and a second bit indicating whether a delay bound requirement is likely to be violated in the absence of sub carrier allocation. The BS computes the number of sub carriers to be allocated in the reverse link direction based on the respective two bits received from the terminal devices.
US07729301B2	Filtering of electronic information to be transferred to a terminal The object of the invention is a system, a device, a terminal and a method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to the terminal through a telecommunication connection. The invention comprises attaching a specific filtering parameter (30-32) by the device transferring the electronic information to the electronic information for the purpose of filtering before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection, and informing the terminal of said filtering parameter (30-32) before the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection. In the terminal, the steps comprise checking said informed filtering parameter (30-32) and allowing or preventing the receiving of the electronic information on the basis of said filtering parameter (30-32). In response to said allowing of the receiving, the electronic information is transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection, and in response to said preventing of the receiving, the electronic information is not transferred to the terminal through the telecommunication connection.
US07729292B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a router that improperly responds to ARP requests One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that detects a non-compliant router that incorrectly responds to all address-resolution-protocol (ARP) requests, including ARP requests and ARP probes for link-local IP addresses. This is accomplished by sending an ARP request asking for an Ethernet address associated with a link-local IP address, wherein the link-local IP address is a reserved link-local IP address, which should not be assigned to any device. If a response is received to the ARP request, the system determines that the response was sent by a non-compliant router that incorrectly responds to all ARP requests, including ARP requests for link-local IP addresses.
US07729285B2	Energy-efficient network protocol and node device for sensor networks An “on-demand” approach for a routing protocol for a wireless network that achieves balanced energy consumption among all participating nodes in the network. Synchronization messages transmitted by nodes associated with an upstream node include local node information (LNI) that a node can use to repair or bypass a lost upstream node in a real or virtual (temporary) manner depending upon the local node's battery level. Only if a repair process fails will a global re-organization (Re-Org) be initiated. The LNI also allows for nodes having lower power availability (battery level) not to transmit the LNI so that unaffiliated node(s) can select an upstream node having more power availability thereby extending network life.
US07729279B2	Traffic analysis on high-speed networks The present invention provides a traffic analyzing system on a communications link having analyzer circuits connected to each other by a number of links, where each analyzer circuit has a data rate lower than the data rate of the communications link, and are adapted to perform respective different levels of analysis on packets. The information extracted from the packets analyzed at a first level of analysis by a first analyzer circuit is forwarded to a second level of analysis performed at a second analyzer circuit, where the additional analysis performed by the second analyzer circuit depends on the analysis performed by the first analyzer circuit. Such a system and associated method allows for an efficient, practical, and improved traffic flow analyses for computer networks to evaluate high-speed and heavy traffic flow, as well as for improved protocol analysis for emerging technologies.
US07729278B2	Wireless routing based on data packet classifications A method of wirelessly routing based on data packet type is disclosed. The method includes a wireless access node wirelessly receiving a data packet. The wireless access node classifies the data packet, and selects one of multiple node interfaces based on the classification of the data packet, and/or characteristics of the node interfaces. The wireless access node forwards the data packet over the selected node interface.
US07729277B2	Use of intelligent directed broadcast in contact center solutions In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) receiving a new contact in a contact center, where the new contact includes an expressed need; (ii) forming a resource set in response to the expressed need of the new contact, where the resource set includes one or more prospective resources; and (iii) sending a broadcast message to each of the prospective resources in the resource set.
US07729275B2	Method and apparatus for non-intrusive single-ended voice quality assessment in VoIP An apparatus (1240), method, and computer program to assess VoIP speech quality (130) using access to degraded signals. Different types of impairment (110) have different effect on speech quality. Preferred embodiments address two distinct types of impairment that are unique to VoIP: packet loss (230) and speech clipping in time (850).
US07729268B2	Method and apparatus for quality of service determination A method of estimating bandwidth capacity, available bandwidth and utilization along a path in an IP network is disclosed. ICMP time-stamp requests are sent from a source host on the edge or inside the network to all routers on the end-to-end path to a desired destination. Differences between time-stamp values are used as indicators of QoS service at each router. The collected measurements are then processed at the sending host to infer QoS parameters in terms of path capacity in bit/sec, available bandwidth in bits/sec, individual link utilization and congestion at each router. These parameters can be combined to infer the QoS service in terms of bandwidth on the end-to-end path.
US07729266B2	Network load detection system, method, apparatus, and program A system includes a unit transmitting test packets to a to-be-measured communication link at a first time interval, a unit transmitting burst loads each including a series of load packets to the communication link at a second time interval, a unit performing measurement of delay time periods in a manner that a plurality of test packets transmitted by varying elapsed time periods each from an instance of transmission of the burst load to an instance of transmission of the test packet are received from the communication link in a fluctuating time interval, a unit generating delay distributions indicative of packet occurrence frequencies in relation to a delay time period of the communication link in accordance with the measured delay time periods, and a unit calculating a network load in accordance with occurrence frequencies in a specific section of the generated delay distributions.
US07729264B2	System method and software for user customizable device insertion Disclosed is a system method and software for user customizable device insertion. A new device is to be inserted in a loop based network such as an FC-AL network. The network is facilitated by a dedicated networking element, such as a switch. In order to ensure that the new device does not adversely affect the network, the new device is tested before it is inserted. Several tests are provided and the user is allowed to choose which tests are to be used. Alternatively, the user is allowed to define his/her own tests. The device is inserted into the network only after it has satisfactorily completed the applicable tests.
US07729263B2	Aircraft data link network routing A method for routing aircraft data link messages over a plurality of communications networks is disclosed. The method assigns at least one data link message routing service for an aircraft having a first message processing application based on prescribed criteria, the prescribed criteria comprising preferred networks of the plurality of communications networks. As a first preferred communications network becomes available, the method selects a first message route from the assigned routing service and transmits each of the data link messages on the first message route while the first message route satisfies the prescribed criteria. When the prescribed criteria changes over a plurality of flight phases of the aircraft, the method reassigns the at least one data link message route to continue data link message transmissions to and from the aircraft based on the latest prescribed criteria.
US07729261B2	Forwarding of network traffic in respect of differentiated restricted transit network nodes There is provided a method of forwarding a traffic flow in a communications network having at least one network node for which network traffic is selectively prevented from transiting the network node. The method includes the step of selecting a specified category of network traffic that is to be prevented from transiting the network node. The method also includes the step of determining a path within the network for forwarding the traffic flow, whereby the network node is excluded for transit in establishing the path where the traffic flow is identified with the specified category of network traffic.
US07729258B2	Switching device A multiport switch circuit which performs transfer according to flow control and a protocol with an ordering rule specified, wherein the circuit for avoiding packets from clogging is realized in a small size. A packet receiving side circuit has a packet selection output circuit to suppress a circuit size by decreasing the number of transfer data paths, and the packet selection output circuit performs output of selected packets according to a priority packet type selection instruction signal in addition to output of a receiving order packet according to a receiving order output instruction signal to make it possible to avoid clogging caused because the packets made to wait for transmission by the flow control cannot be overtaken by another packet type according to the ordering rule.
US07729250B2	Bandwidth control device and bandwidth control method It is an object to increase a processing-enabled user count and traffic size by avoiding frames from being discarded without any increase in buffer size within a bandwidth control device. A bandwidth control device includes a response measuring module measuring a size of a response frame and calculating, based on the measured size, a predictive traffic size as a size of the traffic of the response frame predicted to be received as a response to a request frame, and a bandwidth control module controlling a traffic rate of the response frame corresponding to the request frame by controlling a traffic rate of the request frame on the basis of the calculated predictive traffic size.
US07729249B2	Systems and methods for improving TCP-friendliness of delay-based congestion control Disclosed herein is a novel technique that greatly improves the TCP-friendliness of CTCP over such under-buffered network links without degrading the protocol efficiency to utilize the link capacity. Instead of using a pre-defined threshold, the disclosed approach, which may be referred to herein as “CTCP-TUBE,” dynamically adjusts the threshold based on the network setting in which the flow is operating. The backlogged packets of a regular TCP may be estimated along the same path by emulating the behavior of a regular TCP flow in runtime. Based on this, a threshold is set so as to ensure good TCP-friendliness. CTCP-TUBE can automatically adapt to different network configurations and also concurrent competing flows.
US07729248B2	Scheduler having queue for scheduling transmission of items from a station in a wireless network A scheduler scheduling items to be transmitted by a subscriber station in a wireless network in accordance with bandwidth assigned to the items by a base station in the network. The items to be transmitted by the subscriber station are placed in a queue. The queue has a first section into which items for which a request for bandwidth assignment has been made to the base station are placed, and a second section into which items for which a request for bandwidth assignment has not yet been made to the base station are placed. The scheduler schedules the items in the queue for transmission by the subscriber station in accordance with which section of the queue the items reside.
US07729244B2	Dynamic resource allocation based on quality-of-service A method and system for allocating a satellite payload terminal's (payload terminal) resources in response to a plurality of flow requests received by the payload terminal from one or more ground terminals is provided. The method includes, prioritizing the plurality of flow requests received at the payload terminal for a given epoch time based upon one or more attributes of said flow requests; and allocating resources of payload terminal to each said flow requests during said epoch time based on priority of flow requests. The attributes of said flow requests includes one or more of Quality of Service (QOS), rate request, and file size. The system includes one or more payload terminals having a processing unit capable of executing an optimization processes to allocate resources payload terminal resources in response to a plurality of flow request from one or more ground terminals.
US07729234B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting uplink control information in OFDMA communication systems Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for transmitting uplink control information in an OFDMA communication system. The method, in which the uplink control information is transmitted using an ACK channel in the OFDMA communication system, includes the steps of receiving data bits of the uplink control information, outputting transmit symbols of sub-carriers by performing orthogonal modulation with respect to symbols for codewords of the received data bits, and inverse fast fourier transforming and transmitting a transmit signal including bundles of sub-carriers allocated the modulated transmit symbols.
US07729227B2	Diffractive element, method of manufacturing the same, optical pickup device, and optical disc apparatus There is provided a diffractive element including a first member 2, which includes a first resin 2a and has a predetermined refractive index, and a second member 3, which has the same refractive index as the first member 2 having the predetermined refractive index in one wavelength of light and has a refractive index different from the first member 2 having the predetermined refractive index in the other wavelength of light. The first member 2 and the second member 3 are alternately arranged within an incidence plane of the two wavelengths of light, thereby constituting a diffraction grating. The second member 3 includes a second resin 3a to dissolve an organic matter 5 having optical absorption in a predetermined wavelength range at a molecular level, whereby the refractive index of the second member 3 is formed.
US07729221B2	Optical disk discrimination method and optical disk device The invention provides an optical disk device that has a laser unit including a first objective lens and a second objective lens. A numerical aperture of the first objective lens is different from a numerical aperture of the second objective lens. The optical disk device has a first focus driver that detects a first voltage value indicating the value of a driving voltage to drive the first objective lens when light beams are irradiated onto the surface of an optical disk via the first objective lens and a focus is achieved. The optical disk device has a second focus driver that detects a second voltage value indicating the value of a driving voltage to drive the second objective lens when light beams are irradiated onto the recording surface of said optical disk via the second objective lens and a focus is achieved. The optical disk device has a controller that discriminates the type of an optical disk, based on a difference between the first voltage value and the second voltage value.
US07729219B2	Read and write power control methods and system for optical recording device The present invention discloses read and write power control methods and system for an optical recording device that records information on an optical disk having read-only areas. The read and write power control methods respectively introduce the steps of determining a specific level of a former power control signal output based on a former power control, and then according to the specific level, setting a predetermined level of a power control signal to induce a present power control for rapidly outputting a proper power of the pick-up head. Accordingly, the level transition of the read/write power control signal can be shortened and even eliminated. An unstable read/write power output for the pick-up head can be avoided.
US07729217B2	Optical disc device for recording and reproducing information on and from a write-once-type disc using laser light The present invention aims to smoothly and adequately adjust recording laser power while an increase in processing load during recording is suppressed. When a recording operation start request is received, OPC is executed with reference to a target β value (βt) of a disc to set recording laser power Pws. Recording operation is performed based on the set recording laser power Pws. When a system is brought into an intermittent standby state, R-OPC is executed, so the recording laser power Pws is adjusted and set again. Then, its subsequent recording operation is performed based on the recording laser power Pws which is set again. When a duration of the recording operation exceeds a maximal waiting time Ts, the recording operation is suspended so that the system is set to a recording standby state. Then, the R-OPC is executed, so that the recording laser power Pws is adjusted and set again.
US07729213B2	Optical disk apparatus employing an objective lens having a high numerical aperture An optical disk apparatus includes a movable part having an objective lens for focusing a laser beam onto an optical disk. A lens-holding member holds the objective lens. A protecting member prevents contact of the objective lens with the optical disk. The protecting member is spaced apart from the optical disk. An elastic supporting member supports the movable part, and an actuator drives the movable part toward or away from the optical disk. The apparatus is constructed so as to maintain the protecting member spaced apart from the optical disk, even when the elastic supporting member is bent by gravity toward the optical disk.
US07729206B2	Time interval indicating device A device for indicating the passage of two or more time intervals is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes a base portion with a user interface and a light portion. The light portion includes three lights of different colors that are disposed in a vertical arrangement above the base portion. The user interface includes a display and a keypad for programming the device with one or more time durations, and for associating one or more of the lights with each time interval. A controller is in communication with the user interface and operatively coupled with the lights to illuminate and turn off each light during its associated interval. The device may include an audio section linked to the controller for further indicating the intervals or transitions therebetween by outputting one or more sounds.
US07729194B2	Backup for circuits having volatile states An electrical circuit contains volatile states that are lost without continued application of power to circuit elements to preserve their volatile states. A first power source in the circuit provides power to the volatile state circuit for holding and preserving their volatile states. A power selection circuit is coupled to the circuit elements and has a plurality of selectable modes. A first mode of operation of the power selection circuit is selected when the circuit elements are to be operated at a first power level via the first power source which constitutes a first mode of operation. A second mode of operation is selected when the volatile state circuit elements are to be operated under a condition where the first power source is inactivated, such as, for example, during a circuit backup or standby operation. During the second mode of operation, the circuit elements volatile states are preserved via a power selection circuit that provides power from a second power source at a second power level, different from the first power level, to the volatile state circuit elements in place of the first power source.
US07729193B2	Backup for volatile state retention in the absence of primary circuit power A backup volatile state retention circuit is provided with low leakage current for employment with a volatile memory circuit to store the value of the latter during power down of the volatile circuit or during power-down or inactivation of neighboring or peripheral circuits or due to the loss of power of any of these circuits. An example of such a volatile circuit is a memory circuit having volatile memory cells such as employed in dynamic memory core, in particular, a random access memory (RAM) in CMOS circuitry.
US07729190B2	Voltage control circuit, a voltage control method and a semiconductor memory device having the voltage control circuit A semiconductor memory device includes a voltage control circuit providing different voltages as a precharge voltage in accordance with an active state and a standby stage. The semiconductor memory device is arranged in a peripheral region, whereby the different voltages can be provided as a precharge voltage in accordance with the active state and the standby state and thus leakage current is reduced and area efficiency is enhanced.
US07729189B2	Switched capacitor DRAM sense amplifier with immunity to mismatch and offsets A switched capacitor sense amplifier includes capacitively coupled input, feedback, and reset paths to provide immunity to the mismatches in transistor characteristics and offsets. The sense amplifier includes a cross-coupled pair of inverters with capacitors absorbing offset voltages developed as effects of the mismatches. When used in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device, this immunity to the mismatches and offsets allows the sense amplifier to reliably detect and refresh small signals.
US07729172B2	Method of programming a NAND flash memory device A method of programming a NAND flash memory device includes providing a flash memory device, wherein word lines are disposed between a drain selecting line and a source selecting line, wherein a first word line is provided adjacent to the source selecting line and a last word line is provided adjacent to the drain selecting line; and selecting a word line to program memory cells coupled to the selected word line to perform an even LSB program operation and an odd LSB program operation for the selected first word line. Each of the word lines is selected until all of the word lines have been selected, so that the even LSB program operation and the odd LSB program operation can be performed for all of the word lines. The even LSB program operation is performed to store a lower rank data bit in memory cells coupled to an even bit line assigned a selected word line. The odd LSB program operation is performed to store a lower rank data bit in memory cells coupled to an odd bit line assigned to the selected word line.
US07729165B2	Self-adaptive and self-calibrated multiple-level non-volatile memories Innovative self-adaptive and self-calibrated methods and structures for Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) are disclosed. In the MLC NVM, NVM cells are self-adaptively programmed into a fixed response tolerance window centered at the reference current or voltage corresponding to a selected level gate voltage applied to the controlled gates of NVM cells. The fixed response tolerance window is related to the threshold voltage tolerance window through the sense circuit gain. Properly choosing the sense circuit gain and the response window can control the threshold voltage tolerance window to a desired value. An incremental gate voltage larger than the threshold voltage tolerance window of each NVM cell will guarantee that each NVM cell will produce the correct output current (voltage) in response to applying to the control gate of the NVM cell the stepped voltage corresponding to the level of information stored in the NVM cell. As the stepped voltage applied to the gate of an NVM cell transitions from a voltage just below the threshold voltage of the NVM cell to a voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the NVM cell, the output current (voltage) from the NVM cell will pass the current (voltage) transition in comparison with the reference current (voltage). The current (voltage) transition can be detected and converted into the bit-word information representing the voltage level stored in the NVM cell. When the response of an NVM cell falls outside the response tolerance window into the guard-band regions, the NVM cell can be re-calibrated and the bit-word information can be saved from fading away.
US07729164B2	Non-volatile memory device, method of operating the same, and method of fabricating the same A non-volatile memory device may include at least one semiconductor layer, a plurality of control gate electrodes, a plurality of charge storage layers, at least one first auxiliary electrode, and/or at least one second auxiliary electrode. The plurality of control gate electrodes may be recessed into the semiconductor layer. The plurality of charge storage layers may be between the plurality of control gate electrodes and the semiconductor layer. The first and second auxiliary electrodes may be arranged to face each other. The plurality of control gate electrodes may be between the first and second auxiliary electrodes and capacitively coupled with the semiconductor layer.
US07729144B2	DC/DC power conversion device A DC/DC power conversion device with smoothing capacitors including three column circuits share the smoothing capacitors to be connected in parallel, each column circuit have a plurality of circuits connected in series where two MOSFETs are connected in series between both ends of respective smoothing capacitors and LC serial bodies of capacitors and inductors with the same resonant cycle are disposed between the circuits at two middle terminals. Driving signals for the respective column circuits have the same driving cycle identical with the resonant cycle of the LC serial bodies, and are out of phase with each other by 2π/3(rad), and thus charge-discharge currents towards the smoothing capacitors are circulated among the column circuits and ripple currents flowing through the smoothing capacitors are reduced.
US07729138B2	Control method for direct-current transmission In a method for controlling a rectifier and an inverter, which are connected together by a direct current circuit, a measuring direct current voltage and respectively, a measuring direct current are measured at at least one measuring point of the direct current circuit and are transmitted to a direct current control for controlling the rectifier and/or an inverter control for controlling the inverter. The direct current control controls the rectifier in such a manner that a total of a difference direct current voltage and a differential direct current is minimal and the inverter control of the inverter is controlled in such a manner that the difference between the differential direct current of the differential direct current voltage is minimal. The method is reliable and is economical. Accordingly, the desired flow of the direct current control and the desired flow of the inverter control are identical.
US07729133B2	Secondary side-driven half-bridge power supply The present invention discloses a secondary side-driven half-bridge power supply, which has a half-bridge transformer. A MOSFET unit is connected to the primary side of the half-bridge transformer, and an output rectifier/filter circuit connected to the secondary side of the half-bridge transformer. In the present invention, a PWM controller generates a control signal and sends the signal to a separating element. The control signal is used to drive the MOSFET unit, and the MOSFET unit then drives the half-bridge transformer. The output rectifier/filter circuit processes the signal output by the half-bridge transformer to provide voltages for external loads. The present invention can increase the power efficiency, raise the working frequency, and reduce the cost.
US07729117B2	Housing for cooling electronic control units in motor vehicles A housing for electronic control units, in particular in motor vehicles, having a bottom section for attaching the electronic control units and having a cooling device that enables heat to be dissipated from the housing via a flowing liquid, a cooling device formed in the bottom section being provided both for improving the cooling capacity and for rigidity. The bottom section is easily manufactured with an integrated cooling channel by injection molding, while cooling is achievable by a medium available in the motor vehicle.
US07729104B2	Tantalum powder and solid electrolyte capacitor including the same In a hydrogen-containing tantalum powder of the present invention, a value obtained by dividing the hydrogen content (ppm) by the specific surface area (m2/g) is in the range of 10 to 100. This tantalum powder has a large specific surface area, and when the tantalum powder is used as an anode of a solid electrolyte capacitor, a solid electrolyte capacitor having a large capacitance and a low leakage current can be obtained.
US07729100B2	Lightning conductor system for wind generator blades comprising carbon fibre laminates Lightning protection system of wind turbine blades formed by various connections arranged on carbon fibre laminates (2) of the blade (1), equipotentialising the surface of the airfoils (4) of the beam (10) via derivations from a main cable (6) using the respective auxiliary cables (5). The auxiliary cables are connected to metal plates (3) which make the direct connection with the carbon fibre laminates (2) and are positioned during the blade (1) laminating and curing process, or they are connected to metal pins, preferably cone shaped, which pass through the hybrid laminate. Around the connections a nanocomposite based conductive resin (11) is arranged. In the case of a hybrid laminate with layers of carbon fibre and layers of fibre glass, the equipotential state of the different layers is achieved using windows, discontinuities or open spaces in the fibreglass layers.
US07729096B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit having an ESD protection circuit enhancing a durability against thermal destruction is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit configured by a plurality of MOSFETs each having an SOI structure formed on a silicon substrate includes a functional circuit having an external connection signal terminal, a pair of power terminals and at least one of the MOSFETs. The semiconductor integrated circuit also includes at least one ESD protection circuit having a first terminal and a second terminal connected to the signal terminal and the power terminals, respectively. The ESD protection circuit includes at least one first MOSFET of the MOSFETs formed on the silicon substrate. The first MOSFET has a drain connected to the first terminal, a gate connected to the second terminal, and a source connected to the second terminal. The at least one ESD protection circuit also includes at least one second MOSFET of the MOSFETs formed adjacent to the first MOSFET on the silicon substrate. The second MOSFET has a gate connected to the first terminal and the same conductivity type as the first MOSFET.
US07729093B1	Detection of magnetic beads using a magnetoresistive device together with ferromagnetic resonance A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of magnetic beads is disclosed. By providing both a static magnetic field and a magnetic field that alternates in the MHz range, or beyond, the bead can be excited into FMR (ferromagnetic resonance). The appearance of the latter is then detected by a magneto-resistive type of sensor. This approach offers several advantages over prior art methods in which the magnetic moment of the bead is detected directly.
US07729085B2	Thermally assisted recording of magnetic media using an optical resonant cavity The media heating device of the magnetic head includes an optical resonant cavity produces a high intensity near-field optical beam of subwavelength dimension adjacent to the write pole. A suitable resonant cavity may be a spherical cavity, disk shaped cavity, ring shaped cavity, racetrack shaped cavity, micropillar cavity, photonic crystal cavity and Fabry-Perot cavity. The cavity is fabricated as a planar thin film structure in layers that are generally parallel to the magnetic pole thin film layers of the magnetic head, such that the principal axis of the resonant cavity is parallel to the air bearing surface (ABS). Optical energy is coupled into the resonant cavity through a waveguide that is placed proximate the cavity, and optical energy is coupled out of the cavity through an aperture that is placed within the cavity. A preferred embodiment may include a nano-aperture disposed between the resonant cavity and the ABS.
US07729080B2	Head control apparatus, head control method, and magnetic disk apparatus There is provided a head control apparatus that controls the flying height of a head with respect to a disk by controlling heater current supplied to a heater for head protrusion adjustment. The head control apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires flying height information which is information concerning a variation in the flying height of the head; a determination section that determines whether the flying height variation is caused by a variation in atmospheric pressure based on a measured temperature and the flying height information acquired by the acquisition section; and a control section that controls, in the case where the determination section has determined that the flying height variation is caused by a variation in atmospheric pressure, heater current based on control information corresponding to the flying height variation caused by the atmospheric pressure variation.
US07729073B2	Magnetic recording disk and disk drive with amplitude-type servo fields having patterned servo islands for read/write head positioning A magnetic recording disk drive has a disk with pre-patterned nondata servo sectors extending generally radially across the data tracks. The disk may be a patterned-media disk with both pre-patterned data islands and pre-patterned nondata servo sectors. The servo sectors include a synchronization pattern of generally radially directed discrete magnetized marks, and first and second position error signal (PES) fields of generally radially directed discrete magnetized stripes. Each stripe in each of the two fields comprises a plurality of radially spaced discrete servo islands, each island having a radial height of approximately Tp, where Tp is the radial spacing of the track centerlines. In each field, the servo islands in alternating stripes in the along-the-track direction are shifted radially by approximately Tp. In the first PES field, the islands are centered at the midline between two adjacent track centerlines, and in the second PES field the islands are centered at a track centerline. All of the servo islands in the two PES fields have the same magnetization direction.
US07729067B2	Lens holder and lens apparatus having same A lens holder coupling a lens to an actuator is disclosed. The actuator includes a vibrator and a driving rod coupled to the vibrator along a vibration direction of the vibrator. The lens holder includes a lens carrier, a transmission member, a guiding member, and a fixing member. The lens carrier is configured for accommodating the lens. The transmission member connected to the lens carrier defines a groove having a transmission axis parallel to an optical axis of the lens receiving the driving rod. The guiding member connected to the lens carrier defines a hole receiving a guide rod substantially parallel to the optical axis of the lens. The fixing member includes a main body and an elastic sheet, the main body being fixed to the transmission member, the elastic sheet extending from the main body and covering the groove and configured for elastically contacting the driving rod.
US07729062B2	Imaging lens and imaging device including the imaging lens An imaging lens including, in order from an object side to an image surface side, a first lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the object side, a diaphragm, a second lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the image surface side, wherein conditions expressed by 22≦(r3+r4)/(r3−r4)≦35 and 0.5≦f1/fl≦1 (where, r3: center radius curvature of the object side face of the second lens, r4: center radius curvature of the image surface side face of the second lens, f1: focal distance of the first lens, and fl: focal distance of the entire lens system) are to be satisfied.
US07729055B2	Method and apparatus providing concave microlenses for semiconductor imaging devices A method and apparatus providing an imaging device with a system of convex and concave microlenses at different levels over an array of photosensors. The concave microlenses redirect leaking light, which is not directed by the convex lenses onto the photosensors, onto the photosensors.
US07729051B2	Method of making an optical system A method of making a plurality of micro-optical systems includes providing a plurality of diffractive optical elements and aligning each diffractive optical element with a refractive optical element. Each micro-optical system includes a refractive optical element and a diffractive optical element. The diffractive optical element provides different focal lengths at three different wavelengths for each micro-optical system and includes adjacent steps within a cycle having a difference of more the 2π for at least one of the three different wavelengths.
US07729049B2	3-d optical microscope A 3-D optical microscope, a method of turning a conventional optical microscope into a 3-D optical microscope, and a method of creating a 3-D image on an optical microscope are described. The 3-D optical microscope includes a processor, at least one objective lens, an optical sensor capable of acquiring an image of a sample, a mechanism for adjusting focus position of the sample relative to the objective lens, and a mechanism for illuminating the sample and for projecting a pattern onto and removing the pattern from the focal plane of the objective lens. The 3-D image creation method includes taking two sets of images, one with and another without the presence of the projected pattern, and using a software algorithm to analyze the two image sets to generating a 3-D image of the sample. The 3-D image creation method enables reliable and accurate 3-D imaging on almost any sample regardless of its image contrast.
US07729046B2	Solid-state laser device with a crystal array In a laser device, a crystal array includes a laser gain crystal and an optically non-linear frequency conversion crystal. A pump source couples at least two mutually spatially separated pump beams into the crystal array. Between two pump beams, a saw kerf of the crystal array extends parallel to the pump beams.
US07729043B2	Near infrared twin photon source Optical parametric oscillator including a semiconductor microcavity being configured to spatially localize polaritons of at least three quantized polariton energy levels to effect an optical parametric oscillation.
US07729041B2	Electro optic device, method of manufacturing electro optic device, and scanning type optical apparatus An electro optic device includes an optical element in which a refractive index distribution, changes according to the intensity of an electric field generated therein such that an incident laser beam is scanned. First and second electrodes are provided on two opposite surfaces of the optical element. A distance between electrodes of the first and second electrodes of the optical element decreases continuously or in a stepwise manner from an emission end surface toward an incident end surface.
US07729037B2	Methods and apparatus for spatial light modulation Improved apparatus and methods for spatial light modulation are disclosed which utilize optical cavities having both front and rear reflective surfaces. Light-transmissive regions are formed in the front reflective surface for spatially modulating light.
US07729028B2	Method to reduce RF noise generation and required peak laser output in raster scan portable projectors A method and apparatus that projects a two-dimensional image is disclosed. The method may include emitting a laser beam, sweeping the laser beam with a first scan mirror along a first scan direction to form a scan line on the projection surface, and sweeping the scan line with a second scan mirror along a second scan direction generally orthogonal to the first scan direction to form a raster pattern of scan lines on the projection surface. The scanner for the first scan mirror is driven with a stimulus waveform, wherein the stimulus waveform has a fundamental frequency that is substantially equal to the resonance frequency of the scanner but also contains harmonics to achieve a nearly constant velocity of the laser beam spot during its scan across the projection surface. The stimulus thereby reduces peak laser output power and corresponding noise generation while maintaining image brightness and image quality.
US07729025B2	Color image compressing method and device It is an object of the present invention to improve the compression ratio of a color image and to clearly display the outlines of characters and the like. A hue cluster classifying/unifying unit reduces the number of hue values of each pixel in a color image, based on a hue histogram, allocates the number-reduced hue value to each pixel and classifies pixels with the same hue value into one cluster. Furthermore, the unit unifies clusters whose hue values are below a predetermined value. The unit also traces the outline of a cluster whose size is below a reference value and determines that a cluster that has a lot of change points belongs to a character area. An encoding unit determines the characteristic of each cluster, based on both an area determined by an area determining unit and whether the cluster belongs to a ruled line area or a character area, and encodes pixels in each cluster by a coding method suitable for the characteristic of the cluster.
US07729020B2	Transmission mechanism of image scanner with adjustable resolution A transmission mechanism of an image scanner with adjustable resolution is disclosed. The transmission device is driven by a step motor to move a carriage to perform a scanning operation at a selected speed The transmission device includes a transmission control set switched between a first and a second transmission states in response to a command for changing a moving speed of the carriage, and driven by the step motor to output a transmission power; a first transmission set of a first deceleration ratio, coupled with the transmission control set to receive the transmission power from the transmission control set in the first transmission state, and providing the transmission power for the carriage to have the carriage move at a first speed; and a second transmission set of a second deceleration ratio different from the first deceleration ratio, coupled with the transmission control set to receive the transmission power from the transmission control set in the second transmission state, and providing the transmission power for the carriage to have the carriage move at a second speed.
US07729016B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program for use therein An image processing apparatus includes: a first image processing section to which original image data is inputted; an image storing section connected downstream of the first image processing section; a second image processing section connected downstream of the image storing section; a loop-back path through which image data output from the second image processing section is returned to the first image processing section; an instruction inputting section which inputs an instruction in relation to a processing content; a controller for controlling a flow of image data and contents to be processed in the first and second image processing sections according to the instruction input from the instruction inputting section, wherein a plurality of types of image data different from each other in contents which have been processed, are capable of being generated on the basis of the original image data.
US07729010B2	System for recovery of degraded images A system for recovering degraded images captured through atmospheric turbulence, or other atmospheric inhomogeneities, such as snow, rain, smoke, fog, or underwater fluctuations, is provided having an imager for capturing through such turbulence both a degraded image of a scene having at least one object, and an image of a point source associated with the object. The imager converts the degraded image into first image data signals representing the degraded image, and converts the image of the point source into second image data signals representing a point spread function. A computer of the system receives the first and second image data signals and produces third image data signals representing a recovered image of the object of the degraded image in accordance with the first and second image data signals. In another embodiment, the imager captures a degraded image through atmospheric turbulence of a scene having a known reference object and an unknown object, and converts the degraded image into first image data signals. After receiving the first image data signals, the computer identifies in the first image data signals such image data signals representing the reference object. The computer produces image data signals representing a recovered image of the degraded image in accordance with the first image data signals, the image data signals representing the reference in the first image data signals, and image data signals representing an undegraded image of the reference. The computer may output the image data signals representing a recovered image to an output device to display or print the recovered image.
US07729007B2	Abstract parameter print mode mimic generation A method, system, and computer program for generating a visual representation provides the capability to illustrate the various combinations of settings quickly and efficiently. A method for generating a visual representation comprises providing a plurality of predefined visual representations, accepting a plurality of values of a plurality of parameters, and generating a visual representation representing effects of the parameters based on the predefined visual representations and on the values of the parameters.
US07729003B2	Multi function device and program therefor An image processing apparatus includes a print mode initializing unit, a print mode modifying unit, a data retaining unit that retains the modified print settings for a predetermined period, a data receiving unit that receives data, a storage unit that stores the data, a data size calculating unit that calculates a size of an available storage area of the storage unit and a size of print data in accordance with the modified print settings when the data receiving unit receives the data when the modified print settings are retained. A comparing unit outputs a signal in response to a condition where the size of print data exceeds the available storage area. A print mode adjustor modifies, in response to the signal, the print settings so that the print data can be stored in the available storage area.
US07729001B2	Integration of content-based relevant information into print jobs and applications using same In a printing method, summarizing information is extracted from a print job. Additional content is generated based on the summarizing information. The additional content is integrated into the print job to produce an augmented print job including the additional content. The augmented print job is printed. In an illustrative advertising application, summarizing information is extracted from a print job, advertising content is selected from a database of advertising content based on the summarizing information, and the selected advertising content is integrated into the print job.
US07728977B2	Optical gas detection The present invention provides a transmitter unit for an open path gas detector for detecting a target gas and comprises: a radiation transmitter, e.g. a tuneable laser diode, capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength absorbed by the target gas, and a radiation deflector, having a deflecting part and a non-deflecting part, e.g. a mirror having a non-reflective part. The deflecting part and the non-deflecting part are located in the path of the radiation emitted by the transmitter and the non-deflecting part does not deflect the said radiation emitted by the transmitter or does so to a different extent than the deflecting part. In this way, the beam has a core in shadow that can be used to align the beam with a receiver unit. The radiation deflector is preferably a mirror having a reflective surface for reflecting radiation emitted by the transmitter and a non-reflective part that does not reflect the said radiation emitted by the transmitter or does so to a lesser extent that the reflecting surface. The non-reflective part is preferably transparent so that it allows radiation to pass through it, which can be used to measure the wavelength of the transmitter and, if necessary correct it.
US07728976B2	Determining photoresist parameters using optical metrology To generate a simulated diffraction signal, one or more values of one or more photoresist parameters, which characterize behavior of photoresist when the photoresist undergoes processing steps in a wafer application, are obtained. One or more values of one or more profile parameters are derived using the one or more values of the one or more photoresist parameters. The one or more profile parameters characterize one or more geometric features of the structure. A simulated diffraction signal is generated using the one or more values of the one or more profile parameters. The simulated diffraction signal characterizes behavior of light diffracted from the structure. The generated simulated diffraction signal is associated with the one or more values of the one or more photoresist parameters. The generated simulated diffraction signal, the one or more values of the one or more photoresist parameters, and the association between the generated simulated diffraction signal and the one or more values of the one or more photoresist parameters are stored.
US07728955B2	Lithographic apparatus, radiation supply and device manufacturing method A system for controlling the radiation dose in a pulse of radiation having a relatively large dose, in which a pulsed beam of radiation is divided into a plurality of pulsed sub-beams of radiation and the radiation dose of the pulses is adjusted after the radiation beam has been divided.
US07728949B2	Electro-active lens Embodiments of the present invention relate to a cholesteric liquid crystalline material which may be usable in an electro-active element for providing fail safe operation, polarization insensitivity, low electrical power consumption requirements, and a small number of electrical connections. The cholesteric liquid crystalline material may be usable in an electro-active element for providing a diffractive efficiency or focusing efficiency above 90% in an activated state of the electro-active element and a diffractive efficiency or focusing efficiency below 10% in a deactivated state of the electro-active element.
US07728945B2	Structure for circuit assembly A structure for circuit assembly is applied to positional alignment in bonding process. The structure for circuit assembly comprises a first substrate, having a plurality of first terminals and both a first alignment mark and a second alignment mark located in the vicinity of the first terminals, and a second substrate, having a plurality of second terminals and a transmissive area located in the vicinity of second terminals. During the first substrate bonding with the second substrate, as the edge of the transmissive area is located between the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark, and the first alignment mark is outside of the transmissive area, the first terminals are normally connected with the second terminals.
US07728937B2	Multi-domain liquid crystal with axisymmetric alignment and electrode having asymmetrical cuts at the edge The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a vertically aligned liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, and has a plurality of pixels each including a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second electrodes. The first substrate has a shading region in gaps between the plurality of pixels, and a wall structure is placed regularly on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer in the shading region. A color filter layer of the second substrate has at least one hole formed at a predetermined position in each pixel. At least one liquid crystal domain having axisymmetric alignment is formed in the liquid crystal layer when at least a predetermined voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer, and the center axis of the axisymmetrically aligned liquid crystal domain is formed in or near the hole in the color filter layer.
US07728928B2	Display device having stacked polarizers arranged with transmission axes that deviate from parallel nicol state and wherein extinction coefficients of absorption axes are the same It is an object to provide a display device with the high contrast ratio by an easy method. In addition, it is an object to provide such a high performance display device at low cost. In a display device including a display element between a pair of light transmitting substrates, a layer including stacked polarizers is each provided on an outer side of the substrates. At that time, the stacked polarizers on a viewing side are arranged to deviate from a parallel nicol state. In addition, a retardation film may be provided between the stacked polarizers and the substrate.
US07728914B2	Position encoded sensing device with amplified light reflection intensity and a method of manufacturing the same A display panel for amplifying light reflection intensity. The display includes a substrate, at least one protrusion on one face of the substrate, and a light reflective layer deposited on the at least one protrusion. The at least one protrusion amplifies light reflection intensity when light is reflect off the light reflective layer.
US07728912B2	Display system A display system has a device for projecting a light beam and a display. The light beam includes encoded data. The display includes light sources selectively activated according to the encoded data received from the device.
US07728900B2	Method and apparatus for taking pictures Detection information is obtained from captured-image information of an imaging element array. An area is provided in an image capturing region in the imaging element array. In response to the obtained detection information, a pattern is generated which defines a ratio of a number of photosensor pixels used to capture an image to a number of all photosensor pixels in the area. The imaging element array is driven in accordance with the generated pattern. Interpolation responsive to a first picture signal generated by the used photosensor pixels in the area is implemented to generate a second picture signal corresponding to unused ones among all the photosensor pixels in the area. The first picture signal and the second picture signal are combined into a captured-image signal. The captured-image signal is outputted at a prescribed frame rate.
US07728893B2	Imaging device and method for reading signals from such device Each pixel cell (12) of an image sensor (10) is made of a 4-Tr structure, in which only one Tr for resetting a column (X) is so added to an ordinary 3-Tr APS as to reset only an arbitrary pixel selectively, thereby to confine the pixel size. When a pixel signal is to be read, the period, for which the pixel signals composing an ordinary image of one frame are read, is finely divided so that the pixel signals of the pixels receiving an ID light for the period are read out bit by bit and repeatedly. At this time, for only the column being read, an electric current is fed to a read amplifier in the pixel cell (12) or a variable gain amplifier in an output unit (14), thereby to suppress the power consumption. As a result, a lower power consumption and a higher pixel formation can be attained in an image pickup device for picking up an image and for acquiring the ID information of a light beacon existing in the image pickup range.
US07728892B2	Image sensor with a capacitive storage node linked to transfer gate A CMOS imaging system with increased charge storage capacitance of pixels yet decreased physical size, kTC noise and active area. A capacitor is linked to the transfer gate and provides a storage node for a pixel, allowing for kTC noise reduction prior to readout. The pixel may be operated with the shutter gate on during the integration period to increase the amount of time for charge storage by a pixel.
US07728891B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes a plurality of operation circuits. The operation circuit operates pixel signals read out from a group of pixels included in a readout area to generate a pixel signal in the thinning readout mode. A plurality of column selecting switches are arranged between the output terminals of the plurality of operation circuits and a plurality of output channels. A control circuit controls the plurality of column selecting switches such that pixel signals the number of which is equal to the number of the plurality of output channels are output to the plurality of output channels in parallel in the thinning readout mode. The circuit arrangements, each included in the corresponding one of the plurality of operation circuits and each viewed from the corresponding one of the column selecting switches used in the thinning readout mode, are equivalent to each other.
US07728868B2	System and method of providing real-time dynamic imagery of a medical procedure site using multiple modalities A system and method of providing composite real-time dynamic imagery of a medical procedure site from multiple modalities which continuously and immediately depicts the current state and condition of the medical procedure site synchronously with respect to each modality and without undue latency is disclosed. The composite real-time dynamic imagery may be provided by spatially registering multiple real-time dynamic video streams from the multiple modalities to each other. Spatially registering the multiple real-time dynamic video streams to each other may provide a continuous and immediate depiction of the medical procedure site with an unobstructed and detailed view of a region of interest at the medical procedure site at multiple depths. As such, a surgeon, or other medical practitioner, may view a single, accurate, and current composite real-time dynamic imagery of a region of interest at the medical procedure site as he/she performs a medical procedure, and thereby, may properly and effectively implement the medical procedure.
US07728867B2	Electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope system comprises a video-scope, an imaging device, and a black balance processor. The imaging device, which is provided on the video-scope, is exposed at a normal shutter speed so as to generate an image signal corresponding to an optical image that is formed thereon. The black balance processor generates a black balance value for adjusting the black balance of the image signal, based on a black image signal corresponding to a black image. The black image signal is generated by exposing the imaging device at a high shutter speed that is faster than the normal shutter speed.
US07728861B2	Optical device A laser beam source that emits a laser beam includes a reflecting unit that has a plurality of reflecting members and reflects the laser beam emitted from the laser beam source, a deflecting and scanning unit that deflects and scans with the laser beam reflected by the reflecting means, and an adjusting unit that moves at least part of the reflecting members, and adjusts the size of the laser beam entering the deflecting and scanning unit.
US07728859B2	Optical printhead An optical printhead for a medium including material that forms an optically visible spot in response to energy of a predetermined wavelength, the optical printhead includes a laser configured to impart energy of the predetermined wavelength to the material through a fixed-focus lens arrangement.
US07728854B2	Gamma correction device, display apparatus including the same, and method of gamma correction therein A gamma correction device and method thereof is described herein, in which gray-scale voltages may be generated that correspond with a plurality of gamma values. The gray-scale voltages may be generated by adjusting output ranges of the gray-scale voltages while fixing a gamma correction voltage on a constant level. The gamma correction device may include a gamma correction voltage generator generating a plurality of gamma correction voltages corresponding to a reference gamma value; a gray-scale voltage generation circuit dividing the gamma correction voltages to generate a plurality of sub gray-scale voltage sets each of which includes a sub gray-scale voltage corresponding to each gamma value; and a gray-scale voltage selection circuit outputting one of the sub gray-scale voltages of each sub gray-scale voltage set as a gray-scale voltage.
US07728849B2	Image editing apparatus and control method for the same, computer program, storage media The present invention enables dust removal to be effectively performed even when using the operation history on images containing different pictures. An image editing apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a plurality of image data to be edited and a display unit for displaying the image data to be edited, an image processing unit adapted to perform image processing on the image data to be edited, a history storage unit adapted to store information regarding the processing history of image data to be edited which have previously undergone image processing, a position obtaining unit adapted to obtain position information regarding a position at which the image processing had been applied from the processing history information, and a display controller adapted to cause a portion, to which the image processing would be applied among the images to be edited, to be displayed on a display area for images to be edited on the display unit, based on the position information.
US07728848B2	Tools for 3D mesh and texture manipulation Improvement of the performance, usability, and functionality of software for editing three dimensional computer models and textures is described. Editing operations are performed on the model in an ordered list to reduce the amount of memory required to maintain previous versions, and certain editing operations are precalculated to reduce the amount of real time calculation required. Improvements to usability and functionality are provided by more precisely selecting portions of a model for editing, allowing textures to be moved more easily on the model, and allowing better blending of the appearance of adjacent textures.
US07728844B2	Restoration of color components in an image model This invention relates to a method for improving image quality of a digital image captured with an imaging module comprising at least imaging optics and an image sensor, where the image is formed through the imaging optics, the image consisting of at least one color component. In the method degradation information of each color component of the image is found and is used for obtaining a degradation function. Each color component is restored by said degradation function. The image is unprocessed image data, and the degradation information of each color component can be found by a point-spread function. The invention also relates to a device, to a module, to a system and to a computer program product and to a program module.
US07728843B2	Dynamically adjusted brush for direct paint systems on parameterized multi-dimensional surfaces A system that implements a “tangent space brush,” allowing a user to paint directly onto a parameterized object, for example a three dimensional object. A tangent space brush projects coordinates from an input device to the world-space point on the surface of the 3D object. A normal is determined at that point and a brush image is projected from that point, along the normal, to the underlying surfaces. The system is implemented by providing a system that implements selecting a selected area of a displayed object, and projecting a brush directly onto a surface of the selected area.
US07728838B2	Method and system for animating graphical user interface elements via a manufacturing/process control portal server A method and system are disclosed for rendering animated graphics on a browser client based upon a stream of runtime data from a manufacturing/process control system. The graphics animation is based upon an animated graphic display object specification and runtime data from a portal server affecting an appearance trait of the animated graphic display object. The client browser receives an animated graphics description from the portal server specifying an animation behavior for an identified graphical display object. The client creates a data exchange connection between an animated display object, corresponding to the animated graphics description, and a source of runtime data from the portal server affecting display of the animated display object. Thereafter, the client applies runtime data received from the source of runtime data to the animated display object to render an animated graphic display object.
US07728837B2	Angular animation of a physical model Physical modeling of a humanoid form may be accomplished using a three-part model, where angles on the model drive the display of animation frames for the object. An animation sequence may associate one or more animation frames with angles in an angular range of a physical model. The physical model may be moved and/or bent based on interactions with other objects in a physical simulation, and the angle formed by portions of the object may be used to determine what animation frames to display for the object. Multiple animation frames may be associated with a single angle, such that if the object remains at a given angular position, the multiple animation frames may be displayed in a sequence, which may be timed.
US07728834B2	Method and apparatus for reconstructing a three-dimensional image volume from two-dimensional projection images The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for reconstructing a three-dimensional image volume from two-dimensional projection images of a subject which have been taken from different projection directions by rotating the recording system around the subject, wherein the grayscale values of the voxels of the image volume are calculated by back projection of the projection images. The invention is characterized in that prior to back projection at least one projection image is modified in such a way that it corresponds to a projection image taken with a virtual detector whose axes are aligned parallel to the rotational axis of the recording system.
US07728824B2	Display device, input device, printing device, and electric device A display device or an input device includes: a display section for simultaneously displaying (i) a first image in a first direction and (ii) a second image, which is different from the first image, in a second direction different from the first direction; and a reflecting section. The reflecting section reflects the second image, which is displayed on the display section, toward a viewing position where the first image is viewable and recognizable. This allows a user to simultaneously view (i) the first image displayed in the first direction by the display device or the input device and (ii) the second image displayed in the second direction by the display device or the input device.
US07728822B2	Touch-panel input device having a function for providing vibration and method for providing vibration in response to input operation A touch-panel input device having a function for providing vibrations includes a touch panel receiving an operation on an operation item on a display panel, a vibration-controlling unit vibrating the touch panel, an operation detector detecting an operation on the touch panel, and an operation-mode controlling unit setting an operation mode of the touch panel to an input operation mode for vibrating the touch panel upon detecting a touch on the touch panel, or either a speaker mode for vibrating the touch panel to produce sounds or a microphone mode for allowing voice input by transmitting vibrations generated on the touch panel when the operator speaks to the touch panel. The operation-mode controlling unit changes the operation mode to the input operation mode when the operation mode is set to the speaker mode or the microphone mode upon detecting an operation on the touch panel.
US07728818B2	Method, device computer program and graphical user interface for user input of an electronic device A method of controlling an electronic device including a touch sensitive display the method including displaying a plurality of graphical items on the touch sensitive display where each graphical item has an identity; detecting a coupling, formed by a user, of at least two graphical items, the coupling including, a trace on the touch sensitive display between the at least two graphical items; and, performing an action dependent upon the identity of the coupled graphical items.
US07728812B2	Portable electronic device, display method, program, and graphical user interface thereof The present invention provides a portable electronic device including an operator block, a display block, detection means, and control means. The operation block has a plurality of operation buttons arranged in matrix. The display block, arranged in the vicinity of the operator block, is capable of displaying a screen divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of operation buttons, displaying a cursor for selecting each the areas, and entering the selection by operation of each of the operation buttons. The detection means detects whether any one of the plurality of operation buttons has been operated. The control means positions the cursor to the area corresponding to the detected operation button and displays the cursor on the display block.
US07728803B2	Method and related apparatus for driving an LCD monitor A method for driving an LCD monitor includes receiving image data corresponding to a pixel of the LCD monitor, comparing pixel values of a first frame data and a second frame data in the image data, dividing the second frame data into a plurality of sub-frame data when a difference between the first frame data and the second frame is greater than a predetermined value, adjusting pixel values of the sub-frame data according to the pixel value of the second frame data, and sequentially displaying the sub-frame data by the pixel.
US07728796B2	Organic electroluminescence device and method of driving the same Embodiments of the present invention relate to an organic electroluminescent device using different driving voltages according to sub-pixels. The organic electroluminescent device may include a panel, a driving voltage circuit and a driver. The panel may have a plurality of sub-pixels. The driving voltage circuit may generate a plurality of driving voltages. The driver may drive the sub-pixels by using the generated driving voltages. The organic electroluminescent device may use driving voltages corresponding to sub-pixels, and power consumption may be reduced.
US07728794B2	Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display panel apparatus capable of displaying high-quality images with high luminous efficiency Set-up, write, sustain and erase pulses are variously applied to a plasma display panel using a staircase waveform in which the rising or falling portion is in at least two steps. These staircase waveforms can be realized by adding at least two pulses. Use of such waveforms for the set-up, write and erase pulses improves contrast, and use for the sustain pulses reduces screen flicker and improves luminous efficiency. This is of particular use in driving high definition plasma display panels to achieve high image quality and high luminance.
US07728784B2	Analog phase shifter In one embodiment, an integrated phase shifter includes: a plurality of stages, wherein each stage comprises: a transistor amplifier configured to amplify a voltage signal received at an input node into an amplified voltage signal at an output node according to a gain, wherein the transistor amplifier is configured such that the gain is proportional to a bias signal; an integrated inductor loading the output node, wherein the gain of the transistor amplifier is also proportional to an inductance of the integrated inductor; and a varactor diode loading the output node, wherein the varactor diode has a variable capacitance responsive to a control voltage.
US07728780B2	Antenna device and information terminal device An antenna device includes an antenna substrate 30 and a multilayer substrate 36 mounted on the antenna substrate 30. The antennal substrate 30 includes an insulating part 31, an antenna element 32 composed of a conductor pattern formed on a predetermined principal surface and a ground part 34 connected to the antenna element 32 electrically and formed on the principal surface. The multilayer substrate 36 includes a wiring pattern formed in an inside layer, an opening through which the wiring pattern is exposed on the side of one principal surface of the multilayer substrate 36, a plurality of through-holes formed so as to surround the opening and penetrate the inside layer of the multilayer substrate 36 while extending from the one principal surface and a ground layer 38 arranged to make contact with respective other ends of the through-holes and arranged in a position to interleave the wiring pattern against the opening. The antenna substrate 30 is electrically joined to the multilayer substrate 36 through the through-holes.
US07728774B2	Radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) packages having characteristics suitable for mass production A radio-frequency integrated circuit chip package with N integrated aperture-coupled patch antennas, N being at least one, includes a cover portion with N generally planar patches, and a main portion coupled to the cover portion. The main portion in turn comprises at least one generally planar ground plane spaced inwardly from the N generally planar patches and substantially parallel thereto. The ground plane is formed with at least N coupling aperture slots therein. The slots are substantially opposed to the patches. The main portion also includes N feed lines spaced inwardly from the N generally planar patches and substantially parallel thereto, and at least one radio frequency chip coupled to the feed lines and the ground plane. The cover portion and the main portion cooperatively define an antenna cavity, with the N generally planar patches located in the antenna cavity. Fabrication techniques are also described. In some embodiments, N is two or more and a phased array is formed.
US07728769B2	Adaptive processing method of clutter rejection in a phased array beam pattern An adaptive processing method of and system for clutter rejection in a phased array beam pattern. The amplitude distribution of the transmit elements of a two-dimensional phased array is determined. A desired pattern with low side lobes for a linear array is synthesized. The amplitude distribution of the transmit elements of the two-dimensional phased array is compared with the synthesized pattern. Select elements of the two-dimensional array are disabled to best fit the determined amplitude distribution of the transmit elements of the two-dimensional phased array to the synthesized beam pattern. Phase only pattern synthesis is performed to produce a desired two-dimensional beam pattern with low side lobes to minimize any best fit errors.
US07728767B2	Phase ambiguity resolution method for a satellite based positioning system The invention relates to a satellite-based positioning system in which a transmitter (2) emits electromagnetic radiation at least at N≧3 carrier frequencies (3, 4, 5). In order to resolve the phase ambiguity for said satellite-based positioning system, the electromagnetic radiation is received by a receiver (1), and K pseudo paths (3a, 4a, 5a, 6a) and L carrier phases (3b, 4b, 5b, 6b), especially at least two pseudo paths (3a, 5a) and at least two carrier phases (3b, 4b), are derived from the received radiation as M pieces of distance data, wherein M=K+L. In order to determine the position, the integer phase ambiguity is derived from the linear combination of a maximum of M≦2N−1 pieces of distance data.
US07728760B2	Method for generating a representation of an atmospheric vortex kinematic structure A method for generating a representation of a kinematic structure of an atmospheric vortex is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of signals from a Doppler radar. The signals are reflected at a plurality of pulse volumes. The method also comprises measuring a plurality of Doppler velocities based on the received signals. A plurality of scaled Doppler velocities are calculated representing the plurality of measured Doppler velocities, the radial distance between the Doppler radar and the pulse volume where the Doppler velocity is measured, and the distance between the radar and a first estimated atmospheric vortex center. The method also comprises generating a representation of the kinematic structure of the atmospheric vortex using the plurality of scaled Doppler wind velocity values.
US07728755B1	Reactive parallel processing jamming system The system is a parallel processing jamming architecture that is designed to automatically attack and concurrently investigate multiple signals simultaneously in the radio environment. The system implements multiple wideband independent channels to allow simultaneous threat signals to be processed in parallel and jammed in real-time. The system automatically attacks a radio communication channel when the suspect radio signal surpasses a dynamic composite threshold which is internally updated using multi-channel data feedback, in real-time. The concurrent analysis with transmission allows the system to optimize the jam efficiency quickly to an unknown signal, and while determining the validity of the threat. The high throughput parallel architecture allows the intelligent jamming process to occur with rapidity and signal multiplicity.
US07728751B2	Pipelined converter The invention relates to an apparatus comprising a pipelined converter, such as a pipelined ADC. The pipelined converter has a first set of stages and a second set of stages. A clocking circuit is configured to generate a plurality of clocking signals for the pipelined converter. The plurality of clocking signals comprise a first clocking signal at a first voltage level that is provided to the first set of stages and a second clocking signal at a second voltage level that is provided to the second set of stages.
US07728747B2	Comparator chain offset reduction Comparator chain total offset, static and dynamic, is reduced by injecting a compensation quantity in at least one point in the chain of comparator components. The compensation quantity is determined by providing the comparator chain with calibration signals having equal values and evaluating the output states of the comparator chain. The compensation quantity is adjusted until the probabilities of high and low output states are substantially equal and a calibrated value for the compensation is determined.
US07728741B2	Code conversion device, code conversion method used for the same and program thereof Provided is a code conversion device that is capable of converting codes even if an input code sequence is invalid, and is able to reduce the amount of processing. When a first code sequence is input, the code conversion device generates a decoded signal by decoding the codes of normal frames of the first code sequence at Step S1, stores and holds the decoded signal at Step S2, generates a signal corresponding to an invalid frame by interpolation with the decoded signal that is stored and held, at Step S3. Subsequently, the code conversion device generates codes corresponding to the invalid frame by encoding the generated signal at Step S4, and makes the normal frames of the first code sequence without conversion be the frames of the second code sequence while making the generated codes be the frame of the second code sequence, in place of the codes of the invalid frame, at Step S5.
US07728729B2	Methods for locating an entity within a structure using RFID The present invention provides method for locating an entity within a structure using RFID system including a portable RF transmitter/receiver transported by the entity within the structure, a base unit, and a plurality of RFID tags, the method comprising the steps of: (a) emitting an RF interrogation signal at constant, predetermined intervals; (b) powering up and emitting a signal containing location data; (c) receiving the location data and broadcasting the location data to the base unit; and (d) receiving and displaying the location data; wherein steps (a) and (c) are performed by the RF transmitter/receiver, step (b) is performed by an RFID tag when the RF interrogation signal is within an effective range of the RFID tag, and step (d) is performed by the base unit.
US07728720B2	System and method for monitoring a status of a member of a vehicle A system or method for monitoring a status of a member of a vehicle comprises a member of a vehicle. A set of one or more magnets is secured to the member. A magnetic field sensor is mounted on a vehicle, spaced apart from the member. The magnetic field sensor produces a data signal. A data processor receives the data signal from the magnetic field sensor and detects at least one of a deformation or movement of the member with respect to the vehicle.
US07728714B2	Method and apparatus for detecting end of response signal on radio frequency identification tag When a reader of a Radio Frequency Identification (RF-ID) system sends out a command signal to the RF-ID tag and receives a response signal from the RF-ID tag, an End of Signal (EOS) of the received response signal is detected such that the next command signal can be transmitted within a time. Accordingly, response signal can be detected even under the environment of poor signal to noise ratio performance, and the EOS of the response signal from the RF-ID tag can be recognized with ease and speed.
US07728713B2	Accurate persistent nodes A timing circuit that can function as an accurate persistent node in an RFID tag includes a power capture circuit for capturing power from a power source, and a counter circuit that provides a count representing a progression of time. The count can then be compared to a reference value representing a time constant of the circuit.
US07728712B2	Digital communication system with security features A digital communication system is disclosed, that allows a display of override content to interrupt a display of ongoing content on one or more display units. Ongoing content, such as advertisements, news, entertainment, or other relevant information, is provided on the display units until an urgent or security-related alert is required, and display of override content becomes necessary. Override content can include information relevant to the security of a passenger or passer-by viewing the display. Override content can relate to security threats such as accidents, major delays, fire, missing children, terrorist activity, or other content deemed adequately pertinent to warrant interrupting the display of ongoing content.
US07728706B2	Material magnetizer systems A system for improved magnetization of flexible magnetic sheet material, such as magnetic rubber. More particularly, this invention relates to providing a system for magnetization of pre-printed flexible magnetic sheet material.
US07728701B2	Waveguide-based MEMS tunable filters and phase shifters An actively tunable waveguide-based iris filter having a first part including a first portion of a deformable iris filter cavity having an inlet and an outlet; a second part operatively coupled with the first part and including a second portion of the deformable iris filter cavity having a deformable membrane operatively coupled with the first portion of a deformable iris filter cavity; the first portion and the second portion together forming the deformable iris filter cavity of the tunable waveguide-based iris filter; and means for moving the deformable membrane, whereby movement of the deformable membrane changes the geometry of the deformable iris filter cavity for causing a change in the frequency of a signal being filtered by the filter. The tunable filter is fabricated using a MEMS-based process including a plastic micro embossing process and a gold electroplating process. Prototype filters were fabricated and measured with bandwidth of 4.05 GHz centered at 94.79 GHz with a minimum insertion loss of 2.37 dB and return loss better than 15 dB. A total of 2.59 GHz center frequency shift was achieved when membranes deflected from −50 μm to +150 μm.
US07728695B2	Multilayer filter having an inductor portion and a varistor portion stacked with an intermediate portion A multilayer filter comprises an inductor stacked-layer portion and a varistor stacked-layer portion. The varistor stacked-layer portion has a varistor layer the main component of which is ZnO and a hot electrode and ground electrode positioned in opposite with the varistor layer intervening, and the region enclosed between the opposing hot electrode and ground electrode does not contain a Cu component. Because the region enclosed between the opposing hot electrode and ground electrode is a region which manifests varistor characteristics, and thus the region does not contain a Cu component, degradation of the attenuation characteristics can be suppressed.
US07728694B2	Surface mount stripline devices having ceramic and soft board hybrid materials The present invention is directed to a method for making a hybrid material stripline device. The method includes providing an inner layer of material, the inner layer including a dielectric material and at least one conductive sheet. At least one stripline device is formed in the inner layer by processing the at least one conductive sheet. The at least one stripline device is characterized by a surface area footprint. A first exterior layer and a second exterior layer are provided. At least one of the first exterior layer and/or the second exterior layer includes at least one ceramic portion. The at least one ceramic portion has a ceramic surface area greater than or substantially equal to the surface area footprint of the at least one stripline device. At least one of the first exterior layer and/or the second exterior layer further includes a softboard dielectric material. The inner layer of material is sandwiched between the first exterior layer and the second exterior layer. The first exterior layer, the inner layer and the second exterior layer are laminated to form a laminate panel structure, a surface of the first exterior layer forming a first major surface of the laminate panel structure and a surface of the second exterior layer forming a second major surface of the laminate panel structure. A first conductive sheet is disposed over the first major surface and a second conductive sheet is disposed over the second major surface, the first conductive sheet and the second conductive sheet being configured as parallel ground planes for the at least one stripline device.
US07728690B2	Method and apparatus for compensating for tuning nonlinearity of an oscillator Techniques to compensate for nonlinearity of a tuning function of an oscillator are described. The tuning nonlinearity of the oscillator may be modeled as a disturbance input to the oscillator and may be compensated with an equal but opposite disturbance. In one design, a nonlinearity correction signal to compensate for the tuning nonlinearity may be generated, e.g., based on a phase error signal in a phase-locked loop (PLL) and a scaling factor determined adaptively. The nonlinearity correction signal may compensate for the n-th (e.g., second) order tuning nonlinearity, and an n-th order (e.g., squared) modulating signal may be used to derive the scaling factor and the nonlinearity correction signal. A control signal for the oscillator may be generated based on the nonlinearity correction signal and possibly one or more other signals. The control signal may be applied to the oscillator to adjust the oscillation frequency of the oscillator.
US07728673B2	Wideband active balun using darlington pair An active balun with Darlington pairs obtains a wideband operation. With differential output signals, a size of the active balun is minimized. The present invention can be applied to a transceiver. With a wideband amplitude match and 180° out of phase, the performance of the transceiver is improved by the present invention for a few wide applications.
US07728660B2	Audio signal processing system and method An audio signal processing system and method is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the audio signal processing system includes a first electrical path responsive to a power supply of an audio amplifier. The first electrical path can include a low pass filter to filter a direct current (DC) component of the power supply and a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) responsive to the low pass filter. The audio signal processing system also includes a second electrical path responsive to the power supply. The second electrical path can include a high pass filter to filter an alternating current (AC) component of the power supply and a second ADC responsive to an output of the high pass filter. The audio signal processing system includes compensation logic to modify an audio signal based on a first signal generated from the first electrical path and a second signal generated from the second electrical path.
US07728659B2	Arrangement for amplifying a PWM input signal A pulse-width modulation (PWM) amplifier comprises a feedback loop for reshaping the pulses of the PWM input signal to correct timing and amplitude errors in the class D output stage of the amplifier by means of an error correction signal. In such an amplifier the feedback loop gives a substantial amount of base-band noise when the pulse-period of the PWM input signal is not constant, which is especially the case when the PWM signal originates from a noise shaper. The invention reduces this noise by modifying the reshaping gain of the amplifier with a pulse-period proportional signal.
US07728658B2	Low-noise, low-distortion digital PWM amplifier Systems and methods for performance improvements in digital switching amplifiers using low-pass filtering to reduce noise and distortion. In one embodiment, a digital pulse width modulation (PWM) amplifier includes a signal processing plant configured to receive and process an input audio signal. The amplifier also includes a low-pass filter configured to filter audio signals output by the plant. The filtered output of the plant is added to the input audio signal as feedback. The plant may consist of a modulator and power switch, a noise shaper, or any other type of plant. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) may be provided to convert the output audio signal to a digital signal. Filtering may be implemented before or after the ADC, and a decimator may be placed after the ADC if it is an oversampling ADC.
US07728651B2	Drive circuit, voltage conversion device and audio system The first control transistor is connected between a first input node for receiving a first input signal swinging between a first voltage and a second voltage and an intermediate node for outputting an output signal, and receives the second voltage at its gate. The second control transistor is connected between a second input node for receiving a second input signal swinging between a third voltage and a fourth voltage in synchronization with the first input signal and the intermediate node, and receives the third voltage at its gate. The voltage difference between the first voltage and the third voltage is smaller than or equal to the source-drain breakdown voltage of the second control transistor, and the voltage difference between the second voltage and the fourth voltage is smaller than or equal to the source-drain breakdown voltage of the first control transistor.
US07728649B1	Leakage current cancellation for integrated analog switch An integrated analog switch including first and second semiconductor devices and a current mirror. The first device is a switching device having first and second current terminals coupled between first and second switch terminals. When turned off, the body of the first device is pulled to a bias voltage, and a first leakage current flows between its body and the first switch terminal. The second device is a reduced-size replica of the first device having one current terminal coupled to the first switch terminal and having its body pulled to about the bias voltage when turned off. The second device provides a second leakage current which is proportional to the leakage current of the first device. The current mirror circuit mirrors and amplifies the second leakage current to provide a cancellation current which is applied to the first switch terminal to cancel leakage current.
US07728648B2	Semiconductor device chip, semiconductor device system, and method A semiconductor device chip, semiconductor device system, and a method. One embodiment provides a semiconductor device chip including a device for determining whether the semiconductor device chip is to be placed in a current saving operating mode.
US07728642B1	Ripple counter based programmable delay line A programmable delay line includes a first oscillator that is enabled and generates a plurality of clock cycles of a clock signal in response to a transition of the input signal. A first programmable ripple counter is coupled to the first oscillator, counts with each successive clock cycle to a programmed count, and generates a first signal in response to reaching the programmed count. A control circuit is coupled to the first oscillator and to the first programmable ripple counter. The control circuit transitions the output signal and disables the first oscillator in response to the first signal.
US07728641B2	Apparatus and method for outputting data of semiconductor memory apparatus An apparatus for outputting data of a semiconductor memory apparatus, which is capable of varying the slew rate and the data output timing, includes a bias generator that generates a bias having a level corresponding to a set value, a slew rate controller that controls a pull-up slew rate or a pull-down slew rate of input data on the basis of the bias generated by the bias generator, and a data outputting unit that outputs data on the basis of the slew rate controlled by the slew rate controller. Therefore, it is possible to satisfy various operational conditions without changing the structure of the circuit and to correspond rapidly and appropriately with a change of the system, which enables the applied range of the products to be extended.
US07728635B2	High voltage tolerant port driver A plurality of output drive devices are capable of tolerating an overvoltage produced by an electrical connection with an external device operating in a high-voltage supply realm. The drive devices are capable of sustaining a continuous electrical connection to the elevated voltage levels and produce communications at an output voltage level equal to the supply voltage indigenous to the device. A high-voltage tolerant driver includes a plurality of output drive devices capable of tolerating an overvoltage, sustaining an electrical connection to an elevated voltage level, and producing an output voltage at an indigenous supply level. An initial pullup drive circuit is coupled to the plurality of output drive devices and produces an initial elevated drive voltage to the plurality of output drive devices. A sustain pullup circuit is coupled to the plurality of output drive devices and produces a sustained output voltage at the indigenous supply level.
US07728629B2	Buffer with inductance-based capacitive-load reduction A buffer circuit uses (e.g., active) inductors for driving capacitive loads. In one embodiment, the buffer circuit has one or more stages, each stage having one CMOS inverter. Each CMOS inverter has one NMOS transistor and one PMOS transistor and is coupled to a stage input and a stage output. Additionally, at least one stage of the buffer circuit has two inductors, each coupled between a different voltage reference for the buffer circuit and the stage output. One inductor has a PMOS transistor coupled to the gate of an NMOS transistor and the other inductor has an NMOS transistor coupled to the gate of a PMOS transistor. When driving capacitive loads, the inductors partially tune out the apparent load capacitance CL, thereby improving the charging capabilities of inverter and enabling quicker charge and discharge times. Furthermore, partially tuning out apparent load capacitance facilitates the driving of larger capacitive loads.
US07728623B2	Programmable logic cells with local connections A programmable logic structure is disclosed employing input logic routing cell (ILRC) multiplexers and output logic routing cell (OLRC) multiplexers for making local connections between dedicated logic cells. In a simple programmable logic structure, a dedicated logic cell (DLC) is implemented in a programmable logic structure comprising multiple ILRC multiplexers for port A and multiple OLRC multiplexers for port B. In a multi-level programmable logic structure, multiple columns of dedicated logic cells is designed with columns of dedicated local cells adjacent to each other where each DLC column is used to implement a particular logic function. In a first embodiment, local connections can be made between dedicated logic cells, e.g. an OLRC in a first DLC at level L making local point-to-point connections to an ILRC in a second DLC at level L+1. In a second embodiment, local connections can be made from any other dedicated logic cells, whether positioned horizontally or vertically relative to a relative point or multiplexer, and from any offset from a current logic and routing cell (LRC). In a third embodiment, local connections can be made by stitching a first OLRC to a second OLRC (for connecting to an ILRC), which allows lines from other columns or levels of DLC to reach an ILRC for a fast local interconnect.
US07728617B2	Debug network for a configurable IC Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable integrated circuit (IC) that includes several configurable circuits grouped in several tiles. The configurable IC also includes a configuration network for loading configuration data into the IC, where the configuration data is for configuring several of the configurable circuit. In some embodiments, the configuration network includes several registers at several boundaries between the tiles, where the registers allow multiple configuration data sets to be routed to multiple tiles concurrently. The configuration network in some embodiments includes several address counters at several tiles, where each address counter allows one address to be loaded for a tile and then to be successively incremented based on increment instructions sent over the configuration network. At least, two different addresses specified by an address counter of a particular tile identify two different resources within the particular tile.
US07728609B2	Replaceable probe apparatus for probing semiconductor wafer A probe apparatus is provided with a plurality of probe tiles, an interchangeable plate for receiving the probe tiles, a floating plate being disposed between the respective probe tile and a receiving hole on the interchangeable plate, and a control mechanism providing multi-dimensional freedom of motions to control a position of the probe tile relative to the respective receiving hole of the interchangeable plate. A method of controlling the floating plate is also provided by inserting a pair of joysticks into two respective adjustment holes disposed on the floating plate and moving the pair of joysticks to provide translational motions (X-Y) and rotational (theta) motion of the floating plate, and turning the pair of jack screws clockwise and counter-clockwise to provide a translational motion (Z) and two rotational (pitch and roll) motions of the floating plate.
US07728607B2	Electrical probe Methods, devices, and systems for probing electrical circuits without loading the circuits are described herein. One embodiment of an electrical probe includes a coaxial cable having an inner conductor and an outer conductor, an extension portion of the inner conductor extending beyond the outer conductor at a probe end of the cable. The electrical probe includes a conductive whisker having a first portion separated from and extending a distance along the extension portion such that the first portion and the extension portion form a first capacitor and a second portion having a probe tip for receiving an input test signal from a circuit node under test.
US07728604B1	Testing differential signal standards using device under test's built in resistors A test setup is provided to test differential signals outputs from the I/O block (IOB) pairs in an integrated circuit (IC). The test setup allows elimination of the external 100 Ohm resistors provided across the differential outputs on a device under test (DUT) test board containing the IC by taking advantage of a 100 Ohm resistor built into the IC between a portion of the IOB pairs. An IOB pair being tested may have its differential output terminal pair shorted to the differential output terminal pair of the IOBs having the internal 100 Ohm resistor.
US07728603B2	Test method for a variable capacitance measuring system A method for testing a variable capacitance measurement system including a fixed voltage source, a variable capacitance sensor, and a circuit to process information output by this sensor. The method connects an electrically controllable electronic simulation device to replace the variable capacitance sensor, models the electrophysical behaviour of the sensor, and tests the system.
US07728598B2	Method and apparatus for estimating the charge/discharge electricity amount of secondary batteries An apparatus estimates charge/discharge electricity amount without being affected by current measurement error. Under specific selection conditions, a no-load voltage calculation part uses pairs of data consisting of current data I(n) and voltage data V(n) corresponding to the current data to calculate a no-load voltage Vsep as the voltage intercept at a current of zero in a straight-line approximation obtained by statistical processing such as regression analysis using a least squares method. If specific current conditions exist for a certain amount of time, an open circuit voltage calculation part calculates the terminal voltage of the secondary battery as the open circuit voltage Voc. An estimated charge/discharge electricity amount calculation part uses a preset change-in-voltage adjustment constant ΔVbc/adjustment coefficient Kb, change-in-electromotive-force constant Keq and polarization voltage generation constant Kpol to calculate the estimated charge/discharge electricity amount ΔQe as a function of the change ΔVb in the no-load or open circuit voltage over a predetermined period of time.
US07728597B2	Electronic battery tester with databus A cable for connecting to an electronic battery tester, includes a first end configured to couple to a databus of a vehicle and a second end configured to couple to the electronic battery tester. An electrical connection extends between the first end and the second end and is configured to couple the electronic battery tester to the databus of the vehicle.
US07728594B2	Magnetic resonance imaging system provided with an electrical accessory device A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided with one or more electrical accessory devices, for example, catheters (10) or RF surface coils (6), which are intended for use during the examination of an object, as well as with a connection lead (13) which is arranged so as to extend through an examination zone (1) of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, which zone can be exposed to an RF field, and to connect the accessory device to a connection unit (12). In order to avoid heating of the connection lead (13) due to common mode currents induced in the connection lead by the RF field, which currents could lead to injury of a patient or damage of the accessory device or the connection unit (12), the connection lead (13) comprises at least two lead segment (131, 132, . . . ) which are coupled to one another via a transformer (141) and at least one matching network (151, 152) comprising at least one T-, L- and/or π-quadrupole, which each comprise at least two impedance elements in the form of a capacitor and/or an inductivity, between a lead segment (131; 132) and the inductive coupling element (141) for matching the impedances of both.
US07728592B2	Integrated superconductor MRI imaging system The present invention relates to an integrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) RF apparatus and method of constructing the same. One Embodiment of the present invention provides an MRI apparatus comprising an examination region, a patient support, at least one vacuum thermal isolation housing, a main magnet system for generating a main magnetic field in the examination region, and a cryogenic system. The vacuum thermal isolation housing comprises a hermetically sealed high vacuum jacket that encloses a low vacuum space hosting at least one superconductor RF coil and a heat sink assembly therein. The RF coil is in thermal contact with the heat sink assembly that is coupled to the cryogenic system through a heat pipe to achieve and maintain a desired low temperature at the superconductor RF coil.
US07728583B2	Apparatus for monitoring rotary machines An encoder for use with a machine includes at least one moveable member. The encoder also includes at least one sensor configured to activate via magnetic flux and is configured to dissipate electrical signals with a power amplitude less than approximately one microwatt.
US07728580B2	Connecting device for electronic testing system A connecting device for an electronic testing system of an electronic device includes a base, a sliding track, a holder, a plurality of connectors, and a driver. The sliding track is positioned on the base. The holder is slidably fixed to the sliding track. The plurality of connectors are fixed in the holder and the electronic device is connected to the electronic testing system. The driver is located on the base and moves the holder along the sliding track, connecting or disconnecting the plurality of connectors to the connection port of the electronic device.
US07728576B1	Programmable multi-channel amplitude and phase shifting circuit The traveling wave excitation system phase shifter chassis method and device of the invention is compact, inexpensive, and versatile when compared to customary methods for generating traveling wave excitation signals that would require using an equivalent number of commercial function generators. The method and device of the invention produces up to 56 simultaneous sine waves that are phase shifted with respect to one another.
US07728575B1	Methods and apparatus for higher-order correction of a bandgap voltage reference Methods and apparatus for higher-order correction of bandgap voltage references are disclosed. An example bandgap voltage reference circuit disclosed herein comprises a bandgap voltage generation circuit comprising a first resistor, the bandgap voltage generation circuit configured to generate a proportional-to-absolute-temperature current to drive the first resistor to produce a first voltage, the first voltage contributing to an output bandgap voltage, and a first correction circuit electrically coupled to the first resistor and configured to provide a first correction current, the first correction circuit comprising a first nonlinear device configured to generate the first correction current only within a first temperature range, the first correction current decreasing with increasing temperature, the first correction current to drive the first resistor to increase the first voltage only within the first temperature range.
US07728572B2	Method and apparatus to reduce maximum power from a power supply with transition region regulation Techniques are disclosed to regulate the output power of a power supply. An example technique for regulating a power supply output includes regulating in response to a feedback signal an output current of a power supply in a regulated current region of operation if an output voltage of the power supply is less than a second transition voltage. The output voltage and the output current of the power supply are regulated in a transition region current region of operation in response to the feedback signal if the output voltage of the power supply is between first and second transition voltages or if the output current of the power supply is between first and second transition currents.
US07728571B2	Load-dependent frequency jittering circuit and load-dependent frequency jittering method The present invention discloses a load-dependent frequency jittering circuit, comprising: a load condition detection circuit for receiving a switching signal and generating an output according to a load condition; a number generator for receiving the output of the load condition detection circuit and generating a number; a digital to analog converter for converting the output of the number generator to an analog signal; and an oscillator for generating a jittered frequency according to the output of the digital to analog converter.
US07728568B1	Power supply circuit and switch drivers A power supply system includes a first driver circuit to control a corresponding switching of a first switch device and a second switch device in the power supply system via different drive circuits. To reduce losses and thus improve efficiency of the power supply system, a first driver circuit can be configured to initiate a faster rate of transitioning the first switch device between ON and OFF states than a second driver initiates transitioning of the second switch device between ON and OFF states. To reduce the effects of introducing unwanted ripple voltage on an output signal used to drive a dynamic load, a controller in the power supply system can be configured to initiate shedding or adding of multiple voltage converter phases at the same time when load requirements cross a threshold value.
US07728561B2	Apparatus for controlling power generation for vehicle An apparatus for controlling generation of power to be generated by a generator driven by an engine mounted on a vehicle equipped with an electrical load operative on the power from the generator, the generator including a field winding to which current is supplied on the power, and a duty cycle of the current being increased to maintain the power of the generator, the apparatus comprising duty cycle limit means for limiting an increasing rate of the duty cycle in response to an increase in an amount of the load when the engine is in an idle state; rotation frequency detecting means for detecting the rotation frequency of the engine; and limit value deciding means for deciding a limit value for the increasing rate of the duty cycle to a greater value than a limit value corresponding to the idle state, when the rotation frequency detecting means detects a decrease in the rotation frequency.
US07728558B2	Systems and methods for selectively changing current limit of a battery controller Systems and methods for selectively changing the current threshold of current limiting circuitry are provided. The current limit threshold of current limiting circuitry may be selectively changed based on a detected power source using a resistive network. The current limiting threshold may be selected by changing a resistance value of a resistive network electrically coupled to an input on the current limiting circuitry (e.g., battery controller) for programming the current limiting threshold. The resistance value received by the currently limiting circuitry at this input may set the current threshold and thus the maximum magnitude of current that may be provided to charge a battery or other energy storage device located in the electronic device (e.g., a mobile phone).
US07728556B2	Semiconductor device for protecting rechargeable battery A semiconductor device for protecting a rechargeable cell at least from excessive discharge current due to over discharge of the rechargeable cell, includes (a) a first excessive discharge current detection circuit configured to detect first excess of a voltage at an electric current detection terminal exceeding a first voltage level (Vs3), (b) a second excessive discharge current detection circuit configured to detect second excess of the absolute voltage at the electric current detection terminal exceeding a second voltage level (Vs4) higher than the first voltage level, (c) a delay circuit configured to cause each of the first and second excessive discharge current detection circuits to delay output by a predetermined delay time, and (d) a delay reducing circuit configured to produce a delay time reducing signal for reducing the delay time at a predetermined ratio.
US07728549B2	Battery pack including an emergency back-up battery for use in mobile electronic devices A rechargeable battery system for a portable electronic device is provided. The system includes a battery pack having a first battery and a second battery. The battery pack is preferably configured to electrically connect one of the first and second batteries to the electronic device in a first position, but requires at least partial detachment from the electronic device and reattachment of the battery pack to the electronic device in a second position, different from the first position, to electrically connect the other of the first and second batteries to the electronic device. The system further includes at least one set of charging terminals on the battery pack for charging the first and second batteries.
US07728541B2	Electric motor drive control method and apparatus An electric motor drive control method includes deriving a target current from a target torque to apply electric current corresponding to the target current to an electric motor. When a rotation speed of the motor is in a predetermined speed region, including a zero rotation speed at which the target current for driving the motor allocated to the target torque is switched discontinuously, the target current corresponding to the rotation speed is obtained through a linear interpolation using the rotation speed and target currents at a traction side and a regeneration side allocated to the target torque such that the electric current corresponding to the target current is applied to the motor.
US07728540B2	Motor driving circuit A motor driving circuit drives a motor on receipt of an error signal having a digital value corresponding to a deviation between a current rotation speed of the motor, which is the subject to be driven, and its target value. A digital filter eliminates a high-frequency component of the error signal. A driving unit controls an electric current flowing through the motor in accordance with the digital value of the error signal from which the high-frequency component is eliminated by the digital filter. An upper-limit value setting unit sets an upper limit value to the digital value of the error signal input to the digital filter. The upper-limit value setting unit is configured to be capable of changing the upper limit value in accordance with a setting signal from the outside.
US07728528B2	Electronic ballast with preheating and dimming control A ballast circuit for controlling preheating, ignition or performing dimming of a gas discharge lamp such as a compact fluorescent lamp is disclosed. The ballast circuit has an inverter connected to a pair of input terminals for receiving a supply voltage, a base drive transformer connected to the switching transistor inverter to provide a drive signal, a resonant circuit connected to the switching transistor inverter, and a loading circuit connected to the base drive transformer. The base drive transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding set. The loading circuit is adapted for at least temporarily saturating the base drive transformer and thus effecting in the resonant circuit an oscillating frequency different from a natural resonant frequency of the resonant circuit.
US07728520B2	Optical modulator of electron beam An optoelectronic modulator is based on the concentration of an electron beam from an electron gun by a tapered cavity, which sides are photosensitive and change the electrical conductivity under the illumination of light (electromagnetic radiation). The light modulation causes the corresponding changes in the current transported across the walls of the cavity. The remaining part of the electron current exits the cavity aperture and forms an amplitude-modulated divergent electron beam.
US07728514B2	Illumination source providing enhanced color mixing An illumination source is disclosed. The illumination source includes at least one OLED layer. The OLED layer includes an active light emitting region including a plurality of primary light-emitting OLED elements and secondary light emitting OLED elements connecting each of the plurality of primary light emitting OLED elements to at least another primary light emitting OLED element.
US07728497B2	Carbon nanotube, electron emission source including the carbon nanotube, electron emission device including the electron emission source, and method of manufacturing the electron emission device Provided are a carbon nanotube in which a difference between a thermal decomposition initiation temperature and a thermal decomposition termination temperature is less than or equal to approximately 250° C., an electron emission source including the carbon nanotube, and an electron emission device including the electron emission source.
US07728490B2	Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic wave transmission/reception surface formed by arranging a plurality of transducer cells each of which includes a membrane having a first electrode and a supporting film for supporting the first electrode, and also includes a second electrode arranged being opposite to the first electrode and being spaced apart from the first electrode at a prescribed interval, wherein: the transducer cells are arranged on the basis of resonant frequencies of the transducer cells.
US07728489B2	Piezoelectric actuator with a sheath, for disposition in a piezoelectric injector A piezoelectric actuator with piezoelectric elements, fastened between an actuator head and an actuator foot, and with a plastic sleeve surrounding at least the piezoelectric elements is proposed, which is set in a clamping ring on the actuator head and/or the actuator foot of the piezoelectric actuator. The respective clamping ring may be a metal part or a plastic part, which is equipped with clamping lugs suitable for setting the plastic sleeve and is thrust, pressed, or shrunk onto the respective actuator head and/or actuator foot of the steel piezoelectric actuator.
US07728488B2	Positioning motor and apparatus A piezoelectric motor has a stator module (1), comprising two pairs of piezoelectric actuators (1a, 1b) and (2a, 2b) inside this stator module. The stator module is fixed by a central fixing point (A). The piezoelectric actuators (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b) are connected to the stator module via flexible or biasing elements (3), such as for instance hinges, for instance elastic hinges. The stator module (1) comprises a tuning mechanism (4), comprising at least one mass (4a, 4b) and at least one flexible or biasing element (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d), for instance leaf springs. The stator module (1) is contacted to a driven part (6), for instance a slider, at the contact point (A). The piezoelectric motor is designed such that contact point (B) is able to produce a closed trajectory, thereby inducing a relative motion of the driven part (6). The contact point (B) is moved by applying an electric field to actuators (1a and 1b) and/or by applying an electric field to actuators (2a and 2b).
US07728478B2	Electrodynamic machine An electrodynamic machine (10) comprising a first rotor (13) and a second rotor (15). The first and second rotors (13, 15) are adapted to rotate relative to each other, preferably in opposite directions. The electrodynamic machine (10) may operate as an electric generator or as an electric motor.
US07728472B2	Transmission drive unit with a plug-in electronics module Gear drive unit (10) with a plug-in electronics module (44), in particular for adjusting moving parts in a motor vehicle, comprising an electric motor (12) which has an armature shaft (18), a lower housing shell (14) and an upper housing shell (16), which housing shells can be joined together radially with respect to the armature shaft (18) at a separating plane (32) and enclose the electric motor (12), wherein an electronics interface (42) for receiving a plug-in electronics module (44) is arranged on the lower housing shell (14), and the electronics interface (42) has a sealing plane (54) between an outer face (40) of the lower housing shell (14) and the plug-in electronics module (44), this sealing plane been arranged at least approximately parallel to the separating plane (34).
US07728464B2	Pneumatic tool with integrated electricity generator A rotor for a pneumatic tool having electricity-generating capabilities comprises a shaft and an integral rotor body. The rotor body includes recesses dimensioned to receive an insulated subassembly comprising a magnet received within a nonmagnetic insulator. The nonmagnetic insulator acts to allow flux to be concentrated against stator windings. The improved rotor can be fitted with the insulated subassemblies in order to cooperate with a stator in the tool to generate electricity upon rotation of the rotor when pressurized fluid is applied to the vanes. A ring stator is supportable by a nonmagnetic end plate of the pneumatic tool, is disposed between the rotor and the rotor bearing and is preferably formed of Silicon Core Iron “B-FM” and magnet wire.
US07728463B2	Reluctance laminations for a motor assembly A system and method for a multiple degrees of freedom motor includes an output shaft. A stator is provided having at least a first lamination stack. Each lamination stack has an interior curved surface. The lamination stacks are disposed adjacent the output shaft. A rotor is fixed to the output shaft and movably supported adjacent the stator with an air gap disposed between the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes at least one magnet disposed thereon. The magnet is movable along the interior curved surface of the lamination stacks in directions defining at least a first degree of freedom. The rotor is biased toward a base position along at least one degree of freedom.
US07728460B2	Power supply system A power supply system (and method) for an exhibition stand having a frame that includes upstanding posts and transverse members. The power supply system (and method) includes an elongate member forming in use one of the transverse members of the frame. The elongate member includes a power inlet connectable to a power supply, a power outlet, and a circuit connecting the power inlet and power outlet. The power supply system (and method) also includes a power take off unit having a power inlet and at least two power outlets, and a plurality of electrical connecting means. The power outlet of the elongate member can be connected by means of one of the electrical connecting means to the power inlet of the power take-off unit such that power can be tapped from the elongate member and directed from one power outlet of the take-off unit, via another of the electrical connecting means, to the elongate member of an adjacent exhibition stand. Power can also be directed from another power outlet of the take-off unit, via a further one of the electrical connecting means, to a desired portion of the exhibition stand.
US07728448B2	Process and apparatus for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions in genset systems A process and apparatus for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions in a genset comprising an engine and a generator and a shaft coupled to the engine and generator. The apparatus directs the generator to reduce load on the shaft while directing the engine to seek a steady state shaft speed for a desired energy transfer to the shaft when a shaft speed correction signal representing a shaft speed correction to reach the desired energy transfer meets a criterion.
US07728447B2	Distributed architecture for a gas-turbine starter/generator An assembly includes a gearbox for a gas turbine having a geartrain, and at least one starter/generator coupled mechanically to the gearbox. The starter/generator includes a generator module with a first casing, a generator housed in the first casing, and a first shaft constrained to rotate with the rotor of the generator, projecting from the first casing, and carrying a first mechanical coupling member; an exciter module, including a second casing, an exciter housed in the second casing, and a second shaft distinct from the first shaft, constrained to rotate with the rotor of the exciter, projecting from the second casing, and carrying a second mechanical coupling member; and an electrical connection including a rectifier and at least one connector for connecting the secondary circuit of the exciter to the primary circuit of the generator.
US07728439B2	Semiconductor device, wiring substrate, and method for manufacturing wiring substrate The reliabilities of a wiring substrate and a semiconductor apparatus are improved by reducing the internal stress caused by the difference of thermal expansion coefficients between a base substrate and a semiconductor chip. A wiring layer (5) is provided on one surface of a silicon base (3). An electrode as the uppermost layer of the wiring layer (5) is provided with an external bonding bump (7). A through-electrode (4) is formed in the base (3) for electrically connecting the wiring layer (5) and an electrode terminal. The electrode terminal on the chip mounting surface is bonded to an electrode terminal of a semiconductor chip (1) by an internal bonding bump (6). The thermal expansion coefficient of the silicon base (3) is equivalent to that of the semiconductor chip (1) and not more than that of the wiring layer (5).
US07728435B2	Semiconductor device with double barrier film A semiconductor device comprising a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, a first barrier film, a second barrier film, a diffusion layer. The device further comprises an upper contact hole, a lower contact hole, and a contact plug. The upper contact hole penetrates the second insulation layer and has a bottom in the second barrier film. The bottom has a width greater than a trench made in the first insulation layer, as measured in a direction crossing the widthwise direction of the trench. The lower contact hole penetrates the first insulation layer and first barrier film, communicates with the first contact hole via the trench and is provided on the diffusion layer. The upper portion of the lower contact hole has the same width as the trench. The contact plug is provided in the upper contact hole and lower contact hole.
US07728425B2	Seal of fluid port One embodiment of an electronic component packaging system includes a base adapted for supporting an electronic component, a lid sealed to the base, the lid including a fillport, and the fillport hermetically sealed by light irradiation.
US07728419B2	Semiconductor package adapted for high-speed data processing and damage prevention of chips packaged therein and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip provided with a first surface having a bonding pad, a second surface opposing to the first surface and side surfaces; a first redistribution pattern connected with the bonding pad and extending along the first surface from the bonding pad to an end portion of the side surface which meets with the second surface; and a second redistribution pattern disposed over the first redistribution pattern and extending from the side surfaces to the first surface. In an embodiment of the present invention, in which the first redistribution pattern connected with the bonding pad is formed over the semiconductor chip and the second redistribution pattern is formed over the first redistribution pattern, it is capable of reducing a length for signal transfer since the second redistribution pattern is used as an external connection terminal. It is also capable of processing data with high speed, as well as protecting the semiconductor chip having weak brittleness, since the semiconductor package is connected to the substrate without a separate solder ball.
US07728418B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a plurality of chips comprising a plurality of first moisture-proof rings individually surrounding said plurality of chips, a second moisture-proof ring surrounding the entire plurality of chips, and a wire for connecting said plurality of chips to each other.
US07728411B2	COL-TSOP with nonconductive material for reducing package capacitance A method of fabricating a semiconductor package, and a semiconductor package formed thereby, are disclosed. The semiconductor package may include one or more semiconductor die having die attach pads along a single side. The leadframe may include a plurality of elongated electrical leads, extending from a first side of the leadframe, beneath the die, and terminating at a second side of the leadframe adjacent to the bond pads along the single edge of the die. The leadframe may further include a dielectric spacer layer on the elongated leads. Spacing the semiconductor die from the elongated leads using the spacer layer reduces the parasitic capacitance and/or inductance of the semiconductor package formed thereby.
US07728408B2	Verticle BJT, manufacturing method thereof A vertical BJT which has a maximal current gain for a photodiode area. According to embodiments, since the BJT can be formed together with the photodiode, and collector current flows up and down based on the double base structure, the magnitude of the current may be increased.
US07728407B2	Semiconductor device and method of cutting electrical fuse A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and an electrical fuse including a first conductor including a first cutting target region, and a second conductor branched from the first conductor and connected to the first conductor and including a second cutting target region, which are formed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein a flowing-out region is formed of the first conductor flowing toward outside between the first cutting target region and the second cutting target region in a condition of cutting the electrical fuse.
US07728401B2	Thin-film semiconductor device, circuitry thereof, and apparatus using them A thin-film semiconductor device comprises a temperature sensor formed of a thin-film semiconductor and sensing a temperature as current, and a current-voltage converter formed of a thin-film semiconductor and having temperature dependence in which its current-voltage characteristic is different from that of the temperature sensor. A temperature sensed by the temperature sensor is converted to a voltage by the current-voltage converter.
US07728391B2	Small-pitch three-dimensional mask-programmable memory The present invention discloses a small-pitch three-dimensional mask-programmable memory (SP-3DmM). It is an ultra-low-cost and ultra-high-density semiconductor memory. SP-3DmM comprises a mask-programmable memory level stacked above the substrate. This memory level comprises diodes but no transistors or antifuses. Its minimum line pitch is smaller than the minimum gate pitch of the substrate transistors.
US07728388B1	Power semiconductor device A power semiconductor device includes a P type silicon substrate; a deep N well in the P type silicon substrate; a P grade region in the deep N well; a P+ drain region in the P grade region; a first STI region in the P grade region; a second STI region in the P grade region, wherein the first and second STI region isolate the P+ drain region; a third STI region in the deep N well; a gate electrode overlying an area between the second and third STI regions and covering a portion of the second STI region; a gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the P type silicon substrate; a P well formed at one side of the third STI region; and a P+ source region in the P well.
US07728378B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, manufacturing method thereof and method of programming information into the memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device capable of improving injection efficiency and simplifying manufacturing process is provided. The device comprises a memory cell having second conductive type of first impurity diffusion area and second impurity diffusion area on a first conductive type of semiconductor substrate, between the first and second impurity diffusion areas, a first laminate section formed by laminating a first insulating film, a charge storage layer, a second insulating film and a first gate electrode in this order from the bottom, and a second laminate section formed by laminating a third insulating film and a second gate electrode in this order from the bottom, wherein an area sandwiched between the first and second laminate sections is the second conductive type of a third impurity diffusion area having impurity density lower than that of the first and second impurity diffusion areas and not higher than 5×1012 ions/cm2.
US07728371B2	SOI CMOS compatible multiplanar capacitor An isolated shallow trench isolation portion is formed in a top semiconductor portion of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate along with a shallow trench isolation structure. A trench in the shape of a ring is formed around a doped top semiconductor portion and filled with a conductive material such as doped polysilicon. The isolated shallow trench isolation portion and the portion of a buried insulator layer bounded by a ring of the conductive material are etched to form a cavity. A capacitor dielectric is formed on exposed semiconductor surfaces within the cavity and above the doped top semiconductor portion. A conductive material portion formed in the trench and above the doped top semiconductor portion constitutes an inner electrode of a capacitor, while the ring of the conductive material, the doped top semiconductor portion, and a portion of a handle substrate abutting the capacitor dielectric constitute a second electrode.
US07728369B2	Nonvolatile ferroelectric memory device A nonvolatile ferroelectric memory device is provided so as to control read/write operations of a nonvolatile memory cell using a channel resistance of the memory cell which is differentiated by polarity states of a ferroelectric material. In the memory device, an insulating layer is formed on a bottom word line, and a floating channel layer comprising a N-type drain region, a P-type channel region and a N-type source region is formed on the insulating layer. Then, a ferroelectric layer is formed on the floating channel layer, and a word line is formed on the ferroelectric layer. As a result, the resistance state induced to the channel region is controlled depending on the polarity of the ferroelectric layer, thereby regulating the read/write operations of the memory cell array.
US07728366B2	Photodiode and method for fabricating same A Schottky photodiode includes a semiconductor layer and a conductive film provided in contact with the semiconductor layer. The conductive film has an aperture and a periodic structure provided around said aperture for producing a resonant state by an excited surface plasmon in a film surface of the conductive film by means of the incident light to the film surface. The photodiode detects near-field light that is generated by at the interface between the conductive film and semiconductor layer the excited surface plasmon. The aperture has a diameter smaller than the wavelength of the incident light.
US07728356B2	P-GaN/AlGaN/AlN/GaN enhancement-mode field effect transistor An enhancement mode High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) comprising a p-type nitride layer between the gate and a channel of the HEMT, for reducing an electron population under the gate. The HEMT may also comprise an Aluminum Nitride (AlN) layer between an AlGaN layer and buffer layer of the HEMT to reduce an on resistance of a channel.
US07728340B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device A light-emitting diode has: a substrate; a light-emitting layer having a first conductivity type cladding layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type cladding layer stacked sequentially on a front side of the substrate; a first current-blocking portion partially formed in the middle on the light-emitting layer; a current-conducting portion formed on the second conductivity type cladding layer and the first current-blocking portion; a lower electrode formed on the back side of the substrate, a light-reflecting layer formed between the substrate and the light-emitting layer; a partial electrode formed on the surface of the light-reflecting layer and in a portion positioned below the first current-blocking portion; and a second current-blocking portion formed over the surface of the light-reflecting layer excluding the portion in which is formed the partial electrode.
US07728333B2	Nanotube array ballistic light emitting devices A new class of light emitting and laser diodes is disclosed wherein ballistic (without collisions) electron propagation along the nanotubes, grown normally to the substrate plane on the common metal electrode, provides conditions for the light emission from the nanotubes. The electrons, tunneling from the input contact into high energy states in the nanotubes, emit light via electron energy relaxation between the quantum energy levels existing in the nanotubes due to quantum size effect.In the disclosed devices, planar layer deposition technology is used to form a diode structure with two electrodes attached to the nanotubes ends.
US07728324B2	Field effect transistor, integrated circuit element, and method for manufacturing the same A field effect transistor of an embodiment of the present invention includes, a semiconductor substrate containing Si atoms; a protruding structure formed on the semiconductor substrate; a channel region formed in the protruding structure and containing Ge atoms; an under channel region formed under the channel region in the protruding structure and containing Si and Ge atoms, the Ge composition ratio among Si and Ge atoms contained in the under channel region continuously changing from the channel region side to the semiconductor substrate side; a gate insulating film formed on the channel region; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film on the channel region.
US07728323B2	Nitride-based semiconductor substrate, method of making the same and epitaxial substrate for nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device A nitride-based semiconductor substrate has a substrate formed of a nitride-based semiconductor crystal having a mixed crystal composition with three elements or more. The substrate has a diameter of not less than 25 mm, and a thermal resistivity in a range of 0.02 Kcm2/W to 0.5 Kcm2/W in its thickness direction.
US07728322B2	Programmable metallization cell structures including an oxide electrolyte, devices including the structure and method of forming same A microelectronic programmable structure suitable for storing information, a device including the structure and methods of forming and programming the structure are disclosed. The programmable structure generally includes an oxide ion conductor and a plurality of electrodes. Electrical properties of the structure may be altered by applying energy to the structure, and thus information may be stored using the structure.
US07728314B2	Infra-red source and gas sensor An infrared source and a gas sensor, a first layer and a second layer effecting bandpass filter characteristics for an operating frequency range.
US07728310B2	Method for the chemical separation of GE-68 from its daughter Ga-68 The present invention is directed to a generator apparatus for separating a daughter gallium-68 radioisotope substantially free of impurities from a parent gernanium-68 radioisotope, including a first resin-containing column containing parent gernanium-68 radioisotope and daughter gallium-68 radioisotope, a source of first eluent connected to said first resin-containing column for separating daughter gallium-68 radioisotope from the first resin-containing column, said first eluent including citrate whereby the separated gallium is in the form of gallium citrate, a mixing space connected to said first resin-containing column for admixing a source of hydrochloric acid with said separated gallium citrate whereby gallium citrate is converted to gallium tetrachloride, a second resin-containing column for retention of gallium-68 tetrachloride, and, a source of second eluent connected to said second resin-containing column for eluting the daughter gallium-68 radioisotope from said second resin-containing column.
US07728308B2	Apparatus for blanking a charged particle beam A beam blanking unit (1) comprises first and second blanking plates (2, 3) mounted to a support plate (15). A stopper (4) is mechanically and electrically connected to the first blanking plate (2).
US07728292B2	Method and apparatus for detecting positively charged and negatively charged ionized particles An ion detector includes collision surfaces for converting both positively and negatively charged ions into emitted secondary electrons. Secondary electrons may be detected using an electron detector, than may, for example include an electron multiplier. Conveniently, secondary electrons (or electrons emitted by the multiplier) may be detected using an electron pulse counter.
US07728291B2	Detection of heavy oil using fluorescence polarization Viscous oil residues are located based on fluorescence polarization. Methods and apparatus in accordance with the invention may be integrated with autonomous and remotely operated undersea vehicles to map the location of oil spills.
US07728277B2	PMOS pixel structure with low cross talk for active pixel image sensors An image sensor with an image area having a plurality of pixels with each pixel having a photodetector and a substrate of a first conductivity type and a first layer of a second conductivity type formed between the substrate and the photodetectors. The first layer spans the image area and is biased at predetermined potential with respect to the substrate for driving excess carriers into the substrate to reduce cross talk. One or more adjacent active electronic components can be disposed in the first layer within each pixel and electronic circuitry can be disposed in the substrate outside of the image area.
US07728276B2	Vehicle rearview mirror system A vehicle rearview mirror system includes a transflective reflective element, an ambient light sensor that senses ambient light and a glare light sensor that senses glare light. A control circuit establishes a reflectance level of the reflective element, and the control circuit is responsive to light detection by at least one of the ambient light sensor and the glare light sensor. A display element is disposed behind the reflective element and operable to display information through the reflective element and viewable through the mirror reflector of the reflective element by a driver of the vehicle when the display element displays information, and substantially non-viewable by the driver of the vehicle when the display element does not display information. A display intensity control adjusts display intensity responsive to a light detection by at least one of the glare light sensor and the ambient light sensor.
US07728273B2	Information handling system and printed circuit board having test structure for measuring a crosstalk voltage A non-destructive test structure for printed circuit board characterization and method of testing the same are disclosed. In one form, a method for testing a printed circuit board can include applying a test signal to a first test location of a first test structure associated with a first inner bus layer of a printed circuit board. The method can also include measuring a crosstalk voltage at a second test location operably associated with the first test structure. The method can further include comparing the crosstalk voltage to a crosstalk specification of the printed circuit, board.
US07728270B2	Microscopy method and microscope including two detections A microscopy method is provided for generating an image of an image field passing in a predetermined depth of a sample to be examined, comprising a plurality of illumination steps, in which a part of the image field is in each case illuminated with a focused illumination beam bundle, which effects the generation of sample radiation on account of an interaction with the sample, detection steps, in which the sample radiation generated is detected, and an evaluation step, in which the image is generated on the basis of the sample radiation detected, wherein a first and second detection step are carried out during each illumination step, wherein sample radiation generated at the focus and outside the focus is detected in the first detection step and a smaller proportion of the sample radiation generated at the focus than in the first detection step and also sample radiation generated outside the focus are detected in the second detection step, and wherein the sample radiation detected in the second detection step is used in the evaluation step to reduce the proportion outside the focus in the sample radiation detected in the first detection step.
US07728269B2	Photoarray for detecting time-dependent image data A photoarray includes a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array of cells, each having a photosensor generating a sensor signal dependent on a light intensity at the cell, a first capacitor charged by a time-derivative of a current, at least one threshold detector detecting if a voltage over the first capacitor exceeds a threshold value and generating an output signal if it does, and a discharge device for discharging the first capacitor after occurrence of the output signal. Such a cell generates an event only when the incoming light intensity changes, which reduces the amount of data to be processed from the photoarray.
US07728268B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic device A solid-state imaging device including a number of pixels, each of which having a photoelectric converting portion, and which are arranged one-dimensionally or in a two-dimensional matrix. The solid-state imaging device includes a peripheral wiring portion with a multilayer structure provided around at least part of the photoelectric converting portion in each of the number of pixels and a light-shielding interlayer connecting material connecting layers of the multilayer structure to each other at least part of the peripheral wiring portion. The light-shielding interlayer connecting material is capable of reflecting or absorbing visible light.
US07728266B2	Exhaust assembly for missile system, and method A system, device and method provide an exhaust assembly adapted for use with a mass ejection drive system to produce rotational torque about the principle axis of the drive system. Representative features generally include a vane suitably configured to at least partially engage a mass ejecta stream to apply a net rotational torque about the principal axis of the drive system, and a tailfin coupled to the at least one vane. The tail fin is configured to selectively deploy from an at least partially stowed position in order to decrease the application of net rotational torque about the principal axis of the drive system.
US07728252B2	Etching method and system An etching method and an etching system are adapted to produce a high etch selectivity for a mask, an excellent anisotropic profile and a large etching depth. An etching system according to the invention comprises a floating electrode arranged vis-à-vis a substrate electrode in a vacuum chamber and held in a floating state in terms of electric potential, a material arranged at the side of the floating electrode facing the substrate electrode to form an anti-etching film and a control unit for intermittently applying high frequency power to the floating electrode. An etching method according to the invention uses a material arranged at the side of the floating electrode opposite to the substrate electrode to form an anti-etching film as target and only rare gas as main gas and is adapted to repeat a step of forming a film on the substrate by sputtering by applying high frequency power to the floating electrode and a step of subsequently etching the substrate by suspending the application of high frequency power to the floating electrode and introducing etching gas into the vacuum chamber in a predetermined sequence (FIG. 1).
US07728250B2	RF sensor clamp assembly A clamp assembly for bringing an RF sensor into electrical contact with an RF current carrier is provided herein. The clamp assembly (101) comprises a first wedge-shaped element (103), and a second wedge-shaped element (105) which is slidingly engaged with said first wedge-shaped element. Preferably, the clamp assembly also comprises a collar (113) within which the first and second wedge-shaped elements are disposed. The clamp assembly preferably further comprises a fastener (111), such as a screw, which adjoins the first and second elements, in which case the clamp assembly is adapted such that, as the screw is rotated in a first direction, at least one of the first and second elements expands against the collar and/or the RF current carrier.
US07728242B2	Trigger switch A trigger switch includes a first locating element, an elastic second locating element, and a pressing element slidably attached to the bezel. The pressing element is restricted by the first locating element to a first position of the bezel to prevent the trigger portion from contacting the trigger element. The second locating element restricts the pressing element to a second position of the bezel to further prevent the trigger portion from contacting the trigger element. The trigger portion contacts and applies a force to the trigger element to trigger the trigger element when the pressing element overcomes elastic forces of the second locating element.
US07728233B2	Connection structure of flexible substrate In the case of connecting a flexible substrate to a counterpart substrate by soldering, the area of a dead space on the counterpart substrate due to being covered with the flexible substrate is reduced to reduce the outside dimension of the counterpart substrate. Solder lands 61 and 62 on the flexible substrate 5 are soldered to solder lands 21 and 22 on the counterpart substrate 1. The flexible substrate 5 is divided into two branching pieces 71 and 72 by an incision 7 or a slit 8 formed in such a manner as to extend from an intermediate part in the arrangement direction R of circuit patterns to the leading end of the flexible substrate. The space between the solder lands 61 and 62 on the respective pieces 71 and 72 is made equal to the space between the two spaced-apart solder lands 21 and 22 on the counterpart substrate 1 by placing the pieces 71 and 72 formed by dividing the flexible substrate 5 on one another.
US07728232B2	Printed circuit board assembly having adhesive layer An exemplary adhesive layer includes an adhesive main body having a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface on an opposite side of the adhesive main body to the first adhesive surface. The adhesive main body defines a number of through-holes between the first adhesive surface and the second adhesive surface therein. The through-holes are filled with an inner adhesive that has a higher adhesion than the adhesive main body. Adhesiveness of the first adhesive surface and the second adhesive surface of the adhesive main body can be improved, thereby preventing a printed circuit board having the adhesive layer from distortion.
US07728228B2	Alien crosstalk suppression with enhanced patchcord Systems and methods for decreasing alien crosstalk use enhanced patch cords for introducing additional attenuation. The enhanced patch cords are preferably shielded to reduce alien crosstalk down their lengths and also attenuate signals passing therethrough to a greater extent than standard communication patch cords. The interaction of two enhanced patch cords results in two suppression steps for alien crosstalk and only one suppression step for intended signal passing through a communication cable.
US07728218B2	High efficiency thermoelectric power generation using Zintl-type materials The invention disclosed herein relates to thermoelectrically-active p-type Zintl phase materials as well as devices utilizing such compounds. Such thermoelectric materials and devices may be used to convert thermal energy into electrical energy, or use electrical energy to produce heat or refrigeration. Embodiments of the invention relate to p-type thermoelectric materials related to the compound Yb14MnSb11.
US07728217B2	Sound generator for producing a sound from a new note A sound generator including a plurality of synthesis generators each configured to generate a sound from a note, and a dynamic voice allocation circuit configured to select a new note to be supplied to the plurality of synthesis generators depending on a priority that is associated with the new note and the generated sounds and the volumes of the generated sounds.
US07728215B2	Playback apparatus and playback method A playback apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit acquiring sound content data; a second acquiring unit acquiring additional information corresponding to the sound content data acquired by the first acquiring unit; and a signal processor performing signal processing on the sound content data acquired by the first acquiring unit on the basis of the additional information acquired by the second acquiring unit and for outputting the processed sound content data.
US07728214B2	Using music to influence a person's exercise performance Aspects of the invention use music to influence a person's performance in a physical workout. A computing device receives and analyzes data indicating current physiology and movement of the user in order to provide a music piece that will influence the user to speed up, slow down, or maintain current pace so to achieve a desired exercise performance level. Information specific to the user may be considered in providing the music piece.
US07728211B1	Snare drum end plate and strap A snare drum wire set comprises a generally rectangular rigid plate having a front, a back including a central region having an aperture, left and right sides, and a top and a bottom. The back has a support leg on each side of the central region and an elevated back edge that bridges the support legs in the central region. A mounting strap having a front end is secured in the aperture and extends backward beneath the elevated back edge. A plurality of snare wires are secured to the bottom of the front of the plate and extend forward in parallel from the front edge of the plate. The preferred quick-change strap with transverse insert pin can be very quickly inserted or removed from the clip.
US07728210B2	Device for string instruments A device for string instruments comprising a fretboard with a plurality of frets, arranged at a distance from each other along the lengthwise direction of the fretboard and running transversely across the fretboard. Over the fretboard, at right angles to and above the frets, are lengthwise tensioned strings (8), intended to be set in oscillation for tone generation, where the lengths of the oscillating parts of the strings are variable for variation of pitch by pressing the strings against selectable frets. At least some of the frets include a straight fret segment (18) located beneath at least one of the strings, which fret segment is displaced lengthwise along the strings in relation to other segments of the fret in question. In the manufacturing procedure for the device, values are measured for the position on the fretboard for contact points between string (8) and fret for correct intonation, whereupon corresponding fret slots with the determined said measured values for contact point positions on the fretboard, are individually milled across the fretboard, whereafter a prototype substance consisting of relatively soft material is pressed in to the slot, so a fret prototype with a corresponding shape is produced. A casting mould is made around said prototype, whereupon a fret is cast in the mould, which fret is thereafter inserted in the fret slot. Strings for musical instruments comprising a glass-metal material have also been described.
US07728200B2	Soybean cultivar 7925118 A soybean cultivar designated 7925118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 7925118, to the plants of soybean 7925118, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 7925118 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 7925118 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 7925118, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 7925118 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 7925118 with another soybean cultivar.
US07728188B2	Methods and compositions for topical wound treatment Methods for improved treatment of wounds on a patient. Method includes locally administering a healing composition to the skin wound such that the healing of the skin wound is enhanced. The healing composition includes from about 5 mg to about 40 mg lidocaine hydrochloride per gram of the healing composition, from about 250 units to about 2000 units polymyxin B sulfate per gram of the healing composition, and from about 10 units to about 100 units bacitracin zinc per gram of the healing composition.
US07728187B2	Adsorbent and process for the separation of meta-xylene from aromatic hydrocarbons Adsorbents and methods for the adsorptive separation of meta-xylene from a mixture containing at least one other C8 aromatic hydrocarbon (e.g., a mixture of ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, and ethylbenzene) are described. Suitable adsorbents comprise sodium zeolite Y having an average crystallite size from about 50 to about 700 nanometers. The adsorbents provide improved separation efficiency, which may be associated with a higher meta-xylene mass transfer rate and/or other beneficial effects. Exemplary desorbents for use in the process may comprise toluene, benzene, or indan.
US07728182B2	Process for producing hydrocarbon derivative products from feedstock containing hydrocarbons The process for producing a predetermined CXHYOZ product from a primary feedstock containing hydrocarbons and a secondary feedstock is disclosed, wherein X, Y and Z are integers. The process includes the steps of: providing primary feedstock; indirectly heating it generally in the absence of oxygen; cleaning the gas stream produced therefrom by removing CO2 and solids; determining the amount of CO and H2 therein; comparing the percentage of CO and H2 in the cleaned gas stream with the required CO and H2 to produce the predetermined CXHYOZ product; determining the additional of CO and H2 required; determining the secondary feedstock; calculating the amount of CO, H2 and heat produced from the secondary feedstock; partially oxidizing the secondary feedstock to produce heat and a secondary gas stream; combining the CO and H2 from both feedstocks to produce a mixed gas stream; adding a catalyst; and distilling to produce the predetermined CXHYOZ product.
US07728176B2	Process for producing phosphonium borate compound, novel phosphonium borate compound, and method of using the same The invention relates to a phosphonium borate compound represented by Formula (I) (hereinafter, the compound (I)). The invention has objects of providing (A) a novel process whereby the compound is produced safely on an industrial scale, by simple reaction operations and in a high yield; (B) a novel compound that is easily handled; and (C) novel use as catalyst. Formula (I): (R1)(R2)(R3)PH.BAr4 (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and Ar are as defined in the specification. The process (A) includes reacting a phosphine with a) HCl or b) H2SO4 to produce a) a hydrochloride or b) a sulfate; and reacting the salt with a tetraarylborate compound. The compound (B) has for example a secondary or tertiary alkyl group as R1 and is easily handled in air without special attention. The use (C) is characterized in that the compound (I) is used instead of an unstable phosphine compound of a transition metal complex catalyst for catalyzing C—C bond, C—N bond and C—O bond forming reactions and the compound produces an effect that is equal to that achieved by the transition metal complex catalyst.
US07728172B2	Precursor, thin layer prepared including the precursor, method of preparing the thin layer and phase-change memory device A Te precursor containing Te, a 15-group compound (for example, N) and/or a 14-group compound (for example, Si), a method of preparing the Te precursor, a Te-containing chalcogenide thin layer including the Te precursor, a method of preparing the thin layer; and a phase-change memory device. The Te precursor may be deposited at lower temperatures for forming a Te-containing chalcogenide thin layer doped with a 15-group compound (for example, N) and/or a 14-group compound (for example, Si). For example, the Te precursor may employ plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) at lower deposition temperatures. The GST phase-change layer doped with a 15-group compound (for example, N) and/or a 14-group compound (for example, Si) formed by employing the Te precursor may have a decreased reset current, and thus when a memory device including the same is employed, its integration may be possible, and operation with higher capacity and/or higher speed may be possible.
US07728171B2	Process for the production of acid chlorides A process for the preparation of acid halides of formula I which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of i.a. pharmaceutically active compounds.
US07728168B2	Process to manufacture 4-methoxybenzoic acid from herbal anethole and the use of 4-methoxybenzoic acid in cosmetic and dermatologic products as well as foodstuffs A process to manufacture 4-methoxybenzoic acid from anethole. This raw material can be obtained from a variety of plant materials and thus offers a renewable alternative to fossil raw materials. Another aspect of the present invention is the use of 4-methoxybenzoic acid gained from vegetal anethole as raw material in cosmetic and dermatologic products and/or aroma components in foodstuffs.
US07728158B2	PPAR activity regulators The object of the present invention is to provide PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) activity regulators, which can be widely used for improving insulin resistance and preventing/treating various diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndromes, hyperlipemia, high-blood pressure, vascular disorders, inflammation, hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity.The present invention provides PPAR activity regulators which comprise an acylamide compound having the specific structure, prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US07728156B2	Method of performing sugar dehydration and catalyst treatment The invention includes a method of treating a solid acid catalyst. After exposing the catalyst to a mixture containing a sugar alcohol, the catalyst is washed with an organic solvent and is then exposed to a second reaction mixture. The invention includes a process for production of anhydrosugar alcohol. A solid acid catalyst is provided to convert sugar alcohol in a first sample to an anhydrosugar alcohol. The catalyst is then washed with an organic solvent and is subsequently utilized to expose a second sample. The invention includes a method for selective production of an anhydrosugar. A solid acid catalyst is provided within a reactor and anhydrosugar alcohol is formed by flowing a starting sugar alcohol into the reactor. The acid catalyst is then exposed to an organic solvent which allows a greater amount of additional anhydrosugar to be produced than would occur without exposing the acid catalyst to the organic solvent.
US07728153B2	Method for the asymmetric synthesis of beta-lactone compounds The present invention features methods of treating a cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of a beta-lactone to the subject. The invention also features methods of inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject by administering an effective amount of an inhibitor of fatty acid synthase to the subject. These methods can be used to treat a variety of cancers and other diseases and conditions. The invention also features methods of identifying beta-lactones and other compounds that can be used in the methods of the invention for the treatment of tumors, inhibition of angiogenesis, and the treatment of diseases and conditions that involve pathological angiogenesis. The invention also features methods of synthesizing beta-lactones and features novel beta-lactone compounds.
US07728141B2	Substituted naphthyridinone derivatives Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, the treatment of obesity or eating disorders, as well as the treatment of asthma, constipation, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and cirrhosis of the liver.
US07728140B2	Pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives active as kinase inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them Compounds which are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; these compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases caused by and/or associated with an altered protein kinase activity such as cancer, cell proliferative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, viral infections, auto-immune diseases and neurodegenerative disorders; also disclosed is a process under SPS conditions for preparing the compounds of the invention and chemical libraries comprising a plurality of them.
US07728138B2	Bis-triphenylsilyl compounds and their application on organic electronic device The present invention discloses a bis-triphenylsilyl compound and its applications as a host material, electron transport material, or hole transport material in an organic electronic device. The general structure of the bis-triphenylsilyl compound is as follows: where G represents any atomic moiety or single bond of the functional group selected from the group consisting of the following: aryl group, cyclene group, and heterocyclic ring group; and R1˜R32 represent substituents on aryl groups.
US07728130B2	Quinolone based compounds exhibiting prolyl hydroxylase inhibitory activity This invention relates to new quinolone based compounds that exhibit prolyl hydroxylase inhibitory activity. This invention also relates to methods of increasing HIF levels or activity in a subject or treating a condition associated with HIF levels or activity in a subject by administering to the subject at least one quinolone based compound. This invention further involves assays for the detection of a hydroxyproline residue in a HIF molecule.
US07728126B2	Purification of beta-lactam products Method for purifying 7α-methoxy-cephalosporins containing as impurity the corresponding 7α-methylthio analogue, which is transformed into its methoxy analogue by treatment with a halogenating agent in methanol. In this way the complete conversion of the sulphurated impurity into the corresponding methoxy analogue is obtained.
US07728114B2	Anti-CD3 antibodies and methods of use thereof The present invention is related to antibodies directed to the antigen CD3 and uses of such antibodies. In particular, the present invention provides fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to CD3. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3, are provided. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies are also provided.
US07728111B2	Anti-p55 TNF receptor antibody A method of modulating signal transduction and/or cleavage in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors (TNF-Rs) is provided. Peptides or other molecules may interact either with the receptor itself, or with effector proteins interacting with the receptor, thus modulating the normal functioning of the TNF-Rs. Such peptides or other molecules may be employed for prophylactic and therapeutic applications in TNF associated diseases.
US07728106B2	HIV-1 glycopeptides and derivatives; preparation and applications thereof A method of making a synthetic glycopeptide, by addition of a synthetic oligosaccharide oxazoline to a GlcNAc-containing peptide precursor in the presence of an enzyme selected from among Endo-A and Endo-M. In a specific implementation, the method is utilized to synthesize a trivalent V3-domain glycopeptide including three V3-domain glycopeptides on a scaffold, wherein the three V3-domain glycopeptides are arranged to mimic the V3 domain presentation in trimeric gp120. Such trivalent V3-domain glycopeptides can be utilized in a vaccine for the treatment or prevention of HIV-1 infection.
US07728103B2	Fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer and polymer compound using same Polymer compounds obtained by polymerization of a fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer represented by the formula [1] in which A represents a single bond, oxygen atom, sulfur atom, CO, CH2, SO, SO2, C(CH3)2, NHCO, C(CF3)2, phenyl, or aliphatic ring; “a” and “b” each independently represent an integer of 0-2, and 1≦a+b≦4. This fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer can be used as an effective polymerizable monomer, which can exhibit water repellency, oil repellency, low water absorptive property, heat resistance, weather resistance, corrosion resistance, transparency, photosensitivity, low refractive index property, low dielectric property, etc., and can be used for advanced polymer material fields.
US07728088B2	Synthesis of statistical microgels by means of controlled radical polymerisation The invention relates to a method of preparing statistical microgels. The inventive method comprises a step involving the radical polymerisation of a composition containing: at least one monoethylenically-unsaturated monomer, at least one multiethylenically-unsaturated monomer, a free radical source and a control agent. The invention also relates to first generation microgels thus prepared and all the compounds resulting from said microgels (next-generation microgels).
US07728080B2	Solventless silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition A solventless silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided. The composition includes (A) a polyorganosiloxane with a polymerization degree of 300 to 2,000 and having at least two alkenyl group-containing organic groups, (B) a polyorganohydrosiloxane having at least three silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, (C) a polydiorganosiloxane having alkenyl groups at both terminals, (D) a polydiorganosiloxane having SiH groups at both terminals, (E) a polyorganosiloxane composed of R23SiO1/2 units and SiO2 units (R2 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group), and (F) a platinum-based catalyst. The composition enables the prevention of problems caused by residual or volatilized organic substances, such as the absorption of ultraviolet radiation or the like, and also enables ready removal of the composition without deforming or damaging the adherend.
US07728078B2	Propylene copolymer, polypropylene composition and uses thereof, transition metal compound and olefin polymerization catalyst A polypropylene composition containing a propylene/1-butene random copolymer which contains 60 to 90 mol % of propylene units and 10 to 40 mol % of 1-butene units and has a triad isotacticity of not less than 85% and not more than 97.5%, a molecular weight distribution of from 1 to 3, an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.1 to 12 dl/g, a melting point of from 40 to 75° C. and a crystallization rate at 45° C. of 10 minutes or less, and satisfying the following relation, 146 exp (−0.022M)≧Tm≧125 exp (−0.032M), and an olefin catalyst for preparation thereof.
US07728076B2	Coating compositions The present invention relates to novel coating compositions comprising polyisocyanates, aliphatic oligocarbonate polyols, oligoester polyols and polyacrylate polyols, to a process for their production and to their use in the production of coatings.
US07728071B2	Gear for electric power steering device A gear for an electric power steering device for reducing the rotation speed of an electric motor for steering assist with a reduction gear mechanism and transmitting the rotation to a steering mechanism, the gear being incorporated and used in the reduction gear mechanism, wherein at least the teeth of the gear are formed from a resin composition of a non-reinforced type comprising (a) a polyamide resin having a carboxyl group at least at a terminal end; (b) 0.5-5 wt. % a polycarbodiimide compound, and (c) 3-15 wt. % an elastic material modified with a reactive functional group.
US07728069B2	Reactive cyclic carbonates and ureas used for modifying biomolecules, polymers, and surfaces Disclosed are reactive cyclic carbonates and ureas of formula (I) or (II), wherein R and X have the meaning indicated in the description. Said carbonates and ureas allow functional groups to be specifically introduced into biomolecules, polymers, and surfaces in mild conditions.
US07728066B2	Conductive resin molding A conductive resin molding for use in the separator of a fuel cell and its producing method in which lowering of production yield and increase of machining cost, which are the most important problems with the spread of fuel cell, can be suppressed.The conductive resin molding is characterized by containing 1-9 vol % of high boiling point oil against the entire resin composition. Alternatively, high density expanded graphite prepared to have a specific gravity of 1.8 or above is employed as a conductive compounding agent. Alternatively, the conductive resin molding can be molded by flash flow compression molding.
US07728063B2	Copolymers comprising N-heterocyclic groups, and use thereof as an additive in detergents The present invention relates to the use of a copolymer comprising, in polymerized form, (a) from 80 to 99.9 mol %, based on the total amount of the monomers polymerized to prepare the copolymer, of at least one monomer A which in each case comprises a heterocycle having at least 1 nitrogen atom and composed of from 3 to 10 ring members and a C2-C6-alkenyl group bonded to a carbon or nitrogen ring atom of the heterocycle; and (b) from 0.1 to 20 mol %, based on the total amount of the monomers polymerized to prepare the copolymer, of at least one monomer B copolymerizable with monomer A, said monomer B having a monoethylenically unsaturated double bond and also a linear or branched poly-C2-C4-alkylene oxide group having on average from 4 to 500 C2-C4-alkylene oxide units, in liquid and in solid detergent formulations. In addition, the invention relates to a process for preparing such a copolymer, and also to a liquid or solid detergent formulation comprising at least one such copolymer.
US07728052B2	Thermal interface material and method of producing the same A thermal interface material (10) includes 100 parts by weight of a silicone oil (11) and 800˜1200 parts by weight of a metal powder (12) mixed into the silicone oil. An outer surface of each metal particle (121) of the metal powder is coated with a metal oxide layer (122). A method of producing the thermal interface material includes steps of: (1) applying a layer of organo coupling agent on the metal powder; (2) heating the metal powder at a temperature between 200 to 300° C. to coat a metal oxide layer on an outer surface of the metal powder; and (3) adding the metal powder with the coated metal oxide layer to a silicone oil. The thermal interface material has an excellent thermal conductivity and an excellent electrical insulating property.
US07728051B2	Ophthalmic lens materials containing chromophores that absorb both UV and short wavelength visible light Chromophores that absorb both UV and short wavelength visible light are disclosed. The chromophores are particularly suitable for use in intraocular lens materials.
US07728041B2	Motuporamine mimic agents Disclosed herein are motuporamine mimic agents and methods of making and using same. Particularly exemplified are motuporamine mimic agents comprising cytotoxic activity and/or anti-metaplastic activity.
US07728029B2	Adamantyl-pyrazole carboxamides as inhibitors of 11β-hdroxysteroid dehydrogenase Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
US07728026B2	2-substituted-1 h-benzimidazile-4-carboxamides are PARP inhibitors Compounds of Formula (I) inhibit the PARP enzyme and are useful for treating a disease or a disorder associated with PARP. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I), method of treatment comprising compounds of Formula (I), and methods of inhibiting the PARP enzyme comprising compound of Formula (I).
US07728022B2	(4, 5, 6, 7-tetrahydro-1-H-indol-7-yl) acetic acid derivatives for treatment of Alzheimer's disease Compounds of formula I: are disclosed. The compounds are useful in treating or preventing diseases associated with deposition of Aβ in the brain.
US07728020B2	Amino acid derivatives The present invention relates to new amino acid derivatives, process for the production, their use, in particular in transplantation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US07728019B2	Biphenylcarboxamides This invention relates to novel biphenylcarboxamides of the formula (I) in which R, Z, X, Y, m, n and A are as defined in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and to novel intermediates and their preparation.
US07728016B2	Substituted 5-membered ring compounds and their use Compound of a compound of formula (I) or a salt, N-oxide, hydrate or solvate thereof, in the preparation of a composition for inhibition of HSP90 activity: wherein ring A is an aromatic or non-aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring having 5 ring atoms, for example 1,2,3-triazolyl or a 1,2,4-triazolyl or a tetrazolyl ring; and R1 R2 R3 are as defined in the specification are inhibitors of HSP90 and therefore of use in the treatment of, for example, cancers, viral disease, inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, Type I diabetes, lupus, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease; cystic fibrosis angiogenesis-related disease such as diabetic retinopathy, haemangiomas, and endometriosis; or for protection of normal cells against chemotherapy-induced toxicity; or diseases where failure to undergo apoptosis is an underlying factor, or protection from hypoxia-ischemic injury due to elevation of Hsp70 in the heart and brain; scrapie/CJD, Huntingdon's and Alzheimer's disease.
US07728012B2	Carboxamide compounds and their use as calpain inhibitors The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of 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.The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, W, Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula I-A.a′ and I-A.a″ in which m, E, R1, R3a, R3b, R2, Ry, Rw and Rw6* have the meanings mentioned in the claims, n is 0, 1 or 2, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.
US07728006B2	Quinolinone-carboxamide compounds as 5-HT4 receptor agonists The invention provides novel quinolinone-carboxamide 5-HT4 receptor agonist compounds of Formula (I). The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, the use such compounds to treat diseases associated with 5-HT4 receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. Wherein; R1 is hydrogen, halo, hadroxy, C1-4 alkyl, or C1-4 alkoxy; R2 is C3-4 alkyl, or C3-6cycloakyl; R3 is hydrogen or C1-3 alkyl: R4 is —S(O)2 R6 or —C(O)R7; R5 is hydrogen, C1-3alkyl, C2-3 alkyl substituted with —OH or C1-3 alkoxy, or —CH2-pyrydyl; R6 is C1-3 alkyl; or R5 and R6 taken together from C3-4 alkylenyl; and R7 is hydrogen, C1-3alkyl, or pyrydyl; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or solvate or stereoisomer thereof.
US07728003B2	5-oxo-5,8-dihydro-pyrido-pyrimidines as inhibitors of c-fms kinase The invention addresses the current need for selective and potent protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors by providing potent inhibitors of c-fms kinase. The invention is directed to the novel compounds of Formula I: or a solvate, hydrate, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: W, A, Y, n, Z, and R102 are described in the specification.
US07728001B2	Opioid receptor ligands and methods for their preparation The invention provides novel compounds of formula I: that are opioid receptor ligands. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds as well as methods for treating diseases associated with opioid receptor function by administering such compounds to a mammal in need of treatment. The invention also provides an improved method for isolating intermediate materials useful for obtaining compounds of formula I.
US07727995B2	Antiherpes drug combinations Composition and methods are disclosed that include a synergistic combination of an inhibitor of Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase, and an antiherpes substance.
US07727988B2	Azabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-yl}alkyl)pyrimidinedione The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I)′ or a salt thereof: wherein G is selected from a group consisting of: phenyl, a 5- or 6-membered monocyclic heteroaryl group, or a 8- to 11-membered heteroaryl bicyclic group; A is a group P1 or a group P2 wherein P1 is and the other groups are define in herein.
US07727976B2	Bile-acid derived compounds for enhancing oral absorption and systemic bioavailability of drugs Disclosed are compounds that exhibit high transport across the intestinal wall of an animal. The compounds may optionally be linked to drugs that are poorly absorbed or poorly transported across the intestinal wall after oral administration to provide for enhanced therapeutic, and optionally prolonged therapeutic, systemic blood concentrations of the drugs upon oral administration of the drug-compound conjugate. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods of using such compounds.
US07727958B2	Pharmaceutical formulation A pharmaceutical formulation for a PKC modulatory peptide and a transport moiety comprising the aforementioned components and an anti-aggregant.
US07727956B2	Deoxonadepsipeptides Nonadepsipeptides and methods for their preparation and their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular bacterial infectious diseases are described.
US07727955B2	Pharmaceutical compositions based on NK2 antagonists for pediatric use Pharmaceutical compositions containing NK2 antagonists are described, useful for the treatment of infantile colics.
US07727954B2	Drug depot implant designs The present invention relates to novel drug depot implant designs for optimal delivery of therapeutic agents to subjects. The invention provides a method for alleviating pain associated with neuromuscular or skeletal injury or inflammation by targeted delivery of one or more therapeutic agents to inhibit the inflammatory response which ultimately causes acute or chronic pain. Controlled and directed delivery can be provided by drug depot implants, comprising therapeutic agents, specifically designed to deliver the therapeutic agent to the desired location by facilitating their implantation, minimizing their migration from the desired tissue location, and without disrupting normal joint and soft tissue movement.
US07727953B2	Crystalline form of a drug Ac-Sar-Gly-Val-D-allo-Ile-Thr-Nva-Ile-Arg-ProNHCH2CH3 Crystalline Form 1, ways to make it, compositions containing it and methods of treatment of diseases and inhibition of adverse physiological events using it are disclosed.
US07727950B2	Methods and reagents for assaying protein kinase activity A kit of parts comprising two or more protein kinase substrate polypeptides, each said substrate polypeptide comprising a specificity conferring portion (which is different for each said kinase substrate polypeptide) and a phosphorylatable portion, wherein the phosphorylatable portions of each polypeptide are capable of being bound in a phosphorylation state-sensitive manner by the same specific binding partner, for example and antibody preparation, and wherein the said specific binding partner is not an antibody specific for phosphotyrosine, phosphoserine or phosphothreonine. The phosphorylatable portion preferably comprises the amino acid sequence LSFAEPG.
US07727949B2	Cleaning agent for thermostatic chambers [PROBLEMS] The present invention provides a novel cleaner having bacteria-proof, fungi-proof and algae-proof effects, which is added to a reaction thermostat using water as medium in scientific apparatus, particularly a thermostatic water bath in an automatic analyzer.[SOUTLIN] A cleaner for a thermostatic water bath, which comprises a quaternary ammonium salt as shown by the general formula [1] described below and/or a preservative agent having amphoteric surface activity, and a surface active agent, wherein R1 to R4 independently represent an alkyl group, provided that at least one among R1 to R4 is an alkyl group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, and at least one among them is a lower alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and X− represents an anion derived from a carboxylic acid having two or more carbon atoms; and a cleaning method of a thermostatic water bath, wherein the cleaner is added to a thermostatic water bath.
US07727946B2	Process for making functionalized films for cleaning products Process for making a functionalized substrate in the form of a water-soluble film carrying a coating of a functional composition, the process comprising applying to at least one side of the film an aqueous solution comprising one or more functional materials to form the coating wherein the coating is formed from a plurality of layers in a stepwise manner and/or the aqueous solution comprises a film insolubilizer agent.
US07727942B2	Lubricant coated sheet metal with improved deformation properties The invention relates to sheet metal or a sheet metal blank provided with a lubricant coating, especially an anti-corrosion oil of the Pre-Lube or Dry Lube variety. The sheet metal or sheet metal blank comprises a layer which is formed by applying a solution containing an organic phosphoric acid ester to the metal surface of the sheet metal. Sheet metal provided with said coating has excellent tribological properties.
US07727933B2	2-ethyl-4,6-dimethyl-phenyl-substituted spirocyclic tetramic acid derivatives The invention relates to novel 2-ethyl-4,6-dimethylphenyl-substituted spirocyclic tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, B and G are as defined above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising firstly the 2-ethyl-4,6-dimethylphenyl-substituted spirocyclic tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I) (where G may also be hydrogen) and secondly at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
US07727930B2	Catalyst, membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell A catalyst includes a conductive carrier and catalyst particles. The catalyst particles are supported on the conductive carrier and have a composition represented by formula 1, below. An area of a peak derived from a metal bond of a T-element is 15% or more of an area of a peak derived from an oxygen bond of the T-element in a spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic method. PtxRuyTz (1) where the T-element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Nb and Hf, x is 30 to 60 at. %, y is 20 to 50 at. % and z is 5 to 50 at. %.
US07727924B2	Method to raise the solid content of catalytic cracking catalyst slurry A method for preparing cracking catalyst. The method comprises making catalyst slurry having a homogeneous distribution of molecular sieve slurry, pseudoboehmite, clay, inorganic acid and aluminum-containing binder; and subsequent spray drying. Inorganic acid is added prior to the addition of pseudoboehmite; addition of molecular sieve is added after the addition of inorganic acid; and a phosphatic dispersant is added during preparation. Compared to conventional methods of preparing FCC catalyst slurry, the inventive catalyst slurry viscosity is decreased and the fluidity thereof is improved, while catalyst anti-friction is maintained. The solid content of the FCC catalyst slurry can be increased to about 40% or more. The gel forming time is significantly reduced with increased productivity and decreased catalyst production cost. Meanwhile, the catalyst has high pore volume and improved micro-reactivity. Overall reactivity performance of the catalyst is also improved.
US07727922B2	X8R dielectric composition for use with nickel electrodes Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors which satisfy X8R requirements and which are compatible with reducing atmosphere sintering conditions so that non-noble metals such as nickel and nickel alloys thereof may be used for internal and external electrodes are made in accordance with the invention. The capacitors exhibit desirable dielectric properties (high capacitance, low dissipation factor, high insulation resistance), excellent performance on highly accelerated life testing, and very good resistance to dielectric breakdown. The dielectric layers comprise a barium titanate base material doped with other metal oxides such as BaO, Y2O3, ZrO2, SiO2, MgO, MnO, MoO3, CaO, Lu2O3, Yb2O3, or WO3 in various combinations.
US07727921B2	Dielectric ceramic composition and monolithic ceramic capacitor A dielectric ceramic composition that is used for a monolithic ceramic capacitor, can be cofired with internal electrodes mainly composed of Ni at a temperature of 1200° C. or less, and has a high resistivity is provided. The dielectric ceramic composition is mainly composed of a tungsten bronze type complex oxide having a composition formula of (K1-xNax)Sr2Nb5O15 (wherein 0≦x<0.2) and further contains, as accessory components, 0.05 to 20 molar parts of R (wherein R is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) and 0.05 to 40 molar parts of M (wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, V, Li, Si, Ni, Cr, Co, Fe, Zn, Mg, and Zr) per 100 molar parts of the main component.
US07727903B2	Method of forming strain-causing layer for MOS transistors and process for fabricating strained MOS transistors A method of forming a strain-causing layer for MOS transistors is provided, which is applied to a substrate having a plurality of gate structures of the MOS transistors thereon. A non-conformal stressed film that is thicker on the gate structures than between the gate structures is formed over the substrate. The non-conformal stressed film is then etched, without an etching mask thereon, to remove portions thereof between the gate structures and disconnect the stressed film between the gate structures. At least one extra stressed film may be further formed over the substrate, wherein each extra stressed film has the same type of stress as the above stressed film and is connected or disconnected between the gate structures.
US07727899B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor storage device including fine contact holes A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is carried out as follows. A first mask layer having a first linear opening pattern is formed above the first interlayer insulating layer. A second mask layer having a plurality of second linear opening patterns and first dummy opening patterns is formed above the first mask layer. The plurality of second linear opening patterns are aligned above the first linear opening pattern at given intervals to cross the first linear opening pattern. The first dummy opening patterns are arranged in close proximity to a first pattern remaining region that is present between the second linear opening patterns adjacent to each other. The first interlayer insulating layer that is present below opening patterns obtained by overlap portions of the first linear opening pattern and the second linear opening patterns is etched to form holes.
US07727896B1	Stacked die manufacturing process A method for forming a stacked-die structure is disclosed in which a buried oxide layer is formed in a semiconductor wafer. Device layers and metal layers are formed on the face side of the semiconductor wafer, defining dice, with each die including an interconnect region. Openings are etched in the interconnect regions that extend through the semiconductor wafer so as to expose portions of the buried oxide layer. Conductive material is deposited within the openings so as to form through-die vias. The semiconductor wafer is then attached to a wafer support structure and material is removed from the backside of the semiconductor wafer so as to form an oxide layer having a thickness that is less than the initial thickness of the buried oxide layer. Openings are then etched within the backside of the semiconductor wafer so as to expose the through-die vias, micro-bumps are deposited over the through-die vias, and stacked dice are attached to the micro-bumps so as to electrically couple the stacked dice to the through-die vias. Thereby, a stacked die structure is formed that includes an oxide layer on the backside of the base die. Since the method does not include any high temperature process steps after the semiconductor wafer has been attached to the wafer support structure, thermally-released double-sided tape or adhesive having a low thermal budget can be used to attach the semiconductor wafer to the wafer support structure.
US07727891B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a wet process A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the following processes of forming a structure in which a barrier metal containing at least of Ti and Ta and a copper wiring are exposed on its surface, or a structure in which at least one substance selected from the group consisting of Ti, W, and Cu and Al are exposed on its surface, above a semiconductor substrate, and supplying a hydrogen-dissolved solution dissolving hydrogen gas to the surface of the structure.
US07727888B2	Interconnect structure and method for forming the same An interconnect structure and a method for forming the same are described. Specifically, under the present invention, a gouge is created within a via formed in the interconnect structure before any trenches are formed. This prevents the above-mentioned trench damage from occurring. That is, the bottom surface of the trenches will have a roughness of less than approximately 20 nm, and preferably less than approximately 10 nm. In addition to the via, gouge and trench(es), the interconnect structure of the present invention includes at least two levels of metal wiring. Further, in a typical embodiment, the interconnect structure utilizes any dielectrics having a dielectric constant no greater than approximately 5.0.
US07727882B1	Compositionally graded titanium nitride film for diffusion barrier applications A diffusion barrier film includes a layer of compositionally graded titanium nitride, having a nitrogen-rich portion and a nitrogen-poor portion. The nitrogen-rich portion has a composition of at least about 40% (atomic) N, and resides closer to the dielectric than the nitrogen-poor portion. The nitrogen-poor portion has a composition of less than about 30% (atomic) N (e.g., between about 5-30% N) and resides in contact with the metal, e.g., copper. The diffusion barrier film can also include a layer of titanium residing between the layer of dielectric and the layer of compositionally graded titanium nitride. The layer of titanium is often partially or completely converted to titanium oxide upon contact with a dielectric layer. The barrier film having a compositionally graded titanium nitride layer provides excellent diffusion barrier properties, exhibits good adhesion to copper, and reduces uncontrolled diffusion of titanium into interconnects.
US07727878B2	Method for forming passivation layer A method for forming a passivation layer is disclosed. In the method, a substrate containing a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface is first provided, wherein a plurality of conductive pads are disposed on the top surface thereof. Thereafter, a first passivation layer is formed on the top surface of the substrate, wherein the first passivation layer has a characteristic of photoresist. A first exposure/develop step is then performed to form a plurality of first openings in the first passivation layer, wherein the conductive pads are exposed through the first openings. Then, a second passivation layer is formed on the first passivation layer, wherein the second passivation layer has a characteristic of photoresist. A second exposure/develop step is then performed to form a plurality of second openings in the second passivation layer, wherein the conductive pads are exposed through the second openings.
US07727877B2	Method of manufacturing a wafer level package that uses the same seed layer for selectively electroplating a rewiring pattern and a conductive pillar A method of manufacturing a wafer level package is disclosed, which may include: coating an insulation layer over one side of a semiconductor chip, on one side of which an electrode pad is formed, such that the electrode pad is open; forming a seed layer by depositing a conductive metal onto one side of the semiconductor chip; forming a rewiring pattern that is electrically connected with the electrode pad, by selective electroplating with the seed layer as an electrode; forming a conductive pillar that is electrically connected with the rewiring pattern, by selective electroplating with the seed layer as an electrode; and removing portions of the seed layer open to the exterior. By forming the rewiring pattern and the metal pillar using one seed layer, the manufacturing process can be simplified, whereby defects during the manufacturing process can be reduced and the reliability of the products can be improved.
US07727874B2	Non-polar and semi-polar GaN substrates, devices, and methods for making them Non-polar or semi-polar (Al, Ga, In)N substrates are fabricated by re-growth of (Al, Ga, In)N crystal on (Al, Ga, In)N seed crystals, wherein the size of the seed crystal expands or is increased in the lateral and vertical directions, resulting in larger sizes of non-polar and semi-polar substrates useful for optoelectronic and microelectronic devices. One or more non-polar or semi-polar substrates may be sliced from the re-grown crystal. The lateral growth rate may be greater than the vertical growth rate. The seed crystal may be a non-polar seed crystal. The seed crystal may have crystalline edges of equivalent crystallographic orientation.
US07727870B2	Method of making a semiconductor device using a stressor A method for forming a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate and forming a p-channel device and an n-channel device, each of the p-channel device and the n-channel device comprising a source, a drain, and a gate, the p-channel device having a first sidewall spacer and the n-channel device having a second sidewall spacer. The method further includes forming a liner and forming a tensile stressor layer over the liner and removing a portion of the tensile stressor layer from a region overlying the p-channel device. The method further includes transferring a stress characteristic of an overlying portion of a remaining portion of the tensile stressor layer to a channel of the n-channel device. The method further includes using the remaining portion of the tensile stressor layer as a hard mask, forming a first recess and a second recess adjacent the gate of the p-channel device.
US07727869B2	Method of forming metal wiring and method of manufacturing active matrix substrate A method of forming a metal wiring includes: forming a foundation layer on a substrate; applying a solution including fine metal particles and a dispersion stabilizer on the foundation layer; and heating the applied solution to form into a conductive layer, wherein after the applying of the solution, the conductive layer is formed by starting the heating of the applied solution within a detained time.
US07727868B2	Apparatus and method for controlling diffusion A method and device for reducing a dopant diffusion rate in a doped semiconductor region is provided. The methods and devices include selecting a plurality of dopant elements. Selection of a plurality of dopant elements includes selecting a first dopant element with a first atomic radius larger than a host matrix atomic radius and selecting a second dopant element with a second atomic radius smaller than a host matrix atomic radius. The methods and devices further include selecting amounts of each dopant element of the plurality of dopant elements wherein amounts and atomic radii of each of the plurality of dopant elements complement each other to reduce a host matrix lattice strain. The methods and devices further include introducing the plurality of dopant elements to a selected region of the host matrix and annealing the selected region of the host matrix.
US07727862B2	Semiconductor device including semiconductor constituent and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor constituent having a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of electrodes for external connection provided under the semiconductor substrate. An under-layer insulating film is provided under and around the semiconductor constituent. A plurality of under-layer wires are provided under the under-layer insulating film and electrically connected to the electrodes for external connection of the semiconductor constituent. An insulating layer is provided around the semiconductor constituent and on the under-layer insulating film. A frame-like insulating substrate is embedded in an upper surface of the insulating layer and positioned around the semiconductor constituent. A plurality of upper-layer wires are provided on the insulating substrate. A base plate on which the semiconductor constituent and the insulating layer are mounted is removed.
US07727856B2	Selective STI stress relaxation through ion implantation A first example embodiment comprises the following steps and the structure formed therefrom. A trench having opposing sidewalls is formed within a substrate. A stress layer having an inherent stress is formed over the opposing trench sidewalls. The stress layer having stress layer sidewalls over the trench sidewalls. Ions are implanted into one or more portions of the stress layer to form ion-implanted relaxed portions with the portions of the stress layer that are not implanted are un-implanted portions, whereby the inherent stress of the one or more ion-implanted relaxed portions of stress layer portions is relaxed.
US07727853B2	Processing method, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, and processing apparatus A processing method for selectively reducing or removing the region to be exposed with energy ray in a film formed on a substrate, comprising relatively scanning a first exposure light whose shape on the substrate is smaller than the whole first region to be exposed against the whole first region to be exposed to selectively remove or reduce the first region to be exposed, and exposing a whole second region to be exposed inside the whole first region to be exposed with a second exposure light to selectively expose the whole second region to be exposed.
US07727852B2	Substrate with check mark and method of inspecting position accuracy of conductive glue dispensed on the substrate The invention relates to a substrate with a check mark and a method of inspecting position accuracy of conductive glue dispensed on the substrate. The method is implemented on the substrate having at least one transfer pad and at least one check mark arranged near the border of the transfer pad. After the conductive glue spot is dispensed on the transfer pad, the method includes first capturing an image by a video capturing element, then determining whether the conductive glue spot exist in the image and determining whether the conductive glue spot from the image matches a predetermined standard, if not, generating a report and a warning.
US07727846B2	Method of manufacturing an SOI substrate and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device It is an object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing an SOI substrate provided with a single-crystal semiconductor layer which can be practically used even when a substrate having a low heat-resistant temperature, such as a glass substrate or the like, is used, and further, to manufacture a semiconductor device with high reliability by using such an SOI substrate. A semiconductor layer which is separated from a semiconductor substrate and bonded to a supporting substrate having an insulating surface is irradiated with electromagnetic waves, and the surface of the semiconductor layer is subjected to polishing treatment. At least part of a region of the semiconductor layer is melted by irradiation with electromagnetic waves, and a crystal defect in the semiconductor layer can be reduced. Further, the surface of the semiconductor layer can be polished and planarized by polishing treatment.
US07727844B2	Gate structure of a semiconductor device Embodiments relate to a gate structure of a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the gate structure. An oxide layer may be formed on a silicon substrate before a gate insulating layer is formed. The oxide layer may be etched to form an opening exposing a channel area of the silicon substrate. After forming the gate insulating layer in the opening, a gate conductive layer may be deposited and etched to form a gate. The oxide layer may be continuously etched such that the oxide layer remains at both edge portions of the gate insulating layer. The oxide layer formed at both edge portions of the gate insulating layer may protect the gate insulating layer during a gate etching process, and may improve a reliability of the semiconductor device. Since a length of the gate insulating layer may become shorter than the length of the gate due to the protective oxide layer, the low-density source/drain junction may not overlap a lower portion of the gate insulating layer, which may improve a performance of the semiconductor device.
US07727837B2	Method of producing an integrated circuit having a capacitor with a supporting layer A method of forming an integrated circuit having a capacitor is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a capacitor element with a first electrode, a dielectric layer and a second electrode. The capacitor element is formed using a support layer.
US07727834B2	Contact configuration and method in dual-stress liner semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device may comprise forming a conductive layer on a substrate, removing at least one portion of the conductive layer to form a plurality of separate conductive lines, forming a first stress-inducing layer of a first stress type on the conductive lines and the substrate, and removing a portion of the first stress-inducing layer such that a remaining portion of the first stress-inducing layer is disposed on a first subset of the conductive lines but not a second subset of the conductive lines and has a boundary disposed between two of the conductive lines. This method, along with other methods and various semiconductor devices, are described.
US07727833B2	Work function based voltage reference A voltage reference is created from an operational amplifier circuit having two substantially identical P-channel metal oxide semiconductor (P-MOS) transistors with each one having a different gate dopant. The different gate dopants result in different threshold voltages for each of the two otherwise substantially identical P-MOS transistors. The difference between these two threshold voltages is then used to create the voltage reference equal to the difference. The two P-MOS transistors are configured as a differential pair in the operational amplifier circuit and the output of the operational amplifier is used as the voltage reference.
US07727829B2	Method of forming a semiconductor device having a removable sidewall spacer A semiconductor device is formed using a semiconductor substrate. A gate dielectric is formed over the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode layer is formed over the gate dielectric. A patterned masking layer is formed over the gate electrode layer. A first region of the gate electrode layer lies within an opening in the patterned masking layer. The first region of the gate electrode layer is partially etched to leave an elevated portion of the gate electrode layer and a lower portion adjacent to the elevated portion. A sidewall spacer is formed adjacent to the elevated portion and over the lower portion. An implant is performed into the semiconductor substrate using the elevated portion and the sidewall spacer as a mask. The sidewall spacer and the lower portion are removed.
US07727825B2	Polyconductor line end formation and related mask Methods of forming adjacent polyconductor line ends and a mask therefor are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a polyconductor layer over an isolation region; forming a mask over the polyconductor layer, the mask including shapes to create the polyconductor line ends and a correction element to ensure a designed proximity of the polyconductor line ends; and etching the polyconductor layer using the patterned photoresist mask to create the adjacent polyconductor line ends, wherein the correction element is removed during the etching.
US07727818B2	Substrate process for an embedded component A first dielectric layer is formed on a mold having a surface and protruding components and covers the protruding components. At least one electronic component having an active surface, a back surface, and contacts formed on the active surface is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The active surface is faced to the first dielectric layer, and the contacts are corresponding to the protruding components. A second dielectric layer is formed on the first dielectric layer and a carrier is disposed on the back surface of the electronic component. Openings located corresponding to the contacts are further formed within the first dielectric layer by the protruding components in an imprinting step, such that when the mold is removed, the contacts are exposed from the openings.
US07727816B2	Integrated circuit package system with offset stacked die An integrated circuit package system provides a leadframe having a short lead finger and a long lead finger. A first die is placed in the leadframe. A second die is offset from the first die. The offset second die is attached to the first die and the long lead finger with an adhesive. The first die is electrically connected to the short lead finger. The second die is electrically connected to at least the long lead finger or the short lead finger. At least portions of the leadframe, the first die, and the second die are encapsulated in an encapsulant.
US07727812B2	Singulation method of semiconductor device Provided is a singulation method of a semiconductor device that can perform a sawing process while protecting a pad. In the singulation method for forming a semiconductor device including a scribe lane region and a chip region, pads are formed in the chip region. Photoresist patterns exposing the scribe lane region and covering the pads are formed, and a substrate in the scribe lane region is cut and a washing solution is sprayed on the scribe lane region. According to the method, wafers can be stably separated from each other while pads of a semiconductor device are protected, so that stabilization in the fabrication process can be realized and pad corrosion caused by DI water is prevented during a sawing process. Accordingly, a defective device is minimized and reliability of a device can improve.
US07727811B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for processing semiconductor wafer or semiconductor substrate The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for processing a semiconductor wafer or semiconductor substrate, which includes a base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is polymerizable and curable by an energy ray, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer being disposed on a surface of the base material, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a base polymer, a multifunctional acrylate-based oligomer which has an energy-ray polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and has a molecular weight of 1000 to 2500, and a multifunctional acrylate-based compound which has an energy-ray polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and has a molecular weight of 200 to 700. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the invention is excellent in follow-up properties to a minute unevenness with a depth of about 0.4 to 40 μm such as a mark printed by laser irradiation, exhibits sufficient adhesive force, and can be released without the generation of adhesive residue after the purpose of adhesion has been achieved.
US07727809B2	Attachment method, attachment apparatus, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, and manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor device The invention proposes a method and an apparatus for attaching a plurality of components having different arrangement densities or arrangement intervals, which can achieve shorter takt time. An object is to provide a low-cost manufacturing method of a semiconductor device and a manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing a semiconductor device at low cost. Plural pairs of components having different arrangement densities are simultaneously attached to each other by temporarily attaching first components to a first flexible substrate while changing an arrangement interval in an X direction, and then connecting the first components to second components over a second flexible substrate while changing an arrangement interval of the first components in a Y direction.
US07727805B2	Reducing stress in a flip chip assembly In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for depositing lead-free bumps on a package substrate, depositing an alloy material on the lead-free bumps, attaching a semiconductor die including conductive bumps to the package substrate so that the conductive bumps contact the alloy material, and heating attached components to reflow the alloy material to form a joint therebetween. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07727800B2	High precision die bonding apparatus A die bonding apparatus and a bonding method are provided wherein the apparatus comprises a bond head movable between a supply of semiconductor dice and a die bonding site, a pick-up tool attached to the bond head for holding a die to be bonded at the die bonding site and an optical assembly positioned for viewing an orientation of the die bonding site. The bond head is configured such that an orientation of the die being held by the pick-up tool between the optical assembly and the die bonding site is viewable by the optical assembly, whereby the orientation of the die may be aligned with the orientation of the die bonding site.
US07727791B2	Semiconductor layer, process for forming the same, and semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor layer contains, as a principal constituent, a Group III-V semiconductor compound, which may be represented by the general formula: AlxGayInzN, wherein x represents a number satisfying the condition 0≦x<1, y represents a number satisfying the condition 0
US07727788B2	Method of manufacturing display device using LED chips formed in a porous template A method for manufacturing a display device using light emitting diode chips contemplates manufacturing a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) chips using a porous template; forming a plurality of first electrodes on a substrate; attaching the LED chips to pixel sites on the first electrodes using fluidic self assembly (FSA); and forming a plurality of second electrodes on a top surface of the LED chips.
US07727781B2	Manufacture of devices including solder bumps Typical testing of solder joints, (e.g. joints at printed circuit board pads) has not proven totally predictive of the ultimate performance of such joints. It has been found that this lack of reliability is, at least in part, due to the tendency during testing for these pads to lose adhesion to, or delaminate from, the underlying substrate. In contrast, such occurrence is not typical of phenomena induced during typical device usage. To remove this source of unreliability, a test structure is made together with the manufacturing device lot. The same pad processing is used and the pad size is substantially enlarged in the test structure. The test structure is employed to predict performance of devices in the lot and then the lot is processed accordingly.
US07727778B2	Magnetoresistive element and method of manufacturing the same A magnetoresistive element includes a stack formed by sequentially stacking a first fixed layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed, a first nonmagnetic layer, a free layer in which a magnetization direction is changeable, a second nonmagnetic layer, and a second fixed layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed, a first circumferential wall provided on the second nonmagnetic layer in contact with a circumferential surface of the second fixed layer to surround the second fixed layer, and made of an insulator, and a second circumferential wall provided on the first nonmagnetic layer in contact with a circumferential surface of the free layer to surround the free layer, and made of an insulator.
US07727776B2	Core-shell nanoparticles for detection based on SERS A nanoparticle having a self assembly monolayer of molecules as a shell on the nanoparticle. The monolayer may include organic molecules working as surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) reporters. Also, the core shell may include at least a receptor, and/or the like, to ensure that a target analyte can be bound for measurement with SERS. The target analyte may be organic, chemical, biological, inorganic, gas, liquid, solid, and so forth.
US07727772B2	Fluid contamination analyzer and a sample cell therefor A fluid contamination analyzer has a sample cell containing a trapping medium capable of trapping contaminants suspended in the aqueous fluid flowing through the trapping medium, a light source for illuminating the trapping medium to cause the entrapped contaminants generate a secondary radiation indicative of the identity and quantity of the contaminants, and a photodetector for receiving the secondary radiation. The fluid contamination analyzer has a reflective shell in the form of an ellipsoid extending at least partially around the sample cell and the detector, the sample cell being positioned at one of the focal points of the ellipsoid, and the photodetector at the other point of the ellipsoid to receive the secondary radiation reflected by the reflective shell.
US07727771B2	Systems and methods for optical actuation of microfluidics based on OPTO-electrowetting The invention is related to methods and apparatus that manipulate droplets in a microfluidic environment. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention manipulate droplets by controlling the electro-wetting characteristics of a surface with light, thereby inducing a gradient in the surface tension of a droplet. The gradient in the surface tension propels the droplet by capillary force. A variety of operations, such as transporting, joining, cutting, and creating can be performed. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention obviate the need to create a relatively large and complex control electrode array. A plurality of photoconductive cells or a layer of a photoconductive material selectively couples an electrode carrying an electrical bias to otherwise floating conductive cells in response to a beam of light. The electrical bias applied to the conductive cell generates a localized electric field, which can change the contact angle of the droplet, thereby permitting the droplet to be propelled.
US07727768B2	Method for a nanocalorimeter for detecting chemical reactions A method for detecting chemical reactions uses a nanocalorimeter having a substrate including thermal isolation capability residing on the substrate, thermal equilibration regions residing within the thermal isolation capability, and thermal measurement capability residing within each of the thermal equilibration regions. The thermal measurement device is connected to detection electronics. The method includes depositing drops of potentially reactive chemical solutions within the thermal equilibration region. These potentially reactive solution drops are merged through the use of drop merging electrodes residing within the thermal isolation region. The thermal change occurring within the merged solution drops is then measured with the detection electronics.
US07727766B2	Method and apparatus for testing heavy oil production processes There is disclosed a method of testing oil extraction processes including the steps of: 1) placing a sample to be tested in a sample holder which has a configurable temperature profile; 2) placing the sample holder in a pressure vessel; 3) increasing the pressure in the pressure vessel to simulate an over burden pressure; 4) configuring the temperature profile of the sample holder to match a desired temperature profile; 5) applying an oil extraction process to the sample; 6) measuring one or more parameters of the oil extraction process; 7) measuring the temperature of the sample to which the process is being applied; 8) configuring the sample holder to match the measured temperature profile. A device to test oil extraction processes on samples is disclosed. The device has a temperature configurable sample holder having sufficient temperature control to provide a desired heat profile to the sample.
US07727764B2	Non-isopycnic cell purification using percoll A method of “non-isopycnic” cell isolation and purification has the steps of adding a sample of blood to a defined volume to a corresponding ratio volume of EDTA solution to produce a volume of anti-coagulated blood; taking a predetermined volume of the anti-coagulated blood and placing it in a first tube containing a selected defined volume of PSS, wherein the selected defined volume of PSS is taken from a group of defined volumes of PSS, as each defined volume of PSS establishes a specific cell type to be purified; centrifuging the tube for a first predetermined time and speed to form a volume of supernatant of plasma/PSS and a bottom sedimented volume of mostly red blood cells; extracting the supernatant to within a proximity of an interface between the sedimented red blood cells and the supematant; transferring an appropriate, pre-selected volume amount of the supernatant into a second tube holding a defined volume of physiological media; mixing the solutions gently; centrifuging for a second predetermined speed and time; and pouring off the supernatant wherein at the bottom of the tube will be a cell button containing a volume of the selected purified cells in a high percentage and a very small quantity or low percentage of some contaminating non-selected cells. This method is useful in establishing high purity concentrations of selected cells from whole blood such as monocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils and basophils.
US07727762B2	Method of inducing the differentiation of stem cells into myocardial cells For a method of inducing differentiation of cardiomyocytes from stem cells, a method is provided to induce efficiently and selectively differentiation of cardiomyocytes by such a method in which the stem cells are cultured to induce differentiation into cardiomyocytes in the presence of a substance that inhibits BMP signaling.
US07727757B2	Methods of eliciting antiviral immune responses utilizing viral particles comprising photoinactivated reverse transcriptase Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comprising reverse transcriptase inactivated by photoinactivation. The inactivated virus may be more safely handled, stored, and analyzed, used in diagnostic procedures and kits, and may be used as an immunogen to evoke an immune response. The immune response may protect an individual from challenges with live virus. Alternatively, the inactivated HIV particles may be used to augment the immune response to HIV in an infected individual.
US07727749B2	Stereoselective bioconversion of aliphatic dinitriles into cyano carboxylic acids The present invention is directed to a regio- and stereoselective bioconversion of selected aliphatic dinitriles into corresponding cyanocarboxylic acids. More particularly, the present invention provides methods for the conversion of 2-isobutyl-succinonitrile into (S)-3 cyano-5-methylhexanoic acid, which is a useful intermediate in the synthesis of (S)-3(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid (pregabalin). Pregabalin can be used for treating certain cerebral diseases, for example, in the treatment and prevention of seizure disorders, pain, and psychotic disorders.
US07727748B2	Method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or salts thereof via purification by anion exchange as an additive for animal feed The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or the salts thereof and to the use thereof as an additive for animal feed.
US07727741B2	Antigen binding molecules that bind EGFR, vectors encoding same, and uses thereof The present invention relates to antigen binding molecules (ABMs). In particular embodiments, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies, including chimeric, primatized or humanized antibodies specific for human EGFR. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such ABMs, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the ABMs of the invention, and to methods of using these ABMs in treatment of disease. In addition, the present invention relates to ABMs with modified glycosylation having improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function.
US07727738B2	Methods for generating analogs of coenzyme A Methods to generate analogs of coenzyme A in vitro and in vivo are disclosed. The methods comprise reacting pantetheine or a derivative thereof with a reporter to form labeled pantetheine or a derivative thereof, phosphorylating the labeled pantetheine or derivative thereof to form phosphopantetheine or a derivative thereof, adenylating the labeled phosphopantetheine or derivative thereof to form a labeled dephosphoCoenzyme A or derivative thereof, and phosphorylating the 3′-hydrozyl of the labeled dephosphoCoenzume A or derivative thereof to form a labeled coenzyme A analog or derivative thereof.
US07727726B2	Process for starch liquefaction and fermentation The presently disclosed subject matter provides improved processes for processing starch from plant sources, including processes for starch liquefaction, for simultaneous liquefaction and saccharification, and for the preparation of ethanol. These processes can be performed without a pH adjustment and at relatively low temperatures. The processes can involve the use of starch-containing plant material derived from plants that express starch-digesting enzymes. The presently disclosed subject matter further relates to improved processes for the preparation of other starch-derived products, including dried distiller grain (dried distiller grain) and dried distiller grain and solubles (dried distiller grain and solubles), and to the starch-derived products, themselves.
US07727724B2	Polymorphisms in voltage-gated sodium channel α 1-subunit as markers for therapy selection A method for determining whether a patient in need thereof will respond to chemotherapy by screening a suitable sample isolated from the patient for a pre-selected polymorphism present in the VGSC gene.
US07727721B2	Hybridization chain reaction amplification for in situ imaging The present invention relates to the use of fluorescently labeled nucleic acid probes to identify and image analytes in a biological sample. In the preferred embodiments, a probe is provided that comprises a target region able to specifically bind an analyte of interest and an initiator region that is able to initiate polymerization of nucleic acid monomers. After contacting a sample with the probe, labeled monomers are provided that form a tethered polymer. Triggered probes and self-quenching monomers can be used to provide active background suppression.
US07727720B2	Methods for detection of genetic disorders The invention provides a method useful for detection of genetic disorders. The method comprises determining the sequence of alleles of a locus of interest, and quantitating a ratio for the alleles at the locus of interest, wherein the ratio indicates the presence or absence of a chromosomal abnormality. The present invention also provides a non-invasive method for the detection of chromosomal abnormalities in a fetus. The invention is especially useful as a non-invasive method for determining the sequence of fetal DNA. The invention further provides methods of isolation of free DNA from a sample.
US07727718B2	Reagents for storage and preparation of samples for DNA analysis The present invention describes reagents and methods for storing and/or processing of biological samples for direct use in PCR and other DNA applications. After storage, the preserved DNA in the samples may then be processed and analyzed by known methods, e.g., PCR. the present invention provides in one aspect, a method for simple and rapid storage and/or processing of nucleic acids, such as DNA, from various sources, including but not limited to body fluids, various solutions, cells, plants, tissues, bacterial cell lysates containing plasmids, etc. The present invention further comprises reagents and methods employing glycols at alkaline pH to process biological samples and make DNA usable in PCR without further sample purification. Accordingly, the present invention provides in one aspect, a method for simple and rapid processing of nucleic acids, such as DNA, from various sources, including but not limited to body fluids, various solutions, cells, plants, tissues, bacterial cell lysates containing plasmids, etc.
US07727717B2	Methods of detecting Charcot-Marie Tooth disease type 2A Methods are described for screening a subject for risk of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A or for diagnosing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or a predisposition for developing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a subject, by detecting the presence or absence of a mutation in the mitofusin gene in a biological sample collected from the subject. Methods are also described for detecting the presence of a genetic polymorphism associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A in a sample of patient nucleic acid, by amplifying a mitofusin gene sequence in the patient nucleic acid to produce an amplification product; and identifying the presence of a Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A associated polymorphism in the amplification product.
US07727694B2	Toner for developing electrostatic image, and image forming method and apparatus and process cartridge using the toner A toner including toner particles including a binder resin, and a colorant, and an external additive present on a surface of the toner particles, wherein the external additive includes a silica having an average primary particle diameter of from 100 to 500 nm and a BET specific surface area of from 800 to 1000 m2/g. An image forming method including forming an electrostatic image on an image bearing member; developing the electrostatic image with the toner to form a toner image; and transferring the toner image on to a receiving material. An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member bearing an electrostatic image; a developing device developing an electrostatic image with the toner to form a toner image on the image bearing member; a transfer device transferring the toner image to a receiving material; and a fixing device fixing the toner image on the receiving material.
US07727693B2	Electrophotographic photoreceptor, electrophotographic image forming method, and electrophotographic apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor showing high responsivity even under a low temperature and low humidity circumstance and capable of compatibilize the decrease of the size and the increase in the image forming speed of an electrophotographic apparatus. In a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor, oxotitanium phthalocyanine having a crystal form showing a diffraction peak at a Bragg angle 2θ (error: 2θ±0.2°) of 27.2° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum is contained as a charge generating substance, and an enamine compound represented by the general formula for example, the structural formula (1-1) is contained as a charge transporting substance. Accordingly, the electrophotographic photoreceptor showing high responsivity even under a low temperature and low humidity circumstance is realized.
US07727685B2	Colored photosensitive resin composition, coating film of colored photosensitive resin composition, photosensitive resin transfer material, method of foaming photosensitive resin layer, color filter, method for producing color filter, and liquid crystal display device A colored photosensitive resin composition comprising (1) an alkali-soluble binder, (2) a monomer or an oligomer, (3) a photopolymerization initiator or a photopolymerization initiator system, and (4) a coloring agent, wherein the coloring agent is a specific pigment in a specific quantity. Also provided is a color filter obtained by using the colored photosensitive resin compositions for formation of the respective photosensitive resin layers of R, G and B.
US07727676B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising an electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a material for absorbing-desorbing lithium ions, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte impregnated in the electrode group and including a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, and a jacket for housing the electrode group and having a thickness of 0.3 mm or less, wherein the nonaqueous solvent γ-butyrolactone in an amount larger than 50% by volume and not larger than 95% by volume based on the total amount of the nonaqueous solvent.
US07727664B2	Production method for fuel cell A production method for a fuel cell including an electrolyte, an anode which is provided on one of both sides of the electrolyte, a cathode which is provided on the other side of the electrolyte, and separators one of which is provided on an outer side of the anode and the other of which is provided on an outer side of the cathode. This production method includes a first process in which the anode and the cathode each of which includes at least a catalyst and an ion-exchange resin are produced; and a second process in which the electrolyte is provided between the anode and the cathode before being formed into a thin-film electrolyte. With this production method, contact resistance can be reduced without increasing the number of production processes.
US07727661B2	Fuel cell system with gold gasket A flow passage member and a reformed gas supply pipe for supplying a reformed gas to a fuel cell stack are provided. Hot air to be supplied to the fuel cell stack flows through the flow passage member. A gold gasket is provided at a joint portion between the flow passage member and the reformed gas supply pipe. The gold gasket has malleability to achieve stable sealing performance and durability in the presence of the oxidizing atmosphere and the reducing atmosphere at high temperature.
US07727656B2	Wave-shaped flow board of fuel cells A wave-shaped flow board suitable for a fuel cell includes an injection-molded body substrate, a reaction zone recessed into a surface of the body substrate, and a wave-shaped current collector, which defines a plurality of independent fuel channels. The wave-shaped current collector is integrally mounted in the reaction zone and comprises a bendable conductive lug portion for providing an electrical connection between the wave-shaped current collector and a circuit on the surface of the wave-shaped flow board.
US07727655B2	Fuel cell stack having catalyst coated proton exchange member A power generator comprising a hydrogen generator and a fuel cell stack having an anode exposed to hydrogen from the hydrogen generator and a cathode exposed to an ambient environment. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers are used to promote flow of water away from the cathode. A diffusion path thus separates the fuel cell cathode from the hydrogen generator. In one embodiment, water vapor generated from the fuel cell substantially matches water used by the hydrogen generator to generate hydrogen.
US07727653B2	Polymer electrolyte membrane and fuel cell using the same A polymer electrolyte membrane includes a poly(benzoxazole) polymer doped with at least one acid. The polymer electrolyte membrane is manufactured by impregnating poly(benzoxazole) with an acid and has better ionic conductivity at high temperatures and better mechanical properties than a conventional poly(benzoxazole) polymer electrolyte membrane. In addition, the polymer electrolyte membrane has equivalent thermal stability to a conventional polymer electrolyte membrane.
US07727652B2	Membrane electrode assembly and polymer electrolyte fuel cell therewith A membrane electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell has superior power generation characteristics under low humidity conditions and superior starting characteristics under low temperature conditions. In the membrane electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell in which a polymer electrolyte membrane is disposed between a pair of electrodes containing a catalyst, the polymer electrolyte membrane has a polymer segment A having an ion conductive component and a polymer segment B not having an ion conductive component. Furthermore, in the case in which the polymer electrolyte membrane is immersed in water at 90° C. for 30 minutes, absorbed water which exhibits a thawing temperature of from −30 to 0° C. is in a range from 0.01 to 3.0 g per 1 g of the polymer.
US07727648B2	Non-reactive fuel dissolution apparatus and fuel cell system having the same A fuel cell system includes a stack which generates electric energy through a reaction of hydrogen and oxygen and discharges moisture generated from the reaction of the hydrogen and oxygen, a reformer which generates a reforming gas containing hydrogen through a reforming reaction using thermal energy and discharges the reforming gas along with a non-reactive fuel component, a carbon monoxide purifier which reduces a concentration of carbon oxide contained in the reforming gas through a preferential oxidation reaction of the carbon monoxide contained in the reforming gas, and a non-reactive fuel dissolution apparatus which is connected to the stack and the reformer to dissolve the non-reactive fuel component of the reforming gas with the moisture from the stack and supply the reforming gas to the carbon monoxide purifier with the non-reactive fuel component substantially removed.
US07727634B2	Decorative glass laminate containing an ultraviolet printed image thereon and a method for preparing said decorative glass laminate This invention is directed to a plastic composite comprising color images printed onto a polymeric support film using UV ink. The polymeric support film layer may be bonded to a polymeric film selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyurethane and ethyl vinyl acetate. The combined laminate can then optionally be disposed between two layers of plasticized PVB, forming the plastic composite. The plastic composite can then be placed between two sheets of glass forming the final laminated glass product. Preferably, when the UV image is printed on the polymeric support film, the image is only partially cured by a UV lamp. After the polymeric support film is contacted with the polymeric film, with the partially cured UV image therebetween, the laminate is exposed to a second UV lamp operating at full power so as to completely cure the UV image.
US07727633B2	Solar control glazing laminates A solar control glazing laminate may include a solar control film disposed between first and second polyvinyl butyral layers and first and second glazing substrates. The solar control film may include an infrared radiation reflecting polymeric film and a polymeric binder layer disposed on the infrared radiation reflecting polymeric film. The polymeric binder layer may include a polyester and cross-linked multi-functional acrylate segments and may have infrared radiation absorbing nanoparticles dispersed therein.
US07727632B2	Glass coating The invention relates to a coating for temperable substrates, in particular of glass panes. This coating comprises for example directly on the substrate an Si3N4 layer, thereon a CrN layer, thereon a TiO2 layer and lastly an Si3N4 layer.
US07727617B2	Thermal mass transfer imaged retroreflective sheeting Retroreflective sheeting is described comprising a viewing surface and a non-viewing surface and a thermal mass transferred image disposed in the optical path of the viewing surface wherein the thermal mass transferred image comprises a homogeneous unreactive thermoplastic composition. In one embodiment, the unreactive thermoplastic composition comprises at least one acrylic resin and at least one colorant, wherein the composition has less than 3 wt-% of components that are opaque at ambient temperature. The percent maximum diffuse luminous transmittance to total luminous transmittance of the composition is less than 50%.
US07727611B2	Film comprising individual anchored filaments The invention relates to a film comprising individual anchored filaments. More specifically, the invention relates to the female part of a hook-and-loop self-adhering support, comprising a plastic film and independent filaments which are fixed to one of the faces of the film. The invention is characterized in that part of the length of each filament is anchored to the plastic film, while the remainder thereof is disposed at a distance from the film, such as to form loops. According to the invention, the film is made from a non-elastic and non-heat-shrinkable material and the filaments have a count of less than 10, preferably less than or equal to 7.7, for example between 2 and 5 decitex.
US07727608B2	Adhesive pads for footwear An adhesive pad kit for footwear has a schematic having an indication of footwear. The adhesive pad kit has at least two pairs of thin adhesive backed pads. Each pad in the first pair has a predetermined shape having a length and a width. The length is at least four times the width. The indication depicts an operative location for at least one of the pads on the footwear.
US07727607B2	Multi-layer dry paint decorative laminate having discoloration prevention barrier A decorative dry paint wall film includes a layer of dry paint, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one side of the dry paint layer, and a release liner in releasable contact with the dry paint layer on a side opposite from the pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). The release liner has a matte release coat layer that contacts the dry paint layer. The release liner is released from the dry paint layer after the PSA side is attached to a wall. The matte release coat transfers a matte finish to the dry paint layer when the release liner is removed. The wall film includes a barrier layer to protect against significant discoloration of the color in the dry paint layer caused by migration of azo-type pigments from a painted wall surface. The barrier layer in one embodiment comprises a dry emulsion containing ethylene-vinyl alcohol and a dispersed polymeric material which in one embodiment comprises a urethane material.
US07727595B2	Coating compositions containing a carbinol functional silicone resin or an anhydride functional silicone resin A radiation or thermal curable coating composition contains a cycloaliphatic epoxide resin, a carbinol functional silicone resin or an anhydride functional silicone resin, and a thermal or photoactivated acid catalyst. An organic polyol may also be included in the composition as an optional component. The composition is useful as a radiation curable coating, as an adhesive, a photodefinable coating, or as a thermal cure coating. The cycloaliphatic epoxide resin adds toughness and adhesion to the composition, whereas either of the carbinol functional silicone resin or the anhydride functional silicone resin provides the composition with water resistance, weatherability, thermal stability, and flexibility.
US07727588B2	Apparatus for the efficient coating of substrates A process for the coating of substrates comprising insertion of a substrate into a process oven, dehydration of the substrate, withdrawal of a metered amount of one or more chemicals from one or more chemical reservoirs, vaporizing the withdrawn chemicals in one or more vapor chambers, and transfer of the vaporized chemicals into a process oven, thereby reacting with the substrate. An apparatus for the coating of substrates comprising a process oven, a metered chemical withdrawal subsystem, and a vaporization subsystem.
US07727585B2	Dielectric device and its manufacturing method A manufacturing method of a dielectric device includes steps described below. (1) Mixing step: Powders serving as a matrix and additive powders for sintering the matrix are mixed. (2) Mixture heat-treating step: The mixture of the matrix and the additive that has been subject to the mixing step is heat-treated. (3) Deposition layer formation step: The material powders obtained through the mixture heat-treating step are injected toward a substrate so as to form a deposition layer on the substrate. (4) Deposition layer heat-treating step: The deposition layer formed on the substrate through the deposition layer formation step is heat-treated so as to form the dielectric layer on the substrate.
US07727577B2	Apparatus and method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel An apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes a vessel for containing a spacer material, an ink-jet device for jetting the spacer material across a space onto a substrate; and a heater for heating the ink-jet device. A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes the steps of aligning an ink-jet device filled with a spacer material relative to a substrate of a liquid crystal display device, jetting the spacer material from the ink-jet device across a space onto the substrate and heating the spacer material before the spacer material is jetted from the ink-jet device.
US07727573B2	Aerated frozen products An aerated frozen confection having reduced ice crystal growth after heat shock, and being prepared from a mixture of ingredients suitable for forming the confection and at least one emulsifier for reducing ice crystal growth after heat shock. Advantageously, the emulsifier facilitates formation and stabilization of fat alpha crystals, the confection having an overrun of about 20% to about 250%, uniformly distributed small air cells having an average size of less than about 50 microns, ice crystals having a size of 30 microns or less after heat shock, and a smooth texture.
US07727569B2	Method of dry fractionation of fat or oil It is intended to provide a procedure for, in the fractionation of vegetable butter, transesterified fat or oil, isomerized hydrogenated fat or oil, etc. without the use of solvents, obtaining high-concentration component G2U (defined below) by concentrating operation through reduction of the amount of liquid component residue in crystal portion. There is provided a method of dry fractionation of fat or oil characterized in that fat or oil (A) containing components G2U and GU2 is fractionated through crystallization/solid-liquid separation into crystal fraction of concentrated G2U (AF) and liquid fraction of concentrated GU2 (AL), subsequently this crystal fraction (AF) is mixed with liquid G2U-containing fat or oil (B) whose GU2 concentration is lower than that of the liquid fraction (AL) and thereafter the mixture is separated into crystal fraction (BF) and liquid fraction (BL). Provided that G represents a saturated or trans acid form fatty acid residue; U a cis form unsaturated fatty acid residue; and G2U a triglyceride of G2-residue and U1-residue bonded together.
US07727567B2	Method of establishing the integrity of a product located in a container To establish the integrity of a product located in a container a given feature of the product in the container is determined by means of a first measurement method in which a first physical property of the product is ascertained, the given feature is additionally ascertained at least directly or by means of a second measurement method which is based on a second physical property which is different from the first physical property, and the values obtained by means of the two measurement methods of the given feature are compared. If the product is a drink in a bottle and if the given feature is the fill level, the first measurement method can consist of the fill level being measured by means of absorption of an X-ray beam, and the second measurement method can consist of the change effected by the bottle in the resonant frequency of a high-frequency oscillating circuit being measured.
US07727565B2	Liquid-filled chewing gum composition Some embodiments provide a chewing or bubble gum composition which includes a liquid fill composition and a gum region which includes a gum base surrounding the liquid fill which may include a modified release component, wherein the gum region includes a polyol composition including at least one polyol and having a water solubility of less than 72% by weight at 25° C. The composition may also include a coating region which surrounds the gum region.
US07727562B2	Liquid compositions containing solubilized benzoyl peroxide Liquid medicaments incorporate about 1.0-3.0% active benzoyl peroxide (BP) by weight in substantially fully solubilized form, while being substantially free of acetone and other harsh, dermatologically undesirable solvents. The novel compositions are produced by (a) creating an emulsion or slurry of BP in an emollient, topically acceptable ester, and (b) dissolving the emulsion or slurry in absolute alcohol. The medicaments may be used in the treatment of BP-responsive skin conditions in mammals, e.g., acne vulgaris or rosacea. The novel medicaments may be dispensed directly to the affected skin area through the use of an applicator device comprising a fluid reservoir associated with a foam applicator tip, or via a spray dispenser, atomizer or pump spray.
US07727558B2	Polymeric delivery agents and delivery agent compounds Polymeric delivery agents, delivery agent compounds and compositions comprising them which are useful in the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
US07727554B2	Sustained-release nanoparticle compositions and methods for using the same The present invention is a composition composed of a therapeutic agent encapsulated in a copolymer of an N-alkylacrylamide, a vinyl monomer, and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) conjugate and a method for using the same in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition.
US07727550B2	Biologically active native biomatrix composition The present disclosure relates to a biologically active biomatrix composition. In one embodiment, the biomatrix composition is derived from human amnions. The biomatrix is termed HuBiogel™. The composition of HuBiogel™ closely mimics naturally occurring basement membrane compositions and is capable of supporting a wide variety of cell types in vitro and in vivo. The HuBiogel™ biomatrix disclosed comprises, in one embodiment, laminin, collagen I, and collagen IV, and may further comprise any combination of the following: entactin, tenascin, fibronectin and proteoglycans. The biomatrix composition is essentially free of endogenous growth factors and proteolytic enzymes. Also described are two- and three-dimensional culture systems and physiological/pathological model systems utilizing the HuBiogel™ compositions. The HuBiogel™ compositions may be modified to contain desired growth stimulants, such as growth factors, polypeptides and organic mall molecules, and may also contain growth inhibitory agents and/or therapeutic agents.
US07727548B2	Rapidly disintegrable tablet containing polyvinyl alcohol The present invention provides a quickly disintegrating tablet which has quick disintegrability and solubility in an oral cavity, and does not have uncomfortable tastes such as bitterness, has a small variation of a tablet physical property even in storage under a humidifying condition, and has substantially no change in a medicine content in the tablet and tablet appearance and which is superior in stability; and a manufacturing method of the tablet. That is, it provides: a quickly disintegrating tablet which is prepared by blending a medicine with a saccharide and polyvinyl alcohol, which has small variations of tablet weight, tablet hardness, tablet diameter and tablet thickness, and which is superior in medicine stability in the tablet; and a manufacturing method of the tablet.
US07727532B2	Human antibodies against rabies and uses thereof Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein.
US07727530B2	Anti-cancer composition comprising proline or its derivatives and an anti-tumour antibody The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising of proline or proline derivatives or their salts, esters, isomers, racemates, enantiomeres or prodrugs together with an anti-cancer ligand, preferably an antibody directed to a tumour antigen. The invention is also directed to the use of proline or proline derivatives or their salts, esters, isomers or prodrugs for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer and to a method of cancer treatment by administering said composition.
US07727521B2	Method of ameliorating multi-organ failure resulting from ischemic reperfusion injury This invention relates to a method for prevention or treatment of ischemia reperfusion injury or multi-organ failure in an individual by administering to said individual an effective amount of an interferon beta.
US07727512B2	Chelating agents with lipophilic carriers Compounds useful for associating with nanoparticle or microparticle emulsions to obtain magnetic resonance images permit control of the relaxivity of the signal and readily associate with the particulate components.
US07727503B2	Method for purifying silicon The present invention provides for methods of purifying silicon, methods for obtaining purified silicon, as well as methods for obtaining purified silicon crystals, purified granulized silicon and/or purified silicon ingots.
US07727490B2	Aromatic production apparatus One exemplary embodiment can include an aromatic production apparatus. The aromatic production apparatus can include a first fractionation zone, a second fractionation zone, and a third fractionation zone. Generally, the first fractionation zone can provide a stream rich in an aromatic C8− and a stream rich in an aromatic C9, the second fractionation zone can separate at least one of benzene and optionally toluene from a transalkylation zone effluent and provide a feed to the first fractionation zone, and the third fractionation zone can receive the stream rich in the aromatic C8− from the first fractionation zone. An effluent from the third fractionation zone can be directly comprised in a para-xylene-separation zone feed to a para-xylene-separation zone.
US07727485B2	Apparatus for producing nitrate granules An apparatus for producing nitrate granules including a first fluidized bed which is supplied with air that has been conditioned to a relative humidity of less than 30% at 40° C. and heated to a temperature of 40° C. to 100° C. One or more spray nozzles are provided for spraying a nitrate melt into the first fluidized bed to form nitrate granules. The apparatus also includes a second fluidized bed which is in direct communication with the first fluidized bed. Nitrate granules formed in the first fluidized bed flow directly to the second fluidized bed where they are cooled to a temperature of less than 60° C. The nitrate granules produced by the apparatus and process of the invention are spherical in shape, hard and dry and do not break down easily during handling.
US07727483B2	Reactor for chlorosilane compound In a reaction apparatus of the chlorosilanes for heating a reaction portion that is a section from the bottom end portion to a specified height in the carbon reaction vessel and that has an inside face to which silicon has deposited, and for reacting the chlorosilanes by making the chlorosilanes and hydrogen to come into contact with the inside face of the reaction portion, a gas penetration preventing processing for preventing the chlorosilanes supplied to the reaction vessel from penetrating a pipe wall of the non reaction portion in the reaction vessel is carried out to the inside face and/or the outside face of the non reaction portion on the side upper than the reaction portion in the reaction vessel.
US07727474B2	Closure for a reagent container The invention relates to a closure for a reagent container (7) with a screw-cap or lid (6), comprising a conical insert (4), reaching in the direction of the contents. The conical insert (4) is cut at least once, such that said insert may be bent apart in the lower region thereof and further comprises, for example, an annular step (3) in the middle region thereof. In the rest state the cone completely seals the reagent container. For the removal of liquid, a pipette with a release sleeve (2), in other words, a broadening (2) at a particular separation from the needle end (1), is introduced. The release sleeve contacts the step of the conical insert (3) and produces a separation of the divided walls of the cone. The pipette needle enters the container without making contact with the cone, in other words with the closure. As the pipette needle, complete with release sleeve (2), is withdrawn, the walls of the cone close back together, as the release sleeve (2) is no longer pressing on the step (3).
US07727469B2	Automatic analyzer In an automatic analyzer, when a sample is newly added, all sample barcodes on a sample disk are read. Immediately before dispensing it, second time reading is performed, and the result thereof is checked against that of the first time reading. A sample hand-contact preventing plate is provided above the reading position and dispensing position in order to prevent the sample from being exchanged after the second time reading. This hand-contact preventing plate has a damage-preventing configuration to protect a hand and fingers of an operator against a sampling probe.
US07727468B2	System for evaluating the pH and buffering capacity of moisture containing cleansing articles A system comprising a moisture containing cleansing article and a visual pH indicator changing color at a pH above 4.0. The system can comprise a buffer, having preferably a pKa above 5.5. The system can comprise a set of instructions for evaluating moisture containing cleansing articles. The pH buffer of the system can have a pKa value equal to or greater than the pH of the color change of the visual pH indicator. The pH of color change of the visual pH indicator can be equal to or greater than the pH of the lotion. The system can be used to evaluate the pH of moisture containing cleansing article lotions and to quantify the ability to neutralize alkalinity such as the alkalinity provided by residues of feces and urine over time on the skin of a baby.
US07727465B2	System and method for producing massive amounts of elemental iodine A system and method for extracting active elemental iodine from the contact of water with stored crystal iodine and for introducing the extracted elemental iodine into a water supply line and/or otherwise making the extracted elemental iodine available for an intended use. The system operates by allowing a portion of the water entering from a water supply line to be redirected to a first housing where it makes contact with stored crystal iodine causing to extract active elemental iodine. The iodinized water leaves the first housing and enters a second housing where it makes contact additional stored crystal iodine to help stabilize the elemental iodine concentration. The system can be designed to provide the elemental iodine in more than one potency concentration through the use of a metering valve and different travel routes for the elemental iodine out of the second housing.
US07727457B2	Lacrosse head and method of forming same A lacrosse head with improved weight and handling characteristics includes a frame element having a base portion, a scoop portion, and a pair of opposing sidewall portions extending between the base portion and the scoop portion. The frame element includes one or more cavities integrally formed within one or more of the sidewall portions, the base portion, and the scoop portion. In addition, the lacrosse head includes a no-skid surface integrated with a portion of the frame element. This surface is intended to create friction between the no-skid surface and a lacrosse ball, as well as to absorb kinetic energy of the lacrosse ball preventing the ball from inadvertently bouncing out of the lacrosse head or rattling therein.
US07727450B1	Method of using shape memory polymers A method includes providing a shape memory polymer in a permanent shape, where the permanent shape is at least part of a predetermined part shape, converting the shape memory polymer from the permanent shape into a temporary shape, where the temporary shape is more open than the permanent shape. The method further includes spraying a material onto at least one surface of the shape memory polymer in its temporary shape and reverting the shape memory polymer, having the material on the at least one surface, back to the permanent shape.
US07727444B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing nonwoven fabric An apparatus includes a spinning nozzle, a fiber drawing device and a water spray device. The spinning nozzle has spinnerets and a spinning solution is filled therein. The spinning solution includes a solvent and a fiber material. The solvent includes N-Methylmorpholine N-Oxide, and the fiber material includes cellulose. The fiber drawing device is disposed under the spinning nozzle and has a gas flow generating device therein for generating a gas flow which is ejected from the top of the fiber drawing device and toward the bottom thereof. The fiber drawing device also has a slit on the top thereof, and the spinning solution from the spinning nozzle would enter the fiber drawing device through the slit. The water spray device is disposed at the slit of the fiber drawing device, and the spinning solution would pass through the water spray device before entering the fiber drawing device.
US07727443B2	Process using cold-water soluble extruded starch Disclosed is a cold-water soluble starch and a process for preparing same. Generally, the process comprises providing a hydroxyalkyl starch and applying a shearing force to the starch in an extruder in the presence of moisture, the force and the moisture each being sufficient to gelatinize at least substantially all of the granules of the starch to thereby form a sheared starch. The starch is heated to its gelatinization temperature after the starch has passed partially through the barrel of the extruder, with the moisture being maintained at a level sufficiently high to allow gelatinization but sufficiency low to protect the starch from becoming too sticky to extrude. The extruded starch product thus formed may be used in connection with a number of film-forming, coating, and other applications.
US07727440B2	Methods of making fastener products A method of forming a fastener is provided, including (a) forming, from a thermoformable material, a preform product having a sheet-form base and an array of preform stems integrally molded with and extending from the base to corresponding terminal ends; (b) heating the terminal ends of the stems to a predetermined softening temperature, while maintaining the sheet-form base and a lower portion of each stem at a temperature lower than the softening temperature; and (c) contacting the terminal ends with a contact surface that is at a predetermined forming temperature, lower than the softening temperature, to deform the terminal ends to form heads therefrom that overhang the sheet-form base. Fasteners and other methods of forming them are also provided.
US07727437B2	Golf ball manufacturing method The invention provides a method of manufacturing golf balls composed of a core and one or more cover layer which encloses the core, at least one cover layer being a thin layer having a thickness of 1.0 mm or less. The thin layer is formed to a desired thickness on a surface of a core or spherical body by holding within a mold cavity the core or a spherical body composed of the core enclosed by a cover layer and injecting a synthetic resin material into a space defined by a surface of the core or spherical body and an inner face of the mold cavity so as to form a cover layer on the surface of the core or spherical body, then grinding the resulting cover layer to a thickness of at least 0.1 mm with a specific type of grinder. Golf balls obtained in this way can be provided with a good sphericity even when the cover is formed to a very small thickness.
US07727433B2	Hearing protective device and method of making the same A hearing device including a foam, a foam insertable portion, a component, and a foam handle portion, and a method of forming the same. The component is nestable with and bondable with the foam such that the component is at least partially within the foam insertable portion and the foam handle portion. The hearing protective device includes earplugs attached to a flexible cord, under-the-chin element, or headband. A method of making a hearing protective device including disposing a component into a mold, introducing a foam or foamable mixture into the mold, causing the foam to rise such that the component is nested within and bonded with the foam.
US07727426B2	Epoxy resin composition Disclosed is an epoxy resin composition which is solid at ordinary room temperature, cures with excellent light resistance and heat resistance and minimal shrinkage, and is useful for encapsulating LEDs. The epoxy resin composition is characterized by comprising as an essential component an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 300-1000 g/eq and a softening point of 65-110° C. obtained by reacting a nonaromatic polycarboxylic acid (A) having an acid value of 100-250 mgKOH/g with a nonaromatic epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 100-400 g/eq. The nonaromatic polycarboxylic acid (A) may be obtained by reacting 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)propane, or 3,9-bis(1,1-dimethyl-2-hydroxyethyl)-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5,5]undecane with methylhexahydrophthalic acid or hexahydrophthalic acid.
US07727423B2	Anisotropic conductive film composition and film including the same An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) composition includes a thermoplastic resin having a weight average molecular weight of about 150,000 to about 600,000, a thermosetting curing agent having a weight average molecular weight of about 100 to about 10,000, the thermosetting curing agent including an acrylate functional group or a methacrylate functional group, an organic peroxide, a silane coupling agent, and conductive particles.
US07727413B2	Dual plasma source process using a variable frequency capacitively coupled source to control plasma ion density A method of processing a workpiece in the chamber of a plasma reactor includes introducing a process gas into the chamber, simultaneously (a) capacitively coupling VHF plasma source power into a process region of the chamber that overlies the wafer, and (b) inductively coupling RF plasma source power into the process region, and controlling plasma ion density by controlling the effective frequency of the VHF source power. In a preferred embodiment, the step of coupling VHF source power is performed by coupling VHF source power from different generators having different VHF frequencies, and the step of controlling the effective frequency is performed by controlling the ratio of power coupled by the different generators.
US07727410B2	Process for formation of three-dimensional photonic crystal A process for forming a three-dimensional photonic crystal comprises the steps of providing a base material having a first face and a second face adjoining to each other at a first angle, forming a first mask on the first face, dry-etching the first face in a direction at a second angle to the first face to remove a portion of the base material not protected by the first mask, forming a second mask on the second face, and dry-etching the second face in a direction at a third angle to the second face to remove a portion of the base material not protected by the second mask.
US07727405B2	Method for demineralizing condensate The present invention provides methods and equipments for demineralizing condensate, aiming at achieving high-purity effluent quality with a low concentration of sulfate ions derived from organic impurities leaching from cation resins in the condensate treatment by condensate demineralizers in nuclear power plants.The present invention relates to a condensate demineralizer for demineralizing condensate in a nuclear power plant, comprising a mixed bed of a strongly acidic gel-type cation exchange resin and a uniform particle size strongly basic porous anion exchange resin.
US07727404B2	Method for removal of materials from a liquid stream A method for removal of dissolved materials and/or particles from a liquid stream comprising flocculation by vigorously mixing polysaccharides or hydrocolloids into the liquid stream and subsequent gelation of the polysaccharides or hydrocolloids with cations capable of gelling same. Large, strong gelled agglomerates of pollutant and polysaccharide or hydrocolloid are formed with the help of suitable cations. The gelled agglomerates are well suited to separation from a liquid stream by flotation, in a sieve, in a centrifuge, in a cyclone or via other conventional separation processes. Also described is a method for mixing of un-dissolved polysaccharide or hydrocolloid with a polluted aqueous stream by shearing the polysaccharide or hydrocolloid into the aqueous stream to improve logistics and provide economic savings in treatment of large volumes of water. Also described is the use of dilute solutions of polysaccharides for treatment of a variety of effluent streams. An application of the invention is provided for removal of hydrocarbons within the oil industry, but also for other kinds of oil-containing water and also water with organic or particulate pollution.
US07727399B2	Systems and methods of microfluidic membraneless exchange using filtration of extraction outlet streams A device, system and method for exchanging components between first and second fluids by direct contact in a microfluidic channel. The fluids flow as thin layers in the channel. One of the fluids is passed through a filter upon exiting the channel and is recycled through a secondary processor which changes the fluid's properties. The recycled fluid is reused for further exchange. The filter excludes blood cells from the recycled fluid and prevents or limits clogging of the filter. The secondary processor removes metabolic waste and water by diafiltration.
US07727394B2	System and method of fluid filtration utilizing cross-flow currents A filter system and method of filtering a feed liquid utilizing a combined plurality of filter assemblies. Each filter assembly includes a filter housing, a filter cartridge and a spiral passageway for imparting secondary flow currents, particularly Dean-Flow currents, to fluid flowing within the spiral passageways to prevent particulate build-up on filter surfaces so as to extend filter life and duration between replacement. The filter system can be operated within positive or negative pressure filtration processes. A dual-stage filtration process utilizing a cap filter and a cylindrical depth filter is also disclosed.
US07727393B2	Submerged hollow fiber membrane module Disclosed is a submerged hollow fiber membrane module which is easy to expand, has a small installation area, and exhibits excellent contamination prevention and durability. The submerged hollow fiber membrane module comprises: (I) a module body divided into two portions which has a permeated water collection space (5) and a permeated water outlet (3); (II) module support tubes (17) which are vertically connected to the upper and lower ends of the module body; (III) a plate type module header insertion layer which is provided with hollow fiber membrane spaces (10), and is inserted into the module body; (IV) a plate type diffusion layer which is provided with a diffusion port (4) and diffusion tubes (11) and is inserted into the module body subsequent to the module header insertion layer; and (V) module headers which are inserted into the module header insertion layer.
US07727383B2	Process for producing petroleum oils with ultra-low nitrogen content A highly effective liquid-liquid extraction process to remove nitrogen compounds and especially basic nitrogen compounds from aromatic light petroleum oils with excellent recovery employs de-ionized water, which can be acidified, as the extractive solvent. The product is an aromatic hydrocarbon with ultra-low amounts of nitrogen poisons that can deactivate acidic catalysts. The extracted oils are suitable feedstock for the subsequent catalytic processes that are promoted with the high performance solid catalysts, which are extremely sensitive to nitrogen poison.
US07727382B2	Production and removal of free-flowing coke from delayed coker drum A method for producing and removing coke which has bulk morphology such that at least about 30 volume percent is free-flowing under the force of gravity or hydrostatic forces from a delayed coker drum. At the completion of the fill cycle, the coker drum, filled with hot coke, is cooled by steaming and then flooding it with water, thereby producing a coke/water mixture. The coke/water mixture is released from the coke drum through one or more drum closure/discharge throttling systems near the bottom of the coker drum.
US07727373B2	Hydrogen absorption rod An apparatus and a method for producing, capturing and storing hydrogen in a hydrogen absorption rod. The hydrogen absorption rod comprises a zeolite core material surrounding a conductive rod, wherein the zeolite core material is suitable for releasing captured hydrogen to a hydrogen fuel cell. More specifically, the apparatus and method utilize solar-generated electric current to separate hydrogen from water, whereupon the released hydrogen is captured in the hydrogen absorption rod. The hydrogen absorption rod is configured to allow for ease and safety of transportation, storage, and use of hydrogen gas in hydrogen fuel cells.
US07727355B2	Methods for producing recycled pulp and methods for modifying pulp fiber surfaces using liquid jet cavitation The present invention aims to produce high-quality recycled pulp with little damage to fibers, high brightness and low residual ink by means of a force selectively acting on fiber surfaces during the process of recycling waste paper. Moreover, fiber surfaces are modified by means of a force acting on only the fiber surfaces to obtain high-quality pulp and to render harmless dirts deteriorating pulp quality.A method for producing recycled pulp characterized in that cavitation is generated and used to strip contaminants deposited on fibers and ash during the process of recycling waste paper. Contaminants such as ink deposited on fibers and ash are stripped/fragmented by means of the impact force induced by collapse of fine bubbles by actively introducing bubbles generated by cavitation into a pulp suspension. A jet system having one or more nozzles for jetting an aqueous slurry containing a material comprising cellulose into a vessel.
US07727350B2	Apparatus and method for making articles having filamentary material Articles (12) made by winding of filamentary material (11), such as yarn and thread, are especially suitable for providing brushes and pile weatherstripping. In order to enable the yarn (11) to be unwound and payed out of spools (24) disposed in a stationary or static array, the yarn is fed from the spools (24) through a rotating spindle (30). A frame (14) located at the beginning of the path and may be provided by laterally spaced pairs of wire (52) which travel around posts (36) provided by rollers on a stationary bracket (38). In order to support the bracket (38) and the frame (14), a shaft (28) reciprocates a pair of support rods (100, 102) in synchronism with the rotation of the spindle (30). Bindings (60, 62) are applied to the ends of the loops (54) as they leave the winding station (14). Slitters (20) divide the loops (54).
US07727342B2	Low carbon microalloyed steel A low carbon microalloyed steel, comprising in weight % about: 0.05-0.30 C; 0.5-1.5 Mn; 0.04 max S; 0.025 max P; 1.0 max Si; 0.5-2.0 Ni; 0.05-0.30 V; 0-2.0 Cu; up to 0.0250 N; up to 0.2 Cb; up to 0.3 Cr; up to about 0.15 Mo; up to about 0.05 Al; balance Fe and minor additions and impurities. The steel has a carbon equivalent value, C.E., ranging between 0.3-0.65, calculated by the formula: C.E.=C+Mn+Si+Cu+Ni+Cr+Mo+V+Cb 6 15 5.
US07727340B2	Inclusion of nitrogen at the silicon dioxide-silicon carbide interface for passivation of interface defects In one aspect the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device. A layer of silicon dioxide is formed on a silicon carbide substrate and nitrogen is incorporated at the silicon dioxide/silicon carbide interface. In one embodiment, nitrogen is incorporated by annealing the semiconductor device in nitric oxide or nitrous oxide. In another embodiment, nitrogen is incorporated by annealing the semiconductor device in ammonia.
US07727336B2	Glass washing machine with broken glass removal system A glass sheet washing machine with a broken glass removal system includes a support, a liquid container or reservoir, a pump, a liquid applicator, and a liquid permeable member. The support supports a glass sheet being washed. The liquid reservoir is positioned below the support. The pump is coupled to the liquid reservoir. The liquid applicator is coupled to the pump. The liquid applicator applies the liquid from the liquid reservoir to wash the glass sheet. Excess liquid falls into the reservoir. The liquid permeable member is positioned between the support and the liquid reservoir to catch pieces of glass to inhibit the pieces of broken glass from falling into the liquid reservoir and is moved to remove the pieces from the glass washing machine.
US07727335B2	Device and method for the evaporative deposition of a coating material According to a first aspect, the present invention relates to a device for depositing a high temperature superconductor onto a substrate in vacuum comprising a refilling device for containing a stock of high temperature superconductor material, an evaporation device, that evaporates the high temperature superconductor material within an evaporation zone by means of an energy transferring medium, and a conveyor that transports the high temperature superconductor material continuously from the refilling device to the evaporation zone in such a way that the high temperature superconductor material delivered into the evaporation zone is evaporated essentially without residues. According to a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method to evaporate a high temperature superconductor coating onto a substrate in vacuum, comprising the steps of continuous delivery of granular high temperature superconductor material into an evaporation zone and the operation of a beam of an energy transferring medium, so that the delivered granulate is evaporated in the evaporation zone essentially without residues.
US07727327B2	Low embodied energy concrete mixture A method for making a low embodied energy cementitious mixture by blending a variety of post-consumer wastes, post-industrial wastes, as well as renewable, organic and recyclable materials with Portland cement or a material having similar cementitious properties. The primary materials are recycled concrete, coal-fired fly ash waste, silica fume, post-industrial waste, organic or inorganic waste fibers. Glass, brick, ceramics, ground tires and other waste products can also be included.
US07727323B2	Pigment spacing An improved pigment spacing composition and method of manufacture. A coating composition wherein the pigment particles are spaced more uniformly resulting in improved coating properties. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a composition having nanoparticles interacting with pigmentary titanium dioxide to provide for more uniform spacing of the titanium dioxide.
US07727322B2	Precursor solution, method for manufacturing precursor solution, PZTN compound oxide, method for manufacturing PZTN compound oxide, piezoelectric element, ink jet printer, ferroelectric capacitor, and ferroelectric memory A method for manufacturing a precursor solution for forming a PZTN compound oxide with Pb, Zr, Ti and Nb as constituent elements by a sol-gel method includes: a step of dissolving at least lead carboxylate with an organic solvent having an alkoxy group, to thereby form a first solution; a step of heat treating the first solution to remove crystallization water of the lead carboxylate and to form lead alkoxide by a ligand replacement reaction between the lead carboxylate and the organic solvent having the alkoxy group, to thereby form a second solution including the lead alkoxide; a step of mixing an alkoxide of a metal selected from at least one of Zr, Ti and Nb excluding Pb with the second solution, to thereby form a third solution including metal alkoxides of Pb, Zr, Ti and Nb, respectively; and a step of adding water to the third solution to cause hydrolysis-condensation of the metal alkoxides, to thereby form a fourth solution including a precursor of PZTN compound oxide.
US07727314B1	Methods for improved preconcentrators The present invention relates generally to chemical analysis (e.g. by gas chromatography), and in particular to a compact chemical preconcentrator formed on a substrate with a heatable sorptive membrane that can be used to accumulate and concentrate one or more chemical species of interest over time and then rapidly release the concentrated chemical species upon demand for chemical analysis.
US07727311B2	Installation and method for mixing and distributing a liquid phase and a gaseous phase Installation for gas treatment by a liquid phase comprising a) a column (C) that comprises means (1) for introducing gas at one end of said column, means (9) for drawing off gas from the other end of column (C) and, from upstream to downstream in the direction of circulation of the liquid phase: a first internal (2) that comprises means for distribution of a liquid phase, a first bed (6) that comprises a packing or catalytic particles, a second internal (3) that comprises means for separating liquid/gas mixture (19, 20) that is obtained from first bed (6), first means (32, 4) for collecting and evacuating the separated liquid phase, means (100) for passing through internal (3) of the treated gas, and distribution means (31, 101) of a liquid phase with said gas, a second bed (8), second means (10) for collecting and evacuating the liquid phase at the lower outlet of column (C), b) Means for recycling the collected liquid phase.
US07727307B2	Method for removing mercury from flue gas after combustion A method of removing mercury from flue gases from combustion plants, such as for example power plants or waste incineration plants, is achieved in which mercury-containing flue gases are brought into contact with an adsorption reagent either directly or indirectly by being contained in an absorption reagent, whereby mercury is substantially adsorbed by the adsorption reagent during this contact. After adsorption has occurred the adsorption reagent is separated from the flue gases and subsequently from the absorption reagent and added to an aqueous solution containing an oxidizing agent, whereby the adsorbed mercury dissolves as Hg2+. The Hg2+-containing solution is subsequently separated from the adsorption agent and the Hg2+ then is removed from the solution. This method enables the mercury to be removed from flue gas in a simple and economical manner.
US07727297B2	Reduced fiber disk/shroud filter for removing contaminants from an enclosure The invention relates to a device for filtering contaminants, such as particulates and vapor phase contaminants, from a confined environment such as electronic or optical devices susceptible to contamination (e.g. computer disk drives) by providing an improved reduced fiber filter.
US07727290B2	Flexible thin printed battery and device and method of manufacturing same A flat, flexible electrochemical cell is provided. The within invention describes various aspects of the flat, flexible electrochemical cell. A printed anode is provided that obviates the need for a discrete anode current collector, thereby reducing the size of the battery. An advantageous electrolyte is provided that enables the use of a metallic cathode current collector, thereby improving the performance of the battery. Printable gelled electrolytes and separators are provided, enabling the construction of both co-facial and co-planar batteries. Cell contacts are provided that reduce the potential for electrolyte creepage in the flat, flexible electrochemical cells of the within invention.
US07727277B2	Intraocular implants An artificial vision system including a sealed capsule adapted for intraocular placement upstream of a retina, an electronic display located within the sealed capsule and focusing optics located within the sealed capsule and arranged for focusing an image on the electronic display onto the retina.
US07727271B2	Implantable prosthesis having reinforced attachment sites The present invention provides an implantable graft that includes an elongate graft tube having opposing ends defining an attachment site for attaching the graft to a stent. The graft further includes a reinforcement member attached adjacent to at least one of the ends of the graft for establishing a reinforced attachment site for the graft, thereby preventing elongation of a suture hole in the material. Furthermore, the present invention provides a graft wherein at least one end of the graft is folded over itself and glued or sutured to itself and/or the stent, thereby forming a reinforcement thereto.
US07727270B2	Expandable and retrievable stent An expandable and retrievable stent is disclosed herein. The stent includes an inner strut, a first traveling anchor movably attached to the inner strut and a second anchor secured to the inner strut. The stent further includes frame connected to the first traveling anchor and the second anchor wherein the frame has at least a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. The stent may also include a generally cylindrical sleeve.
US07727256B2	Grasper assembly The surgical instrument includes a shaft having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion; an operative device is disposed on the distal end portion. A hand mechanism has a first handle and a second handle and is disposed on the proximal end portion. Movement of the second handle relative to the first handle actuates the operative device. A ratchet, attached to the second handle, locks the operative device and moves with the second handle. The ratchet is pivotally attached to the second handle and pivots between a locked position and an unlocked position. A biasing device biases the ratchet toward the locked position and a release mechanism for moves the ratchet from the locked position. At least one of the release mechanism and the ratchet has a feature permitting relative movement between the release mechanism and the ratchet.
US07727254B2	Method of removing heart valve stenosis The invention relates to a device and a method for the removal of a heart valve stenosis, in which a filter catheter is arranged in a vessel section located downstream of the heart valve, and a valvuplasty catheter is arranged in the area of the heart valve. The filter catheter has in one embodiment of the invention at its distal end a radial filter which is unfolded radially until it fits up against the vessel wall. The catheter lumen is closed in such a way that blood must flow through the filter. After the filter has been unfolded, the valvuplasty catheter is inflated in the area of the heart valve to remove the heart valve stenosis, while debris and plaque which are released are collected in the filter. In an alternative membrane, the filter catheter may be sealed relative to the vessel wall by means of a sealing element, while an external filter is connected to the filter catheter to filter debris and plaque from the blood.
US07727252B2	Nasal cavity dilator A method of improving air flow through a nasal cavity includes providing an adjustable nasal cavity dilation device with a first deformable body having a shape corresponding to the nasal cavity so as to enable insertion of the device within the nasal cavity. The body includes top and bottom frame ends interconnected by a flexible wall structure that undergoes lateral deformation in response to movement of one frame end toward and away from the other, and a releasable holding member with complementary mating components that engage with the top and bottom frame ends and are adapted to adjustably maintain the top and bottom frame ends at a desired distance in a holding condition.
US07727241B2	Device for delivering an implant through an annular defect in an intervertebral disc The present invention relates generally to devices and methods for delivering medical devices, such as implants, to desired tissue sites, such as the intervertebral disc. In one aspect, an intervertebral disc repair and diagnostic device that is minimally invasive and that provides precise access to the desired site is provided. In some aspects, the device and method are adapted to deliver, position and expand implants that are initially oriented and compressed for minimally invasive, yet precise and effective implantation.
US07727238B2	Determination device for size of cutting block using connection device Disclosed is a determination device for the size of a cutting block. The determination device includes the connection device mounted to a tibia to be placed at a top surface thereof along an upper line of a predetermined flexion gap; a body including a slide groove on a central portion of a front surface thereof, a bent part on an upper portion thereof to be placed at a precut anterior cortex of a femur, and a plurality of graduations provided on the body to determine the size of the cutting block; a slider to be slidably engaged with the slide groove of the body and including an indicating line on an upper portion thereof, and a guide to be assembled with the slider and come into surface contact with the top surface of the connection device at a lower portion thereof. The conventional devices are problematic in terms of being incapable of determining a cutting block suitable for the damaged state of a knee joint of a patient because the size of the cutting block is determined by measuring only the height of the femur with no consideration of a flexion gap. The problem encountered in the prior art can be overcome by using the determination device for the size of the cutting block according to the present invention.
US07727235B2	Medical fixation devices with improved torsional drive head The present invention provides a fixation device that includes an elongate shank defining a longitudinal axis and having at least one engaging member for applying the fixation device within tissue and securing the fixation device in the tissue once implanted formed thereon, and a drive head having a proximal end, a distal end and a radial cross-sectional geometry, where the drive head is mated to the elongate shank, and includes at least one anti-rotational member integral therewith. Fixation device kits utilizing the fixation device, and methods of fixation in tissue are also provided.
US07727230B2	Atrial ablation catheter and method for treating atrial fibrillation A catheter for ablating tissue is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated generally-tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending therethrough. A non-retractable ablation assembly is attached to the distal end of the catheter body. The ablation assembly comprises proximal and distal non-conductive tubings, each having a lumen extending therethrough and a generally tubular electrode mounted between the proximal and distal non-conductive tubings. The tubular electrode is formed of a material having shape-memory and has at least one irrigation port through which fluid can pass from the inside to the outside of the electrode. The ablation assembly further comprises a non-conductive protective tubing extending generally parallel to and along the outside of the tubular electrode. The protective tubing has proximal and distal ends extending into the proximal and distal non-conductive tubings, respectively. The catheter further comprises at least one of an electrode lead wire and a temperature sensor wire, and preferably both, extending through the non-conductive protective tubing and catheter body, the electrode lead wire having a distal end mounted to a ring electrode mounted on the distal non-conductive tubing, and the temperature sensor wire having a distal end mounted on or under the distal non-conductive tubing. The catheter also comprises an infusion tube extending through the catheter body and having a distal end in fluid communication with the proximal end of the tubular electrode.
US07727221B2	Method and device for electrochemical formation of therapeutic species in vivo A device and method are provided for spontaneous electrochemical production of therapeutic species, in vivo. An active metal is implanted in the tissue. The metal undergoes corrosion, thus acting as a reducing agent to constituents in the tissue, so as to cause these constituents to form the therapeutic agents.

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