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US07773853B2	Recording method, recording device, and recording medium A recording method of recording a file and management information for the file into a user area of a recording medium. In the case where recording start of moving picture is instructed, an operation mode at the last recording time is judged with reference to information within a memory. In the case where the operation mode at the time of last recording time is still picture mode, intermediate management information for performing management of extended file by still picture file is recorded to start recording operation in moving picture mode for recording VTS subsequently to intermediate management information. In the case where operation mode at the last recording time is moving picture mode, recording of moving picture is continued as VTS previously recorded.
US07773837B2	Monolithic transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TXPIC) with a transversely disposed output A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip comprising an array of modulated sources, each providing a modulated signal output at a channel wavelength different from the channel wavelength of other modulated sources and a wavelength selective combiner having an input optically coupled to received all the signal outputs from the modulated sources and provide a combined output signal on an output waveguide from the chip. The modulated sources, combiner and output waveguide are all integrated on the same chip.
US07773833B2	Optical modulation device Light having components of frequencies f0, f+1 and f−1 outputted from an optical modulator (10) is monitored, a second light detection means (14b) measures the power P2 of all the components, and a first light detection means (14a) measures the power P1 with frequency f0 component cut out by a filter means (13). Based on these light receiving powers (P1) and (P2), phase differences imparted by the respective DC electrodes of Mach-Zehnder optical waveguides (MZ-A, MZ-B, MZ-C) of the optical modulator (10) are controlled. The control is performed to minimize the light receiving power (P1) and to maximize the light receiving power (P2).
US07773832B2	Image outputting apparatus, image outputting method and program There is provided an image outputting apparatus for generating an album by selecting adequate images for an appreciator out of a plurality of images. The image outputting apparatus has an final image storing section for storing a plurality of final images, an image-capturing-time storing section for storing image capturing time when each of the plurality of final images stored in the final image storing section was captured, an output time getting section for getting output time when the plurality of final images stored in the final image storing section is required to be outputted, a time range setting section for setting a wider time range when a difference between the output time obtained by the output time getting section and the image capturing time of the final image stored in the final image storing section is longer, an image selecting section for selecting a plurality of final images captured within a preset time range among the plurality of final images stored in the final image storing section and an image output controlling section for outputting the plurality of final images selected by the image selecting section at different positions within one and same output area.
US07773825B2	Image stabilization apparatus, method thereof, and program product thereof An image stabilization apparatus of the present invention includes a detection unit which detects an amount of an image blur between a plurality of image data, an evaluation unit which selects at least one image data to use in correcting image blur from the plurality of image data according to a result of the detection of the amount of image blur, and a correction unit which generates image data with its image blur corrected using the image data selected by the evaluation unit.
US07773812B2	Method and system for performing searches and returning results based on weighted criteria A method and system are provided for comparing a focal product with several comparison products. First, selecting a focal product and several attributes relating to the focal product and the comparison products, standardizing and weighting the attributes, and determining for each weighted attribute an attribute score. Next, based on the attribute score, calculating a total score for each comparison product, and based on the total score, presenting to a user or purchaser the comparison products most relevant to the user's criteria.
US07773801B2	Learning-type classifying apparatus and learning-type classifying method A learning-type classifying apparatus comprises defective region extracting unit for extracting defective regions of classification targets from an image in which the plurality of regions of the classification targets are present, characteristic value calculating unit for calculating characteristic values for the extracted regions of the classification targets, classifying unit for classifying the extracted regions of the classification targets into predetermined classes on the basis of the calculated characteristic values, region integrating unit for integrating the regions which belong to the same class as a result of the classification, display unit for displaying images of the integrated regions and the classification results, input unit for correcting errors in the classification results, and teacher data creating unit for creating teacher data for each of the regions so that the classification results of the integrated regions are reflected in each region included in the integrated regions.
US07773799B2	Method for automatic stereo measurement of a point of interest in a scene A method for performing automatic stereo measure of a selected point in a scene. A sensor image is initially obtained from a sensor providing an image of a scene. First and second reference images of the scene that are a stereo pair of images are also provided. The sensor image is registered with the first reference image and a point of interest is selected from one of the sensor or first reference images. A stereo point measurement using the selected point and the two reference images is performed to determine a point in the second reference image that represents a stereo mate of the selected point in the first reference image. An analysis of a three dimensional grid volume centered about the selected point in the first reference image is then performed. The analysis uses both reference images, the selected point and its stereo mate to determine the three dimensional coordinates of the point in the grid that best matches the location of the stereo mate point in the second reference image.
US07773798B2	Modeling system, and modeling method and program The present invention provides a modeling technique with improved modeling accuracy. A modeling system obtains a plurality of pieces of measurement data by measuring an object a plurality of times, and obtains a standard model as a standard three-dimensional model of the object. The modeling system deforms the standard model so as to optimize a predetermined evaluation function including an evaluation element on the plurality of pieces of measurement data, thereby generating a three-dimensional model of the object.
US07773797B2	Methods and apparatus for measuring the flapping deformation of insect wings The present invention relates to a high-performance computer vision system and method for measuring the wings deformation of insects with high flapping-frequency, large stroke-amplitude and excellent mobility during free-flight. A geometrical optic unit composed of a polyhedral reflector with four reflection-planes and four planar reflectors is used to image one high-speed CMOS camera to four virtual cameras, combined with double laser-sheet sources, multiple virtual stereo and structured-light sensors are available to observe the free-flight of insect at different viewpoints simultaneously. In addition, an optoelectronic guiding equipment is included to lead the free-flight of insect and trigger the camera to capture the image sequences of insect-flight automatically. The deformation of insect-wings can be reconstructed by the spatial coordinates of wing-edges and the distorted light-lines projected on the surface of wings.
US07773792B2	Method for segmentation of IVUS image sequences Method for performing segmentation of an interior vessel within the body of a patient, the method including obtaining a sequence of intravascular ultrasound images of an interior vessel and dividing the sequence into batches, detecting uninformative regions in each of the batches, the uninformative regions arising from an acoustic shadow cast by guide wire and by calcified plaque within the interior vessel, extracting a preliminary outer boundary of the interior vessel, tracking images in each of the batches to counter various distortions, performing statistical analysis and spatial integration on each of the batches to obtain a classification of blood and tissue regions, extracting a secondary outer boundary of the interior vessel utilizing the classification of blood and tissue regions and refining result, and extracting the inner boundary of the interior vessel based on the classification of blood and tissue regions.
US07773788B2	Method and system for evaluating quality assurance criteria in delivery of a treatment plan System and method of evaluating quality assurance criteria related to the delivery of a radiation therapy treatment plan. The method includes the acts of acquiring image data of a patient, generating a treatment plan for the patient based at least in part on the image data, the treatment plan including a calculated radiation dose to be delivered to the patient, acquiring an on-line image of the patient in substantially a treatment position, delivering at least a portion of the calculated radiation dose to the patient, monitoring quality assurance criteria related to the delivery of the treatment plan, calculating the radiation dose received by the patient, and determining whether delivery of the treatment plan occurred as intended based on the quality assurance criteria and the radiation dose received by the patient.
US07773787B2	Method and apparatus for detecting blood vessel boundaries using multi-scale mean-shift ray propagation Disclosed is a method and system for detecting a boundary of a vessel in an image. Edges in the image are detected. Edge detection is based on the change in intensity over some distance while varying the scale of the distance. A set of edges is then selected from the detected edges. An initial vessel boundary is determined based on the selected set, and a shape descriptor (e.g., one or more elliptical shape descriptors) is applied to the initial vessel boundary to determine a final vessel boundary.
US07773785B2	System and method for facilitating cardiac intervention One embodiment discloses a computerized method of facilitating cardiac intervention, comprising inputting patient data, creating a computerized interactive model of a heart based on the patient data, wherein the model comprises features, simulating at least one proposed cardiac intervention treatment by adding or deleting features to the model, and determining the effects of the proposed cardiac simulation upon the entire model. Simulations may be repeated to allow the user to determine an optimal cardiac intervention. Additionally, a template may be created from the model to use as a guide during the cardiac intervention.
US07773776B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading process apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus is provided with a halftone frequency determining section for determining a halftone frequency of an image data consisting of plural color components. The halftone frequency determining section is provided with a flat halftone discriminating section for extracting information of density distribution per segment block, and discriminating, based on the information of density distribution, whether or not the segment block is a flat halftone region in which density transition is low; a threshold value determining section for determining a threshold value by using an adjusting value that is predetermined in accordance with a reading property of the image reading apparatus with respect to respective color components, the threshold value being for use in extraction of the binary data of the pixel density; a maximum transition number averaging section for averaging the transition numbers of the binary data, the transition numbers being worked out by using the threshold value; and a halftone frequency estimating section for estimating the halftone frequency, based on the average. With this arrangement, it is possible to realize an image processing apparatus capable of performing highly accurate halftone frequency determination even for composite color halftone.
US07773774B2	Dynamic test pattern composition for image-analysis based automatic machine diagnostics The present invention is directed to a system and method for test target selection in conjunction with dynamic test pattern generation. In the invention, a test pattern page(s) is composed using an optimal set of test targets, which can be accommodated or adjusted to fit within size constraints of the test pattern. The method of the present invention makes use of layout optimization to ensure that related and optimized test targets are accommodated on a single test pattern. For example, it may be preferable to “squeeze in” a smaller-than-normal uniform area target, rather than not to print it at all during a test.
US07773766B2	Cord bush and control box for microphone The present invention provides a cord bush that makes it possible to reliably inhibit a liquid such as water from running along a cord, the length of which can be adjusted, into a control box through as well as a microphone control box including the cord bush. A first flock layer 33 formed by electrostatically transplanting short fibers is provided along a guide hole 23 in a cord bush 22. This inhibits a liquid from infiltrating into a control box 12 through the gap between an electric cord 15 and a cord bush 22.
US07773759B2	Dual microphone noise reduction for headset application Improved vocal signals are obtained in headsets and similar devices by including a microphone inside a chamber formed at least in part by the wearer's ear. This second microphone provides a reduced noise input signal. The reduced noise signal is corrected by input from another microphone, located outside the chamber. This correction can include echo cancellation, spectral shaping, frequency extension, and the like.
US07773758B2	Multichannel spectral mapping audio apparatus and method A method and circuit for deriving a set of multichannel audio signals from a conventional monaural or stereo audio signal uses an auxiliary multichannel spectral mapping data stream. Audio can be played back in stereo and multichannel formats from a conventional stereo signal on compact discs, FM radio, or other stereo or monaural delivery systems. The invention reduces the data rate needed for the transmission of multichannel digital audio.
US07773756B2	Multichannel spectral mapping audio encoding apparatus and method with dynamically varying mapping coefficients A method and circuit for deriving a set of multichannel audio signals from a conventional monaural or stereo audio signal uses an auxiliary multichannel spectral mapping data stream. Audio can be played back in stereo and multichannel formats from a conventional stereo signal on compact discs, FM radio, or other stereo or monaural delivery systems. The invention reduces the data rate needed for the transmission of multichannel digital audio.
US07773755B2	Reproduction apparatus and reproduction system A reproduction apparatus comprises an inverse characteristics converting section that converts the acoustic characteristics of an acoustic space into inverse characteristics thereof, a reproducing section that reproduces music data, an acoustic characteristics output section that outputs acoustic characteristics different from the acoustic characteristics of the acoustic space, an adjusting section that adjusts the music data reproduced by the reproduction section on the basis of the inverse acoustic characteristics of the acoustic space converted by the inverse characteristics conversion section and the acoustic characteristics output from the acoustic characteristics output section and an output section that outputs the music data adjusted by the adjustment section to the acoustic space.
US07773751B2	Apparatus and method for controlling the copy and play of a digital audio contents The object of the present invention is providing the apparatus and method for controlling playing and copying the digital audio contents by way of embedding the control code into and extracting the control code from the digital audio contents. To achieve the object of the invention, the present invention includes control code embedding apparatus which includes timing deciding part for distributing control code, control code embedding part and digital audio signal summing part, and control code extracting apparatus which includes distribution information collecting part, control code discerning part, and decoding/instruction generating part.
US07773747B2	Encryption apparatus, decryption apparatus, and method A method whereby an encryption apparatus encrypts a message on the basis of a fibration X(x, y, t) serving as a public key when private keys are two or more sections corresponding to fibration X(x, y, t)=0 of an algebraic surface X, the method comprises embedding plaintext M obtained by concatenating the message to a random number as the coefficients of plaintext polynomial M(t) of degree l−1 or less, and generating encrypted text F=Epk(M, p, q, f, X) from the plaintext polynomial M(t) by an encrypting process of performing operations including at least one of addition, subtraction, and multiplication of random polynomials p(x, y, t), q(x, y, t), a random irreducible polynomial f(t) of degree l or more, and the fibration X(x, y, t) with respect to the plaintext polynomial M(t).
US07773741B1	Voice and data exchange over a packet based network with echo cancellation A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voice signals between a switched circuit network and a packet based network. The signal processing system also includes a data exchange capable of exchanging data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier on the switched circuit network with unmodulated data signal packets on the packet based network. The data exchange is performed by demodulating data signals from the switched circuit network for transmission on the packet based network, and modulating data signal packets from the packet based network for transmission on the switched circuit network. The call discriminator is used to selectively enable the voice exchange and data exchange.
US07773737B2	Method and module for direct dialing Method and module for the direct dialing from a first subscriber with a first terminal (1) in a telephone system (20a) to a second subscriber with a number of terminals from which at least one is connected outside the telephone system (20a) in which case availability information (14) about the second subscriber is requested by an availability service (24) that is connected outside the telephone system (20a) and at least parts of the availability information (14) are made accessible to the first subscriber at the first terminal (1) allocated to a direct dialing function (11, 12, 15) in order to set up a connection attempt to the connection of the second subscriber that has the highest probability of success in view of the availability information.
US07773735B2	Route information message for delivery of prepaid flexible alerting call A plurality of route information messages that correspond to a plurality of telecommunication devices are sent to a prepaid service control point for delivery of a prepaid flexible alerting call.
US07773731B2	Methods, systems, and products for dynamically-changing IVR architectures Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for dynamically changing an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. Responses to a menu of prompts are monitored. A presentation order of the menu of prompts is automatically updated according to a set of rules. The set of rules describe qualifications for dynamically changing the menu of prompts.
US07773725B2	Multi-energy radiography using monoenergetic pulsed source A method and apparatus for multi-energy object inspection using a brilliant x-ray source. A first mono-energetic x-ray image of an object at a first selected energy is generated. A second mono-energetic x-ray image of the object at a second selected energy is generated. The first selected energy is different than the second selected energy. Additional mono-energetic x-ray images may be generated at energies different than previous energies up to n selected energies. The mono-energetic x-ray images are mathematically combined and processed to form a result. The result of processing the mono-energetic x-ray images is presented. The result comprises processed mono-energetic x-ray image data describing materials in the object with greater sensitivity, identifying the layers, and identifying the material composition than in the first image or the second image.
US07773714B2	Method and system for employing adaptive event codes The invention concerns a method (500) for employing adaptive event codes. The method includes the steps of generating (512) at least one adaptive event code in which the adaptive event code corresponds to a preexisting event code, storing (514) the adaptive event code in at least one table (154, 156), running (516) the table in which the adaptive event codes are at least initially disabled and enabling (522) the adaptive event code in response to a system event in which the preexisting event code that corresponds to the enabled adaptive event code is executed (526). The method can further include the step of ignoring (518) the adaptive event codes during the running step when the adaptive event codes are disabled.
US07773713B2	Clock data recovery systems and methods for direct digital synthesizers A system and method for clock data recovery for programming direct digital synthesizers is disclosed. A counter is used to calculate a coarse measurement of the clock frequency of a received digital signal, and a tap delay line is used to calculate a fine measurement of the clock frequency of the received digital signal. The coarse and fine measurements are used to calculate a value for programming a direct digital synthesizer to produce a clock signal that is an approximate replica of the clock frequency of the received digital signal.
US07773712B2	Clock switching circuit A clock switching circuit in which one clock signal is selected from 2N-phase input clock signals with the same frequency but with each shifted in phase (where N is an integer equal to or greater than 3), based on N-bit selection signals, and is output as an output clock signal, comprises a selector group having 2N−1 selectors each of which select and output one clock signal from two input clock signals, and an operation control circuit which generates 2N−1 operation control signals to execute control to set the 2N−1 selectors into an active state or into a sleep state. The selectors select the clock signals based on the selection signals. The operation control circuit executes control to set a portion of the selectors among the 2N−1 selectors to the active state and to set the remaining selectors to the sleep state, based on the selection signals.
US07773709B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for operating the same A semiconductor memory device includes an aligning signal generator, a data aligning unit, a data transmitting controller and a data transmitter. The aligning signal generator receives a data strobe signal to output aligning signals. The data aligning unit aligns a plurality of data pieces input in succession in response to the aligning signals. The data transmitting controller generates a data transmitting signal synchronized with the transition of the aligning signal. The data transmitter transmits an aligned data output from the data aligning unit to a data storage area in response to the data transmitting signal. A method for driving the semiconductor memory device includes aligning data pieces input in succession as parallel data in response to a data strobe signal, generating a data transmitting signal corresponding to transition of the data strobe signal and transmitting the parallel data to a data storage area in response to the data transmitting signal.
US07773694B2	Communication apparatus and communication method Modulated signal A is transmitted from a first antenna, and modulated signal B is transmitted from a second antenna. As modulated signal B, modulated symbols S2(i) and S2(i+1) obtained from different data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. In contrast, as modulated signal A, modulated symbols S1(i) and S1(i)′ obtained by changing the signal point arrangement of the same data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. As a result the reception quality can be changed intentionally at time i and time i+1, and therefore using the demodulation result of modulated signal A of a time when the reception quality is good enables both modulated signals A and B to be demodulated with good error rate performances.
US07773692B2	System and methods for digitally correcting a non-linear element using a digital filter for predistortion System and methods for a digital linearization of a non linear element. Digital predistortion methods and circuitry for linearizing a non-linear element that address long or “memory” effects and shorter duration effects, these two predistortion functions are operated together in an adaptive fashion with the non-linear element to provide a highly linear system. A short duration predistortion block comprises an Nth order polynomial filter coupled to a programmable linear equalizer. The Nth order filter includes programmable non-linearities and variable delay taps. The Nth order filter may be configured to implement a non-sequential or a sequential ordered polynomial. The equalizer may, in a preferred embodiment, include circuitry for equalizing imbalances between real and complex signal values. The Nth order filter may implement a compound Volterra filter. The combined system of the predistortion circuitry and a non-linear element has a linear input-output signal response. Methods for initializing, parameterizing and adapting the system are disclosed.
US07773689B2	Multimodal memory controllers Multimodal memory controllers are disclosed that include: a transmitter having a first input signal line, a second input signal line, a first output signal line, a second output signal line, a first single-ended driver, a second single-ended driver, a differential transmitter, and a mode control signal line, the mode control signal line having asserted upon it a mode control signal, the transmitter configured to operate the output signal lines using the single-ended drivers at a first voltage when the mode control signal is a first value and to operate the output signal lines using the differential transmitter at a second voltage when the mode control signal is a second value, and the transmitter configured to protect the differential transmitter from the first voltage when the mode control signal is the first value.
US07773660B2	Frequency channel selection in a data transmission method which uses a frequency hopping method Frequency channel selection in a data transmission method uses a frequency hopping method. In a first method step, interference in a frequency channel is determined by detecting multiple erroneous transmissions in the frequency channel, and the frequency channel with interference is then eliminated from the frequency hopping sequence. In a second method step, the strength of external signals is measured within the frequency range of an eliminated frequency channel with interference, and the frequency channel is reinserted into the frequency hopping sequence if the strength is below a prescribed threshold value.
US07773658B2	Unstable optical resonator and laser device An unstable optical resonator for an optically active medium comprising a spherical back mirror and a spherical outcoupling mirror is proposed, and an outcoupling which is asymmetrical in relation to the optical axis takes place therein.
US07773655B2	High brightness laser diode module A high-brightness laser module is configured with a beam-compression unit capable of reducing a diameter of parallel light beams which are emitted by respective spaced apart individual laser diodes. The module further has an objective lens configured to losslessly launch the light with the reduced diameter into a fiber.
US07773654B2	Semiconductor laser apparatus and fabrication method thereof A blue-violet semiconductor laser device has a first p-electrode formed on its upper surface and a first n-electrode formed on its lower surface. A red semiconductor laser device has a second n-electrode formed on its upper surface and a second p-electrode formed on its lower surface. An infrared semiconductor laser device has a third n-electrode formed on its upper surface and a third p-electrode formed on its lower surface. Solder films are partially formed on the upper surface of the first p-electrode in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device. Two of the solder films are formed with a predetermined distance between them on the upper surface of the first p-electrode. This results in a portion of the first p-electrode being exposed. The first, second and third p-electrodes of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device, red semiconductor laser device, and infrared semiconductor laser device are common electrodes.
US07773650B2	Nitride semiconductor laser element A nitride semiconductor laser element comprises a substrate, a nitride semiconductor layer that is laminated on the substrate and that has a ridge on its surface, and an electrode that is electrically connected with the nitride semiconductor layer, wherein there is provided an insulating protective film produced by forming a monocrystalline first film or a first film containing hexagonal crystals, and extending from the side faces of the ridge to the nitride semiconductor layer on both sides of the ridge, and a second film containing a polycrystalline or amorphous substance, from the nitride semiconductor layer side, in this order.
US07773649B2	Semiconductor laser diode having wafer-bonded structure and method of fabricating the same Example embodiments are directed to a semiconductor laser diode and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor laser diode may include a first semiconductor layer formed over a first substrate and capable of emitting light, and a second semiconductor layer capable of guiding the emitted light, wherein the first and second semiconductor layers are bonded to each other. The method of fabricating the semiconductor laser diode may include forming over a first substrate a first semiconductor layer capable of emitting light, forming over a second substrate a second semiconductor layer capable of guiding the light, bonding the first semiconductor layer to the second semiconductor layer, and removing the second substrate. The second semiconductor layer may be grown separately under conditions different from those for forming the first semiconductor layer, and may be subsequently bonded to the first semiconductor layer.
US07773640B2	Fiber laser device A fiber laser device includes a laser pump for irradiating a laser beam, an optical component, an optical fiber and an optical sensor. The optical component has a first and a second output end, wherein a portion of the laser beam is output from the first output end and another portion of the laser beam is output from the second output end. The optical fiber including a core and a cladding layer is optically coupled between the laser pump and the optical component. A inclined angle θ of the first output end satisfies the following relations that θNA/2≦θ≦θNA, and θNA=sin−1(NA·ncladding/ncore), where NA is numerical aperture of optical fiber, ncore is refractive index of the core, and ncladding is refractive index of the cladding layer. The optical sensor is disposed at a light-transmission path of the laser beam reflected by the first output end.
US07773639B2	Synchronization of voice packet generation with transmission opportunities in a wireless network One embodiment of the present invention includes a method for synchronizing packet production and receipt from a digital signal processor (DSP) with polled transmission opportunities in an IEEE 802.11e network. The method comprises producing a packet via the DSP and transmitting the packet from the DSP to a transmission device at a time that is substantially synchronized with a next polled transmission opportunity granted by an access point in an IEEE 802.11(e) network. The method also comprises time stamping the arrival of the packet at the transmission device and transmitting the packet from the transmission device.
US07773630B2	High performance memory based communications interface Embodiments of the present invention include enhanced functionalities and components within a Communication Endpoint Processor (CEP) that act as an interface between computational and communications domains. The embodiments disclosed herein deliver a complete memory mapped high performance interface that has the ability to support the simultaneous transmission of multiple frames of multiple sizes, and that has the ability to interrupt the transmission of lower priority frames in order to send higher priority frames.
US07773629B1	Method and system for network port addressing Method and system for routing Fibre Channel frames is provided. The includes (a) receiving a frame at a port of a switch element; (b) determining if the frame is to be routed using extended area routing; (c) if extended area routing is to be used for routing the frame, identifying a source for obtaining extension bits for expanding an area identification field (Area_ID); and (d) expanding the Area_ID field using the extension bits from the identified source. The system includes routing logic at a port of a switch element for performing the foregoing steps.
US07773628B2	Methods and apparatus for media independent messaging over the internet A method and device for performing media independent handover (MIH) in a wireless communication system. The method includes, and the apparatus is configured to, generate a higher layer handover message, send the higher layer handover message encapsulated in a lower level formatted communication, set a higher layer timing device for a timeout period in connection with the sending of the encapsulated higher layer handover message, and resend the higher layer handover message encapsulated in a lower level formatted communication unless a higher layer acknowledgement is received before expiration of the timeout period.
US07773626B2	Technique to improve network switch throughput A technique to route data according to a speculative priority. At least one embodiment detects a conflict among a number of data received by the router, assigns a speculative priority to one of the data in a first clock portion and sends the speculatively prioritized data to a receiving agent in a subsequent clock portion.
US07773611B2	Method and apparatus for packet loss detection Conventional network packet traffic loss/drop monitoring mechanisms, such as that employed for pseudowire, IP flow and tunnel traffic monitoring, do not process or diagnose the aggregate counts from both endpoints of a particular pseudowire. A packet loss and detection mechanism periodically exchanges traffic packet counts to maintain an accurate diagnosis of the pseudowire health from either endpoint. Further, the raw packet counts are analyzed to identify misrouted and lost packets, as both should be considered to assess network health and congestion. The pseudowire statistics are maintained for each pseudowire emanating from a particular edge router, providing a complete view of pseudowire traffic affecting a particular edge router. Such statistics are beneficial for problem detection, diagnosis, and for verification of throughput criteria such as those expressed in Quality of Service (QOS) terms and/or SLAs (service level agreements).
US07773607B2	Efficient processing of connection control messages in managing virtual circuits using signaling protocols To send a connection control message associated with a first set of attributes, only a difference of the first set of attributes from a second set of attributes associated with an already active virtual circuit (to a common destination) may be sent (contained in the connection control message). The devices receiving the message may create the necessary configuration for the new virtual circuit by modifying a copy of the configuration of the active virtual circuit. Processing requirements may be minimized as the devices may not need to parse and decode long list of information element. The feature may be particularly important in setting up a virtual circuit for voice calls, as a long list of attributes may be associated with each virtual circuit, but the difference of attributes being only minimal.
US07773596B1	Distribution of traffic flow criteria Traffic flow criteria are distributed between routing devices. More specifically, a routing protocol, such as the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), may be extended in a manner that allows fine-grain criteria to be conveyed for application to network traffic. For example, a flow specification data type may be defined in accordance with BGP to allow a variable number of packet flow attributes to be specified, such as source information, destination information, port information, protocol or other flow criteria. In this manner, traffic flow criteria are specified in a way that cannot be expressed using destination address prefixes only. The flow specification data type may be defined as network layer reachability information (NLRI) that is associated with a route advertised in accordance with BGP.
US07773580B2	Apparatus and method for voice processing of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) An apparatus and method for voice processing of VoIP are disclosed. The method includes: allowing a call server to perform a VoIP application level gateway (ALG) function and to set a public media gateway address corresponding to a private media gateway address of the call server in a packet data unit (PDU) of a VoIP packet to perform VoIP signaling; allowing the call server to set a private signaling address in an IP header of the VoIP packet and to transmit the corresponding VoIP packet to a data server; and allowing the data server to convert the private signaling address set in the IP header of the VoIP packet received from the call server into a public signaling address and to transmit the converted address to a destination through the Internet. Since the data server does not perform the VoIP ALG function but performs only a network address translation/port translation (NAPT) task for the IP header, a task load due to correction of data set in the PDU may be omitted, so that a quality of the VoIP service may be enhanced.
US07773579B1	Multiple user telephone router Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide telephone communication systems. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a communication system is disclosed having a router capable of supporting multiple telephone handsets and providing their corresponding voice communications over one or more network connections. The router may further support other devices, such as computers, printers, copiers, scanners, and other network-capable devices.
US07773578B2	Packet transmission method for wireless signals in a wireless base station system A method of transmitting one or more branches of wireless signals between a channel processing unit and a remote radio frequency unit in a centralized base station, or between base stations through a packet network, each of said branches of wireless signals being a signal flow having a wireless frame period, the method comprising steps: obtaining a sample data stream of wireless signal of each branch in said wireless signals; dividing said sample data stream into consecutive data segments of fixed length; encapsulating said data segments into application protocol packets according to a predetermined protocol, each application protocol packet further including first information indicating the sequence of the data segment of the packet in all the data segments of the branch to which the data segment belongs; second information indicating payload type of the branch; third information indicating whether the data segment of the packet contains a data sample corresponding to the start of a wireless frame period; and fourth information indicating the position of the data sample in the data segment if the third information indicates that the data sample corresponding to the start of the wireless frame period is contained; and encapsulating the generated application protocol packets into network protocol packets according to a network transport protocol and transmitting them to a specified target, wherein the network protocol packet further includes fifth information identifying one of said one or more branches to which the packet belongs, said fifth information and network transport source address and destination address uniquely distinguishing said branches.
US07773556B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving MBMS transport blocks An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) transport blocks is disclosed, whereby the MBMS transport blocks can be efficiently received by a user equipment (UE). The present invention enables a UE to determine information related to a transmission start timing point of an MBMS transport block, thereby increasing efficiency of soft combining.
US07773553B2	Method and apparatus for securely transmitting distributed RAND for use in mobile station authentication The method and apparatus updates a binary number that will be used in cellular telephone system authentication procedures by applying a first algorithm to a plurality of most significant bits of a first binary number to obtain a second binary number; operates on a plurality of least significant bits of the first binary number with a second algorithm to obtain a third binary number, and applies a block cipher to the concatenation of the second and third numbers to obtain the updated binary number. When the most significant bits of the updated binary number comprise an all-zeroes number they are replaced with the most significant bits of the concatenation of the second and third numbers.
US07773552B2	Mobile communication system and mobile communication method A mobile communication system includes a home agent which transfers a communication packet to a mobile communication device connected to a foreign network, an address management section which manages a plurality of IP addresses, an address generation section which assigns any of the IP addresses managed, by the address management section to the mobile communication device as a home address thereof, a server which stores the home address of the mobile communication device and specific information of the mobile communication device in association with each other, and a source node which connects with the server through a network, and transmits the communication packet to any mobile communication device having the home addresses stored in the server as a destination.
US07773550B2	Peer-to-peer mobile data transfer method and device A technique is provided for a direct data transfer session, including for multimedia content, between mobile devices without the need for using a separate multimedia server to store multimedia content. Direct data transfer sessions between mobile devices are established by transmitting necessary address information through page-based messaging services that utilize the underlying digital mobile network databases and services to resolve the identification and location of the mobile devices.
US07773545B2	Full division duplex system and a leakage cancellation method An exemplary embodiment of a full division duplex system comprises a receiver, a transmitter and an auxiliary circuit. The receiver receives an inbound RF signal of a first band to generate an inbound baseband signal, and the transmitter up converts an outbound baseband signal by an oscillation signal to generate an outbound RF signal of a second band for transmission. The auxiliary circuit calculates leakages from the outbound RF signal to generate a blocker replica, in which a LNA is coupled to a non-conductive coupling path extended from the input of receiver to collect leakages from the outbound RF signal to produce an induction signal. The induction signal is down converted to perform an adjustment, and thereafter up converted again to generate the blocker replica. In this way, the inbound baseband signal is generated from a subtraction of the inbound RF signal and the blocker replica.
US07773538B2	Estimating origin-destination flow entropy The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to estimating entropy of origin-destination (OD) data flows in a network. To achieve this, first and second sketches are created corresponding to ingress (i.e. origin) and egress (i.e. destination) flows. The sketches allow estimating entropy associated with data streams as well as entropy associated with an intersection of two or more of the data streams, which provides a mechanism for estimating the entropy OD flows in a network.
US07773532B2	Method for enabling communication between two network nodes via a network address translation device (NAT) A method is provided for enabling communication between first and second network nodes (1, 7) by way of a network address translation device (3, 9), which network nodes are each capable of communicating with a server (11). The first network node (1) establishes communication with the server (11) requesting communication with the second network node (7). The first network node then establishes communication with the second network node by way of the network address translation device (3, 9), including sending a plurality of first dummy packets from the first network node directly to the second network node. The server (11) establishes communication with the second network node requesting communication between the second network node and the first network node. Thereafter, the second network node establishes communication with the first network node byway of the network address translation device, including sending a plurality of second dummy packets from the second network node directly to the first network node, transmission of the second dummy packets overlapping with transmission of the first dummy packets. Thereafter data is echanged solely between the first and second network nodes.
US07773526B2	Network interface control program and network interface controller A network interface control program for causing a computer including a plurality of network interfaces connected to a network repeater, includes detecting a traffic increase in each network interface; expanding a communication band by grouping a network interface in which the traffic increase is detected and another unused network interface; detecting an inactive network interface; and activating the network interface detected. The band expanding includes grouping the network interface activated in the activating.
US07773525B2	Mobile communication control method, mobile communication system, router, and program When transmitting or receiving packets of mobile terminals for which movement information is managed by control devices, path costs that result from data-related factors for transmitting and receiving packets are calculated for each of paths that pass by way of the control devices and paths that do not pass by way of the control devices, processing costs that result from control-related factors for transmitting and receiving packets are calculated for each of paths that pass by way of the control devices and paths that do not pass by way of the control devices, the path costs and the processing costs that have been calculated are added for each of the paths that pass by way of the control devices and paths that do not pass by way of the control devices, the path for which the added cost is lowest is selected, and the transmission and reception of packets is carried out using the selected path.
US07773518B2	Method for configuring a telecommunication system A method and system for configuring a CDMA telecommunications system having at least one sending entity and at least one receiving entity, each entity configured to transmit data on at least one physical channel (DPDCH) via a transport channel composite (CCTrCH) of multiple transport channels. At least one entity includes a data processing module configured to determine for each transport channel a first parameter (RMi) proportional to a rate matching ratio (RFi) and a second parameter representing a maximum physical rate (Ndata) and to transform for each of the transport channels a number of symbols before rate matching (Nk) into a number of symbols after rate matching (Nk+ΔNk), where the number of symbols after rate matching (Nk+ΔNk) is obtained approximately by multiplying the number of symbols before rate matching (Nk) by the rate matching ratio (RFi).
US07773516B2	Focused function network processor A network processor is enabled to retrieve a packet transmission data structure (PTD) from a memory. The NP parses packet data from the PTD and transmits the data over the network as a network packet. The PTD may include repetition information used by the NP to transmit a plurality of packets. The PTD use transmission interval information to control transmission timing of consecutive network packets. The PTD may include modification information used to modify the data packet portion. The modification may include incrementing, decrementing, or storing a random number into any portion of the data packet. The PTD may include flow control information to determine the next PTD to process. The flow control information may include criteria including acknowledgement criteria and time delay criteria. The packet data portion preferably includes all formatting information applicable to the network.
US07773503B2	Proactive congestion control scheme for VoIP traffic on IP routers VoIP traffic bandwidth through a router port is controlled so that it does not exceed a predetermined bandwidth to ensure a desired quality of service for all VoIP calls routed through the port. Information of a packet received by the port is extracted from a packet header. The information includes source and destination addresses and port numbers as well as the bandwidth used by the packet. If the packet is from an existing call, the packet is routed and the time the packet was received is updated. If the packet is from a new call, it is determined whether the port has sufficient bandwidth to route the new call. If the port has sufficient bandwidth, the packet is routed, bandwidth is allotted for subsequent packets from the new call, and the port information is updated to accept the subsequent packets. If the port does not have sufficient bandwidth, the packet is dropped.
US07773499B2	Channel estimation in a multicarrier radio receiver A method and apparatus for estimating channel characteristics in a multicarrier wireless receiver such as an OFDM wireless receiver. The method includes determining a channel estimate for each of a set of subcarriers by receiving multicarrier data as a result of a wireless transmission of data that includes a known signal, wherein the determining uses a part of the received data that corresponds to the known signal. The method further includes smoothing the channel estimates according to a smoothing filter to form smoothed channel estimates. The smoothed channel estimate for a particular subcarrier includes a contribution from the channel estimates of one or more subcarriers nearby the particular subcarrier take advantage of correlation that may exist between the particular subcarrier's channel and the channels of the one or more nearby subcarriers. In one version, the transmitted data includes at least one additional known signal, and each smoothed channel estimate is a smoothed version of the average of sets of channel estimates. In such a version, each set of channel estimates is determined using a respective part of the received data that corresponds to a corresponding one of the known signals.
US07773498B2	Transmitting/receiving apparatus, method, program, recording medium, and integrating circuit used in communication network A transmitting/receiving apparatus includes a packet construction section for dividing continuous data into a plurality of subpackets, and constructing a packet by concatenating the plurality of subpackets; a modulation transmission section for modulating the constructed packet, and transmitting the modulated packet to another apparatus; a training session execution section for checking channel conditions, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and changing a modulation rule; and a subpacket transmission confirmation section for confirming whether or not a subpacket included in the transmitted packet is transmitted successfully to the transmission destination apparatus. If the modulation rule is changed by the training session execution section, the packet construction section reconstructs a new packet by concatenating a subpacket, which is confirmed as an unsuccessfully-transmitted subpacket, with subpackets newly generated from the continuous data, and the modulation transmission section modulates the reconstructed new packet, and transmits the modulated packet.
US07773492B2	Method and apparatus providing high density data storage A data storage device and methods for storing and reading data are provided. The data storage device includes a data storage medium and second device. The data storage medium has an insulating layer, a first electrode layer over the insulating layer and at least one layer of resistance variable material over the first electrode layer. The second device includes a substrate and at least one conductive point configured to electrically contact the data storage medium.
US07773489B2	Liquid crystal lens element and optical head device A liquid crystal lens element capable of finely adjusting focal length according to the magnitude of applied voltage, and an optical head device employing such a liquid crystal lens element, are provided.On one surface of a transparent substrate 511, a transparent electrode 513 and a concave-convex portion 517 made of a transparent material having a cross section shape approximated by a saw-tooth shape, are formed so as to constitute a plurality of annular portions, and on one surface of a transparent substrate 512, a transparent electrode 514 is formed. The transparent electrodes 513 and 514 constitute annular divided electrode segments, and division positions of the annular electrode segments are made to be agree with division positions of annular portions of the saw-tooth-shaped concave-convex portion 517 of the transparent substrate 511.
US07773480B2	Device, method for processing RF signal, and optical disk drive utilizing the same A device for processing a radio frequency (RF) signal of an optical disk drive includes a high-pass (HP) filter, an RF variable gain amplifier (VGA), an RF analog-digital converter (ADC), and a digital module. The HP filter filters the RF signal and is capable of selectively utilizing one of a first cut-off frequency and a second cut-off frequency. The RF VGA amplifies the filtered RF signal. The RF ADC converts the amplified RF signal into a digital code. The digital module is capable of executing a first function and a second function with the digital code. The HP filter utilizes the first cut-off frequency when the digital module desires to execute the first function, and the HP filter utilizes the second cut-off frequency when the digital module desires to execute the second function.
US07773474B2	Disc apparatus A disc apparatus which enables an optical pickup to move swiftly to a target track is provided.A disc apparatus (1) includes an optical pickup (4) which irradiates an optical disc (2) with a laser light, a motor (6) which moves the optical pickup (4) to a target track in a radial direction of the optical disc (2), and a controller (7) which controls the motor (6). The controller 7 includes a calculating means (7a) which calculates a voltage level applied to the motor (6) and a recording unit (7b) which records a reference voltage level, a corrected number of tracks, and a coefficient. The calculating means (7a) calculates a voltage level based on the number of tracks between a track which the optical pickup is positioned over and the target track, the reference voltage level, the corrected number of tracks, and the coefficient. The controller (7) moves the optical pickup (4) widely to a position close to the target track by driving the motor (6) at the voltage level which is calculated by the calculating means (7a). Consequently, the controller (7) can move the optical pickup (4) to the target track swiftly.
US07773460B2	Medication regimen communicator apparatus and method A “medication communicator” chart is used as a teaching tool to educate patients and to schedule events corresponding to a prescribed medication regimen. The “medication communicator” chart includes a scheduling graph having the shape of a 12-hour or 24-hour analog clock. The scheduling graph is divided into regions corresponding to each hour of a day for scheduling event information. Fields, on the “medication communicator” chart, are receptive to labels communicating information corresponding to numerous medications in the medication regimen. Timing indicators may be applied to the regions of the scheduling graph to indicate consumption or application times of each of the medications.
US07773451B2	Circuit for transforming address A circuit for transforming memory address is disclosed. A first memory address is transformed into a second memory address with more bits than the first memory address for providing a memory. The memory space is an even multiple of the maximum of the first memory address. Therefore a large memory can be used as a small memory.
US07773440B2	ZQ calibration controller and method for ZQ calibration A ZQ calibration circuit performs a ZQ calibration additionally in an initial operation of a semiconductor memory device. The ZQ calibration controller of the ZQ calibration circuit includes a first signal generator, a second signal generator, and a control unit. The first signal generator generates a pre-calibration signal during an initialization of the semiconductor memory device. The second signal generator generates ZQ calibration signals in response to a ZQ calibration command. The control unit outputs signals to control a ZQ calibration in response to the pre-calibration signal and the ZQ calibration signals.
US07773429B2	Non-volatile memory device and driving method thereof This patent relates to a non-volatile memory device and a driving method thereof The non-volatile memory device includes a source select line in which a floating gate and a control gate are electrically connected to each other, a drain select line in which a floating gate and a control gate are electrically isolated from each other, and a plurality of word lines formed between the source select line and the drain select line.
US07773420B2	Memory card system including NAND flash memory and SRAM/NOR flash memory, and data storage method thereof An integrated circuit memory system includes a random access memory device, a flash memory device and a memory controller, which may be embodied on a single integrated circuit substrate. The memory controller is configured to respond to at least one command to write data into the flash memory device by first writing the data into the random access memory device and then transferring the data from the random access memory device to the flash memory device. The random access memory device may be a NOR-type flash memory device and the flash memory device may be a NAND-type flash memory device.
US07773411B2	Phase change memory and control method thereof A phase change memory wherein several phase change storage elements are coupled in series to share a single current source. The current provided by the current source is directed by a plurality of switches. To write/read the phase change storage elements, the invention provides techniques to control the current value generated by the current source and controls the states of the switches. The impedance summation of the phase change storage elements vary with the data stored therein.
US07773397B2	Method and system of controlling a power inverter Methods and systems for controlling a power inverter are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a system for converting a direct current into an alternating current may include a switching module, a sensing module, and a control module. The switching module may have an input and an output, and may be operable to receive a direct current at the input and to generate at the output a corresponding alternating current with a desired output characteristic. The sensing module may be coupled to the switching module output, and may be operable to sense a power factor associated with a load coupled to the switching module output. The control module may be coupled to the power inverter and the sensing module, and may be operable to control the desired output characteristic based at least on the sensed power factor.
US07773393B2	Switching mode power supply A switching mode power supply includes a power supply circuit, a feedback circuit, and a switching controller. The power supply circuit includes a main switch coupled to a primary coil of a transformer, and supplies power to a secondary coil of the transformer according to an operation of the main switch. The feedback circuit generates a feedback voltage corresponding to an output voltage provided to the secondary coil of the transformer. The switching controller controls the main switch to turn off according to a sense voltage corresponding to the current flowed by the main switch. In this instance, the switching controller quickly senses the output short phenomenon by using the duty ratio of the main switch and the feedback voltage and shuts down the main switch to protect the circuit.
US07773386B2	Flexible substrate, multilayer flexible substrate A flexible substrate includes: (i) a film; (ii) an insulating resin layer formed on each of a front face of the film and a rear face of the film, which rear face is opposite to the front face; (iii) a front-sided wiring pattern embedded in the insulating resin layer formed on the front face of the film, and a rear-sided wiring pattern embedded in the insulating resin layer formed on the rear face of the film; and (iv) a via which is located between the front-sided wiring pattern and the rear-sided wiring pattern and serves to electrically interconnect the front-sided wiring pattern and the rear-sided wiring pattern, wherein the insulating resin layer formed on each of the front face and the rear face of the film is thicker than the film.
US07773385B2	Computer server receiving a plurality of different power supply modules A computer server is configured to electrically and mechanically couple with a plurality of different power modules. These power modules are interchangeable, and all fit within the form factor of the server, eliminating the use of PDUs within the server rack. The server may be configured in the factory or in the field to use either the single-phase AC power configuration, the 3-phase AC power configuration, or any other power configuration, such as DC, desired.
US07773383B2	Heatsink assembly A heatsink assembly includes a heatsink having a base board which includes fins extending from a top thereof and a recessed area defined in an underside thereof. The recessed area of the heatsink is adapted for engagement with a chip set. A positioning device includes a rectangular frame that is mounted to the heatsink and includes two side plates extending downward from two opposite sides thereof. Each side plate has a hook extending from an inside thereof so as to hook the chip set. Two flexible rods extend from the two opposite sides of the rectangular frame and each flexible rod has a pressing portion which presses on the top of the base board of the heatsink.
US07773380B2	Electrical configuration as heat dissipation design An electrical configuration having at least one component which has at least one current bar, particularly a lead frame, and having an electronic circuit which has at least one heat dissipation surface and at least one electric terminal that is connected mechanically and electrically to the current bar. It is provided that the unit made up of the component and the electronic circuit is mounted on a support layer that effects the heat dissipation in such a way that, because of the fastening of the component onto the support layer, the heat dissipation surface is pushed against the support layer, based on the spring property of the current bar.
US07773364B2	Method of manufacturing capacitor One capacitor fabrication process including metal layer forming a metal layer on one surface of a substrate, dielectric layer forming a dielectric layer on the metal layer, metal foil forming a metal foil on the dielectric layer, separating the noble metal layer from the dielectric layer, and electrode layer forming an electrode layer on the second surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the second surface faces away from the first surface of the dielectric layer with the metal foil. Another capacitor fabrication process includes separation layer forming a separation layer on one surface of a substrate, dielectric layer forming a dielectric layer on the separation layer, metal foil forming a metal foil the dielectric layer, separating the substrate from the separation layer, and an electrode layer forming an electrode layer on the second surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the second surface faces away from the first surface of said dielectric layer with the metal foil. A thin-film capacitor has higher capacity, is so slimmed down and has a form well fit for being buried in a base board, and can be used even at high frequencies.
US07773363B2	Electroadhesion Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive device. The electrostatic adhesion voltage produces an electric field and electrostatic adherence forces. When the electroadhesive device and electrodes are positioned near a surface of an object such as a vertical wall, the electrostatic adherence forces hold the electroadhesive device in position relative to the surface and object. This can be used to increase traction or maintain the position of the electroadhesive device relative to a surface. Electric control of the electrostatic adhesion voltage permits the adhesion to be controllably and readily turned on and off.
US07773361B2	Medium voltage signal coupling structure for last leg power grid high-speed data network A power line based communication system includes a powerline termination module, a plurality of powerline gateways, and a plurality of powerline nodes. AC coupling modules couple powerline nodes to medium voltage power lines. One AC coupling module includes a housing having an upper portion that contains a transformer and a lower portion that contains a power node. Another AC coupling module intercouples a powerline node to a test point of a dead front transformer. Still another AC coupling module employs a surge arrestor to couple signals between a powerline node and a medium voltage transmission line. Yet another AC coupling module clamps on a medium voltage power line to couple signals between a powerline node and a medium voltage power line.
US07773356B2	Stacked SCR with high holding voltage Stacked SCR's are disclosed with a resistor connecting an internal portion of the upper SCR to an internal portion of the lower SCR. The anode of the protective circuit is connected to a contact on a target circuit to be protected and the cathode of the protective circuit is connected to ground or a reference voltage on the target circuit. The anode voltage is directed to the lower SCR via the resistor such that when the voltage on the anode reaches the triggering voltage of the lower SCR, that SCR triggers and that triggering triggers the upper SCR, such that the stacked SCR's both trigger and thereby limit the voltage between the anode and the cathode and thereby protecting the target circuit.
US07773352B2	Motor drive device with lock protection function A cooling system is provided with a motor drive device, a fan motor, and a Hall element. The motor drive device includes a lock protection circuit and a lock controller. When a control signal instructing rotation of the fan motor that is to be driven instructs stoppage of the motor for a predetermined time-period or longer, the lock controller has the lock protection circuit inactive. At an occasion when the control signal has continued to instruct stoppage of the fan motor for a first time-period or longer, a standby controller starts time measurement, and after a further predetermined second time-period has elapsed, makes at least a part of the motor drive device transition to a standby mode.
US07773347B2	Electrostatic protection for a magnetic tape head having multiple MR read elements A thin-film magnetic head has a plurality of MR read head elements. Each MR read head element includes shield layers electrically insulated from the ground. An electrical resistor layer is electrically connected between the shield layer of one of the plurality of MR read head elements and the shield layer of the other one of the plurality of MR read head elements.
US07773345B2	Carriage for disk device A carriage for a disc device, which has a top arm, bottom arm, and mid arm, has a main mode, end arm mode, and mid arm mode as a frequency response obtained when subjected to a vertical shake. In the main mode, all of the top, bottom, and mid arms swing at a first frequency within the same phase in a primary bending mode. In an end arm mode, the top and bottom arms swing at a second frequency higher than the first frequency within opposite phases and with an amplitude larger than that of the mid arm. In the mid arm mode, the mid arm swings at a third frequency having a difference of 50 Hz or less from the second frequency within the same phase as in the main mode, and the top and bottom arms swing within the phase opposite from that in the main mode.
US07773344B1	Suspension having separately optimized torsion stiffness and vertical stiffness A disk drive suspension has laterally separated mount plate cooperating structure of a pair of spaced, left and right hand continued extents defining engagement structures extending into the vertical plane of the suspension hinge portion, and laterally separated beam portion cooperating structure of left and right hand continuations defining cooperating engagement structures also extending into the vertical plane of the hinge portion and overlapping the mount plate extents to block their relative vertical movement in one direction but not the other so that rotation of the beam portion relative to the mount plate is limited by this selective engagement of the cooperating structures, while the hinge portion is untrammeled by the cooperating structures and the suspension has increased torsional stiffness without an increase in suspension vertical stiffness or has a decrease in suspension vertical stiffness without a decrease in torsional stiffness.
US07773342B2	Thin-film magnetic head having near-field-light-generating portion with trapezoidal end A thin-film magnetic head for a heat-assisted magnetic recording which can perform a reliable writing immediately only on a desired track by applying a near-field light to a desired position and range is provided. The head comprises: an electromagnetic coil element for writing data signals, having a pole end reaching a head end surface; and a near-field-light-generating portion for heating a portion of a magnetic recording medium during write operation by generating a near-field light, having a generation end reaching the head end surface and provided adjacent to the pole end and in the leading side of the pole end, and a shape of the generation end on the head end surface being a trapezoid with a shorter edge on the trailing side, or being a triangle with an apex on the trailing side and with a bottom on the leading side.
US07773333B2	Recording data simultaneously at two depths of a tilted magnetic medium Methods and recording systems are configured for recording different data simultaneously at two different depths of a tilted magnetic medium, the tilted magnetic medium having a hard axis of magnetization, the axis being out of a plane of the medium and at an angle of −10 to −80 degrees with respect to a direction along which data are recorded, the medium being capable of having two depths of recording. A method embodies writing with selected magnetic fields whose amplitudes and whose angles with respect to the medium hard axis direction differ at the two depths of the medium such that the recorded direction of magnetization at the respective two depths can be set independently.
US07773332B2	Long hold time sample and hold circuits A sample and hold circuit is disclosed that provides longer hold times. The sample and hold circuit can be used in a disc drive to provide improved read-to-write and write-to-read mode transitions. The sample and hold circuit has an input and an output, and includes at least one capacitive element for retaining a charge. The capacitive element is connected to a node between the input and the output. The sample and hold circuit includes at least one input switch to selectively connect the capacitive element to the input and at least one output switch to selectively connect the capacitive element to the output. In addition, an amplifier is connected to the node and has an offset voltage. In this manner, a voltage drop across at least one of the input and output switches is limited to the offset voltage.
US07773329B1	Correcting errors in a disk drive read back signals by iterating with the Reed-Solomon decoder A signal detector includes a detector to generate raw decisions based on a read back signal. A post-processor identifies possible defects in the raw decisions. A selector selects a portion of the possible defects, and generates modified decisions by operating on the portion of the possible defects. A decoder generates final decisions based on the modified decisions. An estimator evaluates the final decisions to determine whether a sequence in the read back signal has been decoded to a correct codeword. In response to the sequence in the read back signal being decoded to the correct codeword, the final decisions are output from the signal detector. In response to the sequence in the read back signal not being decoded to the correct codeword, the selector selects another portion of the possible defects for processing by the selector, the decoder, and the estimator.
US07773326B2	Methods for multi-channel data detection phase locked loop error combination Phase-error combination methods for a multi-channel data detection system with a phase locked loop for each channel, comprises receiving phase error information with respect to each channel; combining the received phase error information and generating a combined phase error; and applying the combined phase error to at least one channel phase locked loop. Error signal combination comprises receiving error information of a signal relevant to a phase locked loop with respect to each channel; combining the received error signal information and generating a combined error signal, weighting the received error signal information from each channel, for example with reliability information. The combined, weighted error signal is applied to at least one channel phase locked loop.
US07773322B2	Systems and methods for moving a lens using shape memory materials An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup and a lens. A shape memory actuator is coupled to the lens and configured to move the lens relative to the image pickup.
US07773315B2	Laser optical device In a laser optical device including a beam shaping optical system 3 for shaping a laser beam 2 into a predetermined cross-sectional intensity distribution and converging the light and an image formation optical system 6 for forming an image of a shaped beam 4 shaped and converged through the beam shaping optical system 3, the image formation optical system 6 is made up of an objective lens system 8 having a negative focal length placed ahead of a focal plane 7 of the beam shaping optical system 3 and an imaging lens system 9 placed behind the objective lens system 8.
US07773311B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear unit including one or more lens units, which are arranged in order from the object side to the image side. The zoom lens performs zooming by changing distances between the first, second, and rear lens units. A first focusing unit and a second focusing unit which move independently of each other during focusing are provided. The first and second focusing units are adequately set.
US07773310B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus A zoom lens includes first to fifth lens groups respectively having positive, negative, positive, positive, and negative refractive powers in that order from the object side. Zooming is performed by moving the second lens group and the fourth lens group in an optical-axis direction. The first lens group includes a front lens group having a negative refractive power, an optical member for bending an optical path, and a rear lens group having a positive refractive power in that order from the object side. The front lens group is a cemented lens in which a first lens having a negative refractive power is bonded to a second lens having a positive refractive power in that order from the object side to the image side.
US07773308B2	Wide-angle zoom lens The present invention is directed to a wide-angle zoom lens that attains the field of view ranging from 80 to 115 degrees in field angle with the zooming power of 2× or even higher, and that is capable of approximately compensating for various types of aberration such as spherical aberration, aberration of distortion, astigmatism and the like. The wide-angle zoom lens of multi groups of lens pieces, namely, a 1st lens group of negative refractivity, a 2nd lens group of negative refractivity, and a 3rd lens group of positive refractivity varies the power from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end with the 1st and 2nd lens groups coming closer to each other, and the 2nd and 3rd lens groups being varied in interval therebetween. The zoom lens attains the widest field of view of 80 degrees or over in field angle in the relations as expressed in the following formula: 2.0
US07773303B2	Image projecting apparatus An image projecting apparatus includes a light source, a relay lens, a reflective light valve, and a projection lens. The light source is capable of emitting a light beam. The relay lens is disposed to permit the light beam provided by the light source to pass therethrough, and has a lens periphery formed with a notch. The reflective light valve is spaced apart from the relay lens, and is disposed to receive and modulate the light beam passing through the relay lens into an image light beam. The projection lens is disposed proximate to the notch of the relay lens, and is capable of projecting the image light from the reflective light valve to display an image onto a screen. The relay lens has a plurality of light-absorbing regions proximate to the notch for reducing a light-splitting effect attributed to the notch.
US07773288B2	Dynamic image regulator Provided is a dynamic image regulator. The dynamic image regulator is an application device based on a micro-opto-electro-mechanical system (MOEMS). The dynamic image regulator includes a spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of holes and a plurality of controllable movable screens respectively provided at the holes, and transmitting or blocking emitted light for each respective hole; and an amplitude modulator modulating an amplitude of light passing through the spatial light modulator.
US07773284B2	Resonant cavity electrochromic device One exemplary embodiment of an electrochromic device comprises a single cavity Fabry-Pérot filter in which the metal conductive layers forming the cavity are sandwiched by conductive dielectric layers. Another exemplary embodiment of an electrochromic device comprises a dual-cavity Fabry-Pérot filter.
US07773283B2	Optical modulation device and optical modulation method According to an aspect of an embodiment, an optical modulation device includes a Mach-Zehnder modulator and a controller. The Mach-Zehnder modulator is supplied a drive signal and a bias voltage. The Mach-Zehnder modulator modulates inputted light on the bases of the drive signal and the bias voltage. The drive signal selectively is superimposes a predetermined frequency signal. The bias voltage selectively is superimposes the predetermined frequency signal. The controller selects a superimposing target which is the drive signal or the bias voltage so as to change modulation formats.
US07773280B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus A disclosed optical scanning device includes: a light source unit having plural luminous sources; a light source driving unit modulating each luminous source in accordance with pixel information; an oscillating mirror supported on a twist beam as a rotation shaft, the oscillating mirror collectively deflecting light beams from the luminous sources and performing reciprocating scanning on a surface to be scanned; an imaging optical system imaging the light beams from the luminous sources on the surface to be scanned; an oscillating mirror driving unit setting a scanning frequency f in accordance with a resonance frequency of the oscillating mirror; and a pitch adjustment unit adjusting beam spot intervals p in a sub-scanning direction in accordance with the scanning frequency f of the oscillating mirror that has been set.
US07773278B2	Reflective optical scanning system having minimized aberration The present invention is a scanning system having spherical mirrors to operate a two-dimensional scanning. Aberration owing to oblique incident light is compensated to reach diffraction limit. With proper metallic coating, the present invention uses a wavelength from ultra-violet light to tera-hertz wavelength
US07773265B2	Image correction apparatus and image correction method An image correction apparatus and method enable correcting an image so that the image is always discernible and at least text can be read regardless of user settings. A correction range that increases the gray level and a correction range that decreases the gray level are calculated for each image to calculate the correction range suitable for the particular image.
US07773259B2	Hue adjusting device The invention provides a hue adjusting device. When one color axis including different hues is being adjusted by the user, the hue adjusting device will rotate each of the different hue angles in different rotation angles. Accordingly, the color of an image adjusted by the invention will be smoother than the prior art. Namely, the image quality can be improved.
US07773255B2	Apparatus and method for detecting document tampering For detecting tampering made on a paper document, by carrying out image processing on grayscale image data optically read from the paper document, amplifying a predetermined grayscale value on the grayscale image data, and also, reducing the other grayscale values; and detecting whether or not the paper document has been tampered, according to grayscale converted data calculated based on first grayscale image data obtained from reading an obverse side of the paper document and second grayscale image data obtained from reading a reverse side of the paper document.
US07773253B2	Gloss difference control in a plurality of networked image forming apparatus A gloss difference control method includes: forming a predetermined image on a sheet in each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network; measuring a glossiness of the image formed on each sheet; and controlling a gloss difference among the plurality of image forming apparatuses by changing a gloss adjustment parameter of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, based on a plurality of the measured glossiness.
US07773250B2	Image forming apparatus, method and computer program product capable of detecting a copy-prohibited manuscript This patent specification describes an image forming apparatus which can effectively check and prevent the unauthorized image processing so that the obtained image data may not be different from the content which a user demands. In one example, an image forming apparatus includes a defining mechanism, a reader, a detector, a comparator, and a notifier. Then, a certain tint block pattern is detected and information of the result is notified effectively.
US07773228B1	Surface plasmon noncontact electric field sensors and related methods A surface-plasmon electric field sensor has a plasmonic portion having an electro-optic dielectric material coated on one side with a transparent conductive layer and on another side with a thin layer of conductive metallic layer. The metallic layer has alternating grating and smooth regions, the smooth regions being of length near a multiple of an effective wavelength of the light in the electro-optic layer, and the grating regions having lines on a pitch near the effective wavelength. The sensor has a light source for illuminating the plasmonic portion with plane-polarized light having a free-space wavelength and a photodetector.
US07773215B2	Digital spectrophotometer and spectrological method A digital spectrophotometer and a spectrologial method for determining spectrum wavelength of an unknown illuminant, and the digital spectrophotometer has a base, an operating assembly and a photographic assembly. The operating assembly is attached to the base and has an operating pedestal, a rotating frame and a spectrometer. The rotating frame is connected rotatably to the operating pedestal. The spectrometer is connected solidly to the rotating frame. The photographic assembly is connected to the operating assembly. The spectrologial method is calculated the diffraction angle α i and the wavelength of the unknown illuminant by putting the parameters into the into the first and second functions.
US07773212B1	Contemporaneous surface and edge inspection In one embodiment, a surface analyzer system comprises a first radiation source to generate radiation at a first wavelength, a surface inspection assembly, and an edge detection assembly. In operation, the system enables contemporaneous surface inspection and edge detection.
US07773210B2	Appearance inspection apparatus An appearance inspection apparatus analyzes a difference in detection characteristics of detection signals obtained by detectors to flexibly meet various inspection purposes without changing a circuit or software. The apparatus includes a signal synthesizing section that synthesizes detection signals from the detectors in accordance with a set condition. An input operating section sets a synthesizing condition of the detection signal by the signal synthesizing section, and an information display section displays a synthesizing map structured based on a synthesized signal which is synthesized by the signal synthesizing section in accordance with a condition set by the input operating section.
US07773195B2	System and method to increase surface tension and contact angle in immersion lithography A system and method to allow organic fluids to be used in immersion lithographic systems. This is done by providing a showerhead portion of a liquid supply system that is partially coated or made from a TEFLON like material. The TEFLON like material reduces wetness effect, and thus increases containment, when using an organic immersion fluid in a space between the last optic and the substrate.
US07773191B2	Reflective liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal layer having a twist angle The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between an upper substrate and a lower substrate having a twist angle in the range of about 40 to 65 degrees and a light diffusive reflective electrode having recesses and projections provided on the lower substrate wherein a product of the height of the recesses and projections and a birefringence of the liquid crystal layer is in the range of about 10 to 53 nm at the twist angle of about 40 degrees and about 10 to 64 nm at the twist angle of about 65 degrees, respectively.
US07773190B2	Liquid crystal display panel and fabricating method thereof Disclosed herein are a liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof for improving the reliability of cell gap maintenance and for preventing an aperture ratio reduction. In the liquid crystal display panel, a color filter array substrate includes a main column spacer and a sub column spacer. A thin film transistor array substrate is disposed in opposition to the color filter array substrate. The thin film transistor array substrate includes a plurality of films, including a top film in contact with the main column spacer and a depressed portion disposed below the sub column spacer.
US07773183B2	Method for manufacturing an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device In an IPS mode LCD device and method, a plurality of sub-blocks are utilized to maintain a maximum transmittance even when a voltage above a predetermined value is applied to the device. The IPS mode LCD device includes a common electrode including a plurality of first segments and a plurality of second segments to define a plurality of blocks, wherein the plurality of first segments are formed substantially parallel to the gate line in the pixel region, and the plurality of second segments are formed substantially parallel to the data line, and connected to the first segments; and a pixel electrode including a plurality of third segments and at least one fourth segment, and being connected with a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, wherein each of the third segments is positioned between the first segments, and the at least one fourth segment connects the third segments.
US07773173B2	Reflection plate and liquid crystal display device It is to suppress the interference of the reflected light easily and securely even in a highly fine liquid crystal display device. The reflection plate comprises recessed or protruded parts and a reflection film formed over the recessed or protruded parts. A unit shape of the recessed or protruded parts is a polygon, an arbitrary point other than a centroid of the polygon that constitutes the recessed or protrude part is placed at a position that meets with an orderly-mannered lattice point as an origin, and each of the unit-shape polygons is arranged at a position that is rotated randomly with respect to the origin.
US07773167B2	Pixel structure comprising two first conductive regions, a second conductive region and two first channel regions, wherein the first transparent electrode is located between the reflective electrode and second transparent electrode A pixel structure disposed on a substrate and electrically connected to two scan lines and a data line is provided. The pixel structure includes a reflective electrode, a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode and a semiconductor layer. The first transparent electrode is electrically connected to the reflective electrode and is insulated from the second transparent electrode. The semiconductor layer has two first conductive regions, a second conductive region and two first channel regions, wherein the first conductive regions are respectively electrically connected to the reflective electrode and the second transparent electrode, the second conductive region is located between the first conductive regions and electrically connected to the data line, a part of the semiconductor layer overlapped with the scan lines is defined as first channel regions and each of the first channel regions is respectively electrically connected between the second conductive region and each first conductive region.
US07773161B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a display device The invention deals with the large area flicker effect reduction in display devices like plasma display panels, in which the light output is controlled by small pulses over a whole frame period and the amount of small pulses determine the brightness of the light output. The invention proposes an adaptation of the known principle of sub-field grouping for large area flicker reduction for the specific sub-field coding process called incremental sub-field coding, in which only those sub-field code words are taken for display driving having the characteristic that there is never a sub-field inactivated between two activated sub-fields or never a sub-field is activated between two inactivated sub-fields.For this specific sub-field coding it is proposed to make the sub-field grouping in a simple manner, where all the odd sub-fields are grouped together in one group (G1) and all the even sub-fields are grouped together in a second group (G2). Despite the fact that some luminance differences are present in the groups it has been proved, that this sub-field grouping leads to a very efficient large area flicker reduction because of its complementary behaviour to the required dithering technique.
US07773160B2	Image display system and method An image display system comprises a first liquid crystal projector which projects a counterclockwise-rotating, circularly polarized light beam to form an image containing specific visual information on a screen and a second liquid crystal projector which projects a clockwise-rotating, circularly polarized light beam to form a white image on the same screen. When viewed with the naked eye, a combination of the two images projected on the screen appears totally white. A viewer wearing a dedicated viewing device equipped with an optical filter which allows counterclockwise-rotating, circularly polarized light to pass through can selectively see the image projected by the first liquid crystal projector.
US07773156B2	Device and method for displaying PIP on TV Device and method for displaying a PIP on a TV, the method including the steps of (a) generating a PIP if a user selects a PIP mode, generating menus for the generated PIP in a form of an OSD, displaying the generated PIP and PIP menus on the same time, (d) if a user desired menu is selected from the displayed menus, controlling according to the selected menu, and displaying the PIP and the PIP menu according to the control, whereby providing a variety for PIP window screens according to user's requirements owing to the simultaneous movement of the PIP screen and the PIP menu, and permitting the user to obtain desired information easily when the user identifies the picture source and selects the PIP, owing to the display of relevant source control information and PIP control information in a form of rim information, if the TV is used, with a variety of external devices connected thereto.
US07773131B2	Solid state image sensing device with level fluctuation suppression A level shifter (181) shifts a signal level of a noise signal produced from a pixel so that the signal level becomes close to a reference level, and then a level shifter (182) complements the noise signal whose level was shifted by the level shifter (181) by a signal level corresponding to the level shifted by the level shifter (181). After that, the differential amplifier (183) performs subtraction operation between the noise signal that has passed the level shifters (181, 182) and the image signal from the pixel, so as to output the image signal without noises.
US07773116B1	Digital imaging stabilization One apparatus embodiment includes a target tracking apparatus. The apparatus includes a reference camera, a processor to receive image data from the reference camera, and memory connected to the processor. The apparatus includes instructions storable in the memory and executable by the processor to process the image data to determine a target region within a first frame of the image data. The device also includes instructions that can be executed to compare image data of the first frame with image data of a second frame to locate the target region in the second frame.
US07773098B2	Virtual reality presentation apparatus and method A virtual reality presentation apparatus (100) has a CPU (101) which controls the overall apparatus, a memory (103) which stores various programs, a memory (104) which stores various data, an HMD (105) as a video display device, and a position and orientation controller (106) having position and orientation sensors (107, 108, 109), which are connected to each other via a bus (102). After a position and orientation required to render a CG scene for one frame are determined, when CG objects are in an interference state immediately before this processing and the difference between the current time and an interference time (128) set upon determining the interference state does not exceed an interference detection skip time (124), CG image generation means (112) generates a CG scene for one frame based on the determined position and orientation without checking if an interference has occurred between the CG objects.
US07773097B2	Visual emphasis for cognitive training exercises Computer-implemented method for enhancing cognition of a participant using visual emphasis. One or more scenes are provided and are available for visual presentation to the participant, each scene having a background and at least one foreground object. A scene is visually presented to the participant with a specified visual emphasis that enhances visual distinction of the at least one foreground object with respect to the background, where the foreground object(s) and/or the background are modified or selected to achieve the specified visual emphasis. The participant is required to respond to the scene, and a determination made as to whether the participant responded correctly. The visual emphasis may be modified based on whether or not the participant responded correctly a specified number of times. The presenting, requiring, and determining (and possibly the modifying) are repeated in an iterative manner to improve the participant's cognition.
US07773095B1	Method and system for provisioning facility-based maps and related information to field personnel The invention relates to a method and system for wireless and network based mapping method and system for supporting field personnel to access, select and download facilities related maps and related information. Mapping files are manipulated in accordance with a grid block overlay over a first level map display. Each of the grid blocks is uniquely identifiable and indexed with one or more algorithms necessary for the local creation of an enhanced and/or enlarged second level of display.
US07773094B2	Method and device for the display of images A device for the display of images with a data processing system is provided. The device includes a display device; a memory storing an original image comprising a number of pixels; and a processor operable to generate a second image on the basis of the original image. The second image is displayed on the display device. The display device has a lower resolution than the original image. The second image is displayed at a first time point using an interpolation function that reduces the number of pixels, and the processor operable to generate a shifted third image at a second, later time point for display on the display device. The shifted third image uses an interpolation function that reduces the number of pixels, the interpolation at the first time point differentiated from the interpolation carried out at the second time point.
US07773090B1	Kernel mode graphics driver for dual-core computer system A kernel-mode graphics driver (e.g., a D3D driver running under Microsoft Windows) exploits the parallelism available in a dual-core computer system. When an application thread invokes the kernel-mode graphics driver, the driver creates a second (“auxiliary”) thread and binds the application thread to a first one of the processing cores. The auxiliary thread, which generates instructions to the graphics hardware, is bound to a second processing core. The application thread transmits each graphics-driver command to the auxiliary thread, which executes the command. The application thread and auxiliary thread can execute synchronously or asynchronously.
US07773079B2	Method and related device of source driver with reduced power consumption A method capable of reducing power consumption of source drivers is disclosed. The method includes a reference voltage source charging or discharging a loading end of a source driver to a reference voltage having a polarity the same as a polarity of a target voltage and a voltage level near a voltage level of the target voltage, and an output stage of the source driver charging or discharging the loading end to the target voltage.
US07773071B2	Moving an image with an input device A system and method for providing a continuous input mode is disclosed. In the continuous input mode, a combination of a vector signal and a command signal is received from an input device. Upon receipt of a vector signal and a command signal, an image is moved on a display screen, for example. The image continues to move until the command signal is terminated. If a new vector signal is received prior to termination of the command signal, then the direction of image movement may be changed and will occur until termination of the command signal. Additional aspects of the present invention relate to input devices and computer-readable media with computer executable instructions utilized in switching between the input modes.
US07773070B2	Optical positioning device using telecentric imaging One embodiment relates to an optical displacement sensor for sensing movement of a data input device across a surface by determining displacement of optical features in a succession of frames. The sensor includes at least an illuminator, telecentric imaging optics on the object (scattering surface) side, and an array of photosensitive elements. The illuminator is configured to illuminate a portion of the surface. The telecentric imaging optics is configured to image the optical features emanating from the illuminated portion of the surface, and the array of photosensitive elements is configured to detect intensity data relating to the optical features imaged by the telecentric imaging optics. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US07773069B2	Method of driving an electrophoretic display An electrophoretic display device includes M×N numbers (M, and N are integers more than two) of pixels. The M×N numbers of pixels include M numbers of pixel groups having N numbers of pixels. Further, an image on the electrophoretic display device is displayed by making some of the M×N numbers of pixels switched at least from a bright display to a dark display, and vice versa. A period for displaying one piece of an image on the electrophoretic display is defined as period for forming an image and a period for introducing an image signal to each of the M×N numbers of pixels with sequentially selecting each of the pixels is defined as a frame period. Then, the time for forming an image includes a plurality of frame periods (a numbers of L: L is integers more than two).
US07773066B2	Liquid crystal display device An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized active matrix type liquid crystal display device that may achieve large-sized display, high precision, high resolution and multi-gray scales. According to the present invention, gray scale display is performed by combining time ratio gray scale and voltage gray scale in a liquid crystal display device which performs display in OCB mode. In doing so, one frame is divided into subframes corresponding to the number of bit for the time ratio gray scale. Initialize voltage is applied onto the liquid crystal upon display of a subframe.
US07773056B2	Pixel circuit and light emitting display A pixel circuit for a light emitting display. Adjacent pixels of the light emitting display coupled to one scan line share one first power supply line. A driving circuit in each pixel circuit drives first and second organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). A switching circuit is coupled between the first and second OLEDs and the driving circuit to sequentially control the driving of the first and second OLEDs. Because two adjacent pixel circuits share one pixel power supply line and a plurality of OLEDs are coupled to one pixel circuit, it is possible to reduce the number of pixel circuits and the number of wiring lines of the light emitting display. Other circuit elements may also be shared between adjacent pixel circuits. Reducing the wiring and other elements of the pixel circuits makes it possible to increase the aperture ratio of the light emitting display.
US07773035B2	Microstrip antenna and high frequency sensor using microstrip antenna A microstrip antenna has feed element 102 and parasitic elements 104, 106 on the front surface of substrate 1. Microwave electrical power is applied to feed element 102. Parasitic elements 104, 106 are connected via through hole type leads passing through substrate 1, to switches upon the rear surface of substrate 1, respectively. By actuating the switches individually, parasitic elements 104, 106 are individually switched between a grounded state and a float state. The direction of the radio beam emitted from the microstrip antenna is varied by selecting which of parasitic elements 104, 106 is grounded and floated. A microwave signal source connects to feed element 102 via an feed line 108 very much shorter than the wavelength, accordingly the transmission losses being low and the efficiency being excellent.
US07773034B2	Method for acquisition of GPS signals and GPS receiver with sample time error and frequency offset compensation Embodiments of a method for acquisition of GPS signals and a GPS receiver with sample time error and frequency offset compensation are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, GPS signals are resampled at a plurality of sample rates for each of a plurality of predetermined frequency offsets to compensate for sample time error and frequency offset of a crystal oscillator. The resampled GPS signals may be cross correlated for each of the predetermined frequency offsets. In some embodiments, the sample time error and the frequency offset of the crystal oscillator may substantially exceed a time and frequency drift of reference clocks on GPS satellites.
US07773030B2	Method and system for antenna training and communication protocol for multi-beamforming communication A method and system for antenna training for communication of multiple parallel data streams between multiple-input multiple-output communication stations is provided. An implementation involves performing antenna training by obtaining optimal antenna training coefficients by multi-stage iteration in estimating the multi-dimensional beamforming coefficients.
US07773025B2	Remote circuit interaction A method and system for remotely affecting electronics within a conductive enclosure are disclosed. The method can comprise transmitting electromagnetic radiation of two different frequencies to the enclosure. The two different frequencies can be selected such that they penetrate the enclosure and therein form electromagnetic radiation of a third frequency that resonates within the enclosure. The third frequency can interact with the electronics, such as to disrupt operation thereof.
US07773005B2	Method and apparatus for decoding variable length data System and method for decompressing data. A compressed data stream including contiguous variable length data blocks is received, each variable length data block including multiple contiguous variable length data fields. A current data block of the contiguous variable length data blocks is stored in one or more registers of a processor. Decoding state information is stored in another register of the processor. A single machine instruction of the processor is loaded. The instruction includes one or more operands corresponding respectively to the one or more registers, and another operand corresponding to the other register, where the other register is further operable as a destination register to store a result of the machine instruction. The instruction is executed to decompress the current data block using the stored decoding state information, including storing the decompressed current data block in the other register. The decompression is repeated for subsequent blocks in the stream.
US07773000B1	Efficient coding of integers in non-power-of-two ranges Coding efficiently in non-power-of-two ranges. Coding is performed in an N-bit system, where certain codes are represented with N bits and other codes are represented with (N+1) bits. An example is where the other codes may have an N-bit representation used to represent multiple values, with the additional bit being disambiguation information provided to distinguish the codes having multiple values. Thus, N bits are used to represent most codes, and an extra bit is used to represent other codes. The number of bits per element used for representing a sequence is, on average, close to a theoretical minimum for N-bits.
US07772999B2	N-state ripple adder scheme coding with corresponding n-state ripple adder scheme decoding Methods and apparatus for implementing an n-state ripple-adder scheme coder with n≧2 using an n-state reversible switching function and a non-reversible n-state switching function acting upon a first and a second word of at least 2 n-state symbols are disclosed. Corresponding decoding methods and apparatus are also disclosed. A resulting codeword may be a codeword which can be decoded by using the identical or different n-state switching functions in a corresponding ripple adder scheme decoder. Feistel networks and LFSRs apply the coding and decoding. Systems using the coding and decoding methods may be communication, storage and/or financial systems.
US07772990B2	Signal monitor with programmable non-critical alarm A signal monitor includes an alarm function module configured to compare a plurality of input signals associated with traffic control to a set of programmable criteria associated with predetermined events, and to produce a non-critical alarm signal when at least one of the set of programmable criteria is satisfied. This non-critical alarm signal—which is associated with programmable alarm conditions that do not require that the intersection enter the “flash” mode—is communicated to the controller, which may then log and/or transmit the non-critical alarm condition to a central station or maintenance point.
US07772984B2	Remote control security supervisory control apparatus A remote control security supervisory control apparatus includes a remote control device capable of performing remote control, at least one sensor to detect risky conditions in a surveillance scope and a system host to execute a security supervisory control system procedure. The remote control device can perform system alteration on the sensor at a remote site. The remote control device first outputs a wake-up signal to make the individual sensor to enter a setting mode from a sleeping mode; then the remote control device outputs a command signal to the system host through the sensor. The system host feedbacks a confirmation signal to the sensor to finish setting alteration of the security system procedure.
US07772979B2	Ear tag element and methods for producing an ear tag element The invention relates to an ear tag element for tagging animals and to methods for producing it. The ear tag element according to the invention comprises a body (1) and a transponder (4) which is embedded in the said body, the transponder having a chip and an antenna which are connected to one another, and the body of the ear tag element comprising a rigid part (2), a flexible part (3) and a boundary surface (6) between them. The oar tag element according to the invention is characterized by the fact that at least the antenna of the transponder lies in the boundary surface, in such a manner that the antenna on at least one side bears against the rigid part and on at least one other side bears against the flexible part of the body.
US07772974B2	Tamper evident seal system and method A tape seal includes electronic circuitry to detect tamper- and manipulation events relating to sealed items in various embodiments. A complex impedance is formed in a continuous seal. The seal is designed in such a way, that any attempt to break or remove the seal results in a change of the complex impedance. An electronic module in connection with the seal quantifies a complex impedance, and when a change is detected above a programmed threshold, this is treated as a tamper event. In one embodiment, the inclusion of reference impedances are applied to allow a more precise detection of a tamper event and allow for automatic calibration of natural variations of the complex impedance. In a further embodiment, a method of determining tampering with a sealed item is disclosed.
US07772973B2	Burglarproof purse A burglarproof purse installs a control switch and an alarm for issuing a warning sound at hidden positions of the purse, and a closed and opened loop is distributed all over each surface of the purse and connected to the control switch and the alarm, such that after a user turns on the control switch, the closed and opened loop will be disconnected whenever the purse is opened or any surface of the purse is damaged, and a warning sound is produced to alert the abnormal situation and scare away the thief who tries to open the purse illegally.
US07772970B2	Vehicle display device The present invention provides a vehicle display device which can display fuel consumption information of a vehicle in a useful and optimum mode for a driver. A meter_EUC calculates an instantaneous fuel consumption of a vehicle based on a mileage and a fuel injection quantity within a set time, calculates an average fuel consumption of the vehicle based on respective cumulative values of the mileage and the fuel injection quantity repeatedly calculated for every set time, and displays the deviation of the instantaneous fuel consumption with respect to the average fuel consumption as fuel consumption information on a fuel consumption meter. The display on the fuel consumption meter is performed by swinging a pointer with respect to a neutral position. When the deviation takes a positive value, the pointer is swung in the pulse direction with a swinging width corresponding to the deviation quantity, while when the deviation takes a negative value, the pointer is swung in the minus direction with a swinging width corresponding to the deviation quantity.
US07772969B2	Vehicle with always forward system A system for a vehicle that includes a movable chassis and an operator station rotatable relative to the chassis. The system includes a sensor, an indicator assembly, and a controller. The sensor can detect an orientation of the operator station relative to the chassis, and generates a signal indicative of the orientation of the operator station. The indicator assembly is disposed on the operator station, and includes a first indicator indicative of the operator station oriented in a first direction, and a second indicator indicative of the operator station oriented in a second direction. The controller is in communication with the sensor to receive the signal indicative of the operator station orientation from the sensor, and further is in communication with the indicator assembly to selectively vary the indicator assembly between the first indicator and the second indicator based on the signal indicative of the operator station orientation.
US07772966B2	Vehicle rearview mirror assembly incorporating a communication system A vehicle communication and control system is provided that may be more readily installed in a vehicle and that utilizes minimal additional wiring. According to some of the disclosed embodiments, the electrical components of the “brick” of a communication and control system are integrated into a rearview mirror assembly. Preferably, the microwave antenna for the GPS and the cellular telephone antenna are also integrated into the rearview mirror assembly. Various functions and features of the system are also disclosed.
US07772960B2	Pre-loaded force sensing resistor and method A force sensing resistor (FSR) includes a substrate having separated electrically conductive traces and another substrate having a resistive layer in which the substrates are subjected to a biasing force such that the substrates contact one another with the resistive layer electrically connecting the traces with a resistance inversely dependent on the biasing force. Upon an external force applied towards a substrate, the substrates contact one another with a total force which is the sum of the forces with the resistive layer electrically connecting the traces with a resistance inversely dependent on the total force. An FSR output which is a function of the resistance is measured. Whether a change in magnitude of the FSR output during a time interval is greater than a threshold is determined. A touch applied on the FSR is detected during the time interval if the change is greater than the threshold.
US07772953B2	Symmetrical auto transformer delta topologies Various embodiments of multi-phase transformers are disclosed. Exemplary transformer includes primary windings, secondary windings and third windings. Primary windings, secondary windings and third windings may include sub windings coupled to form functions. Primary windings are coupled at ends to form a delta configurations. Secondary windings are coupled to primary windings. Third windings are coupled to primary windings and secondary windings. Secondary windings and the third windings are magnetically coupled to primary windings. The outputs at second ends of third windings are greater than the outputs at the second ends of secondary windings. In some embodiments, the outputs at adjacent second ends of the third windings are substantially equal. In some embodiments, the phase angle difference of outputs at adjacent second ends of third windings are substantially equal. In some embodiments, the phase angle difference of outputs at adjacent second ends of secondary windings are substantial equal.
US07772952B2	Method for coding field emission structures using a coding combination An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function.
US07772944B2	Starter having minimized electromagnetic switch A starter includes a motor and an electromagnetic switch disposed close to and radially outward of the motor. The switch includes a contacts cover, a terminal bolt, and a conductive metal member. The contacts cover is cup-shaped. The terminal bolt is secured in the contacts cover so as to extend in the axial direction of the motor through an end wall of the contacts cover. The metal member has a first and a second end portion. The first end portion is inserted in the contacts cover through a side wall of the contacts cover. The second end portion is located outside the contacts cover and electrically connected to the motor. The switch further includes a movable contact, a first fixed contact that is electrically connected to a power source via the terminal bolt, and a second fixed contact made up of the first end portion of the metal member.
US07772942B2	Elastic wave filter utilizing a sub-propagation mode response to increase out of band attenuation An elastic wave filter of a resonator type includes at least one IDT electrode arranged so as to contact the piezoelectric substance. The elastic wave filter is arranged such that an elastic wave in a main propagation mode for obtaining target frequency characteristics and an elastic wave in a sub-propagation mode propagate, the elastic wave being capable of propagating simultaneously with the elastic wave in the main propagation mode, an electromechanical coefficient K2 of the elastic wave in the sub-propagation mode is in the range from about 0.1% to about one third of an electromechanical coefficient K2 of the elastic wave in the main propagation mode, and a sound velocity of the elastic wave in the sub-propagation mode differs from a sound velocity of the elastic wave in the main propagation mode.
US07772940B2	Rotatable polarizer device using a hollow dielectric tube and feed network using the same There is disclosed a feed network including a circular common waveguide having an axis and terminating in a common port and a first port for coupling a first linearly polarized mode to the circular common waveguide. A phase shifting element may be disposed within the circular waveguide. The phase shifting element may be adapted to cause a predetermined phase shift between a first signal and a second signal propagating in the common waveguide. The phase shifting element may be rotatable about the axis of the common waveguide.
US07772936B2	Polar feedback architecture Polar feedback architecture. A polar modulator, as may be implemented within a transmitter module, of a communication device includes feedback. This feedback involves monitoring of phase information and magnitude/amplitude information of an output signal generated by the polar modulator. The output signal can be a radio frequency (RF) signal such as may be transmitted via a communication channel within a communication system. A baseband processing module processes the monitored phase information and magnitude/amplitude information to perform adjustment of a phase modulator and/or other components within the polar modulator.
US07772927B1	Active bias Darlington amplifier The present invention relates to an active bias Darlington pair amplifier that may operate without a traditional bias resistor. The active bias Darlington pair amplifier includes an output transistor element that is cascaded with and driven from a driver transistor element. Active bias circuitry provides bias to the driver transistor element to regulate bias current in the output transistor element. The bias current in the output transistor element is sensed by the active bias circuitry. The active bias circuitry may include alternating current (AC) circuitry, which may adjust bias under certain radio frequency (RF) drive conditions. The active bias Darlington pair amplifier may include feedback circuitry, which provides feedback from the output transistor element to the driver transistor element. The feedback circuitry may include AC circuitry, which may provide frequency dependent feedback.
US07772924B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a common-mode voltage of switching amplifiers An H-bridge controller and a method for controlling a common-mode voltage and/or current of an H-bridge circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, an H-bridge controller includes a section for receiving a signal indicating at least one of a common-mode voltage or common-mode current of the H-bridge circuit, and a section for generating control signals which determine switching of the H-bridge circuit so as to control at least one of the common-mode voltage or common-mode current of the H-bridge circuit. In another embodiment, a method for controlling a common-mode voltage and/or current of an H-bridge circuit includes receiving a signal indicating at least one of a common-mode voltage or common-mode current of the H-bridge circuit; and generating control signals which determine switching of the H-bridge circuit so as to control at least one of the common-mode voltage or common-mode current of the H-bridge circuit.
US07772920B1	Low thermal hysteresis bandgap voltage reference A first and a second group of individual transistors in a voltage reference may collectively function as a first and a second composite transistor with a first and a second emitter area equal to the combined areas of the emitters of the first and the second groups of individual transistors, respectively. The second emitter area may be larger than the first emitter area. The stability of the reference voltage may depend upon the stability of the ratio between the first emitter area and the second emitter area. The first group of individual transistors may not be at the center of an arrangement of the second group of individual transistors. The constant reference voltage may vary due to thermal hysteresis by less than 200 parts per million over a 40 degree centigrade temperature range.
US07772918B2	Regulated voltage boost charge pump for an integrated circuit device An apparatus and method for a regulated voltage boost charge pump for an integrated circuit (IC) device. The charge pump generally includes a plurality of switching networks and a lift capacitor that are intermittently coupled to an output capacitor or to a regulating transistor, a differential error amplifier biasing a gate terminal of the transistor, and a controller configured to alternate states of switches in the switching networks in a pre-selected timing relationship with a clock signal of the IC device.
US07772909B2	Supplying power to, and clocking, clocked loads A supply power can be fed in at a circuit arrangement for supplying power to, and clocking, clocked loads. The circuit arrangement provides a clock signal at a frequency and a supply voltage, the frequency and/or the supply voltage being able to be controlled by the circuit arrangement in such a manner that a power tapped off at the output and the supply power fed in are in a predefined relationship.
US07772908B2	Voltage and temperature compensation delay system and method A delay circuit provides a voltage and temperature compensated delayed output signal. The delay circuit includes a first delay stage that receives an input signal, and generates a delayed output signal from the input signal. The delay circuit also includes a second delay stage that receives the delayed output signal of the first delay stage, and generates a delayed output signal from the output of the first delay stage. The first delay stage and the second delay stage are coupled a voltage supply. The magnitude of the delay of the second delayed signal is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the supply voltage to substantially the same degree that the delayed output signal of the first delay stage is proportional to the magnitude of the supply voltage.
US07772904B1	Voltage level converter with mixed signal controller According to an embodiment, a mixed signal controller includes a fine controller, a coarse controller and a digital controller. The fine controller is operable to output an analog modulation signal responsive to an analog control signal and a voltage signal input to the fine controller. The coarse controller is operable to output a digital pulse width modulation (PWM) signal responsive to the analog modulation signal and an analog PWM reference signal input to the coarse controller. The digital controller is operable to program the analog control signal and the analog PWM reference signal responsive to the digital PWM signal so that the fine and coarse controllers together regulate the voltage signal at a predetermined voltage level.
US07772899B2	Delay locked loop and operating method thereof A delay locked loop (DLL) includes a delay-locking unit configured to generate first and second delay clocks corresponding to first and second clock edges of a reference clock for achieving a delay-locking; a phase detection unit configured to detect a phase difference between the first and second delay clocks to output a weight selection signal; a weight storage unit configured to store the weight selection signal obtained during a predetermined period from a point of time when the first and second delay clocks are delay locked; and a phase mixing unit configured to mix phases of the first and second delay clocks to output a DLL clock by applying a weight corresponding to the stored weight selection signal in the weight storage unit.
US07772892B2	Differential hybrid circuit A main driver amplifier generates first differential signals (Vdp/Vdn) based on pattern data (PAT). A replica driver amplifier generates second differential signals (Vcp/Vcn) based on the pattern data (PAT). Two subtractors generate electric potential difference signals (HP=RP−Vep) and (HN=RN−Ven), respectively. Two sample hold circuits sample the electric potential difference signals (HP and HN), and hold them thereafter, respectively. A comparison unit compares a differential amplitude signal (DA=HHP−HHN) with a predetermined threshold value (VOH). A latch circuit latches an output from the comparison unit. Sampling timings of the two sample hold circuits and a latch timing of the latch circuit, can be adjusted independently.
US07772879B1	Logic module including versatile adder for FPGA A logic module for an FPGA includes a LUT formed from an N-level tree of 2:1 multiplexers. Each of the N inputs to the LUT is connected to the select inputs of the multiplexers in one level of the tree. Each of the data inputs at the leaves of the tree is driven by a configuration memory cell that produces either a logic 0 or a logic 1. The output of the single multiplexer at the last level of the tree forms a Y output and is coupled to one input of an XOR gate and to the select input of a two-input carry multiplexer. The 0 input of the carry multiplexer is coupled to a G input. A CI input is coupled to the other input of the XOR gate and to the 1 input of the carry multiplexer.
US07772876B2	Configurable on-die termination Described are systems that employ configurable on-die termination elements that allow users to select from two or more termination topologies. One topology is programmable to support rail-to-rail or half-supply termination. Another topology selectively includes fixed or variable filter elements, thereby allowing the termination characteristics to be tuned for different levels of speed performance and power consumption. Termination voltages and impedances might also be adjusted.
US07772874B2	Single event transient mitigation and measurement in integrated circuits A method for single event transient filtering in an integrated circuit device is described. The device comprises three sequential elements, each having a data input and a data output with each of the three data outputs coupled to one of three inputs of a voting gate. The method comprises generating first and second nominally equivalent logic signals in first and second SET domains, converting the first and second nominally equivalent logic signals into first, second and third nominally equivalent data channels, and transmitting the first, second and third nominally equivalent data channels to the data inputs of the first, second and third sequential elements.
US07772869B2	Display device and method for testing the same A method of economically manufacturing display devices having a matrix of drivable pixels arranged in rows and columns arranged to be driven by IC drivers, including the steps of including a plurality of sensor signal lines in the display device that are selectively connectable to certain of the pixel rows, a plurality of sensor signal lines selectively connectable to certain of the pixel columns, transmitting test signals to test predetermined ones of the rows and columns of pixels, and connecting pixel driving circuits to those display devices exhibiting uniform pixel brightness in response to the test signals.
US07772865B2	Probe for testing integrated circuit devices A device for providing electrical contact comprises a first reciprocating conductive body having a first abutting body at one end, a second reciprocating conductive body having a second abutting body at one end and a resilient means biasing the first reciprocating conductive body and the second reciprocating conductive body in opposing directions axially away from each other. The first abutting body is slidably abutting the second abutting body, thereby providing electrical conductivity between the first reciprocating conductive body and the second reciprocating body. In another embodiment, the first reciprocating conductive body, the second reciprocating body and at least one securing means are disposed within one of plurality of through holes of an elastic non-conductive housing body. The elastic non-conductive housing body biases the first reciprocating conductive body and the second reciprocating conductive body in opposing directions axially from each other.
US07772864B2	Contact probe with reduced voltage drop and heat generation A contact probe includes a plurality of probes, each of the probes including: an conductive tube; an conductive plunger, contained in at least one end side of the tube, and having a distal end part protruding outward from the tube in an axial direction of the tube; and a coil spring, contained in the tube, and adapted to elastically urge the plunger outward. The plural probes are arranged in a first direction in a socket comprised of insulating material. A cross section of the tube in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the tube has a greater size in a direction different from the first direction than a size in the first direction.
US07772858B2	Probe card A probe card includes a plurality of probes that contacts a plurality of electrodes provided in the semiconductor wafer and that inputs or outputs an electrical signal in or from the electrodes, a probe head that holds the probes, a substrate having a wiring which is provided near the surface of the substrate facing the probe head so as to be contactable with the probe head and is connected to the probes, a core layer formed of a material which is buried in the substrate and has a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than that of the substrate, and a connecting member that electrically connects at least some of the probes with an external device via the wiring.
US07772857B2	System and method to determine the impedance of a disconnected electrical facility A signal injection unit injects a test signal at a main frequency between a reference point of an electric circuit and ground, where the electric circuit is connected with the facility and injects another test signal at a second main frequency between a reference point of the electric circuit and ground. A signal conversion unit measures first and second response voltages and first and second response currents in the electric circuit, where the response voltages and the response currents result from the test signals. A processing device determines impedances to ground of the facility from the response voltages and the response currents, analyses impedances to ground of the facility, where this analysing includes comparing each determined impedance to ground with a predetermined value, and determines a safety state of the disconnected electrical facility based on the analysed impedances to ground.
US07772848B2	Method of operation for a magnetic resonance imaging suite A method of operation for a magnetic resonance imaging suite. A power supply of magnetic resonance injector system receives electrical power from an AC power outlet, both of which are located outside of a shielded room of the magnetic resonance imaging suite. Electrical power from the power supply of the magnetic resonance injector system is conveyed (via an appropriate power connection) into the shielded room of the magnetic resonance imaging suite and to a component (e.g., a power head) of the magnetic resonance injector system located inside the shielded room. While this electrical power is being conveyed, radio frequency energy emitted from the power connection is being filtered.
US07772839B2	Eddy current magnetic crash sensor A magnetic field generated by at least one coil operatively associated with a first portion of a vehicle responsive to a first signal from a signal source causes an eddy current in at least one conductive element operatively associated with or at least a part of a second portion of the vehicle. In one aspect, a circuit operatively coupled to the at least one coil generates a second signal responsive to a self-impedance of the at least one coil, wherein the second signal is at least partially in-phase with the first signal. In another aspect, a magnetic sensor is responsive to an eddy current in the at least one conductive element. In yet another aspect, the at least one conductive element comprises a metal sheet, film or coating of paramagnetic or diamagnetic material that is relatively highly conductive.
US07772834B2	Handler and process for testing a semiconductor chips using the handler A test handler includes a loading unit including a loading picker and a loading ascending/descending unit, an unloading unit including an unloading picker and an unloading ascending/descending unit, and a chamber system. A passage site connects the loading unit and the chamber system, and also connects the chamber system and the unloading unit. The arrangement of the handler reduces the time for the loading and unloading processes by performing the loading and unloading processes on separate test trays located at separate loading and unloading positions.
US07772831B2	Systems and methods for testing packaged dies A main die and a stacked die are included in the same component package. A transmission gate (370) is implemented on the main die, and can be enabled to receive leakage current in a connection (318) between the main die and the stacked die, and to conduct the leakage current to a bonding pad (344) that is accessible external to the package. Thus, the connectivity between the main die and the stacked die can be tested after the dies are packaged. The transmission gate is disabled during high-speed testing and normal operation. The package can also include a multiplexer (364) that is enabled during high-speed testing to input and output test signals at the package level. A direction signal is used to indicate whether test signals are being input to or output from the main die.
US07772830B2	Test handler automatic contactor cleaner methods and surrogate cleaning device Methods and devices are disclosed for cleaning contactors equipped with contact pins such as pogo pins include steps which may be performed in concert with common semiconductor device testing processes using automatic test equipment and associated handlers. The preferred embodiments of the invention include method steps for mounting a surrogate cleaning device in a tester load board socket and applying the contact pins associated with automatic test equipment to the surrogate cleaning device for cleaning.
US07772829B2	Power meter and method for measuring power consumption A power meter for measuring power consumption and detecting the presence of an unsafe line condition is disclosed. The power meter has a service disconnect switch, which is interposed between load contacts and source contacts, the disconnect switch interrupts the flow of power from the source contacts to the load contacts when the disconnect switch is in an open position. The power meter also has a processor coupled to a two input signal processing circuit. The two input signal processing circuit receives a first and second voltage signal from the load contacts. The two input signal processing circuit converts the first and second voltage signal into a first and second voltage value. The processor computes the power consumption using the first and second voltage values in combination with current values. The processor uses the first or second voltage values to determine the presence of an unsafe line condition when either the first or second voltage value exceeds a first voltage threshold or the first or second voltage value is below a second voltage threshold when the service disconnect switch is in the open position.
US07772825B2	Current source providing large supply current A current source comprises a current driver comprising a current generator and a first resistor serially coupled at a first node, a level shift unit located between the first node and a second node to generate a rated voltage difference between the second and the first nodes, and a voltage regulator device having an input terminal coupled to the second node and an output terminal coupled to a control terminal of the current generator. The voltage regulator device maintains the voltage level of the second node at a first voltage reference by modifying the voltage level of the control terminal. Along with the variation of the voltage level of the control terminal, a supply current generated by the current source for a load is varied to modify the voltage level of the second node to the first voltage level. The control loop stabilizes the supply current value.
US07772818B2	Method and apparatus for measuring an average output current of a switching regulator using current-sensing-circuitry One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus that measures the average-output-current produced by a switching regulator within an electronic device. The apparatus includes current-sensing-circuitry coupled to a switching field-effect-transistor (FET) within the switching regulator, wherein the current-sensing-circuitry is configured to bypass a small sense current from the conducting current of the switching-FET according to a sense ratio, wherein the conducting current is controlled by a control signal for the switching regulator. The apparatus also includes a current-to-voltage-converter coupled to the current-sensing-circuitry which is configured to convert the sense current into a sense voltage. The apparatus further includes voltage-averaging-circuitry which is configured to produce an average-sense-voltage from the sense voltage. This sense voltage is coupled to the input of the voltage-average-circuitry through a switch, which is gated by the control signal. The average-output-current of the switching regulator is indicated by the average-sense-voltage.
US07772815B2	Constant voltage circuit with higher speed error amplifier and current limiting A constant voltage circuit is disclosed that includes an output voltage control transistor outputting a current to an output terminal; a first error amplifier circuit part controlling the operation of the output voltage control transistor; a second error amplifier circuit part causing the output voltage control transistor to increase the output current when there is a rapid decrease in an output voltage from the output terminal; and a current limiting circuit part controlling the operation of the output voltage control transistor so as to prevent the output current therefrom from exceeding a first predetermined value by gradually decreasing the output current and the output voltage alternately when the output current is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value. The current limiting circuit part stops the operation of the second error amplifier circuit part when the output voltage is less than or equal to a second predetermined value.
US07772811B1	Power supply configurations and adaptive voltage A power supply circuit includes one or more reference voltage generators that respectively generate a time-varying output voltage reference value as well as a corresponding time-varying output current reference value. During operation, the reference voltage generators produce different step values for the time-varying output voltage reference value and the corresponding time-varying output current reference value over time such that the power supply has a substantially fixed output impedance value. According to one configuration, the time-varying output voltage reference value tracks the power supply output voltage. Via a comparison of the power supply output voltage with respect to the adaptive output voltage reference voltage value and a comparison of the output current to the corresponding time-varying output current reference value, a controller circuit associated with the power supply controls switching operation of the power supply to regulate the power supply output voltage.
US07772810B2	DC-DC Converter with adaptive switching parameter adjustment A fully digital DC/DC automatic up/down converter circuit converts an input voltage to an output voltage of a predetermined value based on a switching operation. The switching operation includes switching operation comprise-cycles having at least one switching operation phase. The converter is controlled by a digital controller having a look-up table in which a plurality of data is stored. The digital controller uses certain data from the plurality of data with respect to an actual switched operating mode for continuously adjusting the begin and the end of a switching operation. The switched operating modes are a PWM and a PFM mode.
US07772808B2	Voltage regulating system and voltage regulator A voltage regulating system includes a generator, a battery, a warning light, a starting switch, and a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator includes an exciting driver connected to an exciting winding of the generator so as to excite the exciting winding; a voltage built-up/current leakage protection unit connected to a battery and the exciting driver so as to receive a battery voltage and drive the exciting driver for building the output voltage of the generator, while the generator at low speed operation. The voltage regulator further includes an exciting cut-off driver connected to the exciting driver and the voltage built-up/current leakage protection unit so as to cut the exciting driver off in response to the output voltage of the generator built by the voltage built-up/current leakage protection unit.
US07772807B2	Method for charging portable electronic device A method for charging portable electronic device is disclosed. When the portable electronic device is connected to a power source, the method selects a protecting mode or a fast charging mode to charge the battery according to the current operating status of the portable electronic device. Simultaneously, the battery power is also controlled within a safety range. Therefore, the invention can charge the battery of the portable electronic device at a high speed without affecting the efficiency of the device. Moreover, the battery is also protected from being overcharged to extend the life of the battery.
US07772795B2	Motor position signal processing apparatus A motor position signal processing apparatus electrically connected to a signal processor and an optical encoder of a motor control system includes a first switch, a second switch, a first signal integration amplifier, a first separator, a second signal integration amplifier, a second separator, a third signal integration amplifier, a third separator, a fourth separator and an inverter. An enable signal outputted by the signal processor is processed by the inverter to switch the operation to the first switch or the second switch. An incremental signal outputted by the optical encoder, a motor mechanical position and a reset correction signal are processed by the first, second and third signal integration amplifiers and transmitted to the signal processor for controlling the operation of a motor.
US07772789B2	Motor controller The motor controller drives an electric motor including a rotor as a field magnet and stator coils of U-phase, V-phase and W-phase. The motor controller includes an exploration voltage application unit for applying an exploration voltage to the stator coils of U-phase, V-phase and W-phase such that a voltage vector expressed by the voltage applied to the stator coils rotates in a predetermined cycle with maintaining a constant magnitude, an electric current detection unit for detecting an electric current flowing through the electric motor during the period in which the exploration voltage is applied by the exploration voltage application unit, and a rotor rotation angle estimation unit for estimating a rotation angle of the rotor based on a phase of the voltage vector when a magnitude of the electric current detected by the electric current detection unit takes a local maximum value.
US07772782B2	Light emitting diode (LED) driving device A light emitting diode (LED) driving device includes a power factor correction (PFC) circuit, a bridge switch circuit, a resonant circuit, a transformer and a feedback circuit. The PFC circuit adjusts an output signal thereof based on a feedback signal. The bridge switch circuit transforms the output signal of the PFC circuit into a pulse signal. The resonant circuit resonates and outputs a sinusoidal signal to a primary-side of the transformer based on the pulse signal. The feedback circuit outputs the feedback signal to the PFC circuit in response to a primary-side current of the transformer. Therefore, an output current of the LED driving device is adjusted through modulating the feedback circuit.
US07772781B2	Intelligent user interface with touch sensor technology An electronic circuit including a microchip for use as an intelligent user interface also comprises touch sensor technology that differentiates between proximity and physical contact events to activate and control various loads including light bulbs, products with radio frequency circuitry or electric motors. An input to the microchip is connected to a switch or sensing structure that does not form a serial link between the power source and the load. The electronic circuit controls various functions in response to user actions including automatic delayed shut-off functions, find-in-the-dark indicator and a power source level/product state indications. The microchip allows the user to select specific functions based on the time duration of activation signals, the time duration between activation signals and the number of activation signals at the input. The microchip is further configured to interpret and react to the signals received from a user in a way that enhances ease of use of the product and to use the indicators to provide information to the user that is influenced by the signals received as well as the state of the product.
US07772776B2	Display device with panel and chassis base aligned A display device is provided having enhanced precision and accuracy in attachment of a plasma display panel to a chassis base. A method and apparatus for manufacturing such a display device is also provided. The display device may include a display panel having an upper panel and a lower panel and a chassis base for supporting the display panel. At least one panel of upper and lower panels in a plasma display panel is marked with an aligning mark, and a penetration hole is formed at a chassis base at a position corresponding to the aligning mark. Therefore, the chassis base and the plasma display panel may be precisely aligned on the basis of the aligning mark exposed through the penetration hole.
US07772775B2	Plasma display panel (PDP) A Plasma Display Panel (PDP), in which the precision level in shaping the display electrodes is improved by changing the shape of the transparent electrode, includes: address electrodes formed on a first substrate, barrier ribs defining discharge cells in a space between the first substrate and a second substrate and display electrodes, formed on the second substrate in a direction crossing the address electrodes, including a pair of line portions arranged on both sides of each discharge cell and having a pair of protrusion portions, facing each other, extending from the respective line portions toward the center of each discharge cell. The pair of the protrusion portions has rounded contours at both corners of each protrusion portion facing the paired protrusion portion and its radius R1 of curvature at the corner satisfies the following condition: 0.05a=R1=0.2a, where a is a width of the protrusion portion measured in the extending direction of the line portion.
US07772770B2	Flat display panel and flat panel display device having the same A flat display panel is constructed in such a manner that weak impact resistance of a substrate, due to a step difference present on the flat display panel, is prevented. The flat display panel includes: a substrate; a facing member bonded to the substrate, and having a surface area smaller than that of the substrate; a display unit disposed between the substrate and the facing member; a bonding unit which bonds the substrate and the facing member, and which is interposed between the substrate and the facing member along outer sides of the display unit; and a buffer member included on outer sides of the bonding unit of the substrate.
US07772748B2	Composite for forming ferroelectric thin film, ferroelectric thin film, method of manufacturing ferroelectric thin film, and liquid-jet head Provided are a composite for forming a ferroelectric thin film which is a colloidal solution applicable to the MOD method and capable of maintaining excellent dispersion stability and preservation stability of an organometallic compound over a long term, a ferroelectric thin film, a method of manufacturing a ferroelectric thin film, and a liquid-jet head. A composite for forming a ferroelectric thin film, which is made of a colloidal solution applicable to the MOD method containing an organometallic compound including metal constituting a ferroelectric thin film, and contains water other than water of crystallization in the organometallic compound is used when forming a ferroelectric thin film in accordance with the MOD method.
US07772747B2	Process for producing a piezoelectric film, film forming apparatus, and piezoelectric film A piezoelectric film is formed on a substrate by a sputtering technique at a film formation temperature higher than a Curie temperature. An electric field is formed across the piezoelectric film in a direction heading from a surface side of the piezoelectric film toward the substrate side before a temperature of the piezoelectric film having been formed falls to a temperature lower than the Curie temperature, polarization processing being caused to begin by the formation of the electric field across the piezoelectric film. The temperature of the piezoelectric film is allowed to fall to a temperature lower than the Curie temperature in the state in which the electric field is being formed.
US07772743B2	Piezoelectric drive unit and piezoelectric drive element A piezoelectric drive unit and a piezoelectric drive element are provided, which are compact and lightweight, and able to be stably displaced and positioned, in addition, efficiently driven even at low voltage. One end of a rod is fixed to an approximate center of a main surface of a piezoelectric drive element (drive element). The drive element is in a configuration where two element structures are incorporated by dividedly forming part of internal electrodes being alternately layered with a plurality of pieces of piezoelectrics, and has two regions divided with the center of the element as an origin. When signal are inputted into the internal electrodes via terminal electrodes such that a phase is shifted by 90 degrees between the two regions, the rod is rotated. When a tip of the rod is biased to be disposed by a spring such that it is pressed to a side face of a shaft for guiding a sliding frame of a lens, the lens slides along the shaft with rotation of the rod.
US07772736B2	Permanent magnet synchronous motor, rotor of the same, and compressor using the same The inventive self-initiated permanent magnet synchronous motor has a rotor that has two-pole permanent magnets, as well as magnetic substances in a peripheral direction between the magnetic poles of the permanent magnets. The present invention provides a high-efficiency, high-torque permanent magnet synchronous motor with an improved power factor, its rotor, and a compressor using the permanent magnet synchronous motor, without a reduction in the maximum torque and an increase in costs.
US07772735B2	Embedded magnet type rotating electric machine A plurality of magnets are arranged in accommodating holes each extending in a radial direction. A rotor core is provided with an extension portion in a circumferential direction extending further outward in the circumferential direction with respect to the magnet from at least one of a radially outer end and a radially inner end in the accommodating hole, and a radial regulating portion regulating a movement of the magnet in the radial direction. The radial regulating portion extends in the radial direction so as to correspond to a center in the circumferential direction of the accommodating hole. The dimension in the circumferential direction of a portion of the radial regulating portion that is brought into contact with the magnet is smaller than the dimension in the circumferential direction of the magnet. A cross-sectional area of the radial regulating portion as seen from the radial direction is small, in comparison with the case in which the radial regulating portion extends entirely in the axial direction of the rotor core. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a leakage flux in a rotating electric machine.
US07772734B2	Rotor structure of rotating electric machine A rotor includes a rotor core and disk-shaped end plates provided to sandwich the rotor core in the direction of a rotation shaft. The end plates are each formed to have one end face relatively closer to the rotor core and larger in outer diameter with the center at the rotation shaft than the other end face.
US07772725B2	Apparatus and method for current control in H-Bridge load drivers An electronic current control circuit is provided. This electronic circuit comprises a power-supply, an H-Bridge module connected to a load, and a current sensor connected between the H-Bridge module and the power-supply and adapted to sense load current characteristics. A computerized controller is connected to the current sensor and the H-Bridge module, includes at least a module for operating load current analysis algorithm for analyzing the load current characteristics to determine current control parameters that provide over-current protection and load current control. A load current control module controls the H-Bridge module based upon the current control parameters.
US07772722B2	Switching system and method for adjustment thereof A switching system. The switching system includes an optical component, an electromagnetic switch, an auxiliary adjustment structure, and a control circuit. The optical component reflects or refracts a light. The electromagnetic switch, on one side of the optical component, controls the optical component to rotate or move in a direction. The auxiliary adjustment structure, on the optical component, controls the optical component to rotate or move in other direction. The control circuit, coupled to the electromagnetic switch, adjusts an on-off signal of the electromagnetic switch by a native frequency of the switching system, wherein the native frequency is obtained from an initial signal.
US07772721B2	Method and apparatus for conserving energy stored in bypass capacitors during dynamic power collapse Energy stored in bypass capacitors in a portable device may be conserved when a power supply voltage is collapsed reducing the need to recharge the bypass capacitors and thereby saving power. A bypass charge saving circuit includes a bypass capacitor, a power source having an output supply voltage that is switchable, a load circuit of the portable device coupled to the output supply voltage, and the bypass capacitor operable to filter the output supply voltage. Also, a transistor switch is operable to decouple a discharge path of the bypass capacitor through the load circuit when the transistor switch is disabled. Further, a controller is operable to turn off the output supply voltage and the transistor switch in order to conserve energy stored in the bypass capacitor.
US07772703B2	Package substrate A package substrate including a circuit board, a reinforcing plate and at least one conductive channel is provided. A first surface of the reinforcing plate is disposed on the circuit board for resisting the warpage of the circuit board. The reinforcing plate has an opening corresponding to a first contact of the circuit board exposed thereon. In addition, one end of the conductive channel is located in the opening and electrically connected to the first contact, and the other end of the conductive channel is located on a second surface of the reinforcing plate to form a bonding pad.
US07772692B2	Semiconductor device with cooling member A semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor element; a mounting substrate with the semiconductor element mounted thereon; a first high thermal conductivity member formed on a surface of the mounting substrate; and a first cooling member thermally connected to at least a part of the first high thermal conductivity member. The first high thermal conductivity member is thermally connected to the semiconductor element, and the first high thermal conductivity member has an outer edge which is located outside an outer edge of the semiconductor element.
US07772673B1	Deep trench isolation and method for forming same According to one exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor die including at least one deep trench isolation region for isolating an electronic device (for example, a bipolar device) includes a trench situated in a substrate of the semiconductor die, where the trench has sides surrounding the electronic device, and where the trench has at least one trench chamfered corner formed between and connecting the sides of the trench. The at least one trench chamferred corner is formed between a chamfered corner of an outside wall of said trench and a corner of an inside wall of the trench. A trench corner width at the at least one trench chamfered corner is less than a trench side width along the sides of the trench.
US07772671B2	Semiconductor device having an element isolating insulating film A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having on its surface a recess and at least one projection formed in the recess. The projection has a channel region and an element isolating insulating film is formed in the recess. A MIS type semiconductor element is formed on the semiconductor substrate and includes a gate electrode formed on the channel region of the projection via a gate insulating film. Source and drain regions are formed to pinch the channel region of the projection therebetween. A channel region of the MIS type semiconductor element is formed to reach the at least one projection located adjacent to the MIS type semiconductor element in its channel width direction via the recess. A top surface of the at least one projection is located higher than the top surface of the element isolating insulating film by 20 nm or more.
US07772668B2	Shielded gate trench FET with multiple channels A field effect transistor (FET) includes a pair of trenches extending into a semiconductor region. Each trench includes a first shield electrode in a lower portion of the trench and a gate electrode in an upper portion of the trench over but insulated from the shield electrode. First and second well regions of a first conductivity type laterally extend in the semiconductor region between the pair of trenches and abut sidewalls of the pair of trenches. The first and second well regions are vertically spaced from one another by a first drift region of a second conductivity type. The gate electrode and the first shield electrode are positioned relative to the first and second well regions such that a channel is formed in each of the first and second well regions when the FET is biased in the on state.
US07772665B2	Solid-state imaging device A first imaging portion includes a first group of photoelectric conversion elements. A second imaging portion includes a second group of photoelectric conversion elements. The first imaging portion and the second imaging portion are disposed at adjacent positions. An array pattern of the imaging portions is determined so that photoelectric conversion elements detecting all color components needed for reproducing a color image are included by two adjacent lines. Among pairs of adjacent lines, a line of the first imaging portion is paired with a line of the second imaging portion, which is selected so that the combination of color components detected by the photoelectric conversion elements arranged on the line of the first imaging portion differs from the combination of color components detected by the photoelectric conversion elements arranged on the line of the second imaging portion. Corresponding to each of the pairs, a first electrode adapted to control the reading of signals from the photoelectric conversion elements of the first imaging portion, and a second electrode adapted to control the reading of signals from the photoelectric conversion elements of the second imaging portion are electrically connected to a common reading terminal.
US07772663B2	Method and apparatus for bitline and contact via integration in magnetic random access memory arrays In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for bitline and contact via integration in magnetic random access memory arrays. One embodiment of a magnetic random access memory according to the present invention includes a magnetic tunnel junction and a top wire that surrounds the magnetic tunnel junction on at least three sides.
US07772648B1	Performance enhanced silicon-on-insulator technology The present invention includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer that enhances certain performance parameters by increasing silicon device layer and insulator layer thicknesses and increasing silicon handle wafer resistivity. By increasing the silicon device layer thickness, effects of the floating body problem may be significantly reduced. By increasing the insulator layer thickness and the silicon handle wafer resistivity, influences from the silicon handle wafer on devices formed using the silicon device layer may be significantly reduced. As a result, standard tools, methods, and processes may be used.
US07772641B2	Power semiconductor device with a plurality of gate electrodes A power semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer having a trench extending along a first direction in a stripe configuration; a gate electrode buried in the trench for controlling a current flowing in the semiconductor layer; and a gate plug made of a material having higher electrical conductivity than the gate electrode, the gate plug having the stripe configuration and being connected to the gate electrode along the first direction. The semiconductor layer includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type provided partially in an upper face of the first semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type provided partially on the second semiconductor layer; and a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type provided on a lower face of the first semiconductor layer.
US07772632B2	Memory arrays and methods of fabricating memory arrays A memory array includes a plurality of memory cells formed on a semiconductor substrate. Individual of the memory cells include first and second field effect transistors respectively comprising a gate, a channel region, and a pair of source/drain regions. The gates of the first and second field effect transistors are hard wired together. A conductive data line is hard wired to two of the source/drain regions. A charge storage device is hard wired to at least one of the source/drain regions other than the two. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated, including methods of fabricating memory arrays.
US07772628B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A lower electrode film is formed above a semiconductor substrate first, and then a ferroelectric film is formed on the lower electrode film. After that, an upper electrode film is formed on the ferroelectric film. When forming the upper electrode, an IrOx film containing crystallized small crystals when formed is formed on the ferroelectric film first, and then an IrOx film containing columnar crystals is formed.
US07772625B2	Image sensor having an RPO layer containing nitrogen A semiconductor structure includes a transistor formed over a substrate. The transistor includes a transistor gate and at least one source/drain region. The semiconductor structure includes a pre-determined region coupled to the transistor. The semiconductor structure further includes a resist protection oxide (RPO) layer formed over the pre-determined region, wherein the RPO layer has a level of nitrogen of about 0.35 atomic % or less.
US07772624B2	Image sensors and methods of fabricating same Image sensor devices are provided having reduced dark current generation characteristics. These image sensor devices include a semiconductor substrate and a photo-detector therein (e.g., P-N photodiode). The photo-detector includes a charge-generating region therein that is configured to convert photons received by the photo-detector into charge carriers. A first transistor, which has a terminal configured to receive the charge carriers generated by the photo-detector, is also provided. The first transistor includes a first gate electrode and a first pair of lightly doped source and drain regions of unequal width on opposite sides of the first gate electrode. This first transistor may be a three-terminal device and the terminal that is configured to receive the charge carriers may be selected from a group consisting of a gate, source and drain terminals. In particular, the first transistor may be configured as a reset transistor or as a source-follower transistor.
US07772612B2	Nanophotovoltaic devices The present invention provides nanophotovoltaic devices having sizes in a range of about 50 nm to about 5 microns, and method of their fabrication. In some embodiments, the nanophotovoltaic device includes a semiconductor core, e.g., formed of silicon, sandwiched between two metallic layers, one of which forms a Schottky barrier junction with the semiconductor core and the other forms an ohmic contact therewith. In other embodiment, the nanophotovoltaic device includes a semiconductor core comprising a p-n junction that is sandwiched between two metallic layers forming ohmic contacts with the core.
US07772606B2	Light-emitting photonic device A colored light source apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes light sources corresponding to active regions defined by defects in a photonic crystal structure, wherein the photonic crystal structure is based on periodic structures. The apparatus also includes a waveguide, a first electrode, and a second electrode. Varying electrical properties between the first and second electrodes stimulates radiation production in the active regions, wherein the radiation is at least partially coupled to and guided by the waveguide.
US07772604B2	Separate optical device for directing light from an LED Embodiments of the present invention provide separate optical devices operable to couple to a separate LED, the separate optical device comprising an entrance surface to receive light from a separate LED when the separate optical device is coupled to the separate LED, an exit surface opposite from and a distance from the entrance surface and a set of sidewalls. The exit surface has at least a minimum area necessary to conserve brightness for a desired half-angle of light projected from the separate optical device. Furthermore, each sidewall is positioned and shaped so that at least a majority of rays having a straight transmission path from the entrance surface to that sidewall reflect to the exit surface with an angle of incidence at the exit surface at less than or equal to a critical angle at the exit surface.
US07772602B2	Light emitting device having a plurality of light emitting cells and method of fabricating the same Disclosed is a light emitting device having a plurality of light emitting cells. The light emitting device comprises a thermally conductive substrate, such as a SiC substrate, having a thermal conductivity higher than that of a sapphire substrate. The plurality of light emitting cells are connected in series on the thermally conductive substrate. Meanwhile, a semi-insulating buffer layer is interposed between the thermally conductive substrate and the light emitting cells. For example, the semi-insulating buffer layer may be formed of AlN or semi-insulating GaN. Since the thermally conductive substrate having a thermal conductivity higher than that of a sapphire substrate is employed, heat-dissipating performance can be enhanced as compared with a conventional sapphire substrate, thereby increasing the maximum light output of a light emitting device that is driven under a high voltage AC power source. In addition, since the semi-insulating buffer layer is employed, it is possible to prevent an increase in a leakage current through the thermally conductive substrate and between the light emitting cells.
US07772599B2	Gallium nitride-based semiconductor stacked structure, production method thereof, and compound semiconductor and light-emitting device each using the stacked structure A gallium-nitride-based semiconductor stacked structure includes a low-temperature-deposited buffer layer and an active layer. The low-temperature-deposited buffer layer is composed of a Group III nitride material that has been grown at low temperature and includes a single-crystal layer in an as-grown state, the single-crystal layer being present in the vicinity of a junction area that is in contact with a (0001) (c) plane of a sapphire substrate. The active layer is composed of a gallium-nitride (GaN)-based semiconductor layer that is provided on the low-temperature-deposited buffer layer. The single-crystal layer is composed of a hexagonal AlXGaYN (0.5
US07772588B1	Light emitting device with improved internal quantum efficiency A light emitting device can be used for light emitting diodes and laser diodes. The light emitting device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a multi-quantum well structure including at least one well layer and at least one barrier layer between the first and second semiconductor layers. A carrier trap portion is formed in at least one layer within the multi-quantum well structure. The at least one carrier trap portion is distributed at a higher density than a dislocation density of the layer including the carrier trap portion, and the carrier trap portion has a size of 1˜10 nm.
US07772584B2	Laterally grown nanotubes and method of formation A semiconductor device has lateral conductors or traces that are formed of nanotubes such as carbon. A sacrificial layer is formed overlying the substrate. A dielectric layer is formed overlying the sacrificial layer. A lateral opening is formed by removing a portion of the dielectric layer and the sacrificial layer which is located between two columns of metallic catalysts. The lateral opening includes a neck portion and a cavity portion which is used as a constrained space to grow a nanotube. A plasma is used to apply electric charge that forms an electric field which controls the direction of formation of the nanotubes. Nanotubes from each column of metallic catalyst are laterally grown and either abut or merge into one nanotube. Contact to the nanotube may be made from either the neck portion or the columns of metallic catalysts.
US07772581B2	Memory device having wide area phase change element and small electrode contact area A memory cell device of the type that includes a memory material switchable between electrical property states by application of energy, situated between first and second (“bottom” and “top”) electrodes has a top electrode including a larger body portion and a stem portion. The memory material is disposed as a layer over a bottom electrode layer, and a base of the stem portion of the top electrode is in electrical contact with a small area of the surface of the memory material. Methods for making the memory cell are described.
US07772569B2	3D biplane microscopy A microscopy system is configured for creating 3D images from individually localized probe molecules. The microscopy system includes a sample stage, an activation light source, a readout light source, a beam splitting device, at least one camera, and a controller. The activation light source activates probes of at least one probe subset of photo-sensitive luminescent probes, and the readout light source causes luminescence light from the activated probes. The beam splitting device splits the luminescence light into at least two paths to create at least two detection planes that correspond to the same or different number of object planes of the sample. The camera detects simultaneously the at least two detection planes, the number of object planes being represented in the camera by the same number of recorded regions of interest. The controller is programmable to combine a signal from the regions of interest into a 3D data.
US07772566B2	Power saving type safe drinking water discharge device Disclosed is a power-saving type safe drinking water discharge device to treat cold water from a cooling reservoir (110), in which water is temporarily stored and cooled, prior to discharging the water to the outside through a tap valve (120). A connecting tube (10), provided around an outer circumference thereof with a coolant tube (40), is provided between the cooling reservoir and the tap valve, such that the water, which is primarily cooled to a predetermined temperature in the cooling reservoir, is secondarily cooled while passing through the connecting tube, prior to being discharged through the tap valve. The discharge device is used to sterilize and cool water in a public or domestic drinking water appliance, thereby minimizing contamination of water and allowing a user to always drink cold water.
US07772558B1	Multi-layer radiation detector and related methods The present invention provides radiation detectors and related methods, including methods of making radiation detectors and devices, as well as methods of performing radiation detection. A radiation detector includes a first resin coating formed on at least a surface of the substrate and an additional layer, such as a scintillator layer, formed on the resin coating.
US07772557B2	Offset compensation scheduling algorithm for infrared imagers A method of scheduling offset compensation for an infrared (IR) imaging system to maintain good image quality. The method includes a scheduling algorithm for automatic offset compensation. The scheduling algorithm automatically adjusts periods between offset compensations based on the measurement of drift of the focal plane array (FPA) pixel levels. As a result, the periods are adjusted both when the camera is thermally stable and when the camera is undergoing an internal thermal change.
US07772552B2	Methods and devices for atom probe mass resolution enhancement In an atom probe or other mass spectrometer wherein a specimen is subjected to ionizing pulses (voltage pulses, thermal pulses, etc.) which induce field evaporation of ions from the specimen, the evaporated ions are then subjected to corrective pulses which are synchronized with the ionizing pulses. These corrective pulses have a magnitude and timing sufficient to reduce the velocity distribution of the evaporated ions, thereby resulting in increased mass resolution for the atom probe/mass spectrometer. In a preferred arrangement, ionizing pulses are supplied to the specimen from a first counter electrode adjacent the specimen. The corrective pulses are then supplied from a second counter electrode which is coupled to the first via a passive or active network, with the network controlling the form (timing, amplitude, and shape) of the corrective pulses.
US07772549B2	Multiplexed tandem mass spectrometry One or more methods for determination and/or deconvolution of complex mass spectra, using quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry.
US07772548B2	“Droplet pickup ion source” coupled to mobility analyzer apparatus and method An ion mobility analyzer includes at least one of a “differential mobility analyzer”, an “ion mobility spectrometer” and a “differential mobility spectrometer”, to which charged molecules of interest are fed. Ions are fed to the ion mobility analyzer from a “droplet pickup ion source” including an electrospray ion source at a capillary end, from which charged droplets formed from a solvent mixture having substantially none of the molecules of interest emerge. The charged droplets are pulled by an electric field into a “pickup region” filled with a buffer gas at a pressure or a region close to the surface of a sample, where the charged droplets incorporate the molecules of interest and transfer the charge of the charged droplets to the molecules of interest, when the liquid in the charged droplets has evaporated in a heated desolvation region that is separate or integral with respect to the “pickup region”.
US07772547B2	Multi-reflecting time-of-flight mass spectrometer with orthogonal acceleration The disclosed apparatus includes a multi-reflecting time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MR-TOF MS) and an orthogonal accelerator. To improve the duty cycle of the ion injection at a low repetition rate dictated by a long flight in the MR-TOF MS, multiple measures may be taken. The incoming ion beam and the accelerator may be oriented substantially transverse to the ion path in the MR-TOF, while the initial velocity of the ion beam is compensated by tilting the accelerator and steering the beam for the same angle. To further improve the duty cycle of any multi-reflecting or multi-turn mass spectrometer, the beam may be time-compressed by modulating the axial ion velocity with an ion guide. The residence time of the ions in the accelerator may be improved by trapping the beam within an electrostatic trap. Apparatuses with a prolonged residence time in the accelerator provide improvements in both sensitivity and resolution.
US07772546B2	Portable loeb-eiber mass spectrometer A portable mass spectrometer including an ion source, an ion detector, and a Loeb-Eiber style high-pass ion separator comprising an array of wires. The array can have first and second sets of wires where the distance between adjacent wires is less than the diameter of each of the wires. An electrical generator can be configured to create an electrical current and supply the electrical current to the first set of wires while the second set of wires remains grounded.
US07772545B2	Nuclear logging tool Nuclear logging tool. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising placing a logging tool within a borehole proximate to an earth formation, releasing energetic neutrons from the logging tool, and receiving (at a detector within the logging tool) gamma returns indicative of interactions of the neutrons with elements of the logging tool and elements of the formation, and the gammas indicative of neutron interactions with elements of the logging tool are substantially free from gammas indicative of interactions with iron atoms.
US07772542B2	Imaging apparatus having photoelectric conversion unit with position adjustment plate A photoelectric conversion element unit for use in an imaging apparatus including a photoelectric conversion element package containing a photoelectric conversion element, a wiring substrate where the photoelectric conversion element package is mounted on the first surface and an electronic component related to the photoelectric conversion element is mounted on a rear side of the first surface, and a support board attached to an attachment point in the imaging apparatus where the photoelectric conversion element package is fixed, wherein an opening smaller than an external form of the photoelectric conversion element package is formed in the support board, and the electronic component mounted on the wiring substrate is provided within the opening.
US07772536B2	Solid-state imaging device having a plurality of signal charge holding unit with a write target switching unit and a read target switching unit Provided is a solid-state imaging device that can perform a high-speed imaging, with appropriate number of pixels maintained. A plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix in the solid-state imaging device. Each pixel includes a plurality of signal charge holding units that hold signal charges output from a photo diode. A write target switching unit selects the signal charge holding units so that signal charges output at different time points are written to the signal charge holding units, respectively. A read target switching unit switches between signal charge holding units from which to read a signal charge.
US07772533B2	Multi-sensor image capture device Described is a multi-sensor image capture device. The device comprises a first imaging sensor, a second imaging sensor and a light transfer arrangement receiving illumination reflected from an object and aiming the illumination at at least one of the first and second imaging sensors. The first imaging sensor generates first image data as a function of the illumination and the second imaging sensor generates second image data as a function of the illumination.
US07772529B2	Selective permalloy anisotropy Methods and systems for improving permalloy sensitivity. One or more permalloy sensing components can be configured upon a substrate, and one or more conductors are located above a portion of the permalloy sensing component of interest. A current can then be initiated through the conductor. The substrate can then be heated such that the current creates a magnetic field that modifies the anisotropy of the portion of the permalloy sensing component of interest, thereby providing selective anisotropy and improving permalloy sensitivity thereof.
US07772524B2	Integrating sensors over a digital link A system that facilitates dynamic configuration of a welding system with respect to a sensor comprises a processing unit associated with the welding system. A configuration component facilitates configuring the welding system with respect to the sensor upon determining that the sensor is coupled to a local bus associated with the processing unit. A remote access component can facilitate remotely accessing the welding system, the configuration of the welding system alterable by way of the remote access component.
US07772514B2	Capacitive user-interface switches An electronic device including a housing having an outer surface, at least one printed circuit board located within the housing and having at least one edge located in propinquity to at least one corresponding edge region of the outer surface, at least one capacitance sensor located at the at least one edge of the printed circuit board and being adapted to sense a change in capacitance at the at least one corresponding edge region resulting from engagement therewith by an object having predetermined capacitance characteristics and capacitance change responsive switching circuitry located within the housing and coupled to the at least one capacitance sensor for providing a desired switching function responsive to the engagement.
US07772510B2	System and method for actuating one or more sliders A system and method according to which one or more sliders are actuated in order to, for example, operate one or more switches such as, for example, one or more circuit breaker switches.
US07772504B1	Laptop shield carrying case and cellular shield holster A unique laptop computer or similar device carrying case which can also shield an individual electromagnetic radiation including RF microwave radiation and also heat transfer from the laptop computers when opened or in the closed positions. The invention includes sewn insulating sections along the internal nylon face and an external leather face. A conductive fabric is positioned against the non-conductive plastic sheeting and is rolled up on itself, on four sides, to provide a larger effective virtual shield in the two side insulating sections, each of which includes an inner perforated metal shield and a solid metal shield in the base to protect against electromagnetic radiation. The sections fold inwardly to provide a carrying case held together with four Velcro® strips on the exterior of the case. A Cellular Shield, TCS Holster or other optional accessories can also be stored via the vertical Velcro® accessory strip, located midline on the side of the case, said holster including a neck tube for optional use for storing and protection from the cell phone.
US07772503B2	Movable electromagnetic shielding device for nuclear magnetic resonance apparati and method for making the same An electromagnetic shielding device for an MRI apparatus having a fastener for fastening the shielding device to a shielding element in the apparatus so as to surround said opening of a cavity and which shielding device is electrically connected to ground, wherein the fastener electrically connects the shielding device to the shielding element at the cavity opening; wherein the shielding device is flexible and is cylindrical and/or in a truncated cone shape, and has at least a passage opening for the body part; the shielding device is adapted to be fastened or compressed at said opening to the body part with a predetermined force in such a way as to close said opening and generate a low-impedance electrical contact between the body part and said shielding device to prevent or reduce the infiltration of electromagnetic noise from outside to inside said detection cavity; the shielding device is made of a first inner conductive material layer and an outer insulating fabric layer; and further includes at least one additional electrically conductive material layer overlapping and electrically connected to the first inner electrically conductive material layer.
US07772490B2	Electrical device comprising a connecting cable and method for producing said device The invention relates to an electrical device (1), especially for a motor vehicle. Said device comprises an electrical component (2) and a connecting cable (5) which is connected to the component (2) and is surrounded by a sheathing (8), the end (9) of said sheathing being at a distance from the component (2). The sheath end (9) and the respectively connected regions (13, 14) of the sheathing (8) and the connecting cable (5) comprise a sealing coating (16). The aim of the invention is to improve the sealing and to increase the durability thereof. To this end, another section (10) of the sheathing (8), embodied in a sleeve-shaped manner, is arranged between the sheath end (9) and the component (2), and the coating (16) extends over a sleeve end (11) facing the sheath end (9) and over the region (17) of the sleeve-shaped section (10) of the sheathing (8) connected thereto. The invention also relates to a method for producing one such device.
US07772479B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program The recommended playlist creating section generates several recommended candidate playlists having different reproduction orders as recommended candidate playlists each indicating a recommended reproduction order when one or more contents are sequentially reproduced. The evaluating section evaluates how each of the recommended candidate playlist is close to the ideal fluctuation stored in the ideal fluctuation storing section. The recommended playlist creating section selects a recommended playlist from among the recommended candidate playlists based on a result of evaluation by the evaluating section. This present invention is applicable to a content reproducing unit having a playlist creating function.
US07772468B1	Inbred maize line PHC55 A novel inbred maize variety designated PHC55 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize variety PHC55 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHC55 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the inbred variety PHC55 or a trait conversion of PHC55 with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from inbred maize variety PHC55, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from inbred maize variety PHC55 and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US07772466B2	Barley cultivar Pronghorn A barley cultivar, designated Pronghorn, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of barley cultivar Pronghorn, to the plants of barley Pronghorn, and to methods for producing a barley plant produced by crossing barley cultivar Pronghorn with itself or another barley variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a barley plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic barley plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to barley varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from barley cultivar Pronghorn, to methods for producing other barley varieties, lines or plant parts derived from barley cultivar Pronghorn, and to the barley plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid barley seeds and plants produced by crossing barley cultivar Pronghorn with another barley cultivar. This invention further relates to methods for developing other barley varieties or breeding lines derived from variety Pronghorn including cell and tissue culture, haploid systems, mutagenesis, and transgenic derived lines. Pronghorn demonstrates a unique combination of traits for the human food market including waxy starch, hulless seed and increased levels of Beta-glucan fiber and Beta-glucan fiber viscosity.
US07772457B2	Manufacturing method of absorbent body and absorbent body for disposable diaper obtained by the method A pair of rollers 2 and 3 are provided to be opposed to each other with a predetermined distance wherein at least one of the rollers 2 and 3 is a press print processing roller 2 that has a plurality of processing projections 2a with a predetermined layout on a circumference surface, and a stripe-shaped absorbent body base 1 including an absorbent element 7 obtained by mixing at least pulp 8 with super absorbent polymer 9 is sent and transferred between the pair of rollers 2 and 3 so that at least one surface of the absorbent body base 1 has a plurality of linear pattern elements 1a provided by being squeezed by the processing projections 2a, so as to have a groove-like shape when seen from the top, and are individually spaced from one another and dispersed in a staggered manner.
US07772450B2	Production of aromatic hydrocarbons and syngas from methane In a process for converting methane to syngas and aromatic hydrocarbons, a feed containing methane is contacted with a dehydrocyclization catalyst under conditions effective to convert said methane to aromatic hydrocarbons and produce a first effluent comprising aromatic hydrocarbons and H2, wherein said first effluent comprises at least 5 wt % more aromatic hydrocarbons than said feed. At least part of the H2 from said first effluent is then reacted with an oxygen-containing species, such as carbon dioxide, to produce a second effluent having an increased H2 and CO content compared with said first effluent.
US07772444B2	Method for the production of resveratrol in a recombinant oleaginous microorganism Methods to produce resveratrol and/or resveratrol glucoside in a recombinant oleaginous microorganism are provided. Expression of a resveratrol synthase gene in combination with genes involved in the phenylpropanoid pathway enabled recombinant microbial production of resveratrol in significant amounts.
US07772438B2	Process of making sertraline form I The present invention discloses novel and improved processes for preparation of sertraline hydrochloride crystalline form II. Thus, for example, sertraline free base is dissolved in isoamyl alcohol at 25-30° C., pH of the mass is adjusted to 2.0 with conc. hydrochloric acid (36%) at 25-30° C. and then stirred for 14 hours at 25-30° C. Filtered the solid and dried at 65° C. for 4 hours to give sertraline hydrochloride crystalline form II. The present invention also provides a novel process for preparation of sertraline hydrochloride crystalline form I.
US07772436B2	Process for producing 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl A process for producing 2,2′-bis (trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl which is useful as a raw material for polyimide resin, etc.In benzidine rearrangement of 3,3′-bis(trifluoromethyl) hydrazobenzene in the presence of an inorganic acid such as sulfuric acid aqueous solution or concentrated hydrochloric acid, use of a water-immiscible organic solvent such as toluene as reaction solvent can increase the yield of the product.3,3′-bis(trifluoromethyl) hydrazobenzene can be synthesized by reduction of m-nitrobenzotrifluoride.
US07772432B2	Amidobenzamide derivatives which are useful as cytokine inhibitors The invention concerns amide derivatives of the Formula (I) wherein R3 is (1-6C)alkyl or halogeno; Q is aryl or heteroaryl which optionally bears 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents such as hydroxy, halogeno, trifluoromethyl, cyano, (1-6C)alkyl, (1-6C)alkoxy, halogeno-(1-6C)alkyl, hydroxyl-(1-6C)alkyl, di-[(1-6C)akly]amino-(1-6C)alkyl, hydroxy-(2-6C)alkoxy, (1-6C)alkoxy-(2-6C)alkoxy, di-[(1-6C)alkyl]amino-(2-6C)alkoxy, amino(2-6C)alkylamino, N-(1-6C)alkyl-(1-6C)alkylamino-(2-6C)alkylamino, aryl, aryl-(1-6C)alkoxy, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-(1-6C)alkoxy, heterocyclyl, heterocyclyl-(1-6C)alkyl, heterocyclyloxy and heterocyclyl-(1-6C)alkoxy; p is 0-2 and R2 is a substituent such as hydroxy and halogeno; q is 0-4; and R4 includes optionally substituted aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl and heterocyclyl; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-cleavable esters thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical conditions mediated by cytokines.
US07772423B2	Process for the production of alkyl alkoxyacetates A process for the production of lower alkyl alkoxyacetates, preferably methyl methoxyacetate, by reaction of a di-(lower alkoxy)methane, preferably dimethoxymethane, with the acid form of a medium-pore or large-pore zeolite catalyst, preferably the acid form of faujasite, ZSM-5, mordenite, or beta, in the gas phase at atmospheric or near-atmospheric pressures.
US07772420B2	(Meth)acrylic esters of monoalkoxylated polyols, and production thereof Disclosed are novel (meth)acrylic esters of monoalkoxylated polyols, a process for their preparation and their use for preparing crosslinked swellable hydrogel-forming polymers and crosslinked swellable hydrogel-forming polymers.
US07772416B2	Data storage materials The invention provides metal-organic complexes useful for storing information in an information storage system. The invention also provides methods for forming such complexes on a substrate, as well as apparatuses and systems comprising such complexes.
US07772415B2	Radiation absorbing compositions, methods and articles incorporating such compositions Infrared (IR) radiation absorbing compounds of metal or metalloids with ligands are beneficial for many applications. Schiff base biquinone (SBB) ligands surrounding a metal or metalloid center may be used for laser welding applications, as one example, wherein effective infared radiation absorption and heat resistance are required. These compounds may be known as Schiff base biquinone metal complexes (SBBC's). The compositions and methods of this invention provide examples of many different NIR absorbing compounds that exhibit high NIR absorbing strength, good thermal stability, and relatively low visible color. The IR absorbing compounds may employ one or more of the following elements: Si, Zr, Bi, Sb, Ce, Cs, K, Mo.
US07772398B2	Process for making crystalline form I of clopidogrel hydrogen sulphate A process for preparation of crystalline Form I of clopidogrel hydrogen sulphate, that include separating the crystalline Form I of clopidogrel hydrogen sulphate from a solution of clopidogrel freebase in a solvent, which is 2-propanol or 2-butanol is provided.
US07772396B2	Process for the resolution of zopiclone and intermediate compounds The present invention refers to a process for the resolution into one of its enantiomers of the racemate of compound of formula (I): which comprises separating said one of its enantiomers from a diastereoisomeric salt of formula (II), which is formed by reaction of the racemic mixture with an optically active acetylated amino acid of formula (III). The invention also refers to new intermediates which are useful to carry out the process of the invention.
US07772393B2	Photochemical crosslinkers for polymer coatings and substrate tie-layer The invention describes novel crosslinking compounds that include photoactivatable moieties. Several families of compounds are disclosed that can include one or more hydrophilic moieties that help to solubilize the compounds in aqueous environments.
US07772388B2	Inhibition of metallo-β-lactamase A method to identify a high affinity nucleic acid ligand to inhibit the activity of a lactamase enzyme. The method comprises several steps that initially involve preparing a candidate mixture of nucleic acids. The candidate mixture of nucleic acids is then allowed to make contact with the lactamase enzyme under controlled conditions of temperature, ionic strength and pH; the combination forms a candidate-enzyme mixture. The target nucleic acids are partitioned from the remainder of the candidate mixture. The target nucleic acids that have been partitioned are amplified to yield a pool of nucleic acids enriched with target nucleic acid sequences. The enriched pool of target nucleic acids have a relatively higher affinity and specificity for binding to the lactamase, whereby nucleic acid ligand of the lactamase are identified. Nucleic acid ligands that inhibit an activity of lactamase. The lactamase includes class B, metallo-β-lactamase.
US07772382B2	Chitosan derivative and method of producing same Provided is a chitosan derivative having a high optical resolving power. Specifically provided is a chitosan derivative represented by the following Formula (I). wherein R1 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group having a carbon number of 1 to 30 which may have a substituent; R2 represents a substituent originating from an isocyanic acid derivative, carboxylic acid, ester, acid halide, acid amide compound, halide compound, aldehyde, or alcohol; and n is an integer of 5 or more.
US07772381B2	Efficient method to synthesize benzyl group-protected alpha-pentagalloylglucose (α-PGG) and its analogues A method to synthesize benzyl group protected alpha-pentagalloylglucose (α-PGG) and related compounds. The method comprises the steps of: suspending a highly reactive acylation agent and an acylating catalyst in a donor solvent; adding α-D-glucose or an analogue thereof to the mixture; reacting the mixture at room temperature for a time sufficient for reaction to occur; evaporating the solvent; taking up the residue in an appropriate solvent; filtering the residue and solvent mixture; and evaporating off the solvent.
US07772375B2	Monoclonal antibodies that recognize epitopes of amyloid-beta The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of β-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
US07772371B2	Stimulators of Factor X activated (FXa) as new topical antihemorrhagic agents The activated coagulation Factor X (FXa) stimulating agents may be used in the treatment of hemorrhages in a subject. Compounds and combinations are described which are particularly useful for the topical treatment of hemorrhaging in healthy subjects or in patients with hemorrhagic diathesis.
US07772369B2	Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions and insect-resistant transgenic plants Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed δ-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising these polynucleotide sequences, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as Colorado potato beetle, southern corn rootworm and western corn rootworm, and for conferring to a plant resistance to a target insect species.
US07772360B2	Polymer compound and polymer light-emitting device using the same A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
US07772355B2	Divinylsilane-terminated aromatic ether-aromatic ketone-containing compounds A compound having the formula: Each Ar is an aromatic group. Each R is an alkyl group. The value n is a positive integer. The values of w, x, y, and z are 0 or 1. If y is 0 than x and z are 0 and w is 1, and if y is 1 than x and z have different values and w equals z. A thermoset made by crosslinking a silane-containing compound with the above compound. A method of making the above compound when y is 1 by: reacting 4,4′-difluorobenzophenone with an aromatic diol to form an oligomer; and reacting the oligomer with a vinyl dialkylsilane. A method of making the below compound by: reacting 4,4′-difluorobenzophenone with a vinyl dialkylsilane. Each R is an independently selected alkyl group.
US07772352B2	Bioabsorbable and biocompatible polyurethanes and polyamides for medical devices Absorbable polyurethanes, polyamides and polyester urethanes prepared from at least one compound selected from: or the diamines and diisocyanates thereof, wherein each X represents a member independently selected from —CH2COO— (glycolic acid moiety), —CH(CH3)COO— (lactic acid moiety), —CH2CH2OCH2COO— (dioxanone), —CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COO— (caprolactone moiety), —(CH2)yCOO— where y is one of the numbers 2, 3, 4 or 6-24 inclusive, and —(CH2CH2O)z′CH2COO— where z′ is an integer between 2 and 24, inclusive; each Y represents a member independently selected from —COCH2O— (glycolic ester moiety), —COCH(CH3)O— (lactic ester moiety), —COCH2OCH2CH2O— (dioxanone ester), —COCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O— (caprolactone ester), —CO(CH2)mO— where m is an integer between 2, 3, 4 or 6-24 inclusive, —COCH2O(CH2CH2O)n— where n is an integer between 2 and 24, inclusive; R′ is hydrogen, benzyl or an alkyl group, the alkyl group being either straight-chained or branched; p is an integer between 1 and 4, inclusive; and Rn represents one or more members selected from H, alkoxy, benzyloxy, aldehyde, halogen, carboxylic acid and —NO2, which is attached directly to an aromatic ring or attached through an aliphatic chain. Absorbable polymers prepared from these compounds are useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering, tissue adhesives, adhesion prevention and other implantable medical devices.
US07772351B2	Use of a copolymer having at least one grafted alkoxy or hydroxy polyalkylene glycol function as an agent for improving optical brightening activation, and products obtained The invention relates to a water-soluble copolymer having at least one alkoxy or hydroxyl polyalkylene glycol function grafted onto at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, as an agent to improve the activation of the optical brightness of the end product, in the fields of paper, textile, detergents and paint.
US07772349B2	Process for preparing alkylpolyether-substituted mercaptosilanes Process for preparing alkylpolyether-substituted mercaptosilanes of the general formula I, (X)m(X′)n(X″)oSi(—R1—SR2)p (I) and a Hazen colour number of ≦250 mg Pt—Co/L by reacting compounds of the general formula II, (X′)m+n(X″)oSi(—R1—SR2)p (II) with m equivalents of the compounds of the general formula III, H—O—((CR32)w—O—)vAlk (III) using a proton-donating co-catalyst and, if desired, a further catalyst, and separating off liberated X′—H from the reaction mixture.
US07772347B2	Binder and fiber glass product from maillard reactants The present disclosure is directed to cured and uncured binders useful in the fabrication of products from loosely assembled fibers. For example, the disclosure describes cured and uncured binders useful in the fabrication of products from loosely assembled glass fibers. The disclosure also describes methods of fabricating products from loosely assembled fibers utilizing the aforementioned binders.
US07772346B2	Highly stereoregular polypropylene with improved properties Propylene polymers having a content of isotactic pentads (mmmm) higher than 97%, molecular weight distribution, expressed by the formula (a) ratio, equal to or higher than 6 and a value of formula (b) ratio equal to or lower than 5.5. The said polymers are prepared in the presence of a particular combination of Ziegler-Natta solid catalyst components and highly stereoregulating electron-donor compounds. Laminated articles, in particular bi-axially oriented films and sheets, can be prepared with the said polymers. M _ w / M _ n ( a ) M _ z / M _ w ( b )
US07772344B2	Insulating film-forming composition It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition capable of forming an insulating film which is endowed with a low dielectric constant, heat resistance, chemical resistance and a high mechanical strength that enables the insulating film to withstand CMP, and which, when an inorganic insulating film layer is provided thereon as an overlying layer, has a high adherence thereto. The composition for forming an insulating film contains polyphenylene, wherein the polyphenylene in an insulating film formed from the composition has a number of carbon atoms (C) and a number of oxygen atoms (O) which together satisfy a condition O/(C+O)≧0.050. With the composition, the above object is attained.
US07772342B2	Liquid non-aqueous dispersion and process for producing the same A liquid non-aqueous dispersion comprising a silicone oil and a copolymer dispersed therein, the copolymer comprising (A) at least one radical polymerizable macromonomer containing dimethyl polysiloxane, and (B) at least one radical copolymerizable monomer with the macromonomer (A), which comprises at least one (meth)acrylate monomer and optionally at least one vinyl monomer. This liquid non-aqueous dispersion has excellent water resistance, oil resistance and adhesive properties, and when used as a component of cosmetics, it can meet both requirements for long lasting make-up and good feeling of use of cosmetics.
US07772341B2	Norbornene compounds with cross-linkable groups and their derivatives The present invention provided a norbornene compound with cross-linkable groups and their derivative polymers, wherein said cross-linkable groups were olefin or epoxy groups. Norbornene polymers with cross-linkable side chain and their block copolymers as well as modified derivatives were prepared via living ring-open metathesis polymerization method. The resulting polymers with excellent solubility and optic properties had narrow molecular weight distribution, well-controlled molecular weight, small refraction index and high transparency. They were also suitable for preparing hybrid materials with high thermal stability and chemical resistance.
US07772335B1	Light olefin selective oxygenate conversion process using CHA framework type aluminosilicate The invention relates to a method for converting an oxygenated hydrocarbon feedstock into an olefin product comprising: (a) forming a CHA framework type aluminosilicate sieve catalyst made from a substantially fluoride-free synthesis mixture comprising silicon and aluminum sources, a slurry medium, and a template, wherein the sieve is substantially free from framework phosphorus and exhibits a Si/Al ratio from about 40-60; (b) optionally formulating the molecular sieve catalyst with an oxidized aluminum-containing precursor matrix material and a clay binder to form a molecular sieve catalyst composition; (c) activating the catalyst by removing/decomposing the template; and (d) contacting the activated catalyst with the feedstock under conditions sufficient to form an olefin product comprising ≧about 65% by weight, on a water-free basis, of ethylene and propylene and having an ethylene-to-propylene ratio ≧about 1.2. Ethylene- and propylene-containing polymers can be formed from the olefin product.
US07772334B2	Crosslinker of reactive functional groups and nonionic metal coordinating structure-containing alkyl or aromatic compound A crosslinker for polymerizing a film-forming material including an alkyl or aromatic compound comprising at least two functional groups reactive with a film-forming resin and at least one pendent group having a nonionic metal coordinating structure. Coating compositions can include a film-forming material and the crosslinker. The coating compositions can be used to coat a substrate, such as a metal substrate. Applied coating layers on substrates can be cured to form coating films.
US07772322B2	Poly(arylene ether) composition and articles A flexible thermoplastic composition comprises a poly(arylene ether), a first block copolymer, a second block copolymer and a flame retardant wherein the second block copolymer comprises a controlled distribution copolymer block. The flexible thermoplastic composition is useful in the manufacture of coated wires.
US07772315B2	Triboluminescent materials and golf balls made from such materials A golf ball made from a composition that includes at least one triboluminescent material. In one embodiment, the golf ball includes a core; an outer cover layer; one or more intermediate layers; and a coating layer disposed on the outer cover layer, wherein at least one of the core, the outer cover layer, the intermediate layer, or the coating layer comprises at least one triboluminescent material. In another embodiment, the golf ball includes a core; an outer cover layer; and one or more intermediate layers; wherein at least one of the core, the outer cover layer, or the intermediate layer comprises at least one triboluminescent material.
US07772308B2	Air barrier composition for innertubes According to the invention, a processing aid is used to improve processing in a green (uncured) rubber composition, such as in downstream in-plant processing of an innertube compound, and maintaining, or more preferably, reducing the air permeability of the cured composition, e.g., innertube compound. In embodiments, another of the advantages of the present invention is that the processing aid according to the invention can be used in addition to or as a replacement for the other processing aids and oils.
US07772302B2	Incorporation of plastic scrap in asphalt compositions Scrap plastic is treated for incorporation into asphalt-aggregate compositions by first shredding the plastic, then heating the shredded plastic to harden any pieces of film or flexible plastic and to generally reduce the size of the shreds without decomposing the plastic, and then grinding the heat-treated pieces to a size that can be blended with an aggregate. The blend is then combined with an asphalt binder to produce an asphalt-aggregate composition. No discrimination among, or selection of, specific types or classes of plastic is required.
US07772298B2	Clear ink composition, ink set, and ink jet recording method using the same Ink jet recording is carried out using an ink set including a clear ink composition that contains polymer fine particles and does not contain a colorant, a yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, a cyan ink composition, a red ink composition, a violet ink composition, and a black ink composition, whereby a high-quality recorded article having excellent recorded image coloration and glossiness can be obtained.
US07772297B2	Method for stabilizing refractive index profiles using polymer mixtures A method for making an optical element comprises polymerizing a first monomer to form a first polymer, the first polymer having a spatially varying degree of cure that provides a predetermined refractive index profile; and polymerizing a second monomer in the presence of the first polymer to form a second polymer intermixed with the first polymer, the second polymer stabilizing the first polymer and the refractive index profile.
US07772289B2	Colloidal crystals and method and device for manufacturing colloidal crystal gel Prior colloidal crystal preparation means requires much workmanship to obtain colloidal crystals, relying much on the expertise of an operator. To utilize colloidal crystals in various fields and develop them from now on, it is in demand to establish preparation means capable of preparing colloidal crystals with good reproducibility. The object of the invention is to meet such demand.A gas compressed in a compressor (1) is controlled by a gas pulse controller (3) to generate compressed air pulses, and the pulses are then guided to a colloidal crystal preparation vessel (6) having a flat plate type capillary portion to produce a pressure fluctuation, which is in turn used as driving power, thereby giving a flow and hard-stopping motion to a colloidal solution in the flat plate type capillary for formation of colloidal crystals of good single crystallinity.
US07772287B2	Process and apparatus for producing emulsion and microcapsules A process and apparatus for rapidly producing an emulsion and microcapsules in a simple manner is provided wherein a dispersion phase is ejected from a dispersion phase-feeding port toward a continuous phase flowing in a microchannel in such a manner that flows of the dispersion phase and the continuous phase cross each other, thereby obtaining microdroplets, formed by the shear force of the continuous phase, having a size smaller than the width of the channel for feeding the dispersion phase.
US07772277B2	Formulations comprising fenofibrate and a statin, and related methods of treatment The invention provides novel omega-3 oil formulations comprising fenofibrate and a statin. These formulations are effective in small volumes. Related methods of treatment are also described.
US07772276B2	Exo-selective synthesis of himbacine analogs This application discloses a novel process for the synthesis of himbacine analogs, as well as the compounds produced thereby. The synthesis proceeds by alternative routes including the cyclic ketal amide route, the chiral carbamate amide route, and the chiral carbamate ester route. The compounds produced thereby are useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The chemistry disclosed herein is exemplified in the following synthesis sequence:
US07772272B2	Method for enhancing glucose uptake into warm-blooded animal adipocytes The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for enhancement of glucose uptake into warm-blooded animal cells, treatment of diabetes, treatment or prevention of diabetes complications etc., treatment or prevention of diabetes or diabetes complications caused by insulin resistance syndrome, and the like, comprising as an active ingredient an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.
US07772268B2	Diacyl indazole derivatives as lipase and phospholipase inhibitors The invention relates to diacyl indazole derivatives of general formulae (I) or (II) and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Wherein X, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds to treat diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and atherosclerotic disorders.
US07772262B2	Substituted benzoylguanidines, method for production and use thereof as medicament or diagnostic and medicament comprising the same The present invention relates to substituted benzoylguanidines of the formula I: in which R1 to R8 and X and Y are as described in the specification, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are substituted acylguanidines as inhibitors of the cellular sodium-proton antiporter (Na+/H+ exchanger, NHE).
US07772255B2	Method of treating tumors with azaxanthones The use of azaxanthones for treating diseases associated with tumor cells which express one or more protein of S100 family, and in treating patients that have malignancies consisting of tumors of an epithelial or mesenchymel nature, where these compounds are effective in retarding the progression and/or metastasis of these tumors.
US07772252B2	Heterocyclic substituted carbonyl derivatives and their use as dopamine D3 receptor ligands The invention relates to heterocyclic substituted carbonyl derivatives that display selective binding to dopamine D3 receptors. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method for treating central nervous system disorders associated with the dopamine D3 receptor activity in a patient in need of such treatment comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of said compounds for alleviation of such disorder. The central nervous system disorders that may be treated with these compounds include Psychotic Disorders, Substance Dependence, Substance Abuse, Dyskinetic Disorders (e.g. Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism, Neuroleptic-Induced Tardive Dyskinesia, Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome and Huntington's Disease), Dementia, Anxiety Disorders, Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm Disorders and Mood Disorders. The subject invention is also directed towards processes for the preparation of the compounds described herein as well as methods for making and using the compounds as imaging agents for dopamine D3 receptors.
US07772250B2	Compounds This invention relates to cinnamate salts of 5-[(R)-2-(2-{4-[4-(2-amino-2-methyl-propoxy)-phenylamino]-phenyl}-ethylamino)-1-hydroxy-ethyl]-8-hydroxy-1H-quinolin-2-one.
US07772239B2	Benzoimidazolone-carboxamide compounds as 5-HT4 receptor agonists The invention provides novel benzoimidazolone-carboxamide 5-HT4 receptor agonist compounds. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat diseases associated with 5-HT4 receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US07772236B2	Substituted pyrazoles Substituted pyrazoles, methods of manufacturing them, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat, for example, autoimmune diseases mediated by cathepsin S.
US07772231B2	Substituted pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines as protein kinase inhibitors Compounds of formula (25) that inhibit protein kinases, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using the compounds are disclosed.
US07772229B2	Oxabispidine compounds useful in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias There is provided compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R41 to R46, A, B and G have meanings given in the description, which are useful in the prophylaxis and in the treatment of arrhythmias, in particular atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.
US07772223B2	Carboxamide derivatives as muscarinic receptor antagonists The invention relates to compounds of formula processes and intermediates for their preparation, their use as muscarinic antagonists and pharmaceutical composition containing them.
US07772221B2	Diaminopropane derived macrocycles as inhibitors of β amyloid production There is provided a series of macrocyclic diaminopropanes of Formula (I) or a stereoisomer; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, m, n, W, X, Y, Z and L as defined herein, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. These novel compounds inhibit the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-secretase and, more specifically, inhibit the production of Aβ-peptide. The present disclosure is directed to compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders related to β-amyloid production, such as Alzheimer's disease and other conditions affected by anti-amyloid activity.
US07772219B2	Methods of hormonal treatment utilizing extended cycle contraceptive regimens The present invention provides extended cycle contraceptive regimens in which a female is administered a combined dosage form of estrogen and progestin. The disclosed extended cycle contraceptive regimens can be administered to a female as a method of providing non-contraceptive benefits.
US07772215B2	Water detection composition and water detection indicator A novel water detection composition for use in place of blue gel and a water detection indicator. The water detection composition comprises, as active components, a porphyrin complex, and at least one inorganic acid salt of a metal selected from a group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, Al and Fe. The porphyrin complex is: wherein M is P, X is selected from a group consisting of a halogen and OH, and R2 is phenyl, and the water detection composition is supported by a silica gel.
US07772211B2	Production of carrageenan and carrageenan products The methods of the present invention prepare carrageenan products from processed seaweed material having a solids content of less than 25% by weight solids, using shear stress treatment. The carrageenan products comprise at least about 60% by weight of carrageenan and at least about 2% by weight of acid insoluble material. The carrageenan products of the present invention are useful as components in food products, such as, dairy products, meats, and dessert gels as well as non-food products, such as, toothpaste formulations, cosmetics, paints, films and delivery capsules.
US07772199B2	Forms of 5-azacytidine The invention provides novel polymorphic and pseudopolymorphic crystalline forms of 5-azacytidine, along with methods for preparing said forms, wherein 5-azacytidine is represented by the formula: The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said forms.
US07772197B2	1,3,5-triazines for treatment of viral diseases The present invention provides compounds and methods for treatment of viral diseases and cancer.
US07772194B2	Pesticidal formulations The present invention relates to an active composition for controlling or eradicating Phthiraptera, Siphonaptera and Acarina Pests, typically in domestic animals, comprising a synergistic combination of at least one A83543 compound and at least one macrocyclic lactone. The invention also relates to the use of the active composition in pesticidal formulations, the formulations themselves and to the various applications of those formulations as pesticides, specifically in controlling all species of Phthiraptera, Siphonaptera and Acarina pests, typically in domestic animals. Such applications include the control of such external Phthiraptera, Siphonaptera and Acarina pests in domestic animals including but not limited to sheep, cattle, poultry, pigs, goats, camelids, horses, dogs and cats.
US07772187B2	Substances directed against a specific sequence essential for heparanase catalytic activity and uses thereof as heparanase inhibitors An amino acid sequence derived from the N′ terminus region of the 50 Kd subunit of heparanase, preferably, the sequence including amino acid residues Lys158-Asn171 of human heparanase and any functional fragments thereof. Compositions for the inhibition of heparanase glycosidase catalytic activity, having as an active ingredient an isolated and purified peptide as the amino acid sequence. An antibody directed to the sequence and compositions and uses thereof as heparanase inhibitor. The use of the amino acid sequence in a screening method for specific heparanase inhibitors. Compositions including the heparanase inhibitors and methods for the treatment of heparanase related disorders.
US07772179B2	Photodynamic therapy using chemiluminescence and a ligand-photosensitiser conjugate A method for destroying harmful cells is provided, applicable in treating proliferative diseases. The cells are destroyed by a combined treatment with a chemiluminescent agent and with a ligand-photosensitizer conjugate. The chemiluminescent agent emits light on reacting with oxygen species present in situ, the conjugate binds to the cell through its ligand and is activated by the emitted light, thereby destroying the cell. The method is demonstrated on a conjugate of transferrin-hematoporphyrin, which destroys cancerous cells in the presence of luminol.
US07772178B2	Pharmaceutical formulations and methods of treatment using the same Pharmaceutical formulations containing at least one compound of Formulae I-XXVI herein and at least one surfactant. Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and excipients may also be included in the formulations. The formulations of the present invention are suited for use in single unit dosages.
US07772176B2	Detergent compositions containing α-sulfofatty acid esters and methods of making and using the same The present invention includes a composition comprising an enriched mixture of α-sulfofatty acid esters. Increasing the concentration of specific chain length α-sulfofatty acid esters, relative to the proportions of the other chain lengths, allows the detergent compositions to exhibit an improved cleaning performance while simultaneously cleaning a wide variety of materials.
US07772175B2	Detergent compositions for cleaning and fabric care comprising a benefit agent, deposition polymer, surfactant and laundry adjuncts Detergent compositions comprising selected deposition polymers for improved deposition of fabric care benefit agents, such as organosilicones, polyolefin dispersions, polymer latexes, microencapsulated fabric care actives, onto fabrics through the laundering operation.
US07772170B2	Lubricating greases containing antimony dithiocarbamates Antimony dithiocarbamate is known to provide extreme pressure (EP) protection in lubricating compositions, such as grease. However, there is a desire to reduce the amount of antimony used in such compositions, while still maintaining acceptable EP performance. It has now been found by using small amounts of either ammonium dithiocarbamate or zinc dithiocarbamate in combination with the antimony dithiocarbamate (SbDTC), a lower amount of SbDTC can be used in the lubricating composition while still maintaining excellent or exceptional EP protection. To counteract the corrosive effects of the SbDTC and ammonium dithiocarbamate composition, it has been found that compounds containing a carboxylic acid group are effective in avoiding copper corrosion.
US07772161B2	Pre-engineered pills for the improvement of drilling muds The invention relates to the use of pre-engineered pills for use with drilling mud. By introducing pills of ground elastomer into the well, the pills can improve the lubricity of the mud as well as aiding in wellbore cleaning, prevention of bit balling and reduction of fluid loss to thief zones.
US07772152B2	Composite polymer-coated sorbent with a bidisperse pore size distribution for the simultaneous separation and desalting of biopolymers A composite polymer-coated sorbent with a bidisperse or oligodisperse distribution of pore sizes and having an at least partial coating on its surface, which coating comprises essentially polyanilines or derivatives of polyanilines and use thereof for the simultaneous separation and desalting of bio-macromolecules.
US07772145B2	Manufacture of environmentally friendly carbon-bonded refractory product in the cold mixing process The invention relates to a method for manufacturing carbon-bonded refractory products from refractory granulations and organic binder agents, wherein a powdery, graphitable coal-tar pitch with a benzo[a]pyrene content less than 500 mg/kg and a coking value of at least about 80% by weight according to DIN 51905 and a graphitable binder agent liquid at room temperature, with a coking value of at least about 15% by weight and a benzo[a]pyrene content less than 500 ppm according to DIN 51905, are used as organic binder agent, mixed with the remaining constituents, transferred to a mould body, then heat treated at a temperature of 150 to about 400° C.
US07772141B2	Coatings for airbag fabrics, coated airbag fabrics, and methods for making the same An airbag fabric has a finish on a surface thereof, the finish comprising a plurality of particles having a diameter of about 20 μm or less. A process for producing a coated airbag fabric comprises the steps of (a) providing an airbag fabric, (b) contacting at least one surface of the airbag fabric with a coating composition comprising a plurality of particles having a diameter of about 20 μm or less, and (c) drying the fabric treated in step (b) to produce a finish on the airbag fabric.
US07772137B2	Breathable materials comprising low-elongation fabrics, and methods Breathable materials comprise a low-elongation fabric layer and a microporous coating thereon. The microporous coating comprises a crystalline polymer composition and a filler. The materials are suitable for use in various applications including housewrap and other construction embodiments. Methods of making a breathable material comprise extrusion coating a low-elongation fabric layer with a composition comprising a crystalline polymer composition and a filler to form a coating on the low-elongation fabric layer, and incrementally stretching the coated nonwoven layer to render the coating microporous.
US07772134B2	Method of annealing using two wavelengths of continuous wave laser radiation A thermal processing apparatus and method in which a first laser source, for example, a CO2 emitting at 10.6 μm is focused onto a silicon wafer as a line beam and a second laser source, for example, a GaAs laser bar emitting at 808 nm is focused onto the wafer as a larger beam surrounding the line beam. The two beams are scanned in synchronism in the direction of the narrow dimension of the line beam to create a narrow heating pulse from the line beam when activated by the larger beam. The energy of GaAs radiation is greater than the silicon bandgap energy and creates free carriers. The energy of the CO2 radiation is less than the silicon bandgap energy so silicon is otherwise transparent to it, but the long wavelength radiation is absorbed by the free carriers.
US07772132B2	Method for forming tetragonal zirconium oxide layer and method for fabricating capacitor having the same A method for forming a zirconium oxide (ZrO2) layer on a substrate in a chamber includes controlling a temperature of the substrate; and repeating a unit cycle of an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method. The unit cycle includes supplying a zirconium (Zr) source into a chamber, parts of the Zr source being adsorbed into a surface of the substrate; purging non-adsorbed parts of the Zr source remaining inside the chamber; supplying a reaction gas for reacting with the adsorbed parts of the Zr source; and purging non-reacted parts of the reaction gas remaining inside the chamber and reaction byproducts, wherein the temperature of the substrate and a concentration of the reaction gas are controlled such that the ZrO2 layer is formed with a tetragonal structure.
US07772120B2	Chemical vapor deposition method for the incorporation of nitrogen into materials including germanium and antimony A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method for depositing materials including germanium (Ge), antimony (Sb) and nitrogen (N) which, in some embodiments, has the ability to fill high aspect ratio openings is provided. The CVD method of the instant invention permits for the control of nitrogen-doped GeSb stoichiometry over a wide range of values and the inventive method is performed at a substrate temperature of less than 400° C., which makes the inventive method compatible with existing interconnect processes and materials. In some embodiments, the inventive method is a non-selective CVD process, which means that the nitrogen-doped GeSb materials are deposited equally well on insulating and non-insulating materials. In other embodiments, a selective CVD process is provided in which the nitrogen-doped GeSb materials are deposited only on regions of a substrate in a metal which is capable of forming an eutectic alloy with germanium.
US07772112B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A method of forming an insulating layer on an conductive layer; forming a first mask layer and a second mask layer on the insulating layer; forming a resist layer on the second mask layer; patterning the resist layer; patterning the second mask layer by using the resist layer as a mask; etching the first mask layer halfway through its thickness by using the resist layer and the second mask layer as a mask; removing the resist layer; etching a remaining portion of the first mask layer using the second mask layer as a mask; forming an interconnect groove by etching the insulating layer using the first mask layer as a mask; and forming an electrically conductive material into the interconnect groove, thereby forming an interconnect layer connected to the conductive layer.
US07772108B2	Interconnection structures for semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same An interconnection structure includes an inter-level insulation layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate. First contact structures are formed in the inter-level insulation layer. Second contact structures are formed in the inter-level insulation layer and are spaced apart from the first contact structures. First spacers are disposed between the first contact structures and the inter-level insulation layer. Second spacers are disposed between the second contact structures and the inter-level insulation layer. Metal interconnections are disposed on the inter-level insulation layer and connected to the first and second contact structures. The first contact structures include first and second plugs stacked in sequence, the second contact structures include the second plugs, and the first spacers include an upper spacer disposed between the second plug and the inter-level insulation layer.
US07772105B2	Semiconductor component with plastic housing, and process for producing the same A semiconductor component includes a plastic housing including: plastic outer surfaces; lower outer contact surfaces arranged on an underside of the housing; upper outer contact surfaces arranged on a top side of the housing that is opposite the underside; and outer interconnects electrically connecting the lower outer contact surfaces to the upper outer contact surfaces, the outer interconnects including a layer of solder arranged on conduction paths along an outer contour of the housing.
US07772104B2	Dynamic pad size to reduce solder fatigue A semiconductor device is provided which comprises a substrate (501) having a plurality of bond pads (503) disposed thereon. Each bond pad has a major axis and a minor axis in a direction parallel to the substrate, and the ratio of the major axis to the minor axis increases with the distance of a bond pad from the center of the substrate.
US07772101B2	Phase-change memory device and method for manufacturing the same A phase-change memory device and a fabrication method thereof, capable of reducing driving current while minimizing a size of a contact hole used for forming a PN diode in the phase-change memory device that employs the PN diode. The method of fabricating the phase-change memory device includes the steps of preparing a semiconductor substrate having a junction area formed with a dielectric layer, forming an interlayer dielectric layer having etching selectivity lower than that of the dielectric layer over an entire structure, and forming a contact hole by removing predetermined portions of the interlayer dielectric layer and the dielectric layer. The contact area between the PN diode and the semiconductor substrate is increased so that interfacial resistance is reduced.
US07772100B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a buried doped region A method of providing a region of doped semiconductor (40) which is buried below the surface of a semiconductor substrate (10) without the requirement of epitaxially deposited layers is provided. The method includes the steps of forming first and second trench portions (26,28) in a semiconductor substrate and then introducing dopant (100) into the trench portions and diffusing the dopant into the semiconductor substrate such that a region of doped semiconductor (40) is formed extending from the first trench portion to the second trench portion. A diffusion barrier, for example formed of two barrier trenches (16, 18), is provided in the substrate adjacent the doping trenches to inhibit lateral diffusion of dopant from the doping trenches so as to maintain an undoped region (30) above the region of doped semiconductor. Advantageously, the electrical properties of the buried layer can be adjusted by varying the depths and size/spacing of the doping trenches and diffusion barrier(s), and the doping and diffusion parameters. The doping trenches can later be filled with polysilicon to provide electrical contact to the buried doped region.
US07772094B2	Implant damage of layer for easy removal and reduced silicon recess A method for semiconductor processing is provided, wherein a removal of one or more layers is aided by structurally weakening the one or more layers via ion implantation. A semiconductor substrate is provided having one or more primary layers formed thereon, and a secondary layer is formed over the one or more primary layers. One or more ion species are implanted into the secondary layer, therein structurally weakening the secondary layer, and a patterned photoresist layer is formed over the secondary layer. Respective portions of the secondary layer and the one or more primary layers that are not covered by the patterned photoresist layer are removed, and the patterned photoresist layer is further removed. At least another portion of the secondary layer is removed, wherein the structural weakening of the secondary layer increases a removal rate of the at least another portion of the secondary layer.
US07772089B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device Highly reliable single crystal semiconductor layers and semiconductor devices can be obtained through a fewer manufacturing steps. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is proposed. A single crystal semiconductor substrate provided with an insulating film is irradiated with an ion beam to form a damaged region in the single crystal semiconductor substrate; liquid glass is floated over a liquid denser than the liquid glass to shape the liquid glass into a plate; the single crystal semiconductor substrate provided with the damaged region is placed over the plate-like liquid glass so that the insulating film and the liquid glass face each other; the plate-like liquid glass and the single crystal semiconductor substrate are cooled slowly, whereby a glass substrate is obtained from the plate-like liquid glass and concurrently the glass substrate and the single crystal semiconductor substrate are bonded together; and a single crystal semiconductor layer is separated from the single crystal semiconductor substrate along the damaged region.
US07772087B2	Method of catastrophic transfer of a thin film after co-implantation The invention relates to a method of catastrophic transfer of a thin film including implanting in a source substrate a first species of ions or gas at a given depth and a second species of ions or gas, the first species being adapted to generate defects and the second species being adapted to occupy those defects. The process further includes applying a stiffener in intimate contact with the source substrate, applying a heat treatment to that source substrate, at a given temperature for a given time, so as to create, substantially at the given depth, a buried weakened zone, without initiating the thermal splitting of a thin film, and applying a localized amount of energy, for example mechanical stresses, to that source substrate so as to provoke the catastrophic splitting of a thin film, the thin film having a substantially planar face opposite to the face surface of the source substrate.
US07772078B2	Germanium substrate-type materials and approach therefor Germanium circuit-type structures are facilitated. In one example embodiment, a multi-step growth and anneal process is implemented to grow Germanium (Ge) containing material, such as heteroepitaxial-Germanium, on a substrate including Silicon (Si) or Silicon-containing material. In certain applications, defects are generally confined near a Silicon/Germanium interface, with defect threading to an upper surface of the Germanium containing material generally being inhibited. These approaches are applicable to a variety of devices including Germanium MOS capacitors, pMOSFETs and optoelectronic devices.
US07772077B2	Method of forming a semiconductor structure comprising a field effect transistor having a stressed channel region A method of forming a semiconductor structure comprises providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a first transistor element and a second transistor element. The first transistor element comprises at least one first amorphous region and the second transistor element comprises at least one second amorphous region. A stress-creating layer is formed over the first transistor element. The stress-creating layer does not cover the second transistor element. A first annealing process is performed. The first annealing process is adapted to re-crystallize the first amorphous region and the second amorphous region. After the first annealing process, a second annealing process is performed. The stress-creating layer remains on the semiconductor substrate during the second annealing process.
US07772069B2	Methods of forming a semiconductor device A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. A plurality of first guide patterns are formed on a substrate. A mask layer is conformally formed on the substrate. Second guide patterns are formed in empty regions on respective sides of the first guide patterns. The mask layer is planarized and the first and second guide patterns are removed. The mask layer is etched by an anisotropic etching process.
US07772068B2	Method of manufacturing non-volatile memory A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory including the following steps is provided. First, a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer and a patterned mask layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. A portion of the first conductive layer is removed using the patterned mask layer as a mask to form a plurality of first gates. An oxidation process is performed to form an oxide layer on the sidewalls of the first gates. The patterned mask layer is removed. A plurality of second gates is formed between two adjacent first gates so that the first gates and the second gates co-exist to form a memory cell column. A doped region is formed in the substrate adjacent to the memory cell column.
US07772062B2	MOSFET having a channel mechanically stressed by an epitaxially grown, high k strain layer A transistor, such a MOSFET, having an epitaxially grown strain layer disposed over a channel region of a substrate for stressing the channel region to increase the carrier mobility in the channel, and method for making same. The strain layer is composed of a high dielectric constant material.
US07772059B2	Method for fabricating graphene transistors on a silicon or SOI substrate A method of fabricating graphene transistors, comprising providing an SOI substrate, performing an optional threshold implant on the SOI substrate, forming an upper silicon layer mesa island, carbonizing the silicon layer into SiC utilizing a gaseous source, converting the SiC into graphene, forming source/drain regions on opposite longitudinal ends of the graphene, forming gate oxide between the source/drain regions on the graphene, forming gate material over the gate oxide, creating a transistor edge, depositing dielectric onto the transistor edge and performing back end processing.
US07772054B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A highly responsive semiconductor device in which the subthreshold swing (S value) is small and reduction in on-current is suppressed is manufactured. A semiconductor layer in which a thickness of a source region or a drain region is larger than that of a channel formation region is formed. A semiconductor layer having a concavo-convex shape which is included in the semiconductor device is formed by the steps of forming a first semiconductor layer over a substrate; forming a first insulating layer and a conductive layer over the first semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer over a side surface of the conductive layer; forming a second semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer, the conductive layer and the second insulating layer; etching the second semiconductor layer using a resist formed partially as a mask; and performing heat treatment to the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.
US07772039B2	Procedure for arranging chips of a first substrate on a second substrate The invention relates to a method for arranging chips of a first substrate on a second substrate, in which the chips are grouped at least into first chips and into second chips, the first chips of the first substrate are singulated and the singulated first chips are arranged on the second substrate in such a way that each of the first chips on the second substrate is unambiguously assigned to the associated first chip on the first substrate.
US07772035B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes preparing a first semiconductor substrate having a first integrated circuit formed therein and including a plurality of first through substrate vias, and a second semiconductor substrate having a second integrated circuit formed therein and including a plurality of second through substrate vias, forming a solid-electrolytic layer on an upper surface of the first semiconductor substrate, mounting the second semiconductor substrate on the solid-electrolytic layer such that a lower surface of the second semiconductor substrate comes into contact with the solid-electrolytic layer, and applying a voltage between the plurality of first through substrate vias and the plurality of second through substrate vias, to form in the solid-electrolytic layer a plurality of connection electrodes, which are respectively connecting the plurality of second through substrate vias adjacent to the plurality of first through substrate vias to the plurality of first through substrate vias.
US07772017B2	Method of producing a solid state imaging device including using a metal oxide etching stopper In the solid-state imaging device of the present invention having a photoelectric conversion section and a charge transfer section equipped with a charge transfer electrode for transferring an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion section, the charge transfer electrode has an alternate arrangement of a first layer electrode comprising a first layer electrically conducting film and a second layer electrode comprising a second layer electrically conducting film, which are formed on a gate oxide film comprising a laminate film consisting of a silicon oxide film and a metal oxide thin film, and the first layer electrode and the second layer electrode are separated by insulation with an interelectrode insulating film comprising a sidewall insulating film formed by a CVD process to cover the lateral wall of the first layer electrode.
US07772014B2	Semiconductor device having reduced single bit fails and a method of manufacture thereof One aspect of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a FeRAM semiconductor device having reduce single bit fails. This aspect includes forming an electrical contact within a dielectric layer located over a semiconductor substrate and forming a first barrier layer over the dielectric layer and the electrical contact. The first barrier layer is formed by depositing multiple barrier layers and densifying each of the barrier layers after its deposition. This forms a stack of multiple barrier layers of a same elemental composition. The method further includes forming a second barrier layer over the first barrier layer and forming a lower capacitor electrode, a ferroelectric dielectric layer over the lower capacitor, and forming an upper capacitor electrode over the ferroelectric dielectric layer. A device made by this method is also provided herein.
US07772007B2	Assay device for direct measurement of LDL cholesterol An assay device and method for measuring the concentration of LDL-associated cholesterol in a blood-fluid sample are described. The method employs selective precipitation of VLDL and chylomicrons and immunoseparation of HDL from a blood fluid sample. The assay device allows the assay to be performed entirely in a flow strip format.
US07772003B2	Lipid derivatives of aminoglycosides Transfecting compounds which include an aminoglycoside linked to a lipid via a spacer, and their polyguanidylated derivatives are provided. These compounds are useful for the in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo transfection of nucleic acids into various cell types.
US07771997B2	Enhanced expression and stability regions Expression-enhancing nucleotide sequences for expression in eukaryotic systems are provided that allow for enhanced and stable expression of recombinant proteins in eukaryotic cells. Enhanced expression and stability regions (EESYRs) are provided for expression of a gene of interest in a eukaryotic cell. Chromosomal loci, sequences, and vectors are provided for enhanced and stable expression of genes in eukaryotic cells.
US07771995B2	Plasmid encoding human BMP-7 The present invention relates to recombinant vectors expressing the BMP-7 polypeptide in host cells and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such recombinant vectors. The invention also encompasses methods for prevention and/or treatment of both acute and chronic renal failure in mammals, advantageously in humans, dogs and cats, by intra-vascular kidney administration of the recombinant vectors and pharmaceutical compositions of the invention.
US07771987B2	Acoustic wave sensor assembly utilizing a multi-element structure An acoustic wave sensor assembly includes piezoelectric material, a first acoustic wave resonator element structure mounted on the piezoelectric material for interacting with an electrical signal, the acoustic wave resonator element structure being operable to interact with an acoustic wave propagating within the piezoelectric material to produce a first frequency response. Further acoustic wave resonator element structures are mounted on the piezoelectric material for interacting with electrical signals, the further acoustic wave resonator element structures being operable to interact with further acoustic waves propagating within the piezoelectric material to produce subsequent frequency responses. The first acoustic wave resonator element structure and further acoustic wave resonator element structures are combined to form a ladder or lattice filter network to produce an overall frequency response. Sensitive areas are mounted on the piezoelectric material and associated with the acoustic wave resonator element structures which, if predetermined effects to be sensed or detected are present, are modified thereby to control the nature of the frequency responses with resultant specific perturbations of the combined frequency response and thereby provide information with respect to the predetermined effects to be sensed or detected.
US07771985B2	Mesoscale detection structures Disclosed are devices for detecting the presence of a preselected analyte in a fluid sample. The devices comprise a substrate microfabricated to define a sample inlet port, and a mesoscale flow system that includes a sample flow channel extending from the inlet port. The mesoscale flow system further includes an analyte detection region in fluid communication with the flow channel comprised of a binding moiety for specifically binding the analyte. The detection region is constructed with a mesoscale dimension sufficiently small to enhance binding of the binding moiety and the analyte. The binding moiety may be immobilized in the detection region. The mesoscale detection systems of the invention may be used in a wide range of applications, including the detection of cells or macromolecules, or for monitoring reactions or cell culture growth.
US07771982B2	Probiotics for pet food applications The present invention relates to novel lactic acid bacterial micro-organisms that have been isolated and selected for their probiotic potential and their use for the preparation of petfood compositions intended to improve the health of pets, and to compositions containing the same.
US07771977B2	Alkane polyol dehydrogenase Disclosed is a protein selected from: (1) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing; (2) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing with the deletion, addition, insertion and/or substitution of one or more amino acid residues, and having an alkane polyol dehydrogenase activity; or (3) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having 80% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing, and having an alkane polyol dehydrogenase activity. Also disclosed is a process for producing an alcohol, a ketone, an optically-active alcohol, dihydroxyacetone or a derivative thereof, using the protein.
US07771967B2	Nucleic acid encoding apolipoprotein E-I3 The present invention provides nucleic acids comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an apolipoprotein E (apoE) splice variant, e.g., an unprocessed apoE, that retains intron 3; and vectors and host cells comprising same. The present invention further provides screening methods to identify agents that inhibit cleavage of intron-3 from the apoE splice variant. The present invention further provides methods of treating apoE-related neurological disorders, involving administering an agent that inhibits removal of intron-3 from a precursor apoE mRNA.
US07771964B2	Method of overproduction of polyhydroxybutyrate The present invention relates to a recombinant Escherichia coli having phbCAB originated from Alcaligenes eutrophus and an overproduction method of polyhydroxyalkanoate using the same, more precisely, a recombinant Escherichia coli ‘MG1655/pTZ18U-PHB’ or ‘JIL938/pTZ18U-PHB’ having phbCAB originated from Alcaligenes eutrophus and an overproduction method of polyhydroxyalkanoate comprising the steps of preparing transformed Escherichia coli having phbCAB originated from Alcaligenes eutrophus, inoculating and culturing the cells (growth phase), inducing the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate in the recomibnant Escherichia coli (stationary phase and producing phase), and inducing the extracellular secretion of the polyhydroxyalkanoate from the recombinant Escherichia coli. The method of the present invention facilitates not only overproduction of polyhydroxyalkanoate such as polyhydroxybutyrate by a simple batch culture but also industrial use of biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate replacing conventional non-biodegradable plastics by its simple and easy fermentation, separation and purification process.
US07771963B2	Methods for determining efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents An improved system for screening a multiple of candidate therapeutic or chemotherapeutic agents for efficacy as to a specific patient, in which a tissue sample from the patient is harvested, cultured and separately exposed to a plurality of treatments and/or therapeutic agents for the purpose of objectively identifying the best treatment or agent for the particular patient. Specific method innovations such as tissue sample preparation techniques render this method practically as well as theoretically useful. By subjecting uniform samples of cells to a wide variety of active agents (and concentrations thereof), the most promising agent and concentration for treatment of a particular patient can be determined.
US07771959B2	Methods to determine the presence or amount of canine pancreatic lipase with antibodies Isolated nucleic acid molecules having a nucleotide sequence encoding canine pancreatic lipase polypeptides, allelic variants and fragments thereof. Vectors and host cells containing the polynucleotide sequences and methods for expressing the polypeptides. Monoclonal antibodies that specifically binds to the canine pancreatic lipase polypeptides. Cell lines secreting the monoclonal antibodies. Methods for determining the presence or amount of canine pancreatic lipase in a biological sample. The methods include using the monoclonal antibodies to specifically bind to canine pancreatic lipase polypeptides. The method includes using standards of recombinant canine pancreatic lipase. Devices and kits for performing methods for detecting canine pancreatic lipase in biological samples.
US07771956B2	Method for detecting the presence of a phospholipid A method, kit and probe for detecting the presence of a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylserine, in a biological material is provided. A binding agent including lactadherin, a fragment of lactadherin, a functional equivalent of lactadherin, or a functional equivalent of a fragment of lactadherin, is used to detect the presence of any phospholipid.
US07771924B2	Methods for determining the relative benefits and/or evaluating quantitative changes of products on epithelial tissue A method for determining the relative benefits of products which affect animal epithelial tissue is provided. Also provided is a method for evaluating quantitative changes on one or more affected surfaces of epithelial tissue of a subject caused by a test product.
US07771919B2	High refractive index fluids for immersion lithography Provided are liquid compositions suitable for use as immersion liquids in immersion lithography, and immersion lithography processes and apparatus using the compositions.
US07771903B2	Photolithography with optical masks having more transparent features surrounded by less transparent features In photolithographic exposure, a feature (144) of an optical mask is projected onto a dark area (160). The light intensity inside the dark area is reduced by providing a non-printable clear cutout (410) inside the feature. The optical mask has the same optical pathlength outside the feature (144) adjacent to the entire outer boundary of the feature as at the cutout, the optical pathlength being measured along the optical mask's thickness.
US07771901B2	Layout method for mask A layout method for a mask can include forming a main pattern on a substrate; and forming a plurality of dummy patterns, each having a same size as another, in regions other than the region in which the main pattern is formed. According to an embodiment, the forming of the plurality of dummy patterns includes forming a plurality of mother dummy patterns separated from each other by a second spacing on the substrate; forming a plurality of child dummy patterns by dividing the plurality of mother dummy patterns into child dummy patterns; and removing the child dummy patterns interacting with the main pattern.
US07771896B2	Patterning device, method of providing a patterning device, photolithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A patterning device for a photolithographic apparatus is used to form a patterned radiation beam, by imparting a cross-sectional pattern to the radiation beam during reflection from the patterning device. The patterning device comprises a layer of phase-change material that is capable of locally undergoing an induced structural phase change into respective ones of a plurality of stable and/or metastable states. Furthermore, the patterning device comprises a radiation reflective structure with periodically arranged layers adjacent to the layer of phase-change material. The radiation reflective structures do not partake in the phase changes. By locally changing the phase of the phase-change material, the reflectivity of the whole structure is modified, for example due to thickness changes in the layer of phase-change material that lead to destructive interference of different components of the reflected light or due to changes in surface roughness of the radiation reflective structure.
US07771885B2	Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and manufacturing method for electrode-membrane-frame assembly A MEA-frame assembly is arranged in a mold for injection molding to form a first flow passage arranged so as to extend along the outer periphery of an electrode between the outer periphery of the electrode and the inner periphery of a frame, a second flow passage arranged so as to extend along an inner elastic member between the inner periphery and outer periphery of the frame and a plurality of connecting flow passages which communicate the first flow passage with the second flow passage. An elastic resin is injected into the first flow passage to fill the first flow passage with the elastic resin and to fill the second flow passage with the elastic resin through each of the communicating flow passages, thereby an elastic member which hermetically seals the space between the MEA-frame assembly and the separator is integrally formed.
US07771884B2	Solid oxide fuel cell stack having an integral gas distribution manifold An SOFC stack module including an integral individual stack manifold containing all of the gas pathways necessary for supply and exhaust of fuel gas and cathode air to and from the stack chimneys. The stack is mounted and hermetically joined directly to the manifold without an intermediate base plate. Flanges at the inlet and outlet ports couple to system distributary manifolds via high temperature sealing joints. The manifold preferably is fabricated of a ferritic stainless steel, and may be formed in a one-piece casting, a combination of multiple castings and stamped plates metallurgically joined (brazed or welded together), or stamped from sheet metal stock. Preferably, the manifold includes fin structures extending into adjacent fuel gas and cathode air chambers to enhance balancing of temperatures by heat exchange therebetween. Heat exchange may be further improved by configuring the manifold to have a plurality of interleaved anode and cathode gas supply chambers.
US07771880B2	Solid composite electrolyte membrane and method of making A solid composite electrolyte membrane for use in a lithium battery is provided which exhibits a conductivity ranging from about 10−4 S cm−1 to about 10−3 S cm−1 at ambient temperature. The membrane is formed by providing a glass or glass-ceramic powder formed from a mixture of lithium carbonate, alumina, titanium dioxide, and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate. The powder is mixed with a conditioning agent and at least one solvent, followed by the addition of a binder and one or more plasticizers. The resulting slurry is cast into a tape which is then subjected to a binder burn-off and sintering process to form the membrane. The resulting membrane may be a glass-ceramic composite having a porosity ranging from 0 to 50%, or the membrane may be further infiltrated with a polymer to form a water-impermeable polymeric-ceramic composite membrane.
US07771874B2	Lithium manganese compounds and methods of making the same Electrode materials such as LixMnO2 where 0.2
US07771871B2	Nanocrystal oxide/glass composite mesoporous powder or thin film, process for producing the same, and utilizing the powder or thin film, various devices, secondary battery and lithium storing device The present invention aims to realize (1) manufacture of a mesoporous composite powder or thin film composed of nanocrystalline metal oxide—glass having a three-dimensional structure with a large specific surface area, (2) construction of a porous structure framework with nanocrystalline metal oxide crystal and a slight amount of glass phase (SiO2 or P2O5, B2O3), (3) control of crystal growth of metal oxide with a slight amount of glass phase (SiO2 or P2O5, B2O3), (4) simplification of the manufacturing process, and (5) use thereof in manufacture of a lithium intercalation electric device, photocatalytic device, solar battery and energy storage device. Provided are a nanocrystal oxide—glass mesoporous composite powder or thin film having a three-dimensional structure with regularly arranged mesopores, and a secondary battery comprising the same.
US07771863B2	Cylindrical secondary battery A cylindrical secondary battery where safety can be secured even when an external pressure accompanying rapid deformation of the battery acts on the battery is provided in a battery having a large capacity. A lithium ion secondary battery has a capacity of 14 Ah, where an upper lid is fixed to a battery can which receives an electrode winding grope therein. The upper lid includes a diaphragm 2 formed with a rupturing valve and an upper lid cap whose peripheral edge portion is fixed to a peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm 2. The rupturing valve includes a rupturing groove 8 with a V-shaped section formed on a surface of the diaphragm 2 positioned on the side of the upper lid cap and a rupturing groove 18 with a U-shaped section formed on a surface of the diaphragm 2 positioned on the side of the electrode winding group so as to correspond to the position of the rupturing groove 8.
US07771850B2	Electromagnetic wave shielding laminate and display device employing it An electromagnetic wave shielding laminate comprising a transparent substrate and an electromagnetic wave shielding film formed thereon, characterized in that the electromagnetic wave shielding film has, sequentially from the substrate side, a first high refractive index layer made of a material having a refractive index of at least 2.0, a first oxide layer containing zinc oxide as the main component, an electroconductive layer containing silver as the main component, and a second high refractive index layer made of a material having a refractive index of at least 2.0.
US07771838B1	Hermetically bonding ceramic and titanium with a Ti-Pd braze interface A component assembly for use in living tissue comprises: a ceramic part; a metal part; and a titanium palladium (Ti—Pd) interface layer for bonding said ceramic part to the metal part. In one embodiment, the interface layer may be formed from a single titanium layer in contact with a single palladium layer, or in other embodiments, may be at least a three layer laminate (Pd—Ti—Pd). A microstimulator housing comprising a ceramic part, a titanium or titanium alloy part sandwiching the Ti—Pd interlayer may be employed to create a eutectic bond that is strong and hermetic.
US07771835B2	Copper electrolytic solution containing quaternary amine compound with specific skeleton and oragno-sulfur compound as additives, and electrolytic copper foil manufactured using the same It is an object of the present invention to obtain a low-profile electrolytic copper foil with a small surface roughness on the side of the rough surface (the opposite side from the lustrous surface) in the manufacture of an electrolytic copper foil using a cathode drum, and more particularly to obtain an electrolytic copper foil which allows fine patterning, and which is superior in terms of elongation and tensile strength at ordinary temperatures and high temperatures. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a copper electrolytic solution for this purpose. This copper electrolytic solution contains as additives an organo-sulfur compound and a quaternary amine compound with a specific skeleton.
US07771833B2	Anti-fouling materials containing cationic polysiloxanes Polyamine cross-linked polysiloxanes, such as functionalized polysiloxane cross-linked with a polyalkylenepolyamine are described herein. The polyamine cross-linked polysiloxanes may be used in an antifouling composition to prevent biological fouling in marine environments.
US07771823B2	Diamond films and methods of making diamond films The present invention provides films and substrates coated with films that comprise a nano-crystalline diamond matrix that is substantially free of graphite inclusions. The present invention also provides a method of chemical vapor deposition to prepare the films. The method of chemical vapor deposition operates at a DC bias voltage that substantially precludes the formation of a plasma ion capable of causing a region of a nano-crystalline diamond matrix within a forming film to allotrope when the plasma ion collides with the film.
US07771822B2	Conductive material comprising an Me-DLC hard material coating The invention relates to a conductive material consisting of an alloy that contains copper, for use as a plug-in or clip connection. Said material comprises a cover layer that is deposited on at least some sections of the contact surface, said layer consisting at least of a support layer and an adhesive layer. The anti-friction layer has a carbon content greater or less than 40 and less than or equal to 70 atomic percent.
US07771812B2	Non-slip absorbent pad There is provided a non-slip absorbent food pad with one or more non-slip surfaces. The one or more non-slip surfaces have a coefficient of friction (COF) suitable for preventing the packaged food product from slipping and/or sliding off of the non-slip absorbent food pad in various product display orientations. The present invention also provides for a method for making a non-slip absorbent food pad and method of using a non-slip absorbent pad in various packaging displays.
US07771811B2	Honeycomb from controlled porosity paper This invention relates to an improved high performance honeycomb, methods for making the same, and articles including aerodynamic structures comprising the honeycomb, the honeycomb made with a paper that allows rapid impregnation of the honeycomb by structural resins while retarding excessive impregnation of node-line adhesives during manufacture. The honeycomb comprises a paper having a thickness of from 25 to 75 microns and a Gurley porosity of 2 seconds or greater and comprising high modulus fiber and thermoplastic binder having a melt point of from 180° C. to 300° C., wherein at least 30 percent by weight of the total amount of thermoplastic material is in the form of discrete film-like particles in the paper, the particles having a film thickness of about 0.1 to 5 micrometers and a minimum dimension perpendicular to that thickness of at least 30 micrometers.
US07771804B2	Inkjet recording medium An inkjet recording medium, including a support and an ink receiving layer formed on at least one face of the support, wherein the inkjet recording medium satisfies at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii): (i) the arithmetical mean deviation of the assessed profile Ra, as specified in JIS-B-0601(2001), of a surface of the ink receiving layer, determined with an evaluation length of 2.5 mm and a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, is 0.3 to 1.2 μm, and the peak value (reflectance) of the surface of the ink receiving layer, as determined by a goniophotometer, is in the range of 30 to 80%; and (ii) the arithmetical mean deviation of the assessed profile Ra, as specified in JIS-B0601(2001), of a surface of the support, determined with an evaluation length of 2.5 mm and a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, is 0.3 to 1.5 μm, and the peak value (reflectance) of the surface of the support, as determined by a goniophotometer, is in the range of 20 to 80%.
US07771801B2	Chiral compounds The invention relates to chiral compounds, methods of their preparation, and to their use in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices, and in decorative, security, cosmetic or diagnostic applications.
US07771794B2	Active energy ray-curable, organopolysiloxane resin composition, light-transmitting component, and method for manufacturing the light-transmitting component The present invention relates to an active energy ray-curable organopolysiloxane resin composition that comprises an organopolysiloxane resin having an epoxy group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group and a photopolymerization initiator, as well as to a light-transmitting component that comprises cured bodies produced by irradiating the aforementioned organopolysiloxane resin with active-energy rays in the presence of the aforementioned photopolymerization initiator, and to a method for manufacturing the aforementioned light-transmitting component.
US07771793B2	Functional polymers via surface modifying agents, and methods for polymeric surface modification Polymers, and particularly conventional commodity bulk polymers, are modified to have a surface activity of interest using a surface modifying polymer that includes a moiety that favors migration to the surface of the bulk polymer together with a moiety provides the activity of interest (e.g., biocidal, wettability modifying (hydrophobic or hydrophilic), resistance to radiant energy, providing a functional group for functionalizing the surface, etc.). The surface modifying polymer is combined with the bulk polymer, and, due to the presence of the moiety that favors migration, concentrates primarily on the surface of the bulk polymer such that the moiety that provides the activity of interest is located primarily on the surface of the bulk polymeric article which is produced. Advantageously, only a minimal amount (such as, e.g., about 2 weight %) of polymeric surface modifier is needed. Being able to achieve desired properties (such as biocidal activity, wettability modification, etc.) without needing much polymeric surface modifier is highly advantageous.
US07771792B2	Method and apparatus for alkaline saponification of polymer film The present invention provides a method for alkaline saponification of a polymer film, comprising: an alkaline-solution coating step of coating a polymer film with an alkaline solution; a temperature keeping step of keeping the polymer film coated with the alkaline solution at temperature equal to or higher than room temperature; a reaction terminating step of terminating the reaction by applying a diluting solvent or an acid solution to the polymer film kept at the temperature; and a washing step of washing away the alkaline solution from the polymer film on which the reaction has been terminated, wherein the reaction terminating step uses a bar coater having a flat-surface bar to apply the diluting solvent or acid solution to the polymer film and remove the alkaline solution from the polymer film.
US07771791B2	Production process of structured material Disclosed herein is a process for producing a structured material, comprising the steps of forming a film on a substrate, forming a plurality of holes in a first region of the film, forming a plurality of holes composed of a hole wall member different from a hole wall member of the holes contained in the first region in a second region other than the first region, filling the holes in the first and second regions with the same material, and modifying the material in at least one region of the first and second regions by a heat treatment.
US07771788B2	Spherical ultrafine particles and process for producing the same The method of the present invention can 1) produce spherical and scaly ultrafine particles without pulverization, 2) obtain spherical ultrafine particles having a sharp spherical particle diameter distribution without requiring a sieving step, 3) produce spherical ultrafine particles extremely approximating a true circle and possessing a particle diameter of 100 nm˜50,000 nm allowing selection of a size suitable for the particular purpose of use and 4) produce spherical ultrafine particles on a commercial scale at low cost. There is also provided spherical ultrafine particles produced by the above production process. The spherical ultrafine particles of the present invention are characterized by a form having circularity of 0.9 to 1.0 and a particle diameter of 0.01 μm to 10 μm without pulverization. The spherical ultrafine particles can be produced by the method of the present invention using as a nozzle a base having special through holes and hole density. In this base nozzle, the through holes have a diameter of 0.05 μm˜50 μm, a through hole aspect ratio of 5 to 200 and a hole density of 100 to 7,000/cm2.
US07771786B2	Strand orientation alignment in strand coating systems and methods A strand coating system and method including drawing (710) a strand having major and minor dimensions past an adhesive dispensing nozzle, orienting (720) at least a portion of the strand so that the major dimension of the strand is substantially parallel to a direction in which adhesive is dispensed from the adhesive dispensing nozzle as the portion of the strand is drawn past the adhesive dispensing nozzle, and applying (730) adhesive to the strand as the strand is drawn past the adhesive dispensing nozzle.
US07771780B2	Method of producing composite material, method of producing piezoelectric actuator, method of producing ink-jet head, and piezoelectric actuator A method of producing a piezoelectric actuator includes the steps of: forming a first electrode layer on a substrate by jetting an aerosol containing particles of a conductive material and ceramic particles onto the substrate to make the particles adhere to the substrate; forming a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode layer by jetting an aerosol containing particles of a piezoelectric material onto the first electrode layer to make the particles adhere to the electrode; performing an annealing treatment for the piezoelectric layer; and forming, on the piezoelectric layer, a second electrode layer paring with the first electrode layer. Accordingly, the adherence between the substrate and the first electrode layer and between the first electrode layer and the piezoelectric layer are improved, thereby hardly causing exfoliation of the layers due to differences in coefficients of thermal expansion between the layers.
US07771779B2	Planarized microelectronic substrates The instant invention is a process for planarizing a microelectronic substrate with a cross-linked polymer dielectric layer, comprising the steps of: (a) heating such a substrate coated with a layer comprising an uncured cross-linkable polymer and a glass transition suppression modifier to a temperature greater than the glass transition temperature of the layer, the temperature being less than the curing temperature of the uncured cross-linkable polymer to form a substrate coated with a heat flowed layer; and (b) heating the substrate coated with the heat flowed layer to a curing temperature of the uncured cross-linkable polymer of the heated layer to cure the uncured cross-linkable polymer to form a planarized substrate wherein the percent planarization at 100 micrometers is greater than fifty percent. The instant invention is a microelectronic device made using the above-described process. The instant invention is a composition of matter, comprising: an essentially solvent free composition comprising an uncured cross-linkable polymer and a glass transition suppression modifier, the composition having a glass transition temperature sufficiently less than the curing temperature of the uncured composition so that if the uncured composition is heated to a temperature above its glass transition temperature but below its curing temperature, the uncured composition will flow.
US07771776B2	Apparatus and method for inspecting golf balls using spectral analysis A method for inspecting golf balls is disclosed. An imager such as a camera captures a spectral image of the golf ball. The spectral image is captured line-by-line as the golf ball rotates. The lines are then packed together to form a three-dimensional spectral image of the golf ball showing full spectral information for every pixel. The resultant three-dimensional spectral image is then analyzed, such as using a pattern matching or threshold analysis tool. If a golf ball passes the inspection, it is permitted to advance in the processing. If the golf ball does not pass the inspection, it may be diverted. This inspection system is capable of detecting very subtle color differences, so the system is particularly applicable for use in inspecting primer coat coverage.
US07771774B2	Deposition of discrete nanoparticles on an implant surface A method of forming an implant to be implanted into living bone is disclosed. The method comprises the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to produce a roughened surface. The method further comprises the act of depositing discrete nanoparticles on the roughened surface though a one-step process of exposing the roughened surface to a solution. The nanoparticles comprise a material having a property that promotes osseointegration.
US07771771B2	Phytosterol compositions This invention relates to phytosterols and phytostanols, in particular to fatty acid esters of phytosterols and phytostanols with a specified fatty acid composition. The invention further relates to methods for preparation of the phytosterol and phytostanol esters and their uses.
US07771769B2	Flavouring a foodstuff by incorporating an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula R1-S-R2 in which R1 and R2 represent a specific atom or group NEW MATERIAL: A compound of formula I (R is 1˜6C alkyl other than ethyl, 2˜6C alkenyl).EXAMPLE: 2-Methyl 2-mercaptopropionate.USE: A durable flavor and taste imparting agent usable for foods, drinks, cosmetics, healthy and hygienic use, medicines, etc.PROCESS: A 2-mercaptopropionic acid of formula II (R′ is H, 1˜6C alkyl or 2˜6C alkenyl) is esterified with an aliphatic alcohol of the formula R′(OH) in the presence of a catalyst, e.g. an inorganic acid such as sulfuric acid or organic acid such as acetic acid, in an azeotropic solvent, e.g. benzene, at 60˜100° C. to give the compound of formula I easily in high purity and yield. The molar amount of the aliphatic alcohol to be used is 1˜20 times, preferably 2˜5 times, that of the compound of formula II. The amount of the catalyst to be used is 0.1˜10 wt % based on the compound of formula II.
US07771766B2	Apparatus and method for freeze-storing baked food An apparatus and a method for freeze-storing baked foods allow the baked foods to retain excellent crust condition (surface layer of baked foods), avoiding any peeling, and retain excellent sensory condition, attaining long-term frozen storage. Baked foods, including baked bread and baked confectionery, are frozen in a humidified atmosphere, cooled to 30 to 35° C. in terms of core temperature, and subjected to a high-humidity cooling process conducted in an atmosphere, where even upon receiving high-temperature baked foods after baking, 20 to 28° C. and ≧65% RH, high humidity condition can be maintained, and further subjected to a frozen storage process where the baked foods are freeze stored at low temperature of ≦freezing temperature.
US07771759B2	Natural oriental medicinal composition for the promotion of hair growth and method of preparing the same Disclosed herein is a natural oriental medicinal composition for the promotion of hair growth. The oriental medicinal composition comprises a black bean extract, a tangerine extract, a potato extract, a pine needle extract and a quartzite powder.Since the oriental medicinal composition comprises crude drugs extracted from natural substances that can prevent hair loss, it is effective for hair growth and has ensured biostability. Particularly, the oriental medicinal composition allows newborn hair to grow in the form of stiff hair.
US07771758B2	Extract of mad-dog skullcap An extract of Scutellaria lateriflora L. having a content of flavonoids, calculated as the sum of baicalein, scutellarin, dihydrobaicalin, ikonnikoswide I, lateriflorin, baicalein, lateriflorein and wogonin, of at least 18% by weight. A method of obtaining such an extract includes combining dried Scutellaria lateriflora L. plant material with a solvent.
US07771756B1	Nutritional supplement to enhance learning, academic, and behavioral functioning A nutritional supplement to improve learning, academic, and behavioral performance, particularly of children in academic settings, comprising a quantity of flavonoid compounds with oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) derived from a multitude of plant substances, lipoic-carotenoid compounds, and a neurotransmitter amino acid.
US07771754B2	Apparatus and methods for repairing tissue defects Methods and devices to process harvested skin tissue and reintroduction of the ground tissue to repair a tissue defect are disclosed. A hand-held portable tissue grinder comprising a housing and a grinding element are disclosed. The tissue grinder is used for grinding skin and subcutaneous tissue and includes a sterile polymer housing having a first opening adapted to receive the skin and subcutaneous tissue and a second opening in fluid connection with the first opening. The tissue grinder also includes a sterile grinding element disposed substantially within the housing. The grinding element includes a plurality of cutting surfaces adapted to operably engage with the housing to provide ground tissue and further includes a handle mechanism coupled to the grinding element to move the grinding element with respect to the housing to grind the skin and subcutaneous tissue, wherein the ground tissue can be removed from the housing through the second opening.
US07771753B2	Topical formulations comprising ceramic hydroxyapatite particles Methods of using absorption enhancer as a component of skin care compositions for moisturizing and protecting the skin. Antimicrobial skin care compositions for cleansing and moisturizing the skin, comprising an absorption enhancer, an antimicrobial function enhancer and bound lipid removals, humectants, emollients and extracts of botanical herbs. Methods for preparing skin care compositions comprising an absorption enhancer.
US07771751B2	Compositions comprising poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agents and antimicrobial agents The present invention provides compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, and an antimicrobial agent, wherein significant microbial growth is inhibited in the composition. The amount of the antimicrobial agent in the composition may be below the level that induces a toxicological effect or at a level where a potential side effect can be controlled or tolerated. Also provided are compositions comprising a poorly water soluble pharmaceutical agent, a carrier protein, a sugar, and optionally an antimicrobial agent. Methods of using the compositions are also provided.
US07771732B2	Polymer network compositions and associated methods Biomimetic polymer networks comprising a heteropolymer network having a cavity, the cavity having a selective affinity for a moiety, methods for making biomimetic polymer networks, and methods for using biomimetic polymer networks.
US07771730B2	Methods and reagents for diagnosing hantavirus infection Novel methods and immunodiagnostic test kits for the detection of hantavirus infection are disclosed. The methods and kits employ combinations of recombinant N and/or G1 antigens from at least six different hantavirus serotypes, including Hantaan (HTNV), Puumala (PUUV), Seoul (SEOV), Dobrava (DOBV), Sin Nombre (SNV) and Andes (ANDV). Additional hantavirus antigens from these and other hantavirus types may also be present. The methods provide for highly accurate results and allow the detection of infection so that treatment can be administered and death avoided.
US07771725B2	Medicinal concentrate of arbovirus specific immunoglobulins and F(ab)'2 and/or Fab fragments The invention concerns a new medicinal product for the treatment of arboviruses, i.e.. a concentrate of immunoglobulins and F(ab)′2 and/or Fab fragments specific to said arbovirus as well as its process of preparation.
US07771714B2	Medium comprising chicken leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) The present invention is to provide a chicken LIF gene. Based on this genetic information, LIF protein derived from the chicken can be stably supplied and it solves the problems of the creation of transgenic chickens in the past. In addition, the present invention provides not only transgenic chickens for testing purposes but also supplies the first practical transgenic stock animals. The present invention relates to leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) shown in sequence No. 2, and the gene that encodes thereof shown in sequence No. 1, and a manufacturing method of chicken LIF. In addition, the present invention pertains to a differential preventer of the chicken differentiable cell, and a method of chicken differential prevention and a culturing method for the chicken differentiable cell using thereof, and a medium comprising thereof.
US07771713B2	Chemical composition that attract arthropods Compositions and methods employing the compositions for attracting arthropods. The compositions comprise at least one compound of formula I and at least one compound from group II.
US07771711B2	Sphingolipids' polyalkylamines conjugates The present invention concerns novel sphingolipid-polyalkylamines conjugates, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. In particular, the present invention concerns ceramide based polyalkylamine conjugates and its use as a capturing agent. A preferred ceramide polyalkylamine conjugate is a ceramide-spermine conjugate, more preferably, N-palmitoyl D-erythro sphingosyl-1-carbamoyl spermine.
US07771708B2	Anti-fat composition for hair and scalp This invention is about anti-fat cleansing composition for hair and scalp with an active ingredient derived from natural sources. Active ingredient used is butyl esters of fatty acids of avocado oil, which is known as 5-α-Avocuta.
US07771704B2	Radioactive transition metal-imido hetero-diphosphine complexes, their preparation and radiopharmaceutical compositions thereof The present invention provides radioactive metal heterocomplexes of formula (I): [(Me=N—R)L1L2]+Z− wherein Me, R, L1L2 and Z− have the meanings indicated in the description. The complexes include a trivalent radioactive metal-imido group, typically a technetium-or rhenium-imido group, strongly stabilized by the presence of an ancillary tridentate hetero-diphosphine ligand L1, which allows the formation of substitution-inert [(Me=N—R)L1] moieties. Such moieties are fixed in an intermediate [(Me=N—R)Y2L1)]+ compound which contains two labile, cispositioned, Y ligands, where Y is preferably an halide group. The latter are easily replaced by a bidentate ligand L2 to give the final [(Me=N—R)L1L2]+ Z−heterocomplexes. The complexes of the invention are useful for the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals: in fact, a bioactive fragment which confers biological target-seeking properties can be introduced either on the L2 framework or the imido R group.
US07771703B2	IZM-1 crystalline solid and a process for its preparation The invention concerns a crystalline solid designated IZM-1, which has the X ray diffraction diagram given below. Said solid has a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxides by the formula XO2: aY2O3; bM2/nO where X represents at least one tetravalent element, Y represents at least one trivalent element and M is an alkali metal and/or an alkaline-earth metal with valency n, a and b respectively representing the number of moles of Y2O3 and M2/nO; a is in the range 0 to 0.02 and b is in the range 0 to 1.
US07771695B2	Complexes of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes with molecular-clips and use thereof Separation of carbon nanotubes or fullerenes according to diameter through non-covalent pi-pi interaction with molecular clips is provided. Molecular clips are prepared by Diels-Alder reaction of polyacenes with a variety of dienophiles. The pi-pi complexes of carbon nanotrubes with molecular clips are also used for selective placement of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes on substrates.
US07771694B2	Crimped carbon fiber and production method thereof A crimped carbon fiber having a multilayer structure comprising a hollow structure in the inside, with the inner layer part having a carbon structure containing a herringbone structure and the outer layer part having a carbon structure differing from the carbon structure of the inner layer part. A method for producing a crimped carbon fiber, comprising contacting a carbon source and/or a catalyst source with a sulfur source in a heating zone to produce a vapor grown carbon fiber, wherein the ratio of the molar number of sulfur atom in the sulfur source to the molar number of the catalyst metal atom is 2.0 or more.
US07771693B2	Diamond single crystal substrate manufacturing method A diamond single crystal substrate manufacturing method for growing by vapor-phase synthesis a single crystal from a diamond single crystal seed substrate, comprising etching away by reactive ion etching, prior to single crystal growth, at least 0.5 μm and less than 400 μm, in etching thickness off the surface of the seed substrate which has been mechanically polished, thereby removing from the surface of the seed substrate the work-affected layers caused by mechanical polishing; and growing then a single crystal thereon. The manufacturing method provides a diamond single crystal substrate having a high quality, large size, and no unintentional impurity inclusions, and suitable for use as semiconductor materials, electronic components, optical components or the like.
US07771680B2	Process for the production of titanium dioxide using aqueous fluoride A process is described for the production of titanium dioxide by the treatment with ammonium fluoride of titanium ores containing iron; the process comprises the following steps: (a) the titanium ore containing iron is reacted with an aqueous NH4F and/or NH4HF2 solution; (b) the aqueous dispersion thus obtained is filtered with consequent separation of a solid residue and an aqueous solution containing titanium salts; (c) the aqueous solution thus obtained is subjected to hydrolysis, the hydrolysis comprising a first stage at pH 7.0-8.5 and a second stage at pH 10.0-13.0; (d) the aqueous dispersion thus obtained is filtered and the solid residue is subjected to pyrohydrolysis, the pyrohydrolysis comprising a first stage at a maximum temperature of 450° C. and a second stage at a maximum temperature of 1000° C.
US07771679B2	Process for the recovery of titanium dioxide from titanium-containing compositions The present invention seeks to improve beneficiation of a titanium oxide-containing composition (such as a low-grade or highly radioactive TiO2 ore) by combining a roasting and selective leaching steps.
US07771669B2	Soot oxidation catalyst and method of making A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
US07771668B2	Continuous operation type active charcoal producing apparatus and process A vertical multi-stage fluidized bed apparatus including a plurality of horizontal perforated partitioning plates disposed therein so as to partition the apparatus is provided, wherein an upper horizontal perforated partitioning plate is set to have a larger aperture rate than a lower horizontal perforated partitioning plate. From a lower part of the apparatus, feed carbon and fluidizing gas are continuously supplied so as to provide a gas superficial velocity in the fluidized bed which is 2-4 times a minimum fluidizing velocity of the feed carbon, thereby subjecting the feed carbon to fluidization with the fluidizing gas and activation with steam at 750-950° C. simultaneously to discharge activated carbon continuously from an upper part of the apparatus. As a result, activated carbon of even a high degree of activation is produced at a high yield comparable to that obtained in a batchwise operation.
US07771653B2	Explosives tester with heater An inspection tester system for testing for explosives. The tester includes a body and a swab unit adapted to be removeably connected to the body. At least one reagent holder and dispenser is operatively connected to the body. The reagent holder and dispenser contains an explosives detecting reagent and is positioned to deliver the explosives detecting reagent to the swab unit. A heater is operatively connected to the body and the swab unit is adapted to be operatively connected to the heater.
US07771651B1	Method for radiochemical sterilization This invention deals with package components for radiochemical sterilization of medical or pharmaceutical products consisting of a hermetically sealed foil pack containing (1) a solid device, as in absorbable sutures and meshes, in a perforated holder or a liquid formulation in a sealed, flexible dispenser, as in absorbable cyanoacrylate-based tissue adhesive; (2) a microparticulate, unstabilized polyformaldehyde as a source of radiolytically generated formaldehyde encased in a sealed pouch comprising a porous, non-woven or woven fabric; and (3) a nitrogenous compound capable of reacting with residual formaldehyde, such as melamine or urea, that is encased in a sealed pouch comprising a porous, non-woven or woven fabric.
US07771650B2	Material and uses thereof A material comprising cobalt (Co), platinum (Pt) and phosphorus (P) having a composition of 94-98 wt % Co, 0-1 wt % Pt and 2-4 wt % P. The material may be subjected to annealing at a temperature between 100 and 500 degrees Celsius. The material is formed by electroplating a substrate in a suitable electrochemical bath. The electroplated CoPtP material forms a layer on the substrate. The CoPtP material has enhanced perpendicular magnetic properties and may be advantageous for use in microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices.
US07771649B2	Method of producing ultrafine crystalline TiN/TIB2 composite cermet Disclosed herein is a method of producing an ultrafine crystalline TiN/TiB2 composite cermet. In the method, titanium nitride (TiN)/titanium boride (TiB2)/stainless steel composite nanopowder is produced through a reaction milling process using titanium (Ti), boron nitride (BN), and stainless steel powders as raw material powders, and the resulting composite nanopowder is liquid-phase sintered. The method comprises a first step of mixing titanium powder and boron nitride powder at a molar ratio of 3:2, a second step of mixing 5-60 wt % stainless steel powder and the powder mixture, a third step of feeding the powder mixture along with a ball having a predetermined diameter into a jar and conducting a high energy ball milling process to produce titanium nitride/titanium boride/stainless steel composite nanopowder, and a fourth step of shaping and sintering the resulting composite nanopowder.
US07771643B1	Methods of making an unsupported article of semiconducting material by controlled undercooling The invention relates to methods of making articles of semiconducting material and semiconducting material articles formed thereby, such as semiconducting material that may be useful in making photovoltaic cells.
US07771642B2	Methods of making an apparatus for providing aerosol for medical treatment Embodiments of the present invention include apparatus and methods for aerosolizing liquid. One embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus for generating an aerosol. The apparatus includes an actuator having a first face and a second face and defining an opening therethrough, as well as a vibratory element in mechanical communication with the actuator, and a sealing member configured to isolate the vibratory element from a surrounding environment. In accordance with certain embodiments, the apparatus further comprises an aerosolization element mounted on the actuator and disposed substantially over the opening, wherein the aerosolization element defines at least one aperture therethrough. Hence, the vibratory element may be operated to vibrate to cause movement of the aerosolization element in such a manner that a liquid at the first face of the aerosolization element can be dispensed as an aerosol through the at least one aperture. Some embodiments feature an electrode coupled to the vibratory element.
US07771639B2	Polymer film producing apparatus and method A polymer film producing apparatus has a moving support on which dope containing polymer and solvent is cast to form a cast film. The cast film is stripped from the support to obtain a polymer film containing the solvent, and the polymer film is dried. A first gas flow duct has gas nozzles for causing a first dry gas to flow toward the cast film. A second gas flow duct has a gas outlet disposed downstream from the gas nozzles, and positioned higher than a height of the gas nozzles relative to the support, for causing a second dry gas to flow toward the cast film in a moving direction of the support. Furthermore, the first gas flow duct includes a gas blow wall for defining the first flow path by opposing to the support. The gas blow wall has the gas nozzles.
US07771637B2	High-speed meta-aramid fiber production The invention relates to a continuous dry spinning process for preparing a fiber from a polymer solution having concentrations of polymer, salt, solvent and water. After the fiber is extruded and quenched, the fiber is placed in contact with a conditioning solution comprising concentrations of solvent, salt, and water. The conditioning solution acts upon the fiber to plasticize the fiber prior to being drawn. The conditioning solution has concentrations of solvent, salt, and water so that the fiber is plasticized to the extent necessary for drawing but does not plasticize the fiber to such an extent as to re-dissolve the fiber into a polymeric solution. A heat-treated fiber manufactured from this process has improved shrinkage and can be colored to darker shades.
US07771636B2	Single stage drawing for MPD-I yarn The invention relates to a continuous dry spinning process for preparing a fiber from a polymer solution having concentrations of polymer, salt, solvent and water. After the fiber is extruded and quenched, the fiber is placed in contact with a conditioning solution comprising concentrations of solvent, salt, and water. The conditioning solution acts upon the fiber to plasticize the fiber prior to being drawn. The conditioning solution has concentrations of solvent, salt, and water so that the fiber is plasticized to the extent necessary for drawing but does not plasticize the fiber to such an extent as to re-dissolve the fiber into a polymeric solution. A heat-treated fiber manufactured from this process has improved shrinkage and can be colored to darker shades.
US07771633B2	Method of manufacture of three-dimensional objects for absorption of hydrocarbons and low-polarity chemicals The present invention relates to methods of recovering hydrocarbons or low polarity organic chemicals from hard surfaces, water and water surfaces, in their vapor state and from porous substrates. The hydrocarbons or low-polarity organic chemicals may be included in a spill. More particularly, the invention relates to the absorption of certain hydrocarbons and low-polarity organic chemicals by applying thermoplastic elastomers of a triblock copolymer of the general configuration A-B-A. The preferred A-B-A copolymer of the invention is a low to medium molecular weight hydrogenated polystyrene-poly(isoprene+butadiene)-polystyrene or polystyrene-b-ethylene/ethylene-propylene-b-styrene block copolymer. The method of forming a three-dimensional object from a hydrocarbon or low-polarity organic chemical absorbing substance includes: applying pressure to particles of a polymeric material comprising a styrene-ethylene/ethylene/propylene triblock copolymer containing from approximately 20 to 40 percent styrene, and; heating the particles for a period of time sufficient to form the three-dimensional object.
US07771632B2	Continuous melt spheronization apparatus and process for the production of pharmaceutical pellets Spherically-shaped pharmaceutical pellets are produced using a novel spheronization apparatus in a continuous melt spheronization process in which an active pharmaceutical agent is blended with various excipients, fed to an extruder, cut and subsequently fed to the novel spheronizer for continuously producing uniform, spherically-shaped pellets. The pellets may be further coated so as to provide immediate or various modified release characteristics.
US07771628B2	Electrodes comprising mixed active particles Electrode active materials comprising two or more groups of particles having differing chemical compositions, wherein each group of particles comprises a material selected from: (a) materials of the formula A1 aM1 b(XY4)cZd; and (b) materials of the formula A2eM2fOg; and (c) materials of the formula A3hMniO4; wherein (i) A1, A2, and A3 are Li, Na, or K; (ii) M1and M3 comprise a transition metal; (iv) XY4 a phosphate or similar moiety; and (v) Z is OH, or halogen.
US07771627B2	Conductive composition A conductive composition capable of producing a conductive coating with excellent flexibility and a high conductivity comparable to that of metallic silver, without using high temperatures as film forming conditions. The conductive composition includes a particulate silver compound and a binder, and optionally a reducing agent and a binder. Silver oxide, silver carbonate and silver acetate and the like are used as the particulate silver compound. Ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and ethylene glycol diacetate and the like are used as the reducing agent, and a fine powder of a thermosetting resin such as a polyvalent phenol compound, phenol resin, alkyd resin or polyester resin, or a thermoplastic resin such as a styrene resin or polyethylene terephthalate, with an average particle diameter from 20 nm to 5 μm is used as the binder. Furthermore, the average particle diameter of the particulate silver compound may be from 0.01 to 10 μm.
US07771624B2	Nanoparticles, conductive ink and circuit line forming device A nanoparticle for conductive ink including a ferromagnetic core and a conductive layer surrounding the ferromagnetic core. The ferromagnetic core is 5 to 40 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the nanoparticles. The conductive ink provides electrical reliability by allowing a uniform distribution of nanoparticles in ejected ink and prevents the coffee stain phenomenon and migration.
US07771622B2	High modulus, nonconductive adhesive useful for installing vehicle windows The invention is a composition comprising a) one or more isocyanate functional polyether based prepolymers containing one or more organic based polymers dispersed therein; b) one or more isocyanate functional polyester based prepolymers which is solid at 23° C.; c) one or more polyisocyanates having a nominal functionality of about 3 or greater; d) one or more conductive carbon blacks in an amount such that the composition has a dielectric constant of about 15 or less; and e) one or more catalysts for the reaction of isocyanate moieties with hydroxyl groups, wherein the composition demonstrates upon cure a modulus of 2.0 MPa or greater at 25° C. measured according to ASTM D4065; a dielectric constant of about 15 or less; a sag of an uncured sample of less than 2 mm, a press flow viscosity of about 20 to about 50 and a storage modulus of about 5.3×105 Pa or greater.
US07771621B2	Sulfosuccinate protonated conductive polyaniline composition, process for producing the same, and molded object thereof A conductive polyaniline composition of a substituted or unsubstituted polyaniline complex and a compound with a phenolic hydroxyl group dissolved in an organic solvent substantially immiscible with water that is capable of producing a molded article possessing high conductivity.
US07771609B2	Methods and compositions for preparing silica aerogels Cross-linked sol-gel like materials and cross-linked aerogels, as well as methods for making such cross-linked sol-gel like materials and cross-linked aerogels are described.
US07771605B2	Laser marking method The invention concerns a method of marking an article using a laser emitting radiation of wavelength λ, the article being formed of a material that is slightly absorbent at said wavelength λ, characterized in that it includes the following main steps: taking a support formed of a metal that is highly absorbent at wavelength λ and capable of converting at least in part the light energy absorbed into thermal energy, arranging the article directly against the support so as to form a sufficient thermal contact between the article and the support to transfer the thermal energy from the support to the article, the article being inserted between the laser and the support, locally illuminating said support through said article in conditions able to generate, at the surface of the support, sufficient thermal energy for the thermal energy transfer from the support to the article to produce on the surface of the article a local physical or chemical transformation resulting in a contrast at the origin of the marking.
US07771604B2	Reduced mask count gate conductor definition A combined wide-image and loop-cutter pattern is provided for both cutting and forming a wide-image section to a hard mask on a substrate formed by sidewall imaging techniques in a reduced number of photolithographic steps. A single mask is formed which provides a wide mask section while additionally providing a mask to protect the critical edges of an underlying hard mask during hard mask etching. After the hard mask is cut into sections, the protective portions of the follow-on mask are removed to expose the critical edges of the underlying hard mask while maintaining shapes necessary for defining wide-image sections. Thus, the hard mask cutting, hard mask critical edge protecting, and large area mask may be formed in a reduced number of steps.
US07771603B2	Process for polishing glass substrate A process for polishing a glass substrate, which enables to polish a glass substrate having a large waviness formed by mechanical polishing, to have a surface excellent in flatness, is provided.A process for polishing a glass substrate, comprising a step of measuring the surface profile of a mechanically polished glass substrate to identify the width of waviness present in the glass substrate, and a step of applying dry etching using a beam having a beam size in FWHM (full width of half maximum) value of at most the above size of waviness, to polish the surface of the glass substrate.
US07771599B1	System and method for using carbon dioxide sequestered from seawater in the remineralization of process water Disclosed is an improved method for the remineralization of process water in a desalination system. The method sequesters carbon dioxide gas (CO2) from seawater or concentrate (brine) of desalination process via a gas transfer membrane. The sequestered carbon dioxide gas (CO2) is thereafter used in the production of soluble calcium bicarbonate (Ca(HCO3)2). The calcium bicarbonate (Ca(HCO3)2) adds hardness and alkalinity to the resulting process water.
US07771598B2	Apparatus, methods and systems for handling and processing waste material Apparatus, methods and systems for processing waste are provided. For example, a system for processing waste, wherein the waste comprises hard particulates embedded therein, can be provided. The system can comprise a waste disruptor, wherein the waste disrupter disrupts the waste and releases at least one of the embedded hard particulates from the disrupted waste; a segregator, wherein the segregator segregates at least one of the released hard particulates from the waste; and a dilution unit, wherein the dilution unit dilutes the waste. In some embodiments, the system can include a waste loader that provides waste continuously to the waste disrupter, which is configured to disrupt at least a portion of the continuously provided waste.
US07771583B2	Electrochemical determination of analytes Determination of an analyte with increased accuracy is achieved by electrochemically determining an initial analyte concentration, performing a plurality of amperometric/potentiometric switching cycles, observing a characteristic of the signal during each of the plurality of switching cycles, determining an averaged value for the characteristic of the signal, and correcting the initial measurement value to arrive at a final measurement value of analyte concentration or rejecting the initial measurement value depending on the averaged value of the characteristic of the signal. The characteristic of the signal that is observed is not per se indicative of the amount of analyte present in a sample. Rather, it is a characteristic of the signal that reflects the quality of the electrodes, the extent of fill of the electrochemical cell or characteristics of the sample other than analyte concentration such as oxygen levels or hematocrit.
US07771566B2	Embossed multi-ply tissue having a softening lotion A multiply tissue article having a softening lotion and an embossment of the external surface. The embossment forms a network of discrete depressions. The embossment has particular configuration and induces a ply separation force within a defined range. The multiply tissue exhibits enhanced performance for softness, strength and ply delamination. The invention also relates to the process of making such a multiply article.
US07771563B2	Systems and methods for achieving isothermal batch processing of substrates used for the production of micro-electro-mechanical-systems A system and method for processing substrates that achieves isothermal and uniform fluid flow processing conditions for a plurality of substrates. In one aspect, the invention is a system and method that utilizes matching the emissivity value of the surfaces of a process chamber that oppose exposed surfaces of the substrates with the emissivity value of the exposed surfaces to achieve isothermal conditions throughout a substrate stack. In another aspect, the invention is system and method of processing substrates in a process chamber that exhibits excellent fluid flow uniformity by eliminating cavities or geometrical irregularities in the process chamber profile due to substrate loading openings. In yet anther aspect, the invention is a system and method of processing substrates wherein the process chamber comprises a liner and a shell, the liner constructed of a highly thermally conductive material, such as carbon, and the shell is constructed of a non-porous material, such as stainless steel.
US07771560B2	Methods to prevent ECC (edge chipping and cracking) damage during die picking process A method for preventing edge chipping and cracking damage encountered by semiconductor chips in a die picking operation during separation from an adhesive sheet. Also provided is a device for preventing potential edge chipping and cracking damage encountered by a semiconductor chip during die picking processes.
US07771558B2	Adhesive and method of manufacturing image display apparatus using the same An adhesive used for bonding a spacer to a face plate and a rear plate constituting an envelope of an image display apparatus so as to keep space between the face plate and the rear plate. Since the adhesive contains an aqueous sodium silicate solution and Ti grains dispersed in the aqueous solution, it improves adhesion and shortens curing time.
US07771556B2	Apparatus and process to apply adhesive during labeling operations A labeling apparatus and method for applying individual labels onto individual objects moving along a conveyor includes a label delivery mechanism configured to hold a plurality of the labels and operable to deliver individual ones of the labels adjacent to the conveyor. A non-contact adhesive spray applicator including at least one nozzle having a plurality of individual adhesive discharge orifices may be positioned and arranged to discharge adhesive from the orifices onto either the labels or the objects such that the labels may be respectively adhered to the objects.
US07771553B2	Processing apparatus The present invention relates to a processing apparatus, such as a laminator, for performing operations involving effecting adhesive bonding on substrates.
US07771548B2	Metal quenching medium Disclosed is a quenching medium for treating a heated metal part, said medium comprising water and a polyacrylate terpolymer comprising acrylamide and/or methacrylamide monomer units, acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid monomer units and alkyl alkoxylate allyl ether monomer units where the acid groups are in the form of an alkali metal salt and where the alkyl alkoxylate allyl ether monomers are of the formula where n is an integer from 1 to about 30, R is ethylene, propylene or butylene and G is an alkyl group of 8 to 30 carbon atoms. Also disclosed is a method for quenching a heated metal part, which process comprises immersing said metal part in the quenching medium. Also disclosed are the polyacrylate ternary copolymers.
US07771547B2	Methods for producing lead-free in-situ composite solder alloys Methods are disclosed for producing in-situ composite solders having a particulate intermetallic phase homogeneously distributed throughout the solder matrix. An eutectic solder is mixed with the components of the intermetallic phase, melted and rapidly cooled to form the desired solder. In-situ composite solder alloys formed by the disclosed method provide greater solder joint strength and fatigue resistance.
US07771534B2	Method of growing oxide thin films Process for producing silicon oxide containing thin films on a growth substrate by the ALCVD method. In the process, a vaporizable silicon compound is bonded to the growth substrate, and the bonded silicon compound is converted to silicon dioxide. The invention comprises using a silicon compound which contains at least one organic ligand and the bonded silicon compound is converted to silicon dioxide by contacting it with a vaporized, reactive oxygen source, in particular with ozone. The present invention provides a controlled process for growing controlling thin films containing SiO2, with sufficiently short reaction times.
US07771533B2	Atomic-layer-chemical-vapor-deposition of films that contain silicon dioxide Process for producing silicon oxide containing thin films on a growth substrate by the ALCVD method. In the process, a vaporisable silicon compound is bonded to the growth substrate, and the bonded silicon compound is converted to silicon dioxide. The invention comprises using a silicon compound which contains at least one organic ligand and the bonded silicon compound is converted to silicon dioxide by contacting it with a vaporised, reactive oxygen source, in particular with ozone. The present invention provides a controlled process for growing controlling thin films containing SiO2 with sufficiently short reaction times.
US07771528B2	Processing for producing zein articles with limited solubility Zein articles are prepared by a melt process where zein is mixed with glyoxal and an inorganic base solution at temperatures above about 40° C. The melt processing can take as a batch process (e.g., as in a torque rheometer) or in a continuous process (e.g., as in reaction extrusion using a screw extruder). This process provides a zein article that has greatly reduced solubility in most of the standard organic solvents that will dissolve unaltered zein.
US07771520B1	System and method for forming a membrane that is super-permeable to hydrogen A hydrogen separation membrane and its associated method of fabrication. The hydrogen separation membrane has a first material layer that is permeable to atomic hydrogen. The first material has a first catalytic ability to disassociate molecular hydrogen into atomic hydrogen. Complex particles are applied to the first material layer, either to produce a second layer or to act as a barrier between the first layer and a subsequent layer. The complex particles are hollow bucky structure, filled bucky structures or core particles coated with a hydrogen permeable metal. The complex particles prevent material from opposite sides of the hydrogen separation membrane from interdiffusing over time. Consequently, palladium based materials and Group V based materials can be used on opposite sides of the hydrogen separation membrane. This produces a hydrogen separation membrane that is more permeable to hydrogen in one direction than it is in the opposite direction.
US07771512B2	Apparatus with high surface area nanostructures for hydrogen storage, and methods of storing hydrogen Method and apparatus for storing hydrogen. One embodiment of such a method comprises providing a storage apparatus having a substrate and a nanostructure mat on at least a portion of a side of the substrate. The nanostructure mat comprises a plurality of nanostructures having a surface ionization state which causes more than one layer of hydrogen to adsorb onto the nanostructures. The method can also include exposing the nanostructure mat to hydrogen such that more than one layer of hydrogen adsorbs onto the nanostructures.
US07771507B2	Hydraulic mineral composition, production method thereof and hydraulic binders and cementitious products containing one such composition The invention relates to a hydraulic mineral composition which is characterized in that it comprises a vitreous or crystallised matrix based on magnesium and calcium silico-aluminates which represent at least 25 wt.-%, and preferably 30 wt.-%, of the composition, one or more mineral oxides and optionally one or more specific mineral halides which are selected from among the oxides and halides of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Pb, Ba, Sr, P, S, Na, K, Zr, Mo, Be, Tl, As, Sn and Cd and which represent at least 5 wt.-% of the composition, at most 31 wt.-% alumina (Al2O3), less than 10 wt.-% ferrite, and less than 0.05 wt.-%, and preferably less than 0.01 wt.-%, C in relation to the weight of the composition.
US07771506B2	Spongy sintered article of titanium or titanium alloy exhibiting excellent compression strength A spongy sintered article of titanium or titanium alloy having a three-dimensional network structure in which continuous pores opening to a surface and continuing with internal pores are formed, and having a porosity of 50 to 98%, the spongy sintered article having a composition consisting of 0.1 to 0.6% by mass of carbon and a remainder containing titanium and inevitable impurities, the inevitable impurities having an oxygen content limited to not more than 0.6% by mass, and the spongy sintered article exhibiting an excellent compression strength.
US07771504B1	Producing liquid organic fertilizer from organic substrates The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for the production of organic liquid fertilizer from waste using a two-phase process. The first phase comprises a successive extraction process whereby liquid leachate is drained from one plant or storage container and the process subsequently re-started with new fresh water. The second phase comprises an accelerated bio-leaching process wherein plant material is stored in a solid bed similar to a batch process, and a leachate (e.g., water and bacteria) is re-circulated through the solid bed until the process of hydrolysis and acidification results in dissolution of organic material into the re-circulating leachate. The leachate is thus concentrated without losing the nutrient and is subsequently used as an organic fertilizer.
US07771503B2	Method of manufacturing a filter element The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a filter element for use in connection with e.g. gas turbines and comprising a hollow outer insert in which a hollow inner insert is arranged centrally relative to the outer insert, said inserts comprising end edges to which a top flange is secured at one end, said inserts being stiffened by a net (6), said net (6) being made by applying a liquid mass (5) to the outer and/or inner side of the filter element (I) by means of one or more nozzles (4, 6), said nozzles (4,7) being movable relative to the filter element (1), one or more nozzles (4, 7) being stationary in the longitudinal direction of the filter element (1) during the application of molding mass (5) in one or more rings (8), while the filter element (1) rotates a number of rotations about its longitudinal axis, on which one or more nozzles (4, 7) oscillate with an oscillation greater than or equal to the distance between two rings (8) and smaller than or equal to the length of the filter element (1) for the application of connecting lines (9) between the rings (8). The invention also relates to a filter element (1) manufactured by the method, wherein the stiffening (6) of the filter element (1) is formed by a solidified molding mass (5), and the filter element (1) is made of combustible materials.
US07771494B2	Process for selective removal of water and impurities from N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine Processes for the preparation, concentration and recovery an N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine product from aqueous process streams including contacting mother liquor generated in the precipitation of N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine product crystals with a selective membrane to produce a retentate enriched N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine product and a permeate depleted in N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine product are disclosed.
US07771492B2	Compositions for oxidation dyeing keratin fibers comprising at least one thickening polymer comprising at least one fatty chain and at least one fatty alcohol chosen from monoglycerolated fatty alcohols and polyglycerolated fatty alcohols Compositions for oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as hair, comprising, in a dyeing medium, at least one oxidation dye, at least one thickening polymer comprising at least one fatty chain and at least one fatty alcohol chosen from monoglycerolated and polyglycerolated fatty alcohols. Processes comprising such oxidation dyeing compositions.
US07771482B1	Method for tissue expansion and regeneration using bioresorbable inflatable devices Bioresorbable inflatable devices and tunnel incision tool and methods for treating and enlarging a tissue or an organ or a tube or a vessel or a cavity. The device is composed of a hollow expanding pouch made of a resorbable material that can be attached to a filling element. The pouch can be filled with a biocompatible materials, one or more times in few days interval, after the insertion of the device. While filling the pouch every few days the tissue expands and the filling material if it is bioactive start to function. The tunnel incision tool composed of a little blade that emerges from the surface of the tool in order to make shallow incisions in the surrounding tissue therefore enabling easy expansion of the tissue. This device and method can be used for example for: horizontal and vertical bone augmentation in the jaws and the tunnel incision tool is used to make shallow incisions in the periosteum when using the tunnel technique, sinus augmentation when the device is placed beneath the Schneiderian tissue, vessels widening if the pouch become a stent etc.
US07771478B2	Artificial disc prosthesis A visco-elastic motion-limiting artificial intervertebral disc prosthesis is provided that mimics the physiologic function of a normal spinal disc. The disc comprises upper and lower endplates having therewithin channels or openings for optionally receiving one or more motion-limiting members fitted on each end with an enlarged portion. One or more compression stops is provided between the upper and lower endplates. Additionally, an elastomeric cushion is disposed between the endplates and surrounds the motion-limiting members. Also, force transducers and microelectronics can be utilized to provide data to the surgeon or the patient regarding the load state of the disc.
US07771472B2	Bronchial flow control devices and methods of use Disclosed is an assembly for loading a bronchial flow control device into a container, such as into a delivery catheter. The assembly includes a funnel housing and a puller housing that mate with one another. The funnel housing defines a funnel-shaped loading cavity that receives a flow control device and that gradually reduces in size moving in a first direction. The puller housing is removably attached to the funnel housing and is also removably attachable to a bronchial flow control device that can be positioned in the loading cavity. The puller housing pulls the bronchial flow control device in the first direction through the funnel housing to gradually contract the bronchial flow control device into a compressed state of reduced size relative to the expanded state.
US07771470B2	Ophthalmic apparatuses and methods Blue light blocking chromophore (BLBC) ophthalmic devices are disclosed. In an embodiment, BLBC is relatively concentrated in the device center gradually decreasing to the device edge to create a BLBC gradient.
US07771465B2	Branched stent delivery system An interventional delivery system with a first catheter having at its distal end a side branch vessel segment; a second catheter attached around the first catheter and having at its distal end a main vessel segment; a side branch vessel device attached to side branch vessel segment of the first catheter; and main vessel device attached to the main vessel segment of the second catheter. The main vessel device and the side branch vessel device are able to be simultaneously delivered to a treatment site.
US07771461B2	Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient comprises an enclosure defining an interior space for receiving at least a portion of a patient's body therein. The enclosure has at least one gusset that is resiliently deformable for accommodating patients of various sizes. A supply conduit fluidly connects an inlet of the enclosure to a reservoir, and a return conduit fluidly connects an outlet of the enclosure to the reservoir. A first coupler joins the supply conduit and the return conduit to the reservoir and a second coupler joins the supply conduit and the return conduit to the enclosure. The reservoir generally comprises a bag and at least a portion of the supply conduit is integral with the bag.
US07771460B2	Methods and apparatus for regional and whole body temperature modification Methods and apparatus for temperature modification of selected body regions including an induced state of local hypothermia of the brain region for neuroprotection. A heat exchange catheter is provided with heat transfer fins projecting or extending outward from the catheter which may be inserted into selected blood vessels or body regions to transfer heat with blood or fluid in the selected blood vessels or body regions. Another aspect of the invention further provides methods and apparatus for controlling the internal body temperature of a patient. By selectively heating or cooling a portion of the catheter lying within a blood vessel, heat may be transferred to or from blood flowing within the vessel to increase or decrease whole body temperature or the temperature of a target region. Feed back from temperature sensors located within the patient's body allow for control of the heat transfer from the catheter to automatically control the temperature of the patient or of the target region within the patient. The apparatus may include a blood channeling sleeve that directs body fluid over a heat exchanger where the body fluid's temperature is altered, and then is discharged out the distal end of the sleeve to a desired location, for example, cooled blood to the brain for neuroprotection. The catheter may be used alone or in conjunction with other heat exchangers to cool one region of a patient's body while heating another.
US07771458B2	Bone fixing device A bone fixing device and in particular a device for stabilizing cervical vertebrae is provided, (with) a plate (2, 200) with at least one recess (5) for guiding through a section (15, 61, 62) of a bone screw (6, 60), a connecting element (20, 30), displaceable in the recess, for connecting the bone screw to the plate and a securing device (10, 11) for securing the connecting element against falling out of the recess.
US07771454B2	Autologous wound sealing apparatus Apparatus (10) is provided for sealing a vascular puncture tract by forming the autologous plug within the puncture tract, and extruding that plug into the puncture tract. The apparatus of the present invention forms an autologous blood plug by drawing blood into the apparatus from a vessel, mixing a blood congealing agent with the drawn blood, and ejecting a plug formed from the clotted blood within the puncture tract. Also provided are various closure elements (22) to isolate the drawn blood from the vessel during mixture with the blood congealing agent, and to facilitate placement of the apparatus relative to the vessel.
US07771449B2	Balloon catheter having a flexible distal end A catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen, and a distal portion of the shaft being at least in part within an outer sheath having a wedge-shaped distal end. In one embodiment, the outer sheath around the distal end of the shaft is the distal skirt section of the balloon. In an alternative embodiment, the outer sheath is a sleeve member having at least a portion located distal to the distal end of the balloon.
US07771447B2	Balloon refolding device A device for folding a balloon of a balloon catheter onto a catheter tube during a balloon deflation includes a first band positioned on the catheter tube distal to the balloon and a second band positioned on the catheter tube proximal to the balloon. One or more elastic member(s) are attached to and extend between the bands for interaction with the outer surface of the balloon. During a balloon deflation, the elastic members cooperate to fold the balloon into pleats. When used on a cutting balloon, each elastic member is formed with a slot to allow a respective blade of the cutting balloon to extend through the elastic member. The elastic members fold the cutting balloon into a configuration in which each blade becomes nestled within a pair of adjacent balloon pleats to prevent the blade from inadvertently incising tissue during an in-vivo movement of the balloon catheter.
US07771445B2	Rotational atherectomy system with stationary cutting elements An elongate tubular body extends between a rotatable cutter and a control. The cutter is connected to the control with a rotatable element. A vacuum is applied through an annular passage defined between the tubular body and the rotatable element. The cutter has at least one radial projection which cooperates with at least one stationary element on the tubular body to cut material drawn into the tubular body. Material that has been processed by the cutter is aspirated through the tubular body for disposal.
US07771442B2	Graft core for seal and suture anastomoses with devices and methods for percutaneous intraluminal excisional surgery (PIES) The present invention is a combination anastomosis device that both sutures and seals connections between two native body tubes and a graft—better proof against leaks than prior art of suturing alone or as some propose, by sealing. The invention is also a combination of supporting devices and methods that allow the anastomoses to be performed in seconds rather than the minutes required by present art, causing no more collateral bodily damage than percutaneous entry, requiring no time on a cardiac bypass system, either no heart stoppage or less than a minute thus potentially increasing the population who can tolerate coronary bypass as an out-patient procedure. The tract of application is not limited to coronary but includes vascular, urinary, pulmonary, alimentary, cerebral-spinal or other mammalian tract. May be manufactured of biodegradeable or biocompatible material and graft may be harvested or synthetic.
US07771438B2	Suture passer Sutures can be placed in difficult to access areas of the human body with devices, and related methods, utilizing a suture carrier with a sharpened tip and a notch for holding a formed suture tip. The devices and methods can be used in conjunction with both endosurgical and traditional open surgery.
US07771434B2	Bone distractor apparatus An improved distractor apparatus of the type having at least a pair of opposing bone plates secured distally and proximally to a pair of bone segments created by cutting an osteotomy gap, wherein the mounting brackets for securing the bone plates to the distractor means comprise abutment members that extend into the gap and abut the exposed ends of the two bone segments, such that distraction force is transferred to the bone segments by both the bone plates and the abutment members, wherein at least the abutment member on the distal mounting bracket is collapsible in the distal direction.
US07771424B2	Integrated metalized ceramic heating element for use in a tissue cutting and sealing device A tissue cutting and sealing device, having a pair of opposing elements dimensioned to grasp tissue therebetween; and a heating assembly on at least one of the opposing elements, wherein the heating assembly includes: a ceramic body; and a metalized portion extending along a top surface of the ceramic body. The top surface of the ceramic body preferably has a width greater than the metalized portion.
US07771423B2	Surface electrode multiple mode operation A surface electrode for ablating tissue is provided. The surface electrode comprises a base, a plurality of tissue penetrating needle electrodes extending from the surface of the base an adjustable distance, and an electrical interface coupled to the plurality of needle electrodes. The adjustability of the needle electrodes allows the depth that the needle electrodes penetrate through tissue to be adjusted.
US07771420B2	Saline-enhanced catheter for radiofrequency tumor ablation Catheter for the radiofrequency ablation of tissue, comprising at least one pair of bipolar electrodes adapted to function in bipolar mode, each bipolar electrode comprising supply channels adapted for the perfusion of saline solution around the electrodes, the catheter further comprising at least two end electrodes arranged towards opposed ends of the catheter, on either side of the pair of bipolar electrodes, said end electrodes adapted to function in monopolar mode.
US07771418B2	Treatment of diseased tissue using controlled ultrasonic heating The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering and controlling thermal therapy to a volume of diseased tissue. Specifically, the invention includes using thermal imaging and other inputs to determine an acoustic (ultrasonic) treatment regime employing interstitial ultrasound applicators to deliver a required therapeutic temperature or thermal dose to the affected region in a body or organ. Various aspects of the treatment that can be controlled include individual transducer element operating power and frequency, as well as the rate of cooling and rotation of the entire applicator.
US07771416B2	Control mechanism for flexible endoscopic device and method of use Control devices and methods are provided for controlling tension applied to a tensioning element extending through a flexible shaft, such as on an endoscopic device. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and devices are configured to allow free movement and optionally provide slack to a control mechanism on an endoscopic device during insertion to allow free flexion of the shaft of the device, and to tension the control mechanism when desired to actuate, articulate, or otherwise control the working end or other portion of the device disposed within a patient's body.
US07771406B2	Articles with elasticated topsheets The invention relates to an absorbent, disposable article, preferably a diaper, having a backsheet and a topsheet comprising a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region interposed there between, a longitudinal axis, and an opening, which provides a passageway to a primary void space for receiving bodily exudates therein, positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, whereby the opening is positioned in at least the crotch region along the longitudinal axis; whereby the topsheet is elasticated; and whereby the article has a shortened article portion, as defined herein, which has a shortened article length L, a stretched shortened article length Ls and a contracted shortened article length Lc, whereby the article and/or its topsheet has an specific elastic profile and/or a specific ratio of Lc to Ls. The article preferably has a slit opening with on each side elastic regions, preferably in the shape of an X, as shown in FIG. 1, and preferably making an angle with the adjacent topsheet and thereby bending away from the void space underneath the topsheet.
US07771399B2	Injection device with dose metering mechanism with multiple anti-rotation locking system A drive and dosing module for an injection device, and an injection device including the module, wherein the module includes a dosing member which can be displaced into one of several dosing positions in relation to a drive member to set a product dose, wherein one of the dosing or drive members forms several dosing stops at axially different heights and rotational stops that are associated with the dosing stops and the other member forms at least one selection element, and wherein the drive member can be moved in relation to the dosing member until it reaches a trigger position in which the at least one selection element attains one of the dosing stops and, in said trigger position, the selection element and the rotational stops combine to lock the rotation of the dosing member in both directions.
US07771396B2	Intubation device for enteral feeding An intubation device is provided for use with a guide apparatus having a track that is adapted to be associated with an endoscope such that bending of the track is substantially decoupled from bending of the endoscope. The intubation device includes an elongated, flexible tube and a mating member attached to the tube and adapted to slidingly engage the track external of the endoscope. The intubation device further includes a tissue bolster disposed on the proximal portion of the tube and changeable between a collapsed and an expanded configuration. The tube is positionable inside the upper gastrointestinal tract of a patient such that the proximal end of the tube is externalized through the gastric and abdominal walls of the patient, and wherein the tissue bolster is securable against the inner gastric wall when the tissue bolster is in the expanded configuration.
US07771393B2	Insertion device for an insertion head, in particular for an infusion set An insertion device for an infusion set, the insertion device including a two-part housing and a retainer or a retention means by which the infusion set can be temporarily held on the device, and a driver or a drive means including a pretensionable spring for providing the drive energy for an insertion movement of the infusion set, wherein one of the housing parts can be pivoted relative to the other to engage the infusion set and, after engagement of the infusion set, they can be pivoted again, as a result of which the spring is pretensioned and the insertion device is brought to a ready-to-use state. After the insertion movement has been triggered, the infusion set is separated from the device, such that it can execute the greatest part of the insertion movement free of the retainer.
US07771389B2	Injector auto purge An auto purge for an intravenous contrast injector of the type having a motor which advances a plunger drive ram and configured for use with a pre-filled or user-filled syringe containing an approximate known amount of air including a processor which causes the motor to move and a memory storing a predetermined purge stop point representative of the approximate known amount of air in the syringe, the injector configured to automatically advance the plunger drive ram an amount substantially equal to the predetermined purge stop point representative of the approximate known amount of air contained in the syringe.
US07771387B2	Liquid embolic composition delivery devices and methods Devices and methods are provided for delivering fluid components of an embolic mass into a body cavity. A connector, which includes a receiving element, a first port, and a second port, is provided for securing an outer tubular element and an inner tubular element such that the outer tubular element coaxially surrounds the inner tubular element. The first port is in fluid communication with the lumen of the outer tubular element when the outer tubular element is secured to the receiving element; and the second port is in fluid communication with the lumen of the inner tubular element when the inner tubular element is secured to the connector. First and second fluid components of an embolic composition are delivered into the first and second ports of the connector and through the lumens of the outer and inner tubular elements for occlusion of the body cavity.
US07771385B2	Method of providing care to a patient The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols, operating limits, rule sets and/or operating features that collectively define an operating environment, or personality, of the device. Selection of a specific configuration database preferably is based at least in part upon patient-specific information obtained from any location in a distributed hospital network. Examples of such patient-specific information include patient age or size, patient medical characteristics, a location of the patient or a location of the care device. In a preferred embodiment, programming a patient care device to deliver a drug to a patient entails activating a configuration database and scanning a machine-readable drug label identifying a particular protocol stored in the activated database. The selected protocol includes default parameters for delivering the drug, and the label optionally includes instructions for deviating from the default protocol.
US07771384B2	Trocar with integral irrigation and suction tube A trocar tube incorporating integral irrigation and aspiration capabilities with positioning control. These capabilities can be used in conjunction with endoscopic tools which can be fed through the trocar housing. Specifically, the invention can be used to clean the lens of a laparoscope while it is in place in the trocar tube to eliminate the need for removal of the laparoscope for cleansing. The trocar tube telescoping tip permits independent control of the position of irrigation and aspiration while other tools are in use. Trocar tube channels in the wall of the trocar tube enable fluids to be fed to the distal end of the trocar tube, and enable material to be aspirated from the distal end of the trocar tube. The trocar tube channels are connected to a fluid source and an aspirating device. Aspiration and fluid flow are controlled by a foot pedal or other device that allows hands-free control. The specific improvements in endoscopic procedures afforded by this device inhere in the ability to leave irrigation and aspiration capabilities in place throughout an endoscopic procedure, the ability to supply irrigation and aspiration capabilities to various types of endoscopic tools, including existing laparoscopic tools without self-cleaning capabilities, the ability to direct irrigation and aspiration flow, the minimization of the need to place and remove multi-purpose tools during the procedure.
US07771381B2	Shunt valve locking mechanism A locking assembly is provided to simply and effectively prevent any unintentional adjustment of the adjustable valve mechanism in a fluid flow control device, without compromising the function of the device. The locking assembly generally includes at least one gripping arm for frictionally engaging at least a portion of the adjustable valve mechanism, and an actuating mechanism for controlling the deployment and release of the gripping arm. The locking assembly prevents unintentional adjustments that can adversely affect the pressure settings of the fluid flow control device. In particular, the locking assembly prevents unintentional adjustment, such as may be caused by the presence of a strong external magnetic field. The locking assembly can be easily disengaged, such as through the application or removal of an external mechanical force, to allow a clinician to adjust the pressure settings of the fluid flow control device as necessary.
US07771380B2	Pressure sensing A biological fluid device (703) comprises a pressure sensor (702), which is arranged on the device. The pressure sensor comprises a compressible container, the compression of which is indicative of the pressure, and is capable of wireless communication.
US07771378B2	Orthopedic traction tower system An orthopedic traction tower system, and components thereof, for use in surgery, fracture repair, and/or radiography. The traction tower system may include a base for receiving the proximal end of a patient's limb, a tower arm for applying tractive forces to a distal end of a patient's limb, and a joint that movably connects the base and the tower arm such that the tower arm can be positioned for surgical access and/or for applying different types of traction, among others.
US07771372B2	Ultrasonic catheter with axial energy field A catheter system for delivering ultrasonic energy to a treatment site within a body lumen comprises a tubular body. The tubular body has a proximal end, a distal end and an energy delivery section positioned between the proximal end and the distal end. The catheter further comprises an inner core configured for insertion into the tubular body. The inner core comprises a first ultrasound radiating member axially separated from a second ultrasound radiating member by an intermediate flexible joint region. The inner core further comprises an electrically conductive portion configured to allow a voltage difference to be applied to at least one of the ultrasound radiating members. The inner core further comprises a high impedance cap positioned proximal to at least one of the ultrasound radiating members.
US07771369B2	Guide catheter with removable support Catheters such as guide catheters can be configured for delivery of devices to vasculature portions such as intracranial spaces while retaining a desired level of flexibility. A catheter having an elongate shaft can include removable support means that can provide column support to the elongate shaft. The elongate shaft can include anchoring means that releasably secure the removable support means. The catheter can be deployed within a patient's vasculature, followed by deploying the removable support means.
US07771365B2	Method and apparatus for laryngeal examination Method and apparatus for laryngeal examination of a subject (1) during exercise on apparatus such as a treadmill (2), for example to detect laryngeal dysfunction such as vocal cord dysfunction or exercise-induced laryngomalacia. The apparatus comprises a support unit (11) attached to the head (10) of the subject, and a laryngoscope (15) attached to the support unit. The subject exercises whilst the support unit and laryngoscope are attached to the subject. A fibre optic (18) of the laryngoscope is used for transnasal laryngoscopy during exercise and images are stored in a recording device (21).
US07771359B2	Enhancement of ultrasonic cavitation A two step method of enhancing the cavitational effect produced by ultrasonic signals focused at a specific location in a medium includes a first step of using one or more transducers to apply the ultrasonic signals to create a waveform that causes formation of bubbles at the location, and a second step of modulating the amplitude of the ultrasonic signals at a frequency of several Hz to several tens of kilohertz immediately following or coincident with the formation of the bubbles.
US07771357B2	Devices and methods for occlusion of the uterine arteries Devices and methods are disclosed for treating a uterine disorder which receive its blood supply from a uterine artery. In particular, uterine fibroids are effectively treated by occluding the uterine arteries using trans-vaginal, trans-uterine, transrectal, or retroperitoneal approaches. The devices and methods are advantageous because the inventive procedures may be performed by a patient's gynecologist in the course of treatment, avoiding the need for referrals to specialist practitioners and for more radical treatments, such as hysterectomies. The methods include both temporary and permanent occlusion of the arteries. A cannula carries an imaging device and a member which will easily penetrate tissue, the member including a device which partially or completely, and temporarily or permanently, occludes a uterine artery.
US07771356B2	Ultrasound tympanoscope A system and method for examining a patient for an ear disorder. Reflectance ultrasound is applied to a portion of the ear to determine the presence of ear effusion in a middle ear. If ear effusion is present, motion of the tympanic membrane is induced and ultrasound is further applied to the moving tympanic membrane. Echo signals resulting from the ultrasound applied to the moving tympanic membrane are analyzed to obtain information regarding the motion of the tympanic membrane and is used to characterize the ear effusion.
US07771348B2	Personal sonic massage device and method A personal massage system includes first and second audio transducers mounted in and coupled to a housing in a spaced-apart and opposing fashion. The first and second audio transducers are energized to produce corresponding first and second sonic waves that radiate towards one another and interact between the first and second audio transducers.
US07771347B2	Method for treating tissue with an implant A method for forming a valve-like mechanism in a body of a mammal having an esophagus extending through a lower esophageal sphincter to a stomach and formed by a wall having a muscle layer and a mucosal layer. The method comprises the step of forming at least one implant in the muscle layer of the wall in the vicinity of the lower esophageal sphincter. The at least one implant inhibits opening of esophagus at the lower esophageal sphincter and causes the mucosal layer to appose in the vicinity of the implants.
US07771345B1	Surgical instrument for treating female urinary stress incontinence A suburethral sling device and method for treating female urinary stress incontinence which is anatomically configured to implant into the lower abdomen of a female in a manner providing support to mid-urethral and bladder neck sphincteric continence sites with the sling defining in part, mesh and tissue remodeling portions. The sling is deployed via a sling transfer instrument having distal and proximal ends with the instrument comprising in part a progressively curved shaft portion positioned between the distal and proximal ends. An insertion handle of the transfer instrument is secured to the curved metal shaft section guiding the shaft tip through the tissues of the abdomen in an anterior/posterior direction as well as a cephalad/caudad direction.
US07771344B2	Device for the prevention of urinary incontinence in females The invention concerns a device for minimizing involuntary urination in females adapted for being inserted into the vagina comprising both a pressure providing member and an anchoring member to prevent slippage of the device in the vagina. The invention further concerns a system comprising the device as well as an applicator for inserting the device to the vagina.
US07771342B2	Apparatus and method for reducing vision problems as a result of floaters An apparatus and method for treating floater problems of the eye. In some embodiments, a magnet is non-invasively held in place against the face, and in particular, over the lower eyelid of the patient over an extended period of time, in order to control the position of the floaters and to stimulate the eye to better focus. In other embodiments, the device is included in eyeglasses that hold the magnet next to the lower eyelid. In some embodiments, the magnet is placed next to the lower eyelid. In some embodiments, the magnet is replaced by or supplemented with electrical stimulation. Some embodiments use a permanent magnet, while others use an AC or DC electromagnet. In some embodiments, a tapping device or heating device is included. The electro-magnetic force, tapping, and/or heat are controlled with a chip, circuit, and/or switch. In some embodiments, the device is placed under the skin.
US07771338B2	Apparatus for crumpling paper substrates The present subject matter relates generally to an apparatus for crumpling paper substrates. Specifically, the system provides for the crumpling of paper substrates to form fill material to be utilized in product packaging to fill void space and/or to wrap around products thereby allowing for safe transport of the products. The apparatus includes a feeder for feeding sheeting material, a first roller connected to a drive mechanism, a second roller disposed adjacent said first roller wherein said sheeting material travels between the first roller and the second roller and further wherein the second roller pushes said sheeting material against said first roller to engage the sheeting material with the first roller, and a third roller connected to the drive mechanism for directing said sheeting material out of said apparatus.
US07771329B2	Strength system with pivoting components The present invention relates to a strength training exercise device that can be packaged in a substantially pre-assembled manner and that can be reoriented between a packaged position and a use position without the use of tools. The strength training device includes a frame, a resistance assembly, at least one exercise station, and a cable and pulley system linking the resistance assembly to the at least one exercise station. The frame includes a base portion having a stability member that can be moved between a packaged position and a use position. Similarly, an exercise station can be moved between a packaged position and a use position to facilitate packaging and shipping of the strength training device in a substantially pre-assembled manner. The cable and pulley system can link the resistance assembly to the at least one exercise station when the strength training device is in the packaged position.
US07771322B1	Fold away wrist roller with shared constant tension line An exercise apparatus includes a leg exercise arm assembly pivotally attached to a frame or user support assembly. A user can perform leg extension exercises and/or leg curl exercises with the leg exercise arm assembly. The exercise apparatus also includes a wrist roller assembly that is also pivotally attached to the user support assembly, frame, or leg exercise arm assembly. The wrist roller assembly can be locked into a first position that allows the user to perform leg extension and leg curl exercises without interference from the wrist roller assembly and a second position that allows a user to perform wrist rolling exercises. A flexible line interconnects the leg exercise arm assembly with the wrist roller assembly as well as connecting the leg exercise arm assembly and the wrist roller assembly directly or indirectly with a resistance element. The flexible line maintains a substantially constant tension whether the wrist roller assembly is locked into a first position or into a second position.
US07771319B1	Exercising apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for enabling an operator to exercise comprising a frame having a body, a base and a top. A load is positioned on the frame for providing a resistive force. A press is positioned on the frame for displacement by the operator. A linkage joins the load with the press for displacing the load upon displacement of the press by the operator. An arm extends between a support end and a user end. A support pivot secures the support end of the arm to the top of the frame for pivoting the arm about the frame. A user interface inputs and outputs data. A user pivot securing the user interface to the user end of the arm for pivoting the user interface about the arm.

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