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US07962090B2	Method and apparatus for satellite digital audio A method and apparatus are provided for a first controlled device, such as a wireless local transmitter that accepts a plurality of digital audio signals and corresponding program information signals converted from a controlled source, such as the encoded digital data provided by a digital data signal source, typically a community antenna television (CATV) cable or direct broadcast satellite, then modulates said digital audio and corresponding program information signals on different carrier frequencies and transmits the modulated signals to a plurality of second controlled devices, such as remote digital receiver/tuners that demodulate said signals to output music in stereophonic sound and display the corresponding program information by means of an alphanumeric display. The first and second controlled devices contain microprocessor systems for communicating, controlling, storing, processing, and display of digital data within the operation of the respective system. A high speed, error free digital signal protocol is utilized for transmitting digital audio and corresponding program information signals to and from the digital receiver/tuner. The digital data transmitter and digital receiver/tuners utilize the 44.1 kilohertz (kHz) Compact Disc (CD) clock signal embedded in digital audio signals provided by an established delivery system to derive clocking signals for reception and processing of digital audio signals and for implementing the display information communications protocol.
US07962083B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device forms, with use of an endless belt and a fixing roller that are positioned facing each other, a fixing nip by placing the endless belt in contact with the fixing roller while causing a pressing member to press the endless belt from an inner side thereof against the fixing roller, and fixes an unfixed image onto a recording medium when the recording medium passes through the fixing nip. The fixing device includes (i) a sheet member that is provided between the endless belt and the pressing member and thus reduces friction therebetween, (ii) a supporting mechanism that movably supports the sheet member, and (iii) a sheet member moving part that, when a predetermined condition is not satisfied, keeps the sheet member at rest, and when the predetermined condition is satisfied, moves the sheet member in a certain direction by a predetermined amount.
US07962080B2	Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus includes a heating member for heating a toner image on a recording material in a heating nip, a pressing member for forming the heating nip and being in contact with the heating member, an abrading member for abrading a surface of the heating member, a contact-and-separation device for causing contact and separation of the abrading member with respect to the heating member; and a selecting device for selecting, depending on the basis weight of the recording material to be heated by the heating member, whether or not the contact-and-separation means brings the abrading member into contact with the heating member before a recording material is conveyed to the heating nip.
US07962076B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developer carrying member, contactable to the image bearing member, for carrying a developer to a developing position to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the developer; a supplying member for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member, wherein a peripheral speed of the developer carrying member is not less than 1.05 times and not more than 1.20 times a peripheral speed of the image bearing member, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra is not less than 0.20 times and not more than 0.33 times a volume average particle size of the developer, wherein a potential applied to the supplying member is different from a potential applied to the developer carrying member toward a larger potential of a regular charge polarity of the developer.
US07962063B2	Waste toner recovery system and method A toner bottle for use in a marking device with a feed mechanism. The toner bottle includes first and second compartments for holding fresh and waste toner, respectively. The feed mechanism allows fresh toner to be delivered to the marking engine from the bottle and waste toner to be returned to the bottle from the marking engine.
US07962062B2	Image forming device with holding unit engagement mechanism An image forming device includes: a main body; a plurality of image forming units; a holding unit; and an engagement mechanism. Each of the plurality of image forming units has a developing portion. The holding unit holds the plurality of image forming units. The plurality of image forming units are aligned in the holding unit in a predetermined drawing direction. The holding unit is configured so as to be drawn out in the predetermined drawing direction from a storage position where the holding unit is stored in the main body. The holding unit sequentially reaches a plurality of different drawing positions while moving in the predetermined drawing direction. The plurality of image forming units are sequentially exposed to the outside while the holding unit sequentially reaches the plurality of drawing positions. The engagement mechanism is configured to engage the holding unit with the main body when the holding unit reaches each of the plurality of drawing positions.
US07962048B2	Phase estimation for coherent optical detection The present invention is a method and apparatus to make an estimate of the phase of a signal relative to the local oscillator in an optical coherent detection subsystem that employs a digital signal processor having a parallel architecture. The phase estimation method comprises operations that do not use feedback of recent results. The method includes a cycle count function so that the phase estimate leads to few cycle slips. The phase estimate of the present invention is approximately the same as the optimal phase estimate.
US07962038B2	High performance gigabit passive optical network A system includes an optical line terminal (OLT) that includes an OLT transmitter. The OLT transmitter includes one or more fixed wavelength optical sources that generate an optical signal at a first wavelength, and an optical waveguide that transmits the optical signal at the first wavelength in an optical network.
US07962027B2	Image pickup apparatus Provided is an image pickup apparatus including: a zoom lens unit which moves during zooming; a focus lens unit which moves during focusing; a zoom operation switch having a function for driving the zoom lens unit; a focus detection unit for detecting a focus state on an object located in a focusing area selected from multiple focusing areas within an imaging area; and a drive unit for driving the focus lens unit based on a result obtained by detection of the focus detection unit, in which the zoom operation switch further has a function for switching the selected focusing area.
US07962024B2	Blur correcting device, blur correcting method, and image pickup apparatus A blur correcting device includes a shake detecting unit configured to detect a shake and output a detection signal indicating a result of the detection; a drive unit configured to displace a relative positional relationship between a lens unit and an image pickup element relative to an optical axis such that a position of an optical image formed on an image pickup surface of the image pickup element is displaced on the image pickup surface; and a control unit configured to increase a displacement range when the amount of shake indicated by the detection signal is larger than a predetermined level, displace the relative positional relationship between the lens unit and the image pickup element within the increased displacement range in accordance with the detection signal, and thereby correct a blur of the optical image on the image pickup surface caused by the shake detected by the shake detecting unit.
US07962023B2	Image stabilizer An image stabilizer includes a rotor including a lens assembly, and configured to move perpendicular to an optical axis of light passing through the lens assembly, and a suspension unit configured to support movement of the rotor and to prevent the rotor from moving non-perpendicular to the optical axis of the light passing through the lens assembly. Accordingly, the image stabilizer prevents variance of characteristics of a rotor in a low frequency band according to the position and distortion of phase characteristics in a high frequency band. Therefore, the image stabilizer has consistent operation characteristics regardless of the position, posture, and movement of a person using an image capture device containing the image stabilizer.
US07962020B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, and an optical system configured to image light from an imaging subject on the imaging device. The optical system includes a group of lenses and an aperture diaphragm. When NP point is defined as a point where an extended linear component in an object space of a principal ray located in a Gauss region and selected from among principal rays passing through a center of the aperture diaphragm of the optical system crosses an optical axis of the optical system, D represents a diameter of a lens at the closest side to the imaging subject, and LN represents a distance from a lens surface of the lens at the closest side to the imaging subject to the NP point, a formula; 0≦LN≦D (1) is satisfied.
US07962016B2	Heating crucible for organic thin film forming apparatus Provided is a heating crucible for an organic thin film forming apparatus, the heating crucible including a main body in which to contain an organic substance, a cover provided on the main body, the cover formed of an insulating material and having a nozzle through which a gaseous organic substance comes out from the main body, a cover heater formed as a thin film type on the top surface of the cover, and a body heater heating the main body.
US07962014B2	Apparatus and method for reproducing video contents A method for reproducing video contents includes the steps of: selecting a reproduction shot from video contents, based on a current location information and a shot index information; determining a reproduction section from the selected reproduction shot; and reproducing the determined reproduction section. After the determined reproduction section is reproduced, the above processes are repeated to next reproduction shots. The repetitive processes are performed all over the video contents until the user requests a reproduction change.
US07962002B2	Recording apparatus and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a method, a recording medium, and a program for allowing the relative layout of data recorded on a data recording medium to be maintained on the data recording medium without having to requiring a user to perform burdensome operation. A playback control section 82 controls reading of ARI_DATA indicating an attribute of data recorded on an optical disk from the optical disk. A data-format identifying section 86 determines whether data recorded on the optical disk is a photo movie based on the read-out ARI_DATA. If it is determined that the data recorded on the optical disk is a photo movie, a delete control section 83 controls deletion of the data from the optical disk optical disk so as to delete the photo movie. The present invention can be applied to camcorders.
US07961999B2	Optical waveguide distribution device There is disclosed an optical waveguide distribution device having a distribution panel with splice cassettes removably connected thereto. Fiber optic splices are placed within the splice cassettes, so that removal of the splice cassettes allows improved access to the splices. In addition, the distribution panel includes a front wall upon which are positioned a plurality of couplings. The front wall is removably connected to the distribution panel to allow improved access to the couplings.
US07961994B2	Optical interface assembly An optical device includes a first waveguide having an end portion configured to receive an optical signal, the optical signal having a fundamental mode; a second waveguide having an end portion spaced from the end portion of the first waveguide; and a cladding layer surrounding the first and second waveguides. The first waveguide is configured such that the optical signal undergoes multimode interference to focus the fundamental mode at the end portion of the second waveguide.
US07961989B2	Optical chassis, camera having an optical chassis, and associated methods A camera including a mount substrate, a detector on a first surface of the mount substrate, a spacer on the mount substrate, the spacer including a hole exposing the detector, a cover on the spacer, the cover covering the hole, the mount substrate, the spacer and the cover together sealing the detector, the cover having a planar surface facing the detector, and an external electrical interconnection for the detector provided outside the sealing, the external electrical interconnection being on a first surface and a second surface, different from the first surface, of the mount substrate, the external electrical interconnection adapted to connect the detector to an electrical contact pad.
US07961986B1	Ranking of images and image labels The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes determining a score for an image of a plurality of images with respect to each of one or more terms, identifying one or more of the terms for each of which the score for the image with respect to the respective identified term satisfies a criterion, and associating the identified terms with the image. Determining the score for the image with respect to a respective term includes determining probabilities of navigating between images in the plurality of images and determining the score for the image with respect to the respective term based on the probabilities.
US07961984B2	Image processing apparatus, computer readable medium and computer data signal An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition section, a combination detection section and an angle detection section. The image acquisition section acquires a code pattern image from a surface of a recording medium on which the code pattern is formed. In the code pattern, N unit images are selectively placed in M reference positions that are arranged at predetermined intervals in two directions orthogonal to each other where M≧4 and 2≦N
US07961973B2	Lens roll-off correction method and apparatus Brightness and color tone shift distortion of captured images by a non-ideal lens can be compensated by applying an inverse transfer function to the captured image. An estimate of the lens transfer function can be measured based on a radius from a center of the lens. The lens transfer function can be measured by capturing a flat field image. The center of the lens can be determined based on a relative brightness maximum. The relative brightness of the captured flat field image can then be measured as a function of radius to generate a lens response curve. Separate response curves can be measured for each color component. A correction curve can be determined as the inverse of the response curve. The correction curve can be applied to subsequent captured images to compensate for lens degradation.
US07961967B2	Adaptive density mapping in computed tomographic images An adaptive density mapping (ADM) method and system automatically identify interface regions between air and material tagged with contrast agents in computed tomographic (CT) image data, then map CT attenuations of voxels outside the identified interface regions, such that voxels that represent tagged material are made to represent air or another gas.
US07961966B2	Digitized image stabilization using energy analysis method A method and an apparatus are provided for image stabilization for the output of analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and for phase-locked loops (PLL). The digital coding at the output of ADCs and PLLs is filtered by this method and apparatus to eliminate the noise which has contaminated the coding. The noise sources are noise picked up by the cable, system board noise, ADC power and ground noise paths, and switching noise. The differences of energy level of sequential pixels in the ADC and PLL digital outputs used in image displays are used to decide if correction is required. The method of image noise filtering is compatible with programmable circuitry. This allows the method to be tuned for optimal image stabilization.
US07961963B2	Methods and systems for extended spatial scalability with picture-level adaptation Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for modification of motion vectors in spatial scalable video coding. Some embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems designed for use with the Scalable Video Coding extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
US07961959B2	Methods and apparatus for reducing storage size Prediction-based compression engines are spoon-fed with sequentially efficiently compressible (SEC) streams of input data that make it possible for the compression engines to more efficiently compress or otherwise compact the incoming data than would be possible with streams of input data accepted on a TV-raster scan basis. Various techniques are disclosed for intentionally forming SEC input data streams. Among these are the tight packing of alike files or fragments into concatenation suitcases and the decomposition of files into substantially predictably consistent (SPC) fragments or segments that are routed to different suitcases according to their type. In a graphics-directed embodiment, image frames are partitioned into segment areas that are internally SPC and multidirectional walks (i.e., U-turning walks) are defined in the segment areas where these defined walks are traced during compression and also during decompression. A variety of pre-compression data transformation methods are disclosed for causing apparently random data sequences to appear more compressibly alike to each other. The methods are usable in systems that permit substantially longer times for data compaction operations than for data decompaction operations.
US07961957B2	Diffusion bases methods for segmentation and clustering Methods for dimensionality reduction of large data volumes, in particular hyper-spectral data cubes, include providing a dataset Γ of data points given as vectors, building a weighted graph G on Γ with a weight function wε, wherein wε corresponds to a local coordinate-wise similarity between the coordinates in Γ; obtaining eigenvectors of a matrix derived from graph G and weight function wε, and projecting the data points in Γ onto the eigenvectors to obtain a set of projection values ΓB for each data point, whereby ΓB represents coordinates in a reduced space. In one embodiment, the matrix is constructed through the dividing each element of wε by a square sum of its row multiplied by a square sum of its column. In another embodiment the matrix is constructed through a random walk on graph G via a Markov transition matrix P, which is derived from wε. The reduced space coordinates are advantageously used to rapidly and efficiently perform segmentation and clustering.
US07961954B2	Sub-pixel accuracy and valid correlation signal detection by forward and reverse correlation Improved correlation techniques employ data from forward (template-to-reference) and reverse (reference-to-template) correlation to identify valid correlation peaks, enforce symmetry in correlation peaks, and/or combine forward and reverse correlation data. In embodiments, these techniques eliminate or reduce rms noise in a recovered signal peak location by enforcing correlation peak symmetry. The forward and reverse correlation methods described herein may be used for validation of correlation peaks, detection of outlier data points and improved interpolation, such as for higher accuracy localization of a peak center with sub-pixel resolution.
US07961951B2	Image processing apparatus capable of accurately removing isolated point noise, image processing method, and computer readable medium An isolated point detection portion detects an isolated point in image data input from an image data adjustment portion. An isolated point removal portion makes a replacement of image data at a point of an isolated point detected by the isolated point detection portion. An edge identification portion performs edge identification for identifying a character region for the image data from which the isolated point has been removed by the isolated point removal portion. In this technique, edge identification is performed after the isolated point is erased by performing isolated point identification as a preliminary step of edge identification, so that isolated point noise can be removed with high accuracy.
US07961949B2	Extracting multiple identifiers from audio and video content The disclosure concerns content identification, such as extracting identifying information from content itself. One combination described in the disclosure is a method including: extracting first identifying information from data representing audio elements of an audio signal, the act of extracting first identifying information from data representing audio elements of the audio signal utilizes a programmed electronic processor; extracting second identifying information from data representing picture elements of a video signal that is associated with the audio signal, the act of extracting second identifying information from data representing picture elements of the video signal utilizes a programmed electronic processor; and utilizing the first identifying information or the second identifying information in a synchronization process, the synchronization process controls content synchronization during rendering of the audio signal or the video signal. Of course, other combinations are provided as well.
US07961946B2	Method and system for background estimation in localization and tracking of objects in a smart video camera Aspects of a method and system for change detection in localization and tracking of objects in a smart video camera are provided. A programmable surveillance video camera comprises processors for detecting objects in a video signal based on an object mask. The processors may generate a textual representation of the video signal by utilizing a description language to indicate characteristics of the detected objects, such as shape, texture, color, and/or motion, for example. The object mask may be based on a detection field value generated for each pixel in the video signal by comparing a first observation field and a second observation field associated with each of the pixels. The first observation field may be based on a difference between an input video signal value and an estimated background value while the second observation field may be based on a temporal difference between first observation fields.
US07961943B1	Integrated document editor Methods and systems for incorporating handwritten information into a text or graphics document as text data, image data or command cues received through a positional input digitizing recognizer, such as a digitizer pad. In a data entry mode, a unit of data is inserted and accepted for placement at a designated location. In a recognition mode, the data is recognized as legible text with optional embedded edit or other commands, or it is recognized as graphics and accepted into an associated image frame. Information interpreted as commands can be executed as editing commands to control addition, deletion or movement of text within the document, as well as font or type size change or color change and the like. The invention may take advantage of features native to the particular application.
US07961938B1	Finding and structuring images based on a color search Displaying objects from a search is disclosed, including receiving a search color, searching through a collection of one or more objects based at least in part on the search color to obtain a resulting set of one or more objects, determining a display parameter for each of the resulting set of objects to obtain a set of one or more display parameters, and displaying the resulting set of objects based on the set of display parameters.
US07961934B2	Probable reconstruction of surfaces in occluded regions by computed symmetry A system for obtaining a probable 3D map of an occluded surface of an object is provided. The system receives an initial 3D map of a visible surface of the object and identifies one or more symmetries of the initial 3D map. The system computes the probable 3D map of the occluded surface by projecting points of the initial 3D map into occluded regions of space according to the identified symmetries. The system can also comprise an imager for obtaining the initial 3D map. The actual occluded surface cannot be known with absolute certainly because it is occluded; however, the computed 3D map will closely resemble the actual occluded surface in many instances because most objects possess one or more symmetries and the computed 3D map is based on such symmetries that are identified in the initial 3D map of the object.
US07961920B2	Method for the computer-assisted visualization of diagnostic image data In a computer-assisted visualization of a three-dimensional anatomical object, two or more diagnostic image data records (1, 3, 4, 5) of the object are recorded. Thereafter, an imaging specification is defined for imaging the image data (1, 3, 4, 5) onto a two-dimensional display plane (8). In order to define the imaging specification, anatomical features (2) of the object are identified in at least one of the image data records (1). Finally, a combined two-dimensional representation is calculated by imaging the two or more image data records (1, 3, 4, 5) according to the previously defined imaging specification onto a common display plane (8).
US07961917B2	Method for identity verification The method for identity verification employs biometric technology. Positioned at the center of the system is a stylus with any of a number of biometric properties or their combination or with one or more metric sensors, while the customer uses the stylus to sign his/her name, or even for writing anything. The identity verification system is used at point-of-sale terminals, in various closed environments, to access a computer network, in applications involving pen-based computers and smart-pens, and for e-commerce. When fingerprint sensors are used, the sensors are positioned in the stylus grip, one sensor for the index finger, and a second sensor for the thumb. In one variation, one-to-one biometric matching is used. Each participant carries on his/her person a device that includes an encrypted biometric for reference purposes to gain access Into the system. Processing is simplified since the system need only make a “MATCH” or “NO MATCH” decision. In a second variation that is particularly useful in closed environments, one-to-many biometric matching is used. During each event access request, the community of reference prints is searched for a match with the applicant. Each member of the community need carry nothing on his/her person to participate in the system. In either variation, the stylus is either attached to each site or is portable, one such stylus being carried by each participant.
US07961907B2	Portable electronic device A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes: an image capturing device, for capturing a first image; a focal distance measuring device, for measuring a plurality of focal distances corresponding to a plurality positions of the first image; a display device, for outputting a picture; and a motion detecting controller, for determining variations of the plurality of focal distances measured by the focal distance measuring device when the portable electronic device moves or rotates, and controlling the picture shown in the display device according to the variations of the plurality of focal distances.
US07961900B2	Communication device with single output audio transducer A communication device 100 includes a first audio output 105; a second audio output 110; an audio transducer 115 for dual mode use; a shuttered acoustic path 120 coupled between the audio transducer 115 and the first audio output 105; and an attenuated acoustic path 125 coupled between the audio transducer 115 and the second audio output 110.
US07961893B2	Measuring apparatus, measuring method, and sound signal processing apparatus A measuring apparatus that measures sound arrival delay time from a speaker to a microphone on the basis of a result obtained by collecting signals output from the speaker by means of the microphone includes: measuring means for measuring the sound arrival delay time that makes a control such that a first sine wave signal having a first frequency and a second sine wave signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency are output from the speaker, is input with the first sine wave signal and the second sine wave signal collected by the microphone and then mixes the first sine wave signal and the second sine wave signal so as to generate a third sine wave signal having a frequency corresponding to a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency, and measures the sound arrival delay time on the basis of the third sine wave signal.
US07961889B2	Apparatus and method for processing multi-channel audio signal using space information An apparatus for and a method of processing a multi-channel audio signal using space information. The apparatus includes: a main coding unit down mixing a multi-channel audio signal by applying space information to surround components included in the multi-channel audio signal, generating side information using the multi-channel audio signal or a stereo signal of a down-mixed result, coding the stereo signal and the side information, and transmitting the coded result as a coding signal; and a main decoding unit receiving the coding signal, decoding the stereo signal and the side information using the received coding signal, up mixing the decoded stereo signal using the decoded side information, and restoring the multi-channel audio signal.
US07961885B2	Encrypted JTAG interface In one embodiment, a system comprises JTAG functionality that implements at least a portion of a JTAG protocol. The JTAG functionality supports a test data in (TDI) line, a test data out (TDO) line, a test rest (TR) line, a test mode state (TMS) line, and a test clock (TCLK) line. The system further comprises a debug interface to communicatively couple the system to a debug device external to the system. The debug interface comprises a transmit (TX) line, receive (RX) line, and a clock (CLK) line. The system transmits data output by the JTAG functionality on the TDI input on the RX line of the debug interface and receives data from the debug device on the TX line of the debug interface and provides the received data to the JTAG functionality on the TDO line, TR line and the TMS line.
US07961865B1	Method for handling incoming calls directed to a virtual communication service subscriber via a guest PBX A method of handling incoming calls directed to a virtual communication subscriber is disclosed. An incoming call intended for the virtual communication subscriber is received at a first communication device. A call is placed to a second communication device using contact information provided by the virtual communication subscriber. Extension information is provided to a guest PBX when the call is answered which corresponds to a communication line associated with the second communication device. Upon connection to the second communication device, the incoming call is bridged with the call placed to the second communication device.
US07961864B2	Local number portability cross connect method A method is provided to implement a subscriber local number portability migration request. The method includes sending a trigger signal to a cross-connect device to cause the cross-connect device to switch between a first communication channel and a second communication channel. The first communication channel is between an originating switch associated with a subscriber's directory number and a distribution frame. The second communication channel is between a porting switch and the distribution frame. The method also includes validating that the cross-connect device switched between the first communication channel and the second communication channel.
US07961862B2	Method and apparatus for providing ringback in a telecommunications network A method of providing ringback in a telecommunications network (100) includes: receiving a call at a service switching point (114) for a called party (112) served by the service switching point (114), the call being from a calling party (122); encountering a trigger detection point (116) while engaging in a call setup for the call, the trigger detection point (116) being provisioned for the called party (112) at the service switching point (114); in response to encountering the trigger detection point (116), extending a first leg of the call to a service node (130) that provides ringback to the calling party (122); setting-up a second leg of the call between the service node (130) and the called party (112); bridging together the first and second legs of the call at the service switching point (114); and, removing the service node (130) from participation in the call after the first and second legs have been bridged together at the service switching point (114).
US07961859B2	Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting and caller identification An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.
US07961858B2	Systems and methods for account establishment and transaction management Disclosed are systems and methods which provide techniques providing account setup, management and transaction authorization determinations in real-time using transaction interrupt messaging. Embodiments preferably take into consideration the quality of one or more parties to the transaction and the means by which charges may be rendered to them when making account setup, management, and/or transaction authorization determinations. Accordingly, transactions, such as collect calls, meeting at least some minimal risk threshold may be completed on a first call attempt, even where a pre-arranged billing agreement or other business relationship is not previously in place.
US07961850B2	Apparatus and method for simultaneous multiple telephone type services on a single telephone line Apparatus and method for simultaneously providing multiple telephone-type services to any/all POTS-type devices on a single wire pair at a user premises. The present invention provides for the ability to add separately addressable POTS devices on a single service loop. This can be accomplished in at least two ways: first by the use of a multipoint protocol or second by Frequency Division Multiplexing.
US07961848B2	Internet facilitated emergency and general paging system A plurality of displaced paging systems can be controlled from a common paging facility via a computer network such as the Internet. Real-time streaming audio can be transmitted, via the network to one or more identified facilities and/or zones and broadcast thereinto.
US07961845B2	Orthovoltage radiotherapy A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation. In some embodiments, the target tissues are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the target tissues inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the target tissues within the coordinate system. In some embodiments, a treatment plan is utilized in which beam energy and direction and duration of time for treatment is determined for a specific disease to be treated and/or structures to be avoided. In some embodiments, a fiducial marker is used to identify the location of the target tissues. In some embodiments, radiodynamic therapy is described in which radiosurgery is used in combination with other treatments and can be delivered concomitant with, prior to, or following other treatments.
US07961833B2	Fractional-type phase-locked loop circuit with compensation of phase errors A fractional-type phase-locked loop circuit is proposed for synthesizing an output signal multiplying a frequency of a reference signal by a fractional conversion factor, the circuit including means for generating a modulation value, means for generating a feedback signal dividing the frequency of the output signal by a dividing ratio, the dividing ratio being modulated according to the modulation value for providing the conversion factor on the average, means for generating a control signal indicative of a phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal, means for controlling the frequency of the output signal according to the control signal, and means for compensating a phase error caused by the modulation of the dividing ratio; in the circuit of an embodiment of the invention, the means for compensating includes means for calculating an incremental value, indicative of an incremental phase error, according to the conversion factor and the modulation value, means for calculating a correction value accumulating the incremental value, and means for conditioning the control signal according to the correction value.
US07961831B2	Measuring a horizontal eye opening during system operation In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an incoming signal from a communication channel at a receiver, sampling the incoming signal in first and second samplers that are independently clocked, comparing outputs of the samplers, and outputting a measure of a horizontal eye opening of the incoming signal based on the comparison. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07961824B2	Receiver apparatus A receiving apparatus includes a CE unit that estimates a propagation channel, a PG unit that reproduces a pilot signal included in the reception signal based on the estimated channel information, an EMG unit that generates, assuming that a pilot signal included in the reception signal is a null carrier, a frequency equalization matrix based on the channel information, a PR unit that subtracts the reproduced pilot signal from a result of the DFT, and an EMM unit that multiplies the frequency equalization matrix with a signal after the subtraction.
US07961813B2	Multi-value modulation/demodulation method and multi-value modulation/demodulation device N (integer equal to or above 3) quaternary phase shift keying (QPSK) outputs having different amplitude levels, i.e., r2=r1×2−(i−1), i=2 . . . N with respect to a maximum amplitude level r1 are superposed after power amplification to form M(=22N)-valued/quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), and N-1 outputs si except the quaternary phase shift keying QPSK-1 having the maximum amplitude r1 are subjected to power amplification in this formation, then the outputs are combined by a directional coupler to obtain a combined signal, and an output of the quaternary phase shift keying QPSK-1 and the combined signal are transmitted from two systems of antennas to be vectorially superposed and combined in a space.
US07961808B2	Data transmitting and receiving method using phase shift based precoding and transceiver supporting the same A method for performing a precoding based on a generalized phase shift or a precoding based on an extended phase shift in a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) system employing several sub-carriers, and a transceiver for supporting the same are disclosed. A phase-shift-based precoding matrix is generalized by multiplying a diagonal matrix for a phase shift by a unitary matrix for maintaining orthogonality between sub-carriers. In this case, a diagonal matrix part may be extended by multiplying a precoding matrix for removing an interference between sub-carriers by a diagonal matrix for a phase shift. By generalization and extension of the phase-shift-based precoding, a transceiver is more simplified, and a communication efficiency increases.
US07961800B2	Adaptive radio/modulation apparatus, receiver apparatus, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method Adaptive modulation part (1) modulates a signal in a modulation scheme selected based on a modulation mode, switch (2) selects a radio scheme congenial to the modulation scheme in which the signal is modulated. When the selected radio scheme is single-carrier scheme, single-carrier generation part (3) generates a single-carrier signal. When the selected radio scheme is a multicarrier scheme, multicarrier generation part (4) generates a multicarrier signal, the generated single-carrier signal or multicarrier signal is converted into a carrier band signal by quadrature modulation part (5), and the converted signal is amplified by transmission amplifier (6).
US07961798B2	Modulation and demodulation apparatuses and methods for wired/wireless communication system Wired/wireless optical signal modulation and demodulation apparatuses and methods using an intensity modulation/direct detection method and an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) method are provided. A unipolar OFDM symbol frame is generated by determining the polarity of each of a plurality of sub-frames of a bipolar OFDM symbol frame which comprises both a plurality of positive pulses and a plurality of negative pulses, inverting the polarity of the sub-frames which are determined to be negative, delaying one of the positive sub-frame and a positive sub-frame obtained through the inversion by the duration of the sub-frames, and multiplexing the result of the delaying and whichever of the positive sub-frame and the positive sub-frame obtained through the inversion is not the result of the delaying. The unipolar OFDM symbol frame can guarantee high power amplification efficiency and high transmission power efficiency, and is robust against a multi-path channel environment. Therefore, the unipolar OFDM symbol frame can be used in various optical signal modulation/demodulation methods for wireless indoor broadband optical transmission devices, wired broadband optical transmission devices using multi-mode optical fibers, and radio-over-fiber devices which transmit baseband analog signals as optical signals.
US07961786B2	Signaling field type information Techniques and tools for signaling of field type information for interlaced video frames are described. For example, a video decoder receives a code for an interlaced video frame that has two fields. The code represents information that jointly indicates field types for the two fields and an order for the field types. The decoder decodes the code. A video encoder performs corresponding encoding and signaling.
US07961785B2	Method for encoding interlaced digital video data Interlaced video can be encoded in two layers, base layer and enhancement layer. A method for optimizing the encoding of motion vectors for enhancement layer is proposed. It comprises defining various different ways to encode the motion vectors, estimate the coding costs for each way, and select the way with the lowest coding cost. The various ways to encode enhancement layer motion vectors can be combined. Either motion vectors from base layer are reused, resulting in a scaling factor and an update vector, or new motion vectors are calculated. Either forward or backward or bi-directional prediction can be used. Either one frame or multiple frames can be taken as reference. The reference frame can be from the enhancement layer, base layer or both. Either the complete motion vectors are encoded, or only the difference between the motion vector and the corresponding BL motion vector is encoded.
US07961784B2	Method and system for improving compressed image chroma information Methods, systems, and computer programs for improving compressed image chroma information. In one aspect of the invention, a resolution for a red color component of a color video image is used that is higher than the resolution for a blue color component of the color video image. Another aspect includes utilizing a lower or higher value of a quantization parameter (QP) for one or more chroma channels as compared to the luminance channel. Another aspect is use of a logarithmic representation of a video image to benefit image coding. Another aspect uses more than two chroma channels to represent a video image.
US07961783B2	Methods and systems for rate control in video encoder A method of rate control in a video encoder includes performing a first encoding step to encode macroblocks of a current frame by utilizing a first quantization parameter to thereby generate a residual signal for the current frame; estimating a number of header bits for each macroblock mode to thereby estimate a total number of header bits for the current frame; estimating an available number of texture bits according to the total number of header bits for the current frame; determining a second quantization parameter according to the estimated available number of texture bits; and performing a second encoding step to encode the residual signal for the current frame by utilizing the second quantization parameter.
US07961780B2	Generated set top calibration patterns in manufacturing Included are systems and methods for performing an internal operations test to a set top terminal (STT). At least one embodiment of a method includes creating a test pattern for testing video functionality of the STT, sending the created test pattern to a digital encoder, and converting the test pattern to an analog signal.
US07961779B2	Noise-driven recovery of a digital pulse stream Provided is a method and system for noise-driven recovery of a digital pulse stream. The method includes receiving initial parameters including the base characteristics of a pulse signal, the characteristics including the minimum pulse interval. An incoming analog signal is converted to a digital signal and sampled a predetermined number of times at intervals less than the minimum pulse interval to record a set of minimum signal values. The incoming signal is also sampled a predetermined number of times at intervals less than the minimum pulse interval to record a set of maximum signal values. At least the first greatest value from the set of maximum signal values is discarded. Each set is averaged to provide an average minimum value and an average maximum value. Based on these values at least one threshold value is then determined, and the digital pulse stream is identified based on the threshold values. The method is repetitive, continually re-determining the threshold values so as to adapt to changes in the incoming signal. A system for performing the method is also provided.
US07961776B2	Digital receiver device for DSSS-encoded signals A device for decoding a direct sequence spread spectrum-encoded binary message includes a sampler that captures at least one sequence of binary samples corresponding to one bit of the transmitted message. The captured sequence of samples are applied to a filter matched to the spreading code used, thus making it possible to delete the spreading applied to the original message. The device further includes, at the output of the sampler, an error correction block including a memory storing a plurality of binary sequences corresponding to all of the possible values for a captured sequence of samples. A replacement circuit replaces the captured sequence of samples with the stored sequence, thereby minimizing the number of samples different from the captured sequence of samples, and allowing the stored sequence to be applied to the matched filter.
US07961774B2	Multipath interference-resistant receivers for closed-loop transmit diversity (CLTD) in code-division multiple access (CDMA) systems System and method for providing interference resistance in communications systems using closed-loop transmit diversity (CLTD). A preferred embodiment comprises: at a receiver, computing a CLTD weighting vector from a received signal, providing the CLTD weighting vector to a transmitter, and using the CLTD vector to suppress interference in the received signal, and at a transmitter, transmitting a signal, receiving the CLTD weighting vector from the receiver, and applying the CLTD weighting vector to all subsequent transmissions.
US07961764B2	Nonlinear imaging using passive pulse splitters and related technologies An apparatus includes a pulsed laser source that produces a pulsed laser beam at an input repetition rate and an input pulse power, a passive pulse splitter that receives the pulsed laser beam and outputs a signal including a plurality of sub-pulses for each input pulse of the pulsed laser beam, a sample, and a detector. The output signal has a repetition rate that is greater than the input repetition rate and the powers of each of the sub-pulses are less than the input pulse power. The sample is placed in the path of a sample beam that is formed from the beam that exits the pulse splitter. The detector receives a signal of interest emitted from the sample.
US07961759B2	Method and apparatus for synchronized channel transmission A method and apparatus for synchronized channel transmission are disclosed. One embodiment of the method comprises: generating a first data stream and a second data stream; packetizing the first data stream to produce a first plurality of data packets; packetizing the second data stream to produce a second plurality of data packets; baseband processing the first plurality of data packets to produce a first plurality of symbols for each of the first plurality of data packets; baseband processing the second plurality of data packets to produce a second plurality of symbols for each of the second plurality of data packets; converting the first plurality of symbols into a first radio frequency signal; converting the second plurality of symbols into a second radio frequency signal; and synchronizing at least one of: generating the first and the second data streams, packetizing the first and second data streams, baseband processing the first and second plurality of data packets, and converting the first and second plurality of symbols.
US07961756B1	Integrated multimedia system A communications processor includes a first upper layer module to execute one or more upper layer protocols and a data link layer module to execute a data link layer protocol. A host processor includes a second upper layer module to execute the one or more upper layer protocols. A switching module causes the communications processor to operate in a first state or a second state. The communications processor executes only the data link layer protocol and none of the one or more upper layer protocols when the communications processor operates in the first state, and executes the data link layer protocol and the one or more upper layer protocols when the communications processor operates in the second state. The power saving module prevents the host processor from executing the one or more upper layer protocols executed by the communications processor when the communications processor operates in the second state.
US07961732B2	Method and hardware apparatus for implementing frame alteration commands A method and apparatus are provided for implementing frame alteration commands in a communications network processor. A set of frame alteration instruction templates is defined. A frame alteration instruction template is identified based upon the packet type recognition result of a received packet. A frame alteration instruction stream is generated utilizing the frame alteration instruction template. Each of the frame alteration instruction templates includes different frame alteration commands to be performed on a packet. Pointers to indirect data bytes to be inserted in a packet are stored in the frame alteration instruction templates. The generated frame alteration instruction stream is used by hardware to provide frame alterations.
US07961731B2	Method and system for real-time detection of hidden traffic patterns A method for measuring flow is disclosed. The method includes receiving an IP packet; determining if another IP packet is stored in a register; if another IP packet is stored in the register, comparing the stored IP packet with the received IP packet; and determining the longest match between the stored IP packet and the received IP packet.
US07961724B2	Dynamic media access control (MAC) address assignment According to the invention an embodiment, a network node for communicating using a MAC address is disclosed. The network node includes a point-to-point interface, a bridge and a MAC address register. The point-to-point interface uses a first protocol. The bridge is coupled to the point-to-point interface and provides a fixed route for the Ethernet interface. The first protocol encapsulates the data of a second protocol. The MAC address register stores the MAC address for the second protocol, were the MAC address is dynamically determined in the field and written to the MAC address register. The MAC address is used when communicating with the network node through the point-to-point interface.
US07961722B1	Multiple virtualized operating environments within a VPN appliance A secure socket layer virtual private network (SSL VPN) network appliance includes a set of virtual systems having respective context information. Each of the virtual systems represents a VPN for a different subscriber network. The network appliance includes a network interface to receive a first network communication associated with a first one of the virtual systems. In response to the network communication, the SSL VPN network appliance sets a context identifier that identifies the first one of the virtual systems. The network appliance further comprises a set of VPN software processes executing on the network appliance to process the first network communication, wherein the set of VPN software processes generate data access requests. A configuration access application programming interface (API) dynamically directs the data access requests from the VPN software processes to the first one of the virtual systems based on the context identifier.
US07961712B2	System and method for supporting multiple voice channels A communications system is configured with a plurality of media terminal adapters, a telephone line, and a gateway configured to exchange voice and data packets between a network and each of the media terminal adapters over the telephone line. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
US07961709B2	Secondary synchronization sequences for cell group detection in a cellular communications system Timing parameters and an identity of a particular one of a number of cell groups are indicated in a signal transmitted in a cellular communication system having a radio frame in a physical layer, the radio frame comprising a number of time slots. In a known one of the time slots, a synchronization signal, S1, is transmitted that comprises a pair of sequences arranged in a first ordering. In another known one of the time slots, a synchronization signal, S2, is transmitted that comprises a pair of sequences arranged in a second ordering. The selected pair of sequences is uniquely identified with the particular cell group, and the first ordering of the sequences is used only for transmission in the known one of the time slots, and the second ordering of the sequences is used only for transmission in said another known one of the time slots.
US07961705B2	High bandwidth data transport system A method for data transmission includes representing data using at least one impulse based on a ultra wideband impulse, sending the at least one impulse over an electrically conductive guided media, receiving the at least one impulse over the electrically conductive guided media, recovering the data encoded in the at least one impulse after receiving the at least one impulse over the electrically conductive guided media, storing individual bytes of the data recovered from said ultra wideband impulse signals in selectable memory locations of a plurality of buffer memories, each buffer memory for storing a plurality of said bytes, adding header data to outputs of said buffer memories and forming a plurality of variable length packets, and transmitting said plurality of packets in ultra wideband impulse output signals.
US07961702B2	Distributed bandwidth allocation and transmission coordination method for quality of service provision in wireless ad hoc networks Methods, devices, systems, and computer programs are provided that allow for optimally allocating bandwidth in an ad hoc, wireless network configured to support at least one guaranteed feasible flow allocation. According to some of these methods, devices, systems, Quality of Service guarantees may be provided across the network. Also, in many instances, the methods are iterative and allow for convergence to an optimized bandwidth allocation.
US07961700B2	Multi-carrier operation in data transmission systems Multi-carrier point-to-multi-point CDMA system implementation reduces hardware changes in legacy single-carrier systems. The number of common downlink channels, such as timing/synchronization and paging channels, is reduced by designating an anchor carrier for transmitting these channels. Procedures for adding carriers and carrier acquisition are simplified through common carrier timing, signaling by the network to the user equipment (UE) of timing offsets and scrambling code selection, and other measures. Channel reuse is employed to minimize changes in asymmetric systems with different numbers of uplink and downlink carriers. Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) field is divided into multiple subfields to enable transmission of multiple CQIs and ACK/NACK indicators on one uplink carrier. Joint and separate scheduling schemes are shown for concurrent scheduling of a data stream transmission to a UE via multiple downlink carriers.
US07961698B2	Methods and apparatus for controlling interference to broadcast signaling in a peer to peer network Methods and apparatus related to broadcasting data and interference management in a peer to peer wireless communications network are described. Scheduling of traffic air link resources is performed on a slot by slot basis in a decentralized manner. Wireless devices intending to broadcast traffic signals transmit broadcast request signals, sometimes alternatively referred to as broadcast indicator signals. A priority level is associated with each of the broadcast request signals. A receiver device intending to receive broadcast signals detects the broadcast request signals and makes an interference determination as to whether the higher priority broadcast traffic signal can be successfully recovered in the presence of lower priority broadcast traffic signals. If the determination is that the expected interference from the lower priority broadcast traffic is unacceptable, the receiver device generates and transmits an interference control signal communicating to the lower priority device a command or request not to broadcast.
US07961697B2	Method and apparatus for estimating timing error and frequency offset of HPi system The present invention relates to a method for estimating a timing error and a frequency offset in a high-speed portable Internet system and a method thereof. A predetermined preamble symbol is added to an OFDM frame to be transmitted by a transmitter according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an IFFT operation is performed, and then a pseudo noise is multiplexed by the preamble symbol to estimate the timing error and the frequency offset. A receiver receives an OFDM symbol, extracts the preamble symbol from the OFDM symbol, and multiplexes the extracted preamble symbol by a local pseudo noise, which is equal to the pseudo noise used by the transmitter but is shifted.
US07961694B1	Peer-to-peer collaborative streaming among mobile terminals Systems and methods for collaborative streaming among mobile terminals. Periodically, the mobile terminals may pull a portion of the data stream from a content provider coupled thereto over a primary channel and distribute the pulled data to neighboring mobile terminals, possibly including other mobile terminals pulling portions of the data stream from the content provider and passive mobile terminals that are only receiving pulled data. By transferring data over the secondary channel, the cost to any one terminal to receive the data stream is reduced.
US07961688B2	Relay transmission method and apparatus A relay transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: configuring a subframe of a Time Division Duplex (TDD) relay frame for a subframe of relay link (S201), where the configuring the subframe of the TDD relay frame for the subframe of relay link includes: configuring a downlink (DL) subframe of the TDD relay frame for a DL subframe of relay link, and/or configuring the DL subframe of the TDD relay frame for an uplink (UL) subframe of relay link, and/or configuring a UL subframe of the TDD relay frame for the UL subframe of relay link; and performing relay transmission according to the subframe of relay link (S202). When data is transmitted, a subframe that can be used for relay link transmission is configured, data transmission performed by using relay link complies with inherent constraints of a TDD frame structure in the prior art.
US07961683B2	Active session mobility solution for point-to-point protocol An active session mobility solution for point-to-point protocol (PPP) in accordance with the present invention provides fast and smooth handoff by reducing tunneling overhead on tunneling mechanisms, such as P-P tunneling from a serving Source (e.g., a PPP termination device) to a new serving Target (e.g., a PPP termination device). In the active session mobility solution of the present invention, PPP session can be migrated even if not all phases have been completed (e.g., LCP, PAP/CHAP completed but not IPCP and CCP). In such cases, the incomplete phases will be negotiated at the PPP of the Target PPP.
US07961677B2	Wireless base station, mobile station, radio communication system, and radio communication method The object of the present invention is to achieve reduction of interference between cells and improvement of maximum throughput so as to improve spectrum efficiency. A wireless base station which transmits a radio signal between itself and a plurality of mobile stations by means of OFDMA includes: a multiplexing part for generating user data; a channel assignment control part for selecting a plurality sets of sub-carriers among a plurality of sub-carriers so as to constitute a radio frame containing sub-channels assigned to each of the plurality sets of sub-carriers and for setting in the radio frame the user data and control data by means of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; and a transmission part for transmitting a radio signal containing the radio frame; where, the channel assignment control part is constituted so that the radio frame is divided into 2 zones for the control and user data and all the sub-channels in the zone for control data are divided into groups for each of sectors; the control data is allocated on the corresponding divided groups; and the user data is allocated on all the sub-channels in the zone for user data.
US07961674B2	Multi-tier wireless home mesh network with a secure network discovery protocol An apparatus and method for a multi-tier wireless home mesh network is described. The method may include formation of an infrastructure-less wireless home mesh networking environment comprising a collection of nodes that operate as a decentralized, ad hoc wireless network with multiple sub-networks or tiers that are responsible for different functions within the network. Each node of the multi-tier network is configured to forward data to other nodes and is assigned to a particular tier based on the node's performance capabilities. A further embodiment includes identification of a wireless home mesh network. Once identified, one or more proprietary messages may be exchanged in a secure manner to establish connections with a home electronics device as either a mobile node or a stationary node of the home network. A home electronics device may wirelessly communicate to route data within one or more nodes of the wireless home mesh network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07961672B2	CQI feedback for OFDMA systems Embodiments of a feedback generator and decoder and methods of operating the feedback generator and decoder are presented. In one embodiment, the feedback generator includes a CQI compression module configured to provide a compressed CQI for the user equipment corresponding to at least one sub-band, where a sub-band is composed of at least one resource block. The feedback generator also includes a transmit module coupled to the CQI compression module and configured to transmit the compressed CQI to a serving base station. In one embodiment, the feedback decoder includes a receive module configured to receive a compressed CQI in the base station from user equipment corresponding to at least one sub-band. The feedback decoder also includes a CQI restoration module coupled to the receive module and configured to provide a restored CQI from the compressed CQI for the at least one sub-band.
US07961671B2	Method of controlling cell coverage and system of enabling the method A system of controlling a cell coverage is provided. The system includes: a state information generation unit to generate state information by considering at least one of a cell coverage and a traffic load of a target cell; an adjacent state information identification unit to identify adjacent state information which is generated by considering at least one of a cell coverage and a traffic load of an adjacent node, from at least one adjacent node; and a cell coverage control unit to control the cell coverage of the target cell based on the state information and the adjacent state information.
US07961661B2	System, method and computer readable medium for re-connecting to a Zigbee network An end device on a Zigbee network exits a power saving mode and transmits a wake notification message to the network. The network retrieves a cached status flag indicating whether the end device is defined on the Zigbee network and transmits the status flag to the end device. If the end device is undefined on the Zigbee network, the end device attempts to re-join the network. During the power saving mode, the network can cache messages intended for the end device and transmit the messages to the end device when the device exits the power saving mode.
US07961657B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet via high speed downlink packet access A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet via high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) are disclosed. At least one HSDPA medium access control (MAC-hs) service data unit (SDU) is segmented into a plurality of segments. MAC-hs protocol data units (PDUs) are generated from the segments wherein each MAC-hs PDU includes at least one segment. Each MAC-hs PDU may include one segment from a single MAC-hs SDU. The size of the segments may match to the size of the MAC-hs PDUs minus the size of the header of the MAC-hs PDU. The sizes of the segments may be determined based on the number of segments to which the MAC-hs SDU is segmented. Alternatively, each MAC-hs PDU may include a combination of segments from a plurality of MAC-hs SDUs or a combination of at least one segment from one MAC-hs SDU and at least one entire MAC-hs SDU.
US07961655B2	Method and apparatus for performing radio bearer mapping in a wireless communications system A method for performing radio bearer mapping in an user equipment of a wireless communications system includes setting a plurality of multiplexing options of a frequency division duplex radio bearer, called FDD RB hereinafter, when the user equipment operates in a Cell Dedicated Channel state, each of the plurality of multiplexing options corresponding to a multiplexing mode, determining whether an RB of the user equipment has one of the plurality of multiplexing options, and using a multiplexing mode corresponding to a multiplexing option of the plurality of multiplexing options for performing RB mapping when the RB has the multiplexing option.
US07961632B2	Communication apparatus and OAM frame transmission method A disclosed communication apparatus of one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a transmitting unit including a counter for counting the number of transmitted data frames and indicating the counted number of the transmitted data frames as a counter value and a scheduler for determining a frame transmission order, and configured to transmit one or more data frames and a monitoring and control frame which includes the counter value; and a generating unit configured to generate the monitoring and control frame. When generating the monitoring and control frame, the generating unit corrects the counter value included in the monitoring and control frame according to the frame transmission order.
US07961624B2	System and method for providing bandwidth signaling across cryptographic boundaries in a network The use of Protocol Enhancing Proxies (PEPs) and HAIPE encryption has traditionally been mutually exclusive. IP-layer encryption renders the upper layers, such as TCP, unavailable to the PEP. By integrating the IP layer encryption into the modem and using additive or multiplicative increase and decrease signals as bandwidth notification, signaling is provided across the cryptographic boundary to support the use of a bandwidth aware PEP in a network protected by IP-layer encryption.
US07961623B2	Combophone with QoS on cable access A method of providing QoS to a session from a client to a first network includes providing data packets from the client to be conveyed in a session from the client to a first network, inserting each of the data packets into an encapsulating packet, and transmitting the encapsulating packets through the second network to the first network, forming a tunnel through the second network. The method includes receiving the encapsulating packets at a terminating device in the first network. The terminating device removes the encapsulating headers to recover the data packets. The method includes determining an association between the packet headers of the data packets and the encapsulating headers, identifying data packets requiring QoS, and using the association to identify encapsulating packets corresponding data packets requiring Quality of Service. The method includes applying QoS to the encapsulating packets, corresponding to the session of data packets requiring the QoS, being conveyed through the tunnel.
US07961614B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium for reducing consumption of memory capacity An information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes a frame acquiring unit for acquiring a frame using a signal transmitted via a network, a computing unit for computing a check sequence on the basis of data included in the frame, a checking unit for checking whether the frame is corrupted by checking whether the check sequence coincides with a check sequence added to the frame in advance, a storing unit for storing a table that is a list of check sequences computed in advance on the basis of a plurality of pieces of data representing addresses of frames to be received by the information processing device, and a determining unit for determining whether the frame should be received by determining whether a check sequence computed by the computing unit on the basis of data representing a destination address of the frame coincides with any one of the check sequences included in the table.
US07961607B2	Marking determining device and related method The present invention relates to a marking determining method and a related device for determining a packet marking of packets of an incoming packet-flow, in order to keep the packets in conformance with a traffic policy. The determining is based on an actual value of a traffic reservation parameter, while the traffic reservation parameter is a measure of available network resources dedicated to packets of said incoming packet-flow having a pre-assigned priority. The determining further is based on the pre-assigned priority of the packets of the incoming packet flow. The marking method a first steps of holding a threshold value for the traffic reservation parameter, while the threshold value is lying between a minimum and a maximum value of the traffic reservation parameter. A second step is the metering the actual value of the traffic reservation parameter and a last step of determining the packet marking of the packets only based on the actual value of the traffic reservation parameter if the actual value of the traffic reservation parameter exceeds the threshold value for the traffic reservation parameter.
US07961603B2	Path management for enhanced protection Methods and node capable of establishing link-weights based on protection-factor linked to protection level of a plurality of links between a source node and a destination node and capable of establishing primary and, potentially, protection path proposals using the established link-weights. An available bandwidth value for the link is determined. If the available bandwidth value for the link is greater than the bandwidth requirement associated to the potential path, then the link-weight of the link is set by computing a protection-factor associated to the link with the available bandwidth value for the link. Otherwise, the link-weight of the link is established to a value that indicates that the link should not be part of the potential path. Shortest path algorithm using the established link-weights could be applied to obtain path proposals.
US07961601B2	Lesser disruptive open shortest path first handling of bidirectional forwarding detection state changes A method and apparatus for processing link down events associated with links between adjacent nodes is described. A node receives link down events associated with a link fault protocol for a link between the node and a neighboring node. In response to receiving the link down event, the node removes a data structure associated with the neighboring node from a forwarding table associated with a routing protocol running on the node. The node reserves the data structure for speedy adjacency recovery. In addition, the node places the neighboring node in the initialize state of the routing protocol.
US07961597B2	Method and device for automatically configuring a virtual switching system The invention relates to a plurality of common switching systems which are interconnected in order to form a virtual switching system. The number of the internal switching system is entered into the numbering of the port of the virtual switching system thus making a standardized user interface of the switching system become available. The port can be managed by a user in a traditional manner. The virtual switching system can be automatically configured due to said type of configuration when a central entity for developing the internal routing on the partial system is introduced, and then, optional geographical redundancy of the virtual switching system is possible.
US07961596B2	Ring-shaped redundant communication path control method In a ring redundant communication path control method, each of transfer apparatuses periodically transmits an inspection frame for inspecting a communication path, detects a failure of the communication path when the inspection frame is not received for a fixed time, transmits a non-arrival notification frame for notifying that the inspection frame has not arrived yet, and detects a failure of the communication path when the non-arrival notification frame is received. Each of the transfer apparatuses closes, when a failure is detection, a port in which the failure is detected, transmits an open command frame for commanding to open a normally closed port from the other port other than the closed port, transfers an open command frame when the open command frame is received, and opens the normally closed port when the other port other than the closed port in which the failure is detected, the port in which the open command frame is detected, or the other port configuring a ring redundant communication path same as that of the port is the normally closed port.
US07961592B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving variable rate data A variable rate transmission system transmits a variable rate data packet including an accompanying rate indication signal indicative of the transmission rate of the variable data packet. The data packet can be spread using a long pseudonoise (PN) code, the mask of which can be selected in accordance with the transmission rate of the variable rate data packet. A preamble, providing the transmission rate, can be punctured into an outgoing pilot signal. The rate indication signal can be encoded in accordance with a set of orthogonal functions that are part of the indication of the transmission rate of the data packet.
US07961590B2	Method for OFDM data transmission in a single-frequency multi-cell mobile network with channel estimation by means of pilots subgrid, a base transceiver station, a base station controller, a mobile terminal and a mobile network therefor The invention concerns a method for OFDM data transmission in a single-frequency multi-cell mobile network from and to mobile terminals (MT) with channel estimation by means of pilots (PILOT) of a pilot subgrid in an OFDM time-frequency grid, whereby the positions of the pilot subgrids of different cells of the mobile network are randomly or pseudo-randomly distributed, a base transceiver station, a base station controller, a mobile terminal and a mobile network therefor.
US07961587B2	Systems and methods for reducing peak to average cross-correlation for sequences designed by alternating projections A method for using a numerical method to design reference signals for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems is described. An input multiple input multiple output signal is determined. A nearest tight frame to one or more given structured vectors is obtained. One or more structured vectors from the nearest tight frame are obtained. Orthogonal subsets are computed for a plurality of sequences, wherein each of the subsets is replaced with a matrix that comprises a function of one or more elements in each of the plurality of sequences and an identity matrix associated with the one or more elements. The one or more structured vectors are projected onto the space of circulant matrices. One or more classes of matrices associated with reference signals are outputted.
US07961586B2	Information recording/reproducing device An information recording/reproducing device according to an example of the present invention includes first and second heads, a recording medium having a data area from which recording data is read by the first head and a servo burst area from which a servo burst signal is read by the second head, a driver which performs positioning of the second head based on the servo burst signal, and a resistor which covers a surface of the servo burst area and does not cover a surface of the data area. The recording data and the servo burst signal are recorded by a pulse signal.
US07961582B2	Optical disk recording apparatus, laser diode driving apparatus and recording signal generating apparatus The optical disk recording apparatus has the function of correcting the timing shift of the write strategy signal caused by the change in the operating environment of the digital signal processing circuit including the write strategy generating circuit, the laser drive circuit for driving the laser at the time of recording and the flexible printed board for electrical connection between the digital signal processing circuit and the laser drive circuit. Upon determination that the timing shift correction is required, the timing shift is reduced by operating the timing shift correcting function.
US07961581B2	Method and apparatus for writing data on storage medium A data recording method according to the present invention is a method for recording data as edge position information, including marks and spaces of multiple different lengths, on a storage medium by irradiating the storage medium with a pulsed energy beam. The method includes the steps of: (A) generating a write code sequence based on the data to be recorded; (B) determining a write pulse waveform, defining the power modulation of the energy beam, according to the code lengths of respective codes included in the write code sequence; and (C) modulating the power of the energy beam based on the write pulse waveform. If the shortest code length of the write code sequence is n (which is an integer equal to or greater than one), a write pulse waveform that has only one write pulse is assigned to recording mark making periods corresponding to codes with code lengths x of n, n+1 and n+2, and a write pulse waveform that has multiple write pulses Pw is assigned to recording mark making periods corresponding to codes with code lengths x of n+3 or more.
US07961580B2	Highly adaptive recording method and optical recording apparatus An optical disk recording method includes the steps of: providing a multi-pulse chain from a recording wave; independently changing the pulse rise timing and pulse fall timing (pulse width) of the first pulse in the multi-pulse chain in accordance with a preceding space length and a recording mark length; changing the pulse rise timing and pulse fall timing (pulse width) in accordance with a following space length and the recording mark length in a predetermined timing or in independence; and in relation to the smallest mark recorded by irradiation with mono pulse, changing the rise timing in accordance with the preceding space length and the recording mark length and the fall timing (pulse width) in accordance with the following space length and recording mark length, compensating various optical disks different in recording material without change of the fundamental waveform.
US07961579B2	Information reproduction apparatus When a medium selection button 101 is operated, an optical disc reproduction apparatus 1 recognizes which medium is selected according to inputted medium selection information, and then opens a tray 104. Next, when a medium selection button 101 is operated, the optical disc reproduction apparatus 1 determines the inputted medium selection information and closes the tray 104. Next, the optical disc reproduction apparatus 1 acquires a priority list 16 and modifies the priority list 16 such that the order of the selected medium in the priority list 16 is a first priority and the remaining orders of the other media are successively lowered. The optical disc reproduction apparatus 1 performs a medium check for each of the media in accordance with the orders of the modified priority list 16.
US07961571B2	Recording a digital signal on an information carrier comprising a first layer and a second layer A recording method, particularly suitable for use in a digital video-camera, is described according to which a digital signal (10), deriving from the encoding of an audio-video signal is temporarily stored in a buffer (11) and from there recorded in a dual layer DVD (12) in successive recording intervals (22) or packets. The start/stop of a recording interval is normally controlled according to the level (15) of filling of the buffer. The digital signal is partitioned in portions that need to be entirely recorded on one single layer, and this triggers the need for a layer jump independently from the level of filling of the buffer. In order to avoid starting a layer jump with the buffer already partly filled, and therefore having a short non-recording interval (23) when time is mostly needed for calibrations, it is proposed to adjust the resolution in the encoding of the audio-video signal so as to have the buffer close to empty when the layer jump occurs.
US07961568B2	Disklike recording media, a method for detecting forged disks, an anti-forgery system for performing a true-false judgement based on information collected from the recording media, and a manufacturing apparatus for recording information in the disks A recording medium includes first information selected from a plurality of information patterns and second information selected from another plurality of information patterns for the true-false judgement. A true-false judging device performs a statistic analysis when any coincidence is found between the readout combination of the first and second information and registered combination patterns, to identify an inspected recording medium as a forged product based on the result of the statistic analysis.
US07961561B2	Handless time display A clock assembly FIGS. 1.a. (1) and 1.b. (6), comprising a normal clock mechanism FIG. 2. (10), having numbers one to twelve equidistantly placed around the perimeter of a wheel FIG. 2. (11) in ascending order, that is affixed to the hour spindle of the clock mechanism FIG. 2. (13), and this wheel is visible through a window FIG. 1.a. (3) and FIG. 1.b. (7) in a case FIGS. 1.a. and 1.b. holding the clockworks that tells time in a horizontal or vertical manner that architecturally fits in with its rectilinear surroundings.
US07961559B2	Duty cycle measurement circuit for measuring and maintaining balanced clock duty cycle A circuit and method for measuring duty cycle uncertainty in an on-chip global clock. A global clock is provided to a delay line at a local clock buffer. Delay line taps (inverter outputs) are inputs to a register that is clocked by the local clock buffer. The register captures clock edges, which are filtered to identify a single location for each edge. Imbalance in space between the edges indicated imbalance in duty cycle. Up/down signals are generated from any imbalance and passed to a phase locked loop to adjust the balance.
US07961545B2	Semiconductor device A logic circuit in a system LSI is provided with a power switch so as to cut off the switch at the time of standby, reducing leakage current. At the same time, an SRAM circuit of the system LSI controls a substrate bias to reduce leakage current.
US07961541B2	Memory device with self-refresh operations An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption within dynamic memory devices having internal self-refresh circuitry. The circuits for generating isolator control (ISO), pre-decoded row address (PXID) and/or word enable (WE) signals are configured in response to receipt of self-refresh and refresh counter signals to output different timing and sequencing when in self-refresh mode than when in normal mode of the memory device. Conventionally, ISO signals are controlled from a block selection circuit which also controls bit line equalization (BLEQ) and sense amplifier enable (SAPN). While in conventional circuits the PXID and WE signals are generated in response to the output of the address decoder and thus have a fixed timing in relation to the output of the address decoder. The use of different timing and sequencing can lower power consumption, such as by outputting fewer signal transitions per block during self-refresh.
US07961539B2	Method of operating semiconductor device Provided is a method of operating a semiconductor device, in which a gate voltage or a drain voltage is adjusted in order to add carriers to or remove carriers from a body region, thereby realizing semiconductor having a plurality of data states.
US07961536B2	Memory device and methods thereof A device includes a memory configured so that, in the event that one pass-gate transistor associated with a bit cell is determined to be excessively weak such that reading the bit cell could be undesirably difficult, a second pass-gate transistor can be configured to support a read operation. For example, during a manufacturing test procedure, the access speed of each bit cell at a memory device is determined. If a bit cell fails to achieve a desired access speed, the column of the memory that includes the defective bit cell can be configured to access information stored at the bit cell using the second bit line associated with the second pass-gate transistor.
US07961535B2	Test circuit and method for use in semiconductor memory device A test circuit and method for use in a semiconductor memory device is provided. The test method for use in a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks may include sequentially enabling a plurality of word lines by applying a stress to the wordlines and performing a test operation, in response to sequentially applied test addresses, each of the word lines being sequentially selected from the plurality of memory blocks and enabled.
US07961513B2	Method for programming a multilevel memory A method for programming a MLC memory includes (a) programming the bits of the memory having a Vt level lower than the PV level of a targeted programmed state into programmed bits by using a Vd bias BL; (b) ending this method if each bit of the memory has a Vt level not lower than the PV level of the targeted programmed state, otherwise, continuing the step (c); and (c) setting BL=BL+K1 and repeating the step (a) if each of the programmed bits has a Vt level lower than the PV level, while setting BL=BL−K2, and repeating the step (a) if at least one of the programmed bits has a Vt level not lower than the PV level.
US07961510B2	Integrated circuits to control access to multiple layers of memory in a solid state drive Circuits to control access to memory; for example, third dimension memory are disclosed. An integrated circuit (IC) may be configured to control access to memory cells. For example, the IC may include a memory having memory cells that are vertically disposed in multiple layers of memory. The IC may include a memory access circuit configured to control access to a first subset of the memory cells in response to access control data in a second subset of the memory cells. Each memory cell may include a non-volatile two-terminal memory element that stores data as a plurality of conductivity profiles that can be non-destructively sensed by applying a read voltage across the two terminals of the memory element. New data can be written by applying a write voltage across the two terminals of the memory element. The two-terminal memory elements can be arranged in a two-terminal cross-point array configuration.
US07961509B2	Spin-transfer torque memory self-reference read and write assist methods A spin-transfer torque memory apparatus and self-reference read and write assist schemes are described. One method of self-reference reading a spin-transfer torque memory unit includes applying a first read current through a magnetic tunnel junction data cell and forming a first bit line read voltage. A magnetic field is applied through the free magnetic layer the forming a magnetic field modified magnetic tunnel junction data cell. Then a second read current is applied thorough the magnetic field modified magnetic tunnel junction data cell forming a second bit line read voltage and compared with the first bit line read voltage to determine whether the first resistance state of the magnetic tunnel junction data cell was a high resistance state or low resistance state. Methods of applying a destabilizing magnetic field to the MTJ and then writing the desired resistance state are also disclosed.
US07961507B2	Non-volatile memory with resistive access component Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a memory element configured to store information and an access component configured to allow conduction of current through the memory element when a first voltage difference in a first direction across the memory element and the access component exceeds a first voltage value and to prevent conduction of current through the memory element when a second voltage difference in a second direction across the memory element and the access component exceeds a second voltage value, wherein the access component includes a material excluding silicon.
US07961496B2	Resistive memory cells and devices having asymmetrical contacts A memory cell includes a plug-type first electrode in a substrate, a magneto-resistive memory element disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the magneto-resistive memory element opposite the first electrode. The second electrode has an area of overlap with the magneto-resistive memory element that is greater than an area of overlap of the first electrode and the magneto-resistive memory element. The first surface may, for example, be substantially circular and have a diameter less than a minimum planar dimension (e.g., width) of the second surface. The magneto-resistive memory element may include a colossal magneto-resistive material, such as an insulating material with a perovskite phase and/or a transition metal oxide.
US07961494B2	Non-volatile multi-level re-writable memory cell incorporating a diode in series with multiple resistors and method for writing same A very dense cross-point memory array of multi-level read/write two-terminal memory cells, and methods for its programming, are described. Multiple states are achieved using two or more films that each have bi-stable resistivity states, rather than “tuning” the resistance of a single resistive element. An exemplary memory cell includes a vertical pillar diode in series with two different bi-stable resistance films. Each bi-stable resistance film has both a high resistance and low resistance state that can be switched with appropriate application of a suitable bias voltage and current. Such a cross-point array is adaptable for two-dimensional rewritable memory arrays, and also particularly well-suited for three-dimensional rewritable (3D R/W) memory arrays.
US07961491B2	Data storage device using magnetic domain wall movement and method of operating the same Provided are a data storage device using a magnetic domain wall movement and a method of operating the data storage device. The data storage device includes a magnetic layer which has a plurality of magnetic domains, a current applying unit which applies current for a magnetic domain wall movement to the magnetic layer, and a head for reading and writing, wherein the magnetic layer comprises a plurality of perpendicular magnetic layers formed on a substrate in a plurality of rows and columns, and a horizontal magnetic layer formed on the perpendicular magnetic layers to connect the perpendicular magnetic layers.
US07961486B2	Capacitive power supply system The invention relates to a power supply system (3) intended to supply power to an electrical load (C), the system comprising: two input terminals, namely a negative terminal and a positive terminal, connected to a supply mains (A) delivering an AC voltage; an input capacitor (C1) connected to one of the terminals of the system; a rectifier module (33) for generating a DC voltage on a DC bus from the AC voltage; a bus capacitor (Cb) connected between a positive line (31) and a negative line (32) of the DC bus, and upstream of the input capacitor (C1), two normally-on bidirectional semiconductor transistors (T1, T2) connected in series, fabricated in a wide-bandgap material and able to operate in current-limiting mode.
US07961479B2	Shield can and method for fabricating the same A shield can includes a frame having a hole in the top wall thereof, and an enclosure attached to the frame and covering the hole. The frame and the enclosure are formed by punching a metallic piece, the enclosure corresponds to the hole in shape and size, the enclosure is fixed to the upper surface of the top wall. The invention also discloses the method for fabricating the shield can.
US07961468B2	Electronic apparatus and daughterboard An electronic apparatus includes: a housing; a motherboard that is accommodated in the housing; a first daughterboard that is accommodated in the housing; a second daughterboard that is accommodated in the housing; a host controller that is mounted on the motherboard; a bridge controller that is mounted on the first daughterboard and electrically connected to the host controller; a first chip that is mounted on the first daughterboard and electrically connected to the bridge controller; and a second chip that is mounted on the second daughterboard and electrically connected to the bridge controller.
US07961464B2	Electronic device An electronic device that includes a cabinet having a top face, an undersurface, and a side that completely surrounds the top face and the undersurface by connecting the outer edge of the top face and the outer edge of the undersurface together; and an electronic part disposed inside the cabinet, wherein the cabinet has an exhaust hole provided in the undersurface of the cabinet, at a position distant from the side of the cabinet; a fan disposed inside the cabinet, which blows air inside the cabinet from the exhaust hole; and at least one protrusion disposed at the back of the undersurface of the cabinet, protruding from the undersurface of the cabinet and holding the cabinet placed on a flat plate in a state of being lifted.
US07961462B2	Use of vortex generators to improve efficacy of heat sinks used to cool electrical and electro-optical components Use of vortex generators to improve efficacy of heat sinks used to cool telecommunications, electrical and electro-optical components.
US07961461B2	Secure media bay and media module A media apparatus includes a media bay having a media module slot. A security port is provided in the media bay adjacent the media module slot. A security fastener is provided in the media bay and is accessible via the security port. A security bar is movable between a first position wherein a first portion of the security bar opens the security port and exposes the security fastener, and a second position wherein the first portion closes the security port and conceals the security fastener. A lock plunger port is provided in the media bay adjacent a second portion of the security bar.
US07961460B2	System and method for attaching portion of equipment to remainder of equipment Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with attaching portions of equipment chassis to the remainder of the equipment are provided. An information handling system may include a housing, a cover configured to at least partially enclose the housing, and an engagement assembly fixedly coupled to the housing. The cover may include an open slot having an opening and a projection. The may have a bearing movable relative to the housing, the bearing configured, when moved, to pass through the opening to engage with the projection to couple the cover to the housing.
US07961456B2	Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting diode display that includes a display panel and a bezel to receive the display panel, the bezel including a first bezel and a second bezel, each of the first bezel and the second bezel including different materials and including a bottom portion and a skirt portion protruding from edges of the bottom portion.
US07961452B2	Semiconductor photoelectrode, method for manufacturing the same, and light energy converting device The semiconductor photoelectrode of the present invention includes a metallic substrate having irregularities in a surface and a semiconductor layer which is formed on the surface of the metallic substrate and composed of a photocatalytic material. This can increase the light absorption efficiency and, furthermore, prevent recombination of charges.
US07961450B2	Antistatic apparatus An antistatic apparatus selectively coupled to an electrical component having a first end and a second end is proposed in the invention. The antistatic apparatus includes a first soldering portion, a second soldering portion, a first discharging portion and a second discharging portion. The first soldering portion selectively connected to the first end of the electrical component. The second soldering portion selectively connected to the second end of the electrical component. The first discharging portion connected to the first soldering portion and rotated clockwise for an angle. The second discharging portion connected to the second soldering portion and rotated counter-clockwise for the angle to provide a discharge path corresponding to the first discharging portion, electrostatic current of the first soldering portion being discharged into the second soldering portion through the discharge path.
US07961449B2	Extended controller keep alive system and method Methods and systems for supplying auxiliary electrical power to a controller during power loss are described hereinabove. The system is powered by a primary power source, and includes a controller and a winding load that are both powered by the primary power source, and a switching device. When the primary power source is disconnected from the controller and winding load, the winding load continues to residually exercise to generate residual electrical power. The second switching device then channels the residual electrical power to the controller for a period of time at an acceptable level.
US07961443B2	Hybrid power relay using communications link A control circuit for controlling an arc suppression circuit includes a serial communication link communicating a serial signal therethrough. The control circuit includes a microprocessor having a serial input communicating with the serial communication link. The microprocessor generates a control output signal in response to the serial signal. The control circuit further includes the arc suppression circuit having an electrical contact and operating in response to the control output signal to reduce an arc at the electrical contact.
US07961442B2	Tunneling magnetic detecting element having insulation barrier layer and method for making the same A tunneling magnetic detecting element includes an insulating barrier layer having a layered structure including a Ti—O sublayer and a Ta—O sublayer. The Ta concentration in the insulating barrier layer is set to be more than 0 at % but not more than about 7 at % with respect to a total of 100 at % of Ti and Ta constituting the insulating barrier layer.
US07961425B2	Protection structure to receive a portable memory device with less locking structure A cover assembly for a portable hard disk comprises an assembling unit having a frame hole at a front side thereof; the assembling unit having an opening; the opening causing the assembling unit being divided into an upper portion and a lower portion; two ribs serving to divide the frame hole and the opening; a chain being movably installed to the opening; a hard disk combined to the circuit unit; the circuit unit having holes corresponding to a bottom of the hard disk; an upper cover combining to an upper side of the upper portion of the assembling unit; a base combining to a lower side of the lower portion of the assembling unit and being almost identical to the cover; the upper cover and the base being formed with a space for receiving a data storage unit.
US07961414B2	Magnetic coupling lens driving actuator A magnetic coupling lens driving actuator includes an imaging element; a movable lens that is movable in a direction of an optic axis; a magnetic body that is coupled to the movable lens; a lens tube that encases and airtightly seals the imaging element, the movable lens, and the magnetic body; a magnetic field producing unit that is disposed on an outer surface of the lens tube and that is movable in the direction of the optic axis; and a wire member that has one end thereof attached to the magnetic field producing unit, and that is operative to move the magnetic field producing unit in the direction of the optic axis. The magnetic field producing unit includes two magnetic field producing members disposed with a predetermined gap therebetween in the direction of the optic axis, the magnetic body is disposed opposed to the predetermined gap within the lens tube, and the movable lens is moved by any one of deformation and movement of the wire member.
US07961405B2	Zoom lens and optical 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 third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are arranged in order from an object side to an image side. The first, second and third lens units move during zooming. The first lens unit is formed by two lenses, and the third lens unit is formed by one lens. A lateral magnification of the second lens unit at a wide angle end, a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the third lens unit, a focal length of the entire zoom lens at the wide angle end, and a moving amount of the first lens unit along the optical axis from the wide angle end to a telephoto end are set appropriately based on predetermined conditional expressions.
US07961394B2	Polarizing glass, optical isolator, and method for producing polarizing glass A polarizing glass includes shape-anisotropic metal particles oriented and dispersed in a glass substrate, the concentration of the metal particles having a distribution in which in the travel direction of light in which a polarizing function is exhibited, the concentration is substantially zero near one of the surfaces of the glass substrate and near the other surface, gradually increases from one of the surfaces of the glass substrate to the other surface, becomes a value within a predetermined range in the glass substrate, and then gradually decreases toward the other surface.
US07961388B1	Inflatable screen with support structure An inflatable device is provided including an inflatable framework for a projection screen or imaging surface wherein an additional support structure provides increased stability for the inflatable framework and the screen while avoiding contact or interference with the screen or imaging surface, thereby limiting screen distortion.
US07961386B2	Low orbit missile-shaped satellite for electro-optical earth surveillance and other missions A low orbit optical imaging satellite has a long thin satellite body housing an optical telescope arrangement. A major part of the telescope arrangement has its optical axis roughly parallel to the direction of elongation and includes a mirror arrangement deployed to direct a line of sight of the optical telescope out sideways from the direction of elongation. The transverse dimensions of the satellite body are preferably minimized to be close to the optical aperture dimension of the optical telescope, thereby providing a high ballistic coefficient and high orbit lifetime for orbits in the low thermosphere.
US07961371B2	Optical beam generating device The light beam generator 1 is provided with a laser light source 10, an optical phase modulation element 15 and others. The optical phase modulation element 15 receives coherent light output from the laser light source 10 and passed through a beam splitter 14 to modulate a phase of the light depending on a position on the beam cross section of the light, and outputs the light after the phase modulation to the beam splitter 14. A polar coordinate system (r, θ) in which a predetermined position is given as an origin is set on the beam cross section of the light input in the optical phase modulation element 15, and when (p+1) domains divided by p (number of pieces) circumferences in which the predetermined position is given as a center are set, of these (p+1) domains, a phase modulation amount φ at each position inside an even numbered domain counted from the inside is expressed by a formula of “φ=qθ”, and a phase modulation amount φ at each position inside an odd numbered domain counted from the inside is expressed by a formula of “φ=qθ+π”.
US07961363B2	Image reading apparatus In order to provide an image reading apparatus of which a contact glass sheet can be replaced and recycled with ease without damaging the contact glass sheet when removing the same, and further intrusion of particles of dust into the apparatus when operating the apparatus can be prevented, an image reading apparatus having an image reading unit mounted to be able to be reciprocated in a frame body of the apparatus and a contact glass sheet is composed such that; the frame body comprises an upward-open lower frame in which the image reading unit is accommodated to be able to be reciprocated and an upper frame having an opening on the upper face thereof to be covered with the contact glass sheet, the upper and lower frames are assembled detachably by means of fitting portions provided to both frames, the contact glass sheet is attached to said upper frame by means of a strip-shaped adhesive member glued onto the undersurface of the upper frame along the brim part of the opening to be covered with the contact glass sheet, the strip-shaped adhesive member is glued onto the undersurface of the upper frame so that the strip is not continuous but partially interrupted to provide interrupted parts, and the glass sheet supports protruding from the lower frame are positioned to support the contact glass sheet at the position corresponding to the interrupted parts of the strip-shaped adhesive member.
US07961358B2	Image processing apparatus and method for combining image files and applying selected security processing Two or more designated images are combined (S1254), and the type of security process to be performed for the combined image is input (S1253). The security process is performed for the combined image by using the information associated with the input type of security process (S1255).
US07961357B2	Block artifact phenomenon eliminating device and eliminating method thereof A device for eliminating a block artifact phenomenon of a decoded image frame, and an eliminating method thereof. A method for eliminating a block artifact phenomenon according to the present invention includes: extracting pixel information including a magnitude of edge response, an edge direction, and an edge position, by applying an edge detector to an arbitrary pixel in an image frame; distinguishing the pixel into a non-edge pixel, an object edge pixel, or a block edge pixel by using the extracted pixel information; and performing filtering according to the distinguishing result. In this manner, an object edge information is selectively protected, so that an improved image quality may be provided.
US07961353B2	Image scanner printer An image scanner printer that reads an original image and that prints out the original image includes a red-eye detection unit, a YCC image storage processing unit, a YCC/RGB conversion unit, a red-eye correction unit, and a print data creating unit. The red-eye detection unit detects red-eye that is included in an image corresponding to a predetermined number of lines of RGB image data when the original image is read. The YCC image storage processing unit converts the predetermined number of lines of the RGB image data into YCC image data and stores all the data as one unit JPEG image. The YCC/RGB conversion unit converts the YCC image data into RGB image data in units of a line or in units of a predetermined number of lines. The red-eye correction unit executes red-eye correction on the RGB image data when an image corresponding to the converted RGB image data includes a red-eye area that is stored in a red-eye table. When print data are created from the RGB image data, the print data creating unit, for RGB image data, among the RGB image data, on which the red-eye correction has been performed, creates print data from the RGB image data on which the red-eye correction has been performed.
US07961350B2	Halftone for reducing dot contact between different colors The invention provides printing method of printing on a printing medium. The method includes: generating dot data representing a status of dot formation on each of print pixels of a print image to be formed on the print medium, by performing a halftone process on image data representing, a input tone value of each of pixels constituting an original image; providing a print head having a plurality of nozzle groups that eject inks of mutually different colors; and generating the print image by mutually combining dot groups of multiple colors formed in at least one scan in a common print area, by forming each dot group with each of the plurality of nozzle groups during each scan of the print head in response to the dot data, the each of the dot groups being mutually different in color. The generating dot data comprise setting a condition for the halftone process for reducing contact between the dot groups of the at least two specific colors within at least part of tone values, for at least two specific colors of dot groups among the dot groups of multiple colors.
US07961343B2	Printer with foldable protective cover and print media feed mechanism A printer includes a hollow body. The body houses an ink ejection printhead coupled to circuitry. In addition, the body bears a user interface. A foldable cover is pivotally mounted to the body to protectively cover the user interface. A print media feed mechanism includes a single motor driving rollers. The feed mechanism is configured to both grip an endmost sheet of print media from a print media stack and feed print media past the ink ejection printhead during printing. The operation of the feed mechanism is conditional upon the driven direction of the motor.
US07961333B2	Method for scanning optical interference patterns with line sensors A method is provided for the electronic scanning of the intensity distribution of an optical interference pattern by means of a linear image sensor, wherein the interference pattern is produced by overlapping two temporally partly coherent beams striking at an arbitrarily predefined angle α in relation to one another and is provided with an interference strip having a carrier frequency greater than the scanning frequency, and amplitude modulation that can be varied slowly in relation to the pixel width, wherein at least one optical grating is disposed in the beam path of at least one of two incident beams and the image sensor is disposed in the diffraction image of the grating(s) such that, at the site of the image sensor, the beams interfere, and the beams enclose an angle β at the site of the image sensor, the angle being smaller than α.
US07961330B2	Sub-micron surface plasmon resonance sensor systems A sensor for detecting the presence of a target analyte, ligand or molecule in a test fluid, comprising a light transmissive substrate on which an array of surface plasmon resonant (SPR) elements is mounted is described. A multi-channel sensor for detecting the presence of several targets with a single micro-chip sensor is described. A multi-channel sensor including collections of SPR elements which are commonly functionalized to one of several targets is also described. The detectors sense changes in the resonant response of the SPR elements indicative of binding with the targets.
US07961329B2	Sub-micron surface plasmon resonance sensor systems A sensor for detecting the presence of a target analyte, ligand or molecule in a test fluid, comprising a light transmissive substrate on which an array of surface plasmon resonant (SPR) elements is mounted is described. A multichannel sensor for detecting the presence of several targets with a single microchip sensor is described. A multichannel sensor including collections of SPR elements which are commonly functionalized to one of several targets is also described. The detectors sense changes in the resonant response of the SPR elements indicative of binding with the targets.
US07961326B2	Method of detecting the concentration of an analyte A system and method is provided for detecting concentration of an analyte in a fluid. The method comprises detecting an optical property of a first region of two or more regions in a system, the first region located in a container having a reservoir for one or more modifiers of one or more optical properties of the first region. The movement of the one or more modifiers is responsive to changes in concentration of the analyte. A next step detects an optical property of a second region of the two or more regions in the system, the second region located in a container having a reservoir for one or more modifiers of one or more optical properties of the second region. The movement of the one or more modifiers is responsive to changes in concentration of a compound, where the compound is something other than the analyte. The detected optical property of the first region and the detected optical property of the second region are used in embodiments to separate the effect of the analyte on the detected optical property of the first region from the effect of the compound, where the compound is an interfering compound.
US07961324B2	Wavelength identification method and analyzer An analyzer analyzes a sample based on optical characteristics of the sample. The analyzer includes a measuring unit that measures absorbances of two or more wavelength identifying samples having different concentrations and having absorbance characteristics in which there is no extremum in a wavelength band including a wavelength to be identified, the wavelength identifying samples being made of a same material; a calculator that obtains a gradient of a straight line indicating a relationship between the concentrations and the absorbances of the identifying samples measured by the measuring unit; and an identifier that identifies an actual wavelength of light to be measured by the measuring unit, based on a degree of coincidence between the gradient of the straight line calculated by the calculator and at least one pre-obtained reference gradient of a straight line indicating a relationship between concentrations and absorbances of reference samples made of the same material as the wavelength identifying samples for at least one wavelength.
US07961320B2	Color management system with system-level communications Color management systems and methods are provided wherein operations associated with an individual color measurement instrument are integrated into system-level operating software. Color measurement-related information associated with or derived from such color measurement instrument, e.g., color measurements, instrument-related messages (e.g., error messages), instrument status and the like, is automatically broadcast to other programs, instruments and/or applications that are adapted/registered to listen for and receive such broadcasts. An operating system program that includes, defines or interacts with an OS notification center facilitates communication with the ancillary programs, instruments or applications. Two way communications by way of the OS notification center are also facilitated.
US07961311B2	Detecting and counting bacteria suspended in biological fluids System and method for detecting and counting bacteria suspended in a biological fluid by means of light scattering measurements is provided. In accordance with the method of the invention the level of signal to noise of the measured intensities of light scattered by a sample of the biological fluid is significantly enhanced for forwardly scattered light within a range of scattering angles which are smaller compared to a predefined maximal scattering angle. The system of the invention includes a cuvette adapted to contain a sample of the biological fluid whose sidewalls and windows are suitably constructed and arranged to significantly reduce the level of reflected light obscuring the scattering patterns measured within the range of scattering angles considered.
US07961306B2	Optimizing sensitivity of optical metrology measurements Provided is a method of optimizing sensitivity of measurements of an optical metrology tool using two or more illumination beams directed to a structure on a workpiece comprising selecting target structures for measurement, obtaining diffraction signals off the selected structures as a function of angle of incidence for each illumination beam, determining a selected angle of incidence for each of the two or more illumination beams, setting sensitivity objectives for optical metrology measurements, developing a design for the optical metrology tool to achieve the corresponding selected angle of incidence of the two or more illumination beams, obtaining sensitivity data using the optical metrology tool, and if the sensitivity objectives are not met, adjusting the selection of target structures, the selected angle of incidence of the two or more illumination beams, the sensitivity objectives, and/or the design of the optical metrology tool, and iterating the developing of the design, obtaining sensitivity data, and comparing sensitivity data to sensitivity objectives until the sensitivity objectives are met.
US07961302B2	Physical quantity sensor and physical quantity measuring method A physical quantity sensor has a semiconductor laser, a laser driver for providing, to the semiconductor laser, a driving electric current that is a waveform wherein the maximum portions and minimum portions of a triangle wave have been rounded; detecting means (a photodiode and a current-voltage converting amplifier) for detecting an electric signal that includes an interference waveform that is produced by the self-coupling effect between a laser beam that is emitted from the semiconductor laser and a return beam from a measurement object; and measuring means (a filter circuit, a counting device, and a calculating device) for calculating a physical quantity for the measurement object from interference waveform information.
US07961300B2	Method and apparatus for a single point scanner The present subject matter include methods and apparatus for creating three dimensional digitized models of at least one ear impression, the apparatus comprising a frame, a linear axis mounted to the frame, the linear axis having an axis of motion, a first spindle axis mounted to the frame, the spindle axis having an axis of rotation, wherein the axis of rotation of the first spindle axis is parallel to the axis of motion of the linear axis, a first scanner mounted to the linear axis, the scanner includes a laser for projecting a narrowly localized spot of laser light at a target mounted on the first spindle axis and a sensor array for receiving at least a portion of the laser light reflected from the target and a controller configured to communicate with the first scanner.
US07961292B2	Sub-resolution assist devices and methods Photolithographic apparatus, systems, and methods that make use of sub-resolution assist devices are disclosed. In the various embodiments, an imaging mask includes an optically transmissive substrate having a sub-resolution assist device that further includes a first optical attenuation region and a spaced-apart second optical attenuation region, and an optically transmissive phase adjustment region interposed between the first optical attenuation region and the second optical attenuation region, the phase adjustment region being configured to change a phase of incident illumination radiation by altering an optical property of the substrate.
US07961285B2	Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate. The liquid crystal device further has a first light shielding layer of a surface of the first substrate; a first electrode having an electrode portion extending in a predetermined direction; and a second electrode of the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate. The second electrode is formed such that at least a part thereof overlaps the first light shielding layer in plan view and has an electrode portion extending in a direction along the electrode portion of the first electrode. The device further has a third electrode of the surface of the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and aligned in an in-plane direction of the first or second substrate.
US07961280B2	Semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof In a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device (50a) including an active matrix substrate (20a), the active matrix substrate (20a) includes a plurality of source lines (2), a first transparent electrode (2c) connected to each source line (2) through a TFT (5), an interlayer insulating film (12) provided on the first transparent electrode (2c) and having an opening (12a), a reflective electrode (6) provided on the interlayer insulating film (12) and connected to the first transparent electrode (2c) through the opening (12a), and a second transparent electrode (7a) overlapping the reflective electrode (6a) and the first transparent electrode (2c) and connected to the reflective electrode (6a) and the first transparent electrode (2c). In each pixel, respective outer peripheral ends (E) of the reflective electrode (6a) and the second transparent electrode (7a) are aligned with each other.
US07961277B2	Display panel and the mother substrate thereof A display panel using laser cutting technology and a mother substrate thereof are provided. The display panel comprises two base plates opposite to each other, a sealant and a buffering metal layer. The sealant is disposed between the two base plates. The buffering metal layer formed on the inside surface of at least one of the two base plates is disposed along the sealant. At least a portion of the buffering metal layer is positioned outside the sealant. There is a first distance between the rim of the buffering metal layer and the edge of the base plate.
US07961272B2	Liquid crystal display module having non-conductive first lamp holders and conductive second lamp holders A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal panel and a plurality of lamps having opposite end portions, each lamp including an external electrode disposed on each end portion. A first lamp guider has a plurality of first holders, where each first holder is configured to receive and releasably retain an end portion of the respective lamp. The first lamp guider and the first holders are formed of a non-conductive material. A first common electrode includes a plurality of second holders configured to releasably retain the respective lamp and electrically couple the external electrode to an electrical source.
US07961269B2	Optical modulation element unit, projection optical unit, and image projection apparatus An optical modulation element unit is disclosed which employs a film-type optical function member and a reflective optical modulation element and allows dust prevention for the reflective optical modulation element while preventing an increased number of parts other than optically required parts. The optical modulation element unit includes a light-transmissive substrate, a film-type optical function member attached to the light-transmissive substrate, a reflective optical modulation element separately placed from the light-transmissive substrate, a cover member which surrounds a space between the light-transmissive substrate and the reflective optical modulation element, and a holding member which holds the light-transmissive substrate. The holding member has a guide portion which guides an air flow to a space along a surface of the light-transmissive substrate, the surface being a surface on the side opposite to the reflective optical modulation element.
US07961253B2	Method of processing fields of images and related device for data lines similarity detection A display controller capable of detecting data line similarity is provided. The display controller includes a buffer for temporarily storing a plurality of data lines of a target field, a data line similarity detector, coupled to the buffer, for detecting a similarity of each data line of the target field, a data line state recorder for recording the similarity of each data line of the target field, a de-interlacer coupled to the buffer, and a scaler coupled to the de-interlacer, wherein the de-interlacer selectively de-interlaces the target field according to the content stored in the data line state recorder in order to generate a de-interlaced output, and the scaler generates a scaling output according to the de-interlaced output.
US07961252B2	Reduced memory and bandwidth motion adaptive video deinterlacing A method for motion adaptive video deinterlacing is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) in a first plurality among a plurality of modes, generating a frame by deinterlacing a current field using a plurality of memory bandwidth configurations and (B) in a second plurality among the modes, generating the frame by deinterlacing the current field using a plurality of linestore configurations.
US07961250B2	Photographing apparatus having an exposure mode selection function A photographing apparatus comprises an imaging sensor, a controller, and an exposure-mode-selecting device. The controller performs a photometric operation on a photographing subject and obtains a luminance value of the photographing subject based on the photometric operation. The exposure-mode-selecting device is used for selecting an exposure mode of the photographing apparatus that has a sensitivity priority AE mode. The photographing operation is performed with a sensitivity of the imaging sensor that is set by a user and a shutter speed and an aperture value that are calculated based on the luminance value and the sensitivity, while the photographing apparatus is in the sensitivity priority AE mode.
US07961248B2	Image pickup apparatus having battery display which accounts for image capturing mode or setting status In an electronic image pickup apparatus, if a mode used and some of setting values of additional functions are changed, a camera control microprocessor computes the number of images that can be captured on the basis of a current consumption integrated value that has been computed by a current integrating unit and stored in a storage unit, updates data of the number of images that can be captured using the computation result, and performs control processing so as to cause a display unit to display the updated data.
US07961247B2	Apparatus for acquiring an image of a predetermined extract of a moving printed product An apparatus and method for acquiring an image of a predetermined extract of a moving printed product employs at least one black-and-white camera with a two-dimensional electronic image sensor and one or more illumination devices suitable for pulse-like illumination. The illumination device has multiple light sources forming spectral groups that have different spectral compositions. The light sources are arranged in a pattern such that the light sources of each spectral group completely illuminate the area of observation of the camera. A control device switches the individual spectral groups of light sources on and off sequentially such that the area of observation of the camera is illuminated with a sequence of light pulses of different spectral compositions. During each light pulse, the predetermined extract on a printed product moves into the area of observation of the camera, and an image of extract is captured.
US07961235B2	Imaging apparatuses, image data processing methods, and articles of manufacture Imaging apparatuses, image data processing methods, and articles of manufacture are described. In one aspect, an imaging apparatus including an image sensor having a plurality of color sensor arrays is described. Individual sensor arrays include a plurality of sensors configured to provide image data for a plurality of pixels of a respective color component at an initial resolution. The plurality of color sensor arrays overlap and are offset with respect to one another to define a plurality of sub-pixels for individual ones of the pixels. The imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to access the image data for at least one pixel from each of the plurality of color sensor arrays, and using the accessed image data, to determine sub-pixel image data for the respective sub-pixels to form an image of an increased resolution compared with the initial resolution of the color sensor arrays.
US07961224B2	Photon counting imaging system An imaging device includes first and second photon sensors respectively capture arrival times and locations of individual photons on first and second image planes, while optionally capturing photon colors. A stereoptic distance finder identifies source distance of image elements common to both image planes, while a processor correlates the identified source distances to photons within the image elements. A memory stores the arrival times and locations, the color, and the identified source distances. An orientation sensor captures photon sensor orientation in six degrees of freedom. An image processor selects a time span, identifies photons captured within the time span, defines an image field, divides the image field into virtual pixels, and aggregates the colors of photons arriving within each virtual pixel within the time frame, to determine a color and intensity of the virtual pixel. The image processor also aggregates the virtual pixels to generate an image file.
US07961217B2	Notification of operating status in image sensing system In an image sensing system including at least one image sensing apparatus and at least one communication apparatus, the communication apparatus transmits the operating status of the communication apparatus to the image sensing apparatus. The image sensing apparatus determines the received operating status and displays the operating status on the display in accordance with the determination result.
US07961214B2	Automatic gain control for a confocal imaging system Automatic gain control is provided for a confocal imaging system to improve the quality of images produced by the system. The confocal imaging system utilizes an illumination source, such as a laser, to produce illumination which enables imaging of an object. The automatic gain control is provided by an automatic gain controller which operates in accordance with the counted number of pixels which are too bright, the counted number of pixels which are too dim, and the counted total number of pixels, or in accordance with the average value of pixels, of each two-dimensional frame of the images from the confocal imaging system to control the intensity of the illumination source. The automatic gain controller may be operative over either the entire frame, or a region thereof.
US07961212B2	Video messaging system Systems and methods provide a video messaging service for transmitting video messages between network terminals over a network. After a caller's video-messaging terminal receives a notification that a receiver failed to respond to a communication request, the caller's video-messaging terminal may enable the caller to record a video message and store it for viewing on-demand by a receiver's video-messaging terminal. After recording, the caller's video-messaging terminal transmits a stored message notification terminal to a network server which, in turn, transmits a stored message notification, including an identifier of the caller's video-messaging terminal, to the receiver. Based on the identifier, the receiver's video-messaging terminal may request access to the video message from the caller's video-messaging terminal. In response to the request, the caller's video-messaging terminal retrieves the video message from storage and provides it to the receiver's video-messaging terminal over the network.
US07961202B2	Method and apparatus for maintaining a visual appearance of at least one window when a resolution of the screen changes A method and apparatus for maintaining a visual appearance of at least one window displayed on a screen after a change in a resolution of the screen includes a first step of receiving a display change notice indicative that the resolution of the screen is to be changed from a current screen resolution to a new screen resolution. A second step of determining the current screen resolution. A third step of determining the new screen resolution. A fourth step of generating at least one scaling factor based on the current screen resolution and the new screen resolution. A fifth step of transmitting a windows resize to a window drawing module for triggering drawing the window on the screen using the new visual parameters when the resolution changes from the current screen resolution to the new screen resolution.
US07961196B2	Cost effective rendering for 3D displays A method and apparatus for rendering image data on a 3D display is disclosed. A first image signal is received and then at least one colour component of the first image signal is rendered in reduced spatial resolution to produce a second image signal. The second image signal is spatial filtered wherein spatial errors and view errors are balanced when reconstructing a full resolution signal for the display.
US07961192B2	Multi-graphics processor system and method for processing content communicated over a network for display purposes A system and method are provided including a first graphic processor in communication with a content source. In operation, the first graphics processor is adapted for processing content from the content source. Further included is a second graphics processor in communication with the first graphics processor utilizing a network. The second graphics processor is adapted for further processing the content for display purposes.
US07961190B2	Colored investment data display system and method A method and system that provides a unique data display tool for use in the investment area and utilizes color coated entries in various data displays to aid in the client's assimilation of investment data and information. More specifically, the method and system uses a plurality of colors that are superimposed over data contained in various data category displays. Any one category data may contain a number of different such colored overlays. It is between different data displays, the same color would be used for the same data category presented in each display.
US07961189B2	Displaying artists related to an artist of interest A graph of nodes and edges is used to represent artist influence between different artists. Each node of the graph represents an artist. An edge between two nodes represents an influence relationship between two artists. The relative influence between artists is computed for the artists represented in the graph. Furthermore, a weighted artist influence graph is generated based on the computed influences.
US07961184B2	Graphics processing apparatus and graphics processing method A graphics processing unit is provided. A basic model display processing unit generates and displays rendering data based on three-dimensional model information on an object to be rendered. An effect model processing unit performs processing for applying a predetermined effect to a three-dimensional model of the object. A basic model storing unit stores a basic model file which defines a basic form of the object. An effect model storing unit stores an effect model file which describes the effect to be applied to the basic model in order to create a variation form while maintaining the identity of the basic form of the object. An effect processing unit applies the effect described in the effect model file to the basic model of the object, thereby changing the basic model. A rendering unit performs graphics processing for displaying a variation of the object based on the basic model changed.
US07961176B2	Input apparatus and method using optical sensing, and portable terminal using the same An input apparatus and method in a portable terminal are provided. The input apparatus includes a display unit, having a plurality of pixels; an optical sensing unit for forming a grid of optical signals in a predetermined area corresponding to the pixels of the display unit and producing location information of a pointer in the grid of optical signals; a coordinate converter for converting the location information of the pointer into coordinate information in the display unit and computing a location of a cursor in the display unit on the basis of the coordinate information; and a controller for controlling display of the cursor at the computed location in the display unit, wherein the controller identifies an operation mode of the input apparatus, and operates a portion of the optical sensing unit for key recognition if the operation mode is a key input mode.
US07961175B2	System for computer software interaction using form identity A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a computer system which transfers print data to a printer. The printer is responsive to the print data to print a form by printing information indicative of a text field coincident with coded data indicative of the text field, so that when a sensing device is moved relative to the text field the sensing device can sense the coded data and generate the indicating data indicative of its movement relative to the text field. The computer system uses the indicating data to determine the movement and then perform an action associated with the text field based on the movement. The coded data is indicative of an identity and the computer system determines the identity using the indicating data and a page description using the identity, and identifies the text field using the page description.
US07961171B2	Electrooptic device and electronic apparatus An electrooptic device having an image display period and an information gathering period includes a panel unit and a data processing unit. The panel unit includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electrooptic material interposed between the first and second substrates, a plurality of first scan lines provided above the first substrate, a plurality of second scan lines provided above the first substrate and disposed in parallel to the first scan lines, a plurality of signal lines provided above the first substrate and intersecting the first scan lines and the second scan lines, and a plurality of pixels provided above the first substrate and disposed at intersections of the first scan lines and the second scan lines and signal lines. Each pixel located in an i-th row and a j-th column (i and j are both natural numbers) includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a pixel electrode. The plurality of pixels are formed in a matrix on the first substrate. A gate of the first transistor is coupled to the first scan line in the i-th row. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is coupled to the signal line on the j-th column. A gate of the second transistor is coupled to the second scan line in the i-th row. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is coupled to the other of the source and drain of the first transistor. The other of the source and drain of the first transistor is coupled to the pixel electrode.
US07961170B2	Drive circuit of display device and method for driving the display device A drive circuit of a display device and a method for driving the display device are disclosed. The drive circuit includes at least one data transfer line to receive analog data signals including information for an image; a first latch to sequentially sample analog data signals transferred from the at least one data transfer line and to sequentially store the sampled analog data signals; and a second latch to receive the sampled analog data signals from the first latch and to simultaneously supply the sampled analog data signals to a display.
US07961154B2	Antenna with near-field radiation control An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions.
US07961148B2	Hybrid circuit with an integral antenna A circuit with an integral antenna, including a hybrid circuit on a substrate, a patch antenna that is adapted to be positioned at a pre-selected distance above the hybrid circuit and coupled to the hybrid circuit to form a single physical unit, a feeder that electronically connects between the hybrid circuit and the patch antenna.
US07961127B2	Variable gain stage having same input capacitance regardless of the stage gain A programmable gain amplifier (PGA) includes a sample-and-hold (S&H) stage which provides an input capacitance value for storing a charge. The PGA also includes an amplifying stage, which has a gain dependent on the input capacitance value. The amplifying stage is configured to provide a variable gain, while the S&H stage is configured to provide a substantially constant input capacitance value, regardless of the gain.
US07961120B1	Truncation for three-level digital amplifier A noise shaper truncates the widths of pulses it supplies to a pulse-width modulator whose pulse-width modulated signals control a tri-level amplifier. The amplifier is filterless and DC free. Pulses that are narrower than a predefined minimum width are eliminated by the noise shaper. Other pulses are subjected to an algorithm that includes a multitude of ranges, each range defined by a minimum pulse width characterizing a lower bound of that range and a maximum pulse width characterizing an upper bound of that range. Associated with each range is a number of clock cycles defining the modified width of a pulses whose detected width falls within that range. To ensure that delays associated with a feedback loop disposed in the amplifier are accounted for, the reference voltage of a comparator tracks an output voltage of an integrator. Both the comparator and integrator are disposed in the loop.
US07961112B2	Continuous condition monitoring of transformers A device and method for monitoring the condition of an electrical power transformer in an electrical power grid synchronously measures current and voltage data at both a high voltage side of the transformer and a low-voltage side of the transformer and computes from this measured data corresponding transformer impedance data. These measurements and computations are repeated continuously in real time at a rates up to 30 Hz to provide a sequence of real-time transformer impedance data. An alarm signal is generated if a mean of the sequence of real-time transformer impedance data changes significantly.
US07961097B2	RFID based monitoring system and method An RFID based monitoring system and method is provided. A tag module is allocated to an item to be traced, which is operable by an RFID reader. In the system, the tag module is accessed through conductive coupling with an entry point that is operable in an RF field of the RFID reader.
US07961094B2	Perimeter monitoring techniques Method for monitoring borders or peripheries of installations includes arranging sensors periodically along the border at least partially in the ground, the sensors being sensitive to vibrations, infrared radiation, sound or other disturbances, programming the sensors to wake-up upon detection of a predetermined condition and receive a signal, analyzing the signal and transmitting a signal indicative of the analysis with an identification or location of the sensors. The sensors may include a processor embodying a pattern recognition system trained to recognize characteristic signals indicating the passing of a person or vehicle.
US07961093B2	Wireless sensor system and method The invention is a wireless sensor system coupled with sensors to non-invasively monitor external stimuli. By monitoring the outputs of sensors, the output data can be used to activate an alarm or logged for further diagnoses of human conditions.
US07961084B2	Host vehicle moving area acquisition device and acquisition method A movable area acquisition ECU 1 compares a possible path for a host vehicle and a predicted path of another vehicle in a travel area of the host vehicle with each other to obtain a possibility of collision between the two vehicles, thus computing a degree of danger to the host vehicle. If the degree of danger to the host vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold, the travel area is extended and then a degree of danger to the host vehicle is computed and acquired.
US07961074B2	Load cell The load cell includes a strain generating body having a strain generated portion, and a strain detection element provided on a surface of the strain generating body in a portion corresponding to the strain generated portion and having an inversion portion and a straight portion. A creep characteristic is adjusted by a thickness of the strain generated portion in a portion corresponding to the inversion portion.
US07961071B2	Multiphase inductor and filter assemblies using bundled bus bars with magnetic core material rings A multiphase inductor assembly includes an elongate conductor assembly including a plurality of bus bars that are arranged in parallel. A plurality of magnetic core material rings (e.g., ferrite or mu metal rings) surround the conductor assembly and are distributed along a length thereof. Terminals are electrically coupled to the bus bars and disposed between spaced apart ones of the magnetic core material rings. In some embodiments, the conductor assembly, in cross-section, includes respective ones of the bus bars disposed in respective quadrants. For example, each of bus bars may have a quarter-cylinder shape and may be arranged such that the conductor assembly has a circular cross-section. In other embodiments, each of the bus bars may have a polygonal cross-section, e.g., may be formed from standard rectangular bar stock.
US07961064B2	Directional coupler including impedance matching and impedance transforming attenuator The present invention provides a compact weakly coupled directional coupler combined with an integrated impedance transformation and matching circuit where the impedance transformation and matching circuit facilitates the fabrication of a highly miniaturized directional coupler with optimum electrical performance where the physical dimensions of the coupled transmission lines fall inside the constraints of the fabrication process.
US07961056B2	Low phase noise voltage controlled oscillator Embodiments of the present invention include a low phase noise oscillator circuit using a current-reuse technique to reduce power consumption and improve phase noise, where the oscillator circuit comprises a first VCO coupled to a second VCO, and the outputs of the first and second VCOs are coupled with passive elements, such as capacitors. The overall power consumption of both the first and second VCOs is about the same as a single VCO. Furthermore, the phase noise is lowered by around 3 dB. Thus, the phase noise performance is improved without increasing the power consumption of the oscillator circuit.
US07961052B2	RF power amplifier integrated circuit and unit cell A novel RF power amplifier integrated circuit (PA IC), unit cell, and method for amplifying RF signals are disclosed. One embodiment of a PA IC includes at least two linear arrays comprising transistor device units, and at least one linear array comprising capacitors. The transistor device units include source nodes that are jointly coupled to a source bus, and selected gate nodes that are jointly coupled to a gate bus. First electrodes of the capacitors are also jointly coupled to the source bus, and second electrodes of the capacitors are jointly coupled to the gate bus. Each linear array comprising capacitors is disposed between at least two linear arrays comprising transistor device units. In one embodiment, the PA IC includes unit cells. In some embodiments, each unit cell comprises two transistor device units and one or more capacitors. The capacitors are disposed between the transistor device units. The unit cells are disposed in linear arrays so that the transistor device units are disposed in linear arrays and the capacitors are disposed in linear arrays.
US07961051B2	Enhanced low noise amplifier This amplifier (10) for radio frequency signals comprises a circuit adapted to amplify the signals within a first range of frequency (19) and is characterized in that said circuit is also adapted to simultaneously attenuate the signals within a second range of frequency (18).
US07961049B2	Amplifier with compensated gate bias An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier stage (10) having an amplifier transistor (104) with a gate coupled to an input (100) of the amplifier stage, a source coupled to a reference connection (gnd) and a drain coupled to a positive power supply connection (V+). The amplifier circuit includes a bias stage (12) having a bias transistor (120), a drain resistance (124) and a source resistance (122). The bias transistor includes a gate coupled to a negative power supply connection (V−), a source coupled to the negative power supply connection (V−) via the source resistance and a drain coupled to the reference connection via the drain resistance and to the gate of the amplifier transistor. The bias stage includes a further resistance (20, 22) coupled from a node between the source of the bias transistor and the source resistance of the bias transistor to a circuit node that carries a voltage higher than the voltage at the negative power supply connection.
US07961045B2	Amplifier pre-distortion systems and methods A method of optimizing performance of a multiple path amplifier includes: splitting an input signal to derive a respective sub-signal for each branch of the multiple path amplifier; independently pre-distorting each sub-signal using a known performance characteristic of its associated branch of the multiple path amplifier; and supplying each pre-distorted sub-signal to its associated branch of the multiple amplifier.
US07961041B2	System and method for generating a reference voltage In one embodiment, a circuit having a chopper stabilized amplifier and a network coupled in feedback with the chopper stabilized amplifier is disclosed. The circuit also has a plurality of switches coupled to an output of the chopper stabilized amplifier, and a summing network coupled to the plurality of switches. Ones of the plurality of switches are coupled to ones of a plurality of the summing network inputs.
US07961026B2	Delay cell and phase locked loop using the same A phase locked loop that generates an internal clock by controlling a delay time of a delay cell according to conditions of PVT, thereby improving a jitter characteristic of the internal clock. The delay cell includes a first current controller for controlling first and second currents in response to a control voltage, and a second current controller for controlling the first and second currents in response to frequency range selection signals. The phase locked loop includes a phase comparator for comparing a reference clock with a feedback clock, a control voltage generator for generating a control voltage corresponding to an output of the phase comparator, and a voltage controlled oscillator for generating an internal clock having a frequency in response to the control voltage and one or more frequency range control signals, wherein the feedback clock is generated using the internal clock.
US07961025B2	Current-mode phase rotator with partial phase switching In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for a current-mode phase rotator with partial input phase switching comprises a mixer, wherein the mixer is a four quadrant current-mode mixer comprised of four interpolation buffers, wherein each interpolation buffer receives as input a clock phase from a set of four equidistant clock phases, and a set of two-output current-steering digital to analog converters that supply tail currents to the mixer wherein a first digital to analog converter has additional switches to connect each of two outputs to one of two polarities of a given clock while each remaining digital to analog converter has no additional switches and has two outputs supplying current only to two different polarities of a same clock phase wherein steering the current during incremental rotation about a phase circle defines an octagonal shaped phase envelope.
US07961022B2	Pulsed width modulated control method and apparatus A pulse width modulated (PWM) controller has an input terminal for receiving a pulsed input signal having a first duty cycle, a power supply terminal for receiving a power supply voltage. a minimum duty cycle reference voltage signal, and a control circuit for providing a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) output signal having a second duty cycle related to the first duty cycle of the pulsed input signal. The PWM output control signal having a minimum duty cycle that is adjustable in response to a change in the power supply voltage. In an embodiment, the second duty cycle and the first duty cycle are correlated in a substantially linear relationship. In an embodiment, the PWM control circuit also has a triangle wave generation circuit for generating a triangle wave signal configured to oscillate between an upper limit voltage and a lower limit voltage, which are adjustable in response to a change in the power supply voltage.
US07961017B2	DLL circuit and method of controlling the same A delay locked loop (DLL) circuit includes a first feedback loop configured to delay a reference clock signal with a delay line, wherein the first feedback loop is further configured to generate a correction clock signal by correcting a duty cycle of the reference clock signal by adjusting a delay of the delay line; and a second feedback loop configured to generate an output clock signal by detecting a phase of the reference clock signal and delaying the correction clock signal with a delay according to the detection result.
US07961009B2	Domino logic block having data holding function and domino logic including the domino logic block The domino logic of the general inventive concept receives a feedback signal and an input signal and outputs any one of the feedback signal and the input signal as an output signal in response to an enable signal and a clock signal. The feedback signal is an output signal of a previous cycle of a clock signal. When an enable signal is a first level, the domino logic maintains an output signal of a previous cycle instead of an input signal. According to the present general inventive concept, the domino logic having a data hold function can be embodied.
US07961002B2	Method and apparatus for matching an impedance of a driver to an impedance of a transmission line In accordance with the invention, a method, system and apparatus are presented that matches the output impedance of a driver to the impedance of a transmission line. A method for matching the impedance between a driver and a transmission line, wherein the transmission line is between the driver and a load can include transmitting a first pulse from the driver to the load through the transmission line, wherein a first reflection from the transmitted first pulse occurs after a first time, measuring a second reflection from the transmitted first pulse after a second time, and adjusting the calibration of the driver in response to the measured second reflection.
US07961001B1	Impedance adjusting device An impedance adjusting device includes: a calibration node; a comparison unit configured to compare a reference voltage with a voltage of the calibration node; a counting unit configured to generatean impedance code according to a comparison result of the comparison unit; a reference impedance unit having an impedance value according to the impedance code and connected to the calibration node; a storage unit configured to store the comparison result of the comparison unit upon the generation of the impedance code being completed; an interface node; and a termination unit configured to terminate the interface node, the termination unit including a plurality of parallel resistors configured to be turned on/off according to the impedance code, and a parallel resistor configured to be turned on/off according to a value stored in the storage unit.
US07960998B2	Electrical test structure and method for characterization of deep trench sidewall reliability A test structure and testing method are provided for characterizing the time-dependent drift in the parasitic PFET leakage current that flows along the sidewall of a deep trench isolation structure from the P-type active area to the P-type substrate in a semiconductor integrated circuit structure. The capacitive coupling characteristics of the deep trench isolation structure are used to control the electrical “bias” of the deep trench structure through the use of a large auxiliary trench mesh network that is formed as part of the deep trench structure. The trench mesh network can be placed adjacent to a Vdd ring or a ground ring and then, by using a ratioed capacitive voltage dividing network, the electrical potential at the trench can be controlled.
US07960991B2	Test apparatus and probe card Provided is a test apparatus including a test head main body 130 that communicates a signal with the device under test 200, a prober 110 on which the device under test 200 is mounted, and a probe card 300 positioned between the test head main body 130 and the prober 110, where the probe card 300 includes: a plurality of probe pins 320 provided on a surface thereof facing the prober 110 and electrically connected to a terminal of the device under test 200; a plurality of test head pads 330 provided on a surface thereof facing the test head main body 130 and electrically connected to spring pins 129 on the test head main body 130 and to the probe pins 320; and prober pads 340 provided on a surface thereof facing the prober 110 and electrically connected to the plurality of probe pins 320.
US07960990B2	Closed-grid bus architecture for wafer interconnect structure An interconnect structure employs a closed-grid bus to link an integrated circuit tester channel to an array of input/output (I/O) pads on a semiconductor wafer so that the tester channel can concurrently communicate with all of the I/O pads. The interconnect structure includes a circuit board implementing an array of bus nodes, each corresponding to a separate one of the I/O pads. The circuit board includes at least two layers. Traces mounted on a first layer form a set of first daisy-chain buses, each linking all bus nodes of a separate row of the bus node array. Traces mounted on a second circuit board layer form a set of second daisy-chain buses, each linking all bus nodes of a separate column of the bus node array. Vias and other circuit board interconnect ends of the first and second daisy-chain buses so that they form the closed-grid bus. Each bus node is connected though a separate isolation resistor to a separate contact pad mounted on a surface of the circuit board. A set of spring contacts or probes link each contact pad to a separate one of the I/O pads on the wafer.
US07960985B2	Identification of integrated circuit An apparatus in an example comprises an integrated circuit and one or more resistors. The integrated circuit comprises an internal current source and an external interface pin. The one or more resistors arc external to the integrated circuit and coupled with the external interface pin of the integrated circuit. Application of current from the internal current source of the integrated circuit to the one or more resistors through the external interface pin serves to generate a voltage that is employed to identify the integrated circuit.
US07960981B2	Apparatus for obtaining planarity measurements with respect to a probe card analysis system A system and method of mitigating the effects of component deflections in a probe card analyzer system may implement three-dimensional comparative optical metrology techniques to model deflection characteristics. An exemplary system and method combine non-bussed electrical planarity measurements with fast optical planarity measurements to produce “effectively loaded” planarity measurements.
US07960971B2	Method and magnetic resonance system for determining the flip angle distribution in a volume of an examination subject In a method for determination of flip angle distributions for various antenna transmission configurations in a magnetic resonance system, magnetic resonance measurements are implemented with the various transmission configurations, with the reception configuration being identical for all implemented magnetic resonance measurements, and all magnetic resonance measurements for the various transmission configurations are implemented with a specific pulse sequence. This pulse sequence is selected such that the total function that describes the dependency of the image signal at a specific location on the flip angle achieved at this location with the radiated radio-frequency field, as well as on further MR-relevant parameters, can be factored into a first sub-function that describes the dependency of the image signal on the achieved flip angle and a second sub-function (Tb) that describes the dependency of the image signal on the further MR-relevant parameters, and such that the functional dependency of the image signal on the achieved flip angle is known. The absolute flip angle distribution is measured for a reference transmission configuration, and the flip angle distributions of the other transmission configurations are then respectively determined on the basis of the absolute flip angle distribution of the reference transmission configuration and on the basis of the ratio of the spatially-dependent image signals of the magnetic resonance measurements of the respective transmission configuration to the corresponding spatially-dependent image signals of the magnetic resonance measurement of the reference transmission configuration.
US07960965B2	Multimeter having communications via measurement terminals and communication system for same A multimeter having measurement terminals and configured to receive measurement signals applied to the measurement terminals and a measurement value and also configured to receive communication signals applied to the measurement terminals and extract encoded information from the communication signals. The multimeter can be included in a multimeter communication system having a device coupled to the measurement terminals of the multimeter. The device is configured to generate communication signals having encoded information and provide the communication signals to the measurement terminals of the multimeter.
US07960962B2	Soft-start circuit The present invention discloses a soft-start circuit having a reference signal generator, a first current generator, a second current generator, and a soft-start capacitor. The reference signal generator generates a first signal and a second signal. The first current generator generates a first current according to the first signal, and the second current generator generates a second current according to the second signal. The soft-start capacitor is coupled to the first current generator and the second current generator, and charged by a current difference of the first current and the second current to generate a soft-start signal.
US07960944B2	Power supply that supplies power to and communicates with an electrical appliance A system includes a power source (102), a power supply (103), and an electrical appliance (106). The power supply (103) uses power from the power source (102) to supply power to the electrical appliance (106). The devices carry out one or more of operations such as power converter disconnect, load shifting, power supply capability determination, and load prioritization operations.
US07960943B2	Modular battery system having battery monitoring and data collection capability Disclosed herein is a modular battery system having at least one subsystem comprising a plurality of battery modules connected in series or parallel, wherein each subsystem preferably having a first endplate and a second endplate. The battery modules may be bound between the first and second endplates. A plurality of band members couple the first and second endplates to each other and bind the battery module between the endplates. Further, a data collection panel is in electrical communication with each of the battery modules and the data collection panel transmits status information of the modules to a master control module, which converts the electrical into a data transmission through a controller area network (CAN) bus. Status information may include module temperature, module pressure and module voltage, essentially any measurable parameter that may be conducted via an electrical signal. Depending on the needs of a given application, the battery modules may be connected in series or parallel.
US07960940B2	Motor control device A motor control device for controlling a d-axis current and a q-axis current on dq coordinates to control a motor, includes a q-axis current command value setting unit which sets a q-axis current command value, an upper limit/lower limit setting unit which sets an upper limit and a lower limit of the q-axis current, a comparing unit which compares the q-axis current command value set by the q-axis current command value setting unit and the upper limit and the lower limit set by the upper limit/lower limit setting unit, a q-axis current command value limiting unit which puts a limit on the q-axis current command value in accordance with a comparison result by the comparing unit, and a d-axis current command value setting unit which sets a d-axis current command value on the basis of the q-axis current command value limited by the q-axis current command value limiting unit.
US07960939B2	Fuel/electric drive system A fuel/electric drive system having an internal combustion engine is disclosed, having a generator which is driven by the internal combustion engine and has a first stator winding set, having a first rectifier which is connected to the first stator winding set at the AC voltage end and to a first DC voltage circuit at the DC voltage end, and having a first inverter which is connected to the first DC voltage circuit at the DC voltage end and to a drive motor at the AC voltage end. In order to increase the robustness and availability of the fuel/electric drive system, the generator has a second stator winding set, with a second rectifier being connected to the second stator winding set at the AC voltage end and to a second DC voltage circuit at the DC voltage end, and a second inverter being connected to the second DC voltage circuit at the DC voltage end and to the drive motor at the AC voltage end.
US07960938B2	Method and apparatus for determining motor rotation status A motor drive unit includes a voltage inverter, a controller, and reconnect logic. The voltage inverter provides motor drive signals to an associated motor. The controller is operable to generate demand signals for at least two control axes for controlling the voltage inverter. The reconnect logic is operable to direct the controller to inject a current into a first control axis. The reconnect logic is further operable to monitor a voltage of a second control axis to detect zero crossings and determine a speed of the associated motor based on the detected zero crossings.
US07960935B2	Robotic devices with agent delivery components and related methods Various robotic devices and related medical procedures are disclosed herein. Each of the various robotic devices have an agent delivery component. The devices include mobile robotic devices and fixed base robotic devices as disclosed herein. The agent delivery component can have at least one agent reservoir and a discharge component in fluidic communication with the at least one reservoir.
US07960920B2	Omni voltage direct current power supply A battery operated LED lighting apparatus including: a battery outputting a battery voltage; a light emitting diode or array of light emitting diodes; and a power supply including a boost regulating circuit. The power supply being in communication with the battery and the light emitting diodes such that a constant voltage or constant current is supplied to the light emitting diodes as the battery discharges and the battery voltage falls below the output voltage. In a preferred embodiment the power supply further includes a buck regulator to maintain the proper output voltage when the battery voltage is greater than the output voltage.
US07960919B2	Illumination apparatus and image display apparatus An illumination apparatus is configured simply in a reduced scale while a light emitting diode is used as a light emitting source for illumination. The illumination apparatus includes an LED driving block including an LED bridge circuit formed from a bridge connection of a plurality of diode series circuits each of which is formed from a series connection of a plurality of light emitting diodes and a rectifying diode. A load resistor is connected to a rectification output of the LED bridge circuit. When an AC voltage is input to the LED driving block, the LED bridge circuit rectifies the AC voltage, and the resulting rectification current is used as driving current to drive the light emitting diodes to emit light.
US07960911B2	Method of manufacturing substrate and organic emitting display device having the substrate Provided are an organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate; an sealing substrate facing the substrate, an organic light emitting unit disposed between the substrate and the sealing substrate and having a plurality of organic light emitting devices emitting light, and a plurality of grooves formed in a light extracting surface of the organic light emitting display device through which the light is emitted to the outside. In one embodiment, the grooves are formed on the sealing substrate, and in another embodiment, the grooves are formed on the substrate.
US07960910B2	Organic light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display device, includes a substrate, at least one organic light emitting diode on the substrate, a functional layer including an opaque material and a light transmitting inorganic material, and an encapsulation layer on the organic light emitting diode, the encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer.
US07960908B2	Organic EL display An organic EL display includes an organic EL element including a pair of electrodes and an emitting layer interposed therebetween and having an optical resonator structure, and a coloring layer facing the organic EL element. A wavelength λres of a light component with the maximum intensity that the organic EL element emits in a normal direction is shorter than a wavelength at which the coloring layer exhibits the maximum transmittance.
US07960907B2	Light-emitting apparatus Provided herein is a light-emitting apparatus which is capable of causing the light emitted at the entire face of a fluorescent material to be exteriorly emitted with no interference and with enhanced light emission efficiency, thereby attaining an exteriorly radiated high brightness light. A cathode electrode 10 is mounted on a periphery of a transmission member 30, the anode electrode 15 is also mounted on a domain opposite to a light transmission member 30, and the surface 16a of the fluorescent material 16 to be mounted on a top layer of the anode electrode 15 is formed with a concave face. In accordance therewith, even when the cathode electrode 10 is offset mounted on a periphery of the light transmission member 30 it can be caused to precisely face the surface 16a of the fluorescent material 16 and the excitation light from the entire face of the surface 16a of the fluorescent material 16 can made incident onto the light transmission member 30 without interference from the cathode electrode 10 or the like.
US07960902B2	Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same An OLED display includes a first substrate and a second substrate adhered to the first substrate wherein a depressed receiving region and a coupling region formed around a receiving region are provided at an opposite surface to a surface facing the first substrate, a first optical film received in the depressed receiving region of the second substrate, a second optical film covering the first optical film and is disposed on the second substrate, and a coupling region adhesive layer is disposed between the second optical film and the coupling region of the second substrate.
US07960898B2	Driving apparatus, lens driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus A driving apparatus comprises an actuator, the actuator comprising an electromechanical conversion element and a driving shaft attached to the electromechanical conversion element, wherein the driving apparatus expands and contracts the electromechanical conversion element by applying a driving signal to the electromechanical conversion element and reciprocally moves the driving shaft in accordance with expansion and contraction movement of the electromechanical conversion element so as to move a driven member frictionally engaged with the driving shaft, and wherein the driving signal is a pulse signal, and a time period corresponding to a half wavelength of a damping vibration displacement of a lowest resonance frequency in the actuator is set as a shorter output time among a high output time period and a low output time period of the driving signal.
US07960881B2	Electric motor having drainage means An electric motor comprises a stator, a rotor, and an interface plate. The interface plate is fixed to the stator and is configured to couple the electric motor to a pump. The interface plate comprises a shaft opening, a cavity, a ventilation passageway, a fluid discharge portion, a drainage passageway, and an upwardly extending surface. The rotor shaft extends horizontally through the shaft opening. The cavity is in communication with the shaft opening. The ventilation passageway extends upward from the cavity and is in communication with the cavity and with the ambient air. The drainage passageway is in communication with and extends downward from the cavity. The drainage passageway is configured to channel liquid downward from the cavity and to the fluid discharge portion. The upwardly extending surface is positioned where the upwardly extending surface will inhibit liquid from migrating from the fluid discharge portion to the stator.
US07960862B2	Method and system for high-reliability power switching A method for high-reliability power switching may comprise: (a) transferring possession of a token to first control logic controlling a first triode for alternating current (TRIAC), the TRIAC operably coupled to a first power source; (b) applying a voltage to a gate of the first TRIAC according to the possession of the token; (c) detecting a violation of a power source parameter; (d) transferring possession of the token to second control logic controlling a second TRIAC, the second TRIAC operably coupled to a second power source; (e) removing the voltage from the gate of the first TRIAC; and (f) applying a voltage to a gate of the second TRIAC.
US07960854B2	Electrical connector configured to form coupling region in automotive glazing An automotive glazing having a non-galvanic contact for an electrical device associated with the glazing is disclosed. The glazing comprises a first ply and a second ply of transparent glazing material having a ply of interlayer material extending between the plies of glazing material. The glazing also comprises an electric circuit, having a first connector portion, situated adjacent the ply of interlayer material, the first connector portion being configured to form a coupling region such that electrical signals in the circuit are can be coupled between the coupling region and an electrical device placed on the glazing. A second connector portion is included on the surface of the second ply of glazing material situated away from the interlayer material, and connectable to an electrical device. The second connector portion is adapted to receive a ferromagnetic core. This leads to an increased coupling factor (efficiency), making the connection suitable for powering a variety of electrical devices used within automotive vehicles and conventionally mounted on glazings.
US07960846B2	Semiconductor device having improved solder joint and internal lead lifetimes A semiconductor chip is mounted on a flexible wiring board through the interposition of an elastomer. The flexible wiring board is made up of a tape on which wiring is fixed. A part of the wiring is projected beyond the edge of the tape, extended in the direction of the thickness of the elastomer and connected to an electrode of the semiconductor chip. The edge of the tape beyond which the wiring is projected protrudes beyond the edge of the elastomer by a length no smaller than the thickness of the elastomer.
US07960840B2	Double wafer carrier process for creating integrated circuit die with through-silicon vias and micro-electro-mechanical systems protected by a hermetic cavity created at the wafer level A TSV-MEMS packaging process is provided. The process includes forming TSVs in the front side of the product wafer, and attaching a first carrier to the front side of the product wafer, subsequent to forming TSVs. The process further includes thinning the back side of the product wafer to expose TSV tips, detaching the first carrier from the front side of the product wafer, and transferring the thinned wafer to a second carrier with back side adhered to the second wafer carrier. Semiconductor components are added to the front side of the product wafer, followed by forming a hermetic cavity over the added semiconductor components, and detaching the second carrier from the back side of the product wafer. Wafer level processing continues after detaching the second carrier.
US07960836B2	Redundant micro-loop structure for use in an integrated circuit physical design process and method of forming the same An integrated circuit including a first wire of a first level of wiring tracks, a second wire of a second level of wiring tracks, a third wire of a third level of wiring tracks, and a fourth wire located a first distance from the second wire in the second level of wiring tracks. A first via connects the first and second wires at a first location of the second wire. A second via connects the second and third wires at the first location, the second via is substantially axially aligned with the first via. A third via connecting the third and fourth wires at a second location of the fourth wire. A fourth via connecting the first and fourth wires at the second location, the fourth via is substantially axially aligned with the third via. The second, third, and fourth vias, and the third and Fourth wires form a path between the first and second wires redundant to the first via.
US07960814B2	Stress relief of a semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a die including an active region, a scribe region, and a perimeter, wherein the scribe region is closer to the perimeter than the active region. In one embodiment, the die further comprises a crack arrest structure formed in the scribe region, and wherein the crack arrest structure includes one of curva-linear shapes and polygonal shapes concentrically oriented around a common center located at or near at least one corner of the die.
US07960810B2	Semiconductor device with reliable high-voltage gate oxide and method of manufacture thereof A semiconductor device including a capacitor and a proximate high-voltage gate having a boron-barrier layer that ideally serves as part of both the capacitor dielectric and the (high voltage) HV gate oxide. The boron-barrier layer is preferably formed over a poly oxide layer that is in turn deposited on a substrate infused to create a neighboring wells, and N-well over which the capacitor will be formed, and P-well to be overlaid by the HV gate. The boron-barrier helps to reduce or eliminate the harmful effects of boron diffusion from the P-well during TEOS deposition of the gate oxide material.
US07960807B2	Ambient light detectors using conventional CMOS image sensor process A CMOS light detector configured to detect specific wavelengths of light includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor includes CMOS photocells that are covered by a colored filter layer of a first color that has a first transmittance that allows both light of the specific wavelengths and light of other wavelengths to pass. The second sensor including further CMOS photocells, at least some of which are covered by both a colored filter layer of the first color and a colored filter layer of a second color, stacked one above the other in either order, where the colored filter layer of the second color has a second transmittance that allows light of the other wavelengths to pass. The first sensor produces a first photocurrent, and the second sensor produces a second photocurrent, when light including both the specific and other wavelengths is incident upon the detector. A differential photocurrent, produced by determining a difference between the first and second photocurrents, has a spectral response with at least part of the light of other wavelengths cancelled.
US07960806B2	Sub-mount, light emitting diode package and manufacturing method thereof A sub-mount, a light emitting diode package, and a method of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. A sub-mount, on which multiple light emitting diodes are mounted, can include a multiple number of metal bodies on which the light emitting diodes are respectively mounted, and an oxide wall interposed between the metal bodies such that the adjacent metal bodies are supported by each other but electrically disconnected from each other. By utilizing certain embodiments of the invention, a high heat releasing effect may be obtained, and manufacturing costs may be reduced.
US07960805B2	MEMS structure with suspended microstructure that includes dielectric layer sandwiched by plural metal layers and the dielectric layer having an edge surrounded by peripheral metal wall An MEMS structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The MEMS structure includes a substrate and at least one suspended microstructure located on the substrate. The suspended microstructure includes a plurality of metal layers, at least one dielectric layer, and at least one peripheral metal wall. The dielectric layer is sandwiched by the metal layers, and the peripheral metal wall is parallel to a thickness direction of the suspended microstructure and surrounds an edge of the dielectric layer.
US07960797B2	Semiconductor devices including fine pitch arrays with staggered contacts A semiconductor device structure includes staggered contacts to facilitate small pitches between active-device regions and conductive lines while minimizing one or both of misalignment during fabrication of the contacts and contact resistance between sections of the contacts. The contacts of one row communicate with every other active-device region and are staggered relative to the contacts of another row, which communicate with the remaining active-device regions. Each contact may include a relatively large contact plug with a relatively large upper surface to provide a relatively large amount of tolerance as a contact hole for an upper portion of the contact that is formed. The contact holes may be formed substantially simultaneously with trenches for conductive traces, such as bit lines, in a dual damascene process. Intermediate structures are also disclosed, as are methods for designing semiconductor device structures.
US07960796B2	Semiconductor device having element isolation region An n-type buried diffusion layer is formed on the surface layer of the prescribed area of a p-type silicon substrate, and a p-type first high-concentration isolation diffusion layer is formed in the silicon substrate so as to surround the buried diffusion layer. An n-type epitaxial layer is formed on the silicon substrate, the buried diffusion layer, and the first high-concentration isolation diffusion layer. A p-type second high-concentration isolation diffusion layer is formed in the epitaxial layer on the first high-concentration isolation diffusion layer. A p-type low-concentration isolation diffusion layer for isolating the epitaxial layer into a plurality of island regions is formed in the epitaxial layer on the second high-concentration isolation diffusion layer.
US07960794B2	Non-planar pMOS structure with a strained channel region and an integrated strained CMOS flow A non-planar tri-gate p-MOS transistor structure with a strained channel region and a non-planar tri-gate integrated strained complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) structure are described. A relaxed Si1-x Gex layer is formed on the silicon-on-isolator (SOI) substrate. The relaxed Si1-x Gex layer is patterned and subsequently etched to form a fin on the oxide. The compressively stressed Si1-y Gey layer, having the Ge content y higher than the Ge content x in the relaxed Si1-x Gex layer, is epitaxially grown on the fin. The Si1-y Gey layer covers the top and two sidewalls of the fin. The compressive stress in the Si1-y Gey layer substantially increases the hole mobility in a channel of the non-planar tri-gate p-MOS transistor structure.
US07960793B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, it is possible to provide a semiconductor device provided with an MIS transistor which has an effective work function being, as much as possible, suitable for low threshold operation. A CMIS device provided with an electrode having an optimal effective work function and enabling low threshold operation to achieve by producing an in-gap level by the addition of a high valence metal in an Hf (or Zr) oxide and changing a position of the in-gap level by nitrogen or fluorine or the like has been realized.
US07960778B2	Flash memory cell string The present invention relates to a flash memory cell string. The flash memory cell string includes a plurality of cell devices and switching devices connected to ends of the cell devices. Each of the cell devices includes a semiconductor substrate, and a transmissive insulating layer, a charge storage node, a control insulating layer and a control electrode sequentially formed on the semiconductor substrate. In the flash memory cell string, a buried insulating layer is provided on the semiconductor substrate between the cell device and an adjacent cell device, thus enabling an inversion layer, which performs the functions of source/drain, to be easily formed.According to the present invention, the reduction characteristics and performance of the cell devices of NAND flash memory are improved, and the inversion layer of a channel is induced through fringing electric fields from the control electrode and the charge storage node if necessary.
US07960777B2	Multi-valued mask ROM A mask ROM is provided with a plurality of memory cells each including first and second nodes, and a transistor having a source and drain connected to the first and second nodes, respectively. A first memory cell out of the plurality of memory cells further includes a first resistive interconnection which provides an electrical connection between the first and second nodes. The resistance of the first resistive interconnection is adjusted depending on data stored onto the first memory cell.
US07960776B2	Transistor with floating gate and electret A sensor includes a field effect transistor having a source, drain, a control gate and floating gate, wherein the floating gate has an extended portion extending away from the control gate. A sensing gate is capacitively coupled to the extended portion of the floating gate. A polymer electret sensing coating is electrically coupled to the sensing gate.
US07960773B2	Capacitor device and method for manufacturing the same This invention provides a capacitor device with a high dielectric constant material and multiple vertical electrode plates. The capacitor devices can be directly fabricated on a wafer with low temperature processes so as to be integrated with active devices formed on the wafer. This invention also forms vertical conducting lines in the capacitor devices using the through-silicon-via technology to facilitate the three-dimensional stacking of the capacitor devices.
US07960770B2	Nonvolatile memory element array with storing layer formed by resistance variable layers A lower electrode (22) is provided on a semiconductor chip substrate (26). A lower electrode (22) is covered with a first interlayer insulating layer (27) from above. A first contact hole (28) is provided on the lower electrode (22) to penetrate through the first interlayer insulating layer (27). A low-resistance layer (29) forming the resistance variable layer (24) is embedded to fill the first contact hole (28). A high-resistance layer (30) is provided on the first interlayer insulating layer (27) and the low-resistance layer (29). The resistance variable layer (24) is formed by a multi-layer resistance layer including a single layer of the high-resistance layer (30) and a single layer of the low-resistance layer (29). The low-resistance layer (29) forming the memory portion (25) is isolated from at least its adjacent memory portion (25).
US07960768B2	3D backside illuminated image sensor with multiplexed pixel structure A three-dimensional pixel array, a method of manufacturing a pixel array and an imager including the three-dimensional pixel array. The three-dimensional array includes multiple groups of pixels, each group of pixels including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes multiple photosensitive elements, one per pixel in the group, at least one floating diffusion region connected to each photosensitive element in the group via at least one respective transfer gate per pixel and multiple transfer gate lines, at least two transfer gate lines connected to each respective transfer gate in each row of pixels. The second layer includes at least a rest transistor per group and a source follower transistor coupled to the shared floating diffusion in the first layer.
US07960764B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method and semiconductor device Disclosed is a semiconductor device manufacturing method in which a silicon nitride film is formed to cover an n-channel transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate and to apply a tensile stress in a channel length direction to a channel of the n-channel transistor, the method includes: forming a first-layer silicon nitride film above the n-channel transistor; irradiating the first-layer silicon nitride film with ultraviolet radiation; and after the ultraviolet irradiation, forming at least one silicon nitride film thinner than the first-layer silicon nitride film above the first-layer silicon nitride film. Silicon nitride films formed to apply the tensile stress is formed by respective steps.
US07960760B2	Electrically programmable fuse A semiconductor device includes a fin-fuse and an SOI transistor. The SOI transistor is located on an SOI substrate and has a source region and a drain region. The fin-fuse is connected to one of the source/drain regions and has a fusible link located on the SOI substrate. The fusible link has a homogeneous dopant concentration.
US07960758B2	Bipolar transistor and radio frequency amplifier circuit A bipolar transistor and a radio frequency amplifier circuit capable of preventing thermal runaway in the bipolar transistor without affecting the radio frequency amplifier circuit, which includes: a direct-current (DC) bias terminal to which a DC bias is supplied; a DC base electrode connected to the DC terminal; a radio frequency (RF) power terminal to which a radio frequency signal is supplied; an RF base electrode connected to the RF terminal; and a base layer connected to the DC base electrode and the RF base electrode.
US07960757B2	Magneto-electric field effect transistor for spintronic applications The present invention is directed to a magneto-electric field effect transistor comprising a channel region, a source connected to one side of the channel region and adapted to inject electrons into the channel region, a drain connected to the opposite side of the channel region and adapted to detect spin polarized electrons; and a gate comprising at least one magnetic double pair element comprising four magnetic elements each magnetic element being adapted to induce a magnetic field into the channel region, wherein the total induced magnetic field of the magnetic double pair element is controllable to be substantially zero, and wherein the gate is further adapted to induce an electrical field into the channel region.
US07960751B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device of the present invention includes: a LED chip 10; a chip mounting member 70 having a conductive plate (heat transfer plate) 71 one surface side of which the LED chip 10 is mounted on and a conductor patterns 73, 73 which is formed on the one surface side of the conductive plate 71 through an insulating part 72 and electrically connected to the LED chip 10; and a sheet-shaped connecting member 80 disposed on the other surface side of the conductive plate 71 to connect the conductive plate 71 to a body of the luminaire 90 which is a metal member for holding the chip mounting member 70. The connecting member 80 is made of a resin sheet which includes a filler and whose viscosity is reduced by heating, and the connecting member 80 has an electrical insulating property and thermally connects the conductive plate 71 and the body 90 of the luminaire to each other.
US07960744B2	Multi-light emitting diode package A multi-LED package includes a heat sink including a primary slug and a secondary slug separated from each other, a primary LED chip mounted on the primary slug, one or more secondary LED chips mounted on the secondary slug, a lead frame structure electrically wired to the primary and secondary LED chips, and a phosphor covering at least a part of the primary LED chip. Another multi-LED package includes a heat sink having an upper surface and partitions protruding therefrom, a primary LED chip mounted inside the partitions, one or more secondary LED chips mounted outside the partitions, a lead frame structure electrically wired to the primary and secondary LED chips, and a phosphor covering at least a part of the primary LED chip.
US07960743B2	Multi-electrode light emitting device The invention relates to a broad-band light emitting diode having an active layer composed of a plurality of light emission regions of differing materials for emitting light at a plurality of wavelengths, wherein each of the emission regions of the active layer is electrically controlled by a separate electrode for providing a broad-band emission or optical gain with a multi-point control of its spectral profile.
US07960738B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor With a view to preventing increases in forward voltage due to a change with the lapse of time of a bipolar semiconductor device using a silicon carbide semiconductor, a buffer layer, a drift layer and other p-type and n-type semiconductor layers are formed on a growth surface, which is given by a surface of a crystal of a silicon carbide semiconductor having an off-angle θ of 8 degrees from a (000-1) carbon surface of the crystal, at a film growth rate having a film-thickness increasing rate per hour h of 10 μm/h, which is three times or more higher than conventional counterparts. The flow rate of silane and propane material gases and dopant gases is largely increased to enhance the film growth rate.
US07960728B2	Method of manufacturing TFT substrate and TFT substrate In a method of manufacturing a TFT substrate in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention, an intrinsic semiconductor film, an impurity semiconductor film, and a conductive film for source lines are formed in succession, and a resist having a thin-film portion and a thick-film portions is formed on the conductive film for source lines. Then, etching is performed by using the resist as a mask, and after that, a part of the conductive film for source lines is exposed by removing the thin-film portion of the resist. Next, the exposed conductive film for source lines is etched by using the thick-film portions of the resist a mask, so that the impurity semiconductor film is exposed. Then, by etching the exposed impurity semiconductor film, a back channel region of a TFT 108 is formed. Further, a dummy back channel region 18a, which is irrelevant to the operation of the finished product, is also formed in a portion other than the TFT 108 region.
US07960713B2	Edge-contacted vertical carbon nanotube transistor A vertical device geometry for a carbon-nanotube-based field effect transistor has one or multiple carbon nanotubes formed in a trench.
US07960711B1	Field-free electrospray nebulizer An improved electrospray ion source for increasing the current generated from the electrospray process and of the type having a needle (10), a counter-electrode (20), a saddle or outer electrode (30), and concurrent flow of gas (92). A method and device is disclosed that utilizes a controlled electrospray nebulizer where an aerosol comprised of charged droplets and gas-phase ions is sprayed into a field-free or near field-free desolvation or reaction region (120). This process results in the production and ultimate destination of charged aerosols and gas-phase ions in field-free or near field-free regions (120, 201, 210, 240, 340) where they can be directed towards and into a sampling aperture or tube; directed into a reaction region resulting in to the production of reaction products; or directed and deposited on surfaces resulting in the production of desorbed products by means of a concurrent flow of gas or nebulizing gas (92, 94, 96), a potential difference between the regions of production and destination, counter-current flow of gas, or a combination thereof. The method is useful for increasing the detection of analytes in solutions that are electrosprayed and analyzed with mass spectrometry.
US07960707B2	Time-domain method and apparatus for determining the depth and concentration of a fluorophore in a turbid medium Methods and apparatuses for determining the depth and concentration of fluorophores in a turbid medium are disclosed. The method advantageously provides for a rapid estimation of the depth of the fluorophore using characteristics of a temporal point spread function. The concentration of the fluorophore can be determined using the method of the present invention by combining a calculated depth of the fluorophore with a measurement of the intensity of the emitted fluorescence. The intensity can be accurately measured by the apparatus disclosed herein which combine back-reflection and trans-illumination geometries for the source of light injecting and detection.
US07960706B2	Shoe sanitizer Introducing ultraviolet (UV) light (102, 202) to alter the environment inside a shoe destroys microorganisms or inhibits their growth. Visible light can also be used to prevent further growth. A preferred embodiment comprises an adjustable shoe tree (200) equipped with a UV germicidal light source (202) and electronic safeguards (284, 370) that prevent appreciable leakage of UV radiation outside the shoe.
US07960705B2	Excimer radiation lamp assembly, and source module and fluid treatment system containing same There is described an excimer radiation lamp assembly. The lamp assembly comprises: an elongate member having an annular cross-section to define an elongate passageway aligned with a longitudinal axis of the lamp assembly; an electrode element in electrical connection with at least a portion of the elongate passageway; and a cooling element disposed in the elongate passageway, the cooling element being electrically isolated with respect to the electrode element.
US07960690B2	Automatic gain control (AGC) method for an ion trap and a temporally non-uniform ion beam An automatic gain control (AGC) technique and apparatus is introduced herein for any temporally non-uniform ion beam, such as, for example, an ion beam produced by a MALDI ion source so as to minimize space charge effects. The disclosed configurations and techniques can be achieved by using an ion optical gating element and applying a desired signal waveform (e.g., a square wave) having a predetermined duty cycle. The applied voltage amplitude of such a signal can be configured to switch between a voltage which fully transmits the ions, and a voltage which does not transmit any ions. The frequency is chosen to result in a period which is significantly lower than the smallest non-uniformity period. Techniques of the present invention can also be extended to methods of AGC which can use a single ion injection event from the ion source to avoid variations in ion numbers from an unstable ion source.
US07960684B2	Side cured light-transmissive display system An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. The light resistant material has a first side and a second side. Substantially invisible holes penetrate between the first surface and the second surface in a predetermined light-transmissive display pattern. The second surface is exposed to a side curing light that is substantially parallel to the second surface at the invisible holes thereadjacent. A light-conducting curable filler is applied into the invisible holes from the first surface. Surfaces of the light-conducting curable filler are cured in the invisible holes at the second surface with the side curing light. The remaining curable filler in the invisible holes is cured.
US07960682B2	Display device control based on integrated ambient light detection and lighting source characteristics Systems and methods are provided for a display device including one or more methods for modifying the display brightness by automatically adapting to ambient lighting conditions.
US07960669B2	Hybrid thermal cutting apparatus A hybrid thermal cutting apparatus has both a laser head and a plasma torch, both of which can be controlled independently, can perform both laser processing and plasma processing, thus reducing the running costs. A large number of cutting lines for cutting out various types of manufactured products from plate materials are classified into a laser cutting type and a plasma cutting type, according to the cutting length, whether they are the external periphery of manufactured products or apertures, the size of the manufactured products or the apertures, the required process accuracy, the plate thickness, or the like. The lines of the laser cutting type are cut by laser processing, while the lines of the plasma cutting type are cut by plasma processing.
US07960668B2	Method and device for sorting postal items A method and device for sorting postal items according to formats, wherein postal items having at least two formats are fed by first conveyor to a sorting location; postal items of a first format are removed from the first conveyor in the area of the sorting location at a number of sorting stations arranged one behind the other in a direction of conveyance of the first conveyor, and are fed to a second conveyor, which, in the area of the sorting location, extends laterally next to the first conveyor, and; the postal items with other formats remain on the first conveyor.
US07960665B2	Pushbutton switch device Provided is a pushbutton switch device provided with a switch case in which a depressing member is arranged which, when moved downwards, depresses a switch. Arranged inside the switch case is an operating member which, when depressed, comes into contact with the depressing member to move the depressing member downwards. Provided in the peripheral edge of the operating member are a plurality of engagement portions to be engaged with the peripheral edge of the switch case. When the operating member is depressed, the depressed portion of the operating member rotates downwardly using, as a fulcrum, the engagement portion corresponding to the depressed portion of the operating member.
US07960663B2	Luminous switch and electronic device provided with the same A luminous switch using an inorganic EL material is provided with a plurality of switch sections so as to reduce acoustic noise. The switch sections are provided with a plurality of protruding parts (112) and a plurality of supporting sections (113) formed on a surface of a structure (101); an elastic deformable conductor (124) arranged to have a convex surface opposed the protruding parts (112); a wiring sheet (102A) for covering the conductor (124); a luminous sheet (160) for covering the wiring sheet (102A); and a plurality of switch buttons (125) arranged above the luminous sheet (160). The luminous switch has a structure in which at least two supporting sections (113) are arranged around the protruding parts (112), and a space (111) is formed between the protruding parts (112) and a switch sheet (102). The conductor (124) is accommodated in the space (111). In a case main body (101), an electronic component (103) is mounted and a substrate (104) provided with wiring is arranged. The switch buttons (125) are fixed on a key sheet (129). A top plate (106) is arranged on the key sheet (129) by surrounding the switch buttons (125). The top plate (106) is arranged to cover lower components.
US07960654B2	Connectors A connector for support posts which have a plurality of divergent arms. The connector has four engagement sections. The first two are adapted to engage first and second divergent arms of the support post. A third engagement section is adapted to engage a third divergent arm. The fourth engagement section is adapted to engage the third divergent arm when not engaged by the third engagement section. The provision of third and fourth engagement sections adapts the connector for different sizes of support post.
US07960653B2	Conductive nanowires for electrical interconnect An electrical interconnect includes first and second electrical contacts to be electrically connected, each electrical contact having a plurality of electrically conductive nanowires extending outwardly from a respective electrical contact; and the nanowires of the first electrical contact configured to mesh with the nanowires of the second electrical contact such that an electrical connection is established between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. A method for interconnecting electrical contacts includes meshing a first array of electrically conductive nanowires extending from a first electrical contact with a second array of electrically conductive nanowires extending from a second electrical contact so as to establish an electrical connection between said first and second electrical contacts.
US07960646B2	Silicon-based thin-film photoelectric converter and method of manufacturing the same In order to improve photoelectric conversion properties of a silicon-based thin-film photoelectric converter to which a conductive SiOx layer is inserted to obtain an optical confinement effect, the silicon-based thin-film photoelectric converter according to the present invention includes an i-type photoelectric conversion layer of hydrogenated amorphous silicon or an alloy thereof, an i-type buffer layer made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon, and an n-type Si1-xOx layer (x is 0.25-0.6) stacked successively, wherein the buffer layer has a higher hydrogen concentration at its interface with and as compared with the photoelectric conversion layer and has a thickness of at least 5 nm and at most 50 nm. Accordingly, generation of silicon crystal phase parts and reduction of resistivity are promoted in the n-type Si1-xOx layer, contact resistance at the interface is reduced, and FF of the photoelectric converter is improved, so that the photoelectric converter achieves improved properties.
US07960644B2	Low-cost multi-junction solar cells and methods for their production Methods for fabricating solar cells without the need to perform gasification of metallurgical-grade silicon are disclosed. Consequently, the costs and health and environmental hazards involved in fabricating the solar or silicon grade silicon are being avoided. A solar cell structure comprises a metallurgical grade doped silicon substrate and a thin-film structure formed over the substrate to form a p-i-n junction with the substrate. The substrate may be doped p-type, and the thin film structure may be an intrinsic amorphous layer formed over the substrate and an n-type amorphous layer formed over the intrinsic layer.
US07960642B2	CIS based thin-film photovoltaic module and process for producing the same A photovoltaic module having long-term durability is obtained at low cost.A CIS based thin-film photovoltaic module 1 is obtained by bonding a cover glass 4 comprising, e.g., a semi-tempered white flat glass, which is inexpensive and durable, to a CIS based thin-film photovoltaic circuit 2 on a glass substrate 2A with a thermally crosslinked ethylene vinyl acetate (hereinafter referred to as EVA) resin film 3 (or sheet) as an adhesive. Use of the EVA resin film 3 reduces the amount of an EVA resin to be used. In the crosslinking, a gas generating from the EVA resin film is removed by vacuum suction to prevent bubble generation or inclusion, etc. A high-capacity storage capacitor 9 is disposed on that side of the glass substrate which is opposite to the circuit side to store the electricity optically generated by the circuit.
US07960636B2	Enhanced knob for use with an electric stringed musical instrument Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to an enhanced knob with multiple integrated functions for use with an electric stringed musical instrument. The enhanced knob can be positioned on an electric stringed musical instrument or on an interconnected amplifier and can be either an add-on feature or can replace one or more existing knobs. In one embodiment of the present invention, the volume knob for an electric guitar is removed and replaced by an enhanced knob. The enhanced knob includes a switch that allows a user to switch between the multiple functions and also allows the user to control each selected function. The enhanced knob includes a volume function to compensate for the removed volume knob. Additionally, the enhanced knob includes a number of other functions, including a tuner function, a metronome function, and a dynamic visual-display function.
US07960635B2	Combination drumstick Combination drumstick for producing a tambourine sound from a plurality of jingle pairs loosely mounted within discrete apertures dispose along and through the combination drumstick. The weight of the combination drumstick is centered in the axis of the combination drumstick for balance and the stick portion is formed from a polymeric material for durability to permit one-handed combination drumming and tambourine sound production.
US07960623B1	Inbred corn line NPCJ6052 Basically, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated NPCJ6052, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPCJ6052 with plants of another corn plant. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred NPCJ6052 including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods for introducing transgenic transgenes into inbred corn line NPCJ6052 and plants produced by said methods.
US07960621B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH800297 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH800297. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH800297, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH800297 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH800297.
US07960617B2	Lettuce cultivar 50-0501050-B A lettuce cultivar, designated 50-0501050-B, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar 50-0501050-B, to the plants of lettuce cultivar 50-0501050-B and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar 50-0501050-B with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar 50-0501050-B, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar 50-0501050-B and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 50-0501050-B with another lettuce cultivar.
US07960611B2	Method for promoting efficiency of gene introduction into plant cells A method for gene introduction by which higher efficiency for gene introduction than that by the conventional Agrobacterium method may be attained simply and without injuring the tissue is disclosed. According to the method of the present invention, the efficiency of gene introduction into plant cells by a bacterium belonging to genus Agrobacterium is promoted by accompanying centrifugation of the plant cells or plant tissue.
US07960608B2	Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, flavonoid-regulating transcription factors and a flavonoid-specific membrane transporter in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides. More particularly, the protein involved in flavonoid biosynthesis is selected from the group consisting of TRANSPARENT TESTA 12 (TT12), TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 (TTG1), TRANSPARENT TESTA 2 (TT2), TRANSPARENT TESTA 8 (TT8), leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX), cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H), 4-coumaroyl:CoA-ligase (4CL); and functionally active fragments and variants thereof.
US07960605B2	Methods for testing for caloric restriction (CR) mimetics Methods for treating neurological diseases and for testing Caloric Restriction (CR) mimetics or CR mimetic candidates. In one exemplary method, a CR mimetic candidate is administered to a transgenic animal and the effects of the administering are determined; the transgenic animal includes an added gene from another type of animal or a modified gene which is designed to produce a disease or ailment of the another type of animal, and the method seeks to determine whether the CR mimetic candidate improves the disease or ailment. Methods relating to neurological disease and other methods relating to CR mimetic testing are also described.
US07960604B2	Process for production of an absorbing sanitary article comprising lactic acid producing bacteria The present invention relates to a process for the production of an absorbing sanitary article comprising lactic acid producing bacteria. The process comprises dispersion of lactic acid producing bacteria in a carrier, and application of the resulting dispersion of bacteria by continuous or discontinuous gentle feeding on and/or in at least one component that are to form part of the final article. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an absorbing sanitary article comprising lactic acid producing bacteria dispersed in an essentially hydrophobic carrier. The dispersion of bacteria forms at least one continuous or discontinuous string on and/or in the final sanitary article.
US07960596B2	Conversion of vegetable oils to base oils and transportation fuels The present invention is directed to methods (processes) and systems for processing triglyceride-containing, biologically-derived oils to provide for base oils and transportation fuels, wherein partial oligomerization of fatty acids contained therein provide for an oligomerized mixture from which the base oils and transportation fuels can be extracted. Such methods and systems can involve an initial hydrotreating step or a direct isomerization of the oligomerized mixture.
US07960592B1	Production of methyl-vinyl ketone from levulinic acid A method for converting levulinic acid to methyl vinyl ketone is described. The method includes the steps of reacting an aqueous solution of levulinic acid, over an acid catalyst, at a temperature of from room temperature to about 1100 K. Methyl vinyl ketone is thereby formed.
US07960584B2	Compounds, isomer thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as vanilloid receptor antagonist; and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same This present invention relates to novel compounds, isomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as vanilloid receptor (Vanilloid Receptor 1; VR1; TRPV1) antagonist; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a disease such as pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, skin disorder, urinary bladder hypersensitiveness, irritable bowel syndrome, fecal urgency, a respiratory disorder, irritation of skin, eye or mucous membrane, stomach-duodenal ulcer, inflammatory diseases, ear disease, and heart disease.
US07960565B2	Organometallic compounds and processes for preparation thereof This invention relates to organometallic compounds represented by the formula LML′ wherein M is a metal or metalloid, L is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl group or cyclopentadienyl-like group, a substituted or unsubstituted pentadienyl group or pentadienyl-like group, or a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group or pyrrolyl-like group, and L′ is a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group or pyrrolyl-like group, a process for producing the organometallic compounds, and a method for producing a film or coating from the organometallic compounds. The organometallic compounds are useful in semiconductor applications as chemical vapor or atomic layer deposition precursors for film depositions.
US07960562B2	Propane-1,3-dione derivative or salt thereof It is intended to provide a compound useful as a GnRH receptor antagonist. The inventors further investigated propane-1,3-dione derivatives. As a result, they confirmed that a compound having a benzene ring or a thiophene ring substituted with a group represented by —SO2—R3 in a propane-1,3-dione derivative having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene) has an excellent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect and accomplished the present invention. Because the compound of the present invention has a potent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect, it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone-dependent diseases, particularly GnRH-related diseases. Further, because the compound of the present invention has an excellent metabolic stability in human and few drug interactions, therefore it has preferable characteristics as a pharmaceutical used for the above-mentioned diseases.
US07960555B2	Substituted pyridine ligands and related water-soluble catalysts Versatile Group VIII metathesis catalysts, as can be used in a range of polymerization reactions and other chemical methodologies.
US07960553B1	Reagent for synthesis of para-methoxbenzyl (PMB) ethers and associated methods A newly synthesized compound designated lepidine ether 2-(4-Methoxybenzyloxy)-4-methylquinoline reacts with methyl triflate in the presence of alcohols to generate a neutral organic salt that transfers the para-methoxybenzyl (PMB) protecting group onto alcohols in high yield and under mild conditions.
US07960548B2	Keratinocyte growth factor receptor—tyrosine specific inhibitors for the prevention of cancer metastatis Compounds and methods for treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of cancer in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a keratinocyte growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (KGFR TK) inhibitor to the subject in need of such treatment. Also provided are compounds and methods for the treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of metastasis in a subject with cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a KGFR TK inhibitor to the subject in need of such treatment.
US07960546B2	Process for preparing aminocrotonylamino-substituted quinazoline derivatives The invention relates to an improved process for preparing aminocrotonylamino-substituted quinazoline derivatives of general formula (I) wherein the groups Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd have the meanings given in the claims, as well as sulphonyl derivatives of formula (XIII) and the use thereof as synthesis components for preparing quinazolines of formula (I). The quinazoline derivatives of formula (I) are inhibitors of signal transduction mediated by tyrosinekinases and by the Epidermal Growth Factor-Receptor (EGF-R) and are therefore particularly suitable for the treatment of tumoral diseases.
US07960544B2	Useful indole compounds Indoles that have activity as inhibitors of FAAH are described as are indoles and indole derivatives that have activity as inhibitors of DAO.
US07960542B2	Process for purifying oligonucleotide synthons A process for the purification of an oligonucleotide synthon is provided. The process comprises subjecting an organic solution comprising an oligonucleotide synthon and lower molecular weight impurities to nanofiltration whereby the ratio of an oligonucleotide synthon to lower molecular weight impurities in the solution is increased after the nanofiltration. Preferably, the oligonucleotide synthon is a nucleoside phosphoramidite or nucleoside H-phosphonate. The nanofiltration membrane is preferably a polyimide membrane having a molecular weight cut off of 400.
US07960537B2	Polynucleotides for use as tags and tag complements, manufacture and use thereof A family of minimally cross-hybridizing nucleotide sequences, methods of use, etc. A specific family of 210 24mers is described.
US07960535B2	Recombinant lipidated PsaA protein, methods of preparation and use The present invention relates to recombinant lipidated PsaA proteins and recombinant constructs from which such lipidated PsaA proteins may be expressed. The invention relates further to lipidated PsaA proteins in which lipidation is effected by the use of a heterologous leader sequence derived from the ospA gene of Borrelia burgdorferi, which leader sequence is joined in translational reading frame with the psaA structural gene. The invention also provides methods of preparation of lipidated PsaA proteins and use of such proteins in immunological compositions. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic lipidated PsaA proteins and methods of use of such vaccines in the prevention and treatment of S. pneumoniae infection.
US07960533B2	Nucleic acids coding for adhesion factor of group B Streptococcus, adhesion factors of group B Streptococcus and further uses thereof The present invention is related to nucleic acids coding for adhesion factors of group B streptococcus, adhesion factors of group B streptococcus and uses thereof. More particularly, the present invention is related to a polypeptide being such adhesion factors and comprising an amino acid sequence, whereby the amino acid sequence is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID NO 11 to SEQ ID NO 20, and the use of such polypeptide for the manufacture of a vaccine.
US07960530B2	Fluorescent protein An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fluorescent protein derived from favia favus. The present invention provides a fluorescent protein derived from favia favus having the following properties: (1) an excitation maximum wavelength is 507 nm; (2) a fluorescence maximum wavelength is 517 nm; (3) a molar absorption coefficient at 482 nm is 80,000; (4) a quantum yield is 0.68; and (5) pH sensitivity of the fluorescence maximum is stable at pH 5 to pH 11.
US07960525B2	Gene repair involving in vivo excision of targeting DNA Methods of modifying, repairing, attenuating and inactivating a gene or other chromosomal DNA in a cell are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating or prophylaxis of a genetic disease in an individual in need thereof.
US07960518B2	Human binding molecules having killing activity against enterococci and uses thereof The present invention provides human binding molecules specifically binding to enterococci and having killing activity against enterococci, nucleic acid molecules encoding the human binding molecules, compositions comprising the human binding molecules and methods of identifying or producing the human binding molecules. The human binding molecules can be used in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and/or treatment of a condition resulting from Enterococcus.
US07960517B2	Methods for antibody engineering The invention provides a method for identifying positions of an antibody that can be modified without significantly reducing the binding activity of the antibody. In many embodiments, the method involves identifying a substitutable position in a parent antibody by comparing its amino acid sequence to the amino acid sequences of a number of related antibodies that each bind to the same antigen as the parent antibody. The amino acid at the substitutable position may be substituted for a different amino acid without significantly affecting the activity of the antibody. The subject methods may be employed to change the amino acid sequence of a CDR without significantly reducing the affinity of the antibody of the antibody, in humanization methods, or in other antibody engineering methods. The invention finds use in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and research applications.
US07960513B2	Antibody against a human ADAM protease Elucidation of the crystal structure of an ADAM10 substrate-recognition and proteinase-positioning module comprising the protein cysteine-rich and disintegrin domains, and detailed functional analysis revealed that an acidic pocket within the cysteine-rich domain forms a substrate-recognition site. The binding of this pocket to receptor/ligand complexes facilitates effective ligand cleavage, which is prevented when critical residues within the pocket are changed. This provides use of the surface pocket within the extracellular domain of ADAM10, and the corresponding structure in related proteases such as ADAM17, as a target for structure-based computational and high-throughput screens for small-molecule substrate-specific inhibitors or monoclonal antibodies that inhibit ADAM protease cleavage of ephrins and other ADAM10 or ADAM17 substrates. These inhibitors will be useful in therapeutic intervention of tumour development, invasion and metastasis and other diseases which involve the activity of the ADAM10 and ADAM17 proteases, such as inflammation, cardio-vascular disease, arthritis and other auto-immune diseases.
US07960499B2	Process for producing conductive polymer dispersion and conductive polymer dispersion It is intended to provide a conductive polymer dispersion which has an excellent conductivity and is capable of providing a material with high transparency; and a process for producing the same. The process for producing a conductive polymer dispersion comprises a stirring step in which a mixed liquid containing a conductive polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 1,000,000 and a solvent is stirred at a shearing rate of 10,000 s−1 or higher using a stirring machine thereby obtaining a conductive polymer dispersion in which the conductive polymer is dispersed in the solvent.
US07960489B2	Interlayer insulating film, method for forming the same and polymer compositon The interlayer insulating film of this invention is composed of a polymer in which a first monomer having four substituted acetylenyl groups and polymerizable in the three-dimensional direction and a second monomer having two substituted cyclopentanonyl groups and polymerizable in the two-dimensional direction are three-dimensionally polymerized.
US07960486B2	Process for producing olefin polymer The purpose of the present invention is provite a process for producing an olefin polymer, which can produce an olefin polymer having a higher molecular weight even in the presence of hydrogen and can obtain an olefin polymer having good powder characteristics by lowering hydrogen concentration efficiently in polymerizing an olefin in the presence of hydrogen by use of a gas phase reaction vessel. There is provided a process for producing an olefin polymer comprising the steps of: using a gas phase reaction vessel; polymerizing an olefin by use of a catalyst for olefin polymerization in the presence of hydrogen; adding a hydrogenation catalyst into the gas phase reaction vessel; and adding a polymerization activity depressant.
US07960481B2	Hydrogenated copolymer and composition containing the same A hydrogenated copolymer obtained by hydrogenating an unhydrogenated copolymer comprising conjugated diene monomer units and vinyl aromatic monomer units, the hydrogenated copolymer containing at least one hydrogenated copolymer block (B) which is obtained by hydrogenating an unhydrogenated random copolymer block comprised of conjugated diene monomer units and vinyl aromatic monomer units, wherein the hydrogenated copolymer has the following characteristics: the hydrogenated copolymer has a content of the vinyl aromatic monomer units of from more than 40% by weight to less than 95% by weight; at least one peak of loss tangent (tan δ) is observed at −10 to 80° C. in a dynamic viscoelastic spectrum obtained with respect to the hydrogenated copolymer; and substantially no crystallization peak ascribed to the copolymer block (B) is observed at −20 to 80° C. in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) chart obtained with respect to the hydrogenated copolymer.
US07960479B2	Brush copolymers A copolymer of formula 1 in which M1 is a unit obtainable from ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP); R is an alkyl, ether, ester or aryl unit; M2 and M3 are independently selected from units obtainable by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT); X is a terminal unit selected from the group consisting of dithioester, trithiocarbonate, xanthate; and m is an integer from 2 to 1 million, n is an integer from 2 to 500,000 and k is an integer from 2 to 500,000.
US07960474B2	High strength adhesives with impact peel strength A single-component high-temperature-curing reactive composition based on natural and/or synthetic elastomers having olefinic double bonds and on vulcanizing agents is provided. Such compositions contain at least one liquid polyene with a molecular weight between 400 and 80,000, preferably between 800 and 25,000; at least one block copolymer with at least one polyene block and at least one saturated block; and a vulcanizing system of sulfur and accelerators and/or quinone oximes, if applicable. Such high-temperature-curing reactive compositions are useful as single-component adhesives, sealant or coating compositions or sealing compounds in automobile body manufacture.
US07960473B2	Thermoplastic resin composition, production method thereof, and molded article A thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and a reactive functional group-containing resin (B), which has a specific structure in the morphology of the resin composition observed by transmission electron microscopy tomography, and the relaxation time T1C of each carbon nucleus by the solid NMR measurement of the thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide resin is kept in a specific range. The composition is excellent in the balance between contradictory properties such as impact resistance and heat resistance, remarkably exhibits a peculiar viscoelastic behavior not observed in the conventional polymeric materials, and is remarkably excellent in impact energy absorbing performance and vibration energy absorbing performance at the time of high-speed deformation.
US07960468B2	Coating compositions and process for the production of multilayer coatings An aqueous coating composition, comprisingA) at least one water-dilutable hydroxy-functional binder andB) at least one polyisocyanate crosslinking agent with free isocyanate groups,wherein component A) comprises A1) 40-95 wt. % of at least one water-dilutable hydroxy-functional (meth)acrylic copolymer with a hydroxyl value of 60-250 mg of KOH/g and an acid value of 5-50 mg of KOH/g, which is obtained by free-radical copolymerization performed in a non-aqueous phase, wherein the ratio of primary hydroxyl groups to secondary hydroxyl groups in the (meth)acrylate copolymer A1) is 1:0.1 to 1:1.2 and at least 80% of the secondary hydroxyl groups result from reaction products of a monoepoxy ester and an unsaturated acid-functional monomer, and A2) 5-60 wt. % of at least one water-dilutable polyester oligomer, wherein the total of the weight percentages of component A1) and A2) add up to 100 wt. % and wherein the free-radical polymerization for the production of component A1) is performed at least in part in the presence of component A2) and/or wherein component A2) is added during polymerization or after completion of polymerization.
US07960467B2	Carbon fiber composite material and method of producing the same A method of producing a carbon fiber composite material including: (a) masticating an elastomer to reduce the molecular weight of the elastomer to obtain a liquid elastomer; (b) mixing the elastomer obtained in the step (a) and carbon nanofibers having an average diameter of 0.5 to 500 nm to obtain a mixture; (c) increasing the molecular weight of the elastomer in the mixture obtained in the step (b) to obtain a rubbery elastic mixture; and (d) mixing the rubbery elastic mixture obtained in the step (c) to disperse the carbon nanofibers in the elastomer by a shear force to obtain a carbon fiber composite material.
US07960462B2	Paste composition for light guide and light guide utilizing the same The present invention is an optical waveguide-forming paste composition including (A) barium sulfate particles with a mean particle diameter of 1 nm or more to 50 nm or less, (B) a compound having a polymerizable group and a carboxyl group, or a phosphoric ester compound having a polymerizable group, and (C) an organic solvent.
US07960461B2	Natural oil gels and their application The invention is an article of manufacture, comprising a blend of: (A) from 1 to 50 weight percent of at least one block copolymer, wherein the block copolymer has at least one polystyrene block and at least one unsaturated rubber segment; and (B) from 99 to 50 weight percent of a natural oil. The natural oil of this invention is of natural animal, plant or vegetable oils or mixtures thereof, and the block copolymers have a polystyrene block and a rubber block where the rubber blocks are unsaturated rubbers such as polyisoprene, polybutadiene, or mixtures thereof. The block copolymers useful for the present invention are triblock polymers, radial (star) polymers, multiblock polymers, diblock polymers, or mixtures thereof.
US07960460B2	Free-flowing filler composition and rubber composition containing same This invention relates to novel free-flowing filler compositions containing sulfur-containing silane coupling agents, and to a rubber containing the filler composition.
US07960441B2	Method for reprocessing combustion products from fossil fuels The present invention relates to a method for reprocessing of the combustion products, carbon dioxide and water, to generate renewable synthetic fuels and motor fuels by means of electrical energy, involving, according to the invention, mixing hydrogen, produced from water, preferably water vapor, by electrolysis, and carbon dioxide up to a molar ratio of 1 to 3.5 to obtain a carbon dioxide-hydrogen mixture, pre-heating said mixture in a high temperature recuperator and then heating it to 800 to 5,000° C. in an electrically-heated device or an electrical plasma generator, utilizing the crude synthesis gas thus formed recuperatively to pre-heat the carbon dioxide-hydrogen mixture, then directly cooling while the reaction water separates, and feeding the carbon monoxide-carbon dioxide-hydrogen mixture existing at this stage to a Fischer-Tropsch or methanol synthesis and converting it therein to the products, hydrocarbons and/or methanol, which are cooled while the water separates, and are condensed if necessary.
US07960440B2	Highly dispersible carbon nanospheres in an organic solvent and methods for making same The particle sizes of agglomerates of carbon nanospheres are reduced by dispersing the carbon nanospheres in an organic solvent. The carbon nanospheres are multi-walled, hollow, graphitic structures with an average diameter in a range from about 10 nm to about 200 nm, more preferably about 20 nm to about 100 nm. Spectral data shows that prior to being dispersed, the carbon nanospheres are agglomerated into clusters that range in size from 500 nm to 5 microns. The clusters of nanospheres are reduced in size by dispersing the carbon nanospheres in an organic solvent containing at least one heteroatom (e.g., NMP) using ultrasonication. The combination of organic solvent and ultrasonication breaks up and disperses agglomerates of carbon nanospheres.
US07960439B1	Environmentally sensitive foldable oligomers The invention relates to oligomers of cholic acid, cholate derivatives and amino acids called “foldamers” that undergo conformational changes in response to changes in temperature, solvent polarity, small molecules, metal ions, and pH. The foldamers can be used in self-assembling monolayers, or as environmental probes to detect changes in the environment, or as protective agents useful for protecting labile materials from the environment, or as a controlled delivery system for delivering drugs and other useful agents to specific in vivo or in vitro sites.
US07960430B2	Flavonoid complexes with cyclodextrins The invention relates to complexes of certain flavonoid derivatives, of the formula I compositions which comprise such derivatives, corresponding processes for the preparation of the flavonoid derivatives or of compositions comprising same, and the use thereof, in particular for the care, preservation or improvement of the general state of the skin or hair. Formula (1), in which Z1 to Z4 and Z6 to Z10 each, independently of one another, denote H, OH, CH3COO, alkoxy, hydroxyalkoxy, mono- or oligoglycoside radicals and where the alkoxy and hydroxyalkoxy groups may be branched and unbranched and can have 1 to 18 C atoms. Formula (II) denotes, Z5 is a mono- or the oligoglycoside radical, where bonded to this glycoside radical, in each case via an —O— group, is at least one radical selected from certain benzo molecule.
US07960417B2	Benzazole potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors The present invention is directed to benzazole compounds which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
US07960408B2	Quinolinyl and benzothiazolyl modulators Compounds, compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment or prevention of a condition or disorder mediated by PPARγ. In particular, the compounds of the invention modulate the function of PPARγ. The subject methods are particularly useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis.
US07960405B2	Compounds and methods for treatment and prevention of diseases A prodrug compound of a rapamycin analog and methods for inhibiting, treating, and preventing mammalian diseases.
US07960401B2	Spiropiperidine derivatives for controlling pests The use of a compound of formula I Y is a single bond, C═O, C═S or S(O)m m where m is 0, 1 or 2; the ring represented by T is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic and R1, R2, R3, R8 and Ra are specified organic groups and p is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; q is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; p+q is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs; novel compounds are also provided.
US07960400B2	Tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and/or cytotoxic activity and methods of use thereof The present invention provides tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and cytotoxic activity in a single molecule having receptor tyrosine kinase(s), dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase and/or dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitory activity, which are useful as anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor agents. Also provided are methods of utilizing these inhibitors to treat tumor cells and other proliferative diseases and disorders.
US07960397B2	6,9-disubstituted purine derivatives and their use as cosmetics and cosmetic compositions Certain 6,9-disubstituted purine derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the following general formula are provided wherein R6 and R9 are as defined in the specification. These 6,9-disubstituted purine derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in compositions for application to mammalian cells, and especially human skin cells, in order to improve the cosmetic appearance of the mammalian cells, especially human skin.
US07960396B2	Inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US07960380B2	Non-anilinic derivatives of isothiazol-3(2H)-one 1,1-dioxides as liver X receptor modulators The present invention relates to certain novel compounds of the formula (I) to processes for preparing such compounds, to their the utility in modulation of nuclear hormone receptors Liver X Receptor (LXR) α (NR1H3) and/or β (NR1H2) and in treating and/or preventing clinical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis; inflammatory diseases, Alzheimer's disease, lipid disorders (dyslipidemias) whether or not associated with insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and other manifestations of the metabolic syndrome, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US07960375B2	8-chloro-2,3-benzodiazepine derivatives The invention relates to new 8-chloro-2,3-benzodiazepine derivatives of the general formula (I), wherein R stands for a lower alkyl group or a group of the general formula —NH—R′, wherein R′ stands for a lower alkyl or a lower cycloalkyl group), and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The invention also encompasses a process for the preparation of said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and new intermediates useful for the preparation of the new 8-chloro-2,3-benzodiazepine derivatives. The compounds according to the invention possess AMPA/kainate receptor inhibiting activity.
US07960369B2	Receptor function regulator The GPR40 receptor function regulator of the present invention, which comprises a compound having an aromatic ring and a group capable of releasing cation is useful as an insulin secretagogue or an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and the like.
US07960359B2	Methods and compositions involving miRNA and miRNA inhibitor molecules The present invention concerns methods and compositions for introducing miRNA activity or function into cells using synthetic nucleic acid molecules. Moreover, the present invention concerns methods and compositions for identifying miRNAs with specific cellular functions that are relevant to therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic applications wherein synthetic miRNAs and/or miRNA inhibitors are used in library screening assays.
US07960358B2	Antisense modulation of stearoyl-CoA desaturase expression Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of stearoyl-CoA desaturase expression and for treatment of diseases associated with expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase are provided.
US07960345B2	Angiogenesis inhibitor comprising meteorin as an active ingredient The present invention relates to an angiogenesis inhibitor comprising meteorin as an active ingredient that is highly expressed in astrocytes of the brain and retina in the late embryonic stage and after the birth of a mouse. It is in particular highly detected in astrocyte endfeet surrounding blood vessels and promotes the expression of thrombospondin-1/-2 (TSP-1/-2) via autocrine pathway and thus inhibits angiogenesis. The meteorin of the present invention can be effectively used for pharmaceutical compositions and health foods that prevent vascular diseases by inhibiting angiogenesis.
US07960340B2	Cystine knot molecules The present invention relates generally to a molecular framework having a cyclic structure. More particularly, the present invention provides cyclic proteins and derivatives thereof in which particular turns and other elements of the molecular structure are held in defined orientations with respect to each other. The cyclic proteins of the present invention provide a molecular framework for the introduction of particular amino acids or heterologous amino acid sequences to facilitate the presentation of biological activities associated with these heterologous amino acid sequences. The molecular framework of the present invention may be naturally cyclic or may be a cyclized derivative of a linear molecular or may be a linear derivative of a cyclized molecule. The present invention contemplates the use of the molecular framework with or without particular amino acids inserted or substituted thereon for the treatment of or prophylaxis of disease conditions in animals, mammals (including humans) and plants.
US07960334B2	Use of ADNF III polypeptides for treating mental diseases and disorders, including schizophrenia This invention relates to the use of ADNF III polypeptides in the treatment of mental diseases or disorders, including schizophrenia. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for treating mental disorders, including schizophrenia, in a subject by administering a NAP, an 8-amino-acid peptide derived from Activity Dependent Neurotrophic Factor (ADNF III), in an amount sufficient to reduce or eliminate symptoms. The ADNF III polypeptides include polypeptides, analogs, subsequences, and D-amino acid versions (either wholly D-amino acid peptides or mixed D- and L-amino acid peptides), and combinations thereof which contain the active core sites and provide neuroprotective and anti-schizophrenic functions.
US07960324B2	Additive composition having low temperature viscosity corrosion and detergent properties An additive composition providing improved low temperature viscosity, corrosion and detergent properties when used in lubricating oils for internal combustion engines is presented. The additive composition comprises an unsulfurized carboxylate detergent-dispersant additive having been modified by incorporation of from about 3.2 wt % to 7.5 wt %, based on the total additive composition, of an alkaline earth metal salt of a linear, saturated carboxylic acid having from about 16 to about 20 carbon atoms and wherein the additive composition has a superalkalinization ratio of less than about 1.4:1, a TBN of less than about 200 and a sediment value of less than about 0.2% by volume.
US07960321B2	Oil-soluble molybdenum derivatives derived from hydroxyethyl-substituted Mannich bases The present disclosure relates to organic molybdenum complexes prepared by reacting a Mannich base with a source of molybdenum. The complexes may be useful in lubricating oil compositions as at least one of an antioxidant, a deposit control additive, and a friction modifier. The organic molybdenum complexes may show a reduced tendency to color finished oils.
US07960311B2	Methods employing combinatorial artificial receptors The present invention relates to methods employing artificial receptors, such as combinatorial artificial receptor arrays. The present receptors include heterogeneous and immobilized combinations of building block molecules. In certain embodiments, combinations of 2, 3, 4, or 5 distinct building block molecules immobilized near one another on a support provide molecular structures that can be employed in the present methods. The present methods can develop artificial receptors that can then be employed to detect the receptor's ligand. The present methods can find compounds that disrupt one or more binding interactions.
US07960309B2	Heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet and method of forming image A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer which has a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or less, a latex polymer which has a glass transition temperature more than 50° C., and a wax dispersion, wherein at least one of the latex polymers is present in a particulate state without forming film; and a method of forming an image using the same.
US07960298B2	Method for weaving closed structures with intersecting walls The present invention generally relates to a woven preform for reinforced composite materials and a method of making thereof. Specifically, the present invention is a method of machine weaving fiber preforms for polymer matrix composites that consist of closed perimeters with multiple intersecting members in their interiors. More specifically, the invention is a woven preform and a method of forming thereof with closed cells at the outer edges with continuous hoop reinforcement in each cell of the preform. The woven preform is woven flat in both the warp and weft directions, and then unfolded to achieve the final shape of the structure, and can be processed into composite structural components using known methods such as resin transfer molding or chemical vapor infiltration. Thus, complicated shapes of all sizes can be woven on a conventional loom using the instant method.
US07960293B2	Method for forming insulating film and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for forming an insulating film includes forming a silicon nitride film on a silicon surface by subjecting a target substrate wherein silicon is exposed in the surface to a treatment for nitriding the silicon, forming a silicon oxynitride film by heating the target substrate provided with the silicon nitride film in an N2O atmosphere, and nitriding the silicon oxynitride film.
US07960277B2	Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same An electronic device includes a conductive pattern formed on a first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the conductive pattern and the first insulating film, a hole formed in the second insulating film on the conductive pattern, carbon nanotubes formed in the hole to extend from a surface of the conductive pattern, and a buried film buried in clearances among the carbon nanotubes in the hole.
US07960272B2	Method for fabricating thermal compliant semiconductor chip wiring structure for chip scale packaging A new method to form an integrated circuit device is achieved. The method comprises providing a substrate. A sacrificial layer is formed overlying the substrate. The sacrificial layer is patterned to form temporary vertical spacers where conductive bonding locations are planned. A conductive layer is deposited overlying the temporary vertical spacers and the substrate. The conductive layer is patterned to form conductive bonding locations overlying the temporary vertical spacers. The temporary vertical spacers are etched away to create voids underlying the conductive bonding locations.
US07960265B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an etch target layer over a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region, forming a first mask pattern having a first portion and a second portion over the etch target layer in the cell region and forming a second mask pattern having a first portion and a second portion over the etch target layer in the peripheral region, forming a photoresist pattern over the cell region, trimming the first portion of the second mask pattern, removing the photoresist pattern and the second portion of the first mask pattern and the second portion of the second mask pattern, and etching the etch target layer to form a pattern in the cell region and a pattern in the peripheral region.
US07960252B2	Method for forming a semiconductor film including a film forming gas and decomposing gas while emitting a laser sheet An apparatus for high-rate chemical vapor (CVD) deposition of semiconductor films comprises a reaction chamber for receiving therein a substrate and a film forming gas, a gas inlet for introducing the film forming gas into the reaction chamber, an incidence window in the reaction chamber for transmission of a laser sheet into the reaction chamber, a laser disposed outside the reaction chamber for generating the laser sheet and an antenna disposed outside the reaction chamber for generating a plasma therein. The film forming gas in the chamber is excited and decomposed by the laser sheet, which passes in parallel with the substrate along a plane spaced apart therefrom, and concurrent ionization effected by the antenna, thereby forming a dense semiconductor film on the substrate at high rate.
US07960233B2	MOSFET with a second poly and an inter-poly dielectric layer over gate for synchronous rectification This invention discloses a new trenched vertical semiconductor power device that includes a capacitor formed between a conductive layer covering over an inter-dielectric layer disposed on top of a trenched gate. In a specific embodiment, the trenched vertical semiconductor power device may be a trenched metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) power device. The trenched gate is a trenched polysilicon gate and the conductive layer is a second polysilicon layer covering an inter-poly dielectric layer disposed on top of the trenched polysilicon gate. The conductive layer is further connected to a source of the vertical power device.
US07960230B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a semiconductor device including a plurality of memory cells, comprising a plurality of floating gate electrodes which are formed on a tunnel insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate and have an upper portion which is narrower in a channel width direction than a lower portion, an interelectrode insulating film formed on the floating gate electrodes, and a control gate electrode which is formed on the interelectrode insulating film formed on the floating gate electrodes and partially buried between the floating gate electrodes opposing each other.
US07960201B2	String interconnection and fabrication of inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells A method of manufacturing a solar cell by providing a first substrate; depositing on a first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell including at least a top subcell and a bottom subcell; mounting a surrogate substrate on top of the sequence of layers adjacent to the bottom subcell; removing the first substrate to expose the surface of the top subcell; removing the surrogate substrate; and holding the solar cell on a vacuum chuck to support it for subsequent fabrication operations, such as attaching interconnects to the solar cells to form an interconnected array.
US07960197B2	Method of making a solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device includes the following elements. A photoelectric conversion section is arranged in a semiconductor layer having a first surface through which light enters the photoelectric conversion section. A signal circuit section is arranged in a second surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the first surface. The signal circuit section processes signal charge obtained by photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion section. A reflective layer is arranged on the second surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the first surface. The reflective layer reflects light transmitted through the photoelectric conversion section back thereto. The reflective layer is composed of a single tungsten layer or a laminate containing a tungsten layer.
US07960186B2	Method of forming ferromagnetic material, transistor and method of manufacturing the same The disclosure provides a method of forming a ferromagnetic material, including: forming a magnetic element layer on a semiconductor layer formed on an inhibition layer; and forming a ferromagnetic layer of a Heusler alloy layer on the inhibition layer by heat treatment to induce the semiconductor layer and the magnetic element layer to react with each other, and a transistor, and a method of manufacturing the same. The inhibition layer for inhibiting a reaction of the semiconductor layer and the magnetic element layer restricts a semiconductor to be supplied for a reaction of the semiconductor and the magnetic element. Therefore, it is possible to form a ferromagnetic material having a high composition ratio of a magnetic element.
US07960185B2	Protein-immobilized carrier The present invention provides a protein-immobilized carrier which can realize highly efficient use of an immobilized antibody and prevent non-specific binding. A protein-immobilized carrier including a porous body having mesopores characterized in that the carrier has mesopores having an organic substance adsorbed therein other than an antibody, an antigen or a fragment thereof having a particle size smaller than the pore size of the mesopores and having an antibody, an antigen or a fragment thereof physically adsorbed and immobilized from the pore entrance to a depth of not more than the pore size in the depth direction of the mesopores.
US07960182B2	Affinity adsorbents for Factor VIII and von Willebrand's Factor For the separation, removal, isolation, purification, characterization, identification or quantification of Factor VIII, von Willebrand's Factor or a protein that is a analogue of either, an affinity adsorbent is used that is a compound of formula (II) wherein one X is N and the other is N, C—Cl or C—CN; A is a support matrix, optionally linked to the triazine ring by a spacer; Y is O, S or NR2; Z is O, S or N—R3; R2 and R3 are each H, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 hydroxyalkyl, benzyl or &bgr;-phenylethyl; B and W are each an optionally substituted hydrocarbon linkage containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; D is H, OH or a primary amino, secondary amino, tertiary amino, quaternary ammonium, imidazole, guanidino or amidino group; or B-D is —CHCOOH—(CH2)3-4—NH2; and R7 is a group bearing a positive charge at neutral pH.
US07960177B2	Set of calibration standards A standard calibration set having at least three calibration standards. Each standard is a molded article made of a thermoplastic polymer which contains the elements Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg and Br, with the Cr:Pb:Hg:Br:Cd ratio being different in each of the three calibration standards. Further disclosed is a method for manufacturing the calibration standards and their use in X-ray fluorescence analysis.
US07960168B2	Biologically active substance transfer sheet, cell culture kit constituted of cell culture plate and biologically active substance transfer sheet, producing method thereof and method for screening cell culture conditions utilizing the same The invention provides a biologically active substance transfer sheet which can be formed with simple steps, a cell culture kit which comprises a cell culture plate and a biologically active substance transfer sheet, a producing method therefor, and a method for screening cell culture conditions with cells. The transfer sheet is prepared by providing biologically active substances having biological activity in plural areas on a sheet base, and biologically active substances are supplied from the sheet to culture regions provided on the plate.
US07960166B2	Microfabricated compositions and processes for engineering tissues containing multiple cell types The present invention relates to a three-dimensional system, and compositions obtained therefrom, wherein individual layers of the system comprise channels divided longitudinally into two compartments by a centrally positioned membrane, and wherein each compartment can comprise a different cell type.
US07960159B2	Detection of nucleic acid differences using combined endonuclease cleavage and ligation reactions The present invention is a method for detecting DNA sequence differences including single nucleotide mutations or polymorphisms, one or more nucleotide insertions, and one or more nucleotide deletions. Labeled heteroduplex PCR fragments containing base mismatches are prepared. Endonuclease cleaves the heteroduplex PCR fragments both at the position containing the variation (one or more mismatched bases) and to a lesser extent, at non-variant (perfectly matched) positions. Ligation of the cleavage products with a DNA ligase corrects non-variant cleavages and thus substantially reduces background. This is then followed by a detection step in which the reaction products are detected, and the position of the sequence variations are determined.
US07960155B1	Cytochrome p450 monooxygenases and their use for oxidizing organic compounds The invention relates to novel cytochrome P450 monooxygenases comprising a modified substrate specificity, to nucleotide sequences which code therefor, to expression constructs and vectors containing these sequences, and to microorganisms transformed therewith. The invention also relates to methods for microbiologically oxidizing different organic substrates, such as methods for producing indigo and indirubin.
US07960152B2	Methods for production of xylitol in microorganisms The invention provides biosynthetic routes to xylitol production that do not require pure D-xylose for synthesis and that can utilize inexpensive substrates such as hemicellulose hydrolysates.
US07960151B1	Perhydrolase providing improved peracid stability An acetyl xylan esterase variant having perhydrolytic activity is provided for producing peroxycarboxylic acids from carboxylic acid esters and a source of peroxygen. More specifically, a Thermotoga maritima acetyl xylan esterase gene was modified using error-prone PCR and site-directed mutagenesis to create an enzyme catalyst characterized by an increase in the ratio of peracetic acid formation to peracetic acid hydrolysis specific activities (PAAF/PAAH ratio). The variant acetyl xylan esterase may be used to produce peroxycarboxylic acids suitable for use in a variety of applications such as cleaning, disinfecting, sanitizing, bleaching, wood pulp processing, and paper pulp processing applications.
US07960144B2	Circular permutant GFP insertion folding reporters Provided are methods of assaying and improving protein folding using circular permutants of fluorescent proteins, including circular permutants of GFP variants and combinations thereof. The invention further provides various nucleic acid molecules and vectors incorporating such nucleic acid molecules, comprising polynucleotides encoding fluorescent protein circular permutants derived from superfolder GFP, which polynucleotides include an internal cloning site into which a heterologous polynucleotide may be inserted in-frame with the circular permutant coding sequence, and which when expressed are capable of reporting on the degree to which a polypeptide encoded by such an inserted heterologous polynucleotide is correctly folded by correlation with the degree of fluorescence exhibited.
US07960143B2	Method for simultaneous production of multiple proteins; vectors and cells for use therein Described is the production of proteins in a host cell. Even more specifically, described are methods for improving expression of two or more proteins in a cells or host cell. The methods are suited for production of, for example, recombinant antibodies that can be used in pharmaceutical preparations or as diagnostic tools. In certain embodiments, provided are methods for obtaining a cell that expresses two or more proteins comprising providing the cell with two or more protein expression units encoding two or more proteins, characterized in that at least two of the protein expression units comprise at least one STAR sequence.
US07960142B2	Stabilized polypeptide compositions The invention is based, at least in part, on the development of stabilized binding molecules that consist of or comprise a stabilized scFv and methods for making such stabilized molecules.
US07960137B2	Selection and use of lactic acid bacteria for reducing inflammation caused by Helicobacter Strains of Lactobacillus which have been selected for their capability of reducing gastrointestinal inflammation, such as that due to Helicobacter pylori, and products derived from these strains, including agents for treatment or prophylaxis of inflammation associated with Helicobacter pylori for administration to humans and include conditioned media in which the selected strains have grown and protein-containing extracts of the conditioned media.
US07960131B2	Functional genomic pore assay for mixed cell populations A method of assaying nucleotide receptor P2X7 pore activity in white blood cells contained within a mixed cell sample is provided comprising labeling white blood cells with a white blood cell-specific label; depolarizing the labeled white blood cells with an isotonic depolarizing solution; contacting the labeled white blood cells with dye and a P2X7 agonist in an amount sufficient to activate P2X7 pore activity; contacting the labeled white blood cells with a divalent cation in an amount sufficient to deactivate P2X7 pore activity; and analyzing dye uptake whereby P2X7 pore activity is quantified by the amount of dye taken up in labeled white blood cells treated with the P2X7 agonist relative to labeled white blood cells in the absence of said P2X7 agonist, said P2X7 pore activity being corrected for sample age and by subtraction of P2X7 pore activity contributed by nonviable white blood cells.
US07960130B2	Method for activation of transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily A, member 1 using acetaldehyde The present invention relates to a method for activation of TRPA1 (transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily A, member 1) using acetaldehyde, more precisely a method for selecting a candidate for TRPA1 activation blocker from neurons activated by acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde of the present invention works on TRPA1 specifically so that it facilitates the isolation of sensory neurons expressing TRPA1. Therefore, acetaldehyde of the invention can be effectively used for the studies on TRPA1 mechanisms and the development of a TRPA1 based anodyne.
US07960126B2	Immunoregulation in cancer, chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases The present invention primarily relates to a method for analyzing the amount of immunoregulatory integrin binding factors and/or patient endogenous antibodies which are directed against such factors, the factors having the capacity to modulate the immune functions in a subject suffering from cancer or inflammatory or autoimmune diseases, by utilizing binding reagents to determine these factors and/or the patient endogenous antibodies which are directed against such factors, whereby the prognosis and/or the therapeutic efficacy of any treatment of a subject suffering from cancer or inflammatory or autoimmune diseases can be determined and/or monitored. The invention further relates to the use of therapeutically active compounds for eliminating, inhibiting or enhancing such binding factors for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals to be used in the treatment of cancer, inflammatory conditions or autoimmune diseases.
US07960123B2	Multimarker panel based on PIGF for diabetes types 1 and 2 The present invention relates to a method and means for diagnosing or risk stratification of co-morbidities, particularly cardiovascular complications in diabetes patients. The invention particularly relates to a method for diagnosing whether a diabetes patient is suffering from a cardiovascular complication or is at risk of suffering from a cardiovascular complication, said method comprising the steps of (a) measuring, preferably in vitro, the level(s) of at least one cardiac hormone or a variant thereof in a sample from the patient, and (b) diagnosing the cardiovascular complication or the risk of suffering from cardiovascular complication by comparing the measured level(s) to known level(s) associated with the cardiovascular complication or risk. The present invention also relates to combining the measurement of markers comprising cardiac hormones, natriuretic peptides, inflammation-associated markers, angiogenesis-markers, and markers for platelet activation. Preferred markers are brain natriuretic peptides (particularly NT-proBNP), PlGF, and sCD40L.
US07960120B2	Method for pair-wise sequencing a plurality of double stranded target polynucleotides The invention relates to methods for pairwise sequencing of a double-stranded polynucleotide template, which methods result in the sequential determination of nucleotide sequences in two distinct and separate regions of the polynucleotide template. Using the methods of the invention it is possible to obtain two linked or paired reads of sequence information from each double-stranded template on a clustered array, rather than just a single sequencing read from one strand of the template.
US07960112B2	Gene methylation in cancer diagnosis The present invention provides DNA biomarker sequences that are differentially methylated in samples from normal individuals and individuals with cancer. The invention further provides methods of identifying differentially methylated DNA biomarker sequences and their use the detection and diagnosis of cancer.
US07960102B2	Regulated aptamer therapeutics Materials and methods of use thereof are presented for the treatment of diabetes and other diseases. Therapeutic compositions including regulated aptamer therapeutic compositions with specificity to components of diabetes disease are presented with methods of administering these therapeutic compositions.
US07960094B2	Laser induced thermal imaging apparatus and laser induced thermal imaging method A laser induced thermal imaging apparatus for imaging an imaging layer of a donor film on an acceptor substrate. The laser induced thermal imaging apparatus includes: a substrate stage having an electromagnet, and adapted to receive an acceptor substrate having a pixel area of the organic light emitting device and a donor film including the organic light emitting layer to be imaged on the pixel area; a laser oscillator for irradiating a laser on the donor film; a contact frame adapted to be located between the substrate stage and the laser oscillator and including an opening portion of a pattern corresponding to a part to be imaged of the donor film and a permanent magnet for forming a magnetic force with the substrate stage; and a contact frame moving mechanism for moving the contact frame toward the substrate stage.
US07960091B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition comprising a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid, an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, and a nitrogen-containing organic compound (D), the nitrogen-containing organic compound (D) including a nitrogen-containing polymeric compound (D1) having a structural unit (d0) containing a nitrogen atom in the side chain thereof.
US07960088B2	Photosensitive resin for flexographic printing plate Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for flexographic printing plates containing a thermoplastic elastomer (A), a polymer (B) mainly composed of butadiene, a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D) (which composition substantially contains no hydrophilic polymers). In this photosensitive resin composition for flexographic printing plates, the number average molecular weight of the polymer (B) is not less than 10,000 and not more than 60,000, and the 1, 2 vinyl content in the total double bonds of the polymer (B) is not more than 25%.
US07960086B2	Developing agent and method for manufacturing the same A coarse particle containing a polyester based resin and a coloring agent is added in an aqueous medium containing a surfactant, a basic substance and an inorganic water-soluble electrolyte, and dispersion and coagulation are carried out to form a toner particle.
US07960085B2	Method for producing positively chargeable toner A method for producing a positively chargeable toner is described. The method for producing a positively chargeable toner may include the steps of: mixing and emulsifying a charge-controlling resin having a positive polar group, an organic solvent and an aqueous medium to form an emulsion, and then removing the organic solvent from the emulsion, to thereby form a suspension of the charge-controlling resin having a positive polar group in the range of 5.0×10−5 to 6.0×10−4 mol/g; mixing the suspension of the charge-controlling agent with a suspension of toner base particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, to thereby form a mixture; and heating the mixture containing the suspension of the toner base particles and the suspension of the charge-controlling resin, to thereby fix the charge-controlling resin on the surfaces of the toner base particles.
US07960081B2	Electrophotographic photoreceptor having N-alkoxymethylated nylon intermediate layer, and image forming apparatus having the electrophotographic photoreceptor An electrophotographic photoreceptor, including an electroconductive substrate; an intermediate layer, located overlying the electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer, located overlying the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer includes a N-alkoxymethylated nylon including a component having a molecular weight not greater than 5,000 in an amount of from 3 to 10% by weight.
US07960080B2	Oxadiazole containing photoconductors A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein at least one of the charge transport layer and the photogenerating layer contains an oxadiazole.
US07960078B2	Exposure condition setting method, substrate processing device, and computer program A method includes forming a resist film on an etching target layer disposed on a test substrate, and performing sequential light exposure with a predetermined test pattern on the resist film sequentially at a plurality of areas, while respectively using different combinations of a light exposure amount and a focus value, along with subsequent development, thereby forming resist patterns at the plurality of areas; then etching the etching target layer, removing the resist patterns, and measuring shapes of etched patterns at the plurality of areas by means of a scatterometory technique; and determining a management span of combinations of a light exposure amount and a focus value admissible to obtain an etched pattern with a predetermined shape, with reference to the light exposure amounts and focus values used in the sequential light exposure, the line widths of the resist patterns, and the line widths of the etched patterns.
US07960076B2	Reflective-type mask A reflective-type mask having a main surface including a pattern region in the main surface, the pattern region including a multilayer reflective film which reflects the exposure light and a first absorber pattern on the multilayer reflective film, the first absorber pattern including a pattern which absorbs the exposure light and corresponds to a pattern to be formed on a wafer, a light shielding region in the main surface for preventing a region on the wafer excluding a predetermined region from being irradiated with the exposure light when the main surface is irradiated with the exposure light for transferring the first absorber pattern to the predetermined region, the light shielding region including a second absorber pattern having a lower reflectivity to the exposure light than the first absorber pattern and being provided in a position differing from a position in which the first absorber pattern is provided.
US07960075B2	Photomask unit, exposing method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A photomask unit includes a mask substrate having patterns arranged at a pitch P; and a pellicle which protects the mask substrate, wherein the pellicle is configured so that transmittance of incident light of an incident angle θ (0°<θ<90°) is higher than transmittance of incident light of an incident angle 0°.
US07960067B2	Direct oxidation fuel cell systems with regulated fuel concentration and oxidant flow A direct oxidation fuel cell (DOFC) system, comprises at least one fuel cell assembly including a cathode and an anode with an electrolyte positioned therebetween; a source of liquid fuel in fluid communication with an inlet of the anode; an oxidant supply in fluid communication with an inlet of the cathode; a liquid/gas (L/G) separator in fluid communication with outlets of the anode and cathode for: (1) receiving unreacted fuel and liquid and gaseous products, and (2) supplying a solution of fuel and liquid product to the anode inlet; and a control system for measuring the amount of liquid product and controlling oxidant stoichiometry of the system operation in response to the measured amount of liquid product. Alternatively, the control system controls the concentration of the liquid fuel in the solution supplied to the anode inlet, based upon the system operating temperature or output power.
US07960066B2	Fuel cell system There is provided a fuel cell system including a supply port, a supply-side main flow path, a discharge-side main flow path, a plurality of branch flow paths, and a discharge port, wherein with respect to each of the branch flow paths, the magnitudes of flow path resistances of predetermined portions of the flow paths satisfy specified mutual relationships. Thereby, a fuel cell system is provided that can effectively expel impurity gas that resides/accumulates in a power generation cell, even at a small flow rate of low-pressure hydrogen gas.
US07960065B2	Separator for fuel cell, method for producing the same, and fuel cell The present invention provides a separator for a fuel cell comprising a resin and a conductive material as constituting components, and sulfonic acid groups imparted to at least one portion at the surface of gas channels by a treatment using a sulfuric acid-containing gas, wherein the resin and the sulfonic acid groups, which are on the surface of the gas channels, are bonded, and a ratio of sulfur atoms in the sulfonic acid groups at the surface of the gas channels as determined by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy is in a range from 0.1 to 4.0 at %, and a method for producing the separator. The separator for a fuel cell of the present invention is excellent in the wettability to water, since sulfonic acid groups are imparted to the resin at the surface of gas channels in the sulfuric acid-containing gas.
US07960063B2	Hydrogen production by a thermochemical water splitting cycle A novel thermochemical cycle for the decomposition of water is presented. Along with water, hydrogen, and oxygen, the cycle involves an alkali or alkali earth metal based process intermediate and a variety of reaction intermediates. The cycle is driven by renewable energy sources, and can have a maximum operating temperature below 1173 K (900° C.). The kinetics of the cycle are based on the reactant behavior as well as the separability characteristics of the chemicals involved.
US07960059B2	Product and method for the processing of precursors for lithium phosphate active materials Methods for producing an electrode active material precursor, comprising; a) producing a mixture comprising particles of lithium hydrogen phosphate, having a first average particle size, and a metal hydroxide, having a second average particle size; and b) grinding said mixture in a jet mill for a period of time suitable to produce a generally homogeneous mixture of particles having a third average size smaller than said first average size. The precursor may be used as a starting material for making electrode active materials for use in a battery, comprising lithium, a transition metal, and phosphate or a similar anion.
US07960055B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery including an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and a can housing the electrode assembly, the can having an opening on one end. The secondary battery further includes a cap assembly having a cap plate having a terminal hole, the cap plate coupled to the opening of the can, an electrode terminal inserted through the terminal hole, and a terminal plate coupled with an interior end of the electrode terminal. The terminal plate has a placement recess located on an interior-facing surface, the placement recess preventing the interior end of the electrode terminal from protruding past the interior-facing surface of the terminal plate.
US07960050B2	Secondary cell and its manufacturing method A secondary battery includes an electrode group 5 formed by winding a positive electrode plate 1 and a negative electrode plate 2 with a separator 3 interposed therebetween. Each of the positive and negative electrode plates 1 and 2 includes a current collector 1 and mixture layers 8 and 9 each containing an active material and formed on the surface of the current collector 1. A plurality of trenches 30 are formed in the surfaces of the mixture layers 8 and 9 of at least one of the positive electrode plate 1 and the negative electrode plate 2. The trenches 30 have curvature portions at side edges 30b and bottom centers 30a thereof.
US07960044B2	Patterned-media perpendicular magnetic recording disk with servo regions having magnetized servo pillars and oppositely-magnetized servo trenches A patterned perpendicular magnetic recording disk has a pre-patterned disk substrate with pillars and trenches arranged in data regions and servo regions. In the data regions, the height of the data pillars is equal to or greater than the spacing between the data pillars, while in the servo regions the height of the servo pillars is less than the spacing between the servo pillars. A magnetic recording material with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is deposited over the entire disk substrate, which results in magnetic material on the tops of the data pillars and servo pillars and in the servo trenches. The material in the data trenches is either nonmagnetic or discontinuous. After the application of a high DC magnetic field in one perpendicular direction and a low DC magnetic field in the opposite direction, the resulting disk has patterned servo sectors with servo pillars all magnetized in the same perpendicular direction and servo trenches magnetized in the opposite perpendicular direction.
US07960040B2	Organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device comprising at least an organic layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the organic electroluminescence device further includes at least an interlocked compound. An organic electroluminescence device exhibiting a high light emission efficiency and excellent driving durability is provided.
US07960037B2	Carbon nanotube polymer composition and devices A thin film device and compound having an anode, a cathode, and at least one light emitting layer between the anode and cathode, the at least one light emitting layer having at least one carbon nanotube and a conductive polymer.
US07960036B2	Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing same A semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure, and more particularly to a semiconductor structure having reduced metal line resistance and a method of manufacturing the same in back end of line (BEOL) processes. The method includes forming a first trench extending to a lower metal layer Mx+1 and forming a second trench remote from the first trench. The method further includes filling the first trench and the second trench with conductive material. The conductive material in the second trench forms a vertical wiring line extending orthogonally and in electrical contact with an upper wiring layer and electrically isolated from lower metal layers including the lower metal layer Mx+1. The vertical wiring line decreases a resistance of a structure.
US07960032B2	High thermal conductivity, high yield strength, metal composite and method An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes a composite structure of materials that are formed together in a way which gives the composite structure improved yield strength and thermal conduction capabilities.
US07960016B2	Wear resistant hard coating for a workpiece and method for producing the same The present invention provides an optimized hard coating and a workpiece, especially a cutting tool coated with a hard coating to increase tooling performance with difficult to machine materials such as high speed steels, titanium alloys, nickel alloys, austenitic steels and especially hard materials like hardened tool steel having a hardness of higher 50, preferably of higher 55 HRC. This is achieved by a workpiece coated with a wear resistant multilayered comprising at least a first supporting layer and a second nanocrystalline layer, whereas the first layer comprises a coating material of the following composition (TiaAl1-a)N1-x-yCxOy with 0.4
US07960010B2	Antimicrobially modified, biaxially oriented polyester film The invention relates to a multilayer, antimicrobially modified, biaxially oriented polyester film that includes at least one base layer (B) and an outer layer (A) that has been applied to the base layer and that has also been antimicrobially modified, wherein the antimicrobially modified outer layer (A) comprises a silver-loaded zeolite, has a layer thickness <8 μm, and the layer thickness is not greater than 1.3 times the median particle size of the zeolite. The invention further relates to a process for the production of the film, and to the use of the film.
US07960006B2	Optical recording medium and recording film material A next-generation optical recording medium has two or more information layers which include a translucent information layer. The translucent information layer has a recording film and an interface layer, provided adjacent to the recording film on the side of the light incident surface. The recording film is made of a phase change material having SbxTeyGez elements and elemental ratios. Y satisfies 5≦y≦15 and z satisfies 5≦z≦15. When In having an elemental ratio of a is further added and x+y+z+a=100 holds, a satisfies 4≦a≦15. The interface layer comprises of ZrO2—Cr2O3 film thickness of which is in a range of from 2 nm to 10 nm. When ZrO2:Cr2O3═C:D (mol %), the compositional ratios ZrO2 and Cr2O3 in the ZrO2—Cr2O3 film, holds, the C satisfies 20≦C≦90, and the D satisfies 10≦D≦80, and the C and the D satisfy C+D=100. The ZrO2 is stabilized ZrO2 which contains Y2O3, when ZrO2:Y2O3=(100−X):X (mol %), the compositional ratios ZrO2 and Y2O3 in the stabilized ZrO2, holds, the X satisfies 2≦X≦10.
US07959998B2	Transparent, oxygen-scavenging compositions containing polyesters comprising a cyclobutanediol and articles prepared therefrom Disclosed are oxygen-scavenging polymer compositions having high transparency and low haze comprising immiscible blends of at least one polyester comprising 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, a copolyamide or a transamidized, homogeneous blend of a least two polyamides, and a metal catalyst. The components of the immiscible blend which have refractive indices which differ by about 0.006 to about −0.0006. The small difference in the refractive indices enable the incorporation of regrind into the polymer composition to produce transparent shaped articles. The blends of the present invention are useful in producing shaped articles such as, for example, sheeting, films, tubes, bottles, preforms and profiles. These articles may have one or more layers and can exhibit improved excellent barrier properties and good melt processability while retaining excellent mechanical properties.
US07959997B2	Polyester resin and heat and pressure resistant plastic bottle This invention is intended to improve the heat resistance of PET bottles from a material aspect. A technical problem of this invention is to find a polyester resin which is suitable for heat and pressure resistant plastic bottles and which does not eat into productivity and is available at a low cost. The object of this invention is to provide a heat and pressure resistant plastic bottle that can be manufactured at a low cost and has pressure resistance at a high temperature and high impact strength. The means of fulfilling this object is a polyester resin comprising a major part of ethylene terephthalate units and containing at least one of minor copolymerizable components selected from a group consisting of isophthalic acid, cyclohexane dimethanol, and diethylene glycol, wherein three minor copolymerizable components have total content less than 3 mol. %.
US07959996B2	Multilayer dose A multilayer dose having an axis of symmetry for the realization of multilayer objects by compression molding, including a first synthetic resin and a fine functional layer imprisoned in the first resin, the fine functional layer representing less than 20% of the volume of the dose, and wherein the fine functional layer forms the shell of a body of revolution about the axis of symmetry and the distance from the layer to the axis of symmetry is variable.
US07959994B2	Diptube apparatus and delivery method This invention relates to a vapor or liquid phase reagent dispensing apparatus having a diptube and also a metal seal aligned and in contact with hardened opposing flat surfaces of a top wall member and a protuberance on a side wall member, wherein the hardened opposing flat surfaces of the top wall member and the protuberance have a hardness greater than the hardness of the metal seal. The dispensing apparatus may be used for dispensing of reagents such as precursors for deposition of materials in the manufacture of semiconductor materials and devices.
US07959992B2	Porous inkjet recording material comprising a silane coupling agent An ink receiving substrate includes a substrate layer and organic modified silica dispensed on at least one surface of the support layer, wherein the organic modified silica includes inorganic particulates and silane coupling agents having guanidine or biguanidine functional groups.
US07959991B1	Method of manufacturing an artificial stone material An artificial stone material having an improved natural stone appearance and texture is prepared from resin, curing agent, microspheres and additives. The resin, curing agent and microspheres are mixed to form a catalyzed base material. Additives are non-homogeneously worked into the catalyzed base material to provide a catalyzed stone mixture having a desired natural stone appearance. The catalyzed stone mixture is molded or applied to a surface at the point of use and allowed to cure to form the artificial stone material.
US07959985B2	Method of integrating PEALD Ta-containing films into Cu metallization A method for forming a modified TaC or TaCN film that may be utilized as a barrier film for Cu metallization. The method includes disposing a substrate in a process chamber of a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) system configured to perform a PEALD process, depositing a TaC or TaCN film on the substrate using the PEALD process, and modifying the deposited TaC or TaCN film by exposing the deposited TaC or TaCN film to plasma excited hydrogen or atomic hydrogen or a combination thereof in order to remove carbon from at least the plasma exposed portion of the deposited TaCN film. The method further includes forming a metal film on the modified TaCN film, where the modified TaCN film provides stronger adhesion to the metal film than the deposited TaCN film. According to one embodiment, a TaCN film is deposited from alternating exposures of TAIMATA and plasma excited hydrogen.
US07959984B2	Methods and arrangement for the reduction of byproduct deposition in a plasma processing system In a plasma processing system, a method of reducing byproduct deposits on a set of plasma chamber surfaces of a plasma processing chamber is disclosed. The method includes providing a deposition barrier in the plasma processing chamber, the deposition barrier is configured to be disposed in a plasma generating region of the plasma processing chamber, thereby permitting at least some process byproducts produced when a plasma is struck within the plasma processing chamber to adhere to the deposition barrier and reducing the byproduct deposits on the set of plasma processing chamber surfaces.
US07959979B2	Method of forming coated structures A process for forming room temperature water soluble polymer coatings on porous substrates by forming a solution of a room temperature water soluble polymer, one or more crosslinkers, a solvent for the room temperature water soluble polymer such as water and optionally one or more porogens, or functional agents, stirring the mixture until all the components are dissolved, adding the solution to a porous structure such as a non-woven fabric or a porous membrane and drying the solution on to the substrate as a coating before subjecting the coating to crosslinking. Alternatively, the coating may be partially crosslinked before drying the solution. Porous structures having a room temperature water soluble polymer coating and being capable of convective flow through the pores of the structure and diffusive flow through the coating can be formed.
US07959976B2	Coated film and method of making the same A method of making a coated film comprises coating a first side of a base film with a coating material to form the coated film; wherein the base film was formed in a calendaring process, and wherein, during the calendaring process, the first side physically contacted less surface area of a first roll than a second side physically contacted of a second roll at a given time; and wherein the coated film has an uncoated second side.
US07959971B2	Film formation method with deposition source position control When a multiple-panel forming process for producing a plurality of panels on a large-size substrate is employed, when production thereof is continued over a long period, or in other cases, a predetermined film thickness distribution can be stably obtained according to a method of the present invention. Vapor deposition on a substrate is performed by evaporating particles from a vapor deposition source arranged opposite to the substrate in a vacuum chamber. By changing a distance between the substrate and an opening provided at the vapor deposition source by a vapor deposition source position control mechanism, change with elapse of time in the film thickness distribution of a thin film formed on the substrate is controlled.
US07959968B2	Canola protein isolate with improved solubility A novel canola protein isolate consisting predominantly of 2S canola protein and having improved solubility properties, has an increased proportion of 2S canola protein and a decreased proportion of 7S canola protein. The novel canola protein isolate is formed by heat treatment of aqueous supernatant from canola protein micelle formation and precipitation, to effect precipitation of 7S protein which is sedimented and removed. Alternatively, the novel canola protein isolate may be derived from a selective membrane procedure in which an aqueous canola protein solution containing 12S, 7S and 2S canola proteins is subjected to a first selective membrane technique to retain 12S and 7S canola proteins in a retentate, which is dried to provide a canola protein isolate consisting predominantly of 7S canola protein, and to permit 2S canola protein to pass through the membrane, the permeate is subjected to a second selective membrane technique to retain 2S canola protein and to permit low molecular weight contaminants to pass through the membrane, and the retentate from the latter membrane technique is dried.
US07959962B2	Long-chain inulin The invention relates to long-chain inulin and its preparation from artichoke roots, its use in foodstuffs and cosmetic preparations and foodstuffs and cosmetic preparations having the long-chain inulin.
US07959960B2	Manufactured meat and method of production thereof Methods for producing meat products with a bone flavor, and the meat products so produced, are provided. In exemplary methods a cured bone is secured with a binding to a de-boned and cured leg of meat, such as a leg of ham. The bone can be the one removed from the de-boned leg, or can be a substitute bone. The de-boned leg and the bone can be cured together or cured separately with the same or different cures prior to being secured together. An exemplary meat product comprises a de-boned leg of ham having an exterior, a bone positioned against the exterior, and a binding that secures the bone to the exterior of the leg of ham.
US07959956B2	Method for treating diabetic complications The present invention relates to a method for treating diabetic complications, which comprises administering an extract obtained by: crashing and drying any one selected from Euphorbiae radix, gingered Magnolia bark, parched Puerariae radix and Glycyrrhizae radix; extracting the dried herbal material with alcohol or aqueous alcohol solution; filtering the extract; and concentrating the filtrate under reduced pressure.
US07959947B2	Film coating A film coating composition suitable for use in coating pharmaceutical formulations comprising a) an acrylic polymer dispersion, e.g. an ethylacrylate/methylmethacrylate copolymer such as Eudragit NE30D, b) a surfactant, c) sodium stearyl fumarate, and d) a water-containing liquid useful for the achievement of controlled release from pharmaceutical formulations such as tablets, pellets, etc.
US07959945B2	Dispersible bosentan tablet The invention relates to dispersible tablets comprising the compound 4-tert-butyl-N-[6-(2-hydroxy-ethoxy)-5-(2-methoxy-phenoxy)-2-(pyrimidin-2-yl)-pyrimidin-4-yl]-benzenesulfonamide.
US07959944B2	S-adenosyl-L-methionine for regulating behavioral disorders in pets The present invention relates to the use of S-adenosyl-L-methionine or its salts for preparing a composition for the regulation of behavioral problems in pets.
US07959941B2	Bone graft comprising a demineralized bone matrix and a stabilizing agent An improved demineralized bone matrix (DBM) or other matrix composition is provided that has been mixed with a stabilizing agent that acts as (1) a diffusion barrier, (2) a enzyme inhibitor, (3) a competitive substrate, or (4) a masking moiety. A diffusion barrier acts as a barrier so as to protect the osteoinductive factors found in DBM from being degraded by proteolytic and glycolytic enzymes at the implantation site. Stabilizing agents may be any biodegradable material such as starches, modified starches, cellulose, dextran, polymers, proteins, and collagen. As the stabilizing agents degrades or dissolves in vivo, the osteoinductive factors such as TGF-.beta., BMP, and IGF are activated or exposed, and the activated factors work to recruit cells from the preivascular space to the site of injury and to cause differentiation into bone-forming cells. The invention also provides methods of preparing, testing, and using the inventive improved osteodinductive matrix compositions.
US07959935B2	Simulated vernix compositions for skin cleansing and other applications A composition and a method of producing a composition which simulates hydration, cleansing and other properties of native vernix. The composition contains, in one embodiment, hydrated synthetic cells in a lipid matrix to provide properties which are substantially similar to those of native vernix, and may also contain proteins. In one embodiment, the composition contains water-in-oil emulsified particles providing water vapor transport and evaporative water loss properties simulating native vernix. In one embodiment, the composition contains cubosomes/water with up to 30% protein and about 5% lipid to about 30% lipid. The composition may be used to cleanse newborn skin, compromised skin surfaces, as well as normal skin, to provide hydration/barrier function, and other applications.
US07959934B2	Method for rapid generation of mature dendritic cells Novel methods of rapidly generating dendrtic cells are disclosed herein. The methods include contacting a dendritic cell precursor with a D ODN to generate a mature dendritic cell. In one specific, non-limiting example, the method includes contacting the dendritic cell precursor or the mature dendritic cell with an antigen. The methods are of use both in vitro and in vivo.
US07959930B2	Rescue of influenza virus The invention relates to the field of influenza vaccine production. Influenza vaccines have been produced in embryonated hens' eggs for over 50 years, but recently there have been considerable efforts to develop cell culture systems for vaccine production. The invention provides a nucleic acid comprising an influenza gene segment and a bacteriophage polymerase promotor or a complementary strand of said nucleic acid, and a cell comprising such a nucleic acid capable of producing desired influenza virus. Furthermore, the invention provides a composition comprising a cell or material derived from a cell according to the invention and a virus or material derived from a viral particle according to the invention.
US07959924B2	Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) antigen arrays and uses thereof The present invention is in the fields of medicine, public health, immunology, molecular biology and virology. The present invention provides, inter alia, a composition comprising a virus-like particle (VLP) and at least one antigen, wherein said antigen is a GIP protein or a GIP fragment linked to the VLP respectively.The invention also provides a method for producing the aforesaid composition. The compositions of this invention are useful in the production of vaccines, in particular, for the prevention and/or treatment of obesity and hereby, in particular, by inducing efficient immune responses, in particular antibody responses. Furthermore, the compositions of the invention are particularly useful to efficiently induce self-specific immune responses within the indicated context. Accordingly, the invention further provides for methods of treating and/or preventing obesity and other conditions.
US07959920B2	Methods of making and using antibodies directed to parathyroid hormone The present invention relates to methods of generating anti-PTH antibodies and antibodies generated by the methods of the invention. The anti-PTH antibodies generated by the methods of the invention specifically bind to an epitope on a whole PTH (1-84) which includes one or more N-terminal amino acid residues of the whole PTH. The anti-PTH antibodies generated are useful for detecting whole PTH in a biological sample and for diagnosing parathyroid diseases or disorders.
US07959919B2	Method of inhibiting factor B-mediated complement activation The present invention discloses the method of inhibiting complement activation mediated by factor B inhibitors, that involves: (a) inhibiting factor B binding to properdin-bound C3b; (b) inhibiting the release of Bb; (c) inhibiting the activation of neutrophils, monocytes, platelets, and endothelium; or (d) inhibiting/reducing the formation of PC3bBb, C3a, C5a, and MAC.The present invention also discloses the novel use of factor B inhibitors in the treatment of various immunological disorders, resulting either primarily from direct immune responses such as rheumatoid arthritis, anaphylactic shock, myasthenia gravis, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, and the like, or secondarily from clinical conditions such as cardiopulmonary bypass inflammation, vascular stenosis and restenosis, burn injury, and the like.
US07959906B2	Hair-cosmetic composition comprising at least one film-forming gradient copolymer, aerosol composition comprising the cosmetic composition and method for treating hair using the composition A hair-cosmetic composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one film-forming gradient copolymer comprising at least two different monomeric residues, and displaying a mass polydispersity index (Ip) less than or equal to 2.5, wherein the composition is able to form a film that has a strain at break εr ranging from 5% to 2500%, and/or a Young's modulus ranging from 0.5 to 1200 Mpa, and/or an instantaneous elastic recovery εi greater than or equal to 10%. An aerosol composition packaged in an aerosol device, comprising a propellant and a haircare composition as defined above, and also a method for treating the hair, such as a styling method, comprising applying the haircare composition or the aerosol composition above to the hair.
US07959901B2	EGFR inhibitors promote axon regeneration Compositions and methods for promoting neural regeneration in a patient determined to have a lesion in a mature CNS neuron are disclosed. The method comprises the step of contacting the neuron with an EGFR inhibitor sufficient to promote regeneration of the neuron.
US07959896B2	Hydrogen storage system materials and methods including hydrides and hydroxides In one aspect, the present invention provides a system for methods of producing and releasing hydrogen from hydrogen storage compositions having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such a composition comprises a hydride and a hydroxide. In a dehydrogenated state, the composition comprises an oxide. A first reaction is conducted between a portion of the hydride and water to generate heat sufficient to cause a second hydrogen production reaction between a remaining portion of the hydride and the hydroxide.
US07959893B2	Method for preparing a lithium and vanadium oxide of the Li1+xV3O8 type The invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium and vanadium oxide and the thus obtained products. The method comprises preparing a precursor gel by reacting hydrogen peroxide with α-V2O5 in an aqueous medium in the presence of a lithium precursor and exposing the gel to a heat treatment in an oxidant atmosphere at a temperature ranging from 260° C. to 580° C. A compound of a formula Li1+xV3O8, (0.1
US07959889B2	Carbon microtubes A carbon microtube comprising a hollow, substantially tubular structure having a porous wall, wherein the microtube has a diameter of from about 10 μm to about 150 μm, and a density of less than 20 mg/cm3. Also described is a carbon microtube, having a diameter of at least 10 μm and comprising a hollow, substantially tubular structure having a porous wall, wherein the porous wall comprises a plurality of voids, said voids substantially parallel to the length of the microtube, and defined by an inner surface, an outer surface, and a shared surface separating two adjacent voids.
US07959885B2	Nanoparticle synthesis by solvothermal process A solvothermal process for making inorganic nanoparticles is described. Inorganic nanoparticles can be produced by forming a suspension or solution comprising at least one group II-IV and lanthanide metal inorganic salt in a first medium, disposing the suspension or solution in a sealed chamber having an interior pressure, elevating the interior pressure of the sealed chamber to an initial interior pressure prior to the heating, heating the suspension or solution to a peak temperature higher than the normal boiling point of the first medium, optionally adding a second medium to the suspension or solution after the heating.
US07959884B2	Apparatus for purifying air and purifying method thereof An air purifying apparatus includes an air flow generating device for generating a flow of air, a nozzle spraying water to the air flowing through the air flow generating device, a plasma module performing a plasma reaction on the air containing the water sprayed from the nozzle, and oxidizing NOx in the air and converting it into NO3, an eliminator eliminating the NO3 converted in the plasma module and the water contained in the air and passing pure air through the eliminator and out of the air purifying apparatus and a water tank storing the water received from the eliminator, thereby heightening the removal efficiency of NOx from the air.
US07959875B2	Microfluidic chips and assay systems The systems and methods described herein include a microfluidic chip having a plurality of microfeatures interconnected to provide a configurable fluid transport system for processing at least one reagent. Inserts are provided to removably interfit into one or more of the microfeatures of the chip, wherein the inserts include sites for interactions with the reagent. As will be seen from the following description, the microfluidic chip and the inserts provide an efficient and accurate approach for conducting parallel assays.
US07959872B2	System and device for water filtration and purification A system for water purification, filtration and item sanitization are described herein. In one embodiment, a water filtration device uses an extruded carbon sheet or granulated activated carbon to filter unpurified, gravity-fed water. A filtering medium is provided within a lower opening of an upper reservoir for filtering unfiltered water passing therethrough, the filtering medium being located above and not extending into a lower reservoir. The device can be a stand-alone water container or incorporated within a water purification system having a further purification technology located in a base in fluid communication with the water container. The base can include controls for informing a user when the water filtration or item sanitization has been completed. Practical applications include drinking water filtration, sanitization of household items, medical equipment, and the like.
US07959870B2	Separator and unloading device An unloading device includes: a separator connected to a suction hose connected to the reactor and to another suction hose connected to a vacuum car, the separator separating a catalyst sucked from the reactor by the vacuum car from air; a flexible container bag for storing the catalyst dropped from the separator; and a dumping hose provided between the separator and the flexible container bag for transferring the catalyst dropped from the separator to the flexible container bag. The separator includes a blower unit for blowing a gas to the catalyst unloaded in the separator body toward a lower cone and a cover that openably closes a catalyst outlet.
US07959864B2	Downhole spectroscopic hydrogen sulfide detection Methods and related apparatuses and mixtures are described for detecting hydrogen sulfide in a formation fluid downhole. A detection mixture is combined with the formation fluid downhole. The detection mixture includes metal ions for reacting with hydrogen sulfide forming a metal sulfide, and charged nanoparticles sized so as to inhibit significant aggregation of the metal sulfide so as to enable spectroscopic detection of the metal sulfide downhole. The combined mixture and formation fluid is then spectroscopically interrogated so as to detect the presence of the metal sulfide thereby indicating the presence of hydrogen sulfide in the formation fluid. The mixture also includes chelating ligands for sustaining thermal endurance of the mixture under downhole conditions.
US07959862B2	Microfluidic device and method for concentration and lysis of cells or viruses A microfluidic device for the concentration and lysis of cells or viruses and a method of concentrating and lysing cells or viruses using the microfluidic device include: magnetic beads, a reaction chamber in which the magnetic beads are accommodated and a laser source. The reaction chamber includes a plurality of electrodes which cross each other and are separated by a dielectric to generate an electric field and a vibrating part agitating the magnetic beads in the chamber. The laser source radiates a laser onto the magnetic beads in the reaction chamber.
US07959853B2	Stopper rod Stopper rod having an elongated body of refractory material, a passageway extending longitudinally in the body from an end thereof which is uppermost in use, a carrier rod having a part fixedly received in the passageway and a further part outside of the passageway for attachment to a lifting device for the stopper rod. The passageway has an enlarged part which defines a sealing surface spaced from the end of the body, an insert around the carrier rod having at least a part thereof received in the enlarged part, a retention element on the carrier rod, and an expandable element disposed between the insert and the retention element. The material of the insert has a co-efficient of thermal expansion no greater than that of the carrier rod. Expansion of the expandable element, in use, is greater than that of the carrier rod.
US07959845B1	Injection molding method of stone-based composite material The invention provides an injection molding method of stone-based composite material and equipment thereof, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a. putting raw materials into a charging device and then pushing the raw materials into a preforming machine barrel of a preforming device by a pressing component in the charging device; b. keeping the temperature being between 15° C. and 55° C. and compacting the raw materials with the rotation of a preforming screw and transporting the raw materials into a collecting block; c. injecting the raw materials into a mold through a mold gate under the injection force of 50 Mpa to 180 Mpa; d. keeping the temperature of the mold between 140° C. and 200° C. and curing time between 40 seconds and 300 seconds; and e. opening the mold to get the product. The invention has the advantages of simple production process, high acceptance rate of products manufactured, high production efficiency and low production cost. The product has the advantages of high mechanical strength, good fire resistance, thermal stability, corrosion resistance and electrical property, low cost and the like. The product is capable of substituting the majority of thermoset plastics and thermoplastics, thus reducing the usage amount of plastic products and providing powerful support and safeguard for creating resource-conservation and environment-friendly industry.
US07959844B1	Plastic injection molding process Plastic containers are injection molded of HDPE blow molding grade resin having a density of about 0.960 to 0.965 g/cc and a melt index of about 0.7 to 1.0 g/10 min. at injection temperatures of 570° F. to 670° F. and mold cavity pressures of 20,000 psig to 27,000 psig. Relatively thin walled, rigid, livestock feed containers can be manufactured using about 20% to 50% less material while retaining strength and durability comparable to containers molded of HDPE injection molding grade resins.
US07959839B2	Method of forming a composite article in a mold A method of forming a composite article having a decal occurs in a mold. The mold includes a surface that defines a mold cavity. A decal is introduced to the surface of the mold. A polyurethane elastomer composition is applied into the mold cavity to form an elastomeric layer over the decal. The composite article including the elastomeric layer and the decal may then be demolded from the mold. Alternatively, a paint composition is applied into the mold cavity to form a paint layer over the decal. The polyurethane elastomer composition is applied into the mold cavity to form an elastomeric backing layer over the paint layer. The composite article including the paint layer, the decal, and the elastomeric backing layer may then be demolded from the mold. The composite article may be a seat for an all-terrain vehicle.
US07959832B2	Transparent conductor The present invention is a transparent conductor containing electrically conductive particles, a binder, and an ultraviolet absorber. The transparent conductor of the present invention is so arranged that the ultraviolet absorber in the transparent conductor absorbs ultraviolet light even during irradiation of the transparent conductor with ultraviolet light, and is thus able to suppress influence of ultraviolet light on the electrically conductive particles.
US07959829B2	Gasification system and process with staged slurry addition A system and process for gasifying carbonaceous feedstock with staged slurry addition in order to prevent the formation of tar that causes deposition problems. Dry solid carbonaceous material is partially combusted, then pyrolyzed along with a first slurry stream comprising carbonaceous material in two separate reactor sections, thereby producing mixture products comprising synthesis gas. The second slurry stream comprising particulate carbonaceous material is fed to a drying unit downstream of a heat recovery zone along with the mixture product exiting the heat recovery zone. The resulting final temperature of the second stage mixture products and dried particulate carbonaceous material is between 450° F. and 550° F., a temperature range that is typically not conducive to the emission of heavy molecular-weight tar species.
US07959803B2	Devices, systems and methods for securing and sealing filter media elements in separation systems A device for securing a filter element within a housing of a separation system, wherein the housing has an inner wall and includes therein a filter seating to seat the filter element, includes at least one sealing member adapted to form a sealing connection with the filter element and a sealing connection with the inner wall of the housing. The device further includes at least one compression member to compress the elastomeric sealing member to form the sealing connection with the filter and the sealing connection with the inner wall of the housing.
US07959791B2	Enzyme sensor with a cover membrane layer covered by a hydrophilic polymer The present disclosure relates to an improved enzyme sensor comprising a cover membrane layer of a porous polymeric material, the outer surface and pore mouths of at least one face of the porous polymeric material being covered by a hydrophilic polymer. The sensor is useful determining the presence or amount of biological analytes, e.g., glucose, lactate, creatine, creatinine, etc.
US07959788B2	Method of producing a sparged cleaning liquid onboard a mobile surface cleaner A method is provided, which includes moving a mobile floor cleaning machine along a floor. Onboard the mobile floor cleaning machine, a liquid is sparged by electrolysis. The sparged liquid is dispensed from the mobile floor cleaning machine.
US07959787B2	Method of generating sparged, electrochemically activated liquid A method is provided, which includes generating a cleaning liquid by a combination of a sparging process and an electrochemical process that produces an anolyte and a catholye.
US07959773B2	Electroactivated film with electrocatalyst-enhanced carbon electrode An electroactivated film that includes: a first electrode that is spaced apart from a second electrode, a water insoluble electrically conductive medium which is permeable to moisture and oxygen and which contacts both electrodes, an electrocatalyst which can be reversibly oxidized and reduced and which facilitates the production of a peroxide when an electrical potential is imposed across the electrodes, and optionally a peroxide-activating catalyst which converts the peroxide to an activated peroxide, wherein one or both electrodes have electrocatalyst immobilized thereupon.
US07959771B2	Electrophoretic dip coating plant An electrophoretic dip coating plant comprises at least one dip tank, which is filled with a coating fluid. The objects which are to be coated are carried by means of a conveyor system through the coating fluid located in the dip tank and are then in electrical contact with a bus bar arrangement comprising an input and/or output region and a main region. The main region of the bus bar arrangement is connected to one terminal of a d.c. voltage supply unit. The other terminal of this d.c. voltage supply unit is electrically connected to at least one electrode which is immersed in the coating fluid in the dip tank. In order to enable the voltages which are applied to the adjacent regions of the bus bar arrangement to be regulated independently of one another, yet still to manage with a single d.c. voltage supply unit, the adjacent regions are connected together via a controllable semiconductor switch which is capable of transferring the voltage which is applied to the main region at a controllable magnitude to the input and/or output region of the bus bar arrangement.
US07959765B2	Product preparation and recovery from thermolysis of lignocellulosics in ionic liquids Methods for the thermolysis of lignocellulosic materials, such as wood, cellulose, lignin, and lignocellulose are provided. Some methods comprise combining the lignocellulosic material with an ionic liquid and subjecting the mixture of the lignocellulosic material and the ionic media to thermolysis conditions to form a recoverable product, such as a commodity chemical.
US07959764B2	Forming fabrics for fiber webs A paper machine having a forming fabric with a paper side plurality of weft and warp yarns interwoven to form a layer contacting a paper web. A plurality of weft and warp yarns are interwoven to form a machine side layer for the forming fabric. A plurality of warp binder yarns are interlaced with the paper side and machine side yarns to form a multiple layered forming fabric. The weft yarns in the machine side layer are greater in diameter than the warp yarns for maintaining width stability of the fabric. The fabric is characterized by high permeability, high void volume and a high Beran's Fiber Support Index.
US07959763B2	Apparatus and method for correcting basis weight measurements using surface topology measurement data An apparatus and method for correcting an areal weight measurement of a stretchable web using surface topology measurement data is disclosed. Areal weight may comprise a basis weight or a water weight. The apparatus measures a surface of the stretchable web with a basis weight measuring device to obtain a rough basis weight measurement. The apparatus then measures the surface of the stretchable web with a surface topology measuring device to obtain surface topology measurement data. The apparatus comprises a controller that corrects the rough basis weight measurement of the stretchable web using surface topology measurement data. The corrected basis weight measurement may be used as a feedback value in a real time manufacturing process of the stretchable web.
US07959757B2	Method and device for manufacturing a medical lead In a method and device for mounting an elongated member inside an elongated, elastic, flexible tubing, initially having an inside cross-sectional dimension that is approximately equal to or less than the outside cross-sectional dimension of the elongated member, the inner cross-sectional dimension of the flexible tubing is expanded by applying a pressurized fluid to the inner bore of the tubing, and inserting the elongated member into the tubing while the pressurized fluid is being applied.
US07959756B2	Small handle production method and apparatus A way of making small, fragile, decorative handles on a lathe is disclosed along with tools for gluing pen-tubes into these handles is shown. Use of these tools and methods of use allows wood turners to avoid excessive rework and mess associated with the gluing process of making pen blanks while assuring better product due to more complete and uniform distribution of the adhesive layer.
US07959752B2	Method for producing geogrid A geogrid using fiber-reinforced polymeric strips and its producing method are disclosed. The geogrid of a lattice shape includes plural longitudinal fiber-reinforced polymeric strips longitudinally arranged in parallel at regular intervals and formed by reinforcing fiber in a thermoplastic polymer resin, and plural lateral fiber-reinforced polymer strip laterally arranged in parallel at regular intervals and formed by reinforcing fiber in a thermoplastic polymer resin. Each longitudinal fiber-reinforced polymer strip has at lease one first contact point crossed with the lateral fiber-reinforced polymer strip on the upper surface and at least one second contact point crossed with the lateral fiber-reinforced polymer strips on the lower surface. The contact points are fixed by welding the longitudinal and lateral fiber-reinforced polymer strips. The geogrid is excellent in installation capacity, frictional feature and shape stabilisation and shows high tensile strength and low tensile strain and low creep deformation.
US07959749B2	Gas generating composition A gas generating composition of the present invention contains at least one fuel selected from carboxylic acids, salts of carboxylic acids, and polymers; at least one perchlorate salt; and/or at least one metal oxide or metal hydroxide. A gas generating system 200 containing a gas generant in accordance with the present invention is also contemplated.
US07959735B2	Susceptor with insulative inserts A method and apparatus for reducing arcing in a plasma processing system when processing large area substrates which contain one or more holes. In one embodiment of the invention, a substrate support member includes an electrically insulating insert located beneath a hole in an insulating, large area substrate. The insulating insert is made of aluminum oxide, and is located within a hole in the support member such that the insert is disposed beneath a hole in a glass substrate. The substrate support member is made of aluminum with an anodized surface.
US07959721B2	Turn-around scrubber A modular scrubbing system is presented. The scrubber system comprises multiple modules that allow a gas flow to turn-around return back through scrubbing modules. Contemplated modules include inlets, outlets, turn-arounds, and scrubbing modules.
US07959712B2	Continuous concentration system and method for volatile organic compounds using moving-bed reactor A continuous concentration system for volatile organic compounds for concentrating volatile organic compounds that undergo an absorption process and a removal process includes: a moving-bed chamber in which modules for absorbing volatile organic compounds are absorbed. An absorption bed line to which the volatile organic compounds are supplied to be absorbed to the module is provided on one side of the moving-bed chamber. A removal-cooling bed line for performing a removal process for removing the volatile organic compounds absorbed to the module and a cooling process for cooling the module that has undergone the removal process is provided on the other side of the moving-bed chamber.
US07959710B2	System and method for removing water and siloxanes from gas A method of removing siloxanes from a gas that contains siloxanes and water, the method comprising: (a) expanding the gas to cool the gas and freeze at least some of the water in the gas; and (b) removing the siloxanes and frozen water from the expanded and cooled gas. The method may also include compressing the gas prior to expanding it. The step of expanding the gas may include expanding it through a turbine. The method may also include using an energy input mechanism to drive one or both of the compressor or turbine. The ice and siloxanes may be removed from the gas with a cyclonic separator.
US07959709B2	Method of producing steel for steel pipe excellent in sour-resistance performance A method of producing steel pipe excellent in sour-resistance performance, uses comprises controlling the amount of Ca addition charged into molten steel in a ladle according to a N content in the molten steel prior to Ca addition. As a result of the controlling step, a CaO content in the inclusions is in the range of 30 to 80%, the ratio of the N content in the steel to the CaO content in the inclusions satisfies the relation expressed by equation (1), and a CaS content in the inclusions satisfies the relation expressed by equation (2). 0.28≦[N]/(% CaO)≦2.0 (1) (% CaS)≦25% (2) where [N] represents the mass content (ppm) of N in the steel, (% CaO) represents the mass content (%) of CaO in the inclusions, and (% CaS) represents the mass content (%) of CaS in the inclusions.
US07959701B2	Filter and method A fluted filter element may include one or more bridging elements to provide resistance to telescoping of the layers of the fluted filter element. The bridging elements are attached to one or both of the filter faces via adhesives, and/or mechanical means, and may also take the form of one or more beads of adhesive applied across one or both ends of the filter element. The adhesive beads may include a flexible element, such as a string, or strip of material embedded in the adhesive bead.
US07959699B2	Collapsible filter with folding arms The present invention addresses the need for a collapsible filter that is easily assembled and installed. The collapsible filter comprises top and bottom arms rotatably attached to the top and bottom edges of two end caps. A pleated filter media is provided attached to at least one of the end caps. The present invention also addresses the need for mechanisms to facilitation the expansion of the pleated filter media, utilizing spring-like devices or other materials that may be compressed but expand to a natural state. Similarly, the present invention further addresses the need for mechanisms that allow for controlling the distance between adjacent pleats within a pleated, collapsible filter media. The present invention recognizes that a combination of these approaches may be utilized to provide a collapsible filter that is easily constructed at a manufacturing facility, assembled in the field, and installed within a system having need for a filter.
US07959694B2	Laser cut abrasive article, and methods Abrasive articles, and methods of making abrasive articles by using a laser to convert (e.g., cut) at least a portion of the abrasive coating to form the abrasive article. The method includes laser propagation impinging on the abrasive back side (opposite the abrasive coating) and progressing through to the abrasive side. Such a process inhibits ridging effects around cut regions (e.g., openings) on the front side.
US07959688B2	Method for removing ammonia nitrogen from solutions Taught is a method for removing ammonia nitrogen from an ammonia-containing solution via atomization, comprising a) adjusting the pH of the ammonia-containing solution to above 10 by adding a base; b) after mixing, atomizing the ammonia-containing solution to produce an ammonia-containing mist so as to increase the gas-liquid interface and allow ammonia to transfer from the ammonia-containing mist to an ambient gas yielding a clean mist; and c) re-aggregating said clean mist. The method is applicable for treatment of liquids containing high, medium and low ammonia nitrogen concentration.
US07959686B2	Dry-cleaning article, composition and methods Dry cleaning and fabric-treatment compositions, methods and articles incorporating the same that are suitable for use in drying machines, such as hot air drying machines found in households, apartments, and laundromats, which are normally adapted to dry wet garments and the like from a washing machine. In some embodiments, the composition includes at least one organic solvent, with the at least one organic solvent forming the greatest weight percentage of the active components in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition also may include water and/or at least one surfactant, emulsifier, perfume, and/or application-specific composition. In some embodiments, the article includes a dispenser from which the composition is selectively dispensed onto a dry garment or other object to be cleaned. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes an internal chamber containing the composition, and the composition is dispensed onto objects prior to placing the objects in a drying machine.
US07959684B2	Method for forming a bioresorbable composite implant in a bone A method for forming a composite implant in a bone cavity is disclosed, which includes i) forming a first bone filler in a bone cavity; and ii) inserting a second bone filler into an unfilled space in the bone cavity, wherein the first bone filler has a higher compressive strength and slower bioresorption rate in comparison with the second bone filler.
US07959674B2	Suture locking assembly and method of use A suture locking assembly for use with a heart valve repair device. The suture locking assembly including a rim and a suture band. The rim defines a first flange and a second flange spaced from the first flange. The rim is configured to extend at least partially around a periphery of the heart valve repair device. The suture band is maintained between the first flange and the second flange. The suture locking assembly is configured to securely maintain a suture segment that is pulled from a first position to a second position relative the suture locking assembly, the second position being at least partially defined near an outer periphery of the rim.
US07959669B2	Bifurcated stent with open ended side branch support In some embodiments, a stent comprises a side branch structure defining an inner side branch cell. The inner side branch cell has a shape that is different from any other cell of the stent. The stent further comprises first and second support members, which are positioned on opposite sides of the side branch structure. The first and second support members each have a strut width that is greater than the width of a strut included in the side branch structure. The stent further comprises first and second connecting members, which are positioned on opposite ends of the side branch structure. Each connecting member is connected at one end to the first support member and is connected at the other end to the second support member. Each connecting member comprises a serpentine structure having a plurality of straight struts and turns. One or both of the connecting members includes at least one straight strut that has a length that is at least ten times its width. In some embodiments, each connecting member comprises at least four struts that have a length that is at least then times their width.
US07959663B2	Endovascular aneurysm repair method A method for repairing a diseased or damaged section of an aorta (i) introduces an intraluminal directing device from a remote access site to a location within a prosthesis at a target site in an aorta where the diseased or damaged section exists, the intraluminal directing device including a deflectable distal region; (ii) establishes a path to a desired fastening site on the prosthesis by manipulating the intraluminal directing device within the prosthesis to orient the distal region with respect to the desired fastening site; (iii) introduces from an intraluminal fastener applier, that is introduced along the path established in (ii), at least one tissue-piercing fastener into tissue at the desired fastening site to anchor the prosthesis; (iv) establishes a path to a different desired fastening site on the prosthesis by manipulating the intraluminal directing device within the prosthesis to orient the distal region with respect to the different desired fastening site; (v) introduces from an intraluminal fastener applier, that is introduced through the path established in (iv), at least one tissue-piercing fastener into tissue at the different desired fastening site to further anchor the prosthesis; and (vi) repeats (iv) and (v) until a desired plurality of tissue-piercing fasteners are introduced into tissue to anchor the prosthesis.
US07959659B2	High-density lipoprotein coated medical devices An implantable medical device is disclosed comprising a high-density lipoprotein (HDL), recombinant HDL, high-density lipoprotein mimics (HDLm), or a combination thereof. Method are also disclosed for local and systemic administration HDL, recombinant HDL or HDLm for the prevention, treatment, or amelioration of a vascular disorder, disease or occlusion such as restenosis or vulnerable plaque.
US07959650B2	Adjustable knotless loops Methods of attaching a soft tissue to an adjacent bone at a defect site are provided. At least one adjustable loop of a flexible construct is passed through the soft tissue. The at least one adjustable loop is passed through a passage construct. A locking member is passed through the at least one adjustable loop and the adjustable loop is reduced about or within the locking member such that the at least one loop is frictionally retained in the passage construct and locked in place by the locking member to thereby secure the soft tissue.
US07959646B2	Filter device for embolic protection systems A system for enabling the insertion and removal of an embolic protection device, for capturing and retaining embolic debris which may be created during the performance of a therapeutic interventional procedure in a stenosed or occluded region of a blood vessel. The system, in an embodiment thereof, enables the device to be snap-fitted so as to engage the distal end of a guide wire, to provide a reference for positioning the device at a location distal to the interventional procedure site, and to enable an end of the device to be in tension, enabling a portion of the device to be in tension and another portion to be in compression, so as to assist in bending thereof in tortuous vasculature.
US07959644B2	Hemostatic guiding catheter A hemostatic guiding catheter is biased to curve toward the artery wall and the distal opening is shaped so its edge is congruent with the artery wall. One or more annular balloons are inflated to produce a barrier between the guiding/catheter and the artery wall stopping the flow of blood and thus hemostasis. The annular balloons may be biased to inflate more on the side away from the distal opening thus imparting a force vector toward the distal opening and/or biased to overhang their line of attachment like a foreskin over a penis to allow the hemostatic guiding catheter to move a short distance while the biased balloons maintain hemostasis.
US07959636B2	Osteochondral repair using plug fashioned from whole distal femur or condyle formed of hydrogel composition A method and apparatus for repairing isolated chondral defects using synthetic implants. Lesions in articular tissue are corrected by forming a recipient socket in the tissue. A donor graft of a size corresponding to the recipient socket is harvested from a synthetic specimen made of a synthetic tissue material, such as poly (vinyl) alcohol hydrogel. The donor graft is implanted into the recipient socket.
US07959633B2	Electrosurgical pencil with improved controls An electrosurgical pencil is provided which includes an elongated housing, an electrocautery blade supported within the housing and extending distally from the housing. The electrocautery blade is connected to a source of electrosurgical energy. The pencil also includes at least one activation switch supported on the housing which is configured and adapted to complete a control loop extending from the source of electrosurgical energy. At least one voltage divider network is also supported on the housing and is electrically connected to the source of electrosurgical energy.
US07959627B2	Precision ablating device Apparatus for treating abnormal mucosa in an alimentary tract are provided. The apparatus include an ablation structure configured to be removably coupled to an endoscope and a deflection mechanism adapted to move the ablation structure with respect to the endoscope and toward a tissue surface.
US07959610B2	Apparatus and method for the insertion of a medical device An apparatus and method for insertion of medical devices is disclosed. One embodiment includes an access tube with a retention portion disposed at a distal end. The retention portion is reconfigurable between first and second configurations of reduced and increased lateral extent. A trocar can be movably disposed within the access tube, which can be movably disposed within an overtube. One method of the invention includes inserting the trocar and access tube through a patient's body wall where the retention portion is configured from a reduced to an increased lateral extent. An overtube can be inserted around the access tube through the body wall where the retention portion can be received through a slot defined by the overtube. The retention portion can be returned to reduced lateral extent. The access tube can be removed and the medical device can be inserted within the overtube.
US07959609B2	Accurate metering system The present invention is directed to metering devices, systems, and methods that mitigate differential thermal expansion/contraction for the efficient, accurate, and reproducible metered delivery of fluids. The present invention allows the net fluid volume and a plunger location within a fluid dispensing container to automatically adjust under the influence of differential thermal expansion/contraction between the fluid and the fluid dispensing container that the fluid is contained within. Further, the present invention allows the metering system drive to sense the adjusted plunger location and allows the metering system drive to re-zero itself to produce an accurate volumetric delivery of fluid from the fluid dispensing container. The metering system includes means for controlling the travel of the metering system drive, and hence the travel of the plunger into the fluid dispensing container, for delivering accurate/precise amounts of the fluid from the fluid dispensing container. The metering system may also mitigate dead volume in the metering system.
US07959603B2	Emboli protection devices and related methods of use An evacuation sheath assembly and method of treating occluded vessels which reduces the risk of distal embolization during vascular interventions is provided. A method of treating a blood vessel, includes providing an elongate member having proximal and distal ends, a lumen therebetween, the distal end having a braided sheath expandable between a reduced and expanded diameter, and a fluid-tight covering. The elongate member is advanced into a blood vessel that supplies blood to the heart. The braided sheath is expanded to engage the endoluminal surface of the blood vessel and stop antegrade flow.
US07959590B2	Method of and apparatus for patella support A patella stabilization system having a unitary patella stabilizer sleeve extending at both ends into a plurality of straps for securing the patella stabilizer sleeve around a knee region and an upper inner strap extending from a first upper end of the patella stabilizer sleeve and an upper outer strap extending from a second upper end of the patella stabilizer sleeve, the upper outer strap comprising a fastener at a distal end of the upper outer strap. The system further includes a lower inner strap extending from a first lower end of the patella stabilizer sleeve and a lower outer strap extending from a second lower end of the patella stabilizer sleeve, the lower outer strap comprising a fastener at a distal end of the lower outer strap, a plurality of slots around a patella opening, and a buttress comprising a plurality of straps adapted to be adjustably positioned on an inside surface of the patella stabilizer band around a location on a circumferential edge of the patella opening.
US07959584B2	Dedicated distal protection guidewires A dedicated distal protection guidewire having proximal and distal stops disposed about an elongated core wire is disclosed. A guidewire in accordance with the present invention includes an elongated core wire having a relatively stiff proximal section and a relatively flexible distal section, a distal stop disposed about a portion of the elongated core wire, and a proximal stop disposed about a portion of the elongated core wire proximal the distal stop. The distal stop may be formed from an enlarged outer diameter portion on the elongated core wire, or may be formed from an object disposed about and secured to a portion of the elongated core wire. The proximal stop may include an O-ring disposed within a recessed surface on the elongated core wire, or an annular ring having several circumferentially disposed notches. In one exemplary embodiment, a distal protection guidewire may include a proximal stop comprising a first tubular member, a second tubular member, and a plurality of expandable struts actuatable between a collapsed position and a deployed position.
US07959581B2	Test magazine and method for processing the same A test magazine with two film strips (12, 14), which are joined to one another in a sandwich-like manner, can be wound up, and between which holding cells (16) for test elements are kept free. The test magazine also comprises a multitude of test elements (18, 20) each having a puncturing unit (18) for inserting into body tissue and a test unit (20) for being subjected to body fluid. To this end, the puncturing units (18) and test units (20) are placed in separate holding cells (16) whereby separating them from one another.
US07959577B2	Method, system, and apparatus for neural localization Described herein are devices, systems and methods for determining if a nerve is nearby a device or a region of a device. In general, a device for determining if a nerve is nearby a device includes an elongate body having an outer surface with one or more bipole pairs arranged on the outer surface. Bipole pairs may also be referred to as tight bipoles. The bipole pairs may be arranged as a bipole network, and may include a cathode and an anode that are spaced relatively close together to form a limited broadcast field. In general, the broadcast filed is a controlled or “tight” broadcast field that extends from the bipole pair(s). Methods of using these devices and system are also described.
US07959575B2	Blood rheology measuring apparatus A blood rheology measuring apparatus has a measuring portion for measuring a flow velocity of the blood flowing in a blood vessel of a person in a mode of a Doppler shift signal by transmitting and receiving a wave to and from a surface of the person's skin. An information processing portion calculates an intensity at each of frequency components of the Doppler shift signal, extracts a maximum frequency in a signal at an intensity level equal to or larger than a threshold in the histogram or a maximum frequency when an integrated value from a low frequency component reaches a predetermined rate of a total thereof in the histogram, and provides a temporal change waveform of the extracted frequency. The blood rheology is analyzed based on the maximum frequency in the frequency waveform.
US07959574B2	System and method for analyzing a patient status for respiratory insufficiency for use in automated patient care A system and method for analyzing a patient status for respiratory insufficiency for use in automated patient care. A set of one or more physiological measures relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis or derived therefrom are received. The physiological measures set is stored into a patient care record for an individual patient into a database. One or more of the physiological measures in the physiological measures set are analyzed relative to one or more other physiological measures to determine a pathophysiology indicating an absence, an onset, a progression, a regression, and a status quo of respiratory insufficiency.
US07959562B2	Body-insertable apparatus, in-vivo information acquiring system, and body-insertable apparatus manufacturing method An object of the present invention is to make it possible to closely examine a specific region by making most use of an advantage of a compound-eye capsule endoscope that picks up images of an interior of a body cavity forward and backward in a movement direction of a capsule casing. By disposing imaging devices of respective imaging blocks in a capsule casing while having a relationship between arrangement directions of the imaging devices, e.g., making upward and downward directions U and D coincident with each other, a correspondence/positional relationship between the images picked up by the imaging devices is clear when the specific region such as an affected part in the body cavity is to be observed using the respective images forward and backward in the movement direction, thereby facilitating close examination on the specific region using the both images.
US07959561B2	Endoscope system having rigid endoscope and wiper sheath An endoscope system includes a rigid endoscope including an optical system in a rigid insert section thereof, and a wiper sheath. The wiper sheath includes a wiper insert section receiving the insert section of the rigid endoscope, a wiper arranged on a distal end portion of the wiper insert section and enabled to be placed in contact with a distal-end face of the rigid endoscope received in the wiper insert section, and an operation unit, arranged at a proximal end portion of the wiper insert section, for switching the wiper between a contact state with the wiper placed to be in contact with the distal-end face of the rigid endoscope and a detached state with the wiper spaced apart from the distal-end face of the rigid endoscope, and for moving the wiper on and along the distal-end face of the rigid endoscope when the wiper is in the contact state.
US07959560B2	Body insertable apparatus having a protection circuit A protection circuit 26c detects a voltage at a point A on an electric-power supply path from a battery 29 to an intra-capsule function executing circuit 30. When the voltage at the point A becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value (a predetermined midpoint potential), the protection circuit 26c performs a switching control of a switch element 26a, connects the battery 29 to a resistive load 26b, stops supplying driving power to the intra-capsule function executing circuit 30 and at the same time enables to supply electric power to the resistive load 26b, and prevents a false operation of a circuit at the midpoint potential by exhausting the electric power stored in the battery 29 by the resistive load 26b.
US07959556B2	Penile prosthesis cap, assembly, and implantation tool A cap configured to be attached to a cylinder of an implantable penile prosthesis includes a body section and a tip section. The body section defines a recess that is attachable to an end of the cylinder of the implantable penile prosthesis and the tip section terminates in a tip having a curved exterior surface. The tip section defines at least one slot formed therein that extends away from the body section and has a slot axis that intersects with a longitudinal axis of the cap.
US07959549B2	Percutaneous array delivery system A system for treating tissue includes a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and the distal ends, and an array of delivery tubes at least partially disposed within the lumen, each of the delivery tube having a lumen, wherein each of the delivery tubes is slidable relative to the cannula, and has a first configuration when inside the lumen, and a second configuration when outside the lumen. A system for treating tissue includes a treatment device having a distal end, and an indexing device for controlling a longitudinal position of the distal end of the treatment device relative to a target tissue region, the indexing device having a tubular portion for receiving the treatment device.
US07959538B2	Device and method for controlling engine and hydraulic pump of working vehicle An engine of a working vehicle in which an adverse effect of oil temperature rise is avoided, by decreasing a load applied to an accelerator when the working vehicle moves while lifting a boom and approaches a place where the load in a bucket is to be dumped during dump approach and, reducing heat generated through operation of a brake, and deterioration in work efficiency of the working vehicle is avoided by preventing the lifting speed of a boom from decreasing. A hydraulic pump controller and a method for controlling the hydraulic pump are also provided. On conditions that a throttle amount sensor detects that an operation amount of an accelerator pedal is a prescribed threshold value (operation amount 70%) or higher, a brake pressure sensor detects that a brake unit is actuated (brake on), and a vehicle speed sensor detects that a body speed is a prescribed threshold value or higher, a transmission controller outputs a throttle correction order to decrease a target engine speed to a governor through an engine controller, and outputs to a pump control valve through a work equipment controller an order to change a swash plate angle at the time of lifting the boom to cover a decrease amount of a discharge flow rate of a hydraulic pump by the throttle correction order to maintain the discharge flow rate from the hydraulic pump.
US07959537B2	Valve timing control apparatus A first rotary member rotates with a crankshaft and has a first gear. A second rotary member rotates with a camshaft and has a second gear that is axially shifted from the first gear. A planetary rotary member has third and fourth gears, which are eccentrically meshed respectively with the first and second gears to perform a planetary motion. A biasing member is interposed between the planetary rotary member and a planetary carrier, which supports the planetary rotary member. The planetary rotary member is in contact with the biasing member at a contact portion having an axial center. The axial center is located on a radially inner side of a meshed portion between the second and fourth gears, which has a backlash larger than that of a meshed portion between the first and third gears.
US07959536B2	Method for shifting a motor vehicle automatic transmission with a hydrodynamic torque converter when the vehicle comes to a stop A method of shifting an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle having a hydrodynamic converter (6). The method comprising the steps of detecting a presence of predetermined stopping conditions; determining that a driver of the motor vehicle intends to cause the motor vehicle to change from a driving state to a stopped state, based on the presence of one of the predetermined stopping conditions; and automatically shifting the automatic transmission (8) into a standby mode, before the driving state has concluded. The shifting into the standby mode typically occurs when a rotational speed of the hydrodynamic converter (6) decreases to less than a rotational speed (120) of a motor and the retarder apparatus (10), of the automatic transmission, is disengaged no later than a time by which shifting into the standby mode occurs.
US07959532B2	Hydraulic seal for a gearbox of a tip turbine engine A hydraulic seal for a tip turbine engine includes an inner radial flange and an outer radial flange. The inner radial flange rotates relative to the outer radial seal section and the planet carrier face to prevent lubrication from entering into the air flow streams within the engine without additional engine assembly procedures.
US07959528B1	Baseball batting strength training aid A baseball batting strength-training aid includes a vertically oriented resilient cylindrical body defining a central core. A mount is affixed to a rear of the resilient body for attaching the training aid to an external support. A sensor pod is received within the central core of the resilient body, which includes at least one sensor thereto for sensing the striking of a bat against the resilient cylindrical body.
US07959526B2	Golf ball position marking device and method of use A golf ball position marking device enables a user to reliably and unobtrusively mark the position of a golf ball on a putting green. The golf ball position marking device comprises a putting green contact surface, a marker material dispensing port, a marker material dispensing actuator and a marker material reservoir. The putting green contact surface is sized and shaped to permit stable positioning of the golf ball position marking device on a putting green in close proximity to a golf ball on the putting green thereby providing oriented alignment of the golf ball position marking device with the golf ball on the putting green. Activation of the marker material dispensing actuator results in the dispensing of a marker material from the marker material reservoir onto the putting green at a predetermined vector position relative to the point where the golf ball contacts the putting green.
US07959523B2	Golf club head having a displaced crown portion A hollow wood-type golf club head having an increased weight budget and improved mass characteristics at minimum structural mass is disclosed. The club head has a striking face portion, a sole portion, a skirt portion, and a crown portion having a total surface area. A hosel portion joins the club head for connecting a shaft to the club head. The crown portion has a major crown portion and a minor crown portion, the major portion having greater surface area than the minor portion, and the major portion being displaced vertically lower relative to the minor crown portion. The major crown portion may have a generally concave curvature and the minor crown portion may have a generally convex curvature such that the major crown portion is in effect inverted with respect to the minor crown portion. The major crown portion may be upwardly inclined from the heel to the toe of the head. The head may exhibit a parabolic top view silhouette.
US07959519B2	Golf club head with insert having indicia therein A golf club head having an insert forming a window through the golf club head is described. The golf club head has upper and lower surfaces. The golf club head includes a body with a heel, a toe, a front portion with a striking face, and a back portion. The front portion of the body forms a striking face. The body includes an aperture extending from the upper surface to the lower surface and extending from the front portion to an inside portion of the back portion. An insert is secured within the aperture. An indicia within the insert is visible from the upper and lower surfaces of the golf club head.
US07959513B2	Amusement device The present invention relates to an amusement device which comprises a rotating body formed in a disk shape and provided horizontally rotatably; a frame body which is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the rotating body 10; a partition member which is fastened to the frame body for forming the play area; a plurality of beams which are mounted to the frame body across the play area horizontally; a plurality of floor portions which are supported by the frame body and the beams, and which partition the play area into a plurality of layered spaces; the support mechanism; and the rotation drive mechanism. The support mechanism supports the rotating body. The rotation drive mechanism rotates the rotating body horizontally.
US07959512B2	Flexible disk, a flexible coupling provided with such a flexible disk, a mounting flange provided with such a flexible coupling, and a transmission shaft fitted with such a mounting flange A flexible disk for connecting a transmission shaft to rotate with a mechanical part, the flexible disk being suitable for forming rotary motion about an axis of rotation and including in succession going from its center towards its periphery an empty central zone, a circular base, a transition zone having an outer face and an inner face, and then a peripheral collar. The transition zone presents a minimum thickness at the edge of the peripheral collar, the minimum thickness being determined with the help of the following thickness relationship in which “e” represents the thickness of the transition zone at a first distance “r” from the axis of rotation, “Q” is a constant that depends on the misalignment, “C” is the torque applied to the transmission shaft, “r” is the first distance, and “R” is the radius of the empty central zone: e = 1 2 ⁢ r 2 ⁡ ( Q C - 2 ⁢ r r 4 - R 4 )
US07959509B2	Multi-player bingo game with optional progressive jackpot wager The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a wagering game and an associated progressive jackpot, wherein each player has a unique game array of game indicia for the occurrence of the wagering game and individual game indicia are sequentially selected from a range of available game indicia. Players may win the wagering game, interim pattern awards and/or progressive jackpot awards by matching predetermined patterns with patterns formed on their unique game array with indicia matching selected indicia. The players may optionally participate and be eligible to win all or a portion of the progressive jackpot. In one embodiment, the player may be eligible for the progressive jackpot by wagering at least a minimum wager amount, and perhaps the maximum bet for the wagering game. Graphics corresponding to the progressive jackpot may be optionally displayed only to players eligible to win the progressive jackpot.
US07959504B2	Gaming device game applying randomly selected features to an array of symbols Disclosed herein is a game played on a gaming device that displays a randomly selected array of symbols, where the symbols across one or more paylines are evaluated by circuitry to determine an award to be granted. A trigger event, such as the occurrence of a special symbol (e.g., a $ symbol), initiates a special feature. Once the trigger event occurs, one of a plurality of features is randomly selected and applied to the symbols in the existing array of symbols, and an award is then granted based on the results. An example of the group of available features is: 1) multiply the number of $ symbols in the array by X credits; 2) randomly place a $ symbol on reels 1, 2, 4, and 5; 3) change certain predetermined symbols to the $ symbol; and 4) fill two, three, or four reels (randomly selected) with the $ symbol.
US07959499B2	Machine for lung removal in poultry and method and use thereof Provided is poultry processing equipment and more particularly, an improved evisceration device and subassemblies thereof for removing organs from a membrane-covered socket in the body cavity of a poultry carcass, such as the lungs.
US07959487B2	Brassiere A brassiere is provided with a front piece forming the breast cups and with two side pieces extending around the upper body of an individual wearing the brassiere and which can be connected in the back area of the wearer. Shoulder straps extend from the breast cups to the back parts of the side pieces. At least part of the edges of the brassiere are folded over to form the marginal edge and fixed in this position by an adhesive layer is arranged between the folded-over edge part and the textile layer of the brassiere that faces it.

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