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US07995801B2	Mobile positioning system There is provided a mobile positioning apparatus for performing map matching based on a pixel image. The mobile positioning apparatus comprises a position storage indicating a current position of a mobile body and likelihood information thereof as a nonparametric distribution; a movement vector estimation device which outputs a movement vector indicating a moving distance and a moving direction of the mobile body at a discrete time T and likelihood information thereof; an image database which holds a peripheral map of a range of movement of the mobile body as an image group of a resolution according to a moving resolution of the mobile body; and a pixel crossing determination device which performs map matching using the position information group and a the movement vector based on the peripheral map.
US07995795B2	Method and apparatus for selective disqualification of digital images An unsatisfactory scene is disqualified as an image acquisition control for a camera. An image is acquired. One or more eye regions are determined. The eye regions are analyzed to determine whether they are blinking, and if so, then the scene is disqualified as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while the eye is completing the blinking.
US07995794B2	Remote control of an image capturing unit in a portable electronic device A method and computer program product are described herein for remotely controlling a first image capturing unit in a portable electronic device as well as to such a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may include a first and a second image capturing unit. The device detects and tracks an object via the second capturing unit and detects changes in an area of the object. These changes are then used for controlling the first image capturing unit remotely. When the control involves capturing of images an improved image quality can be obtained. Also the time it takes to capture an image is reduced.
US07995793B2	Occlusion detector for and method of detecting occlusion areas An occlusion detector (200, 201, 203, 205, 207) for detecting occlusion areas (108, 110) in an image (100) comprises a motion vector selector (202) for selecting at least two motion vectors (118, 120) from a set of motion vectors. It further comprises a pixel value comparator (206) for calculating a first and a second pixel value difference between a particular value of a particular pixel (112) of the image (100) and a second value of a second pixel (116) and a third value of a third pixel (114), both of a further image (102). The occlusion detector (200, 201, 203, 205, 207) further comprises a decision unit (204) for deciding whether the particular pixel (112) belongs to one of the occlusion areas (108, 110) by checking whether the first and second pixel value differences are larger than a first predetermined threshold and a second predetermined threshold, respectively.
US07995792B2	Parental monitoring method using periodic image sampling There is provided a system and/or method of monitoring media content. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method of monitoring operation of an electronic device having a plurality of signal inputs, the method comprising periodically collecting images from each of the plurality of signal inputs, storing the collected images for later evaluation if an image storage option is enabled, and sending the collected images for direct viewing if the image storage option is not enabled.
US07995791B2	ATM security system A security system useful for monitoring an automated teller machine (ATM) includes a camera that provides images of at least selected portions of the ATM. A controller automatically determines whether a difference between a reference image of the ATM and a subsequently acquired image from the camera indicates an alteration to the ATM. One example provides the ability to detect whether a skimming reader has been placed adjacent a card receiving slot. A disclosed example includes acquiring a plurality of reference images corresponding to different lighting conditions and using an appropriate one of the reference images based upon a lighting condition or time of day associated with a subsequently acquired image.
US07995790B2	Digital watermark detection using predetermined color projections The present invention relates to digital watermarking. In one implementation, a system is provided to read a digital watermark from digital imagery which includes data representing a number of pixels. Each pixel of the number of pixels is defined by a set of values representing color components of the particular pixel. The digital watermark is embedded in the digital imagery through modifications to at least some data representing the digital imagery. The system includes a filter to calculate values of pixels along a preferred projection axis, the preferred projection axis corresponds to a direction of embedding determined based on color characteristics of at least some pixels associated with the digital imagery; and a digital watermark reader which operates on values calculated by the filter. Other implementations are provided as well.
US07995789B2	Electroacoustic transducer with resistance to shock-waves A transducer comprising a pair of spaced magnets at least partially forming a tunnel having a central axis. A coil having a first and a second side wall and an upper and a lower wall at least partially forms the tunnel. A reed having a central portion extends through the tunnel. The reed has a stationary end, a deflection end, and a tip portion which lies at least partially between the magnets, wherein the reed is mounted for deflection towards or away from the respective magnets.
US07995775B2	Automatic volume control for audio signals A technique is provided for automatically adjusting the volume, or magnitude, of an audio signal. The technique includes calculating an average power associated with a segment of an input audio signal, determining whether the average power is greater than an estimated signal level associated with one or more previously-processed segments of the input audio signal and, depending on the determination, either calculating an updated estimated signal level by subtracting from the average power an attenuated difference between the estimated signal level and the average power or setting the updated estimated signal level to the average power. A gain to be applied to the segment of the input audio signal is then determined based on the updated estimated signal level and a target signal level for an output audio signal.
US07995772B2	Method for assessing interfering noise The invention relates to a method for assessing interfering noise in motor vehicles, according to which noise occurring during a predefined measuring time is divided into different frequency ranges, the changes in level relative to the background noise are determined within said frequency ranges, and the determined changes in level are evaluated.
US07995759B1	System and method for parallel compression of a single data stream A system and method provide parallel compression of a single data stream is provided. A data stream entering a storage encryption processor is split by a splitting stage into a plurality of substantially equal segments. Each of the segments is stored in one of a first set of memories in a round robin fashion. Each memory has an associated compression core that reads the segments associated with each memory and compresses the data before storing the compressed segments in a second set of memories. A merging stage reads the compressed segments from the second set of memories and creates a single compressed data stream.
US07995756B1	Mobile device playback and control of media content from a personal media host device Mobile device playback and control of media content stored on a personal media host device is provided. The mobile device may communicate a request for media content to a network server, which may determine whether the mobile device is authorized to access the requested media content. If it is determined that the mobile device is authorized, the network server may access the media content from the host device. The network server may then initiate a media session with the mobile device, wherein the media content is streamed to the mobile device.
US07995754B2	Recordation of encrypted data to a recordable medium Systems and methods of recording data are disclosed herein. A secure storage area is received from a host device. The secure storage area is indicative of a portion of a memory of the recordable medium to be recorded with encrypted data. A write command is received from the host device. The write command can include at least one data block to be written to the recordable medium and a memory address indicative of a start address where the at least one data block is to be written on the recordable medium. The memory address and the secure storage area can be compared to determine whether the at least one data block falls within the secure storage area. An encryption indicator in the at least one data block can be checked to determine whether the data on the at least one data block is encrypted. If the encryption indicator indicates that the data in the at least one data block is encrypted and if the at least one data block falls within the data range an encryption bit associated with the at least one data block can be set.
US07995753B2	Parallel cipher operations using a single data pass Multiple cipher hardware algorithms are run in parallel over an input stream. For example, one algorithm can process the input stream using an old cipher key while a parallel algorithm processes the input stream using the current cipher key. Alternatively, multiple cipher operations can be performed in parallel enabling a receiver to determine which cipher algorithm was employed in encrypting a data packet.
US07995752B2	Method for accelerating cryptographic operations on elliptic curves This invention provides a method for accelerating multiplication of an elliptic curve point Q(x,y) by a scalar k, the method comprising the steps of selecting an elliptic curve over a finite field Fq where q is a prime power such that there exists an endomorphism ψ, where ψ(Q)=λ·Q for all points Q(x,y) on the elliptic curve; and using smaller representations ki of the scalar k in combination with the mapping y to compute the scalar multiple of the elliptic curve point Q.
US07995749B2	Cryptographic system configured for extending a repetition period of a random sequence A cryptographic system (CS) is provided. The CS (500) is comprised of a data stream receiving means (DSRM), a ring generator (RG) and an encryptor. The DSRM (602) provides a data stream (DS). The RG (400) includes a computing (404-408), converting (404-408) and permutation (410) means. The computing means is configured to perform RNS arithmetic operations to express a random number in a random number sequence as RNS residue values (RNSRV). The converting means is configured to convert each RNSRV to a relatively prime number system so that each RNSRV includes at least one digit. The permutation means is configured to generate an arbitrary permutation ordering of output sequence numbers (OSNs) using a select combination of digits associated with each RNSRV. The arbitrary permutation ordering is determined using a cyclic structure. The encryptor is configured to generate a modified data stream by combining the OSNs and DS.
US07995747B2	Weather guard A weather guard is disclosed having a frame, a pair of members, a vertical support member, and a bracket.
US07995745B1	Structure and method for echo reduction without loss of information An echo reduction method stores a received audio information stream. A sound detection flag is activated following detection of locally generated sound. Output based on the received audio information stream is muted in response to the activating the sound detection flag. Rendering status of the received audio information stream is saved, in response to the activating the sound detection flag, to reduce loss of audio information. At least a portion of the stored received audio information stream is rendered following inactivation of the sound detection flag.
US07995743B2	Method and apparatus for non-disruptive telecommunication loop condition determination The invention provides a low cost, simple, circuit for detecting the condition of a telephone line.
US07995741B1	Appearance change prompting during video calls to agents The present invention is directed toward a method and system for determining changes in a customer that have occurred between contact center visits. The invention is operable to compare data captured from a previous interaction and data captured from a current interaction and compare the two in order to determine if the customer has had any changes to their appearance or otherwise since their last contact center visit.
US07995728B1	Personal ringback tone content selection and activation After a call with a called party ends, a caller is provided with prompts or messages which allow the caller to control ringback media content which is to be rendered when the caller calls the called party in the future. For example, the caller is provided with prompts by which they can select ringback content from content they already have purchased and apply it to the called party number. Alternatively, the caller is linked to a content provider where they can purchase additional content and have it applied to the called party number. Thus, the caller is able to exert control over ringback media.
US07995727B1	Method and apparatus for controlling calling-party identification The present invention provides a system, method, and apparatus for managing the calling-party identification information offered to called parties. Accordingly, a caller can designate the Caller ID information to the called party based on the context of the call (e.g. the role of the caller) rather than the terminal used. Typically the calling party does this by selecting which of multiple values they wish to have sent with the call request. It is beneficial to implement such a mechanism in a secure manner—the ability to employ a different calling-number or calling-name ID should be restricted to properly-authorized and authenticated persons—in order to ensure the quality of this information. Accordingly, preferred embodiments include an authentication mechanism for verifying the calling party information is authentic.
US07995725B1	Compilation, analysis, and graphic representation of call data A system, method, and computer readable medium that comprises, receiving an incoming communication, compiling statistics related to the incoming communication and analyzing the compiled statistics.
US07995721B2	System and method for remote access to a telephone A remote access system between a remote client and an office telephone via a packet network on a point-to-point basis is provided. The office center includes a web server having a web page stored thereon and a PBX system. During a remote session, incoming communications to the PBX continue to flow to the office telephone and then are routed to the remote client. The remote client is able to view, manage and control the events as if the worker was at the office. Alternatively, the office telephone may establish a remote session with the remote client on a point-to-point basis such that all communications to the remote client flow to the office workstation. Additionally, the office telephone and remote client may have connectivity devices coupled to them so data from the connectivity devices can be viewed, managed and controlled at a remote location.
US07995718B1	Methods and systems using a telephone number server (TNS) A telephone number server (TNS) of a first party maintains telephone numbers of third parties in association with respective Internet information of the third parties. Upon request from a second party, the request including information indicative of a third party's telephone number, the second party searches the TNS and communicates to the second party the Internet information in the TNS that is associated with the third party's telephone number. The Internet information may include only a particular website address of the third party. If the telephone number is a customer service number, the website address may relate to the third party's customer service. Moreover, the website may include real time information, such as the current hold time for speaking with a customer service representative. The website further may provide other contact information for customer service, including web-based email or other direct call numbers for certain inquiries or issues.
US07995715B2	Communications systems and methods for exchanging messages between users A communications system exchanges messages between users. A messaging store stores the messages. A messaging server accesses and manages messages of the message store. A plurality of servers interface between the messaging server and different networks of the users. Processes employing dynamic mailboxes and for selectively retrieving messages are also provided.
US07995714B2	Voicemail conversion Included are embodiments of methods for providing voicemail conversion. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a message waiting indicator signal in a first protocol, the message waiting indicator signal being received from a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) based voicemail server, the message waiting indicator signal being configured to indicate that a message for a called party has been received by the PSTN based voicemail server. Some embodiment of a method include receiving a PSTN based identifier for an Internet Protocol (IP) based communications device associated with the called party and converting the received message waiting indicator signal from the first protocol to a second protocol, the second protocol being configured for communication to the IP based communications device.
US07995706B2	Electromagnetic wave/particle beam spectroscopic method and electromagnetic wave/particle beam spectroscopic instrument The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave/particle beam spectroscopic instrument that is not easily deteriorated in spectroscopic capability, and is resistant to electromagnetic noise, vibrations, heavy sound, heat and specific particle beams of interest, particle beams other than electromagnetic waves, electric noise due to electromagnetic waves, mechanical destruction, and recoiling of solid constituent atoms and is also more resistant to radiation exposure on the detection means than the conventional energy resolving technologies. A spectroscopic instrument 10 includes a Laplace transform filter 11 that performs Laplace transform on the intensity of an incident spectrum, a detection element 15 that detects a transmitted intensity of the incident spectrum, and an arithmetic device 17 that performs inverse Laplace transform on the detected transmitted intensity of the incident spectrum, thereby calculating the incident intensity of the incident spectrum that has entered the Laplace transform filter 11.
US07995703B2	Method for controlling X-ray exposure in X-ray CT system A method for controlling automatic X-ray exposure in an X-ray CT system includes establishing a correspondence table or function relationship between a ratio factor and an offset of a geometrical center of a scanned section, wherein the ratio factor represents a ratio of the projection area value when the geometrical center of the scanned section of a subject deviates from a rotation center to the standard projection area value when the geometrical center of the scanned section of the subject locates at the rotation center, scout scanning the subject, and calculating a “measured projection area value” and Projection Measure based on the scout scan data, calculating the offset of the geometrical center of the scanned section from the rotation center, substituting the offset into the correspondence table or function relationship to obtain a corresponding ratio factor, calculating the standard projection area value based on the ratio factor and the measured projection area value, and automatically determining by an automatic exposure function a tube current value required for exposure based on the calculated standard projection area value, the Projection Measure.
US07995697B2	Polar modulation / one-point frequency modulation with flexible reference frequency Apparatuses and methods for operating a modulation system using a flexible reference frequency signal are disclosed. A modulation system uses a phase-locked loop (PLL). An internal reference signal source is configured to provide an internal reference signal having an internal frequency that is substantially independent of the reference frequency. A frequency signal source is configured to provide a plurality of first samples of the frequency signal taken at a first sampling frequency according to the internal reference signal. A resampling device is configured to receive and resample the plurality of first samples to generate a plurality of second samples taken at a second sampling frequency according to the reference frequency. A loop gain compensation device is configured to receive the reference frequency and apply an offset gain to inversely offset a change in PLL loop gain responsive to a change in the reference frequency.
US07995691B2	Real-time channel estimation system A real-time channel estimation system, which receives a wireless transmission signal through a wireless channel and estimates channel parameters of the wireless channel in real-time. The system includes a channel estimator to receive the wireless transmission signal and output the channel parameters; first and second filters to filter the channel parameters for producing a first and a second sets of filtered channel parameters; first and second calculators to compute according to the first and the second sets of filtered channel parameters and the wireless transmission signal for producing a first and a second probabilities; a comparator to compare the first and the second probabilities for producing an indicative signal; and a multiplexer to receive the indicative signal for accordingly selecting the first or second set of filtered channel parameters as an output.
US07995685B2	Backscatter interrogator reception method and interrogator for a modulated backscatter system In a backscatter interrogator reception method, a continuous carrier signal with a frequency fc is sent from an interrogator to a tag device over a wireless link, the tag device transmits data to the interrogator using a modulated backscatter signal, and the received modulated backscatter signal is demodulated by the interrogator to retrieve the data transmitted from the tag device. According to the present invention, the interrogator estimates the phase and the amplitude of an inband interferer signal contained in the received modulated backscatter signal, generates a cancellation signal having the opposite phase and the same amplitude as the estimation of the inband interferer signal, and combines said cancellation signal with the received backscatter signal in order to reduce the influence of the inband interferer signal. In addition, a two-stage interferer cancellation scheme is proposed.
US07995683B2	Noise floor independent delay-locked loop discriminator A system and method for providing code tracking in a CDMA based communications receiver. In example systems and methods, a CDMA receiver, such as a GPS receiver, receives a signal and demodulates the signal to yield a digital IF signal. The digital IF signal is down-converted to a received code signal. Early, prompt and late correlation results are determined by correlating the received code signal with early, prompt and late duplicates of the received code signal. The early, prompt and late correlation results are used to calculate a code phase error using a noise-floor independent function of all three correlation results.
US07995682B2	Method and apparatus for performing signal processing using historical correlation data A method and apparatus for estimating a satellite signal parameter in a satellite positioning system receiver is described. In an example, a plurality of correlation results between a satellite signal and a reference signal is generated and stored in a memory. At least one satellite signal parameter is estimated from the plurality of correlation results using a co-processor integrated within the satellite positioning system receiver. As the coprocessor estimates the parameter, new correlation results are added to the memory. The at least one satellite signal parameter is then provided to the processor.
US07995681B2	Method and an apparatus for timing control of channel estimation The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for timing control of channel estimation. The method includes: sequentially shifting a channel estimation window in a power-delay profile in a specific time interval to obtain a plurality of candidate segments; sequentially calculating a metric corresponding to the candidate segments according to the delay paths and the channel power contained in the candidate segments; among the metrics, finding out an optimal segment with the maximum metric and deciding a timing of channel estimation based on the optimal segment.
US07995680B2	Apparatus and method for preamble detection and integer carrier frequency offset estimation This invention provides an apparatus and method for preamble detection and integer carrier frequency offset estimation, which method comprises the steps of: determining the window of useful subcarriers in preamble transformed to frequency domain based on pre-determined possible integer carrier frequency offset and the length of the preamble, so as to select the useful subcarriers; extracting a plurality of subcarrier sequences having a length equal to that of the preamble from the useful subcarriers; calculating conjugative multiplications of each subcarrier and its neighboring subcarriers in the subcarrier sequences extracted; acquiring the real part of the conjugative multiplications; calculating the cross correlations between the real part of the conjugative multiplications and known preambles modulated by DBPSK, and outputting the calculated correlation values; and detecting preamble index of a target base station with the calculated correlation values to select a target cell, and estimating integer carrier frequency offset with respect to the target base station.
US07995677B2	Apparatus and method for detecting signal by maximum likelihood An apparatus and method for detecting a signal in a receiver by maximum likelihood (ML) are provided, in which symbols are detected according to the number of transmit antennas of a transmitter and a modulation scheme, channels are estimated, an equivalent channel matrix corresponding to the estimated channels is determined, a permuted equivalent channel matrix is determined by multiplying the equivalent channel matrix by a predetermined permutation matrix, the permuted equivalent channel matrix is QR decomposed, a hard decision is performed on predetermined symbols among the detected symbols using a received signal resulting from the QR decomposition, and the log likelihood ratios (LLRs) of the hard-decided symbols are determined.
US07995668B2	Method and apparatus for quantizing complex vectors in communication system Improved techniques are disclosed for quantizing complex vectors in communication systems. For example, a method includes the following steps. At least one complex vector representative of at least one element of a communication system is obtained. A codeword that approximates the complex vector is identified. The identified codeword is a codeword, from a set of codewords, wherein a real part of a product of the codeword and a scaled version of the complex vector is about maximal over the set of codewords. The scaled version of the complex vector is the product of the complex vector and a constant from a set of constants. In one embodiment, the element of the communication system that the complex vector represents is a channel between a base station and a user terminal in the communication system.
US07995667B2	Reduced latency concatenated reed solomon-convolutional coding for MIMO wireless LAN A wireless local area network (WLAN) transmitter includes a baseband processing module and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters. The baseband processing module operably coupled to scramble data in accordance with a pseudo random sequence to produce scrambled data. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to interleave, at a word level, the scrambled data to produce interleaved data when the interleaving is enabled. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to outer Reed-Solomon encode the scrambled data or the interleaved data to produce outer encoded data when the outer Reed-Solomon encoding is enabled. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to inner puncture convolution encode the outer encoded data or the scrambled data to produce the encoded data. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to determine a number of transmit streams based on a mode selection signal. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to convert the encoded data into streams of symbols in accordance with the number of transmit streams and the mode selection signal. The plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters, when enabled, converts the streams of symbols into a corresponding number of RF signals.
US07995666B1	Frame synchronization method and apparatus In a method for synchronizing a receiver to a synchronous signal, in a signal having been processed based on an automatic gain control (AGC) with a varying gain, a symbol is detected. An estimated beginning of a subsequent frame is determined based on the detected symbol. A gain of the AGC is fixed for a period during which the estimated start of the subsequent frame is processed by the AGC. A transform of the signal is analyzed to determine if the estimated start of the subsequent frame corresponds to an actual start of the subsequent frame. If the estimated start of the subsequent frame does not corresponds to the actual start of the subsequent frame, the gain of the AGC is allowed to resume varying and, a further symbol in the signal is detected, the signal having been processed based on the varying gain of the AGC.
US07995665B2	Method and apparatus for reception in a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency domain modulation (OFDM) wireless communication system An embodiment of the present invention includes a transceiver for use in a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency Domain Multiplexing (OFDM) wireless communication system. The transceiver decodes and remodulates certain signal fields and uses the same to update the coefficients of a frequency equalizer thereby improving channel estimation and extending training.
US07995663B2	Multicarrier transmitting apparatus and multicarrier transmitting method To narrow the dynamic range of multicarrier signals and prevent both the increment of cost and the degradation of power efficiency. A modulating part (101) modulates transport data. An S/P converting part (102) performs an S/P conversion of a modulated symbol and outputs the modulated symbols, the number of which is the same as the number of all subcarriers, to an IFFT part (103) in parallel. The IFFT part (103) assigns the modulated symbols to the subcarriers, the frequencies of which are orthogonal to each other, to perform an inverse fast Fourier transform. A P/S converting part (104) performs a P/S conversion of the signals of time domain. When the instantaneous amplitude level of an OFDM signal is lower than a predetermined threshold value, a pit clip part (105) replaces this amplitude level by the predetermined threshold value. In other words, when the instantaneous power of the OFDM signal is close to zero, the pit clip part (105) converts a power value to a value that is greater than the actual power value.
US07995658B2	Picture encoding method and picture decoding method A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a picture for reference and whether or not the decoded picture is a picture for output which needs to be stored until its display time, and storing, in the picture buffer, the picture for reference and the picture for output based on the determination result.
US07995653B2	Method for finding the prediction direction in intraframe video coding A method of finding the prediction direction during intraframe video image coding. The method comprises the following steps: selecting two initial prediction directions (E, S), calculating virtual blocks associated with said initial prediction directions (E, S), comparing said virtual blocks with the current block and selecting the initial prediction direction (E), which is then called the first main direction, calculating virtual blocks associated with the prediction directions (ENE, ESE) immediately adjacent to said first main direction (E), comparing said virtual blocks with the current block to determine the best prediction direction, if the best prediction direction is the first main direction (E) or one direction (ENE) of the immediately adjacent directions situated at one extremity of the set of prediction directions, deciding this best direction is the required prediction direction, otherwise, calculating the virtual block associated with the prediction direction (SE) other than the first main direction (E) that is immediately adjacent to the second main direction (ESE), comparing said virtual blocks with the current block to determine the best prediction direction, if said best prediction direction is said second main direction (ESE) or the immediately adjacent direction (SE) situated at one extremity of the set of prediction directions, deciding that best direction is the required prediction direction, otherwise, continuing the process iteratively until the required prediction direction is found. Application to video coding.
US07995646B2	Communication test circuit, communication interface circuit, and communication test method A communication test circuit for allowing a tolerance test to be carried out in a general testing environment. The communication test circuit includes an adder and a second clock generation block. When an offset is input to the adder, the adder adds the offset to a phase adjustment signal for adjusting the phase of a clock signal for data detection and outputs the result to the second clock generation block. The second clock generation block outputs a second clock signal adjusted in accordance with the phase adjustment signal to which the offset has been added. Accordingly, a clock signal shifted in accordance with the offset from a natural clock signal along the time axis is generated at a test.
US07995643B2	Electronic apparatus and unit utilized in electronic system A printer apparatus generates a fixed-length packet by appending a termination identifier for representing a termination point of sub-data. The printer apparatus transmits the packet to a unit. Upon receiving the packet, the unit detects burst error based upon the termination identifier.
US07995638B2	High power, end pumped laser with off-peak pumping A laser configuration producing up to 100's of Watts of output is provided, based on a solid-state gain medium, a source of pump energy which is detuned from the maximum absorption wavelength for the gain medium, and optics arranged to deliver the pump energy through an end of the gain medium to propagate along the length of the gain medium. The length of the gain medium and the doping concentration in the gain medium are sufficient the absorption length is on the order of 10's of millimeters, and more than ⅓ of the length, and that 90 percent or more of the pump energy is absorbed within two or fewer passes of the gain medium. A pump energy source that supplies 100 Watts to 1000 Watts or more.
US07995613B2	Communication system with improved medium access control sub-layer A communication system which has a plurality of mobile terminals and a base station, each of the mobile terminals and/or base station comprising a medium access control sub-layer, upper layers of the medium access control sub-layer, and a lower layer of the medium access control sub-layer, wherein the medium access control sub-layer is configured to perform self-basic functions in response to basic function execution requests or functions associated with the upper layers or lower layer in response to requests therefrom. According to the present invention, the communication system can provide a compatible multimedia communication service even if an originating terminal and a terminating terminal employ different communication manners, they are available from different manufacturers or they are operated by different communication service operators.
US07995605B2	Apparatus and method for implementing a suspend mode in an ethernet-based communications system The present invention describes a communications system having a first link partner and a second link partner that are connected by a communications link having at least four pairs of conductors. According to IEEE Standard 802.3 (e.g. Ethernet) for 1000Base-T, a data link is maintained (in a period absent data transmission) by sending idle signals over four pairs of conductors of the cable to maintain a logical connection. This idle signal scheme is replaced with an alternate idle signaling scheme that uses only two pairs of conductors to maintain a logical connection and therefore can operate with using lower power. The other two pairs of conductors of the four pairs of conductors are unused to maintain a logical connection absent data transfer, and therefore can be used to implement a Suspend Mode of operation. During Suspend Mode, the physical layer of each link partner powers down unnecessary circuitry so as to operate in a low power environment. To initiate the Suspend Mode, idle signals are sent on one of the un-used pairs of the conductors mentioned above. To exit Suspend mode, idle signals are sent on respective conductors simultaneously.
US07995597B2	Method and system for weighted fair queuing A system for scheduling data for transmission in a communication network includes a credit distributor and a transmit selector. The communication network includes a plurality of children. The transmit selector is communicatively coupled to the credit distributor. The credit distributor operates to grant credits to at least one of eligible children and children having a negative credit count. Each credit is redeemable for data transmission. The credit distributor further operates to affect fairness between children with ratios of granted credits, maintain a credit balance representing a total amount of undistributed credits available, and deduct the granted credits from the credit balance. The transmit selector operates to select at least one eligible and enabled child for dequeuing, bias selection of the eligible and enabled child to an eligible and enabled child with positive credits, and add credits to the credit balance corresponding to an amount of data selected for dequeuing.
US07995596B2	System and method for offloading packet protocol encapsulation from software A method is provided for offloading packet protocol encapsulation from software. In operation, pointer information is received. Furthermore, packet protocol encapsulation is offloaded from software by assembling packets in hardware, using the pointer information.
US07995594B2	Protocol and system for firewall and NAT traversal for TCP connections Embodiments of this invention provides a system and a protocol to enable two transmission control protocol TCP peers that exist behind one or more firewalls and network address translators NATs to automatically setup a true peer-to-peer TCP connection and exchange data without making changes to the firewall or NAT devices or existing TCP-based applications. In embodiments of this invention, the synchronization between the blind TCP peers is achieved using a system that consists of a registration server, an agent application, and a virtual network interface that together relay and replicate the control signals between the two TCP peers. In addition, embodiments of this invention are also used to traverse the NAT and establish a bi-directional peer-to-peer TCP connection in the firewall.
US07995593B2	System and method for retrieving computed paths from a path computation element using encrypted objects In one embodiment, a path computation client (PCC) generates a path computation request and transmits the path computation request to a path computation element (PCE). The PCC receives from the PCE a response including path segments defining a path, at least one of the path segments being an encrypted path segment that has been encrypted according to an encryption algorithm associated with a remote domain. The PCC then generates a path reservation message that includes the encrypted path segment. This is done without decrypting the encrypted path segment at the PCC. The PCC transmits the path reservation message to one or more nodes along the path, which may be capable of decrypting the encrypted path segment.
US07995588B2	Systems and methods for distributing data within an internet having a plurality of nodes Disclosed are systems and methods for distributing data. In an exemplary method of distributing data within an internet, there is a step of receiving, in a first node, an identifier corresponding to a file. Subsequently, the exemplary method uses the identifier to select a second node, by performing an operation with the identifier and an ID for a node in the internet. The exemplary method receives, in the first node, an address set from the second node. This address set could, for example, include addresses corresponding to a swarm in the Bittorrent protocol.
US07995581B1	Multiple address databases in a switch without the need for extra memory A system including N ports, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores M address databases. Each of the M address databases stores MAC addresses and has a database number. A first port of the N ports associated with one of the M address databases receives a frame including a destination MAC address. The controller (i) generates a hashed MAC address based on the destination MAC address and (ii) combines the hashed MAC address and a first database number of the one of the M address databases to generate a bucket address. The bucket address identifies P addresses. Each of the P addresses identifies a location in the memory that stores (i) a MAC address and (ii) a port identifier. N, M, and P are integers greater than one.
US07995556B2	Gateway for using non-IP digital PBX telephone handsets with an IP call controller A gateway 11 for using non-IP digital telephone handsets 10 with an IP call controller (“PBX”) 12, 24, 42. The gateway may be implemented to work with any non-IP digital telephone handset and any IP call controller. The call controller may be a public protocol IP Centrex call controller 24 or a proprietary protocol call controller 12, 42. The gateway is programmable so that a single hardware unit can be programmed after it is plugged in to work with any such devices. The programming is accomplished via IP download from a server on the global IP network 23. The gateway may be implemented as a plug in card 40 for an IP call controller 42 that accepts plug in cards. Alternatively, it may be implemented to work with remote IP call controllers 12, 42. In this latter configuration, the gateway may include a router for other IP devices which is designed to give voice quality preference to the telephone handsets over other IP devices.
US07995555B2	Identification fragment handling A device stores forwarding information associated with fragments of a first data unit, stores information common to the fragments of the first data unit, receives fragments of a second data unit, and forwards the fragments of the second data unit based on the forwarding information of the first data unit and the information common to the first data unit.
US07995544B2	Wireless LANs and neighborhood capture Overlapped wireless LAN cells in a medium have an equal chance at establishing a session on the medium. A first member station in the first cell transmits a timing packet containing a timestamp value, which is received at a second member station in the second cell. This synchronizes member stations in the first and second cells to interrupt transmissions at a global channel release instant corresponding to the timestamp value. The member stations in the first and second cells then have the opportunity to contend for access to the medium following the global channel release instant, using a slotted CSMA/CA access method. Each of the member stations in the first and second cells has a superframe clock that is synchronized based on the timestamp value, thereby establishing a periodic global channel release instant during each of a plurality of periodic superframes. The member stations can then periodically interrupt transmissions at the periodic global channel release instant to contend for the medium. The periodic global channel release instant occurs at intervals that are sufficiently close to meet delay and jitter restrictions for time-critical voice and video applications.
US07995543B2	Network device for implementing multiple access points and multiple client stations A wireless network device includes N access point (AP) modules having N BSSID's, where N is an integer greater than 1. The wireless network device includes a control module that communicates with the N AP modules. The control module stores the N BSSID's, a BSSID of an (N+1)th external AP that communicates with M client stations, and at least one MAC address of at least one of the M client stations, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The control module communicates with the (N+1)th external AP by emulating at least one of the M client stations.
US07995540B2	Method for balancing the ratio Eb/I in a service multiplexing CDMA system and telecommunication systems using same A method for a channel of a Code Division Multiple Access telecommunication system, the Code Division Multiple Access telecommunication system implementing a phase of communicating data conveyed by a plurality of transport channels, the Code Division Multiple Access telecommunication system comprising at least one sending entity and at least one receiving entity for communicating the data, the phase of communicating data comprising a plurality of rate matching steps, each of the plurality of rate matching steps executing a transformation of an input block of an initial size into an output block of a final size by puncturing or repeating at least one bit of the input block.
US07995538B2	Method and apparatus for throttling access to a shared resource A method and apparatus for throttling requests to access a shared resource throttles requests that are made too frequently. The methodology reduces the frequency of requests by setting a throttle end time that is based upon the frequency of previously desired access. Access is denied for a time period up until the throttle end time.
US07995536B2	Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) for wireless transmitting and receiving stations A wireless terminal receives a signal from a first BTS as a communication party and a signal from a second BTS when receiving the signal from the first BTS by using a communication slot that is assigned to the terminal, the terminal comprises receiving antennas; a demodulator unit that estimates channels of received signals, and demodulates the received signals by using the estimation result; and a discriminating unit discriminating the number of transmitting antennas to be used in the first BTS in the communication slot which is assigned to the terminal, in which in the case where the number of channels that are produced between the first BTS and the terminal, which is determined according to the number of transmitting antennas, is smaller than the number of channels that can be estimated by the demodulator unit, the demodulator unit estimates the channel between the terminal and the first BTS by using a signal from the first BTS, and estimates the channel between the terminal and the second BTS by using a signal from the second BTS.
US07995534B2	Method and apparatus for SRNS relocation in wireless communication systems A method for SRNS relocation comprises sending a relocation request from a Source Node B+ to a Target Node B+ based on measurements received from a User Equipment; sending a Physical Channel reconfiguration message from the Source Node B+ to the UE; forwarding Packet Data Units (PDU) from the source Node B+ to the Target Node B+; and performing physical layer synchronization and radio link establishment with a target cell of the Target Node B+.
US07995530B2	Method of system access to a wireless network A method includes steps, performed by a wireless device for accessing a wireless network through network base stations. The steps include selecting a reverse link cost metric from a list of reverse link cost metrics. A reverse link cost is determined according to the selected reverse link cost metric. A plurality of base stations are partitioned into a plurality of candidate base stations and a plurality of excluded base stations. The plurality of base stations are substituted with the candidate base stations, thereby reducing the cardinality of the plurality of base stations by the cardinality of the plurality of excluded base stations. A candidate base station is selected from a plurality of the base stations. A probe signal is sent at the reverse link cost to the candidate base station. A response from the candidate base station is waited for within a timeout period.
US07995517B2	System and method for transmitting units of messages in a mobile communication system A method of multimedia communication in a mobile communications network is provided. The method comprises allocating data in a message to be transmitted via a multimedia messaging service (MMS) protocol to a sequence of protocol data units (PDU), wherein each PDU in the sequence is associated with a sequence number identifying the position of the PDU in said sequence; transmitting a first PDU in said sequence; transmitting a subsequent PDU in the sequence according to the PDU's sequence number, in response to an acknowledgment received confirming receipt of a previously transmitted PDU; retransmitting a PDU if a respective acknowledgement is not received for the PDU.
US07995514B2	RS-based network transmission method A Relay System (RS)-based cellular network transmission method for MT having a function of single input and single output is provided. The method includes transmitting broadcast information to all RSs and Mobile Terminals (MTs); transmitting required data to each RS in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) mode; performing the operations of selection of modulation scheme, addition of CP, addition of symbols for channel estimation and selection of OFDM symbols; feeding feedback information to the Base Station (BS); transmitting a synchronization request to the BS; transmitting a synchronization acknowledgement to the RS; transmitting information to each MT belonging to the BS; transmitting information to each MT belonging to the RS; the MT belonging to the BS transmitting ACK/NACK information to the BS; the MT belonging to the RS transmitting ACK/NACK information to the BS; and the BS informing the RS of the received ACK/NACK information.
US07995512B2	Method of transmitting data in cellular networks using cooperative relaying A method of transmitting data packets in a mobile communication system using at least one relay station (RS) and using at least two frequency carriers is disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises transmitting at least one subpacket of a first data packet to a mobile station (MS) on a first frequency carrier, and transmitting at least one subpacket of a second data packet to the MS via the at least one RS. Here, the at least one subpacket of second data packet from the at least one RS is transmitted on a second frequency carrier, a first subpacket of the first data packet and a first subpacket of the second data packet is transmitted via a main channel of the first frequency carrier and the main channel of the second frequency carrier, respectively, and at least one subsequent subpacket of the first data packet and at least one subsequent subpacket of the second data packet are transmitted via at least one assistant channel of the first frequency carrier and the at least one assistant channel of the second frequency carrier, respectively.
US07995511B2	Broadcasting receiver and broadcast signal processing method A digital broadcasting system which is robust against an error when mobile service data is transmitted and a method of processing data are disclosed. The mobile service data is subjected to an additional coding process and the coded mobile service data is transmitted. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with a serious channel variation while applying robustness to the mobile service data.
US07995508B2	Energy saving method in wireless network Provided is a method of minimizing power consumed by each node in a wireless network when communicating with neighboring nodes.Unlike a conventional synchronous media access control (MAC), the present invention suggests an asynchronous MAC. Thus, the active duration of a node extends only when transmitting a large quantity of data and the extended active duration returns to the minimum active duration again after completing the data transmission.
US07995490B2	System and method for identifying a signature of a device, in a communication circuit, utilizing distortion products A system for identifying characteristics of communication circuit devices in a communication circuit includes a stimulus signal generator configured to generate a stimulus signal at a plurality of amplitudes for the communication circuit devices. At least one of the plurality of amplitudes exceeds a first predetermined threshold. At least one communication circuit device is configured to generate a signature signal in response to the stimulus signal when the stimulus signal exceeds the first predetermined threshold. The system includes an evaluation device configured to evaluate at least one intermodulation distortion (IMD) product of the signature signal generated by the at least one communication circuit device, and to identify a class of the at least one communication circuit device according to a transition level of an amplitude of the at least one IMD product of the signature signal that exceeds a second predetermined threshold.
US07995488B2	Connectivity fault management for ethernet tree (E-Tree) type services A Maintenance Association and corresponding method for configuring maintenance entities for Ethernet Tree (E-Tree) type service instances. A root MEP communicates with each of a plurality of leaf MEPs. Remote MEP state machine instances are activated within the root MEP for each of the plurality of leaf MEPs. Within each leaf MEP, however, only the remote MEP state machine instance for the root MEP is activated while leaving the remote MEP state machine instances for all other leaf MEPs in an inactive state in which Connectivity Check Messages (CCMs) are not exchanged.
US07995481B2	Hop cost as secondary metric for equal cost multi-paths Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with computing path costs based on link cost as a primary metric and hop cost as a secondary metric are presented. The secondary metric facilitates distinguishing between what would be equal cost multi-paths if only link cost was employed. One example method includes computing a modified link cost for a plurality of paths between switches. The example method may also include determining a lowest modified link cost associated with a path between the switches. The example method may also include providing a signal identifying the lowest modified link cost.
US07995471B2	High-performance WiMAX QoS condition scheduling mechanism Embodiments of a method and apparatus for a high performance worldwide interoperability for microwave access quality of service condition scheduling mechanism are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US07995467B2	Apparatus and method for adapting to failures in gateway devices in mesh networks Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for adapting to failures in gateway devices in mesh networks. An example embodiment is configured to provide a plurality of interconnected nodes in a mesh network, at least one node of the plurality of nodes being designated a primary node, the primary node providing timing synchronization for other nodes of the plurality of nodes; and the primary node to designate another one of the plurality of nodes as a secondary node, the secondary node only providing timing synchronization for other nodes of the plurality of nodes when the primary node fails to provide the timing synchronization.
US07995460B2	Control interface protocol for telephone sets for a satellite telephone system A control interface protocol governs communications in a satellite telephone system. The satellite telephone system comprises a radio antenna unit (RAU) and a plurality of desksets connected to the RAU. An interface bus connects the desksets to the RAU. The RAU and the desksets communicate with each other by packets. Each packet comprises a start of header (SOH) byte, an address number (ADDR) byte, a command (CMD) byte, an argument (ARG) and a block check character (BCC). The ADDR byte comprises a source and a destination address of the packet. All packets, except negative acknowledgment (NAK) packets from the desksets, are acknowledged by the RAU. The packets originating from the desksets are tagged with an address of the desksets. A packet to a specific deskset includes a destination address. A packet originating from the RAU to all desksets includes a first default address. A packet originating from the RAU to a deskset that does not have an address includes a second default address.
US07995457B2	Method and system for SFBC/STBC transmission of orthogonally coded signals with angle feedback in a diversity transmission system Aspects of a method and system for SFBC/STBC transmission of orthogonally coded signals with angle feedback in a diversity transmission system are presented. Exemplary aspects of the system may include one or more circuits that enables generation of a plurality of concurrently transmitted signal groups based on a computed matrix such that a product of the plurality of concurrently transmitted signal groups, the computed matrix and/or a transformed version of the computed matrix, may generate at least one set of orthogonal signals based on at least one rotation angle.
US07995437B2	Optical pick up and optical disc apparatus An optical pickup includes: a light source emitting a beam having a predetermined wavelength; a plastic objective lens condensing the emitted beam on an optical disc; a light detector receiving and detecting the beam reflected by the optical disc; an objective-lens driving unit driving the objective lens in the tilt direction to tilt the objective lens; and a tilt-sensitivity sensing unit sensing a tilt sensitivity denoted by ΔWLT/Δθ, where ΔWLT [λrms] is a coma aberration amount Δθ [deg] is a tilt amount at the time of tilting the objective lens, wherein, in the case where the sensed tilt sensitivity is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, tilt is corrected by tilting the objective lens so that signal quality detected by the light detector is improved, and in the case where the sensed tilt sensitivity is smaller than the predetermined value, tilt is not corrected.
US07995434B2	Method and apparatus for generating absolute time in pregroove data An apparatus and a method for generating ATIP data is provided. The apparatus generates ATIP data from a wobble signal of a re-writable compact disc. The apparatus includes a frequency demodulator for demodulating the wobble signal to generate an original ATIP data signal; an ATIP clock generating circuit for generating an ATIP clock signal based on the wobble signal; and a data generating circuit, coupled to the frequency demodulator and the ATIP clock generating circuit, for generating the ATIP data based on the number of measurement periods for which the original ATIP data signal is at a first logic level during one period of the ATIP clock signal. This apparatus uses this number and the bi-phase rule to precisely generate ATIP data.
US07995429B2	Optical disk device and tilt correction method thereof There are provided an optical disk device and tilt correction processing method for performing recording/reproduction by rapidly acquiring an optimal tilt correction value for an optical disk having a plurality of recording/reproducing layers. In an optical disk device capable of recording or reproducing information by irradiating a laser beam to each of a plurality of recording/reproducing layers of an optical disk, the tilt value is stepwise set within a predetermined range at a predetermined radius position of the recording/reproducing layer located at the farthest distance from the laser beam irradiation side so that an optimal tilt correction value can be obtained from the quadratic function by the method of least squares of the jitter or the like obtained from the disk. By applying the optimal tilt value obtained to the other recording/reproducing layer, it is possible to start recording or reproduction in a short time.
US07995427B2	Medium management method and storage device A medium management method is disclosed. A removable medium is conveyed to a drive section when the removable medium is inserted into a medium accommodation section. The drive section reproduces and reads information from the medium and determines whether the medium is a first medium or a second medium on which data externally or internally created have been recorded according to the information read by the drive section. A partial reproduction operation is performed according to an edit list recorded on the first medium and the reproduced data are transferred to a pre-designated host system when the inserted medium is the first medium. The second medium is registered to a database when the determined result denotes that the inserted medium is the second medium. The medium is returned to the medium accommodation section after one of the partial reproduction operation and the database registration process has been completed.
US07995423B2	Ultrasound transducer and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus This invention includes a first electrode which is fixed on a base, a vibration film which is disposed to oppose the first electrode with an air and vacuum portion between the vibration film and the first electrode, a second electrode which is supported by the vibration film and is connected to a predetermined potential, a ferroelectric which is electrically connected to the first electrode, and a driving portion that applies, to the first electrode, a driving signal which is a monopulse voltage signal and whose polarity is reversed every time the driving signal is outputted.
US07995412B2	Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion window adjustment based on reference cells in a memory device An analog-to-digital conversion window is defined by reference voltages stored in reference memory cells of a memory device. A first reference voltage is read to define an upper limit of the conversion window and a second reference voltage is read to define a lower limit of the conversion window. An analog voltage representing a digital bit pattern is read from a memory cell and converted to the digital bit pattern by an analog-to-digital conversion process using the conversion window as the limits for the sampling process. This scheme helps in real time tracking of the ADC window with changes in the program window of the memory array.
US07995411B2	Sensing and latching circuit for memory arrays According to one exemplary embodiment, a memory sensing and latching circuit includes a sensing circuit for evaluating bit lines in a memory array and providing a sensed output. The memory sensing and latching circuit further includes a latching circuit including a dynamic one-shot circuit driven by the sensed output, a sense amplifier enable signal, and a precharge clock. The latching circuit further includes a storage circuit for storing a one-shot output of the dynamic one-shot circuit, where the one-shot output corresponds to the sensed output. The one-shot output of the dynamic one-shot circuit is stored in the storage circuit during an evaluation of the sensed output. The evaluation of the sensed output is responsive to the sense amplifier enable signal.
US07995401B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory with page erase In a nonvolatile memory, less than a full block maybe erased as one or more pages. A select voltage is applied through pass transistors to each of plural selected wordlines and an unselect voltage is applied through pass transistor to each of plural unselected wordlines of a selected block. A substrate voltage is applied to the substrate of the selected block. A common select voltage may be applied to each selected wordline and the common unselect voltage may be applied to each unselected wordline. Select and unselect voltages may be applied to any of the wordlines of a select block. A page erase verify operation may be applied to a block having plural erased pages and plural nonerased pages.
US07995393B2	Flash memory device and system including the same The invention provides an operation method of a memory system including a flash memory device. The method includes programming at least one page included in a selected memory block of the flash memory device; and determining the selected memory block or the flash memory device to be invalid, according to whether a loop number of the programmed page is out of a reference loop range.
US07995390B2	NAND flash memory array with cut-off gate line and methods for operating and fabricating the same A NAND flash memory array, an operating method and a fabricating method of the same are provided. The NAND flash memory array has a cut-off gate line under a control gate in order to operate two cells having vertical channels independently with one control gate (i.e., a shared word line). The memory cell area is reduced considerably compared to the conventional vertical channel structure, and is better for high integration. A shared cut-off gate turn off is made during a programming operation and prevents programming the opposite cell by a self-boosting effect. It is possible to shield electrically with a shared word line (a control gate) during a reading operation, and minimizes the effect of storage condition of the opposite cell. Also, the NAND flash memory array can be fabricated by using the conventional CMOS process.
US07995389B2	Multi-level nonvolatile semiconductor memory A memory includes first and second select gate transistors, memory cells which are connected in series between the first and second select gate transistors, a selected word line which is connected to a selected memory cell as a target of a reading, a non-selected word line which is connected to a non-selected memory cell except the selected memory cell, a potential generating circuit for generating a selected read potential which is supplied to the selected word line, and generating a non-selected read potential larger than the selected read potential, which is supplied to the non-selected word line, and a control circuit which changes a set up term of the selected word line and the non-selected word line based on a value of the selected read potential, wherein the value of the selected read potential is selected from two or more potentials.
US07995382B2	Information recording and reproducing apparatus An information recording and reproducing apparatus, includes: a recording layer including a first layer including a first compound, the first compound being a conjugated compound including at least two types of cation elements, at least one selected from the cation elements being a transition element having a d orbit incompletely filled by electrons, a shortest distance between adjacent cation elements being not more than 0.32 nm; a voltage application unit that applies a voltage to the recording layer, produces a phase change in the recording layer, and records information; an electrode layer that applies a voltage to the recording layer; and an orientation control layer provided between the recording layer and the electrode layer to control an orientation of the recording layer.
US07995376B2	Semiconductor storage device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of integrated memory cells. Each cell includes a first inverter having a first driver transistor and a first load transistor which are formed on a semiconductor substrate in order to form a first storage node, a second inverter having a second driver transistor and a second load transistor which are formed on the semiconductor substrate in order to form a second storage node, a first transfer transistor connected between the first storage node and a bit line to serve as a transistor connecting the memory cell to the bit line, and a second transfer transistor connected between the second storage node and a complementary-bit line to serve as a transistor connecting the memory cell to the complementary-bit line.
US07995375B2	Volatile memory elements with elevated power supply levels for programmable logic device integrated circuits Integrated circuits are provided that have volatile memory elements. The memory elements produce output signals. The integrated circuits may be programmable logic device integrated circuits containing programmable core logic including transistors with gates. The core logic is powered using a core logic power supply level defined by a core logic positive power supply voltage and a core logic ground voltage. When loaded with configuration data, the memory elements produce output signals that are applied to the gates of the transistors in the core logic to customize the programmable logic device. The memory elements are powered with a memory element power supply level defined by a memory element positive power supply voltage and a memory element ground power supply voltage. The memory element power supply level is elevated with respect to the core logic power supply level.
US07995374B2	Semiconductor memory device, method of manufacturing the same, and method of screening the same A memory cell comprises a variable resistance film; a first conductive film having one surface contacted with one surface of the variable resistance film; and a second conductive film having one surface contacted with another surface of the variable resistance film. A width of the first conductive film or the second conductive film in a direction orthogonal to a direction that a current flows in the first conductive film or the second conductive film is smaller than a width of the variable resistance film in a direction orthogonal to a direction that a current flows in the variable resistance film. The width of the first conductive film and the second conductive film is smaller than a width of the first line and the second line in a direction orthogonal to a direction that a current flows in the first line and the second line.
US07995369B2	Semiconductor memory device This disclosure concerns a semiconductor memory device including bit lines; word lines; semiconductor layers arranged to correspond to crosspoints of the bit lines and the word lines; bit line contacts connecting between a first surface region and the bit lines, the first surface region being a part of a surface region of the semiconductor layers directed to the word lines and the bit lines; and a word-line insulating film formed on a second surface region adjacent to the first surface region, the second surface region being a part of out of the surface region, the word-line insulating film electrically insulating the semiconductor layer and the word line, wherein the semiconductor layer, the word line and the word-line insulating film form a capacitor, and when a potential difference is given between the word line and the bit line, the word-line insulating film is broken in order to store data.
US07995356B2	Power semiconductor module comprising load connection elements applied to circuit carriers A power semiconductor module is disclosed including a housing for receiving at least one essentially board-type circuit carrier, the circuit carrier being provided with a metallization on at least one part of its surface and being populated with and electrically connected to at least one power semiconductor, rigid, integral and essentially straight load connection elements being applied on the metallized part of the metallized surface of the circuit carrier, which load connection elements are electrically and mechanically fixedly connected to the circuit carrier by one of their ends and project essentially perpendicularly into the housing interior, separate connection terminal elements for electrical conduct-making being placed onto the free end of the load connection elements.
US07995340B2	Ventilation device ventilating an electronic module An electronic module comprises a ventilation device used for the efficient cooling of the components of this module while at the same time minimizing the accumulation of solid particles. To this end, a selector switch is placed between an electrical power supply unit of the module and a motor of the ventilation device. This selector switch cyclically modifies the sense of rotation of the fan in order to suck in an airflow to cool the components and expel the airflow in order to expel the solid particles located in the module and on the ventilation device.
US07995338B2	Cover latch mechanism and electronic device using the same A cover latch mechanism, used for fixing a first cover to a second cover, includes a latching groove defined in the second cover; a latching hook extending from a surface of the first cover corresponding to the latching groove, the latching hook engaged with the latching groove; and a connecting member fixed to the second cover. The connecting member includes a latching portion according to the latching hook. The latching portion defines a receiving depression to receive the latching hook, and an elastic resisting protrusion extending from the latching portion adjacent to the receiving depression to resist the latching hook in the latching groove.
US07995325B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body having rectangular first and second main faces opposing each other, first and second end faces extending in a shorter side direction of the first and second main faces so as to connect the first and second main faces to each other, and first and second side faces extending in a longer side direction of the first and second main faces so as to connect the first and second main faces to each other. First and second terminal electrodes are arranged on the first and second side faces of the capacitor body, respectively. A first inner electrode connected to the first terminal electrode, a second inner electrode connected to the second terminal electrode, and first and second intermediate electrodes connected to none of the first and second terminal electrodes are arranged within the capacitor body. The first intermediate electrode and first inner electrode form a combined capacitance different from that formed by the second intermediate electrode and second inner electrode.
US07995323B2	Method and apparatus for securely dechucking wafers A wafer stage installed in a process chamber for safely dechucking a wafer is provided. In one embodiment, the wafer stage comprises: a chuck support for supporting a chuck; a chuck mounted on the chuck support for receiving and attaching a wafer thereto; a support lift means for supporting the wafer; a driving means coupled to the support lift means for gradually raising the support lift means to contact the wafer in response to a variable quantity; a controller for receiving the variable quantity; and a regulating means coupled to the driving means and to the controller, the regulating means for controlling the variable quantity going to the driving means when a predetermined variable quantity is detected.
US07995319B2	Semiconductor device with overcurrent protection circuit A semiconductor device 1 includes an output MOS transistor M2, a sense MOS transistor M3, a voltage conversion circuit 20 that converts a sense current of the sense MOS transistor M3 into a sense voltage, and control MOS transistor M10 having a gate and a source which receive the sense voltage therebetween and a drain connected to a gate of the output MOS transistor M2. The voltage conversion circuit 20 includes a first MOS transistor M21 diode-connected and a second MOS transistor M22 connected in series to the first transistor M21. A gate of the second transistor M22 is connected to a node between a gate control circuit 6 and a resistor R5 which is connected to the gate of the output MOS transistor M2. A variation in threshold voltage caused by characteristic variation of the control MOS transistor M10 causes a variation in output current limiting value, but the threshold voltage of the first MOS transistor M21 diode-connected varies similarly, whereby the variation in threshold voltage caused by characteristic variation of the control MOS transistor M10 is cancelled. As a result, the variation in output current limiting value is suppressed.
US07995308B2	Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same, the magnetic head incuding pole layer and two shields sandwiching the pole layer A magnetic head incorporates: a medium facing surface; a coil; a pole layer; first and second shields disposed to sandwich the pole layer therebetween; a first gap layer disposed between the first shield and the pole layer; a second gap layer disposed between the second shield and the pole layer; and a substrate. The first shield is located closer to the substrate than the second shield. The first shield has a first layer and a second layer disposed between the first layer and the first gap layer.
US07995302B2	Disk drive device and control method of unloading corresponding to fall detection in disk drive device Embodiments of the present invention improve the safety against a fall of a disk drive device. In one embodiment, when an HDD has recognized detection result data of a fall sensor to indicate a fall, the HDD unloads a head slider from above a disk to a stand-by position. The HDD checks whether or not the detection result data of the fall sensor indicates a fall on the occasion of a seek start. If the data indicates a fall, the controller unloads an actuator. The HDD issues a seek fake error on the occasion of a seek completion. On the occasion of a re-seek start in the error recovery process, the HDD conducts a fall check referring to the detection result data.
US07995301B2	Method and apparatus for determining a location of a defect on a storage medium A defect is detected on a storage medium of a disk drive. A location of the defect is determined, within a smallest addressable unit of data stored on the storage medium. An indication of the location is stored in a memory. A location of a sensor of the disk drive relative to the data stored on the storage medium is monitored. A response of at least one of a defect detector of the disk drive, a read channel controller of the disk drive, and a servo controller of the disk drive is changed based on the location of the sensor relative to the data stored on the storage medium and the stored indication of the location of the defect.
US07995299B2	Magnetic recording medium evaluation apparatus and evaluation method This invention provides a magnetic recording medium evaluation apparatus and evaluation method which yield results having good correlation with error rate measurements even when comparing media with different structures. Signals from a function generator are recorded in a magnetic recording medium. The recording signals are also passed through a first digital filter to obtain ideal restored signals. Reproduced signals from the magnetic recording medium are sampled in synchronization with the output from the function generator, and the discrete signals are passed through a second digital filter to obtain restored signals. The outputs from the first and second digital filters are input to an operational amplifier, and the difference between the restored signals and the ideal restored signals is taken for each sampling of the recording signals. The signal-to-noise ratio of the ideal restored signal to the average of the absolute value of this difference is used to evaluate signal quality.
US07995291B2	Image reading lens system and image reading apparatus An image reading lens system of Example 1 includes six lenses having first to sixth lenses being arranged in order from an object side and an aperture diaphragm. In the image reading lens system, the first lens, the third lens, and the sixth lens are formed of negative lenses, and the second lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are formed of positive lenses. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fifth lens are made of glass, and surfaces of all these lenses are formed of spherical surfaces. The fourth lens and the sixth lens are made of resin, and surfaces of the fourth lens and surfaces of the sixth lens are formed of aspheric surfaces. A cemented lens is formed of the second lens and the third lens with a cemented surface interposed therebetween, and is disposed adjacent to the aperture diaphragm.
US07995284B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive or negative refracting power; the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses being disposed in order from the object side to the image side of the zoom lens.
US07995280B2	Projection exposure system, beam delivery system and method of generating a beam of light A beam delivery system of a projection exposure system comprises a laser generating a beam of laser light from a plurality of longitudinal laser modes in a cavity, wherein light generated by a single longitudinal laser mode has an average line width λlat, wherein the laser light of the beam has, at each of respective lateral positions of the beam, a second line width λlat corresponding to lateral laser modes, and wherein the laser light of the beam has, when averaged over a whole cross section thereof, a line width λb corresponding to plural lateral laser modes, and wherein λm<λlat<λb, and wherein an optical delay apparatus disposed in the beam provides an optical path difference Δl, wherein 0.8 · λ 0 2 ( 2 · Δ ⁢ ⁢ λ l ) < Δ ⁢ ⁢ l < 1.8 · λ 0 2 ( 2 · Δ ⁢ ⁢ λ l ) , wherein λ0 is an average wavelength of the light of the first beam of laser light, and Δλlat represents the second line width.
US07995274B1	Electric projector screen An electric projector screen is revealed. A linkage member is sleeved in a winding tube in a fixed seat and a locator is fixed on the winding tube. An interlock pipe mounted with a connection part therein is arranged between the linkage member and the locator. The interlock pipe and the connection part are corresponding to each other for location. An output end of a motor in the interlock pipe is connected to the connection part while the other end of the motor is arranged with a fastening plate. The cover has limit holes corresponding to the locator so that the locator is pressed tightly by stoppers passing through the limit holes. Thus the screen fabric is located and limited during motor maintenance and replacement and damages caused by sudden opening of the screen fabric are prevented. The motor maintenance and replacement become easier and more convenient.
US07995273B1	Dual projection screen structure An integral, dual projection screen structure for displaying an image from a projection source. The projection screen structure comprises a frame; a fixed projection screen disposed within and mounted to the frame; a first masking panel disposed within the frame over the fixed projection screen; a movable projection screen disposed within the frame adjacent the first masking panel, the movable screen having an operable roller for rolling and unrolling the screen and being mounted at the top portion of the frame; and a second masking panel disposed within the frame over the movable projection screen.
US07995269B2	Cost effective optical transmission with fast raman tilt transient control A method for cost-effective optical transmission with fast Raman tilt or other transient event control uses a combination of Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) and Raman fiber amplifiers (RFAs), where EDFAs are used as the primary optical amplifiers to compensate the span loss while the RFA (advantageously a forward-pumped RFA) is used only in some specific spans with a feed-forward control circuit serving as a fast Raman tilt transient compensator, the RFA also serving as an optical amplifier. A long haul optical transmission system using feed-forward controlled RFA's periodically spaced along its length, for example, when add-drop multiplexing is used, makes full use of the economics of EDFAs and the fast tilt transient control capability of a RFA enabled by an adjustable speed feed-forward or feed-back control technique.
US07995267B2	Wavelength converter manufacturing method and wavelength converter Affords a wavelength converter manufacturing method and a wavelength converter whereby the transmissivity can be improved. A method of manufacturing a wavelength converter (10a) is provided with the following steps. At first, crystal is grown. Then a first crystal (11) and a second crystal (12) are formed by sectioning the crystal into two or more in such a way that the domains are the reverse of each other. The first and second crystals (11) and (12) are then interlocked in such a way that a domain inversion structure in which the polar directions of the first and second crystals (11) and (12) periodically reverse along an optical waveguide (13) is formed, and the domain inversion structure satisfies quasi-phase-matching conditions for an incoming beam (101).
US07995265B2	Interferometric modulators having charge persistence An interferometric modulator is formed having a dielectric with charge persistence. The interferometric modulator is addressed by a method making advantageous use of the charge persistence property, wherein the interferometric modulator is pre-charged in such a way that the pre-charging is not observable to a viewer, and the actuation voltage threshold of the imod is significantly lowered. Subsequently the interferometric modulator may be actuated with a significantly lower actuation voltage, thereby saving power.
US07995262B2	Electrochromic display device Disclosed is an electrochromic display device comprising: a first substrate; a first electrode; a second substrate; a second electrode; and an electrochromic composition layer, wherein the device is of a passive matrix drive where the device performs a display by an energization between the electrodes, and performs a erasion of the display, wherein the first electrode comprises electrodes, the second electrode comprises a plurality of transparent display electrodes, a pixel is formed where the electrodes are in a grade separated crossing, at least a surface of the electrodes is respectively oxidized, the electrochromic composition layer comprising (i) insulative partition walls and (ii) an electrochromic composition including a supporting electrolyte, a polar solvent, and a leuco dye, and wherein the device displays a selected pixel by applying a voltage of a first potential difference, and applies the voltage of a second potential difference so as not to cause any energization.
US07995261B2	Electromechanical display and backlight Electromechanical light modulators and backlight providing efficient, low cost and high performance displays.
US07995260B2	Light scanning device and image forming apparatus A light scanning device is provided. The light scanning device includes: an oscillating mirror which oscillates rotationally and reflects a light beam to be scanned over a scanning range, the scanning range including a first scanning range and a second scanning range set across a center of the scanning range; a detection unit including a light receiving face, on which the light beam is incident, to detect the light beam; and first and second stationary mirrors which reflect the light beam reflected by the oscillating mirror to the first scanning range and the second scanning range, respectively, to be incident on the light receiving face, wherein an incident pattern of the light beam reflected by the first stationary mirror incident on the light receiving face is different from an incident pattern of the light beam reflected by the second stationary mirror incident on the light receiving face.
US07995258B2	Angle diversity antispeckling in spot displays Improvement of speckling noise is discussed in which a central light beam received at a double-sided mirror is divided into a plurality of sub-beams. An intensity of these sub-beams decays from a second sub-beam to a last sub-beam of the plurality. Each sub-beam is also separated at the double-sided mirror by at least a first length, such as the coherence length or intrinsic divergence, and reflected toward a display screen. The configuration of the double-sided mirror focuses the sub-beams to converge with a first sub-beam on the display screen at different angles. The decreasing intensity and different angles of impact with the screen decreases the spatial coherence of the display light. The angle diversity and combination of multiple sub-beams having different intensities offers a non-time-averaging means to decrease speckle noise without downgrading the beam quality or display resolution.
US07995255B2	System and method for sculpted gamut color conversion The subject application is directed to a system and method for sculpted gamut color conversion. First gamut data is received related to a first color gamut defined by a primary color space having no black component. Second gamut data is then received related to a second color gamut defined by a primary color space inclusive of a black component. At least one first color value of the first color gamut is then mapped to a second color value of a portion of the second color gamut disposed outside of the first gamut. At least one fractional black component value is then selected for each mapped color value. Non-black color data associated with each selected fractional black component is then identified. A sculpted gamut is then generated in accordance with each selected fractional black component and associated non-black color data. A color image is thereafter generated corresponding to received image data in accordance with the generated sculpted gamut.
US07995252B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes an illuminating optical system having light sources arranged in a line and a light guide member guiding rays of light from the light sources to illuminate a document which passes through a document reading position near a light emergent surface of the light guide member. An image reading optical system includes a rod lens array to read light passing through the document, and a cylindrical lens array in the light emergent surface of the light guide member. Ridge lines running along a subscanning direction on the light guide member are aligned in a scanning direction.
US07995248B2	Associating preview images with destination addresses There is disclosed an image processing apparatus including (a) a reading portion which reads an image to obtain image data of the image, (b) a transmission-information display portion which presents, in a single screen, a preview image indicative of a content of the image data obtained by the reading portion, and a plurality of destination addresses, (c) an association setting portion which sets an association between the preview image and one of the destination addresses presented by the transmission-information display portion, which one destination address is selected by a user, and (d) a sending portion which sends the image data the content of which is indicated by the preview image to the destination address with which the preview image is associated, on the basis of the association set by the association setting portion.
US07995247B2	Embedding computer information into printed media and process method thereof The present invention provides a method of generating information embedded halftone screen code. According to this method, massive digital information can be stored through printing on at least one type of print media. The information embedded can be read and recognized simply and reliably. The quality of the images will not be reduced after information embedded. The information printed on the media includes a predetermined array of halftone dots with different morphology including physical and geometrical characteristics, which forms the computer codes to embed information into printed content. The advantages of this invention are: the maximum similarity value can be reduced to under the threshold value according to this method; the recognition performance of the halftone screen code can be improved; and robustness can still be maintained at a high level even though the paper is defected or polluted.
US07995242B2	Systems and methods for attenuation of near-neutral image colors A method for attenuation of near-neutral image colors is described. The pixel chroma is determined. A chroma control point is determined. A pixel color is shifted toward neutral. An imaging device that is configured for attenuation of near-neutral image colors is described. The imaging device includes a processor. The imaging processing device includes memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions are stored in the memory. The instructions are executable to determine pixel chroma. The instructions are also executable to determine a chroma control point. The instructions are further executable to shift a pixel color toward neutral.
US07995240B2	Image-forming device capable of forming and correcting color image An image-forming device includes: an image-forming unit; a sensor; a storing unit; a reference ratio determining unit; an estimated ratio determining unit; and a density correcting unit. The image-forming unit is capable of forming a plurality of density patches corresponding to a plurality of reference densities. The sensor detects the densities of the density patches and outputs a measured output value for each reference density. The storing unit stores reference output values for the reference densities. The reference ratio determining unit determines reference ratios to compensate for differences between the measured output values and the reference output values for the reference densities. The estimated ratio determining unit determines estimated ratios corresponding to densities other than the reference densities based on the reference ratios for the reference densities. The density correcting unit corrects density of image data based on the reference ratios and estimated ratios.
US07995236B2	Printer having plural sheet feeding apparatuses with variable print speeds A printer of the present invention allows a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular sheet feed speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, to be selectively connected thereto. When any one of the sheet feeding apparatuses is connected to the printer, a controller automatically sets a print speed range on the printer in accordance with print speed range information corresponding to the sheet feeding apparatus.
US07995230B2	Label creating apparatus and method for using the same A label creating method for creating labels to be attached to checked fixtures comprises these steps: providing a label creating system (100), which includes a database module (40) storing relational parameters and data of the checked fixtures, and a server module (30) connected to the database module; sending acquiring instruction to the server module; acquiring relational parameters and data of a checked fixture stored in the database module; creating printing instruction according to the relational parameters and data; and printing labels according to the printing instruction.
US07995227B2	Offline markless post processing of printed media A method for printing media includes accumulating post processing instructions for printed media during printing operations, recording the post processing instructions on an information device, and playing back the post processing instructions for controlling offline post processing of the printed media.
US07995224B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method When multiple-size double-side printing in an APS mode has been selected, a system CPU first reads an original which corresponds to a second side of a paper sheet, prints data of the original on the second side of the paper sheet having the same size as the original, and stacks the paper sheet on an automatic double-side unit. Subsequently, the system CPU reads an original which corresponds to a first side of the paper sheet and prints data of the original on the first side of the paper sheet stacked on the automatic double-side unit, thus completing the double-side printing. However, where the size of an original corresponding to a second side differs from the size of an original corresponding to a first side, single-side printing is effected. The original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing). Then, the original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing).
US07995221B2	Method of printing a multi-page document using a cyclical multi-page transport apparatus A method of printing a document having a plurality of pages in an original sequence includes determining an second sequence to print each of the pages, wherein the second equence is different than the original sequence; loading each of the pages onto cyclic multi-page transport apparatus according to the optimal sequence; and unloading the pages from the transport apparatus according to the original sequence.
US07995203B2	Method for on-site drug detection in illicit drug samples The invention is intended for illicit drug detection, preferably to Cocaine detection in street samples containing in addition to Cocaine also adulterants and/or diluents (also denominated as cutting agents) used for increasing the quantity of the product and/or for disguising the existence of Cocaine. The invention provides preparing of the liquid street sample, taking an aliquot of said sample, its analysis with help of SFS (Spectral Fluorescence Signatures) technology, fixing the result of analysis as a reference value, the subsequent acidification of the liquid sample, taking an aliquot of the acidified liquid sample and its analysis with help of SFS technology, fixing the result of analysis and comparing said result with the reference value. The result of comparison enables to differentiate between Cocaine Base and Cocaine hydrochloride in the street sample.
US07995199B2	Method for detection of oversized sub-resolution assist features Disclosed are methods and apparatus for inspecting a sub-resolution assist features (SRAF) on a reticle. A test flux measurement for a boundary area that encompasses a width and a length portion of a test SRAF is determined, and at least one reference flux measurement for one or more boundary areas of one or more reference SRAF's is determined. The test flux measurement is compared with the reference flux measurements. The comparison is used to then determine whether the test SRAF is undersized or oversized. If the test SRAF is determined to be oversized, it may then be determined whether the test SRAF is defective based on the comparison using a first threshold.
US07995196B1	Authentication method and system A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technology, determining a digital code associated with the object defining the physical dispersion pattern, and authenticating the object by verifying a correspondence of the digital code with the physical dispersion pattern, and verifying the physical characteristic.
US07995192B2	Safety system for contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds An optoelectronic safety sensor (10) is set forth for the contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds of the safety sensor (10) or of a first object connected in a fixed position to the safety sensor (10) with respect to a second object (12) moved relatively to the first object, which form a potential source of danger, wherein the safety sensor (10) has a light source (20), a light receiver (16) with a plurality of light reception elements and has an evaluation unit (22), with the evaluation unit (22) being configured to determine by means of an optical correlation process and/or by evaluation of the optical flow the path and/or the speed from at least two images of a surface structure (18, 18a, 18b) of the second object (12) taken sequentially by the light receiver (22). In this respect, the evaluation unit (22) is further configured to evaluate the quality of the determined path and/or of the determined speed, and a safety output (24) is provided via which the evaluation signal (22) can output a shutdown signal or brake signal to secure the danger source when a required quality is not reached.
US07995188B2	Method of estimating a distance The invention relates to a method of estimating a distance to a surface, whereby an emitter emits light towards a surface, at least some light being reflected by the surface, the surface comprising a detectable feature, the reflected light being received by a first receptor and by a second receptor, the surface being in movement relative to the receptors, the first and the second receptor receiving the light reflected at a first and at a respectively second angle thereby producing a first and a respectively second dataset, each dataset including data representing said feature, the first and the second angle being different, whereby the distance is estimated using the first and the second dataset.
US07995178B2	Liquid-crystal-display panel and barcode reading system using the same In a liquid-crystal-display panel (1) for displaying a barcode that is formed with bars having various widths arranged in parallel at various intervals by an electro-optic effect of liquid crystal, a direction of a transmissive axis (P1) of a polarizing film disposed on a side on which light from a barcode reader is irradiated is set to coincides with a direction in which the light is polarized. Moreover, the direction of transmissive axis (P1) of the polarizing film is set to be parallel or substantially parallel to a short side or a long side of each of the bars forming the barcode. A direction (M) of a long axis of a liquid crystal molecule (LCM) in a first ferroelectric state or in a second ferroelectric state is set to be parallel or substantially parallel to the direction of transmissive axis (P1) of the polarizing film, or set to form an angel of 45 degrees or substantially 45 degrees therebetween.
US07995176B2	Liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device according to this invention includes a control structure provided at each of or one of a liquid crystal side of a first substrate and a liquid crystal side of a second substrate to control a tilt direction of a liquid crystal upon application of a voltage to a liquid crystal layer, a first domain where a liquid crystal tilts in one direction upon application of a voltage to a liquid crystal layer, and a second domain where a liquid crystal tilts in a direction different from the tilt direction of the liquid crystal in the first domain by substantially 180°. Herein, an angle formed by the tilt direction of the liquid crystal in the first domain and a horizontal direction of a screen in the liquid crystal display device falls within a range between 22° and 39° or a range between 51° and 68°.
US07995175B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates sandwiching therebetween a liquid crystal layer, and first and second polarizers. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed such that an optical absorption axis of the first polarizer and an optical absorption axis of the second polarizer cross each other perpendicularly. There is disposed an optically biaxial retardation film having refractive indices nx, ny and nz respectively in x-, y- and z-directions, wherein the optically biaxial retardation film provides an in-plane retardation having a magnitude defined by \|nx-ny\| • d, with d representing a thickness of the optically biaxial retardation film, and further wherein the in-plane retardation of the optically biaxial retardation film has a value of 20 nm or more but does not exceed 80 nm.
US07995173B2	Liquid crystal display device To provide a liquid crystal display device to suitably perform color balance adjustment. For this, the liquid crystal display device includes pixel regions each including a light reflection portion and a light transmission portion on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of respective substrates arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, wherein color filters are formed in pixel regions on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate out of the respective substrates, and each color filter is provided with an opening or notch at a part of a portion facing the light reflection portion in an opposed manner, material layers having a layer thickness substantially equal to a height of step generated by the color filters in regions facing the opening or notch of each color filter in an opposed manner on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate.
US07995169B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, and an alignment layer between the liquid crystal layer and at least one of the substrates. The liquid crystal layer contains liquid crystal molecules having a negative anisotropy of dielectric constant. The alignment layer aligns the liquid crystal molecules perpendicular to the substrate. The liquid crystal display device further includes pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of subpixels expressing different colors. Each subpixel includes a stepped layer therein such that the stepped layer is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and at least one of the substrates. The stepped layer defines a first region and a second region in the subpixel. The thickness of the liquid crystal layer is relatively thick in the first region and relatively thin in the second region. The area ratio of the first region depends on a color expressed by the subpixel.
US07995150B1	3:2 pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore, additional threshold values may be used to control switching into a mode where duplicated fields of digital video data are identified and not displayed and out of the mode where duplicated fields of digital video data are identified and not displayed. Look ahead can be used to detect when to switch into or out of the mode where duplicated fields of digital video data are identified and not displayed, reducing the occurrence of visual artifacts.
US07995149B2	Subjectively weighted noise measurement Subjectively weighting noise measurements for multiple video formats based upon a defined standard for a standard definition video format uses a ratio between the active line time for the standard definition video format and the active line time for another video format to be measured in order to rescale a unified weighting filter for the standard definition video format for the another video format.
US07995143B2	Wireless video link synchronization The present invention provides a method and apparatus for synchronizing wireless video data. The method involves first synchronizing the pixel clock of a video output device with the pixel clock of a video input device. This is accomplished by latching video counters in the input and output devices (creating a transmit and receive timestamp) for each wireless video data packet and adjusting the pixel clock frequency of the output device according to differences between these timestamps. Once the pixel clocks are synchronized, video frames from the video output device are synchronized with video frames from video input device such that only a fraction of a video frame is buffered at any time. The video frames are synchronized by offsetting the data stream from the video input device N lines ahead of the data stream from the video output device, wherein N is less than the total number of lines in a single video frame.
US07995142B2	Slice level adjustment unit and EPG data obtaining device using the same A slice level adjustment unit for performing adjustment of a slice level with respect to a signal whose transmission is started at a predetermined time, includes a clock portion for measuring the current time, and performs a first adjustment of the slice level when the clock portion measures substantially the predetermined time and also performs a second adjustment when the clock portion measures a readjustment standby time past the predetermined time.
US07995141B2	System, method, and apparatus for displaying pictures on an interlaced display Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for displaying pictures on a display. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for outputting pictures. The method comprises receiving the plurality of fields for display in a particular order, where the plurality of fields are associated with the stream; detecting that a first field and a field adjacent to the first field have the same polarities; selecting between leading or lagging the fields after the first field; detecting that a second field and a field adjacent to the second field have the same polarities; selecting between leading and lagging the fields after the second field, based at least in part on the selection after the first field; detecting that a third field and a field adjacent to the third field have the same polarities; and selecting between leading and lagging the fields based at least in part on the selection after the second field.
US07995135B2	Image capturing apparatus for adjusting an exposure value that is set lower than the correct exposure value In an image capturing apparatus, a hue shift is prevented. A digital camera has a gray level correction function. Image data obtained with a CCD 10 is divided into a plurality of blocks and further has brightness data and color difference data converted in a brightness/color difference conversion section 20. When it is determined, based on the color difference data, that image data includes blue sky image or that chroma of the image data is high, an image processing exposure compensation adjustment/exposure correction amount calculation section 30 sets an underexposure value, which is employed when capturing images with an exposure value being lower than a correct exposure value, to be smaller than a default value to prevent a hue shift caused by gray level correction performed by a gray level correction section 32.
US07995131B2	Auto-focusing imaging device and auto-focusing image capture method thereof An imaging device includes a capturing module with at least one lens for capturing an image from a scene, a driving module for driving the at least one lens to different focusing positions using different driving steps, a flat-scene judging module, and a step-judging module. The flat-scene judging module divides the image into a central area and a plurality of peripheral areas, and determines whether the captured scene is a flat scene according to the divided image. The step-judging module determines whether the driving steps corresponding to a maximum focusing value of the central area of the image are same as driving steps corresponding to respective maximum focusing values of the peripheral areas of image, and changes the driving steps corresponding to the maximum focusing value of the central area to the driving steps corresponding to the greatest one of the maximum focusing values of the peripheral areas.
US07995119B2	Information recording apparatus, non-contact recording medium and recording method for the same An information recording apparatus with a capability of recording information to a plurality of non-contact recording media within a communicable range of the apparatus body, the apparatus including: a medium loading portion into which a non-contact recording medium is removably loaded; a medium detector configured to detect that a non-contact recording medium has been loaded in the medium loading portion; a first antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium loaded in the medium loading portion; a second antenna for sending and receiving information to and from the non-contact recording medium removed from the medium loading portion; and antenna switch for switching between the first antenna and the second antenna according to the detection output from the medium detector.
US07995116B2	Varying camera self-determination based on subject motion In a method and digital camera, an initial set of evaluation images are captured. A plurality of characteristics of the initial set of evaluation images are assessed to provide a first assessment. The characteristics include subject motion between the initial set of evaluation images. When the subject motion is in excess of a predetermined threshold, a final capture state of the camera is set responsive to the first assessment. When the subject motion is less than the predetermined threshold, the evaluation images are analyzed to provide analysis results and the final capture state of the camera is set responsive to the first assessment and the analysis results.
US07995111B2	Image pickup apparatus with white balance control An image pickup apparatus having an image pickup device and an extracting range changing device. The changing device changes an extracting range of an image signal regarded as an achromatic signal, output from the image pickup device, based on a result of comparison with a current brightness and a stored brightness. A white balance control device of the image pickup apparatus controls on a basis of the gain correction signal obtained from the image signal extracted from the range changed by the extracting range changing device.
US07995101B2	Image processing system, image supply apparatus, image receiving apparatus, lighting apparatus and controlling method therefor There is provided an image processing system including an image supply unit arranged to transmit image data by wireless communication, an image receiving unit arranged to receive the image data supplied from the image supply unit, a first lighting unit arranged to illuminate an area in which the wireless communication with the image supply unit is possible, a detecting unit arranged to detect whether the image supply unit is in the area, and a controller arranged to control image communication between the image supply unit and the image receiving unit in accordance with an output of the detecting unit.
US07995097B2	Techniques of motion estimation when acquiring an image of a scene that may be illuminated with a time varying luminance In a digital camera or other image acquisition device, motion vectors between successive image frames of an object scene are calculated from normalized values of pixel luminance in order to reduce or eliminate any effects on the motion calculation that might occur when the object scene is illuminated from a time varying source such as a fluorescent lamp. Calculated motion vectors are checked for accuracy by a robustness matrix.
US07995087B2	Optical scanner An optical scanner forms an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive member by scanning the photosensitive member with a light beam. The optical scanner includes: an incident optical system which at least comprises: a light beam emission device configured to emit a light beam; and a cylindrical lens configured to condense the light beam emitted from the light beam emission device, and a scanning optical system which at least comprises: a light deflecting device configured to reflect the light beam having passed through the cylindrical lens to deflect the light beam in a main scanning direction for scanning the photosensitive member; and a scanning lens configured to focus the light beam deflected by the light deflecting device on the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image thereon. The incident optical system and the scanning optical system are divided by a light shielding wall.
US07995081B2	Anisotropically conductive backside addressable imaging belt for use with contact electrography An addressable imaging belt for use in printing applications having embedded anisotropically conductive addressable islands configured for electric contact on a first side of the belt by a write head consisting of an array of compliant cantilevered fingers with contact pads/points to which a voltage can be applied. The conductive addressable islands electrically isolated from one another and extending substantially through the thickness of the belt in order to allow charge to flow through the belt towards a second side of the belt, in order to form a latent electrostatic image on the second side and develop this latent image by attracting colorized toner or other electrically charged particles to the second side.
US07995073B1	System and method for anti-aliasing compound shape vector graphics Disclosed is a system and method for edge anti-aliasing of vector graphics. The system involves a video driver, which may include commercially available hardware, such as a graphics accelerator card. The method involves identifying the edges of a tessellated image represented by compound shapes, redefining the triangles that have a side shared with one of the edges, and defining a new plurality of triangles, which are added to the redefined triangles. The new plurality of triangles correspond to the edges. By exploiting the style interpolation computational features of most graphics accelerator hardware, the triangles corresponding to the edges are interpolated between the styles on each side of the edges, thereby anti-aliasing the edges.
US07995072B2	Texture replacement in video sequences and images Systems and methods for reducing bit rates by replacing original texture in a video sequence with synthesized texture. Reducing the bit rate of the video sequence begins by identifying and removing selected texture from frames in a video sequence. The removed texture is analyzed to generate texture parameters. New texture is synthesized using the texture parameters in combination with a set of constraints. Then, the newly synthesized texture is mapped back into the frames of the video sequence from which the original texture was removed. The resulting frames are then encoded. The bit rate of the video sequence with the synthesized texture is less than the bit rate of the video sequence with the original texture. Also, the ability of a decoder to decode the new video sequence is not compromised because no assumptions are made about the texture synthesis capabilities of the decoder.
US07995071B2	Method and apparatus for painting group of objects Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing digital artwork. In one aspect, the techniques process aggregations of artwork where both the aggregation and at least some of the aggregated artwork have attached styles. The techniques handle various combinations of conditions resulting in applying style elements to the aggregation before or after applying style elements to underlying artwork. In another aspect, the techniques implement editable path objects having multiple attached fills and/or strokes. The techniques provide user interfaces for using the foregoing features.
US07995065B2	Animation reproducing apparatus and method An animation reproducing apparatus and method of reproducing an animation reproduces an animation of a predetermined model. The animation reproducing apparatus includes a motion blending unit blending one or more previously prepared animations according to a desired motion that is to be reproduced and a rendering unit rendering a result of the blending.
US07995059B1	Mid-field and far-field irradiance approximation A method for a computer system includes retrieving from a computer readable medium a first irradiance approximation for a plurality of light sources for a first distance in the midfield from the light sources; retrieving from the computer readable medium a second irradiance approximation for the plurality of light sources for a second distance in the farfield, where the second distance is greater than the first distance; and interpolating the first irradiance approximation and the second irradiance approximation to generate a third irradiance approximation for a point having a third distance from the light sources.
US07995057B2	System and method for real-time co-rendering of multiple attributes Systems and methods for enhancing the combined image of multiple attributes without comprising the image of either attribute. The combined image of the multiple attributes is enhanced for analyzing a predetermined property revealed by the attributes. The combined image can be interactively manipulated to display each attribute relative to an imaginary light source or highlighted using a specular component. The systems and methods are best described as particularly useful for analytical, diagnostic and interpretive purposes.
US07995051B2	Driving circuit, driving method and liquid crystal display using same An exemplary driving circuit includes pixel electrodes (362) applied with voltage signals (VS) respectively via corresponding switching elements (361) connected thereto and common electrodes (363) applied with common voltage signals. Each switching elements includes an input electrode (3613). The driving circuit further includes at least one comparator (40) and a common voltage generator (34). The at least one comparator is configured for obtaining at least one voltage deviation value (ΔV) between the voltage signal of at least one of the pixel electrodes and the voltage signal of the corresponding input electrode. The common voltage generator is configured for generating a common voltage signal according to the at least one voltage deviation value, and outputting to the common voltage signal to the common electrodes.
US07995049B2	Voltage level shifter A voltage level shifter formed by single-typed transistors comprises two input terminals, two power supply terminals, a plurality of thin-film transistors, and an output terminal. Another voltage level shifter formed by single-typed transistors comprises two input terminals, an output terminal, two power supply terminals, two input units, a first thin-film transistor, a disable unit, a feedback unit, and a second thin-film transistor. The voltage level shifters are formed by single-typed TFTs. When integrating the voltage level shifters into a substrate of a TFT display, the manufacturing processes are simplified. Besides, power is saved.
US07995048B2	Instrument panel display system for mounting on automobile, and image data output device An on-vehicle instrument panel display system preferably is mounted on an automobile and operative such that a plurality of pieces of information including information relating to an automobile are converted into images and the images are displayed all on a liquid crystal panel. The on-vehicle instrument panel display system has a vehicle system, an amenity system, and a safety system, each of which creates data for displaying the images. Further, the on-vehicle instrument panel display system has an instrument panel image composition/output section which combines data created by the systems and outputs the result as composed image data to the liquid crystal panel. The instrument panel image composition/output section includes an image composition LSI. Composed image data outputted from the image composition LSI is an RBG signal or a YUV signal.
US07995045B2	Combined SBI and conventional image processor An apparatus and method for allowing multiple high and low resolution SBI and conventional FPA imaging devices to use a common high resolution monitor and archive device without increasing or significantly changing the footprint of existing devices. This system and method uses a frame grabber for digitizing video from the legacy FPA devices, a frame mapper for rendering or mapping the FPA video into the SBI digital format, a converter for rasterizing SBI data streams into pixel-oriented FPA video frames, an input selector for selecting which FPA or SBI imaging device to display on a high resolution monitor, an processor for storing and manipulating frames of video, a video output encoder for converting the SBI frames into a video signal appropriate for display on the high resolution monitor, and an output means for connecting to a storage device for archiving video and images.
US07995032B2	Program for game apparatus, game apparatus, and recording medium storing program for game apparatus An object is to provide a program for a game apparatus for making a plurality of moving objects including a moving object operated by a player to compete in virtual space against each other, in which players are capable of fully using the stage effects specific to a virtual game to enjoy a heated racing game even when they vary in skill. In a program for a game apparatus comprising moving-object operating means, image-information generating means, and image-information outputting means, the program causes a computer to perform a step of producing land-configuration information, a step of monitoring movement information regarding a plurality of moving objects, a step of producing a special area object when results of monitoring meet predetermined requirements, a step of displaying the special area object in such a manner as to be viewable for the player, and a step of allowing another moving object to ride therein.
US07995028B2	Timing controller, liquid crystal display comprising the same and driving method of liquid crystal display A timing controller, a liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising the same and a driving method of the liquid crystal display, in which the LCD includes an LCD panel, a light source unit divided into n light-emitting blocks providing light to the LCD panel, a side member reflecting the light emitted from the light source unit, a timing controller determining a final brightness of each of the n light-emitting blocks and providing final light data corresponding to the final brightness, the final brightness being determined using reflected brightness based on the light reflected from the side member, and a backlight driver controlling the brightness of each of the n light-emitting blocks in response to the final light data.
US07995017B2	Liquid crystal display and thin film transistor array panel therefor A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a first signal line formed on the substrate; a second signal line formed on the substrate and having an intersecting portion intersecting the first signal line and a curved portion connected to the intersecting portion; a first thin film transistor connected to the first and the second signal lines; and a pixel electrode that are connected to the first thin film transistor, includes first and second partitions, and are curved along the curved portion of the second signal line.
US07995015B2	Display device Display bright in contrast can be obtained without discrination and flicker in the display device of the direct vision type whose pixel pitches are short to 20 μm or less. A liquid crystal panel is driven through the frame inverse driving method, and the vertical frame frequency is set to 120 Hz or more. Also, each of the pixels is arranged to correspond to one of R, G and B of color filters disposed on a TFT substrate side.
US07995011B2	Organic light emitting display device and mother substrate of the same An organic light emitting display device may include a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels, which are coupled to scan lines and data lines, a scan driver adapted to provide scan signals to the scan lines, a first transistor group adapted to test the plurality of pixels, the first transistor group being directly connected to first ends of the data lines, a second transistor group adapted to test the plurality of pixels, the second transistor group being connected to second ends of the data lines, a data distributor coupled between the second ends of the data lines and the second transistor group, a first wire group extending in a first direction at an outer area of the light emitting display device, and a second wire group extending in a second direction at the outer area of the light emitting display device.
US07994999B2	Microstrip antenna A microstrip antenna that can be linear, co-circular, or dual-circularly polarized having co-planar radiating elements and operating at dual frequency bands wherein an inner radiating element is surrounded by and spaced from an outer radiating element. Each radiating element resonates at a different frequency. In one embodiment of the invention a feed network has a single, cross-shaped, feed line that is positioned between the inner and outer radiating elements and capacitively coupled to the inner and outer radiating elements. In another embodiment of the present invention, the radiating elements are fed separately by first and second feed networks each having a plurality of feed points. The radiating elements each have one active feed point that is either directly or indirectly coupled to its respective feed network.
US07994998B2	Dual polarization planar array antenna and cell elements therefor An RF antenna structure (e.g., a planar array) includes at least one radiation cell (and typically many, e.g., 16 or 32 or 64, etc.) having a conductive enclosure and an upper probe and a lower probe located at different heights within the enclosure. The enclosure between the upper probe and a bottom of the cell has at least two different cross-sectional areas. The upper and lower probes are preferably oriented at substantially 90° relative to each other. An upper portion of the enclosure beneath the upper probe may have a larger dimension than a lower portion such that the upper portion allows propagation of waves generated by the upper probe in a predetermined frequency band while the lower portion (e.g., above the lower probe) does not substantially allow propagation of waves generated by the upper probe, in the predetermined frequency band.
US07994996B2	Multi-beam antenna A plurality of antenna elements on a dielectric substrate are adapted to launch or receive electromagnetic waves in or from a direction substantially away from either a convex or concave edge of the dielectric substrate, wherein at least two of the antenna elements operate in different directions. Slotlines of tapered-slot endfire antennas in a first conductive layer of a first side of the dielectric substrate are coupled to microstrip lines of a second conductive layer on the second side of the dielectric substrate. A bi-conical reflector, conformal cylindrical dielectric lens, or discrete lens array improves the H-plane radiation pattern. Dipole or Yagi-Uda antenna elements on the conductive layer of the dielectric substrate can be used in cooperation with associated reflective elements, either alone or in combination with a corner-reflector of conductive plates attached to the conductive layers proximate to the endfire antenna elements.
US07994991B2	Radiation diagram measuring system for a transmitting antenna The measuring system includes a receiver including at least one fixed receiving antenna for picking up electromagnetic fields generated by a transmitting antenna belonging to an electronic device, and a positioning device on which a support element is placed. The positioning device includes mechanisms for driving the support element in rotation. The measuring system further includes a detection device for detecting position/orientation of the transmitting antenna, and a data processing station. A hollow spherical element houses the electronic device, and is held on the positioning device by gravity on three points, one of which is formed by a drive member, and the two other points are formed using ball and socket joints. Several circular barcodes arranged on the external surface of the spherical element enable the system to determine the position/orientation of the spherical element using the digital camera.
US07994987B2	Notched antenna structure with a stepped shaped element An antenna assembly (10) includes a ground plane formed on a chassis (12) of the radio and the functional knob forming an antenna element (11). The antenna assembly further includes a slot or notch element (14) in the ground plane substantially adjacent to the functional knob and having a length less than ¼ wavelength, and a coaxial cable (13) feeding the antenna element. A shield of the coaxial cable can be directly connected to the ground plane and a center conductor of the coaxial cable can be directly coupled to the functional knob to provide a galvanic connection for narrowband performance or the center conductor can be electromagnetically coupled to the functional knob for wideband performance or both. The antenna assembly can create a zero volume notch type ground excitation.
US07994977B2	Method and apparatus for a GPS receiver capable or reception of GPS signals and binary offset carrier signals A system and method capable of mitigating the migration from the current GPS system to the Galileo system and allow a single satellite system positioning receiver to process both GPS signals and Galileo signals.
US07994971B2	GPS-based measurement of roll rate and roll angle of spinning platforms A system and method for determining the roll rate and roll angle of a spinning platform, using the measured phase differences between the GPS satellite signals received on two or more antennas. The measured phase differences and the navigation solution from a GPS receiver are processed in a Kalman filter to obtain the desired information. Data from non-GPS measurement sources is optionally provided to update the navigation solution. Although of wide applicability, the invention is uniquely suited to the measurement of roll rates and roll angles of fast spinning platforms with small baselines, in which the antennas are separated from each other by distances that are a fraction of the GPS signal wavelength.
US07994969B2	OFDM frequency scanning radar A radar system is disclosed, which comprises an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modem and a frequency scanning antenna. In transmit, the OFDM modem modulates radar waveforms and the frequency scanning antenna radiates the OFDM modulated radio frequency (RF) energy. In receive mode, the frequency scanning antenna captures the echoes and the OFDM modem demodulates the echoes. Directionality of the frequency scanning antenna is dependent upon RF carrier frequency. In other features, the radar system further comprises a transmit/receive (T/R) module that up-converts and amplifies the OFDM modulation, and outputs the amplified signal to the frequency scanning antenna. The T/R module amplifies and down-converts a received RF echo from the frequency scanning antenna and outputs the down-converted echo to the OFDM modem. A plurality of scanning angles are measured simultaneously.
US07994963B1	High-sensitivity subsurface sensing system A target is sensed by an antenna array having a transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna, both of which are caused to be electromagnetically coupled to the target. The antenna array is rotated, and as the array rotates, a change in at least one of the coupling between the transmitter antenna and the target and the coupling between the receiver antenna and the target is detected at multiple rotational orientations of the antenna array.
US07994962B1	Apparatus and method for concentrating electromagnetic energy on a remotely-located object A method for concentrating radio frequency (RF) radiation on an object located in proximity to a reflector includes the steps of: selecting a target reflector and a level of power for conveying to the target reflector by reradiation from the target reflector, determining a resonance profile of the target reflector, the resonance profile including at least one resonant frequency of the target reflector, selecting a transmission profile matching the resonance profile, the transmission profile comprising the at least one resonant frequency, and transmitting RF radiation in accordance with the transmission profile towards the target reflector.
US07994960B1	Data converter with redundancy for error correction in polarity decision Systems, methods and computer program products for correcting polarity decision associated with a polarity comparator in an analog-to-digital converter are described. The polarity comparator may perform polarity decision to determine whether an analog signal is greater or smaller than zero. If the voltage difference is greater than zero, then the analog signal may be output to other comparators without polarity inversion. If the voltage difference is smaller than zero, then the signal polarity of the analog signal may be inverted before being output to other comparators. One or more redundant comparators also may be used to correct offsets of the polarity comparator to reduced errors associated with the polarity decision.
US07994958B2	Multi-level feed-back digital-to-analog converter using a chopper voltage reference for a switched capacitor sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter A multi-bit digital-to-analog converter has a reference voltage generator generating a reference voltage with an offset voltage; a switched capacitor stage for generating a plurality of output voltages; and a switching sequencer controlling the switched capacitor stage operable to generate switching patterns for each output voltages, wherein each pattern has a charge phase and a transfer phase, and wherein for at least one output voltage the switching sequencer provides two switching patterns wherein each switching pattern contributes an offset of opposite polarity.
US07994956B2	Digital-to-analog converter circuit, data driver, and display device using the digital-to-analog converter circuit A data driver having a positive-polarity reference voltage generation circuit, a positive-polarity decoder, a first amplifier that outputs a positive-polarity gray scale voltage, a negative-polarity reference voltage generation circuit that generates a plurality of negative-polarity reference voltages, a negative-polarity decoder that outputs first to nth negative-polarity reference voltages from among the negative-polarity reference voltages, a negative-polarity amplifier that receives the selected first to nth negative-polarity reference voltages and outputs a negative-polarity gray scale voltage, and an output switch circuit that switches and controls whether to directly connect the first output terminal and the second output terminal to first and second data lines, respectively, or to cross-connect the first output terminal and the second output terminal to the second data line and the first data line, respectively, based on a control signal.
US07994951B2	Digital signal coding method and apparatus, digital signal decoding apparatus, digital signal arithmetic coding method and digital signal arithmetic decoding method In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset.
US07994944B2	Encoding/decoding of digital signals, especially in vector quantization with permutation codes The invention relates to the encoding/decoding of digital signals, especially using transposition codes involving a calculation of combinatorial expressions. According to the invention, the combinatorial expressions are represented by prime factor power decompositions, and determined by a preliminary reading of pre-recorded representations of decompositions of selected whole numbers.
US07994943B2	Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special key of the keypad that enables a user to progressively select variants generally without changing the position of the user's hands on the device.
US07994937B2	Control circuit for an LED traffic light using a pulse width modulation signal A control circuit for traffic light includes a pulse control circuit, a control switch element, a control drive circuit, a power source, and an LED. The pulse control circuit includes a control chip is capable of outputting a low level signal and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal by turns. The duration of the low level signal is longer than that of the PWM signal. The control drive circuit for receiving the signals output from the control chip and controlling the control switch element. The LED is connected to the power source via the control switch element. The switch element is configured to control the power source to supply power to the LED when the signals output from the control chip are high, and does not supply power to the LED when the signals output from the control chip are low.
US07994934B2	Meter having a communication interface for receiving and interfacing with a communication device A meter is provided having a communication interface for receiving and interfacing with a communication device for transmitting measurement and other data to a central computer station via the communication device. The meter includes a measurement module for obtaining measurement data and a processor having a memory for storing application software for communicating the measurement and other data to the communication interface. The data are then provided to the communication device via the communication interface. The communication device is preferably a plug-and-play PCMCIA-type card or other type of memory card having a processor and a connection port for connecting to a port adaptor of the communication interface for receiving the data via the connection port-port adaptor connection. The communication device further includes communication circuitry for communicating the received data to the central computer station via one or more communications networks according to a communications protocol pre-programmed within the processor.
US07994930B2	Product placement A device may include a receiver to receive a data stream. The device may also include logic to insert a product placement into the data stream based at least one of a location of the device or information associated with a user of the device.
US07994928B2	Multifunction smoke alarm unit Improvements in a smoke alarm are presented. The multifunction smoke alarm unit includes separate sensors within a single enclosure for detecting smoke and occupancy, sounding a distinctive audible alarm when combustion is detected or the presence of a person within the area of the sensor. The multifunction smoke alarm can replace an existing single function smoke alarm. Multiple multifunction smoke alarms are networkable together for various purposes. Additional features include intruder alarm, visitor annunciator, integrated illumination source, external lighting control, HVAC system control, ceiling fan control, ventilation control, and/or fire safety system control. The proposed multifunction smoke alarm provides much-needed improvements for security, energy saving, safety, and user convenience without the need for completely separate systems for each purpose.
US07994926B2	Nuclear detection via a system of widely distributed low cost detectors having data including gamma intensities, time stamps and geo-positions A radiation detection system includes many receivers to continuously receive radiation emission data from at least some of a sufficient density of dispersed detectors capable of communicating geo-positions and photon emission counts over a network; the data includes gamma intensities, time stamps, and geo-positions. A processor builds digital image data of the received radiation data for a geographic area by treating gamma-ray proton data from each dispersed detector as a pixel in a low-light image. The processor continuously executes a plurality of statistical computational analyses on the digital image data to separate detected radiation signals from random, undesired signal noise, and known signal noise or sources. The statistical computational analyses include match-filter and/or other convolution techniques. An interface reports to a user when the computational analyses result in detection of a radiation signal and reports a location of one or more of the dispersed detectors that contribute to the detection.
US07994925B2	Monitoring access to controlled areas using electronic monitors The present invention addresses deficiencies of the art in respect to commercial asset control and provides a novel and non-obvious system and device for monitoring access to controlled areas. In one embodiment of the invention, the device can include a securing mechanism having an open state and a closed state. The device can further include a housing coupled with the securing mechanism, the housing comprising a radio frequency-opaque material, wherein the housing completely encloses a volume when the securing mechanism is in the closed state and wherein the housing includes an opening when the securing mechanism is in the open state. The device can further include an electronic marker located inside the volume of the housing, wherein the electronic marker periodically emits a signal.
US07994919B2	Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with agent-based control systems The subject invention relates to systems and methods that distribute electronic data, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC) data, obtained from RFID tags by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and/or servers to agents within an agent-based control system. The systems and methods employ a component that collects, filters, processes, and stores electronic product data. The component collects electronic product data through corresponding reader and/or server interfaces. This data can be filtered to accept particular electronic product data, processed to a format suitable to the agents, and stored. Such storage can include delineating the electronic product data across rows of a table by electronic product code and across columns of the table by various types of data. Upon receiving a subscription and/or request from an agent for electronic product data, the component can obtain and convey the information to the agent.
US07994911B2	System, method, and apparatus for triggering an alarm According to some example embodiments, systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided for triggering an alarm. In this regard, one example apparatus includes means for receiving an instruction to alarm a security gate device, and means for tuning a security resonator at a location such that a field generated by the security gate device interacts with the security resonator to cause the security gate device to trigger an alarm in response to at least receiving the instruction to alarm the security gate device.
US07994909B2	Systems and methods for identifying and collecting banned waste Systems and methods for authorizing a waste item to be removed from a site. In one embodiment, a waste collection vehicle includes a reader configured to obtain identification information from an identification tag associated with the waste item. A transceiver associated with the vehicle is configured to: receive the identification information from the reader, wirelessly transmit the identification information to a remote computer for processing, and wirelessly receive an indication of whether the waste item should be collected and removed by the waste collection. The received indication is based on at least one hazardous characteristic associated with the identified waste item, a determination that the waste collection vehicle is authorized to collect the waste item having the at least one hazardous characteristic, and a determination that a driver of the waste collection vehicle is authorized to collect the waste item having the at least one hazardous characteristic.
US07994907B2	Image information generation device, display control device using the same, information display system for travel body, module for driver seat, and travel body In an image information generation device, based on status information representing statuses of various sections of a mobile unit such as a motor vehicle, image information used to display an image required, for instance, for steering this mobile unit on a display device is generated easily. In order to generate, as the image information, a layout identifier that specifies a layout of an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device and a component image identifier that specifies a display mode of each component image in the layout, the DPF controller compares the MEN/SEN judging table that stores an identifier table in which a correlation between the status information and the MEN, a correlation between the status information and the SEN, and a correlation between the MEN and the SEN are defined with the status information collected from the ECUs in the various sections of the mobile unit.
US07994902B2	Cooperative sensor-sharing vehicle traffic safety system A method and system for using vehicle-to-vehicle cooperative communications for traffic collision avoidance. One vehicle detects a “situation”, such as a pedestrian within the crosswalk, where an “offending object” is in or near a roadway feature, which could result in a collision. The detecting vehicle informs a second vehicle via wireless communications, of the detecting vehicle's GPS location, the GPS location of the detected object, and the GPS location of the roadway feature, i.e., a crosswalk boundary. Additional data about the “offending object” can include its speed and heading. A receiving vehicle receives this data and takes appropriate avoidance action.
US07994901B2	Lug stud and lug nut monitoring system, method, and components therefor A lug stud and lug nut monitoring system, method, and components for a vehicle may have a lug stud, a lug nut, at least one sensor, and an indicator. The lug stud has a shank. The lug nut is constructed to fasten on the shank. The sensor can be carried by the lug stud, by the lug nut, or by both the lug stud and the lug nut. The sensor takes at least one measurement. The indicator communicates with the sensor in order to determine a value based on the measurement, and to alert an operator of the vehicle if and when the value reaches a predetermined relationship to a reference value.
US07994897B2	Systems and methods for managing inventory of items held in a cabinet using radio frequency identification (RFID) A RFID cabinet comprises a cabinet structure and one or more drawers or shelves. Chambers are formed within the cabinet to house the one or more drawers or shelves. An RFID scanner is configured to scan items tagged with RFID tags in the chambers via one or more antennas. The antennas can include transmit and receive antennas or antennas configured to perform both transmit and receive functions. The drawers can have a access cover, or lid that can be controlled so as to control access to the drawer. The scanner can be configured to perform inventory control for the tagged items.
US07994889B2	Multilayer inductor A multilayer inductor having a uniformly improved direct current superposition property and an increased inductance value is disclosed. The multilayer inductor contains a laminate of a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers, and the conductive layers and through hole conductors are connected to form a helical coil in the laminate. A second insulating layer which has a magnetic permeability lower than those of the first insulating layers is disposed such that it crosses an inner magnetic path of the helical coil, and a margin of the second insulating layer overlaps with the conductive layer in the stacking direction and is in contact with the conductive layer in the overlap portion. The magnetic flux density in the laminate is likely to be highest in the overlap portion, and thus, the highest-density magnetic flux passes through the second insulating layer inevitably, whereby the direct current superposition property can be uniformly improved.
US07994888B2	Multi-turn inductors A multi-winding inductor includes a first foil winding and a second foil winding. One end of the first foil winding extends from a first side of the core and wraps under the core to form a solder tab under the core. One end of the second foil winding extends from a second side of the core and wraps under the core to form another solder tab under the core. Respective portions of each solder tab are laterally adjacent under the magnetic core. A coupled inductor includes a magnetic core including a first and a second end magnetic element and a plurality of connecting magnetic elements disposed between and connecting the first and second end magnetic elements. A respective first and second single turn foil winding is wound at least partially around each connecting magnetic element. Each foil winding has two ends forming respective solder tabs.
US07994881B2	Waveguide connection between a multilayer waveguide substrate and a metal waveguide substrate including a choke structure in the multilayer waveguide A rectangular conductor pattern is formed around a first waveguide on a multilayer dielectric substrate facing a metal substrate, with an end at about λ/4 away from a long side edge of the first waveguide, where λ is a free-space wavelength of a signal wave. A conductor opening is formed between the end of the conduction pattern and the long side edge of the first waveguide, with a length longer than a long side of the first waveguide and shorter than about λ. A closed-ended dielectric transmission path is formed in the multilayer dielectric substrate in the layer direction, with a length of about λg/4, where λg is an in-substrate effective wavelength of the signal wave.
US07994878B2	Acoustic wave device and high-frequency filter using the same Boundary acoustic wave devices are both compact and possess excellent temperature stability. Yet these devices have the drawback that the Q value cannot be raised, and a high cost thin-film technology is required. This invention provides a boundary acoustic wave device possessing excellent Q value along with a low cost. A boundary acoustic wave device including a film whose main ingredient is aluminum at a thickness hm, and a shorting reflector (thickness hr) and a IDT with an electrode finger period of lambda, are patterned onto the surface of a theta YX-LN single crystalline piezoelectric substrate; and a silicon oxide film with a thickness h1 and an aluminum nitride film 6 with a thickness h2 are formed on that comb electrode and reflector, wherein: 2.5≦hr/λ≦8.5% is obtained.
US07994870B2	Tunable filter with gain control circuit An apparatus includes a filter and a gain control circuit. The filter receives and filters an input signal and provides an output signal in a first mode and operates as part of an oscillator in a second mode. The gain control circuit varies the amplitude of an oscillator signal from the oscillator in the second mode, e.g., by adjusting at least one variable gain element within the oscillator to obtain a target amplitude and/or non rail-to-rail signal swing for the oscillator signal. The apparatus may further include a bandwidth control circuit to adjust the bandwidth of the filter in the second mode. The bandwidth control circuit receives the oscillator signal, determines a target oscillation frequency corresponding to a selected bandwidth for the filter, and adjusts at least one circuit element within the filter to obtain the target oscillation frequency.
US07994868B2	Photonic diode An element for interacting with electromagnetic radiation is disclosed, including a first self-resonant body, a second self-resonant body, and a directional device interposed between the first self-resonant body and the second self-resonant body. The directional device is adapted to inhibit propagation of electromagnetic radiation from the second self-resonant body to the first self-resonant body.
US07994867B2	Oscillator control apparatus An oscillator control apparatus has a digitally-controlled oscillator which outputs an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency in response to an oscillator adjusting signal, a counter which counts the oscillation signal and outputs a count in response to a reference signal in synchronism with the oscillation signal, a time-to-digital converter which calculates a phase difference between the oscillation signal and the reference signal, an adder which adds the count and the phase difference and outputs the added value as first phase information, a corrector which corrects the first phase information in response to a phase control signal for setting an oscillation frequency of the digitally-controlled oscillator when a time difference between a rising-up timing of the oscillation signal and a rising-up timing of the reference signal is less than a predetermined time, and outputs second phase information, and a filter for smoothing a difference between the phase control signal and the second phase information, to output the oscillator adjusting signal.
US07994864B2	Audio out unit A DC-coupled audio out unit is provided, including at least one regulator and at least one audio amplifier. The regulator is coupled to at least one power terminal of the audio amplifier.
US07994859B2	High-speed, multi-stage class AB amplifiers A multi-stage Class AB amplifier system includes a first Class AB amplifier circuit and a second Class AB amplifier circuit. A current mirror circuit is in communication with the first Class AB amplifier circuit. A bias circuit is in communication with the current mirror circuit. A frequency compensation circuit is arranged between the bias circuit and the second Class AB amplifier circuit. A common-mode feedback circuit is in communication with the second Class AB amplifier circuit. The common-mode feedback circuit is configured to generate a feedback signal.
US07994854B2	Circuit with a power amplifier and amplification method In a power amplification circuit an output signal is generated by combining the power of a first and second signal that have been amplified separately. An input signal is received that indicates a desired amplitude and phase of the output signal. A controllable phase shift circuit adapts the phase of first and second signals dependent on the desired amplitude, so that, when the signals with the adapted phases are combined, the resulting output signal will have an envelope with the desired amplitude. A time dependent common mode phase shift is applied to both the first and second signal. A control circuit selects the time dependent common mode phase shift as a function of the desired amplitude of the output signal, to compensate for envelope amplitude dependence of a common phase shift introduced by the amplification.
US07994840B2	RMS detector with automatic gain control Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, devices and methods for detecting the RMS value of a signal. The RMS detector uses multiple variable-gain stages and internal gain control to generate an RMS output signal based on an arbitrary signal input. This RMS detector significantly reduces the signal swings seen on a squarer within prior art RMS detectors and reduces the detector's dependency on DC offsets at low signal levels and overload errors at high signal levels. The embodiments of the present invention also improve the accuracy of the RMS detector within large dynamic signal ranges by obviating the operation of a squarer in saturation or out of the squaring region. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention are able to more accurately detect RMS values on a signal, operate over relatively higher signal ranges, and better function within different signal modulation schemes, particularly those with large peak-to-average ratios.
US07994836B2	Latch with clocked devices A latch circuit includes a feed-forward circuit, a keeper circuit, and a feed-back circuit. The feed-forward circuit includes a first-inverting-stage with a first input and a first output, wherein the first-inverting-stage comprises a first clocked device, and a second-inverting-stage with a second input and a second output, wherein the second-inverting-stage comprises a second clocked device, and a keeper circuit. The first output is operatively connected to the second input. The keeper circuit is operatively connected to the first output, and the keeper circuit is driven from the second output. The feed-back circuit includes a third-inverting-stage with a third input and a third output, wherein the third input is operatively connected to the second output, and a fourth-inverting-stage with a fourth input and a fourth output. The fourth input is operatively connected to the third output. The fourth output is connected to the third input to form a storage node.
US07994835B2	Duty control circuit and semiconductor device having the same A duty control circuit including a clock input unit connected to a first node and a second node, the clock input unit receiving an input clock signal through the first node and changing a voltage of the second node to one of a first voltage level and a second voltage level in response to respective low and high logic levels of the input clock signal, a slew controller connected to the second node, the slew controller including one or more switches controlled by respective control signals, the one or more switches providing one of the first voltage level and the second voltage level to the second node in response to the control signals such that a slew rate of a signal at the second node is varied, and a clock output unit, the clock output unit outputting an output clock signal having a duty that varies.
US07994831B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit and method of controlling the same A semiconductor integrated circuit is disclosed. The disclosed semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention includes a DLL (Delay Locked Loop) controller that controls whether to activate a DLL at the entry of a power down mode, in response to a result of detecting whether a range of phase change of an external clock signal is within a predetermined range, and a DLL block that provides a result of comparing a reference clock signal with a feedback clock signal to the DLL controller and also provides a delay locked clock signal that is periodically updated, in response to the reference clock signal, under the control of an activated output signal from the DLL controller.
US07994826B2	Drive circuit for power semiconductor switching device A gate driving circuit for a voltage-driven power semiconductor switching device has (a) the voltage-driven power semiconductor switching device, (b) a driving circuit for supplying a drive signal to the gate electrode of the switching device, and (c) an inductance between the emitter control terminal or source control terminal of the switching device and the emitter main terminal or source main terminal of a semiconductor module. A voltage produced across the inductance is detected. The gate-driving voltage or gate drive resistance is made variable based on the detected value.
US07994824B2	Logic gate with a reduced number of switches, especially for applications in integrated circuits Logic Gate (100), particularly for integrated circuits including a Boolean network (105) having at least an input (106) and having at least an output node (107) and at least a terminal (108) connected to a first node at fixed potential (109) corresponding to a first logical level of the gate. The gate is characterized by the fact that the output node (107) is connected to a first pair of switches including a first switch (101) and a second switch (102), which are activated alternately, and are connected respectively, by a respective terminal, to the first node (109) at fixed potential and to the output node (107). Between the two switches there is a second pair of switches (103, 104) connected to a second node at fixed potential (110) corresponding to a second logical level of the gate. The switches of the second pair of switches are connected together in a way that the turning on of one switch of the second pair involves the turning off of the other switch of the second pair and the turning on of one of the switches of the second pair is suitable to bring the output node (107) to the potential of the second node at fixed potential (110).
US07994819B2	Level-shifter circuit One embodiment of the invention includes a level-shifter circuit. The circuit comprises a control stage that steers a current from one of a first control node and a second control node to the other of the first control node and the second control node based on an input signal to set a first initial voltage at the first control node and a second initial voltage at the second control node, the input signal having logic-high and logic-low voltage magnitudes that occupy a low voltage domain. The circuit also includes a logic driver that is coupled to the second control node and is referenced in a high voltage domain. The logic driver can be configured to provide an output signal having logic-high and logic-low voltage magnitudes that occupy the high voltage domain based on the second initial voltage.
US07994817B2	Configurable integrated circuit with built-in turns Some embodiments of the invention provide configurable integrated circuits (“IC's”) with configurable node arrays. In some embodiments, the configurable node array includes numerous (e.g., 50, 100, etc.) configurable nodes arranged in several rows and columns. This array also includes several direct offset connections, where each particular direct offset connection connects two nodes that are neither in the same column nor in the same row in the array. In some embodiments, at least some direct offset connections connect pairs of nodes that are separated in the array by more than one row and at least one column, or by more than one column and at least one row. Some embodiments establish a direct connection by (1) a set of wire segments that traverse through a set of the IC's wiring layers, and (2) a set of vias when two or more wiring layers are involved. In some embodiments, some of the direct connections have intervening circuits (e.g., buffer circuits), while other direct connections do not have any intervening circuits. Also, in some embodiments, the nodes in the configurable array are all similar (e.g., have the same set of circuit elements and same internal wiring between the circuit elements).
US07994815B2	Cross-point latch and method of operating the same Provided is a cross-point latch and a method of operating the cross-point latch. The cross-point latch includes a signal line, two control lines crossing the signal line, and unipolar switches disposed at crossing points between the signal line and the control lines.
US07994806B2	System and method for testing embedded circuits with test islands Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system and method for testing an embedded circuit in a semiconductor arrangement as part of an overall circuit that is located on a semiconductor wafer, the system and method comprising an arrangement comprising an overall circuit with at least one input and output. The overall circuit may be provided with an embedded circuit that is not directly connected to the inputs and outputs or may be connected thereto by being specially switched. Switching elements and test islands that are connected thereto may be provided such that the input or the output of the embedded circuit may be connected to the test islands via the switching elements in case of a test. The switching elements may be switched to said test mode in case of a test by applying a voltage to the test island, or the switching elements may be switched in this manner. The arrangement may thus allow for a flexible testing system and method while the used substrate area and the number of required inputs and outputs remain low.
US07994799B2	Insulation resistance detection system, insulation resistance detection apparatus and insulation resistance detection method An insulation resistance determining system (50) comprises an insulation resistance determining portion configured by connecting a coupling capacitor (52), a detection resistor (54), and a pulse oscillating circuit (56) in series with a common mode potential measuring point (30), and an insulation resistance determining portion having a filter (58) which processes an AC signal (vx) at a junction between the coupling capacitor (52) and the detection resistor (54), an amplifier (60), a wave-peak value detection circuit (62), and a controller (70). The controller (70) has functions for detecting a drop in insulation resistance in response to an output of the wave-peak value detection circuit (62); for requesting an HVCPU (40) to change the common mode potential so as to determine a failure of the insulation resistance determining portion; and for determining a failure of the insulation resistance determining portion from an output change of the wave-peak value determining circuit (62) between before and after the common mode potential change.
US07994794B2	Methods for measuring a set of electrical characteristics in a plasma Methods using a probe apparatus configured to measure a set of electrical characteristics in a plasma include providing a chamber wall including at least a set of plasma chamber surfaces configured to be exposed to a plasma, the plasma having a set of electrical characteristics. The method includes installing a collection disk structure configured to be exposed to the plasma, wherein the collection disk structure having at least a body disposed within the chamber wall and a collection disk structure surface that is either coplanar or recessed with at least one of the set of plasma chamber surfaces and providing a conductive path configured to transmit the set of electrical characteristics from the collection disk structure to a set of transducers. The method may include coupling a thermal grounding element with the conductive path for providing thermal grounding to at least the conductive path and may alternatively or additionally include disposing an insulation barrier configured to substantially electrically separate at least one of the collection disk and the conductive path.
US07994792B2	Electric field sensor for marine environments A sensor (S) for marine measurements of an electric field, the sensor (S) including at least two electrodes (3, 4); signal transmission means (5) for transmitting measured signals from the sensor (S) to a signal processing (6); at least two closed containers (1, 2) which are formed of a non-conductive material and are filled with an electrolyte (E); at least two flexible hoses (7, 8) formed of an electrically non-conductive material; there being attached in a fluid-communicating manner to each of the containers at least one first hose end (7a, 8a), and a second hose end (7b, 8b) being open and attached to means (9a, 9b) for exact positioning of the second hose end (7b, 8b); the hoses (7, 8) being arranged to be filled with a medium (W) of the same type as that, in which the sensor (S) is arranged to be immersed in an operative condition; and two containers (1, 2) forming a pair of containers, the two containers (1, 2), relatively, being placed close to each other under approximately identical thermal, pressure and chemical conditions.
US07994791B2	Resistivity receiver spacing A downhole induction resistivity assembly that comprises a downhole tool string component. The tool string component comprises an induction transmitter. The transmitter is adapted to induce an induction field in the surrounding formation. A first induction receiver is spaced apart from the transmitter and is adapted to measure the induction field. A magnetic field generating mechanism is disposed adjacent on either or both sides of the transmitter and adapted to guide the transmitter's signal into the formation. A second induction receiver is disposed in close proximity to the magnetic field generating mechanism and is adapted to measure the magnetic field generated by the mechanism.
US07994790B2	Electromagnetic and magnetostatic shield to perform measurements ahead of the drill bit A transmitter on a bottomhole assembly (BHA) is used for generating a transient electromagnetic signal in an earth formation. A pair of receivers on the BHA receive signals that are indicative of formation resistivity and distances to bed boundaries. A time dependent calibration factor or a time-independent calibration factor may be used to combine the two received signals and estimate the distance to bed boundaries that are unaffected by the drill conductive body. Further improvement can be obtained by using copper shielding.
US07994788B2	Short hybrid microstrip magnetic resonance coils A hybrid microstrip coil for magnetic resonance imaging including a microstrip assembly aligned in the superior/inferior (S/I) direction. In one example, the microstrip assembly has conductive strips disposed on one side of a substrate corresponding shield planes disposed on the other side of the substrate. The microstrip assemblies are coupled together by coaxial sections forming a continuous transmission line and having a specific overall electrical length.
US07994777B2	Apparatus and methods for an inductive proximity sensor An inductive proximity sensor is disclosed. The proximity sensor includes a housing having at least a first pair of inductive coils disposed within the housing. One of the first pair of inductive coils is opposite in polarity from another one of the first pair of inductive coils. The sensor optionally includes a second set of inductive coils, having opposite polarity.
US07994769B2	Switching regulator and control circuit thereof Multiple switching transistors are provided in parallel. An output circuit includes an inductor, an output capacitor, and a rectifying device. A pulse modulator generates a pulse signal with the duty ratio adjusted such that the output voltage of a switching regulator approaches a predetermined target value. A driver distributes a pulse signal to the multiple switching transistors, and switches the multiple switching transistors to the ON state in a time divisional manner.
US07994763B2	DC-DC converter circuits, and methods and apparatus including such circuits Electrical power from an input voltage supply is converted to first and second output voltages of opposite polarities using a single inductor (L) and only four principal switches (S1, S2, S4, S6). In contrast to known circuits, none of the switches is exposed to voltages greater than the input voltage (V1). In a first type of charging cycle (FIG. 5(a)-(c)), the first output voltage (V2+) is obtained from the input voltage supply through the inductor. In a second type of charging cycle (FIG. 5 (d)-(f)), the second output voltage (V2−) is obtained from the first output voltage via the intermediate step of storing energy in the same inductor as is used in the first type of charging cycle. Auxiliary switches (S7a, S7b) can be operated in wait states between cycles of the first and second type.
US07994762B2	DC to DC converter A DC to DC converter comprising an inductor, first and second electrically controllable switches and a controller, wherein the first electrically controllable switch is interposed between an input node and a first terminal of the inductor and the second electrically controllable switch extends between a second terminal of the inductor and a common node or a ground, and where a first rectifier extends between the common node or ground and the terminal of the inductor and a second rectifier connects the second terminal of the inductor to an output node, wherein the controller controls the operation of the first and second switches to perform voltage step down or step up, as appropriate, to achieve a desired output voltage and wherein a decision about when to switch the first electrically controlled switch is made as a first function of a voltage error between the output voltage and a target output voltage, and an estimate of the current flowing in the inductor.
US07994757B2	DC-DC converter To securely detect the short-circuited state of a rectifier without detecting current and to protect a switching device in a DC-DC converter, in a state in which the potential at the connection point of the rectifier and the switching device is detected and a drive signal turns ON the switching device, the protection circuit of the DC-DC converter is configured to securely turn OFF the switching device when the potential at the connection point is a predetermined potential or more.
US07994740B2	Betatron with a removable accelerator block A betatron is provided, particularly in an x-ray inspection station, comprising an accelerator block that is provided with a rotationally symmetrical inner yoke composed of two spaced-apart pieces, at least one main field coil, and a toroidal betatron tube which is disposed between the pieces of the inner yoke. The betatron further comprises an outer yoke which embraces the accelerator block, connects the two pieces of the inner yoke, and has at least one lateral opening, as well as a lead shield that accommodates the accelerator block and the outer yoke. The outer yoke is composed of at least two parts which are movable relative to one another between an open and a closed position. The accelerator block can be laterally removed from the opening of the outer yoke that is in the open position.
US07994739B2	Internal injection betatron A betatron magnet having at least one electron injector positioned approximate an inside of a radius of a betatron orbit, the betatron magnet further includes a first guide magnet having a first pole face and a second guide magnet having a second pole face. Both the first and the second guide magnet have a centrally disposed aperture and the first pole face is separated from the second pole face by a guide magnet gap. A core is disposed within the centrally disposed apertures in an abutting relationship with both guide magnets. The core has at least one core gap. A drive coil is wound around both guide magnet pole faces. An orbit control coil has a core portion wound around the core gap and a field portion wound around the guide magnet pole faces. The core portion and the field portion are connected but in opposite polarity.
US07994733B2	Discharge lamp lighting device and light fixture When the starting of the discharge lamp has been detected at least once, the control circuit increases the number of repetitions of a period while the high frequency voltage and the square wave voltage are being outputted alternately. In such a way, in the discharge lamp lighting device that alternately generates the high frequency voltage and the square wave voltage at the time of starting, sure startability is ensured.
US07994727B2	LED driving arrangement A circuit for driving LEDs includes: —a transformer with a secondary winding for driving the LEDs and a primary winding, —a half-bridge arrangement fed with an input voltage and coupled to the transformer, —a resonant circuit between the half-bridge arrangement and the primary winding of the transformer, the resonant circuit having a given resonance frequency, and—a controller configured for switching the half-bridge arrangement with a switching frequency variable between first and second values. The second value is closer than the first value to the resonance frequency of the resonant circuit created between the half-bridge arrangement and the primary winding of the transformer. This boosts the voltage fed towards the LEDs via the transformer. The LEDs are preferably included in the form of series of LEDs connected to the secondary winding of the transformer via a rectifier placed outside the housing of the power-supply.
US07994720B2	High pressure discharge lamp containing a getter device A miniaturized high pressure discharge lamp containing a getter device is provided in which the getter device is positioned in such a way as to minimize or completely suppress the shadow effect with respect to the light emitted by the lamp burner.
US07994711B2	Light emitting device and manufacturing method thereof An active matrix light emitting device of which luminance characteristic does not vary among light emitting elements of respective pixels, and which can be realized even in a high definition display panel is disclosed. In the light emitting device, a light emitting material is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to an auxiliary wiring, not only in a peripheral portion but also in a pixel portion. A layer containing the light emitting material comprises a first buffer layer, a light emitting layer, and a second buffer layer. In the pixel portion, either one or both of the first and the second buffer layer are interposed between the auxiliary wiring and the second electrode where the second electrode and the auxiliary wiring are electrically connected.
US07994706B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same Provided is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, including: a substrate; a semiconductor layer on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the substrate with the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode on a region of the gate insulating layer corresponding to the semiconductor layer and insulated from the semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes connected to the semiconductor layer; metal layers on the source and drain electrodes, spaced a distance apart from each other, and including nickel; a passivation layer over the gate insulating layer; a first electrode on the passivation layer, and electrically connected to the metal layers; an organic layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the organic layer.
US07994705B2	Actively driven organic EL device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention is a active-driving organic EL light emission device comprising an organic EL element comprising an organic luminous medium between an upper electrode and a lower electrode, and a thin film transistor for driving this organic EL element, wherein light emitted from the organic EL element is taken out from the side of the upper electrode, and the upper electrode comprises a main electrode formed of transparent conductive material, and an auxiliary electrode formed of a low-resistance material. According to the active-driving organic EL light emission device of this structure, the numerical aperture can be made large. Additionally, the sheet resistivity of the upper electrode can be made low even if luminescence is taken out from the side of the upper electrode. Thus, it is possible to provide an active-driving organic EL light emission device making it possible to display images having a high brightness and a homogenous brightness; and a method for manufacturing the same.
US07994701B2	Electron-emitting device, electron source, image display apparatus, and manufacturing method of electron-emitting device An electron-emitting device according to this invention has a cathode electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulating layer, a gate electrode, and an electron-emitting member. The gate electrode, the insulating layer, and the first electrode respectively have an opening communicating with each other. The electron-emitting member is provided on the cathode electrode, and at least a portion of the electron-emitting member is exposed in the opening. The second electrode is provided in the opening of the first electrode and electrically connected to the cathode electrode.
US07994700B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes a rear plate having a plurality of electron-emitting devices, a face plate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having one or more phosphors that emit fluorescence in response to electrons emitted from the electron-emitting devices, and a drive circuit for driving the electron-emitting devices. At least one of the phosphors is CaAlSiN3:Eu2+; and the electrons are supplied to the pixels for 2 μs to 70 μs from the electron-emitting devices on a scan basis, each of which devices supplies current to one or more of the phosphors.
US07994696B2	Electron emission device, electron emission type backlight unit including the electron emission device, and method of manufacturing the electron emission device An electron emission device includes a base substrate, at least one isolation layer on the base substrate, the isolation layer having a first lateral side and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side, first and second electrodes on the base substrate along the first and second lateral sides of the isolation layer, respectively, a first electron emission layer between the first electrode and the first lateral side of the isolation layer, and a second electron emission layer between the second electrode and the second lateral side of the isolation layer.
US07994695B2	Luminescent materials for a carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission device (FED) A RGB phosphor system for a carbon nanotube (CNT)/field emission device (FED) display operated between about 4-10 kV. The RGB phosphor system is formed on an interior surface of a screen of the CNT/FED display. The RGB phosphor system includes ZnS:Cu, Al (green phosphor), ZnS:Ag,Cl (blue phosphor) and Y2O2S:Eu+3 (red phosphor). The average particle size for each of the green, blue and red phosphors should be about 3-4 microns.
US07994687B2	Piezoelectric actuator and method for driving the same The piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric element structure (100) which has at least one piezoelectric element (120), and a working edge (130) for directing driving force on a driven body (MB), wherein the working edge (130) oscillates in response to deformation of the piezoelectric element (120). The piezoelectric actuator further includes a driver circuit (300) for applying voltage to the piezoelectric element (120); and a drive control circuit (200) for inducing oscillation of the working edge (130) by supplying a drive signal (DV, #DV) of rectangular waveform to the driver circuit (300). The drive control circuit (200) is capable of reversing the drive direction of the driven body (MB) by changing the duty ratio of the drive signal (DV, #DV).
US07994685B2	Electromechanical transducer—artificial muscle The function of the key element of the SMA, is based on a mutual alternating slipping of two systems of filaments. Its contraction is caused by the attractive effect of van der Waal's forces between the functional particles among the filaments. The relaxation is attained through the repulsive effect of the electrostatic repulsive forces between the functional particles. The alternating change of ionic concentration in the area of the particles results in the alternating function of van der Waal's attraction and repulsive electrostatic forces. The size and material of the particles, their configuration and working temperature must be specifically optimized. The total contraction of the key element results from the summation of its partial contractions. The total force and contraction of the SNA result from the summation of the key elements in the parallel (collateral) and/or serial (linear ranked) arrangements, respectively. Large compound actuators with high performance can be built from key elements using the modular design.
US07994683B2	Brush holder assembly with spring clip A brush holder assembly of an electrical device is disclosed. The brush holder assembly includes a brush holder, a spring clip removable from the brush holder, a spring detachably coupled to the spring clip, and a spring retainer for retaining the spring on the spring clip. The spring clip is slidably disposed in channels of the brush holder. The detachable spring includes an end region extending around the end of the spring clip such that a first portion of the spring is facing a first side of the spring clip and a second portion of the spring is facing a second side of the spring clip. The spring retainer extends around the end of the spring clip over the end region of the spring.
US07994682B2	Brush device for motor Each of the paired brush devices includes a brush in sliding contact with a commutator, a brush arm holding the brush, and a brush base to which the brush arm is fixed and which has a base hole. The pair of brush devices are disposed such that a line connecting the centers of the pair of brushes inclines in relation to a line connecting the centers of a pair of magnets. Each of the brush arms of the brush devices is disposed on the outside of the corresponding brush base at a location where the brush arm is fixed to the brush base, and one of the brush arms is bent from the outside of the corresponding brush base toward the inside thereof while being passed through the base hole to intersect the brush base.
US07994678B2	Polyphase transverse and/or commutated flux systems Disclosed are single- and poly-phase transverse and/or commutated flux machines and components thereof, and methods of making and using the same. Exemplary devices, including polyphase devices, may variously be configured with an interior rotor and/or an interior stator. Other exemplary devices, including polyphase devices, may be configured in a slim, stacked, and/or nested configuration. Via use of such polyphase configurations, transverse and/or commutated flux machines can achieve improved performance, efficiency, and/or be sized or otherwise configured for various applications.
US07994669B2	Fan motor having fixing structure for circuit board A motor comprises a base, a rotor, a stator, and a circuit board. The base includes a sleeve. The stator includes at least one fastener. The sleeve has an inclined outer surface. The fastener extends to the circuit board and abuts the inclined outer surface to fasten the circuit board. A fan comprises a base, a hub, a shaft, a circuit board. The base has a sleeve. The hub comprises a plurality of blades disposed outwardly thereof. The shaft connects to the sleeve and is disposed in the hub. The stator has at least one fastener. The sleeve has an inclined outer surface. The fastener extends to the circuit board and abuts against the inclined outer surface to fasten the circuit board.
US07994642B2	Semiconductor device which includes contact plug and embedded interconnection connected to contact plug A semiconductor memory device includes: a first dielectric formed on top of a semiconductor substrate; a contact plug embedded in the first dielectric; a second dielectric formed on top of the first interlayer dielectric; an interconnection layer embedded in a groove formed in the second dielectric on top of the contact plug; and an insulating film formed in the second dielectric adjacent to a side surface of the interconnection layer. The contact plug has a notch in a part of a top surface of the contact plug. The insulating film is formed to extend from a top surface of the second dielectric to the notch included in the contact plug.
US07994638B2	Semiconductor chip and semiconductor device In this semiconductor chip 3, a table electrode 13 is interposed between a bump electrode 14 and an electrode pad 6. The table electrode 13 is formed by forming a plurality of cores 15 having a smaller Young's modulus than the bump electrode 14, on the electrode pad 6, and then covering the surfaces of the cores 15 with a conductive electrode 16. When the semiconductor chip 3 is flip-chip mounted, the bump electrode 14 is plastically deformed and the table electrode 13 is elastically deformed appropriately, thereby obtaining a good conductive state.
US07994629B2	Leadless integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of a leadless integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a substrate; patterning a die attach pad on the substrate; forming a tiered plated pad array around the die attach pad; mounting an integrated circuit die on the die attach pad; coupling an electrical interconnect between the integrated circuit die and the tiered plated pad array; forming a molded package body on the integrated circuit die, the electrical interconnects, and the tiered plated pad array; and exposing a contact pad layer by removing the substrate.
US07994626B2	Multi-layer semiconductor package with vertical connectors and method of manufacture thereof A semiconductor package comprises a base substrate with a semiconductor die mounted on a top side of the base substrate and an interposer substrate mounted on top of the die. The bottom side of the interposer substrate can be electrically coupled to the top side of the base substrate through vertical connectors. The top side of the interposer substrate is substantially exposed and comprises input/output (I/O) terminals for the mounting of additional electronic components. The base and interposer substrates can be configured with I/O terminals such that components mounted on the substrates can be electrically coupled through the vertical connectors. The base substrate also can be electrically coupled to an additional electronic component, such as a printed circuit board. Electrical connections can be “wrapped around” from the base substrate to the top of the interposer substrate. The vertical connectors can be positioned along multiple sides of the package.
US07994618B2	Sensor module and method for manufacturing same A sensor module has a carrier substrate having a bottom side and a top side, a sensor chip arranged on the top side of the carrier substrate and having a pressure-sensitive active area, a signal-processing chip arranged on the top side of the carrier substrate next to the sensor chip and being connected to the sensor chip in an electrically conducting manner, a continuous casting material covering the top side of the carrier substrate and the signal-processing chip and being in mechanical contact with both, the casting material having a recess which is arranged such that the casting material does not cover at least a part of the active area of the sensor chip.
US07994617B2	Semiconductor device An object of the present invention is providing a semiconductor device that is capable of improving the reliability of a semiconductor element and enhancing the mechanical strength without suppressing the scale of a circuit. The semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit sandwiched between first and second sealing films, an antenna electrically connected to the integrated circuit, the first sealing film sandwiched between a substrate and the integrated circuit, which includes a plurality of first insulating films and at least one second insulating film sandwiched therebetween, the second sealing film including a plurality of third insulating films and at least one fourth insulating film sandwiched therebetween. The second insulating film has lower stress than the first insulting film and the fourth insulating film has lower stress than the third insulating film. The first and third insulating films are inorganic insulating films.
US07994601B2	Semiconductor light receiving device The present invention provides a semiconductor light receiving device that prevents local heat generation, has high-speed, high-sensitivity characteristics even at the time of an intensive light input, and exhibits high resistance to light inputs. The semiconductor light receiving device includes light absorption layers (3, 4) formed on an InP semiconductor substrate (1) wherein a buffer layer (21) containing a quaternary compositional material is formed between the InP semiconductor substrate (1) and the light absorption layers (3, 4).
US07994600B2	Antireflective coating Device and method for an antireflective coating to improve image quality in an image display system. A preferred embodiment comprises a first high refractive index layer overlying a reflective surface of an integrated circuit, a first low refractive index layer overlying the first high refractive index layer, a second high refractive index layer overlying the first low refractive index layer, and a second low refractive index layer overlying the second high refractive index layer. The alternating layers of high refractive index material and low refractive index material form an optical trap, allowing light to readily pass through in one direction, but not so easily in a reverse direction. The dual alternating layer topology improves the antireflective properties of the antireflective layer and permits a wide range of adjustments for manipulating reflectivity and color point.
US07994598B2	Electronic assembly for image sensor device An electronic assembly for an image sensor device is disclosed. The electronic assembly comprises a package module and a lens set mounted thereon. The package module comprises a device substrate comprising at least one grounding plug therein, in which the grounding plug is insulated from the device substrate and an array of optoelectronic devices therein. A transparent substrate comprises a dam portion attached to the device substrate to form a cavity between the device and transparent substrates. A micro-lens array is disposed within the cavity. A conductive layer is electrically connected to the grounding plug and covers the sidewalls of the lens set and the package module and the upper surface of the lens set. A method for fabricating the electronic assembly is also disclosed.
US07994595B2	Strained semiconductor by full wafer bonding One aspect of this disclosure relates to a method for forming a wafer with a strained semiconductor. In various embodiments of the method, a predetermined contour is formed in one of a semiconductor membrane and a substrate wafer. The semiconductor membrane is bonded to the substrate wafer and the predetermined contour is straightened to induce a predetermined strain in the semiconductor membrane. In various embodiments, a substrate wafer is flexed into a flexed position, a portion of the substrate wafer is bonded to a semiconductor layer when the substrate wafer is in the flexed position, and the substrate wafer is relaxed to induce a predetermined strain in the semiconductor layer. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
US07994593B2	Quantum wire sensor and methods of forming and using same A solid-state field-effect transistor device for detecting chemical and biological species and for detecting changes in radiation is disclosed. The device includes a quantum wire channel section to improve device sensitivity. The device is operated in a fully depleted mode such that a sensed biological, chemical or radiation change causes an exponential change in channel conductance of the transistor.
US07994584B2	Semiconductor device having non-silicide region in which no silicide is formed on diffusion layer A semiconductor device includes first and second MOSFETs corresponding to at least first power source voltage and second power source voltage lower than the first power source voltage, and non-silicide regions formed in drain portions of the first and second MOSFETs and having no silicide formed therein. The first MOSFET includes first diffusion layers formed in source/drain portions, a second diffusion layer formed below a gate portion and formed shallower than the first diffusion layer and a third diffusion layer formed with the same depth as the second diffusion layer in the non-silicide region, and the second MOSFET includes fourth diffusion layers formed in source/drain portions, a fifth diffusion layer formed below a gate portion and formed shallower than the fourth diffusion layer and a sixth diffusion layer formed shallower than the fourth diffusion layer and deeper than the fifth diffusion layer in the non-silicide region.
US07994581B2	CMOS transistor and method of manufacturing the same In a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistor and a method of manufacturing the same, a semiconductor channel material having a first conductivity type is provided on a substrate. A first transistor having the first conductivity type and a second transistor having a second conductivity type are positioned on the substrate, respectively. The first transistor includes a first gate positioned on a first surface of the channel material through a medium of a gate insulation layer and a pair of ohmic contacts positioned on a second surface of the channel material and crossing over both side portions of the first gate electrode, respectively. The second transistor includes a second gate positioned on the first surface of the channel material through a medium of the gate insulation layer and a pair of Schottky contacts positioned on the second surface of the channel material and crossing over both side portions of the second gate electrode, respectively.
US07994573B2	Structure and method for forming power devices with carbon-containing region A field effect transistor (FET) includes body regions of a first conductivity type over a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type. The body regions form p-n junctions with the semiconductor region. Source regions of the second conductivity type extend over the body regions. The source regions form p-n junctions with the body regions. Gate electrodes extend adjacent to but are insulated from the body regions by a gate dielectric. A carbon-containing region extends in the semiconductor region below the body regions.
US07994571B2	Semiconductor device An inventive semiconductor device includes: a body region of a second conductivity type provided on the drift region of a first conductivity type in a semiconductor layer; a trench extending from a surface of the body region in the semiconductor layer with its bottom located in the drift region; a gate electrode provided in the trench with the intervention of a gate insulation film; a source region of the first conductivity type provided in a surface layer portion of the body region; a first impurity region of the second conductivity type provided around the bottom of the trench in spaced relation from the body region; and a second impurity region of the second conductivity type provided on a lateral side of the body region in the semiconductor layer, the second impurity region being isolated from the body region and electrically connected to the first impurity region.
US07994564B2	Non-volatile memory cells formed in back-end-of line processes An integrated circuit device includes a substrate; a bottom electrode over the substrate wherein the bottom electrode is in or over a lowest metallization layer over the substrate; a blocking layer over the bottom electrode; a charge-trapping layer over the blocking layer; an insulation layer over the charge-trapping layer; a control gate over the insulation layer; a tunneling layer over the control gate; and a top electrode over the tunneling layer.
US07994552B2	Photoelectric conversion device, method for manufacturing the same and image pickup system An object of the present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion device, wherein improvement of charge transfer properties when charge is output from a charge storage region and suppression of dark current generation during charge storage are compatible with each other. This object is achieved by forming a depletion voltage of a charge storage region in the range from zero to one half of a power source voltage (V), forming a gate voltage of a transfer MOS transistor during a charge transfer period in the range from one half of the power source voltage to the power source voltage (V) and forming a gate voltage of the transfer MOS transistor during a charge storage period in the range from minus one half of the power source voltage to zero (V).
US07994551B2	Image sensor and method of fabricating the same An image sensor according to an example embodiment may include a plurality of photoelectric transformation active regions, a plurality of read active regions, and/or at least one read gate. The plurality of photoelectric transformation active regions may be formed on a substrate. Each read active region may be formed adjacent to one of the plurality of photoelectric transformation active regions. Each read gate may be formed on one of the read active regions and partially overlap at least one of the adjacent photoelectric transformation active regions. Each read gate may be electrically isolated from the overlapping portion of the photoelectric transformation active region.
US07994544B2	Semiconductor device having a fuse element A portion-to-be-melted of a fuse is surrounded by plates, so that heat to be generated in a meltdown portion of the fuse under current supply can be confined or accumulated in the vicinity of the meltdown portion of the fuse. This makes it possible to facilitate meltdown of the fuse. The meltdown portion of the fuse in a folded form, rather than in a single here a fuse composed of a straight-line form, is more successful in readily concentrating the heat generated in the fuse under current supply into the meltdown portion, and in further facilitating the meltdown of the fuse.
US07994541B2	Semiconductor device and metal line fabrication method of the same Embodiments relate to a method for forming a wiring in a semiconductor device, that may include laminating a conductive layer for wiring formation on a semiconductor substrate, forming a photoresist layer pattern on the conductive layer, performing primary dry etching for the conductive layer after employing the photoresist layer pattern as a mask, thereby forming a wiring pattern, partially removing the photoresist layer pattern through secondary dry etching, thereby forming a passivation layer on a surface of the wiring pattern, performing tertiary dry etching for the wiring pattern and a diffusion barrier after employing the photoresist layer pattern as a mask, thereby forming a metal wiring, and removing the photoresist layer pattern.
US07994526B2	Light emitting diode package and light emitting diode system having at least two heat sinks There is provided a light emitting diode package having at least two heat sinks. The light emitting diode package includes a main body, at least two lead terminals fixed to the main body, and at least two heat sinks of electrically and thermally conductive materials, the heat sinks being fixed to the main body. The at least two heat sinks are separated from each other. Thus, high luminous power can be obtained mounting a plurality of light emitting diode dies in one LED package. Further, it is possible to embody polychromatic lights mounting LED dies emitting different wavelengths of light each other in the LED package.
US07994520B2	Semiconductor light emitting device having multiple single crystalline buffer layers Disclosed are a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a single crystalline buffer layer and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a single crystalline buffer layer, and a compound semiconductor structure comprising III and V group elements on the single crystalline buffer layer.
US07994504B2	Semiconductor element and display device using the same Provided is a semiconductor element including: a semiconductor having an active layer; a gate insulating film which is in contact with the semiconductor; a gate electrode opposite to the active layer through the gate insulating film; a first nitride insulating film formed over the active layer, a photosensitive organic resin film formed on the first nitride insulating film; a second nitride insulating film formed on the photosensitive organic resin film; and a wiring provided on the second nitride insulating film, in which a first opening portion is provided in the photosensitive organic resin film, an inner wall surface of the first opening portion is covered with the second nitride insulating film, a second opening portion is provided in a laminate including the gate insulating film, the first nitride insulating film, and the second nitride insulating film inside the first opening portion, and the semiconductor is connected with the wiring through the first opening portion and the second opening portion.
US07994500B2	Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same and flat panel display device having the same A thin film transistor (TFT) using an oxide semiconductor as an active layer, a method of manufacturing the TFT, and a flat panel display device having the TFT include source and drain electrodes formed on a substrate; an active layer formed of an oxide semiconductor disposed on the source and drain electrodes; a gate electrode; and an interfacial stability layer formed on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the active layer. In the TFT, the interfacial stability layer is formed of an oxide having a band gap of 3.0 to 8.0 eV. Since the interfacial stability layer has the same characteristics as a gate insulating layer and a passivation layer, chemically high interface stability is maintained. Since the interfacial stability layer has a band gap equal to or greater than that of the active layer, charge trapping is physically prevented.
US07994497B2	Poly[bis(ethynyl)heteroacene]s and electronic devices generated therefrom An electronic device comprising a polymer of Formula or Structure (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, a suitable hydrocarbon, or a heteroatom containing group; R2 is hydrogen, a suitable hydrocarbon, a heteroatom containing group, or a halogen; R3 and R4 are independently a suitable hydrocarbon, hydrogen, a heteroatom containing group, or a halogen; Ar is an aromatic component; x, y, a, b, and c represent the number of groups or rings, respectively; Z represents sulfur, oxygen, selenium, or NR wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; and n represents the number of repeating units.
US07994493B2	Phase change memory devices employing cell diodes and methods of fabricating the same Phase change memory devices may include a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a plurality of parallel word lines disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The word lines may have a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type and substantially flat top surfaces. First and second semiconductor patterns may be sequentially stacked on each word line, and an insulating layer may be provided to fill gap regions between the word lines, gap regions between the first semiconductor patterns and gap regions between the second semiconductor patterns. A plurality of phase change material patterns may be two-dimensionally arrayed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the second semiconductor patterns.
US07994490B2	Radiation image converting panel The present invention relates to a radiation image converting panel with a structure capable of arbitrarily controlling the luminance distribution of the panel surface after formation of a protective film according to usage conditions. The radiation image converting panel comprises a support body and a radiation converting film formed on the support body. The radiation converting film is formed on a film forming region which exists within a first main surface of the support body and includes at least a gravity center position of the first main surface. The film thickness of the radiation converting film is adjusted such that the maximum difference can be obtained in either one of a peripheral area and a middle area from a central area including the gravity center position.
US07994488B2	Low contamination, low energy beamline architecture for high current ion implantation An ion implantation system comprising an ion source that generates an ion beam along a beam path, a mass analyzer component downstream of the ion source that performs mass analysis and angle correction on the ion beam, a resolving aperture electrode comprising at least one electrode downstream of the mass analyzer component and along the beam path having a size and shape according to a selected mass resolution and a beam envelope, a deflection element downstream of the resolving aperture electrode that changes the path of the ion beam exiting the deflection element, a deceleration electrode downstream of the deflection element that decelerates the ion beam, a support platform within an end station for retaining and positioning a workpiece which is implanted with charged ions, and wherein the end station is mounted approximately eight degrees counterclockwise so that the deflected ion beam is perpendicular to the workpiece.
US07994485B2	Apparatus and method for fluorescence measurements using spatially structured illumination An apparatus and method for depth selected fluorescence measurements is provided. The apparatus may include a carrier for at least one sample substance; projection optics; an image capture module; a signal processor to transform the data image to provide depth selected fluorescence measurement for the at least one sample substance. The apparatus is arranged such that a first optical axis is inclined relative to a second optical axis so that the projection optics have an angle of inclination relative to the image plane. The angle of inclination is selected so that a component of excitation radiation incident upon, but not absorbed by, the at least one sample substance is scattered or reflected to reduce excitation radiation from reaching the detection beam path.
US07994474B2	Laser desorption ionization ion source with charge injection An innovative ion source is disclosed that in some embodiments provides an injected independent ion beam to increase the ionization efficiency of the ion source.
US07994471B2	Interior rearview mirror system with forwardly-viewing camera A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an attachment element attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield and an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a structure that includes a mount for attaching the mirror assembly to the attachment element, a pivot element, and an interior rearview mirror head pivotally attached at the pivot element. The interior rearview mirror head is adjustable by a driver of the vehicle about the pivot element to adjust a rearward field of view. At least one accessory is encompassed by the structure of the mirror assembly. The structure covers the at least one accessory from view by the driver operating the vehicle. One of the accessories is a forwardly-viewing camera and, with the interior rearview mirror assembly attached to the attachment element, the forwardly-viewing camera views through the vehicle windshield.
US07994469B2	Interrogator for a plurality of sensor fiber optic gratings having at least one filter for converting changes in peak reflection wavelength to changes in intensity An interrogator for a plurality of sensor fiber optic gratings. The interrogator includes a broadband optical source; at least one beam splitter directing output of the optical source to the sensor fiber optic gratings; at least one linear filter for converting changes in peak reflection wavelength to changes in intensity; at least one optical receiver; at least one amplifier associated with each optical receiver; and an active closed-loop circuit following the at least one amplifier to provide bias voltage stabilization.
US07994467B2	Optical cavity emitter arrangements with spectral alignment and methods therefor Aspects of the disclosure are directed to optical microcavities and emitters that are spectrally aligned in an arrangement having an array of such microcavity-emitter combinations. The spectral alignment can be selective, in that a portion of the array of microcavity-emitter combinations, or a single microcavity-emitter combination, can be individually spectrally aligned. In specific examples, light is coupled within a semiconductor device having wavelength-dependent structures and optical cavities optically couple to the wavelength-dependent structures. One of the optical cavities and a wavelength-dependent structure are spectrally aligned, independent of another of the optical cavities.
US07994463B1	Fabrication of transducer structures Methods for fabricating structures such as transducer pedestal structures and transducers fabricated by the methods.
US07994458B2	Projectile having fins with spiracles A projectile has fins that are hingedly coupled to a fuselage. The fins are configured to wrap around the fuselage, assuming a location as close as possible to the fuselage, when the projectile is in a gun or launch tube. The fins have spiracles, one or more openings in each of the fins that allow pressurized gases to pass therethrough. The spiracles may be always open, or may open only when there is a sufficient pressure differential between the sides (major surfaces) of the fins. The spiracles allow release of pressurized gases that are trapped between the fins and the fuselage during the launch process. This prevents undesired outward movement or bending of the fins when the projectile reaches a muzzle brake during launch, a structure which causes a sudden release of pressure at radially outer locations of the launch tube.
US07994457B2	Drawer-type cooking device A cooking device with a heating chamber therein. A drawer with a body portion having a heating container and a door that closes the heating chamber when the heating container is inserted into the heating chamber. A moving mechanism operable to engage the door in a manner to support the drawer while moving it from a closed position in which the door closes the heating chamber with the heating container inserted into the heating chamber to an open position with the heating container outside of the open heating chamber to permit objects to be placed in and removed from the exposed heating container. In order to facilitate easy access to the heating container when the drawer is in the open position, the moving mechanism is positioned below the heating container.
US07994455B2	Control circuit for fast heating of a positive-temperature-coefficient heating component Traditional temperature-control products have the problem that the temperature of the working surface reaches the setting temperature too slowly when heating up or recovering from a temperature drop. A traditional temperature control circuit and temperature-settings selector components are modified to solve this problem. When heating begins, the modified circuit increases the initial setting temperature to be above the target setting temperature. The modified circuit then adjusts the setting temperature by measuring the heating power consumption. Once the working surface of the temperature control product reaches the initial setting temperature, the heating power consumption drops and the modified circuit reduces the temperature setting to the target setting temperature. The temperature control product can rapidly achieve the target temperature. A positive-temperature-coefficient heating component is used in the temperature control product.
US07994452B2	Laser beam machining apparatus A laser beam machining apparatus including a beam oscillator; a beam adjusting unit disposed between the beam oscillator and a condenser lens and by which the beam diameter and the divergence angle of the beam oscillated from the beam oscillator are adjusted; and a beam diameter and divergence angle detecting unit for detecting the beam diameter and the divergence angle of the beam having passed through the beam adjusting unit. The apparatus further includes a control unit which computes the beam diameter and the divergence angle of the beam, based on detection signals from the beam diameter and divergence angle detecting unit, and which controls the beam adjusting unit, based on the computed beam diameter and divergence angle of the beam and the beam diameter and the divergence angle of the laser beam incident on the beam diameter and divergence angle detecting unit.
US07994446B2	Key mechanisms A key mechanism. A base plate includes at least one first guiding base, at least one second guiding base, at least one first barricade, and at least one second barricade. The first guiding base opposes the second guiding base. The first barricade opposes the second barricade. A scissors linking assembly is connected to the base plate and includes a first linking member and a second linking member. The first linking member pivots to the second linking member and includes a first guiding pillar. The second linking member includes a second guiding pillar. The first guiding pillar is disposed in the first guiding base through the first barricade and is abutted therebetween. The second guiding pillar is disposed in the second guiding base through the second barricade and is abutted therebetween. A keycap is connected to the scissors linking assembly.
US07994443B2	Switch array A first wiring layer 16 is disposed on an insulating film 14 on the lower surface of an upper substrate 15, while a second wiring layer 13three-dimensionally crossing the first wiring layer 16 is provided on the insulating film 12 on a lower substrate 11. A cantilever 17 has one end connected to the first wiring layer 16 and the other end opposed to the second wiring layer 13 with a space therebetween. A thermoplastic sheet 19 is arranged on the upper substrate 15 so as to cover the through-hole 18. The thermoplastic sheet 19 is pressed by a heated pin 20 against the cantilever 17 and deformed so as to maintain the connection between the cantilever 17and the second wiring layer 13, and therefore close the switch 10.
US07994438B2	Housing for an electronic circuit intended for a building control system A housing (3) for an electronic circuit intended for a building control system is disclosed. The housing (3) comprises a first housing part (1) comprising the electronic circuit intended for the building control system, and a second housing part (2) that is connected to the first housing part (1). Furthermore, a handle (4; 5) is movably attached to and extractable from the first housing part (1) for providing a grip when the handle is extracted from the first housing part (1) and thereby allowing, by pulling the handle (4; 5), the first housing part (1) to be removed from the second housing part (2).
US07994434B2	Electromagnetic interference shielding apparatus and method A shielding apparatus has first and second electrically conductive sheets attached to an interior of a housing. A gap between the first and second electrically conductive sheets has a size based on a predefined desired cutoff frequency, and the widths of the first and second electrically conductive sheets are no more than twice the size of the gap. The lengths of the first and second electrically conductive sheets are at least four times the size of the gap.
US07994432B2	Heat resistant substrate incorporated circuit wiring board A circuit wiring board including a wiring substrate, and a heat resistant substrate accommodated in the wiring substrate and having a thermal expansion coefficient in a range between 3 ppm to 10 ppm and including a core substrate and a built-up wiring layer formed over the core substrate, the built-up wiring layer including conductive layers, interlayer resin insulating layers and a via hole conductor connecting the conductive layers through one of the interlayer resin insulating layers.
US07994429B2	Manufacturing method and structure for a substrate with vertically embedded capacitor A manufacturing method and structure for substrate with vertically embedded capacitors includes the steps of providing a plurality of conductive layers having a first dielectric layer and a leading wire layer formed on the first dielectric layer, providing a plurality of composite layers having a second dielectric layer and a patterned electrode layer formed on the second dielectric layer, laminating the conductive layers and the composite layers to form a block which defines a plurality of substrates with vertically embedded capacitors and a plurality of sawing streets between the substrates, and sawing the block along the sawing streets to singularize the substrates.
US07994425B2	Flexible wiring cable A flexible wiring cable includes a first wiring assembly connected to a load, a second wiring assembly connected to the first wiring assembly and extending toward an external signal source, and a circuit element mounted on the first wiring assembly to drive the load. The second wiring assembly is connected to the first wiring assembly at a position between the mounted circuit element and a connection point with the load. Thus, the heat of the circuit element is also transferred to the second wiring assembly, so that the effect of the heat on the load is reduced.
US07994418B2	Monolithically connected photovoltaic devices on flexible substrates A method of monolithically interconnecting electrical devices that isolates and interconnects the contacts of neighboring electrical devices such as thin film PV cells, without damaging the surrounding materials.
US07994416B2	Semi-compensated pins for cold junction compensation A set of electrical connector pins for a thermocouple includes two materially similar conductor pairs, each conductor pair having conductors composed of a different material, and carried by an electrically insulating connector housing. The different materials of the conductor pairs provide a partial compensation to the thermocouple EMF developed between the hot junction and the cold junction when engaged thereto for the different type thermocouples. The conductors of each pair are operable to engage with two thermoelement conductors that form a thermocouple of differing types. The thermocouples provide a hot junction electrical interconnection therebetween at one end and are coupled to a cold junction at another end.
US07994415B2	Thermoelectric device and power generation method using the same The thermoelectric device of the present invention includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed to be opposed to each other, and a laminate that is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, is connected electrically to both the first electrode and the second electrode, and is layered in the direction orthogonal to an electromotive-force extracting direction, which is the direction in which the first electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other. The laminate includes a thermoelectric material layer as well as a first holding layer and a second holding layer that are disposed so as to interpose the thermoelectric material layer therebetween, the first holding layer and the second holding layer have layered structures with metals and insulators that are layered alternately, respectively, a layered direction of the layered structures is parallel with a layer surface of the laminate and is inclined with respect to the electromotive-force extracting direction, the insulators of the first holding layer and the insulators of the second holding layer are disposed so as to appear alternately in the layered direction, and a temperature difference is generated in the direction orthogonal to the layered direction of the laminate and orthogonal to the electromotive-force extracting direction, so that electrical power is output through the first electrode and the second electrode.
US07994410B2	Music recording comparison engine A method is provided to compare recordings that includes providing a list of a plurality of recordings and selecting at least a first recording and a second recording from the plurality of recordings. The first recording and the second recording have predetermined lengths. The method also includes selecting a first portion of the first recording, identifying a second portion of the second recording based on the first portion, and comparing the first portion to the second portion. When the entire length of the recording is selected as the first portion, the entire length of the second recording can be identified as the second portion. Identifying a second portion may also include normalizing it to the first portion. Also, identifying the second portion can include translating the first portion into a wave-form, searching the second recording for another wave-form similar to the translated wave-form, and matching the translated wave form with the similar wave-form.
US07994402B2	Method of increasing plant organ and seed size in a plant The present invention provides methods and DNA molecules useful for producing transgenic plants with agronomically desired traits based on altered sizes of plant organs and tissues.
US07994397B2	Method to produce sterile male flowers and partenocarpic fruits by genetic silencing, associated sequences and vectors containing said sequences Genes VvPI from Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet Sauvignon and LePI from Lycopersicon esculentum are described; together with the use of these genes to produce sterile male flowers and seedless or parthenocarpic fruits. Silencing vectors that comprise these sequences or a part thereof are disclosed. The methods of the invention are directed to producing sterile male flowers and parthenocarpic fruits by genetic silencing, and includes: obtaining the codifying sequence of Pistillata (PI)-homologous genes from the target species; analyzing the expression of the sequence obtained in step (a) to test its expression according to the pattern described for Pistillata genes; analyzing the complementation of PI-gene mutant with the PI sequence obtained from the target species, to assess that the obtained sequence fulfills the function of a PI gene; making a genetic silencing construct that comprises a region of the codifying sequence of PI in a plant expression vector; incorporation of the constructed vector into Agrobacterium tumefaciens; transforming target plants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens modified with the silencing vector and selecting said transformed plants; and checking the absence of Agrobacterium contamination and corroborating transgenic plants by transgene amplification.
US07994393B2	Method to improve plant resistance to infections The disclosed invention relates to expression systems that effect production of a protein in plants that confers resistance to trauma. The expression systems are used to modify plants to improve their resistance to infections and wounding.
US07994389B2	Soybean genes for resistance to Aphis glycines Aphis glycines resistance (RAG) genes are provided by this invention, along with methods for identifying their presence using marker-assisted selection. Varieties of G. max and G. soja having resistance to A. glycines have been identified. The RAG genes, as well as the methods, aphid-resistant varieties, and markers disclosed herein may be used to breed new elite lines expressing soybean aphid resistance.
US07994377B2	Method of converting ethanol to base stock for diesel fuel For converting ethanol to a diesel fuel base stock: a reaction stage (a) of contacting the ethanol with an acid catalyst, amorphous or structured, predominantly mesoporous, at a temperature of 300° C. to 500° C., at a pressure of 2 to 10 MPa and at a WHSV of 0.2 to 4 h−1, producing a gas phase, an organic liquid phase and an aqueous liquid phase, and —a stage (b) of separating the gas phase, the organic liquid phase and the aqueous liquid phase at a pressure close to the reaction pressure, and recycling at least part of the gas phase separated in stage (b) to stage (a), and hydrogenating at least part of the organic liquid phase separated in stage (b).
US07994375B2	Production of gasoline, diesel, naphthenes and aromatics from lignin and cellulosic waste by one step hydrocracking A process for the conversion of biomass to a liquid fuel is presented. The process includes the production of diesel and naphtha boiling point range fuels by hydrotreating and hydrocracking of lignin in the biomass in a one step process.
US07994374B2	Recovery of kinetic hydrate inhibitor A method for treating a fluid having hydrate-forming constituents is provided. In one or more embodiments, the method includes including a mixture (110) comprising glycol and one or more kinetic inhibitors to a fluid (105) that includes one or more hydrate-forming constituents and water to provide a treated fluid comprising the glycol, one or more kinetic inhibitors, one or more hydrate-forming constituents and water. The treated fluid (125) is then separated at conditions sufficient to provide an oil phase stream and an aqueous phase stream, wherein the aqueous phase stream includes one or more kinetic inhibitors, glycol and water.
US07994370B2	Method for depletion of sulfur and/or compounds containing sulfur from a biochemically produced organic compound Method of reducing the concentration of sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing compound in a biochemically prepared organic compound by bringing the respective organic compound into contact with an adsorbent, wherein the adsorbent is a clay doped with silver and/or a silver compound.
US07994368B2	Direct and selective production of acetaldehyde from acetic acid utilizing a supported metal catalyst A process for the selective production of acetaldehyde by vapor phase reaction of acetic acid over a hydrogenating catalyst composition to form acetaldehyde is disclosed and claimed. In an embodiment of this invention reaction of acetic acid and hydrogen over platinum and iron supported on silica selectively produces acetaldehyde in a vapor phase at a temperature of about 300° C.
US07994353B2	PPAR activity regulators The present invention provides PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) activity regulators, which can be widely used for improving insulin resistance and preventing/treating various diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndromes, hyperlipemia, high-blood pressure, vascular disorders, inflammation, hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity.
US07994347B2	Hydroxymethylfurfural reduction methods and methods of producing furandimethanol A method of reducing hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) where a starting material containing HMF in a solvent comprising water is provided. H2 is provided into the reactor and the starting material is contacted with a catalyst containing at least one metal selected from Ni, Co, Cu, Pd, Pt, Ru, Ir, Re and Rh, at a temperature of less than or equal to 250° C. A method of hydrogenating HMF includes providing an aqueous solution containing HMF and fructose. H2 and a hydrogenation catalyst are provided. The HMF is selectively hydrogenated relative to the fructose at a temperature at or above 30° C. A method of producing tetrahydrofuran dimethanol (THFDM) includes providing a continuous flow reactor having first and second catalysts and providing a feed comprising HMF into the reactor. The feed is contacted with the first catalyst to produce furan dimethanol (FDM) which is contacted with the second catalyst to produce THFDM.
US07994345B2	Process for the purification of thiophenes The invention relates to a process for the purification of thiophenes by means of precipitation. The purified thiophenes are liquid at room temperature, have a purity of at least 99.50 wt. %, and are represented by the following general formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 independently of each other are, for example, a linear or branched C1-C20-alkyl group, or together form a fused C1-C20-dioxyalylene ring. The process involves: (I) precipitating the thiophene by cooling a solution of the thiophene and at least one solvent; or (II) precipitating the thiophene by adding the thiophene to a cooled solution of solvent and optionally the thiophene. The solutions are cooled to a temperature below the melting point of the thiophene.
US07994341B2	Process for the production of amides The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C1-C5alkyl and R3 is CF3 or CF2H, by a) reaction of a compound of formula (II) wherein R1 and R2 are as defined for formula (I), with at least one reducing agent to form a compound of formula (III) wherein R1 and R2 are as defined for formula (I), and b) reaction of that compound with at least one reducing agent to form a compound of formula (IV) wherein R1 and R2 are as defined for formula (I), and (c) reaction of that compound with a compound of formula (V) wherein Q is chlorine, fluorine, bromine, iodine, hydroxy or C1-C6alkoxy and R3 is as defined for formula (I), to form the compound of formula (I); and to novel intermediates for use in that process.
US07994340B2	Azolylmethyloxiranes, their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, and compositions comprising them The present invention relates to azolylmethyloxiranes of the general formula (I) in which A stands for phenyl which is optionally substituted by one to three of the following substituents: halogen, NO2, amino, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkylamino, C1-C4-dialkylamino, thio or C1-C4-alkylthio, with the proviso that A does not stand for 2-methylphenyl, and also their plant-compatible acid addition salts or metal salts, and also to the use of the compounds of the formula I for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, and to compositions comprising them.
US07994333B2	Methods and compositions for selectin inhibition The present invention relates to the field of anti-inflammatory substances, and more particularly to novel compounds that act as antagonists of the mammalian adhesion proteins known as selectins. In some embodiments, methods for treating selectin mediated disorders are provided which include administration of compound of Formula I: wherein the constituent variables are defined herein.
US07994332B2	Process for producing crystal The present invention relates to a production method of a crystal of (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridyl]methyl]sulfinyl]benzimidazole.n′H2O (wherein n′ is about 0 to about 0.1) or a salt thereof, which characteristically includes crystallization from an organic solvent solution or suspension in which (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-benzimidazole.nH2O (wherein n is about 0.1 to about 1.0) or a salt thereof has been dissolved or suspended, and the like, and provides a convenient method for efficiently producing an optically active sulfoxide derivative having an extremely high enantiomer excess in high yield at an industrial large scale.
US07994326B2	Potent and highly selective heteroaromatic inhibitors of neuronal nitric oxide synthase Peptidomimetic compounds as can inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) for potential treatment in neurodegenerative diseases, such as but not limited to stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease.
US07994324B2	2-aminoquinoline derivatives The present invention is concerned with 2-aminoquinoline derivatives, in particular compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for their manufacture. The compounds of the invention are 5-HT5A receptor antagonists useful in the prevention and/or treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, panic disorders, agoraphobia, social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, pain, memory disorders, dementia, disorders of eating behaviors, sexual dysfunction, sleep disorders, abuse of drugs, motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease, psychiatric disorders or gastrointestinal disorders.
US07994320B2	Narcistatin prodrugs The present invention provides prodrugs derived from the sparingly soluble anticancer isocarbostyril narciclasine, a component of various Narcissus species, said prodrugs having potential for use against animal and human cancers. Also disclosed is an efficient procedure for the synthetic conversion of narciclasine to several more soluble cyclic phosphate compounds, including “narcistatin”.
US07994302B2	Fully human monoclonal antibodies to IL-13 The present invention is related to antibodies directed to IL-13 and uses of such antibodies. For example, in accordance with the present invention, there are provided human monoclonal antibodies directed to IL-13. Isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions (FR's) and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), are provided. Additionally, methods of using these antibodies to treat patients are also provided. Additionally, IL-13 dependent biomarkers and methods of their identification and use are also provided.
US07994299B2	Compositions and methods for increasing bone mineralization A novel class or family of TGF-β binding proteins is disclosed. Also disclosed are assays for selecting molecules for increasing bone mineralization and methods for utilizing such molecules.
US07994295B2	Recombinant viruses comprising the membrane-proximal domain of VSV G protein Recombinant viruses, isolated nucleic acids and methods of generating same encoding for a Rhabdoviral G stem polypeptide are disclosed. Methods, compounds and compositions for target cell fusion potentiation mediated by Rhabdoviral G stem polypeptides, and applications of same are provided.
US07994294B2	Nucleic acids and polypeptides related to a guanine exchange factor of Rho GTPase The present invention relates to all aspects of a guanine exchange factor (GEF), for example, a Rho-GEF, such as p115 Rho-GEF. A GEF modulates cell signaling pathways, both in in vitro and in vivo, by modulating the activity of a GTPase. By way of illustration, a p115 Rho-GEF, which modulates the activity of a Rho GTPase, is described. However, the present invention relates to other GEFs, especially other Rho-GEFs. The present invention particularly relates to an isolated p115 Rho-GEF polypeptide or fragments of it, a nucleic acid coding for p115 Rho-GEF or fragments of it, and derivatives of the polypeptide and nucleic acid. The invention also relates to methods of using such polypeptides, nucleic acids, or derivatives thereof, e.g., in therapeutics, diagnostics, and as research tools. Another aspect of the present invention involves antibodies and other ligands which recognize p115 Rho-GEF, regulators of p115 Rho-GEF activity, and methods of treating pathological conditions associated or related to a Rho GTPase.
US07994293B2	Antibodies specific for Dkk-1 Antibodies specific for Dkk-1, an inhibitor of the osteoanabolic Wnt/LRP5 signaling pathway, are described. The antibodies, which inhibit binding of Dkk-1 to LRP5, are useful in compositions for stimulating bone growth, in particular, compositions for treating bone disorders which result in a loss in bone, for example, osteoporosis.
US07994292B2	MU-1, member of the cytokine receptor family Polynucleotides encoding the MU-1 hematopoietin receptor superfamily chain and fragments thereof are disclosed. MU-1 proteins, antibodies (and fragments thereof) that specifically bind to MU-1 proteins (and fragments thereof), and methods for their production are also disclosed.
US07994290B2	Effector function enhanced recombinant antibody composition The present invention relates to a recombinant antibody composition which is a human IgG1 antibody, comprises a CH2 domain in which amino acids at positions 276 and 339 indicated by the EU index as in Kabat, et al. are replaced by other amino acids and has more improved complement-dependent cytotoxic activity than an antibody comprising a CH2 domain before the amino acids are replaced; a DNA encoding the antibody molecule or a heavy chain constant region of the antibody molecule contained in the recombinant antibody composition; a transformant obtainable by introducing the DNA into a host cell; a process for producing the recombinant antibody composition using the transformant; and a medicament comprising the recombinant antibody composition as an active ingredient.
US07994283B2	Dimeric proteins for immunization A dimeric protein comprising a first fusion protein and a second fusion protein, wherein the first fusion protein comprises a targeting domain, a leucine zipper domain, and an antigen; and wherein the second fusion protein comprises a targeting domain, a leucine zipper domain, and optionally an antigen. Nucleic acid vectors encoding proteins of the invention are provided, particularly for use in nucleic acid vaccination.
US07994280B2	On-resin peptide cyclization A novel compound of formula I is devised.
US07994278B1	Biologically active polypeptides derived from a novel early stage pregnancy factor designated maternin (MA) The invention relates to therapeutic polypeptides isolated from beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) found in human early pregnancy urine, now synthetically produced and designated Maternin. The therapeutic polypeptides and their functional equivalents are useful in treating and/or preventing various medical conditions. Examples of therapeutic effects of the therapeutic polypeptides include anti-HIV, anti-cancer, anti-wasting, prohematopoietic (e.g., anemias, radiation-mediated bone marrow damage, and trauma-mediated blood loss), and anti-angiogenic effects. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the therapeutic polypeptides, as well as methods for using the therapeutic polypeptides, functional equivalents and/or pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment and/or prevention of such medical conditions.
US07994277B2	IFBM's to promote the specific attachment of target analytes to the surface of orthopedic implants The present invention provides an improved coating for surfaces of medical implants. The coating comprises at least one interfacial biomaterial (IFBM) which is comprised of at least one binding module that binds to the surface of an implant or implant-related material (“implant module”) and at least one binding module that selectively binds to a target analyte or that is designed to have a desired effect (“analyte module”). The modules are connected by a linker. In some embodiments, the IFBM coating acts to promote the recognition and attachment of target analytes to surface of the device. The IFBM coating improves the performance of implanted medical devices, for example, by promoting osteointegration of the implant.
US07994274B2	Two-stage cure polyimide oligomers A method for using citraconic anhydride and itaconic anhydride as addition cure end caps in reactions for forming polyamic acid oligomers and polyimide oligomers, is provided. Prepregs and high temperature adhesives made from the resulting oligomers, as well as, high temperature, low void volume composites made from the prepregs, are also provided.
US07994268B2	Cardanol based dimers and uses therefor Cardanol based dimers are provided. The cardanol dimers are formed by hydrosilylation with silanes. Cardanol based dimers may be further reacted to form epoxy curing agents and epoxies which can be used as anti-fouling coatings on ship hulls and marine structures. The cardanol dimers may also be used to produce friction particles or phenolic resins. Methods of synthesizing the cardanol based dimers, the epoxy curing agents and the epoxies are also provided.
US07994252B2	Adhesive composition for the manufacturing of corrugated paper board An adhesive composition comprising an amount of an adhesive, and an amount of an additive which is selected from the group of homopolymers of acrylic acid, copolymers of acrylic acid and, polyacrylates, polyurethanes, cellulose thickening agent, natural or synthetic gum, natural or synthetic resin, silica or an inorganic mineral having a layered structure.
US07994247B2	Polyester compositions A polyester composition containing (A) a polyester, (B) a phosphite of the formula (I): and (C) a neutralizing agent and/or a compound of the formula (II):
US07994226B2	Methods of treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using cysteamine products The disclosure relates, in general, to treatment of fatty liver disorders comprising administering compositions comprising cysteamine products. The disclosure provides administration of enterically coated cysteamine compositions to treat fatty liver disorders, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
US07994219B2	Approach to anti-microbial host defense with molecular shields with lipoxin compounds Methods to cause tissue, such as mucosal cells, to express increased amounts of bactericidal permeability increasing protein (BPI) are described. The BPI inducing agents include, for example, lipoxin compounds.
US07994217B2	Prenatal multivitamin/multimineral supplement Multivitamin/Multimineral supplements are provided for supplementing iron and desirable nutrients in the diet of mammals. The supplements include an iron-amino acid chelate, a form of iron more bioavailable than traditional iron salts. The supplements may further include a pharmaceutically accepted salt form of iron as well as other nutritional vitamins and minerals. The supplements are useful for providing iron for pregnant and lactating females as well as for persons suffering from anemia.
US07994193B2	Selective serotonin 2A/2C receptor inverse agonists as therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases Behavioral pharmacological data with the compound of formula (I), a novel and selective 5HT2A/2C receptor inverse agonist, demonstrate in vivo efficacy in models of psychosis and dyskinesias. This includes activity in reversing MK-801 induced locomotor behaviors, suggesting that this compound may be an efficacious anti-psychotic, and activity in an MPTP primate model of dyskinesias, suggesting efficacy as an anti-dyskinesia agent. These data support the hypothesis that 5HT2A/2C receptor inverse agonism may confer antipsychotic and anti-dyskinetic efficacy in humans, and indicate a use of the compound of formula (I) and related agents as novel therapeutics for Parkinson's Disease, related human neurodegenerative diseases, and psychosis.
US07994190B2	Modulators of glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-κB activity and use thereof Novel non-steroidal compounds are provided which are useful in treating diseases associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, and/or AP-1 and/or NF-κB activity including inflammatory and immune diseases, obesity and diabetes having the structure of formula (I):, its enantiomers, diastereomers, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or hydrate, thereof, wherein the group X is O or (Rx)(Ry); is heterocyclo or heteroaryl; E is —N—, —NR1—, —O—, —C(═O), —S—, —SO2—, or —CR2—; F is —N—, —NR1a, —O—, —C(═O), —S—, —SO2—, or —CR2a—; G is independently N, —NR1b—, —O—, —C(═O), —S—, —SO2— or —CR2b— provided that the heterocyclic ring formed does not contain a S—S or S—O bond and at least one of E, F and G is a hetero atom; and Ma, Rx, Ry, R1, R1a, R1b, R2, R2a, R2b, R4, R5a, R6, R7, X, Za and Z are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating inflammatory- or immune-associated diseases employing said compounds.
US07994177B2	Therapeutic agents useful for treating pain The present invention discloses a compound of formula: where Ar1, Ar2, X, Z1, Z2, R3, and m are as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Pyridylene Compound”); compositions comprising an effective amount of a Pyridylene Compound; and methods for treating or preventing pain or other conditions in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Pyridylene Compound.
US07994170B2	1,3-dihydro-imidazo[4,5-C]quinolin-2-ones as lipid kinase inhibitors The invention relates to novel organic compounds of formula (I) processes for the preparation thereof, the application thereof in a process for the treatment of the human or animal body, the use thereof—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—for the treatment of an inflammatory or obstructive airway disease, such as asthma, disorders commonly occurring in connection with transplantation, or a proliferative disease, such as a tumor disease.
US07994168B2	Hexahydro-pyrazino[1,2-A]pyrimidine-4,7-dione derivatives substituted with amino acids The invention relates to substituted hexahydropyrazino[1,2-a]pyrimidine-4,7-dione derivatives substituted with amino acids, and to the physiologically tolerated salts thereof, processes for their preparation and their use as medicaments.
US07994160B2	Pyridazine compounds as glycogen synthase kinase 3 inhibitors Disclosed are pyridazine compounds of the formula I which are useful for inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds: In formula I indicates a single bond or a double bond; X is O, S or N—R5; R1, R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, NH2, NH—C1-C6-alkyl, OH, ═O, (i.e. a carbonyl group), C1-C6-alkoxy, halogen, methyl, C2-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-cycloalkyl, C3-C4-alkenyl, fluorinated C1-C4-alkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C4-alkenyl, formyl, C1-C3-alkylcarbonyl, and an aromatic radical Ar, R1 and R2 together with the carbon atoms, to which they are attached, form a fused, saturated or unsaturated 5-, 6- or 7-membered C-bound carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring comprising 1 heteroatom, selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur as ring member and 0, 1 or 2 further heteroatoms, independently selected from O, S and N, as ring members, wherein the fused ring is unsubstituted or may carry 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected, independently of each other, from the group of radicals R4 as defined below; R3 is hydrogen OH, halogen, CN, nitro, C1-C6-alkyl, fluorinated C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, fluorinated C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-hydroxyalkoxy, C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkoxy, fluorinated C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, fluorinated C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl, fluorinated C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl, C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl, fluorinated C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl, C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl, fluorinated C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl, C1-C6-alkylcarbonylamino, fluorinated C1-C6-alkylcarbonylamino, carboxy, C1-C6-alkyloxycarbonyl, fluorinated C1-C6-alkoxycarbonyl, NRaRb, C(O)—NReRf, NH—C(O)—NReRf, NRaRb—C1-C6-alkylene, O—NRaRb, etc. and wherein R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification and the claims.
US07994159B2	c-Kit kinase inhibitor It was discovered that a compound represented by the general formula (I) shows strong c-Kit kinase inhibitory activity, and it inhibits proliferation of c-Kit kinase activated-cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. A novel anticancer agent showing c-Kit kinase inhibitory activity was discovered.The general formula (I): (wherein R1 represents methyl etc., R2 represents cyano etc., R3 represents hydrogen etc., R4 represents hydrogen etc.).
US07994155B2	Accelerator for mineral absorption and use thereof The present invention has an object to provide an accelerator for mineral absorption and a composition containing the accelerator. The object is solved by providing an accelerator for mineral absorption comprising cyclic tetrasaccharide and/or saccharide derivatives thereof and a composition containing the accelerator.
US07994154B2	Substituted liposaccharides useful in the treatment and prevention of endotoxemia Novel substituted liposaccharides useful as in the prophylactic and affirmative treatment of endotoxemia including sepsis, septicemia and various forms of septic shock and methods of using these agents are provided. Also provided are methods of preparing these agents and intermediates useful therein.
US07994150B2	Micro-RNAs that modulate smooth muscle proliferation and differentiation and uses thereof The present invention relates to the identification of microRNAs that regulate smooth muscle cell proliferation and differentiation, including the miR-143/miR-145 cluster. Methods of treating restenosis and neointima formation by increasing expression of miR-143 and/or miR-145 are disclosed. The present invention also relates to the identification of two microRNAs, miR-486 and miR-422a, that regulate cell survival in the heart. Methods of treating or preventing cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, or myocardial infarction by increasing expression of miR-486 and/or miR-422a in heart tissue are also disclosed.
US07994146B2	Method of enhancing an immune response A method of enhancing an immune response to an antigen is provided. The method involves augmenting the level of a TAP molecule in a target cell bearing the antigen. Preferably, the TAP molecules enhanced by administering a nucleic acid sequence encoding a TAP-1 and/or TAP-2 molecule. The method is useful in treating infectious diseases and cancer.
US07994143B2	Metabolically stable alkoxyalkyl esters of antiviral or antiproliferative phosphonates, nucleoside phosphonates and nucleoside phosphates The present invention relates to phosphonate, nucleoside phosphonate or nucleoside phosphate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use in treating a variety of medical disorders, in particular viral infections, cancers and the like.
US07994131B2	Stimulation of proliferation of pluripotential stem cells through administration of pregnancy associated compounds The present invention provides for a method for stimulating the proliferation of pluripotential stem cells in a mammal comprising administration of pregnancy related compounds more particularly human chorionic gonadotropin, leutenizing hormone or prolactin. The present invention further provides for a method of treatment of tissues or organs experiencing cellular damage, injury or disease.
US07994129B2	Methods of using black bear parathyroid hormone Black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof are provided. Also provided are methods of using black bear PTH and functional fragments for increasing cAMP in a bone-forming cell; reducing apoptosis in a bone-forming cell; decreasing the ratio of expression levels of Bax protein to Bcl-2 protein in a bone-forming cell; increasing the expression level of one or more of a bone matrix protein, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional regulator in a bone-forming cell; enhancing bone mineral density, increasing bone mass, decreasing bone loss, or reducing the incidence of bone fractures, or any combination thereof, in a subject; also provided are antibodies directed against black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof.
US07994128B2	Conotoxin peptides useful as inhibitors of neuronal amine transporters The invention relates to an isolated, synthetic or recombinant χ-conotoxin peptide having the ability to inhibit a neuronal amine transporter, nucleic acid molecules encoding all or part of such peptides, antibodies to such peptides and uses and methods of treatment involving them.
US07994124B2	Methods of use of G-CSF cysteine muteins The present invention relates to therapeutic methods for a protecting an animal from a disease or condition that can be treated by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) wherein a composition comprising a cysteine variant of G-CSF is provided. Also disclosed herein are preferred cysteine variants of G-CSF for use in the composition.
US07994120B2	Method of treating dyslipidemic disorder The invention provides methods of treating or preventing a condition or disorder associated with dyslipidemia with compositions comprising apolipoprotein-sphingomyelin complexes. The methods of the invention permit reduction, by 4- to 20-fold, of the amount of apolipoprotein required for therapeutic administration to bring about an ameliorative effect.
US07994118B2	Template fixed beta-hairpin loop mimetics and their use in phage display Template-fixed β-hairpin mimetics and libraries including a plurality of these mimetics are provided. The template-fixed β-hairpin mimetics are of the following general formula: R1-Cys-Z-Cys-R2 (I) wherein the two cysteine residues are bridged by a disulfide bond, thereby forming a cyclic peptide; R1 and R2 are di- or tripeptide moieties of certain types, as defined herein; and Z is a chain of n amino acid residues with n being an integer from 4 to 20 and with each of these n amino acid residues being, independently, derived from any naturally occurring L-α-amino acid.
US07994104B2	Process to make a light base oil fraction having low Noack volatility A process to make a light base oil fraction having a wt % Noack volatility between 0 and 100 and additionally less than a Noack Volatility Factor (NVF), wherein the Noack Volatility Factor is defined by the equation: 900×(Kinematic Viscosity at 100° C.)−2.8−15. The process comprises hydroisomerization dewaxing a waxy feed in a series of two or more reactors, and recovering the light base oil fraction having a low wt % Noack volatility.
US07994095B2	Antifoaming formulations Aqueous concentrates and aqueous compositions (e.g., agrochemical) containing a water-insoluble liquid antifoam agent (e.g., liquid silicone-containing antifoam agent) are disclosed. The water-insoluble liquid antifoam agent is incorporated into the concentrate or composition as a solution of the water-insoluble liquid antifoam agent solubilized in an organic solvent (e.g., isopropyl myristate, butyl cocoate or butyl laurate).
US07994094B2	N-pyridylpiperidine compound, method for producing the same, and pest control agent The N-pyridylpiperidine compound of the invention is represented by Formula (1) wherein R1 is a halogen atom, a C1-4 haloalkyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, or C1-4 alkoxycarbonyl group; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group; R10 is a hydrogen atom, etc.; R11 is a halogen atom, etc.; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, m is an integer of 1 to 4; and n is an integer of 1 or 2. The N-pyridylpiperidine compound of the invention has an excellent miticidal activity against spider mites and rust mites.
US07994081B2	Area bonded nonwoven fabric from single polymer system A nonwoven fabric is provided having a plurality of semi-crystalline filaments that are thermally bonded to each other and are formed of the same polymer and exhibit substantially the same melting temperature. The fabric is produced by melt spinning an amorphous crystallizable polymer to form two components having different levels of crystallinity. During spinning, a first component of the polymer is exposed to conditions that result in stress-induced crystallization such that the first polymer component is in a semi-crystalline state and serves as the matrix or strength component of the fabric. The second polymer component is not subjected to stress induced crystallization and thus remains in a substantially amorphous state which bonds well at relatively low temperatures. In a bonding step, the fabric is heated to soften and fuse the binder component. Under these conditions, the binder component undergoes thermal crystallization so that in the final product, both polymer components are semi-crystalline.
US07994065B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes stacking a spin on carbon (SOC) layer and an multifunction hard mask (MFHM) layer on a substrate, forming a photoresist pattern over the MFHM layer, first etching the MFHM layer using a first amount of a fluorine-based gas, second etching the MFHM layer using a second amount of a fluorine-based gas, wherein the second amount is less than the first amount, etching the SOC layer using the MFHM layer as an etch barrier, and etching the substrate using the SOC layer and the MFHM layer as an etch barrier.
US07994063B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and method for cleaning semiconductor substrate Disclosed is a method for cleaning a semiconductor substrate that can solve a problem of a conventional cleaning method which should include at least five steps for cleaning a substrate such as a semiconductor substrate. The method for cleaning a semiconductor substrate comprises a first step of cleaning a substrate with ultrapure water containing ozone, a second step of cleaning the substrate with ultrapure water containing a surfactant, and a third step of removing an organic compound derived from the surfactant, with a cleaning liquid containing ultrapure water and 2-propanol. After the third step, plasma of noble gas such as krypton is applied to the substrate to further remove the organic compound derived from the surfactant.
US07994051B2	Implantation method for reducing threshold voltage for high-K metal gate device The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a high-k dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, forming a capping layer over the high-k dielectric layer, forming a metal layer over the capping layer, forming a semiconductor layer over the metal layer, performing an implantation process on the semiconductor layer, the implantation process using a species including F, and forming a gate structure from the plurality of layers including the high-k dielectric layer, capping layer, metal layer, and semiconductor layer.
US07994047B1	Integrated circuit contact system An integrated circuit contact system is provided including forming a contact plug in a dielectric and forming a first barrier layer in a trench in the dielectric and on the contact plug. Further, the system includes removing a portion of the first barrier layer from the bottom of the first barrier layer and depositing the portion of the first barrier layer on the sidewall of the first barrier layer, and forming a second barrier layer over the first barrier layer and filling a corner area of the trench.
US07994046B2	Method for forming a dielectric layer with an air gap, and a structure including the dielectric layer with the air gap A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a first dielectric layer with an opening above a substrate. An exposed surface portion of the first dielectric layer in the opening is transformed. A protective dielectric layer is formed along the transformed portion of the first dielectric layer. The opening is filled with a conductive material. The transformed portion of the first dielectric layer is removed to form an air gap between the protective dielectric layer and a remaining portion of the first dielectric layer.
US07994044B2	Semiconductor chip with contoured solder structure opening Methods and apparatus to inhibit cracks and delaminations in a semiconductor chip solder bump are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes forming a first dielectric layer over a first conductor structure of a semiconductor chip and forming a first opening in the first dielectric layer to expose at least a portion of the conductor structure. The first opening defines an interior wall that includes plural protrusions. A solder structure is coupled to the first conductor structure such that a portion of the solder structure is positioned in the first opening.
US07994041B2	Method of manufacturing stacked semiconductor package using improved technique of forming through via A method of manufacturing a stacked semiconductor package using an improved technique of forming a through via in order to enable 3-dimensional vertical interconnection of stacked packages is provided. The method includes forming a seed layer required for forming a via core on a bottom surface of a wafer, forming at least one via hole vertically through the wafer, forming a via core in the via hole, insulating the via hole from the via core, and removing the seed layer from the bottom surface of the wafer. The stacked semiconductor package is suitable for high-speed signal transmission.
US07994035B2	Semiconductor device fabricating method including thermal oxidation of a substrate, forming a second oxide, and thermal processing a gate electrode There is provided a method of fabricating a semiconductor device in which a gate electrode is formed on an oxide film, which is formed by thermal oxidation on a substrate. The fabrication method includes: a first step of forming a first oxide film on the substrate; a second step of thermally processing the first oxide film in an inactive gas atmosphere; a third step of forming a second oxide film that is obtained by etching the first oxide film, which has been thermally processed in the inactive gas, to a predetermined film thickness; and a fourth step of forming and thermally processing a gate electrode on the second oxide film.
US07994029B2	Method for patterning crystalline indium tin oxide using femtosecond laser A method for patterning crystalline indium tin oxide (ITO) using femtosecond laser is disclosed, which comprises steps of: (a) providing a substrate with an amorphous ITO layer thereon; (b) transferring the amorphous ITO layer in a predetermined area into a crystalline ITO layer by emitting a femtosecond laser beam to the amorphous ITO layer in the predetermined area; and (c) removing the amorphous ITO layer on the substrate using an etching solution.
US07994026B2	Plasma dicing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor chips A plasma dicing apparatus in which a semiconductor wafer with a protective sheet stuck thereonto covering the entire circuit-forming surface and with an etching-resistant mask member stuck on the back surface opposite to the circuit-forming surface is mounted on a mounting stage; plasma etching is performed using the mask member as a mask; and the semiconductor wafer is diced into plural semiconductor chips. The plasma dicing apparatus includes a ring-shaped frame member retaining the outer circumference of the mask member extending off the outer circumference of the semiconductor wafer. The mounting stage is composed of a wafer supporting part supporting a semiconductor wafer and a frame member supporting part supporting the frame member. This facilitates carrying a semiconductor wafer into and out of the vacuum chamber.
US07994025B2	Wafer processing method without occurrence of damage to device area A wafer processing method of processing a wafer having on a front surface a device area where a plurality of devices are formed by being sectioned by predetermined dividing lines, and an outer circumferential redundant area surrounding the device area, includes the steps of: sticking a protection tape to the front surface of the wafer; holding a protection tape side of the wafer by a rotatable chuck table, positioning a cutting blade on a rear surface of the wafer, and rotating the chuck table to cut a boundary portion between the device area and the outer circumferential redundant area to form a separation groove; grinding only the rear surface of the wafer corresponding to the device area to form a circular recessed portion to leave the ring-like outer circumferential redundant area as a ring-like reinforcing portion, the wafer being such that the device area and the ring-like outer circumferential redundant area are united by the protection tape; and conveying the wafer supported by the ring-like reinforcing portion via the protection tape.
US07994023B2	Manufacturing methods of SOI substrate and semiconductor device A manufacturing method of an SOI substrate and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device are provided. When a large-area single crystalline semiconductor film is formed over an enlarged substrate having an insulating surface, e.g., a glass substrate by an SOI technique, the large-area single crystalline semiconductor film is formed without any gap between plural single crystalline semiconductor films, even when plural silicon wafers are used. An aspect of the manufacturing method includes the steps of disposing a first seed substrate over a fixing substrate; tightly arranging a plurality of single crystalline semiconductor substrates over the first seed substrate to form a second seed substrate; forming a large-area continuous single crystalline semiconductor film by an ion implantation separation method and an epitaxial growth method; forming a large-area single crystalline semiconductor film without any gap over a large glass substrate by an ion implantation separation method again.
US07994020B2	Method of forming finned semiconductor devices with trench isolation A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device structure, such as a FinFET device structure, is provided. The method begins by providing a substrate comprising a bulk semiconductor material, a first conductive fin structure formed from the bulk semiconductor material, and a second conductive fin structure formed from the bulk semiconductor material. The first conductive fin structure and the second conductive fin structure are separated by a gap. Next, spacers are formed in the gap and adjacent to the first conductive fin structure and the second conductive fin structure. Thereafter, an etching step etches the bulk semiconductor material, using the spacers as an etch mask, to form an isolation trench in the bulk semiconductor material. A dielectric material is formed in the isolation trench, over the spacers, over the first conductive fin structure, and over the second conductive fin structure. Thereafter, at least a portion of the dielectric material and at least a portion of the spacers are etched away to expose an upper section of the first conductive fin structure and an upper section of the second conductive fin structure, while preserving the dielectric material in the isolation trench. Following these steps, the fabrication of the devices is completed in a conventional manner.
US07994017B2	Method of manufacturing silicon carbide self-aligned epitaxial MOSFET for high powered device applications A self-aligned, silicon carbide power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor includes a trench formed in a first layer, with a base region and then a source region epitaxially regrown within the trench. A window is formed through the source region and into the base region within a middle area of the trench. A source contact is formed within the window in contact with a base and source regions. The gate oxide layer is formed on the source and base regions at a peripheral area of the trench and on a surface of the first layer. A gate electrode is formed on the gate oxide layer above the base region at the peripheral area of the trench, and a drain electrode is formed over a second surface of the first layer.
US07994014B2	Semiconductor devices having faceted silicide contacts, and related fabrication methods The disclosed subject matter relates to semiconductor transistor devices and associated fabrication techniques that can be utilized to form silicide contacts having an increased effective size, relative to conventional silicide contacts. A semiconductor device fabricated in accordance with the processes disclosed herein includes a layer of semiconductor material and a gate structure overlying the layer of semiconductor material. A channel region is formed in the layer of semiconductor material, the channel region underlying the gate structure. The semiconductor device also includes source and drain regions in the layer of semiconductor material, wherein the channel region is located between the source and drain regions. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes facet-shaped silicide contact areas overlying the source and drain regions.
US07994002B2	Method and apparatus for trench and via profile modification Embodiments of the present invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method for processing semiconductor substrates. Particularly, embodiments of the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for trench and via profile modification prior to filling the trench and via. One embodiment of the present invention comprises forming a sacrifice layer to pinch off a top opening of a trench structure by exposing the trench structure to an etchant. In one embodiment, the etchant is configured to remove the first material by reacting with the first material and generating a by-product, which forms the sacrifice layer.
US07993985B2	Method for forming a semiconductor device with a single-sided buried strap A method for forming a semiconductor device with a single-sided buried strap is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a substrate with a trench, forming a semiconductor component in a lower portion of the trench to expose a higher portion of the trench, forming a first dielectric layer on a sidewall of the higher portion of the trench, forming a first conductive layer in the trench and adjacent to the first dielectric layer, forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and the first conductive layer, forming a plurality of gate structures on the substrate, wherein one of the gate structures on the second dielectric layer is offset for a distance from the second dielectric layer, removing a portion of the second dielectric layer and a portion of the first dielectric layer to form an opening by using the gate structure as a mask, and forming a second conductive layer in the opening to electrically couple to the first conductive layer, whereby the semiconductor device with the single sided buried strap is formed.
US07993984B2	Electronic device and manufacturing method An electronic device including a semiconductor device with a plurality of bump electrodes, a mounting board connected to the semiconductor device, thermally expandable particles, and adhesive. The thermally expandable particles are provided on the sides of the semiconductor device and the surface of the mounting board around a projected area of the semiconductor device. The adhesive is provided on the sides of the semiconductor device and the surface of the mounting board such that it covers the area of thermally expandable particles. This improves the impact resistance of the semiconductor device soldered onto the mounting board, and also facilitates removal of the semiconductor device from the mounting board when the semiconductor device needs repair.
US07993980B2	Lead frame, electronic component including the lead frame, and manufacturing method thereof A lead frame of the present invention includes: a die pad on which a device is mounted; a first connection terminal which is provided around the die pad, and the lower surface of which serves as an external terminal; a second connection terminal which is provided around the die pad and electrically independent of the die pad, and the upper surface of which serves as an external terminal; a bent part provided between the first and the second connection terminals and connecting the first and the second connection terminals; and an outer frame. The bent part is bending-processed in a direction perpendicular to a face of the die pad. Within the outer frame, electronic component regions are formed adjoining each other and each including a die pad, and the first and the second connection terminals. The adjoining electronic components are connected through the first or the second connection terminal.
US07993979B2	Leadless package system having external contacts A leadless package system includes: providing a chip carrier having indentations defining a pattern for a protrusion for external contact terminals; placing an external coating layer in the indentations in the chip carrier; layering a conductive layer on top of the external coating layer; depositing an internal coating layer on the conductive layer; patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define external contact terminals with a T-shape profile; connecting an integrated circuit die to the external contact terminals; encapsulating the integrated circuit die and external contact terminals; and separating the chip carrier from the external coating layer.
US07993972B2	Wafer level die integration and method therefor A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a wafer for supporting the semiconductor device. An insulation layer is disposed over a top surface of the wafer. The method includes forming a first interconnect structure over the top surface of the wafer with temperatures in excess of 200° C., forming a metal pillar over the wafer in electrical contact with the first interconnect structure, connecting a semiconductor component to the first interconnect structure, and forming encapsulant over the semiconductor component. The encapsulant is etched to expose a portion of the metal pillar. A buffer layer is optionally formed over the encapsulant. The method includes forming a second interconnect structure over the encapsulant in electrical contact with the metal pillar with temperatures below 200° C., and removing a portion of a backside of the wafer opposite the top surface of the wafer.
US07993966B2	Method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device having high channel mobility A silicon carbide semiconductor device having a MOS structure includes: a substrate; a channel area in the substrate; a first impurity area; a second impurity area; a gate insulating film on the channel area; and a gate on the gate insulating film. The channel area provides an electric current path. The channel area and the gate insulating film have an interface therebetween. The interface includes a dangling bond, which is terminated by a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl. The interface has a hydrogen concentration equal to or larger than 2.6×1020 cm−3.
US07993964B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device including active layer of zinc oxide with controlled crystal lattice spacing A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming an oxide semiconductor thin film layer of zinc oxide, wherein at least a portion of the oxide semiconductor thin film layer in an as-deposited state includes lattice planes having a preferred orientation along a direction perpendicular to the substrate and a lattice spacing d002 of at least 2.619 Å.
US07993960B2	Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same Provided are an electronic device including a bank structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing the electronic device requires a fewer number of processes and comprises a direct patterning of insulating layers, such as fluorinated organic polymer layers, is possible using cost-efficient techniques such as inkjet printing.
US07993957B2	Phase change memory cell and manufacturing method thereof using minitrenches A process forms a phase change memory cell using a resistive element and a memory region of a phase change material. The resistive element has a first thin portion having a first sublithographic dimension in a first direction; and the memory region has a second thin portion having a second sublithographic dimension in a second direction transverse to the first dimension. The first thin portion and the second thin portion are in direct electrical contact and define a contact area of sublithographic extension. The second thin portion is delimited laterally by oxide spacer portions surrounded by a mold layer which defines a lithographic opening. The spacer portions are formed after forming the lithographic opening, by a spacer formation technique.
US07993956B2	Poly diode structure for photo diode An integrated circuit device for converting an incident optical signal into an electrical signal comprises a semiconductor substrate, a well region formed inside the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer formed over the well region, and a layer of polysilicon for receiving the incident optical signal, formed over the dielectric layer, including a p-type portion, an n-type portion and an undoped portion disposed between the p-type and n-type portions, wherein the well region is biased to control the layer of polysilicon for providing the electrical signal.
US07993953B2	Method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion device A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, comprises forming a first insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate electrode by forming an electrically conductive layer on the first insulating film and patterning the electrically conductive layer, etching an exposed surface of the first insulating film, forming a charge accumulation region of a photoelectric converter by implanting impurity ions of a first conductivity type into the semiconductor substrate through a thinned portion of the first insulating film formed by the etching, removing the thinned portion, forming a second insulating film covering the semiconductor substrate and the gate electrode, and forming a surface region of the photoelectric converter by implanting impurity ions of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type into the semiconductor substrate through the second insulating film.
US07993949B2	Heterogeneous substrate including a sacrificial layer, and a method of fabricating it The invention relates to a method of making a component from a heterogeneous substrate comprising first and second portions in at least one monocrystalline material, and a sacrificial layer constituted by at least one stack of at least one layer of monocrystalline Si situated between two layers of monocrystalline SiGe, the stack being disposed between said first and second portions of monocrystalline material, wherein the method consists in etching said stack by making: e) at least one opening in the first and/or second portion and the first and/or second layer of SiGe so as to reach the layer of Si; and f) eliminating all or part of the layer of Si.
US07993948B2	Semiconductor device, method for fabricating an electrode, and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device A method for fabricating an electrode by (i) depositing a palladium film on a p-type semiconductor layer; (ii) introducing an oxygen gas onto the palladium film to provide an oxygen ambient; (iii) oxidizing the palladium film adjacent to the semiconductor layer by annealing the palladium film in the oxygen ambient; and (iv) forming a palladium oxide film directly in contact with the semiconductor layer.
US07993937B2	DC and RF hybrid processing system The invention can provide apparatus and methods for processing substrates and/or wafers in real-time using at least one Direct Current (DC)/Radio Frequency (RF) Hybrid (DC/RFH) processing system and associated Direct Current/Radio Frequency Hybrid (DC/RFH) procedures and DC/RFH process parameters and/or DC/RFH models.
US07993933B2	Cyanide and related species detection with metal surfaces An assay method and kit for detecting a chemical. The method and kit utilize a metal surface capable of surface enhanced Raman Scattering. The metal surface may be provided in the form of one or more nanoparticles, to increase the surface enhanced Raman Scattering capability of the metal surface. The nanoparticles may be treated with one or more additives to further enhance or maintain the surface enhanced Raman Scattering capability of the nanoparticles.
US07993932B2	Leak sensor for flowing electrolyte batteries A leak detection system for a flowing electrolyte battery comprising a containment member associated with at least one of a stack of a flowing electrolyte battery and an electrolyte reservoir of a flowing electrolyte battery and a sensing member for sensing a fluid leak within the containment member.
US07993923B2	Peptide fractions promoting growth and synthesis of desired product(S) into cell and/or tissue culture The invention relates to preparing and/or supplementing a cell or tissue culture medium. In particular, said invention relates to a serum-free and/or protein-free cell culture medium comprising peptide fractions isolated from rapeseeds, in particular rapeseeds cakes. A method for the production of a cell culture comprising said peptide fractions and for the use thereof is also disclosed.
US07993922B2	Three-dimensional tissue equivalent using macromass culture The present invention provides a three-dimensional tissue equivalent for in-vivo and in-vitro uses. The three dimensional tissue equivalent of the present invention is a non-contractile cellular sheet cultured over a porous scaffold using a macromass culturing technique, for example where the cellular sheet is entirely on one side of a porous sponge. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a dermal wound dressing that comprises a high density cellular sheet of dermal fibroblast cells.
US07993921B2	Cell cycle regulation and differentiation The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating neural cell proliferation or differentiation. The present invention also provides methods for selecting for bioactive agents effective in regulating proliferation or differentiation.
US07993918B2	Tumor suppression using placental stem cells The present invention provides methods of suppression of tumor cell proliferation and tumor growth using placental stem cells and placental stem cell populations. The invention also provides methods of producing and selecting placental cells and cell populations on the basis of tumor suppression, and compositions comprising such cells and cell populations.
US07993912B2	Biosensor capable of simultaneous detection of substrate binding and reaction product An object of the present invention is to provide a biosensor that can detect binding of a compound with a functional protein and then assay a reaction product derived from the activity of the functional protein again. The present invention provides a biosensor for detecting a test molecule specifically binding to a physiologically active substance, which comprises; (1) (a) a first reaction region on which the physiologically active substance has been immobilized for performing a binding reaction between the physiologically active substance and the test molecule and a physiologically active reaction caused by the physiologically active substance, and (b) a second reaction region on which a molecule that specifically binds to a reaction product resulting from the physiologically active reaction has been immobilized for performing a binding reaction between the reaction product and the molecule that specifically binds to the reaction product, in the same area; and (2) an assay region for detecting changes in the binding reaction in the first reaction region and in the binding reaction in the second reaction region.
US07993910B2	Methods and apparatus for amplification of DNA using sonic energy Apparatus and methods for amplification of DNA are provided that use sonic energy in place of conventional thermocyclers. In one embodiment, sonic energy is applied to a PCR cocktail to effect dissociation of double stranded DNA into single strands of DNA. A quiescence stage, where no sonic energy is applied, results in amplification of DNA. Repetition of the cycles of application of sonic energy and cessation of application of sonic energy results in DNA amplification.
US07993907B2	Biochips and method of screening using drug induced gene and protein expression profiling The present invention provides a biochip microarray, with multiple properties for use in identification of gene- and protein-induction or repression by drugs, the evaluation of efficacy and toxicity of any drug of choice, prediction of efficacy and toxicity of newly-discovered drugs, families of drugs or classes of drugs. Experimental information acquired from the biochip is inputted into a Drug-Gene-Protein-Biology (DGPB) database from which experimental data can be mined and analyzed based on the users preferences. A method for predicting the effect of a test composition for the treatment of a disease also is described. An animal model for the disease is selected. A biochip array for evaluating the effect of the test composition for the treatment of the disease is provided. The test composition is tested in the animal model to obtain a first set of biological markers representative of the effect of the test composition in the animal model. The biochip array generates a first set of data representative of the first set of biological markers. The first set of data is evaluated to predict the effect of the test composition on the disease. Preferably, the animal model is a standard animal model for human disease.
US07993906B2	Closed-loop electrical stimulation system for cell cultures The present invention provides a sensitive system for measuring the physiological response of an in-vitro cell culture to an environmental parameter. An electrical property of the cell culture is measured as a control signal, and a parameter of a stimulus is adjusted in real time to maintain the control signal at a specified value as the environment of the cell culture is altered, for example, pharmacologically. Artifact reduction and real-time control methods are two key aspects of preferred embodiments of the invention, and enable highly accurate determination of pulse parameters which elicit a desired response. Both aspects must be highly robust to the natural variations inherent in a biological system. This system is beneficial for studying the effects of environmental alterations because extremely small changes in the physiological response can be measured over time, revealing the magnitude and time-dependence of the impact of these alterations on the cell culture.
US07993896B2	Streptomyces griseoplanus α-galactosidases for removing immunodominant α-galactose monosaccharides from blood group B or AB reactive cells This invention relates to enzymatic removal of type A and B antigens from blood group A, B, and AB reactive cells in blood products, and thereby converting these to non-A and non-B reactive cells. The invention further relates to using unique α-N-acetylgalactosaminidases and α-galactosidases with superior kinetic properties for removing the immunodominant monosaccharides of the blood group A and B antigens and improved performance in enzymatic conversion of red blood cells. The preferred unique α-N-acetylgalactosaminidases and α-galactosidases exhibit the following characteristics: (i) exclusive, preferred or no less than 10% substrate specificity for the type A and B branched polysaccharide structures relative to measurable activity with simple mono- and disaccharide structures and aglycon derivatives hereof; (ii) optimal performance at neutral pH with blood group oligosaccharides and in enzymatic conversion of cells; and (iii) a favorable kinetic constant Km with mono- and oligosaccharide substrates. The conversion methods of the invention use significantly lower amounts of recombinant glycosidase enzymes than previous and result in complete sero-conversion of all blood group A and B red cells.
US07993893B2	Haemocoagulase The present invention provides a venene haemocoagulase gene and its expression for the functional protein. The haemocoagulase gene of the present invention has a nucleotide sequence shown by the sequence list SEQ ID NO: 1 or the mutated nucleotide sequence formed by replacement, depletion, or addition of one or more nucleotide based on the said nucleotide sequence with an equivalent function. The said haemocoagulase has amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2. Haemocoagulase of the present invention has an obvious hemostatic effect, a broad effective dose range, safe and reliable application, which creates good conditions for the development of genetic engineering products of recombinant haemocoagulase in the future.
US07993891B2	Method for binding reactive groups in observation area of zero mode waveguide Reactive surfaces, substrates and methods of producing and using such substrates and surfaces are provided. The substrates and surfaces provide low density reactive groups preferably on an otherwise non-reactive surface for use in different applications including single molecule analyses.
US07993886B2	Catalyzed preparation of (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated amides The claimed invention relates to a process for preparing (meth)acrylates of N-hydroxyalkylated amides, in which open-chain N-hydroxyalkylated amides are esterified with (meth)acrylic acid or transesterified with at least one (meth)acrylic ester in the presence of at least one heterogeneous catalyst selected from the group consisting of an inorganic salt and an enzyme.
US07993884B2	Beta-xylosidase for conversion of plant cell wall carbohydrates to simple sugars Xylose-containing plant material may be hydrolyzed to xylose using a β-D-xylosidase which exhibits unexpectedly high activity. The enzyme has a kcat value for catalysis of approximately 185 sec−1 for 1,4-β-D-xylobiose (X2) when measured at a pH of 5.3 and a temperature of 25° C.; this is at least 10-fold greater than reported for other xylosidases at 25° C. and their optimal pH. The enzyme also has an isoelectric point of approximately 4.4. When reacted at a pH between about 4.5 and about 7.7, the β-D-xylosidase exhibits surprisingly high activity for hydrolyzing xylose-containing plant materials to xylose. The xylose released from plant materials may then be converted to other secondary products such as ethanol by fermentation or other reaction. This β-D-xylosidase may be used alone or in combination with other hydrolytic or xylanolytic enzymes for treatment of lignocellulosic or hemicellulosic plant materials or plant material hydrolysates or xylooligosaccharides.
US07993877B2	Process for the purification of recombinant albumin A process is provided for the preparation of a highly pure recombinant albumin solution having a nickel ion content of less than 100 ng per gram of albumin. The process comprises subjecting a recombinant albumin to a series of chromatography, concentration, and diafiltration steps.
US07993866B2	Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of crohn's disease using the OmpC antigen The present invention provides a method of diagnosing Crohn's disease in a subject by determining the presence or absence or IgA anti-OmpC antibodies in the subject, where the presence of the IgA anti-OmpC antibodies indicates that the subject has Crohn's disease.
US07993862B2	Methods, devices, kits and compositions for detecting roundworm Methods, devices, kits and compositions for detecting the presence or absence of roundworm in a mammalian sample are disclosed herein. The methods, devices, kits and compositions of the present invention may be used to confirm the presence or absence of roundworm in a fecal sample from a mammal that may also be infected with one or more of hookworm, whipworm, and heartworm. Confirmation of the presence or absence of roundworm in the mammal may be made, for example, for the purpose of selecting an optimal course of treating the mammal and/or for the purpose of determining whether the mammal has been rid of the infection after treatment has been initiated.
US07993852B2	MN/CA IX and cancer prognosis Herein disclosed are methods that are prognostic for neoplastic/preneoplastic disease in a subject vertebrate, wherein said disease is associated with a tissue that normally expresses MN, but which MN expression is lost or diminished upon carcinogenesis. Exemplary of the types of preneoplastic/neoplastic diseases subject to the prognostic methods of this invention are those of gastric mucosa, gallbladder, biliary ducts, and ductal cells of duodenal glands. An exemplary prognostic method comprises comparing the level of MN gene expression product in a tissue sample from the affected subject, with the average MN gene expression product level found in analogous preneoplastic/neoplastic tissue samples; an above average MN gene expression product level indicates poorer prognosis for the subject. MN gene expression products useful in the prognostic methods include MN protein, MN polypeptide, and/or MN nucleic acids.
US07993849B2	Human TIMP-1 antibodies Human antibodies that bind to TIMP-1 can be used as reagents to diagnose and treat disorders in which TIMP-1 is elevated, such as liver fibrosis, alcoholic liver disease, cardiac fibrosis, acute coronary syndrome, lupus nephritis, glomerulosclerotic renal disease, benign prostate hypertrophy, colon cancer, lung cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
US07993843B2	Genetic polymorphisms in the prostate-specific antigen gene promoter The present invention includes methods of identifying a subject at risk for increased cellular PSA production and/or prostate cancer by detecting the presence or absence of a genetic polymorphism in the prostate specific antigen gene.
US07993841B2	Method of screening for LRRK2-related parkinsonism inheritance A polynucleotide consisting of the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a complementary strand thereto, wherein the X is one of the group being defined by the bases A, C or T. A primer and a probe specific for that polynucleotide, wherein the primer and/or probe contains at the least 10 consecutive nucleotides, and finally use of the probe for proving parkinsonism inheritance.
US07993840B2	Detection and/or quantification method of target molecules on a solid support The present invention relates to a method and device for detecting and/or quantifying one or multiple target molecules present in a solution by quantifying online their binding on specific capture molecules immobilized at different locations (spots) of a surface of an optically transparent solid support without substantial detection of target molecules present in solution. The present invention allows multiple target assays to be performed in a simultaneous detection. More particularly, the invention comprises detecting in real-time the hybridization between capture DNA molecules present on a micro-array and target polynucleotides present in solution. The invention is also related to real-time PCR of multiple targets on a micro-array.
US07993827B2	Procedure for the determination of fragmentation of DNA in animal sperm The present invention describes a method for the determination of DNA fragmentation in animal sperm. It particularly refers to a procedure to evaluate the integrity of the chromatin/DNA of the sperm by means of a treatment of the sample with a denaturing solution followed, optionally by a stain; a subsequent treatment with a lysis solution that does not contain a protein denaturing detergent, followed, optionally, by a stain; and an evaluation of the integrity of the chromatin/DNA. The present invention also refers to a Kit to evaluate the quality of the sperm of animals which includes a DNA denaturing solution and a lysis solution that does not contain a protein denaturing detergent.
US07993824B2	Compositions and methods for determining the susceptibility of a pathogenic virus to protease inhibitors The present invention provides an approach for developing an algorithm for determining the effectiveness of anti-viral drugs based on a comprehensive analysis of paired phenotypic and genotypic data guided by phenotypic clinical cut-offs. In one aspect, the algorithm allows one to provide a patient with effective treatment. It helps predict whether an infected individual will respond to treatment with an anti-viral compound, thereby allowing an effective treatment regimen to be designed without subjecting the patient to unnecessary side effects. Also, by avoiding the administration of ineffective drugs, considerable time and money is saved.
US07993820B2	Pattern manufacturing equipments, organic thin-film transistors and manufacturing methods for organic thin-film transistor A liquid film applicator means can apply a photosensitive lyophobic film 18 to a substrate 16. An exposure unit 10 is placed on the back side of the substrate and forms the lyophobic film applied on the substrate into a pattern in alignment with gate electrodes 13. A dropping unit 55 drops a test liquid to a surface of the substrate having a pattern of the lyophobic film formed by the exposure means. A measuring means 58 detects the droplet dropped by the dropping unit. A determining means determines whether the pattern of the lyophobic film formed by the exposure means is proper or not based on the droplet detected by the detecting means.
US07993816B2	Method for fabricating self-aligned nanostructure using self-assembly block copolymers, and structures fabricated therefrom In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for patterning a surface that includes forming a block copolymer atop a heterogeneous reflectivity surface, wherein the block copolymer is segregated into first and second units; applying a radiation to the first units and second units, wherein the heterogeneous reflectivity surface produces an exposed portion of the first units and the second units; and applying a development cycle to selectively remove at least one of the exposed first and second units of the segregated copolymer film to provide a pattern.
US07993808B2	TARC material for immersion watermark reduction A coating material disposed overlying a photo sensitive layer during an immersion lithography process includes a polymer that is substantially insoluble to an immersion fluid and an acid capable of neutralizing a base quencher from the photo sensitive layer.
US07993799B2	Optical components made from photosensitive inorganic/organic hybrid materials An organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising (a) at least one soluble organic polymer, (b) at least one mono- or polynuclear metal complex having at least one ligand which comprises at least one photochemically and/or thermally polymerizable functional group and (c) surface-modified nanoscale particles. Also disclosed is an optical component which is made by using the hybrid material.
US07993798B2	Manufacture of fuel cell A fuel cell is manufactured using a polymer electrolyte membrane (1). A catalyst layer (12) is formed at fixed intervals on the surface of the strip-form polymer electrolyte membrane (1) in the lengthwise direction thereof, and conveyance holes (10) are formed in series at fixed intervals on the two side portions thereof. By rotating a conveyance roller (32) comprising on its outer periphery projections which engage with the holes (10), the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) is fed from a reel (9). A GDL (6) and a separator (7) are adhered to the fed polymer electrolyte membrane (1) at a predetermined processing timing based on the rotation speed of the conveyance roller (32), and thus the fuel cell is manufactured efficiently while the GDL (6) and separator (7) are laminated onto the catalyst layer (12) accurately.
US07993792B2	Polymer blocks for PEM applications Block copolymer that can be formed into an ion—Conductive membrane are provided. The block copolymer of the invention includes a first polymer block and a second polymer block attached to the first polymer block. The second polymer block has a main polymer chain and one or more side chains extending from the main polymer chain. The one or more side chains include at least one substitutent for proton transfer. Block copolymers utilizing phosphoric acid groups are also provided.
US07993780B2	Process for producing carbon anode compositions for lithium ion batteries This invention provides a process for producing a lithium secondary battery. The process comprises: (a) providing a positive electrode; (b) providing a negative electrode comprising a carbonaceous material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, wherein the carbonaceous material is obtained by chemically or electrochemically treating a laminar graphite material to form a graphite crystal structure having an interplanar spacing d002 of at least 0.400 nm as determined from a (002) reflection peak in powder X-ray diffraction; and (c) providing a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode to form the battery structure. This larger interplanar spacing (greater than 0.400 nm, preferably no less than 0.55 nm) implies a larger interstitial space between two graphene planes to accommodate a greater amount of lithium. The resulting battery exhibits an exceptionally high specific capacity, an excellent reversible capacity, and a long cycle life.
US07993777B2	Lithium secondary battery A lithium secondary battery includes a fixing unit in a terminal plate to fix the terminal plate to an electrode terminal to prevent the terminal plate from rotating when an electrode tap is welded to a cap assembly or when the cap assembly is assembled with an upper portion of a can. The lithium secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator, a can for receiving the electrode assembly and an electrolyte, and a cap assembly having a cap plate, an insulating plate, a terminal plate and an electrode terminal and being assembled with an upper opening of the can in order to seal the can. The terminal plate includes a fixing unit to fix the terminal plate to the electrode terminal such that the terminal plate is prevented from rotating. The terminal plate has a terminal hole into which the electrode terminal is inserted, and the fixing unit includes at least one recess formed at a lower surface of the terminal plate and connected to the terminal hole.
US07993774B2	Conductive plate and secondary battery pack using conductive plate A conductive plate connects the electrode terminals between batteries of a battery pack and prevents a change in thickness of the battery pack due to swelling of a battery during charging by forming an expansion unit in a conductive plate electrically connecting batteries of the battery pack in which at least two batteries are stacked.
US07993773B2	Electrochemical apparatus with barrier layer protected substrate The present invention relates to apparatus, compositions and methods of fabricating high performance thin-film batteries on metallic substrates, polymeric substrates, or doped or undoped silicon substrates by fabricating an appropriate barrier layer composed, for example, of barrier sublayers between the substrate and the battery part of the present invention thereby separating these two parts chemically during the entire battery fabrication process as well as during any operation and storage of the electrochemical apparatus during its entire lifetime. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention thin-film batteries fabricated onto a thin, flexible stainless steel foil substrate using an appropriate barrier layer that is composed of barrier sublayers have uncompromised electrochemical performance compared to thin-film batteries fabricated onto ceramic substrates when using a 700° C. post-deposition anneal process for a LiCoO2 positive cathode.
US07993769B2	Battery module for power hand tool A battery module includes a top cover and a bottom cover affixed together to accommodate a battery set, which has a conducting terminal device exposed out of the bottom cover for the connection of an external electronic device, and a movable member supported on the top surface of the bottom cover and held in a first position by spring members to block the through holes of the bottom cover and movable from the first position to a second position to open the through holes of the bottom cover for ventilation to dissipate heat when the battery module is connected to an external electronic device.
US07993764B2	Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and the method of manufacturing the same A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a soft magnetic backing layer, an underlayer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a magnetic recording layer sequentially deposited on a nonmagnetic substrate. The underlayer can contain cobalt, nickel, and iron and have an fcc structure and exhibit soft magnetic property. The underlayer preferably contains nickel in a range of 30 to 88 at % and iron in a range of 0.1 to 22 at %. The underlayer can further contain Si, B, Nb, N, Ta, Al, Pd, Cr, or Mo. The nonmagnetic intermediate layer preferably contains at least one element selected from Ru, Re, Pd, Ir, Pt, and Rh. The magnetic recording layer preferably has a granular structure. A seed layer can be further provided between the soft magnetic backing layer and the underlayer.
US07993762B2	Magnetic thin film and method of manufacturing the same, and various application devices using the same The present invention relates to a magnetic thin film containing a L11 type Co—Pt—C alloy in which atoms are orderly arranged, and can realize an order degree excellent in regard to the L11 type Co—Pt—C alloy to achieve excellent magnetic anisotropy of the magnetic thin film. Therefore, in the various application devices using the magnetic thin film, it is possible to achieve a large capacity process and/or a high density process thereof in a high level.
US07993760B2	Compound for use in organic electroluminescent device and organic electroluminescent device Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of driving stability, and simple in constitution and a compound for use therein. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent dopant and a compound for use in an organic electroluminescent device having two or more indolocarbazole skeletons as a host material. An example of the compound having indolocarbazole skeletons for use in the device is expressed by the following formula.
US07993757B2	Layer support for recording materials A support material for recording layers comprising a raw base paper contains a hardwood pulp having a fiber fraction smaller than 200 μm, after refining, of at most 45 wt. % and an average fiber length of 0.4 to 0.8 mm and a filler fraction of 5 to 40 wt. %, in particular 10 to 25 wt. %, relative to the mass of the pulp.
US07993755B2	Photochromic molding compositions and articles produced therefrom A polyamide molding composition is described, comprising at least one transparent polyesteramide in a proportion by weight of from 70 to 99.99% by weight; at least one further polymer in a proportion by weight of from 0 to 30% by weight; at least one photochromic dye in a proportion by weight of from 0.01 to 2% by weight; and also optionally further dyes and/or additives. The invention further encompasses articles manufactured therefrom, e.g. foils, for the coating of photochromic ophthalmic lenses, or the like.
US07993742B2	Alumina layer with enhanced texture The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool insert comprising a substrate and a coating to be used in metal machining. The hard and wear resistant coating exhibits an excellent adhesion to the substrate covering all functional parts thereof. The coating is composed of one or more refractory layers of which at least one layer is α-Al2O3 showing a strong growth texture along <001>. The α-Al2O3 layer has a thickness ranging from 1 to 20 μm and is composed of columnar grains with a length/width ratio of 2 to 15. The layer is characterized by a strong (006) diffraction peak, measured using XRD, and by low intensity of (012), (104), (113) (024) and (116) diffraction peaks. The <001> textured α-Al2O3 layers is deposited in a temperature range of 750-1000° C. The texture is controlled by a specific nucleation procedure combined with the use of sulphur- and fluorine containing dopants.
US07993738B2	Modified porous materials and method of forming the same Modified porous materials are disclosed having interconnected, complexly shaped three-dimensional surfaces. The modification is accomplished by crosslinking the three-dimensional surfaces or by incorporating, in situ, an inorganic material onto or into three-dimensional surfaces. The porous materials are macro structures including at least one of nano-features, micro-features, and combinations thereof. The modifying accomplishes changing surface properties of the porous materials, changing the three-dimensional surfaces, and/or rendering the porous materials substantially stable in a predetermined environment.
US07993737B2	Natural fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin injection molding The invention provides a natural fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin injection molding having an excellent ability to discharge static electricity. The natural fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin injection molding is obtained by injection-molding with using natural fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin pellets as a molding feedstock containing natural fibers as reinforcing fibers, has a natural fiber content of from 20 to 60 wt %. The natural fibers have an average length of from 1.5 to 4.0 mm. The natural fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin injection molding has an electrostatic voltage half-life, as determined by the half-life measurement method specified in JIS L 1094, of less than 40 seconds.
US07993729B2	Substrate for artificial turf Disclosed is a substrate for artificial turf that includes a base pad with a channel that extends across an upper surface of the pad and a tube that lies within the channel. The base pad has a generally flat lower surface and a generally flat upper surface that is spaced apart and oppositely disposed from the lower surface. The channel has a sidewall and a bottom surface, the sidewall extending from the upper surface of the base pad to the bottom surface of the channel and the bottom surface being spaced apart from the lower surface of the base pad. The tube has a sidewall defining an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface, with at least one aperture through the sidewall adjoining the inner diameter surface and the outer diameter surface. The channel and the tube are operable for liquid to flow through. In some instances, a radiant heating wire can extend across the upper surface of the base pad.
US07993724B2	Insulation for high temperature applications Insulation for high temperature applications includes glass fibers having an average diameter of between about 2.7 to about 3.8 microns. In one possible embodiment the insulation includes a polyacrylic acid binder. Such insulation has about 98 weight percent glass fibers and about 2 weight percent binder.
US07993721B2	Disc-shaped high-density recording mediums Optical recording mediums comprising a substrate and a recording layer and a light transmitting layer sequentially disposed on the substrate; wherein the substrate comprises one or more parts selected from the group consisting of injection molded parts, injection molded sandwich structures having a molded surface layer and a molded core layer or two injection molded parts which are UV-bonded, and combinations thereof; and wherein the substrate has a Young's modulus E of at least 2.15 GPa and a Q factor of lower than 160 measured at 25° C. at 2000 Hz in accordance to ASTM E 756-05.
US07993719B2	Assembled structure of a sandwich panel and a connecting member using adhesive attachment A vehicle primarily a mass transit vehicle is formed primarily of composite materials which define a roof section and a floor section of two fiber reinforced sheets connected by an integral core and two rigid side wall sections each formed from welded steel or optionally bolted aluminum defining a series of window openings in a row along the side wall section in a ladder shape. Releasable joints of adhesive are provided between the metal rails and the edges of the composite panels where a web of the panel and the web of the rail extend across the panel at an angle to the first and second surfaces different from 90 degrees so that the web of the panel meets the flange of the panel at an angle greater than 90 degrees.
US07993711B2	Entertainment system for a portable, attachable, multi-faceted one-piece pom pon structure with secured, adjustable, open-ended fastener, optional handle structures, and vehicle attachment capability The present invention is a pompon made of double-sided polyester ribbon strands with permanently attached adjustable open-ended fastener made of hook and loop material that attaches to an outside object, preferably a vehicle, and is portable, durable, color-fade resistant, flame resistant, and washable. The present invention will not shred in the wind, such as a regular plastic pompon. The present invention may be taken off of a vehicle and placed on a person's hand, wrist, arm, etc., and used at a sporting event, and/or hung in a person's home or office when not in use. Other than to represent a sports team, the colors of the present invention may reflect a corporate insignia, or special causes, such as Breast Cancer Awareness, Support Our Troops, etc.
US07993707B2	Production of coated substrates The present invention relates to a process for coating substrates, which comprises the steps: a) provision of a substrate, b) application of a composition to at least one surface of the substrate, the composition comprising a silane of the general formula (Z1)Si(OR3), where Z1 is OR or Gly (Gly=3-glycidyloxypropyl) and R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and all radicals R can be identical or different, an inert solvent and an initiator and the inert solvent having a boiling point under the drying conditions of step c) which is in a range from 50° C. above to 50° C. below the drying temperature of step c) and the boiling point of the inert solvent under the drying conditions of step c) being at least 80° C., and c) drying of the composition applied in step b) at a drying temperature of from 100° C. to 250° C., and also to a coated substrate obtainable by means of the abovementioned process.
US07993702B2	Process and apparatus for forming a tubular article An apparatus and process are provided for forming a tubular article. A tube holder is mounted to a support stand via an automatic alignment device. A tubular metal sleeve is placed in the tube holder. A coating material is provided. A bullet-shaped or spherical element is passed through the metal sleeve such that the element runs along an inner circumferential surface of the metal sleeve. The automatic alignment device allows the metal sleeve and the tube holder to level themselves such that the element is substantially aligned with the metal sleeve as the element moves through the metal sleeve. The element spreads the coating material generally evenly along the inner circumferential surface of the metal sleeve as the element passes through the metal sleeve.
US07993693B2	Process for making a healthy snack food The present invention is directed towards a method for making a healthy snack food having an appearance and taste similar to conventional fried snack products without the use of an oil-frying process. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing food slices from a starch-based food or dough. The food slices can be blanched and a controlled amount of oil can be added to enhance final organoleptical properties. The food slices are then rapidly dehydrated to a much lower moisture content in a primary drying step that simulates conventional frying dehydration rates. A food snack, such as a corn or potato-based snack, produced by this method is a low-fat, ready-to-eat snack having the conventional texture and taste associated with fried snack products.
US07993691B2	Capsule with sealing means and its use in producing a beverage A capsule contains beverage ingredients such as ground coffee, tea or other ingredients and is configured for insertion in a beverage production device in order to have a liquid under pressure have enter the capsule and to interact with the ingredients in the capsule. The capsule has a base body and a foil member closing the base body by being attached to a flange-like rim extending from the side wall of the base body of the capsule. The base body of the capsule has a resilient sealing member, the sealing member being designed to be in sealing engagement with a bell member of the beverage production device.
US07993689B2	Grain compositions containing pre-biotic isomalto-oligosaccharides and methods of making and using same Methods for the production of substrate, tuber, and grain compositions containing isomalto-oligosaccharides are described. The methods comprise (a) contacting a substrate, tuber or grain containing ungelatinized starch with a maltogenic enzyme and a starch liquefying enzyme to produce maltose; (b) contacting the maltose with a transglucosidic enzyme, wherein the steps (a) and (b) occur at a temperature less than or at a starch gelatinization temperature; and (c) obtaining a substrate, grain or tuber composition having an enzymatically produced isomalto-oligosaccharide, wherein the oligosaccharide is derived from the grain. The maltogenic enzyme can be either exogenous or endogenous to the grain. The contacting steps can be sequential or concurrent. The present invention also describes flour, oral rehydrating solutions, beer adjuncts, food, feed, beverage additives incorporating the grain compositions made as described.
US07993682B2	Electrolyte purgative The invention relates to compositions for use in purgatives, to purgatives comprising such compositions, and to methods for inducing purgation of the colon. The composition may comprise at least one water-soluble sodium salt; at least one water-soluble minimally degradable sugar in an amount, by weight, of from about 1 to about 3 times the weight of sodium ions in said composition; at least one water-soluble potassium salt in an amount, by weight, of from about 0.05 to about 1 time the weight of said sodium salt in said composition; and at least one water-soluble magnesium salt, wherein the weight of magnesium ions in said composition is from 0.1 to about 10 times the weight of sodium ions in said composition.
US07993676B2	Free-flowing, powdery composition containing alpha-liponic acid (derivates) A free-flowing, powdery composition contains a lipoic acid component and from 0.1 to 25% by weight of the total composition of a silica-based flow aid having a particle size (×100 value) of <800 μm.
US07993671B2	Transdermal compositions containing low molecular weight drugs which are liquid at room temperatures A transdermal composition is disclosed which contains a blend of one or more polymers, one or more drugs, at least one of which has a low molecular weight and is liquid at or about room temperatures. The composition is substantially free of water and liquids which have a normal boiling point (a) optionally below processing temperatures and (b) greater than or equal to the temperature of the low molecular weight drugs. The composition does not suffer from the substantial loss of the lower molecular weight drug during production of the transdermal system. A transdermal composition is also disclosed which has one or more drugs, at least one of which has a low molecular weight and is liquid at or about room temperatures, and a polymer matrix including one or more high shear resistant polymers. The high shear resistant polymer(s) reduce the plasticizing effect of the low molecular weight drug, and has sufficient tack and shear for application to a human being.
US07993668B2	Nutrient composition and composition for prevention/mitigation of digestive tract depression As a nutritional composition and a composition for the prophylaxis or improvement of lower gastrointestinal function, which improve lower gastrointestinal function and are effective for the prophylaxis or improvement of diarrhea, gastroesophageal reflux or misswallowing caused by administration of a liquid nutritional supplement, the present invention provides a nutritional composition and a composition for the prophylaxis or improvement of lower gastrointestinal function, which comprise at least one kind selected from glutamic acid, 5′-nucleotide and a salt thereof, wherein, when glutamic acid alone is contained, the content thereof on administration is 0.0013-1.3 w/v % as free glutamic acid.
US07993665B2	Wound healing agent and composition The present invention relates to a wound-treating agent and to a composition for the treatment of wounds comprising a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, or of a polypeptide having at least 50%, preferably 70%, more preferably 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
US07993664B2	Method for finishing textiles with skin-care oils A process for finishing textiles with skin-care oils including spraying, onto a textile, an aqueous emulsion with a Brookfield viscosity below 200 mPas at 20° C., including (a) water; (b) one or more skin-care oils; and (c) one or more emulsifiers is provided.
US07993661B2	Skin make-up composition comprising a resin The present invention relates to a skin make-up or care composition containing a liquid fatty phase having at least one resin having a number-average molecular weight of less than or equal to 10 000 g/mol, chosen from rosin, rosin derivatives, hydrocarbon-based resins, and mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to a non-therapeutic use of the invention composition in a process for making up or caring for the skin and for obtaining a deposit on the skin which has good transfer resistance, in particular in the presence of sebum.
US07993649B1	Hybridoma producing antibodies to Lawsonia intracellularis The present invention relates to the field of animal health and in particular to Lawsonia intracellularis. In particular, the invention relates to a method of diagnosing Lawsonia intracellularis infection and a diagnostic test kit using Lawsonia intracellularis-specific antibodies. The invention also relates to the use of the method or test kit for diagnosing Lawsonia intracellularis infections.
US07993644B2	Tissue factor antibodies and uses thereof The present invention provides antibodies capable of binding to human tissue factor, which do not inhibit tissue factor mediated blood coagulation compared to a normal plasma control. Further described are methods of making and methods of using the antibodies of the invention.
US07993642B2	Anti-MPL antibodies Anti-human Mpl antibodies were isolated and purified. Anti-human Mpl diabodies and anti-human Mpl sc(Fv)2 were prepared using genetic engineering techniques and anti-human Mpl sc(Fv)2 was also humanized. The diabodies and sc(Fv)2 were assayed for TPO-like agonistic activity, and were found to have activities higher than those of anti-human Mpl antibodies, or activities equivalent to or higher than those of naturally-occurring human TPO ligand.
US07993637B2	IL-11 muteins The present invention relates generally to the treatment of an interleukin-11 (IL-11)-mediated condition. More particularly, the present invention provides the use of modified forms of IL-11 which modulate IL-11 signaling in the treatment of IL-11-mediated conditions.
US07993617B2	Alkali resistant catalyst The present invention concerns the selective removal of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from gasses. In particular, the invention concerns a process, a catalyst and the use of a catalyst for the selective removal of nitrogen oxides in the presence of ammonia from gases containing a significant amount of alkali metal and/or alkali-earth compounds which process comprises using a catalyst combined of (i) a formed porous superacidic support, said superacidic support having an Hammett acidity stronger than Ho=−12, and (ii) a metal oxide catalytic component deposited on said superacidic support selected from the group consisting of oxides of Fe, Cu, V, Cr, Mn, and any mixtures thereof.
US07993611B2	Method of preparing ceramic powders using ammonium oxalate Wet-chemical methods involving the use of water-soluble hydrolytically stable metal-ion chelate precursors and an ammonium oxalate precipitant can be used in a coprecipitation procedure for the preparation of ceramic powders. Both the precursor solution and the ammonium oxalate precipitant solution are at neutral or near-neutral pH. A composition-modified barium titanate is one of the ceramic powders that can be produced. Certain metal-ion chelates can be prepared from 2-hydroxypropanoic acid and ammonium hydroxide.
US07993594B2	Multistage reactors for continuous production of carbon nanotubes The present application provides multistage and multilayer reactors useful for the efficient and continuous production of carbon nanotubes and methods of using the apparatus in the preparation of carbon nanotubes. In one aspect, the multistage reactors include an array of interconnected fluidized-bed reactors. The multilayer reactors include a plurality of reaction zones.
US07993593B2	Olefin polymerization reactor, polyolefin production system, and polyolefin production process An olefin polymerization reactor of the present invention includes a cylinder which extends vertically, and a decreasing diameter member which is formed on the cylinder, has an inside diameter that decreases progressively downward and has a gas inlet orifice at a bottom end thereof. A spouted bed is formed inside a reaction zone enclosed by an inside surface of the decreasing diameter member and an inside surface of the cylinder above the decreasing diameter member.
US07993592B2	Process for production of amphoteric electrolyte resin by continuous bulk polymerization and apparatus for the production A continuous polymerization apparatus is provided for producing an amphoteric electrolyte resin by continuous bulk polymerization at low cost, which apparatus includes a reaction vessel, the reaction vessel including at least four polymerization zones adjacent to each other in series, each polymerization zone being separated by a partition plate, the partition plates admitting a stirring shaft with stirrers, each of the polymerization zones having a thermosensor for sensing temperature within the polymerization zone, a heating device for heating the polymerization zone and a cooling device for cooling the polymerization zone.
US07993581B2	Immunoassay system and immunoassay method The present invention provides an immunoassay technique which enables efficient detection of antigen-antibody reaction with high sensitivity by a magnetic method using magnetic particles and a SQUID magnetic sensor or sensors. A system based on the technique includes a disk-shaped sample holder which holds on a circle a plurality of sample containers for accommodating marked samples, resulting from marking of samples with magnetic particles by antigen-antibody reaction; rotating means for rotating the holder around its central shaft; magnetizing means for magnetizing the marked samples outside a magnetic shield; and a magnetic sensor for detecting, within the magnetic shield, magnetic fields generated from the marked samples which have been magnetized. By rotation of the holder, areas fixing and holding different ones of the sample containers are successively inserted into the magnetic shield, and the magnetization of the marked samples accommodated in first ones of the sample containers and the detection of magnetic fields generated from the marked samples accommodated in second ones of the sample containers are executed in parallel.
US07993580B2	Methods for the inactivation of microorganisms in biological fluids, flow through reactors and methods of controlling the light sum dose to effectively inactivate microorganisms in batch reactors The present invention relates to a method for determining an effective dose of monochromatic or polychromatic light from one or more light sources to inactivate microorganisms present in a biological fluid, preferably a non-transparent fluid. Moreover, there is provided a method for the inactivation of microorganism in a biological fluid in a flow-through-reactor. Moreover, the invention advantageously provides a flow-through-reactor with one or more thermostated light sources. The invention further provides a method of controlling the light sum dose of monochromatic or polychromatic light emitted from one or more light sources to effectively inactivate microorganisms present in a biological fluid in a batch reactor.
US07993578B2	Methods and kits for aseptic filling of products This invention relates to new methods & kits that minimize the risks and challenges associated with sterilization of multi-component medical devices.
US07993565B2	Folding and shape-forming apparatus and method for prepreg Disclosed is a folding and shape-forming apparatus for a prepreg which includes a vacuum chamber which can generate a vacuum pressure in the inside thereof, an expanding portion disposed inside the vacuum chamber, provided with a prepreg thereon, and expanding because of the vacuum pressure inside the vacuum chamber, a heating portion disposed inside the vacuum chamber for heating the prepreg, a mandrel loaded at a portion of an upper surface of the prepreg, a first pressing portion which is brought into contact with an upper surface of the mandrel to press the mandrel, and a second pressing portion which simultaneously presses both another portion of the upper surface of the prepreg and the expanding portion.
US07993564B2	Method and installation producing preforms A PET granule hopper and dryer (1) feeding an extruder (2). The extruder in turn via a rotary seal, feeds a metering wheel (3) on which there are metering devices. An injection-compression wheel (4) supporting injection-compression devices (5) is positioned after the metering wheel (3). If the installation is not designed for continuous feeding of a blower for converting the preformed into packagings, a perform cooler is provided, by means of a cooling wheel (6) equipped with a set of water-cooled devices (1) blowing air onto the performs before they are taken away for storage.
US07993563B2	Production method of wood cement board Provided is a high manufacturing method of the production efficiency for a wood cement board that has a pattern of recesses and projections.The method for making a wood cement board having a pattern of recesses and projections on its surface, comprising: dispersing a raw material mixture onto a template provided with recesses corresponding to the portions of the wood cement board on which projections are formed, while conveying the template, thereby forming a mat; pressurizing only a section of the mat raw material mixture that is layered on the recesses of the template from above; leveling the surface of the partly pressurized mat; and pressing the resulting mat and the template together, followed by hardening and curing.
US07993560B2	Process for introducing an additive into a polymer melt A process includes introducing a base polymer into an extruder, heating to a temperature sufficient to form a polymer melt, introducing a liquid such as water including an additive with mixing and subsequent vaporization and venting of the liquid to produce an extrudate having a uniform distribution of preferably uniformly small additive particles.
US07993558B2	Device and method for sheathing a ply of threads A device for continuously sheathing a ply of threads, said ply being formed by an array of approximately mutually parallel threads. The device includes a thread guide, a coating chamber into which a first feed channel and a second feed channel run, which are independent of each other, connected to a first feed device and to a second feed device respectively and capable of delivering a first material and a second material under pressure and with a defined flow rate, and the outlets of which channels are placed above and below the plane of the ply of threads, and an output die. Pressure-measuring device, connected to a controller for controlling the pressure of each of the feed devices, are placed in the coating chamber facing and in line with each other, on either side of the plane of the ply and in the immediate vicinity of the outlet for the feed channels.
US07993556B2	Method for making a silica glass crucible A rotating mold has a plurality of air channels that communicate with a cavity formed in the mold. Silica grain is deposited in the rotating mold and then formed into the shape of a crucible having a lower portion that comprises a substantially uniformly thick wall. An upper portion of the grain is formed into a substantially narrowed wall portion about the perimeter of the formed shape. The silica grain is heated, and a pump draws gas through the air channels while the silica fuses. There is a pressure drop across the narrowed wall portion. After fusing, the upper portion of the crucible, including the narrowed wall portion, is cut off.
US07993547B2	Semiconductor ceramic composition and process for producing the same It is intended to provide a semiconductor ceramic composition in which a part of Ba in BaTiO3 is substituted with Bi—Na, which is capable of restraining the evaporation of Bi in the calcination step, is capable of restraining the compositional deviation of Bi—Na thereby suppressing the formation of different phases, is capable of further reducing the resistivity at room temperature, and is capable of restraining the fluctuation of the Curie temperature; and to provide a production process of the same. When a calcined Ba(TiM)O3 powder (M is a semiconductor dopant) and a calcined (BiNa)TiO3 powder are separately prepared and the Ba(TiM)O3 powder is calcined at a relatively high temperature while the (BiNa)TiO3 powder is at a relatively low temperature, both at the most suitable temperatures for them, then the evaporation of Bi may be retarded and the compositional deviation of Bi—Na may be thereby suppressed to inhibit the formation of different phases; and when these calcined powders are mixed, formed and sintered, then a semiconductor ceramic composition which has a low resistivity at room temperature and is capable of restraining the fluctuation of the Curie temperature can be obtained.
US07993535B2	Robust self-aligned process for sub-65nm current-perpendicular junction pillars A method for fabricating a device includes forming a first insulation layer to cover a removable mask and a device structure that has been defined by the mask. The device structure is below the mask. The mask is lifted off to expose a top portion of the device structure. A conductive island structure is formed over the first insulation layer and the exposed top portion of the device structure. The first insulation layer and the conductive island structure are covered with a second insulation layer. A contact is formed through the second insulation layer to the conductive island structure.
US07993533B2	Method for regenerating an auxiliary filtering agent Processes comprising: (i) providing a filter aid comprising a co-extrudate of a water-insoluble polyvinylpyrrolidone and a thermoplastic polymer, (ii) treating the filter aid with aqueous alkali; (iii) subsequently treating the filter aid with an enzyme; and (iv) subsequently thereto carrying out a second treatment with aqueous alkali, to provide a regenerated filter aid, and uses therefor.
US07993530B2	Systems and methods for portable oil filtration The present invention provides systems and methods of portable oil filtration. In an exemplary embodiment, the portable oil filtration system has a portable device body. Mounted on this portable device body are a motor, a pump, an input valve, an output valve, and a filtration device. Additionally, the portable device body is enabled to be carried by a user.
US07993514B2	Removal of peroxide impurities from naphtha stream A method and apparatus for removing peroxides from an exposed naphtha stream is shown and described. The process includes the catalytic reactive oxygen stripping of peroxides thereby generating hydrocarbons and oxygen. Numerous conventional catalysts may be employed. The catalytic stripping reaction can be carried out at substantially lower temperatures than conventional reboiled oxygen strippers thereby resulting in substantial energy savings. Further, the disclosed reactor vessels are substantially smaller and less expensive to build than conventional oxygen stripper columns The disclosed energy efficient reactive oxygen stripping process and equipment is intended to be utilized upstream of a naphtha hydrotreating unit.
US07993513B2	Two-step process for desulphurizing olefinic gasolines comprising arsenic The invention concerns a fixed bed process for capturing arsenic and for desulphurizing a hydrocarbon fraction comprising olefins, sulphur and arsenic, said process comprising a step a) for bringing a capture mass into contact with said hydrocarbon fraction in the presence of hydrogen, the ratio between the flow rate of hydrogen and the flow rate of the hydrocarbon fraction being in the range 50 to 800 Nm3/m3, the operating temperature being in the range 200° C. to 400° C., the operating pressure being in the range 0.2 to 5 MPa. The capture mass comprises molybdenum in a sulphurized form, nickel in a sulphurized form and at least one porous support selected from the group constituted by aluminas, silica, silica-aluminas, titanium oxide and magnesium oxide. The nickel content is in the range 10% to 28% by weight and the molybdenum content is in the range 0.3% to 2.1% by weight.
US07993511B2	Electrochemical production of an alkaline solution using CO2 An electrochemical system comprising a cathode electrolyte comprising added carbon dioxide and contacting a cathode; and a first cation exchange membrane separating the cathode electrolyte from an anode electrolyte contacting an anode; and an electrochemical method comprising adding carbon dioxide into a cathode electrolyte separated from an anode electrolyte by a first cation exchange membrane; and producing an alkaline solution in the cathode electrolyte and an acid.
US07993506B2	Gas sensor There is provided a gas sensor, including a gas sensing film formed of an oxide semiconductor material and a gas-permeable protection layer formed of oxide particles and arranged on the gas sensing film. The oxide particles of the protection layer have an average particle size of 500 nm or smaller.
US07993499B2	Membrane electrode unit for the electrolysis of water The invention relates to membrane-electrode assemblies for the electrolysis of water (electrolysis MEAs), which contain an ion-conducting membrane having a front and rear side; a first catalyst layer on the front side; a first gas diffusion layer on the front side; a second catalyst layer on the rear side, and a second gas diffusion layer on the rear side.The first gas diffusion layer has smaller planar dimensions than the ion-conducting membrane, whereas the second gas diffusion layer has essentially the same planar dimensions as the ion-conducting membrane (“semi-coextensive design”). The MEAs also comprise an unsupported free membrane surface that yields improved adhesion properties of the sealing material. The invention also relates to a method for producing the MEA products.Pressure-resistant, gastight and cost-effective membrane-electrode assemblies are obtained, that are used in PEM water electrolyzers, regenerative fuel cells or in other electrochemical devices.
US07993497B2	Magnetic disk and magnetic disk manufacturing method In a magnetic disk having at least a glass substrate, a plurality of underlayers formed over the glass substrate, and a magnetic layer formed over the plurality of underlayers, at least one of the underlayers is an amorphous underlayer containing a VIa group element and carbon and, given that the remanent magnetization in a circumferential direction of the disk is Mrc and the remanent magnetization in a radial direction of the disk is Mrr, the magnetic disk has a magnetic anisotropy in which Mrc/Mrr being a ratio between Mrc and Mrr exceeds 1.
US07993495B2	Signal activated decontaminating coating A method is provided for decontaminating a surface that is susceptible to contamination by a contaminant by applying to the surface a coating which produces a decontaminating agent for the contaminant in response to a signal, connecting the electroactive coating to a source of a signal, and when the surface is contaminated, applying the signal to the electroactive coating, thereby producing one or more decontaminating agents which neutralize or destroy the contaminant. Coatings for practicing the method and articles that have been protected by the novel coatings are also provided.
US07993494B2	Method for manufacturing triarylpyrazine derivative A novel synthesis method of a triarylpyrazine derivative, in particular, a manufacturing method by which a triarylpyrazine derivative, in specific, a 2,3,5-triarylpyrazine derivative in which an aryl group at a 5-position includes a substituent having an electron-withdrawing property can be synthesized with high yield as compared to a conventional method is provided. By using a synthesis method in which a mixture including a 1-aryl-2-(methylsulfinyl)ethanone derivative, meso-1,2-diarylethylenediamine, and a dehydrogenation agent is irradiated with a microwave to be reacted, the above object is achieved.
US07993493B2	Structured forming fabric, papermaking machine and method A fabric for a papermaking machine is provided. The fabric includes a machine facing side and a web facing side comprising pockets formed by warp and weft yarns. Each pocket is defined by four sides of the web facing side. Two of the four sides are each formed by a warp knuckle of a single warp yarn that passes over at least three consecutive weft yarns to define the warp knuckle. The other two of the four sides are each formed by a weft knuckle of a single weft yarn that passes over two consecutive warp yarns to define the weft knuckle.
US07993483B2	Corrugated paperboard and adhesive A cross-linked starch adhesive for use in producing moisture resistant wax free corrugated paperboard and the recyclable paperboard produced using the adhesive.
US07993475B2	Firing agent for gas generating device A firing agent which is used in a gas generating device of a vehicle occupant protection device together with a non-azide gas generating agent, for firing the non-azide gas generating agent, wherein the firing agent contains a fuel and an oxidizing agent and is configured to burn at a combustion speed higher than that of the non-azide gas generating agent; a method for using the firing agent; and a gas generating device of a vehicle occupant protection device using the firing agent.
US07993470B2	Fabricating and cleaning chamber components having textured surfaces A method of fabricating a substrate processing chamber component involves forming a component having a textured surface and sweeping a jet of pressurized fluid across the textured surface of the component. The jet of fluid is pressurized sufficiently high to dislodge substantially all the particles from the textured surface. The method can be applied to dislodge grit particles from textured exposed surfaces formed by electromagnetic energy beam scanning and grit blasting. The method can also be applied to remove loosely adhered coating particles from the textured surfaces of coated components.
US07993466B2	Material jet spray head cleaning In a method for cleaning a material jet spray head having outside material jet spray cycles, an absorbent member and a wiper are positioned so that at least a section of the absorbent member is interposed between the wiper member and a material outlet device. The absorbent member and the wiper member thus form a cleaning assembly. Relative displacement between the cleaning assembly and the material outlet device occurs along a cleaning plane substantially perpendicular to the elevation direction so that the wiper member scrapes the material outlet device substantially simultaneously with absorption by the absorbent member.
US07993461B2	Method and system for mask handling in high productivity chamber A structure for independently supporting a wafer and a mask in a processing chamber is provided. The structure includes a set of extensions for supporting the wafer and a set of extensions supporting the mask. The set of extensions for the wafer and the set of extensions for the mask enable independent movement of the wafer and the mask. In one embodiment, the extensions are affixed to an annular ring which is capable of moving in a vertical direction within the processing chamber. A processing chamber, a mask, and a method for combinatorially processing a substrate are also provided.
US07993460B2	Substrate support having dynamic temperature control A substrate support useful for a plasma processing apparatus includes a metallic heat transfer member and an overlying electrostatic chuck having a substrate support surface. The heat transfer member includes one or more passage through which a liquid is circulated to heat and/or cool the heat transfer member. The heat transfer member has a low thermal mass and can be rapidly heated and/or cooled to a desired temperature by the liquid, so as to rapidly change the substrate temperature during plasma processing.
US07993457B1	Deposition sub-chamber with variable flow An apparatus and method for depositing film on a substrate includes a plurality of conduits that allow by-product and reactant gases to flow past the edge of a substrate. The apparatus and process of the present invention has several advantages for enhanced chamber performance, particularly for micro-volume chambers using pulsed deposition layer processes.
US07993455B2	Silicon manufacturing apparatus A polycrystalline silicon production apparatus is provided whereby when deposited silicon is caused to drip down into an underlying collection part by heating the reaction tube inner surface at a temperature equal to or above the melting point of silicon, the silicon melt can be prevented from solidifying at a lower end portion of the reaction tube due to temperature lowering at the lower end portion. When a reaction tube is heated with a high frequency heating coil, the temperature lowering at a lower end portion of the reaction tube is prevented through temperature lowering prevention means which may be an infrared device capable of heating the outer periphery of the lower end portion by means of infrared rays, or which may be a lower end coil that is constituted by a coil near the lower end of the high frequency heating coil and has an increased heating intensity relative to an upper coil.
US07993448B2	Cement-containing composition for use with alkali-resistant fiberglass and poles made therefrom A cement-containing composition, and in particular to a sand free composition employing effective amounts of cement, a superplasticizer, a metakaolin clay, an acrylic based co-polymer, and water, and which is especially adapted for use in manufacturing poles.
US07993445B2	Nanoparticles of alumina and oxides of elements of main groups I and II of the periodic table, and their preparation Nanoparticles are claimed which consist of 50-99.99% by weight of alumina and 0.01-50% by weight of metal oxide of elements of main group I and II of the Periodic Table. These nanoparticles are obtained by drying a suspension of aluminum chlorohydrate, oxide formers and, if desired, crystallization nuclei, followed by calcining and comminution of the resultant agglomerates.
US07993430B2	Process for producing molten iron and apparatus for producing molten iron The disclosure relates to improvements of technology for producing metallic iron by thermally reducing an iron source such as iron ore with a carbonaceous reductant such as coke by including efficiently reducing iron oxides into metallic iron at a lower operation temperature while conducting carburization, and efficiently separating the generated metallic iron from slag-forming components such as gangue components contained in raw material ore whereby metallic iron with controlled carbon concentrations can be produced in high yield.
US07993429B2	Lubricant for powder metallurgical compositions An iron-based powder metallurgical composition is provided comprising an iron or iron-based powder and a particulate composite lubricant, the composite lubricant comprising particles having a core comprising a solid organic lubricant having fine carbon particles adhered thereon. A particulate composite lubricant and a method for producing the same also are provided.
US07993423B2	High efficiency grease filter cartridge A grease filter has a filtering portion configured such that fumes enter a major face thereof and flow through a grease extraction filter therewithin in a direction parallel to the major face. A frame that fits into an opening of a hood defines a box structure that is configured to allow flow from the end (or ends) of the filtering portion where flow exits. The frame permits the flow to exit to a side opposite the face even when the frame is surrounded, edgewise, by a solid structure of the hood opening.
US07993418B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element with a positive polarity; an anode wire of which one side is inserted into the capacitor element and the other side projects outward from the capacitor element; a cathode extraction layer formed on the capacitor element; a plurality of conductive bumps formed on the cathode extraction layer; an anode lead frame fixed to the side of the capacitor element, where the anode wire projects outward, and having an insertion portion into which the projecting end of the anode wire is inserted; a molding portion formed to surround the capacitor element and exposing the projecting end of the anode wire, the outer surface of the anode lead frame, and ends of the conductive bumps; an anode lead terminal provided on the molding portion so as to be electrically connected to the exposed end of the anode wire and the anode lead frame; and a cathode lead terminal provided on the molding portion so as to be electrically connected to the exposed ends of the conductive bumps.
US07993416B2	Pre-filled crystallization plates and methods for making and using same The present invention generally relates to encapsulation of crystallization solutions in pierceable reservoirs in order to prevent evaporation of the crystallization solutions, thereby allowing safe transport/shipping, from a workstation to another workstation, and safe storage of pre-filled microplates used to carry large number of vapor-diffusion crystallization experiments.
US07993415B2	Fabrics having a topically applied silver-based finish exhibiting a reduced propensity for discoloration Improvements in the wash durability and discoloration levels for fabrics having topically applied silver-ion treatments (such as ion-exchange compounds, like zirconium phosphates, glasses and/or zeolites) are provided. Such solid compounds are generally susceptible to discoloration and, due to the solid nature thereof, are typically easy to remove from topical surface applications. The inventive treatment requires the presence of a specific polyurethane binder, either as a silver-ion overcoat or as a component of a dye bath mixture admixed with the silver-ion antimicrobial compound. In addition, specific metal halide additives (preferably substantially free from sodium ions) are utilized to combat the discolorations typical of such silver-ion formulations. As a result, wash durability, discoloration levels, or both, can be improved to the extent that after a substantial number of standard launderings and dryings, the inventive treatment does not wear away in any appreciable amount and the color of the treatment remains substantially the same as when first applied. The particular treatment method as well as the treated fabrics are also encompassed within this invention.
US07993414B2	Portable computing system docking security system and method A portable computing system docking security system comprises a security module disposed in the portable computing system and configured to detect an undocking of the portable computing system from a docking station, the security module configured to automatically determine whether the undocking is an unauthorized undocking event.
US07993409B2	Lip implant and method for insertion A lip implant having first and second regions is described. The lip implant includes a first region formed of a liquid, solid, or a gas and a second region formed of a solid material. Also described is a lip implant having an elongated cross-section. A method for insertion of the implant is also described along with the instrumentation facilitating its insertion.
US07993398B2	Angle indicator for capsular bag size measurement Implantation of an accommodating intraocular lens in an eye may require the accurate measurement of the size, circumference, or diameter of the capsular bag of the eye. After the natural crystalline lens has been surgically removed, a flexible ring may be temporarily or permanently inserted into the capsular bag for measuring the circumference of the capsular bag. The ring is generally compressible to fit through a surgical incision, then expands to fill the capsular bag along an equatorial region. The ring has a central component that changes shape as the ring is compressed. The shape change is generally correlated to the size of the capsular bag and may be measured visually or with a camera through the cornea, the measurement being generally independent of corneal magnification.
US07993395B2	Set of annuloplasty devices with varying anterior-posterior ratios and related methods Described is a set of at least two annuloplasty devices having a particular size that corresponds to an inter-trigonal or inter-commissural distance of a heart valve annulus, wherein the at least two annuloplasty devices have different anterior-posterior ratios. Also, described is a kit for annuloplasty repair of a heart valve annulus including a plurality of annuloplasty devices each comprising one of a plurality of different sizes, wherein the different sizes each correspond to a different inter-trigonal or inter-commissural distance of a heart valve annulus, and for each of the plurality of different sizes there are at least two devices each having the same size but having different anterior-posterior ratios. Additionally, a method of choosing an annuloplasty device for implantation in a valve annulus is described.
US07993392B2	Instrument and method for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prostheses An instrument for deploying a cardiac valve prosthesis, including a plurality of radially expandable portions, at an implantation site, includes a plurality of deployment elements each independently operable to obtain the radial expansion of a radially expandable portion of the valve prosthesis. A method for deploying the cardiac valve prosthesis includes advancing the instrument to an implant site and independently actuating the radially expandable portions.
US07993384B2	Delivery system for medical devices The invention is directed to a delivery system for implantation a self-expanding medical device in a body which includes a control handle and a catheter portion. The catheter portion includes an outer restraining member which covers the collapsed, medical device, an inner catheter member having a distal end including a region upon which the medical device is mounted, and an outer sheath which is removably attached to the control handle. The outer sheath creates a conduit for the catheter portion to prevent the inner catheter member from moving axially when the outer restraining member is retracted. The control handle has a rotatable thumbwheel to actuate a retraction mechanism attached to the proximal end of the outer restraining member which moves the restraining member in a proximal direction to deploy the medical device.
US07993376B2	Methods of implanting a motion segment repair system Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.
US07993374B2	Supplemental spine fixation device and method A supplemental spine fixation device and method is used in association with a primary spine fixation device. The supplemental spine fixation device includes a guide and spacer for distracting apart adjacent spinous processes and the device has hook members which hook about the first and second spinous processes. With the spinous processes distracted and the hook members about the spinous processes, the hook members can be rigidly secured to a hub in order to rigidly affix the spinous processes about the spacer. The rigidity between the spinous processes assures that the vertebral bodies will be held rigidly in place in order to promote bone growth and fusion. Further additional freedom of movement between the spacer and hub is accomplished with the spacer being pivotably mounted relative to the hub. The hooks have a tissue distracting lead-in guide for allowing the hooks to be easily urged between spinous processes.
US07993358B2	Cutting balloon catheter having increased flexibility regions A cutting balloon catheter and method of using the same. The cutting balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft having a balloon coupled thereto. One or more cutting members or blades may be coupled to the balloon. The balloon may include one or more discrete points or areas of flexibility to enhance flexibility of the cutting balloon catheter. A break in the one or more cutting members may be aligned with the one or more discrete points of flexibility in the balloon.
US07993346B2	Method for placing a malleolar implant A method for implanting a malleolar implant in an ankle joint. A spacer block is positioned between a lower portion of a tibia and an upper portion of an astragalus in the ankle joint. A guide attached to the spacer block is positioned opposite an outer surface of a fibular malleolus. A bore aligned with the guide is formed through the fibular malleolus. The spacer block is removed from between the tibia and the astragalus. A shank of the malleolar implant is engaged with the bore from an inner surface of the fibular malleolus. The shank is advanced into the bore so an inner surface of a head of the malleolar implant engages the inner surface of the fibular malleolus.
US07993344B2	Guide and method for inserting an elongated member into a patient The present application is directed to guides for inserting an elongated member into a patient. The guide generally includes an elongated shape with a distal end that is positioned within the patient, and a proximal end that may be positioned outside of the patient. The guide may include a channel formed between sidewalls. The channel is sized to receive the elongated member and guide the member into a predetermined location within the patient. In one embodiment, the guide is used with an insertion device that may include a pivoting carriage for initially inserting the guide and then the elongated member into the patient. The guide may also be used in a freehand technique that is positioned specifically within the patient by the surgeon.
US07993336B2	Methods and systems for determining physiologic characteristics for treatment of the esophagus A system for measuring physiologic characteristics for treating abnormal mucosa in the esophagus comprises a sizing device having an inflatable balloon on a distal end of a catheter that is inflated with an expansion medium to expand the balloon to engage the wall of the esophagus so that the internal cross-section can be calculated or measured. The sizing device may also include an infusion source for delivering the expansion medium and means for measuring the amount and pressure of the expansion medium inside the catheter. The system also comprises one or more energy delivery devices for injuring or ablating the esophageal tissue.

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