Document	Document Title
US08750006B2	Synchronous rectifier circuit A synchronous rectifier circuit rectifies an AC input voltage to produce a DC output voltage. The synchronous rectifier circuit comprises MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) switches coupled within secondary transformer windings resulting in a shortened AC current path compared to conventional synchronous rectifier circuits. The shortened current path mitigates skin and proximity effects, substantially improving the power efficiency of the synchronous rectifier circuit. A rectifier assembly integrates one or more synchronous rectifier circuits within a magnetic core.
US08750005B2	Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus includes a comparison circuit which compares a determination element related to a loss in the power converter with a switching reference value and outputs a determination instruction when a difference has occurred between them, a determination circuit which outputs a two-level operation switching instruction when the determination element is greater than or equal to the switching reference value, and a switching circuit which, when having received a two-level operation switching instruction, turns off the alternating-current switch and turns on the valve devices in the arm sequentially, thereby bringing the power converter into a two-level operation state.
US08750004B2	Three level inverter device Aspects of the invention can include capacitors which series-divide the voltage of a DC power source, an inverter circuit formed by bridge-connecting semiconductor switching elements to which diodes are antiparallel-connected, and bidirectional switches connected between a connection point of the capacitors and the AC output terminals of the inverter circuit. When the voltage of the DC power source is lower than a prescribed value, the inverter circuit can be caused to operate as an ordinary three-phase inverter, and when the voltage of the DC power source is higher than a prescribed value the inverter circuit can be caused to operate as a V-connected inverter, and when caused to operate as a V-connected inverter, a halted phase can be switched in sequence according to line voltages or output currents.
US08749997B2	Peak current control circuit for switching mode power supply and method thereof A switching mode power supply with improved peak current control is disclosed. A varying reference signal is adopted to limit the peak current in the energy storage component. The varying reference signal is an exponential function of a time period when a power switch is ON, wherein the power switch is coupled to the energy storage component. The varying reference signal may be generated by a circuit comprising a RC circuit and one or several voltage sources.
US08749988B2	Lightweight audio system for automotive applications and method A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material molded to provide details to accept audio devices and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips.
US08749985B2	Mounting apparatus A mounting apparatus for mounting a circuit board to a bottom plate includes a positioning member, a mounting member and a maintaining member; the mounting member is mounted to the positioning member and adapted to removably mount the positioning member to the bottom plate; the maintaining member defines a top surface and a bottom surface, and a maintaining piece extends from the bottom plane; the positioning member defines a first maintaining plane and a second maintaining plane, and a distance between the first maintaining plane and the bottom plate is larger than that between the second maintaining plane and the bottom plate; the maintaining member is mounted to the positioning member in a first position, where the maintaining piece abuts the second maintaining plane, or a second position, where the maintaining piece abuts the first maintaining plane; the circuit board abuts the top surface of the maintaining member.
US08749976B2	Telecom utility cabinet arranged for air-based geothermal cooling In one embodiment, the disclosure includes a telecom utility cabinet including a heat load chamber. The telecom utility cabinet also includes an air introducing duct configured to conduct air from the heat load chamber to a geothermal cooling system. The telecom utility cabinet also includes an air discharging duct configured to conduct air from the geothermal cooling system to the heat load chamber. In another embodiment, the disclosure includes a method for managing temperature in a telecom utility cabinet. The method includes introducing air from a heat load chamber to a geothermal cooling system and discharging air from the geothermal cooling system to the heat load chamber.
US08749974B2	Electronic device enclosure An electronic device enclosure includes a chassis and an operating member. The chassis includes a front plate and a top plate connected to the front plate. A clipping hole is defined in the front plate. The operating member includes a positioning portion and a securing piece. The positioning portion is received so it can be slid in the clipping hole, and the securing piece is attached to the front plate.
US08749969B2	Screen position adjustment for a laptop computer An adjustable hinge connects a base section and a top section of a laptop computer. The base section can include a keyboard. The top section can include a display screen. When the laptop computer is in a closed position, the adjustable hinge can collapse into the base section and the top section. When the laptop computer is in an open position, a portion of the adjustable hinge can be extended from the base section to adjust a distance between the display screen and a user. Another portion of the adjustable hinge can be extended from the top section to adjust a height of the display screen.
US08749967B2	Mounting structure for Mini PCI-E equipment and a computer using the same The present invention relates to amounting structure for Mini PCI-E equipment is provided. The mounting structure comprises a Mini PCI-E slot and a fixing bracket, wherein the Mini PCI-E slot is welded on surface of a motherboard with an opening upward and perpendicular to the motherboard, the fixing bracket is close to the Mini PCI-E slot and fixed vertically on the motherboard. The fixing bracket includes a first fixing device which includes at least two mounting holes at the same height. The present invention also disclosed a computer using the above mounting structure. The mounting structure of the present invention could significantly reduce the area on the motherboard occupied by the Mini PCI-E equipment via setting the Mini PCI-E slots and the mounting bracket perpendicular to the motherboard. The above mounting structure could also improve the performance of heat dissipation of the Mini PCI-E equipment.
US08749965B1	Rotatable and extendable display portion of a computing device In one general aspect, a computing device can include a base portion including an input region, and a display portion having a hinge portion. The computing device can include an extension member coupled to the base portion and configured to move the hinge portion of the display portion in a direction away from the input region in response to the display portion being rotated about an axis of the hinge portion from a closed position with respect to the base portion to a flat position with respect to the base portion.
US08749963B2	Housing for slate tablet computer A housing for a slate tablet computer is composed of a frame component and an input component. The frame component is removably attached to the input component. A support mechanism attached to the input component, wherein the support mechanism extends from the input component to oppose inadvertent rotating of the slate tablet computer housing around a hinge connecting the frame component and the input component. In an alternate implementation, a support mechanism attached to the frame component is used to prevent the inadvertent rotating of the slate tablet computer housing around a hinge connecting the frame component and the input component.
US08749961B2	Display apparatus Provided is a display apparatus. A stand type of the display apparatus may be converted into a tilt type or a flip type as necessary.
US08749960B2	Electronic device accessory and method of providing and using the same Some embodiments include an electronic device accessory. Other embodiments of related electronic device accessories and methods of providing and using the same are disclosed.
US08749959B2	Modular technology furniture Systems are disclosed that relate to modular furniture capable of providing conventional desk functions as well as integrated electronic components which house, store, and operate electronic devices, such as computers and associated devices. Furniture components of a traditional office are adapted to house a plurality of electronic components of a traditional computer system. Connectors, expansion slots, networking capabilities, and other storage units are provided within the furniture components enabling several electronic devices to be installed within the furniture components and communicate with each other, integrating a fully functional computer system into a classroom or office desk. The disclosed modular furniture systems provide multiple resources and functions in a small footprint and are useable in a variety of school, personal and work settings.
US08749939B2	Method and system for shoot-through protection A switching apparatus includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first circuit module, a first current sensor and a control circuit. The first transistor includes first, second and third terminals. The first terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a first power terminal. The third terminal of the first transistor includes a gate or base of the first transistor. The second transistor includes first, second and third terminals. The first terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a second power terminal. The second terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor. The third terminal of the second transistor includes a gate or base of the second transistor. The first circuit module includes an inductor in parallel with a diode. The first circuit module is connected between the first terminal of the second transistor and the second power terminal.
US08749936B2	Semiconductor device and apparatus including semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate on which an electronic circuit is provided. One or more pads may be present which can connect the electronic circuit to an external device outside the substrate. A current meter is electrically in contact with at least a part of the substrate and/or the pad. The meter can measure a parameter forming a measure for an amount of a current flowing between the substrate and at least one of the at least one pad. A control unit is connected to the current meter and the electronic circuit, for controlling the electronic circuit based on the measured parameter.
US08749931B2	Electrostatic discharge protection apparatus An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection apparatus includes at least one first transistor and at least one second transistor. The first transistor includes a control terminal, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a bulk. The control terminal and the second terminal of the first transistor are coupled to each other. The first terminal of the first transistor is coupled to one of a pad and a power rail line. Likewise, the second transistor also includes a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The first terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the bulk of the first transistor, the bulk of the second transistor is coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and the second terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the other of the pad and the power rail line.
US08749929B1	Circuit interrupter providing ground fault protection and system including the same A circuit interrupter includes a trip actuator configured to cooperate with an operating mechanism to trip open separable contacts. The circuit interrupter also includes a ground fault sensor configured to sense a difference between a current through a first electrical conductor and a current through a second electrical conductor and to output an output current based on the sensed difference and a ground fault amplifier circuit configured to convert the output current to an output voltage. The circuit interrupter also includes first and second switches configured to electrically connect the output of the ground fault sensor to the ground fault amplifier circuit and the trip actuator, respectively. The circuit interrupter also includes a processor configured to control operation of the first and second switches and, when the first switch is closed, to control operation of the trip actuator based on the output voltage.
US08749928B2	Aircraft electrical appliance An aircraft electrical appliance is provided with a ground-fault-interruption device (50) for protecting it in the event of problematic current loss due to, for example, a compromise in electrical insulation. The device (50) has a GFI circuit (60) comprising a current differential determiner (70), a trigger (80) that is activated upon the current differential corresponding to ground-fault situation, and an interrupter (90) that interrupts power supply to the appliance upon the trigger (80) being activated. The GFI circuit (60) is electrically independent of electrical controller components of the appliance, thereby avoiding expensive software configuration and confirmation.
US08749924B2	Tuned shunt ratio for magnetic sensors Various embodiments can have a data read stack positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS). The data read stack may be disposed between first and second buffer layers, where at least one of the buffer layers can be configured to provide a predetermined shunt ratio for the data read stack.
US08749917B1	Adjustable disk stabilizer for a spinstand An adjustable disk stabilizer for a spinstand having a spindle motor and spindle assembly for supporting and rotating a magnetic medium bearing disk. The spinstand is adapted to position a transducing (read/write) head adjacent to the magnetic medium. The adjustable disk stabilizer is attached to a stationary portion of the spindle assembly, and includes a mechanism to adjust height and alignment of a plate having a bearing surface opposite a non-magnetic-media-bearing undersurface of the disk. That bearing surface, in concert with the undersurface of the disk, establishes a supporting air bearing therebetween during rotation of the media-bearing disk. The adjustment mechanism enables easily-attained compensation for various disk-to-disk thicknesses and level imperfections of the bearing surface plate mounting, and enables precision alignment of the bearing surface of the plate to the surface of the disk opposite to the surface under test.
US08749914B2	Disk-enclosure base configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue A disk-enclosure base that is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue. The disk-enclosure base includes a casting, a through-hole fabricated in the casting, a solder channel, an E-coat layer, and an E-coat-free zone. The E-coat layer is applied to a first portion of an interior surface of the casting. The E-coat-free zone is adjacent to and surrounds the solder channel. The E-coat-free zone also includes a second portion of the interior surface of the casting lying between the solder channel and the E-coated first portion of the interior surface of the casting. The E-coat-free zone is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue. A disk-enclosure-base/electrical-feedthrough assembly that is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue, and a hard-disk drive (HDD) including the disk-enclosure-base/electrical-feedthrough assembly are also provided.
US08749912B2	Method and apparatus for bipolar servo marks writing with self DC-erase A method and apparatus for bipolar and self DC-erase write of servo marks. The method includes providing a servo write head having first and second write gaps; and applying a varying current to the servo write head to alternately DC-erase and write sets of servo marks to regions of a servo track of a magnetic storage medium proximate the first and second write gaps, the magnetic storage medium moving with respect to the first and second write gaps. The apparatus includes a bipolar servo erase/write driver configured to generate both negative and positive polarity currents and to generate a varying bipolar current signal and a servo write head having a first write gap and second write gap spaced apart and where the servo write head is an only means for writing servo marks to the magnetic storage medium and for DC-erasing the servo tracks.
US08749909B1	Disk drive with servo system with timing adjustments to master timer for SAM detection errors A disk drive is described with a single servo master timer that is used to control timing critical signals such as servo gate, SAM windows, channel power save, PREAMP power save and so on. The master timer is adjusted to compensate for SAM detection errors (early, late or missed) and provides improved servo timing quality. In an embodiment the adjustable master timer can be selectably clocked by either the DLC/DSW clock or the system clock.
US08749907B2	Systems and methods for adaptive decoder message scaling The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for adaptively modifying a scaling factor in a data processing system.
US08749897B2	Large-field-of-view lens system for capsule endoscope and capsule endoscope having large-field-of-view lens system A lens system and a for a capsule endoscope includes a first lens having a concave aspheric surface having a radius R2 and a second lens having a convex aspheric surface having a radius R3 facing the first lens. A third lens has a convex aspheric surface having radius R6. The lens system satisfies the following conditions: (1) R2/Gap>1 and ABS(R3/R2)>1.28; (2) 1
US08749885B2	Apparatus for automatically introducing celestial object, terminal device and control system for astronomical telescope A terminal device of an apparatus to automatically introduce a target celestial object includes an input operation section executing a command operation on the apparatus. An image display section indicates a star map image in accordance with a display scale factor. The input operation section includes a rotation command means that executes a rotational driving of the astronomical telescope in a telescope control mode. A scale factor input means executes an input specification of the display scale factor for the displayed star map image, which corresponds to a position on a celestial sphere toward which the astronomical telescope is headed, while a speed of rotation of the astronomical telescope controlled by the rotation command means changes in accordance with a decreasing function of the display scale factor.
US08749877B2	Amplifying optical fiber and optical fiber amplifier An amplifying optical fiber includes a core doped with an active element, a cladding covering the core, and an outer cladding covering the cladding. The cladding meets a relationship of 0.92≦r/R≦0.97 where the cladding has a polygonal outer shape in cross section, and the outer shape has an inscribed circle of a diameter r and a circumscribed circle of a diameter R.
US08749875B2	Non-linear optical device A non-linear optical device includes a frequency-conversion waveguide and first and second input waveguides. The longitudinal axes of the input waveguides are inclined to that of the frequency-conversion waveguide such a first transverse mode is excited in the latter at the input frequency in operation of the device. The frequency-conversion waveguide supports a second transverse mode at an output frequency of the device, such that the phase velocity of the second transverse mode at the output frequency is substantially equal to that of the first transverse mode at the input frequency, thus providing phase-matching by balancing the effects of chromatic and modal dispersion.
US08749868B2	Electrochromic devices Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices.
US08749867B2	Electrowetting display panel and method of manufacturing the same An electrowetting display panel includes an array substrate, a cover substrate, an electrowetting layer, and a hydrophobic pattern. The array substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area and the cover substrate faces the array substrate. The electrowetting layer is disposed between the array substrate and the cover substrate and includes a polar fluid as a first fluid and a non-polar fluid as a second fluid. The hydrophobic pattern is disposed in the peripheral area.
US08749865B2	Electrowetting display device An electrowetting display device includes a first base substrate, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first base substrate and positioned to respectively correspond to positions of a plurality of pixels, a partition wall disposed on the first base substrate to partition the pixels, a second electrode disposed on the partition wall and including a plurality of openings, a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, and an electrowetting layer disposed between the first base substrate and the second base substrate, the electrowetting layer respectively being moved by voltages respectively applied to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US08749859B2	Reading apparatus and printing apparatus A pressing unit configured to press a supporting surface for supporting a sheet, and a carriage configured to hold a sensor unit and to move on the pressing unit are integrated into one unit. There is provided a movement mechanism configured to move the unit between a first position in which the pressing unit presses the supporting surface during reading and a second position in which the pressing is released during movement of the sheet on the supporting surface.
US08749858B2	Reading apparatus and printing apparatus comprising a movable guide being able to switch attitudes for conveying sheets for reading and printing A movable guide is able to switch an attitude of a supporting surface of the movable guide relative to the reading unit between a first attitude and a second attitude. The second attitude is a state where a side to which the sheet is introduced is open more than in the first attitude. The movable guide is set to the first attitude during reading of the test pattern.
US08749853B2	Image data display apparatus, image data display method, and image data display computer program product An image data display apparatus includes a display section configured to display images to be printed in the form of thumbnails; a reception section configured to receive image data and print data for the image data; a memory configured to store the image data and the print data; and a controller configured to determine a display order of the display in the form of thumbnails performed by the display section. The controller extracts from the memory image data items to which the print data is attached, and displays in the form of thumbnails on the display section the image data items to which the print data is attached.
US08749852B2	Method of embedding a plurality of different two-dimensional codes in an image The purpose of the present invention is to prevent a two-dimensional code to be additionally embedded from corrupting a two-dimensional code which has been embedded when a document in which the two-dimensional code has been embedded is copied or when a document in which the two-dimensional code has been embedded is overlaid on form data in which the two-dimensional code has been embedded. In the present invention, when it is detected that a second two-dimensional code is embedded in an input image, the input image is printed without overlay of a first two-dimensional code thereon. Furthermore, when form data for overlaying is stored, when it is detected that a third two-dimensional code is embedded in the form data or when it is detected that a second two-dimensional code is embedded in an input image, the input image is output without overlay of a first two-dimensional code thereon.
US08749850B2	Image reading apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus In an image reading apparatus, based on image data obtained by reading a white image, detection is performed of an abnormal pixel based on a foreign substance adhering to a reading position of an original and data indicating a position of the abnormal pixel is outputted, then image data obtained by reading an original is corrected based on that data, and detection of the abnormal pixel is carried out immediately prior to reading of a first original, and a correction process based on data indicating a position of the abnormal pixel is carried out on image data obtained by reading a second original following on from the first original.
US08749844B2	Apparatus control method and control apparatus A user is able to appropriately select character data such as a watermark, and importance of the document is able to be effectively recognized by an addressee using a language which is different from that of a user who sends the document. A setting accepting portion accepts setting of a first language describing a first character indicated by the first character data, and setting of a second character which is a translation of the first character to a second language; a data generating portion generates a composite image data in which the image data is combined with the first character data indicating a first character which is a translation of the second character to the first language; and an apparatus control portion controls the image forming apparatus to cause the image forming apparatus to execute image forming processing of the composite image data.
US08749832B2	Information processing device An information processing device includes an acquiring unit, an image page selecting unit, a reducing unit, and an outputting unit. The acquiring unit acquires a file including a plurality of pages. At least one of a character and an image is carried on each page. The image page selecting unit selects a page containing the image from the plurality of pages. The reducing unit generates a reduced-size page carrying a reduced-size image from the selected page. The outputting unit outputs the reduced-size image.
US08749831B2	Printing system and data transfer method A printing system provided with a printer and a host computer which transfers image data to the printer includes a data transfer unit configured to transfer the image data as image data of a first data format in the case where a connection between the printer and the host computer is first connection means, and transfer the image data as image data of a second data format in the case where a connection between the printer and the host computer is second connection means, wherein the second connection means has less data communication amount per unit time than the first connection means, and when given image data is transferred, image data of the second data format, corresponding to the given image data, has less data amount than image data of the first data format, corresponding to the given image data.
US08749830B2	Verification of a printer calibration utilizing hand-held mobile devices Methods and systems herein provide for verification of a calibration of a printer utilizing a hand-held mobile device. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a camera that captures image data of a calibration target printed by a printing system. The image data is captured in an uncontrolled environment. The mobile device further includes a processor that determines a difference between the uncontrolled environment where the image data was captured and a controlled environment, and adjusts the image data based on the difference. The mobile device then determines whether the printing system is out of calibration based on the adjusted image data.
US08749815B2	Job processing method, image processing system and image processing apparatus In an image processing method in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses perform image processing in cooperation with each other, an image processing apparatus that issues a job sends an announcement notice informing that the job will be sent to image processing apparatuses designated to perform image processing in cooperation. When an image processing apparatus that has received the announcement notice receives a request to display job status from a user, it requests other image processing apparatuses that work in cooperation for job status information based on the announcement notice. Upon receiving responses to the request, the image processing apparatus notifies a user of the job status information.
US08749803B2	Image copy device, image copy method, information processing device, and program for scanning and copying a double-sided manuscript without degrading the security level A double-sided manuscript is scanned and copied without degrading the security level and information leakage due to copy of the manuscript is prevented. When it is instructed to copy a manuscript in which a code indicating copy permission exists on a first side and the code does not exist on a second side, a copy is output, with one side bearing thereon a copied image of the first side and the other side being blank.
US08749802B2	Method and system for on-the-fly diagnostic print methodology A system, method and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes, during printing of a print data stream by a print engine, determining whether a graphical user interface has received an instruction representing an operator interrupt and, responsive to determining that the graphical user interface has received the instruction representing the operator interrupt, determining whether a command for a test print operation has been received from the graphical user interface. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the command for the test print operation has been received from the graphical user interface, performing a print of operator test samples and, responsive to determining that the command for the test print operation has been received from the graphical user interface, invoking a non-process runout function to suspend printing of the print data stream by the print engine.
US08749788B2	Optoelectronic apparatus for gas analysis and method The invention relates to an improved optoelectronic apparatus for optical gas analysis by means of which the interfering influence of the particles contained in the gas is reduced with regard to the intended measurement. For this purpose the optoelectronic apparatus in accordance with the invention has a light transmitter and a light receiver which define an optical measurement path including a measurement volume between one another. The received signals of the light receiver can be evaluated in an evaluation unit, to ultimately obtain the desired information therefrom, for example, the concentration of a specific gas content. In accordance with the invention an ionizer is further provided which is arranged upstream of the optical measurement path. The ionizer causes an ionization of the undesirable particles, i.e. e.g. the dust particles, smoke particles or such like aerosols so that the ionized particles can be deflected by electric fields or also magnetic fields by means of an ion acceleration apparatus. In this respect the ion acceleration apparatus and/or its electromagnetic fields is/are aligned such that the generated ions experience a deflection to be able to flow past the measurement volume.
US08749787B2	Fluorescence detecting apparatus and fluorescence detecting method Excitation light beam is irradiated onto a test region while shifting the irradiation position thereof, when performing analysis of a target substance using an analysis chip having the test region within a flow channel through which a sample solution is caused to flow, for capturing the target substance within the sample solution. Fluorescence generated at the test region is detected as a plurality of adjustment fluorescence signals. The target substance is analyzed using fluorescence generated when the excitation light beam is irradiated at an irradiation position within the test region determined based on the plurality of adjustment fluorescence signals.
US08749782B1	DLP base small spot investigation system Computer driven systems and methods involving at least one electromagnetic beam focuser and digital light processor that in combination serve to position selected wavelengths in a spectroscopic electromagnetic beam onto a small spot on a sample, and direct the one or more selected wavelengths reflected by the sample into, while diverting other wavelengths away from, a detector.
US08749778B2	Method for evaluation of oxide semiconductor electrode, apparatus for evaluation of oxide semiconductor electrode, and apparatus for production of oxide semiconductor electrode Disclosed herein is a method for evaluation of an oxide semiconductor electrode, the method comprising: performing Raman spectrometry on a porous oxide semiconductor layer having a dye adsorbed thereto, thereby acquiring a Raman spectrum having a peak attributable to the dye and a peak attributable to the oxide semiconductor; obtaining from the Raman spectrum a parameter for dye adsorption quantity which is defined by the formula: Parameter for dye adsorption quantity=(Peak intensity attributable to dye)/(Peak intensity attributable to oxide semiconductor); and estimating the amount of the dye adsorbed to the porous oxide semiconductor layer on the basis of the thus obtained parameter for dye adsorption quantity.
US08749770B2	Lens module testing device A lens module testing device includes a base substrate, a supporting assembly, a bearing assembly, a receiving element, and an operation element. The supporting assembly is positioned on the base substrate and includes two supporting plates parallel with each other. One of the supporting plates defines an arc shaped slot. The bearing assembly is rotatably received between the two supporting plates. The receiving element is positioned on the bearing assembly and configured for receiving a lens module. The operation element penetrates the slot and connects to the bearing assembly; the bearing assembly is driven by the operation element to move along the slot and thereby adjusting the angle of the lens module which is presented to a light source.
US08749765B2	Application using a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) A sporting device may include a proximity detector, and a housing for carrying the proximity detector. The proximity detector may comprise a single photon avalanche diode for measuring the speed of an object struck by the housing. For example, the housing may define a tennis racket.
US08749751B2	Method for producing liquid crystal display panel, and liquid crystal display panel To provide a method for producing liquid crystal display panels from a panel assembly, the display panels having a panel thickness smaller than that of the assembly, by which favorable scribe grooves can be formed, which therefore allows contribution to thin profiles and narrow frame regions of the display panels. The method includes a first scribe-formation step of forming, after a first step of thinning a TFT substrate assembly 20A and a CF substrate assembly 30A of a panel assembly 10A by etching, first scribe grooves 20b on an outer surface 20a of the TFT substrate assembly 20A along regions where seals 40 are disposed, and a second thinning step of further thinning the substrate assemblies 20A and 30A by etching, and developing the first scribe grooves 20b formed on the outer surface 20a to expose portions of the seals 40 at bottoms of the first scribe grooves 20b.
US08749739B2	Liquid crystal display device A display device includes first and second substrates, first and second, red, green and blue color filters, disposed between the first and second substrates, and arranged in a first direction, a first light blocking film disposed between the first red and the green color filters, a second light blocking film disposed between the green and the blue color filters, and a third light blocking film disposed between the blue and the second red color filters, and signal lines, thin film transistors, and pixel electrodes formed on the first substrate. The first, second, and third light blocking films are overlapped with the signal lines. A width of a part of the second light blocking film disposed between the pixel electrodes in the first direction is larger than a width of a part of the first light blocking film disposed between the pixel electrodes in the first direction.
US08749733B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device, without light leakage in a black display mode, is provided. The liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a LCD panel, a light source, and an optical filter between the LCD and the light source. When the LCD panel is in the black display mode without the optical filter, leakage light leaking from the LCD panel in an oblique direction shows a hue having a local minimum value in a wavelength range from 450 nm to 550 nm. Normal incident light entering into the LCD in a normal direction shows a hue same as that of light just emitted from the light source, and oblique incident light entering into the LCD panel in an oblique direction shows a hue having a local maximum value in a wavelength range from 400 nm to less than 550 nm.
US08749724B2	LCD panel The present invention discloses an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines insulatingly intersecting the data lines, and a plurality of pixel units defined by the scan lines and corresponding data lines. Any two adjacent pixel units in a same row are respectively coupled to two corresponding scan lines. Any two adjacent pixel units in a same column are respectively coupled to two corresponding data lines. In this present invention, the pixel units coupled to a same data line are respectively coupled to different scan lines so as to reduce the power consumption of the LCD panel.
US08749711B2	Method and apparatus for controlling screen of image display device Apparatus and method for controlling a screen of an image display device on which an image signal transmitted from a PC can be displayed are provided. In the above apparatus and method, a TV mode and a PC mode are discerned by a selection of a user. In the case of a fast moving picture like in a TV, a fast display frame rate is set, and in the case of many slow moving pictures or still images, a normal display frame rate is set. In the PC mode having a fast moving picture, a motion degree is sensed such that the fast display frame rate is set, thereby preventing an increase in power consumption in advance. Also, a display frame rate most suitable to a display module can be set to thereby improve a life time problem of the display module, so that a user can view a natural screen without an afterimage phenomenon to enhance a user satisfaction.
US08749701B2	Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling power of the digital photographing apparatus A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling power of the digital photographing apparatus so as to reduce power consumption of the digital photographing apparatus by analyzing image frames that are compressed and transmitted and then by determining a screen change in the image frames, when the digital photographing apparatus is remotely controlled.
US08749692B2	Image processing apparatus that corrects deterioration of image, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus includes a data storing portion configured to store coefficient data for reconstructing an optical transfer function of an image pickup optical system in accordance with a type of the image pickup optical system and an imaging condition, a tap number determining portion configured to determine a tap number of the optical transfer function that is reconstructed by using the coefficient data in accordance with a size of one pixel of an image pickup element, and a reconstruction portion configured to reconstruct the optical transfer function in accordance with Nyquist frequency of the image pickup element and the tap number in a frequency space.
US08749685B2	Solid-state imaging device, driving method thereof, and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes: light receiving portions that accumulate signal charges corresponding to incident light; charge transfer portions that are formed to be adjacent to the light receiving portions so as to transfer the signal charges read out from the light receiving portions; readout electrodes to which a readout voltage for reading out the signal charges accumulated in the light receiving portions to the charge transfer portions is applied; and a controller that is configured to be able to apply the readout voltage to the readout electrodes corresponding to first predetermined light receiving portions which are part of the light receiving portions in an exposure period when the signal charges are accumulated in the light receiving portions.
US08749680B2	Image pickup device An image pickup device may include an image pickup unit in which unit pixels having photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, the unit pixels outputting pixel signals, a reference signal generation unit, a comparison unit that includes a differential amplifier unit and a reset unit, the differential amplifier unit comparing a voltage of the first input terminal to a voltage of the second input terminal, a measurement unit that measures a comparison time of the comparison unit from a comparison start to a comparison end, and a change unit that changes the voltage of the first input terminal so that a voltage difference between the first input terminal and the second input terminal is set to a voltage at which a comparison operation by the comparison unit is ensured after a reset operation by the reset unit.
US08749673B2	Image generation device and image generation system, method and program The image generation device generates a new moving picture of a subject based on first and second moving pictures shot with a single-chip color image sensor, which detects two light rays including first and second color components, respectively, to represent the first and second color components of the subject. As the first moving picture has been shot in a longer exposure time than the second moving picture, the first picture has a lower frame rate than the second picture. The image generation device includes: a getting section which gets video signals representing the first and second moving pictures, respectively; a processing section which generates a new moving picture with as high a frame rate as the second moving picture based on the respective video signals representing the first and second moving pictures gotten; and an output section which outputs the new moving picture.
US08749668B2	Adaptive pixel compensation method An adaptive pixel compensation method for an image processing apparatus includes receiving an image array data, calculating an average of luminance values of a first plurality of green sub-pixels surrounding the green sub-pixel as a first average value, calculating an average of luminance values of a second plurality of green sub-pixels surrounding the green sub-pixel as a second average value, calculating an absolute luminance difference value of the first average value and the second average value, calculating an average luminance gradient value of the green sub-pixel and a third plurality of green sub-pixels surrounding the green sub-pixel, and determining whether to compensate the green sub-pixel according to a luminance value of the green sub-pixel, the absolute luminance difference value and the average luminance gradient value.
US08749667B2	System and method for maintaining maximum input rate while up-scaling an image vertically An example embodiment provides a resizer in an image processing system. The resizer includes a receiving module that receives pixel data representative of an image. A triple line buffer is coupled to the receiving module that stores the pixel data in response to a write control signal from control logic. The triple line buffer is operated as a circular buffer. The resizer further includes a resizer core that reads pixel data from the triple line buffer in response to a read control signal from the control logic. The pixel data is replicated to up-scale the image vertically according to a vertical up-scale ratio such that the resizer achieves a maximum input data rate and also eliminates an overflow condition in the resizer. The vertical up-scale ratio is a fraction.
US08749666B2	Image capturing apparatus, data generating apparatus, and non-transistory storage medium generating data of moving image file including raw data An image capturing apparatus is provided with an image capturing unit and a generating unit. The image capturing unit includes an imaging sensor and captures a subject image to generate RAW data. The generating unit generates a moving image file including moving image data made up of a plurality of sets of RAW data which is generated by the image capturing unit, and incidental information data corresponding to each of the sets of RAW data and including at least one of image capturing information regarding the RAW data and property information of the RAW data. Accordingly, it is possible to generate the moving image data which is easy to be handled in image processing or image quality adjustment.
US08749656B2	Apparatus and method for image decimation for image sensors Previously available analog domain decimation techniques are limited to simple equally-weighted averaging of photosite outputs. Decimation of a Bayer pattern image by an even-factor, such as by two or six, using simple equally-weighted averaging of photosite outputs in the analog domain results in effective sampling locations that are unevenly spaced apart. Standard interpolation of the unevenly spaced effective sampling locations generates image artifacts that reduce the quality of the reconstructed image in the smaller format because standard interpolation methods assume that the effective sampling locations are evenly spaced. Implementations of systems, methods and apparatus disclosed herein aim to produce substantially evenly spaced effective sampling locations in the analog domain. More specifically, in some implementations, the unequally-weighted-average even-factor decimation methods disclosed herein produce substantially more evenly spaced effective sampling locations as compared to the equally-weighted-average even-factor decimation processes previously used in the analog domain.
US08749645B2	Method and structure for suppressing resonance in an anti-shake lens focusing module A method and a structure for suppressing resonance in an anti-shake lens focusing module are disclosed. The resonance suppressing method includes the steps of providing a lens focusing structure having a first movable part and a first immovable part; providing an anti-shake structure having a second movable part and a second immovable part; providing at least one shock-absorbing material between the first movable and immovable parts as well as between the second movable and immovable parts; and using the shock-absorbing material to absorb any vibration caused by movements of the first and the second movable part, so as to suppress any resonance possibly generated due to the movements of the first and the second movable part.
US08749623B2	Stereoscopic display device with two liquid crystal displays A stereoscopic display device is provided for displaying a 3-dimensional image including a first slice, a second slice and a third slice arranged in the order written. The stereoscopic display device includes a first LCD, a second LCD adjacent to the first LCD and a distance adjusting member. The first LCD has a first display surface. The second LCD is spaced from the first LCD. The second liquid crystal display having a second display surface facing away from the first display surface. The distance adjusting member is arranged between the first and second LCDs. The distance adjusting member is configured for reciprocally moving the first LCD relative to the second LCD between a first position where the first LCD displaying a contour of the second slice and a second position where the first LCD displaying a contour of the third slice.
US08749618B2	Distributed three-dimensional video conversion system A project network application can provide functionality for a plurality of worker systems to perform digital video editing so as to at least partially perform two- to three-dimensional conversion of a video. The project network application may, for instance, include tools for performing rotoscoping, depth mapping, object offsetting, occlusion filling, and the like.
US08749607B2	Face equalization in video conferencing A video conferencing device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a interface configured to receive a video stream having a plurality of objects. The video conferencing device also includes an object selector configured to select a region surrounding a first object in the plurality of objects in the video stream, wherein the first object has abnormal characteristics when compared to a second object, a transformation generator configure to create a transformation, and a transformation module configured to apply the transformation to the video stream to create a transformed video stream, in which the first object appears in a manner more consistent with the second object.
US08749599B2	4-primary color display and pixel data rendering method thereof A 4-primary color display includes a display panel including a plurality of 4-primary color pixels each including red, green, blue, and white liquid crystal cells, and a pixel data rendering circuit for producing 4-primary color pixel data corresponding to a second horizontal resolution, which is equal to a physical horizontal resolution of the display panel, using 3 -primary color pixel data corresponding to a first horizontal resolution, which is two times higher than the physical horizontal resolution of the display panel. The pixel data rendering circuit determines a weighting factor based on a luminance ratio of two 3-primary color pixel data so as to increase a cognitive horizontal resolution of a luminance in the 4-primary color pixel data to the first horizontal resolution, and reflects the weighting factor to the calculation of a gray value of one 4-primary color pixel data.
US08749598B2	Organic light emitting diode display device Disclosed in an organic light emitting diode display device including: a driving element for controlling a driving current, a first TFT that switches a current path between the first node and the second node, a second TFT that switches a current path between a data line and a third node, a third TFT that switches a current path between the third node and a reference voltage input terminal, a fourth TFT that switches a current path between the second node and a fourth node, an organic light emitting diode connected between the fourth node and a ground voltage input terminal to emit a light by the driving current, a storage capacitor connected between the first node and the third node, and a variable capacitor connected between the first node and the first gate line and having a capacity changed when the first TFT is turned on and off.
US08749596B2	Display device based on pixels with variable chromatic coordinates A pixel with variable chromatic coordinates comprises a plurality of color sub-pixels consisting of a light emitter and a color filter. The light emitters are identical and have an emission spectrum that is able to be modulated according to their supply voltage and/or current. The pixel control circuit supplies each color sub-pixel with a supply voltage and/or current dependent on the color of the sub-pixel for its emission spectrum to approximate the transmission spectrum of the associated color filter. Control means enable the application time of the supply voltage and/or current to be modified according to the color of the sub-pixel to obtain a predetermined mean luminance during a predetermined period.
US08749592B2	Display apparatus having a micro-electro-mechanical system The present invention relates to a display apparatus with pixels, wherein each pixel includes a switching device, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS), and a gray scale control device. The switching device can be connected to a gate line and a data line to output a corresponding data signal in response to a gate signal. The MEMS may be connected to an output electrode of the switching device to transmit or block light in response to the corresponding data signal. The gray scale control device may be coupled to the output electrode of the switching device to control a time interval during which the corresponding data signal is applied to the MEMS. Accordingly, each pixel may display a desired gray scale.
US08749590B2	Display device using movement of particles A method of driving a display device uses a first display addressing mode, in which the display is addressed sequentially in rows, and wherein a first image is displayed with a first contrast ratio between the lightest and darkest pixels, and with a brightest pixel output state, a darkest pixel output state and a plurality of intermediate grey level output states. In a second mode, the display is addressed sequentially in rows, and a second image is displayed with a second contrast ratio between the lightest and darkest pixels which is greater than the first contrast ratio.
US08749589B2	Information handling system with touch pad and point stick An information handling system is disclosed including a display, a base coupled to the display and a keypad with a plurality of keys disposed on the base. The system further includes a touchpad located proximate the keypad and a point stick located substantially between at least two of the plurality of keys, wherein the point stick is configured to be a scroll control device. A method for manipulating information on a display of an information handling system is further disclosed herein. The method includes moving a cursor on the display using a touchpad proximate a keypad on the information handling system and scrolling the information on the display in a direction corresponding with the direction of pressure applied to a top portion of a point stick located substantially between at least two keys of the keypad.
US08749588B2	Positioning labels in an engineering drawing A computer-readable media for performing a method for displaying information in an engineering drawing. Labels are connected to objects in an engineering drawing. The connections are governed by relationships based on calculations simulating particle interactions and collision avoidance. A change in the position of a first label or of the engineering drawing is indicated. A new location of a second label is calculated such that the relationships between the second label and the engineering drawing and between the first and second labels are maintained, and the second label does not overlap other labels or objects in the engineering drawing. The movement of the second label to the new location may be animated.
US08749587B2	System and method for content based automatic zooming for document viewing on small displays Described is a technique for viewing a document page on a small display such as a mobile phone or PDA. The page can come from a scanned document (bitmap image) or an electronic document (text and graphics data plus metadata). The page with text and graphics is segmented into regions. For each region, a scale-distortion function is constructed based on image analysis. During interactive viewing of the document, as the user navigates by moving the viewport around the page, the zoom factor will be automatically adjusted by optimizing the scale-distortion functions of the regions in the viewport.
US08749581B2	DLP edge blend artefact reduction A method of reducing visual artefacts in a blend zone of at least two projector images is provided. The method comprises determining a maximum intensity variance for each pixel group within a blend curve of the blend zone, the maximum intensity variance being based on a blend multiplier selected to achieve a net light intensity specific to the location of the pixel group within the blend curve. For each pixel group, a first adjusted blend multiplier is determined, wherein the blend multiplier is increased by at least a portion of the maximum intensity variance. For each pixel group, a second adjusted blend multiplier is also determined, wherein the blend multiplier is decreased by at least a portion of the maximum intensity variance. The light intensity of each pixel in each pixel group is adjusted using the first and second adjusted blend multipliers specific to each pixel group. The average pixel intensity of each pixel group after application of the first and second adjusted blend multipliers remains equal to the net light intensity of the pixel group within the blend curve.
US08749573B2	Method and apparatus for providing input through an apparatus configured to provide for display of an image Provided herein is a technique by which a user may interact with an apparatus configured to provide for display of an image, such as with augmented reality glasses. An example embodiment may provide a method including receiving an indication of a first motion event initiated on a first side of a device from a motion sensor, determining a first motion event pattern based on one or more directional components of the first motion event, distinguishing the first motion event from a motion event initiated on a second side of the device, correlating a first operation with the first motion event pattern, and causing the first operation to be performed. The first operation may include causing the opacity of an image presented on a substantially transparent display to be increased.
US08749572B2	System and method for simulation of brush-based painting in a color space that includes a fill channel Systems and methods for performing brush behavior simulation in an image editing application may facilitate realistic paint simulation by the addition of a fill channel to a color space representation that includes a set of color channels and an alpha channel representing opacity of the paint. The fill channel value for each pixel of a brush model or canvas may represent the amount of paint stored at the pixel. The system may include logic to support paint compositing, mixing, and depletion operations that calculate a consequent color of a destination pixel resulting from the operations dependent on the fill channel values for the source and/or destination pixels. The resulting color channel, opacity channel, and fill channel values may be converted to a color space that does not include a fill channel or opacity channel for display. A source pixel may be a pixel of an atomic element of a texture.
US08749564B2	Barrier commands in a cache tiling architecture One embodiment of the present invention includes a graphics subsystem. The graphics subsystem includes a first processing entity and a second processing entity. Both the first processing entity and the second processing entity are configured to receive first and second batches of primitives, and a barrier command in between the first and second batches of primitives. The barrier command may be either a tiled or a non-tiled barrier command. A tiled barrier command is transmitted through the graphics subsystem for each cache tile. A non-tiled barrier command is transmitted through the graphics subsystem only once. The barrier command causes work that is after the barrier command to stop at a barrier point until a release signal is received. The back-end unit transmits a release signal to both processing entities after the first batch of primitives has been processed by both the first processing entity and the second processing entity.
US08749563B2	Multi-thread graphics processing system A graphics processing system comprises at least one memory device storing a plurality of pixel command threads and a plurality of vertex command threads. An arbiter coupled to the at least one memory device is provided that selects a pixel command thread from the plurality of pixel command threads and a vertex command thread from the plurality of vertex command threads. The arbiter further selects a command thread from the previously selected pixel command thread and the vertex command thread, which command thread is provided to a command processing engine capable of processing pixel command threads and vertex command threads.
US08749559B2	Mesh sequence file format Technologies are described herein for generating a binary transition file. Multiple animation structures may be generated in the binary transition file. The animation structures may define a sequence of three-dimensional meshes. A header portion may also be generated in the binary transition file. The header portion may define slides that are applied to the three-dimensional meshes to produce a transition between the slides. A presentation program application may be modified with the binary transition file, thereby adapting the presentation program application to provide the transition.
US08749548B2	Display system with image conversion mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a display system includes: calculating a focus measure for an original image; calculating a segment mean based on the focus measure for a segment; generating an ordered segment based on the segment mean; generating a segment depth based on the ordered segment; and generating a three-dimensional image with the segment depth for displaying on a device.
US08749547B2	Three-dimensional stereoscopic image generation Three-dimensional image generation is used for generating, as images to be used for stereoscopic display, two images showing a scene within a virtual three-dimensional space viewed from two points of view set in the virtual three-dimensional space, the three-dimensional image generation includes: acquiring a value of a screen distance parameter, which indicates a distance from a representative position for the two points of view to a virtual screen position in the virtual three-dimensional space; and generating, as the images to be used for the stereoscopic display, the two images showing the scene within the virtual three-dimensional space viewed from the two points of view disposed at positions and in directions that are determined based on the acquired value of the screen distance parameter.
US08749535B2	Clock-shared differential signaling interface and related method The present invention provides a clock-shared differential signaling interface and a method of driving output data to a display panel. The apparatus includes a plurality of driver circuits, wherein each driver circuit in the plurality of driver circuits respectively provides output data. The apparatus also includes a timing controller providing a first clock signal to the plurality of driver circuits via a multi-drop connection, and providing a respective differential data signal to each driver circuit via a respective point-to-point connection.
US08749530B2	Optical touch display, a calibration apparatus and a calibration method thereof An optical touch display, a calibration apparatus, and a calibration method thereof are disclosed. The calibration method is used for calibrating the optical touch display, and the optical touch display has a plurality of image detecting sensors. The calibration method includes the following steps: generating a plurality of calibration points; generating a plurality of representative calibration points from the plurality of calibration points; obtaining a first image position of each representative calibration point via the plurality of image detecting sensors; constructing a coordinate transformation mechanism for transforming the first image position into a first screen position; calculating a relative position between the representative calibration points and its neighboring calibration points; calculating a second image position of each calibration point based on the relative position; and calculating a second screen position by using the transformation mechanism and the second image position.
US08749525B2	Multi-branch light-based input devices A light-based input device may have multiple branches each based on a respective light-guide structure. A light source may launch light into the light-guide structures. A light sensor may detect light reflected from the light-guide structures or transmitted through the light-guide structures. The light-based input device may be used to gather user input from a user of an electronic device. The user may move an object into contact with the light-guide structures. The light sensor may monitor light intensity fluctuations from the light-guide structures to determine where the light-guide structures have been contacted by the object. Multiple wavelengths of light may be used by the light source and light sensor to reduce crosstalk between adjacent branches of the light-based input device.
US08749519B2	Touch panel device A touch panel device comprises a touch panel including a capacitance detecting electrode and a resistance detecting electrode formed in a layer below the capacitance detecting electrode, and a control circuit using detection signals detected by the capacitance detecting electrode or the resistance detecting electrode to calculate a contact position on an input surface of the input area. The capacitance detecting electrode includes horizontal capacitance detecting electrodes and vertical capacitance detecting electrodes. A control circuit includes a contact position information generating section which uses detection signals to calculate one or more contact positions and generates information of large/small pressing force at the calculated contact position. With this configuration, it is possible to generate information of large/small pressing force at a contact position, and even when an input surface is contacted simultaneously at plural points, each of the contact positions can be calculated.
US08749516B2	Mobile device having a touch-lock state and method for operating the mobile device A mobile device with a touch panel and a touch-lock operating method thereof are provided. The mobile device preferably includes an RF communication unit for supporting communication services; a touch panel for sensing input touches; a display unit for displaying a screen, where the screen includes at least one of a preset image, text, and map; and a controller for setting a touch-lock in the touch panel according to a preset condition. The controller also controls the display unit to display at least one of a text and image or at least one particular icon corresponding to the information reception event that occurs, based on the RF communication unit, in the touch-lock state. A portion of the display screen can be locked, or only certain predetermined touch functions permitted.
US08749515B2	Liquid crystal display device having touch sensor embedded therein, method of driving the same and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device having a touch sensor embedded therein is disclosed. The present invention includes a liquid crystal layer between first and second substrates, a pixel on the second substrate to apply a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a touch sensor on the second substrate, the touch sensor detecting a touch by forming a touch capacitor with a touch object for touching the first substrate, and a readout line outputting a sensing signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a sensing electrode on the second substrate to form the sensing capacitor with the touch object, first and second sensor gate lines, a first sensor thin film transistor supplying a sensing driving voltage to the sensing electrode in response to a control of the first sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor supplying electric charges of the sensing electrode as the sensing signal in response to a control of the second sensor gate line.
US08749512B2	Negative pixel compensation Negative pixel compensation in a touch sensor panel is disclosed. The panel can compensate for a negative pixel effect in touch signal outputs due to poor grounding of an object touching the panel. To do so, the panel can reconstruct a captured touch image to remove negative pixel values indicative of the negative pixel effect and compute a composite image from the captured image and the reconstructed image to replace the captured image. In addition or alternatively, the panel can reconstruct a captured touch image to remove negative pixel values indicative of the negative pixel effect and replace the captured image with the reconstructed image.
US08749510B2	Method and apparatus for displaying graphical user interface depending on a user's contact pattern A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed on a display unit in an apparatus which may include a tactile sensor unit. When a contact by a user is detected at the tactile sensor unit, a control unit may receive a contact detection signal therefrom. Based on the contact detection signal, the control unit may determine a contact pattern and may then display the GUI corresponding to the contact pattern. The GUI may be displayed and modified depending on the location and pressure of contacts by a user's manipulating fingers. Therefore, a user can manipulate the apparatus without any inconvenience or accidental touches.
US08749507B2	Systems and methods for adaptive interpretation of input from a touch-sensitive input device Systems and methods for adaptively interpreting a user's intent based on parameters supplied by a touch-sensitive input device are described. In one of the methods described, a processor is programmed for receiving contact data from an input device; determining whether to output a haptic effect based on the contact data; and outputting the haptic effect based on the contact data.
US08749497B2	Multi-touch shape drawing Multi-touch shape drawing. The use of multi-touch gesture detection improves the user interface experience associated with generating and modifying shapes. By associating unique multi-touch gestures with the generation of corresponding shapes, the accuracy and ease of use with which shapes can be generated can be improved. By associating multi-touch gestures with the modification of shapes, the ease of use with which shapes can be modified can be improved.
US08749496B2	Integrated touch panel for a TFT display This relates to displays for which the use of dual function capacitive elements does not result in any decreases of the aperture of the display. Thus, touch sensitive displays that have aperture ratios that are no worse than similar non-touch sensing displays can be manufactured. More specifically, this relates to placing touch sensing opaque elements so as to ensure that they are substantially overlapped by display related opaque elements, thus ensuring that the addition of the touch sensing elements does not substantially reduce the aperture ratio. The touch sensing display elements can be, for example, common lines that connect various capacitive elements that are configured to operate collectively as an element of the touch sensing system.
US08749484B2	Multi-screen user interface with orientation based control Control of a plurality of displays of a computing device in response to the change in orientation of the computing device. The computing device may be a handheld computing device with a plurality of displays that are concurrently visible by a user. The displays may be capable of displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). The plurality of displays may be modified in response to a change in orientation of the handheld computing device. The modification may include expanding a GUI that is displayed in a single display when in a first orientation to occupy at least two of the plurality of displays in response to the change in orientation.
US08749481B2	Option menu for use with a computer management system A method for improving video quality of a video stream. The method decodes the video stream and generates subblocks of video data from the video stream. The method then removes effects of subblock boundaries from previous deblocking. Each subblock is then smoothed to create pixel values and optionally, subblocks are merged if a predetermined quality is not achieved from the smoothing analysis. The pixels values are filled into each pixel position in the subblock. The subblocks are deblocked and then at least one subblock is outputted to a rendering device.
US08749472B2	LED driving system supporting 2D mode and 3D mode and display device using the same A light emitting diode (LED) driving system driving a LED array of a display device includes a converter circuit, a pulse width modulator (PWM) controller, a 2D parameter circuit, a 3D parameter circuit and a microcontroller. The 3D parameter circuit outputs 3D parameter control signals when the display device is in a 3D mode, and stops from generating the 3D parameter control signals when the display device is in a 2D mode. The PWM controller outputs PWM signals to control the converter circuit according to outputs of the 2D parameter circuit and the 3D parameter circuit.
US08749471B2	Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same An impulsively driven liquid crystal display includes a display panel displaying an image in response to a gate signal and a data signal, a panel driving circuit providing the gate signal and the data signal to the display panel using an image signal and a control signal, a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources that blink at once to provide a light to the display panel, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight control circuit automatically detects an existence of text information from a received image signal, and if the text is detected to be present, adjusts the blinking timing of the light sources to correspond with the area on the display panel where the text will be displayed, the adjustment being a function of a liquid crystal response delay time of liquid crystals used in the display panel.
US08749470B2	Backlight brightness control for liquid crystal display panel using a frequency-divided clock signal A display device is provided with a display panel on which a plurality of display pixels are provided; a backlight illuminating the display panel; and a display panel driver driving the display panel. The display panel driver externally receiving image data and a clock signal for controlling timings of receiving the image data. The display panel driver includes a backlight controller generating a PWM-modulated drive signal to drive the backlight. The frequency of the PWM-modulated drive signal is dependent on a frequency-divided clock signal generated by frequency dividing of the clock signal externally received. The frequency-divided clock signal is generated so that the frequency of the PWM-modulated drive signal is kept constant when the frequency of the clock signal externally received is switched.
US08749465B2	Method and system for driving an active matrix display device A method for driving an active matrix display wherein each image frame is divided into a number of displayed frame portions, each of which is followed by a darker frame portion. The image data in the darker frame portion is removed so as to allow the pixel luminance to diminish. The temporal separation between the displayed frame portion and the following darker frame portion is smaller than a frame time. In a display where the lines are driven repetitively for forming the display image in a plurality of frame times, the image data provided to a pixel, after the luminance in that pixel changes from low to high, is adjusted so that the brightness of the pixel in the preceding frame times appear higher or not lower than that in following frames times.
US08749463B2	Phase-modulating apparatus A phase-modulating apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, an input value setting unit, a plurality of sets of reference data, a converting unit, and a driving unit. The input value setting unit sets an input value for each pixel. Each set of reference data corresponds to at least one pixel. The converting unit converts an input value inputted for each pixel to a control value by referencing the corresponding set of reference data. The driving unit converts the control value to a voltage value. The driving unit drives each pixel with a drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value. Each set of reference data correlates a plurality of first values from which input values are taken, and a plurality of second values from which control values are taken to ensure that the relationship between the plurality of first values and phase modulation amounts attained by the corresponding at least one pixel is a prescribed linear relationship.
US08749461B2	Display device A display device in which the current load of wirings are distributed and display variations due to voltage drop are suppressed. An active matrix display device of the invention comprises a first current input terminal, a second current input terminal, and a plurality of current supply lines extending parallel to each other. Each current supply line is connected to a plurality of driving transistors in a line. One end of each current supply line is connected to the first current input terminal via a first wiring intersecting with the current supply lines, and the other end thereof is connected to the second current input terminal via a second wiring intersecting with the current supply lines. Accordingly, a current is supplied to each current supply line from both the first and. the second current input terminals. The first and the second current input terminals are provided separately from each other.
US08749452B2	Methods and systems for displaying content on multiple networked devices with a simple command A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon.
US08749434B2	Dielectric resonant antenna using a matching substrate A dielectric resonator antenna is disclosed that includes a multi-layer substrate on which a plurality of insulating layers and conductor layers are alternately stacked. The dielectric resonator antenna also includes a first conductor plate that has an opening part on the upper portion of the top insulating layer of the multi-layer substrate and a second conductor plate that is formed on the lower portion of the bottom insulating layer from the first conductor plate. The insulating layer is formed with at least two stacked layers and is disposed at a position corresponding to the opening part. The dielectric resonator antenna also includes a plurality of first metal via holes, a feeding part and a matching substrate that is stacked on the opening part and is stacked with at least one insulating layer.
US08749412B1	Anti-noise successive approximation analog to digital conversion method An anti-noise successive approximation analog to digital conversion method is provided with the steps of instructing a comparison control circuit to perform a predetermined number of extra comparison cycles in a plurality of valid bit cycles and outputting a plurality of digital signals wherein no digital to analog feedback is perform; instructing a digital error correction circuit to correct any digital signals having erroneous bits due to noise interference in the outputted digital signals and output a bit or byte as a result of the correction, the bit or byte being defined as a noise free digital output bit or byte; and performing a successive approximation analog to digital conversion based on the digital output bit or byte if there are any subsequent bit cycles.
US08749399B2	System and method for downhole telemetry A system and method are provided for providing electromagnetic (EM) measurement-while-drilling (MWD) telemetry capabilities using an existing mud-pulse MWD tool. An EM tool intercepts the output from the mud-pulse tool and generates an EM signal that mimics a mud-pulse pressure signal. The EM signal is intercepted at the surface by a receiver module that conditions the signal and inputs the signal into the existing pulse tool receiver. Since the EM signal mimics a mud-pulse signal, the pulse tool receiver does not require software or hardware modifications in order to process an EM telemetry mode. The EM tool can be adapted to also provide dual telemetry by incorporating a conventional pressure pulser that would normally be used with the pulse tool.
US08749396B2	Assembling method, monitoring method, communication method, augmented reality system and computer program product An augmented reality system, an assembling method for assembling a first set-up component to a second set-up component under the assistance of an augmented reality system, a method for monitoring a set-up component and a method for transmitting data from or to a set-up component are provided. The augmented realty system may capture a variable marker associated with the respective set-up component. The augmented reality system can recognize the location and/or status of the variable marker and thus decide whether the connection between the first and second set-up component is established correctly or not. Further, data can be transmitted by the variable marker monitored by the augmented reality system.
US08749382B2	Portable security container A process and security container that enable local protection and remote transportation of items found with the environment of a contemporary office, while generating a log of users who have gained access to the container. e container may be constructed with one or more sidewalls bearing a removable lid. The container may have a closed interior while the lid is in complete engagement with the sidewalls, and have an open interior able to removably receive items within the interior while the lid is dislodged from its complete engagement. A port is exposed through one of said sidewalls to receive data signals and a control stage with a non-volatile a memory, is mounted within the container and operationally coupled to a host computer to provide communication with the interior of the container via the port. A microprocessor based host computer sited externally to the container, has a keyboard initiating formation of the data signals and a monitor driven by the host computer to visually display video images. The host computer is operationally coupled to the port to participate in the communication by generating the data signals. The controller may generate a control signal and allow access to the interior of the container in response to occurrence of a coincidence between a data key received From the host computer among the data signals via the port and a data sequence obtained by the control stage in dependence upon information stored within the memory.
US08749381B1	Systems and methods for automated house damage detection and reporting A system for automated house damage detection and reporting may comprise at least one subsystem configured for receiving a damage detection signal detecting potential damage to a building from at least one sensor operably connected to the building, and at least one subsystem configured for automatically communicating damage detection data using the received damage detection signal to a remote system outside the building for further analysis.
US08749377B2	Temperature tracking device and method using same A device, system and method for monitoring conditions within an environment in which an item is disposed includes a reusable environment monitoring tag operably connected to a return postcard that can be disposed adjacent an item to be monitored, the tag equipped to sense and store surrounding environmental conditions thereof and an electronic reader electronic reader which upon receipt of the a return postcard having the tag therein in a predetermined range receives environmental data sensed and stored by the tag and analyze the data. The method includes mailing the return postcard to a receiving site for reading.
US08749375B2	Hands-free home automation application A system, method, and computer program product determine when a user's mobile device has left a secured physical site, such as a house or office, without predefined site security settings being met, and responsively inform the user of any security anomalies. A predetermined distance threshold is compared with the distance between the mobile device, and a secured site. If the distance exceeds the threshold and a trigger event is detected, an alert is transmitted. The alert may be transmitted via the internet, and may be formatted as a text message, a phone vibration, a popup alert, a ringtone, an audio recording, a synthesized voice message, an image, and a video. The alert may be delivered via a speaker in a vehicle or a mobile phone, and an alert format is selected according to whether these are in use.
US08749373B2	Emergency equipment power sources Energy harvesting devices provide power to devices of emergency equipment stations (e.g., fire extinguisher station, fire alarm pull station, defibrillator station, etc.) distributed throughout a facility to monitor one or more internal or external conditions (e.g., identifiable objects detected near the station, presence of an obstruction restricting access to the station, etc.) and relay information about the monitored conditions to a central station.
US08749371B2	Diffractive signaling device for rear-view mirror with 2D/3D display Signaling device designed to be arranged on the reflective element forming a mirror of a rear-view device comprising at least an illumination unit and at least an optical device, characterized by the fact that the optical device includes a symbol generation unit which is provided with at least a diffraction grating designed to form an illuminated image corresponding to a first illuminated symbol, the symbol generation unit being generally transparent and the diffraction grating being formed on the surface of the symbol generation unit without affecting its transparency.
US08749362B2	Apparatus and method for providing haptic function in portable terminal An apparatus and method for synchronizing a sound source and a vibration generated according to a user's touch input in order to implement a haptic function in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a response processor for synchronizing a time when a vibration is generated and a time when a sound source is generated by regulating a time when a vibration request signal is generated.
US08749359B1	Tablet holder with alert system A tablet holder with an alert system for reminding individuals to take their medications featuring a base with seven compartments. Each compartment has a separate lid, and a base lid covers all the compartment lids. Compartment LEDs are disposed in each compartment lid. A touch screen display, a speaker, a vibrating component, and a microprocessor are each disposed in the base. The microprocessor is connected to a time keeping system that keeps the date and time. The microprocessor can be programmed to be activated at various dates and times. When the microprocessor is activated, the microprocessor activates the LEDs, the speaker, and the vibrating component to alert the user to take his/her medicine.
US08749358B2	Passive transponder for an RFID system, and method of transmitting data from/to a data source of such a passive transponder A passive transponder includes an antenna, an antenna oscillator circuit and a data source. The antenna oscillator circuit is configured to operate at a first resonant frequency or at a second resonant frequency, depending on reception of energy at the transponder or on a data transmission from/to the data source.
US08749353B2	Wireless communication between two temporarily connected devices A system for setting up a wireless connection between two temporarily connected devices includes a device interconnector having a first end provided with a first wireless communication identifier and a second end provided with a second wireless communication identifier, a first device having a first interconnector mating unit, a first wireless communication unit and a first reading unit and a second device having a second interconnector mating unit, a second wireless communication unit and a second reading unit. The wireless communication units of each device is configured to receive an identifier being read by the corresponding reading unit as the device interconnector is attached to the corresponding mating unit and the wireless communication unit is configured to employ this identifier in setting up, together with the other wireless communication unit, a wireless connection between the two devices.
US08749348B2	Sensor device with persistent low power beacon One disclosed method involves providing a first device comprising a sensor configured to sense a stimulus experienced by the first device, a controller configured to process data received from the sensor and thereby obtain processed sensor data, a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the processed data, and a battery configured to supply power to at least the controller and the transmitter. The first device is operated in a first operational mode in which the sensor, the controller, and the transmitter are used at least occasionally to obtain and transmit processed data. When the battery is in a low power condition, the first device is operated in a second operational mode wherein the sensor, controller, and transmitter are not used to obtain and transmit processed sensor data, but wherein the first device at least occasionally transmits a signal that indicates a low power condition of the battery.
US08749345B2	Security authorization system An authorization system for permitting an apparatus to function normally in the presence of an authorized user includes complementary apparatus and user parts of a wireless communication device, which communicate within a spatial envelope defining a permissible working relationship and communication link for authorizing normal functioning of the apparatus. The system responds to interruption of the communications link with the apparatus inhibited from normal functioning after a delay, as measured in time or distance, that permits a separation to be established between the user and the apparatus, so that if the apparatus is forcibly taken from the authorized user, the user's safety is not jeopardized by the proximity of the non-functional apparatus. Inhibition of functionality may include a vehicle, or any apparatus, becoming immobile or constrained as to maximum operating speed.
US08749340B2	Electric receptacle apparatus with replaceable protection module A thermal protection module includes a surge absorber, a switch unit, and a pyrocondensation belt connected to the surge absorber and the switch unit. The switch includes a casing, at least one conductive pin, at least one conductive portion, and a moving part. The conductive portion is disposed on the moving part. The moving part is stuck in the casing movably. The conductive pins are stuck in the casing. The pyrocondensation belt is configured to shrink according to the heat conduction from the surge absorber, so as to change the position of the moving part. The conductive portion is in contact with or separated from the conductive pin according to the position of the moving part.
US08749337B2	Micro coil apparatus and manufacturing methods therefor A method for manufacturing a conductive coil, the method comprising using a semiconductor fabrication process (e.g. TSV) to manufacture a coil, typically a planar spiral conductive coil.
US08749336B2	Transformer and display device using the same There is provided a transformer having a minimized leakage inductance. The transformer includes: a winding part including a pipe shaped body part having a plurality of coils wound therearound and flange parts extended from both ends of the body part in an outer diameter direction thereof; and a core coupled to the winding part, wherein a flange part formed at one end of the body part includes at least one lead groove, and the coils are led to the outside of the winding part through the at least one lead groove.
US08749334B2	Multi power sourced electric vehicle An inductive power transfer (IPT) pad and system for the charging of electric and hybid electric vehicles. The batter of such a vehicle can be selectively coupled to a high power electrical supply for fast charging or a lower power electrical supply for charging using IPT. The batteries of the vehicles are used in a system to control the load demand in an electricity network through variations of the frequency of power supplied.
US08749331B2	Electromagnetic contactor An electromagnetic contactor has a contact device having a contact housing case housing a pair of fixed contacts and a movable contact disposed to be capable of contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts, and an insulating cylinder in a bottomed tubular shape disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the contact housing case to enclose the pair of fixed contacts and the movable contact. The insulating cylinder positions an arc extinguishing permanent magnet for extinguishing an arc generated between the pair of fixed contacts and the movable contact. A magnet housing portion to protect the arc extinguishing permanent magnet from the arc is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the insulating cylinder and faces a side surface of the movable contact. An arc extinguishing space is formed on an outer side of the magnet housing portion in an extending direction of the movable contact.
US08749328B2	Shortage voltage trip device of molded case circuit breaker Provided is a shortage voltage trip device of a molded case circuit breaker. In the molded case circuit breaker, driving current applied into a trip driving part is reduced in proportion to reduction of a power applied into a circuit. When the voltage applied into the circuit is greater than a rated voltage, the trip driving part is stopped, and an operation of a trip driving mechanism is restricted by a trip lever. When the voltage applied into the circuit is less than the rated voltage, the trip driving part is operated, and the restriction of the trip driving mechanism is released by the trip lever rotated by being linked with the operation of the trip driving part. Thus, the circuit may be more simply switched, and operation reliability of a product may be improved. Also, the product may have a more simplified structure.
US08749318B2	Enhanced polar modulator for transmitter Enhanced polar modulator for transmitter. Within a phase locked loop (PLL), two point modulation topology is employed in which phase information passes through a limiter (e.g., a ±90° or ±π/2), the phase information dynamic range is divided by a factor (e.g., by 2), and a maximum frequency deviation is also divided by a factor (e.g., by 2). Then, a double balanced up-converter mixer/modulator performs gain adjustment (e.g., magnitude and/or amplitude adjustment) and phase changes of 0° and +180° or 0 and +π (e.g., negative gains values may be employed). Phase adjustment in such an architecture is split and provided to both the PLL and to the mixer/modulator of such a polar modulator within a transmitter module such as may be implemented within a communication device (e.g., which may be a wireless communication device). This architecture that includes a PLL with a double balanced up-converter mixer/modulator suppresses even harmonics.
US08749316B2	Programmable varactor and methods of operation thereof Exemplary embodiments are directed to a programmable varactor device. A varactor device may include an input device configured to receive a tuning voltage and generate a bias voltage at least partially dependent on the tuning voltage. The varactor device may also include a varactor pair coupled to the input device and having a first variable capacitor and a second variable capacitor, wherein each of the first variable capacitor and a second variable capacitor are configured for operable coupling to each of the bias voltage and the tuning voltage.
US08749310B2	Amplifier bias control An improved method for maintaining optimal amplifier bias current utilizing a signal conditioning element 0710 which serves to symmetrically condition a sense voltage 0105 such that the sense voltage 0105 distortion is substantially determined by properties of the signal conditioning element 0710 rather than by properties of the amplifier amplification devices 0101 or the input perturbing signal.
US08749302B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus having I/O signal line A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus includes: a plurality of column select signal lines extended in parallel to each other with a predetermined distance provided therebetween; a local I/O line arranged in a selected space among spaces formed between the respective column select signal lines; and an upper segment I/O line arranged to overlap the local I/O line and a local I/O line bar.
US08749298B2	Anti-fuse circuit An anti-fuse circuit includes: an anti-fuse unit including an anti-fuse capable of being programmed in response to a rupture signal and configured to generate a fuse signal corresponding to a state of the anti-fuse; a dummy fuse unit including a dummy fuse and configured to generate a dummy fuse signal corresponding to a state of the dummy fuse; and a blocking unit configured to output the fuse signal as a fuse output signal in response to a state of the dummy fuse signal.
US08749292B2	Voltage level shifter having a first operating mode and a second operating mode Embodiments of the present invention provide a voltage level shifter used to translate a binary input signal representing a binary sequence to a binary output signal representing the same binary sequence. The input signal is provided by an input voltage varying between a first input voltage level and a second input voltage level. The output signal is provided by an output voltage varying between a first output voltage level and a second output voltage level. The output signal has a delay relative to the input signal, and the voltage level shifter has a leakage current. The voltage level shifter has a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the second operating mode, the delay is shorter while the leakage current is higher than in the first operating mode.
US08749289B2	Multi-phase clock generation apparatus and method A multi-phase clock generator may receive an input clock signal as an input. The clock generator may also receive an inverse of the input clock signal. The clock generator may produce a plurality of output clock signals having different phases. The phases of the output clock signals may be evenly spaced. The output clock signals may have a similar waveform to the input clock signal, with a frequency that is lower than the input clock signal by a division factor.
US08749285B1	Differential voltage-mode buffer with current injection Differential buffers are described that combine aspects of voltage-mode buffers with current injection to achieve the tunability associated with current-mode buffers as well as the low current and low power associated with voltage-mode buffers.
US08749284B2	Phase-locked loop system A phase-locked loop system is provided. The system includes a charge pump, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and a bias converter. The charge pump outputs a control voltage according to a phase frequency detection signal, and generates an output current according to a bias signal. The VCO generates an output signal according to the control voltage. The bias converter is coupled between the VCO and the charge pump and for generating the bias signal according to the control voltage.
US08749283B2	PLL dual edge lock detector A lock signal indicating that a target signal is in phase with a reference signal includes detecting the reference signal at the rising and falling edges of the target signal. The target signal is detected on the rising and falling edges of the reference signal. An out of phase condition between the target and reference signals is used to place a timing means in a reset state. When the timing means is allowed to time out, a signal is asserted which indicates that the target signal is deemed to be locked to the reference signal.
US08749276B2	Signal buffer circuit, sensor control board, image scanner, and image forming apparatus A signal buffer circuit includes a buffer to conduct a buffering operation for transmitting a signal to a subsequent unit; a resistor connected between an input side and an output side of the buffer; and a variable impedance device connected in series to the output side of the buffer. The variable impedance device is at low impedance when the buffer is conducting the buffering operation and at high impedance when the buffer is not conducting the buffering operation.
US08749271B2	Methods for synchronizing high-speed signals in a digital phase detector Methods of synchronizing signals are provided. Specifically, a detector is provided in the digital phase detector to detect certain failure conditions that may result from clock skew and duty cycle distortion. If the condition is detected, an adjusted signal is generated and the adjusted signal is synchronized with the reference signal. By using the generated signal to provide a lock if certain conditions arise, adjustment errors resulting from duty cycle distortion and clock skew can be minimized.
US08749267B2	Device A semiconductor device has a first controlled chip, including a first replica output circuit having the same configuration as a first output circuit, a first ZQ terminal connected to the first replica output circuit, a first through electrode connected to the first ZQ terminal, and a first control circuit which sets the impedance of the first replica output circuit. A control chip includes a second ZQ terminal connected to the first through electrode, a comparator circuit which compares a voltage of the second ZQ terminal with a reference voltage, and a second control circuit 123 which performs a process based on a comparison by the comparator circuit. The first control circuit and the second control circuit receive a common input signal to operate and sequentially change and set the impedance until the comparison result changes when an external resistance element is connected to the second ZQ terminal.
US08749263B2	Semiconductor apparatus, inspection method thereof and electric device A semiconductor apparatus according to the present invention with a semiconductor element implemented on an insulated substrate comprises: a substrate front surface electrode formed on a front surface side of the insulated substrate and connected with an element electrode of the semiconductor element; a substrate back surface electrode formed on a back surface side of the insulated substrate and electrically connected with the substrate front surface electrode; and a plurality of connection electrodes, extending in a thickness direction of the insulated substrate from one side to the other side of a front surface and a back surface thereof, for electrically connecting the substrate front surface electrode with the substrate back surface electrode, where the substrate front surface electrode or the substrate back surface electrode is formed to have a plane pattern separated for each of the plurality of connection electrodes.
US08749257B2	Position detecting method for performing position alignment of transfer point of transfer arm A position alignment of a transfer point of a transfer arm is performed by using a position detecting method. The method includes: detecting electrostatic capacitances in relation with a reference object for position alignment by a plurality of electrostatic capacitance detecting electrodes provided on a surface of the substrate body; communicating with each electrostatic capacitance detecting electrode and controlling a detection of each electrostatic capacitance detecting electrode; and calculating coordinates (x, y) of the reference object with respect to the substrate body based on a preset relationship between electrostatic capacitance values of multiple electrostatic capacitance detecting electrodes and a position of the reference object with respect to the substrate body.
US08749245B2	Ion gauge, a monitoring system and a method for determining a total integrated concentration of substances having specific molecular weight in a gas sample The invention relates to anion gauge for determining a total integrated concentration of a substance having a molecular weight falling into a pre-determined range of molecular weights in a gas sample. The anion gauge includes an ionization region in a vicinity of the ionization source; an accelerator for generating a flow of ionized molecules; a mass filter for intercepting the flow for separating ions having the molecular weight falling into the pre-determined range from the ionized molecules and a detector for generating a signal representative of the total integrated concentration of such ions present in the gas sample. The invention further relates to a lithographic apparatus and a method for determining a total integrated concentration of a substance having a molecular weight falling into a pre-determined range of molecular weights in a gas sample.
US08749244B2	Circuit for monitoring of accumulator cells connected in series In one embodiment, a circuit includes a measuring circuit coupled to an accumulator cell. A first output of the measuring circuit outputs a current signal based on a cell voltage of the accumulator cell. The circuit includes an interface circuit coupled to the first output of the measuring circuit and a second output of a level-shifter circuit configured to change a voltage level on the first output at the interface circuit. The level-shifter circuit includes a first input coupled to the first output and one or more transistors coupled in series with one or more gate terminals that are each coupled to each of one or more terminals of the accumulator cell.
US08749239B2	Locate apparatus having enhanced features for underground facility locate operations, and associated methods and systems Locate information relating to use of a locate device to perform a locate operation may be acquired from one or more input devices, logged/stored in local memory of a locate device, formatted in various manners, processed and/or analyzed at the locate device itself, and/or transmitted to another device (e.g., a remote computer/server) for storage, processing and/or analysis. In one example, a locate device may include one or more environmental sensors and/or operational sensors, and the locate information may include environmental information and operational information derived from such sensors. Environmental and/or operational information may be used to control operation of the locate device, assess out-of-tolerance conditions in connection with use of the locate device, and/or provide alerts or other feedback. Additional enhancements are disclosed relating to improving the determination of a location (e.g., GPS coordinates) of a detecting tip of the locate device during use, a group/solo mode, and tactile functionality of a user interface.
US08749234B2	Method and system for designing excitation pulses for magnetic resonance imaging Methods and systems for designing excitation pulses for magnetic resonance imaging are provided. One method includes parameterizing spin-domain rotation parameters to define parameterized variables and defining a constrained optimization problem based on the parameterized variables. The method also includes solving the constrained optimization problem and generating parameters for the RF pulses based on the solved problem, wherein the RF pulses are one of multidimensional RF pulses on non-constant gradient trajectories or one dimensional RF pulses on non-constant gradient trajectories.
US08749225B2	Apparatus and method of power measurement for pulsed terahertz quantum-cascade laser The present invention provides a power measurement apparatus and method for a pulsed terahertz quantum-cascade laser (THz QCL). The apparatus includes a light source part, a light path part, and a detection part. Terahertz light emitted by a THz QCL reaches a terahertz quantum-well photodetector (THz QWP) through the measurement apparatus, and is absorbed to generate a corresponding current signal. A signal processing circuit extracts a voltage signal from the current signal, amplifies the voltage signal, and inputs the amplified voltage signal to an oscilloscope for reading and displaying. According to a responsivity of the THz QWP at a lasing frequency of the laser, the measurement of the output power of the pulsed THz QCL is acquired. The present invention avoids integration estimation when a thermal detector is used to measure output power of a THz QCL in a pulse operating mode, and can directly acquire the power value of a pulsed output from the laser according to the amplitude of the detector responding to the pulsed terahertz light.
US08749224B2	Voltage detection circuit and method for controlling the same A voltage detection circuit including a voltage selection circuit that outputs a voltage commensurate with a power supply voltage as a first voltage; a detection voltage selection circuit that selects either an external input voltage inputted from an external terminal or the first voltage according to a first control signal, and outputs it as a comparison voltage; a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage; a comparator that compares the reference voltage and the comparison voltage, and outputs the comparison result as a detection signal; a control circuit that generates the first control signal so that the detection voltage selection circuit may output either the first voltage or the external input voltage as the comparison voltage by time division, and when a variation of the first voltage is detected, generates the first control signal so that the detection object selection circuit may output the first voltage as the comparison voltage.
US08749223B2	Galvanic isolation device and method Various exemplary embodiments relate to an isolation device including a semiconductor layer and an insulation layer. The insulation layer insulates a central portion of the semiconductor layer. A high voltage terminal connects to the insulation layer, a first low voltage terminal connects to a first non-insulated portion of the semiconductor layer, and a second low voltage terminal connects to a second non-insulated portion of the semiconductor layer. The first and second low voltage terminals are electrically connected via the semiconductor layer. A voltage applied to the high voltage terminal influences the conductance of the semiconductor layer. The high voltage terminal is galvanically isolated from the first and second low voltage terminals.
US08749217B2	Primary voltage sensing and control for converter A controller for a DC/DC converter can include a first error analog to digital converter (EADC) configured to detect a primary voltage from a secondary side of a transformer and generate a first error signal corresponding to the primary voltage. The first error signal is generated based on a comparison between a first reference voltage and the detected primary voltage. A first accelerator can be configured to process the first error signal and generate a first compensation signal that is a primary voltage variation signal used for feedforward control. A second EADC and a second accelerator can be configured to provide a output voltage feedback control. A compensation signal of the first accelerator can be used to scale the second accelerator output to facilitate fast feedforward control.
US08749214B2	Power circuit and circuit board, electrical device using the same A power circuit includes a control unit, a logic control circuit, a first driver amplifier, a second driver amplifier and a logic determination circuit. The control unit is used to output a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal and an enable (EN) signal. The logic control circuit receives the PWM signal and the EN signal, and outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal. The first driver amplifier receives the first voltage signal, and outputs a first gate (UGATE) drive signal. The second driver amplifier receives the second voltage signal, and outputs a second gate (LGATE) drive signal. The logic determination circuit receives the PWM signal and the first and second gate drive signals. When the PWM signal and the first and second gate drive signals meet an abnormal logical relation, the logic determination circuit disables the logic control circuit.
US08749205B2	Control device for vehicle AC generator In a control device for a vehicle AC generator, a voltage control includes target voltage adjusting means for adjusting a target voltage value in response to a target change command from an external control unit and a gradual excitation control circuit that controls an excitation duty to increase according to an excitation duty control characteristic when a vehicle load increases and when the target voltage adjusting means varies the target voltage value to a lower value. The gradual excitation control circuit includes duty characteristic varying means for varying the excitation duty control characteristic. The duty characteristic varying means varies a rate of increase of the excitation duty in a predetermined region of the excitation duty control characteristic in comparison with its other region.
US08749197B2	Battery charging apparatus for electric vehicle with fixing member and cooling mechanism A battery charging apparatus for an electric vehicle (EV) or a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes a case chassis, a circuit board and at least one electronic component. The case chassis includes a plurality of side plates, a bottom plate and a receptacle. The circuit board is accommodated within the receptacle of the case chassis. The electronic component includes a passive component body with a plurality of conductive wires and a fixing member for accommodating the passive component body. The conductive wires are electrically connected to the circuit board. The fixing member is fixed on at least one of the side plates and the bottom plate of the case chassis.
US08749195B2	Contactless charging module, contactless charging device, and method of manufacturing contactless charging module A contactless charging module, a contactless charging device, and a method of manufacturing the contactless charging module, wherein a magnetic sheet can be prevented from being damaged and giving an adverse effect on power transmission characteristic, by adopting a flexible magnetic sheet having slits, and wherein power transmission efficiency of the contactless charging module can be prevented from decreasing significantly. The contactless charging module is provided with: a planar coil unit; a magnetic sheet upon which the planar coil unit is to be mounted; a recess section or a slit that is formed on the magnetic sheet, and that is for housing therein a portion of a conductor wire of the planar coil unit; and a plurality of flexible slits that are for giving flexibility to the magnetic sheet. At least one of the plurality of flexible slits is formed such that a virtual extension line of the flexible slit will be arranged within the width of the recess section or the slit.
US08749194B1	Inductive charging retail display device A retail display device for use with a plurality of inductively charged electronic devices includes a cable assembly having a length defined by a first and second end including at least one electrical conductor. A mounting member is adapted to receive the first end of the cable assembly. The mounting member is also adapted to be affixed to the plurality of inductively charged electronic devices. A primary coil for electromagnetic field coupling is disposed within the mounting member and in electrical communication with the at least one conductor of the cable assembly. The primary coil forms an electromagnetic field coupling with a secondary coil within the inductively charged electronic device so as to inductively convey energy for charging a rechargeable battery. In an alternate embodiment, the primary coil is disposed in a base member.
US08749193B1	Battery protection circuit for multiple battery power supply and charging system A battery protection circuit for connection to a vehicle's auxiliary battery, auxiliary battery load and chassis battery that is connected to the vehicle's alternator. A switching control circuit, including a digital processor, has a voltage sensing circuit connected to the alternator, a voltage sensing circuit connected to the auxiliary battery, a ground terminal for connection to the vehicle's common ground and outputs for controlling switches. An electrically controlled first switch is interconnected between the alternator and the auxiliary load. The first switch has a control input terminal connected to an output of the control circuit for being switched between a closed state and an open state. An electrically controlled second switch is interconnected between the auxiliary load and the auxiliary battery. The second switch has a control input terminal connected to an output of the control circuit for being switched between a closed state and an open state.
US08749188B2	Adjustable foot pedal control for ophthalmic surgery A foot pedal control for a surgical system, e.g., an ophthalmic surgery system, that adjusts to a number of different sizes of user's shoes. The foot pedal control has a treadle on which a user places his or her foot and a sensor that tracks the movements thereof. Adjustable lateral guides mount to the treadle and conform to both sides of the foot. The guides are shaped and positioned to conform to a wide variety of feet or shoes, and may easily be adjusted between users. A retractable heel stop converts between up for reference and down to enhance movement of the user's foot. A convertible handle may be stowed in a down position parallel to a base or pivoted up over the treadle for protection and ease of movement of the foot pedal control. The foot pedal control may be wireless and have various other electronic controls, and may have a dual-control treadle.
US08749187B2	Dynamically modified fan speed table for cooling a computer A computer-implemented fan control method includes measuring a temperature within a computer system and dynamically selecting a fan speed step in response to the temperature received, wherein the fan speed step is selected from a fan speed table defining a finite number of fan speed steps each having an associated fan speed. A fan is operated at the dynamically selected fan speed step, wherein the fan is positioned to drive air through the computer system where the temperature is being measured. The fan output variation is measured over a prescribed time interval and the fan speed table is automatically modified to change the fan speeds associated with each fan speed step, wherein the fan speeds are changed as a function of the measured fan output variation while continuing to drive the fan.
US08749180B2	Method for controlling an electric cylinder and a control system for the electric cylinder The present invention is aimed to realize a method and a system for controlling an electric cylinder by which the load detector that is attached to an electric cylinder and the rod of the cylinder can avoid being overloaded. An unexpected bump between the rod of the cylinder and the material to be pressed can cause that overload.A servo controller 17 determines whether the load for pressurizing Pm detected by the load detector 13 is larger than or equal to the load for detecting a bump Pc. If it is determined that the load for pressurizing Pm is larger than or equal to the load for detecting a bump Pc, the servo controller 17 determines whether the flag for stopping is ON. Also, the controller 17 determines whether the speed Sm of the rod 11 is greater than or equal to an allowable speed to bump Sc. If it is determined that the flag for stopping is ON or if it is determined that the speed Sm of the rod 11 is greater than or equal to an allowable speed to bump Sc, then the rod 11 is crash stopped by providing to a servo amplifier 16 a command pulse signal for positioning in the reverse direction and by decreasing the number of stored pulses in the amplifier 16.
US08749179B2	Optical characterization systems employing compact synchrotron radiation sources A compact synchrotron radiation source includes an electron beam generator, an electron storage ring, one or more wiggler insertion devices disposed along one or more straight sections of the electron storage ring, the one or more wiggler insertion devices including a set of magnetic poles configured to generate a periodic alternating magnetic field suitable for producing synchrotron radiation emitted along the direction of travel of the electrons of the storage ring, wherein the one or more wiggler insertion devices are arranged to provide light to a set of illumination optics of a wafer optical characterization system or a mask optical characterization system, wherein the etendue of a light beam emitted by the one or more wiggler insertion devices is matched to the illumination optics of the at least one of a wafer optical characterization system and the mask optical characterization system.
US08749178B2	Electrode system, in particular for gas discharge light sources The present invention relates to an electrode system, in particular of a gas discharge device for generating EUV radiation and/or soft X-rays. The electrode system comprises at least two electrodes (1, 2) formed of an electrode material which contains Mo or W or an alloy of Mo or W as a main component. The electrode material has a fine grained structure with fine grains having a mean size of <500 nm. With the proposed electrode system, a high thermo-mechanical and thermo-chemical resistance of the electrodes is achieved. The electrode system can therefore be used in known EUV light sources using liquid Sn and being operated at high temperatures.
US08749168B2	Illumination light communication device, and illumination apparatus and system including same An illumination light communication device includes a light source unit including light emitting elements; a power supply unit controlling a load current flowing through the light source unit to be maintained at a constant; a switch element connected in series to the light source unit; and a control unit configured to control on/off of the switch element to modulate a light intensity of illumination light from the light source unit such that a binary communication signal is superimposed on the illumination light. The control unit has a switching circuit to open/close a path between the light source unit and the power supply unit, controls on/off of the switching circuit based on a dimming signal to perform a dimming control on the light source unit by a PWM control, and allows the communication signal to be superimposed on the illumination light in synchronization with an ON time of the switching circuit.
US08749152B2	Switching power supply and luminaire A switching power supply includes a first switching element, a rectifying element, a first inductor and a second inductor. The first switching element supplies a power supply voltage to the first inductor and al lows a current to flow when the first switching element is on. The rectifying element is connected in series to the first switching element, and allows a current of the first inductor to flow when the first switching element is turned off. The second inductor is electromagnetically coupled to the first inductor, a potential to turn on the first switching element is induced when the current of the first inductor increases, and a potential to turn off the first switching element is induced when the current of the first inductor decreases. The induced potential is supplied to a control terminal of the first switching element. The rectifying element includes a diode and a second switching element.
US08749149B2	Lighting device and illumination apparatus using the same A lighting device includes: a lighting unit for supplying a lighting power to a light source unit; and a controller, for controlling the lighting unit. The lighting unit has an inductor and a switching element, and a diode for flowing a flyback current of the inductor to the light source unit during an OFF period of the switching element, and the controller has a unit for intermittently driving an ON/OFF operation of the switching element by a PWM signal and a unit for driving the switching element by a frequency higher than that of the PWM signal during an ON period of the PWM signal, and when the PWM signal falls, the controller reduces a peak value of a load current flowing through the light source unit during a certain period.
US08749135B2	Mother substrate structure of light emitting devices, light emitting device and method of fabricating the same A mother substrate structure includes a mother substrate, a cover plate, a sealant and a spacer structure. The mother substrate has light emitting units thereon. The cover plate is disposed above the mother substrate and has unit regions, each unit region corresponding to one of the light emitting unit. The cover plate has a cutting line around each unit region, sealant regions between the cutting line and each of the unit regions, and spacer disposing regions between the cutting line and each of the sealant regions, wherein a distance between the cutting line and each of the spacer disposing region is 0˜100 um. The sealant is disposed in the sealant regions to bond the mother substrate and the cover plate. The spacer structure is disposed in the spacer disposing regions and surrounds each of the light emitting units, and materials of the spacer structure and the sealant include a glass fit.
US08749131B2	Lamp using solid state source and doped semiconductor nanophosphor A lamp uses a solid state source to pump one or more doped semiconductor nanophosphors to produce a light output of a desired characteristic. The nanophosphor(s) is dispersed in a material, examples of which include liquids and gases. Various nanophosphors are discussed. In the examples, the material with the doped semiconductor nanophosphor(s) dispersed therein appears at least substantially clear when the lamp is off. The exemplary lamp also includes circuitry for driving the solid state source and a housing that at least encloses the drive circuitry. The lamp has a lighting industry standard lamp base mechanically connected to the housing and electrically connected to provide electricity to the circuitry for driving the solid state source.
US08749127B2	System and manufacturing a cathodoluminescent lighting device A device for lighting a room is described. The device has an envelope with a transparent face, the face having an interior surface coated with a cathodoluminescent screen and a thin, reflective, conductive, anode layer. There is a broad-beam electron gun mounted directly to feedthroughs in a base of the envelope with a heated, button-on-hairpin, cathode for emitting electrons in a broad beam towards the anode, and a power supply mounted on the feedthroughs at the base of the envelope that drives the cathode to a multi-kilovolt negative voltage. A two-prong snubber serves as an anode contact to permit the power supply to drive the anode to a voltage near ground. A method of manufacture of the anode uses a single step deposition and lacquering process followed by a metallization using a conical-spiral tungsten filament coated with aluminum by a thermal spray coating process.
US08749123B2	Piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device has a plate-shaped substrate, a first frame defining a first concave portion at one surface of the substrate, a second frame defining a second concave portion at the other surface of the substrate, a first electrode member provided at one surface of the substrate, a second electrode member provided at the other surface of the substrate, a piezoelectric unit in which a first electrode section of the piezoelectric vibration plate is fixed to the first electrode member by a conductive binder, a cover sealing the first concave portion, and a temperature detection unit in which a second electrode section of the thermistor element is fixed to the second electrode member by a conductive joining material.
US08749117B2	Vibrating body of vibratory drive unit and vibratory drive unit Provided is a vibrating body for a vibratory drive unit, including: a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer; and a plate-shaped elastic member bonded to the piezoelectric element, wherein the vibrating body drives a body to be driven, which is in contact with the plate-shaped elastic member, by a vibration generated in the plate-shaped elastic member through an application of a drive voltage to the piezoelectric element, and the plate-shaped elastic member has a front surface and a back surface each provided with one or a plurality of the piezoelectric elements to generate at least two different vibration modes through the application of the drive voltage to the one or the plurality of the piezoelectric elements.
US08749112B2	Method for balancing the movement of mobile masses in a bi-linear electrodynamic motor The motion of the magnetized movable masses of a bilinear electrodynamic motor comprising two movable masses moving in opposite senses parallel to the axis (x-x) of the motor is balanced. At least one first magnetic sensor and at least one second magnetic sensor are provided which are able to deliver respectively a first electrical signal (s1(t)) and a second electrical signal (s2(t)) respectively representative of the motion of a first and of a second movable mass. An error signal (Δs(t)) equal to the difference between the said first (s1(t)) and second (s2(t)) electrical signals is recorded. A harmonic analysis of the error signal performed. A sinusoidal excitation signal (e1(t)) at a given frequency f0 is applied to the first movable mass. N successive excitation signals (e2n(t)) are iteratively applied to the second movable mass, an excitation signal of rank n (0≦n≦N−1) being equal to a Fourier series of order n of fundamental frequency f0, the term of order n of the said series being adjusted in amplitude and in phase so as to minimize the component at the frequency n·f0 of the error signal. The excitation signal (e2N−1(t)) of rank N−1 is taken as excitation signal for the second movable mass.
US08749111B2	Motor for washing machine and washing machine having the same A motor include a rotor to rotate a drum of the washing machine, and the rotor includes a base, a ring-shaped rib formed at the edge of the base, and a back yoke ring connected to the ring-shaped rib. The back yoke ring is inserted into the ring-shaped rib while the base is formed by injection molding.
US08749109B2	Rotor disk with spoke openings A rotor disk for a rotor of a synchronous reluctance machine consists of a disk body material with high magnetic permeability. In order to improve the ability of the rotor disk to stand centrifugal and thermal loads, spokes extending in radial direction between a shaft opening and a disk periphery are provided with spoke openings. These openings extend over a wide distance both in circumferential direction and in radial direction to worsen the heat conducting properties of the spokes and to render the spokes less stiff.
US08749108B2	Transverse and/or commutated flux systems having laminated and powdered metal portions An electrical machine comprising a rotor, a coil and a stator comprising a lamination stack coupled to a tooth, wherein the electrical machine is at least one of a transversal flux machine is described. The electrical machine may be a transversal flux machine such as a transverse or commutated flux machine. A lamination ring is described comprising a plurality of lamination stacks. A lamination stack may comprise a plurality of trenches configured to retain a plurality of teeth. The tooth may comprise a portion of the switching surface, and a portion of a lamination stack may extend to the surface of the tooth to make up a portion of the switching surface. The electrical machine may be configured with a constant air gap, wherein no more than 15% variability in the distance between the stator switching surface and the rotor switching surface.
US08749107B2	Spacer for supporting conductors in an electric machine A spacer for supporting conductors in a stator assembly of an electric machine includes a plurality of positioning elements cooperating with various conductors in the specials region of the winding arrangement. The spacer illustratively includes an insulating body formed of an electrically non-conductive material and including surfaces facing axially inwardly for contacting short conductors and crossover pockets for receiving crossover conductors which electrically connect an inner winding set and an outer winding set. The spacer further illustratively includes phase lead pockets facing axially outwardly for receiving a terminal phase lead conductor.
US08749093B2	Electric receptacle module An electric receptacle module is disclosed. The receptacle module includes a remote control device and a power outlet device. The remote control device has a signal transmission unit and an adjusting key. The signal transmission unit launches a timing signal when the adjusting key is pressed, and the adjusting key comprises a plus key and a minus key. The power outlet device has a signal receiving unit, a counting unit, a full-time power output interface and a timed power output interface. The power outlet device is configured to receive a power, the counting unit starts to count a predetermined time when the signal receiving unit receives the timing signal, the full-time power output interface supplies the power at all times, the timed power output interface supplies the power during the predetermined time.
US08749091B2	Battery emulator and methods of use A dynamic battery emulator for replacing and mimicking the characteristics of a battery in a portable electronic device when the device is located in or on a vehicle can include a power control module capable of varying its output voltage to adapt to the voltage requirements of an attached portable electronic device; an input for conveying electrical power from the vehicle's electrical system to the power control module; an output for providing electrical power to the portable electronic device; an output for communicating a control signal from the power adaptor to the portable electronic device to selectively turn on and off the portable electronic device; a battery replacement module configured to replace the battery in a portable electronic device and including battery replacement circuitry for transferring electrical power from the power control module to the portable electronic device via the output for providing electrical power; an ignition sense controller for determining the power state of the vehicle's electrical system; and in communication with the ignition sense controller, at least one timer and switch for reducing the conveyance of electrical power from the vehicle's electrical system to the portable electronic device at a predetermined time after the vehicle's ignition or electrical system is turned off.
US08749087B2	Fluid driven turbine A fluid turbine comprises a rotor rotatable in use about an axis transverse to the direction of fluid flow. The rotor has a first part carrying a plurality of arcuate blades and a second part journalled in a base structure by means of two or more bearings. All the bearings are arranged on the same side of the blades so that the first part of the rotor is cantilever supported in the base structure.
US08749077B2	Three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) An embodiment 3DIC device includes a semiconductor chip, a die, and a polymer. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a first edge, and a low-k dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate. The die is disposed over and bonded to the semiconductor chip. The polymer is molded onto the semiconductor chip and the die. The polymer includes a portion level with the low-k dielectric layer, wherein the portion of the polymer comprises a second edge vertically aligned to the first edge of the semiconductor substrate and a third edge contacting the low-k dielectric layer, wherein the second and the third edges are opposite edges of the portion of the polymer.
US08749076B2	Resin paste composition The present invention relates to a resin paste composition including an organic compound, and a granular aluminum powder having an average particle diameter of from 2 to 10 μm and a flake-shaped silver powder having an average particle diameter of from 1 to 5 μm which are uniformly dispersed in the organic compound, and a semiconductor device manufactured by bonding a semiconductor element onto a supporting member through the resin paste composition and then encapsulating the resulting bonded product. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a resin paste composition used for bonding an element such as semiconductor chips onto a lead frame which is excellent in not only electrical conductivity and bonding property but also working efficiency without using a large amount of rare and expensive silver, and a semiconductor device having a high productivity and a high reliability.
US08749070B1	Dielectric solder barrier for semiconductor devices The present disclosure relates to a dielectric solder barrier for a semiconductor die. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die includes a substrate, a semiconductor body on a first surface of the substrate, one or more first metallization layers on the semiconductor body opposite the substrate, a via that extends from a second surface of the substrate through the substrate and the semiconductor body to the one or more first metallization layers, and a second metallization layer on the second surface of the substrate and within the via. A portion of the second metallization layer within the via provides an electrical connection between the second metallization layer and the one or more first metallization layers. The semiconductor die further includes a dielectric solder barrier on the second metallization layer. Preferably, the dielectric solder barrier is on a surface of the portion of the second metallization layer within the via.
US08749069B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same, which forms a contact hole, a via hole or a via contact hole with multiple profiles with various taper angles. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor formed on the substrate and having a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, and an interlayer dielectric, and a contact hole penetrating the gate insulating layer and the interlayer dielectric and exposing a portion of the semiconductor layer. The contact hole has a multiple profile in which an upper portion of the contact hole has a wet etch profile and a lower portion of the contact hole has at least one of the wet etch profile and a dry etch profile.
US08749039B2	Semiconductor device having chip mounted on an interposer A semiconductor device 100 includes: a first semiconductor package 10; a first interposer 12 having an upper surface on which the first semiconductor package 10 is mounted; a first molding resin 14 that is provided on the upper surface of the first interposer 12 and seals the first semiconductor package 10; a second semiconductor package 20 mounted on an upper surface of the first molding resin 14; a second interposer 22 on which the second semiconductor package 20 is mounted by flip chip bonding; and a second molding resin 40 that is provided on the upper surface of the first interposer 12 and seals the first molding resin 14, the second semiconductor package 20, and the second interposer 22. The second semiconductor package 20 is mounted, with a surface thereof opposite to another surface mounted on the second interposer 22 faced down, on the upper surface of the first molding resin 14 via an adhesive 30.
US08749037B1	Multi-access memory system and a method to manufacture the system A multiple memory access system is disclosed. The system includes a first die disposed on a package substrate. A second die is stacked above the first die. The first die, the second die and the package substrate form a first package. An IC is placed within a close proximity of the first package where the first die communicates with the second die at a first data rate while the first die communicates with the IC at a second data rate. The first data rate is higher than the second data rate.
US08749023B2	Resistance-variable memory device and a production method therefor Disclosed are a ReRAM, which is a non-volatile memory device, and a production method therefor. A resistance-variable layer, which varies the resistance in accordance with an applied pulse, has a multilayered structure comprising 3 oxide films. Each oxide film consists of an oxide film of the same type as the neighbouring oxide film(s), but the oxygen ratios in the compositions of neighbouring oxide films differ from each other.
US08749021B2	Voltage regulator integrated with semiconductor chip The present invention reveals a semiconductor chip structure and its application circuit network, wherein the switching voltage regulator or converter is integrated with a semiconductor chip by chip fabrication methods, so that the semiconductor chip has the ability to regulate voltage within a specific voltage range. Therefore, when many electrical devices of different working voltages are placed on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), only a certain number of semiconductor chips need to be constructed. Originally, in order to account for the different demands in voltage, power supply units of different output voltages, or a variety of voltage regulators need to be added. However, using the built-in voltage regulator or converter, the voltage range can be immediately adjusted to that which is needed. This improvement allows for easier control of electrical devices of different working voltages and decreases response time of electrical devices.
US08749020B2	Metal e-fuse structure design An integrated circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate; a metal fuse in the dielectric layer; a dummy pattern adjacent the metal fuse; and a metal line in the dielectric layer, wherein a thickness of the metal fuse is substantially less than a thickness of the metal line.
US08749015B2	Method and system for fabricating floating guard rings in GaN materials A method for fabricating an edge termination structure includes providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface and a first conductivity type, forming a first GaN epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type coupled to the first surface of the substrate, and forming a second GaN epitaxial layer of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. The second GaN epitaxial layer is coupled to the first GaN epitaxial layer. The method also includes implanting ions into a first region of the second GaN epitaxial layer to electrically isolate a second region of the second GaN epitaxial layer from a third region of the second GaN epitaxial layer. The method further includes forming an active device coupled to the second region of the second GaN epitaxial layer and forming the edge termination structure coupled to the third region of the second GaN epitaxial layer.
US08749009B2	Device components with surface-embedded additives and related manufacturing methods Active or functional additives are embedded into surfaces of host materials for use as components in a variety of electronic or optoelectronic devices, including solar devices, smart windows, displays, and so forth. Resulting surface-embedded device components provide improved performance, as well as cost benefits arising from their compositions and manufacturing processes.
US08749007B1	Light sensor having transparent substrate and diffuser formed therein A light sensor is described that includes a glass substrate having a diffuser formed therein and at least one color filter integrated on-chip (i.e., integrated on the die of the light sensor). In one or more implementations, the light sensor comprises a semiconductor device (e.g., a die) that includes a semiconductor substrate. At least one photodetector (e.g., photodiode, phototransistor, etc.) is formed in the substrate proximate to the surface of the substrate. The color filter is configured to filter light received by the light sensor to pass light in a limited spectrum of wavelengths (e.g., light having wavelengths between a first wavelength and a second wavelength) to the photodetector. A glass substrate is positioned over the substrate and includes a diffuser. The diffuser is configured to diffuse light incident on the diffuser and to pass the diffused light to the at least one color filter for further filtering.
US08749004B2	Method and structure of sensors or electronic devices using vertical mounting A method and structure for fabricating sensor(s) or electronic device(s) using vertical mounting is presented. The method includes providing a substrate having a surface region and forming sensor(s) or electronic device(s) on a first region overlying the surface region. At least one bond pad structure can be formed from at least one trench structure. The resulting device can then be singulated within a vicinity of the bond pad structure(s) to form at least one integrated sensor or electronic devices having at least one vertical bond pad. At least one singulated device(s) can be coupled to a package, having a package surface region, such that the vertical bond pad(s) are configured horizontally, and at least one interconnection can be formed between the vertical bond pad(s) and at least one portion of the package surface region.
US08748987B2	Semiconductor device A standard cell has gate patterns extending in Y direction and arranged at an equal pitch in X direction. End portions of the gate patterns are located at the same position in Y direction, and have an equal width in X direction. A diode cell is located next to the standard cell in Y direction, and includes a plurality of opposite end portions formed of gate patterns that are opposed to the end portions, in addition to a diffusion layer which functions as a diode.
US08748984B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. A fin of the semiconductor device including a fin-shaped channel region is configured in the form of a non-uniform structure, and a leakage current caused by the electric field effect generated in the semiconductor device is prevented from being generated, resulting in an increased operation stability of the semiconductor device.
US08748968B2	Method of forming nano dots, method of fabricating the memory device including the same, charge trap layer including the nano dots and memory device including the same Provided are a method of forming nano dots, method of fabricating a memory device including the same, charge trap layer including the nano dots and memory device including the same. The method of forming the nano dots may include forming cores, coating surfaces of the cores with a polymer, and forming graphene layers covering the surfaces of the cores by thermally treating the cores coated with the polymer. Also, the cores may be removed after forming the graphene layers. In addition, the surfaces of the cores may be coated with a graphitization catalyst material before coating the cores with the polymer. Also, the cores may include metal particles that trap charges and may also function as a graphitization catalyst.
US08748965B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell transistor obtained by sequentially stacking the gate insulation film, the floating gate electrode, the interelectrode insulation film, and the control gate electrode over the channel semiconductor layer. The control gate electrode has a structure obtained by sequentially stacking the semiconductor film, the silicide phase-change suppressing layer, and the silicide film. In addition, the silicide phase-change suppressing layer includes a polycrystalline silicon film in which at least one of C, F, and N is doped in a concentration range of 1×1020 to 5×1021 [atom/cm3].
US08748964B2	Gettering agents in memory charge storage structures Memory cells including a charge storage structure having a gettering agent therein can be useful for non-volatile memory devices. Providing for gettering of oxygen from a charge-storage material of the charge storage structure can facilitate a mitigation of detrimental oxidation of the charge-storage material.
US08748962B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a capacitor dielectric film formed on a lower electrode and made of a ferroelectric material, and an upper electrode formed on a capacitor dielectric film, wherein the lower electrode includes a lowest conductive layer and an upper conductive layer, the lowest conductive layer being made of a noble metal other than iridium, and the upper conductive layer being formed on the lowest conductive layer and made of a conductive material, which is different from a material for the lowest conductive layer, and which is other than platinum.
US08748958B1	Phase-change random access memory device and method of manufacturing the same A phase-change random access memory device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate including a heating electrode, forming an interlayer insulating layer including a preliminary phase-change region on the semiconductor substrate, reducing a diameter of an inlet portion of the preliminary phase-change region to be smaller than that of a bottom portion of the preliminary phase-change region, filling an insulating layer having a void in the preliminary phase-change region using a difference between the diameter of the inlet portion and the diameter of the bottom portion, removing the insulating layer to an interface between the inlet portion and the bottom portion, thereby forming a key hole exposing the heating electrode, and forming a phase-change material layer to be buried in the key hole and the preliminary phase-change region.
US08748954B2	Multilinear image sensor with charge integration The invention relates to linear time-delay and integration sensors (or TDI sensors). According to the invention, adjacent pixels of the same rank comprise, alternately, at least one photodiode and one transfer gate adjacent to the photodiode, the photodiodes comprising a common reference region of a first conductivity type, in which an individual region of opposite conductivity type is formed, itself covered by a individual surface region of the first conductivity type, characterized in that the surface regions of two photodiodes located on either side of a transfer gate are electrically separated so as to be able to be brought to different potentials in order to create potential wells and potential barriers allowing accumulation and transfer of charges as desired.
US08748951B2	Solid-state image sensing device A solid-state image sensing device has a unit pixel containing a photoelectric conversion element for detecting a light to generate photoelectrons and pixel drive circuits for driving the unit pixel. The photoelectric conversion element has a photogate structure, and the pixel drive circuits apply a voltage selected from three voltages to the photogate of the photoelectric conversion element to generate or transfer the photoelectrons. The three voltages include at least a first voltage, a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and a third voltage higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage.
US08748948B2	SiC semiconductor device having CJFET and method for manufacturing the same A SiC semiconductor device includes: a SiC substrate made of intrinsic SiC having semi-insulating property; first and second conductive type SiC layers disposed in the substrate; an insulation separation layer made of intrinsic SiC for isolating the first conductive type SiC layer from the second conductive type SiC layer; first and second conductive type channel JFETs disposed in the first and second conductive type SiC layers, respectively. The first and second conductive type channel JFETs provide a complementary junction field effect transistor. Since an electric element is formed on a flat surface, a manufacturing method is simplified. Further, noise propagation at high frequency and current leakage at high temperature are restricted.
US08748930B2	Light-emitting device, lighting device, and manufacturing method of light-emitting device The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device is provided in which an auxiliary electrode in contact with an electrode formed using a transparent conductive film of a light-emitting element is formed using a mask, and direct contact between the auxiliary electrode and an EL layer is prevented by oxidizing the auxiliary electrode. Further, the light-emitting device manufactured according to the method and the lighting device including the light-emitting device are provided.
US08748915B2	Emitter package with angled or vertical LED The present invention is directed to LED packages and LED displays utilizing the LED packages, wherein the LED chips within the packages are arranged in unique orientations to provide the desired package or display FFP. One LED package according to the present invention comprises a reflective cup and an LED chip mounted in the reflective cup. The reflective cup has a first axis and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, wherein the LED chip is rotated within the reflective cup so that the LED chip is out of alignment with said first axis. Some of the LED packages can comprise a rectangular LED chip having a chip longitudinal axis and an oval shaped reflective cup having a cup longitudinal axis. The LED chip is mounted within the reflective cup with the chip longitudinal axis angled from the cup longitudinal axis. LED displays according to the present invention comprise a plurality of LED packages, at least some of which have an LED chip mounted in a reflective cup at different angles to achieve the desired display FFP.
US08748910B2	Systems and methods for integrating LED displays and LED display controllers A system includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a control module configured to generate pulse width modulated (PWM) pulses to drive the LEDs. The LEDs and the control module are integrated in an integrated circuit (IC) package.
US08748903B2	Semiconductor light emitting element and method for manufacturing semiconductor light emitting element A semiconductor light emitting element (1) provided with an n-type semiconductor layer (140), a light emitting layer (150), a p-type semiconductor layer (160), a transparent electrode (170), a p-side electrode (300) formed on the transparent electrode, and an n-side electrode (400) formed on the n-type semiconductor layer. The p-side electrode has a p-side joining layer (310) and a p-side bonding pad electrode (320), which are laminated on the transparent electrode, and the n-side electrode has an n-side joining layer (410) and an n-side bonding pad electrode (420), which are laminated on the n-type semiconductor layer. The p-side joining layer and the n-side joining layer are configured of a mixed layer composed of TaN and Pt, and the p-side bonding pad electrode and the n-side bonding pad electrode are configured of a laminated structure composed of Pt and Au.
US08748898B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device having high operating performance and reliability, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. An LDD region 207 provided in an n-channel TFT 302 forming a driving circuit enhances the tolerance for hot carrier injection. LDD regions 217-220 provided in an n-channel TFT (pixel TFT) 304 forming a pixel portion greatly contribute to the decrease in the OFF current value. Here, the LDD region of the n-channel TFT of the driving circuit is formed such that the concentration of the n-type impurity element becomes higher as the distance from an adjoining drain region decreases.
US08748896B2	Thin film transistor A thin film transistor disposed on a substrate is provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate, a gate insulating layer, a silicon-rich channel layer, a source, and a drain. The gate is disposed on the substrate. The gate insulator is disposed over the gate. The silicon-rich channel layer is disposed above the gate, wherein the material of the silicon-rich channel layer is selected from a group consisting of silicon-rich silicon oxide (Si-rich SiOx), silicon-rich silicon nitride (Si-rich SiNx), silicon-rich silicon oxynitride (Si-rich SiOxNy), silicon-rich silicon carbide (Si-rich SiC) and silicon-rich silicon oxycarbide (Si-rich SiOC). The content (concentration) of silicon of the silicon-rich channel layer within a film depth between 10 nm to 170 nm ranges from about 1E23 atoms/cm3 to about 4E23 atoms/cm3. The source and the drain are connected with the silicon-rich channel layer.
US08748878B2	Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same, and display device The present application provides a thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing same capable of suppressing diffusion of aluminum to oxide semiconductor and selectively etching oxide semiconductor and aluminum oxide. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a channel layer whose main component is oxide semiconductor; a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the channel layer; a sealing layer provided on the side opposite to the gate electrode, of the channel layer; and a pair of electrodes which are in contact with the channel layer and serve as a source and a drain. The sealing layer includes at least a first insulating film made of a first insulating material, and a second insulating film made of a second insulting material having etching selectivity to each of the oxide semiconductor and the first insulating material and provided between the first insulating film and the channel layer.
US08748875B2	Organic electro-luminescence display device An organic electro-luminescence (EL) display device according to the present invention includes: a main substrate; a display section provided above the main substrate and including a red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer, a blue light-emitting layer, and a bank; a blue color filter provided above the display section, which selectively transmits blue light and selectively absorbs green light and red light; and a red color filter provided above the display section, which selectively transmits the red light and selectively absorbs the blue light and the green light, wherein the blue color filter has openings each at a position corresponding to the red light-emitting layer or the green light-emitting layer, and the red color filter has openings each at a position corresponding to the green light-emitting layer or the blue light-emitting layer.
US08748872B2	Organic transistor and method for fabricating a dielectric layer of such a transistor The present invention relates to an organic transistor comprising a conductive element which forms a drain; a conductive element which forms a source located away from the drain; a conductive element which forms a gate having a surface which faces the drain and a surface which faces the source; a semiconducting layer which is in contact with the drain and the source; and a dielectric layer located between, firstly, the gate and, secondly, the source and the drain with the dielectric layer having a dielectric permittivity which varies depending on its thickness. According to the invention, the dielectric layer comprises a layer of a first dielectric material having a dielectric permittivity of less than four in which there is formed, at least between said opposite-facing surfaces, a volume of a second material, said volume having an overall cross-section which tapers from gate towards the space between drain and source and in that the relative dielectric permittivity of the second material exceeds four.
US08748864B2	Light emitting device and method of fabricating the same A light emitting device includes a metal backing layer, a reflective electrode layer disposed on the metal backing layer, and a plurality of nanorods disposed on the reflective electrode layer. Each nanorod includes a p-semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an n-semiconductor layer, which are sequentially stacked on the reflective electrode layer. The light emitting device further includes an anti-reflection electrode layer disposed on the nanorods, and quantum dots disposed between the nanorods. The method includes sequentially growing the n-semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the p-semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming the nanorods by etching the p-semiconductor layer using a mask pattern; sequentially forming the reflective electrode layer and the metal backing layer on the p-semiconductor layer and then removing the substrate; disposing quantum dots between the nanorods; and forming the anti-reflection electrode layer on the nanorods.
US08748838B2	Body self-shielding background compensation for contamination monitors based on anthropometrics A system and method for correcting, based on a monitored subject's height and thickness, the net count rate value of a whole-body surface contamination monitoring device. The device includes a height detection means for determining the height of a subject being monitored, and a thickness detection means for determining the thickness of at least a portion of the body of the subject being monitored. The net count rate is based on site calibration factor data and self-shielding factor data, wherein both types of factor data consider the determined height and thickness.
US08748837B2	Non-intrusive method for detection of chemical elements A method for detecting the presence of a chemical element in an object by emission of neutrons onto the object, characterized in that the emission of neutrons onto the object is constituted, firstly, by a continuous emission of neutrons originating from an associated particle neutron generator (G1) and, secondly, by an emission of neutron pulses which are superimposed on the continuous emission of neutrons, where the neutron pulses originate from a pulsed neutron generator (G2) which generates neutron pulses of pulse duration T2, where two successive neutron pulses are separated by a duration T4, and where the continuous and pulsed emissions of neutrons on to the object produce a gamma capture radiation and an inelastic gamma radiation.
US08748833B2	Radiation detector system and method A radiation detector dosimeter system/method implementing a corrected energy response detector is disclosed. The system incorporates charged (typically tungsten impregnated) injection molded plastic that may be formed into arbitrary detector configurations to affect radiation detection and dose rate functionality at a drastically reduced cost compared to the prior art, while simultaneously permitting the radiation detectors to compensate for radiation intensity and provide accurate radiation dose rate measurements. Various preferred system embodiments include configurations in which the energy response of the detector is nominally isotropic, allowing the detector to be utilized within a wide range of application orientations. The method incorporates utilization of a radiation detector so configured to compensate for radiation counts and generate accurate radiation dosing rate measurements.
US08748831B2	Flat panel imagers with pixel separation and method of manufacturing the same A method of making at least a portion of an imager includes obtaining an imager component having a substrate layer, a photo-sensitive layer, and a first image element and a second image element disposed between the substrate layer and the photo-sensitive layer, and delivering ultraviolet light through the substrate layer and between the first image element and the second image element to reach the photo-sensitive layer, wherein the ultraviolet light interacts with a portion of the photo-sensitive layer to form a photo-resist structure.
US08748820B2	Projection type display system having position detection function A projection type display system having a position detection function which projects an image from an image projection device and optically detects a position of a target object between a surface on which the image is projected and the image projection device, includes: a position detection light source unit disposed on the image projection device to emit position detection light toward the target object; alight detector which detects the position detection light reflected by the target object in a detection area; and a position detection unit which detects the position of the target object based on a light reception result obtained by the light detector, wherein an intensity distribution of the position detection light is produced in an area to which the position detection light is supplied.
US08748816B2	Clustering of multi-modal data Information from multiple detectors acquiring different types of information is combined to determine one or more properties of a sample more efficiently than the properties could be determined using a single type of information from a single type of detector. In some embodiments, information is collected simultaneously from the different detectors which can greatly reduce data acquisition time. In some embodiments, information from different points on the sample are grouped based on information from one type of detector and information from the second type of detector related to these points is combined, for example, to create a single spectrum from a second detector of a region of common composition as determined by the first detector. In some embodiments, the data collection is adaptive, that is, the data is analyzed during collection to determine whether sufficient data has been collected to determine a desired property with the desired confidence.
US08748813B2	Mass spectrometer with rigid connection assemblies In one embodiment, a mass spectrometer includes an RF drive circuit for generating RF signals, a quadrupole mass filter, and a fixed connection assembly for delivering RF signals from the RF drive circuit to the quadrupole mass filter, the fixed connection assembly representing the entire delivery path of RF signals from the RF drive circuit to the quadrupole mass filter. By avoiding flexible components such as a freestanding wires or flexible circuit boards, the need for retuning when parts are removed or disturbed for testing or servicing is reduced, and a modular instrument in which components and connections are standardized and therefore interchangeable is realized.
US08748812B2	Detectors and ion sources A field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS) has an analyte ion source assembly by which an analyte substance is ionized and supplied to the inlet of the spectrometer. The ion source assembly has an upstream source of clean, dry air and two ion sources of opposite polarity arranged at the same distance along the flow path. The ion sources are arranged so that the overall charge of the plasma produced is substantially neutral. The analyte substance is admitted via an inlet downstream of the ion sources and flows into a reaction region of enlarged cross section to slow the flow and increase the time for which the analyte molecules are exposed to the plasma.
US08748810B2	Vitamin B2 detection by mass spectrometry Methods are described for measuring the amount of a vitamin B2 in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying vitamin B2 in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric techniques.
US08748809B2	Acquisition and analysis of mixed ion populations in a mass spectrometer A method of obtaining and analyzing a mass spectrum of a sample comprising components is characterized by: setting values of a first energy level and a second energy level; chromatographically separating the components; ionizing a portion of the separated components to create precursor ions; introducing a first portion of the precursor ions into a collision or reaction cell and generating a first sub-population of ions corresponding to the first energy level; introducing a second portion of the precursor ions into the cell and generating a second sub-population of ions corresponding to the second energy level; transferring a mixture of the first and second sub-populations of ions into a mass analyzer; producing an analysis of the ions of the mixture; varying the value of at least one of the first and the second energy levels according to a pre-determined cyclical variation; repeating various above steps; and analyzing the time-variation of the analyses.
US08748804B2	Optical pushbutton or switch An optical operating element comprises a light-emitting transmitter, an optical receiver, a prism, and a cover. The prism has a side surface that is an active sensor area, and the prism is arranged below the cover such that the active sensor area is oriented substantially parallel to the underside of the cover. The cover has a sensor region which is above the active sensor area and which has a transmittance of at most 99%, at most 95%, at most 90%, at most 80% or at most 50%. Light emitted by the transmitter is guided through the prism and passes through the active sensor area and the cover. The emitted light reflected at an object enters through the sensor region and the active sensor area and is guided through the prism to the receiver. A change in reflection is identified by an evaluation circuit and is interpreted as switching.
US08748802B2	Laser drawn electronics Various aspects of the subject technology provide systems and methods for transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal from a desired location on the surface of a photoconversion material by simply directing a laser beam or other energy beam to the desired location on the photoconversion material. In one aspect, the laser beam causes electrons in the photoconversion material to accelerate and emit the RF signal by forming a dead region on the photoconversion material that the electrons must flow around. In one aspect, the dead region has an asymmetrical shape to prevent a cancellation effect and produce a net positive RF signal. Various aspects of the subject technology also provide systems and methods for drawing a circuit element on the photoconversion material by tracing one or more dead regions on the photoconversion material with a laser beam or other energy beam to construct the circuit element.
US08748792B2	Photosensor and photosensor array with capacitive element A photosensor includes a lower electrode formed of a metal film, an amorphous silicon film disposed on the lower electrode, an n-type amorphous silicon film disposed on the amorphous silicon film, an upper electrode that is disposed on the n-type amorphous silicon film, and receives a first reference voltage, a capacitive element connected between the lower electrode and a second reference voltage, a switch circuit that inputs a first supply voltage to the lower electrode in an on-state, and puts the lower electrode into a floating state in an off-state, and a detector circuit that detects a voltage change in the lower electrode after irradiating the amorphous silicon film for a given period with light when the switch circuit is on.
US08748778B2	Stainless steel flux-cored welding wire for welding of zinc-coated steel sheet and arc welding method of zinc-coated steel sheet using same A stainless steel flux-cored welding wire for zinc-coated steel sheet welding use which gives a weld zone where no zinc embrittlement cracking occurs and the corrosion resistance and ductility are excellent and which is good in weld work efficiency and a welding method using the same, the welding wire characterized in that total amounts of elements which are included as metals or alloy compositions in the sheath and flux are, by mass % with respect to a total mass of the welding wire, C: 0.01 to 0.05%, Si: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 3.0%, Ni: 7.0 to 10.0%, and Cr: 26.0 to 30.0%, an F value is 30 to 50 in range, further, the wire contains, as slag forming agents, in the flux, by mass % with respect to the total mass of the wire, TiO2: 3.8 to 6.8%, SiO2: 1.8 to 3.2%, ZrO2: 1.3% or less, and Al2O3: 0.5% or less, a total amount of the slag forming agent and other slag forming agents is 7.5 to 10.5%, furthermore, the TiO2 satisfies, by mass % with respect to the total amount of slag forming agents, TiO2: 50 to 65%, and a balance of the sheath and flux is Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US08748763B2	Switch assembly In a pneumatically actuated switching device having a pneumatic actuator for delivering pressurized air to a switch assembly for generating an electrical signal, the switch assembly comprises a switch housing having a conductive element for opening and closing a circuit; and a pneumatic hose connection member removably mounted to the housing for connecting a pneumatic hose to the housing for delivering the pressurized air for generating the electrical signal. The pneumatic hose connection member has an enlarged portion flushed with the housing, a first extended portion having a threaded section for attachment to the housing, and a second extended portion having a plurality of anchor thugs for securing the pneumatic hose. The housing and pneumatic hose connection member have a plurality of gripping elements for facilitating the insertion and removal of the pneumatic hose connection member relative to the housing and the attachment and detachment of the pneumatic hose.
US08748754B2	System and method of forming a patterned conformal structure A system and method of forming a patterned conformal structure for an electrical system is disclosed. The conformal structure includes a dielectric coating shaped to conform to a surface of an electrical system, with the dielectric coating having a plurality of openings therein positioned over contact pads on the surface of the electrical system. The conformal structure also includes a patterned conductive coating layered on the dielectric coating and on the contact pads such that an electrical connection is formed between the patterned conductive coating and the contact pads. The patterned conductive coating comprises at least one of an interconnect system, a shielding structure, and a thermal path.
US08748752B2	Member mounting method and member assembly A method for mounting a second member on a first member, wherein a pad layer is provided on the first member, and wherein an annular aperture portion exposing the first member to the bottom and having at least one discontinuous portion is provided in a region of the pad layer for mounting the second member having a mount face, the annular aperture portion having the same outer shape as the mount face of the second member is disclosed. The method includes: filling the aperture portion with a solder paste layer; and disposing the mount face of the second member on the solder paste layer, and melting and cooling the solder paste layer to mount the second member on the first member.
US08748751B2	Electronic component package and method for producing electronic component package Disclosed is an electronic component package (100) including a circuit board (10), an electronic component (20), and an adhesive layer (30). The circuit board (10) is provided with an electrically-conductive conductor post (16) which is buried in a base member (12), and a solder layer (18) which is provided at the front end (13) of the conductor post (16) while exposed from a surface (121) of the base member (12). An electrode pad (24) having a metal layer (22) mounted thereon is provided on the main surface (26) of the electronic component (20). The adhesive layer (30) contains a flux activating compound, and bonds the surface (121) of the base member (12) and the main surface (26) of the electronic component (20). Then, the metal layer (22) and the solder layer (18) are metal-bonded.
US08748739B2	Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices Disclosed are certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The disclosed compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The disclosed compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.
US08748736B2	Anti-reflective coating with high optical absorption layer for backside contact solar cells A multilayer anti-reflection structure for a backside contact solar cell. The anti-reflection structure may be formed on a front side of the backside contact solar cell. The anti-reflection structure may include a passivation level, a high optical absorption layer over the passivation level, and a low optical absorption layer over the high optical absorption layer. The passivation level may include silicon dioxide thermally grown on a textured surface of the solar cell substrate, which may be an N-type silicon substrate. The high optical absorption layer may be configured to block at least 10% of UV radiation coming into the substrate. The high optical absorption layer may comprise high-k silicon nitride and the low optical absorption layer may comprise low-k silicon nitride.
US08748732B2	Solar generator apparatus with suspending supports A solar generator apparatus, which has suspending supports and is mounted on a fixed structure, includes a solar generator module, a middle column, three side columns and three elastic members. The solar generator module converts light into electricity. The middle column for rotatably supporting the solar generator module has a first end mounted on the fixed structure, and a second end pivotally connected to a middle portion of a bottom of the solar generator module. First ends of the three side columns are mounted on the fixed structure. The three elastic members for assisting in supporting the solar generator module respectively connect second ends of the three side columns to the solar generator module.
US08748729B2	Rollable photovoltaic composite and a solar protection device with such a composite The subject matter of this present invention is a rollable photovoltaic composite, used in particular for solar protection, which includes at least one flexible photovoltaic panel and at least one textile panel, on the outside face of which is laminated the said photovoltaic panel by means of a first connecting layer, characterized in that, in the transverse direction to that in which it is to be rolled, and at any level of the photovoltaic panel, it has a thickness that is more-or-less constant, including one or more zones of reduced thickness, the said thickness corresponding to the thickness of the textile panel possibly covered with a film on its inside face, and in that the width is no more than 8 centimeters, so as to eliminate the formation of folds during rolling or in the deployed position.
US08748723B1	Humidity control system for wood products A humidity control device for use in maintaining the desired humidity for wood musical instrument, art objects and museum artifacts, the device including a water vapor permeable pouch and a saturated aqueous solution having a suitable humidity control point for use with these objects.
US08748713B1	Maize hybrid X18C110 A novel maize variety designated X18C110 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18C110 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18C110 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18C110, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18C110. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18C110.
US08748702B2	Soybean cultivar S080119 A soybean cultivar designated S080119 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080119, to the plants of soybean S080119, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080119, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080119 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S080119, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080119, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S080119 with another soybean cultivar.
US08748697B2	Polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding polypeptides involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing. The invention also relates to construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels in a transformed host cell of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing.
US08748696B2	Increased stress tolerance and enhanced yield in plants The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving biomass, as well as, the drought resistance of plants. More specifically, the present invention utilizes expression of aspartate carboxylase in plants and plant cells.
US08748686B2	Conversion of co-fed methane and low hydrogen content hydrocarbon feedstocks to acetylene A process and apparatus are provided to produce acetylene from a feed stream of low hydrogen content hydrocarbons such as coal by: (a) blending the hydrocarbons with methane to provide a blended mixture containing at least about 12.5 wt % atomic hydrogen; (b) partially combusting the blended mixture in a reactor in the presence of a source of oxygen to provide a partially combusted mixture at or above a temperature sufficient to produce methyl radicals; (c) maintaining the partially combusted mixture at or above the temperature for a residence time sufficient to produce a product stream containing enhanced yields of acetylene without significant formation of coke or coke precursors; (d) cooling the product stream to reduce the temperature of the product stream within a time sufficiently brief to substantially arrest any cracking reactions and provide a cooled product stream; and (e) recovering acetylene from the cooled product stream. The acetylene can be converted to ethylene by a conventional hydrogenation process.
US08748683B2	Dilute liquid phase alkylation Methods of forming ethylbenzene are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes contacting dilute ethylene with benzene in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to form ethylbenzene, wherein such contact occurs in a liquid phase reaction zone and recovering ethylbenzene from the reaction zone.
US08748678B2	Formula for joint synthetic jet, rocket, and diesel fuel A synthetic fuel formula using a blend of High Density Synthetic (HDS) (e.g. Decalin and Tetralin), and Low Density Synthetic (LDS) (e.g. Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene—SPK) is disclosed. This HDS and LDS blend has been shown to be useful as a jet, rocket and diesel fuel of standard density, and under low temperature conditions. The inventions described herein relate to 100% synthetic hydrocarbon fuels derived from various carbonaceous materials such as, but not limited to, biomass, municipal waste, natural gas, and coal. This 100% synthetic fuel can be universally used for both jet and diesel fuels. It meets Joint Battlefield Use Fuel of the Future (J-BUFF), or Single Battlefield Fuel (SBF) strategic requirements. The commercial advantage of the present invention is that it can be prepared from commercial available fuel stocks or co-processed using currently available chemical processes.
US08748670B1	Highly active oxide catalysts for the catalytic ketonization of carboxylic acids The present invention provides methods comprising reacting a first carboxylic acid or ester with a second carboxylic acid or ester in the presence of a metal oxide comprising Zr, Ce, Mn and O to produce at least one ketone.
US08748668B2	Phosphonium salts and methods of their preparation Methods for preparing phosphonium salts by reacting a primary phosphine or a secondary phosphine with an ester compound selected from the group consisting of: a phosphate triester; a phosphonate diester; a sulfate diester; and a sulfonate ester; to form a phosphonium salt of formula VII wherein each of RQ, RX, RY, and RZ is independently hydrocarbyl and X− is a phosphate, phosphonate, sulfate, or sulfonate are provided herein. These phosphonium salts may find utility in a wide range of applications, including as surfactants, as polar solvents (ionic liquids), as antimicrobial agents, and as a component of spinning finish in polyamide fiber processing.
US08748660B2	Process for the synthesis of antiepileptic drug lacosamide The present invention relates to the improved and efficient process for the synthesis of antiepileptic drug Lacosamide in high enantiopurity (>98% ee) and better yield. More particularly, the present invention relates to improved and efficient, cost effective process for synthesis of desired (R) isomer of Lacosamide starting from commercially available (S)-benzyl glycidyl ether.
US08748649B2	Di-fluoro containing compounds as cysteine protease inhibitors The present invention is directed to compounds that are inhibitors of cysteine proteases, in particular, cathepsins B, K, L, F, and S, and are therefore useful in treating diseases mediated by these proteases. The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing them.
US08748648B2	Oligomer-calcium channel blocker conjugates The invention provides small molecule drugs that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water soluble oligomer. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits characteristics that are different from the characteristics of the small molecule drug not attached to the water soluble oligomer.
US08748645B2	Water-soluble organosiliconate powder Organosilanolate powders having a low cation to silicon ratio provide superior hydrophobing ability. The powders may be prepared on an industrial scale by hydrolysis of a silane with a basic salt solution, adding an inert organic solvent, and removing gaseous or alcoholic hydrolysis products by evaporation or distillation, precipitating the organosilanolate as a fine powder.
US08748639B1	3-azido-2,4,6-trinitrophenol, method of making, and method of transforming The present disclosure sets forth the compound 3-azidopicric acid and a method of making the same. The method of producing 3-azidopicric acid is a two step reaction process of first reacting 3-aminopicric acid with sulfuric acid and sodium nitrite, and then reacting the result of the first step with phosphoric acid and sodium azide. Additionally described is a method of producing KDNP (4,6-dinitro-7-hydroxybenzofuroxan, potassium salt), by reacting 3-AzPA with potassium bicarbonate.
US08748628B2	Process and composition of making polymerizable resins containing oxazolidone Disclosed herein are a process and composition to make polymerizable resins containing oxazolidone, in which organic acid-catalyzed and/or thermal annealing process got involved and consequently promoted a unique intramolecular transformation from a linear urethane linkage to a cyclic urethane linkage for those specifically constructed urethane resins containing α-substituted β-ketone moieties.
US08748624B2	Picolinamido-propanoic acid derivatives useful as glucagon receptor antagonists The present invention is directed to picolanmido-propanoic acid derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders and conditions ameliorated by antagonizing one or more glucagon receptors, including for example metabolic diseases such as Type II diabetes mellitus and obesity.
US08748622B2	Process for the preparation of 4-{4[({[4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]amino}carbonyl)amino]-3-fluorophenoxy}-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide, its salts and monohydrate The present invention relates to a process for preparing 4-{4-[({[4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]amino}carbonyl)amino]-3-fluorophenoxy}-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide, its salts and monohydrate.
US08748617B2	Amide compound or salt thereof, and biofilm inhibitor, biofilm remover and disinfectant containing the same The present invention provides a new amide compound and salt thereof that is capable of inhibiting biofilm formation or removing deposited biofilms. The present invention also provides a biofilm formation inhibitor or a biofilm remover containing the amide compound or salt thereof as an active ingredient.An amide compound or salt thereof according to the present invention is denoted by General Formula (1): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, R2 is a C5-12 alkyl group, and Q is a substituent denoted by Formula (Q1) or (Q2), wherein n and m are 0 or 1.
US08748610B2	Compounds as TRPV1 antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses thereof A kind of new compounds, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and hydrates are disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition thereof is also provided. And also are the medical uses of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and the pharmaceutical composition for treating the TRPV1-mediate diseases.
US08748609B2	Catalysis of diketopiperazine synthesis Provided is a method for the synthesis of N-protected bis-3,6-[4-aminobutyl]-2,5-diketopiperazine including the step of heating a solution of ε-amino protected lysine in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and phosphorus pentoxide.
US08748608B2	4-phenylpiperazine derivatives with functionalized linkers as dopamine D3 receptor selective ligands and methods of use Dopamine D3 receptor antagonists and partial agonists are known to modulate the reinforcing and drug-seeking effects induced by cocaine and other abused substances. By introducing functionality into the butylamide linking chain of the 4-phenylpiperazine class of ligands, improved D3 receptor affinity and selectivity, as well as water solubility, is achieved. A series of linking-chain derivatives are disclosed wherein functionality such as OH or OAc groups have been introduced into the linking chain. In general, these modifications are well tolerated at D3 receptors and achieve high selectivity over D2 and D4 receptors.
US08748605B2	Method for producing 4,6-dialkoxy-2-cyanomethylpyrimidine and synthetic intermediate thereof Disclosed is a method for producing 4,6-dialkoxy-2-cyanomethylpyrimidine and also disclosed is a synthetic intermediate thereof. More specifically disclosed is a method for producing 4,6-dialkoxy-2-cyanomethylpyrimidine represented by general formula (2) (wherein R represents an alkyl group), comprising reacting a t-butyl cyanoacetate derivative represented by general formula (1) (wherein R has the same meaning as described above) in the presence of an acid, and also disclosed is a t-butyl cyanoacetate derivative represented by general formula (1) (wherein R represents an alkylgroup).
US08748594B2	Process for the preparation and purification of topiramate A process for the preparation of topiramate in an one pot reaction comprises the following steps: A) reacting 2,3:4,5-bis-O-{1-methylethylidene)-β-D-fructopyranose with sulfurylchloride in xylene in the presence of an organic or inorganic base to form 2,3:4,5-bis-O-(1-methylethylidene)-β-D-fructopyranose sulfuryl chloride, B) adding a second organic solvent to the mixture obtained in step A) C) reacting the mixture obtained in step B) with ammonia to form topiramate.
US08748591B2	Chimeric sindbis-western equine encephalitis virus and uses thereof The present invention discloses a chimeric alphavirus comprising a Sindbis virus cDNA fragment, an Eastern equine encephalitis virus cDNA fragment, a Western equine encephalitis virus cDNA fragment or a combination thereof. The present also discloses the use of this chimeric alphavirus as vaccines and in serological and diagnostic assays.
US08748589B2	Complex crystalline sugar comprising D-psicose and D-allose and process for production of the same A complex crystalline sugar comprising D-psicose and D-allose and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The compositional ratio between D-psicose and D-allose in the sugar is about 1:1 to 1:4. A process for producing a complex crystalline sugar comprising D-psicose and D-allose, the process comprising producing a complex crystalline sugar comprising D-psicose and D-allose from a sugar solution containing D-psicose and p-allose and collecting the complex crystalline sugar. The solvent of the sugar solution used in the production of the complex crystalline sugar is water or a mixture of water and ethanol. The sugar solution containing D-psicose and D-allose is produced by a process comprising reacting D-psicose with L-rhamnose isomerase to convert D-psicose into D-allose. The L-rhamnose isomerase is derived from a strain (IPOD FERM BP-08593) belonging to Pseudomonas stutzeri.
US08748577B2	Conjugates of biologically active polypeptides having an increased in vivo half-life Disclosed are biologically active protein conjugates that comprise a biologically active polypeptide coupled via a peptide bond to a polypeptide comprising from 2 to about 500 units of a repeating peptide motif, wherein the biologically active protein conjugate exhibits a modified plasma half-life compared to the intrinsic half-life of the unconjugated biologically active polypeptide or protein. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the conjugated proteins, as well as methods for determining whether a given conjugate exhibits a modified half life relative to the intrinsic half life of the unconjugated polypeptide.
US08748575B2	Therapeutic peptides Therapeutic peptides having guanylyl cyclase C agonist activity are disclosed. The therapeutic peptides are analogues of the E. coli STa peptide with non-natural amino acid, isosteric or D-amino acid substituents. The therapeutic peptides are useful in the treatment of chronic ideopathic constipation, inflammatory bowel disease, and other diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the therapeutic peptides are also disclosed.
US08748562B2	Process for preparing high molecular weight polyesters A process for producing higher molecular weight polyester includes heating a polyester to form a melt, and applying and maintaining a vacuum of between about 5 mm and about 85 mm of mercury to the melt while passing bubbles of gas through the melt until molecular weight has increased. The process may involve esterification of a diacid component and a diol component at elevated temperature. After the acid functional groups have essentially reacted, a vacuum of about 5 mm of mercury or less was applied and excess diol stripped off during transesterification, thereby increasing molecular weight.
US08748557B2	Extreme low formaldehyde emission UF resin with a novel structure and its preparation The present invention relates to an extreme low formaldehyde emission UF resin with a novel structure, and a process for its preparation. This UF resin is produced from formaldehyde, urea, a long chain multi-aldehyde prepolymer, and some modifiers. Its process follows three steps: weak caustic, weak acid and weak caustic. By using this prepolymer, the modified UF resin has stable alkyl ether structure, and the residual aldehyde groups on the UF polymer chain could accelerate cross-linking instead of dissociative formaldehyde. The UF resin made from this invention has extreme low dissociative formaldehyde and simple technology. The boards produced from this resin have good physical performance and water resistance. Moreover, the formaldehyde emission of the boards is extreme low, achieving Japan F⋆⋆⋆⋆ grade, the average emission value ≦0.3 mg/L.
US08748552B2	Polyalkylsilsesquioxane particulates and a preparation method thereof The present invention relates to polyalkylsilsesquioxane particulates and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly provides the polyalkylsilsesquioxane particulates, of which moisture content is low, water repellency is high, and hygroscopic property in storage is low, and a method of preparing the same by end-capping silanol groups (SiOH) on the surface of the polyalkylsilsesquioxane particulates with alkyl groups by adding an alkoxytrialkylsilane having a triorganosilyl group thereto.
US08748548B2	Macromonomer mixture, terminal-reactive polymer mixture, intermediate for macromonomer and silicone hydrogel To obtain a hydrophilic macromonomer mixture which is a highly polymerized hydrophilic macromonomer, has few components not bonded to the polymer chain after polymerization, and is less likely to leaching. Provided is a macromonomer mixture containing macromonomer A being a macromonomer having a group obtained by further introducing a polymerizable group into a reactive group derived from a polymerization initiator at an end thereof; and macromonomer B being a macromonomer having a group obtained by further introducing a polymerizable group into a reactive group derived from a chain transfer agent at an end thereof.
US08748547B2	Ethylene α-olefin copolymer The present invention relates to an ethylene α-olefin copolymer having a narrower molecular weight distribution, and a uniform distribution of comonomer. The ethylene α-olefin copolymer according to the present invention has a uniform comonomer distribution and exhibits a lower density in the same comonomer content, unlike conventional ethylene copolymers having a random or blocky comonomer distribution.
US08748546B2	Dual metallocene catalyst systems for decreasing melt index and increasing polymer production rates The present invention provides dual catalyst systems and polymerization processes employing these dual catalyst systems. The disclosed polymerization processes can produce olefin polymers at higher production rates, and these olefin polymers may have a higher molecular weight and/or a lower melt index.
US08748543B2	Polylactic acid film The polylactic acid film is obtained by melt extruding polylactic acid (A) prepared by melt kneading together polylactic acid (B) which comprises an L-lactic acid unit as the main ingredient and polylactic acid (C) which comprises a D-lactic acid unit as the main ingredient in a specific weight ratio, wherein the polylactic acid film has: (a) a stereocomplex crystal rate (S) defined by the following equation (i) of 90% or more: S={(ΔHmsc/(ΔHmsc+ΔHmh)}×100 (i) (in the above equation, ΔHmh is the melting enthalpy of a low-melting point crystal melting peak at a temperature lower than 190° C. obtained by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement and ΔHmsc is the melting enthalpy of a high-melting point crystal melting peak at a temperature of 190° C. or higher obtained by DSC measurement), (b) a haze of 10% or less, and (c) a haze change of 5% or less after it is heated at 140° C. for 10 minutes.
US08748542B2	Colorant compatible hydrophobically modified polyurethane thickener for paint A synthetic polymer has a water-soluble or water-swellable polyurethane backbone and terminal groups and/or intermediate groups of blocks of hydrophobes of alkyl- or aryl compounds containing a polymerizable cyclic monomer or a polymerizable double bond (or alkene) group or derivatives thereof. The blocks of hydrophobes are composed of two or more units of the same or different hydrophobes. These synthetic polymers are used as rheology modifiers, especially in latex paints.
US08748536B2	Multi-piece golf balls having layers made from epoxy systems Multi-piece, solid golf balls containing an inner core, an intermediate layer surrounding the core, and an outer cover are provided. At least one layer is made from an epoxy composition comprising a curing agent such as zinc diacrylate or zinc dimethacrylate. The epoxy composition is produced by reacting an epoxy prepolymer with a curing agent. Preferably, the epoxy composition is used to form an intermediate and/or cover layer resulting in a golf ball having high resiliency, good impact durability, and soft feel.
US08748526B2	Thermoplastic elastomer composition An object of the present invention is to provide: a thermoplastic elastomer composition, which is accompanied by less environmental burden, and which has flexibility, rubber elasticity, formability and recyclability; and a molded product obtained using the same. The present invention is directed to a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) derived from a non-petroleum source, and at least one rubber (B) selected from a natural rubber, a diene polymer rubber, an olefin polymer rubber, an acrylic rubber and a silicone rubber, the thermoplastic elastomer composition being obtained by allowing the rubber (B) to be dynamically crosslinked with a crosslinking agent (C) in the presence of the thermoplastic resin (A). Preferred (A) is a polylactic acid, or a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), and preferred (B) is a natural rubber.
US08748525B2	Polyester film and method of fabricating the same A polyester film is described, including a first polyester and a second polyester. The weight ratio of the first polyester to the second polyester ranges from 1:1 to 1:3. The glass transition temperature of the first polyester is higher than 140° C. and that of the second polyester is lower than 140° C.
US08748523B2	Procedure for manufacture of aqueous suspensions of calcium carbonate and suspensions obtained, and their uses The object of the invention consist of a process for the manufacture of aqueous suspensions of calcium carbonate using an acrylic polymer with an average by weight molecular weight of between 8,000 g/mole and 15,000 g/mole and a molar content of less than 20% of polymeric chains of molecular weight less than 3,000 g/mole. It also concerns the aqueous suspensions obtained, possibly dried, and their uses in the paper, paint, plastics and mastics industry.
US08748521B2	Flame retardant impact-modified polycarbonate compositions The present disclosure relates to impact-modified polycarbonate compositions which comprise a graft polymer containing silicone/acrylate composite rubber as the graft base, wherein the content of silicone rubber is 65-95 wt. % (based on the graft base), talc having a d98 value (also called “top cut”) of less than 20 μm and phosphorus-containing flame retardant, the use of the polycarbonate compositions for the production of shaped articles and the shaped articles themselves. The compositions and moulding compositions according to the disclosure have an optimum combination of good flameproofing, good resistance to chemicals and hydrolysis and good mechanical properties (i.e. in particular a high E modulus and high notched impact strength aK).
US08748515B2	Mixtures and emulsions for use in providing strength to gypsum compositions Settable gypsum compositions are described herein which include a gypsum slurry, comprising water; and a first additive comprising a vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer in latex or emulsion form and a second additive which is at least one of (i) a wetting agent and/or a surfactant; (ii) a titanium coupling agent, (iii) a zirconium coupling agent, and (iv) mixtures thereof. The compositions demonstrate improved strength and gypsum core adhesion. Such compositions may also include at least one dispersant and/or a wetting agent and/or a surfactant. Such dispersants may be lignosulfonic acid, naphthalene sulfonic acid, and combinations and salts thereof and the wetting agent and/or surfactant may be N-dodecyl 2-pyrrolidone, ethoxylated alcohol, and combinations thereof. The dispersant and/or wetting agents and/or surfactants can further enhance rheological properties to benefit the enhanced strength gypsum compositions.
US08748513B2	Epoxy resin composition, and prepreg and printed circuit board using the same Disclosed is an epoxy resin composition for printed circuit board, which includes (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a composite curing agent, including amino-triazine-novolac resin and diaminodiphenylsulfone mixed in a certain proportion; (C) a curing accelerator; and (D) an optional inorganic filler.
US08748506B2	Flexible UV curable coating compositions Disclosed herein are ultraviolet (UV) curable coating compositions that provide transparent, flexible, and abrasion-resistant coatings when cured on a substrate. The coating compositions comprise an adduct of a multifunctional acrylate monomer component and an amino-organofunctional silane; an organic solvent component; an acid; a colloidal silica component; and a multifunctional urethane acrylate oligomer component. The amino-organofunctional silane is represented by the formula XaSi[Q1(NHQ2)bNZH]4-a, where X is an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; Q1 and Q2 are the same or different divalent hydrocarbon groups; Z is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; a is an integer from 1 to 3; and b is an integer from 0 to 6. Also disclosed herein are processes for preparing such coating compositions and articles comprising coatings cured from such coating compositions.
US08748504B2	Polymeric composites having oriented nanomaterials and methods of making the same The present invention relates to the development and fabrication of thin-film polymer nanocomposites containing vertically aligned nanomaterials, such as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). In certain embodiments, the present invention utilizes liquid crystal mesophases of hexagonally packed cylindrical micelles that orient with their long axes parallel to an applied magnetic field, thereby directing the alignment of the nanomaterials, such as SWNTs, sequestered in the micellar cores. In certain embodiments, the mesophase may be a stable, single-phase material containing monomers that can be polymerized after nanotube alignment to form the nanocomposite polymer.
US08748503B2	Macro-photoinitiators and curable compositions thereof Macro-photoinitiators having defined polymer chain structure are provided. The macro-photoinitiators are terminated with residues of thiol and/or hydroxyl functional photoinitiators. The macro-photoinitiators may be prepared by controlled radical polymerization methods, such as atom transfer radical polymerization and single electron transfer polymerization methods. Also provided are curable (e.g., photocurable) compositions that include the macro-photoinitiators of the present invention.
US08748500B2	Process for producing transportation fuels from syngas A process for producing transportation fuels, such as gasoline and diesel fuel, from syngas with a low H2/CO ratio. The syngas is first converted to dimethyl ether which is then converted to gasoline by way of a dimethyl ether to gasoline process and to diesel fuel by way of a Fischer-Tropsch process.
US08748497B2	Optimized fluorocarbon emulsions for blood substitutes and other therapeutic uses The present invention is directed to a stable fluorocarbon emulsion having a continuous aqueous phase and discontinuous fluorocarbon phase comprising two fluorocarbons and surprisingly demonstrates that perfluorodecyl bromide is as effective in stabilizing perfluorooctyl bromide emulsions of certain concentrations than much more highly concentrated perfluorooctyl bromide/perfluorodecyl bromide emulsions without the significant problems experienced in higher concentrated emulsions such as longer organ retention times, formation of PFDB crystals, larger emulsion particles, manufacturing problems and inability of repeat dosing inherent with higher concentrations of perfluorodecyl bromide.
US08748495B2	Method of preparing oil suspensions of carotenoid with low viscosity and high fluidity and use thereof The present invention relates to a method for preparing a carotenoid oil suspension with low viscosity and high fluidity. The method includes the steps of mixing carotenoid crystals with tetrahydrofuran, heating the resulting mixture to a reflux temperature of about 50˜70° C. under stirring, and filtering-the resulting solution to remove fat-soluble fibers. The resulting filtrate is then condensed to dryness, mixed with a ketone solvent, heated to a reflux temperature of about 60˜80° C., and filtered to remove non-soluble phospholipids. The filtrate obtained is condensed to a residue, and absolute alcohol is added to the residue, and then crystallized under stirring at room temperature. The resulting crystals are filtered and dried to-provide carotenoid crystals. The carotenoid crystals are ground and mixed with plant oils to provide a carotenoid oil suspension with low viscosity and high fluidity, which provides easy filling, for example, into capsules.
US08748490B2	Capping bioprosthetic tissue to reduce calcification A treatment for bioprosthetic tissue used in implants or for assembled bioprosthetic heart valves to reduce in vivo calcification. The method includes applying a calcification mitigant such as a capping agent or an antioxidant to the tissue to specifically inhibit oxidation in tissue. Also, the method can be used to inhibit oxidation in dehydrated tissue. The capping agent suppresses the formation of binding sites in the tissue that are exposed or generated by the oxidation and otherwise would, upon implant, attract calcium, phosphate, immunogenic factors, or other precursors to calcification. In one method, tissue leaflets in assembled bioprosthetic heart valves are pretreated with an aldehyde capping agent prior to dehydration and sterilization.
US08748487B2	Raw material for cosmetic preparation containing benzoate and cosmetic preparation containing such raw material Disclosed is a raw material for cosmetic preparations having excellent gloss imparting properties and oxidation stability. Also disclosed is a cosmetic preparation having excellent gloss and feeling of use. The raw material for cosmetic preparations contains an ester compound of (A) benzoic acid, (B) an alcohol selected from the group consisting of neopentyl glycol, dineopentyl glycol, trineopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, ditrimethylolpropane, tritrimethylolpropane, dipentaerythritol and tripentaerythritol, and (C) a fatty acid having 3-28 carbon atoms and/or a hydroxycarboxylic acid having 3-28 carbon atoms. The cosmetic preparation contains this raw material for cosmetic preparations.
US08748486B2	Inhibitors of yeast filamentous growth and method of their manufacture The invention broadly relates to the use of α, β-unsaturated fatty acids to inhibit the filamentous growth of fungi and yeasts and to a method for producing same. In particular the invention relates to the use of optionally substituted C8 to C15 α, β-unsaturated fatty acids or salts, esters or amides thereof for inhibiting or retarding the yeast-to-mycelium transition of organisms having a dimorphic life cycle.
US08748482B2	Lubiprostone crystal, the use and the method for the preparation thereof The present invention relates to a lubiprostone crystal, the method for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition or kit comprising the same, as well as the use of said crystal in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of gastrointestinal tract diseases, especially constipation. The X-ray powder diffraction pattern of said crystal comprises characteristic peaks measured at the following 2θ reflection angles: 14.6±0.2°, 17.0±0.2° and 19.6±0.2°. As compared to amorphous lubiprostone, the crystal of the present invention has the advantages of relative high purity, stable properties and easy-for-storage and use.
US08748466B2	Isoxazole derivatives useful as antibacterial agents The present invention is directed to a new class of hydroxamic acid derivatives, their use as LpxC inhibitors and, more specifically, their use to treat bacterial infections.
US08748463B2	Histone deacetylase inhibitors and methods of use thereof The invention provides novel classes of HDAC inhibitors. Methods of sensitizing a cancer cell to the cytotoxic effects of radiotherapy are also provided as well as methods for treating cancer and methods for treating neurological diseases. Additionally, the invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an HDAC inhibitor of the invention, and kits comprising a container containing an HDAC inhibitor of the invention.
US08748461B2	Metalloenzyme inhibitor compounds The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
US08748455B2	Solid forms of a pharmaceutically active substance The present invention provides solid forms of the compound of formula 1 and pharmaceutical uses thereof.
US08748452B2	Indolizine derivative and use thereof for medical purposes The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level and the like. That is, the present invention relates to indolizine derivatives represented by the following formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, salts thereof or the like. In the formula, ring U represents aryl or heteroaryl; R1 represents halogen, a hydroxy group or the like; R2 represents halogen, a hydroxy group, alkyl, alkoxy, alkyl substituted by fluorine, alkoxy substituted by fluorine or the like; m represents a number from 0 to 2; n represents a number from 0 to 3; and R3 represents hydrogen, fluorine or the like.
US08748450B2	Morphinan compounds This disclosure relates to novel morphinan compounds and their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising a compound of this disclosure and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a σ1 receptor agonist that also has NMDA antagonist activity.
US08748441B2	Therapeutic uses of quinazolinedione derivatives The subject matter of the present invention is the use of compounds of formula (I) in the form of a base, a hydrate or a solvate, or of mixtures thereof, as a medicament or for preparing a medicament intended for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders associated with the central nervous system (abbreviated to CNS) and/or associated with the peripheral nervous system (abbreviated to PNS).
US08748439B2	Inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk, such as those having the structure: Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US08748437B2	Crystal of 2-(3,4 dichlorobenzyl)-5-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydrothien[2,3-D]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid The invention provides a crystal of 2-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-5-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid (which has the chemical structure shown below) and a mixed crystal comprising such a crystal. The invention also provides methods of producing such crystals, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystals, and methods of modulating phosphodiesterase-9 activity and treating disorders such as overactive bladder syndrome by administration of an effective amount of the crystals.
US08748435B2	Pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives The present invention relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives, to methods of preparing these, to combinations and pharmaceutical composition comprising these, and to their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which may for example involve autoimmune diseases, angiogenesis, pain, and/or inflammatory diseases.
US08748429B2	CGRP receptor antagonists The disclosure generally relates to the novel compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which are CGRP receptor antagonists. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compounds in the treatment of CGRP related disorders including migraine and other headaches, neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases such as asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
US08748419B2	Treating obesity with muscarinic receptor M1 antagonists Provided are methods of treating obesity and effecting desired weight loss or preventing undesired weight gain by administration of a preferential muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 antagonist, optionally with at least one antidepressant other than a selective muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 antagonist. The preferential muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 antagonist, optionally can be administered with an anti-obesity agent, for example, an anorexiant. The invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions and kits for administration of at least one selective muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 antagonist in combination with at least one antidepressant other than a selective muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 antagonist.
US08748414B2	Statin nanoparticles The present invention relates to a complex made up of at least one molecule of statin or a derivative thereof, covalently bonded to at least one hydrocarbon radical including at least 18 carbon atoms and containing at least one 2-methyl-buta-2-ene unit, to nanoparticles of such a complex, and to a method for preparing same, said complex and/or said nanoparticles optionally being in the form of a lyophilizate. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition including at least one complex and/or nanoparticles such as previously defined. The invention finally relates to said complex and/or to said nanoparticles for the treatment and/or prevention of hyperlipemia and hypercholesterolemia.
US08748401B2	Hydroxyl, keto, and glucuronide derivatives of 3-(4-(7H pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile The present invention provides hydroxyl, keto, and glucuronide derivatives of 3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile.
US08748400B2	Use of ketogenic compounds for treatment of age-associated memory impairment This invention relates to the field of therapeutic agents for the treatment of Age-Associated Memory Impairment (AAMI). In particular, the present invention utilizes compositions comprising at least one compound capable of elevating ketone body concentrations in a mammal (e.g., ketogenic compounds), administered in an amount effective for treatment or prevention of loss of cognitive function caused by reduced neuronal metabolism in AAMI. In one embodiment, the composition includes medium chain triglycerides (MCT). In another embodiment, the compositions are administered in the presence of carbohydrate. The present invention also relates to oral dosage forms, in particular, a nutritional drink comprising at least one compound capable of elevating ketone body concentrations in a mammal.
US08748397B2	Lyophilization of synthetic liposomal pulmonary surfactant Lyophilized pulmonary surfactants having an increased specific surface area and porosity are described. Methods of making the lyophilized pulmonary surfactants are also described.
US08748395B2	Cell-permeable peptide inhibitors of the JNK signal transduction pathway Protein kinase inhibitors and more specifically inhibitors of the protein kinase c-Jun amino terminal kinase are described. Additionally, JNK inhibitor sequences, chimeric peptides, nucleic acids encoding same as well as pharmaceutical compositions for treating pathophysiologies associated with JNK signaling are described.
US08748385B2	Adult cerebellum-derived neural stem cells and compositions and methods for producing oligodendrocytes This disclosure describes a novel population of cerebellum-derived neural stem cells that can be isolated from the adult brain, expanded, and differentiated into neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. This disclosure also describes compositions and methods for producing oligodendrocytes. Oligodendrocytes can be produced in vitro (e.g., in culture) or in vivo (e.g., for therapy or in a non-human transgenic animal) using the compositions and methods described herein.
US08748377B2	Pharmaceutical compositions The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one polypeptide having GLP-1 activity wherein an effective dose of said pharmaceutical composition comprises 15 mg, 30 mg, 50 mg or 100 mg of said polypeptide having GLP-1 activity. Also provided are methods of administering the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention.
US08748375B2	Methods for affecting body composition using amylin agonists Methods for affecting body composition include the use of amylin agonists, such as pramlintide or davalintide. Total body weight may be reduced, maintained or even increased; however, the body fat is reduced or body fat gain is prevented, while lean body mass is maintained or increased.
US08748367B2	Use of antisecretory factor The present invention relates to the use of an antisecretory protein or homologues thereof having the same properties, or certain fragments thereof in the manufacture of a medicament or a medical food for inducing improved rescue of injured or diseased nervous tissue, proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and/or migration of an embryonic stem cell, adult stem cell, progenitor cell and/or a cell derived from a stem cell or progenitor cell, for treating a condition characterized by or associated with loss and/or gain of cells. In a preferred embodiment, the condition is a neurotrauma or a condition or disease of the CNS and/or PNS and/or ANS, for example, Alzheimer's disease.
US08748365B2	Solidification matrix comprising phosphinosuccinic acid derivatives Stability enhancement agents for use in a solidification matrices and solid detergent compositions are described. Stability enhancement is provided by a hydratable salt, water and phosphinosuccinic acid (PSO) derivative binding agents forming a dimensionally stable composition. Preferred phosphinosuccinic acid (PSO) derivatives include phosphinosuccinic acid and mono-, bis- and oligomeric phosphinosuccinic acid (PSO) derivatives. The stability enhancement composition for use in a solid detergent and solid detergent compositions are preferably biodegradable and substantially free of phosphate and NTA-free.
US08748364B2	Detergent composition containing an aminocarboxylate and a maleic copolymer Detergent compositions including at least one aminocarboxylate, at least one maleic/methylvinyl ether copolymer, an alkaline agent and optional additives. Embodiments of the present invention include reduced concentrations of aminocarboxylate compared to conventional compositions, while preventing scale accumulation and providing stain removal capability.
US08748333B2	Surface-modified zeolites and methods for preparing the same Surface-modified zeolites and methods for preparing surface-modified zeolites are provided. A hybrid polymer formed from a silicon alkoxide and a metal alkoxide, a co-monomer, or both, is contacted with a zeolite suspension. The zeolite suspension comprises a sodium-, an ammonium-, or a hydrogen-form zeolite and a solvent. The hybrid polymer and zeolite suspension are contacted under conditions sufficient to deposit hybrid polymer on external surfaces of the zeolite to form a treated zeolite. Solvent is removed therefrom. The treated zeolite is dried and calcinated to form a dried and calcinated treated zeolite. Forming of the zeolite suspension and the contacting, removing, drying, and calcinating steps are provided in one selectivation sequence to produce a surface-modified zeolite from the ammonium-form zeolite and the hydrogen-form zeolite. If the dried and calcinated treated zeolite is a sodium-form zeolite, the sodium is exchanged with ammonium and then additionally dried and calcinated.
US08748324B1	Systems and methods for separating components of a multilayer stack of electronic components Systems and methods for separating components of a multilayer stack of electronic components. The multilayer stack includes an electronic assembly, a substrate, and a sacrificial anode portion that is located between the electronic assembly and the substrate and that operatively attaches the electronic assembly to the substrate. The systems and methods may include locating the multilayer stack within an electrically conductive fluid to form an electrochemical cell. The systems and methods further may include generating a potential difference between a cathode portion of the electronic assembly and the sacrificial anode portion such that the cathode portion forms a cathode of the electrochemical cell and the sacrificial anode portion forms an anode of the electrochemical cell. The systems and methods additionally may include separating the electronic assembly from the substrate by electrochemically oxidizing the sacrificial anode portion to dissolve the sacrificial anode portion within the electrically conductive solution.
US08748313B2	Electroforming technique for mask formation A method for making a mask for semiconductor manufacturing. The method includes providing a base layer, forming a conductive layer on the base layer, and forming a photoresist layer on the conductive layer. Additionally, the method includes exposing selectively the photoresist layer to an energy illumination, developing the photoresist layer by removing a first portion of the photoresist layer, and depositing a metal layer by an electroforming process. The electroforming process includes submerging the conductive layer into a chemical bath, and applying a deposition voltage across a negative electrode and a positive electrode. Moreover, the method includes removing a second portion of the photoresist layer, and removing a first portion of the conductive layer.
US08748308B2	Through wafer vias and method of making same A method of forming and structure for through wafer vias and signal transmission lines formed of through wafer vias. The structure includes, a semiconductor substrate having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface; and an array of through wafer vias comprising at least one electrically conductive through wafer via and at least one electrically non-conductive through wafer via, each through wafer via of the array of through wafer vias extending from the top surface of to the bottom surface of the substrate, the at least one electrically conductive via electrically isolated from the substrate.
US08748301B2	Diffusing agent composition for ink-jet, and method for production of electrode or solar battery using the composition Provided are: a diffusing agent composition for ink-jet; a method for production of electrode and solar battery using the diffusing agent composition; and a solar battery produced by the method for production. The diffusing agent composition for ink-jet includes (a) a silicon compound, (b) an impurity-diffusing component and (c) a solvent, in which: the solvent (c) contains (c1) a solvent having a boiling point of no higher than 100° C. and (c2) a solvent having a boiling point of 180 to 230° C.; and the solvent (c1) is contained at a ratio of 70 to 90% by mass and the solvent (c2) is contained at a ratio of 1 to 20% by mass both relative to the total mass of the composition.
US08748297B2	Methods of forming semiconductor devices by singulating a substrate by removing a dummy fill material In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming openings in a substrate. The method includes forming a dummy fill material within the openings and thinning the substrate to expose the dummy fill material. The dummy fill material is removed.
US08748293B2	Organopolysiloxane, temporary adhesive composition containing organopolysiloxane, and method of producing thinned wafer using the same The present invention provides a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon group-containing organopolysiloxane containing the following units (I) to (III): (I) a siloxane unit (T unit) represented by R1SiO3/2: 40 to 99 mol %; (II) a siloxane unit (D unit) represented by R2R3SiO2/2: 59 mol % or less; and (III) a siloxane unit (M unit) represented by R4R5R6SiO1/2: 1 to 30 mol %. There can be an organopolysiloxane, which is soluble in a nonpolar organic solvent so that the organopolysiloxane can be peeled in a short time, and which is hardly soluble in a polar organic solvent to be exemplarily used upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom so that the organopolysiloxane is not peeled from the supporting substrate upon coating a photoresist onto a semiconductor side of a joined substrate and removing the photoresist therefrom.
US08748288B2	Bonded structure with enhanced adhesion strength A first bonding material layer is formed on a first substrate and a second bonding material layer is formed on a second substrate. The first and second bonding material layers include a metal. Ions are implanted into the first and second bonding material layers to induce structural damages in the in the first and second bonding material layers. The first and second substrates are bonded by forming a physical contact between the first and second bonding material layers. The structural damages in the first and second bonding material layers enhance diffusion of materials across the interface between the first and second bonding material layers to form a bonded material layer in which metal grains are present across the bonding interface, thereby providing a high adhesion strength across the first and second substrates.
US08748282B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device is manufactured by forming a hole as being extended through a first insulating film and an insulating interlayer stacked over a semiconductor substrate, allowing side-etching of the inner wall of the hole to proceed specifically in a portion of the insulating interlayer, to thereby form a structure having the first insulating film projected out from the edge towards the center of the hole; forming a lower electrode film as being extended over the top surface, side face and back surface of the first insulating film, and over the inner wall and bottom surface of the hole; filling a protective film in the hole; removing the lower electrode film specifically in portions fallen on the top surface and side face of the first insulating film; removing the protective film; and forming a cylindrical capacitor in the hole.
US08748280B2	Methods of fabricating fin structures There is provided fin methods for fabricating fin structures. More specifically, fin structures are formed in a substrate. The fin structures may include two fins separated by a channel, wherein the fins may be employed as fins of a field effect transistor. The fin structures are formed below the upper surface of the substrate, and may be formed without utilizing a photolithographic mask to etch the fins.
US08748279B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing semiconductor devices. The method includes a step of performing a chemical mechanical planarization processing on a poly-silicon layer before fabricating a poly-silicon gate such that the poly-silicon gates obtained in subsequent fabrication process are kept at the same height, which thus avoids the silicon nitride residues issue that occurs in the prior art. Therefore, the present invention is capable of enhancing product yield of semiconductor devices and improving device performances.
US08748278B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. A fin of a first conductivity type is formed on a substrate of the first conductivity type. A gate is formed on the substrate, wherein the gate covers a portion of the fin. Source and drain regions of a second conductivity type are formed in the fin at respective sides of the gate. A punch-through stopper (PTS) of the first conductivity type is formed in the fin underlying the gate and between the source and drain regions, wherein the PTS has an impurity concentration higher than that of the substrate. A first impurity of the second conductivity type is implanted into the PTS, so as to compensate the impurity concentration of the PTS.
US08748277B2	Method for fabricating a MOS transistor with reduced channel length variation According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating a MOS transistor, such as an LDMOS transistor, includes forming a self-aligned lightly doped region in a first well underlying a first sidewall of a gate. The method further includes forming a self-aligned extension region under a second sidewall of the gate, where the self-aligned extension region extends into the first well from a second well. The method further includes forming a drain region spaced apart from the second sidewall of the gate. The method further includes forming a source region in the self-aligned lightly doped region and the first well. The self-aligned lightly doped region and the self-aligned extension region define a channel length of the MOS transistor, such as an LDMOS transistor.
US08748275B2	Semiconductor devices comprising a channel semiconductor alloy formed with reduced STI topography In sophisticated semiconductor devices, a semiconductor alloy, such as a threshold adjusting semiconductor material in the form of silicon/germanium, may be provided in an early manufacturing stage selectively in certain active regions, wherein a pronounced degree of recessing and material loss, in particular in isolation regions, may be avoided by providing a protective material layer selectively above the isolation regions. For example, in some illustrative embodiments, a silicon material may be selectively deposited on the isolation regions.
US08748270B1	Process for manufacturing an improved analog transistor An analog transistor useful for low noise applications or for electrical circuits benefiting from tight control of threshold voltages and electrical characteristics is described. The analog transistor includes a substantially undoped channel positioned under a gate dielectric between a source and a drain with the undoped channel not being subjected to contaminating threshold voltage implants or halo implants. The channel is supported on a screen layer doped to have an average dopant density at least five times as great as the average dopant density of the substantially undoped channel which, in turn, is supported by a doped well having an average dopant density at least twice the average dopant density of the substantially undoped channel.
US08748269B2	Quantum-well-based semiconductor devices Quantum-well-based semiconductor devices and methods of forming quantum-well-based semiconductor devices are described. A method includes providing a hetero-structure disposed above a substrate and including a quantum-well channel region. The method also includes forming a source and drain material region above the quantum-well channel region. The method also includes forming a trench in the source and drain material region to provide a source region separated from a drain region. The method also includes forming a gate dielectric layer in the trench, between the source and drain regions; and forming a gate electrode in the trench, above the gate dielectric layer.
US08748259B2	Method and apparatus for single step selective nitridation Methods and apparatus for selective one-step nitridation of semiconductor substrates is provided. Nitrogen is selectively incorporated in silicon regions of a semiconductor substrate having silicon regions and silicon oxide regions by use of a selective nitridation process. Nitrogen containing radicals may be directed toward the substrate by forming a nitrogen containing plasma and filtering or removing ions from the plasma, or a thermal nitridation process using selective precursors may be performed. A remote plasma generator may be coupled to a processing chamber, optionally including one or more ion filters, showerheads, and radical distributors, or an in situ plasma may be generated and one or more ion filters or shields disposed in the chamber between the plasma generation zone and the substrate support.
US08748256B2	Integrated circuit having silicide block resistor A method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) including a silicide block poly resistor (SIBLK poly resistor) includes forming a dielectric isolation region in a top semiconductor surface of a substrate. A polysilicon layer is formed including patterned resistor polysilicon on the dielectric isolation region and gate polysilicon on the top semiconductor surface. Implanting is performed using a first shared metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS)/resistor polysilicon implant level for simultaneously implanting the patterned resistor polysilicon and gate polysilicon of a MOS transistor with at least a first dopant. Implanting is then performed using a second shared MOS/resistor polysilicon implant level for simultaneously implanting the patterned resistor polysilicon, gate polysilicon and source and drain regions of the MOS transistor with at least a second dopant. A metal silicide is formed on a first and second portion of a top surface of the patterned resistor polysilicon to form the SIBLK poly resistor.
US08748238B2	Ultra high voltage SiGe HBT and manufacturing method thereof An ultra high voltage silicon-germanium (SiGe) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) is disclosed, in which, a collector region is formed between two isolation structures; a pseudo buried layer is formed under each isolation structure and each side of the collector region is connected with a corresponding pseudo buried layer; a SiGe field plate is formed on each of the isolation structures; each pseudo buried layer is picked up by a first contact hole electrode and each SiGe field plate is picked up by a second contact hole electrode; and each first contact hole electrode is connected to its adjacent second contact hole electrode and the two contact hole electrodes jointly serve as an emitter. A manufacturing method of the ultra high voltage SiGe HBT is also disclosed.
US08748237B2	Memory device having an integrated two-terminal current limiting resistor A resistor structure incorporated into a resistive switching memory cell or device to form memory devices with improved device performance and lifetime is provided. The resistor structure may be a two-terminal structure designed to reduce the maximum current flowing through a memory device. A method is also provided for making such memory device. The method includes depositing a resistor structure and depositing a variable resistance layer of a resistive switching memory cell of the memory device, where the resistor structure is disposed in series with the variable resistance layer to limit the switching current of the memory device. The incorporation of the resistor structure is very useful in obtaining desirable levels of device switching currents that meet the switching specification of various types of memory devices. The memory devices may be formed as part of a high-capacity nonvolatile memory integrated circuit, which can be used in various electronic devices.
US08748221B2	Nanoball solution coating method and applications thereof The present invention discloses a nanoball solution coating method and applications thereof. The method comprises steps: using a scraper to coat a nanoball solution on a substrate to attach a plurality of nanoballs on the substrate; flushing or flowing through the substrate with a heated volatile solution to suspend the nanoballs unattached to the substrate in the volatile solution; and using the scraper to scrape off the volatile solution carrying the suspended nanoballs, whereby is simplified the process to coat nanoballs. The method can be used to fabricate nanoporous films, organic vertical transistors, and large-area elements and favors mass production.
US08748209B2	Semiconductor chip package structure for achieving flip-chip type electrical connection without using wire-bonding process and method for making the same A semiconductor chip package structure for achieving flip-chip electrical connection without using a wire-bonding process includes a package unit, a semiconductor chip, a first insulative layer, first conductive layers, a second insulative layer, and second conductive layers. The package unit has a receiving groove. The semiconductor chip is received in the receiving groove and has a plurality of conductive pads disposed on its top surface. The first insulative layer is formed between the conductive pads to insulate the conductive pads. The first conductive layers are formed on the first insulative layer and the package unit, and one side of each first conductive layer is electrically connected to the corresponding conductive pad. The second insulative layer is formed between the first conductive layers in order to insulate the first conductive layers from each other. The second conductive layers are respectively formed on the other opposite sides of the first conductive layers.
US08748201B2	Process for producing a layer composite consisting of a luminescence conversion layer and a scattering layer A process of producing a layer composite includes a luminescence conversion layer and a scattering layer, wherein a press having a first pressing tool with a cavity and a second pressing tool is used including introducing a first polymer including a luminescence conversion substance into the cavity, inserting a film between the first and second tools, closing the press and carrying out a first pressing, hardening the first polymer to form a luminescence conversion layer in the press, opening the press, wherein the luminescence conversion layer adhering to the film remains in the press, introducing a second polymer including scattering particles into the cavity, closing the press and carrying out a second pressing, hardening the second polymer to form a scattering layer disposed on the luminescence conversion layer, opening the press, and removing the support film with the layer composite including the luminescence conversion layer and the scattering layer.
US08748180B2	Microfluidic device for pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic study of drugs and uses thereof A microfluidic device for culturing cells, termed a microscale cell culture analog (μCCA), is provided. The microfluidic device allows multiple cell or tissue types to be cultured in a physiologically relevant environment, facilitates high-throughput operation and can be used for drug discovery. The microfluidic device uses gravity-induced fluidic flow, eliminating the need for a pump and preventing formation of air bubbles. Reciprocating motion between a pair of connected reservoirs is used to effect the gravity-induced flow in microfluidic channels. Bacterial contamination is reduced and high throughput enabled by eliminating a pump. The microfluidic device integrates a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) model to enable PK-PD analyses on-chip. This combined in vitro/in silico system enables prediction of drug toxicity in a more realistic manner than conventional in vitro systems.
US08748176B2	Generation of choroid plexus epithelial cells from human embryonic stem cells Choroid plexus epithelial cells are generated in a culture medium using embryonic stem cells and adding an effective amount of bone morphogenetic protein and/or other members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) superfamily. Generation of such choroid plexus epithelial cells are confirmed using a combination of genetic markers, antibodies, histology inspection, functional assays, and integration into the endogenous choroid plexus in mice.
US08748166B2	System for forming and maintaining biological tissue A system (10) for forming and maintaining a biological tissue by which a biological tissue can be artificially formed by culturing cells, which comprises a pulse pump (12), a circulation pathway (13) having such a circuit structure as allowing a liquid cell culture medium discharged from the pulse pump (12) to return into the pulse pump (12), and a cell culture section (14A) and a gas exchange section (14B) provided along the circulation pathway (13). The cell culture section (14A) holds a cell holder (H) in such a manner to form a first channel wherein the liquid cell culture medium flowing in the circulation pathway (13) passes through the cell holder (H) and returns into the circulation pathway (13) and a second channel wherein the liquid cell culture medium flowing in the circulation pathway (13) passes outside the cell holder (H) and returns into the circulation pathway thereby bringing about a difference in pressure between the liquid cell culture medium passing through the respective channels.
US08748163B2	Method for paper treatment with enzyme Exemplary embodiments provide methods for treating a xerographic printed substrate with an enzyme solution to increase the surface free energy of the substrate. Other exemplary embodiments provide methods for making an adhesive medium with an enzyme-treated substrate.
US08748160B2	Backward-facing step Systems, methods and media for carbonation of fluid in an algae cultivation pond via the use of backward-facing steps are disclosed. In a first aspect, a method for initiating carbonation of a fluid flow in an algae cultivation pond is disclosed. Fluid flow is initiated over a backward-facing step in the algae cultivation pond. A backflow region is generated in the fluid flow downstream of the backward-facing step. Carbon dioxide is provided to the backflow region.
US08748159B2	Method and apparatus for viable and nonviable prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell quantitation A rapid method for the quantitation of various live cell types is described. This new cell fluorescence method correlates with other methods of enumerating cells such as the standard plate count, the methylene blue method and the slide viability technique. The method is particularly useful in several applications such as: a) quantitating bacteria in milk, yogurt, cheese, meat and other foods, b) quantitating yeast cells in brewing, fermentation and bread making, c) quantitating mammalian cells in research, food and clinical settings. The method is especially useful when both total and viable cell counts are required such as in the brewing industry. The method can also be employed to determine the metabolic activity of cells in a sample. The apparatus, device, and/or system used for cell quantitation is also disclosed.
US08748155B2	Protein exhibiting activity of pyrethrin biosynthetic enzyme, gene encoding the protein, and vector bearing the gene Amino acid sequences of an enzyme involved in pyrethrin biosynthesis and a base sequence of the gene thereof; constructing vectors bearing the gene and transformants; and extractable from plant bodies producing pyrethrin by applying such creative techniques to plant bodies with faster growth aiming to provide a method to efficiently produce pyrethrin. A gene encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. A protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
US08748153B2	Biosorbents for the extraction of metals A biosorbent for removing cationic and/or anionic metals from aqueous solutions, and a process for the production of the biosorbent. The biosorbent includes bacterial aggregates of Bacillus sp. VCHB-10, deposited as NRRL-B-30881, and treated with polyethyleneimine and glutaraldehyde. Among the metals in their cationic form, the following are considered: cations of Ag, Al, Au, Co, Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Pd, Pt, U, Th and Zn. Among the metals in their anionic form, the following are considered: anions of As, Cr and Mo. Removal or recovery of metals from wastewater using the biosorbent is also described.
US08748150B2	Phage derived antimicrobial activities The present invention provides methods and compositions to reduce growth of microbial colonies, including infections, and includes therapeutic compositions, methods for treatment of infections, and methods for identifying additional such compositions.
US08748132B2	Process for preparing inclusion body-forming protein A process for preparing an inclusion body-forming protein is provided. A nucleic acid fragment having a nucleotide sequence coding for a modified alkaline phosphatase signal peptide (modified APSP) where leucine at the 13th position in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted with proline and/or alanine at the 21st position is substituted with the other amino acid, downstream of which nucleotide sequence is bound a nucleotide sequence of a gene of a protein of interest is also provided.
US08748131B2	Chimeric neuregulins and method of making and use thereof Composition containing a chimeric neuregulin polypeptides and method of making such polypeptides are disclosed. The chimeric neuregulin comprises a first moiety of at least 10 amino acids, wherein the first moiety is derived from a first polypeptide; and a second moiety of at least 5 amino acids, wherein the second moiety is derived from a second polypeptide; wherein the first polypeptide is a neuregulin and the chimeric neuregulin exhibits an enhanced binding affinity to integrin, Erb 3, or Erb 4 comparing to that of the first neuregulin.
US08748130B2	Human papillomavirus / Ii-Key hybrids and methods of use The present invention is directed towards compositions comprising Ii-Key/HPV hybrid peptides. The hybrid peptides of the present invention are effective in the generation of CD4+ helper T cell immune responses directed towards the specific HPV epitopes encoded in the hybrid peptide. The inclusion of the Ii-key peptide in the hybrid causes the peptide to have greater immunogenicity as compared to control peptide. The inclusion of Ii-Key/HPV hybrid in a peptide vaccine formulation composing both HPV hybrid and HPV CTL epitope peptide (administered concurrently or sequentially) leads to a greater CTL activity against HPV CTL epitopes. The hybrid peptides of the present invention may be useful, for example, for the immunization of subjects against HPV.
US08748129B2	Method for the targeted integration of multiple copies of a gene of interest in a yarrowia strain This invention concerns a method for the targeted integration of at least three copies of a gene of interest in the genome of a Yarrowia strain including the steps of: (a) cultivating a Yarrowia strain, said strain including a deletion among at least three genes, the phenotype associated with each of these deletions corresponding to an auxotrophy or to a dominant character for this strain; (b) transforming said Yarrowia strain thus obtained with at least three recombinant vectors that include selection markers allowing, for this strain, the complementation of auxotrophy and, potentially, of the dominant character resulting from each of these deletions; and (c) selecting, on a minimum medium, the yeasts having integrated said at least three recombinant vectors. This invention also includes a method for producing a polypeptide of interest using this method as well as a method for obtaining a modified Yarrowia strain including a deletion among at least three genes, the phenotype associated with each of these deletions corresponding to an auxotrophy or to a dominant character for this strain.
US08748120B2	Method of selecting a surface chemistry for culturing a given cell line In one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of selecting a surface chemistry for culturing a given cell line, including the steps of: (i) providing a first substrate having a plasma polymerized surface with first and second regions, said first region having a first concentration of carboxylic acid groups on said plasma polymerized surface and said second region having a second concentration of carboxylic acid groups on said plasma polymerized surface, wherein said first and second concentrations are different; (ii) culturing cells from said cell line on said plasma polymerized surface in each said region; (iii) observing activity of said cultured cells in each said region, said activity selected from the group consisting of alkaline phosphatase activity of the cultured cells, cell growth of the cultured cells, attachment of the cultured cells, and cell spreading of the cultured cells; and iv) selecting, based on a particular observed activity, a secondary substrate for culturing said cells wherein the secondary substrate has a plasma polymerized surface having a constant concentration of carboxylic acid groups thereon which is equal to the concentration of carboxylic acid groups in the region on said first substrate wherein the cells exhibit said particular observed activity.
US08748119B2	Methods for determining calcineurin activity, and uses in predicting therapeutic outcomes One aspect of the present disclosure encompasses methods for determining a protein kinase or phosphatase activity in a biological sample, comprising: contacting in a reaction mix a first test sample and a fluorescently-labeled peptide substrate capable of being modified by a protein phosphatase or a protein kinase, contacting the reaction mix with a TiO2 matrix, thereby partitioning fluorescently-labeled phosphorylated peptide from fluorescently-labeled dephosphorylated peptide; and determining the fluorescence of the fluorescently-labeled dephosphorylated peptide, thereby determining a protein kinase or phosphatase activity.
US08748113B2	Methods for detecting and monitoring circulating cancer stem cells Provided herein are compositions, methods, and kits useful for detecting whether a subject has or is likely to develop a cancer and for monitoring, staging and examining a cancer patient. Also provide herein are methods for screening compounds.
US08748112B2	Methods of determining cancer cell responsiveness to a notch inhibitory agent The present invention is based on the discovery that the Notch signaling pathway is associated with cancer. Accordingly, the invention provides methods and compositions for treating cancer. Also provided are methods of modulating the expression and/or activity of proteins in the Notch signaling pathway for use in diagnoses and treatment of cancer in a subject.
US08748108B2	Biomarkers for identifying patient classes Disclosed are methods for classifying a patient with cancer as a candidate for therapy with a Bcl-2 family inhibitor comprising determining the level of at least one biomarker in a sample and comparing the biomarker level to a threshold level. Also described are methods for identifying classes of patients having a refractory cancer for second-line therapy comprising a Bcl-2 family inhibitor, where the method comprises determining the level of at least one biomarker in a sample and comparing the biomarker level to a threshold level.
US08748099B2	Method for the cytological analysis of cervical cells The invention provides for a diagnostic test to monitor cancer-specific genetic abnormalities to diagnose cervical cell disorders and predict which patients might progress to cancer. Genetic abnormalities are detected by identification in chromosomal copy number of chromosome 3 and chromosome 5 using FISH analysis of probes targeted to 3q and/or 5p.
US08748095B2	Probe for detecting polymorphism in EGFR gene and use of the probe The present invention provides a polymorphism detection probe that can identify a polymorphism in an EGFR gene easily and with high reliability and a polymorphism detection method using the probe. The probe of the present invention is a probe for detecting a polymorphism in an EGFR gene, including at least one of an oligonucleotide (P1) and an oligonucleotide (P2), wherein: (P1) is a 22- to 50-mer oligonucleotide composed of a base sequence complementary to a base sequence including 334th to 355th bases in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having a base complementary to the 334th base in its 3′ end region; and (P2) is an oligonucleotide composed of a base sequence complementary to the oligonucleotide (P1).
US08748093B2	Method of detecting fungi belong to genus Geosmithia A method of detecting a fungus belonging to genus Geosmithia, including identifying a fungus belonging to genus Geosmithia using a nucleic acid represented by the nucleotide sequence defined in the following (a) or (b): (a) a partial nucleotide sequence of β-tubulin gene shown in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 3, or a complementary sequence thereof; (b) a nucleotide sequence including deletion, substitution, insertion or addition of one or several nucleotide(s) in the nucleotide sequence shown in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 3, or a complementary sequence thereof.
US08748090B2	Method of screening for binding interaction using sets of microparticles and unique probes The present invention relates to methods for screening for binding interactions using multiple sets of microparticles, wherein said set has the same identifiable characteristic and wherein one of more sets comprise subsets of microparticles and said subset presents at least one unique probe that acts as a binding partner for a target molecule in a biological sample. In particular, the invention provides for methods of detecting tissue-typing antigens in donor tissue or recipient tissue using these multiple sets of microparticles.
US08748089B2	RNA containing modified nucleosides and methods of use thereof This invention provides RNA, oligoribonucleotide, and polyribonucleotide molecules comprising pseudouridine or a modified nucleoside, gene therapy vectors comprising same, methods of synthesizing same, and methods for gene replacement, gene therapy, gene transcription silencing, and the delivery of therapeutic proteins to tissue in vivo, comprising the molecules. The present invention also provides methods of reducing the immunogenicity of RNA, oligoribonucleotide, and polyribonucleotide molecules.
US08748088B2	Methods of monitoring treatment effectiveness in HIV-infected patients receiveing intensified HAART regimens by measuring episomal 2-LTR circles Provided herein are methods for detecting the presence of replication-competent HIV-1 virus in a subject who is being treated with an intensified highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) regimen. These methods comprise selecting a subject who is being treated with an intensified HAART regimen including an integration inhibitor; obtaining a sample, e.g., a blood sample, from a subject; specifically amplifying a segment spanning two-long terminal repeat (2-LTR) junction of 2-LTR circles using PCR to determine the level of 2-LTR circles in the sample; and determining the presence of replication competent virus based on the level of 2-LTR circles in the sample. These methods can also be used to monitor an intensified HAART regimen by obtaining samples from the same subject at different time points during the HAART treatment, and comparing levels of the 2-LTR circles in those samples.
US08748082B2	Laser engravable flexographic printing articles based on millable polyurethanes, and method A flexographic printing sleeve or plate is made by a method that includes providing a millable polyurethane, crosslinking the millable polyurethane, and forming a relief by at least laser engraving the crosslinked millable polyurethane. For example, crosslinking may be accomplished by a peroxide-based process or by a vulcanization process using sulfur. A relief in one example is formed by extruding the millable polyurethane, thermally crosslinking the polyurethane after the extrusion step and laser engraving the crosslinked millable polyurethane. A printing article is formed into the shape of a flat printing plate or a continuous in-the-round printing sleeve.
US08748074B2	Self-imageable film forming polymer, compositions thereof and devices and structures made therefrom Polymers and compositions for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers that encompass norbornene-type repeating unit having at least one phenolic functionality and maleic anhydride-type repeating unit, which can be formulated to be either positive tone imaging or negative tone imaging. The films formed thereby are useful as self-imageable layers in the manufacture of microelectronic, such as semiconductor, and optoelectronic devices.
US08748071B2	Image forming method, toner and image forming apparatus To provide an image forming method including conveying a toner by means of a toner supply device that supplies the toner from inside a toner housing container into a developer housing section of a developing device with the use of a screw pump, and forming an image on a recording medium by developing a latent image on a latent image bearing member to form a toner image with the use of a developer and by transferring the toner image to the recording medium by means of a transfer device, wherein the toner is formed by adding small particle size silica to toner base particles, and wherein when A represents the average degree of circularity of the toner, and B, expressed as percent by mass, represents the amount of the small particle size silica relative to the mass of the toner base particles, the expression −18A+17.92≦B≦−34A+33.96 is satisfied.
US08748068B2	Method of producing patterned birefringent product and birefringent pattern building material A method of producing a patterned birefringent product, comprising at least steps [1] to [3] in this order: [1] producing a birefringent pattern building material comprising at least one optically anisotropic layer, which is formed by a process including: coating and drying a composition containing at least one rod-like liquid crystalline compound having at least two reactive groups and at least one chiral agent to form a cholesteric liquid crystal phase; and then subjecting the cholesteric liquid crystal phase to heating or exposure to radiation to form the optically anisotropic layer containing a polymer fixed by polymerization and fixing; [2] subjecting the birefringent pattern building material to a patterned exposure to light; and, [3] baking a laminate obtained after the step [2] at 50° C. or higher and 400° C. or lower.
US08748062B2	Method of cleaning substrate The present invention is a method of cleaning a substrate, comprising cleaning at least one surface of a substrate located in a liquid by injecting pressurized cleaning liquid containing bubbles or cleaning particles from a injection nozzle to at least one surface of the substrate.
US08748054B2	Method for supplying fuel gas to a gas chamber of a fuel cell and fuel cell Mechanical stresses of the membrane of a fuel cell can be reduced by virtue of the fact that the supply of feed gas to a gas chamber of the fuel cell takes places, initially, by means of a first pressure increasing speed and then by means of a second pressure increasing speed. The first pressure increasing speed is slower than the second pressure increasing speed. Pressure surges are prevented in the membrane due to the lower pressure increasing speed in the first phase of the gas supply, and as a result, the life span of the membrane is increased.
US08748053B2	Anode bleed flow detection and remedial actions A system for bleeding the anode side of first and second split fuel cell stacks in a fuel cell system that employs anode flow-shifting, where each split stack includes a bleed valve. The system determines that one or both of the bleed valves is stuck in an open position if there is flow through an orifice and a bleed has not been commanded. A shut-off valve is then used to provide the bleed if the cathode exhaust gas is able to dilute the hydrogen in the bled anode exhaust gas. An outlet valve between the first and second split stacks is used to bleed the anode exhaust gas if the cathode exhaust gas is not significant enough to dilute the hydrogen in the anode exhaust gas. If the first or second bleed valve is stuck in the closed position, then the outlet valve is used to provide the bleed.
US08748049B2	Fuel cell system and method of controlling fuel cell system At a start of a fuel cell, discharge of a generated water is ended at a proper timing. Supply of the reactive gas is started at a first flowrate. Then, in a case that the generated water retained by a reactive electrode is determined to outflow to an internal gas flow channel side among unit cells more than or equal to a preset determination cell number, the flowrate of the reactive gas is changed to a second flowrate that is smaller than the first flowrate.
US08748045B2	Lithium battery and method for fabricating the same A lithium battery and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The lithium battery includes an anode, a cathode located opposite to the anode, a separator and an electrolyte solution. The separator is located between the anode and the cathode, wherein the anode, the cathode and the separator commonly define a containing region. The electrolyte solution is located in the containing region, and includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt and an additive. The additive includes a maleimide-based compound and a hydroxyl-containing species having a molecular weight less than 1000, and a content of the hydroxyl-containing species in the electrolyte solution ranges between 0.05 wt % and 5 wt %. The lithium battery and the fabrication method thereof can solve problems of water contained in the battery, and an environment with high dryness and low moisture content is unnecessary for fabrication, thereby reducing the production cost and enhancing the battery performance.
US08748039B2	Energy storage device and manufacturing method thereof An electrode of an energy storage device with less deterioration by charge and discharge can be manufactured. In addition, an energy storage device which has large capacity and high endurance can be manufactured. A manufacturing method of an electrode of an energy storage device is provided in which a high-wettability regions and a low-wettability region are formed at a surface of a current collector, a composition containing silicon, germanium, or tin is discharged to the high-wettability regions and then baked to form separate active materials over a surface of the current collector. Thus, an electrode of an energy storage device with less deterioration due to charge and discharge can be manufactured.
US08748038B2	Cathode active material, cathode including the cathode active material, lithium battery including the cathode, and method of preparing the cathode active material A cathode active material, a cathode including the cathode active material, a lithium battery including the cathode, and a method of preparing the cathode active material, the cathode active material including a lithium-containing metal oxide and an organic material coated on the lithium-containing metal oxide, the organic material including an acrylate or methacrylate organic material including an alkyleneglycol unit.
US08748037B2	Cathode and electrochemical device including cathode A cathode for use in an electrochemical device, the cathode including a polymer including a backbone, including a polyalkyleneimine-cobalt complex (PEI-Co complex), wherein polyalkyleneimine is coordinated to cobalt; and an electrode material effective for an oxidation-reduction reaction of oxygen, wherein oxygen is a cathode active material.
US08748036B2	Non-aqueous secondary battery A negative electrode active material of a non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a first active material, a second active material, and a third active material. The first active material is a carbon material having a D/G ratio of 0.15 or less, where G represents the peak intensity observed in a Raman spectrum from 1578 to 1592 cm−1 and D represents the peak intensity observed in a Raman spectrum from 1349 to 1353 cm−1 of Raman spectroscopy. The D50 of the second active material is 10 μm or less. The second active material includes at least one of a first carbon material having the D/G ratio of 0.2 to 2.0 and a second carbon material having the D/G ratio of 1.0 to 2.0. The D50 of the third active material is 5 μm or less. The third active material contains silicon and oxygen as constituent elements.
US08748029B2	Battery pack A battery pack (1) includes: multiple battery modules (3, 5, 7) stacked in a vertical direction with a predetermined gap (G1) provided between the battery modules (3, 5) and with a predetermined gap (G2) between the battery modules (5, 7); and a battery controller (13) attached to sides of the battery modules (3, 5, 7) in such a manner as to face the predetermined gap (G1).
US08748021B2	Battery module A battery module including a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction from a first end of the battery module to a second end of the battery module, each of the battery cells including a case including a vent, an electrode assembly housed in the case, and a terminal electrically coupled to the electrode assembly; a bus bar coupled between the terminals of adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells; and a battery module cover covering the plurality of battery cells and including a degassing cover covering the vents of the plurality of battery cells, and a bus bar cover covering the terminals of the plurality of battery cells and the bus bar.
US08748020B2	Energy storage device An energy storage device includes an electrode unit in which a cathode having a cathode lead, an anode having an anode lead, and a separator located between the cathode and the anode to separate the cathode and the anode from each other are rolled together; a housing receiving the electrode unit; an electrolyte filled in the housing; an inner terminal arranged in the housing to face the electrode unit; and an outer terminal connected to the inner terminal. A groove is formed in a side of the inner terminal, and a side protrusion is formed on an inner wall of the housing at a location corresponding to the groove.
US08748013B2	Electroluminescent device An electroluminescent element which includes host materials and guest materials in a part of an electroluminescent layer. Device characteristics (luminous efficiency, luminous characteristics, or the like) of an electroluminescent element are improved by using host materials and guest materials which have a common skeleton (represented by the following general formula) for an electroluminescent layer interposed between a pair of electrodes in the electroluminescent element. In the common skeleton, X1 to X3, each of which may be the same or different, are individually a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, a dialkylamino group, a diarylamino group, a vinyl group which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, or a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent.
US08748007B2	Coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties, related coated articles and methods Disclosed are coating compositions, such as primer compositions, suitable for providing corrosion protection to metal substrates, as well as related coated articles and methods.
US08748005B2	PCB protecting cover, LCD device, and method for manufacturing PCB protecting cover The invention provides a PCB protective cover, an LCD device, and a method for manufacturing a PCB protective cover. The PCB protecting cover is made of an antistatic paper material. The invention provides a novel paper PCB protecting cover. The PCB protecting cover has the advantages of good mechanical strength, simple processing, and low cost, and has antistatic ability because of being added with an antistatic material, thereby greatly reducing the cost of the PCB protecting cover when satisfying the function requirement of the PCB protecting cover, and improving the overall competitiveness of the LCD device.
US08747994B2	Anti-reflective film and production method thereof The present invention provides an anti-reflective film that prevents wavelength dispersion from being applied to light transmitted through an anti-reflective film. The present invention is an anti-reflective film, which reduces reflection of visible light on a surface of a substrate by being mounted on the substrate, has a wavelength dispersion structure for applying first wavelength dispersion to visible light transmitting through the anti-reflective film, and contains a wavelength dispersion material for applying second wavelength dispersion to the visible light transmitting through the anti-reflective film, wherein visible light transmitted through the anti-reflective film has flat transmission wavelength dispersion in a visible light region.
US08747993B2	Sliding component and timepiece A sliding component has a multi-layer structure having a sliding portion configured to undergo sliding contact with a surface of another component different from the sliding component. A lubricating oil retaining/supplying structure retains a lubricating oil and supplies the lubricating oil to the sliding portion during sliding contact between the sliding portion and the surface of another component irrespective of a contact angle between the sliding portion and the surface of the another component.
US08747991B2	Optical device, method for manufacturing the same and display device An optical device is provided and includes a substrate having a three-dimensionally random concave-convex shape on the surface thereof, and a hard coat layer formed on the substrate, wherein a projection height with the maximum frequency on the substrate surface falls within the range of 1.5 μm or more and not more than 10 μm. Projections larger than the projection height with the maximum frequency on the substrate surface have a height falling within +3 μm from a central value of the projection height with the maximum frequency. A length RSm in a lateral direction of concaves and convexes on the substrate surface is 55 μm or more and not more than 500 μm.
US08747986B2	Gas-barrier heat-seal composite films and vacuum insulation panels comprising the same A gas-barrier heat-seal composite film is provided. The gas-barrier heat-seal composite film includes a heat-seal layer including very low density polyethylene (VLDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), metallocene polyethylene (mPE), metallocene linear low density polyethylene (mLLDPE), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer, ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymer or ethylene-propylene-butene (EPB) terpolymer, and a gas-barrier layer formed on the heat-seal layer, wherein the gas-barrier layer includes a plurality of composite layers, each including a polymer substrate and a single layer or multiple layers of metal or oxide thereof which is formed on one side or both sides of the polymer substrate, and the polymer substrate includes uniaxial-stretched or biaxial-stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyimide (PI), ethylene/vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer or a combination thereof. The invention also provides a vacuum insulation panel including the composite film.
US08747981B2	Form and force locking connection of special graphite parts to form multi-part graphite components A form and force locking connection of special graphite parts is provided to form multi-part components, at which the joints/connection point has almost the same physical properties as the material surrounding the connection point. The form and force locking connection is achieved by the graphite parts being interlocked at the opposing front surfaces in a three-dimensional manner, so that one front surface of a first graphite part has the positive form of the interlocking and the front surface of a second opposing graphic part has the negative form of the interlocking, and the interlocking exclusively has evenly transitioned contours between side surfaces of the graphite parts.
US08747976B2	Orientated polymeric devices The present disclosure relates to a shape memory polymer material containing at least one two dimensional region having a first amount of stored stress in a first direction and a second amount of stored stress higher than the first amount of stored stress in a second direction, wherein the two dimensional region is capable of changing shape in only one of the first or second directions.
US08747972B2	Packaging material for boil/retort treatment and pouch To provide a packaging material for boiling treatment or retort treatment that is inexpensive and has excellent low-elution properties and transparency, as well as a pouch comprising the same.A packaging material for boil/retort treatment having at least a transparent gas barrier film layer, an adhesive layer and a sealant film layer in that order, the packaging material for boil/retort treatment being one in which, when it is heated at 121° C. for 2 hours by contact with a sufficient amount of 95% ethanol in a one-side elution test, the masses of the unreacted residual ε-caprolactam and ω-laurolactam eluting into the 95% ethanol are no greater than 0.15 mg and no greater than 0.04 mg, respectively, per square inch of the sealant film layer, and a pouch comprising the material.
US08747967B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate, the alignment layer including at least one vertical alignment monomer and a photo-alignment layer separated from the at least one vertical alignment monomer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The photo-alignment layer includes a main chain and at least one side chain connected to the main chain, and the at least one side chain includes at least one vertical photo-alignment material.
US08747963B2	Apparatus and method for diamond film growth An apparatus and methods for forming a diamond film, are provided. An example of an apparatus for forming a diamond film includes an electrodeless microwave plasma reactor having a microwave plasma chamber configured to contain a substrate and to contain a reactant gas excited by microwaves to generate a microwave plasma discharge. Gas injection ports extend through an outer wall of the plasma chamber at a location upstream of the plasma discharge and above the substrate. Gas jet injection nozzles interface with the gas injection ports and are configured to form a directed gas stream of reactant gas having sufficient kinetic energy to disturb a boundary layer above an operational surface of the substrate to establish a convective transfer of the film material to the operational surface of the substrate.
US08747945B2	Method for coating a metallic substrate with a powder coating composition and an autodepositable coating composition A method for coating a metallic substrate includes applying a powder coating composition to a majority of a surface of the metallic substrate, and applying an autodepositable coating composition to less than the majority of the surface of the metallic substrate. According to a preferred embodiment, the powder coating composition is applied to at least one continuous surface of the metallic substrate, while the autodepositable coating composition is applied to at least one discontinuous surface, such as an edge, of the metallic substrate.
US08747933B1	Can cooker A can cooker includes a main body that is generally cylindrical in shape having a bottom portion, wall portion, neck portion, and lid ring. The bottom portion, wall portion, and neck portion may be integrally formed and connected to one another. A lid is sized and shaped to fit within a part of the neck portion. The lid includes an outer lip that engaged with lid ring on the main body in such a way that a seal is formed between the lid ring and the outer lip. The lid is secured to the main body through a plurality of latches. Handles may be placed on the exterior surface of the lid and main body to ease use and transportation of the can cooker.
US08747932B2	Method of brewing a beverage with an elongate member An apparatus for brewing a beverage, which includes an elongated member having a plurality of disks stacked along an axis of the elongated member; a filter having at least one slot and adapted to fit over the plurality of disks; and an elongated housing member having first and second slots on opposite sides of the elongated housing member, wherein the elongated housing member is adapted to fit over the filter.
US08747931B2	Super critical fluid extraction and fractionation of bran extraction materials Generally, a bran processing system for the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of bran extraction material from bran and fractionation of the bran extraction material. Specifically, a bran processing system for the isolation of a bran extraction material fraction enriched in ferulate-phytosterol esters or oryzanol.
US08747924B2	Methods for preventing and treating neurodegenerative diseases The present invention provide a method for the prevention and treatment of a neurodegenerative disease including Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, and Parkinson's Disease, using a grape seed extract or one or more compounds derived therefrom. In particular, the present invention provides a method to treat a patient diagnosed with, or at the risk of developing, a neurodegenerative disease by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a grape seed extract or one or more compounds derived therefrom to the patient in a therapeutic amount to reduce the accumulation, aggregation or deposition of amyloid beta or its oligomers, and/or to reduce the misfolding, accumulation and/or aggregation of tau proteins or other proteins.
US08747920B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug, antipyretic-analgesic drug and proton pump inhibitor The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions in the form of fixed combination comprising non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug or its single enantiomers or salts thereof, antipyretic-analgesic drug and proton pump inhibitor or its single enantiomers or salts thereof. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of such compositions.
US08747918B2	Plant essential oil-based antimicrobial fish filming compositions and methods of use Novel plant essential oil-based antimicrobial filming compositions that are useful in protecting, repairing and strengthening the natural slime coat found on fish are disclosed, which compositions are comprised of a mixture of plant essential oils having antimicrobial properties, filming agents, and surfactants.
US08747912B2	Drug delivery system A drug delivery system for the controlled release of a pharmaceutically-active compound by oral route comprises an intercalate of a layered double hydroxide having, before intercalation, layers of metal hydroxides, and having intercalated therein a pharmaceutically-active compound having at least one anionic group. A preferred layered double hydroxide is one that has layers which comprise [LiAl2(OH)6]+. The drug delivery system has use in the delivery of drugs such as 4-biphenylacetic acid, Diclofenac, Gemfibrozil, Ibuprofen, Naproxen, 2-Propylpentanoic acid and Tolfenamic acid.
US08747908B2	Micronized wood preservative formulations The present invention provides wood preservative compositions comprising micronized particles. In one embodiment, the composition comprises dispersions of micronized metal or metal compounds. In another embodiment, the wood preservative composition comprises an inorganic component comprising a metal or metal compound and organic biocide. When the composition comprises an inorganic component and an organic biocide, the inorganic component or the organic biocide or both are present as micronized particles. When compositions of the present invention are used for preservation of wood, the micronized particles can be observed as uniformly distributed within the wood and there is minimal leaching of the metal and biocide from the wood.
US08747906B2	Dietary supplement enhancing the muscular energy metabolism, comprising an alkanoyl carnitine and ribose A method for treating myocardial or skeletal muscle anoxia which occurs in coronary or post-infarct disorders or during prolonged physical activity and muscle fatigue. This method comprises the administration of a combination composition comprising (a) an alkanoyl L-carnitine selected from the group consisting of isovaleryl L-carnitine, propionyl L-carnitine or the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof or mixtures thereof; and (b) ribose or a phosphate derivative thereof.
US08747905B2	Therapeutic use of CD31 expressing cells As described below, the present invention features compositions and methods related to the isolation, culture and therapeutic use of CD31-expressing cells.
US08747892B2	Preparation of a lipid blend and a phospholipid suspension containing the lipid blend The present invention describes processes for the preparation of a lipid blend and a uniform filterable phospholipid suspension containing the lipid blend, such suspension being useful as an ultrasound contrast agent.
US08747887B2	Combination SIS and vacuum bandage and method A wound care bandage for treating a wound is provided. The bandage includes an SIS layer to be placed on the wound surface and a cover to placed over the wound. The bandage further includes a structure to provide a vacuum space. A method for promoting wound healing is further provided. The method includes applying the above-mentioned wound care bandage to the wound and creating a vacuum in the vacuum space to draw blood controllably from the wound into the SIS layer.
US08747885B2	External patches containing etofenamate The present invention provides to patches having excellent skin-permeability and therapeutic effect by the drug with lower irritation. In an external patch in which an adhesive layer containing an adhesive base and a drug are laminated with a backing, the external patch wherein the adhesive base contains 5-50% by weight of synthetic rubber polymer, 10-60% by weight of adhesive resin and 25-60% by weight of liquid paraffin, and the drug is etofenamate. According to the present invention, there is obtainable the patches having excellent skin-permeability and therapeutic effect by the drug with lower irritation.
US08747883B2	Medical item for long term drug release Polymeric articles capable of releasing drugs at therapeutic levels over extended periods of time, and methods for producing the extended release articles.
US08747877B2	Control of ectoparasites Disclosed is a method of controlling ectoparasites that infest companion and livestock animals by applying to the animal an effective amount of 4-tert-butylphenethyl quinazolin-4-yl ether or 4-chloro-5-ethyl-2-methyl-N-[(4-tert-butylphenyl)methyl]pyrazole-3-carboxamide or 5-chloro-N-[2-[4-(2-ethoxyethyl)-2,3-dimethylphenoxy]ethyl]-6-ethyl-4-pyrimidinamine or 4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[4-(p-tolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5-carboxamide.
US08747871B2	Synergistic matrix composite for making stable microemulsions of active ingredients What is described herein is a synergistic matrix composite for making a stable microemulsion in water of an active ingredient comprising a first matrix composition including by wt. (a) 5-30% of a C8-C18 N-alkyl pyrrolidone, (b) optionally, 5-60% of a water insoluble organic solvent soluble therein, (c) 30-70% of a non-ionic emulsifier, and (d) 1-15% of an EO/PO/EO copolymer, and, (e) optionally, 1-5% of a surface active buffering agent, e.g. a branched alkyl ethoxylated phosphate ester, a second matrix composition comprising a polar polymeric material, e.g. polyethylene glycol, and/or a neutralized derivatized vegetable oil, e.g. maleated linseed oil, which composite is capable of loading a higher amount of said active than either composition alone.
US08747868B2	Reaction product of a polar modified polymer and an alkoxysilane and a composition containing the reaction product The invention relates to a reaction product of a polar modified polymer and an alkoxysilane having at least one solubilizing functional group and at least one amino substituent.
US08747862B2	Pathogenic west african human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) group F isolate The claimed invention is directed toward an HIV-2 isolate designated NWK08F, including variants, and isolated proteins and nucleotides obtained from said isolates.
US08747860B2	Methods and compositions to modulate antiviral and immune activity responses The invention is directed to an improved method to manufacture virus for use in vaccine by culturing infected cells that have been modified to overexpress miR-144. The invention is also directed to manipulating the activity or level of miR-144 in subjects in order to modulate the antiviral and immune response systems.
US08747855B2	Anti human immunodeficiency antibodies and uses thereof Provided are antibodies comprising an antigen recognition domain capable of binding an MHC molecule being complexed with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) peptide, wherein the antibody does not bind the MHC molecule in an absence of the complexed peptide, and wherein the antibody does not bind the peptide in an absence of the MHC molecule. Also provided are methods of using same for diagnosing HIV infection and treating AIDS.
US08747852B1	Methods of treating pterygium Methods for treating pterygium recurrence following pterygiectomy, and for treating keloid recurrence, following surgical removal of the keloid, are disclosed. The methods include administering an anti-VEGF agent (e.g., antibody (e.g., bevacizumab) or small molecule inhibitor of VEGF signaling), or a combination therapy that includes co-administering an anti-VEGF agent, with an anti-inflammatory steroid and/or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to a subject.
US08747839B2	Tracking of bone marrow cells for metastasis screening At least one embodiment of the invention relates to bone marrow precursor cells or bone marrow cells of a patient, the cells labeled with at least one contrast agent suitable for an imaging method, for use in an imaging method for diagnosing a metastasizing cancer, wherein the local accumulation of the labeled precursor cells or bone marrow cells indicates the presence of a metastasizing tumor growth. At least one embodiment also relates to a method for imaging a metastasizing tumor tissue in a patient, wherein a) bone marrow precursor cells or bone marrow cells are extracted from a patient, b) these precursor cells or bone marrow cells are labeled with at least one contrast agent suitable for an imaging method, c) the precursor cells or bone marrow cells thus labeled are retransplanted or reinjected into the patient, and d) the presence of metastasizing tumor cells is depicted with an imaging method. At least one embodiment also relates a method for imaging a metastasizing tumor tissue, wherein a suitable imaging method is used to image bone marrow precursor cells and/or bone marrow cells that are accumulated in a metastasizing tumor tissue and labeled with at least one contrast agent suitable for an imaging method.
US08747833B2	B7-H1 and methods of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancer The invention features methods of diagnosis by assessing B7-H1 expression in a tissue from a subject that has, or is suspected of having, cancer, methods of treatment with agents that interfere with B7-H1-receptor interaction, methods of selecting candidate subjects likely to benefit from cancer immunotherapy, and methods of inhibiting expression of B7-H1.
US08747832B2	Biodegradable polyanhydrides with natural bioactive molecules The invention provides polymers that include a biologically active molecule and methods for their use.
US08747831B2	Method and antibacterial/antimicrobial compositions in dental compositions Disclosed herein is a composition and method of making a polymerizable antibacterial/antimicrobial resin and using such a bioactive resin in formulated dental compositions.
US08747828B2	Cosmetic method using a composition containing siloxane resins and specific non-ionic surfactant The invention relates to a cosmetic method for making-up and/or caring for keratin materials, in particular the skin, whereby a cosmetic composition is applied to the keratin materials, said cosmetic composition taking the form of an emulsion and comprising siloxane resins and a specific nonionic silicone surfactant. In particular, the invention relates to compositions used to care for or make-up the aforementioned keratin materials.
US08747825B2	Process for permanent shaping of human hair Present invention relates to a process for permanent shaping of human hair used both for the permanent waving of human hair with an excellent waving effect as well as for the straightening of curled hair. Present invention is a process for permanent shaping hair wherein hair is optionally washed or wetted or shampooed and a composition comprising at least one reducing agent is applied and rinsed off from hair after a processing time of 1 to 30 min and at a temperature of 20 to 45° C. and a composition comprising at least one oxidizing agent is applied and processed for 1 to 20 min at a temperature range of 20 to 45° C. and rinsed off from hair wherein at least one of the two compositions comprise a thickening polyurethane polymer.
US08747818B1	Self-tanning compositions This invention is related to a sunless tanning composition comprising at least one self-tanner and at least one vitamin D compound, wherein the at least one self-tanner is selected from dihydroxyacetone, erythrulose, or a mixture thereof.
US08747812B2	Aqueous negative contrast medium for CT imaging of the gastrointestinal tract and the preparation method thereof An aqueous negative contrast agent for CT imaging of the gastrointestinal tract and the preparation method thereof. The agent is used in biological and pharmaceutical field. Its components and the weight percent are: hydrogel matrix 0.01-1%, micro-/nano-particles of the materials with low densities 5-50%, stabilization agents 0.1-5%, the rest is deionized water. The preparation method is: stabilization agents are added into the hydrogel matrix made of natural or synthetic hydrophilic polymers, then micro-/nano-particles of the materials with low CT densities are added or prepared, and uniformly dispersed in the hydrogel matrix. The CT density of the resulted aqueous negative contrast agent for CT imaging of the gastrointestinal tract is −30 HU to −500 HU. It can decrease the CT density inside the intestine lumen to lower than −30 HU. The intestine wall can be depicted clearly and the CT signals intensities inside lumen are uniform. It is feasible for 3D images processing such as virtual endoscopy reconstruction with the negative contrast agent. The agent is safe, stable and nontoxic. It will not lead to diarrhea after administration. It is of great significance for the improved sensitivity and specificity of CT diagnosis for the diseases on the intestinal wall and lumen.
US08747811B2	Perylenequinone derivatives and uses thereof The present invention relates to compounds which are perylenequinone derivatives, their stereoisomers and atropisomers. These compounds can be particularly useful as photosensitizers or sononsensitizers in photodynamic or sonodynamic therapy. The invention also relates to various methods for using these compounds in photodynamic and/or sonodynamic therapy. The compounds also are useful as therapeutic agents for treating various hyperproliferative disorders.
US08747803B1	Process for manufacturing of less acidic ferrous sulfate A process of producing a less acidic ferrous sulfate includes the steps of placing iron shavings within a tank, introducing sulfuric acid and water into the tank, retaining the sulfuric acid and water and the iron shavings within the tank for a period of time so as to react the sulfuric acid and water and iron shavings in order to produce less acidic ferrous sulfate, and removing the less acidic ferrous sulfate from the tank. The iron shavings and the sulfuric acid and the water are reacted together in the tank for a period of time of between twelve and twenty-four hours. The less acidic ferrous sulfate is Fe(SO4)<1.0.
US08747802B2	Method for preparing manganese sulfate monohydrate Provided is a method for preparing manganese sulfate monohydrate, which comprises the following steps: (1) reacting MnO with (NH4)2SO4 solution under heat, and separating solid from liquid after reaction 2) determining the concentration of MnSO4 in the resulting solution of step 1), adding equimolar ammonium sulfide solution thereto to carry out reaction under agitation, separating solid from liquid after reaction, and then washing solid phase: 3) dissolving the solid phase with concentrated sulfuric acid, adding hydrogen peroxide to the obtained solution, heating to boiling, adjusting the pH value of the solution to 5-6, removing the solid phase through precise filtration, evaporating and oven drying the filtrate to obtain MnSO4.H2O product. The impurities are separated away and the amount of byproducts is reduced by this method, and the yield of manganese sulfate monohydrate is improved.
US08747795B2	Process for production of nickel carbonate Aspects of the present invention refers to a process for production of nickel carbonate including preparing a magnesium salt solution, contacting the solution with a stream of gaseous CO2, keeping pH between 4 and 10 and temperature between 0 and 100° C., during up to 5 hours to produce a first mixture, contacting the first mixture with a nickel sulphate solution to produce a second mixture, performing a separation of liquid and solid portions of the second mixture, and feeding the magnesium salt solution with the liquid portion. This process recycles the reagent used for producing nickel carbonate and yields a final product that is easy to handle and transport.
US08747793B2	Hollow sphere with mesoporous structure and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a hollow sphere with a mesoporous structure, and a method for manufacturing the same. The hollow sphere with a mesoporous structure comprises: a shell with plural mesopores penetrating the shell, wherein the shell comprises: a mesoporous silicon oxide material, and mesopores of the mesoporous silicon oxide material are arranged in Ia3d cubic symmetry. In addition, according to the method of the present invention, the aforementioned hollow sphere with the mesoporous structure can be easily obtained by use of mixed surfactants of a cationic surfactant and a non-ionic surfactant.
US08747791B2	Calcium phosphate porous material with small amount of remaining aromatic hydrocarbon The purpose of the present invention is to provide calcium phosphate porous material with small amount of the remaining polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that are toxic substances. The present invention relates to a method for the production of calcium phosphate porous material of β-tricalcium phosphate comprising calcining micronized β-tricalcium phosphate wherein a temperature in a furnace is retained at a temperature in a range of 250-550° C. for a certain period of time, or wherein a temperature-rising rate in the furnace while in said range is decreased to one thirds or less of that during ranges before or after said range in said calcining step.
US08747783B2	Acid alkylation system and process for controlling temperature in a settler One exemplary embodiment can be an acid alkylation system. The system can include a cooler-reactor and a settler. The settler can have a height and a width. Usually, the height exceeds the width. Generally, the cooler-reactor receives a feed of at least one of a stream including an olefin and a stream including an isobutane. Typically, at least a portion of one of the streams is bypassed around the cooler-reactor to the settler to control the temperature within the settler.
US08747781B2	Density phase separation device A mechanical separator for separating a fluid sample into first and second phases is disclosed. The mechanical separator includes a float, a ballast assembly longitudinally moveable with respect to the float, and a bellows structure. The bellows structure includes a first end, a second end, and a deformable bellows therebetween. The float is attached to a portion of the first end of the bellows structure, and the ballast is attached to a portion of the second end of the bellows structure. The attached float and bellows structure includes a releaseable interference engagement therebetween. The float has a first density, and the ballast has a second density that is greater than the first density of the float.
US08747775B2	Food safety indicator A food safety device for placement on a product is disclosed. The food safety device comprises one or more sensors that measure at least one condition of the product and/or its environment, one or more visual indicators that are configured to display a visual indication of freshness and/or safety of the product. An antenna transmits and receives data regarding the at least one measured condition of the product and the freshness and/or safety of the product. A logic module executes programmable logic to determine the freshness and/or safety of the product from the at least one measured condition of the product, to cause the one or more visual indicators to display a visual indication of the freshness and/or safety it determines, and to transmit and receive data regarding the at least one measured condition of the product and the freshness and/or safety of the product via the antenna.
US08747765B2	Apparatus and methods for utilizing heat exchanger tubes In one aspect, the present techniques include a heat exchange apparatus including: a) a body comprising an interior cavity, the body including: a first surface and a second surface defining at least a portion of the body and the first surface positioned exterior with respect to the second surface and the interior cavity, and the second surface positioned exterior with respect to the interior cavity and interior with respect to the first surface; b) a first conduit for conveying a fluid to the body; c) a second conduit in fluid communication with the first conduit wherein the second conduit is positioned at least partially within the interior cavity of the body; and d) a joint between the first conduit and the second conduit, wherein the joint moves between a first location and a second location based on the temperature within the interior cavity, wherein at least one of said first location and said second location is positioned intermediate the first surface and the second surface.
US08747762B2	Methods and apparatus for treating exhaust gas in a processing system Methods and apparatus for treating an exhaust gas in a foreline of a substrate processing system are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for treating an exhaust gas in a foreline of a substrate processing system includes a plasma source coupled to a foreline of a process chamber, a reagent source coupled to the foreline upstream of the plasma source, and a foreline gas injection kit coupled to the foreline to controllably deliver a gas to the foreline, wherein the foreline injection kit includes a pressure regulator to set a foreline gas delivery pressure setpoint, and a first pressure gauge coupled to monitor a delivery pressure of the gas upstream of the foreline.
US08747760B2	Catalytic converter A catalytic converter includes a housing defining an interior space, with a monolith supported therein. The monolith includes a catalyst disposed thereon. The catalytic converter includes a flow directing mechanism defined by one of the housing and/or the monolith to re-direct a flow of exhaust gas across the monolith to obtain a more even flow distribution of exhaust gas across the monolith. The monolith may include different regions, with each region including a different catalyst density disposed thereon. The catalyst density of each region may be optimized for the flow rate of exhaust gas across the monolith through each region.
US08747754B2	Bipolar ionization tube A bipolar ionization tube includes a cylindrical glass tube having an open end and closed end. A cathode is positioned within and is circumscribed by an interior surface wall of the glass tube. An anode circumscribes an exterior surface of the glass tube, where the anode is adapted for electrical connectivity with a first conducting terminal of a power supply. An electrically insulated end cap has a groove for receiving the open end of the glass tube, and the end cap is secured to the glass tube with at least one sealant. An elongated conducting terminal having a first portion extends through the end cap and is adapted for electrical connectivity with a second conducting terminal of the power supply. A second portion of the conducting terminal extends into the glass tube and is configured for electrical connectivity with the cathode.
US08747749B2	Methods for testing impurity content in a precious metal A precious metal testing apparatus and methods adapted to analyze impurities in a precious metal test sample is described. The testing apparatus contains a test probe that has a replaceable portion and that is connected to a meter to measure resistance. The replaceable portion contains or forms a reservoir that includes at least one electrolyte component, a conductive member, and a fibrous tip. The electrolyte component is fluidly associated with a fiber tip and the conductive member contacts an electrical contact located outside the reservoir. Methods of testing and instructions regarding such methods are also included.
US08747744B2	Chemical analyzer An automatic chemical analyzer in which a reaction solution is stirred by air ejected from an air ejection hole placed above a reaction container. The reaction region can be washed and cleaned sufficiently without causing damage, such as exfoliation of a coating reagent. A reaction container disk is provided with a pore and a pressure detector connected with the pore. Before and after the stirring operation, the ejection hole (nozzle) ejecting air is moved and the output value of the pressure detector is compared with a previously measured normal value. With a discharge pipe and a suction pipe inserted to the opening of the reaction container to be close to both ends of the opening and the side wall of the container, the reaction region at the bottom of the container is washed by continuous discharge and suction of cleaning fluid.
US08747740B2	Process and apparatus for generating haloamine biocide Haloamine biocides are prepared via multi-step processes in an integrated apparatus comprising an electrochemical cell and a mixing chamber, wherein active halogen donor species are electrochemically generated and subsequently reacted with amine-containing compositions to form haloamine biocide. Haloamine biocides prepared according to such processes are used to treat liquids in order to inhibit, reduce, and/or control microorganism growth therein.
US08747728B2	Method and system for manufacturing a polymer endoprosthesis by injection molding and blow molding A polymer endoprosthesis is fabricated by a combination of injection molding and blow molding which form a tubular substrate of polymer material, followed by laser cutting, crimping and sterilization. After the injection and blow molding processes, a subtractive process is performed on the tubular substrate to transform it into a stent having a network of stent struts. The tubular substrate can be made in an injection mold and blow mold which are attached to each other. The transition from injection molding and blow molding can be performed while the injection molded substrate remains at a temperature at or above Tg of the polymer material.
US08747720B2	Process for prolonging the processing window of thermosetting resins The processing window for thermosetting resins that contain particulate hardeners is prolonged using the combined steps of heat-treating the resin to form a low-viscosity resin mixture in which the particles are dissolved and then molding the low-viscosity resin mixture at temperatures below the dissolution temperature of the particles to infuse a fibrous preform. The infused resin preform is heated to the curing temperature of the resin to provide final curing of the resin.
US08747715B2	Ultra-high strength UHMW PE fibers and products Multi-filament UHMW PE yarns can be produced according to processes that result in improved properties. The UHMW PE can have an intrinsic viscosity in decalin at 135° C. of at least about 30 dl/g, and can be processed under optimal conditions to achieve a gel spun yarn having a tenacity of greater than about 45 g/d (40.5 g/dtex).
US08747714B2	Method of manufacturing mesh-reinforced thermoplastic membranes A method of simultaneously manufacturing multiple mesh-reinforced thermoplastic membranes including providing a roll of mesh reinforcing sheet having a first side and a second side and drawing the mesh sheet through a cutting device to the cut the mesh sheet longitudinally and create a plurality of mesh sheets. The method also includes separating the plurality of mesh sheets to create gaps therebetween and simultaneously extruding a molten thermoplastic layer onto both the first and second sides of the plurality of mesh sheets and over the gaps to create a single mesh-reinforced thermoplastic membrane. The mesh-reinforced thermoplastic membrane is then cut longitudinally along the gaps between the plurality of mesh sheets to create a plurality of mesh-reinforced membranes, each membrane having a pair of longitudinally extending gum edges.
US08747711B1	Method of manufacturing rubber and polyolefin sole assembly A sole assembly is formed by preheating a mold assembly, placing a quantity of rubber in a first portion of a lower recess of a mold assembly; placing a middle plate in contact with a bottom plate, and an upper plate in contact with the middle plate; subjecting the top, middle, and bottom plates to heat to semi-cure the rubber in the lower recess to form an outsole member; separating the top plate, the middle plate, and the bottom plate; placing the top plate in contact with the bottom plate, with polyolefin forming a midsole above the semi-cured rubber; subjecting the top and bottom plates to heat such that the polyolefin expands within the sole recess and the polyolefin and rubber in the sole recess fully cure, cross-link, and bond to one another to form a sole assembly; cooling the top and bottom plates; and removing the sole assembly.
US08747709B2	Phosphonate-substituted lignin as a flame retardant Modified lignin having covalently attached phosphorous containing groups and methods for preparing such compounds are described herein. The modified lignin described herein provides a renewable source of flame retardant material.
US08747705B2	Compound semiconductors and their application Disclosed are new compound semiconductors which may be used for solar cells or as thermoelectric materials, and their application. The compound semiconductor may be represented by a chemical formula: InxCo4Sb12-zTez, where 0
US08747699B2	Method for producing metal microparticles, and metal colloidal solution containing the metal microparticles An aqueous solution containing a polymer dispersant and a metal compound, and an aqueous solution of a reducing agent, are joined together and uniformly mixed while being subjected to reduction reaction to give metal microparticles, in a thin film fluid formed between processing surfaces arranged to be opposite to each other so as to be able to approach to and separate from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other, by using a reaction apparatus of uniform stirring and mixing the above aqueous solutions.
US08747697B2	Gallium-substituted yttrium aluminum garnet phosphor and light emitting devices including the same Provided herein are phosphor compositions that include a YAG phosphor that is substituted with gallium, such as YaCebAlcGadOz, wherein a, b, c, d and z are positive numbers. Also provided are solid state light emitting devices that include a YAG phosphor that is substituted with gallium.
US08747690B2	Quaternary ammonium salt and composition, and electrochemical device A quaternary ammonium salt of the formula (1), a composition containing the quaternary ammonium salt and an organic solvent, and an electrochemical device using the salt wherein R1 and R2 are both methyl and X− is BF4− or N(CF3SO2)2−.
US08747680B1	Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive-based device A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive-based device having magnetic material layers formed between a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer, the magnetic materials layers including a tunnel barrier layer formed between a first magnetic materials layer and a second magnetic materials layer, including removing the first electrically conductive layer and the first magnetic materials layer unprotected by a first hard mask, to form a first electrode and a first magnetic materials, respectively; and removing the tunnel barrier layer, second magnetic materials layer, and second electrically conductive layer unprotected by the second hard mask to form a tunnel barrier, second magnetic materials, and a second electrode.
US08747678B2	Nickel sulphide precipitation process The invention provides hydrometallurgical processes by which dissolved nickel may be removed from water at ambient temperature and low system pressure.
US08747676B2	Heavy metal removal methods and systems A support impregnated with selenium and capable of effectively removing a heavy metal from a process stream that is at an ambient temperature or is at an elevated temperature.
US08747674B2	Process for treatment of water/oil emulsions A process for the treatment of water/oil (W/O) emulsions is described which includes the addition of an ionic liquid, under heating, to a water/oil emulsion containing between 0.5% and 85% of water per volume as a dispersion phase, until the concentration of the ionic liquid in the emulsion remains within the range of 0.01 μL/g to 100 μL/g. The ionic liquid used is a salt of a general C+ A− formula in a liquid state at temperatures below 150° C., where A− is an anion and C+ is a cation, which has at least a hydrophobic alkyl chain connected to a cation group. The heating method includes conventional heating and heating via microwaves. In the heating via microwaves, the salts of the general C+ A− formula present synergic behavior in separation efficiency in relation to conventional heating.
US08747673B2	Methods for recovering a solvent from a fluid volume and methods of removing at least one compound from a nonpolar solvent A method of removing a nonpolar solvent from a fluid volume that includes at least one nonpolar compound, such as a fat, an oil or a triglyceride, is provided. The method comprises contacting a fluid volume with an expanding gas to expand the nonpolar solvent and form a gas-expanded solvent. The gas-expanded solvent may have a substantially reduced density in comparison to the at least one nonpolar compound and/or a substantially reduced capacity to solubilize the nonpolar compound, causing the nonpolar compounds to separate from the gas-expanded nonpolar solvent into a separate liquid phase. The liquid phase including the at least one nonpolar compound may be separated from the gas-expanded solvent using conventional techniques. After separation of the liquid phase, at least one of the temperature and pressure may be reduced to separate the nonpolar solvent from the expanding gas such that the nonpolar solvent may be recovered and reused.
US08747661B2	Method and apparatus for oil recovery from tar sands A process for bitumen extraction from hydrocarbonaceous solids, such as tar sand or oil shale, is performed in fluidized bed of a swirl reactor. This provides active interaction of three phases: 1) liquid phase—bituminous oil with solvent; 2) solid phase—sand grains, clay; 3) gaseous phase—steam and gasses. The process also involves the step of pressure decrease inside the reactor to activate a gas desorption dissolved in bituminous sand mixture. The process of separation of the bitumen and sand combines centrifuging and discharging individual products for further processing.
US08747659B2	Hydrotreating process A process for hydrotreating a first aromatics- and sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feed using a fresh supported CoMo catalyst, includes treating the fresh catalyst under first hydrotreating conditions with a second hydrocarbon feed having a lower aromatics content than the first feed.
US08747647B2	Process and apparatus for the electrolysis of an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride or alkali chloride in an electrolytic cell In a process for chlorine-alkali electrolysis, use is made of an oxygen depletion cathode. The process is run with a high excess of oxygen. The oxygen needed for this is provided for a device of the gas separation, for example a VPSA plant or an air fractionation plant. The large quantities of oxygen produced lead to considerable costs of the process. According to the invention, the oxygen-rich atmosphere remaining after passing through the process is fed back into the device for gas separation as input gas. The device the gas separation is therefore operated with an oxygen-rich input gas and therefore produces a larger quantity of oxygen-rich gas, which in turn is fed to the oxygen depletion cathode. As a result of the circulation of the gas, the economy of the overall process is increased considerably.
US08747640B2	Foil plating for semiconductor packaging Arrangements for plating a single surface of a thin foil are described. In one aspect, a metal foil is wrapped tightly at least partially around a plating solution drum. The drum is partially immersed in a plating solution such that the waterline of the metal plating solution is below a break point where the metallic foil strip begins to unwind from the plating solution drum. With this arrangement, one side of the metallic foil strip is exposed to the metal plating solution, while the opposing back side of the metallic foil strip does not come in substantial contact with the metal plating solution. In this manner, the exposed side of the foil is plated while the back surface of the foil is not plated. The drum may be rotated to convey the foil through the plating solution.
US08747638B2	Electrode arrangement and method for electrochemical coating of a workpiece surface A method for the electrochemical coating of a workpiece surface (2), micro- or nanoscale particles being introduced into the coating is provided. During coating, at least one jet composed of a jet medium comprising the micro- or nanoscale particles to be introduced is directed onto the workpiece surface (2).
US08747635B2	Gas sensor A gas sensor is provided with a multilayer body of solid electrolyte layers, a measurement electrode, a reference electrode, a reference gas introduction layer, a detection unit and a heater. The reference electrode and the measurement electrode are formed directly on the same first solid electrolyte layer. Thus, heat from the heater is transferred from a third substrate layer to the first solid electrolyte layer, and also to the reference electrode and the measurement electrode through the same first solid electrolyte layer. The reference electrode is covered with a reference gas introduction layer, formed of a porous body. The transference of heat from the heater to the reference electrode through the reference gas introduction layer is smaller than the transference of heat from the heater to the reference electrode through the first solid electrolyte layer on which the reference electrode is formed directly.
US08747634B2	Gas-sensor A gas sensor including a gas sensor element, and an inner member surrounding the gas sensor element. The gas sensor element has a detection element having therein a space to which a gas to be measured is introduced, and a heater laminated on the detection element. The detection element includes a first oxygen pumping cell for pumping oxygen into or out of the space, an oxygen concentration detection cell, a detection electrode and a reference electrode. In side faces of the detection element along a laminating direction, a region from a front end of the inner member to a part of the detection electrode along a longitudinal direction is covered with a glass coat having a glass transition point of over 700° C. Further the detection electrode is controlled at a temperature range from 600° C. or more to not more than the glass transition point of the glass coat.
US08747632B2	Blood measuring apparatus A blood measuring apparatus includes: first and second chambers which communicate with each other through an aperture; first and second electrodes which are disposed respectively in the first chamber and the second chamber; and a controller: which performs blood measurement by causing a current to flow between the first and second electrodes in a state where diluted blood is contained in the first chamber and diluting solution is contained in the second chamber; and which performs electrolysis by applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes in a state where diluting solution is contained in the first and second chambers, thereby producing washing solution, and which performs washing on at least the aperture, and the first and second chambers by using the produced washing solution.
US08747629B2	TMR device with novel free layer A TMR sensor with a free layer having a FL1/FL2/FL3 configuration is disclosed in which FL1 is FeCo or a FeCo alloy with a thickness between 2 and 15 Angstroms. The FL2 layer is made of CoFeB or a CoFeB alloy having a thickness from 2 to 10 Angstroms. The FL3 layer is from 10 to 100 Angstroms thick and has a negative λ to offset the positive λ from FL1 and FL2 layers and is comprised of CoB or a CoBQ alloy where Q is one of Ni, Mn, Tb, W, Hf, Zr, Nb, and Si. Alternatively, the FL3 layer may be a composite such as CoB/CoFe, (CoB/CoFe)n where n is ≧2 or (CoB/CoFe)m/CoB where m is ≧1. The free layer described herein affords a high TMR ratio above 60% while achieving low values for λ (<5×10−6), RA (1.5 ohm/μm2), and Hc (<6 Oe).
US08747627B2	Method and device for reversing the feeding of sputter coating systems in clean rooms The invention relates to a method and to a device for reversing the feeding of a sputter coating system, particularly when coating a photovoltaic module, in clean rooms, having the following characteristics: a) a transport frame (11) for receiving a substrate wafer (19) of a photovoltaic module, b) a rotary device having means for mounting the transport frame (11), having means for rotating the transport frame (11), and having means for transporting the transport frame (11), c) means for precisely aligning the rotary device relative to the sputter coating system, d) a detection device (18) for checking a sputter process, and computer program having a program code for performing the process steps.
US08747617B2	Controllable filler prefloculation using a dual polymer system A method of preparing a stable dispersion of flocculated filler particles for use in papermaking processes comprises sequential addition of a first flocculating agent to an aqueous dispersion of filler particles followed by shearing of the dispersion, followed by addition of a second flocculating agent to the dispersion and further shearing of the resultant filler flocs to the desired particle size resulting in shear resistant filler flocs with a defined and controllable size distribution. In addition, a neutralizing coagulant can be added to the dispersion to partially or completely neutralize the charge of the filler before the first flocculating agent is added.
US08747614B2	Conductive aramid paper and method for producing same Provided is a conductive aramid paper comprising an aramid short fiber, an aramid fibrid, and a conductive filler, and having a density of 0.45 to 1.10 g/cm3, a tensile strength of 2.5 kN/m or higher, and a surface resistivity of 1.0×101 to 5.0×102Ω/□. This conductive aramid paper has an electric field relaxation function and an antistatic function enough to be favorably used as a material for reducing corona in rotating electrical machines, and also antistatic components for electrical and electronic devices, and sub-materials for processing or assembling any of these.
US08747613B2	Pressure diffuser with less power rating in hydraulic system The pressure diffuser incorporates a screen that has a considerable weight that is moved by a connecting rod in a reciprocating manner between an upper and lower position. The connecting rod is maneuvered by a hydraulic cylinder for vertically moving the screen in a first slow stroke concurrent with pulp-flow and moving the screen in a second fast stroke countercurrent to pulp-flow. The pressure diffuser has an inlet defined therein at the bottom of the vessel but the hydraulic cylinder is located at the top of the vessel. This design enables an increased active pressure area in the hydraulic cylinder for the fast stroke of the screen. This reduces the power-rating needed for the hydraulic system.
US08747612B2	Process for the production of microfibrillated cellulose in an extruder and microfibrillated cellulose produced according to the process The present invention relates to a process for the production of microfibrillated cellulose wherein the process comprises the steps of, providing a slurry comprising fibers, adding the slurry to an extruder, treating the slurry in the extruder so that the fibers are defibrillated and microfibrillated cellulose is formed. The invention further relates to a microfibrillated cellulose produced.
US08747609B2	Plasma processing apparatus and shower head A plasma processing apparatus includes a shower head that is installed within a processing chamber for processing a substrate therein so as to face a mounting table for mounting the substrate thereon and supplies a gas toward the substrate in a shower pattern through a plurality of gas discharge holes provided in a facing surface of the shower head facing the mounting table; a plurality of gas exhaust holes formed through the shower head to be extended from the facing surface of the shower head to an opposite surface from the facing surface; a multiple number of rod-shaped magnet pillars standing upright in a gas exhaust space communicating with the gas exhaust holes on the side of the opposite surface; and a driving unit that varies a distance between the magnet pillars and the gas exhaust holes by moving at least a part of the magnet pillars.
US08747607B2	Thermally cured silicone coating which can be adhesively bonded without primer A thermally cured silicon coating on a plastic, in particular a thermoplastic, can be adhesively bonded without use of an adhesive primer. Such thermally cured silicon coatings are produced by a process including: application of a silicon composition to the surfaces of a plastic or to the surface of a plastic treated with a plastic primer; air drying of the silicon composition to form a silicone film; baking at a temperature in the range from 80° C. to 200° C.; and application of a bonding agent composition to the silicone film during baking or during the phase of cooling to ambient temperature after baking.
US08747606B2	Method of forming an adhesive bond A method of forming an adhesive bond between a first substrate and a second substrate includes applying a semi-crystalline polymeric adhesive composition to a bonding area of the first substrate, and, after applying, disposing the second substrate adjacent to and in contact with the composition to form a workpiece. After disposing, the method includes heating the workpiece to cure the composition and thereby form a crosslinked polymeric adhesive material. After heating, the method includes cooling the workpiece such that the material has a crystalline molecular structure. Concurrent to cooling, the method includes imposing a stress on the material to thereby orient the crystalline molecular structure in a desired direction, and, after imposing, dissipating the stress along the crystalline molecular structure in the desired direction to thereby form the adhesive bond between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US08747605B2	One-part structural epoxy resin adhesives containing elastomeric tougheners capped with phenols and hydroxy-terminated acrylates or hydroxy-terminated methacrylates Structural adhesives are prepared from an elastomeric toughener that contains urethane and/or urea groups, and have some terminal isocyanate groups that are capped with a phenol and other terminal isocyanate groups that are capped with a hydroxy-functional acrylate or a hydroxy-functional methacrylate. In certain embodiments, the presence of both types of capping on the toughener leads to higher impact peel strengths and a greater level of cohesive failure, than when the toughener is capped with a phenol an hydroxy-functional acrylate or hydroxy-functional methacrylate alone.
US08747604B2	Method for manufacturing a microfluidic chip, and related chip and plate The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a microfluidic chip, wherein said method comprises the steps of: providing a plate combined with a layer of inorganic silica gel of formula: (HsiO3/2)2n where n is an integer, and providing a lid; chemically activating the layer of silica gel and the lid, in order to make the layer of gel and the lid hydrophilic; mechanically combining the layer of gel and the lid to form a chip, such that the layer of gel forms an intermediate layer between the plate and the lid; annealing the chip, such that the layer of silica gel transforms into an intermediate layer made up of a SiO2 matrix for rigidly securing the plate to the lid. The invention also relates to a related chip and plate.
US08747600B2	Enclosure and method of manufacturing the same A core layer is formed by bonding a plurality of wooden plates together by using an adhesive. The core layer is cut into a predetermined shape having notches. The core layer is placed on a die of a pressing machine by being positioned by using the notches and pins placed on the die. The core layer is press molded to firmly hold the pin by the outer edge of the notch and to harden the adhesive.
US08747578B2	Steel for structural part of automobile and method for producing the same A steel having excellent formability, fatigue endurance after quenching, low temperature toughness, resistance for hydrogen embrittlement, and corrosion fatigue endurance. A method includes heating a steel slab at 1160° C. to 1320° C., hot-finish-rolling the steel slab at a finisher delivery temperature of 750° C. to 980° C., and then coiling the hot-rolled steel at a coiling temperature of 560° C. to 740° C. after slow cooling for a time of 2 seconds or more to produce a hot-rolled steel strip having a structure in which the ferrite grain diameter df corresponding to a circle is 1.1 μm to less than 1.2 μm and the ferrite volume fraction Vf is 30% to 98%, the steel slab containing 0.18 to 0.29% of C, 0.06 to 0.45% of Si, 0.91 to 1.85% of Mn, 0.019% or less of P, 0.0029% or less of S, 0.015 to 0.075% of sol. Al, 0.0049% or less of N, 0.0049% or less of O, 0.0001 to 0.0029% of B, 0.001 to 0.019% of Nb, 0.001 to 0.029% of Ti, 0.001 to 0.195% of Cr, and 0.001 to 0.195% of Mo so that the carbon equivalent Ceq satisfies a value of 0.4 to less than 0.58, and the total x of multiplying factors including that for B according to Grossmann satisfies a value of 1.2 to less than 1.7.
US08747577B2	High yield ratio and high-strength thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility, high-yield ratio high-strength hot-dip galvanized thin steel sheet, high-yield ratio high-strength hot-dip galvannealed thin steel sheet, and methods of production of same High yield ratio high-strength hot rolled thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility comprising, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: 0.060% or less, N: 0.0001 to 0.0070%, containing further Ti: 0.01 to 0.055%, Nb: 0.012 to 0.055%, Mo: 0.07 to 0.55%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, and simultaneously satisfying 1.1≦14×Ti(%)+20×Nb(%)+3×Mo(%)+300×B(%)≦3.7, the balance comprised of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a yield ratio of 0.64 to less than 0.92, a TS×El1/2 of 3320 or more, an YR×TS×El1/2 of 2320 or more, and a maximum tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more.
US08747565B1	Watercraft surface cleaning device and associated methods A device for cleaning submergible surfaces includes a mandrel having a handle at a proximal end and a connector at a distal end. The handle can be removably mounted to an air tool. A cleaning tip holder has an opening at a distal end leading into an interior space. The cleaning tip holder can be connected with the mandrel connector and can be removably retained therewith. A cleaning tip includes a generally rectangular element having beveled front and side edges and can be removably retained partially within the cleaning tip holder interior space. In use, a cleaning tip is mounted in the cleaning tip holder interior space, and that combination is mounted to the mandrel connector. The mandrel handle is affixed to an air tool having an outlet hose, which, when activated, produces a reciprocating action in the device, creating a scrubbing action with the cleaning tip.
US08747564B2	Solution for removal of residue after semiconductor dry process and residue removal method using same A residue-removing solution for removing residues after a dry process, which includes an amine salt of a monocarboxylic acid and/or a salt of a polycarboxylic acid that forms a 7- or more-membered ring chelate with copper, and water, the residue-removing solution containing aqueous solution (A) or (B) as described herein. Also disclosed is a method for removing residues present on a semiconductor substrate after dry etching and/or ashing. Further, a method for manufacturing semiconductor devices is further disclosed, which includes subjecting a semiconductor substrate having Cu as an interconnect material, and a low dielectric constant film as an interlayer dielectric material, to dry etching and/or ashing; and bringing the processed semiconductor substrate into contact with the above residue-removing solution.
US08747562B2	Tobacco-free pouched product containing flavor beads providing immediate and long lasting flavor release A tobacco-free oral pouch product providing immediate and long lasting flavor release comprises a pouch wrapper and tobacco-free flavor beads contained within the pouch wrapper. The flavor beads comprise at least one of microcrystalline cellulose, pectin and sodium alginate, at least one polymer having a higher solubility in saliva than microcrystalline cellulose, pectin and/or sodium alginate, and at least one flavorant. The pectin and sodium alginate are cross-linked. The tobacco-free flavor beads provide immediate release of the flavorant upon placement of a pouch product in a user's mouth and long lasting release of the flavorant for about 15 minutes to about 80 minutes. The oral pouch product contains only tobacco-free flavor beads.
US08747560B2	System and method for pedestal adjustment A pedestal positioning assembly system for use in a substrate processing system includes a pedestal rigidly attached to a pedestal shaft, a reference rigidly attached to the substrate processing system, a lateral adjustment assembly to adjust a lateral location of the pedestal relative to the reference, and a vertical adjustment assembly to adjust a tilt of the pedestal relative to the reference. The lateral adjustment assembly and the vertical adjustment assembly are external to a processing chamber and are coupled to the pedestal disposed within the processing chamber through the pedestal shaft. The reference can be a ring and the lateral adjustment assembly substantially centers the pedestal within the ring. A method of adjusting a pedestal includes leveling the pedestal, translating the pedestal, calibrating the pedestal height to a preheat ring level, and checking the level and location of the pedestal while rotating the pedestal.
US08747558B2	Manufacturing apparatus The purpose of the invention is increasing the efficiency of utilizing an EL material and providing a deposition method and a vapor deposition apparatus which is one of the film formation systems which are excellent in throughput and uniformity in film thickness in forming an EL layer. According to the invention, evaporation is performed by moving or reciprocating an evaporation source holder in which a plurality of containers (crucible) each encapsulating an evaporation material are set only in an X direction while moving a substrate at regular intervals. Further, in the plurality of evaporation source holders, film thickness meters of adjacent evaporation sources are disposed alternately so as to sandwich the movement pathway of the substrate.
US08747545B2	Producing method of powder particles by using grinding medium The present invention provides a producing method of powder particles having an average particle diameter on the order of submicrons. Specifically, the producing method is a producing method of powder particles obtained by grinding a product to be ground by using plural grinding media, wherein the grinding media including at least one kind (grinding medium A) having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 5 times and at least one kind (grinding medium B) having an average particle diameter of 10 to 450 times, with respect to the average particle diameter of the product to be ground before being ground, are used.
US08747522B2	Method for the adsorptive drying of purified biogas and for regenerating laden adsorbents In a method for adsorptively drying purified biogas and regenerating laden absorbents, foreign matter is not allowed to enter the purified biogas, the content of methane in the gas remains virtually unchanged and the effort involved in regenerating the laden adsorbent is reduced. Drying and regeneration are effected in a closed biogas cycle, wherein separate layers based on silica gel and molecular sieves are used as the adsorbent. The biogas to be dried first flows through the silica gel layer. The adsorbent is regenerated with exclusively heated, dried biomethane having a temperature of up to 150° C. which, after contact with adsorbent, is recirculated to the outflow of purified biogas. After regeneration, the bed is cooled by biomethane, which is subsequently recirculated to the outflow of purified biogas. Methane-containing water accumulating during drying and regeneration is recirculated to the biogas generation and/or purification.
US08747520B2	Carbon dioxide capture from power or process plant gases The present invention are methods for removing preselected substances from a mixed flue gas stream characterized by cooling said mixed flue gas by direct contact with a quench liquid to condense at least one preselected substance and form a cooled flue gas without substantial ice formation on a heat exchanger. After cooling additional process methods utilizing a cryogenic approach and physical concentration and separation or pressurization and sorbent capture may be utilized to selectively remove these materials from the mixed flue gas resulting in a clean flue gas.
US08747517B2	Methods for isolating and purifying nanoparticles from a complex medium A method for isolating a nanoparticle is disclosed. A medium containing a nanoparticle is provided. The medium is acidified with a weak acid. An alcoholic solvent is added to induce the nanoparticle to precipitate from the medium. The precipitated nanoparticles are separated from the medium.
US08747500B2	Plasma assisted gasification system with internal syngas heater A controlled zone gasification reactor for a plasma assisted gasification reaction system is disclosed for converting fuel, such as, but not limited to, biomass, to syngas to replace petroleum based fuels used in power generation. The system may be a modular system housed within a frame facilitating relatively easy transportation. The system may include a reactor vessel with distinct reaction zones that facilitate greater control and a more efficient system. The system may include a syngas heater channeling syngas collected downstream of the carbon layer support and to the pyrolysis reaction zone. The system may also include a syngas separation chamber configured to produce clean syngas, thereby requiring less filtering. The system may further include an agitator drive assembly that prevents formation of burn channels with in the fuel.
US08747498B2	Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system comprising the same A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes a reformer (16) for generating a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction using a raw material; a combustor (102a) for heating the reformer (16); a combustion air supplier (117) for supplying combustion air to the combustor (102a); and an abnormality detector (110a) for detecting an abnormality; and a controller (110) configured to control the combustion air supplier (117) such that the reformer (16) is cooled with a higher rate in an abnormal shut-down process executed after the abnormality detector (110a) detects the abnormality, than in a normal shut-down process.
US08747493B2	Ethanol compositions In one embodiment, the present invention is to an ethanol composition comprising at least 92 wt. % ethanol and from 95 wppm to 1,000 wppm isopropanol.
US08747488B2	Capacitor anode A process for producing a solid electrolyte capacitor with an anode comprising a sintered fine NbOx powder, where 0.5
US08747474B2	Orthopedic support locating or centering feature and method Spinal plate positioning system including a spinal plate, centering member and implant, is used to position and center a spinal plate over an implant in an intervertebral space. Implant may include a centering feature which may engage a surface of centering member or spinal plate to aid in placement of spinal plate.
US08747467B2	Muscle-based grafts/implants The present invention is directed to a composition comprising a matrix suitable for implantation in humans, comprising defatted, shredded, allogeneic human muscle tissue that has been combined with an aqueous carrier and dried in a predetermined shape. Also disclosed is a tissue graft or implant comprising a matrix suitable for implantation in humans, comprising defatted, shredded, allogeneic human muscle tissue that has been combined with an aqueous carrier and dried in a predetermined shape. The composition and/or tissue graft or implant of the invention is usable in combination with seeded cells, a tissue growth factor, and/or a chemotactic agent to attract a desired cell.
US08747461B2	Cardiac valve prosthesis system The present invention concerns a cardiac valve prosthesis system (10; 40) for implantation into the body of a mammal. The prosthesis system (19; 40) comprises a valve (16) mounted on an stent element (18) to form a stented valve element (12), and an anchoring element (14) to be arranged within the aorta of the mammal to be treated with the prosthesis and spaced-apart form the stented valve element (12). Further, the anchoring element (14) comprises a cylindrical tube element composed of fabric (22) supported by a metal mesh, and the stented valve element (12) and the anchoring element (14) represent two constructional distinctive elements being associated by ligament-like connecting means (30; 50), such, that the connecting region (28) between the stented valve element (12) and the anchoring element (14) is generally free from foreign material.
US08747459B2	System and method for transapical delivery of an annulus anchored self-expanding valve A prosthetic valve assembly for use in replacing a deficient native valve comprises a replacement valve supported on an expandable prosthesis frame. The valve may be delivered transluminally or transmyocardially using a thorascopic or other limited access approach using a delivery catheter. Preferably, the initial partial expansion of the valve is performed against the native valve annulus to provide adequate anchoring and positioning of the valve as the remaining portions of the valve expand. The valve may be delivered using a retrograde or antegrade approach. When delivered using a retrograde approach, a delivery catheter with a pull-back sheath may be used, while antegrade delivery is preferably performed with a delivery catheter with a push-forward sheath that releases the proximal end of the valve first.
US08747446B2	Hair restoration caring device A hair restoration caring device includes a treatment hood, a suspension member and a hair caring device. The treatment hood is to be disposed over a user's head. The suspension member is fastened to the treatment hood. The hair caring device is attached to the suspension member and is movable with respect to the user scalp. The hair caring device includes an outer casing mounted slidably on the suspension member, and has several downward combing projections and several light emitters installed above the combing projections respectively for radiating light waves. Each combing projection is aligned with a respective light emitter and is formed with an axial passage to permit past through of light waves of the respective light emitter.
US08747436B2	Bi-directional barbed suture Surgical sutures having a core extending along a length thereof between a first end and a second end, and a plurality of sets of first and second projections, wherein the first projections extend in a direction of a first end of the suture and the second projections extend in a direction of a second end of the suture. The first projections may be sized and shaped, and positioned relative to the second projections so as to be capable of substantially shielding the second projections when the surgical suture is drawn through tissue by the second end thereof. The first projections may additionally or alternatively be capable of overlapping and substantially covering a distal end of the respective second projections when the suture is drawn through tissue by the second end.
US08747427B2	Automated delivery of fluid The present application is directed to apparatus, systems and methods for automated delivery of fluids. According to one aspect, it is especially useful in providing a restricted flow of fluid to a tool, for example, a cannula or a needle used in hair transplantation. According to another aspect, the systems and methods provided herein enable the hair harvesting or a hair implantation tool to be cleaned, flushed or lubricated.
US08747426B2	Vitrectomy probe with adjustable cutter port size Vitrectomy probes and systems related thereto are disclosed herein. There are various example vitrectomy probes having an adjustable cutting port size. Various example features are described for adjusting the size of the cutting port. Further, there are examples included herein for adjusting the size of the cutter port while the vitrectomy probe is in operation.
US08747419B2	Trajectory guide, access port, and fiducial marker alignment A trajectory guide for introducing an instrument into a human or animal subject is described. A guide stem can be removed in sections without disturbing the aligned instrument. An access port portion of the trajectory guide can be left in place, without disturbing trajectory alignment, and can allow overlying skin to be sutured closed. The access port can provide infusate delivery, such as using an injection port, catheter or the like. A fiducial marker arrangement can provide easy and accurate trajectory alignment, for use with the present trajectory guide, another trajectory guide, or without any trajectory guide.
US08747417B2	Device and method for the implantation of active fixation medical leads A lead implantation tool is disclosed herein. The tool may be configured to operably couple to a lead connector end of an implantable cardiac electrotherapy lead including an active fixation helix tip and wherein the lead connector end includes a contact pin proximally extending from the lead connector end. The tool may include a feature configured to couple to the contact pin and a first mechanism configured to convert linear movement into rotational movement of the contact pin relative to the lead connector end. The tool may further include a second mechanism that causes a stylet extending through the tool and into the contact pin to at least one of distally and proximally displace within the contact pin.
US08747414B2	Vacuum device for sealing an anatomical opening A device for accessing a hollow organ comprises an elongated body sized for insertion into an entrance passage to the hollow organ, the elongated body including an outer sealing surface engaging an inner surface of the entrance passage and a working channel extending therethrough from a proximal port which, when the elongated body is in the operative position is proximal to a proximal opening of the entrance passage, to a distal port which, when the elongated body is in the operative position, extends distally past a distal opening of the entrance passage into the hollow organ and a plurality of suction holes formed through an outer wall of the elongated body, disposed around a circumference of a portion of the elongated body which, when the elongated body is in the operative position, is located within the entrance passage in combination with a vacuum channel formed in the elongated body for transferring a negative pressure to the suction holes to increase a sealing force applied by tissue of the entrance passage to the outer surface of the elongated body.
US08747411B2	Fluid delivery and bone screw driver apparatus A fluid delivery and bone screw driver apparatus attaches to a bone screw. An inner sleeve joins a material delivery source connected to one end of the inner sleeve to the bone screw connected to the other end. A removable liner communicates the material through the inner sleeve and into the bone screw. An outer sleeve seals the outer sleeve to the head of the bone screw. Rotating the outer sleeve tightens the seal and rotates the bone screw.
US08747407B2	Minimally invasive retractor and methods of use A device, system and method for orthopedic spine surgery using a novel screw-based retractor, disclosed herein, that allows for access to the spine through a minimally or less invasive approach. The retractor device is designed as a co-molded part of the tulip of a pedicle screw assembly with opposed arms of the retractor spread apart to open the wound proximally. The arms are removed by separating the arms from the tulip and removing them from the incision. The retractor device is intended to be made of a relatively stiff material, sterile packaged and disposable after one use. A system and method for using the retractor and performing a minimally invasive spine surgical procedure are also disclosed.
US08747406B2	Instruments for osteolysis repair A plug for plugging a hole of a bone or implant body during injection of an osteoregenerative material comprising, generally, a plug body, the plug body configured to plug a hole of the body to prevent osteoregenerative material from leaking through the hole, and a tail, the tail attached to the plug body for use in removing the plug body from the hole. In one embodiment, the plug body has an insertion cavity on a trailing end thereof for use in inserting the plug into a hole of the body. The plug body preferably has a frustoconical configuration. The plug body is preferably made of a resilient material, such as silicon.
US08747404B2	Surgical instrument for transmitting energy to tissue comprising non-conductive grasping portions A surgical instrument for supplying energy to tissue can comprise an end effector comprising a first jaw member and a second jaw member, wherein at least one of the first jaw member and the second jaw member is movable relative to the other of the first jaw member and the second jaw member to clamp tissue intermediate the first jaw member and the second jaw member. The instrument can further comprise an electrode configured to generate heat when electrical energy is supplied to the electrode, and, in addition, a tissue-grasping portion comprising a plurality of teeth, wherein the tissue-grasping portion is comprised of an electrically non-conductive material.
US08747401B2	Systems and methods for turbinate reduction The present disclosure includes an electrosurgical apparatus for treating tissue at a target site. The apparatus has a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end, and the distal end includes an active disposed laterally on the shaft distal end and return electrode. The return electrode may have a plurality of apertures through it, which are fluidly connected to a fluid delivery element, operable to deliver a conductive fluid to the shaft distal end. The return electrode may encircle at least a portion of the shaft and may extend distally and proximally from the active electrode.
US08747397B2	Cryotreatment pellet The resorbable cryoprobe device and process is a novel approach for treating localized disease allowing for the precise combined application of freezing temperatures and cytotoxic or cryosensitizing agents within a self-contained matrix/package for optimized tissue destruction. The cryopellet is comprised of a list of components including a source of cryogen to produce the sub-zero temperatures, a porous matrix to contain the cytotoxic agent, cytotoxic agent, and a delivery packet. Data presented herein demonstrates the efficacy of this approach in destroying cancerous tissue. For example, the application of freezing temperatures to −10° C. results in approximately 15% cell death, while exposure to cytotoxic agents such as TRAIL produces minimal cell death. The utilization of the cryopellet approach results in a synergistic effect yielding complete cell death at the same temperature. The innovation behind the resorbable probe application includes the strategic combination of agents to activate intrinsic or extrinsic cell death responses (including apoptosis and necrosis), unique packaging of the cryogen and cytotoxic agent, and a unique delivery system. The resorbable cryoprobe technology will assist directly in the treatment of cancer, as well as will likely lead to broader application for disease treatment.
US08747396B2	Cryosurgical probe with adjustable sliding apparatus A cryosurgical probe assembly that includes a gas delivery assembly, including a stem and a fluid conduit subassembly bonded to the stem. The fluid conduit subassembly delivers and returns cooling fluid used for cryogenic cooling. The fluid conduit subassembly, comprises a shaft for providing a heat exchange surface for cryogenic ablation; a housing securely connected to said shaft; and, an insulation element slideably engaged with an inner surface of the shaft and slideably engaged with the stem. The cryosurgical probe assembly includes an adjustable sliding apparatus that includes a slider assembly securely attached to said insulation tube for slideably guiding the insulation tube along said shaft; and, a button assembly operatively connected to the slider assembly for allowing a user to actuate the slider assembly to provide a desired adjustment of the insulation tube relative to the shaft. A handle assembly is positioned about the housing.
US08747395B2	Device for treating eye tissue An ophthalmological device (1) includes an optical transmission system (5) for transmitting femtosecond laser pulses (L) onto a projection lens (3) for projection onto or into the eye tissue (21). The device (1) also includes a lens interchange device (4) designed for interchanging and connecting different projection lenses (3) to the optical transmission system (5). The lens interchange device (4) includes a number of different projection lenses (3) which are connected mechanically to one another and which can be fed to the optical transmission system (5) by a rotational or translational movement in order to connect the former to the optical transmission system (5). The lens interchange device (4) makes it possible for a user to flexibly and efficiently change the projection lens (3) so that the projection lens (3) can be changed or altered without great expenditure of time and without using a varifocal lens, even between different applications and treatment steps.
US08747393B2	Medical instrument A medical instrument with a shaft on whose distal end a tool is positioned and on whose proximal end a handle is positioned consisting of at least two gripping members, such that the tool can be actuated by a gripping member of the handle that is moveably configured and such that at least one gripping member of the handle consists of a rigid partial area and a pivotable partial area that can pivot around the rigid partial area. To create a medical instrument that is of simple structure and can be quickly and thoroughly cleaned, it is proposed with the invention that the pivotable partial area of the gripping member can be removably affixed to the rigid partial area of the gripping member by a catch mechanism.
US08747390B2	Drug delivery apparatus and method for automatically reducing drug dosage A drug delivery device which includes a fluid drug reservoir, a catheter, a controllable fluid transfer device, e.g., a pump mechanism or valve, and a drug delivery control means. The drug delivery control means comprises a controller, e.g., a microprocessor or microcontroller which is operable to automatically reduce the rate of drug delivery over a certain reduction interval (e.g., multiple days) from an initial dosage value to a final dosage value.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10