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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050102687 | Application program interfaces and structures in a resource limited operating system A set of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for a resource-limited environment are disclosed. The APIs provide a mechanism for a computer application to interface with various components and modules of an operating system for a resource-limited environment. The APIs ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102688 | Disc player mounted on vehicle A vehicle mount disc player having a small thickness by removing a wasteful space around a reproduction unit chassis when a disc is loaded or unloaded. The vehicle mount disc player has the reproduction unit chassis supported in a floating state by a main chassis via da... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102689 | Disk drive A disk drive includes base with a spindle motor, first and second rockers and first and second sliders. The spindle motor has a turntable to mount a disk. The first and second rockers rock so as to pivot about fulcrums substantially parallel to the turntable. The first ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102690 | Optical disk drive capable of dissipating heat and proofing against dust An optical disk drive is provided. The optical disk drive includes a housing, a chassis and an elastic dust-proof slice. The housing includes a top plate and a bottom plate. The chassis, which is deposited inside the housing, includes a lateral plate wherein the lateral... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102691 | Optical disk drive An optical disk drive is provided in the present invention. The optical disk drive includes a housing, a chassis connected to the housing for supporting a pickup, a support device connected to the housing for supporting the chassis, and an elastic device. When accidenta... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102692 | Transverse-adjustment device for a spindle motor The transverse-adjustment device for a spindle motor is used to adjust and correct the transverse position of the spindle motor to be aligned at an identical axis with the optical pick-up, and comprises: a first displacement-adjusting member and a second displacement-ad... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102693 | Disc shaped optical record carrier A disc shaped optical record carrier with special disc shape modifications at the inner edge (edge of the centre hole), and/or the clamping area, and/or the outer edge (edge in rim area) is provided so that a disc that is thicker than the currently manufactured discs ca... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102694 | Optical information recording medium A disk-shaped optical information recording medium comprising a recording layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer or an adhesive layer, and a cover sheet in this order on a substrate, and having a central hole, a track pitch of 300 to 600 nm and a groove depth of 40 ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102695 | Automated playlist chaser An automated playlist chaser (APC) improves the recovery time and robustness of playlists to component failures and/or human errors in a content sourcing and editing environment. Following detection and correction of an error in a content sourcing subsystem controlled b... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102696 | Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide An interactive television program guide application is provided that queries a user regarding the user's interest in television programs and suggests television programs to the user based the user's responses. The interactive television program guide application identif... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102697 | Automobile entertainment system linking multiple video systems for coordinated sharing of video content An automobile entertainment system includes a plurality of video systems, each video system mounted within an automobile headrest. The headrest includes a headrest body and a first downwardly extending extension arm having a passage extending therethrough. The entertain... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102698 | RESOURCE SHARING SYSTEM OF SET-TOP BOXES The present invention is directed to a resource sharing system of set-top boxes. The set-top boxes are arranged in a network. The resources of each set-top box in the network are potentially available to another set-top box in the network that has run out of resources. ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102699 | A/V system available for integrated control and method of controlling the same A method for controlling a plurality of devices including a master device having AV terminals and slave devices connected to the master device through a communication control line, with the use of a single remote control. The method includes detecting the slave devices,... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102700 | Automatic program restoration when a programming break ends A method of program restoration may include outputting a first stream of media information until a triggering event and outputting a second stream of media information after the triggering event. The method may include monitoring the first stream of media information fo... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102701 | Attention parental switch system of video/audio device An attention parental switch system of video/audio device includes a button group, a function selection circuit, a microprocessor, an input control circuit, a central processor member, an audio control circuit and a video control circuit. The button group includes a cha... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102702 | Cablecard with content manipulation A CableCARD device for manipulation of a stream of data has an inband data input for receiving a stream of data from a host, the stream of data having a plurality of packets each having a packet identifier (PID) associated therewith, wherein the stream of data further h... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102703 | ON DEMAND BROADCAST INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Current radio broadcast stations have limited geographic coverage. We provide system and method to access real-time world broadcast radio transmission. The system is capable of creating a simplex conference bridge with the desired destination radio station either upon d... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102704 | Multiregional security system integrated with digital video recording and archiving A security system is provided in multiple geographic regions having a master server with a master database storing information for access control in each of the regions, and each region has an access control system having a regional server with a regional database stori... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102705 | Apparatus for displaying images on a screen An apparatus is provided for displaying images on a screen, in particular for displaying images relevant to advertisements, commercials, marks, slogans and information on a television screen. The apparatus includes structure (5) for connecting to a television set... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102706 | Digital broadcasting system and method of controlling the same The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system, particularly to a digital broadcasting system and a method of controlling the same, through which a television viewer can transmit and manage additional information he or she wants to save. The present inve... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102707 | Digital interactive phrasing system and method A digital interactive phrasing system and method allows a user to select and control playback of audio or visual from various types of digital media. The DIP format enables the user to edit digitally prepared elements such as audio or video to create a custom mix. Origi... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102708 | Animal model simulating neurologic disease The present invention relates to the development of a pharmacological non-human animal model that associates memory loss to histopathological features found in the brain of a subject having Alzheimer's Disease. In one embodiment, a four-week continuous infusion of a Fe<... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102709 | RNA molecules and vectors for gene silencing Provided are methods of screening for the occurrence of gene silencing (e.g. post transcriptional gene silencing) in an organism (e.g. a plant or animal), which method comprises the steps of; (i) obtaining a sample of material from said organism, (ii) producing a nuclei... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102710 | Cells and animals produced by gene silencing Provided are methods of screening for the occurrence of gene silencing (e.g. post transcriptional gene silencing) in an organism (e.g. a plant or animal), which method comprises the steps of: (i) obtaining a sample of material from said organism, (ii) producing a nuclei... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102711 | Banana actin gene and its promoter The present invention is directed to the isolation and identification of a non-graminaceous monocotyledonous plant promoter, the banana (Musa.Spp.) actinn gene associated promoter region. The promoter region has been found to unexpectedly direct constitutive gene... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102712 | DNA sequences encoding the subunit CHLD of plant magnesium chelatases, and determining the activity of plant magnesium chelatases The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a protein with the function of a plant Mg chelatase subunit CHLD or an active fragment thereof; a protein which has the function of a plant Mg chelatase subunit CHLD or an active fragment thereof, pr... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102713 | Use of untranslated region of osmotin gene to enhance transgene expression in plants The present invention provides methods, vectors and gene constructs for enhancing expression of a recombinant nucleic acid sequence in transgenic plants and plant tissues. According to the present invention, nucleic acid sequences are obtained and/or derived from the 5â... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102714 | Cotton cultivar DPX 03Q208D A cotton cultivar, designated DPX 03Q208D, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DPX 03Q208D, to the plants of cotton DPX 03Q208D and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DPX 03Q208D with itself or anoth... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102715 | Disease resistance factors This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a disease resistance factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the disease resistance factor, in sense or anti-sense orientation... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102716 | Transgenic plants containing altered levels of sterol compounds and tocopherols Provided are recombinant constructs comprising DNA sequences encoding enzymes effective in altering the biosynthesis and accumulation of sterol compounds and tocopherols in transgenic plants. Also provided are methods of using such constructs to produce transgenic plant... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102717 | Crop plant cystatin proteinase inhibitors and methods of use Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding maize, soybean, wheat and rice cystatin proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, development... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102718 | Lettuce varieties having both iceberg and romaine lettuce characteristics and methods of making and using The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102719 | Sustained totipotent culture of selected monocot genera A method is provided for generating sustained totipotent tissue cultures of a plant of the Class Monocotyledonae, and for micropropagating such plant in vitro, wherein immature inflorescence are cultivated to produce totipotent tissue which is suitable for sustained mai... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102720 | Magnetic tunnel junction device with etch stop layer and dual-damascene conductor A method of making a magnetic tunnel junction device is disclosed. The method includes forming an etch stop layer on a magnetic tunnel junction stack. In subsequent etching steps, the etch stop layer protects one or more layers of magnetic material in the magnetic tunne... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102721 | Apparatus and method for making a low capacitance artificial nanopore An apparatus and method for making a nanopore chip exhibiting low capacitance. The apparatus provides a thin diaphragm on a rigid semiconductor frame suitable for nanopore fabrication, the diaphragm having associated thicker insulator regions to reduce capacitance. Also... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102722 | Radio remote control unit with a playback function The flight exercise without an assistant can be achieved and the risk, generated from a mistaken operation in the flight exercise is reduced. Prescribed performance titles or music is recorded in a recording mode, and the recorded sound is reproduced in a playback mode.... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102723 | Method of operating a lithographic processing machine, control system, lithographic apparatus, lithographic processing cell, and computer program Scheduling of tasks in a lithographic apparatus, track unit or lithocell is performed by maintaining a register of the state of the machine and a database of tasks performable by the machine, generating possible sequences of tasks based on pre- and post-conditions on th... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102724 | Cupressus macrocarpa plant named 'Emerald Crest' A new and distinct variety of Cupressus macrocarpa plant characterized by coloration comprising light green patches among an overall darker green color. ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050102725 | ARGYRANTHEMUM FRUTESCENS PLANT NAMED 'ARGYDOWITIS' A distinct cultivar of Marguerite Daisy plant named ‘Argydowitis’ characterized by its upright vigorous plant habit, good field performance, large semi-double white flowers, dark green colored leaves, freely flowering with numerous inflorescences per plant. ... | 05/12/2005 |
