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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6913811 | Photocatalytic colored member and method of manufacturing the same A photocatalytic colored member includes a laminate formed by laminating a plurality of thin-film layers of photocatalytic material and a plurality of thin-film layers of support material, with vacant layers formed such that they are open to the outside on the rear ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 7094540 | Method for determining a concentration of target nucleic acid molecules, nucleic acid probes for the method and method for analyzing data obtained by the method A method is provided for determining a concentration of a target nucleic acid by using a nucleic acid probe labeled with a fluorescent dye. The method comprises: providing, as the probe, a nucleic acid probe capable of reducing flu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6993672 | Timing adjustment of clock signals in a digital circuit A digital system that performs a specified function by performing digital processing according to one or more clock signals is provided with a plurality of delay elements which are respectively inserted in a plurality of clock circuits that supply the clock signals ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6877549 | Heat storage device A heat storage device comprises a heat storage tank 2 charged with a heat storage material 1 for storing the heat supplied from the outside, and a heat exchanger 3 for executing an injection and an extraction of heat between the inside of the st... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6858428 | Human and animal cell culture medium containing antithrombin III for suppressing cell death The present invention provides low serum or serum free liquid culture media for human or animal cells, and the present invention relates to culture media containing antithrombin III and optionally heparin for the low-serum or serum-free culture of human or animal ce... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6827634 | Ultra fine particle film forming method and apparatus A ultra fine particle film forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming a ultra fine particle film which has ultra fine particles sufficiently bonded together, sufficient density, flat surface and uniform density. A planarized ultra fine particle film f... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6819648 | Optical sample and method of writing and reading information on the same An optical sample includes a mask layer made of a material in which an aperture is produced by a chemical change, which is reversible, upon application of heat or light, and a recording layer provided at a position where an evanescent field produced in the aperture ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6772823 | Heat storage device A heat storage device comprises a heat storage tank 2 charged with a heat storage material 1 for storing the heat supplied from the outside, and a heat exchanger 3 for executing an injection and an extraction of heat between the inside of the st... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773528 | Process for producing fiber-reinforced-silicon carbide composites A process produces a fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composite. The resulting composite has a high toughness where bundles of a reinforcing fiber are densely covered with glassy carbon derived from a resin to avoid deterioration of the strength, and it can easily b... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6747739 | Observing techniques and its evaluation equipments of filler packing-structure for resin polymer composite filled with ceramic filler-powder This invention relates to a method of measuring the internal structure (packing structure or dispersion condition of particulate material) of a composite filled with particles having an irregular matrix by observations based on its optical anisotropy, in which the i... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6744798 | Surface-type light amplifer device and method of manufacture thereof A surface-type light amplifier device has an active layer of a light amplification section sandwiched between an n-type semiconductor cladding layer that is an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor multilayer reflecting mirror. The light amplificatio... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740521 | High-sensitive detection of environmental pollutants The present invention provides a bioassay system, for detection of hazardous chemical substances, natural toxic substances in the environment and unknown toxic compounds, with high sensitivity, simplicity and speed. The invention provides cells and a method of using... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6727424 | Complex oxide having high thermoelectric conversion efficiency This invention provides a complex oxide comprising the features of : (i) being represented by the formula:(A0.4B0.1M0.1)x/0.6Co2Oy wherein A and B are elements differing from each other, each represen... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6710986 | Tunneling magnetoresistive head and a process of tunneling magnetoresistive head There is proposed a high-sensitive TMR element wherein the selection of electronic state contributing to tunnel conduction is optimized. In this invention, a junction plane between a ferromagnetic layer (210) having a bcc structure and a tunnel barrier layer ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6680411 | Carborane supercluster and method of producing same A carborane supercluster consisting of carborane (C2 B10 H12) as its constituent unit expressed as a molecular formula C2m B10m H12m-x, where x is a positive integer (i.e., x=1, 2, 3, . . .... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6661745 | Optical reproducing and recording method, recording medium, and optical device An optical device and a recording medium are provided with a recording layer for recording information by radiation of light, and a mask layer which is formed closely to the recording layer, reduces its transmittance of light due to light or heat, and tra... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6658581 | Timing adjustment of clock signals in a digital circuit A digital system that performs a specified function by performing digital processing according to one or more clock signals is provided with a plurality of delay elements which are respectively inserted in a plurality of clock circuits that supply the clo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6642591 | Field-effect transistor A field-effect transistor includes a silicon substrate on which is formed a channel region, a source region and a drain region. A gate insulation layer of a transition metal oxide having a perovskite structure is formed over at least the channel region, a... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6642439 | Basidiomycete manganese peroxidase gene-transferred plant and a method for removing an environmental contaminant using the same The present invention relates to a plant into which DNA encoding a basidiomycete-derived peroxidase is transferred, said DNA being expressed therein, and to a method for decomposing and removing hazardous chemicals in an environment effectively by using t... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6641937 | Transparent conductive film and process for producing the film The present invention is for a transparent conductive film of nitrogen-containing indium tin oxide 5 nm to 100 μm thick formed on a substrate. The process for producing the transparent film includes exciting the surface of the substrate in a vacuum and d... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637008 | Electronic holding circuit and adjusting method thereof using a probabilistic searching technique In an electronic circuit being provided with a plurality of circuit elements and performing a specified function, a plurality of specific circuit elements related to a circuit performing the specified function out of the plurality of circuit elements are ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6628375 | Method of and a system for measuring a stress or a stress distribution, using a stress luminescent material This invention is to provide a method and a system which, by making use of a stress luminescent material, renders it possible to directly observe a stress distribution on the base of a real time without electrical contacts, and to easily measure a stress ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6624146 | Pharmaceutical compositions containing fibroblast growth factor-related peptides The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a peptide represented by the following formula (I): wherein MTS represents a membrane-transfer amino acid sequence; X represents a direct bond or a linker s... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616860 | Biopolymer composite ion-exchanger with high cesium selectivity and its manufacturing method The present invention provides an easy-to-handle biopolymer composite ion-exchanger with high cesium selectivity, and method for manufacturing this ion-exchanger with ease and good reproducibility, and relates to a cesium separation/recovery agent compris... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607593 | Method of manufacturing a mono-crystalline silicon ball When a crystalline nucleus generated from an under-cooled silicon droplet is grown up to a mono-crystalline silicon ball, a critical under-cooling ƊTcr is determined in response to a diameter d of the silicon droplet so as to satisfy the relat... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6608427 | High-sensitivity flexible ceramic sensor Disclosed is a high-sensitivity flexible ceramic sensor for detecting mechanical shocks and vibrations, which comprises a metal foil of a specified thickness as a substrate, a single-crystalline thin film of a piezoelectric ceramic material such as alumin... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605203 | Electrode apparatus There is disclosed an electrode apparatus, which comprises an electrode (1) composed of a conductor through which perforations (2) are formed from a surface to a backing surface, wherein when the conductor is maintained at an electric potential sufficient... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6597369 | Virtual shape generation method and device using the same The present invention is to propose a method and device which evaluate the shape and the size of each part of a human body in a multidimensional manner, generate a distribution map thereof, and compute and realize a virtual shape located in the periphery ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6585565 | Grinding and polishing tool for diamond, method for polishing diamond, and polished diamond, single crystal diamond and single diamond compact obtained thereby A tool for grinding and polishing diamond and a method for polishing diamond in which a single crystal diamond, a diamond thin film, a sintered diamond compact and the like can be polished at low temperatures without causing cracks, fractures or degradati... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581452 | Apparatus for measuring volume under microgravity Volume measuring apparatus is used in a closed space as in the case of volume measurement of liquid in a container placed on an orbit of an artificial satellite and permits the volume measurement in a state without mixture with gas, liquid, or solid. A vo... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6580514 | Non-contact silicon melt surface evaluation method and system An evaluation light 100 from a light source 1 is split to obtain a divided evaluation signal 120 and a reference signal 110, the divided evaluation signal 120 and the reference signal 110 being shone, respectively, onto a sample surface 32 and a reference... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6577067 | Switching system using laser induced discharge A switching system using laser induced discharge is provided which is capable of reliable switching with a simple structure, multiple switching for a number of circuits, good synchronization and no switching time delay among circuits. In the switching sys... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6576076 | Process for producing fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composites A fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composite is produced by preparing a fiber prepreg containing a powdered silicon and a resin and molding the prepreg to yield a green body having a desired shape, or laminating a fiber prepreg containing a resin and a wo... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6576302 | Method for producing a metal oxide and method for forming a minute pattern There is disclosed a method for producing a metal oxide, which comprises the steps of: dissolving a metal organic compound (e.g. a metal organic acid salt, a metal acetylacetonato complex, and a metal alkoxide having an organic group with 6 or more carbon... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6570045 | Methods of solidifying low-boiling-point hydrocarbon and handling the same, and regeneration thereof Disclosed are a method of solidifying a low-boiling-point hydrocarbon, wherein the low-boiling-point hydrocarbon (including hydrocarbons which are gaseous at ordinary temperature) is brought into contact with a metal salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid, ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568869 | Three dimensional universal unit for movable structure A three-dimensional universal unit for movable structures includes first and second coupling members. Each coupling member includes two opposing side surface parts, an end face part connected to form a right angle with one end face of each side surface pa... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6555182 | Surface hardened resins for disk substrates, methods of manufacture thereof and production devices for the manufacture thereof A surface hardening method for resins and a surface hardened resin, capable of reforming the surface of a plastic disk substrate at low energy in a short time, and a production device of such a resin is disclosed. The formation of an ion-implanted layer 1... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6544444 | Complex oxide having high thermoelectric conversion efficiency This invention provides a complex oxide comprising the features of: (i) being represented by the formula: (A0.4 B0.1 M0.1)x/0.6 Co2 Oy wherein A and B are elements differing from each other... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6540893 | Ion sensor An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode and a field effect transistor having excellent ion selectivity using a noncyclic peptide. In order to achieve the above object, the ion sensor of the present invention using a noncyclic peptide... | 04/01/2003 |
