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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123798 | Biofilm formation inhibitor and treatment device thereof A treatment device such as a biliary stent, capable of effectively and continuously inhibiting biofilm formation, and a biofilm formation inhibitor suitable for coating on the treatment device by killing all bacteria including E. coli and by suppressing the g... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8106847 | Communication circuit, communication apparatus, impedance matching circuit and impedance matching circuit designing method A communication circuit is provided with an antenna section, such as a nonresonant antenna, and a matching section which connects with the antenna section and adjusts impedance, for example. The matching section has a transmission line, and the electric length and c... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8048275 | Method of solubilizing carbon nanomaterial [Problems] The present invention is to provide a method of solubilizing a carbon nanomaterial, in which a carbon nanomaterial can be dissolved in a hydrophilic solvent easily and uniformly without structural deterioration of the carbon nanomaterial, the dispersibili... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8031039 | Separate type magnetic shield apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a separate type magnetic shield apparatus which has high access performance to a magnetically shielded space, in which magnetic shielding is very effectively achieved. In the separate type magnetic shield apparatus... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029680 | Filtration apparatus and filtration method A filtration apparatus and a filtration method are provided. The filtration apparatus includes a filter medium, a first filter layer of a first filter aid disposed on an upstream side of the filter medium, and a second filter layer of a second filter aid disposed on... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8012218 | Medical bone prosthetic material and process for producing the same There is disclosed a bone substitute material for medical use which satisfies all the requirements of (1) no histotoxicity, (2) osteoconductivity, (3) bone replacement capability, and (4) mechanical strength necessary for a bone reconstruction operation. The bone su... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7994952 | Converter, conversion method, program, and recording medium Provided is a highly accurate converter and the like that makes up for the instability of circuit elements, by focusing on a relationship between the Markov chain and β conversion. A converter 1 that determines the decoded value of a sample value x based on ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994228 | Ion-pair charge-transfer complex polymer and photoresponsive-electroresponsive material comprising the same Provided is a novel ion-pair charge-transfer complex polymer suitable for use as a photo-functional material which shows extremely fast photoresponses in the wide wavelength range from visible to near infrared regions, and thermally stable, ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7965037 | Organic electroluminescence device and organic laser diode An organic electroluminescence device, includes a substrate; an anode layer; an organic layer including at least one organic material having a fluorescence spectrum; and a cathode layer, wherein the organic electroluminescence device has a primary light outgoing dir... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7940815 | Fluorescent glass, optical waveguide, optical fiber, optical coherence tomography apparatus, and optical fiber laser The present invention relates to fluorescent glass which is easily put into practical use, and optical elements including the same. In one aspect, the fluorescent glass is comprised of silica-based glass containing Bi as a dopant, and adapted to generate fluorescenc... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7767548 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor wafer including a strained silicon layer A method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer with a strained Si layer having sufficient tensile strain and few crystal defects, while achieving a relatively simple layered structure, is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming an SiGe mixed crysta... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763137 | Pressure shell, high-pressure tank provided with the pressure shell, manufacturing method of the high-pressure tank and manufacturing apparatus of the high-pressure tank The present invention provides a pressure shell formed by winding reinforcement fibers with resin material for hardening on an outer surface of a hollow tank base body, a high-pressure tank having the pressure shell, a manufacturing method of the high-pressure tank,... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7648647 | Polymer/liquid crystal composite and liquid crystal element The invention is generally related to a polymer/liquid crystal composite, which includes a liquid crystal material which exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase in the temperature range of approximately 5° C. or more in the elevated temperature process... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7586673 | Optical gain waveguide and method of controlling the same The present invention relates to an optical gain waveguide having excellent gain flatness in C-band, and excellent tolerance against variations of a pumping light wavelength as well, and a method of controlling the same. The optical gain waveguide includes an optica... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7495095 | Thionucleoside-S-nitrosyl derivative The present invention provides a thionucleoside-S-nitrosyl derivative of the following Formula I or a salt thereof: [wherein R1 represents ribose, 2-deoxyribose or a derivative of either, and R2 repres... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7368099 | MRI contrast agents An MRI contrast agent enables direct detection and imaging of exfoliated vascular endothelial sites. The MRI contrast agent includes an imaging unit which contains an unpaired electron-carrying atom and/or molecule and is capable of amplifying or reducing MRI signal... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7271288 | Aromatic compounds Disclosed is an aromatic compound expressed by the general formula (I), wherein A represents of a fused aromatic hydrocarbon moiety such as triphenylene, X represents a hydrogen-bonding site such as an atomic group containing an amide linkage, Y represents a chain f... | 09/18/2007 |
