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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183432 | Plant having reduced lignin and cellulose contents without reducing glucan content, method of producing the same and utilization thereof By inhibiting the function of a transcription factor that promotes transcription of a gene associated with the amounts of lignin and cellulose, a plant in which the amounts of lignin and cellulose are reduced without reducing the amount of glucan is produced. In thi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179588 | Switchable mirror element, and switchable mirror component and insulating glass each incorporating the switchable mirror element A switchable mirror element includes a switchable layer having a chromic property enabling the switchable layer to be reversibly changed from a transparent state by hydrogenation and a mirror state by dehydrogenation, and a catalytic layer disposed on the switchable... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178203 | Aligned single-walled carbon nanotube aggregate, bulk aligned single-walled carbon nanotube aggregate, and powdered aligned single-walled carbon nanotube aggregate This invention provides an aligned single-walled CNT aggregate comprising a substrate, fine particles of iron catalyst with a density of 1×1011 to 1×1014/cm2 disposed on an alumina co-catalyst above the substrate, and a plurality o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178194 | Clay film product The present invention provides a clay film and a member thereof, having low moisture permeability and gas permeability, having mechanical strength enabling use as a self-supporting film, having high flexibility and high heat resistance, being an electrical insulator... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175821 | Method for measuring physical quantity distribution and measurement system using sensor for physical quantity distribution It is an object of the present invention to provide a measurement system that measures physical quantity distribution over the entire region using a sensor for physical quantity distribution (PQD sensor) that realizes high stretchability, flexibility, etc., in at le... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166136 | Performance reservation storage management system, storage management method, and storage medium A storage management system (10) is a system for connecting a client terminal (30) to a storage apparatus (111) via a communication network. The storage management system (10) includes: a communication unit (21) that receives a res... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163659 | Method for oxide film formation and apparatus for the method In method and apparatus for oxide film formation, light in an ultraviolet light range is irradiated on a substrate, a starting gas of an organosilicon and an ozone gas are supplied to the substrate to form an oxide film on a surface of the substrate, and the ozone g... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159873 | Semiconductor integrated circuit There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit including a state detection enhancement circuit which includes an input terminal and an output terminal and has a function of generating an electric potential of a magnitude capable of performing nonvolatile memor... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148119 | Hydroxylase gene and use thereof A vitamin D3 hydroxylase is purified from Pseudonocardia autotrophica cell, and a primer is designed based on amino acid sequence obtained from hydroxylase. Subsequently, PCR is conducted using genomic DNA of Pseudonocardia autotrophica as a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147842 | Mutant luciferase An object of the present invention is to provide a mutant luciferase having luciferase activity with an altered emission spectrum. A specific amino acid residue(s) is substituted in a luciferase derived from Cypridina noctiluca and then the resulting mutant l... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143013 | Visible to near-infrared light probe using energy transfer between luciferase and an organic dye via a sugar chain An object of the present invention is to produce a luminescent probe that has less biological effects, efficiently emits visible to near-infrared light, which is excellent for the imaging of individuals, and the use thereof. The present invention provides a sugar ch... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139388 | Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device This invention has the purpose of providing a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device which is capable of entering multivalued storage in a FeFET unit without requiring preparation of a plurality of voltage sources. The nonvolatile semiconductor storage devi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137512 | Process for analyzing sample by capillary electrophoresis method A process for analyzing a sample by a capillary electrophoresis method is provided that allows the apparatus to be reduced in size, allows a high analytical precision to be obtained, and can be carried out easily. The analytical process of the present invention is a... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136974 | Metal coordination compound and light-emitting material containing the same To provide a light-emitting device that is capable of red-light-emitting with high luminance and high efficiency and that is excellent in endurance; and a metal coordination compound metal coordination compound having a partial structure represented by formula (1) t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125699 | Optical scanning device An optical scanning device of the invention includes: a substrate; a torsion bar portion which is connected to the substrate; a mirror portion which is supported by the torsion bar portion; a drive source which causes the substrate to oscillate; and a light source w... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124424 | Single molecule-format bioluminescent probe The claimed invention comprises a single molecule-format bioluminescent probe for detecting a target-specific ligand in a living cell, which comprises, a ligand-binding molecule of which conformation is changed upon binding to the ligand, wherein the ligand-binding ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117214 | Music artist retrieval system and method of retrieving music artist The present invention provides a music artist retrieval system which makes it possible for users to automatically retrieve an unknown music artist similar to the user's favorite artist while actually reproducing and confirming a piece of music of the unknown artist.... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114518 | Single-walled carbon nanotube and aligned single-walled carbon nanotube bulk structure, and their production process, production apparatus and application use This invention provides an aligned single-layer carbon nanotube bulk structure, which comprises an assembly of a plurality of aligned single-layer carbon nanotube and has a height of not less than 10 μm, and an aligned single-layer carbon nanotube bulk structure wh... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107281 | Magnetoresistive element and magnetic memory According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer with a variable magnetization and an easy-axis in a perpendicular direction to a film surface, a second magnetic layer with an invariable magnetization and an easy-axis in the pe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105814 | DNA replication factors A DNA polymerase reaction system which provides high DNA polymerase activity even at a high temperature and at a high salt concentration. A DNA polymerase reaction system that is constructed from a DNA polymerase, a clamp, and a clamp loader without intein sequence,... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099982 | Method of molding glass parts and molding apparatus A molding apparatus of a glass material according to the present invention is characterized by containing means for holding a glass material and a molding die in contact with each other, means for heating the glass material and the molding die, and means for applyin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089117 | Semiconductor structure A desired property for a metal gate electrode layer is that it can cover a three-dimensional semiconductor structure having a microstructure with high step coverage. Another desired property for the metal gate electrode layer is that the surface of a deposited elect... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088713 | Superconducting fault-current limiting element and the process for producing the same To prepare a superconducting fault-current limiting element having a high sharing electric field at low cost, a superconducting fault-current limiting element includes an insulator substrate; a superconductive thin film formed on the insulator substrate; and an allo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086112 | Optical signal processing circuit An optical gate switch circuit includes: an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer having an optical path that outputs control light and probe light to a second optical directional coupler via a first optical directional coupler and an optical phase modulation eleme... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084127 | Molybdenum or tungsten particles, thin film formed from said particles, and process for producing the same Proposed are molybdenum or tungsten particles having a stable face-centered cubic structure of molybdenum and tungsten belonging to a VI group in a periodic table or a thin film formed from the foregoing particles, and a manufacturing method thereof. Specifically, p... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081499 | Semiconductor integrated circuit A field-effect transistor for nonvolatile memory holding use and a field-effect transistor for logical operation use are manufactured in the same structure on the same semiconductor substrate without separately providing manufacturing processes for the field-effect ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077510 | SRAM device An SRAM device including a memory cell, the memory cell having two access transistors connected to a word line, and a flip-flop circuit having complementary transistors, the transistor being a field effect transistor having a standing semiconductor thin plate, a log... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075489 | Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus Pressure distribution on a surface of an ultrasonic probe can be measured directly. Piezoelectric sensors, in which a piezoelectric thin film is formed on a film-like substrate, are arranged in the form of an array on the surface of an ultrasonic probe, and a sensor... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075359 | Phosphorus-doped diamond film allowing significantly reduced electron emission voltage, method for producing the same, and electron source using the same A phosphorus-doped diamond film, which contains phosphorus at a concentration of 1015 cm−3 or more, has a resistivity of 107 Ωcm or less, and allows the voltage for initiation of electron emission to be 30V or less. A method for p... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073155 | System for reproducing audio information corresponding to a position within a displayed image A system for reproducing audio information corresponding to a position within a displayed image comprising an image display device (1) which shows an image, an audio output device (2) which outputs an electromagnetic wave modulated by audio information... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072733 | Electrochemical capacitor and electrode material for use therein An electrochemical capacitor comprising a nonaqueous electrolyte and a pair of polarizable electrodes, wherein carbon nanotubes are used as an electrode material for at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the carbon nanotubes have a speci... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067322 | Glass composition for lamp, glass part for lamp, and process for producing lamp or glass composition for lamp A glass composition for lamps includes the following by weight percent: SiO2: 60-75 wt %; CeO2+Ce2O3: 0.01-5.2 wt %; SnO+SnO2: 0.01-5.2 wt %; Al2O3: 0.5-6 wt %; B2O3: ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062492 | Method for analyzing protein A method for analyzing proteins with the use of electrophoresis is provided, which makes it possible to rapidly and conveniently analyze a great variety of proteins with high sensitivity. The method for analyzing a protein in a sample comprises setting a sample in a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056422 | Method and member for measuring stress distribution of natural bone, synthetic bone, or member attached to them When visualizing the stress distribution of natural bone, synthetic bone, or a member attached to either thereof without omitted points, in order to measure accurately in a variety of modes using an inexpensive system, a mechanoluminescence material thin film 6 | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049976 | Optical part holding member and production method thereof The present invention relates to an optical part holding member made of ceramic and a production method thereof, and provides an optical part holding member made of ceramic such that a sintered body after processes of degreasing and sintering has small dimensional c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048948 | Filler-dispersed melt-kneaded products, molded resin products thereof, and production method thereof A melt-kneading method for filling material-containing resin or elastomer includes: a step of preparing a filling material as a filler and a resin or elastomer comprising an incompatible blend; and a step of introducing the filling material-containing resin or elast... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048396 | Method for manufacturing single-walled carbon nanotubes The objective of the present invention is to provide a process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes, capable of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes with high purity. A process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes according to the present invention... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043827 | Single molecule-format real-time bioluminescence imaging probe The present invention provides an “in vivo and in vitro real-time bioluminescence imaging means,” which can transmit a detection signal promptly in response to an external signal, while taking advantage of a single-molecule-format luminescent probe as a biolumin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043438 | Device for cleaning CVD device and method of cleaning CVD device An apparatus for cleaning a CVD apparatus that can efficiently remove a by-product such as SiO2 or Si3N4 stuck and deposited onto the surface of an internal wall, an electrode, or the like in a reaction chamber in a film forming proc... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042446 | Pressure-resistant vessel and blasting facility having the same An object of the present invention is to improve durability of a pressure vessel for blasting an article to be treated such as hazardous substance or explosive therein. The pressure vessel 10, means for achieving the object, has an external vessel 31 a... | 10/25/2011 |
