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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934674 | Yarn traverse guide A yarn traverse guide in which a plurality of yarn guides having yarn introducing openings and yarn introducing passages formed continuously from the yarn introducing openings are disposed at intervals so that the positions of the yarn introducing openings are not o... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932032 | Method for diagnosing esophageal cancer This invention relates to a composition, kit, or DNA chip comprising polynucleotides and antibodies as probes for detecting, determining, or predicting the presence or metastasis of esophageal cancer, and to a method for detecting, determining, or predicting the pre... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931958 | Prepreg and carbon fiber reinforced composite materials A prepreg containing a carbon fiber [A] and a thermosetting resin [B], and in addition, satisfying at least one of the following (1) and (2). (1) a thermoplastic resin particle or fiber [C] and a conductive particle or fiber [D] are contained, and weigh... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927668 | Coater of electric insulating sheet and method for producing electric insulating sheet with coated film A coater for coating an electric insulating sheet with coating liquid while sustaining an identical charging polarity of the insulating sheet and the coating liquid in a process for coating one surface of a traveling electric insulating sheet with coating liquid, an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914699 | Liquid crystal resin, method for making the same, liquid crystal resin composition, and molded article A liquid crystal resin comprises structural units derived from at least two types of aromatic diols. The liquid crystal resin generates 100 ppm or less of acetic acid gas, less than 20 ppm of phenol gas, and less than 100 ppm of carbon dioxide gas when the liquid cr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910316 | Kit and method for detecting urothelial cancer This invention relates to a method for detecting in vitro a urothelial cancer, comprising measuring CXCL1 protein, or expression of a gene encoding the protein, in a biological sample from a subject, and to a kit for diagnosing a urothelial cancer comprising an anti... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902143 | Cancer antigen peptide and the use thereof Novel peptides useful as a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent of cancers, as well as medical uses thereof, are described. Each of these peptides have a consecutive amino acid sequence within a specific region of YKL-40 antigen expressing on the cell surface of br... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901794 | Material for light-emitting element and light emitting element The present invention is a light-emitting device material characterized by containing a pyrene compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 to R10 are specific functional gr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7893046 | Therapeutic or prophylactic agent for leukemia A therapeutic or prophylactic agent for leukemia is disclosed. The therapeutic or prophylactic agent comprises as an effective ingredient a glycine derivative having a specific structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for example, the below-described... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888456 | Process for production of thermoplastic copolymer A process for continuously producing a thermoplastic copolymer, in which a copolymer (A) containing unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl ester units and unsaturated carboxylic acid units is produced and in succession heat-treated to perform intramolecular cyclization r... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887728 | Spinning pack for dry-wet spinning, diverting guide for fiber bundle, and apparatus and method for producing fiber bundle A spinning pack for dry-wet spinning is provided with a spinneret having not less than 6,000 spinning holes and having an aspect ratio Ra of not less than 2.5 for a spinning hole array of the spinning holes. In a device and method for producing a fiber bundle, a dra... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7847055 | Polyphenylene sulfide resin, process for producing the same, and fiber comprising the same A polyphenylene sulfide resin treated by thermal oxidation has a generated gas amount of 0.23 wt % or less when the resin is heated and melted in vacuum at 320° C. for 2 hours; a residual amount of 3.0 wt % or less as a residue when the resin is dissolved in an amo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879837 | Therapeutic or prophylactic agent for multiple sclerosis A therapeutic or prophylactic agent for multiple sclerosis is disclosed. The therapeutic or prophylactic agent comprises as an effective ingredient a glycine derivative having a specific structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for example, the below... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7879471 | Support for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium substrate has a polyester film having metallic oxide-containing layers (layers M) formed on both the surfaces, one layer on each surface, the layers M having a thickness of 50 to 200 nm each, characterized in that the magnetic recording m... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868102 | Method for producing a film of an aromatic amide oxadiazole polymer containing an oxadiazole structure and the film so produced A compound having an oxadiazole structure which is obtained by dehydration-cyclization of a compound having a carbohydrazide structure using a chemical agent selected from acids and bases. The dehydration-cyclization of the compound having a carbohydrazide structure... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866487 | Aromatic polyamide porous film, process for producing the same and secondary battery The problem addressed by this invention is to provide an aromatic polyamide porous film excellent in the capability of being thinned and capable of easily exhibiting stable porosity properties even if it is used for a long period of time at high temperature. This in... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7858006 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing laminated sheet An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a laminated sheet wherein different molten resins are alternately laminated by providing a multitude of slits arranged at intervals and permitting the different molten resins to flow out from the adjacent slits. A value of ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857013 | Method for producing carbon fiber woven fabric The present invention has an object of providing a method for producing a carbon fiber woven fabric in which the length of each warp yarn made of a carbon fiber strand is uniform, weft yarns are straightly arranged without waviness, and that is excellent in quality ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852435 | Light-condensing film, liquid-crystal panel and backlight as well as manufacturing process for light-condensing film A conventional liquid crystal display comprises a number of components, so that a manufacturing cost cannot be reduced. Furthermore, a large-area substrate has problems in shipping. According to this invention, a liquid-crystal panel is prepared by forming individua... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851050 | Laminated film An object of the invention is to provide a laminated film which hardly gives transmission loss based on reflection or scattering, is excellent in heat resistance and humidity resistance, and has an arbitrarily-controlled refractive index distribution. Accordingly, t... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851024 | Porous membrane and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a porous membrane including a three-dimensional network structure and a spherical structure is provided. The method includes forming a porous membrane having a spherical structure, applying a resin solution onto at least one surface of the... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7838698 | Hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds In one aspect, the invention relates to hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds. In particular, disclosed are sterically hindered hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds and improved purity hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds. Also disclosed are processes for ma... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7838164 | Film electrode composite element and production method therefor, and fuel cell It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of producing a membrane electrode assembly using an interface resistance reducing composition which can simply reduce the resistance of the interface between an electrode and an electrolyte membrane in a s... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824786 | Membrane electrode complex and solid type fuel cell using it A polymer electrolytic material has excellent proton conductivity and excellent fuel shutting property, and accordingly provide a polymer electrolytic fuel cell with a high efficiency. This polymer electrolytic material has an unfreezable water ratio Rw1 defi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7824770 | Molding material, prepreg and fiber-reinforced composite material, and method for producing fiber-reinforced molding substrate This invention relates to: a molding material comprising a bundle of continuous reinforcing fibers (A), a polyarylene sulfide prepolymer (B) comprising at least 50% by weight of cyclic polyarylene sulfide and having the weight average molecular weight of less than 1... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821199 | Organic electroluminescent device and manufacturing method thereof A highly fine organic electroluminescent device is provided. A method for manufacturing the organic electroluminescent device is provided for patterning a very fine light emitting layer, and a deposition mask is provided to be used in the patterning. For deposition ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820290 | Water dispersible carbon fiber and water dispersible chopped carbon fiber Water dispersible carbon fibers, (1) wherein the surface oxygen concentration (O/C) of each of the single fibers is 0.03 or more and less than 0.12 as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and forming a first contact angle with water of 75° or less as measur... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813829 | Sheet manufacturing method and sheet manufacturing device A sheet manufacturing method is provided including the steps of (i) extruding a sheet material to a sheet form; (2) forming a desired sheet by performing a predetermined processing involving dimensional change in a transverse direction of a sheet; (3) measuring a th... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7803942 | Crystals of morphinan derivative and process for producing the same The present invention is directed to provide 17-cyclopropylmethyl-3,14β-dihydroxy-4,5α-epoxy-6β-[N-methyl-trans-3-(3-furyl)acrylamido]morphinan hydrochloride consistent in quality after production and having high purity. A crystal of 17-cyclopropylmethyl-3,14β-d... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7795010 | Fractionator and method of fractionation The following is disclosed: (1) a membrane fractionator including a filtration section, a concentrating section, a recovery section and a liquid feed pump, wherein a flow channel connecting the filtration section, concentrating section and recovery section to each o... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790448 | Nucleic acid and gene derived from novel HCV strain and replicon-replicating cell using said gene The present invention relates to a gene derived from a novel fulminant hepatitis C virus strain, an HCV replicon RNA with a high replication efficiency obtained using the gene, and an HCV replicon-replicating cell transfected with the replicon RNA. When the HCV repl... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790272 | Multilayer film and biaxially oriented polyester film An objective of the present invention is to provide a film that has a high rigidity and is superior in dimension stability under high temperatures and transparency after heating processes, as well as in moldability within a wide temperature range, which has not been... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785446 | Flow sheet for paper machine and method of manufacturing the same To smooth the surface of a flow sheet that is used in a paper machine and make the flow sheet easy to handle, reinforced fibers are disposed in a mold 5. The entire mold 5 is covered with enclosing members 10, 11 so that an enclosed space 12 | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779870 | Method and equipment for manufacturing reinforced fiber textile A method for producing a reinforcing fiber woven fabric of the invention is a method for producing a reinforcing fiber 1 for weaving the reinforcing fiber as at least a warp 2. The yarn width of at least the warp 2 constituting the woven fabric ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776507 | Photosensitive paste and manufacturing method of member for display panel A photosensitive paste is provided with which a member for a display panel having superior visibility can be manufactured with simple steps, and with the photosensitive paste including a soft magnetic powder, a glass powder, and a photosensitive organic component, i... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7767120 | Aliphatic polyester multi-filament crimp yarn for a carpet, and production method thereof The present invention relates to multifilament crimped yarn comprising an aliphatic polyester and methods for producing thereof, and to carpets that are manufactured by using the crimped yarn. The present invention provides an aliphatic polyester multifilament crimp... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7754323 | Fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article, molding material, and method for production of the molded article According to the present invention, a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article in which monofilamentous carbon fibers are contained in a thermoplastic resin in a high content, such fibers having long fiber lengths and being randomly arranged, is provided.... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7744594 | Catheter for treating of arrhythmia A catheter for treating arrhythmia comprises a catheter shaft of a double-cylinder structure where an inner shaft is slidably inserted in an outer shaft, a balloon installed so as to straddle between the tip portion of the inner shaft and the tip portion of the oute... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7709594 | Polyester resin compositions, catalyst for polyester production, polyester film, and magnetic recording medium A polyester composition produced without using an antimony compound as a polycondensation catalyst and including (I) composition containing, on a weight basis, 30 ppm or less of antimony, 0.5 to 50 ppm of titanium, and 0.1 to 100 ppm of phosphorus, in w... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7704482 | Process for producing carbon nanotube and catalyst for carbon nanotube production Provided is a method for producing a carbon nanotube, wherein a catalyst for carbon nanotube production comprising a powdery catalyst supporting a metal on magnesia and having a bulk density of 0.30 g/mL to 0.70 g/mL, in a vertical reactor, is disposed over the whol... | 04/27/2010 |