Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158715 | Binder resin composition A binder resin composition is provided which retains satisfactory low-temperature flowability and coating film performances and has a lower cost. A binder resin solution composition including: (a) a resin obtained by mixing a chlorinated polyolefin (I) obtained by c... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8142072 | External stimulus indicator and indication method using the same The invention provides an indicator excellent in constitutional simplicity and capable of indicating both the temperature of an article to be indicated and elapsed time at that temperature, as well as an indicator of simple constitution capable of indicating the lev... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8070947 | Permselective membrane module and method for manufacturing the same To provide a method for manufacturing a module having a selectively permeable membrane wherein the surface of the selectively permeable membrane thereof can be washed with good efficiency and further contaminants having been exfoliated from the surface of the membra... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7994076 | Fabric for airbag A fabric for an airbag includes a synthetic fiber woven fabric in which at least one side thereof is coated with a synthetic resin. A range of 0.1 to 10 g/m2 of the synthetic resin is adhered to the synthetic fiber woven fabric having a cover factor of le... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993847 | Plasma or serum separation membrane and filter apparatus including the plasma or serum separation membrane A Plasma or serum separation membrane that enables omitting centrifugal separation, is free from hemolysis attributed to destruction of red blood cells and realizes easy and rapid separation of plasma or serum from blood; and a filter apparatus including the plasma ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989599 | Activator including biosurfactant as active ingredient, mannosyl erythritol lipid, and production method thereof The present invention includes as an active ingredient at least one biosurfactant, in particular mannosyl alditol lipid (such as MEL and MML) or triacylated mannosyl alditol lipid. This allows providing an activator and anti-aging agent that is excellent in activati... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985702 | Woven fabric for airbag A woven fabric for an airbag includes a synthetic fiber woven fabric having a cover factor of 2000 to 2500 in which at least one side thereof is coated with a synthetic resin. Air permeability of the woven fabric under a pressure difference of 100 kPa is 0.01 to 1.0... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7973124 | Method for producing thermoplastic polyester elastomer, thermoplastic polyester elastomer composition, and thermoplastic polyester elastomer The present invention provides a thermoplastic polyester elastomer excellent in heat resistance, heat-aging resistance, water resistance, light resistance, low-temperature property and the like, and further excellent in block order-retaining ability, the thermoplast... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7922007 | Separation membrane with selective permeability and process for producing the same The present invention relates to a permselective separation membrane that can be used in blood purifying treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to a polysulfone-based permselective separation membrane which has well-balanced separation propertie... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7892991 | Elastic network structure Provided is an elastic network structure having durability and cushioning properties suitable for furniture, bedding such as a bed, seats for vehicles, seats for shipping, etc., the network structure being lightweight and having excellent chemical resistance, excell... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7846304 | Process for purification of 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole The present invention provides a process for purifying 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole represented by the formula (I): characterized in that a crude 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole represented by the formula (I) i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879439 | Polypropylene laminate film, and package comprising the same A wide polyolefin film may be made by high-speed film forming, which has uniform properties over its whole width and is free of thickness irregularities, and provides a packaging film applicable to large-scale production which has good gloss and bag-making property,... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7795161 | Fabric for airbags A fabric for airbags which comprises a synthetic fiber woven fabric and synthetic thermoplastic resin applied on at least one side of the synthetic fiber woven fabric, characterized in that, by applying the synthetic thermoplastic resin, both edgecomb resistance and... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790643 | Urethane foam reinforcing material A reinforcing material for urethane foam effectively protects a molded urethane foam body and suppresses fricatives with a metal spring, having high productivity and excellent handleability and being applicable to a molded urethane foam body with highly uneven shape... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781603 | Method for producing trimethylsilyl azide The present invention relate to a method for producing a trimethylsilyl azide represented by the formula (3): (CH3)3SiN3 (3) which comprises reacting a trimethylsilyl chloride represented by the formula (1): | 08/24/2010 |
| 7754970 | High frequency electronic part A high frequency electronic part comprising a conductor wiring for transmitting an electric signal of 100 MHz to 100 GHz, and an insulation layer composed of a void containing thermoplastic resin film orientated in at least one direction by stretching. The void cont... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7754864 | Tyrosinase activity controlling agent, process for producing the same and external preparation containing the same Disclosed is a tyrosinase activity controlling agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound that has tyrosinase inhibiting or promoting activity, an external preparation comprising the controlling agent, and a process for producing the compound. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736564 | Process of making a high strength polyolefin filament A filament having excellent incision resistance includes as a primary component a polyethylene filament having a weight-average molecular weight of 300,000 or less and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight to a number-average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) of 4.0 o... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728102 | Polyamide-imide resin, flexible metal-clad laminate, and flexible printed wiring board The present invention provides a non-halogen polyamide-imide resin soluble in an amide solvent at a concentration of 10%, the resulting varnish, when stored at 5° C. for 1 month, exhibiting a solution viscosity change ((solution viscosity after 1 month−initial so... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7700701 | Water-soluble polymer compound having sugar chains A polymer compound having a monosaccharide or an oligosaccharide residue, or an amino acid or peptide residue bound to a monosaccharide or an oligosaccharide residue bound to a side chain of a water-soluble polymer through a linker containing a selectively cleavable... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7666490 | Functional roll film and vacuum evaporation apparatus capable of producing the functional roll film A functional roll film comprises a plastic film which is transparent and having gas barrier properties, and provided at its at least one surface with an inorganic oxide layer, and which can be wound; wherein a maximum thickness of the inorganic oxide layer is 1.5 ti... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7662600 | Modified flavin adenine dinucleotide dependent glucose dehydrogenase An object of the present invention is to provide a more practically advantageous enzyme usable as a reagent for measuring blood glucose than the known enzymes used as blood glucose sensors. A modified flavin adenine dinucleotide dependent glucose dehydrogenas... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659060 | Method for identifying nucleotide polymorphism A method for identifying a nucleotide polymorphism, the method comprising hybridizing a labeled oligonucleotide for a wild type or a mutant type to a nucleic acid containing a specific nucleotide polymorphic site in a sample; allowing a nucleic acid-specific label t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7645563 | Photosensitive resin composition, photosensitive layer using the same and photosensitive resin printing original plate The present invention is to obtain without any trouble a photosensitive resin composition, a photosensitive layer and a photosensitive resin printing original plate, which are developable with an aqueous developer, resistant to an aqueous ink and a cosolvent ink, an... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7618800 | Glycerol kinase, which has high resistance against preservative The disclosure relates to (i) a gene isolated from Cellulomonas sp.JCM2471, the gene encoding a new glycerol kinase and (ii) a method for preparing the glycerol kinase by gene recombination technique, A Glycerol kinase which has high resistance against preser... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7611859 | Method for improving heat stability of composition containing water-soluble coenzyme-bound glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) The invention relates to a method for improving the heat stability of glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), comprising a step of combining, in a composition comprising soluble coenzyme-bound glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), the enzyme with any one or more selected from the group... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601504 | Protein achieving improved blocking efficiency It is intended to provide a method of conveniently screening a novel protein or a novel partial sequence protein having a blocking ability based on amino acid sequence data; and a protein achieving an improved blocking efficiency that can be expressed on a large sca... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7594946 | Air-cleaner filter material for internal combustion engine and air-cleaner element The invention provides an air-cleaner filter material for an internal combustion engine, which comprises a dust-collecting layer comprising a melt-blown nonwoven fabric having a maximum pore size of 100 μm or less and a dust-retaining layer arranged upstream of the... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7572865 | Polyester films The present invention is a polyester film obtained by blending 10-90 wt % of polyester (A) containing ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component and 90-10 wt % of crystalline polyester (B) different from this polyester (A), which has a half value width o... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7557052 | Hose for introduction and distribution of inflator gas A woven fabric-made hose having at least one distribution hole for introduction and distribution of inflator gas on actuation of an air bag, which hose is installed in a side air bag module, wherein at least one of the outer surface and inner surface of said hose is... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7531238 | Laminated thermoplastic resin film and laminated thermoplastic resin film roll The present invention provides a laminated thermoplastic resin film which is excellent in adhesion and blocking resistance. A laminated thermoplastic resin film has a covering layer containing a copolymerized polyester resin and a polyurethane resin on one side or b... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7521126 | Readily bondable polyester film optical use and laminated polyester film for optical use A readily-adhesive polyester film for optical applications that suppresses rainbow reflections under fluorescent lamps and has excellent adhesion to a hard coating layer and exhibits excellent adhesion at high temperatures and high humidities (resistance to humidity... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7503941 | Elastic fabric and process for producing the same The elastic fabric comprising a cross-linked polyolefin fiber, wherein the fabric has retractions both in warp-wise and weft-wise directions of the fabric of 8% or less after treated by dry heat at 65° C. for 30 minutes is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process for... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501373 | Polymerization catalyst for polyester production, polyester, and process for producing polyester Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a polymerization catalyst used to produce polyester. The catalyst comprises at least one metal-containing component, excluding antimony or germanium, and an organic compound component, containing at least one moie... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7494794 | Glucose dehydrogenase The present invention provides glucose dehydrogenase which is excellent in heat resistance and substrate specificity and is not affected by dissolved oxygen. Specifically, the present invention relates to glucose dehydrogenase characterized by being derived from an ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7479383 | Modified pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) dependent glucose dehydrogenase excellent in substrate specificity PQQGDH having an improved substrate specificity or having an improved specific activity in an assay system using ferricyanide ion as a mediator is provided. Modified PQQGDH having the enhanced substrate specificity by introducing an amino acid mutation in a particul... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476525 | Modified pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) dependent glucose dehydrogenase with superior substrate specificity and stability The present invention relates to modified pyrroloquinoline quinone dependent glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) having lower activity with respect to disaccharides and/or greater stability than wild-type PQQGDH. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468197 | Flexible metal-clad laminate and method for producing the same Disclosed are a flexible metal-clad laminate comprising a metal foil and a heat-resistant resin film layer formed on one side of the metal foil, the heat-resistant resin film layer comprising a crosslinked condensation polymer and having an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone-in... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7452938 | Aqueous resin composition, aqueous coating material containing the composition, coating provided by the material, and metal plate coated with the material There is provided an aqueous resin composition excellent in settability, flexibility, retort resistance, hygienicity, sprayability and dispersibility in water, and used to coat an internal surface of a can. The aqueous resin composition contains: polyester resin hav... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7446242 | Plants with improved morphogenesis and method of constructing the same The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli. ... | 11/04/2008 |
