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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080172946 | Frameless Glass Door A frameless glass door arrangement for a doorway bounded in part by a top section and a bottom section is disclosed. The frameless glass door arrangement includes two hinge parts rotatably embedded in the respective top section and bottom section; and a glass door leaf ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080171557 | Method, System and Module for Locating a Telecommunications Terminal A system for locating a communications terminal (10). The system comprises a location hybridization module (14) which comprises: a spatial filter (142); a temporal filter (141) for the geographical location adapted to compare a time correspon... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080171765 | Aniline or phenol mustards linked to DNA-affinic molecules or water-soluble aromatic rings and their use as cancer therapeutic agents New aniline or phenol N-mustards linked to DNA-affinity carriers (such as 9-anilinoacridines, acridines and quinolines), aminobenzamides or aminophenol ethers by a urea, carbamic acid, carbanic acid ester, hydrazineurea, hydrazinecarbamic acid ester, phenoxyurea, phenox... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080171648 | Process for producing spherical activated carbon Disclosure is made of a specific process for producing activated carbon in spherical form, starting with organic polymer spherules based on styrene and divinylbenzene, wherein said polymer spherules contain chemical groups leading to the formation of free radicals and t... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080163579 | Point Holder For Holding Glass Panes In A Bending Free Manner A single-point holder for fixing a glass pane relative to a sub-construction or support is disclosed. The holder includes two clamping fittings for clamping the glass pane therebetween, one of the clamping fittings comprising a hollow sphere bearing shell; a setting mem... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080165708 | Multimedia conferencing method and signal A method for providing signals in a conference call among a plurality of participants, and a signal used in the method. The participants on the call are ordered in a sequential ring, and inputs, representing audio and/or video input, are taken from at least some of the ... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080165271 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus relating to the present invention includes an image pickup optical system with variable power for forming an image of an subject; an image pickup element for photo-electrically converting the image; and a drive member for moving the image picku... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080163954 | Method and system for the quick refill of an irritant dispenser A system and method for quickly refilling a pressurized irritant dispenser is disclosed. In the system and method, either the dispensing nozzle or the connection between the dispensing nozzle and the valve assembly is replaced with a quick connect fitting. The quick con... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080165000 | Suppression of False Alarms in Alarms Arising from Intrusion Detection Probes in a Monitored Information System The invention relates to a system and a method of suppressing false alarms among alarms issued by intrusion detection sensors (13a, 13b, 13c) of a protected information system (1) including entities (9, 11a, | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080157941 | Electronic Device to Be Incorporated Into a Motor Vehicle in Order to Help Retrieve the Device Following a Theft The invention relates to an electronic device (1) that is to be incorporated into a motor vehicle. Said device (1) comprises a radio module (18) for establishing a short-distance wireless connection to an authorized cellular telephone (2) whi... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080157517 | Security Feature for Recording Materials The invention relates to a novel security feature in the form of a luminescent marking for integration in a recording material. The security feature comprises a radiation layer (21) with luminescent components and a masking layer (2) with cavity pigments a... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162604 | System and Method For Migrating a Platform, User Data, and Applications From at Least One Server to at Least One Computer A method and a system for migrating an operating system and applications from a server to a computer connected to said server via an information network (13), including a synchronization server (1) connected to a downloading server (5), an inventory... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156404 | Plasticizing System for Rubber Composition The inventive plasticising system is used for plasticising a dienic rubber compound is characterised in that it is based on a MES or TDAE oil and a polylimonene resin. Said rubber compound exhibits an improved abrasion and cut resistance and is based on at least one typ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080158249 | Method for Displaying Graphic Objects and Communications Device The invention relates to a method for displaying graphic objects in which the graphic objects are arranged in a virtual surface field, in particular an electronic map, the virtual surface field is larger than a display field, a section of the virtual surface field toget... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080149265 | Applicator for electrical or electronic components Stock having printed circuits thereon is conveyed in a transport plane by a conveying device, and electronic components carried by a transfer belt are transferred to the stock under pressure exerted by the belt. The electronic components are transferred to the belt by a... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080149062 | Gas Shuttle Valve Provided With an Anti-Corrosive Layer A gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine having a valve cone essentially made of a valve shaft, which passes into a valve plate while forming a hollow cone, and the valve cone or at least the valve shaft up into the area of the hollow cone being manufacture... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080149210 | Light and Reinforced Undersea Coaxial Pipe Element The present invention relates to a unit element of undersea pipe, in particular for providing a bottom-to-surface connection, constituted by an assembly of two coaxial pipe elements of the PiP type (1) presenting an inner pipe element (2) and an outer pipe... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080148981 | Method and apparatus for controlling the cut register of a web-fed rotary press To control the cutting register of a web in a web-fed rotary press with little expenditure, a specific item of image information or a measuring mark of a printed web is registered by at least one sensor. The sensor generates a registration signal which is supplied to a ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080153189 | Method for producing a radiation-emitting-and-receiving semiconductor chip A method for producing an integrated semiconductor component comprising a first semiconductor layer construction for emitting radiation and a second semiconductor layer construction for receiving radiation, wherein a substrate is first provided and a first semiconductor... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080150448 | Lamp Base for a High-Pressure Discharge Lamp and Corresponding High-Pressure Discharge Lamp A lamp base (2) for a high-pressure discharge lamp comprises an ignition transformer (1000), which is placed in the interior (214) of the lamp base (2) and which serves to ignite the gas discharge inside the high-pressure discharge lamp. To t... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080149260 | Method For Making A Running Tread For A Tire A method of manufacturing a tire, said tire including a tread essentially consisting of a base compound, the tread furthermore including at least one insert of an insertion compound, said method comprising steps consisting in: preparing a tread (7) made of an unc... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080149716 | Mobile terminal and control program thereof In a mobile terminal, a control section monitors a battery residual amount at a power supply section, if the battery residual amount is less than a preset threshold, it refers to the states of various flags stored in a flag table at a memory section. Subsequently, if th... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080148638 | Motorized window shade A window assembly that includes a motorized window shade mechanism. The window assembly includes two reversible motors that are disposed in, and at the top of, the window assembly. The window assembly further includes an opaque shade and a translucent shade. Each shade ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080154461 | Apparatus, system and method for allowing prescribed components in the system to be started with minimal delay A method, apparatus and system are disclosed for allowing prescribed components in the system to be started with minimal delay, wherein a multimedia system for a motor vehicle, which comprises a control unit and a plurality of prescribed components that can be selected ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080147660 | Method for Arranging Object Data in Electronic Maps The invention relates to a method for arranging object data in electronic maps. The inventive method is characterized in that a data area (D) having the coordinate data of a spatial area is provided, object data regarding objects (Pi) are associated with the coordinate ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080144641 | Method and Device for Creating a Tunnel in a Label-Switched Telecommunication Network A method of creating a tunnel for transporting at least one data flow in a label-switched telecommunication network, the telecommunication network comprising at least one ingress edge router, a server able to define tunnels, called static tunnels, in the telecommunicati... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080142780 | Light-Emitting Diode Chip A thin-film light-emitting diode chip, in which the distance between a mirror layer (4) and a light-generating active zone (3) is set in such a way that a radiation emitted by the active zone (3) interferes with a light reflected from the mirror lay... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080144177 | Optical filter assembly with selectable bandwidth and rejection An optical filter assembly having selectable bandwidth is presented. The optical filter assembly includes a first optical filter, a first optical retarder with optical retardance R1, a second optical retarder with optical retardance R2, a polarization switch positioned ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080135396 | Separation Method A feed stream is fed to a first distillation stage comprising at least one distillation column (stripper) and the distillate from the first distillation stage is fed to a second distillation column (rectifier). The feed stream is sub-divided into two streams and fed to ... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080136488 | Drive circuit with BOT level shifter for transmitting an input signal and assigned method A drive circuit in power electronic systems comprising a half-bridge circuit of two power switches, a first so-called TOP switch and a second so-called BOT switch, which are arranged in a series circuit. The drive circuit has a BOT level shifter for transmitting an inpu... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080136072 | Pneumatic Spring Comprising a Ball Joint The invention relates to a pneumatic spring (1) comprising a roll bellow (3) which is secured to an unrolling tube (7) and which forms a spring space therewith (9). The unrolling tube (7) is connected to a base part (11) by mean... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080138228 | Scroll-Type Fluid Machine In a scroll-type fluid machine (4), a refrigerant in a discharge chamber (80) is adjusted at prescribed discharge pressure by using a discharge valve (84), discharged from a scroll unit (52), and supplied to a refrigeration circuit (2)... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080135723 | Focal plane and method for adjusting a focal plane of this type A focal plane assembly for an optical sensor system, includes at least two photosensitive components and a focal plane plate, on which the photosensitive components are mounted. The focal plane plate is formed out of a number of modules, where the photosensitive compone... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080139413 | Flexible polymer, particles prepared therefrom and process for preparing the same Disclosed are a flexible polymer, particles made from same, and a process for preparing the particles. This flexible polymer is obtained from copolymerizing monomer (A) and monomer (B), wherein monomer (A) is one or more water-insoluble unsaturated diene monomers; monom... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080134680 | Method of Transforming Heat Energy to Mechanical Energy to Mechanical Energy in a Low-Pressure Expansion Device A method of converting heat energy generated in an evaporator to mechanical energy by expanding an evaporated working fluid includes evaporating the working fluid in the evaporator and expanding the evaporated working fluid in an expansion device. The expansion is in a ... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080140768 | System and Method For Establishment of a Client/Server Type Relationship in a Pair-To-Pair Network A system for establishing a client/server type relationship in a hybrid peer to peer network connects a first peer (20a) to a second peer (20d) implementing a predetermined function (F) in that peer to peer network. To this end, the first pee... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080141391 | Non-antibiotic selection marker genes The present invention provides for a DNA construct comprising a promoter, a TSB1 gene, and a genetic modification, wherein the TSB1 gene and the genetic modification are promoted by the same said promoter. Additionally, the present invention provides for a plant that is... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080138226 | Scroll Fluid Machine A scroll compressor as a fluid machine includes a housing containing a scroll unit and an armature of an electric motor, and a connection device (66) for electrically connecting each stator coil (62) of the armature to a circuit board external to the housi... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080138151 | Ball joint arrangement Socket housing has a hemispherical ball socket and a plurality of circumferentially spaced retaining tongues which extend toward an insertion opening, the tongues being radially pivotable to engage over the equator of a ball head. An outer part has an insertion region a... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080131007 | Image Coding Method and Image Coding Device Presented is a method of image coding with at least one non-flash exposure and at least one flash exposure of the same subject. The method includes-creating from at least one non-flash exposure a non-flash image, creating from at least one flash exposure a flash image, ... | 06/05/2008 |
