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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090131498 | Enantioselective Synthesis of Merrilactone and Its Analogs This invention provides a method of synthesizing enantioenriched merrilactone A and enantiopure merrilactone A, as well as an improved method of synthesizing racemic merrilactone. This invention also provides intermediate compounds and methods of treating peripheral neu... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090130121 | Synthetic Peptide Copolymers for Treatment and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disorders The present invention relates to the use of random or ordered copolymers including the known copolymer glatiramer (also known as Copolymer 1) and Copolymer 1-related heteropolymers or ordered peptides, for treating or preventing cardiovascular diseases and disorders.... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128597 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises a body, an engine part provided in the body and including a recording head that ejects droplets of a recording liquid, the engine part recording an image on a recording medium by the recording head while feeding the recording medium ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127142 | OPTICAL DISC ENCLOSURE INCORPORATING FRAGRANCE ATOMIZER An enclosure for a disc-shaped medium includes a cover panel integrally formed with a media panel. The panels are delineated by a single or double fold forming a spine. The single or double fold allows the cover panel and the media panel to be opened and closed like a b... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090126158 | Sliding hinge A sliding hinge is mounted between a cover and a base of an electronic device and has a stationary leaf, a moving leaf, a resilient device, a main linkage and a secondary linkage. The stationary leaf is connected to the base. The moving leaf is connected to the cover an... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125662 | Switch having integrated connectors A switch having integrated connectors for connecting to computers has a casing, multiple peripheral ports, at least two integrated connectors and a switch unit. The peripheral ports are mounted on the casing and are for connecting respectively to multiple corresponding ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090125599 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE A disclosed multifunctional input/output device has an e-mail client function for sending/receiving e-mails to/from a mail server. The multifunctional input/output device includes a storing unit configured to store a first e-mail acquired from the mail server; a printin... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090125497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-LINGUAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL Multi-lingual information retrieval methods and systems are described.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090124922 | Method for Real Tima Attitude Assessment This invention provides an EEG-based method of determining whether a test subject possesses a sufficiently positive attitude to perform a predefined task with a second subject who is known to the test subject.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090124921 | Method for Monitoring Attentiveness and Productivity in a Subject This invention provides an EEG-based method of determining whether a test subject is sufficiently alert to perform a predefined task. The non-invasive method permits continuous monitoring of the individual's EEG signal, producing a set of real time frequency bands that ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122372 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD A converting unit converts a first color signal into a second color signal and a third color signal. A first correcting unit corrects a magnitude relation between hue angles of the third color signal such that a magnitude relation between hue angles of the second color ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122122 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RECORDING HEAD An image forming apparatus includes a carriage configured to movably scan, and including a recording head configured to discharge ink droplets and a sub tank configured to supply ink to the recording head; a main tank configured to supply the ink to the sub tank via a t... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121683 | BACK-GATE VOLTAGE GENERATOR CIRCUIT, FOUR-TERMINAL BACK GATE SWITCHING FET, AND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT USING SAME A back-gate voltage generator circuit generating a back-gate voltage of a four-terminal back gate switching MOSFET for charge and discharge control is disclosed. The back-gate voltage generator circuit includes first and second n-type MOSFETs connected in series through... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121682 | SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT FOR PROTECTING SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK HAVING THE SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT BUILT-IN AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING IT A semiconductor unit for protecting a secondary battery has a current detecting terminal converting a charging current to a negative voltage with respect to a negative electrode potential (ground potential) of the secondary battery when the secondary battery is charged,... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121422 | PAPER CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS A sheet of paper is conveyed by a convey roller to a print receiving member and pushed forward thereon while being supported by ribs and pressed downward by pressing members so as to keep a predetermined distance between the paper and a recording head while an image is ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121294 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a source offset type MOS transistor in which a source and a drain are formed on a semiconductor substrate by having a predetermined distance between the source and the drain, and a gate electrode is ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090118340 | Method for inhibiting and/or preventing formation of cancer metastases and seconddary malignant cancers The invention relates to a method for inhibiting and/or preventing formation of cancer metastases and secondary malignant cancers by administration to a subject of an effective amount of a quaternary pyridinium salt of formula I | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117120 | Transgenic animal model for alzheimer's disease Provided is a novel APP (amyloid precursor protein) transgenic non-human animal modeling in vivo the pathophysiological effects and effects on cognitive behavior of early intraneuronal and extracellular brain parenchymal amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition and cerebral amyloid ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116718 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROGRAM In a medical image display device, setting means sets first reference information for starting extraction of a desired region on a medical image displayed on the display means and second reference information for terminating the region extraction. | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116344 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS An information recording method recording information on an information recording medium in the form of a recording mark having a time-length nT by irradiating optical beam pulses thereto according to a recording strategy, the recording strategy comprises the steps of f... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116326 | Semiconductor memory device capable of performing per-bank refresh A semiconductor memory device is provided that can support a per-bank refresh as well as an all-bank refresh and a self refresh. The semiconductor memory device includes an address counting unit for counting a bank address signal of a specific bank and row address signa... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116317 | Block repair apparatus and method thereof A block repair apparatus includes a plurality of cell blocks, a block repair fuse, a block isolation control unit, and a block repair selector. The block repair fuse outputs a repair signal of the plurality of cell blocks. The block isolation control unit outputs a cont... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116230 | Dual light source utility light A portable utility light has a housing with a power source, two elongated extensions extending from the housing, each extension having a lighting element to radiate light independently than the other extension, whereby the lighting elements can be independently position... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115655 | Managed traverse system and method to acquire accurate survey data in absence of precise GPS data A method and system obtains precise survey-grade position data of target points in zones where precise GPS data cannot be obtained, due to natural or man-made objects such as foliage and buildings. The system comprises a GPS receiver mounted on a survey pole, with an in... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115478 | Data output controller Disclosed is a data output controller that includes an enable signal controller, which generates a control signal having a predetermined pulse width in response to a DQ off signal and a write signal and generates a clock enable signal in response to a read signal and th... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115392 | SWITCHING REGULATOR A switching regulator includes a step-down-and-step-up unit to convert an input voltage to a low voltage or to a high voltage in accordance with a control signal, and a controller including a low-pass filter to receive a reference voltage generated in accordance with an... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114982 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A disclosed semiconductor device provided with a power MOSFET includes: a semiconductor substrate constituting a drain; a trench formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode in the trench; a body diffusion layer on a surface side of the semicondu... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114444 | Method and System for Controlling an Excavating Apparatus A method for controlling a drilling apparatus comprising the steps of applying a rotation force to a drilling part of the drilling apparatus, applying a feed force to the drilling part with the feed force comprising a predetermined modulating frequency signal and predet... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090112312 | Intravascular ventricular assist device One aspect of an intravascular ventricular assist device is an implantable blood pump where the pump includes a housing defining a bore having an axis, one or more rotors disposed within the bore, each rotor including a plurality of magnetic poles, and one or more stato... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090111892 | Rasagiline Orally Disintegrating Compositions This invention provides a solid pharmaceutical composition comprising rasagiline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of rasagiline, and particles having a non-filamentous microstructure of at least two sugar alcohols. This invention also provides a solid pharmaceutica... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090110337 | Fluid bearing having improved wear properties A radial fluid bearing having improved wear properties in the operating state of start-up and run-down, the bearing pattern being formed in the region between a bearing bush and a shaft engaging through the bearing bush and consisting of a plurality of grooves disposed ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109783 | Refresh controlling circuit A refresh controlling circuit includes an MRS latch unit configured to output a mask information signal of a bank and a mask information signal of a segment by synchronizing a first address signal and a second address signal with a pulse signal, a bank active control un... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109777 | Sense amplifier power supply circuit A sense amplifier power supply circuit includes an overdriving unit configured to apply a first voltage to a sense amplifier in response to a first enable signal, a sense amplifier driving unit configured to apply a second voltage to the sense amplifier in response to a... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109776 | Sense amplifier driving circult and semiconductor device having the same The semiconductor memory device blocks a power supply voltage, which is supplied to the sense amplifier, in a write operation, or pull-down drives first and second local I/O lines LIO and LIOB lest they reach the level of ground voltage Vss. Driving time of a write driv... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109775 | Precharge voltage supply circuit and semiconductor memory device using the same A precharge voltage supply circuit and a semiconductor memory device using the same are described. The precharge voltage supply circuit includes a first voltage supplier configured to reduce a precharge voltage and supply the reduced precharge voltage in response to a p... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108675 | Threshold voltage control circuit and internal voltage generation circuit having the same A threshold voltage control circuit includes a first voltage supplying unit for supplying a first power supply voltage, in response to an enable signal which is activated when a bank is enabled, as a back bias voltage of a first MOS transistor, wherein the first MOS tra... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090105332 | PROCESSES OF MAKING SESQUITERPENOID TASHIRONIN, ITS ANALOGS AND THEIR USES A compound having the structure of the formula (genus of compound 1 excluding Tashironin or Debenzoyltashironin) wherein, R1 is H or Bz when no more than three of R8, R9, R | |
| 20090105173 | Prevention and treatment of acute renal failure and other kidney diseases by inhibition of p53 by siRNA The invention relates to a double-stranded compound, preferably an oligoribonucleotide, which down-regulates the expression of a human p53 gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, or a vector capable of expressing the oli... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090104191 | Prevention of tumors with monoclonal antibodies against neu Methods of preventing the transformation of a normal cell into a tumor cell that has p185 on its surface are disclosed. The methods comprise administering an antibody which specifically binds to p185. Methods of preventing the transformation of a normal cell into a tumo... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090104124 | Paramagnetic Complexes with Pendant Crown Compounds Showing Improved Targeting- Specificity as MRI Contrast Agents Potential magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents that are functionalized with crown compounds have been synthesized, and show target-specificity to the kidney and liver, along with excellent water solubility, high MR intensity enhancement efficiency, long resi... | 04/23/2009 |
