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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047541 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD In a case where a master virtual machine, which is constructed on the basis of master information for configuring either part or all of a virtual machine, and an individual virtual machine, which is constructed on the basis of individual information that is configured p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047208 | WEB APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND WEB SYSTEM Operability of a web application comprising dynamic contents is evaluated continuously with high precision. In a web application execution system 1000, a web server apparatus 121 responsive to a request from a client apparatus 101 and a log server a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047192 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM The present invention provides a mechanism for a plurality of archive servers to collaborate and archive data. To realize this, a data processing system (storage system including a data classification function) associates archive servers that manage data types, digitali... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046458 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A MEDICAL CONDITION OR DISEASE The invention relates to a capsule or chip or sensor comprising a marker/detector and signalling device/method associated with the development of a medical condition/disease and to its use. This In Situ Lab On a Chip Signalling device (ISLOGS device) is used for detecti... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046336 | TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATED AROMATIC COMPOUND USING THE TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX A transition metal complex obtained by contacting a bipyridine compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 represent a C1-C10 alkyl group which may be subst... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046311 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND MELT BAG Melt bags of the invention are molten uniformly at temperatures lower than melting operation temperatures in the product manufacturing and do not remain unmolten in the final products. The melt bags have high storage stability and excellent mechanical properties. Resin ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046202 | METHOD FOR TESTING A SUBJECT THOUGHT TO HAVE OR TO BE PREDISPOSED TO ASTHMA The present invention concerns a method of testing a subject thought to have or be predisposed to having asthma, allergy, atopic disease or atopic sensitization, which comprises the step of analyzing a biological sample from said subject for (i) detecting the presence o... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046048 | HIGH PROTEIN LIQUID ENTERAL NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION The present invention relates in general to a shelf-stable liquid enteral composition for providing nutrition, either as a supplement, or as a complete nutrition, with a high protein content of a non-hydrolysed globular protein, in particular a whey protein.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045157 | FOOD PRODUCT WITH INHOMOGENEOUS TASTANT BULK DISTRIBUTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH FOOD PRODUCT The invention provides a method for the production of a food product comprising a tastant. The food product according to the invention has a tastant bulk weight percentage and an inhomogeneous tastant bulk distribution. The invention provides the use of an inhomogeneous... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045156 | FLOUR-BASED FOOD PRODUCT WITH INHOMOGENEOUS TASTANT BULK DISTRIBUTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH FOOD PRODUCT The invention provides a method for the production of a flour-based food product comprising a tastant. The food product according to the invention has a tastant bulk weight percentage and an inhomogeneous tastant bulk distribution. The invention provides the use of an i... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045147 | PROTEIN-BASED OIL ENCAPSULATES The invention provides an encapsulate comprising a protein-based encapsulation matrix that envelops one or more oil droplets containing at least 3 wt. % of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) by weight of oil; said encapsulate having a mass weighted average diameter in ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045021 | SUGAR IMMUNOGENS Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for inducing an immunogenic response in a subject or host. In particular, the compositions and methods may be directed to carbohydrate HIV vaccines and to methods of producing a carbohydrate HIV vaccine by introducing antige... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045000 | Anti-GM-CSF antibodies and uses therefor The present invention provides recombinant antigen-binding regions, antibodies and functional fragments thereof that are specific for GM-CSF, which plays an integral role in various disorders or conditions. These antibodies, accordingly, can be used to treat, for exampl... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044928 | MICROPARTICLE FILM COMPOSITION The present invention provides a film composition effective for correcting irregularities on the skin surface, which has stretchability and flexibility as a result of crosslinkable protein microparticles in the film composition being crosslinked by transglutaminase, as ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043926 | ZOOM LENS A zoom lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a positive first lens group; a negative second lens group; a positive third lens group; and a positive fourth lens group, where 2.0≦D23W/FW≦3.0 is satisfied. D23W is an interval, at a wide angle edge, between a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043829 | SURFACE ALIGNMENT AND POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS A method and apparatus for aligning and positioning a surface such that the optical and/or cylinder axis of the surface is precisely aligned with a fixture for the purpose of assembly or further mechanical operations such as machining and polishing. According to another... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043323 | FAULT MONITORING CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND FAULTY PART LOCATING METHOD To provide a fault monitoring circuit capable of reliably transferring fault information to a circuit that maintains the system in the safe state and ensuring the safety as a system, a semiconductor integrated circuit, and a faulty part locating method. A fault monitori... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043229 | QUANTUM TUNNELLING SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD A sensor device, method of fabricating the same, and a method of sensing a physical quantity. The sensor device comprises a substrate; a flexure member, one end of the flexure member being attached to the substrate, and a free end of the flexure member having an edge su... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043196 | SHEET COIL TYPE RESOLVER A sheet coil type resolver includes: a stator section in which a stator transformer coil composed of first and second stator transformer coil layers is disposed to axially overlap with a resolver stator coil composed of first and second resolver stator coil layers; and ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042991 | CABLE GUIDE ON A VEHICLE DOOR The present invention relates to a motor vehicle having a component whose position can be changed and which is provided with a cable. For this cable, the motor vehicle has a cable store with a force and/or torque storage means, of which the stored force and/or stored to... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042911 | CART WITH FLEXIBLE CABLE CARRIER The cart (1) disclosed herein may comprise a vertically moveable work station (10) with a platform (12), a column (14) for supporting the work station, at least one cable (26), and a flexible cable carrier (28). The column may i... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042823 | INTERPOSER CHIP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF The interposer chip includes a chip mounting region on which a semiconductor chip is mounted via a fixing material made of resin. The interposer chip has an insulator film, and wiring layers formed on the insulator film. At a position corresponding to a rim of the chip ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042815 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ON-VEHICLE AC GENERATOR An object of the present invention is to provide, at low costs, an environmental friendly bonding material for a semiconductor, having sustained bonding reliability even when used at a temperature as high as 200° C. or higher for a long period of time, the semiconducto... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042735 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE A semiconductor storage device in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a state storage element and a transistor. In the state storage element, a first conductive region, a first insulating film, and a first electrode are successively for... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT OF A MOVING SUBSTRATE Method and plasma treatment apparatus for treatment of a substrate surface (1) using an atmospheric pressure plasma. An atmospheric pressure plasma is provided in a treatment space (5) between a first electrode (2) and a second electrode (3).... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041682 | VARIABLE CAPACITY COMPRESSOR A hinge mechanism (40) of a variable capacity compressor (1) includes an arm (41) protruded toward a tilting member (24) from a rotation member (21), an arm (43) protruded toward the rotation member (21) from the tilting ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041419 | CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF A nuclear power plant building includes a building body portion and a roof covering over the building body portion. The building body portion is formed in a rectangular shape in plane cross section by four outer walls. The roof is of a shell construction. In addition, c... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041004 | BACKUP MANAGEMENT METHOD BASED ON MODE OF FAILURE A storage management program is provided with a function of determining a suspension/continuation of a remote backup based on an operation-at-failure management table, and accomplishes the suspension/continuation of the backup based on the application in which a failure... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040935 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER FOR MANAGING STORAGE SYSTEM CAPACITY AND STORAGE SYSTEM CAPACITY MANAGEMENT METHOD A management system, which manages a plurality of storage systems, in a case where belonging to a storage system having a first function constitutes a condition for allocating a plurality of volumes to a host device, retrieves the storage system having the first functio... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040766 | Methods for searching with semantic similarity scores in one or more ontologies A method assigns importance ranks to documents within repositories or databases, such as any database of documents such as books or other printed material, electronic documentation, and pages within the world-wide web. The method uses a corpus of indexed documents that ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040746 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING STREAM DATA It is provided a computer system for processing stream data, in which queries that are set in advance are executed to output a result. The queries include a first query, a second query and a third query. The first query is executed to output a first intermediate result.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040729 | HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM OPERATING METHOD The storage system eliminates inconsistency between a stub, and a file data storage location indicated by the stub. In a storage system that executes HSM using stubs, information relating to a higher tier, which is a data migration source, is recorded during data migrat... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040725 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREFOR A method of increasing a processing performance by setting a suitable upper limit of a resources count for each processing request according to an arrangement of hardware such as a storage device or to contents of the processing request. A processing request acceptor ac... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040545 | METHOD TO CHARACTERIZE A PROTEIN AS RNA BINDING PROTEIN The invention relates to a method to characterize a protein as RNA-binding protein, said method comprising steps of: a) modeling the protein using a template structure; b) analyzing the modeled protein for RNA-binding site(s); and c) docking the analyzed modeled protein... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040487 | SUBSTANCE MONITORING AND CONTROL IN HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODIES Apparatus for monitoring a substance in human or animal in real time, the apparatus comprising a sensor providing a time series of measurements of substance level, said measurements being indicative of an inferred level of said substance in a part of said human or anima... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040357 | COILED LIGHT DIFFUSER FOR IRRADIATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE WITH LIGHT BEAM AND LIGHT-DIFFUSING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME According to the present invention, a light diffuser capable of efficiently and uniformly irradiating a wide area of a biological tissue with a light beam such as a laser light beam, which can be readily produced at low cost, and a light-diffusing device comprising the ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040065 | POLYESTER RESIN, PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Polyester resins (C) of the invention have a practically sufficient high molecular weight and a high crystallinity and have an amide group in the molecular chain. Processes for producing the polyester resins are also disclosed. In detail, the polyester resins (C) have a... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040037 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF It is an object of the present invention to provide a rubber composition having: excellent sealing properties, heat resistance and acid resistance; a low reaction force, low hardness and low compression set; and excellent low-temperature recovery properties that contrib... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040024 | NANOPARTICLE AND NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITE A nanoparticle includes a chain oligomer section having a hydrophilic group and fluoroalkyl groups respectively at its opposite terminals, a three-dimensional silica network section, and an organic chain having fluorine or silicon, and is represented by the following fo... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039958 | NOVEL PHENOL COMPOUNDS AND (CO)POLYMERS THEREOF The present invention relates to A phenol compound according to Formula (I): wherein: R1 is selected from the group consisting of, optionally substituted, 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridiyl and 4-pyridyl groups, wherein R1 is at position 2 or 3 of the phenol ri... | 02/17/2011 |
