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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046946 | ENCODER, DECODER, AND THE METHODS THEREFOR Provided is an encoder which can decode a high-quality stereo signal while keeping the amount of information in the bit allocation information to a minimum when a scalable coding technique is used for a stereo signal. In the encoder, a principal component analysis (PCA)... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046446 | ENDOSCOPE EQUIPPED WITH A NOZZLE FOR CLEANING ITS DISTAL END An endoscope is provided having an observation port, a fluid supply pipe, a cap, a fluid ejection channel, and a direction adjustment protrusion. The observation port is provided at the distal end of the endoscope, and collects light reflected from an object. The fluid ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046113 | AMINE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF It is intended to provide novel amine compounds which are efficacious against diseases such as infection with HIV virus, rheumatism and cancer metastasis. Namely, amine compounds represented by the following general formula (1): | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045298 | FABRICATION OF NANOWIRES A method of forming a nanowire is disclosed. In one embodiment, a primary preform is formed comprising at least one central region and a support structure. The primary preform is then drawn to a cane, which is then inserted into an outer portion, to form a secondary pre... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045197 | METHOD OF IMPROVING MIXING OF AXIAL INJECTION IN THERMAL SPRAY GUNS Method for performing a thermal spray process. Method includes heating and/or accelerating a gas to form an effluent gas stream, feeding a particulate-bearing carrier stream through an axial injection port into the effluent gas stream to form a mixed stream, in which th... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045135 | PROCESSED SOYBEAN FOOD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Soy milk having a concentration of 10% to 15% is mixed with coagulant agent liquid that is obtained by dissolving a coagulant agent in warm water that is in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 times a volume of the soy milk to obtain a curd. The coagulant agent coagulates protein c... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045120 | RESIN INJECTION MOLD Disclosed is a mold for resin injection molding that can realize rapid heating or cooling. A resin injection molding mold includes a cavity mold and a core mold and is produced on a base plate by metal photofabrication. The cavity mold is provided with a cavity warm wat... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044995 | ANTI-HIV MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody that recognizes the V3 loop of the envelope glycoprotein gp120 of AIDS virus, which is any one selected from the following antibodies:
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| 20110044923 | PIPERIDINIUM COMPOUNDS AND COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM Cosmetic or dermatological compositions which comprise at least one piperidinium salt, preferably a 4-[(2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxyphenylacetyl)oxy]-1,1-dimethyl-piperidinium salt, and the use thereof, particularly as antiperspirants. This Abstract is neither intended to de... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044841 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROSCOPIC COMPONENTS A method is provided for producing microscopically small components. The method can produce components with a size of less than 10 μm. The method includes: (a) Production of a precipitation hardenable alloy comprising at least two phases, in which alloy of a first phas... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044665 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD Original data is copied from a read-only recording medium to a rewritable portable recording medium. A data storage unit stores therein updated data and mapping information indicating a path of the updated data in the virtual package. A determination unit determines, fr... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043027 | VEHICLE SEAT A slider rail is provided in the back face of the seat back of a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat is formed of a framework having a plurality of frame members. The slide rail forms a guide path along which a slider is moved. The slide rail is attached outside the framewor... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043020 | VEHICLE SEAT A vehicle seat includes an operating member that is provided for a seat back. The operating member is operated to release locking of a seat cushion to a floor and to release rotation-sopped state of a reclining device. By operating the operating member, a first link rot... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043013 | VEHICLE SEAT COVER A vehicle seat cover including separately formed parts that are configured to wrap a seat main body and are joined by a joining unit, wherein a band-shaped covering member, which can visually cover a joining state by the joining unit, is disposed in an annular shape, th... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042994 | VEHICLE SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS A slide member is slidable along a slide rail provided at a vehicle-body side portion. When lock pawls provided at the slide member are engaged with the slide rail, the slide member is locked. The slide member is unlocked by operating an operation cable connected to the... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042703 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF The organic electroluminescence element includes a substrate and an anode metal layer above the substrate. The anode metal layer includes an inner region between a pair of outer regions. A metal oxide layer is above the inner region and the outer regions of the anode me... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042691 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR This invention provides a means for suppressing streaks of light emission in an organic EL display having an organic light-emitting layer formed by coating by an ink jet method. A manufacturing process of the organic EL display of this invention includes: preparing a di... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042412 | LIQUID SPOUTING NOZZLE, PACKAGING BAG USING THE NOZZLE, BOX FOR PACKAGING BAG AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE It is to provide a cheap liquid pouring nozzle having a one-way function for automatically closing an opening port at the same time of stopping the pouring of a packing material to surely prevent the penetration of air into a package bag, in which the detaching of a cap... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042411 | LIQUID SPOUTING NOZZLE, PACKAGING BAG USING THE NOZZLE, BOX FOR PACKAGING BAG AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE It is to provide a cheap liquid pouring nozzle having a one-way function for automatically closing an opening port at the same time of stopping the pouring of a packing material to surely prevent the penetration of air into a package bag, in which the detaching of a cap... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042267 | HYDROISOMERIZATION CATALYST, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, METHOD OF DEWAXING HYDROCARBON OIL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LUBE BASE OIL A hydroisomerization catalyst of the present invention is obtained by calcining a catalyst composition containing an ion-exchanged molecular sieve or a calcined product thereof, and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals of Groups 8 to 10 in Per... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042266 | WAFER CONTAINER WITH CUSHION SHEETS An elastic wafer-retaining cushion sheet is disposed at a wafer retaining position on the top of a wafer tray. The wafer-retaining cushion sheet has a releasably suction-adhering surface that releasably adheres by suction to the wafer tray. Consequently, there is no lik... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040558 | SCALABLE ENCODING APPARATUS, SCALABLE DECODING APPARATUS, SCALABLE ENCODING METHOD, SCALABLE DECODING METHOD, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION APPARATUS A scalable encoding apparatus, a scalable decoding apparatus and the like are disclosed which can achieve a band scalable LSP encoding that exhibits both a high quantization efficiency and a high performance. In these apparatuses, a narrow band-to-wide band converter re... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040017 | POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE (PER)FLUOROPOLYMER MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION AND USE THEROF The invention relates to polyphenylene sulfide (per)fluoropolymer materials, which can be used, for example, as tribomaterials. In particular, the present invention relates to polyphenylene sulfide (per)fluoropolymer materials that have an improved tribological behavior... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039737 | BINDERS FOR BINDING BEDS AND LOOSE FORMATIONS AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THEM A binder is described which comprises A) a hydrolysate or heterocondensate of at least one hydrolysable silicon compound and at least one metal, phosphorus or boron compound, the metal being selected from Al, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, Mg, Li, V, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf, B) an organic p... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039720 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE NUCLEIC ACIDS The present invention relates to a process for conducting real-time PCR, and to a device for conducting the method of the present invention. The invention is especially suited for the simultaneous identification and quantification of nucleic acids present in a sample, e... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038803 | FLUORESCENT PROBE A fluorescent probe which specifically and efficiently traps nitrogen monoxide, zinc ion etc. to emit fluorescence is provided. A compound represented by the following general formula (I): | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038621 | DUST REMOVAL APPARATUS OF PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS A dust removal apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit has an imaging device and is movable. The controller moves the movable unit on a plane that is parallel to a first direction and a second direction. The fir... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038616 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A REPRODUCTION APPARATUS Provided is a playback device which enables, when playing back a recording medium having recorded thereon a digital stream and an application program, an execution result of the application to be shared among a plurality of devices. By having a Java application data wri... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037841 | OPTICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM An optical observation system is provided that includes a vibrator vibrating an emission end of an optical fiber such that light emitted from the emission end is scanned to depict a scanning trajectory having a distribution, within a predetermined scanning range on a su... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037084 | LENS-MOUNTED LIGHT EMITTING UNIT In a lens-mounted light emitting unit comprising LED elements of multiple light colors, narrow-angle light distribution is enabled, and color mixing properties are improved. The lens-mounted light emitting unit 10 comprises LED elements 12 (12A to <... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036829 | PLANAR HEATING ELEMENT OBTAINED USING DISPERSION OF FINE CARBON FIBERS IN WATER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE PLANAR HEATING ELEMENT [Problems] To produce planar heating elements having high exothermic efficiency and provide energy-saving electric carpets, floor heating, wall surface heating appliances and heaters for thawing on roads and/or roofs or antifogging for mirrors. 02/17/2011 | |
| 20110036813 | GAS INSULATION CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH STRUCTURE FOR DECREASING FRICTION Disclosed is a gas insulation circuit breaker with a structure for decreasing friction. The gas insulation circuit breaker comprises: a movable side supporting plate; a cylinder mounted so as to perform a reciprocating movement in a state that an outer surface thereof c... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036695 | TRANSFER DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH Disclosed is a transfer device for an automatic transfer switch. With the configuration of the transfer device, the transfer device, which is installed between a plurality of air circuit breakers to allow switching of a closed state and a tripped state of the plurality ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036544 | HEAT EXCHANGER A heat exchanger comprises a substantially pillar sheathed heater, a substantially cylindrical case, and a spiral spring. The sheathed heater is accommodated in the case. The spring is provided so as to be wound around an outer peripheral surface of the sheathed heater.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035214 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD Good sound quality as perceived by the ear is obtained even with few information bits. A shape quantizer (111) is comprised of an interval search unit (121) which searches and encodes the pulses in each band of a plurality of divisions of the specified sea... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034661 | NOVEL METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYPHENYLENE ETHER Disclosed is a method for producing a polyphenylene ether, which comprises a step of preparing a polymerization solution composed of 10-25 parts by mass of a phenolic compound (M) and 75-90 parts by mass of an aromatic solvent (A) with the total of the compound and the ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034614 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION An adhesive composition having good balance in tackiness properties such as tack strength and retentivity, low melt viscosity, high processability, and high stability in melt viscosity under high temperature heating is provided. An adhesive composition containing two hy... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033944 | METHOD FOR MEASURING HYPOCHLORITE ION A method for measuring hypochlorite ion, which comprises the steps of: (A) reacting, with hypochlorite ion, a compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033731 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL A ferritic stainless steel suited for use as a member for heat exchangers to be brazed with Ni-based filler metal or Cu-based filler metal, comprising, on the basis of mass percent, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 3% or less, Mn: 2% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033680 | TRANSPARENT BARRIER LAYER SYSTEM The invention relates to a transparent barrier layer system on a substrate, wherein the barrier layer system comprises a sequence of individual layers, wherein the individual layers are composed alternately of a layer A and a layer B and wherein a layer A differs from a... | 02/10/2011 |
