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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046807 | DCS CONTROL MODULE FOR A TRANSFORMER IN NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING A DCS control module for a transformer in nuclear power engineering, comprises: an input command processing logic unit (1), a malfunction processing logic unit (2), a state processing logic unit (3), an output command generating logic unit (4... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046183 | CRYSTAL OF BENZIMIDAZOLE COMPOUND Provided is a crystal of (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole showing an X-ray powder diffraction pattern having characteristic peaks at interplanar spacings (d) of 10.06±0.2, 8.70±0.2, 6.57±0.2, 5.59±0.2 and 4.00... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046169 | FUSED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF The present invention provides a fused heterocyclic derivative having a strong kinase inhibitory activity and use thereof. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula 02/24/2011 | |
| 20110045760 | VENTILATION MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME The present invention provides a ventilation member with high chemical resistance, weatherability, and ozone resistance. The ventilation member of the present invention is a ventilation member including: a support body 2 with a through hole, composed of vulcanize... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045028 | SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION Disclosed is a sustained-release preparation which is prepared by shaping a granule comprising a blood coagulation factor Xa inhibitor and a mixture of at least two hydrophilic polymers. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of the sust... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044100 | FLASH MEMORY CELL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME A flash memory cell according to the present invention includes a first charge-trapping region and a second charge-trapping region disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a first doped region disposed in the semiconductor substrate at a first side of the first charge-tra... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043931 | OPTICAL LENS The present invention relates to the field of laser machining and provides an optical lens, comprising a lens group and a diaphragm which is located in front of the lens group. The lens group comprises three lenses, respectively the first, the second and the third lens,... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043411 | MULTIPLE ANTENNA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS A multiple antenna communication apparatus includes a printed circuit board having multiple layers and two antenna devices. The two antenna devices are disposed on antenna regions of the printed circuit board, and each antenna device comprises a ground terminal. Each gr... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042722 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND MEMORY ARRAY An integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of first doped regions disposed in a substrate in a matrix having odd columns and even columns each immediately adjacent to a corresponding one of the odd columns, a plurality of buried bit lines disposed in the subst... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042710 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor light-emitting element mounted on the top surface of the bonding region, and a case covering part of the lead frame. The bottom surface of the bonding region is exposed to the outside of the ca... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042206 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR REGULATING HARDNESS OF DRINKING WATER The portable device of the present invention for regulating the hardness of drinking water includes a collapsible electrode group (20) including ion-adsorbing electrodes (21) and (22) and a power supply (13) for applying a voltage between the... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041969 | GAS-GENERATING PYROTECHNIC COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION PROCESS The present invention provides pyrotechnic gas generator compounds and a method of obtaining them. Said compounds have a composition which comprises:
| 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041920 | AUTOMATIC DRAINING SYSTEM TO DRAIN FLUID FROM A FILTER An automatic draining system is provided. The system includes a floating valve having a density less than a first fluid and greater than a second fluid. The floating valve has a floating position that allows the first fluid to pass through a floating valve opening when ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041350 | INCLINATION SENSOR The inclination sensor (A1) according to the present invention includes a pair of light receiving elements (4A, 4B), a light emitting element (5) for directing light to the light receiving elements (4A, 4B) and a case (2)... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110039685 | TRANSPARENT ALUMINA CERAMICS WITH ORIENTED GRAINS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF A kind of transparent alumina ceramics is disclosed herein, the optical axes of all or part of the crystal grains of the transparent alumina ceramics are arranged in a direction, which makes the transparent alumina ceramics have orientation.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039185 | ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An electrolyte membrane (1) includes a base material layer (1) containing a hydrocarbon-based electrolyte as a main component, and a surface layer (5) laminated with the base material layer (1). The surface layer (5) is a layer contain... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039101 | ELECTROSPUN FIBER TUBULAR MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF A method of preparing electrospun fiber tubular material comprises: using single metal rod template or two-dimensional or three-dimensional metal rod combined-template which has cross structure and is composed of the said single metal rod templates to prepare tubular el... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039091 | POROUS SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND HEAT INSULATING SHEET The method for producing the porous sheet of the present invention includes the steps of (I) preparing a plurality of sheet materials that contain polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon particles and (II) stacking the plurality of sheet materials over one another and rollin... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038911 | PROSTHETIC MATERIAL FOR LIVING ORGAN It is an object of the invention to provide a prosthetic material for living organs, which can sufficiently withstand the arterial pressure and thereby can prevent leakage of blood or rupture of blood vessels, and which serves as a scaffold for vascular tissue regenerat... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038766 | MICROCHANNEL AND ANALYZING DEVICE A microchannel 4 for transporting a specimen S using capillary phenomenon includes an analysis chamber 6 having a cross-sectional area larger than those of portions located in front of and behind the analysis chamber 6 in the direction of flow, an i... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038273 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTINUOUS CHANNEL NOISE AND APPARATUS FOR USING THE SAME The method for detecting continuous channel noise comprises the steps of: setting a threshold value of channel busy time and a threshold number of channel busy condition; setting a count value to an initial value; obtaining a measured value of the channel busy time duri... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038062 | OPTICAL LENS The present invention relates to the field of laser machining and provides an optical lens, comprising a lens group and a diaphragm. The diaphragm is located in front of the lens group. The lens group comprises three lenses, respectively the first, the second and the th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037247 | SHADOW IMAGE SECURITY FEATURE A security document created by laminating a metalized foil between transparent layers, and modifying the outside of the foil to form a base color of the document, while leaving a window area formed by an unmodified portion of the foil. A laser is then used to ablate at ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036475 | PNEUMATIC TIRE A pneumatic tire includes: an outer diameter and a total width being set to fall within ranges from 0 mm to 6 mm with respect to lower limits of standard dimensions in a state where the pneumatic tire is fitted to a standard rim and a normal internal pressure is applied... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034387 | POLYPEPTIDE INHIBITING ANGIOGENESIS AND APPLICATION THEREOF Provided is a low molecular polypeptide that can inhibit angiogenesis consisting of amino acid sequence YRGKKA, which is same to one portion sequence in apolipoprotein (a) Kringle V. Also provided are pharmaceutical composition and the uses for preventing or treating di... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032916 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE SAME The present invention discloses a wireless communication method for transceiving packets in wireless networks. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a first packet with a first packet format, wherein a header of the first packet with the first packet format co... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030251 | FLAME SIMULATING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRIC FIREPLACE THEREWITH The present invention discloses a flame simulating assembly for an electric fireplace and an electric fireplace therewith. The flame simulating assembly comprises a light source, a reflection panel, a light shelter with light openings for light penetration, and a simula... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028682 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYALKYLENE OXIDE The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a polyalkylene oxide, which is capable of improving reduction in reactivity of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst in the case that a low molecular weight initiator is used, and producing the polyalkylene ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028541 | LUBIPROSTONE CRYSTAL, THE USE AND THE METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF The present invention relates to a lubiprostone crystal, the method for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition or kit comprising the same, as well as the use of said crystal in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of gastrointestinal trac... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028499 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION COMPRISING VITAMIN K It is found that compounds having PPARδ agonistic activity induced abnormal blood coagulation or muscular disorder. A pharmaceutical combination comprising vitamin K and a compound having PPARδ agonistic activity can prevent the abnormal blood coagulation. A pharmaceu... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027915 | METHOD OF PRODUCING INSOLUBLE CARRIER PARTICLES, INSOLUBLE CARRIER PARTICLES, MEASUREMENT REAGENT, SPECIMEN ANALYZING TOOL, AND IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRIC ASSAY The present invention provides a measurement reagent that is capable of suppressing nonspecific aggregation even when the amount of antibody to be carried is increased, and is capable of measuring in a wide measurement concentration range with high measurement sensitivi... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027826 | LEUKOCYTE ANALYSIS METHOD AND ANALYSIS REAGENT FOR USE IN THE METHOD The present invention provides a method for analyzing leukocytes, by which the leukocytes can be classified and measured stably with high accuracy even when a dilution ratio of a sample containing the leukocytes is low or a flow velocity during the analysis is slow, and... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027692 | PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE A method of manufacturing a proton-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a base material and having excellent proton conductivity and methanol blocking properties is provided. The method includes: heat-treating a precursor membrane inc... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027451 | SALTY TASTE ENHANCER AND FOOD OR DRINK CONTAINING SAME It is possible to provide an excellent salty taste enhancer is provided that can compensate for insufficient salty taste when attempting to reduce salt content in a food. A salty taste enhancer consisting of a mixture of an enzymatic decomposition product of an animal p... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027168 | SOLID COMPOUNDS, SELF-SUSTAINING COMBUSTION HYDROGEN GENERATORS CONTAINING BORAZANE AND/OR POLYAMINOBORANE AND AT LEAST ONE INORGANIC OXIDANT, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN The main subject of the present invention are solid compounds capable of generating hydrogen by a self-sustaining combustion reaction. Their composition comprises borazane and/or polyaminoborane and at least one inorganic oxidant, advantageously chosen from ammonium nit... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025221 | ULTRAVIOLET GENERATING DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE USING THE SAME Device generating high-luminance and highly-efficient ultraviolet rays by applying polyphase alternating current discharge plasma in a multi-poled magnetic field to a light source for generating ultraviolet rays and using a usual molecular gas other than mercury and rar... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024831 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A semiconductor device (A1) includes a semiconductor layer having a first face with a trench (3) formed thereon and a second face opposite to the first face, a gate electrode (41), and a gate insulating layer (5). The semiconductor layer incl... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024344 | NO FILTER NO RUN FLUID FILTRATION SYSTEM An upper endcap of a fuel filter cartridge includes a skirt, an axially extending pin surrounded by the skirt, and a plurality of ribs that define fluid flow channels leading to the pin. The pin is extendable through an axially facing fluid opening disposed on a filter ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024091 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT Disclosed is a cooling apparatus for a semiconductor component having a coolant inlet flow path on a coolant flow path connecting a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, the coolant inlet flow path having a diffuser shape, in which its cross-sectional area increases from ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023635 | TANK FOR INTRODUCING LIQUID DROP THEREINTO AND ANALYZING DEVICE A liquid droplet introducing tank 3A includes a tank body 31, which is formed by mutually opposing top surface 31a and bottom surface 31b, and a side surface 31c. The tank also includes an injection hole 32 ... | 02/03/2011 |