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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110038636 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer An optical add/drop multiplexer includes a first optical coupler receiving an optical signal including a plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a wavelength blocker receiving the optical signal from the first optical coupler, and blocking at least one wavelength of the p... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034421 | CREATINE ORAL SUPPLEMENTATION USING CREATINE HYDROCHLORIDE SALT The present invention is directed to a third generation form of creatine, specifically a creatine hydrochloride salt, that drives significant improvements in muscle development and recovery due to its enhanced bio-availability, while causing fewer negative side effects ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028242 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH LOW DENSITY CROWN A golf club head and a method for forming a golf club head are disclosed. The golf club head may include a low density portion and a high density portion. The high density portion includes at least a sole, a face, and at least one support member. The support member is o... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028241 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WTIH FACE INSERT A golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head has a body member and a face insert formed of different materials. The body material is relatively soft and ductile to allow the club to be customized, and the face insert member is relatively hard and wear resistant to ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026687 | EMERGENCY 911 SERVICES WITH JUST-IN-TIME PROVISIONING FOR VOIP CUSTOMERS A method enables VOIP customers to obtain emergency E911 services from a Public Switched Access Point (PSAP) via a service provider. The customer registers a calling device and at least one device location with the service provider for services. An E911 call to the serv... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110014997 | GOLF BALL WITH MULTIPLE COVER LAYERS A golf ball having a core and two or more cover layers, wherein the multiple cover layers are formed from materials that are substantially the same composition with the same Shore hardness, but are modified in some way to alter the processing or performance characterist... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014993 | GOLF CLUB A golf putter with a novel offset and shaft-attachment design is disclosed and claimed. The club includes a head having a strike surface, a sole, and a top line. A tube is coupled to the head, a coupling member is coupled to the distal end of the tube, and a shaft is al... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014937 | Communication Control Device And Communication Control Method A communication control system includes a wireless base station A and a wireless base station B that control wireless communication of a mobile communication terminal and an EPC that performs path control and data transmission/reception control between the wireless base... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013723 | Receiving Apparatus, Transmitting Apparatus, Reception Method, And Transmission Method A reception unit receives data from communication apparatuses. A transmission unit transmits data to the communication apparatuses. A control unit determines, in an adaptive way, which modulation and coding schemes to use to transmit and receive data. At a first stage, ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009155 | Mobile Terminal Device And Control Method For Saving Electric Power Of Mobile Terminal Device A mobile terminal device communicates with a base station in one of a power-saving state in which consumption of power supplied from a built-in power supply is suppressed and a normal state in which the consumption of power supplied from the built-in power supply is not... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100330902 | Radio Relay Method, Base Station Apparatus, And Relay Station Apparatus A radio relay method for relaying signal transmitted and received between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, the radio relay method including: selecting a first relay method amplifying and transmitting reception signal, or a second relay method dec... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329221 | Transmission Mode Control Method And Communication Terminal Device A transmission scheme controlling method performed by a radio communication device capable of performing radio communication with a different radio communication device in a transmission scheme in which a collision with another transmitting signal may occur is character... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100323809 | GOLF CLUB WITH ADJUSTABLE HOSEL ANGLE A golf club head with an adjustable hosel that sits within a cavity loaded with filler material. The cavity may generally extend from crown to sole or, in the alternative, extend only a partial amount of the distance from the crown to the sole.... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323732 | Radio Communication Method, Radio Communication Base Station Apparatus, Radio Communication Mobile Station Apparatus, And Radio Communication System A radio communication method in a radio communication system in which radio communication is performed between a radio communication base station apparatus and a radio communication mobile station apparatus, including: transmitting, by the radio communication mobile sta... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323691 | Wireless Communication System For Switching To A Preferred Carrier A wireless communication system, including: a first wireless base station disposed on a first wireless network; a second wireless base station disposed on a second network; and a mobile station that includes a communication controller, which controls wireless communicat... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100315998 | Communication Apparatus, Base Station Apparatus And Data Reception Timing Synchronizing Method A communication apparatus comprises a processing information acquiring unit to acquire a processing delay time, a transmission information acquiring unit to acquire each transmission delay time, a collecting unit to collect each arrival time from nodes onward from each ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100310007 | Filter Device An input signal to a filter device is allowed to be written into one of a plurality of sequentially connected cells if the input signal is not the zero-valued sample. Each cell receives the input signal and multiplies the input signal by one of a plurality of weight coe... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306822 | Communication System, Line Providing Apparatus And Communication Method A line providing apparatus has an acceptance processor accepting a line use request from the terminal apparatus, a contract determiner determines a state of conclusion of a first contract, a second contract or a combined contract obtained by substantially combining the ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304892 | POLYUREA AND POLYURETHANE COMPOSITIONS FOR GOLF EQUIPMENT Golf equipment having improved cut and shear resistance that includes a polyurea composition, preferably saturated and/or water resistant, formed of a polyurea prepolymer and a curing agent, wherein the polyurea prepolymer includes an isocyanate and an amine-terminated ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304887 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING VARIABLE CENTER OF GRAVITY LOCATION The present invention is directed to an iron-type golf club head with one or more passages travelling through a portion of the body. The passages may be accessible in the toe, heel, rear, or sole, or any combination thereof. The passages may be substantially vertical, s... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304753 | Uplink Transmit Power Control Method, Communication Terminal Unit, Base Station Unit, And Mobile Communication System In a mobile communication system in which a modulation and coding scheme is selected in accordance with reception quality information in which a terminal periodically reports to a base station, a method for causing a terminal located near the boundary of a cell to reduc... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302962 | Wireless Terminal, Wireless Base Station, Wireless Communication Method, And Wireless Communication System A wireless communication method for performing wireless communications between a wireless terminal and a wireless base station during a first time period or a second time period includes determining whether the first time period or the second time period is assigned to ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296596 | Wireless Communication Apparatus And Method For Wireless Communication A wireless communication technology which realizes high-speed transmission while making effective use of existing frequency bands. A wireless communication apparatus includes a communication unit to perform a wireless communication with a target communication device by ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100284479 | Radio Transmission Apparatus, Radio Reception Apparatus, Radio Transmission-Reception System, And Method Thereof A radio transmission apparatus for transmitting a first radio signal and a second radio signal with different communication system, the apparatus includes: a first transmission unit which generates the first radio signal on the basis of a first communication system and ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100284373 | Mobile Communication System A mobile communication system has a plurality of communication areas being connection destinations of a mobile terminal. When a radio wave transmitted from a communication area to the mobile terminal connected to the communication area becomes an interference wave in an... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100284362 | Communication Method In Mobile Communication System, And Mobile Station And Base Station In The Same System The present method adds uplink data to a transmission request sent to the base station from the mobile station for obtaining permission for data transmission, or to a channel establishment request sent from the mobile station to the base station for establishing a chann... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100284342 | Wireless Communication System, Transmitting Device And Receiving Device A wireless communication system has a transmitting device and a receiving device that perform communication by using a multi-carrier signal, wherein the receiving device includes a quality generating unit generating each piece of receiving quality information on each pi... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100283527 | Analog Switch An analog switch comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, the drain and the source thereof being connected between said first input terminal and a second output terminal whereto said second signal is output and the gate thereof being grounded or connected to a... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100278115 | Wireless Base Station Apparatus, Frequency Deviation Detecting Method, And Mobile Communication System A wireless base station apparatus includes a path detecting unit configured to detect a preamble signal sent from a terminal and obtain a back-diffusion timing; a back-diffusion unit configured to execute back-diffusion processing on a message signal sent from the termi... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100271124 | Distortion Compensation Device A distortion in an amplified signal obtained by amplifying a first input signal, is compensated for by applying a correction factor to the first input signal. The correction factor is updated based on the first input signal and the amplified signal. Updating the correct... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100267528 | EXERCISE DEVICE An exercise device has two reciprocating arms, each provided with pneumatic or other fluid resistance. The angular orientation of the two arms is limited to one of 0, 45, 90, and 180 degrees. Adjustments are made by loosening a complementary fastener, moving the arms to... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100262960 | Communication Terminal A communication terminal includes: an update section that obtains software via a communication network from a predetermined provider so as to update the software; and a failure monitor section that monitors whether there is a failure to interfere with an update of the s... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100261553 | MULTILAYER GOLF BALL WITH A THIN THERMOSET OUTER LAYER The present invention is directed towards a method of forming a multilayer golf ball which comprises a core, an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer. The steps include forming a golf ball core; molding an inner cover layer around said golf ball core with a materia... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100260166 | Communication Node, Communication System And Ad Hoc Communication Method In Accordance With Time Division Multiple Access Scheme A communication node, which performs ad hoc communication by occupying at least one time slot and transmitting a data block to one or a plurality of other nodes via the occupied at least one time slot through broadcasting, comprises a determination unit that determines ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100260163 | OFDMA communication apparatus An OFDMA communication apparatus is disclosed that operates under media access control based on an OFDMA standard and modulates transmission data into an OFDMA signal. The OFDMA communication apparatus includes a preamble generating unit that generates plural types of p... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100257355 | Encryption Executing Control System An encryption execution control system comprises a first encrypting unit to execute encryption of a communication in a first zone between a terminal device and a first relay device, a second encrypting unit to execute the encryption of a communication in a second zone e... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100255935 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE, HEAT RESISTANCE, AND RESILIENCY Golf ball compositions, and components formed therefrom, including trifunctional materials, such as trifunctional isocyanates, polyols, and amines, that have improved performance and durability characteristics, e.g., improved heat resistance, improved resiliency, and di... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100255806 | Receiver, Transmission Device And Receiving Method An adaptive array antenna part receiving a plurality of transmitted signals in which subcarrier signal components of predetermined values is suppressed before transmission in order to distinguish a plurality of transmission antenna, by means of the plurality of transmis... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100254338 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION In a transmission method, a service area covered by a first cell is provided with a plurality of second cells with a smaller radius than the first cell. A first radio base station belongs to a first cell while the second radio base stations belong to different second ce... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100248768 | Wireless Communication Terminal And Management Device In A Wireless Communication System And Method Thereof A management device in a wireless communication system including a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, a base station, includes a storage unit to store information related to an operation state of the second communication terminal associated w... | 09/30/2010 |
