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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100025224 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR METAL OXIDES AND METAL NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIS The present invention provides an approach to control the generation and grow of nanocrystal with membrane diffusion method and related apparatuses to produce inorganic oxide nanopowders and metal nanoparticles. With this method, the size and size distribution of inorga... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100007102 | BIT HOLDER A bit holder includes a shank, and a bit sleeve. The shank has a first end portion of a non-circular geometric equiangular cross-section for combining a hand tool, and a second end portion formed with a combining hole having female threads in its wall. The bit sleeve ha... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100005841 | AUTO STEERING WHEEL SAFETY LOCK An auto steering wheel safety lock includes an elongate rod, a lock core and a telescopic rod. The elongate rod has a through hole. The lock core installed in a vertical portion of an L-shaped core sleeve has a key hole. The vertical portion of the sleeve possesses a lo... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090315923 | ELECTRONIC PAPER PANEL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD A display method of images in electronic paper panel includes: set the resolution for display; add a new event which indicates and drives the new image display; trim the new image to fit in with the resolution; compress the image when it needs to be stored, only reserve... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090315901 | ELECTRONIC PAPER PANEL IMAGE UPDATE METHOD A updating method of images in electronic paper panel includes: divide the screen and image into (N*N) areas and build indexes for them; compare the present image on the display screen with the next image and compute the different areas; according to the computing resul... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090314143 | SCREW BAND LOCKING DEVICE A screw band locking device includes a linking sleeve, a torque releasing device, a quick connecting head, and a band transmitting device. The linking sleeve is combined with a powered hand tool. The torque releasing device has a combining rod with one end to be combine... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090309056 | BUTTERFLY VALVE A butterfly valve includes a main body and a valve plate. The main body is provided with a valve port and a handle fixed with a shaft for connecting a handle with the valve plate that is received in the valve port of the main body. Before the valve plate is shaped, a se... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090308864 | CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK A chemical storage tank includes at least a main body and two sealing members combined together with each other. The main body is formed as a cylinder or other shapes, integrally made of acid-proof and alkali-proof plastic materials, with a storage space formed inside i... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090291239 | HIGH STRENGTH HOLLOW BOARD A high strength hollow board includes two plastic sheets and plural plastic bars fixed between the two plastic sheets. The plastic bars are elongate flat and erect bars successively bent into a series of S-shaped curves, able to evenly disperse a large external force bo... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090280007 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AIR CIRCULATION SYSTEM A multi-functional air circulation system includes a bottom base, a flow-splitting base, a filter and a main engine. The bottom base has a lower flow-guiding surface, a net, and a space used to contain diverse improving agents. The flow-splitting base is fixed on the bo... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090250731 | Field-effect transistor structure and fabrication method thereof A field-effect transistor (FET) structure is provided. The FET structure includes a gate substrate, a dielectric layer, conductive electrodes, and a carbon nanotube (CNT). The gate substrate is made of a conductive material. The dielectric layer is disposed on the subst... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090033091 | QUICK CONNECTOR A quick connector includes a body, a restricting ring and a constrictor. The body has a central through hole for liquid to flow through, a constrictor groove in the central through hole for an O-shaped ring and the constrictor to fit therein, and plural petals on an upp... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090014502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLACING CONDUCTIVE BALLS An improved placing method and placing apparatus are provided for placing conductive balls in a predetermined pattern onto a base unit. In the placing method for placing balls having conductivity in a predetermined pattern onto one surface of the base unit, an arrangeme... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090008005 | PET CAGE COVER A pet cage cover for covering a pet cage comprises a top panel and a plurality of side panels. The top panel and the side panels define a space for receiving the pet cage. Each of the side panels corresponds to one sidewall of the pet cage in shape and size and can be i... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080306370 | Method of examining dynamic cardiac electromagnetic activity and detection of cardiac functions using results thereof A method of examining cardiac electromagnetic activity over a heart for diagnosing the cardiac functions of the heart is disclosed. The method may include constructing a phase diagram of electromagnetic signals over a heart by collecting sets of time-dependent magnetic ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080289720 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING FUEL A fuel filling apparatus is provided. The fuel filling apparatus comprises an overfilling protective valve arranged in a fuel gas supply path for supplying a fuel gas to an automobile. The overfilling protective valve further comprises a fuel gas path, a valve unit for ... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080257375 | BOBBY PIN A bobby pin includes a left body and a right body respectively having plural ribs that are formed with plural teeth for engaging with each other to keep hair firmly clamped. The left and the right body have an opening device that is provided with a root member respectiv... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080257590 | HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTING CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF A manufacturing process of a high thermal conducting circuit substrate is provided. First, a metal core substrate is provided and then the metal core substrate is etched at different etching speeds. Afterwards, two insulating layers are formed respectively on two sides ... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080224114 | PROTECTING FENCE AND ITS POSITIONING MEMBER A protecting fence and its positioning member include a protecting fence, a positioning block and a positioning base. The protecting fence is made of foamed engineering plastics by extrusion, with reflective bands. The positioning block has a through hole and an inner s... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080212906 | FLUID LUBRICATED BEARING DEVICE An inner space of a housing sealed with a seal member as well as internal pores of a bearing member (pores in a porous structure) are filled with a lubricating oil without the presence of air, so that the oil surface of the lubricating oil is within a seal space. Under ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080213895 | Method for culturing dendritic cells (DC) and cytokine-induced killer cells (D-CIK) and applications thereof A mass production of dendritic cells (DC) and cytokine-induced killer cells (D-CIK) cells from the umbilical cord blood or peripheral blood via the activation with a cellular activator “Koyo” derived from the purified tumor cells during the aggregation and prolifera... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080206510 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PRODUCTS ATTACHED WITH RFID LABEL IN A MOLD A manufacturing method of products attached with a RFID label in a mold includes a first step of forming a thin substratum by injecting molding, pushing molding, vacuum molding, blowing molding or sword molding in a first mold, a second step of making a substratum label... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080206387 | MOLD-CONVEYING DEVICE FOR PLASTIC BLOW-MOLDING MACHINE A mold-conveying device for an plastic blow-molding machines includes a machine base and an auxiliary mold base. The machine base is located under a main mold base for positioning the lower mol d of a shaping mold thereon, provided with plural correcting rods fitted in ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080185015 | BOBBY PIN (1) A bobby pin includes a body composed of bending members, a decorative member, a clamping member and a clamping holed member. The decorative member is provided with plural decoration recesses for placing plural decorations therein, the clamping member is connected to one... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080188091 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THEREOF AND METHOD FOR INCREASING FILM STRESS A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method comprises steps of providing a substrate having a first-conductive-type transistor and a second-conductive-type transistor formed thereon and then forming a stress layer over the substrate to conformall... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080160120 | LAPACTIC AGENT PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly safe lapactic agent that exhibits a sufficient lapactic effect such as the promotion of catharsis even by the intake of a small quantity, and a food product containing such a lapactic agent having a lapactic effect. 07/03/2008 | |
| 20080159693 | Coupling device A coupling device including a reflective cavity, at least one light source, and a light guide plate is provided. The reflective cavity has an opening, and includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and an end surface opposite ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080159705 | OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY SUBSTRATE An optical fiber array substrate 11 has, in one surface thereof eight V-grooves 12 for securing eight optical fibers 14 aligned in parallel to each other, and V-shaped side grooves 13 formed outside of the respective outermost V-grooves 12... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163146 | APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED INPUT/OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND VERIFICATION METHOD THEREOF An apparatus for integrated input/output circuit and a verification method thereof are provided. The apparatus effectively reduces the chip area occupation and cost, and decreases the resistance on an electrical transmission path of the integrated input/output circuit t... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080150176 | DUAL-LAYER RECORDABLE OPTICAL DISC AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A dual-layer recordable optical disc includes a first recording layer and a second recording layer disposed on the first recording layer. The first recording layer is made of organic material, and the second recording layer is made of inorganic material. The optical dis... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080147630 | RECOMMENDER AND PAYMENT METHODS FOR RECRUITMENT A job recommender method and a candidate recommender method apply two common classification techniques (K-nearest Neighbors and Classification Tree) to generate job recommendations for job seekers and candidate recommendations for employers. The invention further utiliz... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080111257 | HUMIDIFYING FAN A humidifying fan includes a base, a water swinging device and a fan device. The base has a water tank for storing an appropriate amount of water or other liquids, and an atomized water hole. The water swinging device has a power element and a water swinging fan connect... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080108194 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A memory device comprising a substrate, a first insulation layer, a charge storage layer, a second insulation layer, a gate electrode layer and source/drain regions is provided. The forbidden gap of the substrate is larger than the forbidden gap of silicon. The first in... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080102092 | ANTI-TRICHOPHYTON FILM FORMING AGENT AND REMEDIES FOR DERMATOPHYTOSIS An anti-Trichophyton film containing calcium hydrogen carbonate and an anti-Trichophyton forming agent enable easy formation, on a human skin, of an antibacterial film containing calcium hydrogen carbonate while assigning antibacterial effect possessed by a natural mate... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080075701 | Composition for magnetofection A composition for magnetofecting genetic materials into cells with the assistant of an external magnetic force is described. The composition includes hydrophilic vectors, magnetic nanoparticles, and genetic materials, wherein the magnetic nanoparticles and the genetic m... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080072029 | Method for executing power on self test on a computer system and updating SMBIOS information partially A method for executing the power on self test (POST) on the computer system and a method for updating the SMBIOS information partially are provided for a computer system with a first memory and a second memory, wherein the first memory comprises a first storage block an... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080061033 | Processing method of polymer products A processing method of a polymer product is provided. This method first supplies a gas to an atmospheric pressure plasma machine to generate an ionized gas. Then, bombard the ionized gas to the surface of the polymer product to create a surface reaction. Afterwards, a d... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080048346 | METHOD OF FABRICATING CONDUCTIVE LINES AND STRUCTURE OF THE SAME A method of forming a conductive line suitable for decreasing a sheet resistance of the conductive lines. The method comprises steps of providing a material layer having a conductive layer formed thereon and forming a patterned mask layer on the conductive layer. In add... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080043198 | INSPECTING CIRCUIT LAYOUT FOR LCD PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD FOR LCD PANEL An inspecting circuit layout according to the present invention is provided. The inspecting circuit layout is adapted for inspecting panel units group by group, each of the panel units having a plurality of first and second signal lines. The inspecting circuit layout in... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080042190 | ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY CELL AND MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A manufacturing method and a device of an EEPROM cell are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a tunnel layer and an inter-gate dielectric layer are formed over a surface of a substrate respectively, and a doped region is formed in the substrate und... | 02/21/2008 |
