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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090157198 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND HOME NETWORK SYSTEM There is provided an information processing device capable of dynamically generating and presenting to the user a user interface for remotely controlling at least one other device connected via a network and performing conjunctive operations between the information proc... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090156940 | DUAL-LAYER TRANSDUCER FOR RECTILINEAR OR CURVILINEAR THREE-DIMENSIONAL BROADBAND ULTRASOUND Dual-layer acoustic transducer array designs, related fabrication methods, and ultrasound imaging techniques are described. The designs include two perpendicular 1-D arrays for clinical 3-D acoustic imaging of targets near the transducer. These targets can include the b... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090156841 | CONVERSION OF CARBOHYDRATES TO HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL (HMF) AND DERIVATIVES A method of producing substantially pure HMF, HMF esters and other derivatives from a carbohydrate source by contacting the carbohydrate source with a solid phase catalyst. A carbohydrate starting material is heated in a solvent in a column and continuously flowed throu... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090156193 | Modem with acoustic coupling The present invention relates to a terminal interface and an arrangement including the terminal interface to enable interfacing between an electronic device and a service provider. The terminal interface comprises at least a data interface arranged for coupling the term... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155989 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME A nitride semiconductor crystal substrate is produced by forming a network mask repeating a closed loop unit shape upon an undersubstrate, growing a nitride semiconductor crystal in vapor phase, producing convex facet hills covered with facets on exposed parts Π, formi... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155947 | METHOD OF GROWING SEMI-POLAR NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE USING THE SAME A method of growing a semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film. The method includes forming a semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer on an m-plane hexagonal system single crystal substrate, forming a dielectric pattern layer on the semi-polar nitride single cry... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155945 | Method of manufacturing substrate for forming device, and method of manufacturing nitride-based semiconductor laser diode Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor laser diode. The method includes the steps of: preparing a GaN substrate having an a-plane or m-plane GaN layer formed thereon; forming a plurality of laser diode structures on the GaN layer; etching the GaN substrat... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155939 | Method of isolating semiconductor laser diodes Provided is a method of isolating semiconductor laser diodes (LDs), the method including the steps of: preparing a substrate; forming a plurality of semiconductor LDs on the substrate, each semiconductor LD including an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a p-t... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155938 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE WITH DIFFUSER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME The invention relates to an LED package for facilitating color mixing using a diffuser and a manufacturing method of the same. The LED package includes a substrate with an electrode formed thereon, and an LED chip mounted on the substrate. The LED package also includes ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155686 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of this invention includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mixture, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode mixture includes a mate... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155660 | TUBULAR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS Tubular solid oxide fuel cells are provided. In one embodiment, fluid flow channels are defined by a plurality of bridges between a core and an outer wall of an electrode support. In another embodiment, a fluid supply channel and fluid discharge channels of an electrode... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155657 | Hydrogen Permeable Film, and Fuel Battery Using the Same A hydrogen permeable film (1) includes a hydrogen permeable base material (2) including V or a V alloy, a Pd film (3) including Pd or a Pd alloy and having hydrogen permeability, and an intermediate layer (4) provided between the hydrogen per... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155457 | DIE COATER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING PLASMA-DISPLAY-PANEL SUBSTRATE ASSEMBLY A die coater of the present invention includes: a replaceable-type paste container containing a paste inside thereof and including, in its upper surface, a paste ejection port for ejecting the paste; a buffer tank for storing the paste ejected from the paste ejection po... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155382 | Methods and Compositions for Heavy Metal Detoxification Compositions and methods for enhancing heavy metal detoxification are described. The compositions and methods described provide enhanced activity of key detoxification systems including that the induction of phase II detoxification enzymes, such as glutathione S-transfe... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154983 | MULTI-COLOR WRITING AND PAINTING INSTRUMENTS WITH SINGLE NIB FED WITH USER-SELECTED COLORED INK A multicolor writing and painting instrument for writing and painting on a writing surface may include an ink-receiving surface which may be configured to receive a flow of one of a plurality of different colored inks. The instrument may include a nib configured to deli... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154982 | MULTICOLOR WRITING AND PAINTING INSTRUMENTS WITH MULTIPLE, BUNDLED, HARD, WEAR-RESISTANT NIBS A multicolor writing and painting instrument may include a plurality of hard, wear-resistant nibs at an end of the tubular housing. Each nib may have a tip. The nibs may be bundled together such that the tips of the nibs lie in substantially the same plane and approxima... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154615 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR PROCESSING MULTI-CHANNEL RADIO SIGNAL A multi-channel radio signal processing integrated circuit (10A) includes: an analog signal processing unit (101) for generating a local signal based on an externally supplied reference clock signal and selecting a desired channel from the multi-channel ra... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154541 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL SYSTEM The transmitter for conducting communication with a receiver using a pulse train includes: a transmission frame generation section for generating a transmission frame; a pulse transmission timing generation section for generating pulse transmission timing to have interv... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154275 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF A semiconductor device includes a sense amplifier, a drive circuit that operatively supplies a predetermined potential to the sense amplifier, and disconnection transistors that are provided between the sense amplifier and the drive circuit. According to the present inv... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154268 | DLL CIRCUIT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MEMORY DEVICE A variable delay circuit successively delays an input clock to generate a plurality of delayed clocks having different phases. A phase comparison circuit receives a first reference clock, which is either one of the delayed clocks or the input clock, and a second referen... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154266 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE A semiconductor integrated circuit (100) fetches read data from DDR-SDRAMs (110, 120) each operating in synchronization with a clock, and transfers the read data. The semiconductor integrated circuit (100) includes read buffers (104, 105) for... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154225 | THIN FILM MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A HIGHLY INTEGRATED MEMORY ARRAY Read word lines and write word lines are provided corresponding to the respective MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) memory cell rows, and bit lines and reference voltage lines are provided corresponding to the respective MTJ memory cell columns. Adjacent MTJ memory cells s... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154120 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND CIRCUIT BOARD An electronic component, including: a first terminal group including a plurality of functional terminals provided along a first side of the electronic component; a second terminal group including a plurality of functional terminals provided along a second side of the el... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154068 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element with a positive polarity; an anode wire of which one side is inserted into the capacitor element and the other side projects outward from the capacitor element; a cathode extraction layer formed on... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154066 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element with a positive polarity; an anode wire inserted and connected to a lower portion of the capacitor element; a cathode extraction layer formed on the capacitor element; an anode lead frame provided ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090154065 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element with a positive polarity; an anode wire of which one end is inserted into the capacitor element and the other end projects outward from the capacitor element; a cathode extraction layer formed on t... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153989 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE An optical filter for a display device includes a transparent substrate; an electromagnetic shielding layer in which a high refractive metal oxide layer and a metallic layer are layered, the electromagnetic shielding layer being layered on the transparent substrate; and... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153535 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE METHOD Provided is a technique of a PDP device capable of preventing error display arising from changes in discharge characteristics in a reset period particularly due to a long-period operation. In the PDP device, a slope of a slope waveform in the reset period is changed cor... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153529 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DRIVE DATA OF THE SAME APPARATUS A display apparatus includes a display panel, a communication controller that acquires a piece of drive data related to the display panel from pieces of drive data stored in a server via a network, a storage unit that stores the acquired piece of drive data and history ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153420 | Wideband Antenna System for Garments A portable antenna system includes an antenna that is substantially defined by one or more portions that include electrically conductive self-similar extensions. The system also includes an article of clothing in which the antenna is attached to a surface of the article... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153203 | PLL CIRCUIT A PLL comprises a current-controlled oscillator (18) for generating an output clock signal based on a current signal generated based on a phase difference between a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal, a current source (28), and an initializ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153194 | CLOCK CIRCUITRY A circuit comprising: clock circuitry for supplying a first faster clock signal to a first circuit portion and a second slower clock signal to a second circuit portion, and varying the relative frequency of the first and second clock signals. Synchronisation logic gener... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153124 | DC-TO-DC CONVERTER A DC-to-DC converter includes a DC-to-DC conversion unit for converting an input voltage into an output voltage by switching operation of the switching element according to a drive signal and supplying the output voltage to a load and a control unit for generating the d... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153065 | ADDRESS DRIVE CIRCUIT AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS A circuit configuration for realizing high impedance in an address drive circuit is provided in order to reduce the number of recovery switches without reducing power recovery efficiency. A mechanism for realizing the high impedance in an address drive circuit during a ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153055 | MAGNETRON AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETRON ANODE VANE In each anode vane 10, there is provided the brazing material spreading prevention groove 13 that interconnects the strap ring inserting portions 11 and 12 in parallel to the direction of the central axis Ax. With such a configuration, it is ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153023 | White light emitting diode and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a white LED including a reflector cup; an LED chip mounted on the bottom surface of the reflector cup; transparent resin surrounding the LED chip; a phosphor layer formed on the transparent resin; and a light transmitting layer that is inserted into the surf... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090152607 | FERROELECTRIC STACKED-LAYER STRUCTURE, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF A ferroelectric stacked-layer structure is fabricated by forming a first polycrystalline ferroelectric film on a polycrystalline or amorphous substrate, and after planarizing a surface of the first ferroelectric film, laminating on the first ferroelectric film a second ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090152511 | INDIUM TIN OXIDE TARGET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM OF INDIUM TIN OXIDE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM OF INDIUM TIN OXIDE Disclosed are an indium Tin Oxide (ITO) target, a method for manufacturing the same, a transparent conductive film of ITO, and a method for manufacturing the transparent conductive film of ITO. The ITO target includes at least one oxide selected from the group consistin... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090152475 | Analyzer, Authenticity Judging Device, Authenticity Judging Method, and Underground Searching Method The present invention relates to an analyzing apparatus and the like having a structure for enabling spectrometry and the like up to a longer frequency region while being excellent in practicality. The analyzing apparatus comprises a light source section and a light-det... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090152463 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PATTERN INSPECTION AND SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME A pattern inspection apparatus can be provided, for example, in a scanning electron microscope system. When patterns of a plurality of layers are included in a SEM image, the apparatus separates the patterns according to each layer by using design data of the plurality ... | 06/18/2009 |