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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090037762 | Electronic document presentment services in the event of a disaster The disaster recovery techniques, for presentment of a company's bills, statements or the like, provide electronic document presentment in the event of a disaster that impacts the company's print mail delivery operation or other existing mailing system(s). Files contain... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090037020 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC MEDICATION DISPENSING AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM A medication dispensing system is described. In some embodiments, the system includes a medication station and a controller responsive to patient admittance status information. The medication station includes at least one securable compartment configured to hold medicat... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20070248129 | Laser power control apparatus In a laser power control apparatus for controlling a laser power of a combination drive, first laser light Lc applied onto a first optical disk and second laser light Ld applied onto a second optical disk is collected by one photodetector 8. ... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070216414 | Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for liquid-solution In a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, the shape of a detection coil is changed from a conventional cage type to a solenoid type of higher sensitivity. Accordingly, differing from the conventional superconductive magnet of multilayer air core solenoids, a superco... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070001192 | Nitride-based semiconductor element and method of forming nitride-based semiconductor A nitride-based semiconductor element having excellent element characteristics is obtained by obtaining a nitride-based semiconductor layer having excellent crystallinity without performing a long-time etching process. This nitride-based semiconductor element comprises ... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060262297 | Apparatus and method for defect inspection In the conventional methods for enhancing defect detection sensitivity by improving the resolving power, if a microscopic pattern, which is a high spatial-frequency structure as is the case with a microscopic defect, has become the brightest portion, the gray-scale cont... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060239067 | Thin film magnetic memory device for writing data of a plurality of bits in parallel For writing K-bit write data in parallel (K is integer at least 2), bit lines each arranged for each memory cell columns and at least K current return lines are provided. K selected bit lines to write the K-bit write data are connected in series in a single current path... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060133833 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including first and second image forming portions, and a device for detecting a type of an image display medium, image formation by the first image forming portion being allowed when the medium type is a normal image display medium (PP), and i... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060091321 | Wafer alignment method for dual beam system A gradient charged particle beam apparatus capable of moving highly accurately to a specific position by eliminating influences of warp inside a wafer surface is provided. A portion 46 having a mark 47 for aligning visual field alignment positioned in adva... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060004490 | Registration correction amount calculating apparatus for calculating amount of correction for registration inspection apparatus from registration inspection data of pattern formed on wafer A data storage portion stores a measurement value of registration accuracy after photolithography process and a measurement value of registration accuracy after etching measured by a registration inspection apparatus. An operation portion calculates an amount of correct... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050276373 | Method of and system for adaptive scatter correction in multi-energy computed tomography Method of and system for adaptive scatter correction in the absence of scatter detectors in multi-energy computed tomography are provided, wherein input projection data acquired using at least two x-ray spectra for scanned objects may include a set of low energy project... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050267644 | Turbine apparatus and governor for turbine In a turbine apparatus comprising a runner rotatable to be rotationally driven by a water, a gain of a derivative calculation element generating a derivative component of a control signal for controlling a flow rate of the water which derivative component is to be appli... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050246139 | Inserting apparatus and method with controlled, master cycle speed-dependent actuator operations In an inserting apparatus and method such as the continuous motion type, a motion controller electrically communicates with an encoder, a first motor driving an insert conveyor assembly, a second motor driving an envelope conveyor assembly, and an actuator operatively i... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050238232 | Method and system for detecting threat objects using computed tomography images A method of and system for detecting threat objects represented in 3D CT data uses knowledge of one or more predefined shapes of the threat objects. An object represented by CT data for a region is identified. A two-dimensional projection of the object along a principal... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050234739 | Rule management method and system A rule processing method includes defining a target group of patients chosen from a group of existing patients. An action to be taken concerning one or more patients within the target group of patients is defined, and an execution time for the action is scheduled. ... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050234745 | Automated data entry method and system A data entry method includes, in a computer-based data record including a plurality of data fields, defining one or more data fields for which desired field data is to be acquired. A data source in possession of the desired field data is contacted, and the desired field... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050222782 | Flow monitoring system A flow monitoring system includes a first temperature-sensitive resistive device, thermally coupled to a first portion of a fluid transfer apparatus, for producing a first temperature-dependant voltage signal representative of the temperature of the fluid within the fir... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050206343 | Power generation system and control method A power generation system includes a first unit power generation system having a storage battery, a second unit power generation system having no storage battery and a controller, at a time of starting up of the power generation system, the controller first starts up th... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050203484 | Multi-functional port A subcutaneous port includes an elongated port corpus having a proximal end defining a septum receiving opening angled in relation to a longitudinal axis of said port corpus, a substantially cylindrical body, and a substantially frustoconical conus having an outlet open... | 09/15/2005 |
| 20050175135 | Delay circuit with timing adjustment function In a phase locked loop circuit, a phase comparator compares the phase of input clock and that of output clock, and provides a control signal as the comparison result. A charge pump circuit includes a clamp circuit, and based on the control signal, provides a control vol... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050163178 | Semiconductor laser device A semiconductor laser device according to the present invention comprises an optical waveguide laminated structure having: a first first-cladding layer made up of a p-InP layer; a double heterojunction layer of p-AlGaInAs; a second first-cladding layer made up of a p-In... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050164415 | Method and device for testing semiconductor laser In testing a distributed feedback semiconductor laser with a grating having a phase shift part, a spectrum of the distributed feedback semiconductor laser is measured. A difference between an intensity of a side mode at a high-frequency-wave side of a main mode and an i... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050161584 | Solid-state imaging device and camera A solid-state imaging device includes pixels 2 arranged two-dimensionally on a semiconductor substrate 1. In a predetermined area in each pixel is formed a light-sensitive area 3 for receiving incident light 11, and each pixel includes a phot... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050162213 | Differential charge pump circuit A differential charge pump circuit has two current paths and generates a differential current in accordance with currents inputted to the two current paths. The two current paths have a pair of current sources respectively and form a differential pair. The differential ... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050151565 | Digital signal buffer circuit A delay circuit is provided with a plurality of variously sized equalization transistors, a plurality of equalization resistors having different resistance values, a plurality of equalization capacitors having difference capacitance values, and switch circuits. The swit... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050147205 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DECREASING X-RAY EXPOSURE TIMES IN FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY A method of and system for decreasing X-ray exposure time in a full field digital mammography (FFDM) system is designed so that the size of the focal spot image in the image plane is dimensioned as a function of the linear size of the pixel of the digital detector of th... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050125435 | Text generation and searching method and system A text-generation method and system includes receiving data records, such that each data record includes one or more data fields and a field value associated with each data field. A text-string is generated for each data record, such that each text-string includes one o... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050121682 | Semiconductor laser device The present invention provides a semiconductor laser device including a heat sink having one main surface, an n-AlGaAs cladding layer disposed on the main surface of the heat sink, an AlGaAs active layer disposed on the n-AlGaAs cladding layer and a p-AlGaAs cladding la... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050125446 | Range definition method and system A range-conversion method and system includes receiving data records. Each data record includes one or more data fields and a field value associated with each data field. One or more data fields are identified as a range-based data field. A plurality of text-based range... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050125252 | Bridged patient / provider centric method and system A key organization method and system includes receiving a first access key that grants a patient-defined level of access to a first set of medical records, receiving a second access key that grants a patient-defined level of access to a second set of medical records, an... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050125254 | Key maintenance method and system A key maintenance method and system includes maintaining, in a datastore, a first-level access key that grants, to a medical service provider, a level of access to a set of medical records of a patient. The first-level access key is retrieved and a second-level access k... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050120147 | Direct memory access controller enabling cycle stealing among channels A DMAC is provided with a plurality of DMA transfer portions controlling DMA transfer in accordance with values set in a group of registers for current transfer. When the DMAC acquires bus ownership from a bus master, use of the bus is permitted among the plurality of D... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050120205 | Certificate management system and method A certificate management method is provided whereby a plurality of service providers have different reliable certificate authorities and, when certificates issued from the certificate authorities are implemented into a smart card, merely by revoking the certificate issu... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050111701 | Monitoring system A monitoring system equipped with imaging devices for imaging a monitoring region. Each of the imaging devices has storage device for storing image information. A unique identification number (ID) for identifying a picked-up image is assigned to each of the imaging devi... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050108698 | Assembler capable of reducing size of object code, and processor for executing the object code An instruction analyzing unit sequentially analyzes instructions of a program which is inputted to a program inputting unit. A NOP instruction analyzing part encodes continuous NOP instructions as one continuous NOP instruction. An instruction code outputting unit outpu... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050099854 | Semiconductor wafer test system A semiconductor wafer test system for carrying out a burn-in test on a semiconductor wafer including multiple semiconductor devices thereon. A metal interconnect is connected to the gate electrode of each of those devices. A power supply applies an ac voltage of predete... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050094212 | Halftone dot formation method, halftone dot formation apparatus, threshold matrix generation method used therefor and halftone dot recording medium Halftone cells each serving as a unit for formation of a dot are arranged in irregular shapes at random and divided into two groups. The halftone cells (720) in the first group are fewer than the halftone cells (730) in the second group and dispersed, and ... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050093646 | High frequency switch A signal line, which branches into four more from a connecting line on the input side via a branch point and has the branch signal lines including λ/4 transmission lines at their parts, and FETs respectively connected in shunt with the branch signal lines between conne... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050087878 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate having a main surface, a memory cell formed on the main surface, and an interlayer insulating film formed on the main surface to cover the memory cell. The interlayer insulating film has a top surface and a peripheral ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050087085 | Dampening water feeding method and printing machine Densities of detecting patches also called control scales printed on prints in a first print job are used to control the feed rate of dampening water in a second print job following the first print job. Specifically, densities of detecting patches on the prints obtained... | 04/28/2005 |
