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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090144096 | VALUING ENVIRONMENTAL CREDITS A method of creating environmental credits, the method including determining a damage caused by an environmental injury and determining a solution for the damage. Additionally, the method includes monetizing the solution into a credit that replace the damage, wherein th... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143397 | CATECHOL-BASED DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DIABETICS The present invention provides a catechol-based derivative and a pharmaceutical acceptable salt therefrom and a solvate therefrom. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetics and ischemics, comprising a catechol-based derivative of formula (I) and ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143290 | TUMOR-INHIBITING PROTEIN AND THE USE THEREOF The invention has disclosed a new tumor suppressor protein HCRP1, the polynucleotide sequences encoding this polypeptides, and methods for production of the polypeptide using the recombinant technology. The tumor suppression protein, HCRP1, is obtained through the posit... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141417 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING A FUNCTION SUPPLYING POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE A microprocessor commonly receives at an A/D port the potentials of the power supplies output from a plurality of types of power supplies (a power supply for HDMI, a power supply for LSI, a power supply for an audio driver IC, and a power supply for a tuner). The A/D po... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139933 | MOBILE DESALINATION PLANTS AND SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING DESALINATED WATER A desalination vessel has a water intake system having a water intake configured to be in communication with a body of water, and a water intake pump configured to draw water from the body of water, a water desalination system configured to produce desalinated water and... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139838 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPATIALLY ORIENTING BLANKS A device for spatially orienting blanks having a length in a transport direction has at least one stop roll body rotatable about a rotation axis and having at least one stop element, and a driver transport system for driving the blanks relative to the stop roll body. Th... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139056 | HINGE DEVICE A hinge assembly comprising a movable member 5 and a fixed member 6 rotatably connected to each other and a coiled spring (not shown) biasing the movable member 5 toward the fixed member 6. A receiving recess 11 is formed in an opposin... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090137282 | CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND CELLULAR PHONE A boosting circuit unit supplies a boosting voltage to one terminal of a backlight. A boosting comparator compares a voltage applied to the other terminal of the backlight with a predetermined reference voltage value, and outputs a comparison result as a feedback signal... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090136697 | ANNULAR METAL CORD, ENDLESS METAL BELT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ANNULAR METAL CORD An annular metal cord includes an annular core portion formed in an annular shape, and an outer layer portion spirally wound around the annular core portion while running over an annular circumference thereof plural times and covering an outer peripheral surface of the ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090136620 | METHOD OF IMPROVING THE TEXTURE OF FERMENTED MILK In order to provide fermented milk with excellent hardness and flavor and a method for producing the same, the method for producing fermented milk uses yogurt mix in which 0.3% by weight or more α-lactalbumin is added to starting milk mixture, yogurt mix containing whe... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090136335 | TURBINE UNIT FOR REFRIGERATING/COOLING AIR CYCLE A compressor rotor 6a and a turbine rotor 7a are respectively attached at either end of the main shaft 13 so that the compressor rotor 6a is driven by the power generated by the turbine rotor 7a. The main sh... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090136059 | MICROPHONE SYSTEM, SOUND INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A microphone system, includes: a housing, adapted to be placed in a reference position relative to a sound source; a first microphone, configured to receive sound from the sound source at a first position within the housing; a second microphone, configured to receive so... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090135791 | BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A base station includes: a first reception timing detecting unit configured to detect a reception timing of a packet received from a first mobile station of multiple mobile stations which is situated in a first sector; a second reception timing detecting unit configured... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090135549 | LITHIUM ION CAPACITOR A lithium ion capacitor includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of reversibly doping either one or both of a lithium ion and an anion, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of reversibly ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090135168 | CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND CELLULAR PHONE A light-emitting element driving circuit is installed on a second substrate, which is connected via a signal line to a first substrate, on which is mounted a CPU configured to generate an LED drive control signal. The light-emitting element driving circuit includes a pu... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090135047 | IN-VEHICLE RADAR DEVICE An in-vehicle radar device has a transmission section for emitting an electromagnetic wave, a scanning section for horizontally scanning the electromagnetic wave emitted by the transmission section, and a reception section for receiving a reflected wave reflected by a t... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134962 | OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE A plurality of pairs of a movable contact point and a fixed contact point, which are opposite so that they can be contacted with and separated from each other, are provided in parallel and connected in series so that an electrical current flows in the same direction bet... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134826 | CONTROLLER OF MULTI-PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR A controller of a multi-phase electric motor has a drive section, including a pair of upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element, for driving the multi-phase electric motor, a single current detection section for detecting a current value of the multi... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134822 | CONTROLLER OF MULTI-PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR A controller of a multi-phase electric motor has a drive section having an upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element for driving the multi-phase electric motor, a single current detection section for detecting a current value of the multi-phase elect... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090133798 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WIRE FOR BEAD CORD, BEAD CORD, AND VEHICLE TIRE A method for manufacturing a bead cord wire includes the steps of subjecting a steel wire to a descaling treatment, subjecting the descaling-treated steel wire to a chemical conversion coating treatment through electrolysis so as to form a phosphate coating on a surface... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090133514 | ENVIRONMENTAL TEST APPARATUS A second tank for accommodating a sample is disposed within a first tank. A heater for heating gas is provided inside the second tank. A heater controller controls the heater such that temperature of gas becomes a set temperature. A heat conducting member is disposed su... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090133431 | AIR CYCLE REFRIGERATION AND COOLING SYSTEM, AND TURBINE UNIT FOR THE AIR CYCLE REFRIGERATION AND COOLING An air cycle refrigerating/cooling system includes a first heat exchanger for cooling air, a turbine unit that has a compressor for compressing the air and an expansion turbine for adiabatically expanding the air, and a second heat exchanger for cooling the air. A compr... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090132509 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM The present invention provides a technique for enabling a high-speed communication control apparatus. A packet processing circuit of a communication control apparatus includes a user database, a virus list, a whitelist, a blacklist and a co... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129362 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD A disclosed transmission device includes a frequency scheduling unit configured to allocate, to each user, either frequency blocks that are consecutive frequency subcarrier blocks obtained by dividing a system bandwidth or distributed frequency blocks that are frequency... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128717 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS A laser projector includes a green laser, a two-wavelength laser, a PBS, a collimator lens, a two-axis galvanometer mirror, a group of lenses, and a screen. The green laser emits a green laser beam. The two-wavelength laser emits red and blue laser beams. The PBS is pro... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128288 | PORTABLE DEVICE A portable device has an opening formed in one case of a dual structure, a partitioning member for partitioning the opening, a projection formed on the partitioning member so as to project to a front surface side of the case, and at least two push buttons attached from ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127956 | MOTOR BUILT-IN MAGNETIC BEARING DEVICE The device includes a rolling bearing unit supporting a radial load and a magnetic bearing unit supporting an axial load and/or a bearing preload; an electromagnet fitted to a spindle housing so as to confront, on a non-contact basis, a flange shaped thrust plate mounte... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090123303 | RECIPROCATING PUMP The reciprocating pump for performing a pumping action by reciprocating an individual reciprocating member inside a plurality of cylinder sections arranged in parallel includes a seal case in which a cylinder section is formed and which functions as an independent press... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122322 | INTERFEROMETRIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINEAR DETECTION OF MOTION FROM A SURFACE An apparatus and a method for detecting surface motion of an object subject to ultrasound are disclosed. The method comprises generating a laser beam, dividing the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam to be directed onto the surface, thereby producing a s... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122275 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE A projector that can prevent laser light from entering eyes is provided. A process that controls the projector includes the steps of detecting turning-on of power to the projector; detecting an input for adjusting the reflection direction of a two-axis galvanometer mirr... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122271 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS An image display apparatus is provided that allows a user to check image content even in a place where there is no projection screen. A projector that is one mode of the image display apparatus includes a casing, a projection aperture provided in the casing, and an inte... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121815 | RELAY A relay includes a movable iron piece, a plate spring fixed to the one surface of the movable iron piece, a shaft hole formed by the one surface of the movable iron piece and the plate spring, and a supporting shaft inserted through the shaft hole. The movable iron piec... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121376 | METHOD FOR MAKING A POLYESTER FABRIC A method for making a polyester fabric includes: (a) providing a plurality of fibers made from a polyester polymer; (b) spinning the fibers to form pre-oriented yarns; (c) texturing the pre-oriented yarns using air textured yarn techniques; (d) warping a portion of the ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121183 | ELONGATE PHOSPHORUS NANOSTRUCTURES Elongate phosphorus nanostructures, and methods of making them comprising the steps of forcing a phosphorus vapour and contacting said vapour with a metal catalyst under an inert atmosphere or under vacuum, at a suitable temperature are disclosed.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121175 | SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND DUST CORE PRODUCED THEREFROM A soft magnetic material includes a plurality of composite magnetic particles each including a metal magnetic particle and an insulating coating film covering the metal magnetic particle. Each of the plurality of composite magnetic particles has a ratio Rm/c ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119542 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMULATING TEST EQUIPMENT The simulation method includes a step of measuring a predetermined characteristic from a real device by using test equipment that supplies a test signal to a device-under-test (DUT); a step of saving Response Data generated from measurements obtained by measuring in a f... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090119084 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMULATING TEST EQUIPMENT A simulation system includes a Response database for storing Response Data in which an output result of a device-under-test (DUT) model for a predetermined test item is set, and a framework for causing the test plan program to operate. The framework determines an output... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090119054 | TEST EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR LOADING TEST PLAN AND PROGRAM PRODUCT The test equipment includes a memory to which a test plan consisting of a plurality of sub-test plans is loaded; and a controller that loads the test plan to the memory by the unit of the sub-test plan and supplies a test signal to the DUT by interpreting the loaded tes... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117904 | MOBILE STATION AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD A mobile station according to the present invention includes: a radio quality measurement unit 121a configured to obtain radio quality data that indicates a radio quality of a communication link between the mobile station and a base station; a handover mea... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117853 | MOBILE STATION, WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATIVE INFORMATION TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD A mobile station for establishing a signaling control channel and a shared data channel between a radio access network apparatus and the mobile station to perform communication includes discontinuous reception means configured to perform discontinuous reception of broad... | 05/07/2009 |
