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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219601 | Empty container pressing apparatus An empty container pressing apparatus is disclosed. The empty container pressing apparatus includes at least one pressure applying cylinder section in which a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber separated by a pressure receiving piston which slides ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7026000 | Method for preparing a candy having a stereoscopic picture by pad printing The present invention relates to methods for preparing a candy having a stereoscopic picture therein comprising the step of pouring a measured amount of the first mixture, prepared by dissolving and concentrating the raw materials, for candy into a mold, while a tem... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6767393 | Self-shining aerosol-type shoe polish composition A self-shining aerosol-type shoe polish composition consisting essentially of 0.5 to 25% by volume of a silicone compound, optionally 3 to 25% by volume of a drying retardant and/or 0.1 to 1% by volume of an anti-static agent component, and the remainder of liquefie... | 07/27/2004 |
| 7426291 | Apparatus and method for binarizing images of negotiable instruments using a binarization method chosen based on an image of a partial area An image processing apparatus, method and computer-readable data storage medium to identify and process a negotiable instrument comprising a pre-processing unit 20 to select a binarization method to be used in a main processing unit 30 based on image d... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7383431 | Control system and method for rewriting data in a flash memory and a data storage medium in which a program is stored for rewriting data in a flash memory A memory control system and method for controlling the rewriting of data in a flash memory which includes a boot memory portion having a plurality of sectors including a boot sector for storing cold boot data, N other boot sectors for storing other boot data and hav... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380636 | Noise reducing equipment The noise reducing equipment of the present invention is used in combination with a vertically oriented sound barrier wall to reduce the level of noise from a source of sound such as traffic generated on one side of the sound barrier wall and comprises an assembly c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377427 | Method, apparatus and POS system for processing credit card transactions associated with POS sales A method apparatus and POS system for processing credit card transactions associated with POS sales to inhibit illegal credit card use. The method involves reading magnetic stripe information including the credit card number from the magnetic stripe on a credit card... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369411 | Thermal interface assembly and method for forming a thermal interface between a microelectronic component package and heat sink A thermal interface assembly and method for forming a thermal interface between a microelectronic component package and a heat sink having a total thermal resistance of no greater than about 0.03° C.-in2/W comprising interposing a thermal interface assem... | 05/06/2008 |
| D567139 | Triangular shaped diamond or similar article | 04/22/2008 |
| D567138 | Hexagon shaped diamond or similar article | 04/22/2008 |
| D567137 | Heart shaped diamond or similar article | 04/22/2008 |
| D567140 | Star-trillion shaped diamond or similar article | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355585 | Input device and information processing apparatus with such input device and cursor display control method An input device may be used with the information processing apparatus and the like, and provides an improved ease of operation in moving the cursor on the display screen. The input device includes a set of cursor keys 1 that, when activated, cause the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355763 | Image scanning apparatus, method and business machine using the same Scanning errors and document feed errors are prevented by pressing originals, including thin originals and thick originals of greatly different thicknesses, to the scanning surface (1a) of an image sensor (1) with pressure appropriate for the re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350993 | Paper storage apparatus, and a paper processing apparatus having a paper storage apparatus A paper storage apparatus for stacking and storing paper in sequence comprising a first discharge roller 21 for discharging paper (check S1) in a specified discharge direction; a paper storage pocket (check storage pocket 12) for stacking the pa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348716 | Piezoelectric gyro element and piezoelectric gyroscope A piezoelectric gyro element including: a piezoelectric vibration body, which has a shape of a rectangular column with a rectangular section, the piezoelectric vibration body being fixed on one end; first driving electrodes formed on opposing first side faces of the... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344070 | POS system, input/output control apparatus for use in a POS system, and method A POS system and method having a POS terminal, at least one input device for providing input data such as product sale information to said POS terminal, a POS server to enable the POS terminal to complete a POS transaction based upon such product sale information, a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341178 | Processing apparatus, system and method for processing checks in communication with a host computer and a host computer for controlling the check processing apparatus Processing apparatus, system and method for processing checks in communication with a host computer for accurately detecting check multifeeding. The check processing system includes a check processing apparatus and a host computer in communication with the check pro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336577 | Apparatus and method for compensating wobble in holographic digital data storage system A holographic digital data storage apparatus detects a wobbling in a disc shaped storage medium, wherein the apparatus includes a beam generator and finding means, the disc including therein one or more holographically generated patterns. The beam generator projects... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329682 | Method for inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase using a benzoxazole derivative A benzoxazole derivative is disclosed for inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322466 | Container with promotional base The present application refers to a container comprising a cup, a joint and a base, wherein the latter defines a cavity where a lid is coupled to form a cavity, allowing the placement of an object that may be a decorative figure, a toy or a promotional means. In ano... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315045 | Sapphire/gallium nitride laminate having reduced bending deformation The present invention relates to a sapphire/gallium nitride laminate, wherein a curvature radius thereof is positioned on the right side of a first curve plotted from the following functional formula (I): Y=Y0+A·e−(x−1)/T... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312070 | β-catenin oligonucleotide microchip and method for detecting β-catenin mutations employing same The present invention relates to a β-catenin oligonucleotide microchip for detecting mutation in the mutational hot spot regions of β-catenin gene, a manufacturing process thereof and a method for detecting the β-catenin mutation employing same, wherein specific ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306738 | Method of deionizing solution yielded by polyester decomposition with ethylene glycol There is provided a method for deionizing a decomposition produced solution resulting from decomposition of a polyester by ethylene glycol. The ester interchange reaction and hydrolysis reaction along with cation removing treatment of a decomposition product resulti... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308117 | System and method for manipulating information and map for geographical resource management The present invention provides a system that applies the latest technology related to compression, rendering, and geographical data processing to present an interactive interface to users, which enables them to efficiently manipulate maps and queries for information... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293727 | Crusher and mobile crushing machine equipped with the crusher A mobile crushing machine, equipped with an impact crusher having a separable casing 31 comprising a stationary casing 70 and a movable casing 30, is adopted for casing 31 with the upper end 724 of the stationary casing 70 p... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287417 | Device for determining the wetting of a wall by a liquid Ultrasonic waves passing through guides (5, 6) are emitted towards a target (2) immersed in a liquid in order to infer the wetting of this target from certain features of the received signal. The invention is notably applied to the study of liquid heav... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287508 | Engine lubrication method An engine lubrication method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an enclosed oil reservoir formed therein. A crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaf... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284922 | Label printer A label printer has an on-board peeling mechanism that easily replaces label paper and removing paper jams with limited space for opening and closing the printer. The label printer has a printing mechanism for printing labels while conveying label paper having a plu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284919 | Printing apparatus and control method A printer capable of printing to both roll paper and slips. The printer includes a condition setting unit 15 for setting or not setting the absence of roll paper in the printer as a set condition for taking the printer off-line. An off-line status determinati... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278596 | Crusher and mobile crushing machine equipped with the crusher A mobile crushing machine, equipped with an impact crusher having a separable casing 31 comprising a stationary casing 70 and a movable casing 30, is adopted for casing 31 with the upper end 724 of the stationary casing 70 p... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280478 | Control packet structure and method for generating a data burst in optical burst switching networks A control packet of an OBS network comprises a label which is switched for fast transmitting each packet from a source host to a corresponding destination host, a wavelength ID for distinction of channel and switching, a CoS field providing different type of CoS, an... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279568 | Highly efficient eukaryotic expression vector comprising an exogenous transcription regulatory element The present invention relates to a highly efficient eukaryotic expression vector containing an exogenous transcription regulatory element which comprises a promoter/enhancer and the nucleotide sequence upstream of the translation initiation codon derived from human ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277362 | Audio signal reproduction apparatus having scratch reproducing function An audio signal reproduction apparatus for reproducing scratch sound from an optical disk. Scratch reproduction operation is performed through use of a jog dial and a turntable. When either the jog dial or the turn table has been actuated, a rotational operation sig... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255005 | Piezoelectric vibrating gyro element and gyro sensor A piezoelectric vibrating gyro element is constructed by crystal and includes at least in the same plane a base portion; a pair of vibrating arms for detection extended out from the base portion to both sides in a straight line shape, and having groove portions; a w... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250228 | Yttrium-doped bismuth titanate thin film and preparation thereof A bismuth yttrium titanate (BYT) film having the composition of formula (I) has enhanced residual polarization and electric fatigue properties with excellent ferroelectric property, and therefore, it can be advantageously used in an electric or electronic device inc... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248787 | Encoding apparatus of audio signal, audio disc and disc reproducing apparatus DVD-video data and DVD-audio data are recorded in a DVD-Avd disc. The DVD-audio data is composed of an audio manager having an audio manager information, an audio manager menu, a first audio title set including first audio data and a second audio title set including... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247325 | Crude drug compositions and the process for preparing them The present invention provides a crude drug composition comprising extracts of radish and tea leaf and additionally comprising an extract extracted from at least one crude drug selected from a group consisting of Daucus carota var sativa, Aurantii nobilis ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245571 | Optical disk drive that can adjust erase power during writing operation An optical disk drive that can automatically adjust an erase power to an appropriate level to keep the error rate low and not to shorten the life of an erasable optical disk. The optical disk drive obtains a reference erasing modulation factor using a test area of t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235949 | Battery capacity detection apparatus and detection method A detection device and method for accurately detecting the battery capacity remaining in the device independent of the operating mode of the device. When the battery-powered device is operating in a low load mode, the battery discharge voltage is A/D converted and t... | 06/26/2007 |
