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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6942436 | NC program generating method, NC apparatus, computer memory product, and computer program product An NC apparatus 1 replaces a required machining shape of a workpiece 5 with a predetermined canned machining cycle depending on a specification of machining conditions including a machining start point, a machining end point, and the size of an end mil... | 09/13/2005 |
| 7417130 | Collection of repeat proteins comprising repeat modules The present invention relates to collections of repeat proteins comprising repeat modules which are derived from one or more repeat units of a family of naturally occurring repeat proteins, to collections of nucleic acid molecules encoding said repeat proteins, to m... | 08/26/2008 |
| D556035 | Container | 11/27/2007 |
| D552423 | Container | 10/09/2007 |
| D551908 | Container | 10/02/2007 |
| D551565 | Package | 09/25/2007 |
| D551507 | Container | 09/25/2007 |
| D551506 | Container | 09/25/2007 |
| D551505 | Container | 09/25/2007 |
| D551508 | Container | 09/25/2007 |
| D550568 | Package | 09/11/2007 |
| D550077 | Game pack | 09/04/2007 |
| D549926 | Edible pet chew | 09/04/2007 |
| D547177 | Container | 07/24/2007 |
| D545026 | Candy bar | 06/26/2007 |
| D540676 | Container lid | 04/17/2007 |
| D537231 | Edible pet chew | 02/27/2007 |
| D536506 | Edible pet chew | 02/13/2007 |
| 7044521 | Chuck and suction board for plates An apparatus for transferring a plate member such as a wafer by supporting the plate member with a plurality of support pins, and vacuum-sucking the plate member with a suction disk without allowing the suction disk to make contact with the plate member. Vacuum gene... | 05/16/2006 |
| D519923 | Engine generator | 05/02/2006 |
| 7002030 | Substance for lowering high cholesterol level in serum and methods for preparing and using the same The invention relates to a substance which lowers LDL cholesterol levels in serum and which is fat soluble β-sitostanol fatty acid ester, and to a method for preparing and using the same. The substance can be taken orally as a food additive, food substitute or supp... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955785 | Aluminum alloy for rapidly cooled welding and welding method therefor The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy for rapidly cooled welding. The alloy comprises, by weight, Mg: 0.4 to 7.0%, Cu: 0.05 to 1%, at least one kind of Mn: 0.8 to 2.5%, Cr: 0.35 to 2.0% and Fe: 0.7 to 1.5% and the balance of Al and inevitable impurities... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954055 | Switching device driving apparatus and DC/DC converter incorporating the same A switching device driving apparatus has a driver for controlling, according to an input signal, the on/off states of a pair of field-effect transistors connected in series between a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage lower than the first supply voltag... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953683 | Compositions and methods of inhibiting bacterial spore germination The present invention is directed to compositions comprising nisin and sublancin in amounts that are effective to inhibit bacterial spore germination. Additionally, the present invention is directed towards methods of inhibiting bacterial spore germination for a var... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6947662 | Picture mapping system A picture mapping system comprises a vehicle adapted to travel on an agricultural field; a camera mounted on the vehicle for continuously taking pictures of various portions of the agriculture field; a computer mounted on the vehicle for receiving and processing pic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946905 | Offset cancel circuit of voltage follower equipped with operational amplifier A differential amplifying circuit 11 includes a current mirror circuit having first and second current ends to which drains of MOS transistors M8 and M9 are respectively connected, and a pair of differential MOS transistors M1 and M2 | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942754 | Process for producing xylooligosaccharide from lignocellulose pulp Xylooligosaccharide is produced from a lignocellulose pulp by enzyme-treating a lignocellulose pulp with hemicellulase, filtering the resultant reaction mixture to separate a liquid fraction from the enzyme-treated pulp, subjecting the separated liquid fraction to a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939101 | Windmill A windmill. A wind intake section has wind guide plates, a wind inlet defined between two adjoining wind guide plates, and a wind inlet opening and closing device placed at the wind inlet. The wind inlet opening and closing device is opened by the wind flowing throu... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936722 | Polyhalogenated ethers (Per)haloethers having formula: X—(Rf)L—O—CF2CF2—O—CX1X2—CFX3X4 (I), process for obtaining them and hypofluorites usable in the synthesis of said (per)h... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936668 | Amorphous perfluorinated copolymers Amorphous perfluorinated copolymers, comprising cyclic perfluorinated units deriving from at least two different perfluorinated comonomers, optionally with units deriving from a perfluorinated monomer containing at least one olefinic unsaturation (perfluoroolefin), ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936654 | Additives for hydrogenated resins Additives for hydrogenated resins obtainable by using the following components: a) bifunctional perfluoropolyethers having a —COOR end group, optionally in admixture with monofunctional perfluoropolyethers having a —COOR end gr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932978 | Double-headed, closed-mouth cough suppressant and cold relief device A double-headed, closed-mouth cough suppressant and cold relief device in which an individual having the symptoms of a cough is able to suppress the cough by inserting the device into an open mouth, and by sucking on one end of the device, is able to release a menth... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919175 | System for releasing and isolating nucleic acids A procedure for the release and isolation of nucleic acids from biological compartments of a sample always uses an instrument that can hold one or more sample processsing vessels, maintain the sample processing vessels at a constant temperature, shake the sample pro... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913558 | Control system for stopping and starting vehicle engine An engine stop and start control system for securing a normal line pressure in a hydraulic circuit of the transmission. The system has an engine as a power source for driving the vehicle; a transmission; a mechanical oil pump, operated by the power produced by the e... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6914631 | Image sensor The invention relates to an X-Y address type solid-state image pickup device manufactured by a CMOS process, and has an object to provide an X-Y address type solid-state image pickup device which has a small element size and a wide opening ratio, and can reduce a kT... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913107 | Steer-by-wire system A steer-by-wire system with a fail-safe mechanism is disclosed in which a clutch for the steer-by-wire system installed between a first shaft connected to a steering wheel and a second shaft connected to a steering gear is formed as a mechanism for bringing about we... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6915207 | Method and system for setting travel time and method and system for route calculation with use thereof A position of a vehicle is detected by receiving a position detection signal transmitted from the travelling vehicle. It is sensed whether or not the vehicle passes a starting node of a required link on a road network, and when the vehicle passes the starting node, ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907192 | Hybrid hotair heater If both the electric heaters and combustion heaters constitute a hybrid type hot-air heater wherein both heaters are equipped with inlets adjacent to each other and are also housed within a frame and separated such that the air blowing systems of each heater are ind... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906995 | Information read/write medium A stack “0” having a recording layer serving to transmit a light beam includes a heat dissipating layer, a reflective layer, an enhanced layer, and the recording layer, which are formed in that order on an intermediate layer. The reflective layer is translucent ... | 06/14/2005 |
