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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7998922 | Process for treating fibroses with biocompatible polymer A biocompatible polymer constituted by a sequence of identical or different components of the general formula (I): AaXxYy, in which A represents a monomer, X represents a carboxyl group fixed on a monomer A, Y represents a sulfate or... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7774577 | Memory device, memory controller and memory system An image memory, image memory system, and memory controller that are capable of efficiently accessing a rectangular area of two-dimensionally arrayed data are provided. The memory device has: a memory cell array that has a plurality of memory unit areas, each of whi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767763 | Fluoroelastomers VDF-based curable fluoroelastomers, having a glass transition temperature lower than −49° C., preferably lower than −50° C., and having the following composition, as percent moles: A) from 25% to 50%, preferably from 30% to 45%, of the monomer of formula: CF2... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767696 | Pyrazole derivatives Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular TIE-2, and Raf kinases, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours. | 08/03/2010 |
| 7759359 | Method of treating bladder dysfunction with once-a-day trospium salt formulation A pharmaceutical composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable trospium salt, with upon administration to a human patient generates an average steady state blood levels of trospium with a minimum (Cmin) and maximum (Cmax) blood levels of about 0... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758415 | Slot machine A slot machine may comprise: a plurality of display windows in which a plurality of symbols are displayed variably and statically; at least one pay line across the display windows to connect a predetermined number of display windows, a winning combination of symbols... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7750741 | PLL circuit and semiconductor device A PLL circuit has a phase comparator to receive an input signal and a feedback signal, a charge pump controlled by an output of the phase comparator, a lowpass filter part to receive an output of the charge pump, a current controlled oscillator controlled by an outp... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7742469 | Data input circuit and semiconductor device utilizing data input circuit A data input circuit converts input serial data to n-bit parallel data, and outputs the n-bit parallel data by following an address signal. The data input circuit includes a data shifting unit including a plurality of columns, and sequentially shifting the input ser... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739900 | Method for testing the leakage rate of vacuum encapsulated devices The present invention is directed to a method for testing the leakage rate of an encapsulated device comprising the step: bombing the device with a neon and/or argon atmosphere using a bombing pressure of at least more than environmental pressure and measuring the q... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7733716 | Signal masking method, signal masking circuit, and semiconductor integrated circuit A signal masking circuit includes a detection circuit, a delayed read data strobe signal generation circuit, a gating circuit, a counting circuit, and a masking circuit. The detection circuit detects a period of a logic “L” of a read data strobe signal. The gati... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7704148 | Tripod type constant velocity joint In a tripod type constant velocity joint, in order to produce a recovery couple to correct the inclination of the rolling direction of a roller and to reduce surface pressure without using angular contact provided by a Gothic arch-shaped roller guide surface, it is ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7688571 | Solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a base substrate, a capacitor element, a metal cap, an extractor terminal and an insulating member. The base substrate has electrical conductivity. The capacitor element is provided on the base substrate. The metal cap is coup... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7688182 | RFID system and RFID chip equipped with sensor function An integrated circuit chip includes a rectifier circuit configured to convert an alternating voltage supplied from an antenna into a direct-current voltage, a nonvolatile memory coupled to the rectifier circuit to operate by use of the direct-current voltage, a sens... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686409 | Driver device and print head A print head has m driver devices 1 that are fed with a supply voltage VDD and that control the driving of resistive elements acting as heaters and a regulator 2 that is fed with a supply voltage VH higher than the supply voltage VDD and that converts ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7673618 | Control system for internal combustion engine A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of estimating a property of fuel accurately even when the engine is in an operating condition other than idling. An in-cylinder pressure sensor detects an amount of change in pressure in a cylinder... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671215 | Process for the preparation of compounds having an ace inhibitory action The present invention relates to the process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) having an ACE inhibitory action wherein carboxy group of stereospecific amino acid is activated with an uranium salt in the presen... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7666246 | Particle dispersion copper alloy and method for producing the same Hard phase particles including Co alloy particles, carbide alloy particles, and silicide particles are dispersed substantially uniformly throughout a matrix composed of Cu self-fluxing alloy of a cladded portion. The cladded portion contains 6 to 15% by weight of Co... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663285 | Brushless motor This brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with: a tubular stator case; a stator core; a rotor; a plurality of teeth which are integrally formed on an inner peripheral surface of the stator core; a coil bobbin mounted between the mutually ad... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662743 | NOx purifying catalyst The present invention provides an NOx purifying catalyst that removes NOx with sufficient efficiency even under low temperature operation such as diesel engine automobiles. An NOx purifying catalyst for processing NOx in exhaust gas by rich/lean control of the air-f... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661324 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor and electric power steering apparatus This magnetostrictive torque sensor 10 includes a rotating shaft 11 used to rotate according to an input torque and provided with magnetostrictive films 14A and 14B, an excitation coil 12 configured to apply an alternating magnetic... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660210 | Disk device A driver IC 1 has a bias terminal 20a via which a bias voltage fed from a microcomputer 2 to drive and control a loading motor 4 is fed in and a bias terminal 20b via which a bias voltage fed from a DSP 3 to dr... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659660 | Organic EL panel having film layers with overlap deviations The present invention is to ensure that when it has been judged that film-formation areas of a plurality of layers laminated on the same luminescent areas of organic EL devices involve a defect, it is possible to exactly find which layer of the multi-laminated layer... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658867 | Membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell A membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells, in which a sulfonic acid is an ion exchange group, and the heat resistance is superior, is provided. The membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells contains a polymer i... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658120 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor A magnetostrictive torque sensor of the present invention is provided with: a magnetostrictive film; a detection coil; a current direction switching device; and an inversion device, wherein: when the current flows in a direction from one side to another side of the ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7653169 | Timing adjustment for data transmitting/receiving circuit In order to provide a timing adjustment circuit capable of transmitting/receiving data without being affected by process unevenness and power voltage/temperature fluctuations even at a high data transfer rate, the phase of data outputted by a data transmitting unit ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652941 | Memory device A memory device is provided which has: a memory cell to store data; a word line to select the memory cell; a bit line connectable to the selected memory cell; a precharge power supply to supply a precharge voltage to the bit line; a precharge circuit to connect or d... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652934 | Semiconductor memory device In addition to a booster power supply circuit boosting a power supply voltage to supply a boost voltage VPP to a memory core, cell capacitors composing a stabilization capacitor, and a bias generation circuit supplying a midpoint potential to a connection point of t... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645534 | Membrane electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell A polymer electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly including a proton conductive membrane having superior workability is provided. The membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a proton ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7640815 | Magnetostriction type torque sensor A magnetostriction type torque sensor is provided which includes magnetic property change material which is provided on a shaft and whose magnetic property changes in accordance with torque applied to the shaft, an excitation signal generator which generates an exci... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633818 | Test method for semiconductor memory device and semiconductor memory device therefor The present invention detects a sense amplifier having an unbalanced characteristic. In a test method for a semiconductor memory device for detecting a sense amplifier having an unbalanced characteristic, an intermediate potential having different H and L levels fro... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7633179 | Passenger detection apparatus for detecting breakage on shield line without being affected by peripheral shield cables A passenger detection apparatus includes sensors arranged on a seat in a vehicle; shield cables corresponding to the sensors, wherein one end the core wire is connected to the corresponding one of the sensors; a measurement signal output device for outputting a meas... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631200 | Host apparatus, device, and method for controlling communication system A host apparatus that adjusts consumption of a device in accordance with the power supply capability of the host apparatus. The host apparatus includes a plurality of communication ports and devices connected to each communication port. A host controller of the host... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630260 | Semiconductor memory and system A word driver supplies a high level voltage to a word line when a memory cell is accessed and supplies low level voltage which is a negative voltage to the word line when the memory cell isn't accessed. A precharge circuit lowers a precharge voltage-supplying capaci... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629729 | Surface acoustic wave device and fabrication method thereof A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a surface acoustic wave element composed of electrodes provided on the piezoelectric substrate and the piezoelectric substrate, a first seal resin portion provided on the piezoelectric substrate and ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621067 | Fishing rod A fishing rod including a pipe-shaped frame, a reel seat provided on an outer peripheral surface of the frame, a cylindrical front grip spirally attached to a front end of the reel seat, a rod inserted into a front end of the pipe-shaped frame, wherein the front gri... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7618605 | Exhaust emission control device and method for internal combustion engine, and engine control unit An exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of supplying a just enough amount of reducing agent to a NOx catalyst, thereby reducing exhaust emission and improving fuel economy. The device includes a three-way catalyst, a NO... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7615948 | Controller for motor and control method for motor A controller for a motor and a control method for a motor change an operating condition of each motor, considering difference in operating conditions, such as loss and temperature, thus making it possible to reduce a total loss in a plurality of motors. The controll... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7612811 | Solid state imaging device incorporating a light shielding film having openings of different sizes A solid state imaging device comprises a color decomposer that decomposes incident light into at least a color of a first wavelength and a color of a second wavelength that is shorter than the first wavelength, a light shielding film that is formed under the color d... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610234 | Construction brokerage system Customer information including construction commission information from customers who make access through communication lines and/or the Internet is collected and disclosed onto the Internet. Agent information including proposals from agents who have browsed the dis... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605551 | Controller for motor A controller for a motor cleans, as necessary, a hydraulic chamber that generates hydraulic oil for changing a phase difference between two rotors so as to restrain sludge from building up in the hydraulic chamber. A motor has a first rotor and a second rotor that c... | 10/20/2009 |
