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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7385083 | Potassium channel opener A potassium channel opener comprising a compound (e.g., pimaric acid) represented by the formula [I]: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378497 | Potassium channels and genes encoding these potassium channels This invention relates to novel potassium channels and genes encoding these channels. More specifically the invention provides isolated polynucleotides encoding the KCNQ4 potassium channel, cells transformed with these polynucleotides, transgenic animals comprising ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7282427 | Method of implanting a substrate and an ion implanter for performing the method An implanter provides two-dimensional scanning of a substrate relative to an implant beam so that the beam draws a raster of scan lines on the substrate. The beam current is measured at turnaround points off the substrate and the current value is used to control the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279617 | Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to nitrogen responsive promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the nitrogen responsive promoters and control elements and methods of identifying the nitrogen responsive promoters, contr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7253424 | Method of implanting a substrate and an ion implanter for performing the method An implanter provides two-dimensional scanning of a substrate relative to an implant beam so that the beam draws a raster of scan lines on the substrate. The beam current is measured at turnaround points off the substrate and the current value is used to control the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7217864 | Shade responsive promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7169915 | Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7063116 | Pneumatic tire with monofilament metallic belt cords A pneumatic tire containing a belt disposed radially outside a carcass in a tread portion, the belt including two cross plies of monofilament metallic cords laid at angles of from 15 to 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire, each monof... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051768 | Hydroform process and hydroform product When hydroforming a steel pipe, a tubular deformation assisting member made of an incompressible material softer than the steel pipe is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the steel pipe. The deformation assisting member is attached at least to an area corresp... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7011127 | Tire for heavy load use A tire for heavy load use includes a carcass ply made of steel cords including ply turn-up portions that are turned up around bead cores from inside to outside in a tire axial direction. Each ply turn-up portion includes a turn-up sub-portion that is first turned up... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009884 | Semiconductor storage device, display device and portable electronic equipment A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array 21 in which a plurality of memory elements are arranged and a program verify circuit 30. The memory element 1, 33 includes a gate electrode 104 formed on a semiconductor layer | 03/07/2006 |
| D511870 | Dish-washing machine | 11/22/2005 |
| 6832457 | Window assembly A vehicle window assembly including a protective transparent plastic window liner covering the inner side of the glass pane and held removably in place by flexible liner-retaining strips having quarter-round molding portions overlying the margins of the liner and an... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6764798 | Two-component developer A two-component developer comprising a toner onto which a hydrophobic silica having an average particle size of 25 nm or more is externally added, and a carrier having a saturation magnetization of from 50 to 95 Am2/kg, wherein the carrier has a ratio of ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6393290 | Cost based model for wireless architecture A cost modeling technique derives node, link, and end-to-end costs for a communication network design as a function of radio frequency, demographic, traffic, system, and marketing variables, thereby enabling a comprehensive characterization of network cos... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6389084 | Apparatus and method for equalizing a signal independent of the impact of doppler frequency A method and apparatus for equalizing a signal to accurately deconvolute the channel includes deriving a functional relationship between Doppler frequency and variance between the instantaneous energy of the received signal and the mean energy of the rece... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6381235 | Wireless CDMA system having a unique forward configuration control channel The wireless CDMA system includes a base station which generates a configuration channel as one of the forward control channels. The message slots in the configuration channel only include overhead messages. The base station also generates at least one ot... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6378106 | Viterbi decoding using single-wrong-turn correction A recursive, single-wrong-turn (SWT) decoding method and Viterbi decoder which requires no additional circuitry or processing to keep track of a running list of the L best paths. If the most likely (ML) path fails frame quality metric tests, a search is m... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374355 | Method for securing over-the-air communication in a wireless system In the method for securing over-the-air communication in wireless system, a mobile sends a system access request and dummy data associated with the system access request to a network. The network sends a first data stream including a first data portion to... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5460836 | Method of preparing beer using lipid-removed malt The present invention is directed to a malt for brewing beer prepared by removing lipids by using subcritical or supercritical carbon dioxide, a beer using the said malt, and a method of preparing the said beer. In the beer obtained by using the malt prep... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5457052 | Process for the preparation of optically active 3-chloro-1-phenyl-propanol by a lipase catalyzed hydrolysis An enantiomeric mixture of a 3-chloro-1-(substituted) phenyl-1-propyl ester of a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic acid is treated with an enzyme which can asymmetrically hydrolyze the mixture, for example, a lipase originating in a microorganism of the ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5447748 | Method and apparatus for producing magnetic recording medium There is provided an apparatus for producing a magnetic recording medium which enables a good-quality magnetic recording medium to be produced with an improved production efficiency. This apparatus comprises a back-coat layer-coating vacuum chamber, a mag... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5446527 | Method of forming fixed images A method of forming fixed images includes charging a photoconductor; exposing the photoconductor to light; developing an electrostatic latent image, such that a toner is applied to the electrostatic latent image formed on a transfer film moving in partial... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5446029 | Anti-retroviral activity of 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluoronucleosides Use of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein Base is thymine, Cytosine, adenine or guanine, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, for therapeutic treatment of hepatitis B virus infections and to a method for such treatment.... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5443936 | Developing method and method for forming fixed images using magnetic encapsulated toner The present invention is directed to a developing method of a magnetic encapsulated toner, which can be fixed even at a nip pressure of 0.01 to 0.1 kg/cm without a supply of silicone oil onto a surface of a heat roller, using a toner projection developing... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5443960 | Method for the diagnosis of blood coagulation disorders The present invention is directed to a method of detecting APC resistance and a kit for use with the method.... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5440040 | Pyrimidine intermediates The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R1 is OH, NH2 ; R2 is a heteroaromatic or aromatic substituent; R3 is H, OH, F, OCH3 ; R4 is H, F, OH or an ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5436032 | Method for treating liner material for magnetic recording medium A treating method of a liner material for a magnetic recording medium according to the present invention is a treating method of a liner material which is to be bonded to the inside of a case storing therein a magnetic disk, and is characterized in that a... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5436104 | Method of forming fixed images using heated belt A method of forming fixed images comprising charging a photoconductor, exposing the photoconductor to light, developing a latent electrostatic image whereby a toner is applied to the latent electrostatic image formed on the photoconductor to form a visibl... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5422031 | Hair tinting shampoo A tinting shampoo with an efficient and gentle cleansing effect and improved color absorption which contains at least one direct dyestuff in a water-based surfactant mixture comprising at least an anion-active surfactant in a proportion of about 5 to 35% ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5397129 | Thread wound golf ball The present invention provides a thread wound golf ball having excellent hit feeling, which is obtained by winding a thread rubber around a solid rubber center to form a thread rubber layer and covering the thread rubber layer with a cover layer. A surfac... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5079295 | Thermoplastic resin composition A thermoplastic resin composition having excellent heat resistance and impact resistance as well as having excellent rigidity, chemical resistance and processibility, comprising: (a) a polyphenylene ether resin or a resin composition containing a polyphen... | 01/07/1992 |
