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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107870 | Fusing device and image forming apparatus using the same A fusing unit is comprised of a pair of rollers, a fusing roller and a pressing roller, having an elastic layer on their outer peripheral surface and a pressing spring for pressing the fusing roller against the pressing roller, and causes a sheet of paper with an un... | 01/31/2012 |
| D640667 | Home theater speaker | 06/28/2011 |
| D631822 | Tire for automobile | 02/01/2011 |
| D621487 | Water closet | 08/10/2010 |
| 7583827 | Assessment of lesions in an image The present invention relates to a method for assessing the presence or absence of lesion(s) in an image and a system therefor, wherein said image may be any image potentially comprising lesions, in particular an image from medical image diagnostics, and more partic... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578880 | Method of producing fine particles of metal complex pigment and dispersion containing fine particles of metal complex pigment obtained by the method A method of producing fine particles of metal complex pigment, containing the step of reacting a solution of an alkali metal salt of a ligand that constitutes the metal complex with a solution of salts of a metal that constitutes the metal complex, in the course of ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7537305 | Image recording apparatus and image recording method The image recording apparatus includes: a recording head which has a plurality of recording elements; a conveyance device which causes the recording head and a recording medium to move relatively to each other by conveying at least one of the recording head and the ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7291074 | Golf club head A golf club head which has a head volume V of not less than 300 cc, and a gravity point distance C (mm) satisfying the following condition: C≦0.12×V−8, and optionally, the ratio (M/V) of the moment of inertia M (g·sq.cm) of the club head around a vertical axis... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7232690 | Method and device for detecting and isolating pharmacological compounds being contained in substance mixtures A process for isolating and/or identifying at least one active chemical substance from a mixture of active and inactive chemical substances, is characterized by the steps: a) adding a target to said mixture and forming a complex of... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7192445 | Medical prosthetic devices and implants having improved biocompatibility Disclosed are medical prosthetic devices or medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatitibly. The devices or implants include a metal material, e.g. titanium, in which the metal surface parts are coated with a corresponding hydride material that contains one ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7173121 | 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... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7098912 | Method of modifying a volume mesh using sheet insertion A method and machine-readable medium provide a technique to modify a hexahedral finite element volume mesh using dual generation and sheet insertion. After generating a dual of a volume stack (mesh), a predetermined algorithm may be followed to modify (refine) the v... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7067957 | Ceramic transformer level driving circuit A ceramic transformer level driving circuit mainly aims to transform a low voltage signal to another low voltage signal through an amplified signal to drive a medium voltage system. It includes a control unit to generate a resonant frequency and output phase signal ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052415 | Golf ball Golf ball has a core, a cover, and numerous dimples 12 formed on the surface of this cover. Principal component of the cover is a polyurethane elastomer. This cover has a Shore D hardness of 30 or greater and 55 or less. Occupation ratio Y of total area of th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045266 | Lithographic printing plate A lithographic printing original plate, a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing original plate and a process for producing the lithographic printing plate are disclosed. The lithographic printing original plate has, on a substrate, a photosensi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7023767 | Gain calibration device and method for differential push-pull tracking error signals A gain calibration device and method for differential push-pull (DPP) tracking error signals in an optical storage system is provided. The gain calibration method processes the synthesized gain (SPPG) of the sub beam in the DPP tracking error signal components with ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015215 | Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4] benzodiazepines compounds and process thereof The present invention provides Analogues of 1,1′-{[(bisalkane-1,N-diyl)piperazine]dioxy}bis(11aS)-7-methoxy-1,2,3,11a-tetrahydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-5-one] of formula (VI) wher... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015356 | Process for producing dicarboxylic acids A carboxylic acid is produced by oxidative cleavage of a cycloalkane with oxygen and performs a reaction in the presence of a catalyst including an imide compound and a metallic compound, the imide compound having a cyclic imide skeleton represented by the following... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012861 | Track jump method for a recording medium A track jump method for an optical recording/reproducing medium is provided. In the track jump method, once a track jump command is input, a track jump operation is held until a falling edge of a header mask signal is detected. The track jump starts at the falling e... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009332 | Shadow mask structure for cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube comprising a panel of which an outer surface is substantially flat and an inner surface has a certain curvature, and a shadow mask arranged with a certain interval from an inner surface of the panel and having a plurality of apertures through whic... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010702 | Architecture for virtual private networks Protocols and architecture for secure virtual private networks. Intraenterprise data communications are supported in a secure manner over the Internet or other public network space with the implementation of secure virtual private networks. Members of a virtual priv... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007293 | Disc protection casing and drive for receiving the same The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999107 | Scaling method and apparatus using approximate simplified scaling factors An image is scaled by a desired scaling factor by using an upper scaling factor slightly greater than the desired scaling factor and a lower scaling factor slightly less than the desired scaling factor. The upper and lower scaling factors are applied to different pa... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999307 | Disk drive anchoring mechanism A disk drive anchoring mechanism adopted for use on a computer casing includes fastening elements, a bracing board, latch flanges and a drawing rack. The fastening elements are located on two opposite sides of a disk drive. The bracing board is fixedly mounted on th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994946 | Silicon-containing polymer, resist composition and patterning process Novel silicon-containing polymers are provided comprising recurring units having a POSS pendant and units which improve alkali solubility under the action of an acid. Resist compositions comprising the polymers are sensitive to high-energy radiation and have a high ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991014 | Pneumatic tire comprising cap and base and spirally wound cord A pneumatic tire comprises a tread rubber disposed radially outside a tread reinforcing belt, the tread rubber includes a radially outmost cap tread rubber and a radially inner base tread rubber, wherein the base tread rubber includes a central base tread rubber cen... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989506 | Method of making golf club head A golf club head includes two metal parts which are connected each other by welding their opposite surfaces. A method of making the golf club head constitutes: making the two metal parts, wherein at least one of them is provided with a small protrusion along the sur... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6975292 | Image display apparatus for photographing an object and displaying the photographed image In an imaging section, an image of an object is converted to signal charge by photodiodes arranged in the form of a matrix, the signal charge is transferred to output circuits by vertical transfer paths, and then the signal charge transferred to the output circuits ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970229 | Print processing method, printing order receiving machine and print processing device A method and a device are provided for automating receipt of orders for additional printing of a photographic print, including order information relating to desired image processing. In a print order receiving machine, when a photographic print is inserted, an image... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968625 | Device and method for alignment of components The invention relates to a device for alignment of a first component (1; 25) and a second component (2; 26) in a predetermined relation to each other, comprising first measuring unit (7; 7′; 7″) arranged to be mounted on said first component... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966974 | Process for evaporating a solution and an evaporator for use in the process The invention relates to a method for evaporating a solution and an evaporator applied to it. The evaporator (1) has parallel plate heat exchanger elements (3) fitted inside a jacket (2), consisting of a flexible plastic film, for example, and a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6943501 | Electroluminescent display apparatus and driving method thereof A common line is eliminated, and one terminal of the capacitor, which has been heretofore connected to the common line, is connected to the scan line of another display cell adjacent to the display cell having the capacitor. A scan line driving circuit supplies to r... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6759617 | Vacuum circuit breaker A vacuum circuit breaker includes a plurality of switching mechanism units having movable contacts and stationary contacts for connecting/breaking an electrical circuit between an electric source and an electric load, respectively, and disposed in a lengthwise direc... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6744245 | Particle count correction method and apparatus A method is disclosed which allows more accurate counting of particles where the sample has significant size variability between particles. The method uses flight time and wait time to obtain a corrected count of particles. ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6744540 | Document end detecting unit, document reading unit, and facsimile apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a document end detecting unit which detects a front-end of a moving document with reliability. In a document reading unit equipped with a document end detecting unit, on the surface of a back member which is on the op... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6741444 | Apparatus for charging a substrate and an image forming apparatus comprising an apparatus of this kind An apparatus for charging a substrate including a dielectric substrate, a support member having a first end and a second end between which the member extends substantially parallel to the substrate, a row of electrodes distributed over the support member between the... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6730679 | Pharmaceutical formulations Pharmaceutical formulations containing HIV protease inhibitors, specifically including 3S-[3R*(1R*,2S*)]-[3-[[(4-aminophenyl)sulphonyl](2-methylpropyl)-amino]-2-hydroxy-1-phenylmethyl)propyl]carbamic acid, tetrahydro-3-furanyl ester (alternatively known as VX 478 or... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6724941 | Image processing method, image processing device, and recording medium An image processing method includes a step for inputting the type of digital camera used for obtaining an original image signal to be processed, a step for preparing a non-sharp mask signal of the original image signal, a step for reading a contrast table and a dens... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6677111 | Silver halide emulsion, production process thereof, and silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and photothermographic material using the same A silver halide emulsion is described, comprising at least a dispersion medium and silver halide grains, wherein said silver halide grains have an average grain size of from 0.005 to 0.1 μm and a hexacyano metal complex represented by formula (I) is pres... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6577760 | Image processing apparatus and method, image synthesizing system and method, image synthesizer and client computer which constitute image synthesizing system, and image separating method Alternatively, a set of pixel image data and a set of coordinate data are respectively compressed, and compressed pixel image data and the compressed coordinate data are stored. To perform proper color correction (conversion) even when a user image is inl... | 06/10/2003 |
