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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7091138 | Forming method and a forming apparatus of nanocrystalline silicon structure A forming method and a forming apparatus of nanocrystalline silicon structure makes it possible to prepare a nanocrystalline silicon structure at a low temperature to have densely packed silicon crystal grains which are stably terminated and to effectively control t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081812 | Audible warning system for vehicles outfitted with extensible structures A simple and easily-installed system for vehicles equipped with an extensible pole, mast, boom, or other structure, providing an audible alarm when the operator attempts to drive away without first completely retracting the pole, mast, boom, or other extensible stru... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078514 | Chicken growth hormone releasing hormone receptor The present invention relates to chicken growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), its corresponding receptor, and nucleic acid sequences encoding these proteins. More particularly the present invention is directed to the use of the chicken GHRH hormone and its corre... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7053361 | Projection encoder with moving side gratings and fixed side gratings A projection linear encoder has an SOQ substrate formed with transmission gratings and grid-like photodiode groups, and a reflecting grating plate with reflecting gratings that are formed facing thereto. A light-blocking film composed of a metal thin film or the lik... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041275 | Irrigating fluid A surgical irrigating fluid composition, especially for endoscopic surgery, is provided comprising a rinsing fluid and nitrous oxide added as a marker to the rinsing fluid in an amount which is detectable in the expired breath from a mammal, especially man, that is ... | 05/09/2006 |
| D541174 | Set of containers | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188665 | Heat exchanger and heat exchanger ventilator A heat exchanger for realizing a high degree of humidity exchange efficiency at a low cost. The heat exchanger in which partition members respectively separated from each other by a spacing maintained by one of spacing members facilitate circulation of two different... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185864 | Door hook with hinge A door hook including a U-shaped bracket having a top member and front and back sides attached to the top member. The front and back sides are separated by a first distance, which corresponds generally to the thickness of a door over which the door hook is to be pla... | 03/06/2007 |
| H2182 | Low emission, non-oxygenated fuel composition Provided is an unleaded gasoline fuel which is substantially free of oxygenates, and most preferably contains substantially zero oxygenates. The gasoline fuel also has a Reid vapor pressure less then 7.5 psi, a sulfur content less than 30 ppmw, an aromatic hydrocarb... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173019 | Linked cyclitols and their polysulfated derivatives The invention relates to compounds of the following formula (I). In these compounds, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted cyclitol with a ring comprising six carbon atoms, or hydrogen, su... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172796 | Balloon catheter A balloon catheter includes a long-sized body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the body internally having at least one lumen, and a balloon made from a composite material composed of short-fibers for reienforcement and a matrix resin, the balloon b... | 02/06/2007 |
| D535881 | Packaging crate | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159634 | Pleated and cellular materials A tabbed honeycomb structure or pleated panel is made from a stack of collapsed multi-cellular material. The stack is split at bond lines thereby forming the panels of pleated or honeycomb material having a joint tab on one face. The tabbed, honeycomb material is at... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150823 | Catalytic filtering of a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream Novel methods of treating a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream with an active filtering catalyst are disclosed. Such methods are capable of removing soluble (and ultra-fine particulate) contamination, fouling agents, and/or plugging precursors from the Fisch... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149637 | Detecting electromechanical oscillations in power systems The detection of electromechanical oscillations in power systems and the estimation of their frequency and damping parameters are based on a linear time-varying model. The parameters of the linear model are on-line adapted by means of Kalman filtering techniques to ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148719 | Method for analyzing organic light-emitting device Provided is a method for analyzing the performance of an OLED through activation in-situ. The method includes placing the OLED in an in-situ chamber, driving the OLED, and analyzing a dark spot and/or thermal degradation of the OLED, such that performance of the OLE... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146812 | Hydraulic brake apparatus A hydraulic brake apparatus includes a tandem brake master cylinder having a rod piston moving in response to a brake pedal, and a floating piston moving in response to the rod piston; a separation valve provided in a hydraulic brake circuit connecting the brake mas... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148965 | Wavelength monitor, optical module, and optical module packaging method A wavelength filter is disposed between a laser diode and a photodiode that receives the rear-facet output light of the laser diode. Either a part on one side of an input or an output surface of the wavelength filter is bounded to a protrusion provided in a metal ho... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143880 | Torque converter A torque converter includes a front cover connected to an engine with a set block, a pump impeller integrally connected to the front cover, a turbine runner facing to the pump impeller and connected to an input shaft of a transmission, a lock-up clutch for engaging/... | 12/05/2006 |
| D533290 | Flashlight | 12/05/2006 |
| RE39406 | Telephone line coupler The telephone line coupler circuit has a single transmit opto-coupler whose output includes a DC bias component connected to a gate of a line seize switch for connecting a DC line seize load across the ring and tip contacts of the telephone line. The line seize swit... | 11/21/2006 |
| RE39394 | Seat apparatus with air flow A seat apparatus includes a seat cushion, a seat back associated with the seat cushion, an air vent extending from the bottom side of the cushion towards the sitting side of the cushion, and an air producing device which blows air, preferably temperature controlled ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134752 | Shaped non-corrective eyewear lenses and methods for providing same The disclosure relates to shaped ophthalmic lenses and methods for providing such lenses, including non-powered lenses having non-quadratic surfaces of complementary curvature. Such lenses may have a curvature maximum away from an axis of symmetry and a substantiall... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136835 | Credit card system and method A credit card system is provided which has the added feature of providing additional limited-use credit card numbers and/or cards. These numbers and/or cards can be used for a single transaction, thereby reducing the potential for fraudulent reuse of these numbers a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135355 | Stencil mask design method and under bump metallurgy for C4 solder bump A method for the fine-pitch stencil mask design for stencil printing bumping technology for eutectic Sn/Pb and lead-free solder material is described. In the method, a reflowing enhancement layer is introduced to improve the solder quality and reduce the pitch of so... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132490 | Lactic acid-based resin composition Provided is a lactic acid-based resin composition that comprises a lactic acid-based resin (component (A)), and an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (component (B)) and/or an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer ionomer (component (C)). The la... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133211 | Projector with flat light sources Optical system designs for projectors using flat light sources are disclosed. These projectors make use of imagers that manipulate the transmission or reflectance of light through electronically controlled pixels. The optical systems of the invention employ a rectan... | 11/07/2006 |
| PP17196 | Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIief’ A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a substantially continuous basis in clusters attractive double deep pink blossoms with a white eye. As the Blossoms mature, they fade to an attractive range of pale pink t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130845 | Image retrieval method and apparatus independent of illumination change An image retrieval method and apparatus independent of an illumination change are provided. The image retrieval method involves: inputting a query image; detecting an illumination color from the query image and converting the illumination color into a standard illum... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127860 | Flooring and method for laying and manufacturing the same Floorboards for installation of floors in herringbone pattern are formed with two opposite sides inverted relative to each other. The invention further comprises methods for producing and making floorings comprising such floorboards, as well as fitting pieces and se... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129450 | Method and device for manufacturing packages A method and a device for manufacturing packages are provided. The method comprises providing a tubular first package part of a sheet of thermoplastic coated packaging material including at least one layer of an induction heatable material. The first package part ha... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125172 | Weatherproof low friction spindle unit A spindle unit includes an elongated shaft, a tubular housing surrounding the shaft, a locating rolling bearing in the interior of the housing that is mounted on the shaft, and a non-locating rolling bearing provided in the interior of the housing and mounted on the... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125983 | L-nucleic acid derivatives and process for the synthesis thereof A novel method has been found to produce 2,2′-anhydro-1-(β-L-arabinofuranosyl)thymine as a novel useful intermediate compound. A novel method has been further found to produce thymidine from 2,2′-anhydro-1-(β-L-arabinofuranosyl)thymine. A novel method has been... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126165 | Light emitting device assembly Provided is a light emitting device assembly. The light emitting device assembly includes a submount including bumps, each having a bonded surface and a lateral surface surrounding the bonded surface; and a light emitting device including pads, each having a bonded ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125797 | Contact structure of semiconductor device and method of forming the same A contact structure of a semiconductor includes a substrate, a conductive doping layer having an opposite polarity to that of the substrate, the conductive doping layer being formed in the substrate, a conductive layer formed on the conductive doping layer, and an i... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122234 | Transparent plastic gas barrier packaging laminate The invention relates to a transparent gas barrier packaging laminate having a required bending stiffness, comprising outer layers of heat-sealable polyolefin, two polymer carrier layers each being coated with a SiOx gas barrier layer, wherein the two polymer carrie... | 10/17/2006 |
| D530447 | Cigarette pack | 10/17/2006 |
| D529835 | Flower jewelry cuff | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119229 | Alkaloid derivative and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same Colchicine derivatives represented by the formula (I) with a halogen or nitric ester group, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are described. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the same as effectiv... | 10/10/2006 |
| D529564 | Portion of a putter | 10/03/2006 |
