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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D638727 | Measure tape | 05/31/2011 |
| D638726 | Measure tape | 05/31/2011 |
| D638649 | Decanter | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949947 | Method and system for bi-directional data conversion between IEC 61970 and IEC 61850 A system and method of converting a file is disclosed that is based on a first standard to a file that is based on a second standard. The concerned standards can be IEC 61970 and IEC 61850 or their equivalents. For conversion, a file based on IEC 61970 is coded acco... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949814 | Swapping “fixed system” hard disk Method for ‘Cool-Swap’, ‘Warm-Swap’ and ‘Hot-Swap’ of ‘Fixed’ ‘System’ hard disk(s) in and out of the computer and for re-cycling the computer between ‘diskly’ state to ‘diskless’ state by combining the following features in one way or th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949770 | Data management server, data management method and computer program A data management server that can prevent data stored in a user's folder on the server from being used by others when the user is not working, even in a client-server network environment. The data management server that manages data that can be used by multiple term... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949674 | Integration of documents with OLAP using search A computer-implemented method for providing a search result is disclosed. The method comprises, making a presentation of a dataset with structured data; and storing metadata items that define the dataset from a data superset that is stored in a first database with s... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949455 | Brake control apparatus for vehicle and brake control method for vehicle A brake control apparatus which is used in a vehicle having wheels on left and right sides, and controls a braking force provided to each wheel is disclosed. The brake control apparatus is provided with a vehicle body speed calculating section, a steering angle calc... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949273 | Fixing device, fixing device temperature control method and image forming apparatus A fixing device has a heating roller and a pressurizing belt which convey the a recording material in mutual contact while fixing a toner on the recording material, a heater which heats the heating roller, a noncontact first thermister which detects a surface temper... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949264 | Image forming apparatus and method When an image forming apparatus is disabled due to a cause rather than the detection of the toner empty condition, it is determined whether a recovery operation is a first recovery operation or a second recovery operation. The first recovery operation is associated ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949253 | Filter frame and camera filter unit In a camera filter unit having a small longitudinal width, the camera filter unit (1) comprises a filter frame (2) having a cylindrical component (2a) and a filter-holding ring (3), and an optical filter (4). The optical fil... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948646 | Information processing apparatus easy for users to operate In an information processing apparatus, a job log recording unit generates a job log that is a history of operations and settings based on user's operation. An operation/setting sequence extraction unit extracts a sequence by extracting job logs constituting a serie... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948341 | Moisture protection for an electromagnetic coil A coil for an inductive sensor, such as a coil which is used in a sensor that operates according to the principle of electromagnetic force compensation for converting an amount of force generated by a load applied to a force-measuring cell into an electrical signal,... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947969 | Stacked conformation radiotherapy system and particle beam therapy apparatus employing the same A stacked conformation radiotherapy system capable of homogenizing a radiation dose distribution, including an irradiation head and irradiation control means. The irradiation head projects a particle beam accelerated by an accelerator, toward an object to-be-irradia... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947875 | Methods and means for altering fiber characteristics in fiber-producing plants Methods and means are provided for modulating fiber length in fiber producing plants such as cotton by altering the fiber elongation phase. The fiber elongation phase may be increased or decreased by interfering with callose deposition in plasmodesmata at the base o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947288 | Viral particles encoding multifunctional cytokines The present invention relates to a novel fusion protein with the formula X-Y, or Y-X, wherein X represents a first immunoregulating polypeptide and Y represents a second immunoregulating polypeptide different from X. The present invention also relates to a nucleic a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947113 | Artificial lung An artificial lung includes a housing, a tubular hollow fiber membrane bundle contained in the housing and providing a multiplicity of hollow fiber membranes having a gas exchange function, a gas inflow port and a gas outflow port communicating with each other throu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947007 | Bubble trap A bubble trap for removing bubbles from blood flowing through an extracorporeal circuit includes device body possessing blood inlet and outlet ports, and a negative-pressure chamber at the upper part of the device body that is adapted to be connected to a gas evacua... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946809 | Exhaust-gas-turbine casing The exhaust-gas turbine comprises a turbine casing, a shaft rotatably mounted in a bearing housing, a turbine wheel arranged on the shaft, and a heat-protection wall, the heat-protection wall defining with the turbine casing an inflow passage leading to the turbine ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946638 | Motion assisted sifting fork A motion assisted manure fork having a handle, a fork head having a plurality of tines, a leverage assembly and a motor assembly that imparts a sinusoidal motion to the plurality of tines. The fork head includes a frame having a neck dimensioned to receive one end o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946570 | Image forming apparatus A printer as an image forming apparatus controls to discharge the tab sheets that became no longer necessary when the type of tab sheets supplied is changed. Thus, the printer controls to discharge the tab sheets that became no longer necessary while printing a unit... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946296 | Dissolvable tobacco film strips and method of making the same A consumable tobacco film strip adapted to dissolve in the oral cavity includes a tobacco component, a binder, a humectant, and optionally a flavorant. The tobacco component can include ground or powdered tobacco and/or a tobacco extract. Tobacco flavoring can be in... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946294 | Sealed cigarette filter Smoking articles, such as cigarettes and cigarette filters, methods of manufacturing smoking articles including sealed filters, and methods of treating tobacco smoke are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a smoking article contains sealed filters, wherein additi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946027 | Apparatus and method for correcting shape of inner surface of stator An apparatus for correcting the shape of an inner surface of a stator includes a deviation sensor for measuring the shape of the inner surface of the stator fixed inside an inner surface of a housing of a rotating electric machine, a personal computer for calculatin... | 05/24/2011 |
| D638441 | User interface for a computer display | 05/24/2011 |
| D638306 | Bottle | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945362 | Apparatus and method for power hop detection and mitigation A method and system of detecting power hop of a vehicle involves generating signals, including a current signal and a previous signal, indicative of the current longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, calculating the period and amplitude of the signals, determinin... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944962 | Method and apparatus for transmission of command combinations by means of coded frequency-shift keying A method is disclosed for transmission of commands or command combinations via a communication link by coded frequency-shift keying. Each command or command combination is associated with one frequency pair. When a command changes from a preceding command or command... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944677 | Electrostatic chuck An electrostatic chuck includes a dielectric board having an upper surface on which a plurality of projections for supporting a substrate on top surfaces and recesses surrounding the projections are formed, an electrode formed inside the dielectric board, and an ext... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944590 | Box for image reading apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus A box for an image reading apparatus, the box comprising a box body and a reinforcing member, the box body comprising a rectangular frame and a base plate fixed to the rectangular frame, and the reinforcing member being attached to the box body. The reinforcing memb... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944530 | Optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device including an optically anisotropic layer formed from a mixture including two or more liquid crystal compounds An optical film, which is an optically compensatory film that comprises: at least two optically anisotropic layers comprising a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer, wherein the first optically anisotropic layer is formed by mix... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944087 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing voltage of intermediate circuit of frequency converter A method and an apparatus for damping voltage oscillation of a voltage intermediate circuit of a frequency converter, the frequency converter comprising a half controlled rectifier bridge coupled to a supply network. The method comprises determining magnitude (U | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943951 | Light emitting device package A light emitting device package is provided. The light emitting device package comprises a base substrate on which a wiring pattern is formed; a light emitting device mounted on the base substrate to emit light when supplied with driving power through the wiring pat... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943246 | Solar control glazing A vehicle glazing is disclosed comprising a pane of tinted glass, tinted by at least 1.0 to 1.8 % wt. of total iron, having a low emissivity coating on its interior surface. The coating has an emissivity from 0.05 to 0.4 and may include a transparent conductive oxid... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943210 | Phase difference plate comprising polymer film containing compound having rod-shaped molecular structure A phase difference plate which comprises one sheet of polymer film containing a compound having a rod-shaped molecular structure and exhibiting a maximum absorption wavelength (λmax) of less than 250 nm in an ultraviolet spectrum of its solution and which exhibits ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943203 | Colored curable composition, colored pattern and color filter using the same A colored curable composition containing a pigment (A) made into fine particles in the presence of sodium chloride (NaCl), an alkali soluble resin (B), a polymerizable compound (C), a photopolymerization initiator (D), and a solvent (E), wherein the pigment is inclu... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943120 | Olefin wax, silicone-modified olefin wax, silicone-modified room temperature-solidifying composition using the wax, and cosmetics using them An olefin wax (A) is (i) a copolymer (A1) obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and at least one diene or a copolymer (A2) obtained by copolymerizing ethylene, at least one olefin selected from α-olefins of 3 to 12 carbon atoms and at least one diene; wherein (ii) th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943007 | Configurable bevel etcher A device for cleaning a bevel edge of a semiconductor substrate. The device includes: a lower support having a cylindrical top portion; a lower plasma-exclusion-zone (PEZ) ring surrounding the outer edge of the top portion and adapted to support the substrate; an up... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942994 | Bonding tool and method A bonding tool and method A bonding tool and method for bonding together layers of a MEMS transducer device, including at least one layer of a piezoelectric material, and an intermediate reinforcing layer of titanium, or other metal, comprising: positioning the laye... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942981 | Rotationally symmetrical hollow body made of a deformable permanently magnetic alloy and its use and production process A seamless, rotationally symmetrical hollow blank formed by a non-cutting operation from a deformable permanently magnetic alloy is provided, said alloy consisting essentially of 5.0 to 20.0 percent by weight cobalt, 20.0 to 35.0 percent by weight chromium, for the ... | 05/17/2011 |
