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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949608 | Enabling a software service provider to automatically obtain software service Methods, and apparatus, enabling an originating service provider to automatically obtain from a 3rd party service provider and run a software service online. Method comprising: originating service provider negotiating license with 3rd party ser... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949457 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes: a crankshaft; a crank angle detection unit; a generator; and a control unit to which alternating voltage signals are input, that ascertains ignition timings based on crank signals, performs ignition co... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948817 | Advanced memory device having reduced power and improved performance A memory device including a memory array storing data, a variable delay controller, a passive variable delay circuit and an output driver. The variable delay controller periodically receives delay commands from a first source external to the memory device during ope... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948782 | Content addressable memory reference clock A memory system includes a content addressable memory (CAM) including a plurality of match lines, each match line having a plurality of memory cells coupled thereto. The system also includes a match detector coupled to the CAM and a reference match line having a plu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948568 | Display substrate and method for repairing a defective pixel of the display substrate A display substrate includes a pixel electrode including a main electrode and a sub-electrode disposed apart from the main electrode and including an opening part. The display substrate includes a first switching device and a second switching device. The first switc... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944228 | Mother substrate, substrate for display panel and method of manufacturing display panel In a mother substrate for a lower substrate, a substrate for a display panel and a method of manufacturing a display panel, the substrate for the display panel includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate facing the lower substrate. The lower substrate includes... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943970 | Method of detecting bio-molecules using the same field effect transistor on the gate sensing surface Provided is a method of detecting the presence of a target bio-molecule or a concentration of the bio-molecule using a field effect transistor. The method includes: contacting a first sample having a first target bio-molecule with a reference electrode of a field ef... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943934 | Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor array panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a substrate; a first signal line and a second signal line disposed on the substrate; a switching thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943931 | Array substrate having a supporter for a data pad, and display apparatus having the array substrate A substrate includes an array area and a data pad area adjacent to the array area. A gate line, a data line and a switching device are formed in the array area of the substrate. A data pad extending from an end of the data line and a supporter provided between the s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943856 | Composition for producing printed circuit board and printed circuit board using the same A composition for producing a printed circuit board is provided. The composition includes a polyamic acid having one or two crosslinkable functional groups introduced at one or both ends thereof, a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) or a liquid crystalline thermoset (LCT)... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943789 | Alkenylsuccinic anhydride composition and method of using the same The invention relates to an aqueous sizing composition comprising (a) an emulsion comprising an alkenylsuccinic anhydride component containing alkenylsuccinic anhydride particles suspended in a first starch component containing emulsifying starch selected from the g... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943775 | Small molecules for imaging protein-protein interactions A tissue is imaged to detect the presence of amyloid deposits or other target proteins prior to their aggregation into plaques, with the assistance of the administration of a labeled bifunctional compound of which one functionality binds to the target protein and th... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943420 | Single mask adder phase change memory element A method of fabricating a phase change memory element within a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure having the same that includes etching an opening to an upper surface of a bottom electrode, the opening being formed of a height equal to a height of... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943369 | DNA detection device and manufacturing method thereof A DNA (Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid) detection device and a manufacturing method thereof detects DNA by an electrical method without a separate process for detection by using semiconductor microfabrication techniques. The DNA detection device includes a pair of chambers f... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943348 | Method and apparatus for amplifying nucleic acids A method and apparatus for amplifying nucleic acids. The method includes introducing into a reaction vessel via different inlet channels a reactant aqueous solution containing reactants for nucleic acid amplification and a fluid that is phase-separated from the reac... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943290 | Method of forming fine pattern using azobenzene-functionalized polymer and method of manufacturing nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device using the method of forming fine pattern Provided is a method of forming a fine pattern having a pattern dimension of 1 μm or less, repeatedly with reproducibility. The method of forming the fine pattern includes: forming an azobenzene-functionalized polymer film on an etched layer; irradiating the azoben... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942714 | Method of manufacturing field emission device A method of manufacturing a field emission display includes: sequentially forming a cathode electrode, an insulating layer, and a gate material layer on a substrate; forming a metal sacrificial layer on an upper surface of the gate material layer; forming a through ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942446 | Horizontal hybrid collapsing steering column The invention provides a steering column assembly having a steering column extending between a pivot end and a steering wheel supporting end. The steering wheel supporting end is operable to engage a steering wheel. The steering column is moveable along a collapse p... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942231 | Hydraulic power steering system A hydraulic auxiliary power steering for motor vehicles having a source for a hydraulic medium, in particular an oil pump, which can be driven during operation by a drive device, in particular by an internal combustion engine of the vehicle or by an electric motor, ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942076 | Adjustable steering column assembly An adjustable steering column assembly having a column jacket defining a longitudinal axis and moveable in at least one of a telescoping direction and a tilting direction is disclosed. A bracket is coupled to the column jacket with at least one pivot shaft coupled t... | 05/17/2011 |
| D638031 | Music player set | 05/17/2011 |
| D637996 | Portable multimedia player | 05/17/2011 |
| 7632093 | Pyrolysis furnace having gas flowing path controller Provided is a pyrolysis furnace having a gas flowing path controller with an improved structure. The pyrolysis furnace includes: a silicon substrate; a main body of the pyrolysis furnace; a heating unit that is formed around the main body and controls the temperatur... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631879 | “L” butt gap seal between segments in seal assemblies Disclosed herein is a seal assembly for a rotary machine having a plurality of arcuate segments and at least one seal. The plurality of arcuate segments are arrayed in an annulus and have butt joints, each of the arcuate segments has a radially outermost surface and... | 12/15/2009 |
| D605933 | Anchor | 12/15/2009 |
| D605918 | Sharpening machine for sharpening knives | 12/15/2009 |
| D605864 | Seat | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631314 | Method and system for dynamically associating type information and creating and processing meta-data in a service oriented architecture A method for dynamically associating type information about extensible messages in a service-oriented architecture includes configuring a simple object access protocol (SOAP) message header to include message meta-data and semantics, thereby facilitating a dynamic e... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630742 | Locker structure of battery pack for wireless device Disclosed herein is a wireless device including at least one locker structure. The locker structure includes a battery pack side coupling member (a first coupling member) protruding from the outer surface of a battery pack, the first coupling member having a hook fo... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630328 | SIP-based session control These exemplary embodiments utilize Sessions Initiation Protocol (SIP) for admission control. The use of the SIP allows a SIP server itself to perform the admission control function. The use of RSVP linkages is reduced. The use of SIP for admission control allows an... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630023 | Display device having chassis with bottom plate and having circuit board and grounding unit with protrusion on rear surface of bottom plate for grounding chassis to circuit board A receiving container for a display device includes a bottom plate, a sidewall and a grounding unit. The sidewall is extended from the bottom plate to define a receiving space. The grounding unit is integrally formed with the bottom plate. The grounding unit include... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629613 | Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes first and second substrates, and first and second alignment keys. The first and second substrates have first and second display regions and first and second peripheral regions, respectively. The first alignment key is disposed in the first ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629562 | Sensor arrangement in motor vehicle exterior mirror A sensor arrangement is provided that includes at least one sun sensor in a motor vehicle, wherein the sun sensor is used in the region of the outside surface of the motor vehicle, and the sun sensor is mounted in the area of at least one exterior mirror. ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629481 | Ansa-metallocene compound, process of preparing the same, and process of preparing polyolefin using the same Provided are a bridged metallocene compound particularly suitable for copolymerization of ethylene and alpha-olefin or cyclic olefin, a process of preparing the metallocene compound, and a process of preparing polyolefin using the metallocene compound. The bridged m... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629471 | Transcriptional factor, process for producing the same and use thereof Ascochlorin or an analog or derivative thereof and a compound having a primary amino group are mixed and reacted with each other in the presence/absence of a basic catalyst to synthesize a novel imino compound. The novel imino compound thus synthesized is a ligand c... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629423 | Alkene-acrylate-norbornene terpolymer and method for preparing the same The present invention provides method of preparing alkene-acrylate-norbornene terpolymer by polymerization of a monomer mixture consisting of alkene, acrylate and norbornene by a radical initiator under the presence of a Lewis acid. In the method of preparing... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629414 | Aqueous dispersion of polymeric particles An aqueous dispersion of polymeric particles and process for forming thereof is provided. The particles comprise a first polymer comprising, as polymerized units, at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one multi-ethylenically unsaturated mon... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629272 | Ultraviolet assisted porogen removal and/or curing processes for forming porous low k dielectrics Processes for forming porous low k dielectric materials from low k dielectric films containing a porogen material include exposing the low k dielectric film to ultraviolet radiation. In one embodiment, the film is exposed to broadband ultraviolet radiation of less t... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629207 | Bottom gate thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a bottom gate thin film transistor (“TFT”) in which a polycrystalline channel region having a large grain size is formed relatively simply and easily. The method of manufacturing a bottom gate thin film transistor includes forming a bot... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629082 | Anode active material with improved electrochemical properties and electrochemical device comprising the same Disclosed is an anode active material, comprising: (a) a carbonaceous material; and (b) a carbide coating layer partially or totally formed on a surface of the carbonaceous material, the carbide coating layer comprising at least one element selected from the group c... | 12/08/2009 |
