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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180226 | Optical receiver The present invention relates to an optical receiver, and particularly, to an optical receiver by which a DQPSK-modulated optical signal is demodulated to a multilevel phase-modulated signal. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175432 | Method of adjusting optical axis of optical waveguide element, and optical waveguide element A method of adjusting the optical axis of an optical waveguide element which can improve a manufacturing yield of the optical waveguide element, an alignment yield between the optical waveguide element and an input waveguide means, etc. and can equalize the branch r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8163839 | Pigment dispersants, their production process, and their use A pigment dispersant contains (a) 5 to 30 wt % of aromatic and/or heterocyclic vinyl monomer units, (b) 10 to 30 wt % of monomer units having acid groups, (c) 40 to 80 wt % of (meth)acrylate ester monomer units, and (d) 5 to 30 wt % of monomer units having poly(C | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162659 | Method for introducing waste and/or alternative fuels into a clinker production method and device for carrying out said method In a method for introducing waste substances and/or alternative fuels into a clinker production process, the raw materials, in the form of slurries or suspensions, are subjected to mechanical deagglomeration as a pumpable mass. The pumpable mass is ejected into rise... | 04/24/2012 |
| D657251 | Bottle | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137513 | Sulfuric acid electrolytic cell and a sulfuric acid recycle type cleaning system applying the sulfuric acid electrolytic cell In a sulfuric acid electrolytic cell to electrolyze sulfuric acid supplied to an anode compartment and a cathode compartment comprising a diaphragm, said anode compartment and said cathode compartment separated by said diaphragm, a cathode provided in said cathode c... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133541 | Hydroxyalkylated chitosan solution This invention relates to hydroxyalkylated chitosan solution characterized in that a hydroxyalkylated chitosan and an organic acid or its derivative are contained in an aprotic polar solvent. This invention also relates to a coating process of a substrate, which is ... | 03/13/2012 |
| D655167 | Bottle with cap | 03/06/2012 |
| D654362 | Bottle with cap | 02/21/2012 |
| D651624 | Perforated hexagonal screen | 01/03/2012 |
| D649881 | Bottle | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068703 | Optical modulator An optical modulator is provided which suppresses a radiation mode of a microwave generated in a connection substrate or a termination substrate from entering a signal electrode of the optical modulator and suppresses modulation properties from being degraded. | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067999 | Electrical waveform adjuster An electrical waveform adjuster capable of adjusting various voltage waveforms supplied to an electric apparatus to improve an operation capability of the electric apparatus, and to provide an electrical waveform adjuster capable of mitigating physical harmful effec... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058739 | Main circuit of electric power generating apparatus for dispersed power supply In an electric power generating apparatus for dispersed power supply using a permanent magnet type electric power generator having many kinds of windings in order to obtain the maximum output by force of wind without using PWM converter, there is a problem that gap ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045920 | Apparatus for access control, and read/write device In an access control device including a lock with a locking element, an actuating element for the locking element, an electronic key, a receiver unit for receiving key identification data and an evaluation circuit for determining access authorization based on the re... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031987 | Optical modulator An optical modulator suppresses a radiation mode of a microwave generated in a connection substrate or termination substrate from entering a signal electrode of the optical modulator and suppresses modulation properties from being degraded. The optical modulator inc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031983 | Light modulation device The present invention is directed to provide a light modulation device capable of not only restricting the faint light propagating in the adhesive layer from being re-incident on the thin substrate but also increasing an adhesive strength of the thin substrate and t... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7993446 | Dispersing agent for organic pigment and use thereof This invention relates to a dispersant for an organic pigment comprising a compound represented by the below-described formula (1) or (2), and also to its use. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a dispersant or the like, which can afford a... | 08/09/2011 |
| D642472 | Bottle with cap | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985796 | Copolymer and use thereof This invention relates a copolymer (D) containing (A) methacrylic polymer units each having, at an end thereof, at least one group represented by the below-described formula (1) and (B) units of an aromatic vinyl monomer, wherein a weight ratio (A:B) of the units (A... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985294 | Optical device and method of manufacturing the same An optical device and a method of manufacturing the optical device, with the method including the steps of forming a dopant layer on a stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate with Li to Nb mole composition ratio of 49.5% to 50.5%, and diffusing a dop... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7976771 | Method for reducing oxidic slags and dusts and inductively heatable furnance for carrying out this method A method for reducing oxidic slags and dusts possibly loaded with organics uses an inductively heatable coke bed extending in the axial direction and having a temperature gradient. Reaction gas is sucked off in an axial region of the coke bed between two induction b... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964108 | Regeneration method of etching solution, an etching method and an etching system The present invention provides a regeneration process of the etching solution for the silicon nitride film, applying phosphoric acid aqueous solution, wherein multiple numbers of filters are connected to the piping path of etching solution extracted from the etching... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959378 | Base for a drilling device In a starter car for a drilling device for mining underground deposits, including a base frame (5) mounted to rotate about a vertical axis (6) and a starter pipe (7) mounted to pivot about a substantially horizontal axis (13) and provided... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948097 | Apparatus for actuating a locking element with an electrical generator In an apparatus, for example key (25) or locking cylinder (26), for actuating a locking element (14), having a converter (13) for converting mechanical into electrical energy, comprising a magnetic circuit (5) and an induction coil... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945821 | Time lag measuring device, distance measuring apparatus and distance measuring method In measuring a certain time lag between generations of two pulse signals, a time lag measuring device prevents errors in measurement results even with an error in two reference signals for measuring the time lag. The device measures a time lag between a start signal... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7926640 | Transport device for continuously removing mined material In a haulage device for the continuous removal of material excavated below ground, which can be continuously slaved between a mining machine (8) and a continuous road haulage means (2) over a defined path and narrow curve radii of the mining machine ( | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923990 | Wafer holder A wafer holder is provided which includes a holder body with a chuck table having a ring-like wafer receptacle, and a plurality of fixing portions fixing a wafer on the wafer receptacle to hold the wafer, and a carrier supporting the wafer before fixed on the wafer ... | 04/12/2011 |
| D635666 | Syringe barrel | 04/05/2011 |
| D635665 | Syringe barrel | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912325 | Optical control element There is provided an optical control element in which non-guided light is prevented from entering into an optical waveguide and which is excellent in optical properties, such as optical modulation properties. A media processor, such as a CD publisher, having a funct... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905940 | Method for reducing metal oxide slags or glasses and/or for degassing mineral melts, and device for carrying out said method In a method for reducing metal-oxidic slags or glasses and/or degassing mineral melts, solid particles and/or melts are charged onto an at least partially inductively heated bed or column containing lumpy coke, and the reduced and/or degassed melt running off is col... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899338 | Method and device for controlling bias of optical modulator A method and device for adequately controlling the DC bias of each of the optical modulating sections of an optical modulator even while the optical modulator is operating in normal mode and even with a simple structure. An optical modulator bias controller (B) for ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7883298 | Supporting device for an advance working or mining machine In a supporting device (2) for an advance working or mining machine (1), including support props (3) and at least one roof bar (4), the roof bar(s) (4), on their sides facing away from the support props (3), include(s) a plu... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7849371 | Time lag measuring device, distance measuring apparatus and distance measuring method In measuring a certain time lag between generations of two pulse signals, a time lag measuring device prevents errors in measurement results even with an error in two reference signals for measuring the time lag. The device measures a time lag between a start signal... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7873244 | Light control device To provide a light control device which is possible to realize a velocity matching between a microwave and an optical wave or an impedance matching of microwaves even through a signal oath having a high impedance of 70Ω or more, and is possible to reduce a driving ... | 01/18/2011 |
| D630944 | Cap for vial | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869668 | Method for generating carrier residual signal and its device A method for generating a carrier residual signal and its device, in which a heterodyne optical signal used in a photometric field or an optical fiber radio communication field can be stably generated with a simplified structure. The device includes an optical modul... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856155 | Light modulator and its fabrication method It is an object of the invention to provide a light modulator using a thin plate having a thickness of 20 μm or less and capable of stably holding a conductive film suppressing troubles such as resonance phenomenon of microwaves in a substrate and pyro-electric phe... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7842353 | Manufacturing process of electrodes for electrolysis A process for manufacturing electrodes for electrolysis, including steps of forming an arc ion plating (AIP) undercoating layer including valve metal or valve metal alloy containing a crystalline tantalum component and a crystalline titanium component on a surface o... | 11/30/2010 |