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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6850762 | Procedure and system for setting up a telecommunication connection In the inventive system, a telecommunication network includes a calling subscriber's terminal equipment, a called subscriber's terminal equipment, a home location register of the calling subscriber's subscription, a home location register of the called subscriber's ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6826862 | Reduced profile interlocking plastic display An interlocking plastic display has a first member formed as a first shot of an injection molding process. The first member includes a submerged grid system which is formed only where necessary to connect otherwise unconnected portions of the top layer or to stabili... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6795692 | Method and apparatus for transmitting information by radio The invention provides an apparatus and procedure for radio transmission of information using a middle channel, a first side channel and a second side channel. The transmitted middle channel is FM-modulated by a suitable frequency. A signal symmetrically amplitude-m... | 09/21/2004 |
| 7207973 | Passive safety shield system for injection devices A passive shield system for a syringe including a body, shield, spring and ring which provide an interlock of the shield in the retracted position prior to receipt of the syringe for bulk transportation and processing and wherein the user selects the timing of the r... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206589 | Method and device for handling a multimedia call The present invention proposes a method for performing a communication between two terminal equipments (TE1, TE2) via at least one communication network (NW1, NW2), said method comprising the steps of establishing (S2) a first conn... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199470 | Surface-mountable semiconductor component and method for producing it Surface-mountable semiconductor component having a semiconductor chip (1), at least two external electrical connections (31/314/41, 32/324/42), which are electrically conductively connected to at least two electrical contacts of the semiconductor chip ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189413 | Drug delivery of proteins from polymeric blends Degradable blend of polycaprolactone and crystallization modifier especially suitable for use in the controlled release of biologically active proteins ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189866 | Siloxane polysulfide usable as cross-linking agent, and process for obtaining such Siloxane polysulfide compound of the general formula (I) below: in which: the number x, which may be an integer or a fractional number, is equal to or greater than 2; ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190070 | Modular power semiconductor module A modular power semiconductor module for mounting on a heat sink comprises a plurality of partial modules, each having a base plate and a framelike housing as well as terminal elements for load terminals and auxiliary terminals. Adjacent partial modules are assemble... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184047 | Method and apparatus for the generation of computer graphic representations of individuals Apparatus for generating computer models of individuals is provided comprising a booth (1) that is connected to a server (2) via the Internet (3). Image data of an individual is captured using the booth (1) and a computer model correspond... | 02/27/2007 |
| D536565 | Valve | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167003 | Measuring method of spatially resolved frequency selective images The present invention describes a magnetic resonance imaging method wherein spatially resolved frequency sensitive image data are collected by means of free precession sequences employing very small radio frequency (RF) excitation pulses per unit time which result i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162985 | Two-cylinder V-type OHV engine for outboard motors A two-cylinder V-type OHV engine for outboard motors, which allows space saving in the direction of the width of the engine. A starboard side cylinder bank (RB) has a cylinder (34R) and a port side cylinder bank (LB) has a cylinder (34L). The first cyl... | 01/16/2007 |
| D535349 | Collapsible fabric dome | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163788 | Method of detecting molecular target by particulate binding A method of detecting or quantifying a molecular target in a sample utilizing the molecular interaction between molecular targets, bead-bound probes, and support-bound probes. Laser light or a magnetic sensor may be used to detect the beads after the interaction. Th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164010 | Molecular magnetic protein A highly magnetically aligned metallothionein (MT) containing manganese (Mn) and cadmium (Cd) has been synthesized. The metallotionein has a formula of Mnx Cd7−x MT with x being in the range of 1 to 6. Its size and biological functions are si... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160012 | Lamp A lamp (10) is disclosed with a single or double-sided socket, whereby a bulb element (11) is arranged on the at least one socket (12), which surrounds a volume of space (14) and said lamp is provided with at least one LED element (13 | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160369 | Adsorption filter material with high adsorption capacity and low breakthrough behavior An adsorption filter material used especially for producing protective materials, such as NBC protective suits, has a first layer, a second layer, and an adsorption layer arranged between the first layer and the second layer. The adsorption layer has a first activat... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160561 | Herbal composition and method of treating HIV infection A therapeutic herbal composition is beneficial for enhancing the immune system and treating such a diverse range of diseases as cancer, AIDS, Epstein Barr syndrome and depression. It is also useful as a general blood tonic. This composition includes the synergistic ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159513 | Offset printing machine The invention relates to the drive of a printing machine. Cylinders and functional groups are to be driven with low technical expenditure. To this end, all form cylinders in a printing unit, for example, are driven respectively by separate electric motors and are no... | 01/09/2007 |
| D534967 | Toy car base | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161776 | Method for monitoring a power output stage A method for monitoring a power output stage including at least one half bridge with upper and lower semiconductor switches connected in series, wherein the semiconductor switches are controllable alternately to a switched-on state and a switched-off state by pulse-... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162251 | Method for detecting traffic data The invention relates to a method for acquiring traffic situation data in a network of traffic routes which is covered by a cellular mobile radio network comprising a multiplicity of base stations and in which a multiplicity of vehicles is moving which are in each c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156214 | Vibration damper with amplitude-selective damping force Vibration damper includes a cylinder filled with a damping medium in which a piston rod with a piston is guided in an axially movable manner, wherein the piston divides the cylinder into a work space on the piston rod side and a work space remote of the piston rod. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158375 | Portable computer system Due to the limited capacity of secondary batteries, the operating period of notebooks is short. A fuel cell (22) in connection with a hydride storage unit allows for significantly longer periods of operation. The arrangement of the fuel cell (22) withi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158184 | Digital still camera with image display device arranged on side of imaging device A digital still camera, composed of a lens barrel having therein a camera lens, whose optical axis is close to a center of the digital still camera, an imaging element arranged on an image forming point of the came... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157988 | Voltage controlled resistor and a controlling method The invention discloses a new and original voltage variable resistor VVR with input and output ports and a first input and second input for control signals to set the impedance between the input and output ports as desired over a certain range and, thus, to optimize... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157928 | Determining leakage in matrix-structured electronic devices One embodiment of this invention pertains to a high throughput screening technique to identify current leakage in matrix-structured electronic devices. Because elements that are likely to develop a short have relatively high leakage current at zero operation hours, ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159016 | Method and apparatus for configuring an endpoint device to a computer network A method and apparatus for dynamically and automatically configuring an endpoint device to a computer network of a network system. When the endpoint device, such as a computer or router, initially connects to a computer network, it is dynamically assigned or allocat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158503 | Placement of idle periods A telecommunications system comprising: a plurality of transmitters capable of transmitting data in superframes, each superframe comprising a plurality of frames, and each frame comprising a plurality of slots; the transmitters being arranged in groups, each group c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158481 | Method for predicting a fill-up level of a buffer in an ATM network element The present invention proposes a method for predicting a fill-up level of a buffer in an ATM network element, wherein for a respective one of at least one ongoing transmission connection (T1, . . . Ti, . . . Tn) via said ATM network element (ATM_NWE), cells (... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158507 | Call setup method A network element of a telephone network and method for monitoring connections and receiving data from an incoming leg of a connection and forwarding the data to an outgoing leg of a connection, wherein when the network element observes that both the incoming and ou... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155430 | Method for providing data inquiry service and data inquiry service system One unified virtual tree structure of categories is provided for different categorized directory resources having different category structures but at least partially similar contents. The unified category tree may be multilingual, .i.e., the tree structure and the ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153255 | Screw centrifuge for the wet mechanical separation of solids A screw centrifuge for the wet-mechanical separation of a mixture of solids in a carrier liquid to produce sinks and floats, including a rotor which rotates about a horizontal axis, the rotor having a cylindrical wall and two conical walls, and a conveyor screw whic... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152400 | Hydrodynamic torque converter A hydrodynamic torque converter which has at least a hydrodynamic circuit including at least one pump wheel and one turbine wheel, wherein each of these wheels is provided with an outer shell to accept a set of vanes which form flow chambers, the inner edges of the ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151179 | Process for the preparation of 7-alkyl-10-hydroxy-20(S)-camptothecin The key intermediate in any synthesis of Irinotecan is 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-20(S)-camptothecin. A process for the efficient synthesis of this intermediate is demonstrated proceeding through readily available 20(S)-camptothecin. Various other tecan compounds may be mad... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151537 | Method and device for adjusting the phase for flat screens A method and a device for correcting the phase between the pixel clock of a graphics card and the sampling clock of a flat-panel display with an analog interface in a system including a flat-panel display, graphics card, and computer. Automatic adjustment of the pha... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146921 | Rotationally retractable propeller A retractable thruster for a surface or submersible vessel, having thruster a propulsion assembly with a rigid structure secured to a cylindrical turbine. The rigid structure contains a motor suitable for rotating at lease one propeller inside the turbine via at lea... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147093 | Centrifugal clutch A centrifugal clutch includes a housing which is rotatable about an axis, the housing having a plurality of first supporting areas which each extend radially with respect to the axis; a pressing plate which is axially movable with respect to the housing and is coupl... | 12/12/2006 |
