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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D576742 | Window casement | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423284 | Light emitting device, method for making the same, and nitride semiconductor substrate A light-emitting device includes a GaN substrate; a n-type AlxGa1-xN layer on a first main surface side of the GaN substrate; a p-type AlxGa1-xN layer positioned further away from the GaN substrate compared to the n-type A... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422466 | Connector with cover for a latching part A connector having a plug and a socket that may be electrically connected or detached at will. A plug housing and a socket housing are each equipped internally with at least one contact point. Provided on a sidewall of either the plug housing or the socket housing i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422367 | Baby rectal thermometer A rectal thermometer for measuring the temperature of a patient including a disk or oval-shaped member having a circumferential edge and first and second sides. Along the edge is a temperature display that is viewable during the temperature taking process without ha... | 09/09/2008 |
| D576410 | Chair | 09/09/2008 |
| D576741 | Window baseplate and casement | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422049 | Tubular mould for continuous casting In the continuous casting of round or polygonal billet and bloom formats, use is made of moulds the mould cavity of which comprises a copper tube (3) which is intensively cooled by means of water-circulation cooling. In order to increase the cooling capacity ... | 09/09/2008 |
| D576743 | Window baseplate | 09/09/2008 |
| D576200 | Coupling rod for a flute operating system | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420223 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device for adequately removing heat generated by a semiconductor element is provided. A semiconductor device 100 is equipped with a substrate 2, having a bottom surface 2b and an element mounting surface 2a w... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420035 | Purification of polypeptides This invention relates to a process for purifying a polypeptide, a capture tag useful for purifying a polypeptide and a periodate-cleavable amino acid derivative useful for purifying a polypeptide. The polypeptide to be purified comprises a vicinal-amino-thiol, vici... | 09/02/2008 |
| D575976 | Banquet chair cover | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420670 | Measuring instrument and method for operating a measuring instrument for optical inspection of an object A measuring instrument for optical inspection of an object includes a light source for illuminating an object; a detector; an illuminating beam path extending from the light source to the object; a detection beam path extending from the object to the detector; an il... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415927 | Procedure for positioning a through-hole in a substrate A method for forming openings of predetermined position in a substrate in the form of a printing stencil by means of a laser, wherein the substrate is positioned using a fixture means in the form of a tensioning frame. In the process, a shift in position of openings... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416332 | Flexible circuit temperature sensor assembly for flanged mounted electronic devices A temperature sensing system for a flange mounted device is provided. The temperature sensing system (100) can be comprised of a flexible wiring board (102). The temperature sensing system can be further comprised of a temperature sensing device (12... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416869 | Enzyme delivery systems, application in water based products Aqueous enzyme delivery systems as well as aqueous cosmetics and personal care products were provided which comprise at least one stabile enzyme and a polyglycerol containing at least 15 carbons. In addition, stabile non-aqueous enzyme delivery systems which are dis... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418437 | System and method for supporting multiple question and answer fora in different web sites A method and system, executed by a server, for receiving questions from users regarding one or more topics and providing answers from a set of experts. Users direct questions to one or more experts selected by the users, who in turn answer the questions and/or refer... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414958 | Efficient tone ordering for multitone transmission A method for data communication includes providing an order for assigning bits of an input data stream to tones in a multi-tone modulation scheme, and allocating respective bit-loading values to the tones, such that some of the tones are allocated a first bit-loadin... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413726 | Synthesis of ultrafine rutile phase titanium dioxide particles The present invention provides a low temperature process for the synthesis of ultrafine rutile phase titanium dioxide particles through vapor phase hydrolysis of titanium tetra chloride. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413748 | Transdermal buprenorphine to treat pain in sickle cell crisis A specific dosage regimen of buprenorphine achieves pain relief from painful episodes due to sickle cell disease. The dosage regimen comprises administering to a patient in need of pain relief from sickle cell disease at least one BTDS transdermal patch. Alternative... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414317 | BGA package with concave shaped bonding pads In the BGA package and its manufacturing method, a bonding pad is etched from the exposed surface to a part of the insulation layer-coated region so as to form a solder contact side having a dish configuration, which is planar at a bottom center and slanted at a per... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412935 | Method of producing functional embellished stitching and the product thereof A method for forming a textile article includes forming a hem. An end flap at the edge of the article is folded toward the main body of the textile article. An inner end of the flap is held to the main body of the textile article. The method for holding the article ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411604 | Synchronization of a stereoscopic camera A method for synchronizing the recordings of two video cameras which are operated in parallel for the three-dimensional representation of an image sequence includes fading a light signal into the image area of the two cameras and simultaneously recording the light s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411476 | Combination of a switching device and a printed board A combination of an electromagnetic switching device and a printed circuit board incoming and outgoing connecting conductors associated with switchable conducting paths in the switching device. The connecting conductors are each associated with a connecting terminal... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411768 | Low-loss rectifier with shoot-through current protection A transistor active bridge circuit (400) rectifies domestic AC mains (for example, 120V, 60 Hz) and/or foreign AC mains (for example, 230V, 50 Hz) with low power loss. The circuit includes first and second field effect transistors (102, 104) of a first... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409359 | Configurator for configuring and displaying the appearance of an article to be configured A configurator and a method of configuring articles has a processor with a memory for storing at least one data record representative of the outward appearance of a type of article and data representative of a plurality of different element designs related with one ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409321 | Method and system for analyzing multi-variate data using canonical decomposition A canonical decomposition (CD) method that includes building a multi-variate linear autoregressive (“MLAR”) model from an original data set or from a reduced set derived by data reduction methods from the original data set. The MLAR analysis is followed by seeki... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409133 | Capillary waveguide tunable optical device An optical fiber (100A-100D) is provided with a cylindrical core (102) and a first optical cladding layer (104). The core (102) is formed of a core material (105) that is optically transmissive. The core material (105... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407908 | Eco-friendly photo-fenton catalyst-immobilized Fe(III) over HY-zeolite This invention presents preparation, characterization and evaluation of an efficient heterogeneous Fe (III)-HY catalyst for photo-assisted Fenton reaction. Fe (III) ions are immobilized on HY zeolite using different loadings by impregnation, calcination and the acti... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405512 | Acoustic transducers having localized ferroelectric domain inverted regions An acoustic transducer comprises a ferroelectric crystal having a plurality of spaced apart ferroelectric domain inverted regions and at least one non-inverted region. An electrode layer is disposed on one side of the crystal electrically contacting both the domain ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406131 | Method and arrangement for digital transmission using AM transmitters A method for digital transmission using an AM transmitter includes operating an output stage of the AM transmitter in a linear mode and correcting the supply voltage of the output stage in the linear mode as a function of an instantaneous drive so as to improve effi... | 07/29/2008 |
| D573863 | Combination scraper and screwdriver | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403366 | Control circuit for an electromagnetic drive A control circuit for an electromagnetic drive includes first and second electronic switching elements, which in conjunction with a timing element subject the drive coil to a corresponding direct current in the starting phase or in the maintenance phase. A starting ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401919 | Method, device and arrangement for measuring the dynamic behavior of an optical system A method for measuring the dynamic behavior of an optical system is aimed at rendering the dynamic behavior of the optical system objectively detectable. To this end, the optical system to be measured is stimulated by stimuli whereby causing it to react, and the rea... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403702 | Secure mounting arrangement for U-shaped bolts and other device A U-shaped bolt including a closed end and two legs at an open end is self-retaining on a first object. The U-shaped bolt includes projections forming an opening to the closed end adapted to be smaller than the width of the first object. The projections retain the U... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397943 | Method and arrangement for touchless detection of data of uneven surfaces A method for detecting data of an uneven surface of an object includes the following steps: illuminating at least one of stripes and a grid on the uneven surface using at least one light source; detecting, without a touching contact, light reflected from the uneven ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396796 | Treatment agent, method and device for treating hazardous substances A hazardous substance treatment agent has a retainer and a transition metal oxide. The retainer has the specificity of retaining only a specific hazardous substance, such as a virus, a bacterium or a toxin, that has become mixed in or has the possibility of becoming... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398161 | Sampling method and sampling device, and logD measuring method and logD measuring system A sampling method sampling a lower-layer liquid from a liquid body comprised of two layers of liquids, an upper-layer liquid (octanol) and the lower-layer liquid (buffer solution), without mixing the layers. An extracting device is provided with a tubular apical end... | 07/08/2008 |
| D572385 | Lighting fixture | 07/01/2008 |
| RE40420 | Method and device for treating opaqueness and/or hardening of a closed eye The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating opacities and/or hardenings of an unopened eye. It is a specific advantage of the solution according to the invention that the treamtment of the inner region of the eye is possible without th... | 07/01/2008 |
