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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637982 | Quartz crystal | 05/17/2011 |
| 7582676 | 2-phenylpyran-4-one derivatives as selective COX-2 inhibitors The present invention relates to 2-phenylpyran-4-derivatives of general formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their medical uses. ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582563 | Method for fabricating fully silicided gate A method for fabricating a fully silicided gate, including forming a gate dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, depositing an amorphous silicon layer on the gate dielectric layer, forming a metallic layer on the amorphous silicon layer, depositing a hard ma... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582532 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes etching a predetermined portion of a substrate to form a first recess having a bottom middle portion roundly projected and bottom edge portions tapered to have a micro-trench profile; and etching the substrate... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582527 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device Method for fabricating a semiconductor device, including the steps of providing a first conductive type semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a logic region defined thereon, forming a first insulating film, second conductive type polysilicon, and a second... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582523 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including insulated-gate field-effect transistors A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including MOS transistors is disclosed. N-type and p-type semiconductor films are formed respectively above first and second surface regions of a semiconductor substrate. First and second protective films are laminate... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582220 | Etching method In an etching method for etching an etching target film formed on a substrate placed inside an airtight processing chamber 104 by inducing a processing gas into the processing chamber 104, the processing gas contains CF4, N2 and A... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581180 | Portable terminal, method for inputting the information, method and apparatus for dictionary retrieval and medium A portable terminal in which the labor in inputting plural characters and a variety of information can be relieved in case limitations are imposed on the number of available keys. The portable terminal includes an LCD 26, a memory 17 for storing the di... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580889 | Electronic apparatus, charging system and method, charge processing device, storage medium, and prepaid card An apparatus of the invention comprises an operation inputting element for designating one of a plurality of functions; a function executing element for executing the function designated by the operating inputting element; a measuring element for measuring the time ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580835 | Question-answering method, system, and program for answering question input by speech Disclosed is a question answering method for answering a question by using a text database storing text data in conjunction with a speech database storing speech data. In this method, a speech signal of the question is received. A speech recognition for the speech s... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580110 | Exposure apparatus and exposure method An exposure apparatus and exposure method that produces plasma from a target material, generates pulsed light, and carries out exposure with the pulsed light. In particular, a light emitting source generates pulsed light by producing plasma from an intermitte... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579696 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an effective wire formed above a substrate in a multilayer interconnection structure and having a first electrode pad in a top layer; a first reinforcing material formed in the multilayer interconnection structure like surrounding the... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579664 | Semiconductor device with trench type device isolation layer and method for fabricating the same Disclosed are a semiconductor device with a device isolation structure and a method for fabricating the same. The method includes the steps of: forming a plurality of trenches defining first active regions by etching a substrate in a predetermined depth; forming a p... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579339 | Ring-substituted diphenylazetidinones, process for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds, and their use One embodiment of the invention relates to compounds of the formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 have the meanings given in the specification. Other embodiments of the invention relate to physiologically acceptable... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579265 | Method for manufacturing recess gate in a semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a recess gate in a semiconductor device includes forming a device isolation structure on a substrate to define an active region, forming a hard mask pattern over the substrate to selectively expose at least a portion of the active region, ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579241 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, an electrically rewritable semiconductor memory cell provided on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell comprising an island semiconductor portion provided on the surface of the semiconductor substrat... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579231 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising forming a metal compound film directly or indirectly on a semiconductor substrate, forming a metal-containing insulating film consisting of a metal oxide film or a metal silicate film by oxidi... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579034 | Stabilisers useful in low fat spread production The present invention relates to methods for producing low fat spread emulsions stabilized with dairy proteins. The water phase is stabilised by heat denatured whey proteins at low calcium concentrations. After heat treatment pH of the water phase is adjusted to neu... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578940 | Membrane cartridge, membrane separating device, and membrane separating method A membrane separating method and a membrane separating device capable of preventing sludge from being accumulated on the surface of hollow fiber membranes in a membrane cartridge and having filtration performance stably sustained for a long period. The membrane cart... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578855 | Composition for dyeing keratin fibers comprising at least one cationic 3-amino-pyrazolopyridine derivative, and methods of use thereof The present disclosure relates to a composition for the dyeing of keratin fibers, such as the hair, comprising at least oneoxidation base chosen from cationic 3-amino pyrazolo-[1,5-a]-pyridine derivatives and addition salts thereof, and a method employing this compo... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578602 | Laser irradiation system A laser irradiation system includes a laser diode as a laser generation source, a lens for receiving the laser light introduced thereto from the laser diode and producing a laser beam, and a light pipe for receiving the laser beam produced by the lens and introduced... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7577715 | Content providing system, receiving device and method, recording medium and program The present invention relates to a content providing system, a receiving apparatus and method, a storage medium, and a program, which enable to perform a variety of contents provisions. An operational terminal 21 can obtain, from a storage terminal 1, ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577393 | Image forming apparatus and program for controlling an image forming apparatus There is described an image forming apparatus comprising a tray that outputs information by which various kinds of fixed form sized of recording mediums can be discriminated and a controller to acquire a approximate size of a recording medium having an unfixed form ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577290 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image processing program The image for the face candidate region is obtained, extraction conditions are determined for extracting the eye and the mouth pixels from the face candidate region based on the size of the face candidate region. The eye pixels and the mouth pixels are then extracte... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576811 | Planar light source unit and liquid crystal display device using the unit A planar light source unit includes a metal frame retaining a light source panel provided with an light guide for inducing emission of light from a light source and a plastic frame that supports at least part of a peripheral edge of the light guide. The outer periph... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576742 | Picture display controller, moving-picture information transmission/reception system, picture display controlling method, moving-picture information transmitting/receiving method, and computer program A picture display controller can display picture data taken from a plurality of viewpoints in a flexible manner. For displaying moving-picture data taken from the plurality of viewpoints, read from a storage medium or received from a server, switching can be made at... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576397 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an nMISFET formed on the substrate, the nMISFET including a first dielectric formed on the substrate and a first metal gate electrode formed on the first dielectric and formed of one metal element selected f... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575995 | Method of forming fine metal pattern and method of forming metal line using the same There are provided a method of forming a fine metal pattern and a method of forming a metal line using the same. In the method of forming a fine metal pattern, a substrate is prepared where a first interlayer insulating layer is formed. A via plug is formed on the f... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575835 | Exposure method, exposure quantity calculating system using the exposure method and semiconductor device manufacturing method using the exposure method An exposure method is disclosed, which comprises preparing a first mask in which a size of a mask pattern is measured in advance, calculating a first exposure quantity to be applied to the first mask to provide a first resist pattern by using the first mask, simulat... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575664 | Plating method A cathode potential is applied to a conductive layer formed on a substrate having a depression pattern. A plating solution in electrical contact with an anode is supplied to the conductive layer to form a plating film on the conductive layer. At this time, the plati... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575631 | Fabrication method of gallium manganese nitride single crystal nanowire The present invention relates to a fabrication method of gallium manganese nitride (GaMnN) single crystal nanowire, more particularly to a fabrication method of GaMnN single crystal nanowire substrate by halide vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) in which such metal componen... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574875 | Method for vapour deposition on an elongated substrate Device and method for chemical deposition on an elongated member of vitreous material in which a rotating gripping member causes a first end portion of the elongated member to rotate. The second end portion of the elongated member is borne by a pair of supporting me... | 08/18/2009 |
| D598549 | Surgical trocar | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574129 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a photographing mode selector allowing a user to select an interval photographing mode from among a plurality of predetermined photographing modes, a determining unit determining a range of selectable time intervals for interval photogr... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573919 | Wavelength control of an external-cavity tuneable laser A method of controlling an external-cavity tuneable laser which has a wavelength-elective tuneable mirror, in which wavelength selectivity is achieved by an electrical signal provided by an alternating voltage. The tuneable mirror has a liquid crystal material, a di... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573877 | Terminal apparatus, data transmitting apparatus, data transmitting and receiving system, and data transmitting and receiving method A terminal apparatus transmits a data requesting packet requesting transmission of desired data and having information indicating capability of the terminal apparatus attached thereto to a data transmitting apparatus. The data transmitting apparatus receives the dat... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573648 | Zoom lens In this invention, to provide a compact zoom lens having a small number of optical element groups to be driven and a simple moving mechanism, at least one of a plurality of optical element groups arranged in the lens system includes a refractive power variable eleme... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573597 | Color image forming apparatus In the event of a failure of one of the image storing devices provided to process colors separately, the image data allocated for the failed image storing device is sent to the image storing devices being allocated other colors and is stored therein. In the event of... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573582 | Method for monitoring film thickness, a system for monitoring film thickness, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a program product for controlling film thickness monitoring system A method monitors a thickness of a subject film deposited on an underlying structure, the underlying structure contains at least one thin film formed on a substrate. The method includes determining thickness data of the underlying structure and storing the thickness... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573479 | Graphics processing device, graphics processing method, game machine, and storage medium In a simulation game machine for play on the basis of images of three-dimensionally constituted terrain features and characters which are represented as if viewed from a prescribed camera within a virtual space, allows the viewing point to be shifted in three dimens... | 08/11/2009 |
