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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7890549 | Collaboration portal (COPO) a scaleable method, system, and apparatus for providing computer-accessible benefits to communities of users The present invention, known as The Collaboration Portal (COPO), relates generally to the field of automated entity, data processing, system control, and data communications, and more specifically to an integrated method, system, and apparatus for providing computer... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7720779 | Extensible bayesian network editor with inferencing capabilities A system for the representation, editing, evaluation, and inference of graphical models is disclosed which can be used to construct and evaluate a graphical model or graphical network and to calculate inference values. An efficient method of updating graphical model... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7687598 | Dendrimer and electronic device element employing the same An object of the invention is to provide a novel dendrimer serving as an organic semiconductor material which is isotropic and which exhibits remarkably high carrier conductivity. Another object of the invention is to provide an electronic device employing the dendr... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7645849 | Cleaning blade member A cleaning blade member comprising a polyurethane formed by using a polyol consisting essentially of a polycarbonatediol, a polyisocyanate, and a crosslinking agent containing a short chain diol and a triol, the polyurethane having a tensile strength at 60° C. of 2... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7632875 | Hybrid polymer materials for liquid crystal alignment layers The present invention provides novel hybrid polymer useful for alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. Hybrid polymers of this invention are prepared from at least one component selected from the group consisting of monomer, oligomer and ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7585933 | Dendritic polymer and electronic device element employing the polymer An object of the invention is to provide a novel dendritic polymer serving as an organic semiconductor material which is isotropic and which exhibits remarkably high carrier conductivity. Another object of the invention is to provide an electronic device employing t... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7556314 | Removeable car seat cover A removable child car seat cover that enables removal of the cover without requiring that the car seat be removed from the car. ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7252912 | Polymer composite A polymer composite comprises a base material, and a polymer membrane provided on at least a part of the base material, the polymer membrane having at least hydrophilicity, and the polymer composite is used in a state exposed to water or a water-based solvent. The p... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7512558 | Automated method and system for facilitating market transactions The present invention relates to a method for finding the best match between buyers (or buyers consortiums) and sellers (or sellers consortiums), by a set of software intermediaries, and for using the information developed in those matches to define monetary and per... | 03/31/2009 |
| D586421 | Decoy weight | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484253 | Patient support element for radiation therapy that reduces skin radiation burn A multi-layer patient support element comprising at least one structural member, wherein the structural member has a top surface and a bottom surface and wherein the top surface comprises a low radiation absorbing separation member. The support element of the presen... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7480640 | Automated method and system for generating models from data The present invention relates to a scaleable automatic method of using multiple techniques to generate models and combinations of models from data and prior knowledge. The system provides unprecedented ease of use in that many of the choices of technique and paramet... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7408002 | Photosensitive resin composition and process for the formation of hydrogel The photosensitive resin composition is composed of a poly((meth)acrylic acid)-based water-soluble photo-sensitive resin (A) having an acid value of 150 mgKOH/g or more on a solid basis; the resin (A) being formed of a ((meth)acrylic acid)-based polymer in which a c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7348128 | Photosensitive resin based on saponified polyvinyl acetate photosensitive resin composition, method of forming aqueous gel from the same, and compound A photosensitive resin which exhibits excellent storage stability, affinity, miscibility, or solubility with respect to a variety of compounds, and high sensitivity can be solidified even under hydrous conditions as well as exhibiting high cure-related sensitivity a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335420 | Feed/transport roller The invention provides a feed/transport roller formed of polyurethane material, which roller has high wear resistance as well as low hardness for providing excellent sheet feeding capacity and which meets a recent requirement; i.e., high durability for allowing high... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335787 | Method for producing onium salt derivatives, and novel onium salt derivatives The invention provides a high-yield method for producing onium salt derivatives useful as agents, such as acid-generators, employed in chemically amplified resists; and to provide novel onium salt derivatives. Reaction of an onium salt derivative containing a halide... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329480 | Radiation-sensitive negative-type resist composition for pattern formation method The radiation-sensitive negative-type resist composition for pattern formation containing an epoxy resin, a radiation-sensitive cationic polymerization initiator, and a solvent for dissolving the epoxy resin therein, characterized in that the resist composition, thr... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328487 | Bundling system with improved locking tie head A bundling system with improved locking tie head comprising a smooth planar strap and a locking head with two flexible independent L-shaped pawls. One end of the pawl is anchored in the locking head. The locking head has two transverse pawl cavities allowing flexura... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7063461 | Patient support device with shoulder depression device A patient support device with shoulder depression devices for accurately and repeatably positioning a patient on a treatment table. The patient support device includes a headrest frame and an adjustable shoulder depression device and optionally includes a torso posi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6991834 | Materials for inducing alignment of liquid crystals and liquid crystal optical elements The present invention provides novel polyamic acids and polyimide optical alignment layers for inducing alignment of a liquid crystal medium. The novel compositions comprise crosslinking diamines containing a C3–C22 linear or branched hydroca... | 01/31/2006 |
