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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941185 | Mobile terminal and data display method by individual SIM cards A mobile terminal of displaying data by individual SIM cards and a display method of sorting data according to individual SIM cards includes the steps of authenticating a SIM card that is inserted into the mobile terminal when the power is on by retrieving subscribe... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940450 | Electro-optic display apparatus An electro-optic display apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electro-optic material, and an insulating layer. The second electrode faces the first electrode to form an electric field in cooperation with the first electrode. The electro-optic... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940349 | Light source device and liquid crystal display device having the same A light source device, including a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diode chips mounted on the substrate, and an encapsulant covering the plurality of light emitting diode chips. The encapsulant has a plurality of lenses connected to each other and each lens... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940241 | Display apparatus with frame rate controllers generating motion interpolated intermediate image based on image information from adjacent frame rate controller A display apparatus includes a plurality of frame rate controllers that generate a motion interpolated intermediate image. The frame rate controllers exchange image information with adjacent frame rate controllers. According to the display apparatus, each frame rate... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939848 | LED package The present invention relates to an LED package including a lead frame including a chip attaching portion with at least one LED chip attached thereto and a plurality of terminal portions each having a width narrower than the chip attaching portion, and a housing for... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939749 | Solar cell and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a solar cell including: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; a porous membrane interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and having a dye adsorbed thereto; an electrolyte interposed between the first electrode... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939197 | Electrode plate for rechargeable battery and method for fabricating the same An electrode plate of a rechargeable battery that is capable of preventing wastage of a base film and preventing an active material layer from being irregularly formed and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed. The electrode plate is fabricated by continuou... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939196 | Lithium battery with short circuit preventing core member A cylindrical lithium rechargeable battery including a winding type electrode assembly having a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the first and second electrode plates, a core member arranged in a central space of th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939191 | Rechargeable battery and coupling structure thereof A rechargeable battery includes a protective circuit board that includes a horizontal electrical terminal arranged parallel to a cap plate. The connection structure of the protective circuit board reduces the size of the rechargeable battery. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937743 | Method and system for rapid network application switching A method for rapid application switching at a mobile station includes authenticating, in response to selection of a first application, a first network access identifier (NAI) assigned to the first application using an authentication server, registering the first NAI... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936430 | Liquid crystals and liquid crystal display apparatus employing the same A liquid crystal includes about 60 wt % to about 80 wt % of a first compound material, about 2 wt % to about 15 wt % of a second compound material, and a neutral compound material. The first compound material has a dielectric anisotropy of a first polarity, and the ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935982 | Side view type LED package In a side view type light emitting diode (LED) package, a lead frame portion and lead frame electrical contact portions are exposed outside a package body to serve as an additional heat dissipation path. The side view type LED package includes an LED chip, a package... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935580 | Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and display device having the same A display substrate includes a gate line, a storage capacitor, a source line, a switching element, a pixel electrode, and a color filter. The gate line is formed on a base substrate. The storage capacitor has a storage line substantially parallel to the gate line. T... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933917 | Personalized search method and system for enabling the method A method and system for storing information on a search result selected by a user with respect to a predetermined query, reflecting the user's preference by utilizing the information when the user inputs an identical query and requests a search, and providing a pers... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933061 | Display substrate, electrophoretic display device with the same and method for manufacturing the same A display substrate, an electrophoretic display (EPD) device including the same, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display substrate includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of gate lines, a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932887 | Gate driving circuit and display apparatus having the same A gate driving circuit includes stages connected in series. In a stage, a pull-up part pulls up a present gate signal to a level of a first clock signal, and a pull-down part receives a next gate signal from a next stage to discharge the present gate signal to an of... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932530 | Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same A display substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a semiconductor layer that are sequentially formed on a substrate. Also, the display substrate includes a color filter layer formed on the substrate and exposing a portion of the semiconduct... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932522 | Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor panel includes a substrate, a gate line extending in a first direction on the substrate, a data line disposed on the substrate, the data line crossing the gate line with an insulation layer therebetween and extending in a second direction, a t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931980 | Electrode assembly and rechargeable battery using the same An electrode assembly is adapted to prevent the separator from contracting due to heat that is generated near the electrode tab during overcharging, over-discharging, or in the case of an internal short circuit. The electrode assembly also prevents an additional sho... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929924 | Mobile phone for controlling diversity A mobile phone includes a controller; a receipt adjusting unit for controlling receipt of the (RF) radio frequency signal and controlling receipt diversity under control of the controller; a first RF signal receiver for converting the RF signal received through the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929291 | Cradle for a portable terminal A cradle for a portable terminal is provided. The cradle includes a base, an inclined support installed on the base, and a connector. The inclined support supports the portable terminal when the portable terminal is mounted in the cradle. The connector has a protrud... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929199 | Electrophoretic display and method of preparing electrophoretic particles Disclosed are electrophoretic particles, a method of preparing the same, and an electrophoretic display using the same. The electrophoretic particle includes a coating layer, which includes a co-polymer of styrene and heterocyclic compound, and a pigment surrounded ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929096 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate, pixel electrodes disposed on the first insulating substrate and divided into a plurality of domains, each domain including micro-concave stripes and micro-convex stripes arranged in a specific direction... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928459 | Light emitting diode package including thermoelectric element The present invention relates to a light emitting diode package, and provides a light emitting diode package employing a thermoelectric element therein. The light emitting diode package of the present invention is constructed such that the thermoelectric element is ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928444 | Thin film transistor and organic electroluminescence display using the same A thin film transistor (TFT) having a lightly doped drain (LDD) structure includes a lightly doped drain (LDD) region formation pattern, an active layer formed in an uneven structure on the LDD region formation pattern, and having a source region and a drain region ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927897 | Photoresist composition and method of manufacturing array substrate using the same A photoresist composition includes a binder resin, a photo acid generator, an acryl resin having four different types of monomers, and a solvent. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927734 | Lithium secondary battery and fabrication method thereof A lithium secondary battery which includes a battery unit having a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator interposed therebetween. A can accommodates the battery unit, and a reinforcing means is disposed above the can to increase a thic... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927726 | Rechargeable battery The present invention discloses a rechargeable battery that has an improved mounting structure for an electrode terminal and a second protective device used therein. This improved structure improves the function of the rechargeable battery. The rechargeable battery ... | 04/19/2011 |
| RE42299 | Polymer comprising terminal sulfonic acid group, and polymer electrolyte and fuel cell using the same The present invention is related to a polymer comprising terminal sulfonic acid groups, which has a high ionic conductivity and good structural stability, does not decompose even under low humidity conditions, and is inexpensive to produce. Furthermore, the present ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925311 | Keypad for mobile phone A keypad for a mobile phone including a key arrangement having 9 number-keys and a 4-direction key surrounding one of the number-keys. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925242 | Apparatus and method for forming event picture in mobile communication terminal Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for forming an event picture in a mobile communication terminal. According to the invention, when there occurs any event such as call reception, alarm or message reception under state that a service picture is displayed on a s... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922820 | Heating crucible and deposition apparatus including the same A heating crucible and a deposition apparatus are provided that have a uniform deposition rate and good reproducibility. The heating crucible of the deposition apparatus includes a titanium body with an internal cavity to contain a material to be deposited and an op... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920574 | Method for transmitting packet from correspondent node to mobile node A method is disclosed for transmitting a packet from a correspondent node to a mobile node when the mobile node moves from a home network to an external network equivalent to the correspondent node's local network. The method may include securing a Care Of Address (... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920547 | Voice service system and method of accessing the same A VoIP-UMS accessed via a private branch exchange or an IP-phone using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). More particularly, the method has access the VoIP-UMS in which an initial call setup message is sent which includes call information upon accessing the VoIP-U... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916703 | Wireless local area network (WLAN) and method of transmitting frame in the WLAN In a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and a method of transmitting a frame in the WLAN, mode information and an available data transfer rate of each wireless terminal located within a coverage of an Access Point (AP) are collected. A determination is made as to wh... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916225 | Liquid crystal display forming a coupling capacitor between a proximate and parallel portion of a drain electrode and a data line Provided is a liquid crystal display (LCD) with enhanced display qualities. The LCD includes a first insulating substrate; a gate line disposed on the first insulating substrate and extending in a first direction; first and second data lines insulated from and cross... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915862 | Apparatus and method for measuring battery charge level of portable terminal Disclosed is a method for measuring a battery charge level of a portable terminal having a removable back-up battery. The method includes determining that the back-up battery is connected in parallel to an main battery of the portable terminal, disconnecting the mai... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915613 | Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device including a substrate having a plurality of sub-pixel areas, a switching thin film transistor formed on each of the sub-pixel areas, a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor,... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915147 | Group III nitride compound semiconductor device Disclosed is a group III nitride compound semiconductor device having a substrate, buffer layers on the substrate, and a group III nitride compound semiconductor layer on the top layer of the buffer layers. The buffer layers comprises a first buffer layer formed on ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913285 | Apparatus and method for interfacing between set-top box and point of deployment for pay-per-view service A method for providing pay-per-view service while observing an OpenCable standard in realization of bi-directional digital cable broadcasting includes a method for interfacing between a set-top box and a point of deployment (POD), the method comprising the steps of:... | 03/22/2011 |
