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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6105625 | Woven slide fastener having a fastener element row anchored to a fastener tape A woven slide fastener in which displacements of element anchoring warps in a width direction of a fastener tape does not occur, flexibility of the fastener and smooth operation of a slider are ensured, and anchoring of a fastener element row is stable. T... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105513 | Shelving base method and system A shelving unit apparatus and method comprises vertical posts arranged at corners of a rectangle. A plurality of shelves are vertically spaced from one another and supported by the posts. At a front of the shelving unit, a channel-shaped base rests on a f... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6107212 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices by transporting wafers by way of an evacuated load lock chamber into a reaction furnace, which conducting processing under heating at a reduced pressure, wherein the wafers are entered i... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105023 | System and method for filtering a document stream A system for filtering documents and includes a document parser, a profile parser, and a comparator. The document parser accepts incoming documents as input and provides inverted lists of terms contained in the document's output. The profile parser accept... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6105121 | Data processing and data transmission system A data processing and data transmission system, in which a personal computer is coupled to a facsimile unit via an interface device for transmission and receipt of facsimile messages. The facsimile unit contains functional groups for optional access of th... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104821 | Electrical hearing aid device with high frequency electromagnetic radiation protection An electrical hearing aid device has a housing in which an integrated amplifier circuit is located. Also contained in the housing is at least one microphone, a switch, a filter, amplifier and a voltage source. The amplifier circuit also has at least one e... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104677 | Recording medium recording apparatus and method and recording medium A recording medium recording apparatus includes data input means for inputting data to be recorded on a recording medium, data recording means for recording the data onto the recording medium, related information input means for inputting information rela... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104579 | Magnetic disk head having data zone and control signal zones which generate different lifts when flown over by a head slider A magnetic disk having data record and control signal record zones configured so that the flying height of a head slider thereof varies thereby enabling recovery of control signals. The flying height of the head sliders over the control signal record zone... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104181 | Voltmeter suitable for medium/high-voltage installations, with a surface wave device Voltmeter for medium/high-voltage devices, which has a surface-wave device (21) as the voltmeter element proper. This surface-wave device is incorporated into an impedance voltage divider (5, 6), of a type known in principle, in such a way that both elect... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104091 | Semiconductor package and the manufacturing method A semiconductor package provided with a reinforcing plate on the side of the lead joined face of which a chip housing concave portion is formed, a semiconductor chip housed and fixed in the chip housing concave portion of this reinforcing plate, a plurali... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104072 | Analogue MISFET with threshold voltage adjuster A threshold voltage or a channel potential of a MIS device can be set in an analogue fashion. A MIS device includes a multi-layer structure having a gate insulating film in which an oxide film, a nitride film and an oxide film are laminated in that order.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104039 | P-type nitrogen compound semiconductor and method of manufacturing same A plurality of first layers made of AlGaN mixed crystal each having a thickness of the order of 1 to 100 nm and a plurality of second layers of p-type GaN with Mg each having a thickness of the order of 1 to 100 nm are alternately stacked. Since each of t... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6103558 | Process for producing electrooptical apparatus and process for producing driving substrate for electrooptical apparatus A single crystal silicon thin film having a high electron/hole mobility is uniformly formed at a relatively low temperature, so that production of an active matrix substrate having a built-in high performance driver and an electrooptical apparatus, such a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6103406 | Magnetic tunnel device A novel magnetic tunnel device capable of displaying a magnetic tunnelling effect in stability and with high sensitivity even to an external magnetic field of a weak intensity. The magnetic tunnel device 1 has a layered structure including a first magneti... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6103057 | Kraft digesting process wherein a vapor interface is formed by withdrawing hot cooking liquor A method for use in a batch digesting process is provided which includes the removal of a portion of the hot cooking liquor from the digester prior to the cook creating a liquid-vapor interface in the digester followed by the removal or purging of the vap... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102753 | Electrical female connector, especially for an implantable heart stimulator An electrical female connector for affixing a contact pin of an electrode cable in a connector part of a heart stimulator has a sleeve which is elastic and which has a curved shape in a relaxed condition. The sleeve is straightened to a substantially stra... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102365 | Actuating drive for a pneumatic valve of an insertion head for electrical components An actuating drive for a pneumatic valve of an insertion head for electrical components having a revolver type movable insertion head for the electrical components which includes suction pipettes which protrude in a stellate fashion and which can be rotat... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101644 | Transport cart/patient table system for exchanging an exchangeable slab, and transport cart for this system Transport cart/patient table system for transferring an exchangeable slab of the patient table, which slab can be moved by means of a lifting arrangement, between the table and the transport cart, whereby the transport cart is moved under the patient tabl... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6105048 | Apparatus and method for the real-time processing of a plurality of tasks An apparatus and a method for the processing of a plurality of tasks by a processor of a real-time data processing installation, in which each task is dynamically allocated a priority according to its urgency, after which the tasks are processed by a proc... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101535 | Process for selecting and requesting multimedia services The selection of multimedia offerings is simplified by the transmission of an electronic ticket loaded from a computer network with the assistance of a PC onto a set top box. On the set top box, the ticket enables the direct setup of a broadband connectio... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101517 | Circuit and method for the multiple use of a digital transversal filter Circuit and method for the multiple use of a digital transversal filter wherein a coefficient block of n coefficients, there is, in each case, provision of 2 multiplier units which are subject to multiple use if the internal clock of the filter is greater... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101386 | Method and communication network for the transmission of information between network equipment The present invention is directed to a trial and error method, wherein a network equipment initiates a dialogue with another network equipment with a message as usual and thus communicates the function(s) it supports. When the other network equipment ackn... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101364 | Printer or copier with two printing units and a method for the operation thereof A method for operating a printer or copier is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: supplying sheet-shaped material individually in succession through an input section to a first printing unit; printing an image pattern onto a sheet-shaped m... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101071 | MR film with upper and lower magnetic layers with resistivity greater than that of MR film magnetic layers A multi-layered magnetoresistance effect film, a magnetoresistance effect device and a magnetoresistance effect magnetic head of high sensitivity not affected by the sense current magnetic field. The multi-layered magnetoresistance effect film 1 includes ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101067 | Thin film magnetic head with a particularly shaped magnetic pole piece and spaced relative to an MR element A thin film magnetic head has a main magnetic pole piece, a magnetoresistance effect element, a bias layer giving a bias magnetic field to the magnetoresistance effect element, an auxiliary magnetic pole piece and an insulating layer leaving a space betwe... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100878 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus, typically incorporated in a small-size, portable computerized electronic data storage device, has a display unit combined with a tablet which coacts with a stylus to instruct a CPU to process stored information in diff... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100876 | Information processing apparatus In an information processing apparatus, a processing mode is switched on the basis of speed of change of coordinate data which is inputted by coordinate data input means comprising a pen and a tablet, the speed of change of the coordinate data being detec... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100737 | Scanner circuit for digital signals with high data rate A scanner circuit for digital signals with high data rate includes an arrangement for timing pulse recovery formed by a scanner stage for scanning a digital signal and an edge discriminator that evaluates at least one edge of the scanned digital signal an... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100693 | Antenna for a magnetic resonance device An antenna for a magnetic resonance device comprises an antenna conductor structure and capacitors connected thereto. The antenna conductor structure and/or the capacitors are connected to a water cooling system.... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100578 | Silicon-based functional matrix substrate and optical integrated oxide device An optical integrated oxide device uses a silicon-based functional matrix substrate on which both an oxide device and a semiconductor light emitting device can be commonly integrated with an optimum structure and a high density. A single-crystal Si substr... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100468 | Housing for electrical assemblies A housing for electrical assemblies is composed of at least one chassis, whereby u-shaped connecting clips open toward the back are arranged between the individual chassis, the u-shaped clips being composed of vertically proceeding, perforated plates that... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100345 | Thermally resistant resin composition and method for miscible preparation The present invention provides a thermally resistant resin composition containing PS and PPO, wherein at least one of PS and PPO has an acid group and the acid group is neutralized with a basic metal compound containing a metal element of the group 2B, 3B... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099967 | Heat transfer ink ribbon This invention is a heat transfer ink ribbon that can exhibit a good heat transfer performance also on labels with a low chemical polarity, e.g., polyolefin type ones, and on matte labels with a rough surface, and yet can form high-quality images with a g... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099689 | Production of paper and board products with improved retention, drainage and formation A papermaking process with maintained retention and improved formation is provided. The papermaking process includes the step of adding bentonite to the white water prior to the exposure of the white water to the shear stages of the papermaking system. Th... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099626 | Recording substance and manufacturing method thereof, recording method and recording apparatus In a recording substance (ink 22) supplied to transfer to a body to be recorded on (printing paper 50) and effect prescribed recording on this body to be recorded on, the content of residual impurities which after the recording do not transfer to the body... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099470 | Monitor for diffusable chemical substance A monitor for analyzing a body fluid for diffusable chemical substances has a liquid filled probe, for example a catheter, having a region contactable with the body fluid within the body and permeable to chemical substances of interest. A sensor unit is i... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098864 | Apparatus for transporting a recording medium in an electrographic printing or copying device An apparatus for transporting a band-shaped recording medium in an electrographic printing or copying device, includes a drive cylinder, a pressure cylinder mounted displaceably relative to the drive cylinder, and a pressure spring effecting a contact pre... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098829 | Can components having a metal-plastic-metal structure The invention concerns components of food cans (1), can bodies (6), and ends fabricated starting from a stratified construction constituted by a foil of plastic material on each of the faces of which adheres a metal foil and their fabrication process. The... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098673 | Outlet fitting and container having the same and method for containing a material and draining and filling the same A fitting is provided for attachment to a flexible bag. The combined flexible bag and fitting may be inserted into a container for filling the flexible bag with a material, such as a chemical requiring transport, and ultimately draining of the material fo... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098649 | Waste processing apparatus, waste recovery system and liquid container A waste processing apparatus which can easily and efficiently process waste, a waste recovery system using this apparatus and a liquid container ideal for use with the waste processing apparatus and waste recovery system. The waste processing apparatus co... | 08/08/2000 |
