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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7532827 | Image-forming apparatus An image-forming apparatus for forming an image by heating a medium, the image-forming apparatus includes a connector connectable to a heating unit that heats the medium; a conmmercial power supply that generates power to be supplied to the heating unit; a switch sy... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531328 | Methods and devices for multiplexing amplification reactions The present invention provides a two-step multiplex amplification reaction wherein the first step truncates the standard initial multiplex amplification round to “boost” the sample copy number by only a 100-1000 fold increase in the target. Following the first s... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529827 | Standard operating procedure automation in database administration A plurality of modules and/or engines to manage the operation and health of a plurality of data center assets through the use of standard operating procedures (SOPs). Modules of the present invention are configured to assist IT Administrators to create, and thereaft... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529503 | Toner, developing device and developing method using the same The present invention provides a toner having: a toner mother particle; a first external additive including a first inorganic fine particle having a primary particle size distribution of 200 to 750 nm and a work function approximately equivalent to that of the toner... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527443 | Textual information processing apparatus, information processing method for textual information processing apparatus, program, and storage medium on which program is stored A textual information processing apparatus is capable of forming an ink-printed character string and a Braille character string corresponding to input texture information in a common processing area of a tape. The ink-printed character string and/or the Braille char... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527297 | Straddle type-vehicle A straddle-type vehicle that can reduce influence by air resistance without having a cowling has a handle bar for changing a direction of a front wheel, a headlight unit disposed in front of a handle bar base portion, and a fuel tank unit disposed behind the handle ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527115 | Motorcycle air intake component cooling system A motorcycle that effectively cools vehicle parts without a special cooling duct has a body frame, an engine and an intake system that supplies air to the engine. A parts cooling system makes air diverge from the intake system, and introduces the diverging air to ve... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527052 | Fail-safe module integral with a sedation and analgesia system and method The invention provides a fail-safe module (FSM) integral with a sedation and analgesia system that meets the high-reliability needs of sedation and/or analgesia delivered by non-anesthetist practitioners. The FSM may operate in “real-time” in order to ensure opt... | 05/05/2009 |
| D591549 | Cappuccino maker | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525129 | Organic light-emitting display It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting display of high light-emitting efficiency. The organic light-emitting element comprising a board, upper electrode, lower electrode, a plurality of light-emitting units placed between the u... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524540 | Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that includes two components, wherein the first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (1), and the second component is at least one compound selected from th... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524433 | Ferrite material The temperature properties of the initial permeability of a Ni—Cu—Zn based ferrite material are improved while the degradation of the magnetic properties of the ferrite material is being suppressed. The ferrite material is formed of a sintered body comprising, a... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524108 | Thermal sensing circuits using bandgap voltage reference generators without trimming circuitry Methods, systems and thermal sensing apparatus are provided that use bandgap voltage reference generators that do not use trimming circuitry. Further, circuits, systems, and methods in accordance with the present invention are provided that do not use large amounts ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524008 | Fluid discharging device and control method therefor A fluid discharging device includes: a head having a predetermined number of nozzle arrays in which n (n is an integral number equal to or more than 2) nozzles capable of discharging a predetermined fluid are arranged, the respective nozzle arrays formed to allow th... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523800 | Saddle-type vehicle A main pipe of a motorcycle is enhanced in stiffness to stably support an engine. The main pipe includes an intermediate pipe extending above the engine in a longitudinal and substantially horizontal direction, a front pipe extending forwardly downwardly of the engi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522751 | System and method for protecting the privacy and security of stored biometric data A data storage system that protects privacy and ensures security includes a plurality of nodes in a networked architecture, the nodes being adapted to securely communicate and co-operate with one another to allow storage and retrieval of data. A single piece of biom... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522742 | Speaker assembly with moveable baffle A speaker assembly includes a housing that can be attached to a wall. Audio speakers are mounted in a baffle that is mounted in and movable relative to the housing, so that the direction of audio signals emitted from the speakers can be selected and controlled. End ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522054 | Contactless identification tag A contactless identification tag includes a capacitor and an electrostatic capacity variable device that varies an electrostatic capacity of the capacitor according to an externally applied compression force. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522014 | High frequency line-to-waveguide converter and high frequency package A high frequency line-waveguide converter comprises a high frequency line including a dielectric layer, a line conductor disposed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer, and a ground conductor layer disposed on the same surface so as to surround one end of the ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521970 | High voltage tolerant input buffer A high voltage tolerant input buffer capable of operating across wide range of power supply, including low power supply voltages, dynamically controls the gate voltage of an NMOS pass transistor by sensing the incoming high voltage signal at the pad and dynamically ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521511 | Thermosetting resin composition, multilayer body using same, and circuit board Thermosetting resin compositions for manufacturing circuit boards and build-up circuit boards, and build-up boards, and multilayer bodies and circuit boards manufactured using these compositions are provided. A composition contains polyimide resin (A), phenol resin ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520359 | Motorcycle A motorcycle 1, in which rear portions of glove bars 2 and a seat cowl 24 are formed integrally, and front and rear portions of the glove bars 2, respectively, are mounted to a body frame 8. Accordingly, with the motorcycle 1 | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520310 | Apparatus for adjusting the position of the slats of venetian blinds and venetian blind An apparatus for adjusting the position of the slats of Venetian blinds comprises means for packing and extending the slats, means for adjusting the angular position of the slats and lost-motion means interposed functionally between the said packing and extending me... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518983 | Proxy response apparatus A proxy response apparatus is equipped with a module that obtains and retains request messages and response messages exchanged between a client and main and backup servers, a module for detecting a failure in the main server, a module for sending to the backup serve... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518689 | Vertically aligned liquid crystal display A vertically aligned type liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between pixel electrodes and a common electrode and containing vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules, the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules being controlled by ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518470 | Surface acoustic wave element, surface acoustic wave device and communication device including the same A surface acoustic wave element 1 comprises a piezoelectric substrate 19, IDT electrodes 3, 4, 5 of an odd number not less than three formed along a propagation direction of surface acoustic waves that propagates on the piezoelectric substrate, ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518425 | Circuit and technique for adjusting and accurately controlling clock duty cycles in integrated circuit devices A circuit and technique for adjusting and accurately controlling clock duty cycles in integrated circuit devices in which only N-channel current regulating transistors are used in the voltage-controlled inverters and both the rising and falling edges can be adjusted... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518424 | Slew rate controlled output circuit An output circuit comprises an input node, an output node, a first output transistor, a second output transistor, a first slew rate control circuit, and a second slew rate control circuit. The first output transistor and the second output transistor are coupled in s... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518218 | Total ionizing dose suppression transistor architecture A total ionizing dose suppression architecture for a transistor and a transistor circuit uses an “end cap” metal structure that is connected to the lowest potential voltage to overcome the tendency of negative charge buildup during exposure to ionizing radiation... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518160 | Wavelength converter, lighting system, and lighting system assembly In a wavelength converter converting a wavelength of light emitted from a light source and outputting an output light containing light whose wavelength is converted, which comprises a fluorescent substance dispersed in a transparent matrix, the fluorescent substance... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518048 | Neck and body attachments for stringed musical instruments An improved system and method for connecting separate neck and body portions of a stringed musical instrument, preferably an electric guitar, are provided. The neck and body portions are connected together via a support bracket having multiple planes with screws, bo... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517994 | Heterocyclic inhibitors of MEK and methods of use thereof Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8 and R9, W, X and Y are as defined in the spe... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517565 | Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition containing at least one compound represented by formula (1) as a first component and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (2) and (3), but not containing a compound represented by formula (4)... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517438 | Magnetic recording disk, magnetic recording disk manufacturing method and magnetic recording disk manufacturing system This invention presents a magnetic recording disk where an anisotropy-allowing layer to allow magnetic anisotropy to a magnetic recording layer is provided between a substrate and the magnetic recording layer. This invention also presents a magnetic-recording-disk m... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517062 | Liquid discharge device The present invention is directed at a liquid discharge device having reduced crosstalk, which slows the rate of change of liquid discharge speed, and is suitable as a printing head. The liquid discharge device includes a piezoelectric actuator and a flow passage me... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515803 | Optical element, manufacturing method thereof, and optical device A photoinduced refractive-index changing region is formed by irradiating while focusing a single beam of pulse laser light having an energy amount to cause a photoinduced change in refractive index onto a light guide of an optical element such as a lens, a mirror, a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515494 | Refresh period adjustment technique for dynamic random access memories (DRAM) and integrated circuit devices incorporating embedded DRAM A DRAM refresh period adjustment technique based on the retention time of one or more unused memory cell(s) having characteristics very similar to the characteristics of the memory cell(s) with the shortest retention time used in the DRAM array. In a particular impl... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514176 | Battery having a molded resin portion A battery includes a battery cell having a pair of terminals, a circuit board disposed on a side of the battery cell, a pair of connecting members, one end of each connecting member being attached to a respective end of the circuit board, and the other end of each c... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514145 | Method and apparatus for producing resin particles using granulation-prevention agent, and resin particles produced by the method A method for producing resin particles using a dispersion liquid in which a dispersoid mainly made of a resin material is finely dispersed in a dispersion medium, the method comprising a dispersion liquid ejecting step for ejecting the dispersion liquid in the form ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513699 | Fiber optic receptacle and optical module A fiber optic receptacle which can be assembled with high precision and which has high reliability and is low-priced is provided. The receptacle includes a tubular shaped sleeve having an inner bore into which a ferrule is to be inserted; and a stopper member having... | 04/07/2009 |
