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| 8183610 | Nonvolatile memory and manufacturing method thereof According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nonvolatile memory including: a cell transistor including: a gate electrode and first and second diffusion layers; a second insulating film covering the cell transistor; first and second plugs pene... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174634 | Alignment tolerant patterning on flexible substrates A method is provided for fabricating a multilayer electronic device on a flexible substrate including at least a first and a second patterned layer, wherein the first patterned layer is defined with a linewidth that is smaller than the linewidth of the second patter... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157277 | Retractable vehicle step A retractable step for use with a vehicle comprises a stepping member having a stepping deck, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm has a first end pivotally attached to the vehicle, and a second end pivotally attached to the stepping member. The second arm a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154905 | Semiconductor memory device having a resistive memory element A semiconductor memory according to an aspect of the invention including first and second bit lines, a word line, a resistive memory element which has one end and the other end, the one end being connected with the first bit line, a selective switch element which ha... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8124751 | Hybridization chain reaction amplification for in situ imaging The present invention relates to the use of fluorescently labeled nucleic acid probes to identify and image analytes in a biological sample. In the preferred embodiments, a probe is provided that comprises a target region able to specifically bind an analyte of inte... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123627 | Single panel golf club grip A grip and method of making such a grip configured for the handle of a golf club having a single panel that is wrapped about an underlisting sleeve. The panel includes a vertical score line and the sleeve includes a corresponding score line. When wrapped about the s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112429 | Detection of behavior-based associations between search strings and items A system and method are disclosed for automatically detecting associations between particular sets of search criteria, such as particular search strings, and particular items. Actions of users of an interactive system, such as a web site, are monitored over time to ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101400 | Grass based avian deterrent The invention relates to uses and methods relating to grass and endophyte combinations to repel avian species from the grass and endophyte combination. In particular, methods are described to select grass and endophyte combinations in order to enhance or maximise th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8067061 | Reaction apparatus having multiple adjustable exhaust ports A reaction apparatus for a semiconductor fabrication apparatus, wherein the reaction apparatus includes at least two adjustable outlet ports for withdrawing reactant gases from the reaction chamber. Adjustment of the flow rate through each of the outlet ports select... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055423 | Motor vehicle drive control system and sensor unit for the same Disclosed are a motor vehicle drive control system, which easily detects accelerations, generated in the up and down, front and rear, and left and right of a motor vehicle body, in high degree of accuracy, and performs the stability control of a motor vehicle, and i... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045357 | Semiconductor memory device A memory includes a memory cell array including destructive read-out type memory cells; a decoder selecting a cell; a sense amplifier configured to detect the data; and a read and write controller controlling a read operation and a write operation, wherein the read ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023191 | Printable static interferometric images Methods of fabricating a static interferometric image device and static interferometric image device formed by the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a substrate. A plurality of liquid layers are formed over the substrate by an inkjet... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009965 | Video analyzer and computer program product According to one embodiment, a video analyzer includes a still image detector, a characteristic detector, and a boundary position detector. The still image detector detects a still image in video frames of content including video and audio data, and create a still i... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005348 | Information processing apparatus According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus inputs motion picture data generated by encoding a motion picture, each frame image of the motion picture is formed by synthesizing a plurality of images, containing a plurality of image data correspon... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7984853 | Reducing internal theft at a point of sale A method, procedure and operational function of the business for inhibiting internal theft of items without inventory identifiers are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving an item for sale at a POS terminal, wherein the item is missing an inventory... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7965536 | Ferroelectric memory device According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ferroelectric memory device including: a cell unit including: a first select transistor having a first source, a first drain, and a first gate, one of the first source and the first drain being con... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962004 | Video reproducing apparatus According to the invention, a video reproducing apparatus includes: a reading module configured to read out video information and caption information, the video information including control information; a video processing module configured to generate a display ima... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957879 | Brake control method and brake control device A brake control device is provided to a wheel equipped with a tire, which has a function of applying a brake force to the wheel to put a brake thereon while adjusting the brake force. In the device, an acceleration sensor outputs acceleration data in a radial direct... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957157 | Printed circuit board A printed circuit board including: a semiconductor package; a board; first to fourth electrodes on a second face of the semiconductor package; fifth to eighth electrodes on a mount region of the board; a first conductor connecting the first electrode with the second... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955755 | Compositions of nanometal particles containing a metal or alloy and platinum particles Cathodes suitable for use in direct methanol fuel cells are disclosed. A cathode can comprise a composition supported on a conductive substrate, where the composition comprises: reactive nano-particles each consisting essentially of a core of metal and/or metal allo... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944170 | Wireless transmission device According to one embodiment, a wireless transmission device includes: a transmitter that transmits a signal to an external device; an internal rechargeable battery that supplies a power to the transmitter; a connector to which an external rechargeable battery insert... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937577 | Information processing apparatus and operating system determination method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a determination module provided for an SMI handler of an ACPI compatible Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). The determination module determines, when a system management interrupt (SMI) occurs ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930571 | Information processing apparatus and power control method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a wireless communication device and a power management module. The power management module is configured to transmit, in response to disconnection of an external power supply device from a pow... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916463 | Information processing apparatus According to one embodiment, the information processing apparatus includes a main housing, a display housing containing a display panel, a hinge section provided between an end part of the main housing and an end part of the display housing and rotatably coupling th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911911 | Optical disk device and control method According to one embodiment, an optical disk device includes a laser light source that emits laser light to be applied to an optical disk, an automatic power control circuit that controls a laser output of the laser light source, and a control processor that perform... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911725 | Hard disk, control unit for a disk device, and method for controlling a disk device A hard disk includes: a plurality of servo areas which are elongated radially from a center of the hard disk to an outward thereof over tracks thereof; and a plurality of data areas which are respectively provided between the plurality of servo areas; wherein altern... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900263 | Content recording/reproducing apparatus and content recording/reproducing method According to one embodiment, a content recording apparatus is connected with a permission server that permits recording of content through a network. The content recording apparatus reads content encrypted based on a first encryption scheme and binding information f... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884016 | Liner materials and related processes for 3-D integration In some embodiments, a low-k dielectric film liner, preferably comprising benzocyclobutene, is deposited on the sidewalls of through-silicon vias used in three-dimensional (3-D) integration of integrated circuits. A semiconductor workpiece having a via is provided. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7846213 | Foot prosthesis with resilient multi-axial ankle The present foot prosthesis includes various structural features that provide the foot with advantageous rollover properties. In certain embodiments, the foot guides rollover toward the medial side. For example, an asymmetrical upper element and a correspondingly sh... | 12/07/2010 |
| D630725 | Canister | 01/11/2011 |
| 7852320 | Information processing apparatus According to one embodiment, an optical position detection IC outputs, in accordance with movement of an object on a detection area including a light-transmissive area which is disposed on a top surface of a housing. A control module controls a movement direction an... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839746 | Optical disc apparatus and light power correcting method An optical disc apparatus includes: an obtaining unit obtaining a sensitivity coefficient indicating a relation between a light power of a semiconductor laser and a monitor value; a first deriving unit deriving a first monitor value in setting the light power at a p... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830655 | Electronic device According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a chassis, a housing, a communication unit, and a holder. The chassis includes a conductive portion. The housing, in the chassis, has structure to hold a first storage device. The housing is configured to ho... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828776 | Chemical liquid injection system The present invention provides a chemical liquid injection system in which a chemical liquid injector can detect whether or not the injection of a liquid from a liquid syringe into a patient is inappropriate for a personal reason such as the development of a side ef... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7816236 | Selective deposition of silicon-containing films Chemical vapor deposition methods use trisilane and a halogen-containing etchant source (such as chlorine) to selectively deposit Si-containing films over selected regions of mixed substrates. Dopant sources may be intermixed with the trisilane and the etchant sourc... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810026 | Optimizing typographical content for transmission and display A method for optimizing a source document comprising a plurality of pages of content, comprising each of the following, is presented. A source document is obtained. An optimized document is created corresponding to the source document. Thereafter, for each page in t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7769685 | System for and method of risk minimization and enhanced returns in an intellectual capital based venture investment The invention relates to an investment risk minimization system involving a venture capital investor and a venture needing investment from the venture capital investor. In such a system, an exemplary method can include providing an investment to a venture having an ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760991 | Multimedia data reproducing apparatus A multimedia data reproducing apparatus includes: a multimedia data acquiring unit configured to acquire multimedia data, the multimedia data including sound data; a receiving unit configured to receive an external operating signal; a sound data processing unit conf... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7737981 | Information processing apparatus According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs) having different characteristics; a memory configured to store information on association between one of the plurality of GPUs and an applicati... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734077 | Method of assessing localized shape and temperature of the human body A method of objectively quantifying assessments of joints having arthritis for purposes of assessment, diagnosis and treatment. The objective measurements utilize known imaging modalities including 3D scanning, thermal imaging, visible and near-infrared imaging and ... | 06/08/2010 |
