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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183391 | Process for preparing dorzolamide A process for resolving dorzolamide trans racemate, which comprises reacting said racemate with (1S)-(+)-10-camphorsulfonic acid so obtaining the (4S,6S) enantiomer by selectively precipitating and recovering the camphorsulfonic acid salt thereof (dorzolamide campho... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182970 | Image forming method An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed. The method includes electrically charging a photoreceptor, imagewise exposing the photoreceptor so that a latent image is formed on the photoreceptor, supplying a lubricant on a surface of the photoreceptor, ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181763 | Window winder drive A window winder drive functions with a freewheeling coupling, which has an outer coupling part and an inner coupling part, which is concentric thereto, and comprises clamping bodies arranged between a clamping face of the outer coupling part and a clamping face of t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181622 | Engine and piston There is provided an engine in which sliding surfaces of a cylinder and a piston do not tend to seize and the ratio of a lubricating oil to a composite fuel can be reduced. There is also provided a piston that allows the lubricating oil to be intentionally supplied ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181607 | Animal training device and method of controlling the same Disclosed herein is an animal training device and method of controlling the same. The animal training device includes a transmitter and at least one receiver. The transmitter transmits RF signals according to manipulation of function switches, and has emergency stim... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178290 | Solid support The present invention provides a solid support for performing steps of isolation of cell or extraction and purification of nucleic acid, safely, easily, efficiently, and with high yield in the genetic test for investigating the presence of pathogenic bacterial infec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178267 | Electrophotographic toner A set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at least one pigment selected from the group c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178211 | Treatment of wood The invention is directed to the use of a specific class of compounds in the treatment of wood, to a method of treating wood, and to the wood obtained by said method. The black insoluble polymer which forms after oxidative polymerisation of this class of comp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178170 | Method for depositing inorganic/organic films The present invention describes a method for applying a hybrid coating to a substrate. A coating according to the invention is formed by an inorganic component and an organic component. As a result, this coating has the hybrid character whereby the advantages of int... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177604 | Surface abrading method of photosensitive layer of electrophotographic photoreceptor A surface abrading method of an electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, comprising abrading the surface of a photosensitive layer with an abrading member entrained about a backup roll with feeding the abrading member and rotating the photoreceptor, while mov... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177562 | Socket arrangement A socket arrangement having a housing, in particular a built-in housing, bearing at least one socket, preferably a plurality of sockets, the socket having an electrically conductive flange inserted into a housing opening, and a contact carrier which is inserted into... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177356 | Non-aqueous ink-jet ink and ink-jet recording method A non-aqueous ink-jet ink which has printability on non-absorbing recording media such as polyvinyl chloride (abrasion resistance and water resistance), is excellent in ejection stability and safety, is free from problems concerning odor, does not cause operational ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177054 | Method of conveying material A method for conveying material wherein a conveyor belt is guided over head drums so as to form a forward travelling and returning stretch. The conveyor belt is guided in such a way that the forward travelling and returning stretches intersect each other as seen in ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176886 | Camshaft adjusting device A camshaft adjusting device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The camshaft adjusting device has a stator which is driven via a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and a rotor which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the camsh... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176718 | Cable, combined cable made of plastic fibers and steel wire strands, and combined strands made of plastic fibers and steel wires A combined cable comprising a core cable of high-strength synthetic fibers, which take the form of a twisted bundle of monofilaments or a plurality of twisted bundles of monofilaments, and comprising an outer layer of steel wire strands, is characterized in that the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174728 | Image processing method and device An image processing method for forming a color conversion table to convert plural input colors into output colors, the method including the steps of: extracting color values of plural gray scales wherein in input and output characteristic data, a signal value of one... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173773 | fusion protein and uses thereof The present invention is related to a M. tuberculosis fusion protein, polynucleotide coding for said protein, and a vector and host cell that contain said polynucleotide. The present invention also involves the preparation of said fusion protein, and the use ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172970 | Method for the production of an upper shoe part The invention relates to a method for the production of at least one layer (1) of a shoe upper or of a part of a shoe upper, wherein a nonwoven fabric (2) made of thermoplastic elastomere (TPE) is used as the basic material for at least a section of th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172922 | Method and device for the continuous production of steel using metal charge material A method for the continuous production of steel using metal charge material that is preheated in an upper part of a melting vessel, is then melted in a lower part of the melting vessel with fossil fuels and the molten material is continuously discharged into a treat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172911 | Process for the treatment of phosphogypsum and in particular of phosphogypsum leachates The present invention describes a process for treating phosphogypsum and in particular the related leachate that comprises the steps of feeding a continuous leachate flow with a dry content of below 5% by weight into a concentration unit heated to a predetermined te... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172583 | Distributor arrangement for electrical lines, in particular signal lines A distributor arrangement for electrical lines, having a housing and a multiplicity of sockets, situated on the housing and each having a contact carrier that has two or more electrical contact elements and an angle encoding feature for inserting plugs in an orienta... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172199 | Valve control apparatus and flow rate controller A valve control apparatus including a stepping motor coupled to a valve and a motor control unit for controlling the stepping motor is provided. The motor control unit includes a motor control section for applying drive pulses to the pulse motor, a counting section ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172059 | Clutch system The clutch system relates to an automatic friction clutch with a hydrostatically actuator-controlled clutch withdrawal. In such clutch release systems, a slave cylinder pressurized by a master cylinder in an engaged state is in connection with a reservoir (tank) via... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170811 | Drive device comprising a drive shaft and a device for detecting torque A drive device, which has a drive shaft mounted in such a way as to rotate about an axis, two driving cranks which are connected to the drive shaft in an angularly rigid manner in relation to the axis in the peripheral direction, and an output element which is conne... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169547 | Processing of video image The present invention relates to a video image processor (1) that is configured to compare (7) a single frame included in the received video signal (3) with a preceding processed frame so as to detect changes. In order to enable the video being ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168605 | Polymeric oligonucleotide prodrugs Polymer conjugates containing nucleotides and/or oligonucleotides are disclosed. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168235 | Pharmaceutical composition comprising an extract of and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom having antiinflammatory, antiallergic and antiasthmatic activity The present invention relates to a composition comprising an extract of Pseudolysimachion genus plant, and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom having anti-inflammatory, antiallergic and anti-asthmatic activity. The extract of Pseudolysimachion ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168196 | -derived substance having anti-influenza virus activity and method for producing the same This invention is intended to discover a fraction having strong anti-influenza virus activity via Mφ activation in the Grifola frondosa extract or an active substance distributed therein to develop a simple and effective production method and to use such fra... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167812 | Device and method for detecting obstructive events In a method for detecting a physiological signal at least one ventilation parameter is measured. The device for detecting a physiological signal has at least one sensor for measuring a ventilation parameter and a control unit for the ventilation pressure. A device f... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167607 | Apparatus for blow molding containers, comprising transport elements with two gripper arms The apparatus serves for blow molding containers. Preforms of a thermoplastic material are heated in the region of a heating zone and subsequently transferred to a blow molding device. The blow molding device is provided with at least one blow molding station for tr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167492 | Lubricating device for a linear rolling bearing A lubricating device for a linear rolling bearing which has a guide rail and a carriage that is longitudinally moveable on the guide rail and supported on the guide rail by rolling bodies. The rolling bodies are guided in longitudinal grooves along the guide rail, a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167491 | Hydrostatic mounting A hydrostatic mounting of longitudinally displaceably arranged machine parts, which have pressure pockets for hydraulic fluid for building up a hydrostatic pressure between two machine parts, gaps connected to the pressure pockets and delimited by gap faces of the t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167018 | Device for separating labels stacked in a feeder A device for separating labels (4) or the like stacked in a feeder (2), includes a transport device (6) which draws the labels (4) individually from one end of a stack, and a cassette (1), which holds the extractable labels (4 | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166934 | Device for the combined locking and rotation angle limitation of a camshaft adjuster A locking and rotation angle device for locking and setting maximum rotational adjustability of a drive part fixed to the crankshaft and a driven part fixed to the camshaft of a camshaft adjuster. The driven part is pivotably adjusted to the drive part, which has a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166709 | Support of a solar tracker The invention relates to improvements in the support of a solar tracker, of the type comprising a structure (1) on which a solar panel (4) is arranged by means of horizontal articulations (3), a linear actuator (5) being included between ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163456 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus An image forming method and image forming apparatus based on the application thereof wherein comet-like deposits do not appear on the surface of the photoreceptor even after prolonged use of small-diameter toner, and there is no dropout or damage on the photorecepto... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163451 | Electrostatic latent image developing toner and method of image forming An electrostatic latent image developing toner comprising at least a resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the wax comprises 40 to 98% by mass of a first release agent comprising an ester wax and 2 to 60% by mass of a second release agent comprising a hydrocarbon hav... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162786 | Assembly means for a tensioning system The invention relates to a traction mechanism drive (1) of an internal combustion engine, which comprises an output member (2) and also a drive member (3) in which the associated belt pulleys (5, 7) are connected via a traction mechanism ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162298 | Method for vaporizing liquid material capable of vaporizing liquid material at low temperature and vaporizer using the same A vaporizer is provided with a vaporizing chamber heated by heaters; a primary filter positioned in a bottom end portion of the vaporizing chamber and heated by the heater; a liquid material supply portion for dropping down a flow-controlled liquid material from upp... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162117 | Torque transmission device A torque transmission device in the drive train of a motor vehicle for transmitting torque, which has a clutch, particularly a dual-clutch, and a support tube that extends in the axial direction towards a housing, essentially a gear mechanism housing, and is radiall... | 04/24/2012 |
