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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942125 | Intake and exhaust system of internal combustion engine An exhaust system of the internal combustion engine is provided, which includes an exhaust manifold mounted in a multiple cylinder engine of the internal combustion engine and configured to expel air burned in the cylinder when an exhaust valve is opened, a pluralit... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7539920 | LDPC decoding apparatus and method with low computational complexity algorithm Provided are an LDPC decoding apparatus and method using a sequential decoding algorithm having a partial group, capable of reducing the number of an iterative decoding by more than half without degrading the performance and increasing an amount of computation. The ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538837 | Color filter and method for manufacturing the same A color filter having no light leakage when incorporated into a liquid crystal display, and also, those in which pseudo-defects are scarcely detected in the color filter defect inspection is provided. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the same. The color f... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538410 | Fuse structure window The present invention provides a fuse structure. The fuse structure comprises a substrate, a plurality of conductive layers, a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive plugs. The novel fuse structure includes a plurality of fuse units, and a new ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537810 | Curable resin composition, photosensitive pattern-forming curable resin composition, color filter, substrate for liquid crystalline panel, and liquid crystalline panel There are provided: a curable resin composition having a high exposure sensitivity and a good developing property, and thereby capable of forming an accurate and precise pattern; a liquid crystal panel substrate on which a protective film for covering a color layer ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537274 | Operator cab for heavy equipment An operator cab for heavy equipment is disclosed to prevent a sliding door mounted on the cab from rocking or rattling in X, Y, and Z-axis directions due to a shock or vibration applied to the cab in a state that the sliding door is fully opened or closed. The opera... | 05/26/2009 |
| D592831 | Article of clothing | 05/26/2009 |
| 7535924 | Address resolution protocol (ARP) processing method for Ethernet matching An address resolution protocol (ARP) processing method for Ethernet matching is provided in which a message authentication code (MAC) request message including IP information is received from another application module and provides a MAC corresponding to the MAC req... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535534 | FFS mode liquid crystal display An FFS (Fringe Field Switching) mode liquid crystal display comprises a lower substrate and an upper substrate and a gate line formed on the lower substrate. A data line crosses perpendicular to the gate line. A first ITO electrode is formed in a region defined by t... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534557 | Production method for electroluminescent element The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an EL element, capable of preferably carrying out the peeling operation at the time of peeling off an unnecessary layer such as a photoresist layer. This object is achieved by providing a method for manufactu... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534302 | Method of cleaning flexible substrate Provided is a method of cleaning a flexible substrate. The method includes the steps of: preparing a flexible substrate and detaching an impurity adhered to both surfaces of the flexible substrate using rotating first rollers disposed on the both surfaces of the fle... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534208 | Device for the measurement of glucose concentrations The device of the present invention comprises a ring (1) of a ferrite material and two coils (4, 5) wound around it. A alternating current is fed to one of the coils (4). This current gives rise to an alternating magnetic field within and along ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7502319 | Ethernet packet transmission apparatus and method The Ethernet packet transmission apparatus includes: a packet transceiving unit for transceiving an Ethernet packet through a plurality of Ethernet ports; a MAC header processing unit for receiving the Ethernet packet and reading header information; a packet process... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502199 | Media cartridge autoloader A media cartridge autoloader is disclosed which includes a main module including a media cartridge picker that pulls in a media cartridge via a mail slot and ejects the media cartridge via the mail slot. A media drive selectively receives the media cartridge. First ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501893 | Variable gain amplifier circuit A variable gain amplifier circuit capable of eliminating circuit elements and the area for circuits when formed into an integrated circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes plural differential circuits, one of the input terminals of each of the differential circuit... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501796 | Semiconductor device having positive side of power supply voltage set A semiconductor device having a positive side of a power supply voltage set as a common potential is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a power supply circuit that generates a power supply having a negative potential side set to a predetermined voltage bas... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501687 | Method of forming isolation structure of semiconductor device for preventing excessive loss during recess gate formation An isolation structure of a semiconductor device is formed by forming a hard mask layer on a semiconductor substrate having active and field regions to expose the field region. A trench is defined by etching the exposed field region of the semiconductor substrate us... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501392 | Method of treatment of viral hepatitis C with interferon alpha 5 The invention relates to the use of interferon alpha 5 in the treatment of viral hepatopathies. The invention describes the reduced synthesis of IFNα5 in the livers of patients with hepatitis C in comparison to healthy livers. The sub-type of IFN expressed in said ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501055 | Ozone on-line injection, reuse, and destruction system The invention relates to an ozone on-line injection, reuse and destruction system, which draws liquid to be mixed with ozone through a pump. The system mainly comprises a gas-liquid separation device and an ozone destruction device. When mixed with the drawn liquid,... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500156 | Method and apparatus for verifying multi-channel data A multi-channel data verifying apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a receiver receiving N data channels and a deskew channel generated by sequentially extracting a predetermined data bit from the each of N data channels, and a deskew channel er... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499585 | Apparatus and method for describing 3-dimensional image data and apparatus and method for retrieving 3-dimensional image data Provided is an apparatus and method for describing three-dimensional, image data, an apparatus and method for retrieving three-dimensional image data, and a computer-readable recording media for recording the programs. An object of the present invention is to provid... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499421 | Apparatus and method for resource allocation in MF-TDMA broadband satellite system Provided is a resource allocation apparatus and method in a multi frequency-time division multiple access (MF-TDMA) broadband satellite system, which can employ timeslots in a return link with a maximum throughput promptly, by dividing a timeslot assignment problem ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499367 | Semiconductor memory device having stacked bank structure A semiconductor memory has a stacked bank structure and includes a data input/output pad; a global input/output line connected to the data input/output pad; and a plurality of banks connected to the global input/output line. Each bank is stacked on another one of th... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499343 | Data alignment circuit and alignment method for semiconductor memory device Data externally inputted in series are output aligned in parallel for a prefetch operation by a data alignment circuit. In the prefetch operation, sequential odd numbered data are latched in response to a rising data strobe signal and sequential even numbered data a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499241 | Media cartridge autoloader A media cartridge autoloader is disclosed. A rotary arm that operates a cartridge transporter is rotated in one direction to reach a reference position. With reference to the reference position, the rotary arm is rotated through a predetermined angle in the opposite... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499240 | Media cartridge autoloader There is disclosed a media cartridge autoloader. The media cartridge autoloader includes at least one mail slot through which a media cartridge is inserted and ejected, at least one media drive into which the media cartridge is loaded, at least one media cartridge s... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499135 | Liquid crystal display A method of controlling the alignment of a ferroelectric liquid crystal without the need of an alignment process, such as a rubbing process and a photo alignment process, in a liquid crystal display using a ferroelectric liquid crystal. The method uses a columnar al... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499076 | Make-up counseling apparatus The present invention is composed of a computer positioned at a basal portion of an apparatus for conducting image processing and counseling processing; a first image display means for displaying a computer-processed image to a subject, mounted upright in the comput... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498644 | Prevention of tampering in electronic devices Circuitry for protection of an integrated circuit (20) which includes operational-circuits (24) formed on a chip (21). The circuitry includes a plurality of detectors (26), integrally formed on the chip as part of the integrated circuit a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498259 | Through electrode and method for forming the same A method for forming a through electrode is disclosed. The through electrode integrally comprises a columnar electrode filling a through hole, a lower end electrode pad formed on a lower end side of a columnar electrode and having an area wider than the cross sectio... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498246 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a stepped gate structure Disclosed herein are a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which can prevent a stepped gate from leaning and increase the channel length of the device, thus contributing to an increase in the degree of integration of the device, as well as a semiconducto... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7486861 | Fiber optical illumination system A fiber optical illumination delivery system, which is effective in reducing the effects of source coherence. The system preferably utilizes either a single bundle of optical fibers, or serial bundles of optical fibers. In the single bundle embodiment, the differenc... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486352 | Color filter with retardation layer and liquid crystal display The main object of the present invention is to provide a colour filter with a retardation layer, capable of minimizing light leakage even in the case the visual angle is large in the black display state, for a liquid crystal display. The present invention achieves t... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486156 | Millimeter-wave band broadband microstrip-waveguide transition apparatus having a main patch and a parasitic patch on different dielectric substrates Provided is a broadband microstrip-waveguide transition apparatus operating in a millimeter waveband. The millimeter-wave band broadband microstrip-waveguide transition apparatus includes a slot for transferring an electromagnetic signal propagating along a microstr... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7461625 | Lubricant recovering apparatus for heavy construction equipment A lubricant recovering apparatus is disclosed, which can process lubricant collected in a drain pipeline due to an oil slobbering phenomenon occurring in a diesel engine. The lubricant recovering apparatus includes a tail pipe connected to an engine of the heavy con... | 12/09/2008 |
| D582623 | Adjustable saddle floor jack | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462508 | Stack type semiconductor package module utilizing solder coated stacking protrusions and method for manufacturing the same The stack type semiconductor package module includes a lower semiconductor package having a main substrate, a chip mounted on the main substrate and electrically connected to the main substrate through a wire. An epoxy molding compound (EMC) is provided on the main ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463447 | Magnetic thin film sensor based on the extraordinary Hall effect A magnetic field sensor, including an insulating substrate and a conductive thin film deposited on the substrate. The thin film consists of a material having an extraordinary Hall coefficient, the thin film also has a resistivity and a film thickness no greater. tha... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464010 | User interface design and evaluation system and hand interaction based user interface design and evaluation system A user interface design and evaluation system and a hand-interaction-based user interface design and evaluation system are provided. The user interface design and evaluation system includes: a user interface design unit, a human model interaction design unit, a user... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463519 | MIS-transistor-based nonvolatile memory device for authentication A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a data input buffer configured to receive data from outside the device, a nonvolatile memory cell including two MIS transistors to store first data received by the data input buffer by creating an irreversible chang... | 12/09/2008 |
