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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6143027 | Polymeric intraocular lens material having improved surface properties and intraocular lens construction An intraocular lens is described that includes an optic portion formed of an optically suitable polymer or glass material that has been coated by a fluorocarbon polymer. A haptic portion of the IOL is attached to the optic. The resulting low-energy IOL su... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6131887 | Mounting A mounting (1), which is used to attach one end of a shower rail (2) or similar long object to a wall, consists of an attachment part (3) which can be screwed to the wall. The attachment part (3) has a first toothed portion (8), the teeth of which run par... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6125628 | Engine startup air-fuel ratio controller In a water-cooled engine comprising a catalyst for purifying exhaust in an exhaust pipe, a catalyst is rendered active at an early stage by arranging an air-fuel ratio of a fuel mixture supplied to the engine to be lean on startup. A catalyst activation w... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6110665 | Sarcocystis neuronadiagnostic primer and its use in methods of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis diagnosis An amplification primer and probe which can be used in an in vitro diagnostic test for the presence of S. neurona in equine blood or cerebrospinal fluid. Sarcocystis neurona is responsible for the equine condition of protozoal myelitis. The amplification ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6087727 | Misfet semiconductor device having different vertical levels An object is to provide a structure of a semiconductor device which allows higher degree of integration both in vertical and horizontal directions, and to provide manufacturing method therefor. The semiconductor device includes source.drain electrodes con... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6046476 | SOI input protection circuit In an input protection circuit having an SOI structure for protecting a MOSFET against breaking caused by a high voltage such as static electricity, a trench is provided in an SOI substrate to vertically pass through a silicon layer and a buried oxide fil... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6033120 | Compound bearing assembly for swing arm of hand disc drive A compound bearing assembly for a swing arm of a hard disc drive is disclosed, which comprises a stepped shaft 1 having a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion 1b, the large-diameter portion 1a having an inner raceway groove 2a directly form... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6006491 | Equipment receiving continuously and individually delivered objects and arranging these objects in sets The invention concerns equipment receiving continuously and individually delivered objects and arranging these objects into sets for discharge to a packaging station. Two conveyor chains (3, 4) fitted with compartments to receive the objects are mounted t... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5962463 | Methods of stimulating non-amyloidogenic processing of the amyloid precursor protein Stimulating non-amyloidogenic processing by the activation of cell surface serotonin receptors linked to phospholipase and protein kinase C is described. Activation of the cell surface serotonin receptors is accomplished by contacting the cell with an age... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5916773 | Recombinant production of fusion proteins comprising erythropoietin and GM-CSF components It is described a hybrid molecule of formula GM-CSF-L-EPO or EPO-L-GM-CSF useful for the stimulation of hematopoiesis, comprising GM-CSF and EPO molecules fused together by means of a linker L having a variable length of amino acids, GM-CSF and EPO molecu... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5908532 | Method of converting chlorine dioxide present in a gaseous stream from a pulp bleach plant by irradiation to chlorine A method for destroying chlorine dioxide includes irradiating the chlorine dioxide to effect conversion to chlorine and then reacting at least part of the resulting chlorine to form chloride.... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5892590 | Corrected data generator for image taking device A corrected data generator for an image taking device includes a training plate having a reference pattern. A memory stores predetermined image information corresponding to the reference pattern on the training plate. A photoelectric section converts a li... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5881038 | Method and apparatus for preventing illegal copy or illegal installation of information of optical recording medium A recording and reproducing system for performing the reproduction using an optical recording medium. A physical feature of a ROM type disk is extracted and enciphered before being recorded in an optical disk. The cipher reproduced and converted into a pl... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880703 | Apparatus for displaying individual television programs or the like In an apparatus which previously displays a television program or the like most desired for each person on an individual timetable, or enables the family to look at the TV channel number displayed on the timetable, it provides means for storing data of th... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5873380 | Wafer cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus is provided which removes contaminants sticking onto a wafer without damaging a device. The cleaning apparatus includes liquid supply means 23 for supplying a liquid not reactive to material constituting a wafer 1, and droplet forming... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5869304 | Technique for specifying the fatty acid at the sn2 position of acylglycerol lipids A method for specifying a fatty acid at the sn2 position of acylglycerol lipids including (a) transfecting a vector including the SLC1 gene or a variant thereof into embryonic biological material, and (b) allowing the SLC1 gene to specify the type of fatt... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5861302 | Taxol production by a microbe Taxol is produced from taxol-producing micro-organisms. Methods of obtain the taxol-producing microorganisms are described. Radioactive labelled taxol products and methods for use of the radioactive labelled taxol and for the treatment of leukemia and ca... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5858315 | Process for the extraction of zinc from sulphide concentrates A portion of the concentrates is roasted and a portion of the resulting calcine is subjected to a neutral leaching step. Another portion of the concentrates is directly leached in an acidic medium in the presence of oxygen and under atmospheric conditions... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5858151 | Process for manufacturing a sheet member forming a part of disposable garment A web intended to be used as a topsheet or a backsheet defining front and rear sections and a crotch section extending therebetween in a disposable garment is continuously fed in its longitudinal direction, and a width of the web is divided in two halves ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5854442 | Gas generator compositions A composition for generating a non-toxic, non-flammable, odorless gas is disclosed wherein the propellant of said composition is a mixture of about 30% by weight to about 45% by weight KClO4 with about 55% by weight to 706 by weight of guanidin... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5854925 | Automatic bug locator for automatically locating bugs through interaction with an operator A program is rerun up to an abnormal point. In this situation, a control flow at a division point between a normal point and the abnormal point is derived while a variable influencing the error and the value of the variable at the division point are deriv... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5850752 | Security case A security device includes a case with a lid to receive merchandise and a locking mechanism for latching the case closed. The locking mechanism has a housing with parallel flanges to overlie a portion of the lid and another surface of the case, preventing... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5850090 | Dynamic semiconductor memory device on SOI substrate In a dynamic semiconductor memory device including a thin film SOI/MOSFET having a semiconductor layer on an insulator as an active region, an "L" level potential of a memory cell transistor, which connects/disconnects a capacitor for storing data as elec... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5850053 | Eutectic mixtures of ammonium nitrate, guanidine nitrate and potassium perchlorate A eutectic solution of ammonium nitrate and either aminoguanidine nitrate (AGN) or guanidine nitrate (AN) in the form of a pressed pellet is used to generate a low particulate non-toxic, odorless and colorless gas that is useful wherever an immediate sour... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5847656 | Electronic combination lock with high security features An electronic combination lock includes a combination lock having a dial with no markings thereon. Rotation of the dial drives a generator which produces electrical pulses. The voltage pulses serves as a power source for the electronics of the lock. The l... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5848004 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a DRAM, an SRAM and a bi-direction transfer gate circuit provided between SRAM and DRAM. SRAM array includes a plurality of sets of word lines. Each set is provided in each row of SRAM array and each word line in eac... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5848221 | Recording and reproduction of video signal A video signal recording apparatus includes a first device for processing a first time segment of a video signal in response to a second time segment of the video signal. The first time segment relates to a first frame or field while the second time segme... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5846262 | Disposable diaper A disposable diaper has a pair of hooked fastener components to detachably connect front and rear waist regions of the diaper. The hooked fastener components are bonded to transversely opposite sides, respectively, of the diaper rear waist region and are ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5847432 | Semiconductor device and production method therefor A semiconductor device to which two kinds of electric voltage can be supplied comprises: a first MOS transistor formed in the first well having a first conduction type and being fixed to a first electric potential, a second MOS transistor formed in a seco... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5843371 | Lead-free soldering material having superior solderability A lead-free soldering material for soldering wires of electronic parts is disclosed. The lead-free soldering material is composed of in weight %: 3-4% of Ag, 2-5% of In, 6-14% of Bi and a balance of Sn, and the soldering material shows a superior solderab... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5842808 | Golf training clubs A spring-loaded hinge for a training golf club comprises first and second hinge members (10, 20) pivoted to each other by a transverse pivot pin (30). Member (10) has a tongue (13) terminating in a generally circular arc (14) having a depression (15) ther... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5843657 | Isolation of cellular material under microscopic visualization A method of microdissection which involves: forming an image field of cells of the tissue sample utilizing a microscope, identifying at least one zone of cells of interest from the image field of cells which at least one zone of cells of interest includes... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5839389 | Feeder for pig-raising A feeder for pig-raising which can discharge a fixed quantity of food in a good condition at all time, which can adjust a discharge quantity of food relatively simply, and which can feed efficiently at all time in consideration of a habit of pigs. A suspe... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5841485 | Video signal processing and processor taking ratio of intermediate filtered signals A signal processor for extracting chrominance information from a composite video signal has transversal filters developing first and second signals (A and B). A look-up table generates a control signal (C) which is a non-linear function of the ratio A/B a... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5840262 | Process for the manufacture of pure lead oxide from exhausted batteries The present invention relates to an improved process for producing lead oxide in a pure state from a spent paste resulting from exhausted acid batteries. The spent paste is first calcined and desulfurized, then leached by a concentrated solution comprisin... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839782 | Torsion-bar equipped vibration absorbing-seat device A seat device has a cushion frame mounted on a floor; a support member for supporting a seat pad; and a torsion bar including a torque bar section and an arm section, for elastically supporting the support member on cushion frame. An arm supporting bracke... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5841961 | Semiconductor memory device including a tag memory In repairing a defective memory cell of a data memory placed in a data memory region, a repairing circuit which employs a repairing method causing some access penalty but having high repairing efficiency is located in a redundant row region and a redundan... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5838682 | Method and apparatus for establishing communications with a remote node on a switched network based on hypertext dialing information received from a packet network An Internet type access system includes an autodialer for automatically establishing communications with a merchant's facility over a switch network while maintaining Internet connectivity over a packet data network. The autodialer, in combination with th... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5837685 | Peptides from Pseudomonas syringae possessing broad-spectrum antibiotic activity Peptide antimycotics, termed pseudomycins, display broad spectrum antibiotic activity, and in particular are highly effective, non-toxic antibiotics against fungal pathogens of human and animal disease. The peptide antimycotics (pseudomycins) may be used ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5837606 | Semiconductor device having internal wire and method of fabricating the same In order to obtain a semiconductor device having an internal wire of low resistance, a conductive layer whose surface is silicified is provided in a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A conductor whose surface is silicified is provided on the semicondu... | 11/17/1998 |
