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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6310436 | Cold cathode fluorescent lamp and display A light transmitting container is used to house a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) to reduce heat loss and to increase the luminous efficiency of the lamp. An electrical connector configuration is connected to an electrode of the lamp and adapted to b... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6211612 | Cold cathode fluorescent display A monochromic, multi-color and full-color cold cathode fluorescent display (CFD), comprises of some shaped white or multi-color or red, green blue color cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL), reflector, base plate, temperature control means, luminance and... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6184772 | Chip thermistors A chip thermistor has a pair of outer electrodes opposite each other with a specified distance in between on one of the surfaces of a thermistor element and an inner electrode extending inside the thermistor element so as to overlap these outer electrodes... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184984 | System for measuring polarimetric spectrum and other properties of a sample A polarized sample beam of broadband radiation is focused onto the surface of a sample and the radiation modified by the sample is collected by means of a mirror system in different planes of incidence. The sample beam focused to the sample has a multitud... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6176921 | Cement dispersants and method of producing concrete by using same A cement dispersant composed of water-soluble vinyl copolymers which include specified kinds of constituent units at specified ratios and of which the weight average molecular weight pullulan converted by GPC method is 15000-150000 and the ratio of weight... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177991 | Measuring device with automatic sample changer A measuring device such as a spectrometer uses an automatic sample changer for carrying a plurality of samples. The automatic sample changer may include a rotary circular disk rotatable around its central shaft by a stepping motor for changing positions o... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6174695 | Epoxide hydrolase inhibitor methods The present invention provides methods of treating inflammatory diseases mediated by poly-unsaturated lipid metabolites by inhibiting epoxide hydrolase, methods for assaying or screening the epoxide hydrolase inhibitors for inhibitory specificity and for ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6172592 | Thermistor with comb-shaped electrodes A chip-type thermistor has a pair of electrically conductive planar comb-shaped surface electrodes facing each other on one of principal surfaces of a thermistor block, and an insulating layer covers these surface electrodes. A pair of outer electrodes ar... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172817 | Graded index lens for fiber optic applications and technique of fabrication A non-phase separable glass material for fabricating a GRIN lens comprises 5-20 mole % boron oxide and ratio R of network modifiers in mole % to the network former boron oxide in mole % is in the range of about 1-1.5. The melted preform of such glass mate... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6170267 | Sample cooling apparatus and methods A sample cooler has a thermostatic chamber containing a heat-conducting block on which vessels containing liquid samples are set. A control unit activates a cooling mechanism of the air cooling type to cool the air inside the thermostatic chamber. Thereaf... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6169820 | Data compression process and system for compressing data The present invention relates to processes for compressing data and to corresponding systems. The data to be compressed may here be analog or digital speech and image data, or may be any data provided by computers.... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6162430 | Insect control with multiple toxins A method is provided that accelerates the rate of kill of pests such as from the order Lepidoptera. The method comprises treating the pests or their loci with at least two different insect toxins which are expressed from at least one recombinant microbe. ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6163246 | Chip-type electronic device A chip-type electronic device has a sintered ceramic body formed by integrally sintering a plurality of ceramic layers, inner electrodes including first electrodes, second electrodes and a third electrode formed inside this sintered ceramic body and outer... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6154610 | Housing and control unit for underwater camera An underwater camera housing for enclosing a camera for use with a flash unit has a cable connector to which a signal-transmitting cable extending to the flash unit is attached and a link switch is provided on its outer surface by which the transmission o... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6150415 | Epoxide hydrolase complexes and methods therewith Biologically stable inhibitors of soluble epoxide hydrolases are provided. The inhibitors can be used, for example, to selectively inhibit epoxide hydrolase in therapeutic applications such as treating inflammation, for use in affinity separations of the ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6151166 | Color separation element and image display device using same A color image display device has a light source which emits an approximately parallel beam of light, a color separation element for separating this parallel beam into beams of light of different colors, a liquid crystal display panel having picture elemen... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147467 | Dynamic compensator for use in servo loop for optical pickup head A servo loop, including a dynamic compensator, for use in an optical disk player is provided. The optical disk player reproduces data over the optical disk. The pickup head reads data on a data track of the optical disk and generates a feedback signal. Th... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6147330 | PTC thermistor elements and heating devices incorporating same A PTC thermistor element for a heating device has a main body of a layered structure having a thinner layer and a thicker layer, sandwiched between electrodes formed on the main outer surfaces facing away from each other. The thinner layer has a thickness... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6141975 | Sample cooler A sample cooler includes a cooling device such as a Peltier device and a rack for supporting vessels containing liquid samples. The rack is made of both a heat conducting material which is in a heat-communicating relationship with the side walls of the ve... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6143038 | Agents for and methods of processing synthetic fibers An agent containing a polyether compound, a straight-chain polyether modified polyorganosiloxane of a specified kind and an ionic surfactant at specified ratios are applied at a specified rate to synthetic fibers subjected to a heat treatment such as fals... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6140440 | Cement dispersants Cement dispersants which contain two specified kinds of water-soluble vinyl copolymers mixed at a specified ratio can produce cement compositions such as concrete with water/cement ratio of 20-40 weight % with a reduced slump loss and provide a high early... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6140368 | Naphthols useful in antiviral methods The present invention relates to a novel class of compounds that are potent inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase and HIV integrase. In addition to being multienzyme inhibitors, the inventive compounds of the present invention are remarkable in at least... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6136187 | Separation column containing porous matrix and method of packing column A mixture of chromatographic particles and a solution of water, alcohol and metal alkoxide may be injected by means of a syringe into a capillary column as a gel. The volatile components in the gel are evaporated by means of heating and gas pressure reduc... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134943 | Electron capture detector for gas chromatograph An electron capture detector has a detection cell containing an electrode and a radioactive isotope for ionizing a carrier gas and causing electrons to be emitted. Before the detection cell begins to be contaminated, a pulse voltage is applied to the elec... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137071 | Multiple-width keyswitch capable of inhibiting noise thereof induced during operation An improved multiple-width keyswitch capable of inhibiting noise thereof induced during operation is provided. The multiple-width keyswitch includes a keycap and a substrate. During operation, the keycap moves vertically relative to the substrate. The key... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134503 | Data processing unit for and method of chromatography For identifying components in a chromatographically analyzed sample, a chromatogram is produced and identification tables corresponding to presences and absences of specified components are preliminarily stored. Peaks corresponding to the specified compon... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133863 | Multiple reference voltages generator A multiple reference voltages generation apparatus, which generates multiple reference voltages to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), is provided. The apparatus includes a resistor-string and a control device. The resistor-string has a first terminal a... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133821 | PTC thermistor with improved flash pressure resistance A PTC thermistor has a disk-shaped main body with electrodes on its main surfaces which are facing mutually away from each other such that, during an initial period after a potential difference is applied between these electrodes, the side surface of the ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133538 | Keyswitch with rubber dome disposed within housing provided by the plunger A push button switch is provided to include a key cap, a baseplate, a switch element, an internal arm element, an external arm element and an elastic element. The switch element is disposed on the baseplate and made selectively electrically conductive in ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131367 | Packaging machine with improved former unit attachment A form-fill-seal packaging machine has not only the basic elements such as devices for transporting a film and longitudinally and transversely sealing it but also a former and a chute formed integrally together as a former unit which is made detachably at... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131366 | Packaging machine with mechanisms for positioning its former A packaging machine has a roll supporting device with a support shaft rotatably supporting a film roll which extends in an axial direction, an elongated bag-forming film being wrapped around the film roll, a bag forming device which pulls out the film fro... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133232 | Endoderm, cardiac and neural inducing factors Two novel proteins have been designated "cerberus" and "frzb-1," respectively. Cerberus is expressed as a secreted peptide during embryogenesis of the Xenopus embryo, and is expressed specifically in the head organizer region. This new molecule has endode... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6130571 | Semiconductor device with fine-adjustable resistance A semiconductor device includes a plurality of resistors connected in series, each resistor associated with a fuse and a switching device such that the fuse can be selectively connected in parallel with it or to a line through which a current can be suppl... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6128926 | Graded index lens for fiber optic applications and technique of fabrication A non-phase separable glass material for fabricating a GRIN lens comprises 5-20 mole % boron oxide and ratio R of network modifiers in mole % to the network former boron oxide in mole % is in the range of about 1-1.5. The melted preform of such glass mate... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6130337 | Enantiomerically enriched ,-distributed amino acids and method Compositions and methods for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched ,-disubstituted amino acid precursors are presented. Briefly, allylic electrophiles are alkylated with oxazolones in the presence of a base and catalytic quantities of... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127690 | Ultraviolet and visible light absorbance detector An ultraviolet and visible light absorbance detector uses a flow cell having a sample cell opening and a reference opening formed therethrough extending parallel to each other. The reference opening has a cross-sectional shape which is elongated in a dire... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6126515 | Liquid slurry containing polyhedral monocrystalline alumina A liquid slurry containing spherical abrading particles of polyhedral monocrystalline alumina is supplied onto the target surface of a magnetic hard disk substrate to be textured while a polishing tape is pressed onto the target surface and the disk subst... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6120772 | Oral drugs for treating AIDS patients Oral drugs for treating AIDS patients contain water-soluble mixed components contained in cultured mycelia or a culture filtrate solution of Himematsutake (Agaricus blazei).... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6112531 | Superconducting system A superconducting system having a coil or cable in the form of strands at superconducting temperature is connected to a power supply at room temperature. The connection is by means of a stranded current lead substantially under regular conducting conditio... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112242 | System and method for dynamic data interaction in a hypertext data processing system A composite Web page is made up of a plurality of subpages. It allows a user to input data to a Web server in one subpage while interactively displaying a response from the server of the input on another subpage. When an input is made, an URL is also sent... | 08/29/2000 |
