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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941616 | System to reduce interference in concurrent programs Locks are used to protect variables. All variables protected by a lock are allocated on a page associated with a lock. When a thread (called the owner) acquires the lock, a local copy of the memory page containing the variable is created, the original memory page is... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941325 | System and method of using a non-retail central filling facility to process pharmacy product prescriptions in a pharmacy retail network The claimed method and system implements an algorithm for routing electronic prescriptions to one of a pharmacy retail store or a non-retail central filling facility for physical preparation of pharmacy products corresponding to the electronic prescriptions. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939813 | E-beam exposure apparatus An e-beam exposure apparatus includes an electron gun provide an e-beam for exposure to a resist layer formed on a substrate; an e-beam column part inducing the path of the e-beam generated from the electron gun; and an electron collecting part disposed at the perip... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939418 | Partial implantation method for semiconductor manufacturing Disclosed herein is a partial implantation method for manufacturing semiconductor devices. The method involves implantation of dopant ions at different densities into a plurality of wafer regions, including first and second regions, defined in a wafer by means of a ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939299 | Nucleic acid amplification method Disclosed is a nucleic acid amplification method which is based on a new principle and enables to amplify a nucleic acid having a specific nucleotide sequence in a simple manner, within a short time and with efficiency. The nucleic acid amplification method comprise... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939266 | Treatment of transformed or infected biological cells The present invention relates to a therapeutic or/and diagnostic substance. Furthermore it relates to an expression vector, to a composition comprising the afore-mentioned substance or/and the afore-mentioned expression vector, a method for diagnosing a tumor diseas... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939226 | Binary mask, method for fabricating the binary mask, and method for fabricating fine pattern of semiconductor device using binary mask Provided are a binary mask, a method for fabricating the binary mask, and a method for fabricating a fine pattern of semiconductor device. In the method for fabricating the fine pattern, a binary mask including phase shift layer patterns is prepared on a transparent... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939138 | Grease resistant coatings, articles and methods Disclosed herein is an environmentally safe, grease resistant article comprising an absorbent substrate, a cross-linking agent, and a polymer; wherein the substrate is first coated with the cross-linking agent and is then coated with the polymer. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939119 | Protective cultures and their use in the preservation of foodstuffs The invention relates to novel protective cultures, containing lactic acid-producing bacteria for preserving foodstuffs or animal feed, which can only be conserved for a limited period of time, even under refrigeration. The protective cultures can inhibit the growth... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938663 | Coaxial connector piece In a coaxial plug-connector part with a cap nut, which is disposed rotatably and in an axial force-fit manner on the outer-conductor and which can be screw-connected, in order to generate the contact pressure between the outer-conductor butting contact surfaces of t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937911 | Method of preparing a blister card A method of preparing a blister card to contain medicaments in accordance with a predetermined prescription, comprises positioning a blister sheet blank having a plurality of blisters onto a support surface of a fixture. Each of the blisters are then at least partia... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637778 | Vacuum cleaner | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937164 | Multivariate detection of abnormal conditions in a process plant Methods and systems to detect abnormal operations in a process of a process plant include collecting on-line process data. The collected on-line process data is generated from a plurality of dependent and independent process variables of the process, such as a coker... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936990 | Method and node apparatus for traffic protection in optical transport network Disclosed is a method and node apparatus for traffic protection of Optical Transport Network (OTN), including: setting a part of channels in one fiber as working channels used for carrying traffic in need of protection, and setting a part of channels in the other fi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936895 | Earphone storage structure The present invention provides an earphone storage structure comprising a necklace, two fasteners formed in the two ends of the necklace respectively and a stopper formed in the necklace. The size of the fasteners is less than the size of the stopper and the size of... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934359 | Blank for producing a rigid package for tobacco articles A blank for producing a package of tobacco articles; the package of tobacco articles has a group of tobacco articles wrapped in a tubular inner sheet of packing material closed axially by two end folds, and an outer package, which is formed by folding the blank, sur... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933149 | Non-volatile memory device A non-volatile memory device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate having isolation layers in an isolation region, a tunnel insulating layer formed between the isolation layers, and ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932998 | Exposure apparatus having the same ID bias An exposure apparatus includes an exposure light source generating light to be emitted to photomask, a projection lens for projecting the light having passed through the photomask to wafer, and a transmittance adjustment filter in projection lens the transmittance a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932554 | Semiconductor device having a modified recess channel gate and a method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device having a modified recess channel gate includes active regions defined by a device isolation layer and arranged at regular intervals on a semiconductor substrate, each active region extending in a major axis and a minor axis direction, a trench... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932267 | Use of α-glucosidase inhibitors to treat alphavirus infections The present invention provides methods for treating a flavivirus infection, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, in an individual suffering from a flavivirus infection. In some embodiments, the methods involve administering to an individual in need thereof a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932226 | NFκB transcriptional activity inhibitory agent and anti-inflammatory agent and a steroid action enhancing agent It is intended to surely and effectively inhibit the transcriptional activity of NFκB and to obtain a more effective anti-inflammatory effect. Further, it is intended to obtain an equivalent effect even if the amount used of a steroid agent is reduced. An ag... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932159 | Flash memory device and method of fabricating the same The present invention relates to flash memory devices and a method of fabricating the same. In an aspect of the present invention, the flash memory device includes trenches formed in a semiconductor substrate and having a step at their lower portion, a tunnel insula... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932001 | Method of fabricating halftone phase shift mask A method of fabricating a halftone phase shift mask, comprising: forming a structure by sequentially stacking a light blocking layer pattern defining a side surface and a phase shift layer pattern over a light transmitting substrate; and treating the structure with ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931705 | Method of lighting a fire from a charcoal-containing fuel package A combustible charcoal fuel package is disclosed which includes an outer wrapper, preferably formed from burlap or other similar woven material that encloses large pieces of charcoal material, medium pieces of charcoal material and smaller pieces of charcoal materia... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931631 | Peelable and flushable ostomy pouch and method of use An ostomy appliance having a face plate assembly and inner and outer pouches joined thereto, has its outer pouch provided with one or more peripherally-extending sealing seams that allow the walls of the outer pouch to be separated by peeling forces applied in direc... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931139 | Pasteurizer with conveyor belt A pasteurizer with a conveyor belt for transporting the goods to be pasteurized, the conveyor belt having an endless structure 39 comprising several metal bodies 13, 22, and several plastic pieces 30 forming the conveyor surface 38 being ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636954 | Vacuum cleaner | 04/26/2011 |
| D636610 | Wireless screen in leather | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930169 | Methods and systems for generating natural language descriptions from data The invention is directed to a natural language generation (NLG) software system that generates rich, content-sensitive human language descriptions based on unparsed raw domain-specific data. In one embodiment, the NLG software system may include a data parser/norma... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930136 | Simplified algorithm for abnormal situation prevention in load following applications Systems and methods are provided for detecting abnormal conditions and preventing abnormal situations from occurring in controlled processes. Statistical signatures of a monitored variable are modeled as a function of the statistical signatures of a load variable. T... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930045 | Two-stage model predictive control technique A two-stage model predictive control (MPC) controller uses a process model and two separate MPC control modules, including a feedforward MPC control module and a feedback MPC control module, to determine a set of control signals for use in controlling a process. The... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928061 | Methods of using VEGF-D polypeptides Disclosed herein are various uses for VEGF-D polypeptides. Exemplary uses include methods of stimulating endothelial cell proliferation, methods of stimulating vascular permeability, methods of stimulating angiogenesis and methods of activating VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3 u... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927962 | Semiconductor device having buried insulation films and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device manufactured by the method, the method comprising: (a) forming a buffer layer on a semiconductor substrate; (b) patterning the buffer layer in a first direction to form buffer layer patterns... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927961 | Selective etching method and method for forming an isolation structure of a memory device A disclosed selective etching method comprises mixing a polymer with carbon nanotubes, applying the mixture to an etching target layer to form a carbon nanotube-polymer composite layer, forming a hard mask by patterning the carbon nanotube-polymer composite layer, s... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927945 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device having 4F2 transistor Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a 4F2 transistor. In the method, a gate stack is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first interlayer dielectric including a contact hole which includes a first region and second regions Spacer ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927785 | Methods for in vitro expansion of hematopoietic stem cells The invention relates to methods of obtaining compositions for generating multipotent hematopoietic stem progenitor cells comprising expansion of hematopoietic stem cells in the presence of HDACI and IDM. Methods of obtaining compositions enriched in hematopoietic m... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927636 | Hydroxycitric acid compositions, pharmaceutical and dietary supplements and food products made therefrom, and methods for their use in reducing body weight Hydroxycitric acid compositions which comprise approximately 14 to 26% by weight of calcium, and approximately 24 to 40% by weight of potassium or approximately 14 to 24% by weight of sodium, or a mixture thereof, each calculated as a percentage of the total hydroxy... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927530 | Eccentric polyester-polyethylene-bicomponent fibre A method for producing a skin/core type eccentric biocomponent fiber which is soft to touch and has improved latent crimp. An eccentric skin/core fiber which has a skin portion in relation to the cross-section of the fiber of 35%-70% is produced by melt spinning pol... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927288 | In situ tissue analysis device and method A sensor is mounted to a biopsy needle at a location proximate to a tip of the needle. The sensor senses properties of tissue in contact with the sensor and proximate to the tip. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926784 | Control valve trim and seal A fluid control device comprises a valve body, a valve plug, a valve cage, and a sealing ring. At least a portion of the sealing ring is disposed within a gap between the valve plug and the valve cage to provide a seal therebetween when the valve plug is in the clos... | 04/19/2011 |
