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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D569869 | Portion of a computer screen with a computer-generated image | 05/27/2008 |
| D562346 | Portable DVD, CD, and MP3 player | 02/19/2008 |
| D561736 | Headphones with a detachable headband | 02/12/2008 |
| D561176 | Portable speakers | 02/05/2008 |
| 7283705 | Planar focusing grating coupler Provided is a planar focusing grating coupler, comprising: a light waveguide including a cladding layer and a core layer formed on a substrate and maintaining incident laser light in a single mode; and a focusing grating coupler formed to have a predetermined gratin... | 10/16/2007 |
| D549215 | Headphones | 08/21/2007 |
| 7216657 | Waterproof structure of ventilating window for tent The ventilating window of tent according to the present invention comprises a double-side waterproof fabric 111, which is sewn and attached to the rim portion of the ventilating window 102 of the body fabric 101 together with the cover fabric | 05/15/2007 |
| 7200866 | System and method for defending against distributed denial-of-service attack on active network A system for defending against a distributed denial-of-service attack includes an intrusion detection system, an active security management system and an active security node. The intrusion detection system generates alert data if a denial-of-service attack is detec... | 04/03/2007 |
| D539811 | Portable digital media player | 04/03/2007 |
| D539206 | Wiper blade for car | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197141 | RSA cryptographic processing apparatus for IC card Disclosed is an RSA cryptographic processing apparatus capable of performing the fast operating function. A modular multiplication operation or a modular exponentiation operation, i.e., an RSA cryptographic operation, is selectively performed according to a control ... | 03/27/2007 |
| D538783 | Portable AM/FM radio | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193686 | Lithography apparatus and method for measuring alignment mark A lithographic exposing system having an optical system including a light source, a lens, a mirror and a filter, and transferring patterns formed on a reticle to a substrate. The method includes a device for lowering the energy of the light from the light source bel... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192883 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. A minute pattern is formed using a hard mask film of a series of a nitride film as an etch mask. Before a hard mask film removal process is performed, the step of performing given etc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183151 | Method for fabricating field effect transistor Provided is a method for fabricating a filed effect transistor, the method comprising: depositing a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer on a substrate in sequence, which have a different bandgap from each other, and patterning the second semic... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183056 | Method for performing multiplex PCR with cyclic changes of PCR parameters The present invention is directed to an improved multiplex PCR method for obtaining at least two PCR products from one PCR solution. In the multiplex PCR method for having at least two DNA amplified products from a sample positioned in a PCR equipment, the object of... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183149 | Method of manufacturing field effect transistor Provided is a method of manufacturing a field effect transistor (FET). The method includes steps of: forming an ohmic metal layer on a substrate in source and drain regions; sequentially forming an insulating layer and a multilayered resist layer on the entire surfa... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184941 | Method for smoothing boundaries of geometrical figures using terminal The invention relates to a boundary smoothing method of a geometrical figure using a terminal in which a smoothing operation on the boundary of the given geometrical figure is defined using sweep and unsweep operation in a process for processing the boundary of the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184420 | Method for dynamically locating a wireless TCP proxy in a wired/wireless integrated network A method for dynamically locating a wireless TCP proxy in a routing path in a wired/wireless integrated network is provided. A proxy for a mobile host transmits a proxy change request to a first higher-level proxy if a mobility of the mobile host is larger than a mo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184409 | Blind rate detection method and device in asynchronous mobile communication system A blind rate detection method in an asynchronous mobile communication system comprises: restoring data when a path selection (PS) value at a last bit's possible position satisfies a PS condition; determining whether a SER satisfies a SER condition when no error occu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184331 | Redundancy fuse control circuit and semiconductor memory device having the same and redundancy process method A semiconductor memory device including a fuse control circuit for providing with a plurality of fail word line addresses written in its own circuit in advance and outputting a redundancy signal representing that an input address is the same as one of the fail word ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184101 | Address generation for video processing A video processing system includes input and output address generators. The address generators are capable of generating linear addresses associated with data to be read from and written to a device. The linear address is converted to a random address so that data a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183882 | Microstrip band pass filter using end-coupled SIRs The present invention relates to a microstrip band pass filter and, more specifically, to a microstrip band pass filter using end-coupled stepped impedance resonators that can be used in a millimeter wave band, wherein the microstrip band pass filter comprises: a di... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183174 | Flash memory device and method of manufacturing the same A flash memory device and method of manufacturing the same. The flash memory device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a first region where a cell region is formed, a second region where a peripheral region is formed, and a third region formed in the periph... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179744 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: (a) forming a plurality of conductive patterns on a substrate in a cell region and a peripheral circuit region; (b) forming an insulation layer on an entire surface of the resulting structure fro... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176615 | Field emission device having emission-inducing and suppressing gates A field emission device including a cathode having an electric field emitter for emitting electrons, a field emission inducing gate for inducing electron emission, and an anode for receiving the emitted electrons. A field emission suppressing gate is interposed betw... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177204 | Pulse width adjusting circuit for use in semiconductor memory device and method therefor It is capable of adjusting the pulse width regardless of an amount of delay in a delaying part by controlling pulse width of an output signal based on an externally provided control signal. A pulse width adjusting circuit for use in a semiconductor memory device com... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177345 | Demodulating device and method for W-CDMA base station A demodulator of a W-CDMA base station comprises: a chip calculator for de-spreading signals received through sectors including antennas; a symbol calculator for using symbols of a control channel and a data channel from the de-spread signals, estimating a channel, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175272 | Spectacles and sunshade clip assembly using magnets Disclosed herein is a spectacles and sunshade clip assembly using magnets. The magnets serve to detachably attach the sunshade clip to the spectacles. The spectacles comprises a pair of lens frames connected to each other by means of a nose bridge, and temple arms c... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176101 | Method of forming isolation oxide layer in semiconductor integrated circuit device A method is provided in which a first oxide layer is deposited on a silicon substrate and etched to form openings. A first silicon epitaxial layer is grown on the substrate in the openings, forming first active regions, a second oxide layer is deposited thereon, and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172959 | Method for forming dual damascene interconnection in semiconductor device A method for forming a dual damascene interconnection in a semiconductor device. An etch stop film and an intermetal insulating film are formed sequentially on a lower metal film. A via hole is formed to expose a portion of a surface of the etch stop film through th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173625 | Three-dimensional animation system and method using evolutionary computation A three-dimensional animation system using evolutionary computation includes a gene determination unit and a motion generation unit. The gene determination unit calculates modified gene information by receiving at least one genes and modifying the genes evolutionari... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174417 | Buffer allocation method supporting detection-based and avoidance-based consistency maintenance policies in a shared disk-based multi-database management system A cache consistency maintenance procedure to select one of a detection-based cache consistency maintenance procedure optimized for record-based locking and an avoidance-based consistency-based maintenance procedure optimized for table and block-based locking. To sup... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173072 | Radiation-curable resin composition for forming optical part and optical part To provide a UV-curable resin composition useful for forming optical parts such as optical lenses. A radiation-curable resin composition for optical parts, comprising (A) 5–70 wt % of urethane (meth)acrylate, (B) 0.1–70 wt % of benzyl (meth)acrylate, and (C) 10â... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171177 | Communication apparatus and method using human body as medium Provided is to a communication apparatus and method using a human body as a medium, in which secure/normal data signals are transmitted/received to the inside and outside of a human body respectively, through at least two different frequency channels classified acco... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171200 | Method and apparatus for providing subscriber-based ringback tone The present invention relates to method and apparatus for providing an arbitrary sound chosen by a called subscriber instead of ringback tone to a calling subscriber. In this present invention, if a call is received, a terminating exchanger requests a trunk connecti... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170044 | Semiconductor photodetector for detecting light having a wavelength in the ultraviolet blue ranges Provided is a photodetector in which a transparent nonconductive material having an interface charge and a trapped charge is deposited on a semiconductor surface so as to form a depletion region on the surface of the semiconductor, and the depletion region is employ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170355 | Voltage-controlled oscillator using current feedback network Provided is a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using a current feedback network for use in a wireless communication terminal. The voltage-controlled oscillator has high input impedance and low output impedance, so that a degree of isolation from the external load... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166511 | Method for fabricating split gate flash memory device A method for fabricating a split gate flash memory includes depositing a second conductive layer for forming a control gate on a semiconductor substrate having a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, and an oxide layer on both sides of the first conductive la... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167612 | Wavelength tunable filter capable of being bidirectionally driven by electromagnetic forces A wavelength tunable filter capable of being driven such that reflecting mirrors move more distant as well as closer by using the principle that a direction of the electromagnetic forces changes depending on the direction of the current flowing perpendicular to the ... | 01/23/2007 |
