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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8068998 | Electromagnetic flowmeter An electromagnetic flowmeter that prevents fluctuations in the frequency of synchronized pulse signals due to momentary fluctuations of the power source voltage. The comparator of an AC synchronizing circuit that generates pulse signals synchronized to the frequency... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7992656 | Self healing filter-cake removal system for open hole completions A method of treating a subterranean formation including providing a well bore that includes a filter cake on at least a portion of the well bore and contacting at least a portion of the filter cake with a filter cake degradation fluid comprising a relative permeabil... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7960315 | Treatment fluids comprising diutan and associated methods Methods are provided that include a method comprising providing a acidic treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid, an acid composition, and a gelling agent that comprises clarified diutan; and introducing the acidic treatment fluid into at least a portion of a su... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7374880 | Methods of identifying therapeutic compounds in a genetically defined setting The invention provides a method of identifying therapeutic compounds in a genetically defined setting. The method consists of contacting a cell indicative of a pathological condition from a diseased individual and a cell from a genetically related normal individual ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7268083 | Plasma etching apparatus and plasma etching process A plasma etching apparatus includes: a chamber capable of reducing pressure; a substrate support provided inside the chamber to place a substrate; a first electrode which is arranged outside and in proximity to the chamber and to which high frequency power is applie... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263640 | LSI, test pattern generating method for scan path test, LSI inspecting method, and multichip module Registers 119 and 120 for power control or power-off signals in an LSI are set as a dedicated chain and a control signal can be controlled desirably from the outside so that the states of the registers 119 and 120 can be monitored easily.... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7236634 | Image encoding of moving pictures In an encoding method of moving pictures which generates a predictive picture for a current picture based on a reference picture and a motion vector, a macroblock is divided into subblocks. In each of the plurality of subblocks, an initial value of the motion vector... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7193720 | Optical vibration imager A remote sensor capable of imaging vibrations at many simultaneous points using high-speed imaging cameras is disclosed. The preferred embodiment operates in heterodyne detection mode using a single camera to capture signals to recover multi-pixel vibrations. One al... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190757 | Method of and system for computing effective atomic number images in multi-energy computed tomography A method of and a system for computing Z (effective atomic number) images from projection data are provided, wherein the projections are acquired using at least two x-ray spectra for a set of scanned objects, including a set of low energy projections and a set of hi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165560 | Etching method, etching apparatus, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device In order to reliably remove, by wet etching, a compound containing a metal and silicon, e.g., a silicate (101a) containing hafnium metal, the silicate (101a) is oxidized and then the oxidized silicate (101a) is wet-etched. | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161868 | Multiport semiconductor memory device capable of sufficiently steadily holding data and providing a sufficient write margin A 2-port SRAM includes a memory cell having: a latch circuit holding potential at storage nodes complementarily; access transistors arranged between the storage nodes and bit lines, respectively, and turned on in response to word lines being activated; a write acces... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149261 | Image reject circuit using sigma-delta conversion In a digital IF downconversion circuit, in-phase and quadrature signal components are processed in the form of a single serial digital bit stream through a set of simple logic in combination with a reconstruction filter. A source digital oscillator supplying digital... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7107480 | System and method for preventing data corruption in solid-state memory devices after a power failure A data preservation system for flash memory systems with a host system, the flash memory system receiving a host system power supply and energizing an auxiliary energy store therewith and communicating with the host system via an interface bus, wherein, upon loss of... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7005838 | Voltage generation circuit A differential amplifier is used to determine the level of an output voltage of a charge pump circuit, and is operated in the voltage follower mode with a reference voltage being an input thereto for charging a capacitance element with a resultant output voltage of ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6965713 | Optical beam generating and shaping device A beam generating and shaping device, for use in a free-space optical communication system provides increased uniformity in the distribution of optical radiation power, both at the output of the device and the aperture of the receiving terminal. A source provides op... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961556 | Apparatus and method for an enhanced PCS communication system The vertical blanking interval (“VBI”) of a video signal is used in broadband communications including digital data transmission on the VBI or a dual VBI/PCS system capable of enhancing rapid deployment of wireless VBI communications or PCS services to a remote ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6936599 | Estriol therapy for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases The present invention discloses administering steroid hormones to mammals to treat autoimmune related diseases, more particularly, Th1-mediated (cell-mediated) autoimmune diseases including: multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), autoimmune thyroiditis ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935019 | Method of mounting electronic components and apparatus therefor For implementing a method of mounting electronic components, and an apparatus therefor, which has a much reduced tact time, the nozzles 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e and 3f are kept in holes | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920202 | Therapeutic radiation source with in situ radiation detecting system A therapeutic radiation source includes an in situ radiation detecting system for monitoring in real time an amount of the therapeutic radiation that has been generated. An electron source generates electrons in response to light that is transmitted through a fiber ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6906598 | Three dimensional multimode and optical coupling devices Three dimensional electronic and optical coupling devices that are capable of providing high speed coupling over a large frequency range while limiting the amount of space consumption in the communications network. An optical or electrical coupling device comprises ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899965 | Dielectric film and method for forming the same After an underlying layer, made of a single crystal metal material, has been formed on a semiconductor layer, part or all of the underlying layer is changed into a metal oxide layer by supplying oxygen thereto from above the underlying layer. Then, a ferroelectric o... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6876839 | Intermediate frequency planning in radio transmitters and receivers A method of intermediate frequency (i.f.) planning for radio transmitters and receivers involves predicting which i.f. or i.f. range will result in spurious emissions to or response from one or more “avoidance bands” being sources of unwanted signals or frequenc... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6861978 | Method and system for mutual coherent synthetic aperture radiometry Method and system for synthetic aperture radiometry not limited by the Van Cittert-Zernike theorem and the quasi-monochromatic assumption. A radiometer system (300) for imaging the emissions from a distribution of incoherent emission sources located within a ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6858131 | Gas turbine fuel oil and production method thereof and power generation method Feed oil is subject to atmospheric distillation, to thereby be separated into light oil or light distillate and atmospheric residue oil. The light distillate is catalytically contacted with pressurized hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, resulting in a first hyd... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6856565 | Thin film magnetic memory device conducting read operation by a self-reference method In read operation, a current from a current supply transistor flows through a selected memory cell and a data line. Moreover, a bias magnetic field having such a level that does not destroy storage data is applied to the selected memory cell. By application of the b... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6852571 | Method of manufacturing stacked semiconductor device Flux is supplied to the surface of each land by a flux supplying apparatus. A solder ball having a predetermined size is supplied onto a land by using a ball supplying apparatus. A memory IC is disposed on a logic IC and each of a plurality of external leads comes i... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6826393 | Mixer circuit having component for frequency conversion A mixer circuit according to the present invention includes a first differential transistor pair of two transistors, a second differential transistor pair of two transistors, an impedance element connected to the first differential transistor pair, an impedance elem... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821739 | Methods of diagnosing and treating Crohn's disease using Pseudomonas antigens The present invention provides a method of identifying an agent useful in treating Crohn's disease. This method is practiced by culturing P. fluorescens under conditions that support growth; contacting the P. fluorescens with an agent; and assaying for... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818077 | High-strength Ni-base superalloy and gas turbine blades A nickel-based superalloy containing 12.0 to 16.0% by weight of Cr, 4.0 to 9.0% by weight of Co, 3.4 to 4.6% by weight of Al, 0.5 to 1.6% by weight of Nb, 0.05 to 0.16% by weight of C, 0.005 to 0.025% by weight of B, and at least one of Ti, Ta and Mo. Amounts of Ti,... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6815265 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor device with a passivation film An uppermost interlayer isolation film is provided on a semiconductor substrate. An uppermost wire is provided on the uppermost interlayer isolation film. A silicon oxide film is provided to cover the upper surface and the side wall of the uppermost wire. A nitride ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6813943 | Method and apparatus for conditioning a gas flow to improve a rate of pressure change measurement An apparatus for conditioning a gas flow to improve a measurement of rate of pressure change associated with the gas flow includes a measurement chamber having an interior portion characterized by an internal volume, and an inlet port for receiving the gas flow. The... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6806428 | Module component and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a module component having chip components buried in a circuit board, and a method of manufacturing the same, and more specifically it relates to a module component capable of obtaining desired circuit characteristics and functions stably if ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6807065 | Multilayer printed circuit board A multilayer PCB has first and second signal transmission lines and first and second ground layers. A signal via is connected between the first and second transmission lines. Ground vias extending parallel to the signal via are connected between the first and second... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6806764 | Reference voltage generation circuit A start-up section is made up of an input transistor configured to receive at its gate a voltage at a node which varies with the magnitude of a current flowing in one branch of a current mirror in a reference voltage generation section, an inverter for reversing a d... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6797647 | Method for fabricating organic thin film First, an undercoating film made of silicon nitride or silicon nitride oxide is formed on a substrate. Then the undercoating film is subjected to both/either process A of wet-cleaning the undercoating film with a cleaning liquid and/or process B of irradiating ultra... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6794912 | Multi-phase clock transmission circuit and method A multi-phase clock transmission circuit includes: a clock generator for generating a clock synchronizing with a reference clock and a control signal responsive to the phase difference between the reference clock and the generated clock; and a delay circuit for gene... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6791744 | Raman amplification optical fiber, optical fiber coil, raman amplifier, and optical communication system The present invention relates to a Raman amplification optical fiber and the like comprising a structure which can Raman-amplify signal light including a plurality of wavelength components at a high efficiency and effectively restrain signal waveforms from deteriora... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6785085 | Multi-frequency servo bursts in magnetic disc memory system A servo burst pattern for use in positioning a read/write head with respect to tracks on a magnetic disc medium includes a first set of servo bursts adjacently disposed on the tracks along a first axis perpendicular to the centerlines. Each of the first set of burst... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777136 | Lithium polymer battery and method for producing the same In order to improve a storage stability at high temperatures of a lithium polymer battery including: a positive electrode comprising a lithium-containing complex oxide; a negative electrode comprising a material capable of absorbing and desorbing a lithium ion; and ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6772894 | Closure with seal member A closure (10) for mounting onto a container (16), the closure (10) including a top portion (11) and a skirt portion (12) depending from the top portion (11). An annular sealing rib (20) projects downwardly from an un... | 08/10/2004 |
