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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7833581 | Method for making a highly stable diamond film on a substrate A method of depositing a stable diamond film on a metal substrate includes pretreating a surface of the substrate and depositing a diamond film on the substrate by way of a multi-stage chemical vapor deposition, in which each subsequent stage is performed at progres... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7440390 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426063 | System and apparatus for image-formation, and computer-readable for recording medium recording program for the same An image-formation system includes an image display function which displays, at a display section, images of a plurality of desired original monochromatic images for output among original monochromatic images for output which are stored in an image storage means; a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419543 | Metal fiber concrete A mixture of metal fiber concrete based on cement, granular elements and water, comprising metal fibers whose diameter ranges from 1.15 mm to 1.8 mm, wherein the form coefficient thereof is between 35 and 45. The dosing of metal fibers is at least 80 kg/m3 | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416551 | Catheter for delivering a tissue ablation probe A delivery catheter having a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end for delivering an ablation probe to a body site. The delivery catheter comprises mounting members located at the distal end configured to receive an ablation probe; and attachment members config... | 08/26/2008 |
| D575713 | Vehicle accessory | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409907 | Stencil printing machine with a plurality of drum units and method of controlling the same A controller reads out image data of an area frame that a user has drawn on an original and accurately extracts the area frame by removing noise from the read-out image data to divide image data of an area outside the area frame and image data of an area inside the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410108 | Integral dripping emitter An extruded irrigation pipe connectable to a pressurized fluid source via a first end of the pipe, the pipe comprising drip-irrigation plug emitter mounted integrally therein during the extrusion process of the pipe. The plug emitter has an inlet in fluid communicat... | 08/12/2008 |
| D573928 | Base for vehicle accessories | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400321 | Image display unit An active matrix type display panel is a hold type display panel which has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, and holds and displays an electrical signal pixel by pixel for a predetermined time. A frame rate conversion circuit converts a video signal h... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393208 | Method and system for assisting in applying an orthodontic treatment A method and system for providing information for correct placement of one or more brackets on one or more corresponding teeth according to a predetermined treatment scheme. A virtual representation of a three-dimensional teeth arrangement of one or both jaws of the... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389789 | Fuel accessory for fuel tank and method for internally attaching same A fuel tank made of a plastic material and fitted with at least one fuel accessory attached to an inside surface of a wall thereof, wherein the fuel accessory is attached to a predetermined site at the inside surface by fusion welding. Further there is disclosed a f... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388633 | Reflective liquid crystal display A reflective LCD has first and second light blocking metal films that are formed one upon another between a semiconductor substrate and reflective pixel electrodes with an insulating film being laid on and under each of the light blocking metal films, to block part ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384688 | Connecting structure used in a liquid crystal display panel A conductive material with a laminated structure is provided. The conductive material with a laminated structure of the present invention includes at least a polymer plastic layer, where conductive particles are dispersed on surfaces. When the conductive material is... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382716 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| D569407 | Camcorder | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370738 | One-piece friction body with a support and a friction pad disposed thereon and method of its manufacture There is described a one-piece friction body having a support and at least one friction pad disposed thereon, based on friction materials containing reinforcing fibers, thermoset binders and customary additives, in which the at least one friction pad is joined to th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372974 | Headphone with cord winder devices The present invention provides a headphone with cord winder devices that are capable of winding up a bridging cord between one (left) headphone assembly and the other (right) headphone assembly. The headphone comprises one (left) headphone assembly accommodating, in... | 05/13/2008 |
| D567566 | Beverage bottle | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359964 | Method and equipment for providing a signaling channel for performing signaling functions at an ethernet level A method is disclosed for providing a signaling channel for performing one or more signaling functions at the Ethernet level. The telecommunication of interest is organized by information packets forming an information flow, and the method comprises utilizing a comb... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347688 | Dental targetting device and method A targeting device and method enables one or more orthodontic elements to be aligned with and bonded onto at least one tooth in a predetermined manner. The device is in the form of a shell that has, for each tooth with respect to which it is desired to align an orth... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333874 | Method and system for designing and producing dental prostheses and appliances A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328467 | Patient lift and transfer device and method In a lift and transfer device and method, a patient support assembly supported on a lift on a wheeled platform includes a main support arm pivoted to the lift. First and second transversely extending support arms respectively carrying a back support section and a le... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324500 | Router network protection using multiple facility interfaces A router line card is partitioned to separate the packet forwarding functions from physical port interfacing. For each packet forwarding card, at least one redundant port interface is provided. Identical input packets are transmitted via these redundant input port i... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322233 | Level meter with a waveguide and a wave adapter The invention relates to a level meter with a waveguide for guiding an electromagnetic wave, such that the waveguide is designed as a hollow conductor and has a forward terminal section; with a wave adapter of a dielectrical material, such that the wave adapter has ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320265 | Article transfer system A system for controlling an axial movement of an article is presented. The system comprises a support stage assembly and a spring suspension arrangement mounted on the support stage assembly. The spring suspension arrangement comprises first and second assemblies ar... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316302 | Motorcycle disk-brake lock A motorcycle disk-brake lock which makes it highly unlikely or prevents normal operation of the motorcycle while the lock is engaged with a disk-brake of the motorcycle and to thereby provide a clear alert to an operator thereof, and which can be conveniently stored... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310882 | Measuring device Measuring device for measuring the path and/or speed of a moving object in relation to a structural component, with a measuring wheel (20) and with a rotary encoder (10), such that the measuring wheel (20) is coupled to the encoder shaft (16 | 12/25/2007 |
| D558243 | Camcorder | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309188 | Drainable base course for a landfill and method of forming the same Numerous embodiments of one or more layers of void-maintaining synthetic drainable base courses (“VMSDBC's”) are provided as incorporated into landfills and other waste containment facilities. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| D555686 | Camcorder | 11/20/2007 |
| D555685 | Camcorder | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292143 | Remote sensing and communication system A remote sensing system and method for instrumenting the entries to manhole enclosures, in order to provide a platform and means for sensing environmental parameters within and around the enclosures and wirelessly transmitting those parameters to a distant site. The... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287466 | Stencil printing machine, ink recovering method, image unevenness preventing method, and ink adapting method A stencil printing machine has a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material. A stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall. An ink supplying mechanism includes an ink supplying unit in the outer pe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288983 | Method and circuit for providing a temperature dependent current source A programmable temperature compensation circuit having a bandgap circuit for generating a first temperature-independent voltage reference signal, VREF and a second temperature-dependent voltage signal, VTEMP. A two-input buffer amplifier is cou... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287808 | Folding closure for cargo containers A folding closure for cargo containers, formed by a tarp (3) arranged on rails (1) defining V-shaped tracks on which top and bottom carriages joined to the tarp (3) and top and bottom carriages incorporated on respective terminal profiles (7 | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287691 | Method and machine for making an article presenting a secret code hidden by a layer of opaque removable material In a method for making an article, in particular a card of plastic or paper, presenting a secret code hidden by a layer of opaque, removable material, a first application device applies the secret code on the article, a second application device places the layer of ... | 10/30/2007 |
| D553640 | MP3 player | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280248 | Printer driver for setting stencil printing machine printing condition items and the like In the disclosed invention, when watermark print is set during printing, the printer driver makes a secret operation setting for holding the secret of print data accordingly, and transmits this print data to the stencil printing machine. Therefore, even if the print... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277411 | Method and system for transmitting and receiving data in a TDMA frequency hopping system utilizing frequency diversity Data is transmitted and received in a TDMA frequency hopping system by allocating two or more time slots for transmitting identical data packets, and transmitting the identical data packets in the allocated time slots at different frequencies. This requires the tran... | 10/02/2007 |
