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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432097 | Phytases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods of making and using them In one aspect, the invention provides a purified and modified phytase enzyme from Escherichia coli K12 appA phytase. The enzyme has phytase activity and improved thermal tolerance as compared with the wild-type enzyme. In addition, the enzyme has improved pro... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425172 | Customized polish pads for chemical mechanical planarization A polishing pad for chemical mechanical planarization of a film on a substrate is customized by obtaining one or more characteristics of a structure on a substrate. For example, when the structure is a chip formed on a semiconductor wafer, the one or more characteri... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7393994 | Transgenic mouse model for neurodegenerative diseases Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Lewy body disease are the most commonly found neurodegenerative disorders in the elderly. The invention is a transgenic mouse that contains two transgenes, human α-synuclein and human amyloid precursor protein, which are... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372651 | Introducing a noise signal into a read-back signal when data is written to a removable data storage medium In one exemplary embodiment, a noise signal is introduced into a read-back signal when data is written to a removable data storage medium. While writing the data to the removable data storage medium, a portion of the data written to the removable data storage medium... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7280229 | Examining a structure formed on a semiconductor wafer using machine learning systems A structure formed on a semiconductor wafer is examined by obtaining a first diffraction signal measured from the structure using an optical metrology device. A first profile is obtained from a first machine learning system using the first diffraction signal obtaine... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7169639 | Semiconductor device manufacturing method The invention relates to a semiconductor device manufacturing method which can provide high reliability in electric connection between an electrode of a semiconductor chip and a substrate. Sealing resin is coated in a region of a substrate where a first electrode is... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6653278 | Selenium-containing pro-drugs for cancer therapy Methods for inhibiting the growth of tumor cells by combination treatment with a selenium-containing prodrug and an enzyme for which it is a substrate are described. The treatment also enhances the effect of anti-tumor agents.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6636843 | System and method for grating profile classification Grating profile data is classified using a cluster generator to generate a plurality of clusters of grating profile data points from a data space containing grating profile data points. The cluster generator associates profile shape data to each cluster, ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6481703 | Image forming apparatus with highly operable sheet discharge device An image forming system includes a digital copy machine to form an image on a group of sheets from an image of a group of documents, and a staple sorter sorting and discharging copied sheets from the digital copy machine. According to the staple sorter, c... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6307140 | Music apparatus with pitch shift of input voice dependently on timbre change A music apparatus is constructed for receiving an input signal composed of either of a voice signal and a tone signal and for processing the input signal based on a timbre change command signal to generate at least one channel of an output signal. In the ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6046257 | Composition for prepreg comprising epoxy resin, polyamide block copolymer and curing agent A composition is useful as a prepreg containing reinforcing fibers comprises an epoxy resin, a thermoplastic elastomer of a polyamide and/or polyester block copolymer, a curing agent such as dicyandiamide, and optionally a thermoplastic resin such as a po... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6017610 | Conductive laminate A conductive laminate comprising an inorganic or organic substrate and a conductive layer formed on at least a part of a surface of said substrate, the conductive layer having a surface resistance at 25° C., under 15% RH atmosphere of 106 -10 | 01/25/2000 |
