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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7531863 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A protective insulating film is deposited over first and second field-effect transistors formed on a semiconductor substrate. A capacitor composed of a capacitor lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film composed of an insulating metal oxide film, and a capacitor... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531826 | Photocathode structure and operation A novel photocathode employing a rectifying junction is described that permits color imaging extending applications for photocathodes in a variety of instruments and night vision devices. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531294 | Method for forming film pattern, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, liquid crystal television, and EL television An object of the invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor element with a minute structure, which can reduce a cost and improve throughput due to a small number of steps and reduction in a material. One feature ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531158 | Vapor phase synthesis of double-walled carbon nanotubes A method of massively synthesizing double-walled carbon nanotubes is provided. In the method, catalyst metal particles having a size of a few nanometers are embedded in nano pores of a support material powder. Then, the support material powder embedding the catalyst... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530893 | Wagering game with dynamic visual gaming indicia A method for playing a wagering game includes receiving a wager input from a player for playing a wagering game. In response to receiving the wager input, at least one randomly-selected outcome of a plurality of outcomes is selected, and visual indicia is presented ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530454 | Conveyor belt A conveyor belt including a plurality of link elements, and a pivot rod with a button head at one end. The button head is sized to pass through an outer opening and be received in a first edge extension when in a particular orientation. The pivot rod is retained wit... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530034 | Apparatus and method for circuit operation definition A method and apparatus for defining a circuit operation, such as a charged particle beam operation to perform a circuit edit and define a probe point. Circuit operation definition is performed in a front-end environment with access to integrated circuit computer aid... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529416 | Method and apparatus for transferring digital data between circuits A method and apparatus transfer digital data between a coder/decoder circuit and a signal processor. The transfer of the digital data includes (a) obtaining, at a first circuit, a block of data values having certain statistical characteristics, the first circuit bei... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526158 | System and method for high resolution optical imaging, data storage, lithography, and inspection A system for applications, such as imaging, lithography, data storage, and inspection, includes an optical element, at least one structure, and a source of light. The structure is at least partially in and at least adjacent a surface of the optical element. The sour... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525521 | Display device, semiconductor device, and electronic device When an electrical characteristic of the TFT varies, display unevenness such as brightness unevenness or gradation unevenness is occurred in a display image. According to the present invention, a display device in which variation of an electrical characteristic of a... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525374 | Multi-level demodulation method and device The invention relates to a method for demodulating information emitted by amplitude modulation by a reader (2) to a transponder (4) comprising: a step to compare variations of a slaving voltage (Vc) of the ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524491 | Non human animals with human-glial chimeric brains The present invention is directed to a non-human mammal with at least 30% of all of its glial cells in its corpus callosum being human glial cells and/or at least 5% of all of its glial cells in the white matter of its brain and/or brain stem being human glial cells... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524488 | Interleukin-18 mutants The invention provides mutants of IL-18 with lower affinity to IL-18BP than the wild type IL-18 molecule. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524354 | Controlled synthesis of highly monodispersed gold nanoparticles A method of synthesizing highly monodispersed Au nanoparticles having diameters in the range of 30-90 nm. Seed nanoparticles in a controlled concentration are combined with a precursor, also in a controlled concentration, a reducing and capping agent (e.g., sodium a... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522412 | System for protecting a portable computing device The invention relates to a system for protecting a portable computing device wherein the system comprises a device housing adapted to protectively encase the portable computing device to prevent exposure of the portable computing device to potentially harmful operat... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521914 | Photovoltaic DC-to-AC power converter and control method An apparatus and method of control for converting DC (direct current) power from a solar photovoltaic source to AC (alternating current) power. A novel DC-to-AC power converter topology and a novel control method are disclosed. This combination of topology and contr... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520872 | Closed wound drainage system A portable closed wound drainage system that uses a pouch shaped dressing which is inserted into a wound. At least a portion of the outer surface of the pouch 1 is porous to allow exudates to enter. Exudates are removed from the pouch by flexible tubing which... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520809 | Bonus game for a gaming machine A bonus game for a slot machine operable in a basic mode and a bonus mode. The bonus game is entered upon the occurrence of a special start-bonus game outcome in the basic mode. In the bonus game, a player selects, one at a time, from an array of windows each associ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520381 | Counter standee display for open stock container A display container comprises a first section and a second section hingedly connected to the first section. The first section has a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel that bridges the front panel and the back panel, a second side panel that bridges the fr... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519518 | Method for assembling the finite element discretization of arbitrary weak equations, involving local or non-local multiphysics couplings Disclosed are techniques for representing and modeling one or more systems in which each system corresponds to an application mode. This may be done for one or more geometries using local and/or non-local couplings. For each application mode, physical quantities are... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518862 | Wagering game terminal with internal cooling Method and system are disclosed for cooling microprocessors and other data processing circuits in wagering game terminals. The method and system of the invention allow a wagering game terminal to be retrofitted with a cooling system for a different microprocessor-ba... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517968 | Rapid and inexpensive method for the purification of proteorhodopsin A method for purifying a membrane protein is disclosed which includes providing a test sample potentially including a target membrane protein; adding incremental amounts of a precipitating agent to the test sample to form one or more mixtures; and treating the one o... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517791 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which a contact hole with an opening having a high aspect ratio can be favorably filled without using a conventional CMP process. It is another object of the pre... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517773 | Method of manufacturing a thin film transistor A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device characterized by its high-speed operation and high reliability is provided in which a semiconductor layer crystallized by a CW laser is used for an active layer of a TFT. When a semiconductor layer is crystallized by ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516833 | Multi-station workpiece processors, methods of processing semiconductor workpieces within multi-station workpiece processors, and methods of moving semiconductor workpieces within multi-station workpiece processors The invention includes multi-station workpiece processors, methods of processing semiconductor workpieces within multi-station workpiece processors, and methods of moving semiconductor workpieces within multi-station workpiece processors. In one implementation, a mu... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515053 | Identification band Updateable, customizable identification bands are disclosed herein. The identification band may include a band having an opening therein and at least one transparent surface. An information tag is insertable into the opening and is visible through the at least one t... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513830 | Extendable display for a gaming machine The present invention relates to gaming machine cabinets and to the use of extendable displays to allow viewing and operation of the video display with the game machine cabinet door open. Many gaming machines, in particular those with flat-panel displays, have the f... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513535 | Micro-tube connection The recess (12) between the main connecting part (8) and a collar (9) contains a toroidal or otherwise shaped sealing ring or joint (3) and the end of a tube (1) incorporating an outer flange (2), whose thickness becomes zer... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513275 | Repair kit for natural gas pipe A method and kit for repairing a gas leak in a pipe containing natural gas. The natural gas repair kit includes a leak sealant, a pressure sealant, and an encapsulator. The method for repairing the gas leak includes the act of applying a leak sealant over the leak i... | 04/07/2009 |
| D589789 | Container | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512173 | Low I/O bandwidth method and system for implementing detection and identification of scrambling codes A system for detecting and identifying the identity of a base station or cell which transmits a scrambling code is provided. According to one aspect of the system, the system is used to perform scrambling code detection of eight (8) primary cells (each scrambling co... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511901 | Micro-optic alignment system Optical alignment apparatus, consisting of an optical element (28) having a curved surface (29), and an optical bench (22), including a mounting surface (21) for mounting of an optical component (24, 44) thereon. The optical bench ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511706 | Haptic stylus utilizing an electroactive polymer Haptic feedback interface devices using electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators to provide haptic sensations. A haptic feedback interface device is in communication with a host computer and includes a sensor device that detects the manipulation of the interface device... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511013 | Cyclosporin analogues and their pharmaceutical uses The compounds of the present invention are represented by Formula I, as shown below: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with X, R0, R1, and R2 defined herein. ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510905 | Forming method of contact hole, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device, liquid crystal display device and EL display device When forming a contact hole by a conventional manufacturing step of a semiconductor device, a resist is required to be formed on almost entire surface of a substrate so as to be applied on a film other than an area in which a contact hole is to be formed, leading to... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510893 | Method of manufacturing a display device using droplet emitting means In a wiring manufacturing process which uses conventional photolithography, most of resist and wiring material, or process gas which is necessary at the time of plasma processing, etc. is wasted. Also, since air discharging means such as a vacuum equipment is necess... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510848 | Prion protein binding materials and methods of use Prion protein binding materials and methods for using the binding materials to detect or remove a prion protein from a sample, such as a biological fluid or an environmental sample. The binding materials are capable of binding to one or more forms of prion protein i... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510475 | Gaming machine with superimposed display image A gaming machine comprises a primary gaming display for presenting the outcome of a wagering or bonus game and a video display. In response to a wager, an outcome is generated and displayed in a display area. The video display provides a video image superimposed upo... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510473 | Wagering game having progressive amounts represented in various ways A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game includes a player-input device, a display, and a progressive display region. The wagering game includes at least one progressive jackpot that is funded by a portion of a wager input received in a player-input device. In ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509265 | Method and apparatus for performing insurance insolvency operations Described are techniques used in connection with providing insolvency services in connection with guaranty finds, such as property and casualty guaranty funds, upon the occurrence of an insurance company insolvency. A client/server system provides for creating and m... | 03/24/2009 |
