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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6605989 | FM demodulator using a single input signal A FM demodulator using a single input signal has two I-Q splitters with constant group delay apparatuses. During operation, t two I-Q splitters with constant group delay apparatuses may receive the input modulated signal to generate not only one pair of m... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6546639 | Inclination measurement apparatus Inclination measurement apparatus for measuring the inclination of a surface to the horizontal. The apparatus includes (a) a base plate for mounting the apparatus on the surface; (b) a ball bearing with i) a housing washer rigidly mounted on the base plat... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6478575 | Lighter The invention comprises a lighter which has a housing, a gas reservoir in the housing, and ignition means. The ignition means include a first manually moveable member and a second independently operable manually moveable member such that when the first me... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6474811 | Spectacle frame combination of a primary lenses frame and an auxiliary lenses frame magnetically and pivotably attached thereto A spectacle frame combination having an auxiliary lenses frame magnetically and pivotably attached to a primary lenses frame. The primary lenses frame has an integral magnetic portion generating a magnetic field on both an inner and an outer surface of a ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471656 | Method and system for pressure based measurements of CFR and additional clinical hemodynamic parameters The present invention relates to intravascular pressure measurement based devices and methods determining clinical parameters related to stenosis severity for improved clinical diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease in blood vessels or tubular ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6466281 | Integrated black matrix/color filter structure for TFT-LCD An active cell for a thin-film transistor liquid crystal display, with integrated black matrix/color filter, includes a switching device, a data line, a scanning line, a planarization layer, a light shielding layer, a dielectric layer, a first electrode l... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6446625 | Solar energy collection system and fluid conduit therefor A solar energy collection system that can be retrofitted into pavement covered lots, such as macadam covered parking lots has a pump and heat exchanger, and a conduit buried below the pavement surface that contains a heat transfer fluid such as water. The... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6434942 | Building, or other self-supporting structure, incorporating multi-stage system for energy generation A building, or other self-supporting structure, incorporating a multi-stage system for energy generation, is disclosed. The system comprises several elements connected together to form a loop within the self-supporting structure. A moving fluid circulates... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431853 | Lighter The invention comprises a lighter such as a cigarette lighter including a housing. Ignition means are provided for the lighter. The ignition means include a member manually movable with respect to the housing. A lock between the manually moveable member a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6425767 | Linked PCB and the linking method thereof A linked PCB and the linking method thereof are provided. In an embodiment, a first PCB is provided with a first row of through holes defined at a first side to connect signals therefrom. A second PCB is provided with a second row of through holes at a se... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424940 | Method and system for determining gain scaling compensation for quantization A method and system for reducing prediction error impulses using a gain average calculator, an impulse detector, a signal classifier decision means and a gain compensator wherein the compensated scaling of a quantizer is determined in a process of encodin... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424626 | Method and system for discarding and regenerating acknowledgment packets in ADSL communications A method and system for discarding and regenerating transmission control protocol (TCP) acknowledgment packets (ACKS) transmitted over an asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) to increase the data transmission rate. When an incoming ACK is received ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6423541 | Process for in vitro selection of high methol producing genotypes The invention provides a rapid in vitro method for selection of menthol rich mint genotypes from a large population of independent clones, said method comprising the steps of (i) raising a heterogeneous population of Mentha arvensis clones in vitro or by ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408442 | Athletic glove having silicone-printed surface for consistent gripping ability in various moisture conditions An athletic glove having consistent gripping ability in various moisture conditions includes front and back joined together to fit the human hand. The front part is made of a thin, soft and supple fabric such as polyurethane-impregnated artificial leather... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408073 | Scramble circuit to protect data in a read only memory A scramble circuit for protecting data stored in a read only memory is provided including an initial value generator, a shift register, a logic circuit, an adder and a lock circuit. In said scramble circuit, the initial value generator is used to generate... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6395250 | Lithium/nickel/cobalt composite oxide, process for preparing the same, and cathode active material for rechargeable battery There can be provided a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery which is excellent in the charging and discharging cycle characteristics so that it retains high battery capacity that is comparable to the hitherto known LiNiO2... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6388850 | Gate-coupled ESD protection circuit without transient leakage An apparatus of preventing integrated circuits from interfering by electrostatic-discharge (ESD), applied in an internal circuit and an input pad, both coupled with a first power line and a second power line, comprises a voltage clamp circuit and a voltag... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6377910 | Image-sensor emulating device An image-sensor emulating device establishing a link with a host system by using peripheral interface bus. The image-sensor emulating device emulates the functions of image-sensors by programmably generating the relevant image-sensor and timing signals. A... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6356797 | Method for automatic scheduling of production plan A method for automatic scheduling of a production plan. The automatic scheduling system arranges different kinds of production plans and defines a first priority lot, a second priority lot and a normal lot in testing factories. The testing processes of th... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6354199 | Screen printing method and holding table for plate to be printed A holding table for a plate to be printed, has a table plate with a supporting body on an end; a holding plate pivotally attached to an upper end of the supporting body; a moving table slidably mounted on guide rails secured to the table plate; a link piv... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6339139 | Receptor-mediated gene transfer system for targeting tumor gene therapy The invention relates to a gene transfer system binding to a growth factor receptor, comprising 4-element complex gene transfer system consisting of ligand oligopeptide/polycationic polypeptide/endosome release oligopeptide/exogenous DNA or 3-element comp... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6325988 | Process for preparing spinel type lithium manganese composite oxide and cathode active material for rechargeable battery A process for preparing a spinel lithium manganese complex oxide having the general formula Lix Mn2-y Aly O4 (wherein 0.9ࣘxࣘ1.1, and 0.002ࣘyࣘ0.5) the process comprising the steps of reacting a manganese ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6299218 | Connecting structure between fluid channel A structure for connecting fluid channel of fluid delivery system is disclosed. This connecting structure limits the length of the flow-guiding pipe extending into the delivery channel, to reduce particle contaminates and the probability of crack. The pre... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6297536 | Diode structure compatible with silicide processes for ESD protection A diode structure compatible with silicide processes for electrostatic discharge protection is disclosed. The diode structure comprises a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a diffusion region of a second conductivity type formed in the semi... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295061 | Computer system and method for dynamic information display A system and method which dynamically and interactively displays information, such as advertising messages, in an intelligent artificial form by responding to a user's pointing device movement or activity. The pointing device activity by the user is analy... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6291827 | Insulating apparatus for a conductive line A novel insulating apparatus for a conductive line is disclosed. The proposed insulating apparatus can be applied to various conductive lines with different shapes. The problem of short circuit can be solved by the present insulating apparatus with the no... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283599 | Projector with adjustable brightness and uniformity A projection display device includes a lens module, a light source and an adjusting device. The lens module has a first lens and a second lens. The light source emits light through the first lens and the second lens to a surface. The adjusting device is u... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6273962 | Method to reduce the particles in load-lock chamber A method for preventing corrosion and particulate in a load-lock chamber is disclosed. The load-lock chamber is adjourning with an etching chamber and a wafer transferred module, each time a wafer in the cassette is transferred into the etching chamber fo... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6265272 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor device with elevated source/drain regions A fabrication process of forming a semiconductor device with elevated source/drain regions on a substrate is disclosed. The elevated portion of the source/drain regions is provided as a reactant for a later metallization process, thereby preventing the co... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6263253 | Method for allocating bottleneck resources The present invention discloses an allocation method for establishing a theoretical dispatching model for dynamically allocating the bottleneck resource according to the on-line current data. At first, the on-line current data are obtained from the bottle... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6255978 | Serial pipeline DAC with Gamma correction function A method and apparatus for converting digital input signal to analog voltage are disclosed herein. The converting apparatus includes the following devices device. One of the pair of reference voltage selecting means is used to select a first voltage level... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253676 | Screen printing method and holding table for plate to be printed A printing agent within a through hole of a screen is smoothly and completely released out when separating the screen from a plate to be printed. 1. In a screen printing method, at a time of applying a printing agent to a plate to be printed by a movement... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6248817 | Infrared absorber and agricultural film An infrared absorber which comprises containing as an effective ingredient a hydroxide complex salt represented by the formula [Al2 (Li.sub.(1-x).+M2+.sub.(x+y)(OH).sub.(6+2y) ]n (An-).sub.(1+x).mH2 O (whe... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6107006 | Method for forming pattern Disclosed is a method for forming a pattern by which the T-top formation problem of chemically amplified resists is eliminated. Preferably, an i-line resist is employed as a barrier layer to protect the underlying chemically amplified resist from base att... | 08/22/2000 |
