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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5993188 | Food extruding device An extruder for paste-like food substances including a barrel provided at one end with an outlet from which the paste-like food substance can be extruded in either measured amounts or in a steady flow, a rotatable screw is located within the barrel and is... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5985272 | Human myeloperoxidase and its therapeutic application Human myeloperoxidase produced by culturing prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells transformed by a vector for the expression of human myeloperoxidase in said cells.... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5983895 | Tracheostomy tubes and assemblies A tracheostomy tube assembly comprises an outer tracheostomy tube and an inner cannula of a flexible material preformed to the shape of the outer tube and smooth on its inside and outside. The outer tube is straight at its patient end and has a short stra... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5967795 | SiC semiconductor device comprising a pn junction with a voltage absorbing edge A semiconductor component comprises a pn junction in which both the p-conducting and the n-conducting layers of the pn junction are doped silicon carbide layers and the edge of at least one of the conducting layers of the pn junction exhibits a stepwise o... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5955725 | Digitizing CCD array system A digitizing CCD array system calibrates the CCD array precisely, masks a data medium automatically, and recovers data from the data medium accurately. The system uses a substantially opaque film mask to eliminate the effects of diffused light and flare d... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5948356 | Process for high-pressure sterilization of products A semi-continuous process for high-pressure sterilization of a liquid or solid product, in which the sterilization of successive volumes of the product is performed by compressing the product at high pressure in a variable treatment chamber of generally t... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5946178 | Protective circuit for series-connected power semiconductors A semiconductor assembly with overvoltage protection is provided. The semiconductor assembly comprises at least two series connected power semiconductors, each of which is protected by at least one overvoltage protection device. The overvoltage protection... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5929284 | Processes for producing -halo ketones, -halohydrins and epoxides Processes for efficiently producing -halo ketones, -halohydrins and epoxides on an industrial scale. The prosesses include one for producing an -halo ketone of general formula (3) by decarboxylating a product of reaction between a car... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5914500 | Junction termination for SiC Schottky diode A semiconductor diode structure with a Schottky junction, wherein a metal contact and a silicon carbide semiconductor layer of a first conducting type form the junction and wherein the edge of the junction exhibits a junction termination divided into a tr... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5909208 | Control means for computers or industrial processes A control device for computers or industrial processes is provided. The device comprises one or more transducers arranged in a chair for sensing movements of the chair. A first transducer is arranged to sense turning movements of the chair and emit signal... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5908846 | Topical compositions for transdermal delivery of prodrug derivatives of morphine Topical composition for transdermal delivery of morphine. The composition contains certain morphine esters in association with a carrier. The compositions relieved pain or tranquilize a mammal when delivered transdermally.... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5903838 | Method for searching a control channel in a mobile station A control channel is searched for call waiting in a mobile station where the power supply for a receiving circuit is turned off during a break time of receiving level measurements, wherein in a first control channel selection mode, all the control channel... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5900535 | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic measurement of fuel quantity and density An ultrasonic fuel-gauging system has a tank with several ultrasonic probes having reflectors spaced along their length. A vibrating cylinder densitometer is located at the bottom of the tank and provides an output to a control unit representative of fuel... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5901229 | Electronic cash implementing method using a trustee In an electronic cash implementing method using a trustee, a user registers his identification information IDU and anonymous public key N with the trustee and receives a license (B,I). The user processes the license (B,I) by a public key corres... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5897744 | Method for controlling speck defects in recycling paper product The present invention is related to a method of manufacturing a paper product containing anionic laminating, coating or sizing agents, said paper product being free from carry-over speck defects in recycle use. The method is characterized in that a cation... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5896430 | Method and a device for fuel handling The present invention is used in fuel handling for lifting of fuel assemblies and/or control rods out of/into a reactor vessel in a nuclear reactor. The reactor vessel comprises a reactor core with a plurality of fuel assemblies and control rods. A fuel p... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5894383 | Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus with a positioning mechanism for a tape guide drum A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with a positioning mechanism for a tape guide drum is provided. The positioning mechanism includes first and second actuators which changes the position of the tape guide drum relative to a direction of trave... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5891347 | Centrifugal filtration method and apparatus therefor Centrifugal filtration capable of improving recovery of crystal in a baskey. The basket is so arranged that a central axis thereof is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction to obliqely downwardly orientate a bottom wall of the basket. A crystal r... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887677 | Device at power line poles A climbing device comprising a safety step having a bent section a pair of aligned straight sections on either side of the bent section.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5879462 | Device for heat treatment of objects and a method for producing a susceptor The present invention is directed to a device for heat treatment of objects. It comprises a susceptor for receiving an object in the form of a substrate and a gas mixture fed to the substrate for epitaxial growth of a crystal on said substrate by Chemical... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5876490 | Polish process and slurry for planarization A slurry containing abrasive particles and exhibiting normal stress effects. The slurry further contains non-polishing particles resulting in reduced polishing rate at recesses, while the abrasive particles maintain high polish rates at elevations. This l... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5877088 | Flattening method and apparatus for semiconductor device When the surface of a semiconductor device having at least two different films formed on a substrate is flattened by chemical mechanical polishing, the abrasion resistance upon polishing is detected by strain gauges provided close to the surface of the se... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5873693 | Packaging apparatus for article goods fed in stacks An apparatus for packaging article goods fed in a stack comprises a feeding table for introducing the goods with the individual articles in an upright position in the form of a continuous stack, the table defining a feeding path for the stack, an aftertre... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5875223 | Spacer for a nuclear fuel assembly and a nuclear fuel assembly A spacer for retaining and positioning elongated elements at one or a plurality of levels in a nuclear reactor fuel assembly comprises a grid structure of joined-together sleeve cells. A coolant is adapted to flow upwards through the fuel assembly. The ma... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5874917 | Method and apparatus for extracting target information from a radar signal A radar including a plurality of antenna arrays (B, . . . , J), for example linear arrays, the reception of electromagnetic waves being coherent for each antenna element in each array. The extraction of target signals from sidelobe signals according to th... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5872392 | Semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same A semiconductor fabrication process for forming a shield-plate electrode or a gate electrode in a trench to have the same conductivity type with each of adjacent p- and n-well regions includes steps for forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate by usi... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5868508 | Printer structure for facilitating installation and removal of an ink ribbon cassette A printer simplifying a sheet feed mechanism, allowing feeding amount of a sheet to be constant regardless of thickness of the sheet, and facilitating installation of an ink ribbon cassette. The printer comprises a printing mechanism, a sheet feed mechani... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5862835 | Controlling a high speed asynchronous motor in a weaving machine A drive device for a weaving machine has a motor control unit connected to an asynchronous motor. An electric supply network supplies the motor control unit with electric power which the motor control unit converts to have a substantially higher frequency... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5864601 | Method and apparatus for inspecting pipes using a digitized radiograph An apparatus and method using non-destructive testing and evaluation analyzes pipes to accurately measure the depth of corrosion and/or erosion in the pipe. Two penetrameter shims are attached to the outside surface of the pipe near the area of corrosion.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5860821 | Contact strip and card connector including same A contact strip includes adjacent contact blade members and at least one pair of adjacent contact blade members each having a horizontal axis and a first of which blade members has a greater developed length than the second of the blade members and a dist... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5859886 | Fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor A fuel assembly for a boiling water reactor comprises a bottom tie plate, a top tie plate, and a first and a second group of vertical fuel rods, each including a column of fuel pellets surrounded by a cladding tube. The second group of fuel rods has a sho... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5856691 | Element-to-element interconnection in semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method of making the same. The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a transistor including a gate electrode having a first conductive layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and a second conductive lay... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5857186 | Parallel merge sorting apparatus with an accelerated section A sorting apparatus in which, while its scale is limited so as not to become large, all of base axis data supplied as its input are sorted in order, and, at the same time, the sorted base axis data are outputted in the sorted order. The sorting apparatus ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5855791 | Performance-based control system A method for detecting and controlling cooling system characteristics. A flow rate of make-up cooling medium is measured. A conductivity of the make-up cooling medium is measured. A conductivity of a recirculating cooling medium is measured. A treatment m... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5853298 | Initiator connector for airbag systems An airbag igniter plug including a plug housing, a removable cover latched onto the housing, and a secondary locking clip having locking arms which are inserted into grooves in the cover and which are slidable from a rear unlocking position to a front loc... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5853890 | Water-based coating composition The present invention relates to a water-based coating composition suited for surface treatment of the metal sheets or plates to be used in building materials, household electric appliances, automobiles and so forth. The object of the present invention is... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5852585 | Addressing unit In an addressing unit fort reducing a wasteful time created to reach an address latch to attain fast processing, a pre-decoder for pre-decoding an X address and a Y address is provided in a preceding stage to the address latch, the address signal pre-deco... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5851157 | Iron club for golf To provide an easy-to-use iron club having a low gravitational center, a hosel portion (12) is formed on a base proximal end portion of a face (13) of a head portion (11), and a shaft hole (14) which penetrates from an upper end of the hosel portion (12) ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5851908 | Method for introduction of an impurity dopant in SiC, a semiconductor device formed by the method and a use of highly doped amorphous layer as a source for dopant diffusion into SiC A method for introduction of an impurity dopant into a semiconductor layer of SiC comprises the step of ion implantation of the dopant in the semiconductor layer at a low temperature. The ion implantation is carried out in such a way that a doped and amor... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5850772 | Method of controlling fly cutting rotary shear During a remaining time which is defined by excluding a positioning settling time ts and a cutting time interval tT during which a cutting edge is brought into contact with a stock from a period of time T allotted to a cutting operat... | 12/22/1998 |
