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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6291863 | Thin film transistor having a multi-layer stacked channel and its manufacturing method Disclosed is a thin film transistor used to manufacture a highly integrated SRAM or LCD and its manufacturing method, and more particularly, to a thin film transistor having a multi-layer stacked channel in order to increase the current flow during the th... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6135097 | Pollution control transformer An improved combustion and anti-pollution device for a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine is shown in which the device reaches optimal operating temperature and thus maximum effectiveness almost at the same instant as the starting of the v... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5641466 | Method of purifying carbon nanotubes A mixture of carbon nanotubes and impurity carbon materials, which include carbon nanoparticles and may possibly include amorphous carbon, is purified into carbon nanotubes of high purity by utilizing a significant difference in oxidizability between the ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5635220 | Molding die for sealing semiconductor device with reduced resin burrs A molding die for sealing a semiconductor element with a resin includes an upper and a lower mold half. A leadframe having a resin passage aperture is sandwiched between the lower mold half and the upper mold half. The lower mold half has a lower runner s... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5624673 | Cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition containing a prunella extract The invention relates to the use of an extract of prunella or at least one prunella saponin. This extract or this saponin is used for the preparation of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical and/or dermatological composition. Said composition makes it possible to ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5622888 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A semiconductor device has a capacitive element with excellent leak current characteristics which has a tungsten film with a roughened surface for increasing the surface of a lower electrode. A capacitive element for use in a VLSI memory circuit such as a... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5616427 | Organic thin film EL device having long lifetime In an organic thin film EL device comprising an anode layer, a cathode layer, and a complex layer including hole injection material and luminescent material, an anode interfacial layer is formed between the anode layer and the complex layer. The anode int... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5606147 | Electrical outlet box for hanging an electrical fixture An outlet box for mounting a fixture, such as a fan or a light, from a ceiling. Adjustable hanger screw mountings permit the mounting of a wide variety of fixtures to the box. Adjustability is attained by attaching the hanger screw mountings to the ends o... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5597635 | Business form with adhesive for window mounting A business form with adhesive for window mounting comprises a back sheet and a front sheet. The top edge of the top sheet is coextensive with the top edge of the bottom sheet, but the bottom edge of the top sheet is inwardly offset from the bottom edge of... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5591260 | Method for crystal growth The invention provides a method for growing GaAs crystals wherein GaAs crystal growth is carried out by means of an equipment by which Indium containing crystals were grown before carrying out the GaAs crystal growth, and the GaAs crystal growth is caused... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5589698 | Solid state imaging device having sliding potential gradient A charge transfer device for making a compact solid state imaging apparatus. The device has a sloping potential gradient in the vertical to horizontal charge coupling region to achieve an increasing fringe electrical field without increasing the actual el... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5590375 | Apparatus for performing concurrent seeks on plural integrated drive electronics (IDE) disk drives without additional devices An interface allows a given CPU (Central Processing Unit) to communicate concurrently with a large number of disk drives in a high-performance, low-cost system. Plural seek operations can be performed concurrently, to serve a common processor. Also, heter... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5587344 | Method for fabricating an oxynitride film for use in a semiconductor device The invention provides a method and an apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device having a silicon oxynitride layer deposited on a semiconductor substrate by means of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition with radio-frequency field being applied... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5583010 | Nucleic acid molecule encoding the porcine growth hormone receptor Growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) receptor binding has been characterized using a unique binding assay utilizing iodinated GHRH probes. Photoaffinity GHRH probes have been constructed which allow for photolabeling and characterization of the recepto... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5583685 | Marking apparatus having feedback-controlled rotational laser beam A rotating laser apparatus having a reciprocating laser scanning system which facilitates visual recognition of a laser beam on an object to be measured by raising an effective energy level on the object. In the apparatus the laser beam is rotated by a ro... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581064 | Automated coupon processing system employing coupon with identifying code and chosen second identifying code uniquely identifying the coupon An automated coupon processing system inputs information from a manufacturer coupon, discerns a first identifying code from the coupon, correlates the first identifying code with one or more second identifying codes, and chooses a particular one of the se... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5577846 | Eccentric rolling bearing device In a rolling bearing device mounted on an eccentric mounting shaft, its outer race ring is formed by pressing, and the outer cylindrical surface thereof is left as it is, not polished. Hence, an oil film is stably formed on the whole outer cylindrical sur... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577677 | Axially-compressible coil carrier An axially-compressible coil carrier comprising first and second parallel, coaxial end rings, a plurality of carrier rings positioned between the first and second end rings, and a plurality of support struts arranged in rings, the rings of struts alternat... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5579533 | Method of making a soldering iron tip from a copper/iron alloy composite A soldering tip comprising 50-95 weight percent uncoated copper particles and 5-50 weight percent iron particles is prepared by a method in which the particles are compacted, sintered and shaped into a soldering tip. The soldering tips are durable, resist... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5576562 | Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device that enables correction of the shading phenomenon effectively without overall sensitivity reduction. This device contains pixels arranged in an array to form an image area, photodetectors for detecting incident light to genera... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5571742 | Method of fabricating stacked capacitor of DRAM cell A stack capacitor capable of obtaining high capacitance in a limited area, thereby improving the integration degree of a semiconductor memory device and a process for fabricating the same. The process includes the steps of preparing a semiconductor substr... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570450 | Junction and modular optical sharing terminal assembly A junction and modular optical sharing terminal assembly incorporates a vertically-extending frame having a plurality of frame plates vertically mounted thereon and a plurality of horizontally-extending, telescopic tray guides mounted on the frame plates ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5569618 | Method for planarizing insulating film A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed in which an insulating film is formed on a semiconductor substrate, elements are formed on the insulating film, the first oxide film is formed on the surface of the insulating film in the elem... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5567959 | Laminated complementary thin film transistor device with improved threshold adaptability A combination of a lower thin film transistor formed on an insulating substrate and an upper thin film transistor laminated over the lower transistor has a lower channel formed in the lower transistor, an upper channel formed in the upper transistor, a lo... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5565240 | Process for producing powder coated plastic product Plastic substrates, such as but not limited to phenolic cellulosic composites such as those used in conventional toilet seats, are heated at a temperature and for a time sufficient to degas the substrate, and are then coated with a powder, and heated to c... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5561310 | Storage electrode of DRAM cell A storage electrode of a DRAM cell in a highly-integrated semiconductor device has, in order to secure the surface area thereof greater than that of a conventional tunnel-type storage electrode, an upper plate of storage electrode formed over a lower plat... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5561078 | Method of fabrication of semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device incorporates the steps of forming in succession a gate insulting film, a polycrystalline silicon film and a first insulating film on a semiconductor substrate surface, and etching a portion of the first insul... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5557232 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device having a control circuit for setting the test mode In a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a step-down circuit for stepping down an external power supply voltage to obtain an internal power supply voltage, the external power supply voltage can be applied to an internal signal processing cir... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557132 | Semiconductor relay unit A silicon substrate is partially removed for forming a movable center portion connected through torsional portions to a stationary portion, and current flows through a coil formed in the movable center portion so that a moving contact formed in the torsio... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5556786 | Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia gene and method of detecting same The present invention relates to various yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) which contain all or a portion of the human EDA gene for anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, probes specific for human EDA gene and methods of diagnosis of EDA gene-related disorder... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557218 | Reprogrammable programmable logic array A reprogrammable programmable logic array comprising a first write module for inputting data to be written and data to be compared, an AND CAM cell array block for, in a write mode, sequentially storing the write data from the first write module and, in a... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5554784 | Process for preparing iodoalkynylcarbamates having a low tendency of yellowing when exposed to light A method for preparing iodoalkynylcarbamates exhibiting little or no discoloration or yellowing when incorporated into coating compositions, such as paint compositions, and exposed to sunlight. An alkynol is reacted with freshly distilled isocyanate prepa... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5554547 | Process for the production of thin film transistor using oxygen plasma A process for producing a thin film transistor suitable to a high integrated static ram (SRAM) or a liquid crystal display, thereby improvements in a leak current and an operating current along with a process for the production of a thin film transistor. ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553767 | Soldering iron tip made from a copper/iron alloy composite A soldering tip comprising 50-95 weight percent uncoated copper particles and 5-50 weight percent iron particles is prepared by a method in which the particles are compacted, sintered and shaped into a soldering tip. The soldering tips are durable, resist... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555360 | Graphics processing apparatus for producing output data at edges of an output image defined by vector data A graphics processing apparatus carries out an antialiasing for obtaining an output image having smooth edges, enabling a speedy computation of approximate shading area rates of pixels by making use of neither a subpixel dividing process nor a shading pix... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5552626 | Semiconductor device having bipolar transistors with commonly interconnected collector regions A semiconductor device with bipolar transistors formed in respective island regions in which collector regions of the bipolar transistors do not need to be pulled up to the top of the corresponding island regions and do not need to be contacted with a col... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550675 | Semiconductor light receiving apparatus It is the object of the invention to suppress noises caused by reflections of a ray of light from a light receiving surface of a photodiode chip and inner and outer surfaces of a glass in a semiconductor light receiving apparatus. A construction of a ligh... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550435 | Field emission cathode apparatus It is the object of the invention to provide a field emission cathode apparatus comprising plural electron-emitters which eliminates nonuniformity of electric emission density over an emissive area, controls emission currents by active devices, and improv... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550384 | Method and apparatus of automatically scanning for density defects in carpets An apparatus and method for scanning a carpet is used for detecting tuft defects in the carpet during manufacture. The apparatus or system incorporates a light source for providing light along a width of the carpet; a scanning array for detecting light fr... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549798 | Wet processing apparatus having individual reactivating feedback paths for anode and cathode water In a wet processing apparatus, an electrolytic cell, a first storing cell for storing anode active water of the electrolytic cell, a first processing cell for processing a target with the anode active water of the first storing cell, a second storing cell... | 08/27/1996 |
