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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7543939 | Device and method for recording and representing images of a test object The invention relates to an illumination system comprising at least one beam path with means for simultaneously illuminating the test object within at least one reference wavelength range and at least one data wavelength range, each of which is coordinated with one ... | 06/09/2009 |
| D594146 | Illuminating lamp unit | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543129 | Storage system and storage area allocation method configuring pool areas each including logical volumes having identical allocation unit size A storage apparatus is provided with a storage area for storing data sent from a host computer, and a virtual/logical volume to which a dynamically variable storage area is allocated from within the storage area, the volume being provided to the host computer, and t... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7543108 | Storage system and storage control method achieving both power saving and good performance A storage system connected to a host device from which IO commands are sent comprises a plurality of load devices that act as loads including a plurality of storage devices, a current measuring unit that measures a current value flowing into the plurality of load de... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7543086 | Method for controlling universal serial bus (USB) device between incompatible operating system platforms The present invention relates to a method for assisting an application, executed in a processing platform where a first operation system is installed, in controlling a USB device plugged in a second operation system rather than the first operation system. First, und... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542877 | Computer system and method for controlling computer system Provided is a control method for a computer system including at least one computer, including: collecting information on operating statuses of the computer system; storing correlation information indicating a correlation among the collected pieces of information; at... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542498 | Semiconductor laser diode A semiconductor laser device that can be operated at high power and that has a structure which can suppress kink, reduce loss and stabilize the direction of polarization simultaneously, and in which an optical pattern decreases monotonously as receding from an activ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542357 | Semiconductor device A phase change memory is provided with a write data register, an output data selector, a write address register, an address comparator and a flag register. Write data is not only written into a memory cell but also retained by the write data register until the next ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542121 | Liquid crystal display device There is provided a liquid crystal display device in which light leaks near spacers are prevented. The liquid crystal display device controls the optical transmissivity of a liquid crystal layer interposed between substrates disposed in opposition to each other, by ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542108 | Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device, a transparent sheet TPS is provided to a surface of a diffusion plate SCT which faces a light source (cold cathode fluorescent lamps CFL). The whole or at least respective portions of four sides forming peripheries of the transpar... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542106 | Liquid crystal display device The object of the present invention is to make parts and kinds of liquid crystal display devices in common for cope stably and flexibly with commercial products of computer makers and television makers which have been promoted in various kinds, for simplifying maint... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542080 | Measuring device using image and measurement method using image The present invention is intended to measure a three-dimensional position of a tracking object snapped by a camera. The invention is based upon a measuring device using an image provided with an image data input part for inputting an image of a tracking object snapp... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541978 | Antenna-assisted two-point positioning system An antenna-assisted two-point positioning system for positioning a mobile device is disclosed. The antenna-assisted two-point positioning system comprises a first wireless communication module comprising first antennas, a second wireless communication module compris... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541848 | PLL circuit Phase jitter of the hybrid control type PLL circuit in a steady state is reduced. A steady state detection circuit determining whether an output of a phase comparison circuit in the hybrid control type PLL circuit frequently changes is provided, determination that a... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541672 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a header, a semiconductor chip fixed to the header constituting a MOSFET, and a sealing body of insulating resin which covers the semiconductor chip, the header and the like, and further includes a drain lead contiguously formed with ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541604 | Arrangement for the generation of short-wavelength radiation based on a gas discharge plasma and method for the production of coolant-carrying electrode housings The invention is directed to an arrangement for the generation of short-wavelength radiation based on a hot plasma generated by gas discharge and to a method for the production of coolant-carrying electrode housings. It is the object of the invention to find a novel... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541001 | Automatic pipetting and analyzing device An automatic pipetting and analyzing device for the preparation and analysis of samples in the wells of a microtitration plate has a work platform on which positioning areas for auxiliary devices and a movement area for the sample plate are provided, a passive mecha... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7540675 | Foldable keyboard A foldable keyboard for inputting data into a portable electronic device is provided. The foldable keyboard includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a first keyboard portion, and a second keyboard portion. A space is formed, as the upper and the lower cover are in cl... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7540596 | Electric device where actuator unit and printed wiring board are connected using bonding parts There is disclosed an electric device comprising: an actuator unit which includes a plurality of electrodes formed thereon; a printed wiring board which comprises: an electrically insulating flexible layer which has on one of its opposite sides protrusions for the r... | 06/02/2009 |
| D593725 | Casket with ornamentation | 06/02/2009 |
| 7198630 | Method and apparatus for controlling a surgical robot to mimic, harmonize and enhance the natural neurophysiological behavior of a surgeon The present invention was developed by a neurosurgeon and seeks to mimic the results of primate neurological research which is indicative of a human's actual neurological control structures and logic. Specifically, the motor proprioceptive and tactile neurophysiolog... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7077363 | Single-handed cord/cable management device The present invention is directed to a device for bundling cables, ropes, wires, or other long flexible materials that are desired to be bundled. The device comprises an arcuate strap for encircling bundled cables. The strap is preferably discontinuous, with first a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070614 | Radially expandable vessel support The invention relates to a radially expandable vessel support which comprises a multitude of zigzag shaped annular elements interconnected in a flexible way by bending elements. Said annular elements define a vessel support with a proximal and a distal end and a lon... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7003440 | Method, system, and program for use in displaying expression phenomenon in living matters A method for use in displaying an expression phenomenon in a living matter that are capable of displaying (printing), in a format directly appealing to the eyes or sense, information indicative of gene expression phenomena occurring with time to assist a researcher ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001760 | Hepatitis B virus vectors for gene therapy The present invention relates to novel hepatitis B virus vectors for use in gene therapy which can deliver therapeutic genes to liver cells. The invention also provides methods for the production of novel recombinant hepatitis B viruses. The recombinant viruses prod... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6988818 | Wheel lights A lighting system for wheel 3 having a tyre, comprises at least one powered light emitter 1, wherein the at least one light emitter 1 is at least partly embedded in a part of the tyre of wheel 3. ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6895214 | Method, device and system for providing educational services A method for providing educational services to at least one user engaging in at least one activity, the method including: enabling an agent to automatically monitor the user's engaging in the at least one activity; detecting an occurrence of at least one criteria us... | 05/17/2005 |
| 7539788 | Data processing system for keeping isolation between logical partitions When a subject of access of a transaction from an IO device is not any resource allocated to a logical partition to which the device having issued the transaction belongs, a report as an error is sent to a CPU, while the transaction is finished on the IO bus. To pre... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538941 | Method and arrangement for positioning a structure to be imaged The invention is directed to a method and a device for imaging structures either in the focal plane of the objective of a microscope or in the pupil of the objective or in the respective conjugate planes. For this purpose, the optical data of the imaging systems and... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538847 | Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device with a substrate, a terminal portion, and the terminal portion have at least a portion formed with a first transparent conductive film and a second transparent conductive film, and the first transparent conductive film is exposed from the second tra... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538829 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display and liquid crystal material An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crys... | 05/26/2009 |
| D593044 | Light emitting module | 05/26/2009 |
| D592862 | Digital photo frame | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533049 | Method and system for rating securities, method and system for evaluating price of securities, method for establishing a market with the system A rating method for securities or fixed rate financing instruments includes calculating a rating value for each one of the securities or fixed rate financing instruments based upon a formula involving grading numbers and weighting factors corresponding to risk and r... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531820 | Arrangement and method for the generation of extreme ultraviolet radiation The object of an arrangement and a method for the generation of extreme ultraviolet radiation is to construct the radiation source with an increased lifetime of the electrodes for using various emitters, wherein deposits inside the discharge chamber are reduced cons... | 05/12/2009 |
| D592011 | Cup to assist the taking of medicines orally | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529910 | Series and parallel operation of reconfigurable circuits with selection and timing buffers assembly for processing and binding divided data portions in matched timing A reconfigurable processor equipped with reconfigurable circuits (RCs) comprises unit A for dividing data input to the processor, and outputting a part of pieces of divided data to a RC, unit B for selecting or binding at least one piece of divided data among divide... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529254 | Communication apparatus and method for inter-AS routing Disclosed here is a communication apparatus and method for inter-AS routing, which enables policy routing between a stub AS and an upstream AS. The policy routing includes control which is applicable only between adjacent autonomous systems (AS's). When a subject co... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529251 | Data transfer device A high quality network is provided that eliminates the sorting time for sorting through registering look-up conditions, such as source and destination MAC addresses, in a content addressable memory, by generating a routing or flow control look-up key, and then selec... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529165 | Test writing method and information recording device The object of the present invention is to provide a test writing method for seeking the optimum write power correctly and in a short time under a high speed recording condition in a test writing method and an information recording device for recording information by... | 05/05/2009 |
