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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8029692 | Substance composition and method for melting ice and preventing slipperiness and use of betaine for melting ice and preventing slipperiness The invention relates to a combination of compounds for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, which combination comprises betaine and at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations the... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027400 | Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, and resource assignment method used therein In a transmitting portion of a wireless communication apparatus, hopping pattern generating portions 16 and 17 produce hopping patterns independent from each other and specific to a transmitter. Subcarrier assigning portions 18 and 19 ass... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8003677 | 2-heteroaryl-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole derivatives and their use as SCD inhibitors The invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives of formula I wherein R, R1, A, B, D, M, L and n are as defined herein, or their physiologically compatible salts, their pharmaceutical compositions and their uses as SCD1 in... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7975600 | Axial piston machine, recoil plate and method of manufacturing a recoil plate The invention relates to an axial piston machine, in addition to a swash-plate for said machine and a method for producing a swash-plate. The swash-plate (24) is configured as a disc and has a central bore (32), which is encompassed by a collar (39 | 07/12/2011 |
| D628822 | Clothes hanger | 12/14/2010 |
| D628821 | Clothes hanger | 12/14/2010 |
| D628818 | Clothes hanger | 12/14/2010 |
| 7723383 | Therapeutic agents for treating acne The present invention relates to the treatment of acne vulgaris in a subject by administering to the subject an ingenane of the formula wherein R24-R26 are herein defined. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7633147 | Semiconductor unit having two device terminals for every one input/output signal A semiconductor unit constituting a memory device has a memory chip, a package substrate having three wiring layers. Power-supply surfaces (VDD surface) and (GND surface) are wired on the package substrate while an intra-package DQ bus is wired on an intermediate la... | 12/15/2009 |
| D605416 | Clothes Hanger | 12/08/2009 |
| 7519352 | Wireless communication network and method for broadcasting high priority information using downlink common channels A wireless communication network can reliably deliver high priority broadcast information from base stations to mobile terminals located deep in building and those located in scarcely populated areas that are remote from the base stations. Each of the base stations ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516421 | Information presentation system of visual field agreement type, and portable information terminal and server for use in the system A plurality of known markers is disposed in a specific district. A marker detection section detects the known markers existing in the image photographed by an image pickup device. A position/orientation relation calculation section identifies the detected known mark... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505639 | Information presentation method and information presentation system An information presentation method is to photograph an object by use of an image input device and display related information corresponding to the object on the object in a display screen or the periphery of the object in the display screen. The related information ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7494918 | Semiconductor structures including multiple crystallographic orientations and methods for fabrication thereof Semiconductor structures and methods for fabrication thereof are predicated upon epitaxial growth of an epitaxial surface semiconductor layer upon a semiconductor substrate having a first crystallographic orientation. The semiconductor substrate is exposed within an... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7488285 | Switch control apparatus for controlling functions of a switch by displaying information relating to the switch controlling a plurality of medical devices An image signal captured by a camera head and outputted from an image processor is inputted into a foot switch control device. The image signal is processed in a display control unit of the foot switch control device, inputted into a display and displayed thereon. T... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7473523 | Systems and methods for modifying features in a semi-conductor device Systems and methods for modifying features of a semiconductor device. The systems and methods of the invention modify features of a semiconductor device according to the amount of exposure dose of light to which a common reticle field of a semiconductor device is ex... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7411227 | CMOS silicide metal gate integration The present invention provides a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integration process whereby a plurality of silicided metal gates are fabricated atop a gate dielectric. Each silicided metal gate that is formed using the integration scheme of the present inve... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7342293 | Bipolar junction transistors (BJTS) with second shallow trench isolation (STI) regions, and methods for forming same The present invention relates to bipolar junction transistors (BJTS). The collector region of each BJT is located in a semiconductor substrate surface and adjacent to a first shallow trench isolation (STI) region. A second STI region is provided, which extends betwe... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7303734 | Endoscope container for high-pressure steam sterilization An endoscope container for high-pressure steam sterilization in accordance with the present invention consists mainly of a tray, a lid member, and a positioning member. The tray serves as a housing and has a plurality of pores. The lid member blocks the opening of t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302242 | Portable phone having recording function for recording call-audio with using the minimum capacity of memory A portable phone having a recording function to which this invention is applicable comprises a plurality of memories, a switching unit, and a reproducing unit. Each of the memories is used for endless-recording, as a conversation content audio data during the teleph... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302350 | Selection of software and hardware functions with a force/torque sensor A force-moment sensor (1) is used as a switch, with which, depending on the introduction of forces and moments onto an operating part (5) of the force-moment sensor (1), software or hardware functions of a device (2, 2′) to be controlle... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7265223 | Intermediate compounds for the preparation of mirtazapine and production methods thereof The present invention is directed to intermediate compounds of mirtazapine and methods for obtaining same. A method is described for obtaining (±)-3-phenyl-1-methylpiperazine, an important intermediate for obtaining mirtazapine, which is based on imposing a cycliza... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7214182 | Wireless in-vivo information acquiring system, body-insertable device, and external device A pill inserted into a body of a patient acquires in-vivo information on the body of the patient. A receiver disposed on the outside of the body receives the in-vivo information on the body of the patient from the pill through an antenna. When a power supply signal ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7170392 | Radio pager A radio pager of the present invention displays a number of stored information in an as ascending order or a descending order selected by the user on a rotary switch included in the pager. In addition, the pager allows the user to see and desired information first b... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7139933 | Preserving cache data against cluster reboot A dual cluster storage server maintains track control blocks (TCBs) in a data structure to describe the data stored in cache in corresponding track images or segments. Following a cluster failure and reboot, the surviving cluster uses the TCBs to rebuild data struct... | 11/21/2006 |