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A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165500 | Looper for tufting machine A looper for use in a tufting machine includes a hook throat portion having a bottom edge. Corrugations are formed along the bottom edge. The corrugations provide suitable resistance to loop piles hooked by the hook throat portion, thereby preventing the loop piles ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7083506 | Polishing apparatus A polishing apparatus comprises a polishing table having a polishing surface thereon, a top ring for pressing a workpiece to be polished against the polishing surface, and a dresser for dressing the polishing surface on the polishing table. The dresser comprises a d... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6270860 | Method of making push button switch covering with protective coating A push button switch covering member of a silicone rubber is imparted with excellent resistance against stain deposition and abrasive wearing by providing a protective overcoating layer of a urethane resin-based coating composition capable of being cured ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6235074 | Process of recovering copper from winding There is provided a process of recovering copper from winding composed of an enameled copper wire having a polyester and/or a polyurethane based insulating coating thereon, and the process includes the steps of immersing the winding into an alkali solutio... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6121295 | Pharmaceutical composition Pharmaceutical composition which comprises an insulin sensitivity enhancer in combination with other antidiabetics differing from the enhancer in the mechanism of action, which shows a potent depressive effect on diabetic hyperglycemia and is useful for p... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6116171 | Pulverized coal combustion burner A pulverized coal combustion burner has a circumferential distribution of pulverized coal density at an outlet portion of a pulverized coal nozzle made uniform, and a complete NOx decrease is attained. An oil gun (01) for stabilizing combustion... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6104283 | Pest animal repulsing apparatus The apparatus according to the present invention is provided with two or more output systems to which transducers are connected, a source output on/off control unit that turns on/off the output from a source based upon the output from a random signal gene... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6026649 | Compressor provided with refrigerant and lubricant in specified relationship The present invention provides a compressor in which an oil for application or that for assembly has non-compatibility with a refrigerant to be charged in a refrigerant circuit and an lubricating oil to be charged in the compressor has compatibility with ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5977394 | Silyl thioalkene compound and method for the preparation thereof Disclosed is a silyl thioalkene compound, as a class of organosilicon compounds, represented by the general formula R(--CSAr.dbd.CHSiX3)n, in which the subscript n is 1 or 2, R is, when n is 1, a hydrogen atom or unsubstituted or substitu... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5972510 | Spherulite particles of isotactic polypropylene Olefins may be polymerised in the presence of a catalytic system comprising a metallocene and an organic aluminum compound supported on a mesoporous material to produce polyolefins. The mesoporous material comprises atoms of one or more elements selected ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5968756 | Reagent for measuring creatine kinase activity and measuring method thereof The present invention provides such a measuring method of the CK isoform and a reagent therefor. Accordingly, the present invention provides a reagent for measuring creatine kinase (CK) activity comprising an antibody, wherein said antibody inhibits CK-M | 10/19/1999 |
| 5965740 | Alpha-substituted benzyl heterocyclic derivatives, intermediates for producing the same and pesticides containing the same as active ingredient A compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R2 is optionally substituted aryl or heterocyclic group; R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R | 10/12/1999 |
| 5961931 | Particulate trap A particulate trap for use with a diesel engine is high in particulate trapping capacity and regenerating capacity and low in pressure drop, and yet is compact and inexpensive. This trap has a filter element made up of a plurality of tapered filter member... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5945448 | Brain edema inhibitor The present invention relates to a composition for treating or preventing brain edemas which comprises containing an endothelin antagonist as an active ingredient, for example, the compound of the following formula (I): ##STR1## or pharmaceutically a... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5942278 | Process for the production of a material for sealing and healing wounds A process for the production of a material for sealing and healing wounds comprises the even application of a suspension to a collagen carrier. An elongated container, into which the suspension is filled, is provided with a base frame (1) and a set of two... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5934680 | Split resin seal ring with chamfered end connection structures A composite step-cut type synthetic resin seal ring having a pair of abutments provided at one circumferential point of the ring body and spaced from each other. Each abutment has end face and comprises a protrusion and a shoulder provided adjacent to eac... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5925160 | Partially crystallizing lead-free enamel composition for automobile glass A ceramic enamel composition contains 40-80% by weight of at least one lead-free metal oxide frit containing precursors of Zn2 SiO4, such as ZnO and SiO2, wherein the amount of Zn2 SiO4 precursors is ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5922301 | Radiolabelled amino acid formulations stored in an unfrozen state Additives are proposed for compositions comprising radiolabelled organic compounds e.g. 32P-labelled nucleotides. Stabilisers are selected from tryptophan, para-aminobenzoate, indoleacetate and the azole group. Dyes are selected from Sulphorhodamine B, Xy... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5914424 | Process for producing acrylonitrile In a process for producing acrylonitrile by the ammoxidation of propylene, comprising bringing, in a fluidized-bed reactor, a gas containing propylene, ammonia and molecular oxygen into contact with a highly-active ammoxidation catalyst (this catalyst bei... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5912217 | Diamond sintered body and a process for the production of the same, tools and abrasive grains using the same An improved diamond sintered body having an excellent breakage resistance, corrosion resistance, heat resistance and wear resistance and capable of being sintered at a relatively low pressure and low temperature can be provided. The feature thereof consis... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5907890 | Guiding device for sliding doors A guiding device for sliding doors is disclosed and includes a guide bar and door supporting elements that travel along the guide bar. The guide bar and each door supporting element form a recirculating ball bearing sliding pair. The guide bar and the doo... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5905253 | Memory card A memory card is to be inserted into an electronic device so as to add a memory function. The memory card comprises a parent card and a child card, the child card including a semiconductor memory element and a lead as an external terminal of the memory el... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5897783 | Magnetic separation method Biological assay systems often involve suspending magnetically attractable particles in a liquid, and later bringing down the particles from suspension and separating the formed pellet from the supernatant liquid. The invention provides magnetic systems f... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5883160 | Flame-retardant epoxy resin composition for case potting of film capacitors Proposed is a flame-retardant heat-curable flowable epoxy resin composition suitable for use in case potting of film capacitors exhibiting very little settling of the particulate ingredients in storage and excellent impregnability in case potting as well ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5874271 | Human glycosyltransferase gene, compounds and method for inhibiting cancerous metastasis A gene encoding human glycosyltransferase (human GnT-III) and recombinant DNA method for producing the enzyme are provided. A cancerous metastasis inhibitor comprising GnT-III, or a gene thereof, and a method of inhibiting cancerous metastasis in a mammal... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5871915 | Method for detecting nucleic acid polymer The present invention has an object to provide an easy method for detecting a nucleic acid polymer in aqueous phase. The present invention provides a method for detecting the amount of nucleic acid polymer, which comprises the steps of modifying an intercalato... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5872079 | Superconductor and precursor therefor, their preparation and use of superconductor A superconductor comprising a compound of the formula (II): R1+x Ba2-x Cu3 O7-y1 (II) wherein not less than 40% of a crystal of the superconductor shows phase separation, and at (temperature, magnetic fi... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5872109 | Anti-inflammatory agent Use of a polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of sulfated acid mucopolysaccharides and sulfated dextrans, and physiologically acceptable salts thereof for prophylaxis or treatment of inflammations, particularly an adult respiratory distress s... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5872153 | Process for preparing aqueous o-phthalaldehyde-glutaraldehyde solutions A process for preparing an aqueous o-phthalaldehyde-glutaraldehyde solution which comprises converting an acetal of the o-phthalaldehyde in a 10 to 60% strength aqueous glutaraldehyde solution into o-phthalaldehyde at room temperature up to 100° C. by el... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870947 | Apparatus for supplying paste food sheets at a predetermined interval An apparatus supplies food paste material sheets at a predetermined interval on a surface moving at a predetermined speed. The apparatus includes a horizontally arranged first roller adapted to be rotated to receive a continuous food paste material sheet ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870177 | Photographic printing apparatus A photographic printing apparatus is provided in which a plurality of film cartridges X stored in a cartridge storage 1 are unloaded and transferred one by one to a film table 5 and after reading image data from a film of the cartridge with a scanner modu... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5865030 | Gas turbine combustor with liquid fuel wall cooling A gas turbine combustor 1 prevents an inequality of distribution of temperatures at the outlet of the combustor which might otherwise be caused by cooling air introduced into the combustor. A liner 2 having an outer liner 2' and an inner liner 2", is disp... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5865243 | Heat exchanger In a flat tube formed by machining a brazing sheet, ridges 12a-12c are formed at each of the opposing flat portions 11a and 11b of the flat tube 4 along the lengthwise direction of the flat tubes so that the ridges contact the inner surfaces of each of th... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5864528 | Security system for audio equipment The present invention provides a security system for audio equipment which allows users to easily release a security operation without having to remember any identification numbers or codes. The present invention provides a security system for audio equip... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5864032 | Phosphoramidite derivatives, their preparation and the use thereof in the incorporation of reporter groups on synthetic oligonucleotides Phosphoramidite derivatives of formula (V), ##STR1## wherein X is biotin and Y is a protecting group. There may be a linker arm, of variable length, between X and the rest of the molecule. Examples of the protecting group Y include 4,4'-dimethoxytrit... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5863338 | Apparatus and method for forming thin film A forming apparatus of a thin film, includes a processing chamber where a predetermined process is carried out on a surface of a supplied substrate, and a feeding device, which is provided in the processing chamber, for feeding material to form an organic... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5864275 | Opposed magnet-type magnetic circuit assembly with permanent magnets Proposed is an improvement in an opposed-magnet magnetic circuit assembly with permanent magnets suitable for use, for example, in an MRI instrument comprising a pair of upper and lower permanent magnets to form a magnetic-field gap space therebetween, a ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5861135 | Highly crystalline diamond High quality diamond excellent in crystalline property as well as transparency, can be synthesized at a high growth speed by a process which comprises using, as a raw material gas, a mixed gas of hydrogen gas A, an inert gas B, a carbon atom-containing ga... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5858806 | Method of bonding IC component to flat panel display A method wherein an IC component is mounted to electrodes provided in a transparent portion of a flat panel display with interposition of an anisotropic conductive adhesive or film, includes steps of detecting, when mounting the IC component onto the tran... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5853817 | Method for producing a thin film resin matrix The present invention provides a method for producing a a high-performance black matrix taking the palce of a Cr film black matrix and a high-performance color display thin film, which is comprises steps of vaporizing one or more organic pigments or vapor... | 12/29/1998 |
