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Attorney: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP


Number of patents: 4216
Last date: May 22, 2012

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8185848Apparatus for performing a manufacturing method of a photomask
A method for manufacturing a photomask based on design data includes the steps of forming a figure element group including a figure element in a layout pattern on the photomask and a figure element affecting the figure element due to the optical proximity effect, ad...
05/22/2012
8184866Living body guidance control method for a biometrics authentication device, and biometrics authentication device
A biometrics authentication device identifies characteristics of the body from captured images of the body and performs individual authentication. The device guides a user, at the time of verification, to the image capture state at the time of registration of biomet...
05/22/2012
8184584Wireless device which selects routes excluding loop routes and a mesh network including the same
In wireless communication using links with neighbor wireless devices, a wireless device calculates ratios of throughput to maximum throughput for the links and calculates the costs of the links using the calculated ratios. Then the wireless device finds, for each de...
05/22/2012
8184407Magnetoresistance effect device, magnetic lamination structural body, and manufacture method for magnetic lamination structural body
An underlying layer (2) made of NiFeN is disposed over the principal surface of a substrate. A pinning layer (3) made of antiferromagnetic material containing Ir and Mn is disposed on the underlying layer. A reference layer (4c) made of f...
05/22/2012
8184370Polarizing plate, manufacturing method therefor, optical film and image display
A polarizing plate of the present invention comprises: a polarizer; a transparent protective film placed on at least one side of the polarizer; and an adhesive layer interposed between the polarizer and the transparent protective film, wherein the polarizer is a str...
05/22/2012
8184244Liquid crystal display apparatus
A liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell including a pair of substrates provided with a color filter on one substrate, and a liquid crystal layer as a display medium provided between the substrates; and an optical c...
05/22/2012
8184185Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into two dimensions for converting an incident light into a signal electric charge and for outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the signal electric charge; v...
05/22/2012
8183996Mobile information-terminal apparatus, mobile information-terminal control method, and mobile information-terminal program
A mobile information-terminal apparatus moves with a user and provides information to the user. A position-information detecting unit receives signals transmitted from a plurality of transmitters installed in a site to respective areas that are allocated to the tran...
05/22/2012
8183940Temperature control device
A thermostatic-chamber temperature control device includes: a heating element for heating a thermostatic chamber; a bridge circuit having a temperature sensitive element whose resistance value varies in accordance with the temperature of the heating element; a detec...
05/22/2012
8183873Contact sensor unit, electronic device, and method for producing a contact sensor unit
A contact sensor unit includes: a flexible substrate having a conductive pattern; a sensor element having a detecting surface for detecting a fingerprint of a test subject, the sensor element having a terminal electrically connected to the conductive pattern, and th...
05/22/2012
8183800Induced voltage control device, its control method, charged particle beam orbit control device, and its control method
An object of the invention is to provide the orbit control device for modulating the orbital deviations of the charged particle beam and its control method, wherein in the synchrotron making use of induction cells, the charged particle beam orbit control device is c...
05/22/2012
8183702Engine generator
An engine generator accommodating an engine and a generator inside a case. A first stationary handle that extends in the width direction is mounted in the rear section of the case. A second stationary handle is mounted on the upper front part of the case. A draw han...
05/22/2012
8183684Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a thin semiconductor device using a thin metal wire and having a low top portion. The semiconductor device of the present invention has a structure in which a bonding pad 55 of a semiconductor chip 54 and an electrode 53B are connect...
05/22/2012
8183572Compound semiconductor device and its manufacture method
A vertical type GaN series field effect transistor having excellent pinch-off characteristics is provided. A compound semiconductor device includes a conductive semiconductor substrate, a drain electrode formed on a bottom surface of the conductive semiconductor sub...
05/22/2012
8183558Compound semiconductor device with T-shaped gate electrode
A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor substrate; epitaxially grown layers formed over the compound semiconductor substrate and including a channel layer and a resistance lowering cap layer above the channel layer; source and drain electro...
05/22/2012
8183472Waterproofing apparatus for electrical cable end, and method of waterproofing electrical cable end
Provided is a waterproofing apparatus for an electrical cable end of the invention, in which, for waterproofing of an electrical cable end, the electrical cable end is placed in a high pressure atmosphere such that a liquid waterproofing agent dispensed onto the ele...
05/22/2012
8183109Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which comprises the steps of: forming a hydrogen diffusion preventing insulating film covering capacitors; forming a capacitor protecting insulating film on the hydrogen diffusion preventing insulating f...
05/22/2012
8182898Touch panel
A touch panel of the invention comprises a first panel having a first film base with transparency and a first transparent conductive thin film provided on one surface of the first film base; and a second panel having a second film base with transparency and a second...
05/22/2012
8182843Herbal compositions for the treatment of diseases of the oral cavity
The present invention relates to bioadhesive compositions for oral application, which comprise a curcuminoid substance as an active ingredient. The present invention also relates to method of using said bioadhesive composition for the prevention and treatment of per...
05/22/2012
8182713Lead-free piezoelectric material
There is provided a lead-free piezoelectric material capable of showing a high piezoelectric coefficient (d33>500 pC/N) exceeding that of soft PZT. The lead-free piezoelectric material contains no toxic element such as Pb, comprising a pseudo-binary solid...
05/22/2012
8182637System and method for manufacturing optical display
An object of the invention is to provide an optical display manufacturing system or method that allows an increase in the yield of an optical film, a reduction in cost and an improvement in inventory control. An optical display manufacturing system includes feeding ...
05/22/2012
8182350Sealing structure and spider joint
A lip portion consists of two cylindrical axial lips 421, 422 extended in parallel to an axial direction of a seal 4 and in different lengths (a radial lip is obviated). A neck 22 of a cross shaft 2 is formed with a neck slant portion ...
05/22/2012
8182203Turbine blade and gas turbine
A turbine blade and a gas turbine are provided in which the velocity of cooling fluid at the inlet of a pin fin region is improved so that the cooling performance at the trailing edge of the turbine blade can be improved. It includes an airfoil; a supply channel ext...
05/22/2012
8181946Liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus
To provide a liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus capable of achieving two resonance characteristics by one orifice path, in a liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus including a main liquid chamber a portion of a chamber wall of which is ...
05/22/2012
8181823Pouch and method of producing pouch container with spout
A pouch and a production method for a spout pouch container are provided, which suppress curling of an opened spout attachment edge portion and offset of a filling port defining edge portion adjacent to the spout attachment edge portion when a spout is heat-sealed t...
05/22/2012
8181687Transfer tool
To provide a transfer tool that can be preferably used without a table such as a desk and can easily carry out the transfer operation in any places, the transfer tool includes a transfer tool main body (1) and a transferred object receiver (2) that is ...
05/22/2012
8181635Breather device for engine
In a breather device for engine, in which an inlet of a breather chamber communicates with a crank chamber through a reed valve, the reed valve being formed of: a fixed stopper plate arranged so as to be opposed to a valve seat formed on an end face of the inlet fac...
05/22/2012
8181439Intake air heating system of combined cycle plant
A gas turbine is driven by a combustion gas produced when BFG compressed by a gas compressor and air compressed by a compressor are burned in a combustor. Steam is generated from a waste heat boiler by utilization of heat of an exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and ...
05/22/2012
D660203Side cover for motorcycle
05/22/2012
D660202Front side cover for motorcycle
05/22/2012
D660201Front side cover for motorcycle
05/22/2012
D660150Diffuser
05/22/2012
8181121Display unit and display method
When displaying on a display (46) a plurality of thumbnails respectively corresponding to a plurality of image files selected from an external memory card (40), the CPU 26 determines whether each image file is a moving image file or a still imag...
05/15/2012
8181027Compressed data scrambled distribution device and playback device thereof
The present invention provides a scrambled compressed data distribution device that can perform a high-resistance scrambled compressed data distribution by selectively using a plurality of types of scramble information and a playback device thereof. A scrambl...
05/15/2012
8180477Machining status monitoring method and machining status monitoring apparatus
A machining status monitoring apparatus is provided on a machine tool, and has an actual CCD camera for imaging the tool and the workpiece and generating actual two-dimensional image data thereof, a virtual image generating section having a virtual CCD camera corres...
05/15/2012
8180476Machining state checking method and machining state checking apparatus
The present invention provides a machining state checking apparatus and method for checking whether a workpiece mounted on a machine tool and a workpiece fixture are shifted. A machining state checking apparatus has an actual CCD camera for imaging a workpiece fixed...
05/15/2012
8179795Communication terminal apparatus, distribution apparatus, error notification method, and error notification program
A communication terminal apparatus (130) includes a receiving unit (132) that receives distribution data distributed through a unidirectional communication network (210), an OS/application unit (131) that accepts transmission data to a tu...
05/15/2012
8179667Solid electrolytic capacitor
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element coated with an enclosure resin, and an insulating substrate in which an anode terminal and a cathode terminal are formed. The anode terminal includes a first anode section formed on a first surface of the i...
05/15/2012
8179664Solid electrolytic capacitor
A solid electrolytic capacitor comprises an insulating substrate in which an anode terminal and a cathode terminal are formed. A first anode section and a first cathode section are formed on a first surface of the insulating substrate, so as to be spaced from each o...
05/15/2012
8179592Semiconductor optical amplifier, method for manufacturing the same, and semiconductor optical integrated device
A semiconductor optical amplifier is provided having polarization independent optical amplification characteristics and a flat gain spectrum over a wide wavelength region. In the semiconductor optical amplifier including a multi-quantum well active layer formed of w...
05/15/2012
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