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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7754774 | Antiseptic bactericides and cosmetics, drugs and foods containing the antiseptic bactericides The purpose of the present invention is to provide antiseptic disinfectant, and cosmetics and toiletries, medicine or food containing the same, which enhance the antibacterial activity that 1,2-alkanediol originally have against a broad range of strains by compoundi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7754613 | Etching method and etching apparatus Etching and protective-film deposition operations E and D are in alternation repeatedly executed on a silicon substrate carried on a platform within a processing chamber. With gas inside the processing chamber having been exhausted to pump down the chamber interior,... | 07/13/2010 |
| PP20750 | Peach tree named ‘FLATQUEEN’ A new and distinct variety of flat peach tree, denominated ‘FLATQUEEN’, has a late evenness of maturity, a very aromatic taste and fruit is the same as ‘MAILLARFLAT’ ‘FLATPRETTY’ ‘FLATNICE’ and ‘FLATPRINCESSE’. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659997 | Moving body system and method of detecting position of moving body Linear sensors are provided in two rows along a moving route of a moving body. A relative position of a magnet provided in the moving body relative to the linear sensor is determined, and an origin coordinate of the linear sensor is added to the determined relative ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659949 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display employing the same A backlight unit (2) comprising a shallow box type case (3) having low profile sidewalls and opening upward, a light guide plate (7) in the box type case (3), and a supporting frame (11) containing optical members such as a linear ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7651738 | Supramolecular composite film material and method for fabricating The present invention provides an optically anisotropic composite film material possessing improved working characteristics, including hydrolytic stability and mechanical strength with respect to environmental factors. These and other advantages of the present inven... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7648907 | Semiconductor device, wiring substrate forming method, and substrate processing apparatus A substrate support (201) having a flat supporting surface (201a) is prepared, and a semiconductor substrate (1) is fixed to the substrate supporting surface (201) by attaching a wiring forming surface (1a) to the sup... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7637487 | XY guide table Provided is an XY guide table in which rigidity of portions thereof where ball rolling surfaces are formed is enhanced to thereby eliminate clearances between balls and ball rolling grooves making it possible to guide an upper plate in an X-direction and Y-direction... | 12/29/2009 |
| PP20611 | Peach tree named ‘Juliepretty’ A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated ‘JULIEPRETTY’, has an appealing fruit with a long shelf-life both on the tree after growth completion and after harvesting, a round shape, an orange yellow flesh which tastes aromatic, and a skin colored with... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630038 | Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display apparatus There are provided a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus each having an excellent screen contrast, a small color shift, and small display unevenness. The liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer placed on one sid... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627212 | Optical integrated device An optical integrated device includes an optical waveguide structure formed on a semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of first channel optical waveguide portions, an optical coupler portion and a second channel optical waveguide portion, a burying layer... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7627209 | Optical waveguide for touch panel An optical waveguide for a touch panel which is arranged for prevention of breakage of bending portions thereof and reduction in light loss. The optical waveguide for a touch panel is configured in a band shape so as to be wrapped around a periphery of a display of ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626215 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A first p-type SiGe mixed crystal layer is formed by an epitaxial growth method in a trench, and a second p-type SiGe mixed crystal layer is formed. On the second SiGe mixed crystal layer, a third p-type SiGe mixed crystal layer is formed. The height of an uppermost... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7624413 | Digital broadcasting receiver There is provided a digital broadcasting receiver capable of making channel selection without making a user conscious of the difference between a physical channel number and a virtual channel number. A CPU uses an OSD display circuit, for example, to display a menu ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7622185 | Protective cover sheet comprising a UV-absorbing layer for a polarizer plate and method of making the same The invention relates to a protective cover sheet comprising a low birefringence protective polymer film and a layer that promotes adhesion to poly(vinyl alcohol), the protective cover sheet comprising at least one functional layer containing a UV-absorbing polymer.... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7622082 | Biochip The present invention provides a biochip comprising, in sequence from one end of a blood collection bag formed into a flat, pouch-like shape using a flexible material: a rubber-like plug which is mounted so as to airtightly close t... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620506 | Measurement electronic device system A plurality of measurement electronic device units (10, 20) each having a measurement detector connected thereto and thus having a measuring function are connected in series by connectors to be capable of mutually conveying measurement data and signals, and o... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619696 | Liquid crystal display panel In an active matrix type liquid crystal display panel of the invention, an inner shorting line that is thicker than the scan lines and picture lines is disposed so as to surround the periphery of a display area included in the liquid crystal display panel; the scan ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618745 | Sealed battery A sealed battery according to the present invention includes a sealing body 18A having a terminal cap 19′ made of an iron-based material and a safety valve 25 made of an aluminum-based material. In the sealing body 18A, at least one of ... | 11/17/2009 |
| PP20478 | Peach tree named ‘FLATPRINCESSE’ A new and distinct variety of flat peach tree, denominated ‘FLATPRINCESSE’, has a very high regular productivity and has the same good fruit quality as other varieties: ‘MAILLARFLAT’ ‘FLATPRETTY’ ‘FLATQUEEN’ ‘FLATNICE’. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| D604333 | Snow plow and/or replica thereof | 11/17/2009 |
| D604201 | Truck vehicle | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616802 | Light reflection intensity calculation circuit A circuit for calculating a light reflected component with high accuracy. The circuit for calculating a reflected component of light reflected from an object having a rough surface comprises a means for storing the reflectance of an object in relation to the value Ï... | 11/10/2009 |
| PP20472 | Peach tree name ‘JULIENICE’ A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated ‘JULIENICE’, has a higher earlier bloom and bigger fruit of longer shelf life. Moreover, trees are very vigorous. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| D603759 | Motorcycle or motorcycle replica | 11/10/2009 |
| 7612774 | Mesh dividing device, computer-readable recording medium in which mesh dividing program is recoded, and method for setting maximum number of cuboids and parameters for mesh-division The present invention relates to a device capable of easily and reliably selecting and determining parameters such as the optimum maximum number of cuboids and the like corresponding to an analytical target model. For this purpose, in the present invention, two or m... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611984 | Manufacture method for semiconductor device having improved copper diffusion preventive function of plugs and wirings made of copper or copper alloy (a) A copper alloy film containing at least two types of metal elements in addition to copper is formed on the surface of an insulator containing oxygen and formed on a semiconductor substrate. (b) A metal film made of pure copper or copper alloy is formed on the co... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611821 | Positive resist compositions and patterning process A positive resist composition is provided comprising (A) a resin component having a carboxylic acid moiety protected with an acetal protective group which is decomposable under the action of an acid, wherein in the carboxylic acid moiety protected with an acetal pro... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611819 | Resist composition, method for forming resist pattern, and semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a resist composition which enables uniformly thickening a resist pattern with a resist pattern thickening material, regardless of the direction, spacing variations of the resist pattern, and the components of the resist pattern thicken... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611390 | Terminal connection structure for a battery A terminal connection structure for a battery which is electrically connected to a battery terminal includes a terminal plate having an attachment hole and a side plate connected perpendicularly to the plate. A terminal metal member, having a fitting hole correspond... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610492 | Biometric authentication device, biometric information authentication method, and program A biometric authentication device has high security by preventing intra-device information from being falsified and stolen by a third party. A biometric authentication device includes a biometric information storage module, a biometric information authenticating mod... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609645 | Moving picture compression encoding transceiver apparatus It is made possible to concretely estimate actual transmission bit rate in a frame of grasping a line state by using a report packet. Together with media packets encoded by a video encoder 1 and an audio encoder 2, a sender report packet generat... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609359 | Method of manufacturing liquid crystal panel A plurality of projections are formed on one of a pair of substrates in a manner to surround a display area, thereafter a mask for shielding the outside of the display area on the substrate is placed such that the mask is in contact with the projections, and a depos... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7608331 | Cladophora-form carbon comprising carbon nanomaterials radially grown on a spherical core, process for producing the same and production apparatus A fine spherical particle formed of diamond as a core and having carbon nano-materials radially grown therefrom is disclosed, which exhibits the appearance of a Marimo (Cladophora sauteri) particle. Fine diamond catalytic particles 2 whose surfaces are... | 10/27/2009 |
| D602845 | Automobile tire | 10/27/2009 |
| D602844 | Automobile tire | 10/27/2009 |
| D602843 | Automobile tire | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605436 | Manufacture of semiconductor device having insulation film of high dielectric constant A method contains the steps of (a) heating a silicon substrate in a reaction chamber; and (b) supplying film-forming gas containing source gas, nitridizing gas, and nitridation enhancing gas to a surface of the heated silicon substrate, to deposit on the silicon sub... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7605007 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same An upper electrode film includes a first conductive oxidation layer made of an oxide expressed by a chemical formula M1Ox2, a second conductive oxidation layer made of an oxide expressed by a chemical formula M2Oy2 and a t... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604901 | Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell that has excellent high-temperature cycle characteristics and that is highly safe enough to prevent overcharge is provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell has a positive electrode for reversibly intercalating-dein... | 10/20/2009 |
