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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7169548 | Sperm cell processing and preservation systems Methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing sperm cells to accomplish preservation for future use while minimizing the adverse effects of such preservation. Sperm cells may be collected from a male animal and subjected to a first preservation step, including ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167310 | Microscope, especially microscope used for inspection in semiconductor manufacture A microscope, especially a microscope that is used for inspection in semiconductor manufacture is disclosed. The microscope comprises a pulsed laser for the purpose of illumination, preferably in the UV range. At least one rotating diffusion disk is disposed downstr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167247 | Paper quality discriminating machine The technique of the present invention enhances the stability of paper material identification of sheets. To achieve the above purpose, both short-wavelength light in the range of 370 nm and long-wavelength light in the range of 420 to 1000 nm are irradiated to pape... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163324 | Led light stick assembly A light emitting diode (LED) warning signal light, the warning signal light comprising a plurality of light sources constructed and arranged with a reflector or cullminator, the LED light source being in electrical communication with a controller and a power supply,... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161590 | Thin, lightweight, flexible, bright, wireless display A multilayered thin, lightweight, flexible, bright, wireless display having components capable of being manufactured by a printing method. A flexible substrate provides a support structure upon which components can be manufactured by a printing method. A display str... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161665 | High resolution imaging fountain flow cytometry An imaging fountain flow cytometer allows high resolution microscopic imaging of a flowing sample in real time. Cells of interest are in a vertical stream of liquid flowing toward one or more illuminating elements at wavelengths which illuminate fluorescent dyes and... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158231 | Spectroscopic ellipsometer and polarimeter systems A spectroscopic ellipsometer or polarimeter system having a source of a polychromatic beam of electromagnetic radiation, a polarizer, a stage for supporting a material system, an analyzer, a dispersive optics and a detector system which comprises a multiplicity of d... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158229 | Small-spot spectrometry instrument with reduced polarization and multiple-element depolarizer therefor A small-spot imaging, spectrometry instrument for measuring properties of a sample has a polarization-scrambling element, such as a birefringent plate depolarizer, incorporated between the polarization-introducing components of the system, such as the beamsplitter, ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157049 | Optical bio-discs and fluidic circuits for analysis of cells and methods relating thereto The present invention is directed to optical bio-discs, methods, and optical disc drives for clinical diagnostics. The present invention is further directed to methods for determining the quantity of a specific type of blood cell in a biological sample including on-... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154102 | System and methods for detection and identification of chemical substances The invention provides a system and method utilizing, among other things, fluorescence spectroscopy in the ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to determine chemical species and concentrations. The basic measuring system includes optics, a spectrograp... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154595 | Cavity enhanced optical detector A cavity enhanced optical detector comprising: i) a source of continuous wave laser light; ii) a high finesse resonant cavity comprising at least three spaced apart, high-reflectivity mirrors positioned to receive light from the laser light source; iii) at least one... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154080 | System and method for detecting the efficacy of machined parts The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting the efficacy of machined parts, and particularly to an automated system and method that detects whether tooling features (e.g., holes) are properly formed and aligned in work pieces during the machin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154603 | Interchangeable tip-open cell fluorometer Described and claimed is an interchangeable tip-open cell fluorometer comprising a housing and a fluorometric probe tip interchangeably connected to the housing, the probe tip including a probe tip housing defining an open cell and enclosing a probe optical arrangem... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151604 | Optical system and method for particle detection In accordance with various embodiments, particle detection systems and method for particle detection are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the particle detection system includes at least one detector and a light source that provides light. The exemplary system can... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151633 | Scanning microscope A detector, arranged in the detection beam path of a scanning microscope, for the detection of detected light proceeding from a sample can be used to detect other than the detected light for example of external optical experiments. The scanning microscope comprises ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151606 | Method for evaluation of vegetables and fruits and evaluation apparatus therefor One form of evaluation apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources vertically arranged by one side of a carrier line in width direction Y perpendicular to carrying direction X of the carrier line; and a light-receiving section arranged by an opposite side of t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151260 | Analyzer for measuring multiple gases Stand-alone multiple gas analysis apparatus, of relatively small physical size, integrates one or more supplemental sensors, such as a self-heating, amperometric, limiting current-type oxygen sensor and/or a titania nanotube-type hydrogen sensor, into the sampling c... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148968 | Portable surface plasmon resonance imaging instrument A surface plasmon resonant device provides practical portable operation through the use of a low power high efficiency LED source and a high-efficiency prism sample cell pre-loaded with probe molecules and sealed for field use. A simple mechanical control allows adj... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145709 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145645 | Imaging of biological samples using electronic light detector A system and method using an electronic light detector array, e.g., a CCD or a CMOS-based detector array, is used to acquire a visual image of a biological sample that includes biological material associated with a biological material holding structure (e.g., a DNA ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145349 | Method for increasing the interference resistance of a time frame reflectometer and a circuit device of implementing said method The invention relates to methods and a circuit for increasing the interference resistance of a time frame reflectometer, in particular with respect to high frequency irradiation. A transmitted pulse (XS) is generated at a pulse repeater frequency (fprf) and coupled ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141416 | Multi-purpose optical analysis optical bio-disc for conducting assays and various reporting agents for use therewith The present invention relates to optical bio-disc systems and related methods and to immobilizing receptor molecules. When a sample is injected into a fluidic circuit, the target agent binds to a capture probe bound in a capture zone. A signal is generated from tags... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142306 | Optical probes and probe systems for monitoring fluid flow in a well Several optical probes useful in downhole applications are provided. A first probe has a tip in the form of a cubical corner with the diagonal of the cubical corner aligned with the axis of the probe. A second probe has a tip formed in a 45° cone. In these designs,... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139075 | Method and apparatus for measuring the size distribution and concentration of particles in a fluid A method for measuring the characteristics of particles in a fluid by detecting electromagnetic radiation scattered on individual particles and an apparatus for performing the method are characterized in that the measurement takes place in structurally separated man... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139083 | Methods and systems for determining a composition and a thickness of a specimen Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139068 | Methods for determing optical characteristics including subsurface characteristics of dental objects using first and second light source-receiver pairs and first and second critical heights Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the objec... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139076 | Stable optical diffuse reflection measurement Apparatus and methods for stable and reproducible optical diffuse reflection measurement are described. Light sources and photodetectors are used such that at least two points of light entry and at least two points of light exit are established on the surface of the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136162 | Alignment of ellipsometer beam to sample surface Disclosed is a system and method of aligning, preferably by an automated procedure, a beam of electromagnetic radiation provided by a source thereof so that it approaches a sample at a specific location upon its surface, at a known angle, then reflects therefrom and... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136164 | Multiple beam ellipsometer An ellipsometric apparatus provides two impinging focused probe beams directed to reflect off the sample along two mutually distinct and preferably substantially perpendicular directions. A rotating stage rotates sections of the wafer into the travel area defined by... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136518 | Methods and apparatus for displaying diagnostic data The invention provides methods for displaying diagnostic results obtained from a tissue sample. In general, the invention assigns tissue-class probability values to discrete regions of a patient sample, and creates an overlay for displaying the results. The overlay ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133549 | Local bias map using line width measurements A method and apparatus for inspecting a reticle measures line widths using an inspection tool that images the reticle and compares the image with a design database to detect errors in real time. The differences between the line widths of patterns on the reticle and ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132659 | Sensor having a communication device, sensor communication system and method of communicating information from a sensor A method of communicating information from a sensor includes the step of modulating the emission of energy from an energy source in a manner that corresponds to information to be transmitted from the sensor through a transmissive section in the sensor housing. Energ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133130 | Method for scanning microscopy, scanning microscope, and apparatus for coding an illuminating light beam In a method for scanning microscopy an illuminating light beam that contains at least first light of a first wavelength and second light of a second wavelength, is coded. The coded illuminating light beam is directed onto a specimen and detection light proceeding fr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133548 | Method and apparatus for reticle inspection using aerial imaging A reticle inspection system for inspecting reticles can be used as an incoming inspection tool, and as a periodic and pre-exposure inspection tool. Mask shops can use it as an inspection tool compatible to their customers, and as a printable error detection tool. Th... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131539 | Paper sheets corner fold detection method and paper sheets corner fold detection program When a thickness sensor detects a corner fold in a front end part of the paper sheet being carried, a light sensor checks whether a break exists or not in the front end part. When there is no break, it means the thickness sensor does not detect a corner fold but a f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132225 | Methods of inspecting a lithography template A method for forming imprint lithography templates is described herein. The method includes forming a masking layer and a conductive layer on a substrate surface. The use of a conductive layer allows patterning of the masking layer using electron beam pattern genera... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130047 | Method of producing polarizers for polarized optical probes Methods of creating tooling designs for, and the production of, one or more polarizer groups on a workpiece. Each such group includes an optically transmitting substrate with one or more discrete polarizer pixels thereon. The polarizer groups are used with optical i... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129505 | Fluorescence detection instrument with reflective transfer legs for color decimation An optical instrument using a plurality of lasers of different colors with parallel, closely spaced beams to stimulate scattering and fluorescence from fluorescent biological particulate matter, including cells and large molecules. A large numerical aperture objecti... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130029 | Methods and systems for determining an adhesion characteristic and a thickness of a specimen Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130044 | Atomic absorption spectrophotometer At the time of measurement of a sample, before a sample is introduced into a graphite tube, signal voltages which would be detected by a photomultiplier in connection with all programmable combinations of atomizing temperatures of a graphite tube, widths of entrance... | 10/31/2006 |
