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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring service on communications networks, and particularly to systems and methods that cause minimal disruption to the communications network traffic by using passive monitoring of network traffic data packets.
BACKGROUND O... | A system and method for determining optimal selection of paths for passively monitoring a communications network. A diagnostic set of paths is determined by ensuring that, for all pairs of links in the network, the set contains one path having only one member of that pair. A detection subset of paths is determined by e... | 28,063 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from and is related to commonly owned U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/452,450 filed Mar. 14, 2011, entitled: Apparatus for Plasma Dicing a Semi-conductor Wafer, this Provisional Patent Application incorporated by reference h... | The present invention provides a method for plasma dicing a substrate, the method comprising providing a process chamber having a wall; providing a plasma source adjacent to the wall of the process chamber; providing a work piece support within the process chamber; placing a work piece onto the work piece support, said... | 65,247 |
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0001] 1. Field
[0002] Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to the field of packaging for pastry and baked goods and more particularly to a multidiametric case for a cupcake or similar good, the case having a relieved upper portion for clearance of frosting or to... | A cupcake package includes a base element having a primary diameter for receiving a cupcake body and a relieving cylinder having a second diameter extending from the base element for clearance of a top contour of the cupcake. A bottom surface closes the base element and includes an aperture centrally located therein si... | 11,558 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to ecology, and more specifically to a System and method for saving the rainforests.
[0003] 2. Background
[0004] The destruction of the rainforests in the last ... | The destruction of the rainforests in the last decades has become the biggest crime against humanity, animals and Nature. Various statistics show that at the current rate of destruction, unless drastic changes are made right now, by the year 2020 or even considerably earlier, 90-100% of all the rainforests will be irre... | 65,543 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to magnetic separation generally and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a novel apparatus that permits the automatic separation of magnetic components in a laboratory micropl... | In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus for automated magnetic separation of materials in laboratory trays, including: a frame upon an upper surface of which a multiwell laboratory tray may be placed; a base plate on which is mounted a plurality of upstanding magnets disposed below the upper surface; and apparatus to r... | 13,464 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] A common environment scenario is mixed-mode, wherein differing versions of the same product, or software policy, are supported by various clients and/or remote servers. There are generally two kinds of product revisions: major and minor. A major revision generally results in a new set, or s... | Versioning management provides for efficient and effective handling of varying policy versions, client versions and client platform versions in one system. Software version negotiation provides for simplified, secure policy management in an environment supporting varying versions of the same software product. In conjun... | 95,596 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to a broadcast communication system architecture and receiving terminals used within the system, and more particularly to a digital television (TV) network architecture and client terminals.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The conventional terrestrial digital... | This invention discloses a digital TV broadcast system coordinated with a broadband communication network, an information transmission network in which the broadcast system is applied, a digital TV heterogeneous network architecture, and a client terminal used in each of the above network systems. The various broadcast... | 50,572 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to thiophenesulfonamides that have carbonic anhydrase inhibition activity and are useful as anti-glaucoma agents.
2. Background of the Art
Glaucoma is an ocular disorder associated with elevated intraocular press... | The present invention provides novel carbonic anhyrase inhibitors represented by the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R 1 and R 2 are, for example, independently (a) hydrogen; or
(b) OR 4 , wherein R 4 is hydrogen or C 1-7 alkyl; or
(c) NR 5 R 6 , wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen, o... | 53,613 |
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 749,589, filed June 27, 1985, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to integrated circuits and in particular to integrated circuits in complementary circuit technology comprising at l... | An integrated circuit in complementary circuit technology comprising two field effect transistors (T1, T2) of different channel types with the first one (T2) mounted in a doped semiconductor body (1) having a first conductivity type and the other FET (T1) mounted in a semiconductor zone 2 of a second conductivity type ... | 16,046 |
[0001] This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/226,190, filed on Aug. 23, 2002, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to image sensors which use a stacked avalanche multiplication layer to... | An image sensor includes a pixel having a protection circuit connected to a charge multiplying photoconversion layer. The protection circuit prevents the pixel circuit from breaking down when the voltage in the pixel circuit reaches the operating voltage applied to the charge multiplying photoconversion layer in respon... | 27,186 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Such roller as a pinching roller used for such tape recorders as, for example, cassette tape recorders and VTR's has been conventionally formed as shown in FIG. 3.
That is to say, in the drawing, the reference numeral 11 denotes a holder, 12 denotes a shaft, 13 denotes a spac... | This invention relates to a compact roller used as a tape recorder pinching roller for such as cassette tape recorders and VTR's or as a paper feeding roller for such as copying machines, facsimiles and printers. | 7,140 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage application of PCT/EP01/00013 which was filed on Jan. 3, 2001, which in turn claims priority based on German patent application 10001035.0 filed Jan. 13, 2000.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
Not applic... | Active compound chip and process for the production of an active compound chip comprising an active compound which is bound at room temperature, at least one heating element being located at least partly in the interior of the chip and the heating element having an electrical resistance and at least two electrical cont... | 69,225 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/716,677 filed Oct. 22, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to metal detectors with means to transmit, receive, and proc... | This invention relates to a metal detector where a coil is used to transmit a periodic magnetic field to energize metal objects that are concealed and often buried or hidden in a matrix (ground) containing ferromagnetic minerals. There are many difficult and often simultaneous challenges, such as detecting large deep t... | 24,637 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/171,183 filed Jul. 10, 2008 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an integrated circuit architecture, that... | The present invention provides a Single-Event-Upset (SEU) and Single-Event-Gate-Rupture (SEGR) protection against incident radiation for any bi-stable circuit either in one state, having a 2 transistor, 1 capacitor integrated circuit coupled to a bi-stable circuit's outputs, or in both states, having a 4 transistor... | 73,793 |
The present application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/928,206 filed 7 May, 2007, which application is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to stereo signal processing and in particular t... | A method for stereo expansion includes a step to remove the effects of actual relative speaker to listener positioning and head shadow and a step to introduce an artificial effect based on a desired virtual relative speaker to listener positioning using the inter-aural delay and the head-shadow models for the virtual s... | 80,154 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for depositing particulate food items.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There has long been a need in the baking industry for a depositor which will uniformly distribute particulates, particularly raisins. Distribution should b... | A depositor is provided for the feeding or distribution of particulate food pieces, as for example, raisins, nutmeats, etc. The depositor includes a pair of superposed screws positioned in a hopper over an outlet screen member. By oscillating rotational movement of the screws, the particulates are fed from the hopper t... | 19,243 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 12/546,056 filed on Aug. 24, 2009, which is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 11/650,323 filed on Jan. 5, 2007, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application ... | An embodiment of an apparatus for extracting excess liquid in a human body spray system includes a spray booth defining a booth volume. The spray booth includes a base configured to support the human body and a column having walls extending vertically from the base and at least one vent opening disposed on a bottom hal... | 29,124 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to gas lasers and more particularly to matching and drive systems for transversely excited gas lasers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Interconnection and matching of an RF excited gas laser to an RF generator is typically accomplished by the use of a 50 oh... | A system for improved drive and matching between an RF power source and a plasma tube in a laser system. The system uses standard 50 or 75 ohm quarter wave transmission lines as the sole interconnect and matching elements between discharge electrodes and drive transistors. The drive transistos may be operated in deep s... | 20,899 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to two provisional patent Applications Nos. 61/661,619 and 61/661,622 filed on Jun. 19, 2012. The disclosure of the prior applications are incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention generally relate... | An HVLS fan system uses STOL technology for airfoils and angle of attack thus optimizing air movement efficiency and reducing drag. The HVLS fan system includes wingtip fence end caps to the airfoils for improving efficiency by reducing drag. The HVLS fan system also includes an interconnection of the airfoils to a sec... | 15,594 |
[0001] The present invention relates to a composition, which contains several kinds of components beneficial to human eye health, and provides supplements for indispensable materials such as lutein, zeaxanthin, zinc, and selenium necessary for human eyes.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Eye health is a permanen... | The present invention provides a formula food comprising lutien, zeaxanthin, zinc, and selenium beneficial for eye health and its application. The formula food is not only applied for dietary supplement tablets and capsules, but also applied for various formula milk powders, various functional beverages, various baked ... | 41,424 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for implementing switching in the time domain, and to a method for implementing switching in the space domain, for signals of several different levels of hierarchy, the signals having a common frame structure. An example of such a frame structure is th... | A method for implementing switching in the time or space domain, in which the switching is effected on the basis of switching data contained in an address control memory, and a basic switching block is defined on the basis of an incoming frame structure so that the number of its time slots corresponds to the greatest p... | 19,645 |
[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Ser. No. 60/396,989 filed May 24, 2002, to U.S. Ser. No. 60/403,868 filed Aug. 14, 2002, to U.S. Ser. No. 60/430,284 filed Dec. 2, 2002, and to U.S. Ser. No. 60/461,175 filed Apr. 8, 2003, the entire contents of each is hereby incorporated by reference.
... | Rare earth metal compounds, particularly lanthanum, cerium, and yttrium, are formed as porous particles and are effective in binding metals, metal ions, and phosphate. A method of making the particles and a method of using the particles is disclosed. The particles may be used in the gastrointestinal tract or the bloods... | 70,312 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 12/944,017, filed on Nov. 11, 2010, the entirety of which is herein incorporated by reference, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/032,285, filed on Jan. 10, 2005, now U.S.... | A method is provided for forming a garment, including providing a fabric layer having sonically weldable material, the fabric layer having an inner surface and at least one opening region, the opening region having a periphery and an outer free edge, placing an elastic edge band having sonically weldable material aroun... | 17,259 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to automatic gain control in photodetectors, such as those used in a variety of electro-optical applications.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Circuits that employ an automatic gain control for controlling the gain of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) or simil... | The amount of gain applied to a photodetector such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) is limited to an amount that does not cause the applied PMT bias voltage to overdrive, hence damage, the PMT. Techniques for limiting the PMT gain are implemented in a way that does not interfere with the precision with which the PMT gai... | 6,849 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention is directed toward methodologies and apparatus for use in the preparation of devitalized, i.e. essentially lacking in reproductively viable cells and/or metabolically viable cells, while preferably retaining reproductively non-viable cells and/or metabolically non-viable cells... | The invention provides methodologies and apparatus for producing devitalized soft-tissue implants where the implant retains metabolically non-viable and/or reproductively non-viable cells, and preferably retains large molecular weight cytoplasmic proteins, such implants produced both in small quantities and in commerci... | 63,400 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-106918, filed Apr. 9, 2002, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
... | Disclosed is a liquid crystal display control device for making gradation display on a liquid crystal display panel using binary display patterns, comprising a memory section storing a plurality of pattern data items for a plurality of gradation levels, each of the pattern data items defining a plurality of binary disp... | 57,765 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a patch that ensures high storage stability of donepezil or a salt thereof and allows stable transdermal administration of the donepezil or salt thereof.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Recently, as the number of elderly persons increases, the ... | Provided is a patch that ensures high storage stability of donepezil or a salt thereof and allows stable transdermal administration of the donepezil or salt thereof in an amount that provides a pharmaceutical effect. The patch includes a substrate 1 and an adhesive layer 2 stacked on and integrated with one surface... | 96,661 |
[0001] Cross-reference to related patent application, if any: None.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates generally to the field of vehicle occupant protection systems and more particularly, to those which involve th... | An inflatable headliner system is mounted below a vehicle roof. It deforms upon an accident/impact toward vehicle occupants. In the preferred embodiment, inflatable portions surround a central section of an inflatable layer. Individual portions may be separated by passageways. If cross bows are employed in the vehicle ... | 15,735 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority based upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/281,926 filed Apr. 6, 2001.
[0002] This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 10/ ______ (Atty. Docket No. 5181-89400) entitled ... | Disclosed herein is a method and associated apparatus for the design and manufacture of VLSI circuit which incorporates therein a method for routing connections between component tiles of the VLSI circuit being designed. | 59,290 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image reading device used in a facsimile device, copier, or the like.
Conventionally, a facsimile device includes an image reading device for reading an image printed on an original. An "original" is an original document, drawing, or ot... | A reference surface for determining a threshold level of an image sensor is provided on a guide plate swingable with a cover away from the image sensor. The reference surface has markings thereon for determining a reading range of the image sensor. The image reading device makes three detections from the reading of the... | 15,782 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention pertains to a device to support cardiac function. In particular, the device according to the invention serves to support a pumping function of a heart.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Due to illness, the pumping function of a heart can be reduced, which is also calle... | A heart support system featuring a sheath sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body, an expansion sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart and a sensor sleeve disposed within the sheath and sized to fit about the heart. The expansion sleeve is at least part... | 99,764 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to input devices for computers and, in particular, to devices, systems and methods for facilitating positioning of a cursor on a display device of a computer-based system.
2. Description of the Related Art
... | Devices, systems and methods for facilitating positioning of a cursor on a display device are provided. For example, an input device is provided which includes a shifter configured to electrically communicate with a computer. The shifter is configured to enable functional information, provided by a mouse-type input dev... | 24,976 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a device and method that enables Internet communication products to receive and send electronic voice mail, and more particularly, to a device and method that enables the sending and receiving of v... | A device and method that enables Internet communication products equipped with Web linkage functions to have the functions of a voice mailbox available only in general telecommunication systems or voice telephones through the multimedia service of the Internet. The invention uses the sound recording, playing functions ... | 16,577 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for preparing a masterbatch comprising sulfur, more generally comprising a sulfur-based material, and carbon-based nanofillers, and also the masterbatch obtained in this way and the various uses thereof. Another subject of the invention is a s... | The invention relates to a method for producing a master batch comprising between 0.01 and 50 wt. % of carbonaceous nanofillers and at least one sulphurated material such as elemental sulphur by melt compounding, and to the master batch thus produced and the different uses thereof. The invention also relates to a solid... | 34,182 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/942,248 filed Nov. 9, 2010 and entitled “Methods for Identifying the Guarantor of an Application,” to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/119,617 filed May 13, 2008 and entitled “Multi-Channel Mu... | Methods for software activation are provided that associate a software license key with one or more authorized individuals such that an authorized individual can readily transfer a license between different platforms. A biometric sample of the individual is stored in an enrollment step upon first activation of the soft... | 35,452 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The inventive concept relates to a dental instrument, and more particularly, to a dental instrument for cutting soft tissue in the oral cavity to provide soft tissue used for a soft tissue transplantation surgery.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In general, a biomaterial may b... | Disclosed is a dental instrument for cutting soft tissue. The dental instrument for cutting soft tissue according to the present invention includes: a main body having an inlet portion for inserting soft tissue to be cut into the main body; a cutter blade arranged in the main body such that at least a part of the cutte... | 25,791 |
PRIORITY
This application claims priority from co-pending provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/147,668, filed Aug. 6, 1999, entitled “GRAPHICS WORKSTATION” and bearing, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein, in its entirety, by reference and co-pending provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No... | A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipelin... | 55,026 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is directed to systems and methods for performing automated auctions, and specifically those auctions involving bidding on items that are somewhat mutually exclusive, and/or those types of auctions which are resolved on a collective basis with reference t... | Various methods and systems for auctioning mutually exclusive items such as golf tee times, restaurant reservations, concert tickets or hotel reservations are disclosed. Mutually exclusive can refer to items that cannot be possessed simultaneously because of physical limitations or to multiple items that could be simul... | 98,360 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present application relates generally to the distribution of fluids, and specifically to methods and systems for distributing such fluids.
[0002] There are many uses of industrial fluids. For example, manufacturing industries often use industrial fluids... | Embodiments of the invention provide novel containers, systems, methods and software products to facilitate efficient delivery, packaging and/or dispensing of fluids, and in particular, industrial fluids. Such industrial fluids can include, without limitation, petroleum-based fluids, automotive fluids, industrial lubri... | 99,554 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a surfactant composition, suitable for enhanced oil recovery and to a method for enhancing oil recovery.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is well known in the art of oil production that only a portion of the oil present in subterranean oil reservoirs can b... | A surfactant composition, suitable for enhanced oil recovery comprising in a 60:40 to 10/90 weight ratio a) (o,m)- and/or (o,p)-dialkylbenzene alkali sulfonate and b) polyalkoxyphenyl ether alkali sulfonate. | 9,420 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] None.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] None.
LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES
[0003]
Ilex×attenuate
VARIETAL DENOMINATION
[0004] Holly tree which I h... | A holly tree ( Ilex attenuata ) named ‘IABOF’ having a compact, dense canopy, an increased caliper to height ratio, reduced berry weight load and also capable of being reproduced reliably from vegetative cuttings. | 9,386 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a position measurement apparatus, an imaging apparatus, and an exposure apparatus, which can manufacture a device having a micro pattern, such as an a semiconductor chip (e.g., an integrated circ... | An exposure apparatus performs a relative alignment between a reticle and a substrate, and exposes the substrate to light via a pattern formed on the reticle. The exposure apparatus includes a movable stage that carries one of the reticle and the substrate and a position measurement apparatus that measures a position o... | 96,847 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present application claims priority to the following provisional application, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety:
U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/598,315, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RUNTIME INTERFACE VERSIONING, by Neil Smithline... | The present invention provides methods, machine readable memories and systems for versioning plugin adapters for servers so as to allow legacy versions of software plugins to function when the interfaces configured to accept the plugins are upgraded. An adapter resides between a plugin interface and the plugin module a... | 23,700 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Tissue defects are sometimes repaired with porous scaffolds comprising biocompatable materials. The porous nature of the devices allows the inward migration of cells, followed by the in-growth of tissue, thereby repairing the defect. The pore structure must be controlled... | Devices and processes (e.g., improved Plasticized Melt Flow processes (PMF) or improved Phase Separation Polymer Concentration (PSPC), etc.) used to make resorbable and non-resorbable structures for treating and/or healing of tissue defects are disclosed. Among the advantages of using these improved processes are the p... | 55,829 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to pupilometry systems and, more particularly, to pupilometry systems having a pupil irregularity detection capability. In one particularly innovative aspect, the present invention relates to hand-held pupilometry systems having a pupil irregularity d... | A pupilometer having a pupil irregularity or non-uniformity detection capability. The pupilometer may comprise an imaging sensor for generating signals representative of a pupil of an eye, a data processor; and a program executable by the data processor for enabling the data processor to process signals received from t... | 49,904 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a recording/playback apparatus with telephone and its control method, a video camera with telephone and its control method, an image communication apparatus, and a storage medium.
Since a conventional video camera and telephone are used for differ... | This invention has as its object to appropriately inform the user of reception of an incoming call in accordance with the operation mode of a video camera upon arrival of call. To achieve this object, an apparatus has a telephone and video camera in a single housing, and comprises a device for muting a ringing tone dur... | 75,567 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a drive device that drives a movable part on which, for example, an image sensor of a camera is attached.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] A device which ... | A drive device is provided having a movable part, a fixed part, and a drive part. The fixed part is provided within a movement range of the movable part. The drive part drives the movable part in a first direction so as to strike said fixed part. The drive part drives the movable part to and fro along the first directi... | 69,783 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage entry under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/SE2009/051469, filed 21 Dec. 2009, designating the United States. This application claims foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 and 365 to Swedish Patent Application No. 08026... | The present invention relates to a biopolymer based barrier coating composition wherein said biopolymer based barrier coating composition comprises a plasticizer, a nano-sized clay and a biopolymer comprising a native starch and/or a de-graded starch and/or a chemically modified starch. The present invention also relat... | 62,351 |
CLAIM TO PRIORITY
[0001] The present invention claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/551,262, filed Mar. 8, 2004, entitled, “METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED DRILLING AND MILLING TOOLS FOR RESECTION,” and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/551,080, filed Mar. 8, 2004, entitled, “METHODS... | Milling and drilling tools and soft tissue management techniques are provided for arthroplasty that facilitate intraoperative and postoperative efficacy and ease of use. In one embodiment, resiliently biased soft tissue protective sleeves surround a side cutting tool and are interposed along the longitudinal axis of th... | 57,082 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a material on hand checking method in inventory, and particularly a method that is capable of checking material shortage status of trial-run prototypes/modules applied to an inventory management s... | A material on hand checking method of trial-run prototypes/modules aims at resolving the problem of not able to forecast material shortage of trial-run prototypes/modules in electronic format by enterprises. Through the calculation method, when there is a request of trial-producing (trial-running), the Enterprise Resou... | 20,205 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from the commonly-assigned U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/637,659, filed on Dec. 21, 2004, the contents of which are incorporated here by reference.
[0002] This application is also related to the following co-pen... | Prototype software is securely delivered and evaluated by electronic transfer over a network. The software is secured by multiple levels of encryption to prevent unauthorized copying, modification, and/or use of the prototype software. Electronic transfer of the prototype software minimizes the time and cost associated... | 23,766 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This patent arises from an application claiming priority as a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/644,151, (Now U.S. Pat. No. 8,549,267), entitled “METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE PARTIAL-COMMIT CHECKPOINTS WITH FIXUP SUPPORT” which was filed on Dec. 22, 2009, granted on Oct. 1, 2013 ... | Example methods and apparatus to manage partial commit-checkpoints are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a commit instruction associated with a region of instructions executed by a processor, identifying candidate instructions from the region of instructions, and generating a processor partial ... | 54,539 |
BACKGROUND
As is known in the art, phased array radar systems require extensive and costly signal processing hardware and software in order to meet real-time requirements. Existing radar signal processors rely on custom built and/or specialized high-end, limited volume equipment, resulting in high capital outlay,... | A system provides high-throughput radar signal processing without resorting to costly parallel processing tool kits. The system breaks the signal processing chain into a series of independent data processing units (DPUs) that execute independently and in parallel. Queuing theory is used to efficiently distribute proces... | 40,078 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENTS REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to energy treatment systems and more particularly to a system for positioning and protecting an electromagnetic ene... | A system is provided to position an energy delivery handpiece a desired distance from a treatment site while at the same time protecting the handpiece, and energy transmitting optical fibers, from soiling due to tissue debris. The system includes one or more energy transmissive members that are formed from a material t... | 20,246 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to compounds having biological activity to inhibit lipoxygenase enzymes, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to a medical method of treatment. More particularly, this invention concerns certain heteroatom substituted propanyl compounds which inhibi... | Compounds of the structure ##STR1## where R 1 is alkyl of one to four carbon atoms and R 2 is selected from
(a) alkenyl of one to four carbon atoms,
(b) ##STR2## (c) ##STR3## and (d) ##STR4## are potent inhibitors of lipoxygenase enzymes and thus inhibit the biosynthesis of leukotrienes. These compounds a... | 94,574 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application Ser. No. 09/851,685, filed May 8, 2001 and of Ser. No. 09/653,646, filed Sep. 1, 2000, which is a continuation application of Ser. No. 09/226,322, filed Jan. 6, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,190,018, issued Feb. 20, 2001.
... | A flashlight having a light-emitting diode light source with first and second leads extending therefrom, a power source, a power source frame enclosing at least a portion of the power source; a housing containing the light source and power source, a switch located adjacent the power source and operable to close a circu... | 59,598 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to normal detection method using distance detectors, a normal detection device, and a machining machine provided with a normal detection function.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In machining, it is important to perform machining according to desi... | A normal detection method for measuring the distance to a measurement subject using one or more distance detectors, and obtaining a normal vector (Vn) on the measured surface of the measurement subject from the obtained measurement result (L), wherein: within a three-dimensional space, the straight line linking a first... | 57,221 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to a portable vacuum canister capable of interconnection with and deployment of waste into a sink drain having a waste grinder in direct communication with the sink drain flange covering a sink drain opening. The portable vacuum caniste... | A portable vacuum canister is disclosed for vacuuming debris by a hand-held suction hose and for transferring the debris down through the vacuum canister and into an existing garbage disposal for grinding, where it is then washed down the drain. The vacuum canister adapts and slides into an existing disposal opening. | 29,075 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/544,837, filed Oct. 18, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,845,215.
BACKGROUND
Applicants' invention relates to electrical telecommunication, and more particularly to wireless communication systems, such as cellular and satellite radio systems, for... | A method and device are provided for of supporting a plurality of mobile station operation modes in a wireless communication system by user control. Presently, communication protocols exist for supporting end user equipment which operates in a single mode of operation. However, it is desirable to combine protocols from... | 51,508 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Machine tools utilizing a rotating workpiece or a rotating spindle are often capable of permitting sequential tool operation on the workpiece. For instance, where the workpiece is rotating such as in lathes, turret lathes and chucking machines, a variety of tools such as boring tools, ... | The invention pertains to a multiple spindle machine tool wherein a plurality of substantially parallel spindles transversely disposed to a workpiece transfer path permit sequential operations upon a workpiece transferred from spindle to spindle. Spindles may be mounted upon opposite sides of the transfer path permitti... | 16,978 |
The present invention relates to stable alcohol-containing, cream-based beverages. For purposes of the present application, the term "cream-based" includes a variety of dairy products broadly, including low-fat milk, milk, cream, half-and-half, and heavy cream. Broadly, any composition having more than 2% butte... | An homogenized cream/alcohol-containing beverage comprising cream or milk and alcohol in drink preparation amounts, and a high HLB emulsifier selected from the group consisting of high HLB polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, ethoxylated fatty acid esters; and sugar esters, each in an emulsifying amount. | 19,094 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a non-provisional application which claims benefit under 35 USC §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/421,509 filed Dec. 9, 2010, entitled “CONDENSATION OF GLYCOLS TO PRODUCE BIOFUELS,” which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
... | The present disclosure relates to methods for converting light glycol streams of biological origin into products suitable for use as oxygenated fuel additives. These methods involve the acidic condensation of light glycols to form larger products, termed low molecular weight poly-glycols. The remaining hydroxyl functio... | 35,555 |
[0001] The present disclosure relates to the subject matter contained in Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-143564 filed on May 17, 2002, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The inven... | A communication device for communicating with an external is connectable to a navigation apparatus. The navigation apparatus includes a display portion, an input portion for inputting memo information, an outgoing/incoming call determination portion, and a display control portion for controlling the display portion. Th... | 78,606 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to cultivation chambers and methods for the production of photosynthetic organisms, in particular algae and including microalgae and macro algae.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The culturing of photosynthetic organisms, partic... | A biological cultivation system for the culture of photosynthetic organisms including at least one cultivation chamber permitting exposure of the culture medium to natural and/or artificial light and including; a light transmissive wall or walls defining a gas space; and a culture medium containment area below the gas ... | 97,492 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to shift mechanisms for manual transmissions in motor vehicles. More particularly, this invention relates to shift mechanisms with a shift shaft largely internal to a transmission housing for making gear range selections. Axial displacement of the shift shaft is used ... | An inhibitor for a manual transmission shift control which aids in preventing unintended downshifts into first gear. The inhibitor blocks shifting from second gear to first gear following a first gear to second gear shift. No other shift sequence is affected. | 22,996 |
[0001] This application is a National Stage completion of PCT/DE2009/050042 filed Aug. 11, 2009, which claims priority from German patent application serial no. 10 2008 041 374.7 filed Aug. 20, 2008.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to an operating device for a gear shi... | An operating device for shift-by-wire transmission comprises a selector lever which has a detent mechanism. The detent mechanism comprises bevel and notched contours that can be displaced for automatically returning the selector lever back to the first lock position or shift gate. The notched contour is spring-biased t... | 31,626 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to moisture-curing, polyurethane hot-melt adhesive compositions based on polyethers. Hitherto hot-melt materials including eva, polyester or polyamide have been used for fast bonding processes and automatic adhesive application requiring quick setting bond... | A quick-setting, moisture-curing hot-melt polyurethane composition having a first polyether-based polyurethane prepolymer having a Tg above room temperature and a second polyurethane prepolymer with a Tg below room temperature, the first prepolymer being prepared from a low molecular weight polyether; preferably the se... | 15,453 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 807,064, filed on Feb. 18, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,631,345, which is a division of application Ser. No. 587,757, filed on May 17, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,581,459, which is a division of application Ser. No. 379,247, filed May 17, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,468,516.
... | A novel process is described for preparation of biotin comprising preparation of substituted 3H, 5H-imidazo[1,5c]tetrahydro thiazoles by contacting the boron trifluoride adduct of an appropriate thiazoline with the metallic derivative of an ester enolate, reducing the ester, hydrolyzing the thiazolidine moiety and hydr... | 69,136 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an alarm management system. More particularly, the invention relates to a system and method for managing alarms in an industrial facility. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for m... | An alarm management system and method includes structure and function for receiving one or more process parameter signals representative of one or more process parameters. Each of the received process parameters is then compared with an associated alarm point. An alarm status signal is generated on the basis of the com... | 36,678 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application is related to U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 617,246, entitled IMPROVED RECIRCULATING DOCUMENT FEEDER, filed in the name of Russel et al; Ser. No. 617,337, entitled IMPROVED RECIRCULATING DOCUMENT FEEDER HAVING A CROSS-TRACK REGISTRATION MECHANISM, filed... | An improved recirculating document feeder for presenting sheets from a document sheet stack individually to a station of the reproduction apparatus for reproducing of information contained on such sheets. The improved recirculating document feeder comprises a housing containing a support for a document sheet stack. A f... | 53,798 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to confection holding devices, and more particularly relates to a symmetrically shaped holding device which is suitable for automatic mechanical insertion within a conical container.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
It has long been known to utilize rigid hold... | The specification discloses a confection holding device having a central body with an annular surface and two rigid symmetrical elongate members integrally attached to and perpendicularly extending from opposite sides of the central body. The symmetry of the holding device allows it to be mechanically inserted in a con... | 13,683 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
[0001] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, for example, an electrophotographic copying machine, an electrophotographic printer, etc. It also relates to a developing apparatus usable for an image forming apparatus such as the abovementioned ones.... | An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic latent image; a rotatable developer carrying member, provided opposed to the image bearing member, for carrying a developer including toner and a carrier to a position where the developer carrying member is opposed to the image bea... | 67,016 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/936,037, filed Nov. 6, 2007, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] ... | One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of generating a first rendered image associated with a first application, independently generating a second rendered image associated with a second application, applying a first set of blending weights to the first rendered image to e... | 20,609 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to dental and orthopedic prostheses and methods for producing improvements in dental and orthopedic prostheses using functionally graded materials (“FGMs”) such as a functionally graded glass/zirconia/glass (G/Z/G) sandwich material.
BACKGRO... | The present invention provides a functionally graded glass/ceramic/glass sandwich system for use in damage resistant, ceramic and orthopedic prosthesis. The functionally graded glass/substrate/glass composite structure comprises an outer residual glass layer, a graded glass-ceramic layer, and a dense interior ceramic. ... | 71,184 |
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. NAS7-1260 awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to millimeter wave devices, and, more particularly, to a hou... | Development of Millimeter Wave Devices containing MMIC's is expedited by use of a new package for the MMIC's and associated electrical components that define the functional circuit. The package includes a base plate and a plurality of metal inserts removeably fastened to the base plate. The inserts are spaced a... | 33,895 |
This application contains subject matter similar to subject matter disclosed in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/366,216, filed on Aug. 2, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,107,167, issued Aug. 22, 2000, and copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/365,411, filed on Aug. 2, 1999.
TECHNICAL FIE... | Polysilicon gates are formed with greater accuracy and consistency by depositing a silicon carbide antireflective layer on the polysilicon layer before patterning. Embodiments also include depositing the polysilicon layer and the silicon carbide layer in the same tool. | 16,531 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 91119089, filed Aug. 23, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a high performance thermally enhanced package. More particularly, the pre... | A high performance thermally enhanced package and method of fabricating the same is provided. A chip (a wire bond chip or a flip chip) and a carrier (lead frame or tape carrier) are bonded together using flip-chip technology and thermal compression. The chip and the carrier are encapsulated using a molding compound. Th... | 25,581 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of International Application PCT/EP2004/051008, filed Jun. 3, 2004, which claims priority from German Application 103 31 646.9, filed Jul. 12, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for teaching a k... | The invention relates to a method of learning a knowledge-based database used in automatic defect classification. According to this method, the user is spared a series of entries as the system carries out an automatic learn mode, which requires a reduced number of user entries. | 42,391 |
[0001] This application is a national phase application of PCT/KR2006/002872, and claims priority from Korean application (KR) 20-2005-0022608 (Aug. 2, 2005) for inventor KIM, Ki Ryong.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to a road traffic-control signboard assembly, and ... | Provided is a road traffic-control signboard assembly with which a road traffic-control signboard can be assembled while being linked with a vertical support at right angle. The road traffic-control signboard assembly is fitted with and fixed to a road traffic-control signboard stay bar and has a structure of being ret... | 17,632 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to an apparatus for threading metal into a heating device and for removing scales that form and flake from the metal during heating. More particularly, the present invention relates to an induction heater having a continuous belt that threads metal strip ... | A threading and scale removing device is disclosed which includes a heating apparatus having an inlet and an outlet. A work-piece is fed through the inlet and exits through the outlet. A plurality of rollers are operatively associated with the heating apparatus. A belt is mounted on the plurality of rollers and is adap... | 18,153 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is a growing need for low cost, lightweight, low profile, readily mass-producible, high aperture-efficiency antennas of useful bandwidth in a variety of mass market applications.
The desirable characteristics of low cost, lightweight, low profile and mass producibility are ... | Microstrip antenna having one or more arrays of resonant dipole radiator elements. The radiator elements have an E coordinate dimension of approximately λo/2√ ε r μ r . Bridge elements directly and conductively join adjacent pairs of radiator elements to provide energy distribution and the desired phase relationship. ... | 31,966 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/399,893 filed Mar. 6, 2009, titled “TRANSPORTATION DEVICE WITH PIVOTING AXLE”, which claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/064,458, filed Mar. 6, 2008, entitled “TRANSPORTA... | Devices and methods of transport are disclosed. Various embodiments include structural aspects related to steering and changing the direction of conveyances including features which utilize leaning or shifting of weight as part of turning. | 67,310 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. NO. 11/148,543 to Moffat et al., filed Jun. 8, 2005, which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/656,840 to Moffat et al., filed Sep. 5, 2003.
BACKGROU... | A process for the coating of substrates comprising insertion of a substrate into a process oven, plasma cleaning of the substrate, dehydration of the substrate, withdrawal of a metered amount of one or more chemicals from one or more chemical reservoirs, vaporizing the withdrawn chemicals in one or more vapor chambers,... | 38,976 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a memory device that can be shared by a plurality of chips such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and more particularly to a memory device containing an ... | An arbiter performs activation of memory that corresponds to a bus access request from DSP in parallel with an access to memory that corresponds to a bus access request from CPU, when DSP requests to access the bus before the access to memory that corresponds to the bus access request from CPU has been completed. There... | 20,720 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Production of proteins of interest is commonly achieved in transformed competent host cells. A problem that arises during purification of such proteins is that contaminant host proteins co-purify with the protein of interest. One approach to tackling this problem is to form... | Compositions relating to a combination of two types of separation matrix; and to variant host cells which contain at least one essential host protein that is fused to an affinity binding tag or has been mutated to replace at least two of a plurality of histidines or basic amino acids are provided. Methods are also prov... | 61,151 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/462,312, filed Aug. 3, 2009, which is related to, and claims priority of, U.S. provisional application No. 61/086,678 filed on Aug. 6, 2008, by Donald Burn and Jack J. Stiffler.
FIELD OF THE INVENTI... | While system-directed checkpointing can be implemented in various ways, for example by adding checkpointing support in the memory controller or in the operating system in otherwise standard computers, implementation at the hypervisor level enables the necessary state information to be captured efficiently while providi... | 34,195 |
This application claims the benefit of Provisional application Ser. No. 60/071,754, filed Jan. 16, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a non-destructive testing method for determining the texture of materials using ultrasonics.
The word “texture” designates direction-... | A sputtering target ( 24 ) under test is irradiated with an ultrasonic pulse ( 20 ). The ultrasonic pulse ( 20 ) has a wavelength in the sputtering target ( 24 ) in the range of the average grain size for the target ( 24 ) under test. Backscattering echoes ( 28 ) are produced by the interaction of the pulse ( 20 ) with... | 19,503 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
[0001] The present invention relates to a process cartridge made up of an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a development roller (which processes photosensitive drum), in particular, a process cartridge, the electrophotographic photosensitive drum and developm... | A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum; drum frame supporting the electrophoto... | 70,705 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to electronic displays and an improved switching control circuit based on diodes for the control of the circuit.
BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED
[0002] In an electronic display, a material, called the display medium, changes its opti... | An active-matrix electronic display including a switching circuit for each pixel to control the optical state of the display. The switching circuit includes at least one diode and at least one load impedance for each circuit. The front plane electrode of the display may be unpatterned over a significant portion of the ... | 31,568 |
The present invention relates to a unidirectional glass fabric produced with continuous yarn which is twisted, plied or has zero twisting turns, with different gram weights and interlaced with thin glass yarns as a stabilizing binding, as well as to use thereof in the manufacture of printed circuits.
BACKGROUND O... | A unidirectional fabric produced with a continuous glass yarn which is twisted, plied or has zero twisting turns, with different gram weights. Interlacings of thin glass binding yarns for stabilizing the fabric extend warpwise to engage weft yarns in a leno interweaving. The fabric is used in the manufacture of printed... | 12,373 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 09/629,362 filed Aug. 1, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,757,286 which was a continuation application of application Ser. No. 09/475,623 filed Dec. 30, 1999, now abandoned which was a continuation application of application ... | Methods for configuring, maintaining connectivity in and utilizing an ATM network. Neighboring switches share topology information and enable links to neighboring switches for tag switching. Point-to-point tagged virtual connections are established between switches on the best and next-best paths learned from topology ... | 52,427 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based upon and claims priority to prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-23040 filed on Feb. 3, 2009 in the Japan Patent Office, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
[0002] Embodiment... | A data transfer system transmitting and receiving data through a first transmission path and a second transmission path, the data transferring system includes a first apparatus that transmits data through the first transmission path and a second apparatus that receives the data from the first apparatus through the firs... | 76,829 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present invention is a CIP application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/146,106 filed on Oct. 10, 2011. This application claims priorities from Korea Patent Application No. 10-2009-0008745 filed on Feb. 4, 2009 and PCT Patent Application No. PCT/KR2010/... | A database-based system is provided for performing an opinion collecting service that provides information necessary for deciding and presenting opinions of users and collecting information containing the opinions of the users. The system consists of a server, a plurality of user terminals connected to the server over ... | 76,714 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure generally relates to a relay, and more particularly, to a magnetic latching relay with a parallel-type magnetic circuit.
BACKGROUND
A relay is an automatic switch device having isolation function, widely applied in communication, automobiles, automatic control, h... | A magnetic latching relay of a parallel type magnetic circuit, forming two parallel permanent magnetic circuits on the permanent magnetic circuit of a relay; one of the permanent magnetic circuits is used to provide adequate attraction to an armature, so that permanent magnetic attraction can achieve a balance of appli... | 48,321 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/216,797, entitled “INTERACTIVE DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM,” filed on Jul. 7, 2000, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.
This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/... | Methods and apparatus for use in a network including a local server coupled to a central server, the local server being coupled to a plurality of network devices, for interactively controlling from one of the plurality of network devices a flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device, compris... | 53,620 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a wavelength conversion device composed of a semiconductor laser device and a nonlinear optical element having a planar optical waveguide, which are mounted on a substrate in an integrated ... | A wavelength conversion device that converts a wavelength by second harmonic-wave generation and generates a laser beam, includes: a substrate having a plurality of electrodes; a semiconductor laser device mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes; and a nonlinear optical elemen... | 58,594 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a multi-purpose clamping apparatus for pressing the confronting edges or ends of two boards or other components during a gluing process.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the practice of woodwork crafting the occasi... | A multi-purpose clamping apparatus to join the confronting edges of two boards together during a gluing process having a pair of base plates, a central hub about which the base plates may be rotated, a rail projecting laterally from the hub on which one of the base plates is connected and a press mounted on one of the ... | 22,751 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2012/086495 with an international filing date of Dec. 13, 2012, designating the United States, now pending, and further claims priority benefits to Chinese Patent Application No. 201110... | A process for preparing a completely delaminated graphene oxide/rubber nanocomposite. The process combines emulsion compounding with flocculation or spray drying, retains the morphology of graphene oxide/rubber composite in a liquid state, and achieves highly dispersed and highly delaminated morphology dispersed on nan... | 97,469 |
[0001] This Application is a Continuation of currently pending PCT/IB2010/050784 filed Feb. 23, 2010, which Application claims priority of Spanish Patent Application P200900505 filed Feb. 24, 2009.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a method for reducing inters... | The method for reducing interstitial elements in alloy castings which comprises the following steps: pouring the alloy for the formation of a casting; and allowing said alloy to cool. According to the method, at least a peripheral region of the casting is heated, so that the flux of interstitial elements is caused towa... | 21,249 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a transmission coil which is configured to inductively transfer energy, comprising a carrier, a coil arrangement with a multiplicity of turns, and a capacitance which forms, together with the coil arrangement, an oscillatory circuit. Further aspects... | The invention relates to a transmission coil ( 10 ) configured for inductive energy transfer, comprising a carrier ( 17 ), a coil arrangement ( 11 ) having a plurality of turns ( 12 ), and a capacitance. It is thereby provided that the capacitance is formed of a plurality of capacitors ( 22 ), wherein each capacitor ( ... | 24,736 |
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