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| 9490500,"1. A method of preparing an oxide-based solid electrolyte, the method comprising: mixing a lithium compound, a lanthanum compound, a metal compound, a first dopant precursor, and a second dopant precursor to prepare an intermediate; and crystallizing the intermediate to prepare Li",0.5001576824940752,0.9996846350118496,,,,, | |
| 9464567,"1. An apparatus for sealing a connection between a moving member and a housing of an internal combustion engine, the moving member having a tip with a leading edge and a trailing edge, said apparatus comprising: a first seal having a first length along a first longitudinal axis, said first seal having a first captive portion with a first captive length, said first captive portion configured to slidably engage a first slot in the leading edge of the moving member in a direction perpendicular to said first longitudinal axis, said first seal having a first contact surface, said first contact surface being parallel with said first longitudinal axis, said first contact surface having an arcuate profile in a plane normal to said first longitudinal axis, said first contact surface configured to slidingly engage a surface that is parallel to said first longitudinal axis, said first seal configured to be biased away from said first slot; a second seal having a second length along a second longitudinal axis, said second seal having a second captive portion with a second captive length, said second captive portion configured to slidably engage a second slot in the trailing edge of the moving member in a direction perpendicular to said second longitudinal axis, said second seal having a second contact surface, said second contact surface being parallel with said second longitudinal axis, said second contact surface having an arcuate profile in a plane normal to said second longitudinal axis, said second contact surface configured to slidingly engage said surface that is parallel to said second longitudinal axis, and said second seal configured to be biased away from said second slot; and said housing defining a plurality of lobes, each one of said plurality of lobes being asymmetrical with a lobe surface defining a trailing zone, a transition zone, and a leading zone, said trailing zone having a curvature allowing said second contact surface to engage said lobe surface with said first contact surface not engaging said lobe surface when said first seal and said second seal are proximate said trailing zone, said transition zone having a curvature allowing said first and second contact surfaces to engage said lobe surface when said first seal and said second seal are proximate said transition zone, and said leading zone having a curvature allowing said first contact surface to engage said lobe surface with said second contact surface not engaging said lobe surface when said first seal and said second seal are proximate said leading zone.",0.4998185446473274,0.9996370892946548,,,,, | |
| 9485198,"1. An apparatus, comprising: an access switch having a set of ports, the access switch configured to be operatively coupled to a multicast router via a data path including a first port from the set of ports, the access switch configured to be associated with a network associated with the multicast router, the access switch configured to designate the first port as a multicast-router interface, the access switch configured to send a message to the multicast router via each port from the set of ports in response to an indication of a change in a topology of the network, the access switch configured to de-designate the first port as the multicast-router interface and to not designate the second port as the multicast-router interface in the absence of a signal from the multicast router being received at the first port and the second port in response to the message.",0.5002292422253136,0.9995415155493728,,,,, | |
| 8624022,"1. A compound having the structure of Formula I: wherein, n is 0, 1, or 2; R Ar is phenyl or naphthyl, either of which is substituted with a phenyl, O-phenyl, or OCH R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or tautomer thereof.",0.49957150401510314,0.9991430080302063,,,,, | |
| 9668134,1. A method for access network protocol interworking and authentication proxying comprising: in a Diameter signaling router (DSR) including at least one processor:,0.499568750433291,0.999137500866582,,,,, | |
| 8401463,"1. A relay station for relaying a radio communication between radio terminals and a base station, the relay station comprising: a relay standby unit configured to keep the relay station in a relay standby state that enables the relay station to: a connection request detector configured to, in the relay standby state, detect the connection request transmitted from the radio terminals to the base station in response to the broadcast information transmitted from the base station; and a relay operation unit configured to shift, when the connection request detector detects the connection request from the radio terminals, from the standby state to a relay operation state in which the relay operation unit establishes a communication link between the relay station and the base station, the relay operation unit provides a radio communication in the same way that a normal base station provides to terminals, and the relay operation unit starts to relay a radio communication between the radio terminal and the base station.",0.49953836341160346,0.9990767268232069,,,,, | |
| 9214409,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a plurality of cell gate electrodes vertically arranged on a semiconductor substrate; a selection gate electrode disposed on the plurality of cell gate electrodes, wherein the selection gate electrode comprises first and second conductive lines located at the same level as each other; an isolation pattern overlapping an uppermost cell gate electrode of the plurality of cell gate electrodes and disposed between the first and second conductive lines; an interlayer insulating layer between the isolation pattern and the plurality of cell gate electrodes; a first vertical structure passing through the first conductive line and the plurality of cell gate electrodes; a second vertical structure passing through the second conductive line and the plurality of cell gate electrodes; and an auxiliary pattern passing through the plurality of cell gate electrodes and in contact with the isolation pattern.",0.5004971768156844,0.9990056463686312,,,,, | |
| 9320984,"1. A humidification-dehumidification system comprising: a source of liquid including a vaporizable component; a humidifier including a carrier-gas inlet and a carrier-gas outlet; a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, wherein the liquid inlet is coupled with the source of the liquid; and a chamber in which liquid introduced from the liquid inlet can contact a carrier gas containing a condensable fluid in vapor phase that is introduced from the carrier-gas inlet in a counterflow arrangement and in which a portion of the liquid can vaporize into the carrier gas; a bubble-column vapor mixture condenser including at least a first stage and a second stage, each stage including a carrier-gas inlet, a bubble generator in fluid communication with the carrier-gas inlet, a carrier-gas outlet and a chamber containing a liquid bath in fluid communication with the carrier-gas inlet and the carrier-gas outlet, wherein the liquid bath comprises the vaporizable component in liquid phase, wherein the carrier-gas inlet of the first stage is in fluid communication with the carrier-gas outlet of the humidifier, wherein the carrier-gas outlet of the first-stage is in fluid communication with the carrier gas inlet of the second stage to facilitate bubbling flow of the carrier gas from the humidifier through the liquid bath in the chamber of the first stage and then through the liquid bath in the chamber of the second stage, and wherein the bubble generator is configured to generate bubbles of the carrier gas in the liquid bath; a conduit passing from the source of the liquid through the chamber of each stage of the bubble-column condenser to recover energy from condensation; and an intermediate exchange conduit coupled with (a) the bubble-column vapor mixture condenser and (b) the humidifier chamber at intermediate stages of each for transfer of the carrier gas therebetween.",0.49945164401803893,0.9989032880360779,,,,, | |
| 9265089,"1. A circuit comprises: an antenna section that includes a plurality of antennas; a first wireless interface circuit, coupled to the antenna section, that communicates packetized data to a first external device in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, wherein the first wireless communication protocol carries wireless data for communication with a wireless voice and data network; a second wireless interface circuit, coupled to the antenna section, that communicates packetized data to a second external device in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol, wherein the second wireless interface circuit includes at least one module that is shared with first wireless interface circuit; and a plurality of signal lines, coupled to the first wireless interface circuit and the second wireless interface circuit, that communicate cooperation data between the first wireless interface circuit and the second wireless interface circuit, wherein the cooperation data relates to cooperative use of the at least one module including selection of one of a plurality of device states.",0.5007027968544163,0.9985944062911674,,,,, | |
| 8610098,"1. A memory device comprising: a word line extending in a first direction, the word line having a first conductivity type; a plurality of pillars on the word line; each said pillar comprising a doped semiconductor element having a second conductivity type and a first electrode, the doped semiconductor element contacting the word line to create a PN junction therebetween; an insulator extending in a second direction orthogonal to the word line, the insulator positioned between and separating first and second pillars, the first and second pillars being adjacent pillars; the insulator having first and second sidewalls defining a recess therebetween, the first sidewall opposite the first pillar and the second side wall opposite the second pillar; a second electrode in the recess; a memory element positioned external of the recess and over one of the two sidewalls, the memory element electrically connecting the first and second electrodes, wherein the memory element has at least two solid phases, the at least two solid phases being reversibly inducible by a current.",0.4992142490155818,0.9984284980311636,,,,, | |
| 8846297,"1. A positive photoresist composition comprising 3 to 80 parts by mass of a novolac phenol resin (B) relative to 100 parts by mass of a cresol novolac resin (A), wherein the novolac phenol resin (B) has a repeating structural unit represented by formula (1) below: [In the formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and X represents a structure (x1) represented by formula (2) below: (In the formula, R wherein a content of the structure (x1) relative to the total number of the structure (x1) and the structure (x2) is 85% or more.",0.4990049428490367,0.9980098856980734,,,,, | |
| 9438345,"1. A method for fabricating an optical module, comprising: growing an epitaxial material of a laser on a substrate; etching the epitaxial material of the laser to acquire the laser and an electro-absorption modulator window; growing an epitaxial material of an electro-absorption modulator in the electro-absorption modulator window on the substrate; etching the epitaxial material of the electro-absorption modulator to acquire an electro-absorption modulator and a semiconductor optical amplifier window, wherein the electro-absorption modulator is located between the laser and the semiconductor optical amplifier window; growing an epitaxial material of a semiconductor optical amplifier in the semiconductor optical amplifier window on the substrate; etching the epitaxial material of the semiconductor optical amplifier to acquire a semiconductor optical amplifier, wherein the electro-absorption modulator is located between the laser and the semiconductor optical amplifier; and assembling an optical component on one side of the semiconductor optical amplifier, and ensuring that the semiconductor optical amplifier is located between the electro-absorption modulator and the optical component; wherein: the laser outputs an optical signal after power-on; the electro-absorption modulator performs signal modulation on the optical signal output by the laser; the semiconductor optical amplifier amplifies the optical signal modulated by the electro-absorption modulator; the optical component performs deflection and convergence for the optical signal amplified by the semiconductor optical amplifier and outputs the optical signal.",0.5011803502208031,0.9976392995583938,,,,, | |
| 9068484,"1. An engine comprising: a cylinder having an inlet and an outlet positioned at a first end of the cylinder; a piston slidably arranged in the cylinder to together enclose an expansion chamber accessible by the inlet and the outlet, and to move away from the first end of the cylinder during a power stroke and toward the first end of the cylinder during an exhaust stroke; an inlet valve for controlling the flow of working fluid from a pressurized fluid source through the inlet into the expansion chamber to effect the power stroke; an exhaust valve for controlling the flow of working fluid exhausted out through the outlet from the expansion chamber during at least a portion of the exhaust stroke, the exhaust valve comprising first and second resiliently-biasing members positioned between the piston and the outlet and co-extending substantially adjacent each other, the first member positioned between the second member and the outlet to occlude the outlet when resiliently biased to a closed position, and the second member positioned between the piston and the first member to resiliently bias the first member to the closed position when the second member is itself resiliently biased by movement of the piston during at least a portion of the exhaust stroke; and periodic return means operably connected to the piston for effecting the exhaust stroke after each power stroke.",0.5012156264842537,0.9975687470314927,,,,, | |
| 8584882,"1. A multiple-container bundle, comprising: at least two individual containers formed as beverage cans with end-side pouring-out openings, each of said containers having an end side formed with a fold defining an undercut; at least one of said containers having a lid configured to be torn open substantially completely; a coupling element releasable connecting said individual containers to one another by clampingly engaging each of said containers with said end-side pouring-out openings facing one another, said coupling element having clamping cams configured to interlock with said undercuts of said folds at the end side of said containers; said individual containers and said coupling element together forming a structural unit; and said containers of a respective said structural unit together accommodating individual components required for a specific mixed beverage in metered form, and said individual containers accommodating alcoholic and non-alcoholic components in separate containers.",0.5013875084712665,0.9972249830574671,,,,, | |
| 9623447,"1. A washing apparatus within a casing, comprising: a capsule-shaped washing chamber that opens and closes; nozzles being provided on the capsule-shaped washing chamber; a drain disposed at a bottom of the washing chamber; and a work support unit disposed within the washing chamber and rotatable by a drive device, wherein the capsule-shaped washing chamber includes a lower fixed half and an upper movable half, the lower fixed half having a curved portion and the upper movable half having a curved portion, wherein the nozzles are disposed along a curvature of the curved portion on the upper movable half, with a subset of the nozzles spraying washing detergent and cleaning water being arranged in a first direction, with another subset of the nozzles injecting only air being arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction to form a crosswise arrangement of the nozzles in a plan view, wherein the drain is disposed at a bottom of the lower fixed half of the washing chamber and is coupled to a suction pump, wherein during a washing operation, the work support unit is configured to rotate, the subset of the nozzles is configured to spray washing detergent and cleaning water, and the suction pump coupled to the drain is configured to activate to create a negative pressure for generation of a tornado effect in the washing chamber, the tornado effect including swirling water and whirling air within the negative pressure, wherein during a drying operation, the work support unit is configured to rotate, the another subset of the nozzles is configured to inject only air, and the suction pump is configured to activate to create the negative pressure for generation of the tornado effect in the washing chamber, wherein the washing apparatus further comprises: a portal-shaped bracket attached atop the upper movable half of the washing chamber; two guide bars coupled to the portal-shaped bracket on one end and coupled to a support plate above the casing on an opposite end, the two guide bars protruding through a top panel of the casing; a cylinder disposed vertically above the casing between the two guide bars, the cylinder being coupled to the casing on one end and to the support plate on another end, and the upper movable half being raised and lowered by the cylinder; a first pipe having a plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes being respectively connected to each of the nozzles in the subset of the nozzles to supply the washing detergent and the cleaning water; and a second pipe having a plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes of the second pipe being respectively connected to each of the nozzles in the another subset of the nozzles to supply the air, wherein the first pipe and the second pipe are coupled to the portal-shaped bracket of the upper movable half of the washing chamber, wherein the first pipe extends parallel to the first direction of the subset of the nozzles in the plan view, and wherein the second pipe extends perpendicular to the second direction of the another subset of the nozzles in the plan view.",0.5014259319598057,0.9971481360803887,,,,, | |
| 9614168,"1. A display, comprising: a flexible substrate; an array of pixels that form an active area on the flexible substrate; metal traces that extend from the active area to an inactive area on the flexible substrate across a bend region on the flexible substrate, wherein the flexible substrate is folded over against itself at the bend region so that the active area overlaps the inactive area, wherein the inactive area defines a plane parallel to the active area; first and second polymer layers interposed between the active area and the inactive area that is overlapped by the active area; and first, second, and third adhesive layers, wherein the first adhesive layer is interposed between the first polymer layer and the active area of the flexible substrate and attaches the first polymer layer to the active area of the flexible substrate, wherein the second adhesive layer is interposed between the second polymer layer and the inactive area of the flexible substrate and attaches the second polymer layer to the inactive area of the flexible substrate, wherein the third adhesive layer is interposed between the first and second polymer layers and attaches the first and second polymer layers together, wherein the first, second, and third adhesive layers have aligned edges that are separated from the bent region of the flexible substrate by a gap, and wherein the first and second polymer layers and the first, second, and third adhesive layers are the only layers interposed between the active area of the flexible substrate and the plane defined by the inactive area of the flexible substrate.",0.5015197711469128,0.9969604577061744,,,,, | |
| 8687386,"1. A method for bi-directional current sensing for a synchronous rectifier bi-directional converter system, the method comprising sensing a first current through a first synchronous rectifier via a first transformer to provide a first signal, sensing a second current through a second synchronous rectifier via a second transformer to provide a second signal, DC restoring the first signal and the second signal by removing a DC bias from the first signal and the second signal to provide a first DC restored signal and a second DC restored signal respectively, wherein the DC restoring comprises: receiving a voltage indicating about zero current in at least one of the first synchronous rectifier and the second synchronous rectifier, and turning on at least one of two DC restore switches based on the voltage thereby grounding at least one of the first signal and the second signal; producing a first corrected signal by adding a first correction current to the first DC restored signal, producing a second corrected signal by adding a second correction current to the second DC restored signal, and producing a combined signal by adding the first corrected signal and the second corrected signal.",0.5015326844299374,0.9969346311401253,,,,, | |
| 9319965,"1. A wireless infrastructure component comprising: a transmission point selection module (TPSM) configured to: a configuration module configured to communicate instructions to the UE, the instructions configured to cause the UE to report CSI-RS measurements for the selected downlink transmission point, including instructions to map CSI-RS patterns to slots in the CSI-RS index; and wherein the transmission points share a single cell identification (ID) and each transmission point comprises at least one radio transceiver.",0.49830188471809267,0.9966037694361853,,,,, | |
| 9179524,"1. A method for open-loop and closed-loop control of a lighting busway for an interior space, the lighting busway having a primary luminaire and a secondary luminaire, the method comprising: measuring a brightness at a location of the primary luminaire; determining a primary ambient light percentage for the primary luminaire by comparing a brightness curve of the primary luminaire without ambient light and the combined brightness measured at the location of the primary luminaire with ambient light and light from the primary luminaire, in each case with respect to a primary manipulated variable of the primary luminaire; determining a secondary ambient light percentage for the secondary luminaire based on the primary ambient light percentage; and determining a secondary manipulated variable for the secondary luminaire based on the secondary ambient light percentage and a setpoint value for the secondary luminaire.",0.4982596029960457,0.9965192059920914,,,,, | |
| 9561729,"1. A charging connector device, comprising: a plug; a mounting seat for mounting the plug thereto, the mounting seat having a guide shaft; and a charging socket having a guide sleeve engageable with or disengageable from the guide shaft, the plug being inserted into or pulled out of the charging socket; wherein the mounting seat has an adjusting device to facilitate an insertion of the plug into the charging socket; wherein the adjusting device comprises:",0.4982124576356685,0.996424915271337,,,,, | |
| 9103869,"1. A method, comprising: generating a pulse; transmitting the pulse on a first cable of a multi-cable communication system; monitoring the first cable to detect a first reflection of the pulse on the first cable, including using a first high-pass filter with a first corner frequency; determining whether the first cable is faulty based on an amplitude of the first reflection; monitoring a second cable of the multi-cable communication system to detect whether the pulse or a second reflection of the pulse appears on the second cable of the multi-cable communication system, wherein detecting whether the pulse or the reflection of the pulse appears on the second cable includes using a second high-pass filter with a second corner frequency lower than the first corner frequency of the first high-pass filter; and responsive to the pulse or the second reflection of the pulse being detected to appear on the second cable of the multi-cable communication system,",0.4982103170535306,0.9964206341070612,,,,, | |
| 9600110,"1. A display device with a touch detection function that has a normal operation mode for performing image display and touch detection and a sleep mode for performing touch detection with reduced power consumption, the sleep mode including a first sleep mode and a second sleep mode, the display device comprising: a display area in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged in a matrix on a substrate; a drive electrode that is arranged opposite to the pixel electrodes and is divided into a plurality of portions; a touch detection electrode that is arranged opposite to the drive electrode and forms a capacitance with the drive electrode; a display function layer that has an image display function for displaying an image in the display area; a control device that: a touch detecting unit that detects, in the normal operation mode, a position of an object in proximity to or in contact with the touch detection electrode based on a detection signal transmitted from the touch detection electrode; and a touch-detection controller configured to:",0.5018371802014712,0.9963256395970577,,,,, | |
| 8373030,"1. A seed of lettuce line RX06462133, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-10689.",0.49807261298327465,0.9961452259665493,,,,, | |
| 8852326,"1. A hydrocracking catalyst comprising an aggregated form of synthetic faujasite zeolite comprising small size primary crystallites of synthetic faujasite zeolite, wherein at least 80% of the primary crystallites are aggregated to form secondary particles, the secondary particles consisting essentially of clusters of primary crystallites, wherein the silica to alumina molar ratio of the zeolite is less than 4:1, wherein the average width of the secondary particles, as viewed from the external surface of the secondary particles, is 0.8 micron or more; and wherein at least one of the following conditions apply: (a) the average width of the primary crystallites in the secondary particles, as viewed from the external surface of the secondary particles, is 0.3 micron or less; (b) at least 80% of the secondary particles comprise at least 5 primary crystallites; and (c) in at least 80% of the secondary particles, the ratio of the average width of the secondary particles to the average width of the primary crystallites is at least 5:1; and wherein the hydrocracking catalyst further comprising at least one hydrogenating metal component.",0.5021276567823201,0.9957446864353598,,,,, | |
| 9814773,"1. A liquid pharmaceutical formulation for injection into the eye for the sustained release of a therapeutic protein comprising: a liquid, biodegradable, biocompatible non-polymeric excipient, wherein said excipient is benzyl benzoate; and a biodegradable, biocompatible poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) polymer having a lactide:glycolide ratio of 50:50, MW range 7,000-17,000, and an alkyl ester end group; wherein the wt % ratio of non-polymeric excipient:polymer is about 90:10 to 99:1, inclusive; wherein upon and following injection of about 5 μL to about 100 μL, inclusive of the formulation, using a 25, 27, 28, 30 gauge, or smaller needle, the formulation maintains its monolithic integrity and liquid state; and wherein the formulation releases the therapeutic protein from the liquid formulation for a period of at least about 14 days.",0.49779506392209694,0.9955901278441939,,,,, | |
| 8772857,"1. A vertical memory device, comprising: a channel extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a top surface of a substrate, a thickness of the channel varying according to height; at least one ground selection line (GSL), a plurality of word lines and at least one string selection line (SSL) spaced apart from each other on a sidewall of the channel in the first direction, a tunnel insulation layer pattern, a charge trapping layer pattern and a blocking layer pattern sequentially stacked in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the sidewall of the channel, the tunnel insulation layer pattern, the charge trapping layer pattern and the blocking layer pattern between the sidewall of the channel and each of the GSL, the word lines, and the SSL.",0.5022175561492496,0.9955648877015009,,,,, | |
| 9355865,"1. A method of forming a pattern during semiconductor fabrication, comprising: forming a photoresist region; patterning the photoresist region to form a patterned photoresist region comprising a first photoresist region and a second photoresist region; forming a spacer region adjacent the first photoresist region and the second photoresist region; removing at least some of the spacer region to form a first spacer and a second spacer; removing the first photoresist region to form a sub-gap between the first spacer and the second spacer; filling the sub-gap with a block co-polymer (BCP), the BCP comprising a first polymer and a second polymer; and removing the second polymer to form a pattern comprising the first polymer, the first spacer, and the second spacer.",0.4977076282191717,0.9954152564383434,,,,, | |
| 9599177,"1. A vehicle electric braking device configured to press a friction member using an electric motor against a rotation member fixed to a wheel of a vehicle, to thereby generate a braking torque for the wheel, the vehicle electric braking device comprising: a pressing member configured to press the friction member against the rotation member, the pressing member including a first cylindrical part on an inner periphery thereof; a shaft member to be rotationally driven by the electric motor, the shaft member including, on an outer periphery thereof, a second cylindrical part overlapping the first cylindrical part in an axial direction of the shaft member; a screw member configured to convert a rotational motion of the shaft member into a translational motion of the pressing member; a cap member that is brought into slide contact with the first cylindrical part on an outer periphery of the cap member so that the cap member is relatively movable in an axial direction of the pressing member with respect to the pressing member, and is brought into slide contact with the second cylindrical part on an inner periphery of the cap member so that the cap member is relatively movable in the axial direction of the shaft member with respect to the shaft member, wherein the cap member being relatively rotatable about an axis of the shaft member with respect to at least one of the first cylindrical part or the second cylindrical part; and a storage chamber partitioned by the first cylindrical part, the second cylindrical part, and the cap member, connected to one end of the screw member, and filled with a lubricant for lubricating the screw member.",0.497537828949422,0.995075657898844,,,,, | |
| 8752633,"1. Protector apparatus for protecting at least one cable during operation of a diverter, the protector apparatus comprising: a plurality of protector assemblies substantially formed of a plastics material, each protector assembly defining a plurality of bores, a first of the plurality of bores being configured to receive a string and a second of the plurality of bores being configured to receive a cable, each protector assembly being further configured to define an external surface with which an operating diverter can sealingly engage when the protector apparatus is in use and the string is received in the first bore, the plurality of protector assemblies being configured to be brought into engagement with each other along a direction of the first bore to form the protector apparatus, and wherein the plurality of protector assemblies comprise first and second end protector assemblies, the end protector assembly being configured to interlock at only a first of two opposing ends of the end protector assembly with another protector assembly, wherein the first end of the end protector assembly comprises one of a male portion and a female portion, configured to interlock with a corresponding one of a female portion and a male portion provided on the other protector assembly, in which the male portion comprises an annular member extending from an end of a protector assembly and the female portion comprises an annular groove formed towards an end of a protector assembly, the annular member and the annular groove have corresponding profiles such that the annular member can be received in the annular groove; and wherein the plurality of protector assemblies comprise at least one centre protector assembly, the at least one centre protector assembly being configured to engage at a first end with the first end protector assembly and to engage at a second, opposing end with at least one of another centre protector assembly and the second end protector assembly.",0.49738913773464966,0.9947782754692993,,,,, | |
| 9566385,"1. A method of delivering fluid from an inlet tube connected to a fluid reservoir to an outlet tube in a pumping cycle; the method comprising: positioning, during an inflow phase of the pumping cycle, a valve to a first pumping position to establish a fluid contact between the inlet tube and a first aspiration cavity without having a fluid connection between the first aspiration cavity and the outlet tube, wherein positioning the valve to the first pumping position comprises rotating the valve to partially align a wedge shaped opening in the valve with the inlet tube and with the first aspiration cavity and fluidically isolating a priming tubule from the outlet tube, the priming tubule fluidically coupled to the wedge shaped opening; moving, during the inflow phase, a first piston coupled with the first aspiration cavity to increase the volume of the first aspiration cavity; positioning, during an outflow phase of the pumping cycle, the valve to a second pumping position to establish a fluid contact between the first aspiration cavity and the outlet tube without having a fluid connection between the inlet tube and the first aspiration cavity, wherein: positioning the valve to the second pumping position comprises rotating the valve to partially align the wedge shaped opening in the valve with the outlet tube and with the first aspiration cavity; moving, during the outflow phase, the first piston to decrease the volume of the first aspiration cavity; operating a second piston connected to the outlet tube to divert a portion of the fluid from the first aspiration cavity into a second aspiration cavity in the outlet tube during the outflow phase thereby reducing a fluid delivery pulsation; and delivering, from the second aspiration cavity to the outlet tube, the diverted portion of fluid during the inflow phase.",0.5026620024173092,0.9946759951653816,,,,, | |
| 9359111,"1. A reusable envelope, comprising in combination: a front planar panel and a rear planar panel; said panels adjacent each other with an open space therebetween; said open space sized to removably receive contents therein; said front panel of said envelope including at least one surface region, wherein said surface region is formed of a material which releasably holds an adhesively backed structure thereon located on said front panel and in a manner allowing the adhesively backed structure to be removed and a new adhesively backed structure to be applied; wherein said front panel further includes a specialized area that allows postage to be permanently affixed to the reusable envelope for a fixed number of reuses; the specialized area being made from a material omitting the releasable holding character and being sized for permanently holding postage thereon to allow postage to be successively permanently affixed for the fixed number of reuses of the envelope; and said envelope having an opening into said open space, said opening including a resealable closure.",0.4973264773904339,0.9946529547808678,,,,, | |
| 9176820,"1. A disk logging method configured for a temporary non-volatile storage medium to log data from a volatile memory to said storage medium, and the method comprising: receiving a first data having a first batch size from an external source and storing the first data to an queue of the storage medium; writing the first data to a disk platter of the storage medium; and transmitting an interrupt in response to completion of the writing the first data to the external source, wherein the first batch size is dynamically adjusted such that the step of writing the first data takes more time than or substantially the same time as the step of receiving and storing the first data.",0.5027499628341332,0.9945000743317336,,,,, | |
| 9011648,"1. A method of conversion of carbon dioxide into organic products using plasma technology comprising the steps of: (a) providing a reaction chamber; (b) introducing a counterpart molecule and carbon dioxide into the reaction chamber; (c) initiating a plasma in the reaction chamber; and (d) converting the carbon dioxide into organic products, wherein the organic products comprise alcohol and acetic acid but do not contain formic acid and formaldehyde, and wherein the counterpart molecule consists of water molecule.",0.49722706469695477,0.9944541293939095,,,,, | |
| 8632782,"1. An attenuated mutant dengue (DEN) virus comprising one of the following mutations: i) a charge-cluster-to-alanine mutation at amino acids 2923 and 2924 of NS5 (D/H2923A; K/R2924A), or ii) a glutamate/glutamine to glycine change at amino acid position 2664 (E/Q2664G) corresponding to a change at nucleotide 8092 of NS5, wherein the numbering is based upon the prototypic isolate DEN4 Dominica 1981, and wherein the attenuated mutant DEN virus has one of the following properties: temperature sensitivity, reduced plaque formation size, host-cell restriction, attenuation in mice, or improved replication in Vero cells.",0.5028065491295898,0.9943869017408205,,,,, | |
| 9215660,"1. A mobile communication terminal conforming to a CDMA2000 EVDO standard and having a function to check reception of an incoming call by receiving a report signal in synchronization with a cycle at which the report signal is transmitted from a base station, the mobile communication terminal comprising: a judging unit configured to judge a state of the terminal; a transmission unit configured to, in accordance with the state judged by the judging unit, transmit an Enhanced Idle State Protocol (EISP) signal that requests the base station to change the cycle of transmitting the report signal; and an input unit configured to receive an input from a user, wherein the judging unit judges whether or not the input unit has received, from the user, an input that requests to change the cycle, and when the judging unit judges that the input unit has received the input that requests to change the cycle, the transmission unit transmits an EISP signal that requests to shorten the cycle of transmitting the report signal.",0.49706033086934814,0.9941206617386963,,,,, | |
| 8734986,"1. A battery, comprising: an electrode; and an electrode terminal, wherein the electrode comprises: wherein the multilayered portion comprises an insulation layer and two electrically conductive layers disposed on opposite sides of the insulation layer, wherein the conductive portion connects to the two conductive layers and extends from the two conductive layers to the electrode terminal so as to establish electrical connection between the electrode terminal and the two conductive layers, wherein the conductive portion comprises an electroconductive plate which is a part independent from the multilayered portion and the electrode terminal, wherein the electroconductive plate has two opposite ends such that only one of the opposite ends is joined to the electrode terminal and only the other of the opposite ends is joined to respective surfaces of the two conductive layers so as to have surface-to-surface contact with the two conductive layers, wherein the multilayered portion constitutes one of a single positive collector and a single negative collector, wherein each of the electroconductive plate and the multilayered portion has a folded section formed such that the folded section of the electroconductive plate and the folded section of the multilayered portion are opened to opposite directions, and wherein a portion of the folded section of the electroconductive plate is inserted into the folded section of the multilayered portion and a portion of the folded section of the multilayered portion is inserted into the folded section of the electroconductive plate.",0.49703988614950917,0.9940797722990183,,,,, | |
| 9627974,"1. A voltage regulator circuit comprising: a first comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output, wherein the first input is connected to an output node of the voltage regulator circuit, and the second input is connected to a reference node having a reference voltage; a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein a drain of the first transistor is connected to a drain of the second transistor; an inductor coupled between the drain of the first transistor and the output node; a first capacitor and a resistor connected in parallel between the output node and a source of the second transistor; a peak-current detector configured to detect peak current through the inductor; a zero-crossing detector configured to detect zero-crossing current through the inductor; and a control unit configured to receive a plurality of input signals including an input voltage, a clock signal, and the output of the first comparator to adaptively control the voltage regulator circuit, wherein the control unit is configured to:",0.5029872500045369,0.9940254999909262,,,,, | |
| 9589512,"1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a display; a sensor; at least one module to perform a particular function; and a controller configured to:",0.4969667537272119,0.9939335074544238,,,,, | |
| 8565090,"1. A method for distributing messages received by a message distributor to at least two destination nodes, comprising: a congestion metric obtaining procedure for obtaining a congestion metric of each of the at least two destination nodes, wherein at least two congestion metric categories are provided and each congestion metric value is associated with one congestion metric category; a latency metric obtaining procedure for obtaining a latency metric of each of the at least two destination nodes, wherein the latency metric of a destination node includes a measure of a transmission time between the message distributor and the destination node, and wherein at least two latency metric categories are provided and each latency metric value is associated with one latency metric category; a destination weight computing procedure for computing, destination weights of each of the at least two destination nodes by taking into account the congestion metric and the latency metric of each of the at least two destination nodes, wherein a destination weight is associated with each pair of a congestion metric category and a latency metric category; and wherein the destination weight computing procedure includes a destination node selecting procedure for selecting, by the message distributor, as a destination for a received message one of the at least two destination nodes, depending at least on the destination weights.",0.5031192665563214,0.9937614668873571,,,,, | |
| 8637289,1. A recombinant yeast host cell comprising: (a) a modification in an endogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having dual-role hexokinase activity in the host cell wherein the activity of the polypeptide of (a) is reduced or substantially eliminated; and (b) a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having hexose kinase activity; and (c) a modification in an endogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having pyruvate decarboxylase activity wherein pyruvate decarboxylase activity is reduced or substantially eliminated.,0.49688022654825115,0.9937604530965023,,,,, | |
| 8512823,1. Process for preparing a host-guest compound comprising a host comprising nickel metal compound of an azo compound that conforms in the form of its free acid to the formula (V) or to a form tautomeric therewith: and which contains melamine as a guest compound wherein the host-guest compound has a BET specific surface area of at least 180 m the process comprising: reacting the nickel metal compound with the azo compound in the presence of the guest compound and in the presence of seed crystals.,0.503139529339077,0.993720941321846,,,,, | |
| 9741891,"1. An EVA sheet for a photovoltaic module, the EVA sheet comprising: microparticles, sintered at 100° C., and a main component of which is an ethylene-vinyl acetate resin including 25% to 35% of vinyl acetate by weight based on the ethylene-vinyl acetate resin, wherein a mean particle diameter of the microparticles is 200 μm to 400 μm, an angle of repose of the microparticles is 40° or less, the microparticles are sintered at 100° C. prior to being laminated to form the EVA sheet, and the EVA sheet has a contraction ratio of 0%.",0.49681620703731716,0.9936324140746343,,,,, | |
| 8687545,"1. A method for multiple carrier wireless communication, comprising: receiving an anchor carrier; detecting an uplink grant carried on the anchor carrier that assigns resources for a group of uplink non-anchor carriers; utilizing the assigned resources by transmitting uplink carrier transmissions on the group of uplink non-anchor carriers in accordance with the detected grant; receiving an acknowledgement of receipt of the uplink carrier transmissions on the anchor carrier that sent the uplink grant; accessing a mapping of acknowledgements to multiple carriers; interpreting the acknowledgement for each uplink carrier transmission utilizing the mapping; and retransmitting at least one of the uplink carrier transmissions, wherein the at least one of the uplink carrier transmissions is determined to have been unsuccessfully transmitted.",0.4967575596808642,0.9935151193617284,,,,, | |
| 8901215,"1. A resin composition consisting of: a polylactic acid in the range from 30% by weight to 80% by weight with respect to the total content of the resin composition; a solid flame retardant selected from the group consisting of an ammonium polyphosphate and a melamine sulfate in the range from 10% by weight to 40% by weight with respect to the total content of the resin composition; a bifunctional compound that has a carbodiimide group in the range from 0.1% by weight to 5% by weight with respect to the total content of the resin composition; a crystal nucleating agent in the range from 0.1% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the total content of the resin composition; a rubber and/or thermoplastic elastomer in the range from 1% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the total content of the resin composition; a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal carbonates, zeolites, and hydrotalcites; and optionally any of an antioxidant, an ultraviolet absorber, a drip inhibitor, a release agent, a weathering agent, a light stabilizer, and a colorant.",0.5033431994825196,0.9933136010349608,,,,, | |
| 9236082,"1. A near-field light generator comprising: a waveguide including a core through which light propagates, and a cladding provided around the core; and a plasmon generator having a front end face, wherein the plasmon generator includes a first portion and a second portion that are adjacent in a first direction orthogonal to a direction of travel of the light propagating through the core, the second portion including the front end face, the core has a first surface intersecting the first direction, and a concave portion recessed from the first surface, at least part of the first portion of the plasmon generator is received in the concave portion, the concave portion has a surface contiguous with the first surface, the surface of the concave portion including a first evanescent light generating portion, the first evanescent light generating portion generates first evanescent light based on the light propagating through the core, the first evanescent light generating portion being located farther from a virtual plane than is the first portion of the plasmon generator, the virtual plane including the front end face of the plasmon generator, the first evanescent light generating portion having a first edge closest to the first surface and a second edge farthest from the first surface, wherein: the first portion of the plasmon generator includes a first plasmon exciting portion opposed to the first evanescent light generating portion, a first surface plasmon being excited on the first plasmon exciting portion through coupling with the first evanescent light, and the front end face of the plasmon generator generates near-field light based on the first surface plasmon.",0.4966475667415345,0.993295133483069,,,,, | |
| 8518094,"1. A phototherapy apparatus for treating biological tissue, said phototherapy apparatus comprising: at least one light source configured to produce therapeutic light to be delivered onto a surface of the biological tissue; a sensor and processing unit configured to monitor intensity, position, and movement of said therapeutic light over the surface of the biological tissue and to determine a delivered light energy dosage distribution of the therapeutic light based on said intensity, position, and movement of said therapeutic light and to transmit the delivered light energy dosage distribution to a light projector device in communication with said sensor, said light projector device configured to project visible markers representing values of said delivered light energy dosage distribution onto the surface of the biological tissue.",0.5034172356092639,0.9931655287814722,,,,, | |
| 9389016,"1. A method for drying seeds, said method comprising the steps of: a) mixing seeds with premoisturized zeolite particles having a moisture content of between 3 and 20 wt % to provide a seed-zeolite mixture, and b) allowing said seed in said mixture to dry to a final moisture content of between 2 and 12 wt %.",0.503476541401137,0.9930469171977261,,,,, | |
| 9380129,"1. A data redirection system comprising: at least one front-end gateway communicatively linked to a server, the at least one front-end gateway supporting communications with said server via at least one enhanced communication link with said front-end gateway; and at least one redirector, said redirector configured to receive a redirection request from said server relative to a request from a client directed to a network address corresponding to said server via a second communication link to said server, said second communication link not including said at least one front-end gateway, said redirector configured, in response to said redirection request, to respond to said redirection request by redirecting said client to a network address of said at least one front-end gateway, whereby communications between said client and said server occur via said at least one enhanced communication link with said at least one front-end gateway rather than said second communication link.",0.5035417499984329,0.9929165000031341,,,,, | |
| 9217802,1. A method comprising: accessing seismic data; and enhancing the seismic data for identification of at least one horizon of a geologic environment by,0.49623279779904733,0.9924655955980947,,,,, | |
| 9006748,"1. A semiconductor device comprising a silicon carbide layer of a first conductivity type, the silicon carbide layer having a first principal surface and a second principal surface and including an element region and a terminal region which surrounds the element region on the first principal surface, wherein the silicon carbide layer includes: a first dopant layer of the first conductivity type which contacts with the first principal surface; a second dopant layer of the first conductivity type which is located closer to the second principal surface than the first dopant layer is; and a third dopant layer of the first conductivity type which is located between the first and second dopant layers and has a lower dopant concentration than the second dopant layer and, the terminal region has, in its surface portion with a predetermined depth as measured from the first principal surface, a terminal structure which includes a portion of the first dopant layer, a portion of the second dopant layer, and a ring region of a second conductivity type that runs through the first and third dopant layers to reach the second dopant layer, the dopant concentration of the first dopant layer is twice to five times as high as the dopant concentration of the second dopant layer, when viewed along a normal to the first principal surface, the first dopant layer is arranged to contact with the ring region both inside and outside of the region.",0.5038880455556749,0.9922239088886502,,,,, | |
| 8732565,"1. For use in a wireless communications device, a receiver comprising: receive path circuitry configured to receive and down-convert an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal to produce an encoded received signal; and a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder associated with the receive path circuitry, the LDPC decoder configured to decode the encoded received signal, the LDPC decoder comprising:",0.49609914489935164,0.9921982897987033,,,,, | |
| 9240919,"1. A polar modulator comprising: a modulation generator arranged to generate phase modulation data and amplitude modulation data; a phase modulation stage arranged to generate a phase modulated, PM, carrier signal and a PM clock signal, wherein: a re-timing circuit arranged to generate an amplitude modulation, AM, clock signal by re-timing the PM clock signal with the PM carrier signal; an amplitude modulation stage arranged to employ the AM clock signal to clock the amplitude modulation data into the amplitude modulation stage and arranged to amplitude modulate the PM carrier signal with the amplitude modulation data; an error detection stage arranged to generate an indication of a magnitude of a first deviation of the AM clock signal from a target condition; and a control stage arranged to select the target value of the relative delay by determining, by controlling the adjustment of the relative delay by the adjustable delay stage, a first value of the relative delay that maximizes the magnitude of the first deviation, and applying an offset to the first value of the relative delay.",0.4960810909663797,0.9921621819327594,,,,, | |
| 9353106,1. A compound of formula (II): wherein: R R R R R R or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.,0.5040636066555724,0.9918727866888553,,,,, | |
| 9066374,"1. A method for holding and warming food, the method comprising the steps of: disposing a container consisting of 300-series stainless steel in a receptacle for receiving the container, wherein the container is formed by a cold working process; and applying to the container a magnetic field from an induction coil, wherein the magnetic field is sufficient to induce a current in the container to heat the container, wherein the container includes a rim extending around a perimeter thereof, and wherein the rim of the container rests on an edge of the receptacle.",0.5041210637910797,0.9917578724178406,,,,, | |
| 9178379,"1. A charger to supply current from a commercial power source to a battery of an electric vehicle, the charger comprising: a connector connected to the electric vehicle; a plug connected to an outlet of the commercial power source to supply the current for charging the battery of the electric vehicle; a switching unit to selectively shut off the current supplied from the commercial power source to the electric vehicle according to a temperature of the charger, wherein the switching unit including a first switching unit which is turned on or off when a charging operation for the battery is started or completed, and a second switching unit which is turned on when the temperature of the charger is less than a predetermined safety temperature and turned off when the temperature of the charger is equal to or higher than the predetermine safety temperature; a display unit to display information about an operation of the charger; and a control unit to control the operation of the charger, wherein the control unit turns off the first switching unit when information about completion of the charging operation for the battery is transmitted thereto from the electric vehicle.",0.5041441703197007,0.9917116593605986,,,,, | |
| 9124766,"1. A first video conference apparatus, comprising: a communication unit configured to connect to a second video conference apparatus at another site; and a processor configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:",0.4956727350597645,0.991345470119529,,,,, | |
| 9423866,"1. A computing device, comprising: an asynchronous processor operative from an operating voltage; a voltage regulator circuit that outputs the operating voltage to the asynchronous processor in response to a voltage request received from the asynchronous processor; and a memory coupled to the asynchronous processor, the memory storing a time-aware scheduler and voltage controller program that, when executed by the asynchronous processor, causes the computing device to perform actions including:",0.5043426664151566,0.9913146671696869,,,,, | |
| 8895271,"1. A non-naturally occurring monooxygenase, wherein said monooxygenase comprises a polypeptide sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO:124, and wherein said monooxygenase is capable of converting 5-methoxy-2-((4-methoxy-3,5-dimethylpyridin-2-yl)methylthio)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole (“compound (1)”) to 5-methoxy-2-((4-methoxy-3,5-dimethylpyridin-2-yl)methylsulfinyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole (“compound (2)”), and wherein said polypeptide sequence has two or more residue differences as compared to SEQ ID NO:2 at the following residue positions: position corresponding to X246; position corresponding to position corresponding to X248; position corresponding to X326; position corresponding to X386; position corresponding to X432; position corresponding to X433; position corresponding to X435; position corresponding to X438; and position corresponding to X448.",0.5043732584889326,0.9912534830221349,,,,, | |
| 9503987,"1. A method performed in a wireless station of a wireless network, said method comprising: receiving outbound request packets from one or more applications executing in said wireless station, each outbound request packet being for transmission by said wireless station on said wireless network as a corresponding packet; identifying required active durations based on said outbound request packets; transmitting and receiving packets in said active durations on said wireless network, wherein a receiver of said wireless station is placed in an active mode in said active durations, wherein the transmitted packets comprise the corresponding packets representing said outbound request packets, wherein an active duration of said active durations is between a first time instance and a second time instance, wherein said identifying comprises examining request packets formed by said one more applications executing in said wireless network, wherein said first time instance corresponds to a time instance at which a corresponding request packet is to be transmitted on said wireless network, wherein said second time instance corresponds to a time instance of receipt of the corresponding response packet from said wireless network; and operating said receiver in power-down mode when said receiver is not required to be operated in said active mode, wherein power is turned off to at least a portion of said receiver when operating said receiver in power-down mode and power is provided to said portion in said active mode, wherein said wireless station is unable to receive packets in said power-down mode due to power being turned off to said portion of said receiver.",0.5043969407570439,0.9912061184859122,,,,, | |
| 9330207,"1. A design support method comprising: executing, by a computer, operations of:",0.5044281261376551,0.9911437477246898,,,,, | |
| 8564944,"1. An apparatus comprising: a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet; and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge, the connection portion configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device that includes: a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis; and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other, each having a respective magnetic field that is aligned along an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet.",0.5045873058636295,0.9908253882727409,,,,, | |
| 8810167,"1. A method for driving a brushless motor including a first coil and a second coil for two phases, wherein the motor does not include a coil for one of three phases, the method comprising: connecting a three-phase inverter circuit to the first coil and the second coil; and applying currents having a phase difference corresponding to an electrical angle of 60 degrees to the first coil and the second coil to generate a circular rotating magnetic field, wherein: wherein the method further comprises applying 180-degree square wave voltages having a phase difference of 120 degrees to a common terminal that connects one end of the first coil and one end of the second coil, a first terminal of the first coil that is the other end of the first coil, and a second terminal of the second coil that is the other end of the second coil so that currents flow through the first coil and the second coil at a phase difference corresponding to an electrical angle of 60 degrees.",0.4953274091259411,0.9906548182518822,,,,, | |
| 8812679,"1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed in a data processing system comprising at least one computing device, causes a computing device of the at least one computing device to: generate one or more computing environment entitlement contract (CEEC) data structures, each CEEC data structure defining terms of a business level agreement between a contracting party and a provider of the data processing system, wherein the terms of the CEEC data structure specify a set of computing resources having a specified configuration, and further specify that the set of computing resources are to be used by the contracting party for a specified purpose at a specified level and pattern of intensity for a specified period of time; generate a CEEC cohort comprising a collection of CEEC data structures having similar terms; monitor utilization of a collection of computing resources in accordance with the similar terms of the collection of CEEC data structures to identify a usage pattern within the CEEC cohort; and modify a membership of a CEEC data structure in the CEEC cohort based on the identified usage pattern, wherein generating a CEEC cohort comprising a collection of CEEC data structures having similar terms comprises: defining a profile specifying parameters used to define a CEEC cohort and specifying characteristics of CEEC data structures that are included as members of the CEEC cohort; applying the profile to data in CEEC data structures of the one or more CEEC data structures to determine which CEEC data structures meet requirements specified by the parameters of the profile; and selecting one or more CEEC data structures to include in the collection of CEEC data structures of the CEEC cohort.",0.49524814699223585,0.9904962939844717,,,,, | |
| 9703930,"1. A method of automatically generating a user-specific measuring data recording routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device in a data processing device, which has a data input interface, a storage device, a calculation unit and a data output interface, comprising the following steps: receiving, by the calculation unit, influencing parameter data derived from continuous blood glucose measurements of a blood glucose meter; processing, by the calculation unit, the influencing parameter data to generate process data indicating an expected continuous course of a blood glucose value of a user; analyzing, by the calculation unit, the process data; determining, by the calculation unit, one or more periods in the process data within which the blood glucose values are expected to change; setting, by the calculation unit, two or more measurement points based on the one or more periods determined; generating, by the calculation unit, a user-specific measuring routine data that indicates a measuring routine with user-specific measuring events for discontinuous blood glucose measurement based on the two or more measurement points set, wherein the two or more measurement points define the user-specific measuring events and the user-specific measuring events are times at which a blood glucose measurement is scheduled to be taken by the user; and providing, by the calculation unit, user-specific measuring routine data to the data output interface for data transmission, where the calculation unit is implemented by computer executable instructions executed by a computer processor.",0.5048340283037915,0.9903319433924169,,,,, | |
| 9347256,"1. A method for producing an insulating glass pane comprising a plastic spacer, wherein two glass panels that are parallel to each other have a target distance from each other, said method comprising: forming a composite strand by means of a nozzle and by temporally and spatially overlapping an extrusion of at least two plastic partial strands, wherein a first partial strand is made of an adhesive first sealing compound, in which a moisture-binding substance is embedded, and a second partial strand consists of an adhesive and setting second sealing compound, onto a first glass panel along an edge of the first glass panel, where a beginning and an end of the composite strand abut and thereby form a frame, where the first partial strand is extruded onto the first glass panel with a predetermined first target thickness, which is formed greater than the target distance by the means of the nozzle, and the second partial strand is extruded onto the first glass panel with a predetermined second target thickness, which is formed greater than the target distance by the means of the nozzle, where the partial strands are located side by side in the composite strand and thus directly adjoin each other, and where the first partial strand is located within the second partial strand; after the composite strand is disposed onto the first glass panel, joining the first glass panel to a second glass panel, so that the composite strand is located between the two glass panels, connects them to each other and holds them at a distance from each other; and adjusting the target distance by pressing the joined glass panels.",0.5051929145664869,0.9896141708670263,,,,, | |
| 9541992,"1. A method of performing a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling operation, the method comprising: controlling a clock management unit (CMU) to predict an operating state of a central processing unit (CPU) and to provide operating frequency information to a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) based on the predicted operating state of the CPU, the operating frequency information indicating a change of an operating frequency of an application processor; and controlling the PMIC to change an operating voltage of the application processor based on the operating frequency information provided from the clock management unit; when the operating frequency information indicates an increase of the operating frequency of the application processor, controlling the CMU to increase the operating frequency of the application processor after controlling the PMIC to increase the operating voltage of the application processor; and when the operating frequency information indicates a decrease of the operating frequency of the application processor, controlling the CMU to decrease the operating frequency of the application processor before controlling the PMIC to decrease the operating voltage of the application processor, wherein: the operating frequency of the application processor corresponds to a frequency of a clock signal that is output from a clock generating unit, and the frequency of the clock signal is determined by the CMU, the clock generating unit comprises multiple phase locked loops (PLLs), a multiplexer, and a frequency divider, and the frequency of the clock signal is determined such that an output frequency of one output signal selected by the multiplexer among multiple output signals output from the PLLs is divided by the frequency divider.",0.4946785366445083,0.9893570732890166,,,,, | |
| 8827870,"1. An exercise guidance system comprising: a first exercise device of a first type; a display; a computer readable program configured to: receive a fitness objective for an individual; identify and store an exercise route for achieving the fitness objective using the first exercise device, the exercise route including recommended workout parameters for a first workout and a second workout subsequent to the first workout; receive exercise metrics from the first exercise device during the first workout; form a comparison of the exercise metrics with the exercise route to adjust the recommended workout parameters for the second workout of the route based on the comparison; and display the adjusted route to the individual on the display.",0.4946781825484559,0.9893563650969118,,,,, | |
| 8497422,"1. A light concentration device, comprising: a plate including two principal faces defining a thickness of the plate and an edge between the two principal faces, a refractive index gradient existing along the thickness of the plate; and a diffraction grating functioning in reflection or semi-reflection that cooperates with one of the principal faces of the plate having a highest refractive index, the principal face having a lowest refractive index forming a front entry face for the light, at least one exit zone for the light being disposed on the edge.",0.5053486767245154,0.9893026465509691,,,,, | |
| 9000263,"1. A chimeric polynucleotide that encodes a plant inositol polyphosphate 2-kinase comprising a member selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide comprising SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a polynucleotide comprising at least 97% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the % sequence identity is based on the entire sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and is determined by GAP 10 analysis using default parameters and the Needleman and Wunsch algorithm; and, (c) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 2.",0.5054613827816538,0.9890772344366925,,,,, | |
| 9487422,"1. A treatment system for a grease trap reservoir, the treatment system comprising: a first tank in fluid communication with the grease trap reservoir and configured to receive grease from the grease trap reservoir; an elongated hollow mast configured to extend within the first tank; a casing secured to the mast and forming an inner cavity, the casing being positioned within the first tank and in fluid communication with the grease; a fluid seal located between the mast and the casing, the fluid seal configured to prevent grease from entering the mast; a conduit secured to and extending from the casing; and an aeration subsystem in fluid communication with the grease, the aeration subsystem, having:",0.5056232552767524,0.9887534894464951,,,,, | |
| 8429279,"1. A method for connecting packet-oriented communication terminals, the terminals comprising a first terminal within a first network and a second terminal within a second network, the second network connected to the first network via a network address-translating unit, the method comprising: controlling transmission from the first communication terminal to the second network via a gateway, a proxy being assigned to the gateway, the first communication terminal being registered with the gateway; the proxy intercepting or receiving a first signaling message sent from the first communication terminal that identifies the second communication terminal as a destination for the first signaling message to establish a communication connection with the second communication terminal; the proxy saving content of the first signaling message, the content of the first signaling message comprising a first private address and a first private port of the first communication terminal by which the first communication terminal intends to exchange communication information; the proxy querying a server of the second network using the first private address and the first private port of the first communication terminal obtained via the intercepted first signaling message; the proxy intercepting or receiving at least one query response message from the server of the second network responding to the querying of the proxy; the proxy extracting a first public address and a first public port number of the first communication terminal from the at least one query response message; the proxy creating a second signaling message based on the first signaling message, the second signaling message comprising the first public address and first public port to replace the first private address and the first private port of the first signaling message; the proxy sending the second signaling message to the second communication terminal such the communication connection is creatable between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal.",0.5057546335397968,0.9884907329204065,,,,, | |
| 9754910,"1. A method of packaging a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor device comprising an integrated circuit die, a plurality of connectors disposed over the integrated circuit die, and an insulating material disposed over the plurality of connectors and the integrated circuit die; removing the insulating material from over corner regions of the integrated circuit die; after removing the insulating material, disposing a molding material over the insulating material and the integrated circuit die; and removing a top portion of the molding material and the insulating material to expose the plurality of connectors.",0.4940637490306494,0.9881274980612988,,,,, | |
| 9327221,"1. A polymerization process comprising: A) polymerizing one or more monomers in the presence of a solvent, to form a polymer solution; B) transferring the polymer solution to a liquid-liquid separator, without adding heat to the solution, and wherein a pressure of the polymer solution is actively reduced in a controlled manner prior to, or within, the liquid-liquid separator, to induce at least two liquid phases, a polymer-rich phase and a solvent-rich phase, and wherein a concentration of polymer in the polymer-rich phase is higher than that in the polymer solution transferred to the liquid-liquid separator; and C) detecting an interface between the polymer-rich phase and the solvent-rich phase by use of two sonic transponders positioned within the liquid-liquid separator, such that a first sonic transponder is located in a top half of the liquid-liquid separator and a second sonic transponder is located in a bottom half of the liquid-liquid separator; and D) removing the solvent-rich phase from the liquid-liquid separator and the removed solvent-rich phase comprises less than 1000 ppm polymer.",0.4940117538285776,0.9880235076571552,,,,, | |
| 8437149,"1. A power supply comprising: a sine wave power oscillator circuit for generating an alternating current; a controlled current source circuit connected to the sine wave power oscillator circuit for regulating the current level to the sine wave power oscillator; a control amplifier circuit connected to the controlled current source circuit, the control amplifier circuit for controlling the current level to the controlled current source circuit and having a feedback circuit for providing a feedback loop to regulate the output voltage; and a resonant transformer and capacitor connected to the sine wave power oscillator circuit, the resonant transformer generating scaled voltages and currents on a secondary winding or in an autotransformer mode wherein the power capabilities of the power supply are determined by the resonant characteristics of the transformer and capacitor system.",0.4939851314495598,0.9879702628991196,,,,, | |
| 9670879,"1. A valve apparatus comprising: a body with a supply passage for gas; and a solenoid valve housed in the body, the solenoid valve including:",0.5060313698845754,0.9879372602308492,,,,, | |
| 9745615,"1. A system comprising: a plurality of stackable enclosures stacked one on top of the other, wherein each stackable enclosure of the plurality of stackable enclosures comprises: a system controller module comprising a single, touch-panel display and a main computer configured to communicate with the single, touch-panel display and the sub-system computer in the plurality of stackable enclosures.",0.5062070302848404,0.9875859394303192,,,,, | |
| 8993167,"1. A cathode comprising: a cathode current collector; and a cathode mix applied to a surface of said cathode current collector comprising cathode active material particles, a conductive material and a binder, wherein the cathode active material particles comprise a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide represented by the following Formula (1a), a first coating layer present on a surface of the cathode active material particle, and a second coating layer on a surface of the first coating layer, wherein the lithium nickel oxide contains nickel in an amount of 40% or higher, based on the total weight of transition metals, wherein the first coating layer comprises a non-reactive material which is at least one oxide, and the second coating layer comprises a carbon-based material selected from the group consisting of graphite such as natural graphite or artificial graphite, carbon blacks such as acetylene black, ketjen black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black or thermal black and carbon fibers, wherein a bonding between the first coating layer or the second coating layer and a surface of lithium nickel oxide is a physical bonding, or a bonding between the first and second coating layers is a physical bonding, and wherein the cathode active material particle comprises a secondary particle having an average diameter of 3 to 20 μm in the form of an aggregate of primary particles having an average diameter of 0.01 to 8 μm, wherein the cathode active material is represented by Formula 1a wherein the first coating layer and/or the second coating layer are applied in an area of 20 to 80% of the total surface area of lithium nickel oxide represented by Formula 1a.",0.506249935021603,0.987500129956794,,,,, | |
| 8532847,"1. A vibration suppressing device for a spacecraft comprising a payload system carried by the spacecraft into space, a spacecraft structure for supporting the payload system and producing thrust, and a mechanical fixer for attaching the payload system to the spacecraft structure, where the spacecraft structure includes a mechanical structure forming the basic shape of the spacecraft and a propulsion system producing thrust by an expulsion of a high-speed fluid exhaust generated by high-pressure combustion of a propellant, the vibration suppressing device comprising: a plurality of spacecraft deflection sensors measuring a plurality of spacecraft deflections at a plurality of locations on the spacecraft structure; a spacecraft modal coordinate calculation unit calculating a plurality of spacecraft modal coordinates based on the plurality of spacecraft deflections received from the plurality of spacecraft deflection sensors using a modal transformation; a high pass filter extracting a plurality of fluctuations of spacecraft modal coordinates from the spacecraft modal coordinates received from the spacecraft modal coordinate calculation unit; a cost function calculation unit calculating a cost function that is a squared weighted sum of a plurality of eigenfunctions of the spacecraft structure as a function of a payload position where the payload system is attached to the spacecraft structure with a plurality of weights being proportional to a plurality of absolute values of a plurality of fluctuations of spacecraft modal coordinates of a plurality of modes received from the high pass filter which the plurality of eigenfunctions belong to; a payload position calculation unit calculating an optimal payload position minimizing the cost function received from the cost function calculation unit either by an analytical method or a numerical method; a payload position adjustment device consisting of an actuator mechanically connected to the mechanical fixer and the spacecraft structure, generating a control input based on the plurality of fluctuations of spacecraft modal coordinates, adjusting the payload position based on the optimal payload position received from the payload position calculation unit, and minimizing a vibration transmitted from the spacecraft structure to the mechanical fixer and thus to the payload system.",0.5063895298638126,0.9872209402723748,,,,, | |
| 8983691,"1. An electric lawn tractor roll away prevention system, comprising: a brushless DC electric motor mounted to a traction drive wheel on the electric lawn tractor, the motor connected to phase wires and providing a back electromotive force voltage on the phase wires when the electric lawn tractor is in a parked position and then rolls and turns the traction drive wheel without electric power from the motor; and a traction controller connected to the phase wires and having a three phase inverter that rectifies the back electromotive force voltage, the traction controller being powered off and turning on when the rectified voltage reaches a pre-specified threshold, and applies a voltage from a battery pack to the phase wires to reduce the speed of the electric lawn tractor by regenerative braking.",0.506421573488898,0.9871568530222039,,,,, | |
| 9571076,"1. A bidirectional delay circuit comprising: an input driving circuit connected between an input node and an intermediate node, the input driving circuit configured to amplify an input signal received through the input node and to generate an intermediate signal through the intermediate node; and a delay switch circuit connected between the intermediate node and a delay node, the delay switch circuit configured to delay both of rising edges and falling edges of the intermediate signal in response to a gate signal and to generate a delay signal through the delay node, the gate signal transitioning in response to the input signal.",0.5064374634734474,0.9871250730531052,,,,, | |
| 9154866,1. An electronic device housing comprising: intertwined fibers including a first type of fiber having a first property and a second type of fiber having a second property; and a binder that binds the intertwined fibers together into a seamless housing structure including at least a planar section and a non-planar section forming one or more compound curves; wherein one of the planar and non-planar sections includes the first and second types of fibers in spatial variation with a higher concentration of the second type of fiber than the first type of fiber; and another of the planar and non-planar sections contains said first and second types of fibers in spatial variation with a higher concentration of said first type of fiber than the second type of fiber.,0.5064883043396303,0.9870233913207394,,,,, | |
| 9764488,"1. A device for forming a separation starting point comprising: a stage configured to support a processed member to be provided with the separation starting point that allows separation of a surface layer of the processed member to form a remaining portion; a cutter that faces the stage; a head portion that supports the cutter; an arm portion that supports the head portion; a camera configured to take an image of a cut portion of the processed member; an image processing portion configured to process the image taken by the camera; and a moving mechanism configured to determine a relative position of the cutter to the stage, wherein the cutter is configured to cut the processed member while leaving part of the processed member, wherein the moving mechanism relatively moves the cutter along the stage, wherein the stage is configured to support the processed member in which a marker is formed near the cut portion, and wherein the image processing portion is configured to detect a change in the image of the marker and determine whether the separation starting point is formed along the cut portion or not.",0.5065415634796454,0.9869168730407092,,,,, | |
| 8447372,"1. A method of monitoring a vital parameter of a patient by measuring attenuation of light emitted onto tissue of the patient, comprising: modulating light according to a modulation mode; emitting the modulated light onto the tissue of the patient; collecting ambient light and light which is transmitted through the tissue and reflected from the tissue; demodulating the collected light according to the modulation mode; analyzing the demodulated collected light with regard to a contribution of the ambient light; determining a modulation mode for which the contribution of the ambient light is minimized or falls under a predefined threshold; and setting the modulation mode for modulating the light according to the determined modulation mode for which the contribution of the ambient light is minimized or falls under a predefined threshold.",0.5067028644423845,0.9865942711152309,,,,, | |
| 8636720,"1. A needleless access connector comprising: a housing; and a collapsible valve disposed in the housing, the collapsible valve having a first axial length of 0.62 to 0.82 inches and comprising: wherein the collapsible valve is configured to provide positive displacement when actuated, and wherein the housing and collapsible valve are configured to provide positive displacement and a priming volume that is in the range of 0.17 to 0.19 milliliters.",0.506780538536144,0.986438922927712,,,,, | |
| 9747224,"1. A method of managing a register port of a register file by a processor, the method comprising: scheduling on register ports that are used during a plurality of cycles; encoding data of the register ports based on the scheduling, wherein the data indicates a register accessed by a function unit of the processor, and wherein with respect to an unscheduled register port that does not have a schedule during a cycle, encoding data scheduled in a previous cycle of the unscheduled register port; and transmitting results of the encoding to the processor that comprises the register ports, wherein the method further comprises determining a register port that is least frequently used while a calculation is performed among the register ports, and re-scheduling a schedule of the determined register port as schedules of one or more other register ports among the register ports.",0.5068326628563538,0.9863346742872925,,,,, | |
| 9478809,"1. A flexible electrochemical membrane comprising: a flexible polymer sheet having a first side and a second opposed side spaced apart by a thickness; and an array of inorganic solid electrolyte pillars supported by the polymer sheet, each pillar extending through the thickness of the sheet with a first exposed end adjacent to the first side and a second exposed end adjacent to the second side to form an ionically conductive pathway across the sheet.",0.4931285025491701,0.9862570050983402,,,,, | |
| 8841717,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first single-crystal semiconductor pillar projected from a substrate, the first single-crystal semiconductor pillar including a first top surface and a first side surface extending downwardly from the first top surface; and a bit contact including a topmost surface, a bottommost surface and a second side surface interfacing the topmost and bottommost surfaces with each other, a part of the second side surface of the bit contact being in direct contact with a part of the first side surface of the first single-crystal semiconductor pillar so that the first top surface of the first single-crystal semiconductor pillar is placed between the topmost and bottommost surfaces of the bit contact, a second single-crystal semiconductor pillar projected from the substrate apart from the first single-crystal semiconductor pillar to form a gap between the first and second single-crystal semiconductor pillars, the second single-crystal semiconductor pillar including a second top surface and a third side surface extending downwardly from the second top surface; a word line filling a part of the gap in isolation from each of the first and second single-crystal semiconductor pillars with a gate insulating film; a first diffusion region formed in an upper portion of the first single-crystal semiconductor pillar; and a second diffusion region formed in an upper portion of the second single-crystal semiconductor pillar, wherein the first diffusion region is formed more deeply than the second diffusion region.",0.49310076899080507,0.9862015379816101,,,,, | |
| 9451620,"1. A method, in a base station of a wireless communications system, for supporting user equipment positioning measurements, the method comprising: transmitting, by the base station, signals associated with a first cell, the transmitted signals comprising positioning reference signals; transmitting, by the base station, signals associated with a second cell, wherein the second cell is configured to have a lower transmission capacity than the first cell; discontinuing, by the base station, the transmission of at least one signal associated with the first cell except for the positioning reference signals, wherein the discontinuing the transmission of at least one signal comprises continuing to transmit broadcast information and/or synchronization signals associated with the first cell.",0.5069408253828381,0.9861183492343237,,,,, | |
| 8927597,"1. A method of synthesizing ER-804028: said method comprising the steps of: (i) reacting a compound having the formula (I): wherein X is halogen or oxo; Z is a leaving group; Q is —C(O)H, —CH═CHC(O)OY wherein Y wherein X is halogen or oxo; Q is —C(O)H, —CH═CHC(O)OY (ii) reacting the product of step (i) under Vasella fragmentation conditions to produce a compound having the formula: wherein Q is —C(O)H, —CH═CHC(O)OY (iii) reacting the product of step (ii) under conditions for intramolecular Williamson etherification to produce ER-804028.",0.4929936668416356,0.9859873336832712,,,,, | |
| 8615902,"1. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprising: forming a sole structure including: engaging the sole structure with an upper so that the first plate and the plurality of support elements of the sole structure are located at a heel region of the article of footwear, wherein a void is defined within the sole structure between the upper and the first plate, the void extending from a lateral side to a medial side of the sole structure, the void extending through the sole structure, and the plurality of support elements being located within the void; and wherein a depth of at least one indentation is approximately a diameter of at least one of the raised portions.",0.49283260627716674,0.9856652125543335,,,,, | |
| 9564987,"1. A method for selecting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for transmission on at least one communication channel, the method comprising: computing at least one transition probability matrix including a plurality of MCS indices, wherein said transition probability matrix comprises at least one probability of transition from one MCS index to another MCS index in said plurality of MCS indices; and selecting a MCS index, from said plurality of MCS indices, having a highest transition probability in said transition probability matrix for transmission.",0.49278510214269905,0.9855702042853981,,,,, | |
| 9700889,"1. A method of using a tracer dye in at least one microfluidic channel of an assay device, which performs an assay having an assay protocol, comprising: flowing a fluid with a tracer dye in the microfluidic channel; illuminating the tracer dye with a light beam which causes the tracer dye to emit a fluorescent light signal; detecting the tracer dye for at least one detection location on the channel using the fluorescent light signal emitted from the tracer dye; and determining the detection location of the channel from the fluorescent light signal.",0.4927615506392908,0.9855231012785816,,,,, | |
| 8987107,"1. A method comprising: forming an N-type silicon region disposed within a P-type silicon substrate; forming a field oxide (FOX) layer in the P-type silicon substrate, the FOX layer including an opening exposing at least a portion of the N-type silicon region; forming a reduced surface field (RESURF) oxide (ROX) layer having a first portion disposed on the exposed N-type silicon region and a second portion disposed on the FOX layer, the ROX layer including a first dielectric layer in contact with the exposed N-type silicon region and the FOX layer, and a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; and forming a doped polysilicon layer having a first portion disposed on the first portion of the ROX layer and a second portion disposed on the second portion of the ROX layer.",0.49267350632344803,0.9853470126468961,,,,, | |
| 8813891,"1. A battery module mounting structure for a motor-driven two-wheeled vehicle, having an electric motor driving a rear wheel of the vehicle and a PDU disposed in a swing arm rotatably supporting the rear wheel and swingably supported by a vehicle body via a swing shaft passing through a through-hole formed in a front side of the vehicle body, the battery module mounting structure comprising: a housing case housing a battery supplying electric power to the electric motor and the PDU for controlling the electric motor; wherein the housing case is configured to be mountable to and dismountable from the swing arm with the battery and the PDU housed in the housing case, wherein the PDU includes an aluminum substrate disposed adjacent to one lateral surface of the battery, a control substrate spaced at a given interval apart from the aluminum substrate, and a heater element substrate disposed at a position between the control substrate and the aluminum substrate and offset from one lateral surface of the battery; and a heater element, with a higher-calorific power than each of the control substrate and the aluminum substrate, is mounted on the heater element substrate.",0.5075583472697034,0.9848833054605932,,,,, | |
| 8937822,"1. DC to AC conversion apparatus for converting power from a DC source to produce an power output waveform at a first repetition frequency, comprising a set of at least one live AC output terminals, at least one output terminal designated as a ground, neutral or reference potential terminal; a floating DC power source having a positive and a negative terminal connected respectively to the positive and negative DC input terminals of a DC to AC converter, wherein the DC to AC converter causes: (1) an AC output waveform at said first repetition frequency and having a voltage relative to one of said at least one ground, neutral or reference potential terminals to appear with a unique phase at each of a number N at least equal to one of said set of live AC output terminals, and (2) a common-mode voltage waveform at a second repetition frequency to appear relative to one of said at least one ground, neutral or reference potential terminals and in the same phase on both of said positive and negative terminals of said DC power source, wherein the second repetition frequency is a multiple equal to the same said number N of said first repetition frequency.",0.4923821025577849,0.9847642051155698,,,,, | |
| 9689271,"1. A turbine engine rotor wheel comprising: a disk including a slot formed in an outer periphery for mounting a root of a blade; and a presser mounted between the blade root and a bottom of the slot, the presser being bistable in position, being capable of occupying a first stable position for assembly and disassembly in which the presser does not exert a force on the blade root, and a second stable position in which the presser exerts a radial force on the blade root to hold the blade stationary and to stabilize the blade in a final position, wherein a shape and a weight of the presser are determined so that passage from the first stable position to the second stable position is performed by centrifuging, wherein the presser comprises a spring blade that is deformable between the first and second positions, wherein ends of the spring blade bear against the bottom of the slot and the spring blade includes a deformable central zone that is bistable in position, and wherein the central zone of the spring blade includes a flyweight.",0.49232032096486206,0.9846406419297241,,,,, | |
| 9378888,"1. A power transfer system comprising: a power transmission unit including a power transmission coil; and a power reception unit including a power reception coil; wherein the power reception unit includes: mutual inductance and mutual capacitance that are equivalently generated between the power transmission coil and the power reception coil constitute an electromagnetic coupling circuit, the power-transmission-unit-side resonant circuit and the power-reception-unit-side resonant circuit resonate with each other, and power is transferred from the power transmission unit to the power reception unit; energy of power that has not been transmitted from the power transmission unit is retained in the power-transmission-unit-side resonant circuit as resonance energy; and energy that has not been supplied to an output among energy of power received by the power reception unit is retained in the power-reception-unit-side resonant circuit as resonance energy.",0.4922863769986445,0.984572753997289,,,,, | |
| 9775251,"1. A circuit for controlling a power transistor of a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) converter, the circuit comprising: first and second transistors coupled in series between a first reference voltage and a control terminal of the power transistor, said first and second transistors defining a first junction node therebetween; third and fourth transistors coupled in series between the control terminal and a second reference voltage, said third and fourth transistors defining a second junction node therebetween, wherein a source terminal of the second transistor is coupled with a drain terminal of the third transistor to form an output junction node, the output junction node being configured to drive the control terminal of the power transistor; said first and second transistors having a first conductivity type different from a second conductivity type of said third and fourth transistors; and a capacitive element coupled between the first and second junction nodes.",0.5077625148477647,0.9844749703044706,,,,, | |
| 9267272,"1. Sanitary insert unit comprising a flow regulator ( 8 ) having at least one throttle body ( 9 ) which is made from elastically deformable material, and is arranged in a throughflow channel ( 10 ) of a regulator housing ( 11 ) and delimits a control gap ( 12 ) between itself and a control profiling which is provided on an inner or outer circumferential channel wall, said control gap having a clear throughflow cross section that is variable as a consequence of the throttle body ( 9 ) which can be deformed under pressure of a medium which flows through, the regulator housing ( 11 ) bearing a clamping edge region on an outer circumferential side for clamping in the flow regulator ( 8 ) between two line sections which are connected to one another, wherein the flow regulator ( 8 ) bears a sleeve-shaped projection ( 2 ), a head ( 3 ) of which, which protrudes circumferentially at a free end region of the projection ( 2 ) and is produced from elastic material, is deformable at least in regions during insertion or introduction of the projection ( 2 ) into a clear line interior ( 4 ) of a line section ( 5 ) which is assigned to the projection ( 2 ), in such a way that the head ( 3 ) of the projection ( 2 ) bears against an inner circumferential wall which defines the clear line interior ( 4 ) of the line section ( 5 ), and a sleeve interior of the projection ( 2 ) is connected to the throughflow channel of the flow regulator ( 8 ).",0.5077878213823361,0.9844243572353277,,,,, | |
| 8414904,"1. An oil-in-water emulsion comprising (i) a dispersed oily phase in an amount between 3-20%, (ii) at least one prostaglandin as active agent, which is dissolved in the oily phase component (i), (iii) a surfactant comprising a combination of at least two non-ionic surfactants in amounts which result in a zeta-potential of −10 mV to +10 mV, and (iv) a contiguous aqueous phase, optionally comprising formulation agents, wherein components (i)-(iv) are suitable for ophthalmic use, said emulsion is stable for at least six months at 25° C., and wherein the non-ionic surfactants of the surfactant component (iii) are selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80®), polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate (Tween 20®), polyoxyethylene (2) cetylether (Brij 52®), polyoxyethylene (10) cetylether (Brij 56®), polyoxyethylene (20) cetylether (Brij 58®), and combinations thereof.",0.4921188834231203,0.9842377668462406,,,,, | |